The Wife is First - 85 Chapter 85 An old friend comes

Jingchen directly admitted that Ma Zhuo was his childhood companion. When the Zhuo family was convicted, he was also exiled. Originally, he could be kept alone because of Jingchen’s plea, but thinking that the family was full of old, weak, women and children who needed him, a young man, to take care of him, he resigned as the prince. With good intentions, I followed him to a remote place.

Mu Hanzhang confirmed Ma Zhuo’s identity, and his awareness of him immediately improved.

Jingchen’s companion at that time was Zhuo Yunji, the eldest son of Zhuo Shangshu. It was said that he was extremely smart and had an unforgettable memory. Before anything happened to the Zhuo family, Mr. Mu Jiaxue would often mention him.

“It’s not as powerful as the rumors.” Jingchen shook his head helplessly. He was just able to make his husband happy with his eloquent words, so he praised him a few more times in front of everyone. The clan master of the Mu family was taught by Mr. Taixue. Of course, he would exaggerate the words of his mentor.

“That’s right, he has no memory of memorization!” Jing Shao echoed. When he was a child, he saw Zhuo Yunji copying the book he was going to memorize into his hand, and he was caught once. The guy handed over a handful of candies. Please beg him not to tell anyone.

Mu Hanzhang smiled understandingly, and then turned to talk about recent events in the court: “The eldest prince invited himself back to the court, and Zhezi is still on the way.” During this period, he managed some affairs for Jingchen, and only then did he know who this person was. How powerful is it.

Jingchen took a sip of tea and looked at Jing Shao: “What do you think?”

Jing Shao frowned. The rebellion in the Southern Barbarians has not yet ended, but that coward Jing Rong wants to come back with his tail between his legs. If he doesn’t get it right, it will fall on him: “He himself doesn’t feel embarrassed, and we can’t stop him. It’s just that my father over in Yunnan and Tibet won’t let it go… Anyway, I won’t go.”

“I didn’t tell you to go.” Jingchen glared at him, then turned to Mu Hanzhang and asked what he meant.

“You can go with someone else.” Mu Hanzhang slowly rubbed the rim of the cup. If the eldest prince wanted to come back, they couldn’t stop Zhezi. Everything had to depend on the emperor’s wishes.

“Who?” Jingchen was thinking about it, but he still wanted to listen to their opinions.

“It’s most appropriate to let Uncle Yongchang go. Maybe we can make him a marquis.” Jing Shao sneered. Mrs. Yongchang couldn’t bear to see the princess being granted a title, so she asked her husband to go to the battlefield to find a title. .

A few days later, the eldest prince Jing Rong’s invitation to return to the court was handed to Emperor Hongzheng.

“Trash!” Emperor Hongzheng threw the zhezi to the ground.

“Your Majesty, now is the time when the Southern Barbarians are arrogant. If they suddenly withdraw their troops, I fear that it will help their arrogance and make it even more difficult to deal with in the future.” The Minister of War said worriedly.

Since the death of the old prime minister, Emperor Hongzheng has not appointed another prime minister in these years. He has assigned the duties of the prime minister to six ministries. Those who are led by princes and princes will give those duties to those who have titles, and those who do not have them will be assigned directly to the minister. , so the words of today’s six ministers are still very weighty.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Shangshu said this, many people echoed his words.

“Father!” The fourth prince Jing Yu suddenly came out of the queue and bowed, “I heard that the eldest brother was infected with miasma in Yunnan and Tibet and has been ill for more than a month. Now that the weather is getting hotter, the snakes, insects, rats, and ants in Tibet are getting more and more. Too much is very harmful to the emperor’s health. Now that the emperor is willing to give up the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, his body must not be able to hold on!”

The fourth prince said it very emotionally, as if there was truly deep brotherhood.

Emperor Hongzheng was quite satisfied with how the fourth prince protected his elder brother, and the fierceness in his eyes softened slightly.

Jingchen looked at the fourth prince who was on the verge of bursting into tears, his eyes darkened. When he was in Jiangnan, Gu Huaiqing showed him the letters sent by the court. The intention to withdraw the vassal was more and more obvious with each letter. Now the eldest prince and Jing Yu sang This incident must be related to the situation in Huainan. I couldn’t help but sneer in my heart. When there is a good thing, just give up the bad thing quickly. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?

Jing Shao secretly glanced at his princess, and Mu Hanzhang told him not to talk nonsense, so he lowered his head obediently and said nothing.

Emperor Hongzheng just remained silent, listening to the quarrels among the ministers. In general, one side felt that the Nanman were just a small group of bandits and not worth spending too much time on, while the other side thought that the overall situation was important and that it would be detrimental to the prince’s face to escape from the battle. Hearing the word “escape”, Hongzheng frowned again.

After everyone was done arguing, Jingchen walked out, slowly picked up the memorial that was thrown down the stairs, read the contents carefully, lifted up the hem, knelt down and said: “Father, please read the memorial.” As mentioned above, the health of the eldest emperor is really not optimistic, so I sincerely ask my father to allow my brother to return to the capital.”

The fourth prince suddenly opened his eyes wide. He was a little disbelieving at Jingchen’s reaction. He quickly thought about the purpose of his doing this. He glanced at Jing Shao who was looking down and said nothing, and immediately understood that Prince Rui must have wanted to snatch it away. Having said that, I would like to recommend someone to plug this gap to prevent Jing Shao from being sent to Yunnan and Tibet. A sneer curled up at the corner of his lips, how could he let them get their wish?

“To inform your Majesty, it is natural for the eldest prince to return to the capital. However, before the rebellion in the Southern Barbarians is over, we must send someone who is good at using soldiers to lead the battle. It would be better to fight quickly.” Mao Guogong hurriedly stepped out and said.

“Yes, Your Majesty, I think…” Uncle Yongchang came out to speak, but Marquis Beiwei took the lead and said, “I think Uncle Yongchang is the most suitable.”

Yongchang Bo’s eyes widened immediately. He didn’t expect that Mu Jin, who rarely spoke on weekdays, would suddenly push him out.

“The minister’s humble words are not enough to deter the Southern Barbarians.” Uncle Yongchang said hurriedly. Before the expedition last year, the court had already argued that it would be best for the prince to go out to attack the Southern Barbarians.

When Emperor Hongzheng heard this, he thought of the scene that Mrs. Yongchangbo made when she went to the Queen Mother. He suddenly felt unhappy and turned to his son, who was standing upright and almost blended into Panlongzhu: “Jingshao, you What do you think?”

Mu Hanzhang’s heart tightened, and his hands hidden in the purple cloud-patterned court clothes secretly clenched into fists. The emperor asked this question because he was upset by this matter and wanted Jing Shao to go and fight quickly.

“I think that the small group of bandits in the Southern Barbarians is nothing to worry about. It is most suitable for people who have never led an army to practice.” Jing Shao’s implication is that the Southern Barbarians are just fighting in a small way. If you lose, you will lose nothing. Just send whoever you want to train. In other words, it was made clear that he didn’t want to go, and letting him go would be overkill.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Fourth Prince’s faction suddenly changed their faces. The only prince in front of them who had never led troops was Jing Yu, and Yongchang Bo’s face was even more pale. In order to save the Fourth Prince, they would most likely push him out. .

Jing Shao was used to being arrogant in the court, so Emperor Hongzheng only frowned slightly at his straightforward words, but did not rebuke him out loud.

“Uncle Yongchang has never led an army before.” Dingnanhou said slowly, as if he suddenly thought of it. Marquis Dingnan is Jingchen’s father-in-law. To avoid suspicion, he rarely speaks in court. However, since Marquis Beiwei has spoken today, he is no exception.

Subsequently, the court overwhelmingly suggested that Yongchang Bo go there, and even a few officials from the Fourth Prince’s faction also agreed.

Emperor Hongzheng immediately decided on the matter, and ordered Yongchang Bo to go to Dian and Tibet three days later, and issued an order to summon the eldest prince back to Beijing.

“Empress, you have to stop this. The dangers in Dianzang are beyond the reach of a man of my age!” Mrs. Yongchangbo cried in Fengyi Palace.

“The Emperor has already issued an edict, what can I do?” Jihou was so angry that he slammed the table. Her brother really failed in success and failed in failure. Whenever he was asked to do something, he never got it done satisfactorily. Now it’s even more so. I got myself involved.

“Mother, he is your brother, you can’t ignore him!” Mrs. Yongchang Bo held the handkerchief and sobbed.

After all, he was his brother, and Jing Yu had to rely on some power from his uncle’s family. He then got angry, and then he softened his tone and said, “Tell him to relax and go to Yunnan and Tibet to spend some time.” , isn’t it true that General Zhengdong is still here, let him stay out of anything, and I will find someone to replace him after a while.”

The fourth prince also said the same words to Yongchang Bo. The most important thing at the moment is to replace the eldest prince. Although the eldest prince does not really work with him, he is still a helper. After a while, Huainan will start a war. Fortunately, in Beijing Help him look after Jingchen and Jing Shao, but his uncle can’t help with these things.

After the court was over, Jing Shao rushed to his princess: “I just saw Jing Yu’s face turning green.”

“Yeah.” Mu Hanzhang responded and continued walking forward.

Jing Shao jumped in front of him dissatisfied, looking at his face while walking backwards: “Did I react quickly enough today?”

Mu Hanzhang glanced at him. After being together for a year, Jing Shao still didn’t know what the “asking for praise” expression was. He would only stare at the person with his eyes, thinking of what this person had done to him on the second day of their wedding. The way he handed over his pants, he couldn’t help but curl up his lips.

Because of his good mood over the past year, and Jing Shao’s daily nourishment with various decoctions, that handsome face became three points more beautiful than before. In the bright sunshine of early summer, this smile was really indescribably charming.

Jing Shao was stunned. He stretched out his hand to touch it, but suddenly he fell backward with an ouch and fell into a cart of green vegetables.

“Hahaha…” When Mu Hanzhang saw the vegetable cart and was about to give a warning, he fell into it and got up with a vegetable leaf stuck to his head. It was very funny and he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The old man pushing the cart suddenly frowned, but he didn’t dare to say anything when he saw the two of them were wearing court clothes. He could only look at the crushed vegetables with a distressed expression.

Jing Shao jumped up angrily, a pile of vegetable leaves falling from his body, and he looked angrily at his princess who was smiling happily to herself.

Seeing that he was angry, Mu Hanzhang gave the old man a few pieces of silver and asked him to leave quickly. Then he walked over, holding back his laughter, took off the green cabbage leaves from his head, and straightened the wrinkled court clothes: “What are you doing today?” He was so heroic in court that Yongchang Bo was almost frightened to death.”

“That’s right!” After hearing this compliment, Jing Shao immediately grinned. He didn’t feel embarrassed about what he had just done, and went home happily.

As soon as he arrived in front of the palace, he met Hao Dadao, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time.

“My lord, military advisor!” Although Hao Dadao has been granted the title of general, he doesn’t have to go to court on weekdays, and he doesn’t like to give gifts and move around, so he hasn’t seen the two of them for a while.

“General Hao is such a rare guest, please come in.” Mu Hanzhang smiled. People he met on the battlefield were always much closer than those he met in the capital.

“No,” Hao Dadao was a little embarrassed, “It’s like this. My wife came to Jingzhong yesterday. She prepared meals at home and wanted to invite the prince and the military advisor to have a meal and express their feelings.”

“Sister-in-law Hao has come to Beijing. This is a good thing!” Jing Shao smiled. Seeing Hao Dadao’s embarrassed look, it must be that the fat lady insisted on inviting them to go. It was unexpected, and Hao Dadao was henpecked. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and come over in person and wait at the door for them to come back from the next day.

“It’s not easy for Madam to come to Beijing. We must have this meal,” Mu Hanzhang chuckled. “General, go back and tell Madam first, and we will go over after changing our clothes.”

Hao Dadao smiled honestly when he heard this, nodded quickly and went back to follow his wife.

Mu Hanzhang had a good impression of the bold and fat lady. Thinking of her kindness in helping wash the tiger, Duofu quickly prepared a generous gift, changed into regular clothes with Jing Shao and went to the general’s mansion.

The General’s Mansion is not far from Prince Cheng’s Mansion. Although it is not as luxurious as the Prince’s Mansion, it is certainly very grand and gorgeous compared with private residences.

As soon as the two of them entered the door, they heard the fat lady’s angry shout: “Hurry up, the prince and princess will be here soon, so be quick!”

They couldn’t help but look at each other and smile, this lady really couldn’t rest anywhere.

“Sister-in-law, please rest for a while. Your Majesty and the others will be here soon. Why don’t you go to the house to dress up?” The two of them followed the guide to the door. Suddenly, a clear and sweet voice came out, and Jing Shao couldn’t help but pause in his steps. , turned to look at his princess, and saw that he was also surprised. He quickly took a step and stepped into the threshold.

There was a big pear wood table in the room, filled with various dishes. The fat lady quickly put the dishes that she had fried on the table. Hao Dadao was directed to get the wine. The servants were also busy, and only one person was leisurely. Sitting at the table, he looked at the two of them with a half-smile while holding a cup of tea.