Qu clear as promised

The princess looked sideways, and suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a little strange. In her eyes, Zhu Zhiyi had always been that old-fashioned and cautious young man, but now he was a little different.

His eyes are more resolute, he will directly express his likes and dislikes, and there is also a kind of majesty and aura that can only be glimpsed in his unpredictable nephew.

The princess slandered, it was true that those who were close to ink were black.

"When will you lift the ban, and stay with me again. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, my son-in-law and I will return to southern Xinjiang."

"So soon?" He planned to leave the princess after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Quick?" The princess snorted, "Your husband is probably wishing that we would leave Beijing as soon as possible."

These days, the son-in-law has already told her that Liang Hui is starting to establish a Jiedu envoy in the border town. After a long time of mediation by the magnet merchants, the two sides have reached a tacit compromise - the son-in-law will continue to be in charge of the military power in southern Xinjiang, and Liang Hui will be sent from the imperial court. Jiedushi served as the local governor, in charge of people's livelihood, government officials and taxation, but did not involve the army, check and balance between the two sides, and reached a temporary peaceful situation.

The princess thought it was acceptable. Anyway, as long as they held military power, Liang Hui would not dare to do anything to them. As for local government taxation, they did not want to become kings on their own. The dowry of Zhuangzi's treasure land deed is countless, and he can enjoy the glory and wealth for a lifetime by sitting on the empty mountain.

But she still said ugly words: "If he dares to violate the contract, then I will definitely not sit still. The million elite cavalry in southern Xinjiang are waiting for him at Hushan Pass."

Zhu Zhiyi also promised her: "If the son-in-law has no dissent, the emperor will not move a single inch of southern Xinjiang in recent years."

"Can you guarantee it?" The princess laughed, "When will you be able to represent Liang Hui?"

"I can't," Zhu Zhiyi said truthfully, "but I will do my best to do my duty as a courtier so that things don't come to the point of fighting. The princess is a heroine among women and a heroine in the palace. Naturally, she knows that power struggle is the biggest and most important thing." The most useless internal conflict is the most useless to the people in the country. Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer, and in the end it is the innocent people who bear the suffering of the war, and internal turmoil leads to external disturbances. The foundation of the country is at stake.”

But they also know that the current relaxation is temporary, superficial, and vulnerable, and the root cause has always been there, and they cannot turn a blind eye and escape.

Zhu Zhiyi will always be the weight of the balance of the situation, and also the bridge between the imperial court and the northern and southern borders. No matter which side he leans towards, it will cause an unimaginable situation: "The princess asked me that day, I will really help you." Did the emperor come to take the power from you and the son-in-law? I didn’t answer. I have thought about it in front of the Buddha these days, but I have thought about it a lot.”

The princess raised her chin: "Say it."

Zhu Zhiyi looked at this woman who was always strong and protected him, and said sincerely, solemnly, and frankly: "The princess has the grace to protect me, and I will always be grateful. The emperor has a promise of reciprocity with me. , It is also destined that I cannot stay out of the matter. If that day comes, I can only consider from the most fundamental things, Daliang and the people, this is the principle, and it is also my bottom line and heart. Do my best to reconcile it, I don't want you to fight each other, if it involves the country, I will always make the most sensible and appropriate choice in my opinion."

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows, and Zhu Zhiyi wanted to speak more clearly: "That is to say, if one day, the emperor blindly takes power regardless of reality, I will do my best to stop it, but if one day, taking power and rectifying military affairs is indeed more suitable for calming the frontiers If it benefits the common people, then I am also willing to be his pawn in taking over the centralization of power."

The princess saw the blood meaningfully: "You mean, which side you stand depends on the current situation, not on who is close or distant."

Zhu Zhiyi: "Yes."

The princess was silent for a while, then said: "That's fine."

They are all players in the game, with different identities and positions. This is the best, and they have a clear conscience.

It can only be like this, because no matter what you choose, there will always be disappointments, and you can only choose to live up to your principles and heart.

It's just—the eldest princess smiled suddenly: "Has Liang Hui ever said——you are really hateful sometimes?"

Zhu Zhiyi: "?"

The princess knows that he doesn't understand, Zhu Zhiyi is affectionate but ruthless, universal love but no preference, relatives and distances are treated equally, and selflessness is so righteous, he takes up all the reasons, you can't find any place to criticize him, this is Zhu Zhiyi's "hateful and hateful" is also the place where so many people love him, trust him, and obey him.

She can accept Zhu Zhiyi's "love the world", but can her bastard nephew?

Impossible, because their feelings for Zhu Zhiyi are fundamentally different. Liang Hui's desire to possess and control his prey, which is like a wolf's enclosure, could not have been tamed by Zhu Zhiyi's "boda and love". On the contrary, Liang Hui couldn't tame Zhu Zhiyi's uprightness, stubbornness and selflessness in his blood. Love is a process of mutual taming, which is accompanied by collisions, compromises, willingness and pain.

But now it's obvious that Liang Hui's shaved head is hot, but she will never say it, she loves to watch good shows.

The princess smiled brightly, and said quietly: "No, you are much more transparent than before."

This is the truth, she still remembers Zhu Zhiyi's appearance of a walking corpse when she was not out of the cabinet, indulging in grief and being ignorant of the outside world, this time back to the palace, he was much more angry, he was no longer so rigid, and he was even touched A bit of the cunning of her bastard nephew.

Zhu Zhiyi smiled wryly: "It's just that I let down the princess' painstaking care for me."

"I won't blame you, don't be burdened," said the princess with a semblance of air rarely seen in a boudoir girl, "only one—"

"You can choose the path yourself, just take it on yourself." The princess patted him on the shoulder, "I can never trust Liang Hui."

She scolded others ruthlessly, and she did not hesitate to scold herself in order to scold Liang Hui: "I know better than you that the Liang family's frivolity and self-interest are all brought out from the bones of their mothers, otherwise they would not be able to sit still for a century. But If you still choose to seek skin from the tiger, then you will have to take care of yourself and watch over the good or bad in the future, and no one can help you anymore." Everyone is responsible for their own choices, Zhu Zhiyi is, and so is she.

Zhu Zhiyi nodded, and curled the corners of her mouth very calmly: "You can't generalize it, the princess is not unkind to me." It is not an exaggeration to say that the kindness is as heavy as a mountain.

The princess shook her head with seriousness and joking: "If that day really comes, I will not show mercy to you." Everyone has their own destiny and trajectory, and it is fate to pass by for a while, and now she also has her own. To guard those who are to be pursued and to be protected.

Zhu Zhiyi: "Okay."

After talking like this, Zhu Zhiyi felt relaxed: "I understand. The princess can rest assured to do what she wants, and I will also let go and fight for what I want."

The princess clenched her fist and thumped his shoulder. The younger brother who had been stern-faced since he was a child has now grown into a big tree. She smiled: "Okay, then I hope we all get our wish."

After the princess left, Zhu Zhiyi began to write letters to Liang Hui.

It was Liang Hui who first started sending letters on ink paper. They retreated and thought about their past, and they had no chance to meet each other, so they had to write letters with ink. Zhu Zhiyi wrote about official and political affairs, but Liang Hui didn't necessarily.

There are business matters, but I always have to insert a few words, what is the secluded palace and deserted, and the cicadas in the bamboo forest in the middle of the night, he has no peace and sleep alone; what is the wolf cub who is stubborn and difficult to discipline, and it is really meat to go directly in front of the Buddha statue Disrespectful, he will punish severely; why so and so clansman begging to see him is so annoying... There are many small things in the parents, Zhu Zhiyi was speechless for a while after reading it, but he didn't know what to reply.

He is not very good at comforting people, so he wrote a few sentences, such as reciting the mantra of clearing the heart before going to bed to meditate; Report a guest to see you.

Zhu Zhiyi was surprised by this uninvited guest.