In June of the thirteenth year of Hongzheng, the imperial court sent the censor Fan Jie to the southwest fief to read out the imperial edict of cutting down the vassal. The King of Southwest refused to accept it and wrote a letter to defend it.
In July, the King of Southwest beheaded the special envoy of the imperial court and established himself as the king, shocking the court and the opposition! Emperor Hongzheng then decided to send troops to pacify the southwest!
"I heard from my father-in-law that the terrain in the southwest is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the current king of the southwest is quite cunning and makes good use of special forces, so it's very difficult to deal with." Madam Maoguo whispered to the queen.
Seeing the pomegranate flower blooming in front of her, the second queen, Mrs. Wu, frowned slightly: "This time the emperor is going to deploy 100,000 troops. If you let King Cheng go, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate."
"It's not easy to win a battle in a difficult place in the southwest," Mrs. Mao Guogong recalled carefully what her husband explained, "Once the withdrawal of the feudal lords begins, I am afraid that the three feudal feudal lands will all be withdrawn. When the prince goes, the terrain in the south of the Yangtze River is flat, and as long as you have enough soldiers and horses, you can attack."
Hearing this, the queen nodded slightly.
Madam Mao Guo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The southwest is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once this battle is fought, I don't know what year it will go. Her daughter has already made a marriage with the fourth prince. If you want to stay a widow, you will be old when the fourth prince returns, and then you will lick a few concubines of high birth. Even if you become a queen in the future, it will not be easy.
"There is one more thing, I don't know if I should talk about it or not." Mrs. Maoguo clasped her hands together and hesitated.
"There are no outsiders here, so there is nothing inappropriate to say." The queen raised her hand and picked a bright red pomegranate flower with a sneer on her lips. Back then, she also served the Queen Yuan with such care, saying anything was "a concubine." There is one thing I don’t know if I should talk about it or not.” But because she was wearing a pomegranate flower, she was accused of breaking the rules, and the Queen of Yuan punished her to kneel in front of Fengyi Palace for an hour during dog days!
"My concubine heard that King Cheng gave the fourth prince a concubine in the previous month," Mrs. Mao Guogong carefully glanced at the queen's expression, and seeing that she was not angry, she continued, "Originally, the concubine should not care about these matters, but just The fourth prince of Yue is about to get married, but there are rumors in the capital that the fourth prince is very fond of that woman now."
I don’t know how this news was leaked. Anyway, Mrs. Beiweihou knew about it. Everyone said that the fourth prince was still doting on his concubine before he got married, and secretly satirized that her daughter would not be able to live in the fourth prince’s mansion. good day. Now that woman who had lost her face because of the election of the prince and concubine, had a very fortunate expression mixed in among the dukes' wives, making Mrs. Maoguo so angry that she didn't eat for two meals.
"What's the matter?" The queen crushed the pomegranate flower in her hand, took the silk handkerchief in the palace maid's hand and wiped her hand, "Go back and ask Jing Yu to ask, don't worry, this palace will not let the prince Concubine Zheng was wronged."
The weather in July was already very hot. Jing Shao was sweating profusely after practicing the sword for a while. He took off his wet clothes and ran to the tree with his shirtless. He took the wet towel from Zhixi's hand and wiped his face. , and sat next to his own princess.
"The sun is poisonous, stop practicing." Mu Hanzhang, who was sitting on the rattan bed enjoying the coolness, handed him a piece of watermelon.
Jing Shao nibbled the watermelon in his hand three or two times before feeling a little cooler: "This watermelon tastes icy cold, it's really refreshing."
"Princess Concubine left Numaid Town in the well early in the morning." Miao Xi said with a smile, and replaced the small table with a freshly cut plate.
Yunzhu changed to a bigger fan and fanned hard behind the two of them.
"When I was just practicing swordsmanship, I suddenly remembered that my father sent Fan Jie there on purpose. It must have been intentional." Jing Shao ate another piece of watermelon.
"Why?" Mu Hanzhang leaned on the back of the couch and turned a page of the book in his hand.
"Fan Jie doesn't know how to turn around when he speaks. The royal father thought that his book was sour, and he would splatter blood on the Dragon Pillar to give death advice, but there was nothing he could do about him." Think about the treacherous villain of the King of Southwest China. Being trembling with anger by Fan Jie, Jing Shao couldn't help laughing.
Mu Hanzhang glanced at the prince, who did not mourn for the loyal ministers and martyrs at all, and shook his head helplessly: "Saying for the country this time has fulfilled Mr. Fan's wish to keep his name through the ages."
Jing Shao ate three pieces of watermelon, wiped his hands, leaned back on his own princess, looked at the little sunlight leaking from the treetops, and the cool breeze made him feel sleepy.
"What did the royal father leave you for today?" The big head on his body just rested on the lower abdomen, and the long breath kept spraying on the lower abdomen. Mu Hanzhang moved his body uncomfortably and let Jing Shao rest on his lap. He waved his hand to let the maid and Yunzhu retreat.
"Hey, you said you want to give me another side room! I really can think of it later, let me marry her niece!" Jing Shao snorted dissatisfiedly, but he was so angry that he gave Yan Ji to Jing Yu, now He was going to marry Uncle Yongchang's concubine to disgust him.
Mu Hanzhang's hand holding the book paused: "Then what did you say?"
"I'll just say..." Only then did Jing Shao realize that he had been changed, so he turned over in dissatisfaction, pointed his face at Jun Qing's lower abdomen, and rubbed the tip of his nose there on purpose, "I only like men, I'm not interested in women now."
"Hmm..." The dawdling feeling across the fabric became clearer. Mu Hanzhang snorted softly and ducked back, "How can you say that? The royal father should be angry."
"It's better than letting them stuff me with women." Jing Shao chased after him viciously, pressing down on Xiao Junqing with his side face.
Mu Hanzhang frowned, took the big head with both hands, moved it to the jade pillow beside him, and called it hot!
Jing Shao pouted in dissatisfaction, jumped up and took the long spear aside and practiced again.
Looking at Jing Shao who worked so hard, Mu Hanzhang gradually suppressed his smile. The royal father had summoned Jing Shao alone a few days ago, and the expedition to the southwest was basically none other than Jing Shao, but, as the expedition was imminent, he did not see any sorrow of parting in these days. Perhaps it was common for Jing Shao to leave home to fight, but when he saw that he was only thinking about fighting, he couldn't help feeling sad.
"Prince, princess, someone from the palace." Duofu hurried into the garden.
"Who?" Jing Shao took the silver gun in his hand.
"It's Doro in the Queen's Palace." Duo Fu frowned in dissatisfaction. He and Doo entered the palace in the same batch. When he followed the Yuan Empress as the general manager, Doo was just a little eunuch in Concubine Shu's palace. , Now that Concubine Shu is the successor, that kid dares to show off when he sees him.
"Please come in." Mu Hanzhang handed the coat to Jing Shao, and soon, a thin eunuch walked in and saluted the two of them, but his expression had an arrogance that could not be concealed.
Jing Shao frowned: "The father-in-law is here, but what's the matter with the mother?"
"Empress's decree, Princess Xuancheng will go to Fengyi Palace immediately." Duolu's slightly shrill voice was rather uncomfortable in his ears.
"This hour?" Jing Shao frowned, it's just past noon now, doesn't the queen have to take a nap? It's definitely not a good thing to call Junqing in such a hurry.
Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, because he was a man. After he got married, the queen never called him into the palace. Today, Jing Shao just rejected Yongchang uncle's daughter as a side room, so the queen hurriedly called him into the palace, presumably because she wanted to Starting from him, maybe it's just anger, but I want to get rid of him. "I'll come to change clothes, my father-in-law will wait."
"Wait a minute!" Jing Shao grabbed Mu Hanzhang who was about to change into court clothes, and looked at Duolu who came empty-handed, "Did the mother say something?"
"This slave does not dare to inquire," Duo Lu knew that King Cheng was a tough stubborn stubborn stubborn stubborn stubborn sigh, "The Queen Mother only announced the princess, presumably to chat with the princess about family affairs, the prince does not need to worry."
Jing Shao didn't believe that the successor Xuan Junqing used to talk about family affairs at this time, but the queen decreed the call, and did not clearly say why, so she couldn't openly disobey. : "I'll go with you."
"How do you enter the palace at this hour?" Mu Hanzhang hurriedly stopped his movements. He was going to the Fengyi Palace. He had not been summoned. If you want to cause trouble, "Don't worry, I can handle anything by myself." That Duolu specially emphasized that only Princess Xuancheng was alone, that is, Jingshao would not be allowed to follow.
Jing Shao coldly watched his princess follow Duolu into the carriage from the palace, pulled Miaoxi and said, "You go with the princess, if anything happens, immediately go to the south study to find me!" Miaoxi was born as a palace maid, Familiar with the road in the palace, he is also smart.
Miao Xi listened, nodded heavily, and followed quickly.
The South Study Room was the place where the underage princes read, and it was also the only place where Jingshao could hang out at this time. Emperor Hongzheng has always attached great importance to filial piety, and he also encouraged these adult princes to teach their younger brothers when they have time, but the emperor's heart is really unpredictable. If they go diligently, they are suspected of winning over these brothers, so the four of them went out of the palace to build After the government, I seldom go to the South Study Room.
After the carriage was far away, Jing Shao rode on Xiao Hei and followed from a distance. When the carriage really entered the palace gate, he turned the horse's head and entered through the other side gate.
"My lord, why did you enter the palace at this hour?" Xiao Qian, the commander of the guards who came to the inspection post, saw Jing Shao and rushed over to say hello. Xiao Qian is a distant relative of the Dingnan Hou family, and he also has some friendship with Jing Shao.
"Xiao Qian!" Jing Shao wrapped his arms around Commander Xiao's neck, pulled him aside, and shoved him a golden Pixiu the size of an egg, "If a maid runs out of the Fengyi Palace and goes to the South Study Room, please excuse me. Make it easy, I'll take care of anything."
Xiao Qianben was still a little hesitant, but when he heard the last sentence, he felt relieved and put the Pi Xiu in his arms: "Don't worry, my lord, it's a trivial matter." It is normal for palace maids to walk around the palace. There is no reason to stop and not let go.