Chapter 174
: The storm is shaking
To be honest, Zhuo Bufan doesn't hate Princess Taiping now. Times have changed, and some of the unhappiness that Taiping developed since childhood has long disappeared. Now Zhuo Bufan's feeling about Princess Taiping is a bit afraid of trouble and wants to stay away. In addition to the royal habit, the princess is pretty and cute, but her identity is the reason why Zhuo Bufan feels like this.
"I didn't want to run away," Zhuo Bufan said with a smile.
"No matter whether you want to run away or not, I will definitely take you to prison this time. Humph, you said... but you still took the girl from the Fu family to run away!" Princess Taiping refused to give in.
"Don't say it's so ugly, okay? What does it mean to run away? We are traveling together, it's very pure!" Zhuo Bufan said with his eyes rolling.
"You!" Princess Taiping pouted: "Don't act like I don't know. You are all married, hum, and that little bell!"
Zhuo Bufan was stunned when he heard this, and then he thought that his own territory of Shenlong Mountain was as big as that of the local area. Isn’t this the emperor’s Jinyiwei just doing this? He was a semi-public team outside. Although the emperor seemed to have no restrictions, he should strengthen his surveillance. This is normal. Even so, he was a little unhappy in his heart, and the smile on his face disappeared, saying, “By the way, I forgot who you are, you are the princess who is the most loved by the emperor in Dahua. You know these small things naturally easy. Get married, yes, what about getting married? It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with you.”
A layer of mist suddenly appeared in Taiping's eyes, and he bit his lower lip and said, "Is it because I am a princess, so you..."
"Yes, if one day I and you can forget your identity, we might be able to become good friends." Zhuo Bufan was timid and said that he was a little ungrateful or pretentious, but this was exactly what he thought.
"You! Do you think they have to please you with a slutty face!"
"I didn't say that, but I don't care if you think so!"
“…”
At this time, Zhuo Yin and Song Jia, who had been ignored for a long time, could not sit still. Song Jia had some past with the royal family and was familiar with Taiping. He quickly rescued the situation and said, "Oh, are you two born rivals? You quarrel when you meet. OK, don't talk about it anymore. Taiping, long time no see, come and get close to your aunt."
The occasion where I should have met the princess seemed to have become a tangle of love between my children. Zhuo Yin also smiled bitterly and shook his head. Unexpectedly, his son was quite favored by women. I guess he inherited his excellent qualities.
"I said it's peaceful. Your father is actually pretty good. He just loves to doubt others too much. You know Zhuo Yin's loyalty to the court. Now he is putting him at home because of a false charge, which makes his loyal ministers feel disappointed." Song Jia simply asked about his husband Zhuo Yin.
Sure enough, this matter distracted Taiping's attention very well. Taiping hurriedly said when he heard this: "Don't worry, aunt, my father has always trusted Lord Zhuo. This time, it was only because of many reasons. Look, I told my father that he wanted to come and have a look. Didn't he agree happily?"
Zhuo Yin smiled and asked: "Taiping, I heard that there have been changes in the wars outside the customs recently. I know that you have always cared about state affairs and don't know what the situation outside the customs is now."
Taiping was stunned for a moment when he heard this, Zhuo Yin quickly said, "If it is inconvenient, forget it, I will ask casually."
Taiping hurriedly returned: "Mr. Zhuo is so serious. You are still caring about state affairs at home. Taiping is very moved. The situation outside the pass is indeed not good. Recently, my father has also sighed every day. As far as I know, it seems that General Hong failed the war with the Tartars. He is currently trapped in Songshan. The court is having a headache about how to rescue him."
"Ah?" Zhuo Yin and Zhuo Bufan exclaimed at the same time. Zhuo Yin asked anxiously: "There was a big victory not long ago. General Hong has more than 200,000 soldiers under him and has the Guan Ningjin defense line as a backing. How can he be defeated??"
Zhuo Bufan immediately thought of the historical information he had consulted. It must be that Hong Chengchou had left the stable defense line and tried to severely damage the Tartars, but was defeated because he lost the solid defense on which the Dahua Army relied for survival. He had a deep understanding of the Tartar cavalry and strong bows. In the field battle, the Tartar cavalry are the best at fighting.
Suddenly, Zhuo Bufan thought of Hong Chengchou's incident when he was looking up the information. Calculate the time. After several months of hard work, Hong Chengchou was finally captured by the Tartars. Later, he seemed to surrender to the Tartars and became a capable general in the Tartars conquering the Central Plains. Well, it's trouble now. Zhuo Bufan had read this information a long time ago, but sometimes he could not correspond to the information with the actual characters, so he didn't think about these things. Now that he heard the news, he realized.
In his impression, Hong Chengchou did not feel like a big traitor. Instead, he defended himself many times. Now he knew that he suffered and would become the number one big traitor soon. For a moment, he wanted to do something in his heart.
At this time, Zhuo Yin was no longer waiting for Princess Taiping to answer, and said to himself again: "Rescue, rescue, mobilize a large army to rescue, there is no need to be any mistakes outside the pass, otherwise my Dahua will be in danger."
Princess Taiping also replied helplessly: "Just worrying about this, the troops in the capital were almost given to General Hong. Even the army that quelled the rebellion in the west had been drawn. She originally wanted to come out and severely damage the Tatars to maintain peace in the northern border for several years. Unexpectedly, this was the result."
Zhuo Yin is not a general, so he is not clear about why Hong Chengchou suffered a defeat, but he knows that if he loses outside the pass, the capital will be in danger, so Guan Ningjin must be defended.
Zhuo Bufan knew the reason, and it was the mobilization of the western army to quell the rebellion to allow the rioters to develop. The defeat outside the pass was also because someone in the court dragged Hong Chengchou down and forced him to fight the Tartars. There was also Chongzhen's responsibility. However, he had no way to talk about these things.
Zhuo Yin was in a bad mood and was extremely dull. Everyone was also worried when they were infected by him. If the country was in trouble, who could stay out of the matter?
At this time, Princess Taiping had no intention of quarreling with Zhuo Bufan. Anyway, since he was back, he should not slip away immediately. Besides, there were Jinyiwei and people from the Governor's Office staring outside. If anything was strange, she would know immediately. After sitting for a while, Taiping said goodbye and returned to the palace. She was originally Princess Dahua who was worried about national affairs, and the war outside the pass also made her heart worried.
As soon as Taiping left, Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion became busy quietly. What Taiping didn't know was that tonight, Zhuo Bufan really wanted to leave the capital again. Of course, Luoshui and Xiaoyuhuan were also leaving this time, and Zhuo Bufan also went with him in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Chapter completed!