The emperor's face sank like water.
But after scolding in my heart, I gradually calmed down.
At present, all this is just what the little girl said. He can't help but believe it, but he can't believe it all.
After all, the Xu family's position now is here. He must be vigilant.
If the Xu family believes what they say without a trace of their own judgment, wouldn't it be another kind of blind obedience?
Seeing that he didn't speak for a moment, Xu Mingyi was not worried, but said: "suddenly hearing these, the imperial historian of the Ming Dynasty may need time to distinguish and think. It doesn't matter if he can't make up his mind for a moment. The imperial historian can stay in Linyuan city for a few more days and think slowly."
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty frowned.
The first half sounds reasonable, but what is the second half?
"What if mingmou finally refuses to agree?"
"That doesn't matter. We'll find another way." Xu Mingyi said, "but it's time to appoint Qu Ming to stay here for a while. After all, after hearing so many secrets, he learned our plan --" speaking later, his tone was quite helpless.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was blocked when he heard it.
Did he take the initiative to listen?
He stayed well in Qicheng and had to ask him to come!
"Even if the Ming Imperial historian refused to help, he couldn't disclose the plan. Please forgive me for offending." Zhenguo turned the walnut in his hand in a gentle tone.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty's heart is like the walnut held by the Duke of the town, in a mess.
Just got up, brushed his sleeves and left the study.
The Duke of the town shouted to two of his men: "send the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to rest."
The imperial Shi of the Ming Dynasty heard a meal at his feet - the residence was prepared for him in advance?
Look at the two soldiers who followed him. Each one is half taller than him. They are decent, fat and fat. They are also wearing knives at their waist... It is clear that they can not only give him a rest, but also send him back to the West!
"It's urgent, and give him a few days to think about it. It's really impractical and can't be forced." in the study, Zhenguo Zhengyi said to his granddaughter.
Xu Mingyi nodded.
It's not that the Xu family are so kind, but that they can't be forced.
If she enters the city with the other party, she needs the other party to be firm. If the other party wavers a little, her plan will not go smoothly.
The letter to King Yan and Wu Tsui has just been written. It will take some time for them to finalize the rest of the plan after it is sent to their respective hands.
She's not in a hurry.
I'm not afraid that the Ming Imperial historian will think slowly - the Ming Imperial historian has a careful mind, and the lies will be revealed under the careful discrimination of smart people, while the truth will only make people more convinced when they think more carefully.
The imperial Shi of the Ming Dynasty was "invited" by the two soldiers to the inner court of the government.
"Brother fan, it's your turn..."
Walking along a path, the Ming Imperial Shi faintly heard a familiar voice coming into his ears.
Subconsciously, I looked up and saw two people playing chess in a pavilion in the front.
One of them is Xu Jin, the great master of the Xu family.
And the other person
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty walked forward again and looked intently. Only then did he have a distinction.
Isn't this Fan Ying, the former magistrate of Linyuan city?
In the same year as him, he knows!
The two men in the pavilion also looked at him when they heard the footsteps. When they saw him, Xu Jin immediately went out of the pavilion and came forward to salute with a smile: "it was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It was really far from welcome."
Fan Ying also came over, but he just saluted.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty stared at him carefully.
It is said that the prefect of Linyuan vowed to die. When Xu Jiajun came to the city, he had to jump down from the city tower to show his ambition. He can be called a model of loyalty
But what are you doing?
Aware of the imperial censor's eyes, magistrate fan's eyes were ashamed and humiliated. He slightly turned away and tightened his lips. The fist he clenched on his side showed his inner pain and struggle - he was imprisoned here. He was forced not only to eat and drink with others, but also to play chess with others every day. As an imperial court commander, his dignity was deprived. Life is really worse than death.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty saw it from the corner of his eye.
I don't know how to scold!
That night, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty stayed up all night.
He knew he shouldn't, even for the sake of his hair.
But I can't sleep.
As soon as you close your eyes, it's like the people can't make a living.
And her
If it is true, she is afraid that she will be frightened all day.
It looks like a child on the surface, laughing and making noise
The emperor of Ming sighed and sat up to dress.
Soon someone sent morning food. When it was half used, Xu Jin came.
On this day, Xu Jin took the emperor of the Ming Dynasty around the Linyuan city.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty ate pastry on the street, went to the theater, and listened in a private school for a long time. The students read aloud. To him, this is the most reassuring voice.
With Xu Jin by his side, wherever he went, he was saluted and respected.
He could see that the people of the whole city and Xu's family respected and even appreciated it.
In contrast to Xu Jin's attitude towards these people, he vaguely understood the Xu family's method of governing the city. In addition to the constraints of etiquette and law, what the Xu family followed was the way of changing people's hearts.
On the way back to the government office, Xu Jin smiled and asked him, "what if we govern a country by governing this city?"
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not answer, but he already had an answer in his heart.
He really should be ashamed
And he is far from alone in Daqing.
……
The next day, the emperor sat in his study until noon.
"My lord..."
The close boy he brought came in.
"I'm not hungry, so they don't have to pass the meal."
The boy coughed softly.
I don't want you to eat.
"Two ladies came outside and said they wanted to see adults."
"Which lady?"
How could a woman come here to see him?
"The little ones don't recognize it. They just say it's an old acquaintance of adults."
Old acquaintance
With doubts, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty got up and went out of the study.
People are waiting in the yard.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was surprised.
He approached them and saluted, "empress dowager, Empress Dowager - Empress Dowager."
That's what he can only call it now.
"Xiao Zhi, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time." the Empress Dowager looked at him with a kind smile.
This "effective" is called the emperor of Ming Dynasty. He is in a trance.
He grew up in front of the Empress Dowager
So did the Empress Dowager persuade him to come?
His tone was very respectful: "I haven't seen you for a long time. How is your mother recently?"
The Empress Dowager smiled and nodded lightly, "well, everything is fine in Linyuan city."
As he said that, his eyes fell on the head of the younger generation in front of him. For a moment, he couldn't help sighing at the bottom of his heart. She was very good. The child didn't look very good.
I must have worried a lot.
"It's cold today, madam. Please go to the hall to talk." the emperor of Ming raised his hand and asked.
"No, just come to see you. It doesn't matter." the Empress Dowager said, looking at the bare jujube tree in the hospital, smiled and said: "there was such a jujube tree in Pingzhou's old house..."
Ming Xiaozhi followed her line of sight and said, "yes."
He remembers, too.
"The jujube on the jujube tree is crisp and sweet... A tree is densely hung, bending the branches." the Empress Dowager recalls the old events and smiles more and more: "dingning liked to climb to the tree to pick jujubes when she was young. She picked them on the tree and threw them down, so you picked up your clothes and followed them below..."
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty couldn't help smiling.
The Empress Dowager added, "I remember one time when dingning slipped and fell from a tree. You just caught her and put yourself under her. She didn't even rub a piece of skin, but you broke a hand... But you kept it for many days."
Wu Jingying was puzzled.
Didn't the empress persuade people to come? Why did she mention the long princess's childhood?
The Empress Dowager said with a smile and a sigh: "at that time, I quietly told the first emperor that the young childe of the Ming family next door is really good. Treat the two people better. If you agree, you may be able to get married!"
Wu Jingying's eyes widened slightly - and this origin? And that's what you can say?
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was stunned.
Immediately, after the reaction, he turned a little red.
"Who knows how the world makes people... Dingning is a dead girl again." the Empress Dowager sighed: "plus the non-human she met later, it's wasted..."
Speaking of this, when we look at the Royal historian of the Ming Dynasty, there is a bit of vague hope in his eyes: "however, if this man lives for a lifetime, he still has to look forward. If he is willing to look forward, it's not too late."
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty jumped wildly in his heart.
Is... Is that what he thinks?
At his age, he never dared to think more, as long as she was good
The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "anyway, although dingning has occasionally fooled around, he is a little good. He is willing to listen to people's advice, especially the AI family's advice!"
"..." Wu jingyingqiang held on without showing a different color.
But the empress's words and expression are clearly a strong hint - daughter-in-law, it's a daughter-in-law. Does the daughter-in-law want it?!
She is worthy of being a mother.
It's true that the sword is on the wrong side, and the skilled people are brave
She was so clumsy that she didn't see the real reason for the death impeachment that the imperial governor of Ming was alone and always stared at the face of the long princess's house all these years
The emperor of Ming coughed twice and nearly choked.
As if so, you can well hide why you blush.
"Well, there's nothing else to do at home, so I won't bother you to deal with the business." the Empress Dowager knows the truth that words are full, and knows what is right.
The imperial Shi of the Ming Dynasty quickly saluted: "Xiao Zhi, congratulations to the Empress Dowager."
Wu Jingying helped the Empress Dowager leave here.
When the emperor of the Ming Dynasty returned to his study, he couldn't sit still and could only pace back and forth.
The Empress Dowager really did. She suggested it to him
Is he that kind of person?
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty took out the folding book for peace from his sleeve and resolutely threw it into the brazier.
This is not for the Empress Dowager's words——
He would have made a decision.
"Please come and talk to the Xu family girl." the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered the young man.
The boy answered "yes", just about to step down, but he was shouted by his own adults.
"Wait, wait..."
The little boy looked back puzzled.
"I'll go later," said the emperor of the Ming Dynasty
The Empress Dowager has just left. If he shows his posture with his hind feet, doesn't he look... Right?
That's not good.
The boy had to answer.
The censor of the Ming Dynasty turned around the room again.
At the foot, he waved his hand: "please go..."
It's too late for a little girl to come.
As for how the Empress Dowager will treat him, if she mistakenly thinks he is very useful for that matter, she wants to help him
It doesn't matter. What is this misunderstanding at present?
The boy looked at his adult strangely. Even if the adult's ideas changed, why did he back so straight? He seemed inexplicably guilty.
"Go quickly." the emperor of Ming frowned and urged.
"Hey, little one, go now!"
Xu Mingyi arrived soon.
At first, when the Empress Dowager vowed to tell her to "wrap it up in the mourning family", she was still skeptical
But the Empress Dowager has just left for two quarters of an hour, hasn't she?
She had to look back and ask what it was that worked so quickly.
"I don't know how to arrange Miss Xu after she entered Beijing?" asked the imperial Shi of the Ming Dynasty.
It can't be done just by a little girl meeting a few people in the city.
In the past, such things need the pen of literati to determine the wrong and right, and the sword of military generals as a deterrent. Both are indispensable.
Xu Mingyi truthfully informed the general arrangement.
“……”
After listening to this, the imperial historian of the Ming Dynasty felt at ease.
When I looked at the girl again, my doubts had all disappeared: "I promised."
Xu Mingyi raised his hand and gave a long salute in a sincere tone: "thank you, Lord Ming, for your help."
"But... I have two more questions. I'd like to ask you."
"Your Excellency asked."
"With the help of Xu and Wu families, the king of Yan is equal, and the odds of victory have been determined. It's only a matter of time to fight and win."
Since he decided to go with him, he didn't shy away from saying that President Yan Wang was dignified. This is a fact that everyone with a clear eye can see. Therefore, the emperor and the imperial court will be desperate at the moment, and he will insist on persuading Xu Jiajun to "turn back".
"With such a chance of success, why do you want to let a little girl enter Beijing to make a risk?"
That's what he wants to ask.
The Duke of the town valued his only granddaughter more than his life——
If you want to make the emperor's crimes known to the world, after the general situation has been determined, how can you say that it is not up to the winner? This truth has been buried for 18 years. Are you still in a hurry?
"No one asked me to go, but I wanted to go myself." the girl replied, "as for the reason, like Lord Ming, since there are other choices, I don't want more wars in the world."
One of the bright effects was stunned.
After a while, I asked the second question.
"Are you not afraid that I will hand you over to the emperor and take you as a hostage when you follow me to Beijing alone?"
The weight of this hostage is very heavy.
"To choose to walk with adults is to trust adults."
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was noncommittal. He said so, but everything must be prepared for the worst in order to be called a detailed plan.
The next moment, the girl said, "besides, I won't give adults this opportunity."
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was stunned again.
Looking at the little girl whose back was always straight all the time, he felt that his eyes were a little astringent.
After a long time, he nodded slightly, but only answered the word "good".
……
After getting everything ready, Mingxiao left Linyuan city two days later.
Xu Mingyi sat in the carriage with him. He didn't have to lift the curtain to see it. He also knew that he was getting farther and farther away from Linyuan city and his family.
But looking ahead, she was not afraid.
……