Koi adopted daughter jumps over the farm gate

Beijing.

There is a lot of snow this winter.

Since the beginning of winter, snow has fallen every now and then.

The entire capital was covered in white snow.

In a teahouse, several students were sitting drinking tea and chatting.

"General Meng led his soldiers to fight to the death at the border, but was told that he was unable to resist. Some people even suggested that he should take back his military power and escort him back to Beijing." One of the students, Fan Cong, a thick-browed and big-eyed student, was eating. Hua Mi revealed the news about his third uncle to everyone.

His third uncle is an official of the Ministry of War, responsible for assisting the Minister of War in his work, and he is very familiar with the situation of border wars.

Of course, it was no secret in the capital that Meng Zhixu was impeached. Rumors spread in the streets that Meng Zhixu had suffered a defeat at the border, so he wanted to negotiate peace with the Rong Kingdom.

"It is ridiculous to convict General Meng because he suffered a defeat. Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. What's more, General Meng did not lose a city or a place, nor did he let the Rong Kingdom conquer Ningcheng. I think the so-called defeat was caused by the DPRK. The traitor Fan Shijie made it up." Zhou Zimo continued.

Zhou Zimo is a branch of the Zhou family in Huaicheng. Because the Zhou family has been a prominent family for a century, he is particularly confident in speaking. He even dared to call Fan Shijie, the most powerful official in the dynasty, a traitor directly.

I'm not afraid of being told secrets either.

"Hey, the times are obviously good, but many important ministers in the court are leaning towards peace talks. How can the Rong Kingdom negotiate peace and have nothing to do with our court from now on? I think it will only encourage the Rong Kingdom's arrogance." Lu Yuan sighed, "Neither the late emperor nor the emperor has a princess, so they can only choose one person from the clan to marry. I heard that this candidate is Princess Yun'an."

The other students shook their heads.

Princess Yun'an is Ji Yaoyao, the adopted daughter of the current emperor. Her grandfather and father were both generals of the late emperor. Her grandfather died protecting the current emperor when he accompanied the former emperor to conquer the world. Her father also fought in the war with the Rong Kingdom ten years ago. die.

Ji Yaoyao's mother has passed away long ago, and her grandmother has become a monk since her grandfather passed away. Therefore, she is the only girl left in the entire Ji family.

The Queen Mother felt pity for her and was grateful for the sacrifices of her grandfather and father, so she asked the emperor to make her a princess and take her to the palace to raise her until she was in her late teens.

Now the Rong State sent envoys to negotiate peace, and one of the conditions proposed was that the princess of the Xia State went to the Rong State to make peace with each other in order to build a good relationship between the two countries.

Besides Ji Yaoyao, who else could I choose with my family?
Bai Panmei sat among the students and listened quietly to everyone's busy discussion.Through the window, you could see the pointed and shining golden roof of the palace in the distance, and Bai Panmei sighed in her heart.

It has been more than a month since he arrived in the capital.

Everywhere I went these days, there were discussions about the war between the border and the Rong Kingdom.

Because his fifth brother joined the army on the border, he paid more attention to the war situation than others.

At this time, he didn't know that his eldest brother and his second brother were also at the border with the young laborers from Shenshu Village. If he knew, he would be more worried.

"It's not a loss if we exchange a princess for peace on the border. The princess earns a daily salary and must also shoulder the responsibilities of the family and the country." Fan Cong continued to make high remarks.

"Qiming, what do you think about the marriage?" Zhou Zimo asked when he saw that Bai Panmei had not spoken.

Bai Panmei shook her head and disagreed with Fan Cong's statement.

"Princess Yun'an can't choose her birth, nor can she choose whether to be this princess or not." Bai Panmei said slowly, paused, and continued, "If we talk about living on salary, the official in the dynasty does not live on salary. It is unfair to push Princess Yun'an out to bear the consequences of failure even though it is obvious that the officials with salary have not accumulated the capital to defeat the Rong Kingdom in one fell swoop."

Bai Panmei remembered that the aunt Zhen mentioned was the current Queen Mother, who was defeated by the Xiyue Kingdom and was forced to marry.

But I met King Jing at the border.

The Queen Mother has had this experience and wonders if she can understand Princess Yun'an's situation.

After all, people make different choices depending on where they stand.

After Bai Panmei's words fell, everyone stopped talking.

From now on, they will also be officials with salary. They are taught to govern the family, the country and the world. They talk loudly here and later go to officialdom. I don't know if they can shoulder the responsibility of bringing peace to the world. "Will this war continue forever? If the two countries remain in a stalemate, how much pressure will it bring to the whole country with a steady stream of grain and grass taxes to support the border." Pan Chang, who has been silent, said, "The best way out is to negotiate a peace. "

Because Pan Chang is a fellow student of Fan Shijie, and he does not hesitate to mention Fan Shijie as a fellow student, these young students do not like him very much.

"If you can't get something on the battlefield, you won't have the initiative at the peace negotiation table." Bai Panmei looked solemn.

While the students were having a heated discussion, A Zhen was sitting in the room next to the tea room.

"If you can't get something on the battlefield, you won't have the initiative at the peace negotiation table." A Zhen murmured and repeated Bai Zhaomei's words,
The peace talks in the DPRK were so loud that even the father was distressed.

A Zhen knew that his father wanted to completely solve the great hidden danger in the northwest border of Rong Kingdom.

Deep down in his heart, the emperor did not want to negotiate a peace, but the war had been going on for so long and the Rong Kingdom had not been defeated in one fell swoop.

So the voices for peace prevailed.

If my uncle could win the battle, and even lead the king's army to defeat the Rong Kingdom, then all the arguments would be settled.

A Zhen looked through the gap in the window and saw Bai Panmei sitting at the table, the tea in front of her untouched at all.

He knew that Bai Panmei had been in Beijing for more than a month. He had not summoned Bai Panmei yet. He was mainly worried that the meeting would affect Bai Panmei.

After all, the prince's personal friendship with the most promising student at Huai Shui Academy would always end up being talked about.

Ah Zhen is not worried about himself, but he has to think about Bai Panmei.

The fourth brother of the Bai family wants to get the No. [-] pick in an upright and upright manner without any stain that could be used to attack him in the future.

It was getting late, and the students' teahouse party was over.

"Qiming, come and stay at my place. In such a cold weather, it's not as comfortable for you to stay in a hotel as it is to stay at my place." Fan Cong said to Bai Panmei.

Fan Cong came to the capital and hit it off with Bai Panmei, and strongly invited Bai Panmei to go to his place.

Most of these students who came to Beijing to take the exam were officials in the capital or had houses in the capital.

The Bai family is a farm family, so naturally they don't have a house in the capital.

Originally, Bai Sanzhuang gave Bai Panmei a large sum of money in the hope that he would buy a house in the capital, but Bai Panmei planned to give it a try before considering the matter.

So he stayed in a hotel.

"Thank you, Brother Fan. I'd better stay in a hotel." Bai Panmei declined.

"Okay, if you need anything, just ask." Fan Cong said, and then ordered the boy beside him to get two baskets of silver charcoal and bring them to Bai Panmei to the hotel.

The students dispersed in carriages.

The hotel where Bai Panmei stayed was near the tea house, so she walked towards the hotel.

There was no boy or bookboy beside him.

"Why are you walking? You startled my eldest daughter."

A cruel voice sounded on the street, and Bai Panmei looked directly in front of where the voice came from.

In the middle of the road stood a magnificently decorated carriage.

A thinly dressed charcoal seller was kicked to the ground. The servant next to the carriage took the driver's whip and whipped it at the charcoal seller.