Ye Yichen is a man of action, so he arranged for Prince Aman to visit Yulan at the palace the next day.

The Prince of Oman is not only a talented person, he is polite and elegant, but he also speaks Chinese very smoothly. When Yulan asked, he not only knew Chinese, but was also proficient in the French language. He is a compound talent who is proficient in many foreign languages!

He is humorous, enthusiastic and unrestrained, and has an attractive temperament in his speech, which is very different from the reserved and restrained men in the Central Plains. In just one hour, Yulan has already made a very good impression on him. Yulan feels that Zhuer

If you follow him, you won't be wronged, and at least your life won't be too boring.

Yulan acquiesced to the marriage.

A few days later, Ye Yichen, on behalf of the Zhennan Palace, signed an agreement with the Prince of Oman, agreeing to send troops to Mancijia, on the condition that after repelling Fo Langji's fleet, the Prince of Oman would replace the current King of Mancijia and succeed to the throne.

And he married Pearl as his queen.

Aman fully accepted Ye Yichen's conditions.

Ten days later, Ye Yichen sent Li Rui to lead a huge navy fleet to Manchuria. Li Rui fought fiercely with the Folangji fleet in the Strait of Malacca for a month. The Folangji people were defeated and returned to the Indian Ocean.

King Mancijia abdicated as agreed, and Aman became the new king of Mancijia. The first thing King Aman did after taking office was to send people to Quanzhou to marry Princess Changle.

Yulan disagreed. She felt that marrying her daughter to a foreigner was a bit unfair. Everyone else had those "three books and six etiquettes", and Zhu'er couldn't do without them. Otherwise, she couldn't say anything about her daughter.

Can't marry.

Aman was also determined to win over Zhuer. After listening to Yulan's request, he personally sent the prime minister of Mancijia to Quanzhou to preside over the matter. This was also the first time for the prime minister to do this. The red tape of Dachu was almost overwhelming.

He fainted, but His Majesty the King gave the order to die. He didn't dare to be careless at all. He still followed the established procedures step by step and completed the six rituals of receiving the lottery, asking for the name, and accepting the gift.

The news that the Prince of Zhennan was going to marry his daughter to the new king of Mancajia soon spread throughout the southeast. On the day when Aman was appointed, Quanzhou and Hong Kong were crowded with people. Many people came all the way to see the wedding of the Prince of Zhennan.

The pomp of women.

Aman did not disappoint the audience. The betrothal gift shocked everyone as soon as it appeared. It contained dozens of boats. Coral trees as tall as one person, handfuls of pearls, various jade treasures, and pure gold.

Cast sets of dishes, cups and saucers, and boxes

Boxes of rubies, sapphires, emeralds, jade... Not to mention ordinary civilians, even masters like Yulan who are used to seeing big winds and waves, and living a rich and wealthy life, were all shocked when they saw the betrothal gift Aman pulled from them.

There is a feeling of being out of breath.

Yulan finally knows what it means to be a "real rich man"!

Oman's betrothal gift was so "generous" that the Zhennan Palace was no exception. Not only did it give Zhuer a large amount of gold and silver jewelry as a dowry, it also divided the huge navy warship into two, and divided hundreds of warships and four

Ten thousand water divisions were all handed over to Zhu'er's command. This huge force was used as a dowry to Mancajia.

This dowry, this way of marrying off a daughter, was unprecedented in history, and it was still talked about by people until a long time later.

Yu Lan personally sent Zhu Er to the luxurious three-masted ship for the wedding, and the mother and daughter said goodbye in tears. Zhu Er's grand wedding will be held in Mancajia, and Yu Lan cannot attend her wedding for the time being.

It wasn't until the fleet of ships that welcomed the bride disappeared from sight where the sea and the sky met that Yulan looked back.

On the way back, Yu Lan was in a very low mood and her tears kept flowing. In the carriage, Ye Yichen held her in his arms and comforted her softly: "My daughter is getting married and has grown up. You should be happy."

, don’t be so glum.”

Yu Lan looked sad: "This is the first time she has left my side when she is eighteen years old! Man Cijia is not familiar with this place. I really don't know if she can live well there."

Ye Yichen smiled and said: "Don't worry! Our daughter is not as useless as you think. I have never worried that she will suffer! Besides, I gave her half of the Navy. She holds such a huge

With the strength of the country, Mancajia is just a small country, and others can only fawn over her, so who dares to make her unhappy!"

Ye Yichen gently stroked her smooth hair: "When Zhu'er gives birth to our little grandson, I will take you to see her, okay?"

"Really? You are so busy, can you find time?" Yulan was surprised and happy.

"Of course it's true!" Ye Yichen held her in his arms lovingly: "As long as you are happy, a little time is nothing!"

Yulan burst into tears and turned into a smile.

Not long after Zhuer got married, she wrote a letter to Yulan telling Yulan about the grand occasion of her marriage. In the letter, she said that Oman was very good to her. It was full of thorns, rich in products, and the people were simple, and she liked it very much.

Zhuer said she lived happily there and told Yulan not to worry.

The happiness and satisfaction revealed in Zhuer's words made Yulan temporarily feel relieved. Although her child left her, if she could live a life she liked from now on, it would actually be worth it.

When Min'an and Minkang knew that their sister was marrying far away, Yulan was not very happy and spent the whole day thinking of ways to make her happy. Ye Minwen also often brought his grandson and granddaughter over to entertain her, and Yulan's children and grandchildren were around her knees.

A letter was bound to arrive every ten days, and Yulan gradually put those unhappiness behind him.

Ye Yichen suddenly became busy again. That day, Ye Yichen discussed matters with his close ministers in the study in the outer courtyard, and did not come back until midnight. Yu Lan was lying on the bed reading and waiting for him, and waited for a long time until he fell asleep.

She woke up when Ye Yichen came back. When she opened her eyes, she saw Ye Yichen taking off his clothes.

Yulan rubbed her eyes and said, "Why don't you ask the maid to come in?"

"I woke you up!" Ye Yichen said apologetically.

"It's okay, I just went to bed!" Yulan stood up and helped Ye Yichen take off his clothes and put on his pajamas, while casually asking: "But what happened? The prince seems to be very busy recently!"

Ye Yichen was silent for a while and said slowly: "I got the news that the emperor is seriously ill in bed and has had a stroke. I'm afraid it won't work this time!"

Yulan's movements froze, and the original sleepiness suddenly disappeared. "Your Majesty, he is a few years younger than me, and he is only in his thirties this year... How come..."

Ye Yichen was also filled with emotions. He had been fighting with Ye Minzhao for most of his life, and when he suddenly heard the news that he was going to die, all kinds of emotions came to his heart and he found it difficult to accept it.

It turns out that since Ye Yichen became king in the southeast in the first year of Hongxi, Ye Minzhao began to change his temperament. He was not only moody, but also addicted to alcohol. He also drafted a large number of concubines to enrich the harem. The size of the harem's concubines far exceeded that of his father. Such indulgence in drinking and sex, his body

Things are getting worse. A few years ago, there was news that he was critically ill. Fortunately, the imperial doctor treated him in time so that Long Yu Shangbin could not be saved. This time, I am afraid he is doomed!

Over the years, wars between the DPRK and China have continued. First, in the third year of Hongxi, Ye Minzhao adopted Ye Minchun's suggestion of dividing the country and provoked internal disputes within the group. The Chu army took the opportunity, led by Ye Minchun, to defeat the group's coalition forces near Yuerhai.

The main force killed and captured more than 42,000 Tuwu cavalry. After this battle, Tuwu was no longer able to threaten the northwest border of Dachu for thirty years.

After that, Ye Minzhao mobilized all the strength of the country to deal with Liu Zhang of the Shu Han Dynasty. Although Liu Zhang was a rare talent, the Shu Han country was small and weak after all, and his opponent was an unprecedented genius like Yang Chengzong. Rao

In this way, the war between Da Chu and Shu Han continued intermittently for eight years. It was not until the eighth year of Hongxi that Yang Chengzong led his troops to capture Jianmen, the gateway to Sichuan, and the Shu Han finally reached the end of the road.

In the ninth year of Hongxi's reign, Yang Chengzong led a Chu army of 200,000 to surround Chengdu. Five months later, Chengdu was defeated and Emperor Xiaowu Liu Zhang was defeated and committed suicide. The Shu Han Dynasty, which lasted for a period of sixty years, was destroyed.

Da Chu finally completed the unification of situation. Of course, the king of Guanzhong in the northwest and the king of Zhennan in the southeast have their own armies and have the power to appoint officials independently. They are nominally vassal kings of Da Chu, but in fact they have formed separate regimes.

situation.

By annihilating the Shu Han and unifying the Central Plains, Ye Minzhao completed the great achievements that three generations of emperors had not completed, and also pushed his personal reputation to the top. But he was not satisfied. He wanted to defeat Ye Yichen and take back Yulan again. His

The paranoia has reached the point of almost madness. She is looking for a woman who can replace Yulan. Mrs. Zhenjing is a maid in the clothes bureau, and her appearance is just ordinary.

Chang, because her eyes were exactly like Yulan's, was named the first-class wife by Ye Minzhao all the way from Chang Zai, and she monopolized the king's favor for five or six years. However, it is difficult to paint a dragon or a tiger, and the harem

After all, among the three thousand beauties, no one could have a character as good as rain. In the end, Ye Minzhao felt that everything was boring, and he could only indulge in wine and sex, and deal with the government affairs desperately to numb himself.

At this time, after years of war, the economy of the mainland had been greatly damaged. The people were tired of the war and longed for peace to come sooner. The war-weariness among the people was very serious. Ye Minzhao's decision was fiercely opposed by the ministers.

Yang Chengzong risked his life to remonstrate and asked the emperor to take back his orders.

Ye Minzhao was furious. After so many years of war, Yang Chengzong had already become famous and powerful throughout the world. Because of his unparalleled achievements, after returning to the court in victory, Ye Minzhao named him Prince Shaobao and Marquis of Linjiang. Because of this memorial, Ye Minzhao

Min Zhao deprived him of all his official positions and demoted him to the seventh rank of Chun'an County Magistrate.

Ye Minzhao's temper became more and more erratic, and his thoughts became more and more unpredictable. All officials who opposed the Southern Expedition were either thrown into prison or dismissed on the spot. Driven by his insistence on going his own way, Ye Minzhao finally mobilized in the 10th year of Hongxi's reign.

With a force of 120,000 troops, the troops were divided into three groups and attacked together, advancing towards Fujian.

Without the leadership of a top commander like Yang Chengzong, there was no general in Dachu who could compete with Ye Yichen. Ye Yichen gathered superior forces and defeated the three armies one by one with more troops and fewer troops. The court returned in defeat. After Ye Minzhao got the news,

He was so angry that he vomited blood.

After this battle, Ye Minzhao no longer dared to start a war. In addition, he was depressed and his health was deteriorating. Guanzhong and Southeast finally ushered in several years of peace.

But with Ye Minzhao's death, there might be another war. Ye Yichen has already strengthened the border defense.

Yulan felt that she should hate Ye Minzhao, but now, when she heard the news that he was about to die, she did not feel the joy of having revenge as expected, but only a touch of sadness.

Yulan heard her voice tremble slightly: "After he dies, who will inherit the throne?"

Ye Yichen said: "The only one left is Prince Ren'an!"

On the eighth day of October in the fifteenth year of Hongxi, the third emperor of Chu, Ye Minzhao, who had reigned for fifteen years, passed away in the Qianqing Palace with endless unwillingness and anger. The fourteen-year-old Prince Ren'an, Ye Jinming, ascended the throne in front of his body. He was the fifth emperor of Chu, with the reign name Xiaokang.

Not long after, Empress Dowager Minghui died in Kunning Palace because she could not bear the pain of losing her son.

Ye Minzhao has been in power for fifteen years. There are many beauties in the harem, but he only gets one prince in his life. No one except the dean of the Taiyuan Hospital knows that Ye Minzhao is infertile at all. And his only son is raised at the knees of the queen. Ye Jinming turned out to be the biological son of the Zhennan King Ye Yichen whom he hated so much.

It seems that there is a force in the dark, fighting for it, and the throne of emperor finally passed back to Taizu's branch.

In the Forbidden City, fourteen-year-old Ye Jinming has grown into a handsome young man with both talent and appearance. Ye Jinming was named the prince at the age of five and studied under Zheng Lian, a great scholar of the generation. He is full of poems and books, gentle and elegant, has a noble temperament, is generous and kind to others, Everyone knows that the prince is a humble gentleman. At such a young age, he has won praise from both the government and the public.

In the later years of Ye Minzhao's rule, he was suspicious and moody, and officials were often blamed. Countless officials were sentenced to death by Ye Minzhao for various inexplicable reasons. When the emperor wanted to kill someone, no one dared to persuade him. Only Ye Jinming's words could have some effect. .

The ministers lived in precarious conditions all day long. After Ye Minzhao's death, they were replaced by a kind and kind monarch, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

When the news reached Fujian, Yulan and Ye Yichen were both in a low mood.

Yang Chengzong is also a strange flower. Although he was demoted to the county magistrate, because of his outstanding political achievements, he accumulated merits all the way from the Chun'an magistrate to the chief envoy of Hunan. The first thing Ye Jinming did when he became emperor was to summon Yang Chengzong. cabinet.

The next year, the first year of Xiaokang, Ye Jinming visited Jiangnan.

When Emperor Xiaokang moved into the Yangzhou Villa, an uninvited guest also came to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

The little Hanzi at that time has now become the first eunuch in the two capitals - the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremony. He brought the jade bracelet that Yulan left for him back then.

When he personally revealed the secret and told them that the one sitting on the throne was actually their long-lost son, not only Yulan but also Ye Yichen, who was indifferent to emotions and anger, was shocked.

It turned out that when Ye Minzhao was dying, he did not know what he was thinking, but he told him personally about Ye Jinming's life experience.
To be continued...