[Qing] Empress Xiao Chengren Reborn

Chenghu remembered that in August, Huang Ama ordered Zhe Erken, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Fu Dali, a scholar of the Imperial Academy and servant of the Ministry of Rites, to go to Yunnan to discuss with Pingxi King Wu Sangui, the governor, and the governor to arrange the premises of officers and soldiers and manage their vassals. Withdraw troops and set off.

After he managed to rush back to the palace, as soon as he arrived at the door of the Qianqing Palace's study, he heard Mingzhu's crisp voice reading scriptures: "After I arrived in Yunnan, Wu Sangui lied that he would leave on November 24th, but in fact , he conspired with his subordinates, Du Tong Wu Yinglin, Wu Guogui, Deputy Du Tong Gao Dejie, and his sons-in-law Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu to rebel against the Qing. On the 21st of the same month, he publicly showed the banner of rebellion, coercing his ministers to join the rebellion, but the ministers sternly refused. Generals such as Zhang Guozhu, the governor of Yunnan, and Li Yunshen, the governor of Guizhou, all followed him. The following year was the first year of King Zhaowu of the Zhou Dynasty. He cast money and said to use Tongbao. He ordered all his subordinates to cut their braids and grow their hair, change into Han costumes, and personally pay homage to Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty who was killed by him. The army’s flags are all white, and they ride And wear white felt as a hat..."

After reading the memorial, Mingzhu said: "Your Majesty, it was also stated in the residence newspaper that Wu Sangui made Feng Su the chief envoy, Peng Huanan the prefect of Yunnan, Zhang Guozhu and Ma Bao the dukes, Wang Pingfan and Li Benshen the generals. Reinstate Ma Bao and other generals led the army from Guizhou to Huguang, while Wang Pingfan and others led the rebel army to attack Shaanxi from Sichuan. This book was written by Zhu Guozhi before his death, and it was sent to the capital after many twists and turns. When the book arrived in the capital, he people died, and Zhe Erken and others were also detained in Yunnan."

Xuan Ye let out a long sigh, and said after a long while: "I have long expected that Wu Sangui didn't sincerely withdraw from the feudal clan and set off, and he turned back as expected! But, it's a pity for Zhu Guozhi!"

The monarch and his ministers were talking here, when Liang Jiugong walked in, Xuan Ye saw him and asked, "What's the matter?"

He said that no one should be disturbed.

Liang Jiugong hurriedly said: "Go back to the emperor, the second elder brother is back."

"Then let him come in," Xuan Ye said to Mingzhu, "You go to the side hall and wait. When I see the second brother, I will announce you to continue the discussion."

Mingzhu was naturally sensible, after listening to Xuanye's words, she said yes, then bowed and left the study, and went to the side hall to wait.

When Cheng Hu came in, Mingzhu was nowhere to be seen. He saluted Xuan Ye, and Xuan Ye asked with a smile after calling out, "I see your mother? How is she?"

The imperial doctor sent to the Kafu will come to report to him every day about Kabula's condition, so he also knows that Kabula is getting better day by day, and he will be able to return to the court to continue to lead the cabinet in a few days. Regarding this point Xuan Ye He was not worried, but he hadn't seen Zhujin for nearly a month, but he couldn't get away to see Zhujin in Karfu during these days, and he really missed it very much.

"Go back to Huang Ama, Er Niang is very good, Er Niang saw what her son brought for Huang Ama, Er Niang said, she will be back in a few days, and when Er Niang sets a date, she will send someone to inform Huang Ama's."

Cheng Hu tried his best to answer Xuan Ye's question concisely, but he talked too much, and he couldn't answer in single words. He was missing a front tooth, so it was inevitable that his words would leak out.

Xuan Ye keenly heard the problem of Cheng Hu's pronunciation, frowned slightly and looked at Cheng Hu, seeing him pursing his lips tightly and looking unnatural, Xuan Ye guessed the reason when he changed his mind: "Your teeth fell out. ?”

Cheng Hu was a little embarrassed to be exposed by Huang Ama, but he couldn't hide it from Xuan Ye, so he nodded and said, "Yes, it fell from Er Niang."

Xuan Ye asked Cheng Hu to open his mouth to show him, but Cheng Hu had no choice but to obey. After seeing it, Xuan Ye smiled and said: "The teeth are about to grow, don't keep licking them with your tongue, so as not to grow into buck teeth in the future." , that would be ugly!"

Cheng Hu hurriedly nodded and said yes, Xuan Ye smiled and comforted: "It's nothing if you lose your teeth, they all came here like this, and I was the same at the time. When I married your mother, I happened to have just grown a tooth. What about a tooth! Changing your teeth means that you are growing up slowly, which is a good thing.”

Cheng Hu lost his teeth this time, and was really not used to it. Xuan Ye comforted him a few words, and he felt better, but he suddenly remembered what he had just heard outside, and said: "Huang Ama, son Just now I heard Xiang Ming read the scriptures outside, saying that Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, has rebelled?"

"yes,"

Xuanye took the initiative to establish Chenghu as the prince, and he did not deliberately avoid Chenghu when it came to political affairs. When Chenghu asked, he showed Chenghu the excerpt that Mingzhu read just now, "This is Zhu Guozhi’s last note to me, the above said very clearly, Wu Sangui is indeed rebellious! In this way, the imperial court will send troops to suppress the rebellion!”

Cheng Hu browsed through the folder quickly before returning it to Xuan Ye, pursing his lips and said: "My son is still young, he can't put on armor to fight for Huang Ama to wipe out the rebellious thieves, let alone talk about it in front of Huang Ama The art of war, my son just thinks, the south is about to be chaotic, the court not only wants to send troops to suppress the rebels, but also pay attention to the safety of the capital, those who still think about the former Ming and those who want to fish in troubled waters only I'm afraid they will all jump out, be it to confuse the people or spread rumors, what's more, they might join forces with Wu Sangui, my son thinks that the commander of the infantry and the Eight Banners in Gyeonggi must be prepared in case there is any change."

Xuan Ye's eyes flashed, and he said immediately: "This is right, I only think about the south, but I forgot what is in front of me!"

Seeing that he had said everything he needed to say and reminded him of what he needed to be reminded, Cheng Hu resigned and quit the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as he left, Xuanye immediately announced Mingzhu to come in to discuss the matter of sending troops to the south and strengthening the defense of the Gyeonggi. The discussion was settled tonight, and the discussion will be held tomorrow when the Qianqing Gate is discussing politics.

Before re-entering the room, Mingzhu saw Chenghu leaving Qianqing Palace. He squinted his eyes slightly. After seeing Xuanye again, Mingzhu was still thinking about another thing. Before, he was planning to let several people go to the palace. Zhezi came to talk about the matter of the Dafeng harem, but this year he was busy with Wu Sangui's withdrawal from the vassal. Now that Wu Sangui has rebelled, the court is busy sending troops to suppress it again. I'm afraid there is no time to take care of the harem matters. .

Mingzhu thought to herself, should the queen and the second elder brother be allowed to grow up like this?Looking at the emperor's attitude towards the queen's family and the second elder brother, does the emperor really intend to make the second elder brother the crown prince?

On the day when Zhu Jin set a date to return to the palace, the capital, which had been tense and silent for several days after learning that Wu Sangui had turned his back on him, suddenly became chaotic. A person revolted in the capital under the guise of the third prince of the Chongzhen Emperor. In chaos, the common people ran away in panic, and thieves took the opportunity to infiltrate various government houses and kill people. Even the heavily guarded Kafu was under attack.

Kabula was still ill and could not preside over the overall situation. Ergen Jueluo wanted to comfort the women and children in the back house and stabilize people's hearts. The task of guarding the mansion could only be given to Kabula's brothers. The brothers are all good at kung fu. Seeing the thieves wielding knives to kill people, they all brought their own people to fight with the thieves, determined to die so that the thieves could not step into the house.

Zhujin was originally waiting for news in the inner house, but what she could hear and see was the suppressed cries of the people in the back house. She really didn't like this atmosphere, and she didn't want to say anything to comfort them. She only asked Ergen Jue Luo to take good care of everyone , and told Ergenjue Luoshi repeatedly that this turmoil will eventually pass, as long as he can persist.

The Karma Mansion also has its own guards. Zhujin is not worried about safety issues. She only worries about Xuanye. Since the rebels are scheduled to revolt today and the capital is in chaos, it must be the same in the palace. The so-called Third Prince Zhu Yang Qilong will definitely try his best to enter the palace, and she is going back to the palace today, if Xuan Ye came out of the palace to pick her up today, what would he do if he met these thieves?

Xuan Ye is much safer in the palace than outside!

Thinking of this, Zhujin couldn't stay in the back house anymore. She explained a few words to Yiergenjueluo, then went to find a guard's long sword and took it in her hand, and walked to the outer courtyard. She returned to the mansion At the beginning, although I only brought Su Rui and Ru Jing with me, there were quite a few hidden guards following her. Now when everyone saw her walking towards the outer courtyard, they all showed up and knelt down, regardless of hiding their figure In front of Zhujin.

"There is chaos outside, the empress must not move rashly!"

Su Rui and Ru Meng also persuaded: "Master, it's too chaotic outside, master should stay here, don't go out! When the outside calms down, it won't be too late for master to go out again!"

But Zhujin refused to listen to the persuasion. When she reached the gate of the mansion, everyone was still persuading her, but she stopped without saying a word. Before the gate of the mansion was opened, she could see the blood on the ground, and the swords and swords fighting outside. The shouts of the crowd.

What if she opens the door of the mansion and the thieves rush in?What if she rushed to Xuan Ye's side, and instead of being able to save him, she became a burden to him?

Just like the murder planned by Bumble when she and Xuan Ye went to Nanyuan that day, she was by Xuan Ye's side that time, and she used her accumulated blood and courage to fight but couldn't save him. With Xuan Ye, in the end both of them were imprisoned and trapped... If she rushed to Xuan Ye desperately at this moment, the result was very likely that she lost her life and could not save Xuan Ye.

Zhu Jin stopped and stood behind the gate of the mansion, struggling. Everyone thought she had changed her mind, so they all kept silent, but they didn't dare to leave, just to prevent Zhu Jin from changing her mind again.

At such a moment, the door of the mansion suddenly opened, Zhu Jin looked intently, and saw Xuan Ye walking in wearing a military uniform, Xuan Ye's murderous eyes immediately saw her, Immediately, she walked over with strides, wrapped her arms tightly around the pearl brocade in her arms, and whispered in her ear: "Ajin, it's okay, luckily you're fine."

His armor was hard and cold, with the chill of winter, and there was still warm blood on the armor. The strong smell of blood rushed into the nose of Zhujin, but she seemed to be unable to see or smell it all. When Ye said those words in her ear, her nose felt sore, and she suddenly wanted to cry.

He rushed here in military uniform, and he didn't hide his concern for her in front of everyone, what more could she ask for... Xuan Ye's heart for her is a lesson from heaven and earth.

Zhu Jin smiled slightly, wrapped his arms around his waist, and said in a low voice: "The concubine is fine, the emperor is at ease."