King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 498 Unimpeded

The meaning behind the princess's words is that she obviously hopes that the truth will be revealed and justice can be found for herself...

But in order to protect the royal family's face, the princess couldn't take the initiative and singled out the things done by the Yang family and Prince Rui's mansion...

Thinking of this, Lin Hongyu thought about Baochai's words again, and finally roughly guessed what she meant.

After a few breaths, Lin Hongyu hooked her waist and replied: "I understand what the princess said. As the saying goes, evil cannot prevail against good. The sky has eyes... This matter will definitely be revealed to the world!"

Hearing Lin Hongyu's words, Baochai knew that she really understood. This made her feel relieved and secretly thought that she was not wrong about the person. Now this girl really comes in handy.

But in order to test Lin Hongyu's limit, Baochai's eyes flashed coldly and he asked in a cold voice: "Do you really understand... what I mean?"

Lin Hongyu was stunned for a moment. She understood something instantly and immediately replied: "I don't understand anything. What I just said was just a guess!"

Hearing this, Baochai's face suddenly became cold and unrestrained, and the warm smile of the past appeared again.

"You are a smart man, you won't let me down!"

After all these "dirty things" were done, Lin Hongyu didn't care about any self-restraint and immediately replied: "This slave has only one loyalty to the princess!"

Baochai also replied: "I will never treat people who are hard-working and unfair!"

She always firmly believes that only benefits can drive people forward, so she never skimps on rewards.

This is exactly what Lin Hongyu wants. She has always loved Jia Yun in her heart. Unfortunately, the gap between their identities is too big. If she wants to catch up with Lin Hongyu, she has to hug the big tree Baochai tightly.

While Lin Hongyu was thinking, she heard Baochai ask, "What are your plans for this matter?"

"There are many people in the capital, and among them there are many chivalrous people who admire the prince's reputation and want to punish those who spread rumors and slander the princess!"

"If these people happen to meet the Yang family and people from Prince Rui's mansion during a secret meeting, beat them up and then escort them to the government, this matter will easily spread!"

If this is the case, then the Yang family and Prince Rui's Mansion will not be able to tell, and rumors will target them.

Of course, Baochai is also sure that even if things get to this point, Prince Rui's Mansion and the Yang family will not be punished openly. After all, everything must be done to maintain the royal family's face.

But what is certain is that these two families will definitely be hated by the emperor and empress, and the losses will be immeasurable.

"Can Jia Yun and the others find someone reliable?" Baochai asked again.

Understanding what Baochai meant, Lin Hongyu replied: "Master Jia is rigorous in his work and will definitely not involve our palace!"

"Very good... you can decide for yourself what to do. Don't rush this matter. Be sure to be fully prepared before taking action!"

"Yes!" Lin Hongyu replied.

"Go down!"

"Slave, please leave!"

After Lin Hongyu retreated, Baochai summoned the maid again and ordered her to call Deng An over immediately.

Although Jia Yun and Lin Hongyu both expressed their loyalty, Baochai still would not trust others easily, so she asked Deng An to keep an eye on the matter in person.

This guy has also done "dirty things" and is highly interested in the palace. Normally, he would not betray the palace.

After Deng An rushed over, Baochai told him the situation and made his requirements clear to him.

To put it simply, Deng An is asked to check Ni Er's details and keep an eye on their next actions. If there is anything wrong, Deng An can take advantage of it.

Although he was doing dirty things again this time, Deng An thought that if Ni Er was reliable, he could be introduced to the palace to do this job.

After Deng An retreated, Baochai thought that she could finally go to Daiyu. Unexpectedly, another eunuch came to report that it was the Fourteenth Master and the Fifteenth Master who came to pay homage.

Of course Baochai knew exactly what these two people were doing.

After thinking for a while, Baochai said: "Just say... I am not feeling well and let them go back first!"

Now that Zhu Jinghong is not in the palace, there are unfavorable rumors about her in the capital, so it is better not to see her husband, even if he is the two princes of the royal family.

Zhu Jingchun and his two men got the news here, and on the other side in Prince Rui's Mansion, Chen Zhi also learned about what happened in Kunning Palace today.

"Get out..."

After listening to the maid's story, Chen Zhi became furious and even yelled.

Although she was a strict housekeeper, she rarely became so angry, which showed that this incident really made her very angry.

Crown Princess Yuanchun was embarrassed when she was removed from her job, but as the second "in line" candidate, Princess Rui was directly ignored by the Queen, which made Chen Zhi feel even more humiliated and ashamed.

She could already imagine how this matter would be discussed among the ladies in the capital in the past two days, and she, the princess, would become a laughing stock in private.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhi knocked over the ornaments on the side. A screen carved from field yellow jade was Zhu Jingyuan's most beloved thing recently.

Zhu Jingyuan happened to walk in at this time. The broken jade on the ground made him feel severe pain in his heart, but he couldn't express his heartache when facing Chen Zhi's cannibalistic gaze.

"My beloved concubine, what are you..."

Before Zhu Jingyuan could finish his words, Chen Zhi sneered and said, "You didn't ask me what was going on when you entered the house. Instead, you just kept thinking about the gravel on the ground. Zhu... you are such a good husband!"

When he heard the word "broken stone", Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

He turned around and closed the door, then turned around and said calmly: "It's just presiding over the concubine selection, it's not an important matter, so why should you be angry about it!"

There was no one else in the room, so Chen Zhi said: "Do you really think I'm just angry because I missed this job?"

Of course Zhu Jingyuan knew why his wife was angry, but at this time he did not point it out directly. Instead, he wanted to wait for Chen Zhi to say it himself, so that the latter could really calm down.

"For so many years, I have been respectful and considerate to my mother. I have tried my best to please her according to her likes and dislikes. During the holidays..."

Chen Zhi kept talking, while Zhu Jingyuan sat beside him and listened. He could understand the pain in his wife's heart.

"But, after all these years... the queen mother still doesn't believe me, she still can't believe me!"

At this point, Chen Zhi's tears were streaming down her face, but Zhu Jingyuan had already stood up and held her in his arms, lowering his head and speaking softly to comfort her.

"OK OK……"

"Am I really that bad? Can't even compare to the girl from the Xue family?"

Zhu Jingyuan explained: "What's the matter? The queen mother just saw that she was criticized, so she arranged to promote him like this!"

"It should be my turn..."

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, which made both Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jingyuan quiet down.

Normally, they would have scolded the visitor at this moment, but neither of them did so at this moment.

In fact, both of them understood that anyone who dared to come here at this time must have something extremely important.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Jingyuan asked.

I only heard the report from the visitor: "Your Majesty, good news has come back from the northwest. The Northwest Governor's Office has pacified the Tuxietu Khanate!"

Success again? The last time I passed the news was three days ago...

Zhu Jingyuan was really surprised. For the first time, he asked in his mind, is fighting really that simple?

In the past, he always listened to his old father telling him how difficult it was to fight in the past, but this was not the case at all for Old Thirteen.

In three days, the Tushetu Khanate was pacified, which is indeed a miracle.

At this moment, in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor, who was originally in a bad mood, smiled knowingly after reading the report.

The Northwest Governor's Office concentrated its superior forces and combined with the Anxi Xingdu Division to attack Tushetu from the north and south. They defeated the main force of Tushetu's cavalry in just one battle, and then the Tushetu Khanate formally surrendered.

Taking the report, Zhu Xianming read it again and again, feeling more and more that his younger son was pleasing to the eye and capable of doing a good job.

………………

September 21st, Northwest Gobi.

The surrender of the Tushetu Khanate occurred on the eighth day of September, thirteen days had passed.

Unplugging the nail of Tuxietu not only freed the Ming army from worries, but also stabilized their supply line.

Although the remnants of Junggar troops have continued to harass during this period, the Ming army, led by Zhu Jinghong, is still steadily approaching Hami City. At this time, Zhu Jinghong's Chinese army camp was less than 150 miles away from Hami City, and his vanguard cavalry had already reached the vicinity of Hami City.

The cavalry moved fast, while the infantry was relatively slower, and they continued to advance and camp as before.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west. As usual, the guards began to set up camp and sent generals to report the situation.

Now the Northwest Governor's Office has added a main force, the newly added Yangwei Left Guards, who were the main attackers in the previous battle against the Tushetu Khanate.

During today's discussion, Li Xiangquan, the commanding officer, came to show off his power to the left guard. As soon as he entered the Chinese army camp, he saw a strange scene.

"Commander, the enemy's main cavalry force, which is thousands of miles away, has been surrounded and annihilated by our troops. Our army is moving smoothly and smoothly..."

"Commander, the enemy's main cavalry force, which is thousands of miles away, has been surrounded and annihilated by our troops. Our army is moving smoothly and smoothly..."

The shouting continued. Li Xiangquan carefully looked at the person shouting and found that it was Zhenwei Zhongwei General Shi Chong.

Why is he still shouting those words? Why are you standing in the corner shouting at the wooden fence? Why is this madman so crazy?

That's right, in the eyes of people like Li Xiangquan who came from ordinary martial arts backgrounds, Shi Chong, a top-ranking nobleman, was a madman, and he had never been used to these people.

This is actually human nature. After all, although Shi Chong is capable, sometimes he does things too unruly, and it is easy to offend people in the military.

But Li Xiangquan will not understand that the Shi family's "straightforwardness" tradition is the secret to their success.

"Commander, the enemy's main cavalry force, which is thousands of miles away, has been surrounded and annihilated by our troops. Our army is moving smoothly and smoothly..."

After hearing Shi Chong shout a few more words, Li Xiangquan walked towards the main tent of the Chinese army without stopping too much.

Hou Jing happened to come from the side. When he heard Shi Chong shouting, he laughed twice first, and then shouted loudly: "Louder, you haven't eaten!"

Li Xiangquan probably understood that Shi Chong was being punished right now, and only a person like Hou Jing would dare to make fun of him at this time.

"General Hou, what's going on?" Li Xiangquan asked in a low voice after approaching.

It is very difficult to pass the martial arts examination and become an official. Li Xiang was able to reach this position and developed a low-key and stable mentality, so he asked in a low voice from a distance.

But Hou Jing didn't care about this. He only heard him explain loudly: "General Shi Shen won the battle today, so he ran to the commander to ensure that our army's road ahead is clear..."

"In less than an hour, the Habayashi left guard who was marching at the front was attacked by the enemy's remaining soldiers, so the commander-in-chief ordered General Shi Shen... to go outside the tent and shout what he said for two hours!"

"So this guy, it's better not to talk too much and act like he's the only one in the world who knows how to fight!"

With the last sentence, Hou Jing almost pointed at Shi Chong and cursed.

Shi Chong had a hot temper and immediately turned around and yelled: "Hou Jing, what the hell did you say?"

His appearance shocked Li Xiang.

"Commander, you are here!" Hou Jing shouted.

Shi Chong was so frightened by this sentence that he quickly turned back and continued to shout: "Commander, the enemy's main cavalry force, which is thousands of miles away, has been surrounded and annihilated by our troops. Our army is traveling unimpeded, unimpeded..."

"Hahaha……"

Hou Jing laughed and left, and Li Xiangquan also left with him. He really didn't want to get involved in these disputes.

When the two entered the military tent, they saw that most of the people had arrived, but the seat of honor was still empty.

Seeing the acquaintances inside, Li Xiangquan stepped forward to say hello and blended into the lively atmosphere.

Zhu Jinghong and Liu Fang, as well as the military censor Liang Qian and the eunuch Huang Qing, were discussing matters in another military tent at this time, making the final argument for the battle plan.

Liang Qian and Huang Qing rarely spoke during the whole process. They stayed here mainly to bear witness.

In fact, this combat plan has been repeatedly deduced by the generals and staff, and it is actually very complete and comprehensive.

The discussion between the two of them was actually symbolic, and it was impossible to really change anything.

Although Liu Fang had objections to some details, as long as he could not convince Zhu Jinghong, his opinions were of little use.

While the two were talking, Yu Hai's voice came from outside the camp: "Your Majesty, everyone outside is here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jinghong stopped the discussion, then stood up and said: "Since there is no way to change it, then this matter is settled!"

"Haha..." Liu Fang smiled awkwardly but politely.

"Let's go...it's time for us to go out!"

"Your Highness, please!" Liang Qian stepped forward to lead the way.

As a former top-ranking official in the second class, and also serving as the Vice-Captain of the Capital, Liang Qian was naturally a little arrogant, and there were not many people he could like.

But now, Zhu Jinghong was invincible in every attack, and he was really impressed.

However, his act of taking the initiative to lead the way made Huang Qing on the side very dissatisfied, secretly thinking that this official was too shameless.

At this time, Zhu Jinghong had already walked out first, and then everyone else followed.

The Chinese army's large tent was originally noisy, but when the eunuch announced that Zhu Jinghong would arrive, the scene immediately became quiet and orderly.

Then Zhu Jinghong and others appeared, and now he no longer needed to be polite and sat directly in the middle seat.

On his left and right were Liu Fang and Liang Qian, while Huang Qing was standing behind Zhu Jinghong.

"My army is traveling smoothly and smoothly..."

After everyone saluted, Zhu Jinghong was about to speak when he heard shouting from outside.

"Who is that...Hou Jing!"

"I'm here, Commander, please give me your orders!"

Waving his hand, Zhu Jinghong ordered: "Go and tell Shi Chong to shut up, and then call him in!"

"Yes!"

Hou Jing immediately left the camp after receiving the order. He was very happy to receive this assignment.

After approaching Shi Chong, Hou Jing yelled loudly: "Hey, hey...who is that? The commander told you to shut up!"

This time Shi Chong was not angry, but turned around and ran towards the military tent, leaving Hou Jing behind.

"You..."

Hou Jing didn't say much and ran towards the military tent.

At this time, in the military tent, representatives of all front armies and guards were taking turns to speak, describing their respective current situations.

Shi Chong and his two men entered the military tent and were about to salute when they saw Zhu Jinghong waving his hand, signaling him to step aside and listen.

"Commander, this time we attack Hami, I, the left guard of Yulin, would like to be the main attacker!"

Obviously, the representative of Habayashi Zuowei went off topic.

But his words immediately detonated the situation at the scene, so everyone spoke out to challenge him.

"Commander, you know that our Habayashi right guard has always been able to fight tough battles..."

"Commander, the heroic left guard is full of fighting spirit and is willing to take Hami directly for the commander..."

Everyone spoke up to compete for the position of vanguard. Essentially, they were competing for military honors and titles.

bang bang bang...

Zhu Jinghong only lightly knocked on the table, and everyone present fell silent again.

Although this group of people were arguing on the surface, they were actually paying attention to Zhu Jinghong, so they stopped abruptly when their fingers clicked.

Zhu Jinghong's control over those below once again frightened Liu Fang.

(End of this chapter)