My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 115 Melancholy and unwillingness
There is a palace located in the northeast of the palace. When the Xia Dynasty was first founded, this palace was originally called Renshou Palace. However, after Emperor Shenwu abdicated and passed the throne to the fourth prince, he lived in seclusion here and renamed the palace Longshou Palace. .

As the secluded residence of the current Supreme Emperor and former Emperor Shenwu, Longshou Palace is first-class in both decoration and guarding.

It stands at the foot of Long Live Mountain, like a giant dragon stretching out to fly.The entire palace is covered with magnificent glazed tiles, and the sunlight shines on it, shining like countless pearls.

As soon as you enter the gate of Longshou Palace, you can feel a majestic and solemn atmosphere.

Even the high walls are carved with dragons and phoenixes. The lifelike sculptures are amazing. Golden dragons snake and sneak along the high walls. The scales on the dragon's body are also extremely lifelike, and the whole body exudes a mysterious and majestic atmosphere.

Around the splendid palace, teams of golden armored guards stood.

Their armor shimmered with golden light, flickering in the sunlight.

The entire palace was heavily defended, and guards could be seen lurking in every corner.They stood beside the pillars, looking around with vigilant eyes, as motionless as stone statues.

The name of this guard guarding the Dragon Head Palace is the Golden Armor Guard. It was created by the Supreme Emperor. There are 3000 people in total. At the same time, they only obey the orders of the Supreme Emperor.

Emperor Changping brought Dai Quan and a dozen eunuchs to Longshou Palace. He looked at the golden armored guards standing solemnly around him. Although the expression on his face did not change, he felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

Of course he knew that the Golden Armored Guards were reorganized from the troops that survived the Battle of Tiewang Mountain. On weekdays, whether it was command and dispatch or the distribution of military pay and equipment, they were all handled by themselves. Neither his own imperial edict nor the Ministry of War had the right to interfere. .

When Emperor Changping came to the gate, he was stopped by an old eunuch with white beard and white hair, who said expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty, please stay. The Emperor is sitting quietly inside. He will not be able to see you for a while. Please wait a moment."

Emperor Changping nodded: "It doesn't matter, I'll just wait here for my father to finish meditating."

After saying that, Emperor Changping walked to the side of the gate and waited.

It is estimated that many Daxia officials never dreamed that the current emperor of Daxia would one day be punished by standing still.

"My lord!"

Dai Quan, who was standing behind Emperor Changping, was a little dissatisfied. As soon as he whispered something, Emperor Changping stared back.

"Shut up and wait for me!"

The old eunuch who had the audacity to make the emperor of the dynasty make him stand walked into a hall and faced a seventy-year-old man sitting on a futon with his eyes closed, wearing a red dragon robe, with gray hair, but a resolute face and an indifferent expression. The old man said respectfully:
"Your Majesty...the fourth prince is here."

The old man opened his eyes, glanced at the old eunuch slowly and cursed with a smile: "Xia Shouzhong, you old man, you don't even say a word to His Majesty, and you are not afraid that the Fourth Brother will give you a hard time."

Xia Shouzhong's expression was still calm. In his heart, there was always only one emperor, and that was the Supreme Emperor Li Wukun in front of him.

As for Changping Emperor Li Zhengxi, he was just the fourth son of his master.

As for worrying about being liquidated in the future, he didn't even care. He had already sworn in front of the Supreme Emperor that once the Supreme Emperor passed away, he would be buried with him.

The Supreme Emperor picked up the teacup on the low table and took a sip of the tea. The bitter and astringent taste mixed with a light fragrance went straight into the stomach, making people feel sober.

Putting down the tea cup, the Supreme Emperor said calmly: "Let Xi'er come in."

"Here!"

Soon, Emperor Changping walked in alone and bowed to the Supreme Emperor.

"My son has seen his father!"

"sit down!"

The Supreme Emperor pointed to the futon beside him and asked after waiting for him to sit down. "Your Majesty, if you are not handling government affairs in the Daming Palace, why are you here in my Dragon Head Palace?"

"Father..."

Emperor Changping said solemnly: "The Mongolian Tatars' [-]-strong army is knocking on the pass. Datong Prefecture has been lost. Tongguan is in danger. I have sent Wang Ziteng to lead a [-]-strong Beijing camp to help Tongguan. However, the war is dangerous and I can't sleep at night for fear of the huge army. If Tongguan is defeated and captured, Shenjing will be in danger.

After thinking about it, I realized that my son was really uneasy, so I came to my father to ask him for advice. "

"You... I'm still too impatient."

The Supreme Emperor shook his head, "I told you that back then, but it still hasn't changed.

I'm afraid you are still blaming me for not fully delegating power to you after all these years, right?
The reason why I do this is that I am worried that you will be too impatient and make the government and the public uneasy.

Now it seems that my concerns were indeed correct.

You are so anxious when a mere hundred thousand Mongolian Tatars knock at the pass. What will you do if the Hou Jin from Liaodong goes south in a big way?
You know, Hou Jin's soldiers and horses were more fierce than Mongolia. "

"Father!"

"Okay, stop talking. They're just Mongolian Tatars. They can't change the world. You can go back!" The Supreme Emperor interrupted Emperor Changping's words and closed his eyes again.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Changping had no choice but to stand up, salute to the Supreme Emperor and then leave the Dragon Head Palace in anger.

When Emperor Changping walked out of the door, the Supreme Emperor slowly opened his eyes and sighed softly: "Your Majesty, you only saw the hungry wolf in Mongolia, but you didn't know that Hou Jin was the eager tiger. ah."

Xia Shouzhong came to the side of the Supreme Emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, the fourth prince is here to ask you for a decree to mobilize troops from Liaodong to rescue Tongguan. Why do you..."

"Of course I know what he is thinking, but the [-] troops in Liaodong are on guard against Hou Jin and must not be moved unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, Hou Jin will take advantage of the empty Jinning defense line and head south brazenly, which will cause serious trouble.

Xi'er is not sensible. Are you, an old guy like you, not sensible too? "

"Well, this slave is reckless." Xia Shouzhong quickly took a step back and lowered his head.

The Supreme Emperor looked at the gray sky outside the palace, which was still raining lightly, and sighed softly, "The rain is about to come, and the wind is all over the building. It is really a troubled autumn."

Emperor Changping left the Dragon Head Palace, and the depressing feeling that had been weighing on his heart disappeared.

He turned back and glanced at the magnificent palace behind him, and couldn't help but snorted:

"My father is really old. Hou Jin is certainly fierce, but if the Mongols capture Tongguan and the army approaches the capital, what's the use of leaving more troops in Liaodong?"

"My lord!"

Dai Quan, who was behind him, couldn't help but said: "Why don't you issue an imperial edict to the Liaodong Army and let Wang An of Xining County rush to help Tongguan again.

Presumably the prince of Xining County would not dare to disobey the decree. "

"Bastard!"

Emperor Changping glared at Dai Quan: "Do you think Nurhaci, an old thief, is a vegetarian? If the main force of the Liaodong Army really leaves Liaodong, he will definitely lead his army south. By then, won't our Daxia people be devastated?

I don’t ask for much, I just hope that I can mobilize [-] cavalry from the Liaodong Army to rush to Tongguan, but it’s a pity that my father... eh..."

Emperor Changping looked in the direction of Longshou Palace, his eyes full of melancholy and unwillingness...

(End of this chapter)