This year's winter was not too cold. Except for the emperor's shock when he was with me, he still had a good year.
There are no piles of disaster relief materials, and there are no loyal ministers who are worried about the country and the people. Today I am admiring plum blossoms with Concubine An, and tomorrow I am watching Concubine Li dance. I really feel at ease.
The emperor was in such a happy mood that when the imperial attendants brought the memorial, he took the initiative to ask: "Is there anything important?"
Chang Huaide, the chamberlain, bowed his head and saluted, and said with a smile: "It's peaceful today, the prime ministers didn't say it was anything important."
The emperor nodded with satisfaction and read the memorial casually.
After reading a few copies, they were all trivial matters, or memorials praising virtues. The emperor felt a little uninterested, and waved his hand: "Send them all back, so that they can do things easily."
"Yes." Zhang Huaide neatly put away several memorials. When he got to the last one, he said "Hey" and said, "Your Majesty, this is the memorial from Governor Jiang. Do you want to read it?"
The emperor paused for a moment: "Jiang Yi?"
"yes."
The emperor couldn't help but smile. Unlike those governors and governors who respected their troops and respected themselves, Jiang Yi was promoted by him. He paid frequent greetings and sent many tributes. Sometimes the emperor was short of money and sent people to Jiangbei to ask.
Can bring back many rare treasures.
Since it is Jiang Yi’s memorial, let’s take a look.
The emperor opened it, and as expected, there was another good news at the beginning, telling him that Jiangbei had a good harvest this year. In addition to the taxes paid, the emperor had also prepared generous annual gifts.
The emperor nodded while looking at it. After talking about the New Year's ceremony, Jiang Yi brought up another piece of news, which was about Dongjiang.
Dongjiang, the emperor curled his lips. Emperor Gaozu entrusted the Li family to Dongjiang. In the early years, he was still respectful, but later he gradually ignored the court. He only sent a few tributes every year, and the congratulations were written in an extremely perfunctory manner. Dongjiang has always been rich and prosperous.
This is where the granary is located. Li held the Holy Order of Emperor Gaozu and took it for granted. He was completely ignorant.
The emperor didn't have a good impression of Dongjiang, and he wasn't very happy to see what happened to the Li family, but Jiang Yi mentioned it, so let's take a look.
At this sight, the emperor became interested.
"Daughter of the Xu family in Nanyuan?" he asked Zhang Huaide, "Have you heard of the Xu family's twin sisters?"
Zhang Huaide smiled and reported: "Of course I have heard of it. The Xu family's twin girls are so beautiful that few in the world don't know about them."
"Eh? Then why didn't I know?"
Zhang Huaide calmly replied: "This is a folk rumor. We have never seen it, so how can we dare to talk about it in front of His Majesty?"
The emperor nodded and said, "Then you must not know that Miss Xu San is not an ordinary beauty."
Zhang Huaide made a surprised expression.
The emperor played the memorial and said with a smile: "Jiang Qing said that a few months ago, the prince of Dongjiang was assassinated. It happened that Miss Xu went to Dongjiang to see him. Her sister, Miss Xu San, took action and shot the bandit. He
When I heard about this, I was very curious and inquired intently, only to find out that Miss Xu San was also the one who killed Wu Zijing earlier."
Zhang Huaide was surprised: "What? This Miss Xu San is so fierce?"
"Hey!" The emperor waved his hand, "How can this be called fierce? The lion's roar of Hedong is fierce. Someone like her who kills the enemy personally should be called brave."
"Yes." Zhang Huaide agreed obediently, "I still remember that because of this incident, His Majesty issued a decree to commend Xu Huan. I didn't expect that the father took advantage of his daughter."
The emperor smiled and said: "This is true of Xu Huan. Since it is my daughter's meritorious service and she is rewarded, is it possible that I will still be limited by gender and not give her a reward?"
Zhang Huaide thought for a while and said, "Perhaps Governor Xu is afraid that his daughter will be criticized? This is also human nature."
"He just thinks too much." The emperor said, "I hate injustice the most. Whoever deserves it deserves it. Since it was his daughter who made the contribution, there is no reason not to reward him."
"Your Majesty is wise," Zhang Huaide complimented and asked tentatively, "Then your Majesty will issue another decree?"
The emperor waved his hand: "If we issue another decree, they are still not allowed to come to the capital to express gratitude? Why not summon them directly? I just want to see what kind of strange woman this Miss Xu San is. She is as beautiful as a flower and can kill the enemy's head."
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"Yes." Zhang Huaide retreated.
The next day, an urgent imperial edict was sent to Nanyuan.
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"Sir, it's time to get up."
There was a voice in his ears, and Yan Ling opened his eyes. Seeing the unfamiliar tent roof, it took him a while to remember where he was.
I got up and looked outside, it was still dark.
It gets late in the winter and he has other responsibilities, so he has to get up half an hour earlier every day to practice.
While he was washing up, he listened to Yan Ji mutter: "Actually, it's okay for you to get up late. People like Qianniuwei are never on time anyway. If you are serious, you will hinder others from being lazy, and you will definitely gossip behind your back.
"
Yan Ling spit out the mouthwash and said, "I'm almost asleep anyway, so it doesn't matter if I get up early."
After tying his hair and dressing up, he went to the martial arts training ground with his sword in hand.
When it was daylight, he went back to bathe with sweat, change clothes and go to bed.
Now that the Qianniu Guard belongs to the East Palace, Yan Ling's duty has become the prince's close bodyguard. It is said to protect the prince's safety, but in fact it means to accompany the prince to eat, drink and have fun.
Yan Ling sighed. If he knew that that sword strike would put him in such a situation, he would probably hesitate for a moment, right?
Damn it, what was the emperor thinking? He knew that he had taken Balsi's head among the rebels, but he still dared to take him as a hostage. Wasn't he afraid that something would happen to him? Or maybe something would happen to the prince?
It was useless if he couldn't figure it out. He was already here anyway. In order for his father to lead the troops to fight in peace, he could only stay here temporarily.
"Yan Er!"
"Marquis Yan!"
As soon as he entered, everyone greeted him.
Yan Ling smiled and responded one by one.
The prince loves to have fun, and Qianniuwei has long been a place for powerful young men to hang out with their seniority. They usually come here to have a chat and then go out to have breakfast.
When Yan Ling first came here, the young masters from these aristocratic families were quite afraid of him because of his reputation for killing Balsi. After getting along with him for a while, they found that he had an easy-going temperament and was a fun person, so they quickly became friends with him.
"Shall we go to Changle House today? Their new chef makes good dim sum. I'll keep it in mind that you haven't tried it."
This proposal was quickly approved by everyone, so a group of people entered a restaurant in great force.
Seeing these young men wearing general uniforms, the shopkeeper hurriedly came out to entertain them.
Yan Ling mingled with the crowd, drinking tea, eating snacks, and occasionally interjecting a few words. His playboy temperament fit perfectly with them.
As he was eating, he heard a voice coming from another table: "Miss Xu San? Which daughter is this? What is your Majesty summoning her for?"