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"Is there any news from the Regent about the Emperor?"

In the yard, Jiang Yuebai was half lying on a wooden chair, with a white jade hairpin on his head and dressed in white clothes.

Zhengji looked at the gorgeous fire clouds in the distance, which reminded her of the colorful and rich Su embroidery.

His face was calm and composed, with a faint smile.

But his hands were not idle, holding a dumbbell and moving it up and down.

The golden dumbbells shine in the sunset.

Lixia's eyes followed the dumbbell up and down, and she was extremely nervous, fearing that she would make a mistake and drop it. Han Ziqian looked at the sky calmly, admiring the same flaming clouds.

Jiang Yuebai practices dumbbells every day, and his arms are very slender and tight, with no trace of muscle. You can even see obvious tendons when you bend your elbows.

Concubines are all about being slender and beautiful. A few days ago, after everyone paid their respects and dispersed, Jiang Yuebai showed off the golden dumbbells and her tendons to Fan Changzai alone. Fan Changzai was stunned and after some inner drama, he carefully reminded Jiang Yuebai that this might be a bit indecent.

Jiang Yuebai smiled and didn't care.

In this harem, even if you are as beautiful as a fairy, you will become ordinary after seeing too much. If you sleep more often, you will get tired of it sooner or later. The most important thing is to be yourself, maintain your own characteristics, and live happily.

For example, this golden dumbbell is really good.

Hearing Jiang Yuebai's question, Han Ziqian replied respectfully, "Back to your Majesty. There is no new news yet."

When the news came back that Huanhuan Qie'er had been caught, Jiang Yuebai was still very optimistic and believed that the situation had been reversed.

However, as time passed, she began to worry.

News came back from the front line that Huanhuan Qier was captured, and the eldest prince refused peace talks and signed a treaty of friendship. Not only that, but he also incited other tribes to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty, rescue the Khan, send his army south, and rebuild the Houyuan Dynasty belonging to the Mongols.

The eldest prince was originally a staunch militant and had always been hostile to the Han people. He believed that the Han people were not only cowardly and incompetent, but also cunning and cunning, and specialized in bullying and oppressing their nomadic people.

He was responsible for the previous vicious incident of skinning the Ming Dynasty caravan.

The reason is that Han merchants have suppressed the prices of furs, beef and mutton to extremely low prices, and have also joined forces to drive up prices, setting the prices of ironware, textiles, etc. at extremely high prices. The most hateful thing is that such oppression forced a pair of orphans and widowed mother to have no other choice. They were played by Han businessmen until both mother and daughter became pregnant, and they were abandoned.

This incident aroused strong anger among various Tatar tribes.

When ethnic minorities do business, they basically barter, settle accounts clearly, deal fairly, be simple and sincere, and have no scheming. But the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were different. They used all kinds of conspiracies, psychological tactics and business methods to take advantage of the simple and generous character of ethnic minorities.

Almost everyone suffered losses from Ming Dynasty businessmen.

Therefore, the eldest prince skinned the caravan and hung it on a tree. The Tatar insiders praised it, thinking that a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, had given the Mongols a bad breath, and it could act as a deterrent to the sneaky tricks of the living merchants.

So this time, under the instigation of the eldest prince, the tribal leaders were extremely angry when they heard that their heroic and invincible Mongol Khan was captured alive by the cunning and shameless Ming Dynasty through a beauty trap.

All ethnic groups wanted to defeat the Ming Dynasty with the same hatred, and used cavalry and firearms to take back what the Han people had plundered from them before.

Not only must the Mongolian Khan Huanhuan Qie'er be rescued, but he must also imitate Genghis Khan Temujin, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and send his army southward to occupy the territory and let the Han people work as cows and horses and become inferior people.

Therefore, more and more Tatar troops were besieging Jiayuguan and Shanhaiguan.

Those who attacked the two passes were Huanhuan Qie'er's four sons. In the name of "rescuing the Khan, rebuilding the Yuan Dynasty, and fighting to the end," they took the lead, were fierce and ruthless, and shared food and accommodation with the soldiers.

The morale of the soldiers of the Tatar army was unprecedentedly high.

Moreover, Huanhuanqie'er has been leading the army in the unified grassland for many years, focusing on arming the cavalry with firearms. Almost all of these Mongolian soldiers are well-equipped, capable of riding and shooting, and can operate firearms. They have rich combat experience and excellent psychological quality. .

On our side, although the original Gyeonggi Camp at Zijingguan and the 100,000 troops led by Sun Shangli, the Minister of War, went to reinforce, each has its own problems.

The Gyeonggi camp went north from Datong Town to Xuanfu Town. On the way, it kept encountering Tatar troops, which was equivalent to fighting all the way. It was delayed for seven or eight days along the way, and it only arrived at Jiayuguan a few days ago.

Sun Shangli and the army formed by King Liuyang arrived at Jiayuguan in three days of journey day and night. However, firearms reserves are limited and can only be used by elite troops.

The troops trained by King Liuyang had never been on the battlefield and lacked actual combat experience. Coupled with the temporary incorporation as a surrendered army, people's hearts are divided. In the face of the bloody and cruel battlefield, many people tried to escape and slip away. There were even some loyalists of King Liuyang who secretly tried to assassinate Li Beichen to avenge their master's son.

So the situation is in a stalemate.

Standing next to her were Lixia and Han Ziqian. Several pomegranate trees on the side are full of red pomegranate flowers, like balls of flames, and like bright and shining rubies.

Today is April 29th according to the lunar calendar. Tomorrow is the first day of May.

It has been twenty days since the emperor personally set out for Jiayuguan on the ninth day of April.

Jiang Yuebai's wounds are recovering well. Although the process in the middle is quite tortuous.

Fortunately, at the palace, Jiang Yu had superb medical skills. On the first day he came to Taorui Palace for follow-up consultation, he discovered the pus in time, drained the incision, stuffed the newly prepared medicinal powder with anti-inflammatory and myogenic properties, and applied it on the wound again. Healing ointment.

When Li Beihong found out, he was very worried and ordered Jiang Yu to come to Taorui Palace for consultation every day without any mistakes.

After such a torment, I stayed in bed for a few more days and endured the miserable days of eating, drinking and urinating in bed.

Finally, with the support of the VIP luxury nursing team and consuming the customized medicinal diet from the small kitchen every day, Jiang Yuebai recovered quickly.

Now I can handle my personal affairs with the help of others, and no longer have to be ashamed to have others do it for me. But I still can't sit upright and can only lie down. Muscle recovery mainly relies on acupuncture and massage.

Han Ziqian got Jiang Yuebai a recliner, put four wheels on it, covered it with a layer of soft cotton wool and then a layer of light blue satin.

In this way, every afternoon when the sun is right, take Jiang Yuebai out to bask in the sun and get some fresh air.

Jiang Yuebai was already lying down until all the bones in his body ached, but he had to follow Jiang Yu's doctor's advice and stay in bed for another half month.

Because if he is not raised well and becomes a cripple, when the emperor comes back, a lot of people will be affected. Regent Li Beihong also issued a death order, asking Jiang Yu to cure Concubine Jianing without leaving any sequelae.

In addition, Jiang Yu confirmed her pregnancy through her pulse this morning. Tao Rui Palace was jubilant and at the same time walking on thin ice.

According to the calculation of the last menstrual period, the pregnancy is just over one month old at this time. Based on the time spent in the same room, it was only twenty-four days.

It usually takes one and a half to two months to detect the happy pulse.

Jiang Yuebai had been retching for three consecutive mornings, spitting out the bitter bile, which was extremely painful.

Jiang Yu was surprised that symptoms of happiness appeared so early and could be felt in his pulse. Thinking of all the extraordinary phenomena before, she even thought that Jiang Yuebai was a fairy descending to earth. After all, I can't announce that I'm pregnant with multiples.

But he said nothing, congratulated Jiang Yuebai respectfully, and immediately reported the news of her pregnancy to the regent.

What surprised Jiang Yu even more was that Jiang Yuebai didn't seem to be as happy as the other concubines, and there was even a hint of worry between her eyebrows.

It wasn't until she asked Jiang Yu whether taking such messy Chinese medicine would harm the child that Jiang Yu understood his mother's concerns.

Afraid of being born a fool or disabled.

Jiang Yu had no choice but to express tactfully that the emperor was the emperor. Whether the dragon child in her belly is healthy and intelligent is God's will. God and the Emperor can only decide whether to stay or not, and must comply with God's will. No one else can make the decision.

Don't mention abortion, the emperor might want to behead him. Providing medical abortion without authorization is even more sinful, and may even implicate the entire clan.

Jiang Yu's subtext is, please don't harm me, my life is at stake, and if I'm not careful, my blood will flow into a river. Be sure to think twice before you act.

Jiang Yuebai was right to think about it. Survival of the fittest, if the quality of the fetus is not good, it will abort on its own.

In addition, the wound was still recovering and her body was weak, so she did not dare to take the abortion pill provided by the system without authorization.

Previously, only Xi Jieyu and Concubine Jing, who had been demoted to the rank of selected attendant, were pregnant. Now she is the first new person to be pregnant, and she is also a concubine.

There are many people who feel envious, jealous and hateful, and there is a question mark as to whether the child in their belly will survive.

All kinds of considerations combined together made Jiang Yuebai feel uneasy, but he could only take one step and watch the next before speaking.

When Li Beihong heard the news about Jiang Yuebai's happiness, he was so happy that he rubbed his hands and walked around the room, exclaiming with joy, "That's great."

As excited as if his own princess was happy.

The palace people around him sighed secretly, no wonder they heard that the emperor and the prince brothers had a good relationship.

There is probably no one before or since who is so happy for his brother to have a baby.