Zheshu

Chapter 93 The general trend has been set
It was expected that the King of Dongyang County rebelled. Xuanyuanli did not hide the fact that Ji Wuyou was killed, but when the news spread, the King of Dongyang County was the first to react.

Now Ji Yun of Great Wei is busy mobilizing troops back to seize the throne, and after Dayan seized the three cities, although he did not withdraw his troops, he had no intention of continuing to fight again, so Dongyang County King directly assembled the army and began to rebel.

The ministers in the palace are all trembling, they are all aware of the ability of Dongyang County King, no one in Nanzhao can match him.

Xuanyuanli, on the other hand, seemed very calm, approving papers in an orderly manner.

"The flood in the east of the river has flooded the farmland. Zhang Aiqing, you will be responsible for the disaster relief."

Xuanyuanli's voice sounded in the empty hall. This Zhang Aiqing had already turned gray and walked out tremblingly. She knelt down to receive the decree, but after receiving the decree, she raised her head and cried: "Your Majesty, the king of Dongyang County rebelled, you still It’s better to prepare earlier.”

When Xuanyuanli heard it, he showed a little smile instead, looked at Master Zhang below, and said: "My lord cares about me so much, I am very grateful, this time you go to Jiangdong, remember to bring your family with you, so as not to be implicated in the capital .”

When the people below heard this, they quickly knelt down and began to wonder what Xuanyuan Li meant.Does it mean that the capital is not safe now, or that he intends to clean up the people in the capital and let Mr. Zhang leave, but to protect him.

Everyone had different thoughts, but Xuanyuanli didn't say anything.

He continued to critique papers, and waited until the kneeling knees of the crowd went numb, before he heard him say: "The king of Dongyang County is a minister, and if he is a minister, he will not be able to reverse my world."

When everyone heard this, their hearts were pounding. They knew how capable Xuanyuanli was before, otherwise they wouldn't have been protons in Dawei for so many years.

But just as he finished speaking, he saw a guard trotting in from outside, and handed over a letter: "Reporting to the emperor, Dayan has agreed to send troops to wipe out the rebels for Nanzhao."

"Okay." Xuanyuanli stood up and looked at the more officials who were discussing below. He knew what they were thinking, but even if Dayan was allowed to enter, the King of Dongyang County would not let him take his place. A position that you have worked your whole life to get.

The news of Dayan's entry was quickly reported back to Wei. At this time, Ji Wuhuan was deploying troops to defend Ji Yun.

In the back palace, Shen Qing asked someone to set up a table in the yard, while An An was playing with the nanny, but Zhang Xiaofang was very serious at the moment.

On the table was Nanzhao's marching map, she looked at Shen Qing seriously: "I must go back this time, I can't just watch my father have an accident."

Shen Qing nodded slightly: "You can go, but not now. Now there is civil strife in Mongolia, Ji Yun has occupied the north again, Dayan is also helping Xuanyuanli deal with your father, if you want to go back to Nanzhao, which is in the middle of these places, why not Wait for a while, when Ji Yun is taken down, Great Wei will send troops to Nanzhao." Yu Gong, Nanzhao provoked Wei first, and they are the ones who started this war now. As a big country, Wei has no reason to refuse the challenge In private, she will definitely take off Xuanyuanli's head with her own hands!

Zhang Xiaofang nodded with red eyes, and Ji Rui pointed to a gap beside him: "We can take a light cavalry through here and arrive at Nanzhao in advance."

"Xiaofang is a woman, I don't worry about it." Shen Qing said directly, this trip is dangerous, Zhang Xiaofang has experienced so much with her, just like a younger sister, she doesn't want to see anything happen to her again.

Ji Rui understood Shen Qing's worry, a slight smile appeared on her pale and thin lips, and said lightly, "I'll take her there."

Zhang Xiaofang was also stunned when he heard this.

Turning to look at him, the sun just fell on him. He was wearing a crescent white gown, his eyes were like stars, but his whole body was weak and pale, as if he would be blown away by the wind if he exerted himself.She suddenly panicked: "No, your body..."

"Bento is the last journey." Ji Rui raised her lips, looking at the worried Zhang Xiaofang, her heart seemed to be warmed by the sun.He saw the broken hair on her forehead, and raised his hand to stroke it gently: "No matter what, I have to go to see my father-in-law and ask him if he would marry you to me."

Zhang Xiaofang opened her mouth, but her eyes were wet. Holding back the soreness of her nose, she grinned and showed her big white teeth: "Okay!"

Shen Qing tapped her head with a headache: "Have you forgotten me? Will I let you go? A weak woman, a medicine jar, what are you going to do, add fertilizer to the land?"

Zhang Xiaofang got up to protect Ji Rui, and looked at Shen Qing firmly: "I will go even if it is to add fertilizer."

Zheng Luo paused her hands pounding the medicine, and turned her head to look at Xia Rao who was standing upright on one side. The sun seemed to be shining from her face, dazzling and eye-catching.

Sensing his gaze, Xia Rao frowned: "Do you have something to say?"

"En." Zheng Luo nodded, and handed the medicine jar in his hand to Zhang Xiaofang: "Wait a few more days, and I will soon get out of the medicine to extend the life of the Ninth Prince."

"No more." Ji Rui smiled and said, "You can send it after you finish it." Nanzhao's affairs are urgent.

Zheng Luo opened her mouth in surprise, and thought of someone who didn't care about life and death, and turned to look at Xia Rao again.

Shen Qing finally understood Ji Rui's thoughts, and felt a little helpless: "Have you been thinking about it for several days?"

"It's time to see my father-in-law." Ji Rui smiled lightly.

Shen Qing knew his temperament, and once he decided on something, he must do it: "I will tell the emperor, since you have decided to leave, go out of the city today, and when the emperor agrees, I will let the arranged Qingqi I'm going to find you, don't startle the snake, Ji Yun must be staring at the imperial city right now."

"Thank you, empress!" Seeing that she agreed, Zhang Xiaofang smiled, and then looked at Zheng Luo and winked at him: "Doctor Zheng, you continue to develop this pill, and I will give you more money later. , let you marry Xia Rao."

Zheng Luo blushed, but nodded heavily.

Xia Rao's face was also slightly flushed, but she squinted at Zheng Luo: "Earn it yourself."

Zheng Luo smiled at her: "Everything is up to you."

Xia Rao was so annoyed by his honesty that he laughed out loud, and when An An heard someone laugh, she also giggled, and everyone watched and laughed heartily.

It was rare for the palace to relax.

After sending off Zhang Xiaofang and Ji Rui in the afternoon, Shen Qing hugged the child and lay down on the soft bed to bask in the sun. After a while, someone reported that she was late.

Since Ji Wuhuan ascended the throne, Shen Qing hasn't seen the Queen Mother for a long time.In the previous impression, the Empress Dowager was dignified and graceful, but looking at it now, she has lost a lot of weight, her hair is all white, it seems that a lot of wrinkles have been added, and her previously straight back has become a little bent.

Shen Qing led her to sit down in the room before asking: "Is the queen mother busy?"

The queen mother didn't speak, she looked at An An, the pink and jade-carved doll, smiling at everyone, and waving the chubby paws to hug.

Looking at her eyes, Shen Qing somewhat understood her thoughts, turned around and took An An from the nanny's hand, and said, "Does the Queen Mother want to hug her? It's just that An An is very heavy."

As soon as Shen Qing finished speaking, the Empress Dowager had already stretched out her hand to take the child with complicated eyes.

An An just likes bouncing and jumping. Once his creaking nest is supported, he can jump on tiptoe non-stop, and he is so heavy that even Shen Qing can't stand it, especially the Queen Mother. She was sweating profusely, but she didn't put down the child, but pulled out a rattle from her sleeve, as if she was ready.

She shook the rattle, An An's attention was suddenly attracted, she settled down, and sat in her arms to catch the rattle.

The queen mother's whole spirit seemed to be rejuvenated, and she sent the child back when she was really too tired to hold her.

Shen Qing looked at her, and it was impossible not to express emotion. In such a short period of time, the world has changed, and the situation has changed. No one thought that it would be like this.

"Che'er, are you okay?" The queen mother suddenly asked, she always knew that the eldest prince Ji Che had contact with them.

Shen Qing nodded: "It's okay."

The empress dowager's hanging heart was finally relieved, she seemed to let out a big breath, and said: "It's almost summer, when the sun is strongest, please tell him not to go out, just bear it and it will pass. If you miss your mother..." She paused, how could the child miss her if he could leave so cruelly.She smiled wryly and shook her head: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, I will help you. I have dismissed most of Ji Yun's people in the harem. You don't have to worry too much. An An is a good boy. Take good care of him." Let's go." After she finished speaking, she got up, but she swayed and fell hard on the stool again.

The maids at the side hurriedly gathered around, and Shen Qing also asked someone to call the imperial doctor, but the queen mother just waved her hand and looked at Shen Qing: "I'm fine, I'm very aware of my own body, but I've been missing the late emperor a little gone."

After the Queen Mother finished laughing, she was supported by someone and went out.

Xia Rao stood beside Shen Qing and watched: "The Queen Mother's birthday is approaching."

Shen Qing didn't speak, looked at the rattle that An An was still holding tightly in her hand, and listened to the sound of the drum echoing in the hall, she didn't speak.

Dayan, in a private house.

The girl in a white shirt wore a garland of braided flowers on her head, and she smiled and asked the mother next to her, "Mom, do you look good?"

"It's beautiful." Mammy smiled lightly, but what she glanced at was the person who was weaving garlands hiding in the shade of a tree. The eldest prince was clumsy, and it took him a long time to conjure up this one. He ruined a lot of flowers and plants in the yard, and even The euphemistic name is 'learning', and Zuo Ling'er can't see it, so the nanny doesn't bother with him.

Ling'er smiled, her smile was like a gentle moon, and also like a warm sun, she was dressed in a white dress that was not stained with dust.

Not long after, Ji Che made another bracelet, looked at the colorful garland in his hand, and then looked at the girl not far away through the garland, and felt that the world was safe and secure, and it was worth dying like this.

While talking, a person came rushing out of the courtyard, she was the usual maid in charge of purchasing, she held a letter in her hand: "It's from the empress."

"Sister-in-law Qingqing." Ling'er seemed very happy, but the nanny frowned when she took the letter and looked at it.

Ling'er asked anxiously; "Mama, what did sister-in-law say, is Dawei safe and we can go home?"

Nanny didn't speak, looked at Ji Che, and handed over the letter.

Ling'er stood where she was, and could smell the fragrance that had been around her all the time. Her lips were slightly raised, her cheeks were also slightly warm, and her mood was like a blooming flower. It was so wonderful that she just wanted to laugh.

Looking at Mammy's serious expression, Ji Che didn't notice Ling'er, and just took the letter. After reading the content, he felt as if his heart was being pierced.

"You are sad." Ling'er said to the source of the fragrance in front of her.

Mammy never told her about Ji Che's existence, and she just pretended not to know, but now, he is sad, and the scent on his body has changed.

"What's wrong with you? Are you sad? Can Linger help you?" Linger asked nervously, holding the flowers in her sleeves tightly.

Ji Che opened his mouth and looked at the pleading eyes of Mammy, but he didn't make a sound after all.

He is destined to live soon, why bother to tell her his existence?How painful it is to gain and lose immediately.A woman like her should be free from dust, carefree, and live a lifetime without dust or dirt.

Ji Che left, the carriage was ready outside, and he got into the carriage and went directly to Dawei.His mother died, and he should go to see her for the last time.

After the death of the queen mother, Wei quickly calmed down, but Ji Yun seemed to be getting more and more crazy, killing people and taking money all the way to the capital.

His scheming is not enough, after all, it was the queen mother who planned for him in the capital before, and once the queen mother let go, his only foundation would be considered abolished.

In the evening, Ji Wuhuan came back from the imperial study, and after teasing An An for a while, she took Shen Qing back to the room, looking a little tired.

"How's the battle in Nanzhao?" Shen Qing asked with a smile while holding his strong waist.

Ji Wuhuan held her in his arms, and after listening to her voice, his expression relaxed slightly; "The King of Dongyang County is retreating steadily, but Dayan's people probably won't kill him."

"Why?" Shen Qing continued to ask.

Ji Wuhuan raised her eyes to look at her, met her eyes and said with a soft smile: "Because Dayan will not be willing to be a weapon, especially Xuanyuanli, Xuanyuanli must be very clear about it, so he is also mobilizing the Mongolian army. "

"In this way, wouldn't Nanzhao be in dire straits?" Shen Qing was slightly surprised, never expecting that Xuanyuanli would make such a bad move.

Ji Wuhuan nodded slightly, rubbed her chin on her forehead, and said with a smile, "However, Ji Yun is no longer in the limelight. The newly promoted generals are all young talents, and Ji Yun will be able to take over soon." It's down. But Wei's vitality has been seriously depleted this time, and the national strength may be set back ten years."

"With you here, Dayan wouldn't dare to do anything wrong to Wei." Shen Qing laughed.

Ji Wuhuan smiled: "I will grow old one day, and our children have to come and take my mantle."

Shen Qing watched his eyes gradually darken, and supported his shoulders that were about to bend down with a smile: "I'm here for Kuishui."

"I've done the calculations, but it's not today." Ji Wuhuan blurted out, and Shen Qing's face flushed suddenly: "You still count these things."

The affection in Ji Wuhuan's eyes faded, and she carefully held her in his arms with a smile: "I have a good memory."

Shen Qing was dumb, but fell asleep hugging each other, speechless all night.

Time flies, and it is already May in a blink of an eye.

Early the next morning, it began to rain lightly, pattering down on the eaves, converging into drops of water and dripping down.

Xia Rao came to report, and Ji Che arrived.

"Have you been to the imperial tomb?" Shen Qing asked.

"His feet are still stained with mud, he must have been there," Xia Rao said.

Shen Qing sighed softly in her heart, and someone lured him into the palace, but he didn't see anyone, but went directly to the former empress's palace.

An An got a little fatter again, a full-fledged chubby boy, still so active, giggling when he saw everyone, and the maids who took care of him were rushing to hug him, so Shen Qing was relieved.In the afternoon, after receiving a letter from Zhang Xiaofang, she and Ji Rui finally met King Dongyang.

The news of Ji Yun's defeat came in the afternoon. It was said that he was directly picked and killed by a young general. Ji Wuhuan received no reward or punishment.

As soon as Ji Yun died, the Great Wei had no more wars and became peaceful.But this year's battles have exhausted the treasury, exhausted the people, and cost the people money. Ji Wuhuan said that the national strength has fallen back by ten years. Shen Qing knew that he was hiding it from himself. In the current situation, going back 30 years is an optimistic view up.

Mammy called the four chief eunuchs in charge of food and clothing in the palace to wait for Shen Qing's orders.

These four people are all old people left behind by the Queen Mother, but they have never seen Shen Qing in the future, and now they are a little surprised to see her for the first time.I saw that she was wearing a Ruyi brocade skirt with cloud patterns, wearing an ordinary bun, and wearing two or three phoenix hairpins, she was stunning.The figure is slightly plump, but it is plump where it should be plump, and thin where it should be thin, not too much and not too little, just right, looking at the corners of the eyes and brows, there is a kind of charm, and those eyes are born When the son looked over, he was a little sharp again.

The four of them quickly knelt down and saluted: "I have seen your mother."

Shen Qing looked at the two of them with a lot of expressions on her face, probably because she had been in the harem for a long time, and she was not so easy to obey.

She opened her mouth lightly, with a tone of discussion: "Nowadays, the father-in-laws must know about the affairs outside the palace."

"I know." Among the restless two people just now, a father-in-law with a mole under his eyes raised his head and said, he has gray beard and hair, and many wrinkles on his face, he should have been in the palace for a long time.

Shen Qing didn't care about his rudeness, and said: "It's good to know, then I won't explain too much. There is only one thing I called you to come here, and that is to save money and reduce the number of people in the palace."

"Frugal food and clothing? The emperor and his masters have fixed rules for food and clothing. How to reduce it? There is also a reduction in the number of people in the palace. The ancestors stipulated that there must be 280 palace ladies and 580 eunuchs in the palace. There are also guards and concubines..."

Shen Qing smiled and interrupted him: "Eunuch Cai, the concubines of the late emperor, if they are innocent and willing to leave the palace to remarry, they must be registered and released, and if they are willing to stay in the palace, all food and clothing expenses will be reduced by half , including this palace and the little prince. For the rest of the court ladies and eunuchs, do you think the cost of food and clothing has been cut in half, how much more do you want?"

Eunuch Cai was stunned for a moment, wondering how the Empress Dowager would know his name, but he still pouted and said, "Your Majesty, you are from the Jianghu. It doesn't matter if you don't understand the rules in the palace, but you can't command randomly. Now the Empress Dowager If you leave, you will drive out all the old people in the palace, reduce the expenses of the late emperor's concubines, and even release those concubines. This is against the ancestral system! Even the great grandfather would not allow it of!"

What he said was outrageous, but even if Shen Qing cared about his reputation, he couldn't be dragged down and chopped down.

Shen Qing looked at him with a smile: "I am indeed born in Jianghu, what my father-in-law said, are you saying that I don't know the rules and manners?"

"You are so courageous, come here, drag it down and hit ten boards!" Xia Rao said directly, the two eunuchs at the door knew how much the emperor loved the queen, and it didn't matter whether Eunuch Cai was the chief steward of the harem, come up Then dragged him to go out.

The three father-in-laws at the side saw it, then became anxious, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, things in the palace really can't be settled like this. It is true that there are continuous wars outside the palace, and the people are suffering, but the nobles in the palace are all the same. Heavenly Huang nobles, how can we reduce the general expenses to be like ordinary people..."

"It seems that the stewards in the palace will also be changed." Shen Qing said calmly, and the little eunuchs at the door dragged out another one.

The remaining two honest ones accepted their orders obediently, but they were a little worried; "Empress Empress, do you want to tell the emperor about this matter?"

"I will tell the emperor myself." Shen Qing said with a faint smile.

The two of them were startled, the Empress Dowager really came to give orders without discussing with the emperor?

Shen Qing saw the doubts of the two, and asked with a smile; "Why, my palace is in charge of the harem, can't I give you an order?"

"No..." The two were trembling, but they were thinking about the two stewards who were dragged out just now.Those two were also old people in the palace for many years, which noble master would not give a little face when he saw it, but now he was dragged out because of the disagreement between the two sentences, this queen is really a shrew.

Shen Qing is not afraid of the name of this shrew, she just wants to share some burden for Ji Wuhuan in the palace.

After dismissing the steward, Shen Qing got up and went to look for the concubines living in the palace, so as to save them from making troubles. After all, the queen mother is dead now. Although she is a queen, the concubines can say nothing Elder, if they get into trouble, they will have to worry Ji Wuhuan.

At first, Xia Rao was a little worried that Shen Qing might not be able to deal with those people, but she didn't expect that she would take fifty eunuchs with a board in one hand and sweet red date cake in the other to visit the old concubines one by one, without letting them have any trouble at all. Time to get together to discuss countermeasures, so the journey went smoothly.

But the palace went well, but some people outside the palace were restless. Some people directly claimed that they were the emperor's younger sister, or were domineering in the capital, making trouble. They seemed to have forgotten that a year ago, they and Ji Wuhuan What is the relationship.

On the street, Yuan Ning'er looked at the old woman who was hugging her leg hard on the ground, kicked it away, waved her favorite whip and snorted coldly: "Don't think I dare not beat you, when the empress married into my family , I also beat her like this, even the queen dare not do anything to me, you are a pariah, how dare you shout here?"

"I don't care who you are. If you knock over my stall, you will have to lose money. Our family will rely on this to survive." Meals are also difficult, now I managed to come out to set up a tofu stall, but was kicked over by Yuan Ning'er, all the white tofu rolled to the ground, and could no longer be sold.

As she spoke, she begged: "You can reward the old lady with some money, otherwise our family will not be able to survive."

Why didn't Yuan Ning'er want to give some money to settle the matter?But she has been bluffing and cheating for the past few days, and she has spent all her money. She planned to leave the capital after making some more money, but she was entangled by her.

She was cruel, and kicked the old woman's heart: "If you want money, go to the palace gate and ask for it. The Empress will give it to you for me." The ground twitched, turned around and got into the crowd and ran away.

People who didn't know the truth talked about it, but they were all talking about the new emperor's character.How good can he be if he has such a younger sister?

(End of this chapter)