Before the Double Ninth Festival, bandits in the northwest were still raging.

The former trilateral general Jiang Yue adopted a strategy of suppression and appeasement, which was effective at first. However, the northwest was corrupt. From the chief envoy to the county magistrate, the relief grain shipped was withheld at all levels. General Jiang recruited the bandits.

, but there was no food for them to eat, so these people had no choice but to rebel again, and so on, and the war continued.

Until the sudden Jurchen coalition forces were defeated by Ye Yichen, more and more rogue bandits were suppressed in the northwest. The national treasury had already reached its bottom due to the battle to defend Beijing. At this time, even the food and salary for the northwest army could hardly be distributed.

At that time, the officials all accused Jiang Yue of overtaxing his salary, and the emperor quickly sent a royal guard to imprison Jiang Yuesuo. But now a vacancy in the trilateral general system was opened. The northwest was leaderless, and knowledgeable people were afraid of the arrival of rogue bandits.

In neighboring provinces such as Henan and Shanxi, it is okay to say that it is only Shaanxi. If the bandits spread to several other provinces, they will become a serious problem.

The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government wrote letters one after another, asking the emperor to send Ye Yichen to send troops to the northwest. After the emperor was assassinated by Heishigou, how could he dare to ask Ye Yichen to take charge of the troops? However, there was a steady stream of military intelligence reports, and no one really wanted to take over the mess in the northwest. The emperor reported to his ministers

All the rumors about asking Ye Yichen to be the coach were ignored.

However, all the ministers and workers showed their enthusiasm and never gave up until the goal was achieved, and they made unremitting efforts. The cabinet also came forward to negotiate with the emperor, hoping that the emperor would send Ye Yichen to the expedition as soon as possible.

When Yulan heard the news at home, she felt a little tangled in her heart. She had a natural trust in the prince's ability. She believed that Ye Yichen would be able to put down the rebellion in the northwest once he sent troops.

There is a certain risk, not to mention that the prince has left and he doesn't know when he will see him again. Yulan's heart is in a state of confusion. Sometimes she hopes that he will make great achievements, and sometimes she feels reluctant to part with him.

In the end, the emperor really had no one to use, so he sent Admiral Ye Yichen to supervise military affairs, and appointed Baoguo Zhu Yong as the commander-in-chief to quell the rebellion. However, the emperor refused to give Ye Yichen and Zhu Yong soldiers. He only asked him to use the northwest troops.

Some soldiers put down the rebellion.

The emperor ordered Ye Yichen to set off after the Double Ninth Festival.

Folk customs include climbing high on the Double Ninth Festival, admiring chrysanthemums, eating flower cakes, and drinking chrysanthemum wine. In the palace, eunuchs and concubines began to eat flower cakes from the first day of the Lunar New Year. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Jingyang Palace rewarded flower cakes and chrysanthemum wine.

Name the rewards to the old lady, the eldest lady and Yulan.

Yu Lan went to the front to thank him, and saw a little eunuch standing behind Xiao Hanzi. He looked about eleven or twelve years old, with his head lowered. He was wearing the uniform of a handyman eunuch. He looked elegant and handsome. He saw Yu Lan's eyes drifting over.

, he opened his mouth and smiled, revealing a row of snow-white teeth.

Yulan was shocked. What kind of little eunuch was this? He was clearly the young prince Ye Minzhao. Everyone thanked Concubine Hui for the reward. The eldest lady was about to send Xiao Hanzi out in person, but Xiao Hanzi pointed at Yulan.

He said: "My lady, you are busy with things, so please ask Miss Seven to see me off!"

The eldest lady looked at Yulan strangely, said nothing, and just nodded.

Yulan followed Xiao Hanzi and walked slowly towards the Chuihua Gate. While no one was there, Yulan asked in a low voice: "Why are you here dressed like this?"

Ye Minzhao smiled and said: "How could I get out of the palace if I didn't dress like this? My mother and concubine are supervising me more and more strictly. Now I can't leave the palace even a step. My father's temper has not been good recently, so I can't get out of the palace."

It's not good to always announce your entry into the palace. Sister, I miss you so much these days!" The tone was very sincere.

Yu Lan reached out and patted his shoulder: "Hui Fei is doing this for your own good. Don't do this again. Even if you have to sneak out, remember to bring your bodyguard with you."

Ye Minzhao smiled brightly and said: "Don't worry, I'll be guarding them with my horse guard. When my sister got pregnant, I really wanted to come out to watch the ceremony, but my mother and concubine were strict about it, so I never had time to do it. Instead, I gave it to them

Is your sister satisfied with her jade hairpin?"

On the day of the hairpin ceremony, both Ye Minzhao and Concubine Hui sent gifts. Ye Minzhao sent a very exquisite and beautiful jade hairpin. It was originally very precious, but compared with the prince's, it was far inferior.

Of course Yulan would not use the value of the gift to measure the gift giver's intentions. She smiled and said, "Even if the thing you give to my sister is just a goose feather, my sister will still be happy."

Ye Minzhao was very happy after hearing this: "But why didn't I see you taking it with you?"

Yu Lan coughed and said perfunctorily: "You know I never like to wear that kind of heavy jewelry."

Ye Minzhao felt relieved after thinking about it. He then said, "I heard that the marriage between my sister and the Xie family has been cancelled. Is this possible?"

Yu Lan was surprised and said: "How do you know this?"

Ye Minzhao smiled and said: "Is there anything about my sister that I don't know about? Even if the marriage is canceled, then Xie Zhiyuan doesn't look in the mirror. Even though he is a son of a fifth-grade civil servant, he still wants to marry my sister.

.It’s really a toad that wants to eat swan meat.”

Yulan said angrily: "How can a child slander others casually? Mr. Xie has outstanding character, but I am not lucky!"

Ye Minzhao didn't show any anger at what she said. Instead, he smiled and said: "Sister is the one with truly outstanding appearance. One day, one of the most outstanding men in the world will marry you."

Speaking of this, Yulan couldn't help but think of Ye Yichen, and her face turned slightly red. But she didn't know that the young prince was thinking about someone else. She had always regarded the young prince as a younger brother, but she didn't expect that Ye Minzhao

He will also grow up, and he will gradually have some ideas of his own.

The two were chatting and laughing and walking very slowly. Yulan accidentally tripped and almost fell down. Ye Minzhao hurriedly supported her: "Be careful, sister!"

Yu Lan stood up straight.

A small sachet fell out of Yulan's arms and landed at Ye Minzhao's feet. The sachet was rose-red with a cute little pig embroidered on it, which was very interesting.

"What is this?" Ye Minzhao reached out and picked it up, playing with it carefully, as if he couldn't put it down. However, Yulan snatched it over in a panic, "It's a small thing I embroidered by myself. The craftsmanship is poor, and it's very annoying."

I don’t deserve the disapproval of the young prince.”

The young prince opened his mouth and smiled. Yulan was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he was only one of female celebrities, which even an ordinary person could not compare with. This purse was novel in creativity, but the stitching was rough, so it was naturally different from the skilled embroidery lady in the palace.

Incomparable.

But for the young prince, how could something embroidered by Yu Lan be bad? He simply opened his mouth to beg and said: "The little pig you embroidered is very cute, I find it very rare! Why don't you give it to me, sister?"

Bar!"

Yu Lan hurriedly hid the sachet in her arms: "What's so good about a small sachet? I haven't finished embroidering this one yet. Next time, sister will embroider something better for you!"

Ye Minzhao shrugged indifferently, "I will remember your words, and my sister will not go back on her word when the time comes!"

Yulan let out a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, I won't regret it!" She personally made this sachet for Ye Yichen, so naturally she couldn't give it to Ye Minzhao halfway.

After seeing off Ye Minzhao, Yulan came to Yiningju and wanted to see the eldest lady for something.

"Do you want to go to Prince Jin's Mansion?"

"Yes, my daughter is thinking about it. The concubine of King Jin has been taking great care of her daughter for a while. Now that the Double Ninth Festival is approaching, it would not be rude for her to go and pay a visit." Of course Qi's and other things were shields. She spent a lot of money.

With little thought, I finally embroidered a sachet. The prince is about to go on an expedition. If I don’t give it to the prince now, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?

The eldest wife thought about it for a moment. Prince Jin and the old man had always had different political opinions and rarely interacted with each other. The fact that Yulan could establish this relationship with the Qi family was of great significance to the Yang family and even to Yuxin. Therefore, there was no need to stop them.

, asked the steward outside to prepare a generous gift, and asked her to take more maids with her. He gave her instructions for a long time before letting her go out.

After having lunch, Yulan took a carriage to Prince Jin's Mansion.

Mammy had already sent the message over beforehand. In fact, Yulan had the token given by the prince, and he could drive straight into the palace with or without the message. When Yulan arrived, Qi went out to greet him in person and saw Yulan getting off the carriage.

He took her hand and looked very enthusiastic.

Yulan wanted to salute her, but Qi Shi dared to accept her salute, so he grabbed her and said, "Sister, aren't you trying to hurt me?" Yulan was a little embarrassed: "The concubine always treats me like this.

Me, how can I feel so happy?"

Qi said: "Sister, I am destined to be the concubine in the future, and I will have to pay tribute to you in the future." Yulan really didn't know how to continue with these words, and hurriedly asked, "How is the little prince's health?" to change the topic.

After opening, Qi took her to the small courtyard where she used to meet the prince, and then went back.

The door of the room was opened, and Yulan gently lifted the curtain and went in. He saw Ye Yichen sitting behind the desk, tall and straight, wearing a bamboo green robe, a pot of chrysanthemum tea, and holding a volume of manuscript in his hand, with a leisurely and contented expression.

It seemed that he was too engrossed in reading. He didn't seem to hear Yulan enter the room and didn't even raise his head. Yulan tiptoed over to see what book he was reading. He just walked over to Ye Yichen

Behind him, Ye Yichen closed the book with a crash.

"Huh? Your Majesty also reads this book?"

Yu Lan still discovered the three big words on the cover of the book - Food and Goods Chronicles!

Ye Yichen's mouth twitched. He had heard that Yulan loved reading "Food and Goods", so he asked someone to read it. Unexpectedly, reading a book of "Food and Goods" made him sleepy. Later, he heard that Yulan was coming.

To visit, the prince has been waiting here for more than half an hour, pretending to be calm, calm and inscrutable.

Is it easy for me to maintain the majesty of a prince in front of you? I!

The prince hurriedly said: "I don't need to pay any attention to the ceremony. Just sit there!"

Yulan was stunned for a moment. She had no intention of saluting at all. She was also a little surprised. The prince obviously had a standard iceberg poker face, but Yulan never looked like a pear in front of him. What was going on? Yulan was so embarrassed.

Lan recalled the look of embarrassment and excitement on the prince's buttocks in the cave, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

When the prince saw her smiling, it was like a spring breeze blowing on his face, and his mood improved a lot. "I have given you that token for so long, and you finally thought of coming to the palace to see me!"
Chapter completed!