The Southeast War was what the emperor was most concerned about. After Liu Sheng reported, the emperor stood up with his son in his arms, and gave him to the female officer next to him, Du Ruo. He took a small bite of the little hand he stretched out lovingly, and said, "Daddy has something to do, play by himself."

Yang Qi'er withdrew the hand bitten by the emperor, and watched him turn and leave with pursed mouth, as if he was about to cry, but he didn't cry after all, but was about to break free from Du Ruo's arms and fall to the ground again.

Lady Du Ruo knew about Yang Qier's background, she hugged him and put him on the mattress, she also squatted down to tease him, Yang Qier looked like Ji Heng when she was born, but gradually her face grew, like an emperor, but her eyes were still like Ji Heng's. Balanced, big and bright, but although he likes to laugh, he doesn't like to pay attention to people. He plays and talks about himself. If others talk, he stares at them with wide eyes, as if judging What the hell do they mean.

The emperor went back to the study in the east. This time it was Mr. Ji and Mr. Liu Shangze, Minister of the Ministry of War, who came to see him together. Mr. Ji was holding the letter from Feige from the southeast that he had just received.

From Yuhang to Beijing, it only takes two days for the pigeon to pass the letter, and it takes about ten days for the eight-hundred-mile express horse.

It's just that Feige's letter was always used as an emergency method. During the Southeast War, Feige's letter sent a report to Beijing, and it would be expedited for another [-] miles.

The emperor didn't sit down on the chair, and asked directly after Lord Ji and Lord Liu saluted, "What's the urgent report?"

Mr. Ji submitted the translated and re-transcribed report in his hand. The emperor was still smiling and gentle when he was with his son in Xijian just now. Now that he took the report and glanced at it, his eyes sank and his face turned pale. It also darkened.

Naturally, the report was sent out two days ago, after the pirates besieged Yuhang, and it wrote about the alliance between the pirates and the Japanese pirates and their large-scale invasion of the south of the Yangtze River.

There are many pirates and Japanese pirates, more than [-], and they are fierce.

The report was issued by Yuhang, and it was written by Ji Heng.

The emperor didn't speak, but just looked at Liu Shangshu. Liu Shangze Lord Liu once led troops in Datong, but after becoming Shangshu, he didn't do much.

Liu Daren said, "Your Majesty, this is a memorial two days ago. The scourge of Japanese pirates and pirates is usually looting and going away. It comes and goes quickly. After two days, there will be a result in Jiangnan."

The emperor was both concerned about the war and worried about Ji Heng. After walking around in front of the two adults, he went to sit behind the imperial case, thought for a moment and said, "There are more than ten thousand pirates coming ashore this time. Naturally, the pirates will not come out in full force. There are more than ten thousand people. How powerful are they? If they are not wiped out as soon as possible, I am afraid that the disaster will only be worse in the future. It was set before that Lin Cong will lead the troops to go and increase the military expenditure by 100 million Whatever you do, let’s do it.”

The emperor was still worried about Ji Heng. According to Bian Wu's report, Ji Heng was in the southeast, and he didn't care about himself at all. The emperor didn't know how cruel the pirates were, so he was afraid that something would happen to Ji Heng. Besides, Ji Heng was just a weak scholar, so it was too easy for accidents to happen. up.

The emperor immediately sent Fu Yang, whom Ji Heng was more familiar with, with two hundred emperor's personal guards, organized into Fengyu Guards, and rushed to the south of the Yangtze River.

Regarding the name Feng Yuwei, Fu Yang was stunned when he heard it, and then he brought people to the south of the Yangtze River calmly.

Jiangnan battle reports came one after another, and everyone in the court was paying attention to this matter.

More than [-] Japanese pirates and pirates invaded Jiangnan, which shocked the court even more than the Fuzhou case at the beginning of the year. No one thought that the pirates were so powerful.

When Ji Heng asked the court for money to train sailors and manufacture warships and firearms, the court felt that the cost was too much. Anyway, he was crying for being poor and having no money, and he felt that Ji Heng was a lion and asked for too much.

Now that the pirates are so powerful and dare to invade the most affluent place in Dayong, everyone dare not say those words anymore.

As a result, the military expenses that the emperor wanted to allocate were also allocated smoothly.

The report sent to the emperor's imperial case, followed by good news, the great victory of Yuhang and the great victory of Caijingba. However, in a few days, it will be the difficulty of Xinghua sent by Wang Bingzhi.

Wang Bingzhi's memorial was sent directly to the emperor, without going to the cabinet first, so the emperor was the first to see Jijia Village being looted, dozens of men from the Ji clan died, dozens of women and children were robbed, and finally the Japanese pirates News that he fled to sea.

The emperor was so shocked that everyone stood up from their chairs.

The emperor quickly summoned the cabinet ministers to enter the palace. When Mr. Ji heard the news, he could hardly stand still and almost fell down.

No matter what the other adults thought in their hearts, they all showed grief and anger on their faces.

The emperor felt powerless to say anything, so he simply comforted Mr. Ji, and then said, "I will definitely save him."

The ministers of Beijing and China soon learned about the difficulties of the Ji family. They must have been shocked at first, or some people were secretly happy in their hearts, but they all went to Ji's mansion to express their condolences at the right time. Except for Ji Ge, among the officials in Beijing, Xing There are still several members of the Huaji clan, one is Ji Chaozong who has been promoted to the official department, he is more painful than the old Ji Ge, the old Ji Ge comes from the Xinghua Ji family, but his parents died when he was young, Except for a few ancestral houses and some ancestral fields in Xinghua, there is nothing else, but Ji Chaozong is different, his parents are all there. If he didn't work hard, he would have someone send him back to his hometown to be disciplined by his parents, and let him study in the ethnology. There are many children in the ethnology and the competition is great, which just gives him some fighting spirit.

Now, if something happened to both the parents and the children, Ji Chaozong would be so sad and indignant that he would go directly to the south of the Yangtze River to fight in the battlefield, and he didn't know how to tell his wife about it when he went home.

The other adults of Ji's family are not as famous as Elder Ji Ge and Ji Chaozong, but they are all from the family. As soon as they heard the news, they hurriedly sent people to Jiangnan to check the specific situation. Burning incense and praying to Buddha to pray for the safety of the closest family members.

The concubines in the harem also knew about it.

In other words, Jiangnan was only invaded by Japanese pirates before, and the concubines in the harem lived their own lives and didn't care, but after the Ji family suffered such bad luck, the concubines all paid attention.

So Concubine Xian's Duanyang Palace was about to be broken through the threshold, and everyone came to condolences to her.

Concubine Shao was the first to come. Concubine Shao manages the harem. She is a middle-of-the-road person. He valued her and gave her a gift before. When her younger brother got married, she was sent back to her mother's house to visit and congratulate her.

Even Concubine Xian is envious. When she was young, she felt that the house at home was small. She always shared the same room with her younger sister. There was not even a small garden at home, so she longed for a place of wealth and luxury. Now she has been living in the palace for ten years. , she felt homesick again.And because she didn't have the emperor's gift, she hasn't seen her relatives for a long time.Mistress Xu often enters the palace, but she goes to the Qilin Hall to see the second prince. She has never visited her, and her biological mother has never been to the palace. She wants her relatives and sometimes asks people to bring some things out. When the fourth sister gave birth to Lin'er again, and the fifth sister was pregnant, she was sent out with gifts. Naturally, the family sent some things in for her, but she still wanted to leave the palace. Go home and check it out.

Concubine Shao didn't mean to read the jokes of the Ji clan, she came over to comfort Xianfei sincerely, "Sister, don't be too sad, Your Majesty has already said, no matter what, we must rescue the captured Ji clan. We will definitely be able to rescue them." of."

Concubine Xian wiped her tears with a towel, "I hope so. I just don't know how sad and worried the family should be. Originally, my father is already old, and now that this kind of thing happens again, I'm afraid the gray hair will come out."

Concubine Shao sighed and said, "The Japanese pirates are also hateful. I only hope that the trouble in the Southeast China Sea will be calmed down soon."

Concubine Shao stayed with Concubine Xian for a while and then left. Then Guiren Xu came. Now Guiren Xu has become lonely in the palace. At the beginning of May, the emperor sent Concubine Xu to Jingxu Temple outside the palace. Before sending Concubine Xu to Jingxu Temple, Jingxu Temple built a palace and temple specially for her. The emperor said that she was allowed to rest because Concubine Xu began to suffer from headaches in April.

Without Concubine Xu, Mrs. Xu would have no confidence to make troubles, so she stopped a lot.

She came with a few tonics, Concubine Xian was sitting on the bed because she was too sad, she was not dressed up, she even wore white flowers on her head, this sad look made me feel pity.

Xu Guiren sat on the stool and said, "Sister, don't be so sad, your body is important."

Concubine Xian thanked her, and Xu Guiren said again, "I heard that old man's parents both died when he was young, and he had neither brothers nor sisters. In this way, old man Ge has no close relatives in Xinghua. This is much better."

Concubine Xian frowned and looked at her, she really didn't understand how she could say such a thing at this time, although everyone could think so in their hearts, they couldn't say it anyway.

In fact, Concubine Xian also thought this way in her heart. The Ji clan in Xinghua suffered such a catastrophe. The men who stayed in the ancestral house died dozens of times. Let's go, the Ji family is a scholarly family, especially those who stay in the ancestral house. Women value women's virtues very much. If they are robbed by thieves like this, even if they are rescued, they will lose face. Son Even more innocent.

The clansmen, no matter where they are, should be distraught.

Although those were relatives who had never met, and most of them were separated by many layers, Concubine Xian still felt sad for them.

However, apart from grief, Concubine Xian is also thankful that no real relatives stay in Xinghua.

Concubine Xian didn't answer Xu Guiren, but said, "I'm not feeling very well, so I can't keep you here to talk more..." After doing this, someone sent Xu Guiren out.

The most important female officer around Concubine Xian is Lu Ping. After Lu Ping sent Xu Guiren out, when he came in, he gave Concubine Xian some soothing tea, and said in a low voice, "Really, Xu Guiren, he can't even say a word. What, what are you talking about? It's no wonder that the emperor was in a good mood last Mid-Autumn Festival, but he was angered by her words. As a result, the emperor will not enter the harem for two months."

Concubine Xian frowned and shook her head, but did not speak.

Last Mid-Autumn Festival, there was naturally a palace banquet in the palace, and this was the first time that the emperor brought His Royal Highness the second prince to the concubines in the harem.

Everyone knows that His Highness the Second Prince is raised in the palace, but wherever the emperor is, he takes the child there. The child is either in the Qilin Hall or the Qinzheng Hall, so no one in the harem has ever seen him.

This was the first time they met, all the concubines prepared gifts, everyone saw that His Royal Highness the Second Prince looked very similar to the Emperor, so naturally they all wanted to use this topic to please the Emperor, because everyone knew that the Emperor loved the Second Prince very much.

After Xu Guiren saw the second prince, he was able to say, "Your Highness and the Emperor really look alike, but that's all. In the future, when His Highness asks about his biological mother, he will have no way of judging his biological mother's appearance from his own appearance."

The emperor lost his temper directly, and left with the second prince in his arms.

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, complaining about Xu Guiren very much.

Concubine Xian even thought that if Xu Guiren's family had not held the military power in Guangdong, and because Concubine Xu died of dystocia when giving birth to the eldest prince, Xu Guiren's mouth would be enough for her to be dealt with.

Thinking of the miserable situation of the Ji clan, the emperor couldn't show a smile for a few days. He could imagine how sad Ji Heng must be, and the Ji clan paid the most attention to education, strict family education, the most talented people, and so many people died. , it may not be said that many of them are talents of pillars, the emperor sighed again and again in his heart.

But Yang Qi'er was carefree, but he also found that his father was unhappy, so he was not as naughty as before, pulling the emperor's ears and hat, he did less, the emperor kissed him, he I also know how to go back to my relatives.

The emperor was very busy these days, and he didn't have time to be alone with his son, so he sat with his son on his lap and gave him a rattle to play with, while he reviewed the memorials, just looking at his son from time to time.

After eating, he also held his son in his arms. Yang Qi'er was very interested in the plate on the table. This interest came from the emperor not giving him food.

Yang Qi'er reached out to grab the chopsticks in the emperor's hand unhappily, and muttered, "Daddy, Daddy..."

The emperor thought for a while, dipped some sauce from the five-color meatball on the ivory chopsticks, and fed it to Yang Qier's lips. Yang Qier opened his mouth and sucked the chopsticks, and immediately felt that he was cheated, and stuck out his tongue again and again, He curled his lips again, and stared at the emperor accusingly.

The emperor bullied his son. Seeing his cute appearance, his gloomy mood improved a little. He smiled and said, "Is it delicious?"

The sauce of the five-color meatballs was thickened with medicinal herbs, so it had a bit of a bitter taste. The emperor was a little angry recently, and this meatball was specially made to reduce the fire.

Yang Qi'er is very sensitive to bitterness. Foods that are only slightly bitter to others are very bitter to him, so he will definitely find it unpalatable.

When the meal was finished, the emperor walked around the room with his son in his arms. The room was very warm with a stove burning. It has been several days, and I want to beg the emperor to let her meet her family."

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