After the big wedding, there are still a lot of etiquette to do when offering sacrifices to the Taimiao, entering the palace to thank, and returning to the prime minister's house. Ye Tianling accompanied Qing Chen in a perfect manner, and did not leak water everywhere, but the two of them seemed estranged in front of everyone, and they really complied with the words of respecting each other as guests.
Ye Tianling's coldness and Qing Chen's tranquility, it is inevitable that there will be something vaguely present in the human eye. All of a sudden, rumors and gossip spread in the imperial capital. At the beginning, King Ling refused to marry, and now King Zhan is hurt, and they all talked about it as if they had seen it personally.
Qing Chen would only laugh when he heard about it occasionally. He was reserved in palace attire with wide temples and wide sleeves, and walked in and out with Ye Tianling. I also met those boring officials in the palace who wanted to tease their tongues, but they were either intimidated by Ye Tian's condensed stare, or confused by Qing Chen's calm smile, and often the pastime words came to his mouth and swallowed back into his stomach, instead becoming It is a topic of jokes in Luoyuanxuan from time to time.
But one day, the five princes hosted a banquet in the Xi Palace, and many princes, princes, and ministers were present. Mrs. Zheng, the side concubine of King Xi, is quite doted on and attends the table together.
After drinking for three rounds, maybe she was a little bit drunk. Mrs. Zheng talked to Qing Chen for a few homely words, then glanced at Ye Tianling suddenly, and said with a half-sour smile, "I heard that His Royal Highness King Zhan came back from Huailuan, The mansion closed its doors and pondered over its mistakes, and it has been a bit cold recently. We all know that my fourth sister-in-law is good at medicine, so why don't you go and have a look, maybe the medicine will cure you?"
According to the ancestral precepts of the celestial dynasty, the prince is not allowed to go back to Beijing without an imperial edict when he is away from home. Although Ye Tianzhan Huailuan did a good job in his errands, he was reprimanded by the Emperor of Heaven for returning to heaven privately on the day of Qingchen's wedding. Not only was he not rewarded, but he was made to shut himself up in the mansion to contemplate his mistakes, and was not allowed to come and go for a month. Empress Yin was very annoyed by this, Qing Chen was quite helpless, but because of the lingering guilt for Ye Tianzhan in his heart, he could only give in everywhere.
After Mrs. Zheng's words came to an end, Ye Tianling's sharp eyes glanced at King Xi. As if by coincidence, Qing Chen's black brows were silent, but he also raised his eyes to look at King Dingxi.
The banquet was silent, no one came and went to answer, Mrs. Zheng was stunned there, smiling or not, she was shocked and felt that she had slipped her words. King Xi's complexion sank, and he shouted without hesitation: "Not going down yet!"
Qing Chen's eyebrows were raised slightly, and a faint smile swayed on his lips. Although he was displeased with someone who said nothing, but after drinking, he smiled and took Mrs. Zheng's hand and said: "The embroidery method just now, I still have it." If you don’t understand, please ask your sister to explain it to me again.”
When Ye Tianling heard this, the sharp lines at the corners of his mouth flicked slightly, and he raised his glass to King Xi. During the banquet, Duke Qin, Marquis Changding and others busily laughed to smooth things over, and Princess Xi also said to Qing Chen, "Sister Zheng embroiders with her own hands. If Sisister-in-law looks like she likes it, ask someone to bring it and let her embroider it for you."
Mrs. Zheng knew that she was in trouble, and said awkwardly: "Sisao... Sisao just draw me a picture, I will embroider it and send it to Sisao."
Qing Chen was not aggressive, and said, "I'm a layman in these things, and I'll ask you for advice someday when I have time."
After saying a few words and smiling, Princess Xi cast a cautious glance at Qing Chen, seeing a lot of flowers blooming in the palace, but she had never seen such a behavior. Just now, if he said he was annoyed, he turned his eyes directly to King Xi to question his guilt. He didn't agree with Mrs. Zheng's words, but when he looked at it again, he didn't seem to be annoyed. There is no doubt about him.
Fortunately, she didn't care about it anymore, and Princess Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I had heard that she was a soft and sharp woman, and she was calm and fearless in the court when she was with the Emperor of Heaven. Going back, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it.
Two days later, Qing Chen forgot about it, but Mrs. Zheng specially sent someone to send an embroidered screen with Bingdi flowers blooming.
The workmanship is exquisite, Xuxu is ready to come out, Qing Chen thought that if she wants to embroider such a picture, it may take a few years. Thinking that she always messed up the thread and silk cloth and her fingers, she had no choice but to raise her eyebrows, anyway, this is not an important thing.
Xue Zhan lay beside Qing Chen as if he knew what she was thinking, so he narrowed his eyes and looked at her, covered his nose with a sweep of his tail and continued to bury his head in a doze. Qing Chen accidentally caught the little beast's eyes, left Xiangxiu behind and reached out to rub its head with ulterior motives. Xue Zhan was ravaged miserably, and he had no choice but to raise his paw to fiddle with her hand. Qing Chen's cuff slipped, revealing a crimson crystal bead chain.
The garnet beads given by the Queen Mother during the wedding, tourmaline, aquamarine, moonstone, amethyst, garnet, this is already the fifth exquisite crystal she has, and the gold thread titanium crystal is in the hands of Queen Yin, Qing Chen can't help but turn around Looking towards Ye Tianling, there is another obsidian in his place.
Because of the big marriage, he put down government affairs these few days and even skipped the morning court. Ye Tianling, a person who usually handles things without any mistakes, is surprisingly idle. Aside from those vain rituals outside, he only accompanied Qing Chen every day, his blue shirt was light, and he exuded a novel leisureness, as if the indifference that followed him before was just an illusion. Diluted.
His gaze slowly fell on his solid chest, steady shoulders, thin lips, straight nose bridge, and those dark eyes along his wrists. Qing Chen forgot why he turned his head as soon as he turned around. She just looked at him with her chin up.
Ye Tianling raised her head inadvertently, and was falling into her gaze. The gentleness along the way warmed people's hearts slightly, like the dusk where the faint fragrance floated, with the soft and deep peach shadow colorful, falling all over her breasts.
With a movement of his slender fingers, he grasped the scroll in his hand, quietly looking back at the past, facing Hao Xi, this life is quiet and good, and it seems that he will never get tired.
The surrounding personnel affairs have become empty, and this situation does not happen every day, so Bi Yao, Yan Xi and even Mrs. Bai often bowed their heads and pursed their lips and quietly retreated out. The austerity of Prince Ling's Mansion gradually reveals some exquisite beauty, the green shade is slightly thick, the breeze is clear, and the sunshine warms up this late spring day by day.
The idle days returned to their usual rhythm within a few days. There were so many things going on in court, and Ye Tianling would not be able to return home until evening, but today was extraordinarily early.
The flowers were light outside the window, and the sun was half shining in front of the banquet. Qing Chen leaned against the window and was solving an ancient game in front of the chess record. Seeing him coming back, he asked a little strangely: "I haven't gone to court for so many days, so there is nothing to bother me?"
Ye Tianling sat down beside her, and randomly copied a few chess pieces to play with. The jade-colored chess piece danced between his slender fingers, making a crisp sound, "Why, do you expect me to be busy?"
Qing Chen said with a smile: "No, I'm just curious. I was so busy a while ago, how could I be free today?"
Ye Tianling flicked his sleeves, leaned on the table idly, looked at the chessboard, and said calmly: "I handed over the tiger talisman."
Qing Chen was stunned when he heard the words: "What?"
"Today, I will hand over the military power of the Imperial Army to my father." Ye Tianling repeated.
Qing Chen paused with his hands in the air, and looked up at him. Military power, that is something that many people can't imagine, and how many people are deeply afraid of the military power in Ye Tianling's hands. He actually said such a cool and unrestrained sentence, hand it over
After thinking about it for a while, she probably understood the reason. When King Zhan and King Ming both asked for marriage, the Emperor of Heaven unexpectedly married her, the daughter of the Feng family, to King Ling. It seemed that he wanted King Ling to restrain King Zhan and divide the power of his relatives at the same time. Ye Tianling held a heavy army in his hands and was too taboo. At this time, only by taking the initiative to retreat can the Emperor of Heaven feel at ease. "Because of our marriage?" she asked.
Ye Tianling said indifferently: "It's sort of like that."
Qing Chen slowly held a few quiet chess pieces in his palm, and couldn't help but frowned: "Without military power, it means losing half of the world. My wife actually made you lose such an important thing."
Seeing that she was serious, Ye Tianling raised her thin lips slightly, and said calmly: "After leading soldiers for so many years, don't you have to use that tiger talisman to dispatch troops? Don't underestimate your husband."
Qing Chen stared at him for a moment, a little starlight shone in his deep eyes in front of him, very light, yet dazzlingly proud. Her heart suddenly brightened, her eyes fluttered lightly, she turned to a smile, and slowly placed the chess piece in her hand on the chessboard, and when the chess piece fell, the entangled situation on the board changed slightly: "In this case, the King Ming's Shence Army has to do it too." handed in?"
Ye Tianling said: "That depends on whether he is smart or not."
"Smart, but it's a pity that sometimes he's too smart." Qing Chen has always disliked Ye Tianming: "I bet he won't pay."
"Whether he pays or not, it doesn't matter." Ye Tianling said in a slightly sharp tone, "It's just that he absolutely shouldn't, shouldn't have framed the eldest brother, and he shouldn't have any ill intentions towards you." While speaking, he dropped a white piece into the game with a "click".
The black and white twins are scattered in latitude and longitude. The black stones were aggressive and aggressive at first, but when this one entered the game, a large group of black stones suddenly became a dead chess piece. Heizi's long-distance drive was thwarted, and the emptiness behind him made it difficult for him to continue. Baizi's previous pattern of stepping steadily and steadily gained the upper hand in an instant.
At this time, if Ye Tianming hands over the military power, he will lose a crucial chess piece in his hand. He definitely does not have Ye Tianling's influence in the army; How long can't stand him. It is obvious that the Heavenly Emperor now has plans to step up his military power step by step. Qing Chen picked up a few black chess pieces with a smile, but was suddenly taken aback. She had never mentioned Ye Tianming's inappropriate actions to Ye Tianling, and looked inquiringly: "How do you know that he treats me... um... um... ?”
"Huh?" Ye Tianling raised his eyebrows lightly, and then snorted coldly: "Every time he looks at you, it's like watching your sister's dance, how could I not know?"
Qing Chen suddenly smiled and said, "You know he's looking at me, so don't you mean you're looking at me too?" Her red lips were slightly pursed, and her eyes were bright, with a hint of naughtiness.
Ye Tianling casually dropped the remaining chess pieces in his hand, and the whole chess game was thrown into chaos. There was some ambiguity in his half-smile, and he lowered his head next to her ear: "Well, I've been looking at you."
Qing Chen's expression of teasing others turned into shyness without any resistance, and hid in his arms, Ye Tianling surrounded her with a teasing smile on the corner of his mouth. Qing Chen shot him a look, and leaned into his arms, "Fourth brother, I'll give you something later, maybe it can make up for one or two, but it will take some time."
Ye Tianling lowered his head and asked, "What?"
Qing Chen smiled and said, "I won't tell you yet!"
Ye Tianling didn't ask any further questions, but just looked into her clear eyes and said, "If I can get you by my side, don't talk about military power, so what if it's all over the world?"
With a single word, it crashed into the heart lake and overturned the soul. An unprecedented joy filled Qing Chen's heart, he raised his eyebrows, and said proudly like him: "I can make your boudoir sweet so that I can overcome obstacles with you. If you marry me, you will surely live up to the world."
Ye Tianling's eyes sparkled, and he turned to laugh and said, "I am the only one who dares to marry such a woman, who else would want it?"
Qing Chen raised his head in dissatisfaction: "You don't want it, someone else will!"
Ye Tianling tightened his arms and said slowly, "He dares."
Seeing his dominance, Qing Chen was very happy, and laughed loudly, Ye Tianling couldn't help it, and started laughing.
The laughter was faint, passing through the window, even Yan Xi who walked outside was infected a little bit, he couldn't help grinning, only to feel that the late spring is smoky, life is like this, unexpectedly it is incomparably beautiful.
Tianji Mansion is a place that Ye Tianling must visit every day. He went there with Qing Chen today. It happened that Mingzhi came back from the outside and brought the things he wanted a few days ago. He asked: "Your Highness, can these be enough?" complete?"
Ye Tianling took it and turned it over, throwing it at the case, with a bit of anger on his face: "You bastard, you are so lawless!"
Qing Chen stretched out his hands, and saw that they were all evidence of officials bullying the people, dominating the world, corrupting the law, some of them were really unexpectedly hateful, no wonder Ye Tianling was angry.
Lu Qian and the others had already seen it, and said, "Your Highness, if the Ministry of Finance does not consolidate the country, it will be in danger! Although we know that officials are corrupt if officials are corrupt, no one would have thought of such a situation."
Ye Tianling's eyes were slightly sharp: "I temporarily let go of the military power this time to free up my hands to treat this cancer."
Du Junshu asked: "After all, His Highness handed over the military power?"
Ye Tianling nodded.
"Then where does His Highness plan to start?" Zuo Yuansun asked.
"From these people." Ye Tianling pointed at the case and said coldly.
"In order not to attract attention, it's better for His Highness not to come forward," Du Jun said: "It's also best not to investigate from the Ministry of Household Affairs, otherwise I'm afraid it will be very difficult."
"Then check it from the military salary." Qing Chen put down the things in his hands, and said lightly: "Check the military salary, and once you check it, you will be sure. Since the Ministry of War has apparently let go of your hands, it happens that the Ministry of War comes to use the hands of the Ministry of Punishment to rectify the Ministry of War. So that it can be inserted into the household department."
Du Jun said: "It's not that the military pay has not been checked, but because the root is still in the household department, not to mention the protection of the officials below, even the emperor's place does not seem to be so determined to move. I have done it a few times before, and I can only order it." That's it."
"This time we can go farther." Qing Chen's phoenix eyes raised slightly: "The matter must start from the Shence barracks, and when it becomes serious, it will go to the emperor's place. Now that the emperor is watching the military power, he will definitely push the boat along." She clicked Check the paper on the case: "At least these, none of them will be able to escape by then, and the key to this matter is to be able to move him."
"Him? Princess means..." Lu Qian looked over and asked.
"Yeah." Qing Chen nodded: "The best time is when everyone has too much time to take care of themselves."
"What if he handed over the military power himself?" Lu Qian said.
Qing Chen shook his head with a smile, and looked at Ye Tianling: "It's still the same sentence, I bet he won't hand it in."
Ye Tianling said: "If the military pay is not strictly adjusted, the tough battles in the future will be even more difficult to fight. We just took this opportunity to do it together."
While talking, Nangong Jing, Xia Bufeng and other generals under Ye Tianling asked to see him. Xia Bufeng almost forgot the etiquette when he entered the door, he just asked: "Your Highness, why did you let go of the military power and the Ministry of War?"
Ye Tianling glanced at him: "What are you shouting about? After leading soldiers for so many years, you are still impatient!"
Xia Bufeng was a rare warrior in battle, but he was naturally quick-tempered and straightforward, for this he was often reprimanded by Ye Tianling, and he didn't dare to speak up now.
Nangong Jing was more secure than Xia Bufeng in these matters, but he still had doubts: "Your Highness, you let go of the military power and the Ministry of War, who will the soldiers of the Shenyu Army listen to?"
Ye Tianling said lightly: "Listen to you."
Nangong Jing was stunned, and then suddenly realized, solemnly said: "I will definitely live up to His Highness's trust."
Xia Bufeng asked: "Your Highness, how long will we have to wait for the matter in northern Xinjiang?"
Ye Tianling stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and said: "If I'm right, the princes will have their own papers to withdraw after a while. If they don't handle it properly at that time, they will rebel. Now Yezhou, Dingzhou, Yanzhou These places, Jingzhou, and Suzhou are all under the control of the Marquis of Beiyan, and raising troops at this time may be half the effort."
Zuo Yuansun nodded and said: "The war is peaceful, the country is empty, and there are floods along the river this spring. It doesn't seem to be the right time."
Lu Qian said: "If you cut down the feudal clan at this time, the outcome is indeed unpredictable, and all previous efforts may be wasted."
Zuo Yuansun thought it over and said: "If it can be delayed until next year, Yezhou and others will be fine, but Yanzhou... Your Highness, then Conan Xu forgives me for being powerless."
Ye Tianling looked at him and said, "Conanxu is the same as you. It seems that we will see each other soon."
Zuo Yuansun closed his eyes and smiled, Qing Chen instantly saw the flashing hatred in his eyes, the palpitating coldness exuded from such an idle and indifferent person, the coldness at that moment turned out to be murderous. However, Zuo Yuansun's tone was still calm: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about what to do if the imperial court insists on abolishing the domain at this time? The princes of the four countries, especially the Beiyanhou, may not be able to bear it long ago. "
There are restraints by his side, and good strategies in his chest, but he doesn't know if he can do it. The bright spring light outside the window casts a clear light shadow on Ye Tianling's face, but there is a sharp look in his eyes: "He can't bear it? This king can't bear it anymore?" I don't have the patience to spend any more time with him. Several battles with the Turks were difficult because he was a hindrance to them. He knew that once the foreign troubles were gone, the vassal states would be like chicken ribs, and it was imperative to cut down the vassals. This time it’s reversed, first calm the inside and then fight the outside.” He slowly stood in front of the case, clicked on the spread map, and pointed his slender fingers upwards along the north: “The battle of cutting down the feudal clan must be fought. The way to play early. Set up the internal territory and directly attack Mobei. After all the achievements in one battle, I want to make the East and West Turks together never have a chance to turn around."
Several people were speechless, they all stared at the map, Nangong Jing looked at it for a while, and said: "Yanzhou, easy to defend but difficult to attack, I'm afraid it is the most difficult place, but I still can't see it from this map."
Ye Tianling said to Zuo Yuansun: "I have to trouble Mr. Zuo with these."
Zuo Yuansun glanced at Qing Chen with a smile, and said: "Your Highness still has..." Qing Chen hurriedly shook his head quietly, Zuo Yuansun changed the subject: "There is still time, Your Highness can rest assured."
Lu Qian looked up from the picture: "It's a complete victory, and it will take a lot of time to recuperate afterwards."
Du Junshu also said: "Although it is not impossible to fight, it only hurts the soldiers and the common people. It is really the worst policy."
Ye Tianling's eyebrows were slightly locked, and everyone didn't say anything, but they all knew clearly that it was imperative to seize power. Each carefully considers in their hearts, the front and the rear, have to think about the worst, and they have to be very safe. Replenish your energy, aim high, wait for a long time, and now the arrow is on the string.