Let's say that Zhu Jinghong entered the inner house, and just walked into Baochai's house, he saw his wife sitting behind the desk, holding a book in her hand and reading it.

Zhu Jinghong was about to speak, but saw Baochai raise his head, and said with a light smile: "The prince has only come back for so long, could it be that he stumbled somewhere?" ”

Sitting on the side of the guest seat, taking off the wrist guard on his hand, Zhu Jinghong replied casually; "Rode outside for a while, talked to the guards for a while!"

"I see, I thought that the prince had met someone and whispered!"

Baochai only knew that Zhu Jinghong met Yingchun by chance, and he didn't know the details of their conversation, so this sentence was just a simple joke.

"When I met the girl of the Jia family, I asked a few words casually!" Zhu Jinghong replied with a smile.

He was actually not afraid that Baochai would know the truth, so he answered very calmly at this time.

More than two years ago, he has actually been deeply influenced by the current values, and his mentality is very different from his previous life.

With his current status, he could have been more unscrupulous, but now he has not messed around in the slightest, and he can be regarded as paying special attention to self-restraint.

In fact, Baochai also cherishes Zhu Jinghong's cleanliness and self-improvement, so she didn't continue to ask more questions at the moment, and the husband and wife got along very well.

Putting down the book, Baochai asked slowly, "You must already know about this afternoon's events?" ”

"You mean the matter of the Jia family?"

Baochai replied: "Exactly! ”

Flicked his sleeves, Zhu Jinghong took off the pearl brimmed hat on his head, and replied, "I know!" ”

After Ying'er took the hat and stepped back, Baochai got up and walked towards Zhu Jinghong, and said solemnly: "I don't think this matter is simple......

"Huh?"

"We just went out of the city today, and we encountered this kind of thing, and we also had a conflict with the Jia family, which is too coincidental!"

Picking up the teacup on the side, Zhu Jinghong asked, "Do you want to say that the sixth child is making trouble?" ”

Baochai replied: "It may also be that the East Palace is doing the opposite, making us think that it is the sixth family!" ”

Zhu Jinghong smiled, and then said: "Although there is some truth, but now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, this matter will be forgotten!" ”

Baochai replied hatefully: "We have all withdrawn from Beijing, and he still uses these methods to deceive people too much!" ”

"Although I have withdrawn from Beijing, there are many spies around, and the old man will know about today's events!"

"The sixth person is indeed smart, but there are too many little cleverness, and making too much of it will only make people bored!"

Seeing that Zhu Jinghong didn't care, Baochai replied: "Look at what you mean, you don't plan to toss!" ”

"It's all out of town, stay honest, just don't let people notice!"

"Aren't you afraid to stay outside the city all the time?"

"Don't be afraid!"

"Why?"

Baochai was very puzzled, she didn't understand where Zhu Jinghong's confidence came from, could it be that he was the emperor's son?

"You are all blind, thinking that the sky in the capital is everything, but you don't know that the world is very big, such as the northwest...... The Rakshasa and Kazakhs have been increasing their troops! ”

"So what?"

"According to the existing strength of the imperial court, it is difficult to say that there is an overwhelming advantage, so the imperial court also has to increase its troops, and the military department is already deploying this matter!"

Seeing that Baochai was still puzzled, Zhu Jinghong had to continue: "This battle, Daming can't afford to lose!" ”

At this time, Baochai finally understood, and then asked: "So you think that only you can win?" ”

Zhu Jinghong smiled, and then replied, "No...... I want everyone to think that only I can win! ”

So today, do you think Zhu Jinghong can win the battle? The answer is no doubt, after all, he played too well in the northwest.

"So you're going to the battlefield?" Baochai's face was worried.

Putting down the teacup and grabbing Baochai's hand, Zhu Jinghong said with a smile: "The court has been divided between them, where can you go if you don't go to the battlefield?" ”

This is indeed the truth, it is impossible for civil officials to support him, otherwise it will be another Zhu Xianming, which will overwhelm everyone, and almost no one can stand it.

The so-called "father-like" is not only the emperor's impression of Zhu Jinghong, but also the vast majority of civil officials.

The two chatted for a while, and then Zhu Jinghong went to practice martial arts alone, while Baochai went to the back of the courtyard to play with Zhu Yunsheng and others.

However, Zhu Jinghong didn't rest for long, when he heard someone outside come to tell him, and the three commanders of Su Lingwei, Gao Lingwei and Yulingwei came to pay a visit.

There are a total of thirteen mausoleum guards in the Ming Dynasty, except for Nanjing Xiaolingwei, the rest are near Luoyang, guarding all the royal mausoleums since Taizong.

Suling, Gaoling and Yuling, the closest to the Xiangwangfu Annex, before and after only 30 years.

So what are these people doing here?

Although he was puzzled, Zhu Jinghong still ordered: "Please let them in!" ”

"Yes!"

After a while, the three commanders entered the courtyard, and the leader was Liang Wen, the commander of Su Lingwei.

The mausoleum guard force is very special, the only task is to garrison the imperial mausoleum, except for more than 1,000 officers appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, the rest of the military officials will be hereditary ancestors, so there is basically no communication with the outside world.

Therefore, serving in this kind of place is extremely unfavorable for the career of military attachés, and people who are slightly motivated are afraid of it.

"Knock on the prince!"

Looking at the three people who visited in front of him, Zhu Jinghong was puzzled and asked, "Why did the three of you come here?" ”

"Lord Wang, the ministers have sent people to guard by order!"

"Ordered?" Zhu Jinghong was even more puzzled.

Liang Wen replied: "The Lord has a decree that the Xiangwang Mansion is isolated outside the city, in case you and Her Royal Highness the princess are lost, so the ministers and others are ordered to send troops to protect it!" ”

"Su Lingwei, Gao Lingwei, and Yulingwei, each sent three hundred sergeants to come, and now they have arrived in front of the other courtyard!"

Although the Lingwei troops are well known, they still implement the system of cantonment and reclamation set by Taizu, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers in each of the more than 5,000 military households.

Today, 300 sergeants are sent out for each guard, which can be regarded as a large-scale transfer.

The old man cares about me so much, does he beat me up and then give me a sweet date? Zhu Jinghong thought so.

The next moment, I saw Liang Wen take out an official letter and hand it to Zhu Jinghong: "Lord Wang, this is the order of the Imperial Horse Supervisor!" ”

The reason why the Imperial Horse Supervisor attaches equal importance to the East Factory and stands out from other institutions in the Inner Court is because he is the emperor's military secretary institution.

The 22 guards of the Shangzhi pro-army, including the mausoleum guards, were all promoted by them, which was a very critical position and was extremely trusted by the emperor himself.

After reading the official document to confirm that it was correct, Zhu Jinghong only asked these people to retreat, and then returned to the study.

He wanted to play a concert in person and dismiss these transferred mausoleum guards.

Normally, even if the song is sent to the General Administration Department in the afternoon, the emperor will see it the next day at the earliest.

But Zhu Jinghong was different, his recital was directly handed over to the celebrant and sent to the emperor's desk as quickly as possible.

This afternoon, the emperor was basically fine, but he was not idle.

In the sand table set up in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, he looked at the situation in the northwest and was distracted.

In fact, he will come to see it when he has time on the sand table, and he is already well aware of the situation in the northwest.

It was precisely because of his thorough understanding that he understood how serious the situation in the northwest was now.

thought that it would be easy to defeat the main force of Dzungaria and coerce these traitors, but how did he know that the Rakshasa Congress was deeply involved, and now the army has entered the territory of Dzungaria.

is different from the situation considered by Zhu Jinghong, at this time, Zhu Xianming has been repeatedly weighing whether the northwest should continue to fight.

Is it worth going to war with the Rakshasa for the sake of the barren land of Dzungaria......

The emperor considered major matters, and no one dared to disturb them, except for Cheng Ying.

Holding the fold handed over by the celebrant supervisor, Cheng Ying appeared outside the side hall.

Entering the hall, Cheng Ying bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Thirteenth Master has a Chen Song!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Xianming did not move, but motioned to put it on the table aside.

Cheng Ying immediately did as he was told, put the chapter and retreated.

After a long while, Zhu Xianming sighed, and secretly said that he was really old, and it was difficult to make a decision.

Considering the truth of his lips and teeth, he felt that he should fight at this time, but it was difficult for him to guarantee that he would think the same way tomorrow......

To put it simply, he still hasn't really made up his mind.

"It's still to blame for the lack of money and food, otherwise how would I hesitate!"

The so-called shortage of money and food is a false proposition, because there are more than thirteen million silver in his inner treasury under his control.

Since the beginning of this year, after a series of major battles in Dzungaria, the state treasury has spent nearly 7 million taels of silver on military salaries, ordnance, grain and grass, rewards, and pensions.

With only the money deposited in the treasury, there is no problem in fighting a war for another two or three years, but the problem is that the benefits of fighting the war itself are indeed too low.

Even if the Rakshasa Kingdom is defeated, even if the Dzungar is recovered, what can it do?

At this moment, Zhu Xianming was asking himself again, showing that his heart was still wavering.

came to the table and picked up Zhu Jinghong's chapter, Zhu Xianming looked at it carefully.

The content of the text was concise and concise, and Zhu Xianming directly picked up the pen and criticized: "Just do what you are ordered!" ”

Zhu Xianming did not have any deep meaning, just out of love for his children.

After writing this sentence, when Zhu Xianming was about to put down his pen, he added another sentence: "Be sure to take care of your sister, if there is a mistake, you must be severely punished!" ”

After approving this chapter, Zhu Xianming asked people to send it back.

Before nightfall, Zhu Jinghong received a reply, so he didn't have much to say.

As a result, nearly a thousand tomb guards were added around the courtyard, plus 400 guards accompanying the palace, to protect this place like an iron bucket.

The next day, the Jia family still left the courtyard, but Tanchun had already talked to Zhu Yunsheng and was valued by the latter.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the time has come to the twelfth year of orthodoxy.

During this time, Zhu Jinghong got two pieces of good news.

The first is that Baochai is pregnant, and the second is that Sun Shaozu, who took the initiative to invite Ying, cooperated with Anxi Xingdu Division to defeat the Zasak coalition army and laid the foundation for the recovery of the three northwestern kingdoms.

Now that the northwest is freezing, these people took advantage of the last opportunity to win this battle, which is definitely not easy.

Although Sun Shaozu was the assistant, and the main credit was still given to Wang Ziteng, he was still rewarded by the emperor and officially appointed him as the commander of the capital of Anxi.

At this moment, in the school yard on the east side of the courtyard, Zhu Jinghong was reading Sun Shaozu's letter.

"It's kind of fun to go back to Beijing and thank you, it's interesting to come back for such a reason!"

After that, Zhu Jinghong put away the letter, then turned to look at the guards behind him, and said to the four hundred households in the team leader: "Are you ready?" ”

"Lord Wang, it's ready!" Gao Hong replied.

"Then let's go!"

The guards had brought his black whirlwind, and on each side of the saddle were knives and bows and arrows, and they were going hunting today.

The snow flew to hunt, and Zhu Jinghong could figure it out.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of prey in the nearby mountains, and their target is near Songshan Mountain, where there are many wild animals in a radius of more than ten miles.

In addition to the more than 40 close guards who played with him, there were more than 100 other guards accompanying him, except for Zhu Jinghong and several hundred households, all of whom were wearing armor.

Of course, this time Zhu Jinghong also brought armor, but he didn't wear it because he felt uncomfortable, so the exclusive guard brought it for him.

The group left in a rage, and at this time, in the palace of the palace, Daiyu was talking with Baochai.

Although it has only been confirmed that she is pregnant in the past two days, there is already some maternal brilliance between Baochai's eyebrows and eyes, and there is always a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Holding a warm teacup, Daiyu asked in a low voice, "Sister Bao, when do you plan to return to Beijing?" ”

"It depends!"

With concern on her face, Daiyu said: "Anyway, it is better to live in the palace of the capital, and it is not convenient to live in this courtyard after all!" ”

In fact, from the perspective of personal interests, Daiyu didn't want Baochai to move back, so she would have to go back to the palace with the princess, and it would not be so easy to see Zhu Jinghong.

Baochai sighed, and then said, "Forget it...... There are too many troubles in the capital, but it is much more stable to live here! ”

Hearing this, Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and secretly said that it was of course best not to go back.

And the next moment, she felt that she was despicable, and she would have such a mind!

When Daiyu was suffering from self-friction, Baochai asked, "Could it be that my sister misses her family?" ”

In this courtyard, Daiyu also lived for more than a month, and he and his father hadn't seen him for a long time.

In the past, when she was in the palace, as long as her father was in and out of the forbidden school, she could temporarily take leave from the princess, and then come out to say a few words to her father.

At this time, she was reminded by Baochai, and Daiyu suddenly found that she was not only unfaithful to her good sister, but also unfilial to her old father.

And the reason for this is because of that person...... Daiyu directly transferred the contradiction and put the responsibility on Zhu Jinghong, so she felt a lot better.

The two of them chatted for a while, and suddenly someone outside told them that Xue Pan from Jinling had come to visit.

According to the news obtained by Baochai, Xue Pan will only arrive in Beijing today, and normally he will settle down in the house first, and he will not come to visit him until tomorrow at the earliest.

Come here today, it's probably too rushed.

Sweeping his eyes to Daiyu, Baochai said helplessly: "Sister Lin, go and play with them!" ”

Baochai wanted to see his brother, but Daiyu knew that it was inconvenient to be there, so she got up and left.

Let's say that in the tea room of the house outside the courtyard at this moment, Xue Pan looked frightened, and was pouring tea into his mouth one cup after another.

"This father-in-law, I don't know if His Highness is here today?" Xue Pan held back his fear and spoke.

Xue Pan had rewarded the silver just now, so the eunuch had a very good attitude, and replied with a smile: "Back to Uncle Xue, the prince went out hunting today, but I'm afraid that he will come back later!" ”

"Then ...... I see! Xue Pan hurriedly changed his words.

After drinking the third cup of tea, a maid finally came out and guided Xue Pan to the depths of the courtyard.

Soon, Xue Pan was taken to a living room, which was empty except for the eunuch on duty.

After waiting for a while, when Xue Pan couldn't help but ask, he heard footsteps from behind the screen on the left, so he stood respectfully in place again.

A few breaths later, accompanied by the female official maid, Baochai appeared in the living room.

"Knock on the princess!" Xue Pan immediately made a big salute.

Zigu walked to the main seat and sat down, looking at his long-lost brother, Baochai was undoubtedly very happy in his heart.

"Get up!"

"Xie Niangniang!"

After motioning for Xue Pan to sit down, Baochai asked, "Why didn't my mother come?" ”

Normally, the ancestral home of the Xue family is in Jinling, and there is no need for Aunt Xue to come to the capital with her, the reason why she accompanied her was because Xue Pan was going to get married.

Baochai originally planned to let his brother get married this year, but he didn't know that he had been delayed for so long on the road, and now the marriage can only be postponed until next year.

Xue Pan replied: "Mother is tired, I asked her to go back to the capital to settle down first, and I will accompany her in a few days!" ”

"When I learned that the princess was pregnant, my mother was so happy that she didn't sleep all night, and said that she would come to serve the princess in person!"

(End of chapter)