Han De stood up, took the brocade box over respectfully, and opened it toward Mrs. Liu. He took out the portrait and showed it to Mr. Liu.
Ms. Liu didn't know why at first, but as the portrait opened, a look of surprise began to appear on her face.
His eyes widened, and his hands couldn't help but cover his open mouth. He asked Hande in disbelief, "This, is this a portrait of the emperor?"
Han De nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, and it is the true face of the emperor. Madam must have heard that although the emperor has a precedent of giving portraits to ministers, there are very few ministers who can get the portraits. And most of them In part, the portraits given by the emperor are not true portraits. Only a very small number of princes and ministers such as Wei Guogong and Xin Guogong will be given true portraits by the emperor."
"Is this really the emperor's true face?" Ms. Liu asked since she had never seen the emperor's true face.
She still couldn't believe it, feeling a little like she was in a dream. Two months ago, she was still in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, waiting for the impending disaster and her miserable fate.
How long has it been? The Han family actually enjoyed the treatment of a prince's family.
Hande smiled and nodded.
Seeing this, Mrs. Liu secretly pinched the tender flesh of her waist hard.
hiss!
The pain was so severe that it seemed like I wasn't dreaming.
"Madam, you should hurry up and find someone to tidy up a room so that you can enshrine the emperor's portrait and avoid being blamed by the emperor. Du'er doesn't understand the rules. Maybe the emperor won't care, but we can't be rude."
"Oh, yes, yes..." When Mrs. Liu heard this, she nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
He quickly turned around and went out, telling the maid next to him to let the concierge Lao Mu clean it up.
On the other side, Princess Anqing returned to the palace where she lived.
Princess Anqing seems to have something on her mind today, even sitting by the pavilion feeding the fish seems a little listless.
The maid tilted her head and looked again and again, then suddenly ran to Princess Anqing and bent down, staring straight at her with her two black and white eyes.
After a while, Princess Anqing came to her senses and realized that the maid was in front of her.
She asked in surprise, "Yiyi, what are you watching me do? What's the matter?"
Princess Anqing has an easy-going personality and is rarely arrogant even in front of the maids. When two people are together, they even call themselves me, not this princess.
Yiyi blinked her cunning eyes, straightened up slowly, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I'm fine. I think the princess seems to be in trouble."
As if her thoughts were being seen through, Princess Anqing suddenly seemed a little embarrassed, but she quickly reacted and returned to her normal state.
As if to cheer himself up, he raised his voice and said, "What can I do? Nothing can happen to me."
"Is everything okay? That's not right." He stared at Princess Anqing reluctantly, making her feel guilty for a while.
Although Princess Anqing felt guilty, she pretended to be calm and said: "What's wrong? I said it's okay and it's okay."
Yiyi's eyes were fixed on Princess Anqing's face, as if she wanted to see through her hidden thoughts.
"If it's really okay, does the princess dare to let this servant guess?"
Princess Anqing was forced to the corner by Yiyi in an instant, but she still said firmly, "Guess what? It's fine in the first place, so I'm afraid you'll guess? If you want to guess, just guess..."
"Yeah," Yiyi pretended to clear her throat. He looked at the princess with a cunning look on his face, and said with a smile: "Then you just want to guess?"
When Princess Anqing heard this, she turned her head to one side, pretending not to care. It was just the corner of her eyes that couldn't help but glance at Yiyi, betraying her thoughts.
In her heart, she kept praying to Yiyi not to guess, but even if she did, she wouldn't be able to guess right.
But just like Murphy's law, the more you expect something not to happen, the reality is that it will happen.
Yiyi stretched out her fingers and held the hair on her shoulders, "I have been following the princess since I was a child. In all these years, I have never seen the princess so lost. Oh, by the way, when did the princess start?"
Yiyi's pretty face came close to Princess Anqing's eyes.
"What, what's the beginning?" An Qing's eyes widened and he looked at Yiyi. But his tone was not as strong as before, and he seemed a little nervous.
Seeing the princess' embarrassed look, Yiyi smiled even more proudly.
Without exposing the princess' cover, he continued: "It started yesterday, and it was after she came back from the East Palace yesterday. What was different about the princess yesterday? Oh, I remembered it. The princess seemed to have met someone in the East Palace. , what is it called? Han Du..."
Princess Anqing couldn't hold back any longer, stretched out her fingers and struck at Yiyi's armpit.
"I let you talk nonsense, let you talk nonsense...see if I don't tear your mouth apart..."
When Yiyi was touched by Princess Anqing, her whole body trembled like an electric shock, and the sound of laughter like silver bells resounded all around.
"a ha ha ha......"
Soon Yiyi begged for mercy and said intermittently, "Princess... let me go... I don't dare anymore... I don't dare anymore..."
Princess Anqing let out a fierce breath, then closed her arms around Yiyi. Seeing that Yiyi's laughter slowly subsided, she extended her fingers and spread her teeth and claws to threaten: "Next time you dare to say nonsense, I will scratch you to death."
He also tried to scare Yiyi.
When Yiyi saw this, she screamed again, "Ah! Princess, please forgive me, I don't dare to do it anymore..."
snort!
Princess Anqing snorted coldly, feeling extremely relieved.
Yiyi finally regained her composure and stopped teasing Princess Anqing about Han Du.
Instead, he asked slightly worriedly: "Princess, do you really care about Mr. Han?"
Princess Anqing wanted to refute, but she didn't know why the words came to her lips but she couldn't say them out. After a moment of silence, he finally sighed softly: "I, I don't know either..."
His eyes were looking at the pool, with a blank focus, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Yiyi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Princess, please don't find it annoying me. I won't open the pot and pick up the pot. I want to remind the princess that the emperor personally promised the princess you a marriage last year..."
When Princess Anqing heard this, she became even more silent and pressed her lips tightly together.
Last year, Ouyang Lun, the new Jinshi, showed his talent and grace. When Xinke Shizi visited the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang saw it and liked it very much, so he personally betrothed Princess Anqing to him.
Yiyi continued to whisper: "Besides, princess, you didn't object at that time. The emperor's golden words must be true to his words. If, if the princess only cares a little, then it's better to stop it..."
After Yiyi finished speaking, she looked at the princess carefully.
After hearing this, Princess Anqing turned her head to one side and avoided Yiyi's gaze.
After a long time, a sigh spread out along with the faint ripples made by the fish and disappeared in the wind.
Fengtian Temple.
It was late at night, and a huge candle as thick as an arm illuminated the hall like daylight.
Lao Zhu was sitting high on the dragon chair. Sitting below were Duke Xu Da of Wei, Duke Tang He of Xin, Duke Li Wenzhong of Cao, Marquis Fu Youde of Yingchuan, Li Bo, Minister of War, Xu Hui, Minister of Household Affairs, and Xue Xiang, Minister of Industry. .
Although Lao Zhu has to hold a court meeting every three days, it does not mean that all matters need to be discussed at the court meeting.
Especially confidential matters are not suitable for discussion in public. For example, military affairs.
At this time, Lao Zhu would summon relevant ministers to discuss, commonly known as: Xiaochao meeting.
The atmosphere was solemn. Except for the old eunuch present, the other eunuchs were hiding outside the palace with their heads lowered. They did not dare to raise their heads and look inside for fear of falling dead.
Lao Zhu picked up the secret fold in his hand and handed it to the old eunuch, asking him to pass it to Xu Da.
"Let's all take a look. A secret spy is here to report that there may be some movement southward. After reading this, let's all talk about how to deal with it."
Xu Da's eyes quickly scanned it, and after reading it, he handed it to Tang He.
When everyone had finished reading, Lao Zhu saw that everyone was silent and started to roll the names.
"Wei Guogong?"
"war!"
Xu Da sat upright and spoke without hesitation.
With just one word, Ling Ran's fearless aura swept through everyone present like a gust of wind.
Hearing this, Lao Zhu nodded and smiled, "As expected of me, he is my good brother, and he has won my heart."
After speaking, Lao Zhu glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "If Can Yuan wants to fight, then fight. If you dare to stretch out your claws towards Daming, I will kill one with one extension, and I will kill both pairs with two extensions. Not only do I want to kill them, they dare not go south. Gu, one day I will go north to completely eliminate the remaining Yuan."
"Long live my emperor!"
Seeing that the emperor directly set the tone on this matter, the ministers directly congratulated him.
Anyway, not only the emperor didn't take Can Yuan seriously, but their ministers didn't take him seriously either.
The Ming Dynasty came all the way from resisting the Great Yuan Dynasty, and drove the Great Yuan Dynasty to the grassland in just a dozen years. In the subsequent Northern Expeditions, the Yuan Dynasty lost more and won less, and was completely suppressed by the Ming Dynasty.
Now that Lao Zhu has decided to fight, the only thing left is to "move forward before the soldiers and horses use food and grass".
Lao Zhu asked Li Wenzhong directly: "Bao'er, how prepared is the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion?"
Li Wenzhong quickly bowed and said: "Back to the emperor, the capital and surrounding guard stations are fully staffed, trained to ensure their safety, and ready for orders at any time."
Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Xue Xiang and asked: "Ministry of Industry, how are the weapons and weapons prepared?"
Hearing this, Xue Xiang suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, "The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry has some shortages of weapons and weapons..."
Lao Zhu, who originally seemed satisfied, suddenly turned gloomy after hearing Xue Xiang's words, and said sternly: "Why is it not enough?"
Ordnance and weapons had a great impact on the war. A war was about to begin, but something went wrong here, and Lao Zhu couldn't help but be angry.
When Xue Xiang heard Lao Zhu's words, he trembled and spoke with difficulty: "Due to the production of cement, a group of craftsmen were transferred, resulting in a shortage of blacksmiths. Therefore..."
