The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 75
Qiu Shi'an led the cabinet ministers into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the first thing he saw was a expressionless Emperor Hongde holding a letter.

At this time, Emperor Hongde exuded the aura of keeping strangers away.

The low air pressure all over the body can be summed up in one meaning:
That is, whoever dares to provoke me again will die!

Several cabinet ministers looked at each other and felt their scalps tingling.

In the end, Yang Xiuchen swallowed sharply, his heart sank, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to do!"

Emperor Hongde raised his eyes and glanced at Yang Xiuchen below, "Yang Aiqing, tell me!"

The words without any ups and downs made Yang Xiuchen and other cabinet ministers feel even more uneasy.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are going to make a report. Since the twelfth lunar month, Liaodong has not reported any reports to Beijing. You should send envoys to inquire!"

"Your Majesty, wait for your second opinion." The few remaining academicians took a step forward, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it's been snowing a lot this year. Since the twelfth lunar month, there have been five consecutive heavy snowfalls in Shenjing, and it must be even worse in the north! Worry..."

"All right!"

Emperor Hongde stretched out his hand to interrupt everyone's words, "There is no need to send anyone to ask, and you don't have to worry about it, the report of Liaodong is already here!"

Everyone in the cabinet was astonished and couldn't help looking up at Emperor Hongde.

But then he thought of the Hongling messenger who had just been helped in, and his heart sank in an instant.

Emperor Hongde didn't even look at the changing faces of the crowd, but ordered calmly:

"Qiu Shi'an, immediately send an announcement to the military officers of the fourth rank and above, the ministers of the sixth department, and the left and right servants in Beijing, and order them to enter the palace immediately. There must be no mistakes!"

Seeing the uncontrollable anger on Emperor Hongde's face, Qiu Shi'an wisely suppressed the words that the palace gate was about to be locked.

Hurry up and bow to accept the order, and arrange for no one to mention it.

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In Marquis Zhaowu's mansion, everyone was hiding in Jia Jing's greenhouse to avoid the cold.

On a square table in the center, four people, Tanchun, Xichun, Xiangyun, and Baochai, were sitting there wiping their cards, while the rest of the people sat around to watch the excitement and chat.

Jia Baoyu looked at the cards of this family for a while, and then gave an idea to that family, just like a little bee who can't stay idle...

It didn't stop until Xiang Yun and others dismissed him and drove him aside.

In the corners of the east and west ends of the conservatory, there is a strange-looking stove with a long and curved chimney, and coals the size of a fist are burning in it.

The chimney circled the house for a week, and the whole house was steaming, as warm as spring and summer.

"Third brother, this greenhouse is really good!"

"And this stove, it's much warmer than the brazier!"

While playing cards, everyone was chattering about Jia Jing's greenhouse and the heating stove in the greenhouse.

"Brother Jing, can you install another stove in our house?" Xichun was not polite.

Hearing this, several other people were also a little moved.

This year's winter is much colder than usual, and I feel that I can't stretch my hands and feet with a brazier burning in the house.

If you can also install such a stove in your own house, you can save a lot of trouble whether it is day or night.

"Installing this is of course no problem, but you have to talk to the old lady first!" Jia Jing smiled and said, "I wanted to install some of these stoves in both houses before, but because I had to open a stove on the wall Dongyan was rejected by the old lady, so I only installed this stove in my house and sister Lin's."

"The old lady won't allow it? Let's forget it!"

Everyone was a little disappointed.

Even Jia Baoyu, who was so favored in front of Jia's mother, would not dare to tell the old lady that he would punch a hole in the wall of the house.

The old man is very superstitious, and he just punched a hole in the house, thinking that it will make the house lose its spirit, which is absolutely unacceptable.

"If it doesn't work, let's find another way." Jia Jing looked at the depressed crowd and said with a smile, "I still have a lot of empty yards here. You girls, you can move here to live with your elder sister Yingchun." Isn't it good to be in a cross courtyard?"

Hearing this, the girls' eyes lit up!
Just as it was bustling, suddenly a biting cold wind blew in from outside.

It was warm and cold at the same time, making everyone shiver in the cold wind.

Everyone turned their heads to look, but it was Laifu who came in from the outside...

"Master Hou, someone from the palace urgently summons you to the palace to face the saint!"

After hearing Laifu's words, everyone knew that something big had happened.

Afraid of disturbing Jia Jing, any movement to make a sound was stopped by the crowd.

There was an involuntary silence in the conservatory.

……

Jia Jing was not surprised by the news of her summoning to the palace.

In other words, after receiving the secret letter from Liaodong a few days ago, Jia Jing was already prepared for today's scene.

He apologized to everyone: "You continue to play your game, but I can't accompany you anymore!"

"Go and do your own work. They are all brothers and sisters. We don't need you to greet us! The road is slippery in snowy weather, so be careful on your own way!" Yingchun hurriedly said.

Jia Jing nodded, and ordered the maids on one side to prepare tea and meals for everyone, then turned and left.

…………

Going out from the warm room, Jia Jing hurriedly changed into the court clothes, went out and went straight to the palace.

In the north wind of the call sign, the sound of "da da" horseshoes sounded on the street, and then flew away quickly!

There are many places like this in Shenjing City...

Looking down from the sky above Shenjing, you can see that in the heavy snow, horses and sedan chairs set off from various places in Shenjing and go straight to the imperial palace!

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Hall of Mental Cultivation.

On the dragon chair, Emperor Hongde was sitting there without saying a word, just looking back and forth at the urgent report in his hand.

In the eyes of everyone in the palace, Emperor Hongde at this time was like an active volcano ready to explode, which might erupt at any time, burning the bones of those around him to nothing in an instant!

The invisible pressure permeated the hall, like a big stone, pressing down on the hearts of several ministers in the cabinet, making them all feel like a mountain, and it was hard to breathe.

Just when several ministers were a little overwhelmed, there was a sudden shout from outside the door.

"The emperor is coming!"

Hearing the shout, Emperor Hongde immediately got up from the dragon chair, and led the crowd to meet him at the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When Emperor Hongde moved, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the pressure finally dissipated a bit!
……

After meeting the ministers of the cabinet, the Supreme Emperor Yang Bing sat down on the dragon chair, looked at the gloomy Hongde Emperor beside him, and said, "Report the letter to me first!"

After receiving the urgent report from Emperor Hongde, and only glanced at it twice, the Supreme Emperor couldn't help saying angrily:

"Duoyan Sanwei! They really are a bunch of white-eyed wolves who are not familiar with it!"

Holding the urgent report, the Supreme Emperor's face was very ugly.

When everyone under the high stage heard the words, they all had thoughtful expressions on their faces.

at this time.

"The Supreme Emperor, Your Majesty, military officers of the fourth rank and above in Beijing, and ministers from the Six Departments are waiting outside the door!"

Qiu Shi'an came in from the door, and respectfully reported to the two emperors on the dragon chair.

"Hurry up!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the ministers outside came in with Qiu Shi'an.

Seeing the Emperor Taishang and Emperor Hongde on the dragon chair, they all paid homage and shouted long live.

Above, the Supreme Emperor raised his right hand falsely.

"Everyone, rise up!"

The Supreme Emperor looked at the ministers who had just arrived below, all with blank faces, and then glanced at Emperor Hongde next to him, "Emperor, you should tell the big guys about this matter!"

"Yes!" Emperor Hongde replied.

Squeezing the urgent report in his hand, Emperor Hongde looked at the people below, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "My dear friends, the Liaodong emergency report, Duoyan Sanwei treason, and now even the Acropolis has been hung with a mask. Yuan's flag!"

"hiss……"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation gasped.

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