minions live

The two chatted indifferently.

Most of the questions were asked by Emperor Changxing and answered by Concubine Qing.

But the words were not speculative, and it didn't take long for him to fall silent again.

Emperor Changxing was not surprised by this and was even somewhat accustomed to it.

After all, every time I come to Qingyun Palace, this silent situation will happen from time to time.

cough!
"Aifei."

Emperor Changxing was in poor health and had many political affairs.He couldn't stay for long, so he had to cut to the chase.

"The newspapers have been making a lot of noise recently. You must have read them, right?"

"Read it!" Concubine Qing nodded and admitted, "The contents of the newspaper are always interesting. As long as someone dares to send it over, I will naturally dare to read it."

"Otherwise, what else can a concubine do in this deep palace?"

Emperor Changxing felt blocked.

He didn't explicitly prohibit the harem from reading newspapers, but he had already ordered Jin Linwei to investigate the source of the newspapers.

Interesting concubines should understand what they mean.

Even if the concubines of the harem turned the newspapers to pieces in private in their own palaces, they would pretend not to have read them in front of him, even if they were pretending.

However, Concubine Qing didn't intend to pretend at all, she just nodded and admitted.

"The concubine must have read that story, right?"

Concubine Qing pondered for a while, "There are so many stories in the newspapers, I wonder what His Majesty is talking about?"

"Is the Sixth Prince leading the team to support Dingxi County, or is Tian Hongyan firmly in the position of general of the Yanhui Legion? Or the Japanese pirates appear in the East China Sea?"

cough.

Emperor Changxing had no choice but to say bluntly, "That's the imperial secret."

Imperial Concubine Qing said with a strange expression, "It turns out that what His Majesty was talking about is what the common people talk about after dinner."

The king of a country looks at these...

Emperor Changxing was always as motionless as a mountain, so his face couldn't help turning red at this moment.

"Of course I've seen it." Concubine Qing seemed not to notice the expression on the other side, she casually admired her slender fingers.

"Although the story is a bit fake, it's very interesting. I even read it several times in a row."

cough cough.

Emperor Changxing was even more congested, he coughed twice before continuing to ask: "If the story I said is true. I really have a prince living outside, what would my concubine think?"

"If the story is true," Imperial Concubine Qing sighed, "then this concubine is really envious."

"I don't know which sister is so blessed?"

Emperor Changxing was dumbfounded, but quickly realized that his face turned black as a pot bottom.

He is old and suffering from chronic diseases, even many imperial doctors and master Hong Guang who is proficient in medical skills can only temporarily control the disease but cannot eradicate it.

The news had spread in the palace long ago, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that his days were numbered.

Under such circumstances, for the vast majority of women in the harem, it is too far away and ethereal for the mother to be the favorite of the six palaces.

What they longed for most was to have a biological son by their side, so that the emperor would not have to go to the Taimiao or the imperial mausoleum to die alone or even be buried.

"Your Majesty," Chang Lu has always been shrewd, saw that Emperor Changxing's expression was not right, and hurriedly found him a step down.

"Guan Shangshu entered the palace earlier, probably to discuss the deployment of troops to support the eastern coast. Do you think?"

"Go back to the palace!" Emperor Changxing snorted, flicked his sleeves, and waved away angrily.

----

East China Sea, Sishan Islands

The main island, Shangyang Island.

Ishikawa Taki sat on the main seat, looking at the generals at all levels, large and small, expressionlessly.

boom!
He slapped the table in front of him hard.

"Doi Yuren, you are so courageous. Tell me! Who told you to send troops to chase after the Yulong Fleet? Do you still see me as the commander in chief!"

More than ten days ago, the Yulong Fleet appeared about a hundred miles west of the Sishan Islands.

The Japanese pirates on the island soon learned of the news.

If it was the past, once the pirates on the island heard the news, they would have gone to the mountains or hidden in the reeds early.

But Ishikawa Taki's fleet is too large, even if the ships are scattered among many islands, they will definitely not be able to hide.

and,

"Jade Dragon Fleet?"

Ishikawa Taki read the name of this old opponent.

The encounters between the two sides in Jinlongtan in the past two years are vivid.

At this time, it was the enemy who was looking at each other with jealousy.

But Ishikawa Taki was not dazzled by hatred.

"Are they passing by here to return to the base camp in Pinghai County, or have they spotted us and are planning to set up an ambush?"

The spy stood up.

"Returning to the general, the subordinates have found out that there are no other warships in Yunchui except the Yulong fleet within a hundred miles. It doesn't look like an ambush. It is estimated that Lu Yulong passed by here when returning to Yunchui, and the sudden situation on the ship stopped. come down."

The spies were also helpless.

The sea is not land, and it is unobstructed everywhere, so it can be said that it can be seen at a glance.

Even if they wanted to get close to and thoroughly find out the enemy's situation, they still had more than enough energy.

The reason why the Jade Dragon Fleet was discovered was that they disguised themselves as fishermen and came across it while fishing nearby.

"General," many captains were eager to move.

"Lu Yulong is one of the most resolute generals in the Eastern Sea Fortress. He has a cautious personality, but he is as crazy as a tiger when he launches an attack. In addition, his eyes are extremely vicious and cunning, and he can often send ships in the middle of our fleet by surprise. It makes everyone back and forth like a stalk in the throat, it is an extremely difficult opponent."

"They are now alone and weak. If we kill them, it will be counted as getting rid of a powerful enemy in the future."

"Yes." The other generals agreed.

"The Jade Dragon Fleet destroyed many of our warships and killed many of our brothers. Now God opens his eyes and sends them before our eyes. It's time to avenge our brothers."

……

Ishikawa Taki was unmoved, but silently looked at the charts around the Sishan Islands.

After a while, he drew a big circle with the location of the Yulong Fleet as the center.

"I will understand everyone's feelings, but they are a hundred miles away from the Sishan Islands..."

This distance is a bit embarrassing, neither far nor close.

If you want to chase it, you can't chase it, and it's even more impossible to sneak attack.

"The speed of the battleship Yunchui has always been faster than that of Yamato. We have to recognize this gap."

"Besides, it's late autumn, and the wind in the East China Sea sometimes blows west, sometimes blows east, and sometimes rotates back and forth, which is unpredictable. If we are unlucky, the wind will always blow west when chasing the Yulong fleet..."

"With Lu Yulong's cautious temperament, if he finds something is wrong, he will drive to the nearest coast at the fastest speed, and then ask for help from the shore."

Lu Yulong was not afraid of asking for help, what was afraid of was that the defenders on the shore would be on guard, and their sneak attack plan would fail.

"What the general said is true," the generals, big and small, nodded one after another.

However, there are still many people who are not reconciled to this piece of fat.

"General, we can send a fleet to the west of the Jade Dragon Fleet to stop them first."

"Not right." Ishikawa Taki shook his head.

The Yulong Fleet has forty ships, and it would be troublesome to escape even one of them during the siege.

"There is a saying in the art of war, don't lose the big because of the small. Although the Jade Dragon Fleet is a piece of fat, if we attack them and attract the attention of the defenders on the shore, it will not be worth the loss for us Yamato."

"So as long as they don't get close to the Sishan Islands and find us, let them stay."

It is estimated that Lu Yulong will go south and return to Pinghai County soon after he has dealt with the situation on the ship.