Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 43; Not giving face

During the Yu Dynasty, many soldiers and horses were stationed in Chang'an, the capital, to guard the city.

Not to mention the Imperial City Forbidden Army, which is dedicated to protecting the palace and is under the jurisdiction of the emperor. There are about 2000 people.

Next are the left and right military guards, each with 5000 people, responsible for searching within the capital and guarding the city gates.

Outside Chang'an, there are two camps, the Dongdu Camp and the Xishan Camp, each with [-] soldiers and horses.

The two camps were in charge of Emperor Zhaowu's most trusted ministers. The commander of Xishan Camp was Ning Guogong Cheng Yong, who was the most powerful general under Emperor Zhaowu. He was extremely brave and at the same time absolutely loyal to Emperor Zhaowu.

The commander of the Dongdu camp is Zhao Hongzheng, who is also a military general and has great abilities. He was the bodyguard of Emperor Zhaowu back then. After following the uprising, he also made great achievements in battle, and Emperor Zhaowu trusted him very much.

Although Emperor Zhaowu trusted him very much, Zhao Hongzheng also knew that once his daughter married into the East Palace, there would probably be some cracks in this trust.

Rather than doing this, it would be better to take the initiative to hand over military power, which would make the emperor feel more at ease.

Although he is a military commander, he is not bad at it. He also knows the current situation in the court and the specific reason why the prince wants to marry his daughter. He also feels the same as Ming Jing.

The emperor's original candidate for the crown prince was Huo Junyao, but the prince insisted on destroying her and even dragged his daughter into the water.

Now rumors have taken shape outside that if his daughter doesn't marry into the East Palace, she will end up alone all her life. Today, when the emperor talks to him, he already has the heart to make mistakes.

He knew very well that the emperor did this, firstly, to protect the royal family's reputation from damage, and secondly, because he was a hero and did not want to dishearten him.

The superiors have considered themselves in this way, and he feels that he also needs to give up something to show his sincerity.

The military power of the Dongdu camp is the best sincerity. The emperor will not allow the prince's faction to have military power.

The King of Qi is like this, and so is the King of Chu. The prince has been suppressed very hard these years. He only thinks about strengthening himself and crushing King Qi and King Chu, but he never thought that there are some things that he cannot touch.

Now, the emperor has already intended for his daughter to take charge of the East Palace. In order to protect the prince and daughter, and also to protect the Duke Cao's palace, this military power cannot be retained.

"Nonsense, I entrusted the Dongdu Camp to you because I trust you."

"If you hand it back, then who will I give it to?"

He really didn't want the princes to have military power in their hands, but he didn't go so far as to explicitly prohibit it.

If he were to take over the military power from Cao Guogong at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly announcing to outsiders that he, the emperor, was afraid that his son would threaten his position if he had military power in his hands.

Do you still want his face?
This is not only embarrassing, it will also make his sons feel grudge against him.

Emperor Zhaowu, although he valued his imperial power very much, was not at all intolerant. On the contrary, he was still a very broad-minded person.

He also saw many things very clearly. The Yu Dynasty was ultimately handed over to his son. The reason why the princes were allowed to fight may be because they wanted them to check and balance each other, but more importantly, they wanted them to rely on each other. to achieve the training effect.

The reason why the princes are not allowed to come into contact with military power too early is not because they are afraid that they will rebel against themselves.

But I am worried that when they have military power, when they fight with each other, they will not be able to control me properly. On the one hand, it will hurt the country, and on the other hand, it will be difficult to control them.

"Just continue to do your own thing in peace and mind, just be careful. I'm not as narrow-minded as you think."

Emperor Zhaowu glared at Zhao Hongzheng, a little angry.

Who do you think I am?Are you such a intolerant person?

I am a wise king with a broad mind.

"I am being arrogant. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Go away, I'll get angry just looking at you." Zhao Hongzheng grinned, letting go of the stone he had been holding in his heart.

However, he still kept the emperor's words in mind, and did his own thing calmly, and did not get involved in the fight between the East Palace and other princes.

"My minister retire."

After Zhao Hongzheng left, Emperor Zhaowu pondered for a moment while Gao Fu drafted a marriage edict and sent it to the Ministry of Etiquette for them to arrange for someone to read it.

As for when to get married, he asked the Ministry of Etiquette to choose the date first. After all, the prince was not yet 15 years old. Even if he wanted to get married, he would have to wait until next year at least.

Gao Fu took the order and retreated.

Almost at the same time, Queen Shen of Fengqi Palace got the news.

She knew that when things got to this point, it could only be like this.

I just hope that she can stay safe and assist the prince in managing the affairs of the East Palace in the future.

Because she had no choice but to accept it, when the Ministry of Rites went to read out the imperial edict, she, as the future mother-in-law, did not give any reward to Zhao Yaner.

Usually, the emperor or queen selects the concubine of a prince or prince, and then a decree is issued to the woman.

Following the emperor's imperial edict of marriage is the reward that the queen, the legitimate mother, will give to her future daughter-in-law, more or less, to show the queen's satisfaction with the daughter-in-law.

The prince was born to her. Logically speaking, the relationship between the prince and her would be the most serious, and the rewards would be the most generous. However, she made no move at all.

She really didn't give him any face, which was enough to show how dissatisfied she was with Zhao Yan'er.

The imperial edict from the Ministry of Rites arrived at Cao Guogong's mansion soon, but the empress's edict did not come. Zhao Hongzheng knew the reason for this very well.

Although I felt bad, it was hard to say anything. Who said that my daughter was not welcome?

Glancing at the girl beside him who was holding the imperial edict with a happy face, his eyes turned cold and he became more and more disappointed with this girl.

I thought that after she married into the East Palace, I would have less contact with her.

However, many people in the capital were very happy when the imperial decree granting marriage was issued. They also said that this was a good match for a well-matched couple. Of course, they did not forget to bring Huo Junyao out for comparison.

As soon as the carriage arrived in the capital, many people were heard discussing this matter along the way.

Especially when she heard that these bastards actually used this to belittle her daughter, Princess Ningyang's face became very ugly, and she looked at Huo Junyao with some worry.

He was worried that she would be sad after hearing this, but Huo Junyao was surprised.

Let them pass it on if you like it. Anyway, it has been passed on for so many days, and there are even worse things, so this is not bad.

Besides, she had already put the prince and Zhao Yaner on the revenge list in her heart. It was better to be together now, so as not to have to deal with them separately in the future.

"Yao Yao, don't listen to these people's nonsense. They are just little people who have never seen the world. They don't have any brains to believe what others say."

Huo Junyao nodded and gave his mother a smile that she didn't care about.

But looking at her smile, Princess Ningyang was even more worried. Why didn't she react at all? She must be pretending and didn't want her to worry.

Look at how sensible his daughter is. The virtue of that bastard prince is not worthy of his daughter.

(End of this chapter)