Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 8
Great Wu Empire,

Rongguo Mansion in Beijing,
Mother Jia looked fine now,

So I arranged to bring all the granddaughters from each house to eat some cakes and have fun together. By the way, I would also like to ask how Baoyu's birthday was arranged;
"Yuanyang, go and call Mr. Zheng here! Let me ask him how things are going with Baoyu?"

"Yes, old lady!"

A young girl in brocade clothes, dressed in mandarin ducks playing in the water, answered, said a blessing, turned around and went out to deliver a message.

As soon as I went out, I saw Tanchun, Yingchun, and Xichun coming together, chatting and laughing all the way so uncomfortable.

"I've seen you ladies."

The mandarin duck greets first,
"Oh, isn't this Sister Yuanyang! Where is this going?"

Xichun asked hurriedly after seeing the mandarin duck.

"Miss Hui, the old lady asked me to call Mr. Zheng."

"Grandma told you to go, then go quickly, don't delay."

"Yes, miss!"

"Sisters, let's go in quickly, don't make grandma wait too long."

"Okay, let's go together."

Tanchun and Yingchun agreed and headed towards Rongxitang.

Rongxi Hall, the place that represents the power of the Rongguo Mansion, is extremely extravagant. There are rumors in the capital that Jia does not fake white jade to make money for the hall, which is obviously extremely extravagant.

Lying on the kang, Jia's mother smiled kindly when she saw the girls coming.

"They're all here, come and have a rest, this is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake brought by your second sister-in-law in the Erjiao Hutong outside, the time-honored brand still has the same taste!"

"Thank you grandma."

They each sat in their own positions, picked up the pastries and ate them in small bites.

"Not to mention it's delicious, right, Second Sister."

The youngest Xichun is still so active,

"Well, of course, you don't even look at who bought it."

Tanchun also joked that only Yingchun was eating the pastries in silence without making a sound, and Xichun Tanchun was also used to Yingchun's quietness.

"You skinny monkey, arrange your second sister-in-law like this. When you come back, your second sister-in-law Lian will see how to deal with you when she finds out."

Mother Jia also criticized with a smile.

"Hey, my good grandmother, I dare not."

Everyone burst into laughter seeing Xichun like that.

The capital, inside the imperial palace,
The Intelligence Duty Office of the Imperial City Division,
Eunuch Yang, who was on duty, was dozing off.

Just squinting for a while, I heard the cooing of the carrier pigeons flying on the orchid outside the window.

Immediately startled, immediately woke up,

When you see the pigeons outside the window, you know there is a letter coming.
Hastily seized the dove, took down the letter,
When I held it in my hand, I saw that it was urgent in red, so I immediately set off to send it to Dai Quan, the chief executive.

Dai Quan, who was patrolling at night, saw Steward Yang in a hurry, and his heart skipped a beat.
"What's the matter? What are you panicking about?"

"Internal Prime Minister, Red Dispatch, from the Northeast!"

"Take it here quickly,"

Steward Yang quickly handed it over,

After Dai Quan received it, he saw that the seal was covered with red paint, and knew in his heart that it was a matter of the Northeast.

"When did you come?"

"Returning to the inner image, it only takes a quarter of an hour,"

"Then hurry up and go back, there may be more! I'll go in and see the emperor immediately."

"Yes, Inner Phase!"

Dai Quan hurriedly walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation,
On the other side, the Ministry of War is on duty,
Another person hurriedly walked to the Changle Palace of the Supreme Emperor,
Xia Shouzhong personally took the letter and walked in, everything went on quietly.

Dai Quan, who walked around outside the palace gate for a few times, finally walked in.
"Den! Deng! Deng!"

Dai Quan gently knocked on the door,
Emperor Wu had something on his mind in the past few days, and slept very lightly. When he heard the knock on the door, he knew something was up.

"Who, what's the matter?"

"Old slave Dai Quan, urgent dispatch from the Northeast!"

Emperor Wu heard that it was an urgent dispatch from the Northeast,

Knowing something was wrong, I immediately got up and put on some clothes,
Concubine Wu Gui next to her still refused to let her go;

"It's so late, is the emperor still busy?"

"Women and Daoists know what important military affairs, you sleep with you!"

Zhou Shihong replied angrily, and got up to change his clothes.

"Come in, Dai Quan!"

"According to the order."

After speaking, Dai Quan pushed the door open and entered.

Emperor Wu didn't ask, but said directly;

"You open the letter and read it to me directly. I'll change my clothes first, and it's almost time to go to court."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Dai Quan checked the lower seal again,
After confirming that it was intact, he tore it open again, took out the secret letter inside and read it.

"Return to the emperor, the letter is not from the Imperial City Secretary! It seems that the inscription is from Zhang Jinyu, the garrison general of Pingyang County,"

"Huh? How could it be him? You read first."

"Yes, Your Majesty! The last general, Zhang Jinyu, wrote this letter eagerly in times of crisis. On October 10th, the guards of Pingyao City and the prefect abandoned the city and fled. The Jurchens took the city without bloodshed. Let general Ning Yuan lead an army of 19 troops out of the city to the west, and wait for an opportunity to recapture it. On October 5000, the commander of the reinforcement army refused to listen to the general's advice and insisted on going out of the city to fight the Jurchen cavalry, and his whereabouts are unknown now."

Dai Quan read this,
She was so frightened that her face turned pale, her hands trembled tremblingly,
"Shi'an misunderstood me, Shi'an misunderstood me!"

Emperor Wu was trembling with anger, gritted his teeth and said;
"You keep reading!"

"At the end of the afternoon, the general will lead only 25 soldiers out of the city to rescue. Fortunately, the emperor blessed him and successfully rescued the reinforcements. They retreated to the city and lost contact with Ningyuan outside. There is only one general in Pingyang who commanded the lone army to defend the isolated city. Pingyang County was bitten by the main Jurchen force following Live, now Pingyang County is surrounded by 55 elite Jurchen Khan Huang Jitai, Pingyang City is at stake, humble Zhang Jinyu will never back down as a great warrior for generations, and decides to defend Pingyang County until he dies in battle, to be loyal to Dawu , to be loyal to the emperor, on the night of October 10, 21th year of the Dawu calendar, on the east wall."

After reading this, Dai Quan was also shocked by the secret letter written by Zhang Jinyu. This is the last letter, and it has only been a few days.

After Zhou Shihong listened, he swayed, and Dai Quan hurried over to help him when he saw it.

"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body! You can't listen to General Zhang's one-sided words now. The letter from the Imperial City Secretary hasn't arrived yet. Don't worry, Your Majesty. How can it be possible that all the generals have no news from them in just a few days? Isn't it too ridiculous?"

"Zhen, it's okay, what you said is also reasonable, the 20 army, the commander and the general are all dead?"

Zhou Shihong also made sense when he heard Dai Quan's analysis.

At this moment, Eunuch Yang outside the door came again;

"Your Majesty, Director Dai, there are three urgent and confidential letters from the Northeast Imperial City Department, and the time interval is less than a quarter of an hour."

"Quick! Dai Quan, bring it here,"

"It's the emperor."

Dai Quan hurried out and took it in.

"Open and read directly."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dai Quan also looked at the sealing paint of the secret letter,

After confirming that they were intact again, they opened and read the letters in the order of their arrival.

"Shen Qianlian, a low-ranking Pingyang County City Imperial City Secretary Qianhu, has an urgent matter to report. The minister only found out on the 21st that he sued the Pingyao City Guard and the Taishou for losing Pingyao City. The household mutinied, not only did not deliver the news, but also lost contact for more than 5 days."

After Dai Quan finished reading,
I know that the Northeast may be about to change.

Glancing at the ashen-faced Emperor Wu, he swallowed unconsciously.

"keep going!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, on the afternoon of October 10th, I found out that the commander of the reinforcements, Prince Zhou, disobeyed Zhang Jinyu's advice without authorization, and led his generals to ambush, and broke through to the south, leaving 20 troops behind! Fortunately, General Zhang Leading the headquarters to desperately go out of the city to rescue, and now most of them have been rescued and returned to the city, but the loss is heavy!"

"continue!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, under the command of Zhang Jinyu, the city guard of Pingyang County, it has been two days since the bloody battle with the main force of Jurchen who followed. Now Pingyang County is surrounded by 25 elites of Jurchen Khan Huang Jitai. Pingyang City is at stake. The humble Shen Baichuan is willing to defend Pingyang County with General Zhang Jinyu until he dies in battle, to be loyal to Dawu and to the emperor, on October 55st, 10th year of Dawu calendar, night."

"That's right, Zhang Jinyu's words are confirmed!"

The strength of Emperor Wu's body seemed to be emptied for a moment, and he was about to fall straight on the ground. This scene frightened Dai Quan, so he hurriedly supported him,

"You are all dead, hurry up and help, and then call the imperial doctor! Hurry up."

Dai Quan roared angrily at the young eunuchs around him.

Several people rushed to carry the emperor,

On the dragon couch, Concubine Wu Gui was also scared and hid aside watching, not daring to make a sound.

After the doctor Wang came, he looked at it and took the pulse.
"Your majesty is at ease, it's just a matter of rushing to attack the heart, and I will prescribe a prescription for calming the nerves, and it will be fine to take care of it."

"I know it's all right, but I'm so angry. Doctor Wang is sorry to trouble you."

"Your Majesty, I have broken my humble minister. I will go down and make medicine for the Emperor."

"Okay, let's go down."

(End of this chapter)