The prince is thinking of escaping marriage every day

The battle is tense again, Cangyue Kingdom's army has always been in the upper hand, but Zhulu Kingdom suddenly joins forces with Lanxi Kingdom to attack Cangyue together, and Cangyue Kingdom has been forced to retreat. In just a few months, it lost three continents in a row, and the news of defeat Spread from the battlefield to the capital.

Emperor Mu Youfang sits high on the throne, but he doesn't know much about the battlefield, so he entrusts the full power to the Ministry of War. The civil servants of the Ministry of War sit together to discuss, but they can't come up with an excellent strategy. The battle went on and on.

The border area was raging with flames of war, but the town was calm as usual. A carriage passed by the streets of the town and slowly walked out of the town. Half a month later, the carriage stopped in front of a mansion in the capital.

The people in the car slowly opened the curtains and got out of the car. The people waiting at the door immediately greeted them with joy, and said happily: "My nephew is finally here."

"Uncle Xiao." Ling Shuyuan waved his sleeves and saluted. Xiao Chenyan, Uncle Xiao was his father's old friend in the village. Later, he had outstanding literary talent, was favored by Zhongzheng, and was elected as an official in Beijing. Now he is in charge of the selection of officials in the capital. Returning to Beijing is to recommend him to the emperor.

"Nephew, get up!" Xiao Chenyan hastily helped him up. He used to praise Ling Shuyuan as a talented person, but now that he is Zhongzheng, he naturally wants to promote such a talent, but he helped Ling Shuyuan up, but Finding a light-colored scar on Ling Shuyuan's wrist, he couldn't help worrying: "What is this scar on my nephew's wrist?"

"No intention of scratching." Ling Shuyuan smiled slightly, Xiao Chenyan looked at him distressedly, he had been away from Beijing for three years, and now he returned to Beijing, although his appearance is handsome and his face is smiling, his figure is much thinner than that of three years ago , standing in the wind in a thin shirt, looking very flimsy, Xiao Chenyan couldn't help sighing, "My nephew has been in charge of the housework by himself in the past few years, and he must have suffered a lot. It's really hard work."

"It's not hard work." Ling Shuyuan shook his head.

Xiao Chenyan then welcomed him into the mansion: "The courtyard of Ling's mansion in Beijing has been sold, you should live in Xiao's mansion these days."

"Yes," Ling Shuyuan bowed his waist and said, "Then Shuyuan is bothering uncle."

It is rainy in Beijing in summer, Ling Shuyuan stood in front of the window, looking at the rain curtain outside the window, he did not know what he was thinking, his clear eyes were full of thoughts.

"Nephew!" Xiao Chenyan came from outside and shouted to Ling Shuyuan.

Ling Shuyuan turned his head back, only to see Xiao Chenyan smiling, his clothes flipped, and he quickly walked up to him and said: "Today I recommend your article to His Majesty, and His Majesty approves it very much, and I will order you to read it tomorrow." Enter the palace to face the saint."

Ling Shuyuan raised his brows with joy, and was slightly surprised: "Really?" He said, and bowed to Xiao Chenyan with his sleeves: "Thank you for the kindness of Uncle Xiao's recommendation."

"You don't have to be polite to me." Xiao Chenyan said: "Now that you are in an official career, you have fulfilled your father's wish."

"Father has worked hard for half his life, and he just settled in the capital." Ling Shuyuan mentioned his father, feeling a little sentimental in his heart: "Just a few years ago, my mother was seriously ill, and I had to sell the mansion in Kyoto to give my mother recuperation. Now, I want to tell Uncle Xiao One more thing, please ask Uncle Xiao to help me find out where the land deed of the Ling Mansion is now, I intend to buy it back."

Xiao Chenyan pondered for a while, supported his chin and recalled: "Nephew asked me to sell the mansion in the capital. At that time, I remembered that it was the eldest son of the Lu family who sold it for his concubine. Open a small courtyard."

"Son of Lu's family?" Ling Shuyuan was stunned, and then called out the man's full name: "Lu Tingyan?"

"It's him!" Xiao Chenyan affirmed.

Ling Shuyuan's eyelashes trembled, and a sarcasm suddenly formed in his clear eyes, and he begged Xiao Chenyan with a flick of his sleeve: "Then ask Uncle Xiao to make an appointment with Mr. Lu for me, I want to discuss with him in person."

Emperor Mu Youfang didn't care much about the battlefield outside the border. Even though he knew that the current situation on the battlefield was unfavorable, as long as he didn't fight inside the border, he could enjoy the garden in Kyoto without any worries, and handed over all the affairs of the battlefield to the Ministry of War.

The weather was hot in summer, and Mu Youfang took a group of concubines to the Jing'an Temple in Kyoto to escape the heat.When Xiao Chenyan brought Ling Shuyuan to Jing'an Garden to face the saint, Mu Youfang was standing under the shaded porch, holding a few grapes in his hand, eating while staring at the few playful girls in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Xiao Chenyan led Ling Shuyuan over, Mu Youfang caught sight of them out of the corner of his eye, then turned around, and saw a young man following Xiao Chenyan, who was born like a jade carving, with the corners of his eyes hanging slightly, and a light mole under his eyes became more and more protruding. People, when the breeze blows and the green clothes are blown, it always reminds people of a bouquet of daffodils blooming alone by the window.

Seeing the emperor staring at him, Ling Shuyuan bent down and waved his sleeves and said: "Ling Shuyuan, a grass-roots man, sees His Majesty."

"You are Ling Shuyuan?" Mu Youfang was surprised. Looking at the lexical dictionary in the article, he thought he was a middle-aged man in his late forties, but he didn't expect to be a handsome boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. He couldn't help but Zan said: "It's rare for you to be able to write such a good article at such a young age... How about this, I will make you an official to do it."

Ling Shuyuan raised his head, the emperor stroked his chin with his hand, sized him up, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "How is Secretary Lang?"

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation." Ling Shuyuan bowed and bowed.

"Well... Qing will go to the secretary department tomorrow." Mu Youfang wrote lightly, and turned his eyes to look at the smart girl on the lake pavilion.Pointing to one of the pink clothes, he asked Xiao Chenyan: "Xiao Aiqing, look at that girl, which family is she from?"

Xiao Chenyan looked at Mu Youfang's instructions, then bowed his head and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, that's the daughter of King Cheng, Princess Yunzhao, Mu Yinque."

"Chengwang's daughter?" Mu Youfang rubbed his teeth, and said inexplicably: "It's quite lively." He turned around and asked Xiao Chenyan tentatively: "You said that the emperor accepts a concubine, and Chengwang marries a daughter? Isn't that a happy event?"

Xiao Chenyan slandered in his heart, hearing the emperor's words, could it be that he fell in love with Princess Yunzhao, those officials in the court, they have developed a good ability to adapt to the wind, so they follow the emperor's words, Immediately flatteringly followed the emperor's words: "Naturally, it is a great joy."

"Then pass on the decree." Mu Youfang showed a sarcasm on his face, and said to the eunuchs beside him: "Princess Feng Yunzhao is a nobleman, and he will enter the palace to accompany you tomorrow night."

Ling Shuyuan and Xiao Chenyan came out of Jing'an Garden, Xiao Chenyan couldn't help but sighed when he remembered what happened just now, Ling Shuyuan looked at him curiously: "What's wrong with Uncle Xiao?"

"Nowadays the border war is tense, but His Majesty is still thinking about accepting the concubine." Xiao Chenyan sighed.

Ling Shuyuan bowed his head in silence, recalling the battle situation that he had heard a few days ago, and said: "I heard that Zhulu and Lanxi have already fought in Wucheng."

"That's right, the army is defending Wucheng to death, and I don't know what to do." Xiao Chenyan sighed.

Ling Shuyuan's expression sank, and after a long while, Xiao Chenyan sighed and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about it for now. Although the battle is tight, the troops chasing Lanxi will not reach the capital, so you and I will stay in the capital." , try your best to be loyal to your country.”