The next morning, at dawn, Zhu Yunxuan struggled to get up. Last night he didn't go to bed until late at night, and he estimated that he only slept for two hours at most, and his whole body was still sore and limp at the moment.
A pair of arms stretched out from under the quilt to take him back, Liang Zhen's warm body pressed against him from behind, and his face pressed against his face and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you have to face like this outside?"
"I'll be back when I go."
Liang Zhen smiled and pinched his sensitive waist, in exchange for Zhu Yunxuan's gasping voice: "What are you doing?"
"Is Your Majesty still able to move?"
Zhu Yunxuan patted his face with his backhand, insisted on pushing him away, and sat up.
Gao An brought someone in to wait for Zhu Yunxuan to wash and change clothes, Liang Zhen also sat up, leaned lazily on the head of the bed, and looked at him with a smile.
There is not so much attention to court outside, Zhu Yunxuan changed into a red uniform, which made his color like jade even more. There were still ambiguous traces from last night on the white neck, which were faintly visible between the collars. Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes lightly, with a smile in his eyes, and did not remind him.
Before going out, Zhu Yunxuan walked to the side of the bed, leaned over and pressed a kiss on Liang Zhen's cheek, reminding him: "It's still early if you sleep a little longer."
Liang Zhen smiled and blinked: "The concubine sent you off to His Majesty respectfully."
Zhu Yunxuan: "..."
When he turned around and was about to leave, he seemed to have remembered something again, and ordered someone to fetch something. It was the string of Buddhist beads that he had been wearing on his hand before, but Liang Zhen took off after seeing it.
Zhu Yunxuan took the beads, rubbed them in the palm of his hand, and handed them to Liang Zhen: "Return to the original owner."
Liang Zhen didn't answer, and looked at him with a smile: "Ah Xuan likes it, so I gave it to you."
"... Isn't this a relic left by your father?"
"It's the same when you wear it, as if it was given to my daughter-in-law by my father."
After Liang Zhen said that, Zhu Yunxuan didn't refuse any more, put the Buddhist beads back on his hand again, dialed them lightly, and went to the front.
While on tour, Zhu Yunxuan still summoned the accompanying courtiers every few days to discuss matters. Yesterday, the foreigners of Java Island sent people to ask for peace and to release the captives. Today they want to discuss this matter.
"My Dayan is a kingdom of heaven, a country of etiquette. This great victory has taught these foreign people a lesson, and they will never dare to commit another crime. Since they want to seek peace, it is better to let them go back to show my vigor."
"It's useless for these foreign barbarians to stay in our dynasty. There has never been a precedent for killing prisoners of war in our dynasty. Why bother to keep so many mouths."
"After this matter is over, I will return to the court as soon as possible. The naval battle has subsided. The disposal of the prisoners of war is just a trivial matter. Your Majesty might as well leave it to the Minyue Navy to handle it."
A group of courtiers chattered and tried to persuade Zhu Yunxuan to let him go quickly, talk about peace or surrender, it was just an argument, and when things were settled, they could return to the court as soon as possible. In the eyes of these people, a small barbarian country thousands of miles away is really nothing to worry about. They didn't even know how difficult it was for Dayan's navy to win the naval battle that day. They only thought that the pirates who had been in trouble for many years had been wiped out, and the other things were just incidental incidents.
Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly, and was very dissatisfied with such remarks. On the night of the naval battle, he had seen with his own eyes the power of those foreign ships and artillery. If they hadn't been prepared for a long time, and Liang Zhen, who cooperated internally and internally with externally, the result is unknown. It can be seen.
"Obviously my Dayan navy won, but in the end I had to negotiate a peace. I let him go so cheaply. In the eyes of outsiders, I said that the Dayan court is easy to bully."
It was not the emperor on the throne who opened his mouth to teach others, the voice came from outside, from far to near, with an undisguised sarcasm. All the people present subconsciously turned around to look, and the figure from the backlight slowly walked in the door, and when he stood still in the hall, everyone could see his appearance clearly.
Countless pairs of suspicious eyes fell on him, Liang Zhen smiled, and looked at Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty, Xiao Nian."
Zhu Yunxuan frowned, paused, and ordered in a deep voice: "Give me a seat."
The seat was placed under Zhu Yunxuan's left hand. Liang Zhen thanked him and sat down generously. He leaned back in the seat and glanced casually at the people present.
Most of them are old faces. This time, Zhu Yunxuan brought almost half of the courtiers here. The six ministers of the cabinet came with three of them. When he was still at the bottom of the cabinet, Liang Zhen was often vomiting blood in front of the court.
He was the first to persuade Zhu Yunxuan to let him go.
There was a moment of silence in the hall, followed by whispers from the ministers, and everyone looked at Liang Zhen with astonishment, confusion, and even bewilderment.
Zhu Yunxuan had no choice but to cough lowly, telling everyone to be quiet. The leader, Cifu, almost popped his eyes out, and asked Liang Zhen through gritted teeth, "Who are you?"
Liang Zhen turned his head to look at Zhu Yunxuan, with a smile in his eyes, he replied: "Didn't I already tell you that my surname is Xiao Mingnian, and my father is Xiao Junbo."
...! ! !
Who is Xiao Nian? That is the future Empress Dayan, the prince's biological father! But the person in front of him is obviously the rebellious king Liang Zhen who was put to death three years ago! ! Don't say that people are similar, no matter how similar they are, it is impossible to look exactly the same, not to mention the arrogant tone and appearance, just like the King Zhao back then, they will not admit it when they turn into ashes! ! !
A little prince suddenly appeared before, and they privately lamented that it was not easy for His Majesty. Back then, they had to secretly conceive without being discovered, and they had to fight wits and bravery with that rebellious king. A slight mistake would result in two deaths. , but in the end, what she conceived was the seed of the rebellious king! What about Xiao Nian, why is he in Beijing under an alias for some reason, bah!
The faces of all the courtiers turned red and white, and they were full of complaints and didn't know where to come from, and they were really choked up. After admiring their face-changing performance enough, Liang Zhen laughed and said, "Didn't you just discuss the matter of the foreign captives? Go ahead."
Zhu Yunxuan asked him directly: "What's your opinion?"
Liang Zhen said with a smile: "I agree with your Majesty's previous insistence. This battle cannot be fought in vain. Since these foreign people dare to collude with pirates to invade, they will naturally have to make them pay the price. If they want to return the captives, they must first give the Dayan court enough money." The Viscount named Prand is said to be their king’s nephew, their royal relative, and if they want to get him back, they have to show some sincerity.”
Jifu subconsciously refuted him: "To put it lightly, what if they insist?"
"Then continue to fight until they are willing to surrender."
"Don't say that their own country is thousands of miles away. Even the Java Island occupied in Southeast Asia is far away from our dynasty. The two countries have never had any enmity, so why waste their troops..."
Liang Zhen cut off his words contemptuously: "If you really have no grudges, they won't collude with those pirates to invade our Dayan border. If you don't snuff out such wolfish ambitions as soon as possible, you still want to wait for them to find opportunities to make it bigger. You are really right." When am I threatening?"
After all, without giving the other party a chance to refute, he directly proposed to Zhu Yunxuan: "Ding Guogong led the Fujian and Guangdong Navy and has not returned yet, and the ghosts are not far from Java Island. Why don't you let them drive the boat over there? In a circle, it’s good to deter and deter those foreign people. As far as I know, the countries in the western continent are now in constant war, and most of the soldiers and horses stationed in Nanyang by those foreign people have been transferred back one after another, especially those from Java Island. In the First Battle of Yan, the damage was heavy, and almost all the remaining ships were transferred back to the mainland. They were no longer able to fight against our Dayan Navy, even if they just went to their gate, it was enough to scare them to surrender obediently. "
"Furthermore," Liang Zhen continued leisurely, "they are eager to make money in Dayan because they are fighting at home and need a large amount of money to support them. They must be the ones who are anxious about any business in Dayan, there are countless small countries in the Western Continent, without them there will be other people who will beg to do business with our dynasty, the initiative is originally in our hands."
Someone asked disapprovingly: "Since they are so short of money, if they are asked to surrender and lose money, are they willing to pay?"
Liang Zhen twitched his lips: "If you don't pay, you have to pay. It's up to them. If they can't pay now, they will pay in installments. In the future, they will use half of every tael they earn in my court to pay back the principal and interest owed until they are repaid. until the debt is paid."
A faint smile floated in Zhu Yunxuan's eyes, he stopped everyone who insisted on their own opinions and questioned, and directly ordered: "I have made up my mind, just do as General Xiao said, and pass on the order, Order the Duke to lead the navy to Java Island."
Ministers: "..."
Okay, in the future, there will not only be an emperor who promises everything, but also a queen who is upright and upright in the harem, so what should they do
However, at this time, there was still a censor who jumped out without knowing the wink. It was still the Yu Shi who was "very fierce and I don't like it" said by the little prince Jinkou last time. He came out and asked Liang Zhen loudly: "You said you are General Xiao Junbo son, what evidence do you have? You are clearly... "
Zhu Yunxuan's expression turned cold in an instant, and the people beside him shook their heads in their hearts. They were really fools who were not afraid of death, but they couldn't help but all looked at Liang Zhen, curious to see his reaction. Liang Zhen's expression remained unchanged, he smiled calmly, and interrupted the other party: "Evidence? What evidence do I need for my father's son? Dare I ask this censor, how do you prove that your wife gave birth to you?" The son is your son, not the son of Wang and Zhao next door?"
"you!"
Someone couldn't hold back a chuckle, and the censor was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he raised his voice regardless: "What was your status in Beijing three years ago? How did you meet His Majesty and give birth to the prince? You Dare you say it?!"
Liang Zhen snorted: "Are you trying to pry into His Majesty's privacy?"
Zhu Yunxuan interrupted them in time, and said calmly: "That's enough, General Xiao agrees with me. Because the Nanyang incident was unclear back then, it was inconvenient for him to reveal his identity in front of others, so he did not disclose the matter between me and him. This matter will be discussed in the future. There is no need to mention it any more."
Ministers: "..."
Censor: "..."
His Majesty the Emperor insisted on talking nonsense with his eyes open, what else could they say
Then again, because of King Zhao's incident, only the former Anlehou's Mansion and Prince Xian's Mansion were actually liquidated, and that was because King Xian was the thorn in His Majesty's eyes, and the Liang family and Liang Zhen had disagreements in private and long ago It was rumored that Liang Zhen's dispatched subordinates were indeed disobedient and had instigated Liang Zhen to rebel, and it was not wrong to be punished.
As for the others, even the many officials who had a close relationship with Liang Zhen were just demoted and kept their tails between their tails for a while. At first they thought it was the emperor's benevolence and unwillingness to shake the foundation of the country. Looking back, it was basically a fight between gods and gods, and they didn't want to hurt them little devils...
After all, couples fight at the head of the bed, and after three years, they still have to fight at the end of the bed. They are just messing around.
The censor wanted to say more, but was kicked back into the line by the people around him from left to right, telling him to shut up.
After discussing the matter, all the courtiers withdrew and left the door. Everyone was still in a trance with a sense of unreality. They looked at me and looked at you, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. After three years of good times, once they returned to the original , What a bitter word.
Zhu Yunxuan got up and walked down, Liang Zhen stretched out his hand and sat on his lap, Gao An led the servants back out with a wink, leaving them alone.
Zhu Yunxuan pushed his shoulder angrily: "You are not resting in the room, what are you doing here to show off your power? You didn't tell me in advance."
"It just so happens that everyone is here today, let them take a closer look together, lest everyone be curious about me and be annoyed."
Zhu Yunxuan snorted lightly: "I see you are very proud."
Liang Zhen rubbed his face with the tip of his nose with a smile: "Your Majesty has to cooperate, thank you for giving me face."