August 28 of the second year of Longwu.

The outskirts of Fujing Tianxing Mansion.

It has been nearly three months since he left Tianxing Mansion last time, Zhu Linmiao looked at the grass and trees outside the car window, although he had arrived in Fujing, his heart seemed to be still in Lin'an.

He rubbed a delicate moon-white sachet in his hand. The front of the sachet is embroidered with the pattern of five blessings, and the back is tattooed with the words "grow old with the son, never abandon it".

A faint scent of hollow grain orchid fills the entire carriage. This is Mu Zhiqing, despite the fact that the arrow wound has not healed, and secretly embroidered it for a day and a night to give it to him.

Although Mu Zhiqing said that this sachet was a thank you gift for leading the army to run hundreds of miles to intercept that house and trying to protect the thoughtfulness of Mu Mansion. But Zhu Linmiao knows very well that for girls in this era, giving sachets to their sweethearts is the most daring expression of feelings. This sachet is actually a token of love she gave herself.

He originally planned to accompany Mu Zhiqing in Lin'an for a while, but she learned about the situation in Zhejiang from somewhere. She has great insights into the world's major events, and knows that Zhejiang is related to the safety of the Ming Dynasty, so she insisted that he immediately return to Tianxing Mansion to preside over the overall situation.

Zhu Linmiao suddenly remembered her cute appearance when she feinted to be angry, and couldn't help but smile, thinking in her heart, when she returned to the palace, she would immediately ask the princess to propose to the Mu family on a certain day.

He knew that the marriage in the Ming Dynasty would take a long time from the collection, asking for the name to the formal worship. As a royal clan, this process must be longer, that is, to propose marriage immediately, and I am afraid that the marriage will be delayed until at least a year later.

The aroma of Zhilan wafted into Zhu Linmiao's nose again, and it was as sweet as her breath. He thought that he was in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there were only swords and swords left in this life, but who knew how lucky he was to meet such a beautiful woman.

It is for her that she will complete the important task of changing history!

His thoughts were wandering when he suddenly heard the sound of drums in the distance. The speed of the car slowed down. After a while, Shi Lin stepped forward and said, "My lord, there should be officials and people of Tianxing Mansion in front of you to welcome you here. ”

Zhu Linmiao looked out of the car window and wondered, "Have you arrived at Tianxing Mansion?" ”

"Back to my lord, there are still 100 miles away from Tianxing Mansion."

The drums grew louder and louder, followed by the sound of a trumpet. Zhu Linmiao got out of the car, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a dense crowd standing on both sides of the post road, and a little farther away there were musicians with musical instruments and more than a dozen salutes.

And at his feet, a velvet carpet covered the post road, leading straight to the Tianxing Mansion on the east side, and the end of the carpet was not seen as far as the eye could see.

He frowned, and was about to say something, when several officials in the crowd came to the middle of the road, and the person at the head was Zhu Jizuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

He first smiled at Zhu Linmiao, then took out the yellow silk and said in a loud voice: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King to accept the order." ”

Zhu Linmiao stepped forward quickly and knelt on the velvet blanket with all the soldiers behind him.

Zhu Jizuo hurriedly read aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says, the royal brother Lin Mi is the auxiliary king, diligent in governance, governing the people in accordance with good, teaching the benevolent and benevolent, and relying on the dynasty as the foundation......

"Today, Brother Wang waved his elite division, swept through the southwest, and arrived in Guangdong, Guizhou, Guizhou, and Yunnan in one fell swoop, so that the country's prestige was revealed, and the people were comforted...... Since then, Jiangnan has been restored, and the society has been safe. The thieves of the four seas are panicked, and they are ......

"Brother Wang's great deeds can not be rewarded, specially given the imperial army, forbidden army, and changed the west gate of Tianxing Mansion to 'Xiding Gate' to show the great victory......

"Chin this."

Zhu Linmiao took the holy decree and said, "Minister, Zhu Linmiao has received the decree, thank you." ”

When he put away the yellow silk and stood up, all the courtiers immediately rushed to the center of the post road, lined up in front and back according to the official rank, and then bowed down together, shouting: "Meet His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, congratulations to His Highness on the great victory in the southwest!" ”

"Gentlemen, please get up." Zhu Linmiao raised his hand to signal, and said to Huang Daozhou, who was standing at the front, "Elder Huangge, how did you make such a big battle?" ”

Huang Daozhou hurriedly said: "Your Highness calmed down the south of the Yangtze River and returned with a great victory, and the cabinet followed the table of the Ministry of Rites to welcome His Highness's triumph." ”

Zhu Linmiao glanced at the velvet blanket on the ground, looked at the ceremonial guards and utensils around, and asked Yang Tinglin, the head of the household: "How much did it cost?" ”

"Back to Your Highness...... A total of 70,000 taels. ”

Zhu Linmiao frowned and summoned Zhu Jizuo, "Your idea?" ”

"This, His Royal Highness has made great contributions, for example, this is the ...... of the Ministry of Rites"

Zhu Linmiao smiled and said, "Since it is the idea of the Ministry of Rites, I also ask Lord Zhu to go back and pawn these things and return them to the treasury." Seventy thousand taels, well, the missing part is filled by the Ministry of Rites fifty percent.

"In the future, everything will be simple, and the construction will not be destroyed, how can it be so extravagant?"

Zhu Jizuo had to say with a bitter face: "Remember, the lower officials." ”

In fact, Zhu Linmiao didn't have much joy about the southwest battle, just cleaned up some chaotic ministers and thieves, although he stabilized the hinterland of the southwest and laid a solid foundation, but he also lost a lot of national strength of the Ming Dynasty in vain.

However, the trip regained Macao's sovereignty and added an important treaty port. In addition, it also shocked and greatly restrained Yunnan Tusi. These are some of the windfalls.

But that's not enough to spend tens of thousands of silver to celebrate.

He also did not go to the royal court, but only let the forbidden army open the way in front of the chariot and ride his own horse.

However, for hundreds of miles along the way, the excited cries of the people on both sides of the road, such as "Auxiliary Political King Chitose" and "Auxiliary Political King Wanfu" have never ended. There were also people who took rice, meat and other things to give to the accompanying Dragon Guard's personal soldiers, but due to military discipline, their gifts could not be given.

At the foot of Tianxing Mansion, Zhu Linmiao looked up and saw that three gilded characters had been replaced on the city gate - Xiding Gate.

When he entered the city, he did not immediately return to the palace of the auxiliary government, but went straight to the palace.

This is also the proper meaning of the question, now that the Ming Dynasty is watching the strong enemy, it is the time when unprecedented internal unity is needed.

After he entered the city, he immediately entered the palace to face the saint, and the great victory was to show the attitude of fully supporting Taizheng Zhengshuo, so that the court and the court were united.

Pang Tianshou got the news early and waited outside the noon gate, and saw that the auxiliary king's carriage and horse hurriedly greeted him, first praised the victory in the southwest, and then led the way in front of the head, leading Zhu Linmiao to Ciqing Palace.

After entering the gate of Ciqing Palace, Zhu Linmiao couldn't help frowning slightly. I saw that there was smoke here, and there were Buddha statues everywhere, and the eunuchs and palace maids were all dressed as monks, as if they had entered the temple.

Pang Tianshou didn't seem to be surprised, and only whispered: "The Queen Mother has been eating fasting and reciting Buddha in the palace, praying for a speedy recovery of the Holy One." ”

After a while, Zhu Linmiao came to the main hall, but saw the Empress Dowager Zeng kneeling on the futon with her back to him and reciting the scriptures. When she heard Pang Tianshou say that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King had come down, it took a long time before she turned around, nodded to Zhu Linmiao, and turned back to continue to worship the Buddha and pray.

Zhu Linmiao wanted to report on state affairs, but when she saw this situation, she didn't know how to speak. was so embarrassed for a while, only to hear someone behind him say in surprise: "Mi'er, are you back?" ”