Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 296
After staying in Horqin for three or four days, most of Chen Wenxin and Princess Wen Yi rode horses and chatted with each other.

One is that there is only such a familiar female relative, and the other is to comfort her about her worries about marrying away.

During these three or four days, apart from occasionally riding horses to see the scenery, most of the time the emperor was with the Mongolian leaders to discuss matters on the grassland.

Those ministers naturally followed, Chen Wen was inconvenient and did not want to follow.

Although she has a general understanding of the situation, the names of those tribes are still unclear. These Mongolian names are too long and difficult to pronounce.

To put it simply, it is nothing more than the Zhungeer of Western Mongolia wanting to invade and occupy territory, and want to fight from the west to the east.

However, it has only now annexed a small tribe in the surrounding area, the Torghut tribe, and the emperor has sent a letter to the leader of the Zhungeer tribe, Ge Erdan, telling him to stop such killings.

Zhungeer is still a vassal tribe in name after all, and the emperor personally ordered it, so he might not dare to disobey.

The son of the Torghut tribe was placed in Horqin by the emperor. As he said, he rewarded many concubines, servants, cattle and sheep.

After that, the big team will leave Horqin and go to Shengjing.

The road from Horqin to Shengjing is exquisite and peculiar, the distance is not too far, but there are many changes.

First grass, then transition to low trees, then transition to tall woods.

The emperor didn't waste any more time on this journey, because it was planned that they would arrive in Beijing in the twelfth lunar month to prepare for the New Year's affairs.

It was already extremely cold in Shengjing in October, and Chen Wenxin was wrapped in layer after layer, the outermost layer being a thick cloak of Firefox fur.

The wide cloak and hat almost blocked the entire face, and when the head was lowered, only one delicate chin was exposed.

Her hands were clasped in snow-white fur, and a small hand stove was still warming inside.

"Master, are you freezing?"

The side of the ancestral tomb was gloomy and cold, and when everyone came back from bowing down there, everyone's faces were a little stiff.

Bai Lu was waiting outside, when she saw Chen Wenxin coming over, she hurriedly replaced her with a new hand stove.

The emperor was talking to the ministers not far away, Chen Wenxin glanced over there with the stove in his pocket, seeing Li Dequan following behind, he ignored it.

She quietly slipped to Chen Wenyi's side, took out a hand stove from her wide sleeve and handed it to him.

"Second brother, warm up quickly."

Chen Wenyi wasn't cold, but seeing her wrapped up in a small ball, he eagerly gave him the hand stove, and he still held it in his hand.

"It's so cold, I think it will snow in the next few days. The snow in Shengjing is much heavier than that in Beijing, so don't get carried away."

Chen Wenyi told her to be prepared for a rainy day. I have never seen a girl who grew up in the capital who loves to play with snow so much.

——Unless she didn't grow up in Beijing.

Chen Wenyi couldn't help laughing at himself, but he still couldn't help thinking about this question again.

Chen Wenxin didn't know what he was thinking, she just said: "Do you still think I'm a child? I have children now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Wenyi raised his head in surprise and looked at her in astonishment.

Then the gaze shifted from her face to her stomach, as if she couldn't see anything because she was overdressed, so it shifted to her face again.

"Second brother, what are you thinking!"

Chen Wenxin was ashamed and annoyed, "I'm talking about Fifth Brother!"

Chen Wenyi also noticed his gaffe, coughed twice, and looked away.

He really lost his composure just now, thinking that Chen Wenxin was pregnant, he was both happy and surprised.

It turned out that I was just thinking too much.

Li Dequan caught up, cupped his hands to the two of them and said: "Madam, general. The emperor has ordered you to go back to the palace."

The ancestral tomb here is very gloomy and cold, everyone is used to staying by the fire in the capital, and they can bear such coldness there.

The emperor said that he was going back to the palace, and everyone hurriedly packed up.

"What did you say to your second brother?"

The emperor got into the carriage, Chen Wenxin was still riding with him, and started talking again.

There was a small charcoal stove on the car, she took off her hands, and put her two white and slender hands on the charcoal stove to warm them up.

"Second brother said it was going to snow, and said that the snow in Shengjing was heavier than that in Beijing, and told me not to be playful."

When she spoke, there was still a little white gas in her mouth.

The emperor was leaning against the wall of the carriage, but when he saw this, he got up again and stretched out his hand.

While rubbing Chen Wenxin's hands, he touched her face.

"Fortunately, I wear thick clothes, and drink more ginger soup when I go back."

It was ginger soup again. Since entering Shengjing, the emperor kept ordering people to make ginger soup.

From the emperor down to the guards, everyone is drinking ginger soup, at least a bowl a day.

The emperor is a person who cares most about his body, and because Chen Wenxin is a woman, he refuses to let go of it.

Ginger soup is the best to drive away the cold, it is better than being sick and unable to go on the road.

Others drink a bowl of ginger soup a day, but Chen Wenxin said at least two bowls.

The emperor would ask Bai Lu from time to time, "How many clothes did you wear for your master? How many bowls of ginger soup did you drink today?"

Bai Lu didn't dare to be negligent, she had to wrap her into a ball before she realized that she had the face to reply to the emperor.

"What are you doing and drinking ginger soup? Why don't you take out the antique pot for lunch. We brought a lot from the palace and gave it to the grown-ups."

Eating hot pot is the best way to keep out the cold, and it tastes delicious, much better than ginger soup.

The emperor heard it and said, "White radish is good in this season, and eating more is better than ginger soup."

As the saying goes, eating radish in winter and ginger in summer, white radish is also a good thing to keep out the cold.

"Okay!"

Although it is winter now, there are not many fresh fruits and vegetables in Shengjing area, and they are all roasted in the stove for the emperor's visit.

But there are also authentic delicacies here, such as various mushrooms, wild ginseng and antler, pheasant and roe deer, etc.

The antique pot was brought up for lunch, and the emperor ordered Nalan Mingzhu and his son, Chen Wenyi, Wang Xi and other senior scholars to have the meal together.

The emperor and Chen Wenxin set up a seat, and the courtiers also set up two separate seats at the bottom.

The rest of the pot was distributed to other accompanying officials and local officials in Shengjing.

Everyone was overwhelmed by the coldness over the ancestral tomb, and now eating this steaming antique pot is very enjoyable.

The emperor also liked it very much, and ordered these pots not to be put away, they were often used during these days in Shengjing.

He was not idle while eating, the emperor said: "Tong Guowei's memorial was handed in yesterday, but the tsar didn't reply. He sent envoys to ask for peace talks, but I didn't expect that the old man would not reply directly."

Nalan Mingzhu said: "Tsarist Russia was originally a country of barbarians. The emperor condescended to send envoys to his relatives, but the tsarist refused to reply. I really don't know etiquette!"

It's really a bit stingy to not answer. Either you can say openly that I want to grab your territory from the Qing Dynasty, or you can just admit it and go back.

What do you mean by refusing to answer?
"I thought, Lao Maozi has taken a fancy to our city. It's just that due to the strength of the Qing Dynasty, he didn't dare to tear his face apart for a while, so let's hang out with me."

This is the only possibility.

Huang Ji said: "Your Majesty, I think the more this is the case, the more we should take the initiative to attack. Nerchinsk and Yaksa are in the Heilongjiang River Basin, and Tsarist Russia's military strength in the east is insufficient. If they want to take us back, they will definitely be able to take them back."

He is a civil servant, and he shouldn't rush to express his opinions on the war, but the thoughts in his heart are really hot.

As early as when the emperor said that he would come to Shengjing to worship his ancestors, he had already thought so.

Before the emperor opened his mouth, Chen Wenyi said calmly: "The minister seconded the proposal."

With the affirmation of such an outstanding general as Chen Wenyi, Huang Ji became even more daring.

"Following the Heilongjiang River Basin is the most fertile place in the northeastern part of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also the place where our ancestors were born. Therefore, this place must be contested and cannot be tolerated. The emperor refused to confront Tsarist Russia in order to regain Taiwan. Now is the time gone."

The emperor sneered, "It's freezing cold today, and it's colder than Shengjing there. Even if nothing happens after this winter, I'm sure they will take action when spring begins."

The emperor's words basically agreed with Huang Ji's suggestion.

Wang Xi had a different opinion this time, "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be deployed in detail. Nerchinsk and Yaksa are not big, and they are much smaller than Taiwan, which is a tiny place. Will it take the opportunity to provoke a large-scale war?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget, Zhungeer..."

Wang Xi only raised his head and didn't continue. Zhungeer's side is already a headache for the emperor. How can he deal with a two-front battle?

What's more, these two fronts are different from Taiwan. Even if Taiwan cannot be defeated, it is just a waste of manpower and material resources.

No matter how strong Taiwan's navy is, it still doesn't have the courage to attack Fujian.

Zhungeer and Tsarist Russia are different. The people of these two places are tough and the military is strong.

If you don't fight, you will die, if you fight, you will not be defeated, otherwise you will only let the opponent take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The most frightening thing is that if the two of them join forces, it will pose a huge threat to the Qing Dynasty.

But now it seems that Zhungeer does have the intention of showing favor to Tsarist Russia...

The emperor became silent again, and the courtiers could speak freely, but he had to think twice before acting.

Because he is the emperor, his words will affect the safety of the entire Qing Dynasty.

"Lan Xiang, what do you think?"

Chen Wenyi clasped his hands and said: "I think what Master Huang said is reasonable, and I will take the lead in the battle. However, this battle cannot be done casually. We must fight a battle that must be won, so as to dampen the spirit of Tsarist Russia."

"Junger has the intention of rebellion. If the two form an alliance, it will be awesome. If we can give Tsarist Russia a head-on blow first, Zhungeer will hesitate to his new master."

As proud as the Mongols, if they surrender to the defeated army, they will lose their face.

Even if Galdan wanted to join Tsarist Russia out of interests, his subordinates might not be willing to listen.

The emperor said: "It's just that if you want to act like this, you have to plan a battle that must be won. How can we guarantee victory?"

In this world, there are winners and losers in every battle. Who dares to say that he can win the battle?
This seems like an unsolvable proposition.

Chen Wenxin had been eating in silence, and raised her head when she heard this, and said, "What's the difficulty? My second brother will definitely win."

(End of this chapter)