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Chapter 1: Marriage with relatives (2)

After Ferry finally made Princess Anle leave happily. Zhu Yinglong felt suspicious. How could Princess Anle know about the marriage? He has not yet revealed a word to the outside world. Those who know about this matter are his close confidant officials. According to the principle, these people would not go out to talk nonsense. Who revealed the news to her?

"Xu Yingyuan."

"The slave is here!"

Zhu Yinglong signaled him to come over, and whispered a few instructions in his ear, and then Xu Yingyuan took his leave and followed him out.

Sure enough, less than a stick of incense had passed, Xu Yingyuan rushed back like a rushing and reported: "The emperor's slave found out that it was a news from a palace maid next to Princess Anle. When the slave went to get the person, the palace maid had already committed suicide by taking poison!"

Zhu Yinglong was shocked and asked, "Have you found out the origin of this palace maid?"

Xu Yingyuan shook her head and replied carefully: "There is a Suzhou place in the palace. I heard from other palace maids who served Princess Le'an that she also had a Suzhou accent when she spoke. I suspect that she might be from the south."

"The south?" Zhu Yinglong frowned and said, "Huh?", how could Wei Zhongxian know the news faster than himself? This seems unlikely. How could he guess that the marriage will definitely be destroyed. The people who destroy it are nothing more than Huang Taiji in the north and Wei Zhongxian in the south. Which one would be?

"Emperor?" Xu Yingyuan saw that Zhu Yinglong was a little distracted and called out softly.

"Ah, what's the matter?" Zhu Yinglong was shocked and asked back to his mind.

"Your Majesty, you seem to be so fascinated by the thoughts. I couldn't help but call you." Xu Yingyuan replied carefully.

"That's right, go and call Zhou Huaian here!" Zhu Yinglong knew that no matter how he prevented it, there was no airtight wall in the world. No matter how tight the defense was, it would still give people an opportunity to take advantage of it. He could say that he did not have spies from the Later Jin and pseudo-Ming, but it does not mean that there were no such people around other royal families. The Later Jin has been coveting the beautiful country of the Central Plains for more than a day. Huang Taiji naturally had to know the Ming court's every move. It was normal for him to arrange spies to penetrate it. It was impolite to come but not go. He should also understand the movements of the Later Jin at any time. He could not always know his own movements at any time, but he knew the opponent later. This was absolutely intolerable.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for a weal minister?" Zhou Huaian walked in with Xu Yingyuan and bowed to salute.

"This memorial from Liu Zongzhou and Liu Aiqing has just arrived in my hands. I am the first to see what it is written in it. It only tells a few important officials about the content, which is related to state secrets. It is estimated that these people will not go out to talk nonsense, but I found that someone in the palace actually knew about the matter in the memorial before me. How strange is this?" Zhu Yinglong said with a look of suspicion.

"The emperor forgives the crime, it is because the weak ministers are dereliction of duty and let the spies sneak into the palace!" Zhou Huaian had already learned everything from Xu Yingyuan's mouth, and quickly knelt down and apologized.

"Get up, it's not your fault. They are deliberately trying to do it. How long will it take for me to sit on this dragon throne?" Zhu Yinglong knew that it was not his fault, so he stood up from the dragon throne and walked down to defend him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhou Huaian stood up and said with gratitude.

"No matter what happened in the court, I don't know yet, but my enemies knew in advance. Do you know why?" Zhu Yinglong asked.

"Did the emperor say there are enemies spies lurking in the palace?"

"You are right. These spies may not be able to get in by my side, but it does not mean that they cannot get in this palace. My concubines, royal princesses, and important officials may be lurking around us. We don't know spies, so we must dig out these people, otherwise the secrets of the court will be leaked, and the consequences will be big or small!" The profession of spies is like a prostitute, and it is also the reason why the market determines everything. It has existed from ancient times to the present. He thought for a while and continued, "There are not only in the palace, but also outside the palace. If no one outside the palace spreads the news, will the spies in the palace know so quickly?"

"I understand. I will start to investigate all suspicious characters!" Zhou Huaian said.

"Inspection alone is not enough. It is impolite to come and not go. They will put undercover beside me. Wouldn't I?" Zhu Yinglong sneered.

"The emperor means that we should also send someone to be undercover around them to understand their movements at any time." Zhou Huaian immediately understood and said.

"Yes, I have this plan. I will leave this matter to you. I must do it beautifully!"

"I obeyed the order, but the emperor, there was no big problem with the pseudo-Ming side, but it was not that easy for Huang Taiji to be around."

"This matter cannot be delayed anymore. From the fact that Liu Aiqing submitted a memorial and requested me to agree to marry Lin Danhan of Chahar, it has been seen that my enemies know all my actions, and I can only rely on speculation and guessing that I am in a very passive position now. Do you understand?"

"I should do my best to do this for the emperor!" Zhou Huaian knelt down on the spot.

"I have a candidate here." Zhu Yinglong picked up a piece of white paper and wrote seven words "Xue Cong, the general of Longjing Pass," and said, "I still have a chance to meet this person. Do you see if it can be used? If it cannot be used, find another candidate."

Zhou Huaian took the blank paper and took a look, then remembered the name of the person, and said, "I understand!"

"This one is to get rid of Zhou Aiqing." Zhu Yinglong patted Zhou Huaian on the shoulder three times and said.

"I will definitely not let down the emperor's love, I will leave!" Zhou Huaian withdrew from the Palace of Yangxin with a calm expression.

Although the Mongolian princess, who is the concubine, can only make a decision as the emperor, he still has to communicate with Zhou Yingning and other women, so as not to enter the palace when the time comes. They will be unhappy and make the harem a mess.

Tian Shuying followed Zhu Yinglong's horse's leadership, and she supported her husband's decision. After Tian Shulan had a home, she was still the emperor's support. She was busy making money all day long. Now the internal coins are returned to the national treasury. According to her, why didn't the emperor have any private money? So her attitude towards Na Taisong Princess is the same as her sister. Besides, Ye Lianyi, the words she heard the most about Xiong Hu, and her husband, secondly, was his turn, so the only two daughters Xiong Hu and Zhou Yingning who could really give Zhu Yinglong the advice were Shen Qianqian, who had entered the palace for almost a month. Zhu Yinglong had not touched her yet, so it was not counted.

Zhou Yingning's advice to Zhu Yinglong was to make him cautious. This was the most extreme thing she could say. You should know that she had been stared at by the ministers in the court, and she needed to pay attention to her words so that it would not be spread. At that time, it would be difficult for her husband to deal with it. Especially in the palace, there was Empress Yian and A concubine Liu. These ministers wanted to unite to ask the two to join forces to put pressure on her husband and put her into the cold palace before they could give up. If she said anything objected or dissatisfied with the emperor's words of taking this Mongolian princess as a concubine, it would probably be another huge storm. The harem was definitely not a place for ordinary women to stay, because she had invisible cold arrows that would shoot at her at any time.

However, Xiong Hu, the girl, avoided Zhu Yinglong. Since she had no actual status, she could not have her own bedroom in the harem. Whenever Zhu Yinglong missed her, or if she wanted Zhu Yinglong, she would enter the palace for the reason of entering the palace to accompany several imperial concubines, and then the two of them had a secret meeting. Is this a secret secret in the palace, but Zhu Yinglong and Xiong Hu didn't know at all, and they thought it was seamless!

There was another person who could have discussed it, but unfortunately, this person now eats vegetarian food and chants Buddha every day, and seems to have abandoned the common thoughts and everything in the world. However, she was once the queen of the mother's etiquette and no temple in the world can accommodate people like her, so she could only build a Buddhist temple in Ningshou Palace and practice with her hair. Zhu Yinglong has been there several times, but was blocked from the door several times. There was no way, so she could only follow her.

After a round of things, it will be a useless task in the end.

Isn't he just a woman? She looks ugly and has a disagreeable personality. At worst, she doesn't touch her in the future, and it will not cause much harm to herself. Instead, she will further win over Lin Danhan from Chahar Mongolia. However, wouldn't she be too cruel to Princess Le'an? Although Ezhe's identity is very matched with her, if she marry her to a man she never knew, he would feel a little reluctant when he thinks of Princess Le'an crying and begging her for the pitiful look.

In February of the first year of Chongzhen, Taisong, the Mongolian Chahar tribe's grand princess Taisong returned to Beijing with Liu Zongzhou, the special envoy of the Ming Empire, and others. Then, the Grand Princess Taisong entered the palace. On the day of entering the palace, the capital was deserted, and the people rushed to witness the beautiful girl on the grassland. She was named Concubine Kang and lived in Changchun Palace. In March of the same year, Princess Le'an married Ezhe, the eldest son of Lin Dankhan of the Chahar tribe in Mongolia, and thus opened up the great unification of the Chinese nation.

The prelude to the union. Although at this moment, Zhu Yinglong's purpose was to win over the Mongolian tribes and resist the Later Jin Dynasty and implement his plan to drive away tigers and wolfs. Princess Le'an was also the first Han princess in the Ming Empire to marry Mongolian princes. Her historical achievements even surpassed that of Wang Zhaojun in the Western Han Dynasty and Princess Wencheng in the Tang Dynasty. She became the greatest hero in the great integration of the Han and Mongolian nations, and also became one of the Han women most admired by the Mongolians!
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