These years of being the queen mother!

Yang Mingda agreed, and the follow-up questions became very simple.Feeling relieved, Wei Zhongxian stayed in Liaodong for a few more days, and ordered the soldiers at all levels of the General Military Mansion to guard Liaodong and serve the emperor, and then he took Yang Mingda back to the capital with light clothes.

I don't know if it was luck or something, but the second day after Wei Zhongxian took Yang Mingda back to the capital, the Houjin Eight Banners army arrived as scheduled.When the war broke out, Wei Zhongxian and Yang Mingda naturally couldn't leave.

In the winter of the first year of Apocalypse, Hou Jin once again sent troops south.Since this battle is related to whether the Tatars can survive the winter safely, all the people of the Houjin Tartars fought, and even Erlang, who was half-grown and just got his horseback, was included in the Niulu and participated in the act of mowing the grass.After a series of tragic battles, even the Ming army had people who were determined to fight to the death. Under the leadership of most of the wimpy Ming generals who had become a habit of running away after defeat, they were defeated like mountains. The city that the Great Khan had been spying on could no longer escape the inertia of history and inevitably fell.

Before the fall of Liaoyang, Yuan Yingtai, governor of Liaodong, felt that the situation was over.Unable to recover, he asked his confidant Hou Shilu to escort Wei Zhongxian out of Liaodong with all his strength.After Wei Zhongxian and others were able to leave Liaoyang through a secret passage and escape from birth, Yuan Yingtai turned to die and committed suicide on the day Liaoyang was captured.

Wei Zhongxian and his party were lucky.Because they left Liaoyang smoothly and left the border of Liaodong.Although he slept in the open for a while because of running around for his life, with Yang Mingda, a young expert trained by Yang Lingyue, Wei Zhongxian was taken care of very well. Except for becoming darker and thinner and less energetic, Wei Zhongxian, an old guy, was almost unscathed returned to the capital.

Wei Zhongxian went to Liaodong, and caught up with the war and survived. Naturally, the civil servants who claim to be loyal ministers felt sorry. In Liaodong, he was allowed to return to Beijing safely. Hey, God really didn't open his eyes!

Wei Zhongxian didn't know about these talkative and nonsensical people muttering in private, and of course even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart.

When Wei Zhongxian returned to the capital, he first settled Yang Mingda in his private house outside the palace. After he rested for one night, and recovered a little energy the next day, he put on a face of loyalty and dedication to the Holy One. He entered the palace with arrogance and arrogance, and met Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao met Wei Zhongxian in the side hall of Qianqing Palace.Wei Zhongxian bowed respectfully to Zhu Youxiao and reported his itinerary. Yang Lingyue was also there, taking brushes of different sizes, wrapped in paint, and carefully marking a building with pavilions, towers, water and rockery under Zhu Youxiao's instructions. Coloring on the small palace of stone.

Wei Zhongxian secretly glanced at Yang Lingyue, and after receiving Yang Lingyue's response with a pursed smile, a flash of thought flashed in his eyes, but he talked about political affairs calmly.

"Long live Lord Liaoyang fell, and the old minister was ashamed. If he didn't want to see the long live Lord, the old minister would have followed the example of Master Yuan (Yuan Yingtai) and hanged himself to die for the country."

Zhu Youxiao was obviously very pleased with Wei Zhongxian's tears. He waved his hand and said with a gentle expression: "I already know about Liaoyang. It's not Wei Gong's fault. It's Liaoyang defenders who failed me trust."

In March of the first year of the Apocalypse, when the Houjin Great Khan □□Hachi led the Eight Banners soldiers to invade Liaoyang, the Ming generals You Shigong and He Shixian did not die in battle as in history, but fought to keep Liaoyang.After these victories were passed back to the capital, Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and promoted You Shigong and He Shixian to the posts, and reassigned the person recommended by Yao Zongwen during the incident as the commander-in-chief of the Liaoyang garrison.

During the Liaodong War, when Liaoyang was besieged by the Houjin Eight Banners, the newly appointed Liaoyang General Soldier had a face-to-face meeting on the battlefield before waving the white flag and surrendering.How could Zhu Youxiao, who was so afraid of death, not be furious when he learned of the traitor's behavior, and Yao Zongwen was also implicated in the personnel recommended by him, and was dismissed from his post in the matter, and went home to eat himself.

After Wei Zhongxian returned to the capital, he also heard about it immediately, so he was happy to follow Zhu Youxiao's mind and criticize Yao Zongwen, saying that it was because he went to Liaodong that Zhu Youxiao was deceived by villains , causing the land of Liaoyang to fall into the hands of the Later Jin Tartars.

"Master Yuan (Yuan Yingtai) is a good man. Lord Long Live can honor him as Secretary of the Ministry of War, offer him a solemn funeral, and make his son an official."

"What Wei Gong said is very much in line with what I want, that's what I intend." Zhu Youxiao knew that he couldn't do it, so he asked Yang Lingyue, who was evenly painting the small palace with various colors of paint, to write it. He issued an imperial decree to posthumously seal Yuan Yingtai.

When Wei Zhongxian was not in the capital, Yang Lingyue was used to writing for Zhu Youxiao.Therefore, he didn't feel shy, and generously stopped painting and coloring the small palace on the spot, and in the center of the snow-white rice paper, he wrote the imperial decree to posthumously seal Yuan Yingtai's military department and confer his wife Yinzi.

Regarding the fact that Yang Lingyue actually wrote for Zhu Youxiao, Wei Zhongxian, who knew the powerful relationship, would naturally not talk too much, saying that Yang Lingyue was not qualified to write for Zhu Youxiao, but after Yang Lingyue wrote the pen, he sincerely admired it.

"Your Majesty's small script with hairpin flowers is really good."

"My father-in-law is wonderful."

Yang Lingyue dried the ink on the rice paper, and handed over the imperial decree to Zhu Youxiao.Zhu Youxiao glanced at it lightly, took out the jade seal representing the emperor's status, stamped a red seal on it, and asked Wei Zhongxian to put it away.

"Liaoyang has fallen, and Duke Wei thinks who should be sent to continue guarding Liaodong." Zhu Youxiao sighed, apparently worrying about this matter for a long time.

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately raised his head and glanced at Zhu Youxiao, and asked cautiously, "I don't know who Long Live Lord wants."

"I just don't know who to appoint to ask Duke Wei specifically. I'm afraid that there will be another Wang Wen. If there is a war, he will simply surrender to the enemy." Zhu Youxiao's expression became annoyed as he said.He smashed the jade seal in his arms, and swept the Bixi on the desk to the ground.

Wei Zhongxian shut his mouth decisively because of Zhu Youxiao's sudden anger. On the contrary, Yang Lingyue picked up the jade seal with a corner missing and put it on the desk, saying in a crisp and clear voice.

"Why does Long live Lord get angry over such a trivial matter. There are so many talented people in Ming Dynasty, it is normal for Long live Lord to not know what to choose for a while. If Long live Lord doesn't blame my concubine for being talkative, there will be someone in my concubine who chooses to listen to him. .”

The biggest difference between Zhu Youxiao and ordinary emperors is probably his gentle attitude and lack of suspicion.Seeing what Yang Lingyue said about this matter, he didn't have the slightest idea that the harem should not be involved in politics. Instead, his eyes lit up, and he asked happily, "Who is the candidate that Ah Yue can't help but recommend to me?"

"Master Xiong Tingbi, former Liaodong economic strategist."

Speaking of which Yang Lingyue knew about such a person, it was Quan Nai's memory from her previous life.Xiong Tingbi was a very famous general in the late Ming Dynasty in history. It can be said that because of him and Yuan Chonghuan, 10,000+ people in Liaodong were spared from death and were not displaced due to the flames of war.

Zhu Youxiao still knew about Xiong Tingbi, but he couldn't remember it for a while.Now hearing what Yang Lingyue said, Zhu Youxiao also felt that he was very suitable, so he asked Yang Lingyue to write on behalf of Xiong Tingbi to resume the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy and defend Liaodong.

In the winter of the first year of Apocalypse, Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty used Xiong Tingbi again to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy capital censor to manage Liaodong.A few days later, Mao Wenlong was promoted to deputy commander in chief, and he was ordered to send troops to guard Zhenjiang.

Because of the war in Liaodong, the winter of the first year of Tianqi was not going well.Because Ming Xizong didn't like Empress Zhang, Zhu Youxiao stayed in Yikun Palace most of the time, which can be regarded as confirming Yang Lingyue's position as the number one favorite concubine.

In this regard, Zhang Yan, who wanted to be a virtuous queen, was naturally unwilling.It's just that she is entangled in tedious palace affairs. No matter how unwilling Zhang Yan is, Zhang Yan, who doesn't want to let go of the power in her hand, can't find extra time to fight for favor, so she can only watch Yang Lingyue getting Zhu Youxiao's heart more and more coldly, and secretly curse While Yang Lingyue didn't end well, she instigated other concubines to stand out.

Zhang Yan and Empress Zhang are smart, and the other women in the harem are not stupid, so they naturally know Zhang Yan's narrow-mindedness.From their point of view, Concubine Rong ate meat and gave them soup. She didn't follow Queen Zhang's example and sent them to other palaces to intercept people. Naturally, she was easier to get along with than Queen Zhang, so she just did what she should do, and it was not at all smooth. The empress's heart started to quarrel with Yang Lingyue, and that kind of harmony made Empress Zhang almost explode with anger.

As soon as the new year is over, the heavy snow that has been falling for several months stops.Although the weather has not warmed up, but in the end I can go out on foot.This day Yang Lingyue got up early, first changed into a padded skirt under Chunlai's service, and then personally helped the lazy Zhu Youxiao get up.Under Zhu Youxiao's familiar behavior of stealing fragrance, Yang Lingyue accompanied Zhu Youxiao to have a sumptuous breakfast with winking eyes, and then watched him leave the Yikun Palace.

After Zhu Youxiao left, the sun unexpectedly got out of the thick clouds and hung lazily in the sky, dispelling a lot of chill.

Yang Lingyue was wearing a plain brocade quilted skirt and a cloak inlaid with old squirrel skin and brocade flowers, standing in the middle of the barren and somewhat bleak courtyard.After a little silence, he asked Chunlai to arrange for someone to clear the snow and clear the courtyard, so that when spring came, they could plant flowers and trees to add to the scenery.

Chun Lai, who followed Yang Lingyue's attendant, let out a hey, and went to call a few rough envoys, and began to clean the courtyard.During the cleaning process, Yang Lingyue stood in the empty courtyard for a while, and when Qiu went to lead a few young eunuchs to move a beauty couch and place it on the long corridor, Yang Lingyue turned around and left the courtyard.

"I heard that the pear blossoms in Xiyuan are blooming very well this year. Why don't we plant a pear tree in the courtyard when spring comes this year."

Qiu Qu, who was laying thick cushions on the beauty's couch, wrinkled his face and said in distress, "Pear trees are better than peach trees. Peach blossoms are more beautiful than pear blossoms, and peaches are more delicious than pears."

Yang Lingyue raised her eyebrows, glanced at Qiu Qu with a half-smile, and said vaguely, "Peaches are delicious, but pears are also good. Why don't you just use a pear tree or a peach tree?"

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