Lord Prime Minister

Mu Zihuai waited at the door for about a quarter of an hour, and then the boy in Tsing Yi came back and said something indifferent.

"go in."

Mu Zihuai cupped his hands, thanked him and walked in.At the entrance is a brick screen wall with old pine and flying cranes engraved on it. Behind the screen wall is not a courtyard like the Imperial Academy, but an empty round platform, about three feet high, one foot in a circle, and various reliefs are carved on the edges. There are birds and birds, and there are people bowing down.There is no vegetation around the round platform, only a narrow road opposite.

Passing through the narrow road, you can see the brightly blooming crimson begonias, budding autumn chrysanthemums, emerald green lotus leaves on the lake, and occasionally one or two blooming pink lotus poking their heads out. There is a small pavilion built on the lake. slim.

Mu Zihuai walked a few steps forward, and happened to come across a person, wearing a blue wide-sleeved robe and a commoner's scarf, while walking, looking down at the stack of books in his hand.Mu Zihuai had seen him a long time ago, and thought that he should also be an official of the Sitianjian, so he wanted to ask him where Lord Fu was.

Unexpectedly, the man was so full of heart on the book that he didn't see Mu Zihuai and bumped into him. Mu Zihuai hurriedly protected the book in his hand, which saved him from falling into the water.

"Be careful, it will be a pity if you get wet." Mu Zihuai took some books and tidied them up, then said with a smile.

The man nodded and put the book away, then looked up at Mu Zihuai, and was a little puzzled: "Thank you, hey, who is this lord? Why are you so unfamiliar?"

"I am the newly appointed historian of the Imperial Academy, my surname is Mu and my name is Zihuai." Mu Zihuai hurriedly reported his family name.

"Oh, so it's from the Imperial Academy, yes, it's almost the end of the month." The man took back the book from Mu Zihuai's hand, "If you're looking for Master Fu, go straight to the second room on the left."

Mu Zihuai hastily cupped his hands in thanks. "Haven't asked the adults how to address it?"

The man waved his hand, "My lord, I'm a Lingtai man with five senses, my lord will call me by my name directly, I'm the next official Zhuo Gaoyi."

"Lord Zhuo." Mu Zihuai still cupped his hands.

"Master Mu, hurry up, Master Fu doesn't like people being late." After speaking, Zhuo Gaoyi took his book and continued on his way.

"Thank you."

In this way, Mu Zihuai saw Zhuo Gaoyi leaving, and then walked towards the place in his mouth.

According to what Zhuo Gaoyi said, he came to the front of the second room on the left. The door of the room was closed. Mu Zihuai knocked three times, and a voice came from inside: "Who?"

"The next official is Mu Zihuai, the official historian who came first from the Hanlin Academy. He is here to pick up this month's personnel book."

After waiting for a while, there was a sound in the room. "come in."

Mu Zihuai pushed open the door, and there was a person sitting at the table by the window with his head down, writing. He was wearing a dark green official robe and a black folded towel.

"Master Fu, I'm here to get this month's personnel book." Mu Zihuai stood still, and then bent over again.

After waiting for a long time, Fu Shi didn't raise his head, but tapped the pen tip on the inkstone, and he said after a while: "Where is Mr. Shen?

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Mu Zihuai was taken aback, "Master Shen is sorting out the materials and can't get away."

Fu Shi lowered his head to write a few words, put down his brush, and looked up at Mu Zihuai. "What about the other two? What is the court raising them for? Shen Li is too used to you, and he takes everything on his own head, so he raises a bunch of waste."

Fu Shi frowned, his face was full of dissatisfaction, his square face was serious, his eyebrows were thick and his lips were thin, and he was still standing still, he was already the supervisor of the Sitian Supervisor, the official of the fifth rank.

Seeing his scolding, Mu Zihuai had no choice but to bear it with his head down, not daring to reply, and when he finished speaking, he didn't dare to raise his head.

"Take it, remember to send it back in three days." Fu Shi took out a notebook and handed it to Mu Zihuai. He was a little dissatisfied with his submissive performance, but thinking of such a character, he would not disobey orders like the former two , should also be a diligent and down-to-earth person, and slightly softened his voice.

Mu Zihuai took the personnel booklet, and took out the booklet given by Master Shen before going out, and drew his name on Master Fu. "Please trouble Mrs. Fu, I will definitely send it back on time in three days."

"Let Shen Li deliver it by himself next time." Fu Shi appointed Shen Li, closed the book with the ink on the table to dry, and opened another one.

Mu Zihuai didn't know why, but he still nodded his head and left the room after taking his leave.

When I went out, I met several officials, most of them were in a hurry, and no one paid any attention to Mu Zihuai.

When they returned to the Imperial Academy, Qiao Ji and Zi Shu were not there, only Mr. Shen was lying in front of the table. It took Mu Zihuai a while to find him from a pile of documents.

"Master Shen."

Shen Li raised his head, seeing that it was Mu Zihuai, he stood up. "I'm back, have you got the personnel book?"

Mu Zihuai nodded and handed over the notebook.Shen Li glanced at the table and asked again: "Have you asked him to draw the name?"

"Drawn." Mu Zihuai reported one by one, thought for a while and said: "Master Fu asked Mr. Shen to go to Si Tianjian in three days, and discuss matters."

Shen Li laughed, "Did he tell you that?"

Mu Zihuai nodded but did not speak.

"You go back today. Zi Shujian went to Dali Temple. Tomorrow, you will learn how to do things from him. Learn as soon as possible. It will be time to hire people in a few days." Start organizing your data.

Mu Zihuai saw that he was concentrating on his work, so he didn't disturb him, and walked out of the editing and inspection hall lightly.

It's early autumn now, the weather is getting colder, and the sun is already in the west, Mu Zihuai saw that it was still early, so he wandered around the courtyard for a while, until he saw Zi Shujian came back from Dali Temple, Qiao Ji also returned home, Only then did he leave the Hanlin Academy and head towards the Prince's Mansion.

When we returned to the palace, the sun had already set and the courtyard was lit. As soon as Mu Zihuai entered, he walked towards the courtyard where Long Lei lived.

Before entering the yard, he was stopped by the housekeeper. "Mr. Mu, the prince wants you to go to the Green Bamboo Garden as soon as you return to the mansion."

Mu Zihuai went in to have a look and found that Long Lei was not there, so he turned and walked towards the Green Bamboo Garden.

This is the first time Mu Zihuai has come here since the last time he talked to the prince and Ren Danfeng.Hearing the two talking outside the house, Mu Zihuai knocked on the door directly.

The voices in the room disappeared in an instant, and Mu Zihuai hurriedly called out. "My lord, it's me."

"Come in." The prince's voice came out.

Mu Zihuai opened the door and walked in. The prince was sitting on the chair, and Ren Danfeng was sitting on the lower right seat.

Ren Danfeng also hadn't seen Mu Zihuai for a few days. A few days ago, swords and swords were facing each other, but now he saw that his expression was a little stiff, so he just nodded his head as a signal.

"I came here as soon as I came back from the Hanlin Academy. I don't know what the lord wants to order?" Mu Zihuai saluted the lord and asked.

"Sit down first." Huangfu Yunhua pointed to the chair on the left, not rushing to talk.

Mu Zihuai sat down as he said, and the prince said to Ren Danfeng again: "Let's leave what we said just now, and don't bring it up again in the future."

Ren Danfeng moved his mouth, but finally nodded.

Huangfu Yunhua turned to Mu Zihuai and said: "This morning, the emperor named the Ninth Prince Le'an, and also gave the title Yueqing. Zhaoyi gave birth to a dragon son, and he was canonized as Concubine De."

"The death of the sixth prince has been found out? Who is the murderer?"

When Mu Zihuai heard it, it turned out that this was what he was talking about. It seemed that the prince was determined to pull him in, and he couldn't escape.However, Mu Zihuai had made a plan before, if this was the only way to survive in this world, he could only obey the prince's arrangement.I just hope that when the time comes, I can get the best result of retiring from old age and returning home, if not...

Huangfu Yunhua didn't know what Mu Zihuai was thinking, he only knew that he had surrendered to him and was willing to help him, he couldn't help feeling a little happy in his heart, shook his head and said: "No, we have entered a dead end."

"What about the thousand elite soldiers?"

"The emperor doesn't have the energy to take care of these things now. Autumn has already arrived. The Xiongnu in the north rushed to plunder before the arrival of winter. They attacked desperately. Yesterday, they sent an urgent report to Beijing, saying that a city had been occupied, and our army was retreating steadily. , the army led by the third princess suffered heavy losses." Speaking of this, the prince couldn't help laughing, and he had to say that the battle was just right.

Isn't the army of the third princess the same as Long Xiu's army?Mu Zihuai thought secretly, starting to worry about Long Xiu's safety.

"This king has invited the emperor to order Gu Li to take the thousand troops to the frontier to help the three princesses guard the city."

"In this way, the previous hard work will be in vain? Those soldiers will be included in other teams, and it will be difficult to unite in the future." Mu Zihuai couldn't help but said, why is the prince so happy about the things that he had been avoiding at the beginning?

"That's wrong." Ren Danfeng, who has been quiet all this time, explained: "Don't forget that there is another Gu Li. Gu Li was called by the emperor to Ji County to provide disaster relief. There are at least a thousand soldiers left in the frontier. Now When we go back, he will be in charge of it, the two teams will be brought together and let Gu Li manage it, nothing bad will happen. Besides, we should let them go to the battlefield, even the best knife will only be opened when it sees blood."

Mu Zihuai felt relieved after hearing this, and he was full of thoughts about Long Xiu, remembering that he had not received a letter from him for two months, and hoped that nothing would happen.

Another month passed, and the battle was in full swing. The emperor sent another [-] elite soldiers to the border, and a large amount of supplies were also sent there.With help, the third princess, who had been fighting aggrievedly, led all the soldiers to fight back.After half a month of fighting, there were frequent success reports, and two of the three lost cities were recovered.

When the first snow fell this winter, the Xiongnu finally retreated, looting a lot of food and things, and took away all the women in the city.

In addition to robbing food every year, the Huns are also keen to tie women back.The three princesses led their troops in pursuit, trying to rescue the woman who had been taken away.These women will only be reduced to the lowest level of prostitutes in the Gobi Desert, and the rest of their lives will be ruined.

The third princess couldn't bear it, and led four thousand elite soldiers to chase them for ten kilometers, and finally stopped them.

This is the last batch of Huns to evacuate, but there are almost 3000 people.Most of the Xiongnu wore left lapels and were sturdy. They lived with wild beasts all the year round, and they were even more brave.The [-] elite soldiers brought by the three princesses were all one against ten, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle for a while.

After a day and a night of fighting, both sides lost more than half of their losses. The Xiongnu had already transported a lot of food and women to the desert. At this time, they saw that the other party was stalwart, so they lost the women and ran away while beating.

The third princess led the people under her to chase the Xiongnu ten miles away, and drove them out of the middle land, and then returned to the camp with the rescued woman.

Three days later, the zhezi that came out of the border was sent into the city, and passed through the Meridian Gate to enter the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Guangcheng let out a long breath after looking at it for a few seconds, and the previous haze was swept away.

The book was written by the third princess herself, and she briefly reported the military situation. The Huns were defeated and retreated, and the three cities were saved. After the army corrected it, the princess was going to return to Beijing.

After an absence of three years, the third princess who followed her son-in-law to the border finally decided to return to Beijing.The book did not mention the reason, and Emperor Guangcheng immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites to start preparing for the princess' return in triumph.