Hearing this slightly abrupt request, He Ai, who was mentally prepared, did not frown and replied lightly.

"Get up and talk! You don't need to say more about your personal situation. Let me introduce your family situation!"

The two have worked together for five years. Not only does He Ai understand each other's character, but Mu Changrong also understands He Ai's character very well.

"The student is the youngest son of the late emperor. His real name is Chai Zhao. He lost his father at the age of three and his mother at the age of nine. The students wanted to go to Dongyang County out of curiosity, but they were admitted to Jinlan Academy."

He Ai was indeed a little surprised to hear that Mu Changrong was this kind of identity, but that's all, there is no other idea, Mu Changrong, no, it should be said that it is Chai Zhao Obviously, he never thought that after revealing his identity, he would make the other party have any special reaction, and he continued to introduce his own information in detail with his tone and attitude unchanged.

"Before this, the queen mother had asked me to marry her niece. In the twelfth year of Jingming, when I learned that the adults selected people from the academy to go to Yungui, the students took the initiative to apply for Mr. Mohu. Ask someone to send a letter to Duke Cheng'en's mansion, explaining that the student will be traveling abroad for several years, which may delay the Miss Zhang family, and allow her to marry freely. If the Miss Zhang family intends to wait for the student to return to Beijing, the student will not bear the burden in this life!"

He Ai raised her eyebrows and asked with interest, "What's the result?"

"As a result, a year later, the student received a letter from Beijing Central, saying that the marriage between me and Miss Zhang's family was officially cancelled, and that Miss Zhang's family will be with the Crown Princess soon. Married into the East Palace to be the prince's concubine!"

He Ai's face turned dark when she heard this. When she was in Beijing, she had seen the prince more than once, and the prince was even two years older than Chai Zhao.

Emperor Ming Jing wanted her to be a Taifu, but she only exchanged a few words with the other party, and knew that the dragon born is not necessarily a dragon, that one is completely favored by the harem Bad, an existence that was taught crooked by the people around him.

Under the circumstance of not being ruthless, she has absolutely no confidence to lead the other party back to the right path, but with the two big Buddhas of the queen mother and the queen, she cannot have the opportunity to transform according to her own ideas The other party, after frankly explaining his thoughts to Emperor Mingjing, went to the harem, and Emperor Mingjing, who even he himself had to retreat three points, had no choice but to give up this arrangement.

Absurd behavior of marrying her own uncle's fiancée as a concubine, even if He Ai's mind is still open-minded, he considers this person to be morally corrupt and of bad character.

Thinking of Emperor Mingjing's contact with her in recent years, he never mentioned the situation of the prince, but often mentioned the second prince who had been sent to Jinlan Academy to study and is now thirteen years old, He Aicai's face A little bit.

"Do you have any grudges?"

Chai Zhao replied affirmatively.

I will blame her, and I will never be half-hearted, since she has no heart, the students thank her for not marrying!"

He Ai nodded and said, "Well, you can barely pass the test, but if you want to marry my daughter, there is one condition, you must agree!"

"Sir, please speak!"

"Sign a paper and leave the letter first, but if you do anything that is sorry for my daughter, or my daughter thinks that she is not in harmony with you and doesn't want to live with you anymore, the letter of separation will take effect On that day, the child and two-thirds of the family property will belong to the woman, and there is no need to entangle any more, do you dare to sign?"

Chai Zhao looked at the future father-in-law who was about to take office in front of him with complex eyes, and once again realized incomparably profoundly that there are only other people in this world who can't think of it, and there is absolutely nothing that the other party can't do.

"Students dare to sign, because students are confident that they will not let it take effect in their lifetime!"

He Ai nodded in satisfaction after hearing this firm and firm answer.

"Okay, I know about this matter, as long as Sister Qiao is willing, the old lady and the lady also agree. After you return to Beijing, you can mention it to the emperor, as long as he can agree! "

Liu Conglan and Chen Mingxiu just because they found the clue, they would take the opportunity of going on the same road with the new prefect of Yungui, and they would rather take more detours and go to see Mu Changrong at that time first.

After getting along along the way, not to mention He Qiaoer, who has deepened her relationship with each other, Liu Conglan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also very satisfied with him. There is no direct call.

Now that Liu Conglan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law know his true identity, although they are a little surprised and a little scared, they are naturally more satisfied when they see that the other party is not confident in their identity and treats them as always.

After Chai Zhao reported the matter to the capital after returning to Beijing, Emperor Mingjing certainly would not object, even though He Ai, who was a few years younger than him in terms of generations, was actually older than him in the future Older generation, but this little thing won't affect anything.

The empress dowager and the queen were also very critical of this marriage. They all knew that He Ai was the emperor's most trusted official.

But the crown prince will do the things that are sorry to King Zhao first. Even if the king has already said something before, he can let Miss Zhang marry freely, but she can marry anyone. Can't say.

If the Zhang family was not only the Queen Mother's maiden family, but also the Queen's grandfather's family, this would never have happened.

Because the age of the two is 22 and the other is 17, in this era, they are already older young men and women, and the wedding date is set in three months. She thinks that with the age of the two, there is no need to rush to get married early.

As soon as her idea was tentatively put forward, she was disgraced by Liu Conglan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so she had to follow the local customs and give up the challenge.

Unexpectedly, He Ai led his troops and rushed to Ganmenguan to prepare for reinforcements.

He Ai's government affairs in Sichuan and Shu were handed over to King Zhao temporarily. King Zhao, who was about to marry a wife in the capital, immediately traveled day and night, and quickly rushed back to the Chuan and Shu Xuan government to take over as Xuan At the same time as the envoy, he got married in the Xuan government on the spot, and was jokingly called King Zhao to be the daughter-in-law of the He family.

The Empress Dowager had previously urged Emperor Mingjing to recall King Zhao to the palace to serve her illness on the grounds that she was unwell and missed King Zhao. Not thinking of a new excuse to keep King Zhao in the capital for a long time, King Zhao was sent out again by Emperor Mingjing.

Recall King Zhao.

There was a heroic and good-natured sweat on the grasslands, who had unified all the tribes on the grasslands and enjoyed a prosperous reputation on the grasslands, and had become a serious trouble for the Zhou Dynasty.

become increasingly large.

Not only the local garrison forces have been suppressed, but the treatment of the border garrison is not as good as a year. Powerful military talents are often suppressed or framed, and some incompetent children of aristocratic families are arranged in the general army With Xungui's children.

After Emperor Mingjing ascended the throne, he was very worried about this situation. After He Ai entered the court, he helped him make plans, but the local area was neglected. Many generals with outstanding military capabilities have rectified military affairs and cleaned up many untalented and immoral scumbags.

This is also the reason why the prairie barbarians have been able to keep them out of the border even though they have become stronger and stronger over the years and have friction with the Zhou Dynasty at the border.

And this time, it was because according to the latest news from the spies, the great khan on the grasslands was planning to lead the main force to attack the Zhou Dynasty.

I have heard of the great khan's reputation, and the strength of the grassland cavalry has always been very strong. Although the Zhou Dynasty also had cavalry, compared to the grassland warriors who were born on horseback , The strength of the troops stationed at the borders of the Zhou Dynasty is not as good as that.

Therefore, when Emperor Mingjing heard the news, even if the war had not yet officially started, he immediately called He Ai to reinforce him.

The cavalry strength in He Ai's hands was enough to pacify King Cheng's rebellion, even if he did not directly fight against King Cheng's main force They are well known.

He Ai pays special attention to armaments and has invested a lot in raising and training troops. Emperor Jing of Ming also knew very well that all the garrison troops in the entire Zhou Dynasty were listed, except for the border garrison, including Forbidden, he had the most confidence in the strength of the cavalry in He Ai's hands.

And it turns out that after receiving the order of Emperor Mingjing, she really lived up to her holy expectations. One hundred thousand, quickly rushed to Ganmenguan.

Under the circumstance that no one knew, the soldiers were divided into two routes, three routes, and the two routes followed her to the other route, and went directly into the grassland. The team with the largest number of infantrymen was led by Han Xun. Get off, take the official road through the junction of Chuan-Shu and Shan-Gan, and go to Ganmen Pass.

He Ai led an elite cavalry consisting of only a few thousand people with only necessary equipment and moved forward quickly. The second team was an army of 10,000 people led by Zhang Wuquan, responsible for helping and cleaning the battlefield task.

As early as nearly a hundred years ago, in the Zhou Dynasty, which had been declining day by day, some people dared to repeat the heroic deeds of their ancestors of the Chinese nation a thousand years ago, and went directly into the grasslands, intending to take over the old nests of these grassland tribes.