The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

One month later, the Western Expeditionary Army sent the first victory report. The army had their first confrontation with the Liwang Army in Chishui, and they won a complete victory, capturing two cities.

When the good news reached the imperial city, Li Ling, his wife and children were having dinner.

Li Dequan was full of smiles, and happily presented the victory report to Li Ling, saying auspicious words of congratulations one after another.

After Li Ling unfolded the victory report to read, he put it aside, still in his usual appearance, and didn't say anything.

Jing Shu and the eldest son and eldest daughter had long been accustomed to Li Ling's displeasure, but the young Ji'er couldn't help but raised his head and asked his father, "Father, isn't it a great thing that the Western Expeditionary Army won the battle? Why don't you?" happy?"

Li Ling looked at his youngest son and said, "Why does Ji'er say that the emperor is unhappy?"

Ji'er replied: "Happiness should be a smile. I saw that the father read the victory report, but nothing changed."

Li Ling smiled, raised his hand and stroked the young son's head, and said gently, "Happiness doesn't have to be on the outside, it's the same in the heart."

He added: "Besides, this is the first battle, and it's still far from a complete victory. Don't be too happy too early."

Princess Bao jumped up and said: "I am the mighty teacher of Daqi, and I will be able to win a big victory in a short time."

As she said that, she looked at Brother Xuan: "Brother, what do you think?"

Brother Xuan, like his father Li Ling, did not show any surprise, he just said indifferently: "General Zhou has been in the field for a long time, and he will surely live up to everyone's expectations."

Princess Bao originally wanted to throw a celebration banquet, but when she saw her father and elder brother like this, she suppressed the little flame in her heart.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Supreme Emperor was reclining on the soft couch and listening to a show. He suddenly heard that the Western Expeditionary Army had won the first battle. He sat up from the couch in surprise. Because of excessive force, he even twisted his waist. Grinning her teeth, the servant hurried over to help her, and said in a hurry: "The Supreme Emperor, please slow down, slow down."

The Supreme Emperor waited for a while, clapped his palms and laughed and said: "My son is really good, withdrawing the feudal clan is the long-cherished wish of the emperors of the Zhao family. I never thought that it would come true here with my son, Miaomiaomiao! "

The palace people in the palace knelt down to congratulate.

The Supreme Emperor was overjoyed, and with a big wave of his hand, there were many rewards.

After rewarding the palace servants heavily, the Supreme Emperor felt that he still couldn't fully express the joy in his heart. He walked around the hall twice with his palms on his hands, and then ordered: "Quickly change my clothes, I'm going to see Your Majesty. Father and son will have a good celebration today."

The palace people took the orders, and everyone hurriedly put on more luxurious clothes for the Supreme Emperor, and accompanied him to see the emperor in a hurry.

Halfway there, I happened to meet Li Ling. The Supreme Emperor hurriedly called his son, stepped forward and said pleasantly: "I just heard the news of the great victory in the Northern Expedition. Oh! This is really gratifying, gratifying, Brother Ling, my father and king back then, It is your grandfather, who has worked hard all his life to govern. His greatest wish is to remove the vassal king and completely hold the power under the imperial power. Alas! It is a pity that he has planned and planned all his life, but he has not been able to achieve it. I sighed, I didn't expect that you have only been on the throne for a few years, and you have realized the long-cherished wish of several generations of emperors in the Zhao family. Brother Ling, you are really good. Daqi has a capable emperor like you. My father is very comforted."

Li Ling was originally a man of Nayan, and now there were political affairs waiting for him to deal with, and he couldn't bear his temper after listening to the emperor's nagging.

Li Ling frowned slightly, and said lightly: "It's just a small victory, it's too early to say victory."

Such an understatement completely choked back the words that the Supreme Emperor had not had time to utter. He coughed twice, and echoed embarrassingly: "What you said is what you said."

Li Ling said: "I have to deal with government affairs in a hurry, so I'll be one step ahead."

The Supreme Emperor hurriedly said: "Then you go and do it, go and do it."

Li Ling said nothing more, and strode towards the Qinzheng Hall.

The Taishanghuang stood on the spot, glanced at the back of his strong son, and sighed.

The news of the Northwest victory spread throughout the capital in the blink of an eye.

The emperor is shrewd and capable, and the common people are all happy, and the rich and powerful are happy, and some are gloomy.

The relationships among powerful families have always been intertwined. There are many nobles in Beijing who have contacts with these vassal kings and even married them. Now that the emperor is so tough to deal with these disobedient vassal kings, who knows if they will be punished after the vassal kings are eradicated? implicated.

In the former residence of Prince Yong's Mansion, Zhao Xuan and his wife also paid the most attention to this withdrawal incident.

Their family was originally a vassal king, and they escaped this catastrophe because of their knowledge of current affairs, but the emperor's attitude towards other vassal kings still made them worry.

Zhao Xuanben was a person who had no idea, but when he heard that the North Korean army had won the first battle, he lost his composure and asked his wife for advice.

"King Li took the lead in disobeying the order. I thought he was capable, but I didn't expect him to be so vulnerable."

"Thanks for listening to your advice."

"Ma'am, do you think we should do something else at this time?"

"How about I congratulate the emperor on this great victory?"

Mrs. Xie drank tea slowly, and heard her husband's nagging, she frowned and said, "It's just a victory in the first battle, and there was not even a wedding banquet in the palace, so it can be seen that the emperor's heart is calm. .”

Zhao Xuan nodded when he heard the words: "Madam is right."

As he said that, he got up and sat down beside Xie Shi, looked at his wife bluntly, and begged for advice: "Ma'am, then you said that we should do nothing at this time?"

Mrs. Xie thought for a while, and replied: "I heard from Pingyang a few days ago that the empress is calling on noble ladies in Beijing to pay for the families of the casualties. Why don't we do something about it."

If there is a war, there will be casualties. Only by giving the soldiers enough pensions can they work with peace of mind.

The imperial court has a special appropriation for the pensions of the casualties. Jing Shu, as the queen, raised money from the funds, which can be regarded as an additional subsidy.

Zhao Xuan praised: "Ma'am, this is a good idea."

Mrs. Xie thought about it and said: "If we give it, we can't be too petty, and donate everything in our capital except this old house."

Although most of the properties of Prince Yong's Mansion are located in Yizhou, Prince Yong had been in Beijing for more than [-] years before he went to the back cover. As a prince, the property is certainly very rich.

Zhao Xuan was reluctant.

"You don't need to donate so much. I think we just follow the trend."

Mrs. Xie glanced at her husband: "If we want to do it, we must do it well. If we are the same as other families, how can we attract the attention of the sage, so we might as well not donate."

Seeing that her husband was still reluctant, Mrs. Xie persuaded again: "Don't worry, the money is not donated in vain. The saint's name must be able to remember our good."

"A sage is different from the Supreme Emperor's Huairou. The most important thing is that we can have a peaceful and peaceful family."

Zhao Xuan knew that he had never been as far-sighted as his wife in major matters. Although he was hurt, he also followed his wife's advice.

"You're right, it's really not the same as before, hey! It's a blessing to be able to be safe and sound."

As soon as the husband and wife finished discussing the important matters, the Meng family from the west courtyard sent someone to invite Zhao Xuan, and just as Zhao Xuan was about to get up, Tao Yao from the east courtyard also sent someone to invite him.

Zhao Xuan was in a dilemma for a while, and finally Xie persuaded: "You have been worrying a lot these days, so go to Taoyao and ask her to play a song for you, just relax."

Who doesn't love to see new people smile.

Zhao Xuan agreed and went to Tao Yao's place.