Born short-lived

The queen frowned, and her face gradually sank. She didn't speak for a long time. She stood by the well and looked into the well without saying a word. After a long time, she sneered and said vaguely: "It's not their turn to say what they shouldn't say." .”

The little eunuch was taken aback, but he hurriedly bowed his body and didn't dare to speak anymore.

The empress let his words completely spoil her interest, and felt that there was nothing to do, so she turned around and walked out of the palace resentfully.

In the eyes of the court people, the upright and stern prince brought 10 soldiers and horses to stand still in northern Xinjiang for more than two months, and lost the northwest. If you don't know the reason, it really can't be justified.

The little eunuch helped the queen back to the bedroom, it was already noon.The ice in the bedroom did not dare to delay for a moment, and it did not take long for it to cool down.

While helping her shake the brocade fan, the little eunuch couldn't help but look outside, then glanced at the queen who was still sitting in front of the desk, flipping through idle books, hesitated for a while, and finally asked cautiously Said: "Your Majesty, the calming soup boiled in the imperial dining room is ready, do you want to drink a bowl and take a rest?"

The empress raised her eyelids and glanced at him, the corners of her mouth curled up imperceptibly, she stared at the book in her hand and joked inexplicably: "Oh, what's the matter, is it really like the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry?"

The little eunuch was startled for a moment, quickly put on a flattering smile, bowed his head and smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's all according to His Majesty's will."

The queen chuckled and raised her hand at him: "Bring it here."

The little eunuch was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly responded, "Hey."

Immediately afterwards, he handed the brocade fan to the maid next to him, with two dimples dimpled on his doughy face, and hurriedly went to the door to get soup.

The empress has always had the habit of taking a nap after meals, but she is too busy with writing and she is getting older, so before going to bed, she always asks the imperial dining room to boil a bowl of calming soup before she can fall asleep.

Not long after, the little eunuch gently placed a black porcelain bowl on the table in front of the empress, and carefully found a place that was safe and far away from the booklets: "Your Majesty, soup coming."

"En." The queen responded indifferently, and looked down, the calming soup looked very good, the soup was fine and white in the black porcelain bowl with tortoiseshell pattern, and the barley kernels inside were plump and plump. The grains are unambiguous, and there is a sweet taste of licorice.

Because it was summer, the soup had been boiled in advance, and now it was warm and refreshing. The empress stirred it gently with a small porcelain spoon, picked it up, chewed and drank it slowly.

After the queen was full of food and soup, and finally got up and went to sleep, the eunuch finally seized the opportunity and quietly slipped out of the bedroom.

It was not a day of rest, so the cabinet, which has always been busy with affairs, had to stay to deal with government affairs after the court meeting. The little eunuch slipped out of the emperor's bedroom, and quickly walked to the door of the cabinet along the corner.

The guard at the door glanced at him, as if he was already familiar with it, he turned aside and let him in without questioning too much.

"Master Jiang." He knocked on the door of Jiang Kun's room, and heard footsteps, and then the door was opened from the inside.

Seeing him, Jiang Kun nervously poked his head out to look left and right, then patted him on the shoulder and urged, "Come in quickly."

The little eunuch followed him into the house, and carefully closed the doors and windows, before Jiang Kun hurriedly asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Your Majesty brought all the little ones with you," the little eunuch said honestly, "Your Majesty said, 'It's not their turn to say what they shouldn't say'."

After Jiang Kun was silent for a while, his eyes became more and more gloomy, and he couldn't help frowning slightly.

The little eunuch said again: "My lord is a wise man, he should understand what His Majesty means."

Only then did Jiang Kun come to his senses. Although his face still had no good looks, he still bowed his hands politely: "Thank you, Eunuch Deng."

Now the emperor is feeling sorry for her son, all the criticisms are just gossip in her ears, one or two words occasionally may be nothing, but if it still doesn't stop, Long Yan will probably be furious.

Jiang Kun pondered for a while, then pulled Eunuch Deng and asked, "Then, what color do you have, Your Majesty?"

The little eunuch sighed: "I still mentioned it, Your Majesty's color has changed a lot. I had a good time in the East Palace, but after hearing this, I went back without saying a word."

Jiang Kun nodded, thinking about it in his heart, and probably got some points.

It turns out that His Majesty only got so emotional when he came to the East Palace, so there is no need to worry too much. After a long time, if there is no progress in Northern Xinjiang, I am not afraid that the Queen will not hold Dong Sheng accountable.

Those Shaan people who are like thugs are not easy to dismiss.

Thinking about it, Jiang Kun unconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth, then turned to Eunuch Deng and said, "Eunuch, you have worked hard. This summer is scorching hot. Let me prepare some food to cool off and send it to Eunuch Deng."

This "food" to cool off the heat is naturally of great value, enough to satisfy the "appetite" of the eunuch.

Sure enough, the eunuch covered his mouth and smiled, his dimpled cheeks were gleaming with oil, winked and said: "Then our family can thank Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Kun sent Eunuch Deng away, paced up and down in his room thinking for a long time before finally opening the door and going straight to the room where the cabinet discusses matters.

A month later, the first batch of gold from Southern Xinjiang arrived in the East China Sea. Although it still can't completely fill the gap in funds in the East China Sea, if the follow-up gold can arrive as scheduled, it will be enough for them to start the completion of the Great Wall fortification.

Zhou Zirong would visit the Yanguan Tower almost every day, and even take a boat to the frontier to work as a supervisor every once in a while.

Whenever the construction of the Great Wall starts, the East China Sea coastal defense patrols will be more frequent than usual.

In the blink of an eye, it was September, and the Great Wall was about to be completed, but accidents still happened.The construction period of the Great Wall was delayed for too long due to insufficient fundraising. The little general who was in charge of supervising the project did not want to delay it until October, so he disobeyed and ordered his workers to work overtime. He blew the trumpet.

The Great Wall of the East China Sea is an underwater Great Wall. When it was first built, it was considered that the cost of underwater operations was too high, so the Great Wall of the East China Sea was built on the water and then sank with mechanisms.The Great Wall of the East China Sea usually never shows its face on the bottom of the vast ocean, but it was discovered that it was two or three feet high when it went up.

In the early morning of October, the sea was too steep, and the sky was late, and the workers still couldn't see their fingers when they went to work, so they had to set up white crystal lanterns on the outer wall of the Great Wall.

The first few days were fine, but just three days before the expected completion date, a worker accidentally fell from the city wall into the water in the darkness.

The companion next to him only had time to see a black shadow falling, and didn't even hear a scream. It was a friend next to the man who discovered that he was gone.

But in the dark and icy sea in the early morning, it is not easy to find people.

The general overseeing the work was in a cold sweat and hurriedly ordered all the workers on the outer wall to withdraw. Most of these workers were active or retired soldiers from the East China Sea Garrison.

"Everyone come up!" the general yelled at the workers on the outer wall, but as soon as he said this, he suddenly heard the sound of falling into the water.

The general was taken aback for a moment, his back felt cold, and the cold sweat dripped on his forehead, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What's the matter?!"

A worker's wailing came from the lower right of the outer wall: "General! It's...it's Afang!"

Another fell.

"Come up quickly!" The general grabbed a worker next to him who was about to climb up, and hissed at the bottom, "Quick!"

And the worker who was grabbed by him was still holding a white crystal lamp in his hand, and just climbed up half of his body, his whole body was shaken suddenly, and a painful muffled groan came out of his throat.

Only then did the general see clearly that there was an arrow stuck in the man's back.

"Enemy attack—"

Zhou Zirong was still practicing swords in the courtyard early in the morning, when he suddenly heard a deafening bell from the East Sea—it was the alarm bell on the Yanguan Tower. Anything abnormal will ring the giant bronze bell on Yanhaiguan.

He frowned, put the knife back into its sheath without saying a word, and then went out to the East China Sea without a moment's delay.

There was a lot of voices in the Donghai school grounds. Ever since Luo Geng was transferred to southern Xinjiang, Luo Chi had been responsible for the daily patrol arrangement of Donghai.Luo Chi obviously didn't expect such a thing to happen. He had just dealt with the little general who was in charge of the work under him, and when he saw Zhou Zirong had arrived, he hurriedly went to plead guilty with a pale face.

"General." Luo Chi knelt down in front of Zhou Zirong one step at a time. He was already sweating profusely in the cold windy morning, "It's my subordinate's dereliction of duty."

Zhou Zirong glanced into the distance, his expression was not particularly good, but he didn't want to get angry, so he tried his best to calm down and said, "Get up first, and speak clearly."

Luo Chi stood up, with a frown on his face, and said in a deep voice, "The people from Panyang are here."

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