The emperor is embarrassed

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ming Zhan slept until noon, and touched randomly, but his body was empty, but a small hand was gently touching his face.

"Don't make trouble." Ming Zhan muttered, pinching the troublesome hand, he thought it was Ruan Hongfei, but when he touched it, something was wrong, it was a small soft ball, and when he opened his eyes, it was Feng Xuanke .And a circle of little carrots wrapped in fur balls stood around his bed, with wide-eyed eyes watching Ming Zhan lying on the bed with different expressions.

Feng Xuanke's hand was pinched, his face was red, his eyes were bent, and his pupils were black and white, very clear.Eyelashes curled up and long, very cute, with a baby voice, asking like a little adult, "Uncle Huang, why don't you get up yet?"

"Ah, am I taking a break? Chinese New Year is a time to sleep in." Ming Zhan lied without any pressure, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"The food at great-grandmother's place is ready, let's ask Uncle Huang to come and eat."

Ming Zhan had no choice but to get up. He had always slept naked, showing his snow-white arms and arms. Seeing a group of little ghosts staring at his naked body, Ming Zhan clenched his fists and folded his forearms, showing off to a group of children that his upper arms were barely visible. He showed off his biceps, "Look, is the knot strong? Come and feel it, is it strong?"

A few little guys touched it, and it was really hard. They asked adoringly, "Uncle Huang's meat is so hard."

"You will be like this when you grow up to be men." Ming Zhan said proudly.He Yu brought the clothes, and Ming Zhan lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

"The emperor's little bird is also so big." Feng Tansu doesn't talk much on weekdays, but like his father, he is very coquettish, so just pay attention to this.

Ming Zhan laughed loudly, "That's right, otherwise, I can't be the emperor."

So many years later, when several people recalled Ming Zhan, they would all say, "Uncle Huang is an extremely strong man."

It can only be said that this is really a beautiful misunderstanding.

After Ming Zhan cleaned up and handed out the New Year's money, he took the little radish bosses to the Compassionate Ning Palace for a reunion dinner.Because the empress dowager missed her son, even if she ate the reunion dinner, she would eat it with a sad face.

Spring Festival is a big day.

This is true for Ming Zhan, and it is also true for Feng Jingming.

Li Fang's injury has improved a lot, but after soaking in sea water for too long, the injury is at the vital point.Feng Jingming picked up the dying Li Fang when he was evacuating to the sea.It's strange, although Feng Jingming had turned against Li Fang about Ruan Hongfei earlier, but he didn't turn his back on him.

On the contrary, he did good deeds every day, asked doctors to extend medicine for Li Fang, and saved Li Fang's life.

The scourge lives for thousands of years.

Li Fang saw the table noodles served by the attendants, coughed lightly twice, and said to Feng Jingming, "I have nothing now, my lord saved me, it is really a loss."

"How could it be?" Feng Jingming said softly, "The moon has its ups and downs, and people have their ups and downs. At this time, I will save Brother Li. I believe that Brother Li will no longer doubt my sincerity in cooperating with Brother Li. Brother Li It is only a matter of time for a hero to make a comeback in the future."

Li Fang shook his head, "Half of my men and horses were at sea, and they probably all died when they clashed with Du Ruoguo. The other half and the young master went to the shore to besiege Fuzhou City. I believe there are not many left. Now, since the young master rescued If you kill me, my life, Li Fang, is yours. Li Fang will not think about Dongshan anymore. If you have something to do, you can order it. If there is a chance in the future, as long as the young master allows me to return to the imperial capital to avenge this deep hatred, Li Fang is very grateful It's all over." After being a leader for a long time, if Li Fang can't see the general situation clearly, Li Fang will have spent all these years in vain.

What comeback?

Could it be that Feng Jingming is a kind and generous person?Why help him make a comeback!

Since he is looking at his value, let's talk about his value directly!

Feng Jingming smiled, "Brother Li's business is my business."

Xue Shaoliang also has a holiday.

Originally, Ming Zhan was worried that Xue Shaoliang was alone and had no one to take care of him.

Don't worry this time, there is Song Yao.

Although Song Yao was getting promoted, he really didn't make a fortune.At this time, there were countless people who wanted to pull him off the horse, and they were all staring at each other. Song Yaomai had to discuss with Zhao Lingyan first, who would dare to make a fortune with money.

It was Xue Shaoliang who made great contributions, Ming Zhan could not be promoted to Xue Shaoliang's official position, but he generously rewarded Xue Shaoliang with a sum of money.Xue Shaoliang immediately decorated Song Yao's original small courtyard, replanted flowers and trees in the courtyard, and replaced the furniture in Song Yao's room with clean old mahogany wardrobe tables and chairs. Although the furnishings are not antiques, It is also the best celadon, with paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall.

Even the old servant Song Yao left behind, Xue Shaoliang also called a tailor from the shop to cut two decent clothes according to the old man's size, and the old man suddenly looked much better.When he was happy, he would not go in and out of the house, hooked up with the widow and old lady next door when he was basking in the sun, and even found a home for his son, scolding the old man for being indecent and hooligan.It all depends on Xue Shaoliang to make things right.

Song Yaochu went home fine, but when he got to the house, he realized that Xue Shaoliang had suddenly made a fortune, and interrogated Xue Shaoliang with a long-winded face that was completely different from the stern face he had when he was outside.

Xue Shaoliang dismissed him directly with one sentence, "It's a secret in the palace, no comment."

Song Yao sighed worriedly, "Young Shaoliang, you must be extremely careful when you are an official." The emperor is not stupid, he can give Xue Shaoliang so much money, I don't know what Xue Shaoliang did.

Now the two brothers celebrate the New Year.

On the first day of the new year, Song Yao also prepared a big red envelope for Xue Shaoliang. Xue Shaoliang gave Song Yao a contemptuous look. Could this person be reminding him that a cousin should give it to Song Yao? Happy New Year far away.

"You don't need to be old."

Sure enough, Song Yao smiled and reminded, "Cousin Shaoliang, have you forgotten something?"

"Don't call me that." Xue Shaoliang reluctantly opened his eyes and muttered, "Cousin, Happy Chinese New Year."

Thanks to Song Yao's high martial arts skills and sharp eyes and ears, otherwise he might not have heard Xue Shaoliang's greeting.However, Song Yao didn't mind Xue Shaoliang's distorted facial expression at all, and replied loudly, "Happy New Year, cousin, and one year older. Cousin needs to be more stable."

Song Yao wanted to babble, but Xue Shaoliang urged, "Go cook dumplings, I'm hungry."

"oh oh."

Resigned to his fate, Song Yao wore a brand-new brocade coat and went to the stove to cook underwater dumplings.

Xue Shaoliang followed to help, although there was an old servant at home, except for sleeping, eating, basking in the sun and hooking up with the old lady, it was really useless.

Song Yao is not only good at fighting, but he is also good at cooking.For example, the New Year's dumplings were made by Song Yao, and Xue Shaoliang seldom talked, but expressed his admiration for Song Yao's craftsmanship with practical actions. The two brothers had to cook two pots for each meal.

After eating the dumplings, he felt warm and comfortable all over. Thanks to Xue Shaoliang's strong self-discipline, he leaned on the couch and didn't want to move anymore.I just woke up, and I still want to sleep well again.

"Shaoliang, what do you want to eat at noon, I'll make it for you." Song Yao bought a lot of new year's goods, and took Xue Shaoliang to go together. The two beautiful men went out, which caused a sensation Not at all, one of the girls was fascinated while walking, and directly bumped into a big tree on the side of Suzaku Street, and became a joke in the imperial capital.

"It's all done."

Song Yao smiled and said, "Okay, I see you've lost weight, you've been injured, and you need to recuperate for a while. The food in the palace is really bad, and you still have to work as an errand."

"It's okay." I heard that it is still an improvement now. The food of the guards was even worse when the Supreme Emperor used to be.In the palace, the imperial cooks served the emperor and empress dowager.At the level of guards, it is the little apprentices of the imperial chef who practice their skills.Occasionally, there are some raw food. Ming Zhan watched and warned the dining room once that the food doesn't have to be good, it must be cooked.Only then did the dining room put more thought into it, and now it is quite accessible.

Until the fifth day of the lunar new year, Song Yao had to go to Datong when he left the emperor, and Xue Shaoliang lived a happy life of stretching out his clothes and opening his mouth for food.As a result, when Song Yao left, Xue Shaoliang felt a little bit reluctant.

Men are not unrestrained, so Xue Shaoliang took out a handful of silver bills to Song Yao, and said coldly, "Take it, anyway, I don't need it in the imperial capital. You are in the northwest, and your buttocks are not settled yet. Don't call someone look down."

Xue Shaoliang doesn't like talking too much, but it doesn't mean he is stupid.In fact, the less talkative a person is, the more assertive they are.For example, Xue Shaoliang grew up with his father who was an official, and he knows everything about officialdom.

Don't think that your subordinates are easy to get along with, and you don't know when they will dig a hole for you.

If you want to buy people's hearts, who doesn't need money?

Song Yao wanted to refuse, but couldn't open his mouth.Xue Shaoliang is not the kind of person who is polite, he gives, and he gives sincerely.Song Yao had complicated feelings in his heart, so he covered it up with a smile, "I can still live on, Shao Liang."

"Don't be verbose." Xue Shaoliang stuffed Song Yao into his arms and said, "Let's make dumplings today. Make some more tonight, and I'll save them for a few more meals."

"Hey." Song Yao responded, and said, "Why don't I teach you how to make stuffing and wrap it." How about teaching him how to fish?

"No need." Xue Shaoliang would rather be greedy than cook.Where can a man learn this?It is the limit to beat Song Yao on weekdays.

Of course, Song Yao will.Moreover, Song Yao is definitely a real man.Xue Shaoliang thought silently, maybe this is Song Yao's hobby.

Song Yao made a lot of dumplings and put them away. It's cold now, but they won't go bad.

After he left, Xue Shaoliang often brought dumplings to the palace for lunch, but Song Yao's craftsmanship was really extraordinary.A bunch of guards ate them up, Xue Shaoliang was cheerful and didn't say much.

Even Ming Zhan heard the letter.

Of course, the reason why Ming Zhan knew about it was because of the little gossip about Yaoguang.

Yaoguang was in charge of Ruan Hongfei's guards, had acquaintance with these imperial guards, and also tasted the dumplings brought by Xue Shaoliang, and said to He Yu, "I really can't tell, Mr. Xue looks so cold, and his hands are so skillful, the dumplings he made are all delicious." It's a dead end."

Ming Zhan was so greedy that Yaoguang praised Xue Shaoliang's dumplings so much, even the cooks in the imperial dining room didn't have such skills, so he was also moved, and hinted to He Yu to go Ask for a plate to try.

As a result, Xue Shaoliang finished eating early, and asked again, it turned out that the dumplings were made by Song Yao.

Ming Zhan sighed, "Song Yao really can go up to the hall and down to the kitchen. I don't know who has such a good fortune to marry him."

Somehow this word got out, and Song Yao became famous for a while.

I don't know how many families with girls who are waiting to marry have taken aim at this potential stock. For a while, people have a kind of covetousness towards Song Yao, just like when a goblin sees the Tang monk's flesh in the west.

But Song Yao's life is not easy now.

Of course, there is a world of difference compared to just arriving at the same time.No matter how good Song Yao's martial arts are, he has never been weak.Just like Shao Fanning, the newly appointed magistrate of Datong, Mr. Shao is over [-] years old. Compared with Song Yao, being his father is a bit too old.

The former magistrate of Datong was killed in the city, but Shao Fanning took the remnants of the soldiers to hide in the mountains, escaped, and saved half of the strength of the Datong soldiers.When Ming Zhan heard about this, he brought up Shao Fanning and did not send another new magistrate.

The magistrate of Datong is not an easy seat to sit in. First of all, the highest official position in this city is not him, but Song Yao, the general of Datong.However, in the face of Song Yao, who has achieved success at a young age, it is really difficult to prevent people from feeling jealous.

What's more, during the days when Song Yao returned to the imperial capital, Zhao Lingyan said that Mr. Shao continued to marry to fill the house, a daughter of the Zheng family.

Song Yao frowned slightly, "Didn't he have a wife, even if he died in an instant, he still has a filial wife."

"What kind of wife does not have a wife?" Zhao Lingyan said with a bit of disgust, "When the Tatars came, they said that the woman was raped by the Tatars and lost her innocence. Mr. Shao, a scholar, how could he bear this? The former general retired. Marry another Zheng family, a noble daughter, with a bright future."

"Have you gone for a drink?" Song Yao asked.

Zhao Lingyan glanced at Song Yao, "I don't want to go if the chief officer is not here, so I gave you a gift in your name."

Song Yao nodded, "This guy surnamed Shao is really disrespectful, even if there is something wrong with it, just settle it quietly. No one will say anything about the remarriage in two years. But he is so impatient. Immediately climb up to Zheng's house, it will inevitably be looked down upon by others."

Seeing that the water on the stove was about to boil, Zhao Lingyan took out a set of tea sets to fiddle with, "You are a bit prepared, I think the Zheng family seems to have taken a fancy to you too. I met the second young master of the Zheng family a while ago. Ask me whether you are married or not."

"Take care of him." Song Yaohun didn't care, watched Zhao Lingyan heat the teacups one by one, and said, "Although this place is far away from the imperial capital, Your Majesty is not deaf or blind. Shaoyan, the Zheng family has Mr. Zheng working on it." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is already the head of the six ministers. Now that we are still here to camp, we want to marry all the civil and military men of Datong City to the Zheng family, and let His Majesty know, I am afraid that we will not have good fruit for us."

"That's what I mean too." Zhao Lingyan poured a cup of hot tea for Song Yao, and then closed the charcoal basin with an iron chisel, covered it with a flat iron lid, and put two sweet potatoes on the lid to roast slowly , Zhao Lingyan said, "The reason we stand here is to be loyal to the emperor. Where is Mr. Shao, let him go. I think he, the magistrate of Datong, won't last long."

Song Yao asked Zhao Lingyan, "How did you spend the Chinese New Year?"

"Let's just live like that. There are Song Yuan, Daniu, Lao Chen, and Zhibing. They all have no family and no mouth. We lived together." Zhao Lingyan sipped hot tea, afraid of burning his mouth, "There will be wars here from time to time, and I don't know when I will die. You and I are fine. Like Daniel and the others, they are in their twenties, and they can't get a woman."

"Isn't he a lover in the city?"

"A good friend is not a wife."

Song Yao didn't have any good ideas, even he, at his young age, had to rely on Wuzhishan.Finally, Song Yao choked out a sentence, "We are both single."

Zhao Lingyan laughed and reminded him, "Go and see Song Yuan when you have time, we had a fight while you were away."

"Why?" Zhao Lingyan's temper was not bad among soldiers.What's more, Zhao Lingyan himself is tactful, much stronger than Song Yao, so he won't easily offend anyone.

"The salaries of the soldiers have always been distributed by you to the generals of each battalion, and then the generals at the first level are given to the lieutenants, the lieutenants are given to the captains, and the captains are given to everyone. At the end of this year, the emperor rewarded double salaries. His team The people here are only paid one month’s salary, and I only found out after asking, that his team’s salary will be paid one month later.” Zhao Lingyan’s face was not good, and he said, “I’ll ask someone to inquire about it.” I know, that kid took the silver and went out to deposit loan sharks."

Song Yao's face turned cold, and he got up and was about to go out, but when he reached the tent door, he turned back suddenly and sat down again.

Zhao Lingyan didn't speak either.

"How many people know?" Song Yao asked.

"He has only been with you for three months, and I even frightened and interrogated him. He just said it's time, and the loan sharks are just the beginning, just over two months." Song Yuan is Song Yao's cousin, if this person is not Zhao Lingyan, Song Yao's cousin, really doesn't like him.Except for a decent face and not half of Song Yao's talent, the two of them are very different.

Ever since Song Yao became the general of Datong, this family somehow got the trust and came here for refuge.Song Yuan's parents learned that Song Yao had made a great future by joining the army, so they begged Song Yao to arrange a place for his son in the army, at least to have something to eat.

At the beginning, these words were very sweet, as if they would be satisfied if they really had something to eat.

Human desires are endless. A family of three in tattered clothes three months ago is still not happy today.

Zhao Lingyan asked, "I have arrested and imprisoned everyone I could. I just don't know how to end this case?"

Song Yao is not a brainless person, Zhao Lingyan asked this question, since he is an officer and Song Yuan is his cousin, Zhao Lingyan should have asked this question.What's more, there are Zhao Lingyan's temptations in it.

Some people can share adversity, but cannot share wealth.

There is nothing wrong with Song Yao himself, capable, not stingy, open-minded, a rare chief officer.However, if Song Yao's mind is not clear, Zhao Lingyan can't hang himself on this tree.

Song Yao understood very well that he was not in a stable foothold in Datong City, so he asked directly, "Ling Yan, you are my brother, what do you think? What should I do?"

"I don't know, so I asked you. I want to know, I have dealt with it on your behalf."

"I want to wait and see. After all, Song Yuan just came here. Let alone him, even I, Datong City, can't figure out what's going on here. It's not easy for ordinary people to lend usury. Who can have it?" This way? Let alone Song Yuan?" Song Yao thought about it, "I'm afraid someone came after us two brothers."

It coincided with Zhao Lingyan's thoughts, Zhao Lingyan didn't say anything, Song Yao punched him, and said with a smile, "Are you still angry with me?"

"Song Yao." Zhao Lingyan said, "It's not easy for us to have today. I want to make contributions with you. However, I can't risk my future with Song Yuan, an idiot."

Song Yao sighed when he thought of the difficulties when he first came to Datong City.He wasn't happy because of Zhao Lingyan's words. Zhao Lingyan had absolutely nothing to say to him.In terms of conversation, Song Yuanyuan was not as good as Zhao Lingyan. He just said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I know the seriousness. Let's go fishing first, then we'll see."

Zhao Lingyan nodded.

Song Yao thought of something, hurriedly took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Zhao Lingyan.

Seeing that it was not sealed with lacquer, Zhao Lingyan took it apart and looked at it. When he saw that it was a bank note, he was dumbfounded.Song Yao's situation, he knows best, is very poor.Occasionally, it was Zhao Lingyan who made up for him. He didn't want to, and he made a windfall after a trip to the imperial capital.

Song Yao said, "You keep it and use it."

"Hey, where did you get all this money?" Could it be that you went to the imperial capital to collect people's money before the ass here was wiped clean?Don't bring such a fool!Zhao Lingyan was stunned for a while, but after thinking about it, Song Yao was not such a shallow-sighted person.If Song Yao wanted to get rich, he would already be rich by now.

Fearing that Zhao Lingyan would be overwhelmed, Song Yao said, "Shaoliang gave it to me. He knows I'm tight here, so let's use it first."

"Oh, Shaoliang originally gave me the wealth of the family. Now he has given me so much money." Speaking of Xue Shaoliang's benevolence and righteousness, Song Yao was deeply moved, "I don't know if he has enough to spend. "

Zhao Lingyan also knew about the relationship between Xue Shaoliang and Song Yao's cousins. Song Yao once told Zhao Lingyan about Xue Shaoliang's family. In one night, his father disappeared and his family also broke up. It was so pitiful.Zhao Lingyan couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say that Mr. Xue is serving as the emperor's bodyguard? Where did you get so much money?" It was about ten thousand gold.

Song Yao said, "The emperor rewarded him."

Zhao Lingyan stopped asking. Thinking about Song Yuan, Zhao Lingyan sighed, "Those who are capable will not come, and those who are not capable will catch up." If it was Xue Shaoliang who came to Datong City, he would definitely be able to help them.

Song Yao couldn't help laughing, "Yes, if Shaoliang can come to the Northwest. His martial arts are better than mine, and he will definitely make great achievements."

Zhao Lingyan's actions were fast enough, and he arrested and locked up all the people Song Yuan confessed to in the prison, but the matter still leaked out, and soon there was a Datong censor who wrote to Ming Zhan: Song Yao, as the commander of an army, unexpectedly Full of selfishness, he put his cousin An in the military camp, and then accused him of harshly withholding military pay, exploiting at high profits, and killing people.

After hearing this, Ming Zhan's heart sank, he was skeptical.

The censor may have exaggerated slightly, but it was groundless, not necessarily without reason.

Damn it, I just met Song Yao, and this kid is so unbelievable, making such troubles.Ming Zhan didn't argue with joy or anger on his face, and said lightly, "There is such a thing? Li Xiang, what do you think it should be?"

Li Pingzhou thought for a moment and said, "The evidence of the Datong censor is insufficient. In my opinion, in order to restore the innocence of General Song, I should send the censor to investigate the case in detail."

"Who should I send?"

"Youdu Censor Jiang Wen'an, previously went to Fuzhou to investigate the Zhao family case, and later went to Yangzhou to investigate the case of Huaiyang Governor Lin Yongshang. He is young and strong and available." Li Pingzhou said.

Ming Zhan nodded, "General Datong is no small matter. The Ministry of Punishment, the son-in-law, Lu Wentao, you and Jiang Wen'an go over together to find out about this matter."

Lu Wentao was very surprised that Ming Zhan named him.Ever since the incident about his eighth brother, Ming Zhan has been lukewarm towards the Lu family. At this time, he named the Lu family.Surprised and delighted, Lu Wentao hurriedly received the order with Jiang Wen'an.

Ming Zhan went down to court and said to Ruan Hongfei, "Song Yao was too careless."

Ruan Hongfei smiled, "You trust him quite a bit." Before the investigation, it was believed that Song Yao was innocent, which was not like what the suspicious Ming Xiaopang said.

"That's it, our eldest nephew, I have to treat him differently anyway." Hehe, in fact, he has another source of news.Of course, Ming Zhan would never say such words.After taking the tea offered by Ruan Hongfei and drinking it in two sips, Ming Zhan asked, "It was too careless. Song Yuan, do you know Song Yuan, Feifei?"

"I don't have much contact with the Song family, how can I know everyone."

"It is said that this is Song Yuan, who was instructed by Song Yao to use the salaries of the soldiers to usury." Ming Zhan rubbed his temples, really not knowing what to say, "I think Song Yao may not know about the usury, His ass hasn't secured the general's seat yet, so he doesn't have the guts to do so right now. But, I wonder if Song Yuan has a brain twitch, or is he being framed."

Waving his hands, Ming Zhan said, "There are so many things about human brains and pig brains, I really can't understand it, let them go."

Ruan Hongfei smiled, "You don't have to worry about it, as long as An Sheng goes to the theater."

Ming Zhan whispered sweetly, "I want to do what I can to make you happy."

"Fat, isn't your birthday coming soon?" Ruan Hongfei changed the subject.

"Well, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already mentioned it. I don't want to make a fuss. After my birthday, it will be the birthday of the Empress Dowager. I guess the old lady will talk about the father again." Ming Zhan is not jealous of Feng. Jing Qian, he just hoped that within the past three years, Feng Jingqian would not come to the imperial capital.Feng Jingqian will come again when he has firmly established his status as emperor.

"An old lady, what can you do if you ignore her?" From Ruan Hongfei's point of view, Ming Zhan was sometimes too soft-hearted.When Ming Zhan came to the palace when he was a little mute, he suffered a lot of crimes.At that time, the old lady did not have the demeanor of being a grandmother.However, Ruan Hongfei fell in love with Ming Zhan because Ming Zhan was soft-hearted and affectionate.

Ming Zhan said, "Oh, the emperor's grandmother doesn't know anything about politics, and she doesn't get involved. I thought, I'll be happy if I can make her happy. I'm already old, and besides, father and father are still in Yunnan. , it’s not easy to make them worry.”

Ruan Hongfei shrugged and stopped mentioning this matter.

For ordinary people, being soft-hearted and kind-hearted is a virtue.

However, if this kind of virtue is placed in the royal family, it will be a life-threatening poison.

Ming Zhan really didn't expect anyone to dare to say such a thing.

The imperial family's wives, all the female family members must go to the Palace of Compassion and Shou'an on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Wei.The Empress Dowager didn't care about common matters, but the Empress Dowager Wei would prepare tea parties, flower viewing parties, or other famous people to communicate with these officials and clans from time to time.

In a sense, because Ming Zhan had no queen, the Empress Dowager Wei repeatedly performed the dual duties of empress and empress dowager.

As usual, the Empress Dowager went to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace first, and then the Empress Dowager left Princess Xiangyi Taichang to talk, and they followed the Empress Dowager to Shou'an Palace.

It's always been like this in the past, but I don't want to have a change today.

When Princess Xiangyi came, Empress Dowager Wei did not accept her gift. After the Empress Dowager gave her seat, Princess Xiangyi said directly, "I have something to ask about what the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager mean?"

The Empress Dowager smiled, "Sister, please tell me."

"That's right, His Majesty's Longevity Day is coming up now, and the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu Festival is coming up next, and the Emperor's birthday is in May. It's almost a few days in total." Princess Xiangyi looked at the Emperor The Queen Mother said, "The Supreme Emperor has been away from Yunnan and Guizhou for a long time, and there is no one who does not miss the imperial capital. What's more, the Tatars besieged the city before, and my heart was so frightened that I couldn't jump. Let me see, why don't you invite the Supreme Emperor to come back and pass the Empress Dowager?" Besides, the emperor has always been filial to the Supreme Emperor, so he will be happy if you think about it."

Princess Xiangyi's words hit the Empress Dowager's heart directly, and the Empress Dowager smiled, "Yes, yes." Knowing that she could not be in charge, she asked Empress Dowager Wei, "What do you think, Empress Dowager?"

As soon as Princess Xiangyi opened her mouth, the Empress Dowager Wei picked up the teacup and drank a round of tea. After hearing the empress dowager's question, the Empress Dowager Wei put down the teacup without haste and said softly, "The emperor is going to Yunnan and Guizhou. To recuperate from illness, it is not for no reason that you go to that far away place. Otherwise, according to the filial piety of the Supreme Emperor, how can you stay away from the imperial capital?"

"Is it up to the emperor to decide where the Supreme Emperor comes and goes?" The Empress Dowager Wei glanced at Princess Xiangyi and said, "If the Supreme Emperor has taken care of himself, he should come back as a matter of course. In Yungui, it is not a long-term strategy."

"Furthermore, it's about the Tatars. The emperor has just ascended the throne, and the faces in the court are still half-familiar, let alone the border guards?" Queen Mother Wei said, "These generals..."

"I'm not afraid that Princess Taichang will annoy you, but they are all sent by the emperor's envoy? A courageous person like Princess Taichang is afraid of trembling, but I am not afraid." The Queen Mother Wei said lightly, "What are you afraid of? The emperor He is my direct relative's son, and I know the emperor's ability better than anyone else. He can guard the imperial capital, and he can also guard the thousands of miles of country."

Princess Xiangyi was completely ashamed to refute the Queen Mother Wei's words, but the Empress Dowager still smiled and said, "Yes, the emperor is good, and he is very filial to me."

Empress Dowager Wei really didn't know if her mother-in-law was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, but Princess Xiangyi repeated the old saying, "Since that's the case, I will entrust this matter to the Queen Mother?"

"Okay." The Empress Dowager Wei remained calm, and she had an idea in her mind, "Since both the queen mother and the Taichang Princess miss the Supreme Emperor, it is better for the mother to write a letter first. Let me think about it, yes, the Taichang Princess His grandson, Princess An Yue's son Kai Jun, is serving as a bachelor's student by the emperor's side, and the emperor said that Kai Jun is a young man with talent and will have a great future."

"According to me, the messengers are all ready-made, so I will send Kai Jun. Order him to ask about the health of the Supreme Emperor. If the Supreme Emperor's health improves, let Kai Jun come back to the imperial capital under the honor of the Supreme Emperor. If it is done well, it will be counted." He has merit. If he can't do it well, he won't be able to invite the Supreme Emperor..." The Empress Dowager Wei glanced at the Taichang Princess Xiangyi with a smile, "If you fail to live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother and the Taichang Princess, you will be punished."

Princess Xiangyi spoke with words, "I don't know much about these court affairs, but the Empress Dowager is very precious, so she pays close attention to it."

The Empress Dowager Wei said, "Princess Taichang is overrated. As the Empress Dowager, she should really pay more attention to government affairs. Like now, can't she share the worries of the Queen Mother and Princess Taichang? Otherwise, Princess Taichang will just leave the matter to me. But I can't do it, it seems that Shou'an Palace is incompetent."

Princess Xiangyi was so choked by the Empress Dowager that she was speechless, so she could only say to the Empress Dowager, "It's getting late, Empress Dowager, let the Empress Dowager go back."

"Yes, yes, you are tired too, go and rest."

Empress Dowager Wei nodded slightly, turned and left.

Even though the Empress Dowager was simple-minded, she could see that something was wrong with Princess Xiangyi, so she pulled Princess Xiangyi and asked, "What's wrong with you? Talking so aggressively to the Queen Mother."

With anger in her eyes, Princess Xiangyi said to the queen mother, "You don't know, the queen mother gave Shuyuan a female officer."

The empress dowager still had an impression of this matter, she nodded and said, "Well, I know, isn't she just a girl who combs her hair? There's nothing unusual about this. It was Shuyuan who fell in love with her, so it's not easy to tell the empress dowager. The empress dowager saw her I really like it, so I gave it to her."

"Who did you hear this from?"

"The empress dowager told me personally." The empress dowager was honest.

The eldest princess Xiangyi was very upset, and the eldest princess complained, and sighed, "She said, you just believe it. You, don't even think about it, which girl can get a little fox into the house properly? Now the big girl is in a dilemma. If you don't let the eldest son-in-law get involved, after all, it is a gift from the queen mother. If you give the little vixen to the eldest son-in-law, think about the heart of the eldest princess."

"It turned out to be like this." The Empress Dowager couldn't believe it.

Thinking of Empress Dowager Wei's previous toughness, for a while, Princess Xiangyi felt sad for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and sighed, "Now that the Supreme Emperor has just gone to Yunnan and Guizhou, she can attack the eldest princess. In the future, I am afraid that it will even kill you and me. The land is gone."

"That's not the case." The Empress Dowager felt that her sister-in-law was alarmist, and said, "The emperor is really filial to me, even now, he will come to pay me a visit every day. The emperor is such a frugal child, I heard that the emperor Each meal does not exceed six dishes. I have added some quotas here, and I said no, but the emperor refused. If there is anything in this palace, I will give it to me first. Sister, have you thought about it?"

"It's better to ask the Supreme Emperor to come back. No matter how good it is, can you live well with the Supreme Emperor?"

The Empress Dowager stopped talking.