In the courtyard where Concubine Xiao stayed, there were bonsais, rockeries... all the decorations were complicated and gorgeous, which was exactly the style that Concubine Xiao liked. God knows how much animal power was used to carry these unnecessary things. But no matter how much they were arranged, they couldn't compare.

Chengqian Palace.

The main door of the main house was closed, and there were no maids inside. Concubine Xiao was sitting on the luxurious throne, with a gloomy face, and Princess Yong'an and Xiao Yunqian were kneeling below her.

Xiao Yunqian's cheeks were red and swollen, and she was choking. She had never suffered such a loss in her whole life. As soon as she left Yuxin's yard, she immediately came to the imperial concubine to complain.

Xiao Yunqian finally said: "Aunt, my niece was bullied like this by that bitch, you must make the decision for me!"

Princess Yong'an also helped: "Concubine, you must help us say this! What kind of thing is Yang Yuxin..."

"Pa!" Before Princess Yong'an could finish her words, Concubine Xiao had already slapped her hand heavily on the armrest of the seat.

"Shut up!" The imperial concubine's anger descended like thunder, "Who told you to mess with Yang Yuxin? She is the Crown Princess! Even if I see you, I have to show courtesy to the Crown Princess. If you misbehave, you will be punished.

How can I stand up for you when someone gets the handle? One by one, you will only cause trouble for me, and you won't be able to think more clearly! Tell me, what else can you do besides causing trouble?"

"Mother concubine!" Princess Yong'an raised her head in disbelief. She has been pampering and protecting her for such a long time. Although she sometimes said a few words to her, she never spoke so harshly. Princess Yong'an had just been raped by Yu Xin.

The arrogance was knocked away, and this was again

My mother scolded me, and her eye circles immediately turned red, "Mother, concubine, are you going to let Yang continue to be so arrogant? This time, not only Yunqian and I were embarrassed, but my grandfather's family was also embarrassed!"

Aren’t our Xiao family afraid of the Yang family?”

Xiao Yunqian raised her head. The imperial concubine was angry. She didn't dare to say anything, but that was what she meant. She must not let Yang Yuxin be so arrogant. This situation must be recovered, for sure!

"You also know that it's embarrassing?" The imperial concubine rubbed her forehead and felt a terrible headache. Her father and brother were so wise, and she was also shrewd and capable of making every move, but why did she give birth to daughters who were as stupid as pigs?

You have no brains and keep messing with people

, the imperial concubine is planning a big thing recently, how can she let the two little ones ruin her big plan. But looking at the situation today, if she doesn't say something, these two little ones will not give up, pointing out

Maybe something will happen.

She could only calm down her tone and said: "I have recorded this matter. Sooner or later, I will avenge you." When the day comes when King Zhao ascends to the throne, all grievances will naturally be avenged.

Princess Yong'an was obviously dissatisfied and asked aloud: "How long will it take to wait?"

"I have my own thoughts on this matter!" The imperial concubine waved her hand impatiently, "You guys go down and be honest and don't cause trouble again." She called the aunt beside them to come in and gave instructions.

Said: "Keep an eye on your master, if something like this happens again, I'll watch your skin carefully!"

Princess Yong'an and Xiao Yunqian came in joy but returned disappointed. They originally expected the imperial concubine to stand up for them, but who could have imagined that it would end like this. The two left the yard unhappy, and Xiao Yunqian said bitterly: "Cousin, I can't swallow it."

If you go down like this, I will definitely avenge you!"

Princess Yong'an was surprised and asked: "Cousin, what are your plans?"

Xiao Yunqian said: "I'm going to ask cousin Shi You. He is now in charge of a thousand-household camp, and only he can help us!"

Yong'an was surprised: "Didn't you say you would never see him again?" It turned out that this Shi You was a distant cousin of Xiao Yunqian. Now he served in Longxiang Guard, one of the emperor's personal soldiers, and was in charge of a thousand-household camp.

, ever since I saw Xiao Yunqian at a family dinner a few years ago, I was astonished and my heart was firmly tied to Xiao Yunqian.

It is said that the same rice feeds all kinds of people. Xiao Yunqian is unreasonable and willful. Most people who are with her will not be able to stand her temper. But Shi You doesn't think how good Xiao Yunqian is. Xiao Yunqian knows that he has always been very proud of his thoughts.

Although he looked down on him as a rough and reckless man, he liked to play him around. It was not until he proposed marriage to Ye Minyu that Xiao Yunqian never saw his cousin again.

Yu Xin had hurt her face, and Princess Yong'an was also upset at the moment. After thinking about it, she agreed. The two returned to Xiao Yunqian's small courtyard. After a while, a young eunuch invited Shi You over.

Shi You talked secretly with them for an hour, and when he came out, his face was full of murderous intent.

There is a turbulent undercurrent here in Dezhou, but the city of Beijing is full of storms. Zuo Yan finally waited for Tumutu's 30,000 troops. This time the Jurchens entered Dachu territory from Juyong Pass and burned, killed and looted for more than half a month.

, received countless gold and silver treasures, grain and livestock, and also robbed nearly 100,000 slaves.

The Jurchens were beaming with joy. In comparison, the Tuwu people had nothing to gain. The two sides were not monolithic in the first place. In the past, the Jurchens and the Tuwu people had been attacking each other all year round. Now that there is such a contrast, the two armies are already secretly undercurrent.

Finally, Zuo Yan and Tu Mu Tu were both very prestigious leaders and were able to suppress the different opinions of their subordinates. The two armies were united and a 60,000-strong army arrived at the gates of Beijing and set up camp.

Martial law was imposed in the nine cities of the capital, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.

Ye Yichen had already eliminated the remaining garrison in the city. The remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses had eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled, and barely managed to make up 20,000 people. He also temporarily recruited the young and strong people in the city to join the team, and finally made up the army.

One hundred thousand miscellaneous troops were divided into ten teams. Ye Fengqi, Ye Minchun, and Ye Minyu were ordered to lead 10,000 men each. Several other teams also sent capable defenders, and they also took 10,000 men as reserves.

According to custom, rewards were given to the three armies before the war started. However, when the emperor left, he removed 99% of the Taicang silver from the Ministry of Revenue, and the remaining three melons and two dates were not enough to pay 10,000 soldiers.

The right minister of the household department and the left minister of the military department who stayed behind discussed it all night, but they couldn't come up with any good solution. They were so anxious that their hair almost turned white. If you don't have money these days, who will fight for you. The next day, they had to go see Ye Yichen.

After hearing this, Ye Yichen's face turned dark. He thought to himself, Brother Emperor, what kind of mess have you left for me? There are no people I need, so I should leave some money for me. I don't have any money. The prince really made the emperor angry.

Lean upside down.

Complaints return, the problem must be solved. After thinking for a while, he actually came up with a way. Ye Yichen asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to issue a hundred thousand white slips and cover them with the Ministry of Household Security. From top to bottom, from officials to soldiers, everyone first

Issue a white slip, and when the war is over, use this white slip to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to cash out payment.

Of course, we can't let the soldiers suffer, so Ye Yichen immediately asked someone to increase the amount of silver reward five times. The officials of the Ministry of Household were sweating profusely. Ye Yichen didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive when he was not in charge, but did they know that millions of taels of silver were worth it?

What is the concept?

Ye Yichen has nothing to do with it. Anyway, it is just a white ticket. There is no telling whether he can win. Even if he wins, the emperor and the Ministry of Revenue will have a headache from now on. What does it have to do with him? His mission is to defend the capital.

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After the white note was handed out, the soldiers were all gearing up to fight. If they wanted to cash this empty promise, they had to survive first! Officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War were shocked to find that the morale of the 100,000 soldiers had suddenly boosted.

Prince Jin was so impressed that he fell to the ground.

Being able to turn bad things into good things is called level!

Seeing that Ye Yichen acted in an orderly manner, all the officials suddenly had a little more confidence in Ye Yichen.

On the one hand, Ye Yichen reused the Fo Lang robots. Most of them were powerful gunmen. Ye Yichen divided them into ten groups and trained his troops quickly. Ye Yichen opened the weapon arsenal of the Ministry of War and asked the craftsmen to work overtime.

After adding more points, we finally equipped a firearms team of 30,000 people. Fireguns may not be as good as cavalry in field battles, but they are definitely a powerful weapon for defending the city. Moreover, the use of firearms is not difficult, and new soldiers can learn it quickly, and it is easy to develop combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, he asked Marquis Kate to take the lead and lead people from the Dachu Ordnance Bureau to modify twenty cannons for city defense. The Hongyi cannons were very troublesome to manufacture, and they were definitely running out of time. However, after repeated research with Kate, Ye Yichen

, Kate told him that the cannon produced by Dachu could be improved to a certain extent. It would not take much time, but the power could be increased by half. Ye Yichen regarded this matter as a top priority.

These people sent by Yulan really came in handy.

News that the Tuwu and Jurchen allied forces had set up camp in the northwest of the capital reached the Jin Palace, and Ye Yichen was discussing with Marquis Kate about the renovation of cannons.

After this period of contact, Kate has gained an in-depth understanding of this powerful prince of the Eastern Empire. He is young, handsome, capable, and ambitious. He is a top man who is rare to see in a century. His future is limitless. Kate

He was not an ordinary person in Portugal. He worked very hard just to form a deep friendship with the prince and to firmly tie himself and his family to Prince Jin's warship.

Ye Yichen asked Kate: "How long will it take to complete the transformation of the twenty cannons?"

Kate replied: "Your Royal Highness, I'm sorry. My people and I have been sleepless these days, but the cannon has only been partially modified. If you want to complete all the modification tasks, you will need at least three more days."

Kate shook his head repeatedly, feeling very regretful. He had just heard from the captain who reported the news that the enemy was being mobilized frequently. If nothing else happened, he would have a night's rest today and the battle would begin tomorrow.

If only there were three more days!

"Three days! Three days!" Ye Yichen muttered twice, then called the translator of Honglu Temple and Marquis Kate and said: "Tell him to help me modify the cannon, and I will definitely let the Tuwu and Jurchen coalition wait obediently.

I have three days!”

The military information in the capital was transmitted to the emperor every day. The orthodox emperor heard that the Tuwu and Jurchen coalition forces were approaching the capital. He became anxious and fell ill when he woke up the next day. Originally, the emperor wanted to continue walking south.

, now I have to rest in Texas for a few days.

Just in time to take a look at the situation in the capital.

Yulan and Qi were very supportive of this decision. Ye Minwen drank the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and Yulan gave him massages three times a day. The fever quickly subsided and his body got better day by day. Yulan was very happy.

, on this day I brought shortbread cookies bought from outside to see Ye Minwen.

When he came in, Ye Minwen was writing big characters on the kang in the east room. Such a small man was sitting in front of the kang table that was about the same height as him and waving his brush solemnly, looking very serious. Yulan had not given him any thought at this time.

Looking at the stepmother's consciousness makes me feel very distressed.

Ye Minwen was writing seriously, and he didn't even notice when Yulan came in. It wasn't until Yulan sat down next to him that he was surprised, put down the brush, and called out sweetly: "Sister!"

Yulan touched his little head distressedly. Ye Minwen looked very much like his father, with red lips and white teeth, and clear eyebrows. Seeing him Yulan was like seeing a young Ye Yichen.

Yulan said softly: "The disease is not cured yet, why are you writing on it?"

"Before I left, my father told me to write ten large characters every day. I have been ill these past few days, so I haven't written at all!" Even though Ye Yichen is usually busy outside, he doesn't have much time to accompany his son, but Ye Minwen

As a small person, the person I admire most is my father.

Yulan was secretly speechless, Ye Yichen must be too strict with his son. This child is only four years old, and he writes ten large characters in one day?

"Good boy, my sister knows that you are sensible, but your illness is not cured yet, so I won't write today. Later, my sister will write a letter to your father to help you plead for mercy. I won't write anything these days!"

"Really?" A surprised smile appeared on Ye Minwen's face. After all, he is a child with a playful mind. He is afraid of his father. When his father asks him to write, he dare not not write. But if Yulan is willing to intercede for him, of course he will be better than writing.

More willing to play.

"Of course it's true!" Yu Lan ordered the little girl who was waiting to take away the four treasures of the study and bring the shortbread to the young prince to eat. This kind of shortbread is a folk snack in Shandong and is not available in the palace. Ye Minwen

As expected, I ate with gusto and smiled happily.

Yu Lan kept wiping the corners of Ye Minwen's mouth with a handkerchief. After looking at his appearance, she felt that he was almost fine and there was no need for massage today. After playing with Ye Minwen for a while, Qi Shi came in.

Yulan felt that Qi had been acting strange recently, like an old hen protecting her chicks, and she always didn't like her being close to the young prince. This made her feel a little unhappy.

Yulan said goodbye as soon as he saw her come in.

It was already half dark when she returned to her residence. Xiaoyue picked out a curtain for her, and when Yulan was about to go in, Yuan Zi grabbed her and said, "Girl, wait!"

These days, Yuan Zi is like Yulan's shadow. Yuan Zi follows her wherever she goes and protects her very devotedly. She has strong martial arts skills, walks silently, and is also very sensible. In addition to protecting Yulan, she also protects her.

He never interfered with her other affairs, and Yulan didn't feel awkward having one more person.

Yulan said, "Is there anything wrong?"

Yuan Zi's little eyebrows were tightly knitted, her face was full of alertness, her little nose was opening and closing: "Something's wrong, this smell is wrong! Girl, please stay outside later, I'll go in and take a look. This is a snake.

The taste!”

Snakes? Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu's faces turned pale. Yulan was also startled. She sniffed hard twice, but didn't smell anything.
Chapter completed!