"From the detailed report provided by the secret guard at the scene, Cao Zewei was knocked off the horse by the mixed horse, and the war horse died on the spot on the valley royal road, Cao Yanchun flew forward to rescue his son, and sent him on the horse to let him leave quickly, Cao Yanchun stayed behind."

"You should know Cao Yanchun's force, if he stands on the narrow mountain road and breaks off, let me ask, can the men and horses pass?"

"This fully shows that Cao Zewei escaped from the ambush area very calmly, and there were no pursuers behind him, he hid nearby afterwards, and watched his father die from a distance, and he is very likely to know the inside story of this ambush."

Guo Wei thought for a while, and said to the prince:

"According to the minister's opinion, Cao Zewei can't form a climate for the time being, but the power of the revenge alliance cannot be underestimated, the key is that he is in the dark, we are in the light, and it is not clear whether he is hostile to the Yuan royal family in addition to hating Cao Fu."

"In addition to the above, in the next step, the vassal kings led by King Ning should be included in the key targets, especially the money and grain they pay every year, etc., should be strictly collected, and all the debts in the past few years should be made up, and the Zhan affairs of the imperial court stationed in the vassal kings should be adjusted or replaced, and supervision should be strengthened."

Yuan Zhi nodded yes, "What Aiqing said is that when you return from the Western Regions, you are a lot more stable in your heart, at least the military training and scheduling are guaranteed, so let's go back to the house to rest for a few days, and after the big wedding of the orphan is completed, let's work out an annual plan together, how about it?" ”

"Obey."

After Guo Wei bowed, he exited the west study and went home.

Now, the entire royal family is busy with the prince's wedding on the eighth day of the third lunar month.

The East Palace is the most moving, the princess's moon hall is newly built, and it has now been completed, and the eunuchs and palace maids are arranging it.

The commander-in-chief of the entire wedding palace is, of course, Gao Jin, the chief manager of Ouchi.

It has been reported that since yesterday, officials and wealthy families from all over the country have sent people to Beijing one after another to send congratulatory gifts for the prince's wedding, all of which have blocked the Chang'an Avenue.

All the big and small inns began to move in the people who gave gifts.

The royal family specially set up tents on the mighty avenue outside the Xuanwu Gate and set up a place to receive congratulatory gifts.

There were no less than hundreds of eunuchs and palace maids who registered and received on the spot, as well as Qianniuwei palace guards.

Everyone was busy, and the gifts were piling up.

As soon as Guo Wei was sent away, the prince was about to take a break for a while, but he didn't expect a report from outside.

"Your Royal Highness, the Zhang family in Dunhuang, Guazhou, advocated Chong, and brought the son Zhang Bao to send a letter of worship to ask to see."

Autumn Wind knows what happens during the first month.

Secret guard Ji Yi personally went to the official post to kill Zhang Bao's four entourage, but only released Zhang Bao himself.

How did this Zhang Bao leave the capital and return to Dunhuang, she didn't know.

What she didn't understand was why this Zhang Bao came back.

And this time his father brought him here.

In this sensitive situation, a family from the Western Regions, in the name of sending a congratulatory gift to the prince, this matter is not simple.

"Didn't Lone emphasize it, the guests who sent congratulatory gifts, this prince will not be seen, what is wrong with this Dunhuang Zhang family, the ghost is not gone?"

"That Weichen went back to him." Autumn Wind got up and wanted to go out.

"But slowly, let the little eunuch present the prayer post, I want to see what is written on it?"

Qiu Feng got up and took the prayer note from the messenger eunuch at the door, and then walked over in small steps and handed it to the prince.

Yuan Zhi opened it and looked at it twice, and handed the salute to Qiu Feng, "You can take a look too." ”

Qiu Feng understood that the prince was to familiarize her with government affairs.

She took it and opened it, looked at it very carefully, and whispered:

"Your Highness, this writing is good, a letter of worship is written like flowers."

"Hey, hey, rhetoric, flashy."

The prince gave a casual comment, and of course his tone was not good.

Autumn Wind saw the end and immediately understood.

The ancestors and ancestors of the husband are like brothers and sisters, the righteousness is in the same robe, the descendants of the Zhang family dare not forget the love of the two families for decades, this time to celebrate the prince's wedding, today I came to ask to see, in order to continue the righteousness of the robe of the year.

"This is to show the face of the ancestors decades ago."

Yuan Zhi said indifferently:

"Today is the ancestor of his Zhang family who crawled out of the grave, and the prince is too lazy to see it." As soon as he finished speaking, he directly instructed the messenger eunuch:

"Go out and tell the head of the Zhang family at the gate, just say that the prince is busy with government affairs these days, and he has no time to continue any comradeship with him, and he will talk about it another day."

The little eunuch cautiously agreed, and left backwards.

Qiu Feng returned the greeting post to the prince and said curiously, "The last time His Royal Highness sent a message, it was to ask the head of the family to wait outside the Suzaku Gate, and it was reported by the Privy Council, this time the head of the Zhang family came thousands of miles away, and His Royal Highness the Prince still didn't see it, why is this?" ”

"See, of course I want to see him, but not today."

Yuan Zhi casually threw this precious and extraordinary gilded greeting post into the wastepaper basket next to him, and wrote lightly:

"But when to see you, Lone has the final say, maybe it's tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Qiu Feng nodded, probably understanding what the prince meant.

It's called getting off the horse.

Outside the gate of the East Palace.

In order to show their sincerity, Zhang Chong and Zhang Bao, father and son, came on foot.

The last time Zhang Bao returned to Dunhuang in embarrassment, Zhang Chong was so angry that he vomited blood, and scolded the Yuan royal family for being ungrateful and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

But calm down and listen to Dugucheng what Cao Ye meant, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, I hope that the Zhang family can preserve its strength and not be reckless.

He accepted Cao Qichang's suggestion, and this time he needed to send congratulatory gifts to the prince's wedding.

He made a special trip with Dugucheng and hurried to Chang'an.

When he arrived at the first post house in the capital, he didn't dare to go to Cao's Mansion easily, for fear of being written down by the secret guards, and offended the prince from then on.

He asked Dugucheng to bring a heavy gift and greet Cao Xiang on his behalf.

He took the congratulatory gift to the reception outside the Xuanwu Gate and handed it over, and then rushed to the Suzaku Gate non-stop, and by bribing the Privy Council's internal history, he got a pass to enter the imperial city and come to the East Palace.

He also stuffed ten taels of silver into the messenger eunuch, and told him to hurry forward and pass the ceremony.

From the gate of the East Palace to the West Study, it is really a long way.

The eunuch who finally went in to pass the word came out, and as soon as he told the prince's original words, Zhang Chong's face couldn't hold back on the spot.

"Did the prince really say that?"

Zhang Chong stared at it with wide eyes, and the little eunuch in front of him who had just received ten taels of silver from him said angrily.

The little eunuch covered the silver that had just been warmed in his arms, and replied angrily:

"His Royal Highness the Prince's dictation, how dare the miscellaneous family spread it indiscriminately? Not a word is bad, you have to wait, you wait, you don't wait, where to go back and forth. ”

After saying that, it seemed that he was afraid that the father and son would ask him for the ten taels of silver, and the little eunuch turned his head directly and entered the inner chamber at the entrance of the East Palace.

Although he was unhappy, it was impossible for Zhang Chong to ask for the silver back, for fear of looking for death.

Ten taels of silver, for a little eunuch who passed the word at the door, it was indeed not a decimal number, it was a big money.