Start with Baihuguan

As the messenger of the victory galloped across the long street, the news of the great victory on the front line and the annihilation of more than [-] Tatar horses in World War I immediately spread throughout the capital.

Even if it was known before that Li Huan had entered the grassland and raided the Tatars' rear, the Tatars would not last long in this battle and would retreat back to the grassland.

Therefore, many people know that the result of this battle may not be long.

In the eyes of everyone, the Tatars will definitely retreat to the grassland, and the Ming army was able to resist the intrusion of the 10,000+ elite Tatar army and limit the Tatars' footsteps to Ningxia. This is already a great contribution.

As for the destruction of the 10,000+ Tatar army in World War I, no one really dared to think about it. After all, except for the first few decades after the founding of the country, the Ming army really did not take advantage of the confrontation with the Hu people on the grassland.

This time, Dayan, the hero of the prairie, personally led an army of 10,000+ to go south. I don’t know how many people secretly broke into a cold sweat, fearing that it would repeat the past when the Hu people invaded the important areas of Gyeonggi and the city of the capital.

It's just that no one thought that this battle would end with such a great victory.

10,000+ Tatars died and surrendered. As soon as the good news came out, the entire capital was shocked.

Forbidden City, Kunning Palace

Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in cool casual clothes, was accompanying the queen with a smile on his face.

As Zhu Houzhao cultivated himself and moved back to the imperial city from the leopard room, and Zhu Houzhao often stayed in the queen's palace these days, the relationship between the emperor and empress was naturally much more harmonious.

Zhu Houzhao sat opposite the queen and talked in a low voice. While speaking, the queen Xia suddenly frowned, and then covered her face and turned sideways to retch.

The maid serving at the side couldn't help being startled when she saw this, and hurried forward to caress Xia's back. At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also showed some surprise and said: "Queen, what's wrong with you, but what's wrong? !"

Empress Xia, who was retching again and again, finally breathed a sigh of relief after a period of severe retching, her complexion turned pale, and she saluted Zhu Houzhao, "It's just that I'm not feeling well, but it's my concubine that worries Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao took a look at Empress Xia's pale face, frowned and said to the maid who was serving beside her, "Did you feel unwell before?"

The palace maid first glanced at Empress Xia secretly, and then said timidly to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been feeling unwell for the past few days. The servants also advised Your Majesty to take a look at the imperial doctor Xuan, but Your Majesty said that she was just feeling a little uncomfortable..."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Empress Xia. Empress Xia was stared at by Zhu Houzhao, and said in a low voice, "I really just feel a little unwell, so there's no need to alarm the imperial physician..."

Before Empress Xia could finish speaking, Zhu Houzhao shook his head, and then said to Qiu Ju, who was serving beside him, "Qiu Daban, quickly send someone to the Imperial Physician Xuan to check for the Empress, what's going on."

Qiu Ju hurriedly sent someone to summon the imperial physician, while Empress Xia recovered a little bit of energy, and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, there is nothing serious about my concubine, but please take care of your majesty."

It was only a short while before I saw a few imperial physicians rushing over, first saluting the emperor and the empress.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, glanced at several imperial physicians and said, "Your family, the queen seems to be feeling unwell, please show the queen a look."

An old imperial doctor came forward and asked the queen respectfully. Hearing what the queen said, the old imperial doctor showed a bit of surprise on his face.

With trembling hands, he slowly rested on the queen's wrist, and soon the old doctor's expression changed. He looked at the queen, looked at the emperor, and then took his pulse again.

Noticing the change in the old doctor's expression, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help showing a bit of worry and said, "Aiqing, what's going on, Queen?"

The old doctor got up, and bowed down to Zhu Houzhao and the queen with a happy expression: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, and congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is very happy."

"what?"

Hearing the old doctor's words, Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, then got up suddenly, and even knocked down the teacup on the coffee table in agitation, breaking it to the ground without noticing it, but looked at the old doctor in shock .

Not only Zhu Houzhao reacted fiercely, but also Empress Xia's face showed a bit of shock, and then trembled with joy: "This...is this true?"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with boundless joy, he stared at the old doctor and said, "Are you sure the queen is pregnant?"

The old doctor kowtowed again and said: "The old minister's words are true, how dare you deceive the king. If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask a few colleagues to diagnose and confirm for the empress."

The faces of the several imperial physicians beside him also showed a bit of joy at the moment.

As we all know, the emperor and the queen have been married for several years, and there are many beauties in the emperor's harem, but so far they have no heirs.

For this reason, they were too hospitalized but were reprimanded by the Queen Mother Zhang more than once.

Although it has nothing to do with them that the emperor has no queen, but in the eyes of the queen mother, the emperor has no queen, it must be that their too hospital has not recuperated the emperor's body.

It was rumored earlier that Grand Tutor Li Huan recommended a Taoist from Longhu Mountain to the emperor to recuperate the emperor's body and prolong his heirs.

At that time, when they too hospital heard the news, they were quite upset.

After all, even if the Son of Heaven really needs to recuperate his body, it should be done by their Taiyuan Hospital, but the Son of Heaven believes in a Taoist and abandons them.

Of course, even if this is the case, the people in the Tai Hospital dare not complain. Who told them that the Tai Hospital had been involved in the murder of the emperor before, even if the Tai Hospital had been cleaned, the remaining ones were enough to prove their innocence .

But how dare the Taiyuan Hospital with previous convictions jump out to compete with Shao Yuanjie? If the emperor suspects that the Taiyuan Hospital has ulterior motives, wouldn't it be courting death?

In fact, these national players who can enter the imperial hospital are more or less aware of the physical condition of the emperor. It is precisely because of this that when the old imperial doctor took the empress's pulse and found out that the empress had a happy pulse, it would appear so embarrassing. Surprised, and even confirmed it again before I dared to believe it.

Zhu Houzhao said to those imperial physicians: "What are you still doing in a daze, show the queen quickly."

Several imperial physicians got up quickly and checked the queen's pulse one by one. Finally, in the expectation of the emperor and the queen, several imperial physicians all confirmed that the queen was really pregnant.

After confirming this point, Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't help but stepped forward and pressed the empress Xia's shoulders and said in a trembling voice: "Okay, okay, the empress is happy, this is a great joy for the royal family. In Sheji."

Empress Xia's pretty face was flushed, her hands were subconsciously protecting her body, and her eyes were filled with tenderness like water.

The news of Empress Xia's happiness spread throughout the court immediately, and it didn't take long to see the Empress Dowager Zhang rushing over with joy, entering the Kunning Palace, and directly stepped forward to hold Empress Xia's hand, her eyes fell on On Empress Xia's flat belly, she said with joy on her face: "My son, you have made meritorious service for the royal family."

It's no wonder the queen mother is so excited. It's been Zhu Houzhao's reign for several years, and there is not a single concubine in the harem. It seems that such a situation where there is nothing for several years after marriage, even if it is placed among the people, it is not a one-off. It's a small thing, let alone royal.

So when Queen Mother Zhang learned that Empress Xia was pregnant, she rushed over without stopping.

After holding Empress Xia's hand and talking for a while, the Empress Dowager said to Zhu Houzhao, "Son of Heaven, the Empress is pregnant. From now on, the Empress will be in charge of her daily necessities."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, looked at Empress Dowager Zhang, nodded slowly and said: "In this case, I will bother the empress mother. With the empress mother taking care of me, my son can feel at ease."

Empress Dowager Zhang said with a smile on her face: "There are too many things in the court that you, the emperor, need to deal with. In the inner court, the empress is here as a mother, so you don't have to worry about it."

Speaking of Queen Mother Zhang, she seemed to have thought of something, and Dang Lian said to the confidant eunuch beside her: "Go and tell the cabinet ministers, inside and outside Xiaoyu, the queen is pregnant, and the Tian family is about to have a queen."

The eunuch ran out immediately after hearing the words. As for Zhu Houzhao, naturally he would not stop the news from spreading. After all, he, the emperor, has no heirs, and there are many rumors inside and outside the court.

Through Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao naturally knows the content of these rumors. Although Zhu Houzhao is very annoyed, who made him have no future, so he can only pretend that he has not heard those rumors. If the people who are here are arrested, wouldn't those rumors be confirmed.

Now that the queen is pregnant, Zhu Houzhao only feels an invisible pressure disappear.

Thinking that it was really thanks to Li Huan and Shao Yuanjie that he could have a concubine, Zhu Houzhao said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "Mother, the empress is able to conceive this time, thanks to Shao Zhenzhen and Li Huan's family, if they were not the sons If you take care of your body, I'm afraid the queen won't be pregnant."

Empress Dowager Zhang immediately said: "Reward, reward, pass on the decree of the Lord, and reward Li Huan and Zhenren Shao!"

The news that the royal family has a queen soon spread throughout the imperial city, and the entire imperial city seemed to become a little festive all of a sudden.

Suddenly there was a loud commotion outside the city, even in the imperial city, Zhu Houzhao and others could hear it clearly.

Empress Dowager Zhang also heard the cheers faintly coming from outside, and said with a smile on her face: "The royal family has a queen, and the whole country is boiling. If the virtuous king is not alive, how can the people cheer for the royal family?"

Apparently, Empress Dowager Zhang took the cheers from outside as the people knowing that the queen was pregnant, and spontaneously cheered for such a great royal event.

But Queen Mother Zhang would think so, but Zhu Houzhao would not.

Although it is a great joy to say that the queen is happy, Zhu Houzhao really does not believe that the people in the city will cheer for it.

Hearing the cheers outside the city, Zhu Houzhao vaguely conjectured, a bright light flashed in his eyes and waved at Qiu Ju: "Qiu Daban, send someone to see what happened outside, report quickly. "

It was just a cup of tea, when I saw a servant trotting over, holding an urgent letter in his hand, he prostrated himself to the tunnel with a thud: "Your Majesty, the urgent news of eight hundred miles, great victory ahead."

Hearing the words, Zhu Houzhao stepped forward, grabbed the letter in his hand and opened it, staring at it intently. After a few breaths, Zhu Houzhao's face showed joy, and he repeatedly praised: "The governor Wang Yangming, the governor General Li Huan wiped out more than [-] Tatar troops in one battle, well, that's really great!"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's dancing and joyful appearance, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help frowning and said, "Your Majesty, you are..."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and the joy on his face could not be concealed: "Mother, great victory, really great victory, Li Huan, Wang Yangming and the others wiped out more than [-] Tatar troops in the first battle, and the north will be safe for decades to come. !"

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing and said: "The queen just had a happy event, and the good news came just now. It's really double happiness, double happiness!"

No matter how Empress Dowager Zhang ignored government affairs, she also knew what Li Huan and Wang Yangming's annihilation of the 10,000+ Tatar army in the first battle meant to Ming Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Zhang, who was already beaming, couldn't help but look at Empress Xia's lower abdomen at this moment, stretched out her hand to caress and said, "What a saint grandson, what a saint grandson, he brought such things to my Ming Dynasty before he came into the world." Big win."

cabinet
Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang and the others first got the news that the queen was happy and the Tian family had a queen, and they were about to go to congratulate the emperor, but when the urgent news came, everyone in the cabinet showed shock and joy.

Li Dongyang couldn't help but stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Tianjia has a queen, a great victory ahead, double happiness, the old man is the first assistant, and the late emperor entrusted him with a lonely and important minister. Even if I go to see the late emperor at this moment, the old man is worthy of the late emperor." .”

At the same time that Li Dongyang led the cabinet into the palace to meet the emperor, these two news spread to all the yamen at a very fast speed, and I don't know how many waves there were.

In the evening, as the cabinet members left the palace, a news came out.

Great victory ahead, the emperor is very happy, Xiaoyu civil and military officials, the day after tomorrow at the court meeting, civil and military officials will gather to discuss the return of the army to the court.

At the same time, there is also news that the emperor asked the cabinet to prepare for the triumphant return of the army, especially the issue of rewards for the meritorious soldiers of the three armies after the triumphant return of the army.

This day's surprises continued one after another, which only made the civil and military officials still feel uneasy even when they returned home.

Lu Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, originally asked for leave to recuperate in the mansion because she was unwell, but was awakened in a daze by the noise from outside the mansion.

As I am getting older, I don't sleep well, and I have some depression in my heart, so I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

I just fell asleep not long ago, but before I fell asleep, I was awakened by the noise, so that Lu Jing turned over and shouted to the door with an angry face: "Who is making noise outside, disturbing the officer's rest?" , Send me someone to drive away the messy sticks."

Hearing the words, the butler quickly sent someone to check outside the mansion, but the shouts outside were getting louder and did not show any signs of weakening.

In the room, Lu Jing stared angrily at the housekeeper Lu Kui and said, "Is this how you do things?"

Naturally, Lu Kui said with a look of panic at this moment: "Master, wait a moment, and this old slave will go check it out."

Just when Lu Kui was about to lead people to drive away the Shouting Blade, he saw a confidant boy rushing towards him with a bit of surprise on his face.

"Master, great joy, great joy, great victory ahead, and the people in the city are cheering for it."

Hearing this, Lu Jing looked at the excitement and joy on the boy's face. He didn't know why, but he felt that the smile on the boy's face was so glaring. He suppressed the ominous premonition in his heart and gritted his teeth: "What big victory?"

The boy hadn't noticed that Lu Jing's expression was wrong, and he said to Lu Jing with a face of surprise and gestures: "Master, great victory, Wang Yangming and Li Huan in front of them wiped out more than [-] Tatar troops in one battle. The battle will determine the universe..."

"Damn!"

Before the boy could finish speaking, Lu Jing couldn't help cursing angrily.

The boy said excitedly at this time: "Great victory, this is really a great victory, the whole city is cheering for it..."

Seeing the young servant's joy for Li Huan and Wang Yangming's victory, Lu Jing couldn't help shouting angrily: "Drag me out and beat me to death with sticks."

As soon as Lu Jing said this, the young man was stunned, and looked at the angry Lu Jing with a face full of astonishment and confusion.

After the housekeeper came to his senses, he immediately shouted to the outside: "Come here, drag Lu Xiaowu out and beat him to death with sticks."

Several murderous servants came forward and directly lifted Lu Xiaowu up and dragged him out of the door. At this moment, Lu Xiaowu came to his senses and said to Lu Jing with a terrified expression, "Master, please forgive me. What did you do wrong? Please forgive me!" ..."

Lu Jing said with a puzzled face, "Hit me hard."

Soon there were shrill screams and the bang bang of sticks hitting people from outside.

In less than half a cup of tea, the original screams gradually disappeared, and soon a servant came tremblingly and said: "Master, Lu Xiaowu has been beaten to death."

Lu Jing snorted coldly, waved her hands and said, "Throw it to the mass grave."

As Lu Jing's confidant, the butler vaguely understood the cause of Lu Xiaowu's death. Because of this, even Lu Xiaowu was his nephew. When Lu Jing was furious, he dared not open his mouth to plead for mercy. They could only watch helplessly as Lu Xiaowu was beaten to death with sticks.

It wasn't until he saw that Lu Jing's anger had vented a little because of Lu Xiaowu's death that the housekeeper said cautiously: "Master, those people outside, do you want the old slave to send people to drive them away from the mansion?"

Lu Jing shook her head and snorted coldly: "Don't worry about it, the left and right are just a bunch of ignorant pariahs!"

After waving his hand, Lu Jing sat there and signaled the butler to go out.

Seeing that Lu Jing who was sitting there was full of viciousness, she gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Trash, Dayan, this trash, I thought you were a generation of heroes, I didn't expect you to be so useless , even a brat like Li Huan and a man like Wang Yangming who has no experience in leading troops can't deal with him."

Venting the anger in her heart, Lu Jing quickly frowned and muttered softly: "Damn it, after this battle, the military achievements have increased, and Li Huan, who has returned from the class, is afraid that no one can compete with him. If he knows that the old man Wouldn't it be very bad to plot against him secretly."

Listening to the cheers outside, Lu Jing just sat in the room for more than an hour.

The butler Lu Kui, who was guarding the door, couldn't help worrying secretly, for fear that Lu Jing would lose her temper and faint.

A servant hurried over and whispered to Lu Kui, "Housekeeper, there are people outside begging to see the master."

Lu Kui was curious, and when he came out of the yard, he saw several familiar figures, and hurriedly greeted them and said, "I have seen some adults, and some adults are here to see my master?"

Zuo Yang, Zhao Bang, Bao Ming, and Yang Ling rushed to Lu's residence to see Lu Jing as soon as they left the yamen.

When he saw Lu Kui, Zuo Yang said to Lu Kui: "Steward Lu, we have something to see Lord Shang Shu, and please ask Steward Lu to pass it on for us."

Lu Kui nodded and said: "Master is resting right now, you guys come with me."

Walking into the courtyard, the first thing I saw was a few servants squatting there with buckets and sackcloth, trying to clean up the blood stains in the crevices of the bluestone.

A faint smell of blood filled the air, only making Zuo Yang, Bao Ming and the others stunned. They were very familiar with this situation.

Although they didn't know what was going on, but seeing this scene, they knew that someone must have been beaten to death here. Why they were so sure was that things like this in their respective mansions were too commonplace. The servants who were ordered to be killed by their own mouths are countless.

Zuo Yang and the others turned their eyes away, and Zuo Yang whispered to Lu Kui: "Housekeeper Lu, what's wrong with Master Shang Shu? Why are you angry?"

Hearing this, Lu Kui slowed down his pace a little, and said in a low voice, "It's not a big deal, it's just a servant who accidentally provoked the wrath of the master, and was beaten to death by the master's order."

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