The Pearl on the Emperor’s Crown

Zhen Xi's youthful beauty made the emperor feel a lot younger. It made him intend to choose next year in advance, but he knew that such a woman like Zhen Xi could be met but could not be sought, so he gave up, and only spent time with Zhen Xi in the sidelines of government affairs.

On this day, Yan Yuer invited a few princesses to visit the garden. When she passed the Qianbo Gate, she happened to ran into a group of eunuchs. Except for the empty-handed one at the beginning, the last nine people are holding flower pots, and the pots are full of rare and precious green chrysanthemums.

The flower discs in the first pot are rich, dark green and shining, and are dense and oblate, like a cloud, which is "emerald cloud". The other pot has long and slender petals, and the green silk ribbon hangs down like a celestial flower. Another pot of flowers with golden core and streamer, leaf buds are finely shredded and soft, like ripples blossoming, it is "stream breeze and golden sun"...

The princesses naturally gathered around to watch. The leader was He Man, the young prisoner of the inner palace, and was busy saluting the princesses.

Zhu Dai glanced at the pot of "Thousand Petal Cuilian", and instructed He Man to send the potted flowers to Kunyi Palace. He Man hurriedly said: "Princess Qiqi, Yunzhi Youxi Luju, these flowers are all the emperor's fate. Weichen sent it to Yungui."

Zhu Dai's face was unsightly immediately. She was a princess dignified and wanted a pot of flowers, but she had to be ranked behind a little nobleman? She didn't believe that the royal father would prefer that Zhen Xi so much, and it happened immediately.

In the end, Zhu Dai could not take away the thousand-petal green lotus, only because He Man insisted on only following the emperor's holy will. After Zhu Dai went back to the palace and cried to the queen, the queen came forward for Zhu Dai and directly called Zhen Xi to Kunyi Palace. Kneel.

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There is a miasma between the imperial concubines, but Zhu Yi has not been affected much.

She learned how to make rose cakes from Aunt Qing in the small kitchen of Laiji Palace. She cooked Huaiyu soup and ordered Mianfeng to put it in a mahogany and colorful snail-flowered food box, and then covered the food box with a black cloth cover. Lin De Palace went.

Zhu Yi walked to Xie Ying's room and saw a red sandalwood bird cage hanging under the corridor. A mynah inside saw her suddenly shouted: "The princess is the most beautiful! The princess is the fairy daughter! The princess is the fairy daughter!"

Zhu Yi was so scared that he almost fell, Tao Fan hurriedly greeted him and explained: "Princess, this mynah does not belong to the elder son, but belongs to His Highness the Seventh Prince."

Zhu Yi naturally recognized that this was Zhu Xiuli's mynah cage, but she remembered that stupid bird could not speak.

Tao Fan said again: "It was His Highness Seven who told Shizi that he didn't speak anyway, so he asked Shizi to help him train him. These two sentences were requested by His Highness Seven."

Zhu Yi helped her. It seemed that Zhu Xiuli wanted to please her and let her take care of his schoolwork, but she just wanted to pinch Zhu Xiuli's ears.

Tao Fan said again: "Princess, the eldest son was called away by His Highness Seven. If you want to find the elder son, you have to go to His Highness."

Zhu Yi turned to Zhu Xiuli again. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Xie Ying and Zhu Xiuli sitting under a red maple tree. Zhu Xiuli was yelling: "Cousin, your eye-catching white tiger is too powerful. , Win again and win again!"

He looked up at Xie Ying again: "Cousin, did you really give me the white-fronted tiger? Then I'm not afraid of Zhu Boning and the others."

The other party hummed.

Zhu Yi looked at Xie Ying, who was still playing with Dou Cao in his hand, and was slightly startled. How old is he and still sitting on the ground fighting Zhu Xiuli with crickets. Isn't he tired of his long legs? Xie Ying looked at Zhu Yi almost at the same time and said, "A Li, the princess is here."

Zhu Xiuli immediately jumped up: "Sister! Are you coming to see me?"

Xie Ying also stood up and smiled at Zhu Yi.

Zhu Xiuli found the thing Mian Feng was carrying, so he immediately pulled it out and opened the food box to take a look: "It's a rose cake. I like it. Sister, you are so good."

Zhu Yi opened his mouth, but it was not easy to stop Zhu Xiuli. After letting him swallow two shortbread cookies, he hurriedly said, "Be careful not to choke."

Zhu Xiuli really choked, Zhu Yi had to give him the soup again. Alas, she did it for Xie Ying, and it turned out to be all cheap for Zhu Xiuli.

Xie Ying naturally knew that Zhu Yi made it for him. He frowned and looked at Zhu Xiuli. For the first time, he felt that this child was not cute.

Fortunately, Zhu Yi later found an excuse and went back to Xie Ying's room, allowing him to entangle him a bit, only to save Zhu Xiuli's perception in Xie Ying's heart.

After that, it rained for several days in succession, and the sky above the imperial city was always pressed against the gray sky, no longer the coolness of autumn. The west wind flying geese is farther away, and the breath of winter is approaching.

Xie Ying was sitting in the emperor’s imperial study room, listening to the emperor’s question: “How many guards did Shouxu bring to Beijing from Weizhou? I forgot for a while.”

"Back to the emperor, the minister brought three hundred soldiers and two guards."

The emperor nodded. In terms of the number of soldiers, Xie Ying did bring very few soldiers, and he could be called Keshen. It should be noted that King Yongnan brought two thousand soldiers into the capital.

However, all of Xie Ying's three hundred people were elite soldiers, and the emperor did not dare to take it lightly. In addition, Xie Shao also brought three hundred people. When King Wei Ning enters the capital next year, if he brings another three to five hundred people, the Xie family and his sons are equivalent to bringing more than a thousand elite soldiers to the side. There are also many invisible dark corners in this capital, full of the Xie family's manpower.

Xie Shao arrived at this time, and the emperor asked Xie Shao to sit down. After paying attention to Xie Shao's two sentences, the emperor said: "Shouxu, tell me, why did Taizu build the feudal clan for?"

Xie Ying replied: "Shengu border, Yiwei court."

The emperor said: "Yes, I asked the vassal vassal forces to fight their horses in order to share the worries for the court. Right now, I happen to be holding a tricky matter, and I want two wise nephews to share the worries for me."

Xie Ying and Xie Shao asked the emperor to show them.

The emperor pressed a memorial on the imperial case with his fingers, and said: "This is the account of Li Jingzong, the chief ambassador of Huzhou. Li Jingzong said that the gangsters in Yongping County of Huzhou are becoming more and more rampant. , Looting the belongings of the passing caravans and ships is absolutely lawless. But the group of gangsters is very cunning. Li Jingzong failed to deploy his troops twice to exterminate them, but hundreds of officers and soldiers have been lost."

"The two sage nephews happen to be in Beijing. I think that with Xie Jiaerlang's bravery, it should be no problem to put down the evil bandits.

Xie Ying secretly thought that the robbers in Yongping were notorious, and they were already cancerous in Huzhou. If the emperor's mission this time does not go, there must be another mission soon, and I don't know what it will be. Isn't it a rogue? Huzhou is not too far away, it is better to take the order and make a quick decision and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Xie Ying turned his head and glanced at Xie Shao, Xie Shao understood. The two stood up together and said, "The ministers lead the orders."

"Okay." The emperor looked very pleased and said: "Then grant the two wise nephews to be the upper guards, and I will send 400 elite soldiers from the Gyeonggi camp to be deployed by you, and leave for Yongping in three days!"

Xie Ying and Xie Shao answered yes.

Because Xie Ying was about to leave Beijing in three days, Xie Ying temporarily called a gathering of people in Beijing to make arrangements. The night was a bit late. When he arrived at Zhu Yi's Yonglian Hall, the other party was already asleep.

Xie Ying sat down by the bed, put his hand into the quilt and found Zhu Yi's hand holding him, silently watching Zhu Yi's sleeping face. If he is most worried about leaving Beijing, it is naturally this girl.

Zhu Yi was awakened by the kiss. The familiar soft touch on her lips made her fascinated and trembling. Xie Ying was slightly startled. He was already very light. He originally wanted to kiss and leave for a while.

Zhu Yi opened his eyes and asked, "Are you here?"

Xie Ying said.

Zhu Yi sat up, took the initiative to hug the man, and said, "I don't know why, I miss you so much today." She listened to his steady and powerful heartbeat, and said that it would be nice if he didn't have to walk at night. She wanted him to be by her side all the time.

Upon hearing this, Xie Ying raised Zhu Yi's chin and kissed her deeply. After the separation, he told her what the emperor had issued today.

Zhu Yi was stunned for a long time before asking: "This is freezing right away. Father asked you to go to Pingkou?"

Xie Ying comforted her: "The weather is nothing. Huzhou is not as cold as Weizhou. It was cold when your husband was still dealing with people on the Mongolian grasslands in the cold winter."

Xie Ying's original intention was to tell her that he had experienced much harsher climate and environment a long time ago, and going to Huzhou was nothing, but Zhu Yi felt even more distressed after hearing this. Then she paused with her finger: "Who did you say you were mine?"

Xie Ying smiled and said, "Your husband. Yiyi, let me listen to your husband."

Zhu Yi blushed: "I don't want it." Then he said: "Is it already ordered? Must go? I don't want you to go, I'm afraid..."

Xie Ying patted Zhu Yi on the back. He knew what Zhu Yi was afraid of. Women's houses were like this, and he cared about his husband. He coaxed her softly: "Princess, don't worry, a few little bandits, I haven't seen it yet, so I have the right to relax."

Zhu Yi looked at Xie Ying, looked closely at his slender eyebrows and gleaming eyes. The man was frivolous in speech, but his eyes were extremely quiet, with a unique and dazzling look.

Xie Ying said again: "What's more, I feel like people are fattened by spending time in Beijing like this."

Zhu Yi curled his lips. He didn't have a piece of fat on his body. He was still fat? In fact, he can't be idle, right? I was too free to play with children with crickets and birds. She thought for a while and said: "Xie Ying, you can't underestimate the enemy. You used to lead the cavalry to fight in the wilderness, but most of those stray bandits are hidden in the forest. It's hard to prevent. And they are familiar with the mountain terrain, but you don't know anything." Otherwise, why is there a saying that a strong dragon does not suppress a snake?

"Yes, the minister listened to the training." Xie Ying smiled and pinched the tip of Zhu Yi's nose: "The princess knows a lot."

Zhu Yi was immediately embarrassed, he definitely understood the truth she knew.

Zhu Yi said slowly: "Xie Ying, don't you want to watch me dance for you? Before you go to Huzhou, I will dance for you."