Ming Empire

Chapter 154 It Still Tastes Good Here

A farce in the court hall ruined all the atmosphere. Emperor Chongzhen was almost furious in the hall, and finally announced his withdrawal from the court with a livid face.

Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting, the two great heroes, did not receive congratulations and thanks from many people. After the court was over, only a few ministers came to express their congratulations and appreciation to them, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

Emperor Chongzhen set up a celebration banquet for Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting in the palace, but it was almost cancelled. Finally, under Wang Chengen's persuasion, Emperor Chongzhen reluctantly agreed to attend the celebration banquet.But he only attended the celebration banquet for a while, and announced in public that he would marry Princess Kunxing to Cao Yue and make Cao Yue the captain-in-law. away from the field.

Everyone was uninterested, and they barely stayed at the banquet for a while, and then they all dispersed.After being drunk a lot, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting were a little dizzy, but they were not happy. When they went out of the palace together, they planned to find another place to drink for a while.But just as the two were about to leave the palace, when they were looking for a restaurant to have a good drink, a young eunuch came in a hurry and stopped Cao Yue, saying that someone was looking for him.

Sun Chuanting did not ask any questions with great interest, and left after bidding farewell to Cao Yue.

After following the little eunuch for a few steps, Cao Yue saw Zhu Cijiong in a bright yellow robe standing there, walking back and forth restlessly, with a little eunuch of his age standing there tremblingly beside him.

Cao Yue quickly stepped forward and saluted Zhu Cijiong: "I have seen the third prince, but I don't know what order the third prince summoned me for?"

Seeing Cao Yue approaching, Zhu Cijiong, who was waiting a little impatiently, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurried forward to greet Cao Yue, and grabbed his hand without waiting for Cao Yue to finish his salute, "General Cao, come with me quickly, sister Huang is waiting Waiting for you. She has been waiting for a long time, and has been urged several times. Hee hee, General Cao, I will call you brother-in-law in the future, right?"

"Wait for your father to tell the world that I will call you after I get married with your sister!" Facing an 11-year-old brat, Cao Yue didn't bother to treat him like a servant, so he was just as big as he was. Get up, "Well, then you will be my brother-in-law from now on. I said brother-in-law, has your father told everyone in the palace about this? In everyone's eyes, have I already become a prospective son-in-law?"

"Almost! Hee hee!" Zhu Cijiong didn't mind Cao Yue calling him brother-in-law, but he seemed to be very useful. Cao Yue was a great hero, and little men always worshiped heroes, and Zhu Cijiong was the same. The prince felt that he was superior in front of Cao Yue, but he still regarded Cao Yue as a superior figure.Cao Yue's military achievements in the past two years are so great that people can't help but deify him.The little boy Zhu Cijiong, when talking about Cao Yue with his sister, always has an admiring tone and expression.

He knew that his sister liked Cao Yue very much. During the time when Cao Yue left Beijing to lead the army in Datong, he kept talking about it from time to time, and the most talked topic with him was Cao Yue.Today he stayed with Aimee Zhu and talked about the fact that his father was going to meet Aimee Zhu in the palace. Seeing Aimee Zhu's shy look, he volunteered to stop Cao Yue in the vestibule and let Cao Yue and Aimee Zhu meet in private meet up.

"Brother-in-law," Zhu Cijiong called Cao Yue when he was pulling Cao Yue to the side hall where Zhu Yuxi stayed, and called Cao Yue as brother-in-law, "Why are you so powerful? I defeated 10,000+ Jiannu, I have never achieved such a brilliant victory in Ming Dynasty. You are so brave, my sister Huang and I admire you very much. By the way, what reward did Emperor Father give you today? Uh, Seeing that you are a little unhappy today, is it because your father gave you less rewards?"

"Your father gave your imperial sister to marry me as a reward, and there is nothing else. You don't know. Today, that old man Sun and I almost became the target of public criticism. We were attacked by courtiers. I don't know if those ministers are eating You took the wrong medicine, and you actually want your father to blame us two people who have made great contributions to the country." Cao Yue was very upset today, and couldn't help but vomited bitterness to Zhu Cijiong, "It's a good thing your father didn't listen to them, otherwise Old man Sun and I returned from meritorious deeds without any rewards, but were put in prison in the end. That old man Sun has already had such an experience, tell me, will I be happy today?"

"So that's how it is," Zhu Cijiong heard, with a look of complete disbelief, and stopped in a hurry, "How could this happen? How can such a pedantic minister treat a meritorious minister like this?"

"Okay, let's not talk about this, anyway, it's over," Cao Yue already knew that something was wrong for him to say this, so he quickly changed the subject: "Where is your sister?"

"It's right in front," Zhu Cijiong paused, pointing to a side hall in front of him and said, "Miss Huang is waiting there, she has been waiting for a long time."

The two entered the side hall one after the other, and the two women inside were whispering there, and when they heard someone coming in, the voice stopped immediately.

Turning around a screen, Cao Yue saw Auntie Zhu dressed in a green palace dress sitting beside her, and standing beside her was Yun'er, a maid in a pink palace costume.As soon as she saw him, Auntie Zhu's face turned red immediately, and she quickly lowered her head, but she couldn't help but look up again, and when she met Cao Yue's eyes, she lowered her head again.Aimee Zhu's appearance almost amused Cao Yue.

The little girl who just fell in love is sometimes so cute that people can't help but feel excited.

"I have seen Her Royal Highness," Cao Yue stepped forward and saluted.

Auntie Zhu's lovely appearance has already changed his mood, the unhappiness just now disappeared all of a sudden, and there is tenderness in his heart.

Seeing Cao Yue salute so politely, Auntie Zhu, who was a little flustered, quickly got up, returned the salute, and said nervously: "General Cao, there is no need to be too polite, you...you can sit down please. Oh, Yun'er, please sit down." General Cao prepares tea and food."

"Yes, princess!" Yun'er, who also had a blush on her face, went to prepare tea for Cao Yue after a short bow.

The little boy Zhu Cijiong sat next to Aimee Zhu, looking like he was laughing, and wanted to tease his sister with a few jokes, but Aimee Zhu gave him a fierce stare, and swallowed the words he wanted to tease in fright.

Of course, Cao Yue saw this scene, and he couldn't help grinning.As a result, Aimi Zhu became more and more shy and uneasy, her pretty face could blush enough to bleed.

Zhu Cijiong was also amused by Zhu Cijiong being so coy in front of Cao Yue. He ran away with a smile, and took the opportunity to tease: "Sister Huang, are you shy when you see your husband? Seeing that your face is so red , must be shy, hee hee, the emperor is shy, the emperor is shy!"

"Zhu Cijiong, you... If you talk again, I will ignore you!" Aunt Zhu stood up angrily and wanted to chase Zhu Cijiong.

But as soon as she stood up, a pair of strong hands grabbed her arms, and a gentle voice rang in her ears: "My son, why are you ignoring me? Hee hee!"

It goes without saying that this is Cao Yue's hand.The arm was caught by Cao Yue, and a powerful feeling came from between the arms. Zhu Wei couldn't help but trembled, as if all her strength had been lost...

(End of this chapter)