Bright Spring

Suddenly Yang Rong asked: "Brother, do you know why the Holy Majesty didn't veto it?"

Yang Shiqi bowed: "I would like to hear the details."

Yang Rong turned his head and glanced behind him, and said in a deep voice, "Did you read Zhang Fu's memorial carefully? There is a passage in it... The Marquis of Zhenyuan was stationed under the city of Kunming. In mid-February, the army rations were burned by the rebel general Pingan. ;Chen Qizhi, searched around the grain store, but failed."

He paused, then said calmly: "When did the city of Guizhou fall? Not until the middle of February?"

Yang Shiqi had to admire Yang Rong's memory, he could recite the original text after reading it once.Yang Shiqi also understood what Yang Rong meant, and felt that Yang Rong was really good at observing words and expressions, and trying to figure out the holy will.

In the defeat in the Southwest battle, there will not be too many deviations in the truth grasped by the court; even the memorials of the generals are mostly reported according to the facts. After all, what the memorials are for the emperor is not the palace report.The several generals who participated in the battle before and after are all guilty!Either they fought poorly, or they hesitated to move forward with many worries, but at least they didn't mean to.

But Gu Cheng is different!In order to protect his family, did he really disregard the important matter of the court's counter-insurgency, and did the thing of self-immolation of army rations?

Zhang Fu hinted in the memorial that he might plant doubts in the mind of the Holy One.So although Yang Rong's suggestion was exaggerated, the Holy Majesty did not completely veto it, perhaps he was indeed very angry with Gu Cheng's actions.

Yang Shiqi thought of this, so he stopped trying to persuade Yang Rong, he pondered: "You only need to tell a lie, but you can't just tell a lie."

"Lies?" Yang Rong repeated.

Yang Shiqi glanced at Yang Rong, and said: "My proposition is to add the fact that the army rations were burned in the section about Zhenyuanhou in the Dibao."

Yang Rong thought for a while, then nodded vigorously and said: "That makes sense! I will speak to the Holy Master again and order the Marquis of Zhenyuan to return to Beijing to report on his duties. There is also a Jiaozhi rebellion, and the rest of the Guizhou Army can be sent to the Jiaozhi Chief Envoy for reinforcements. Wait for the court to put down the King of Han After the rebellion, the Guizhou army can return home."

The two looked at each other, and their actions were very tacit.Although their political views are often opposite, somehow, Yang Rong has a good relationship with Yang Shiqi in private.

Yang Shiqi said: "One more thing can be done, find someone to impeach Guo Ming for collaborating with the enemy, and it has something to do with the fall of Guizhou City."

"Can Guo Ming be blamed for this?" Yang Rong frowned and murmured.

Yang Shiqi said: "Recently, there were a lot of people who threw stones at Guo Ming. If we do this, we can let others make the most of it."

... At this time, Zhu Gaochi had left the Qianqing Palace, and he went straight to the bedroom of the imperial concubine Zhang Miaohua.

Zhang Miaohua greeted her at the gate of the palace with a big belly, bent down, but she still made a gesture to salute.Zhu Gaochi hurriedly stretched out his hand and gestured in the air: "Excuse me quickly. Concubine, be careful."

Zhu Gaochi walked up to him, then stretched out his hand to support Zhang Miaohua, and then ordered the eunuchs and maids to help her in.

Zhang Miaohua's stomach is getting big, and according to the imperial doctor, she is about to give birth.Zhu Gaochi sat down on the chair, while asking about his health, he looked at the bulging belly with great interest.

"Are you the prince or the princess?" Zhu Gaochi asked casually.

Zhang Miaohua blushed and said: "I don't know who I am, but the imperial doctor said that it is most likely the prince."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.Since Zhang Miaohua entered the palace, he has been favored by him very much.But today he was a little distracted and talked a lot less.

The words that Zhang Fu, the imperial concubine's father, asked someone to bring had been lingering in Zhu Gaochi's mind.In fact, there is no need for Zhang Fu to remind, after Zhu Gaochi learned that the Southwest was defeated, he was also pondering over and over again...

First of all, what Zhu Gaochi thought of was the past of the Yongle Dynasty.Back then, his father didn't like him very much, and Zhu Gaochi always felt that it was very reluctant for his father to make him the prince.There were rumors that Taizong wanted to pass the throne to his grandson, but Zhu Gaochi himself had another suspicion: the father was forced to compromise.

After the "Battle of Jingnan", the confidant counselors of Prince Yan's mansion and many civil servants in the court, for the long-term planning of their own status, all supported Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince, and the reason was that he had the title of eldest son.Taizong killed a lot, but he couldn't kill all the people around him who supported him as emperor?So in the end, Emperor Taizong couldn't completely control the positions of those people, so he had to compromise.

Now, Zhu Gaochi is facing the same problem.Those who have the merit of being a dragon and who most support him as emperor may be colluding with Queen Zhang and the eldest son of the queen!

But Zhang Fu's daughter, Concubine Zhang Gui, was extremely favored by the emperor, and she was pregnant with a dragon species, which faintly threatened the queen.So the empress and the ministers responded internally and externally, and finally contributed to the recognition of Xu Huizu's proposition, and recommended the old general Wu Gao to take charge of the army; in order to suppress Zhang Fu's momentum?

Whether it is about the Yongle Dynasty or speculation about the current situation, Zhu Gaochi is thinking about it by himself.He can't be sure whether this is the case, and he can't discuss such a matter with others; it may just be that he is worrying too much... But judging from the hints brought by Zhang Fu's secret envoy, Zhang Fu may have such speculations!

Zhu Gaochi looked at his body, which was too fat to ride a horse to fight. Sometimes he felt like a prisoner, locked in the imperial city. What can he do with those people?Even someone as violent as the emperor dare not kill people randomly, how dare Zhu Gaochi?

"Oh!" Zhu Gaochi couldn't help sighing.

Zhang Miaohua's voice said: "Is there any trouble in the Holy Spirit?"

Zhu Gaochi showed a reluctant smile, shook his head and said: "It's all about the court, you don't have to worry, you just need to die for a while."

"My concubine thanked the sage." Zhang Miaohua said with emotion.

At this moment, a court lady brought tea to Zhu Gaochi.Zhu Gaochi didn't pay attention at first, thinking she was an eunuch, but when he turned his head, he realized that she was a court lady.The court lady dressed up as a man, wearing a long gown and a bun

After Zhu Gaochi took a look, he felt that the young woman was very pretty in such a dress, so he couldn't help but take another look.

Zhang Miaohua said: "Her name is Nightingale, and she has been with my concubine since she was very young. When the concubine entered the palace, she was reluctant to part with her, so she got the Queen's permission to bring Nightingale into the palace with her."

"Nightingale?" Zhu Gaochi said casually, "Screaming... Doesn't it sound nice?"

Zhang Miaohua said: "Nightingale, quickly say something to the Holy Majesty."

The maid bowed her knees and made a blessing, her rosy face showed a sense of shyness, "The slaves pay homage to the emperor, the emperor will live forever."

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "It really sounds good!" He immediately stood up with some difficulty, "Ninginging, give me a hand, I'm going to change my clothes."

The maid hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhu Gaochi, and took him to the back to find the toilet.

Zhu Gaochi was helped into a carved wooden door, he turned around and closed the wooden door with a "creak", and suddenly pushed the maid against the wall. "Ah!" Nightingale called out pleasantly, Zhu Gaochi bent down impatiently, and put his hand into his own robe.The maid's face flushed "shua", and she said in a trembling voice: "My lord, my lord, don't be like this..."

"You don't want to?" Zhu Gaochi asked with a frown.

The palace maid bit her vermilion lips, nodded and said, "Servant...servant dare not be unwilling."

Zhu Gaochi glanced left and right, then sat down on a stool, and said with a long breath, "Come here, you will still be dressed like this from now on, you look pretty. You usually go to Dongnuange to serve me."

"East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace?" Nightingale showed a look of surprise in her timidity.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, slapped his forehead and said, "Aren't you illiterate?"

The maid hurriedly said: "The servants can read and write, the imperial concubine has taught the servants."

Zhu Gaochi said: "That's good, I'll wait on you in Dongnuan Pavilion, I'll keep my eyes open, and listening to your crisp voice like a warbler, maybe I can relieve my troubles a little."

The palace maid blushed and said, "My servant, thank you for your kind words."

Chapter 442 No grievances

At noon the next day, eunuch Haitao walked straight into Kunning Palace.All the eunuchs and maids on duty knew him, and no one stopped him.

As early as when Zhu Gaochi was the son of King Yan, Haitao was in the mansion of the son of the prince.He can't be Jianwen Remnant | Evil, nor can he defect to Gao Xu or Gao Sui.Therefore, Haitao is now the most trusted eunuch of the emperor and empress.

When Mrs. Zhang saw him coming in, she first asked a few words about Zhu Zhanji's reading in the back hall of Wenhua Palace.Soon she made the servants around her retreat.

Only now did Haitao talk about the business, and he said in a low voice, "My empress, the palace lady whom the emperor favors the most is a member of Concubine Zhang's palace, and her name is Nightingale. The emperor liked her and ordered her to accompany her day and night. When the Lord went to Dongnuan Pavilion to review the memorials, he still asked Nightingale to serve him. In the morning, the Emperor secretly summoned the officer Geng Tong to discuss the matter, and he retreated to the left and right, and the servants also retreated. Only Nightingale was inside the partition..."

"A person in Concubine Zhang's palace?" Mrs. Zhang had a little impression of this name.

Haitao bent down and said: "Madam, I have asked you clearly, that Nightingale entered the palace with Concubine Zhang, and she is a maid in Concubine Zhang's boudoir."

Zhang's expression gradually became dignified.After a while, she became very angry and couldn't hide her anger: "Before the Southwest War, it was said that Xu Huizu's strategy had a great chance of winning, why did it fail so badly?"

Haitao bent even lower, wishing he could put his head on the floor.He obviously couldn't answer the question.