After a long separation, Zhang Ning and Bai Fengjiao had just met. After saying a few words, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that they had to strike while the iron was hot. If it was cold for a while, it would be a change in people's mind. This time, they always felt that the gap was very big. Bai Fengjiao no longer felt the same way she used to. I wonder if she still remembered the past three years, or maybe she had changed a few years later.

At this moment, Xu Wenjun found this yard, and after reporting, he came into the room. After she came in, she quietly looked at Bai Fengjiao. When Bai Fengjiao's eyes came, she bent her knees and saluted. Then Xu Wenjun was stunned for a while, then walked to Zhang Ning and said softly: "There is something important in the cabinet yamen. Zhu Butang is asking the prince and ask me to come to the palace to find you."

Zhang Ning didn't show up today, and when he heard this, he was also worried. And after seeing Bai Fengjiao, he said something nonsense, and felt bored of making things without saying anything... But he always felt that there was still a lot to say to her, but he didn't know where to start. Xu Wenjun happened to come again, so he clasped his fists and said, "I'll say goodbye for a while, go to the yamen to see and visit Miss Bai."

Bai Fengjiao said, "Your Majesty will be busy first. I just arrived at the Guizhou area and wanted to take a break."

Zhang Ning then left and went straight to the cabinet close to Wangjing Gate. It was already afternoon. It was normal that all the ministers in the cabinet should be in the six ministries, but today Yang Shiqi and Zhu Heng and others were all in the palace gate.

It turned out that the Ministry of Eunuch sent an official business to report it urgently. The detailed discussions of Nanzhili received information. Ningguo Mansion, Chizhou Mansion and Huizhou Mansion received an edict from Nanjing, and local officials were ordered to prepare a large amount of food and supplies.

Just open the rough drawings and you can see them at a glance. These three places are all places in Nanzhili and Jiangxi. The information is very clear. Only when the imperial court needs to mobilize a large amount of food and grass to the west, it is necessary to prepare a lot of food and grass.

Several ministers sat together and discussed it again, but it was nothing more than a replay of the old tune, believing that the Army and Horse Association, who went south from Xuanfu Datong, attacked Jiangxi from Nanzhili with the cooperation of the Beijing Camp.

After hearing their own statements, Zhang Ning had to make two reactions at the moment. First, he transferred the information to Jiangxi to Yu Qian and urged him to prepare for defense. Then he wrote an order and handed it over to Xia Changshi, the eunuch who was in the cabinet, and asked the eunuch to send someone to Jiangxi to directly take over the detailed information from Nanzhili, and cooperated with Yu Qian to control the movements of the official army nearby.

He also felt that there would be a new duel, but there could not be more solutions now. Most of the elite Yongding Camp of the Vermilion Bird Army were in Jiangxi, and there were tens of thousands of Han King surrendered troops in the control of Yu Qian, and the east was heavy troops; in comparison, there were only one army of Yongding Camp near Wuchang, and the other new troops recruited from various places had exceeded 50,000, but this large number of personnel were not combat-effective; in Yuezhou, there were two battalions of the Navy and Army of Yao Fang and his son, and the Zhou Mengxiong infantry and cavalry battalion in Lizhou. However, Zhang Ning is now entrenched in Huguang as the foundation, which is very different from the past situation where there was no need for defense. He could not transfer all the troops in the west to concentrate on the battle, otherwise the Sichuan Army near Jingzhou, Jiangbei and the local troops transferred south to Huguang and other places in Xiangyang would cross the river and go south to Huguang, causing him to be attacked from both sides.

Earlier, Zhang Ning and the ministers expected the threat they encountered today, and then reorganized the government agencies, won over gentry and issued laws, recruited strong men to expand their military preparations, and prepared for war. Now, it is useless to be anxious, so they can only stabilize the original plan.

As the evening came, the cabinet officials went straight down one after another, and Zhang Ning rode a horse away. He walked a long way up the north and south avenues of the central axis of the King of Chu Palace. He thought about the situation when he saw Bai Fengjiao in the afternoon, and was still worried, so he decided to see her again. Unexpectedly, Bai Fengjiao was not there. When he asked the maid, he found out that Concubine Yao had invited her over. Zhang Ning simply waited for her to come back in the living room in the yard.

Bai Fengjiao's close servant Bai Ju is still there, so she soon came to the living room to serve tea and water to receive Zhang Ning.

I saw that the woman was also wearing their strange clothes, and the ornaments she wore were obviously complicated and looked a little black. In fact, the Miao Jun saw Zhang Ning was black, and the white one seemed to be Bai Fengjiao. It might be because the sun in the Wuling Mountains was relatively large, or because of their living conditions and habits. Zhang Ning spoke to her and asked, "What's your name?" Unexpectedly, the woman widened her innocent eyes and spit out a burst of words in her mouth, which made her unable to understand. Zhang Ning immediately understood that she could not speak Chinese. He then pointed at her and said slowly: "What's your name?" Then she said two Chinese characters with difficulty: "Bai Ju."

"You... Bai Ju." Zhang Ning smiled, feeling a little happy, and his previous heavy mood seemed to be much relaxed. Even if he couldn't speak, people could communicate simply.

At this time, Bai Fengjiao finally came back. As soon as she entered the yard, she heard that King Xiang had come, so she rushed to the living room. When she walked under the eaves, she heard a conversation inside. She suddenly felt curious: Her close servant Bai Ju is the most trustworthy and able to bring out, but Bai Ju has never been out of Miaojiang and has never had any contact with Han people. She is illiterate and can't speak Chinese. Zhang Ning shouldn't know Miao, either. What do they have to say?

Curious, she stood under the window for a while and listened carefully to what was being said inside.

Zhang Ning's voice said: "You say slower and use some gestures, otherwise I don't know what you are saying at all, or wait for your lady to come back and ask her to interpret it."

He heard Bai Ju say in Miao language again: "People in Miaojiang say that Han officials have no credit and often turn against each other. You can't lie to us. If you deceive the lady into abandoning her, we will not let you go!"

When Bai Fengjiao heard this, she thought to herself that she had been with her since childhood and always thought about herself.

Zhang Ning's voice said again: "Your lady is quite white, and your surname is Bai, why are you so dark? Do you only take a shower once a year?"

Bai Fengjiao rolled her eyes immediately. Then she heard Bai Jia say, "The Shiren Cult asks the lady to serve the gods, but the lady is unwilling to come and asks you to help her. If the lady is not perfect and you can't help, the Shiren Cult will definitely ruin her reputation."

Bai Fengjiao couldn't listen anymore and walked quickly to the door. Both of them inside turned around. She forced a smile and said, "The prince and Bai Jia couldn't speak, why did they speak?"

Zhang Ning said a little embarrassedly: "I'm waiting here, and I'm talking to her for nothing... She just said something big, what do you want to say to me?"

Bai Fengjiao's eyes gradually faded: "Bai Ju said that the Shiren Cult will not let me go. The prince already knows about the Shiren Cult in Miaojiang? Although this is a matter within Miaojiang, there are several major tribes who collude and use their power, and the father is unable to deal with it. The Shiren Cult stipulates that women from each family must go to the stone cave to serve the gods before they grow up to talk about marriage, otherwise they will be severely punished in the name of the gods. The Miao King and the women in the clan are no exception. If the prince does not send troops to help, or cannot deal with the Shiren Cult, I can only serve. If I don't go or have a bad health, I will give them an excuse to attack, which will affect the Miao King and the Bai family."

Zhang Ning was silent for a while. If he had heard of such a thing in later generations, he would have thought that ignorance and superstition were sneering, but he could not laugh at it at this time. No matter how unreasonable it was in the deep mountains and forests, it would have existed because no one could resist the greatest ruler. Even in the Ming Dynasty, if similar tyranny occurred here, who could have come to "preserve justice"? The Yuan Dynasty allowed the Yellow River to flood and circle of farmland as pastures, which could have existed for eighty years; the Qing Dynasty later had a state of 300 years.

He came back to his senses from his thoughts and saw Bai Fengjiao looking at him. His silence made her look disappointed, and there was a glimmer of hope hidden in her disappointment.

"Zhou Mengxiong's Wuchang Camp is stationed in Lizhou to the west. The camp has been training and cultivation for nearly two years. It has more than 20,000 troops and is well-trained." Zhang Ning said seriously, "I immediately ordered Zhou Mengxiong to do this."

Bai Fengjiao's oval and white face, with bright eyes, as if she could speak, she flashed a look of relief. Zhang Ning felt a little relieved. Is this to do the overall situation and justice, or just because of his own personal affair with the beauty? He couldn't even tell the difference between himself.

He also said: "Emperor Jianwen has not issued an edict to confer Miss Bai as the second concubine of the King of Hunan, so this matter can be discussed after the Miaojiang incident has subsided. If Miss Bai does not want to stay here, she can also go back to her hometown, which will not affect border affairs. But I have no intention of forcing it based on your wishes."

Zhang Ning's tone was very introverted and serious. Bai Fengjiao felt a dark power. She couldn't help but look at Zhang Ning with admiration. But when the woman was so conflicted, she breathed a sigh of relief, she said with some resentment: "I know that the prince has not much, but not much, but according to my wishes."

Zhang Ning hurriedly said kindly: "This is not the case. If I only follow what I think, of course I want to keep Miss Bai. Do you still remember what happened three years ago? Since then, I have been deeply moved by Miss Bai's affection, but I was unable to force it at that time, so I had to give up."

"Yes." Bai Feng responded softly.

Zhang Ning said: "But now our Huguang regime is also worried about destruction. If the imperial court pacified the Queen of Han in Nanjing, he would naturally not let Huguang divide the country. The national control of one million strings is surrounded on all sides. The number of troops and local soldiers on the Jiubian of Xuanda has reached hundreds of thousands of people. The situation of the enemy being strong and we are weak is difficult to reverse for a while. Today's glory and wealth are only defeated in a big battle, and I will be in the moon water in the well. I cannot even guarantee the safety of my mother and sister. So how can I give you any promises? So I can't force you to stay, so I said that I can't just let your will, but everything is based on God's will."
Chapter completed!