"By the way, how is that girl from the Lin family doing these days?"
Of course the emperor cannot always care about a little girl, but it was only because of Zhu Jinghong that he remembered Daiyu .
The last time I heard about her was more than a month ago. At that time, Daiyu used the imperial edict to control the Lin family and even let Zhu Xianming praise her several times.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Lin family affairs have been properly handled by him, and now the whole house is obeying his orders!"
"Old Thirteen has always wanted to bring the Lin family girl into the house, you This time... will he bring the person back directly?" Zhu Xianming raised his head and asked.
"This... I can't say for sure!"
"If you can't say for sure, you can still say it. I didn't say that you have to say it for sure!"
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"For the girl of the Lin family, the Thirteenth Master has been waiting for a long time and wanted to come this time..."
Seeing that Cheng Ying hesitated to speak, Zhu Xianming smiled and said: "So you think, Old Thirteen will bring her back this time!"
"This slave is just guessing!" Cheng Ying explained quickly.
"That girl from the Jia family was placed in a Taoist temple?"
Zhu Xianming had heard about this, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, he was too busy with things every day. Yes, I just thought about it today and asked.
The emperor suddenly changed the subject, and Cheng Ying immediately reacted and replied: "It is... placed in Qingning Pavilion!"
"Qingning Pavilion...I have never I heard it!" Zhu Xianming frowned.
"It's a newly built Taoist temple, just one street away from the west of Prince Xiang's Mansion!" Cheng Ying replied.
Hearing this, Zhu Xianming was stunned, and then asked: "How long has it been built?"
"I'm afraid it's been... two or three months!" Cheng Ying said seriously. replied.
Zhu Xianming laughed and said: "It is said that the golden house hides the beauties, but I never thought that Taoist temples can also hide them. Old Thirteen is not in the capital... I think it was Princess Xiang's handiwork!"
"Your Majesty is wise! !" Cheng Ying complimented.
It was relaxing to laugh heartily. Zhu Xianming stopped chatting, picked up the next memorial and read it. At the same time, he said slowly: "This is a great victory in the naval battle. Old Thirteen deserves a reward for his merits, so I will give him the Imperial Five." Thousands of acres, thirty thousand silver, brocade cloth..."
The reward this time was extremely generous. It can be seen that this victory made Zhu Xianming very happy, so he sent out the good things one after another.
While the various departments and bureaus in the inner court were preparing the rewards, news of the naval victory began to spread in the city, causing another sensation in the capital.
In Prince Xiang's Mansion, Baochai's heart just fell to the ground after learning that Zhu Jinghong had won the naval battle.
She has been worried for the past two months, and she has become quite haggard, just because this time Zhu Jinghong is on the front line again.
Because of this incident, even though it was approaching the end of the year, the atmosphere in the palace was tense and it was rare to see a smiling face.
“Go down and tell all the guards, chambermaids, and maidservants in the palace to be rewarded with ten pieces of silver.Two, a piece of brocade cloth, and a jar of wine for the guards and chamberlains! "
After being happy, Baochai issued an order to reward everyone in the palace.
Her act was generous, and everyone inside and outside the palace benefited from her loyalty to the palace. A lot has been added, and everyone is proud of this victory.
In Baochai's room, several women gathered together and were chatting, when a maid trotted in and reported with a smile. He said: "My dear, someone came from the palace and said that His Majesty wants to reward our prince! ”
Tonight is the New Year’s Eve, and Baochai will go to the palace soon to represent Prince Xiang’s Mansion at the New Year’s Eve family banquet.
The reward will come at this time, which will affect her timely arrival. , but now we can only delay.
"Princess, this is a great thing, why are you so frowning? Yinglian asked with a smile.
Baochai then smiled and said: "Happiness comes so suddenly, it catches me off guard!" "
Everyone also laughed, and then Baochai ordered everyone to prepare to receive the emperor's reward later.
"But you don't have to go, you just have a rest! " Baochai gave another order.
But Qing was pregnant for three months and is already full term now, and may give birth at any time.
"Thank you, empress! ”
When Ke Qing was thanking him, Baochai thought of Yingchun. This girl was seven months pregnant and still didn’t know what to say after giving birth.
But Yibao Chai's guess is that it is difficult for this Yingchun girl to have a status, at least in the past two years.
It is not because of the obstruction of the emperor and empress, but because of Zhu Jinghong's own thoughts. If she wants to cut off with Dong Gong, it is impossible for Najia's daughter to do so at this time.
Thinking of this, Baochai sighed, she was feeling sorry for Yingchun.
Here. Baochai summoned the palace to prepare to receive the order, while the East Palace on the other side was also preparing to leave for the palace to attend the banquet.
But Yuanchun looked gloomy at the moment and could not cheer up at all, which represented her prince. The imperial concubine's uniform was put aside.
Yuan Chun was unhappy now, not because she had been wronged, but simply because she had lost her mind.
She had just learned the news. Zhu Jinghong annihilated the Spanish fleet at sea and once again achieved unparalleled achievements.
She could foresee that Zhu Jinghong's reputation would definitely rise in the future, and he would be more relied upon by the emperor. In comparison, the East Palace was too much. Weak.
There is no hope of victory, so Yuanchun has given up and doesn't want to do anything now, not even going to today's family dinner.
Either. If she pretends to be polite to Baochai, she will either be criticized by Chen Zhi or scolded by her mother-in-law...
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside.
"Meet Your Highness! "
Hearing the voice of the maid outside, Yuanchun knew that the prince was coming, but she just twisted from the couch, but had no intention of standing up.
After a few breaths, the prince pushedWhen he entered the door, he saw Yuanchun lying down.
"It's almost time to enter the palace, why don't you change your clothes!" the prince asked with dissatisfaction.
Yuan Chun sat up and said, "I am not feeling well today. It is really difficult to serve my mother. I would like to ask Your Highness to ask for leave!"
"Ask for leave?" Zhu Jingyuan Extremely surprised.
The words coming from Yuanchun's mouth really surprised him. After all, no matter how uncomfortable she was, she would never ask for leave.
"Today is New Year's Eve, and my father, emperor, and mother are all here. It won't look good for me to go alone, so you should go together!" Zhu Jingyuan advised.
"Your Highness, it's not because I don't want to go, but I really have a severe stomachache. If something happens to me when I go, I'm afraid others will make a fuss about it!"
This is The explanation in one sentence barely made Zhu Jingyuan acceptable, but he was still not happy about it and turned around and left without even caring a word.
Yuan Chun was upset, but Zhu Jingyuan was actually even more upset, and could even be said to be frightened.
Half a month ago, one of his associates, Xu Xinan, was arrested by the Jin Yiwei for allegedly colluding with local officials. However, for the sake of the face of his East Palace, the matter ended with Xu Xinan being dismissed from office. .
This incident was a blow to Zhu Jingyuan, but the news of the naval victory today was a serious blow to him.
After the prince left, Yuanchun sighed again, then ordered all the maids in the palace to retreat, and he lay down on the couch again.
It is currently winter, and a stove is placed in the house to keep it warm, but in early spring, my hands and feet are cold.
In fact, Yuanchun's mentality collapsed, not only because her opponent was too strong, but also because the prince was too la, and it was useless to let her have methods and strategies.
The prince's indifference towards her today hurt her even more, and in the end she could only cry alone...
I don't know how long it took, but when Yuanchun was about to fall asleep, There was a knock on the door outside.
"Who?"
"Mother, it's me!"
It was Miaoyu's voice. After Yuanchun understood it, he asked: "What's the matter? "
"I learned that the queen is not feeling well, so I came here to visit, please allow her permission!"
"No need... I'll just take a rest!"
Standing outside the door, Miaoyu did not give up, but went on to say: "Your Majesty is sick, I have good medicine to cure it. If you are really sick, I have medicine to cure it!"
This The words made Yuanchun a little more interested, so she responded: "Come in!"
So Miaoyu opened the door and entered, and soon came to the inner quiet room, first seeing the dresses on the table , and then glanced at Crown Princess Yuanchun.
"You said that there is a heart medicine that can cure me, but you don't know the cause of my illness, how can you cure it?"
Miaoyu walked to the side to write on the desk and said slowly: "My queen's heart disease may not be known to a poor monk. !”
Then, under Yuanchun’s gaze, she wrote two words on the paper.A big character.
Yuan Chun immediately stood up, walked to the bookcase and looked at it. He was shocked immediately, and then looked up at Miaoyu.
I saw the word "reservation" written on the paper.
"I may not be able to cure your heart disease!" Miaoyu said calmly.
Yuan Chun sneered and said: "Reciting sutras can't cure you!"
Miaoyu said with a smile: "A poor monk is not only good at reciting sutras!"
At this moment she was calm and calm. Xian, looking like he has the pearls of wisdom in hand, looks like two people as before.
Yuan Chun stared at Miaoyu with deep eyes for a while and asked: "Who are you?"
Miaoyu returned to his solemn demeanor and replied: " As the empress knows, the poor monk is a monk, and he is just willing to help when there is an injustice on the road."
Of course Yuan Chun didn't believe it, thinking that at this time she had remembered that Miaoyu's origins had not been investigated in detail. It was narrated by herself.
Obviously, it is now certain that this woman is hiding something.
"Is your Majesty willing to believe in me?"
"Believe in you?"
"If your Majesty is willing, I can help your Majesty and the Prince to turn defeat into victory..."
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Miaoyu was planning the future for Yuan Chun, and on the other side of the Kunning Palace, the princesses, princesses and concubines arrived one after another.
At this moment, Concubine Jia was chatting with the queen, but they were talking about the affairs of the harem and the wives inside and outside. She was accompanied by Princess Rui Chen Zhi.
Nowadays, the Queen's spirit is getting worse and worse, and the affairs of the harem and the royal wife are too complicated, so the Queen has handed over most of the tasks to Concubine Jia, and she only wants to listen to the results report.
While the three people were chatting, Baochai entered the Kunning Gate, followed by Princess Qingyang and Princess Jinghai. The three of them entered the main hall, joking all the way.
As soon as Baochai arrived, she immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone congratulated her one after another, and Baochai returned the favor one by one.
"Kowtow to the Queen!"
"Get up!" The Queen nodded slightly, and then summoned Baochai to her side.
Chen Zhi had a smile on her face, but she was filled with hatred in her heart.
"Old Thirteen disobeys my orders... He insists on going to the front line and braving artillery fire to fight against the Western Barbarians. Now that he has won this great victory, he will probably not listen to me anymore in the future. !"
Although the queen was joking, Baochai still replied modestly and cautiously: "The queen will calm down and wait until she returns to Beijing in a few days, and it will not be too late to punish him severely!"
< p>"He left the capital alone and only followed his own temper. How could he know how worried the queen was!"Hearing this, the queen smiled instead and said: "It should be fine. Punish him. I heard him say before that he doesn't care about the matter of Mingjue. How about delegating him to the county king?"
So many people were chatting, but most of them stayed. Have some snacks and pay attention to the conversation on the Queen's side.
Everyone was surprised when they heard that the Queen wanted to surrender Zhu Jinghong’s title.Then listen more carefully.
Any other punishment is fine, but if he really has the title of prince, how could Baochai agree to it?
"Mother, all matters of honor are decided by the father, the queen and the queen. The daughter-in-law does not dare to speak nonsense, but..."
"Just what?" the queen asked with interest.
Baochai replied: "It's just that the prince has made meritorious service for the court after all. It's okay not to be rewarded for his meritorious service. If he is punished instead... I'm afraid it will attract criticism from the world and damage the sage of his father, queen and mother." !"
This is the most standard way of replying. It has been engraved in Baochai's mind, and it is as smooth as eating and drinking.
The Queen laughed at the scene, and Concubine Jia also laughed. Only Chen Zhi smiled superficially.
Looking further away, the queen looked outside the main hall, which was heading south, and Zhu Jinghong was thousands of miles away.
“But I don’t know what Old Thirteen is doing at this time!”
The son traveled thousands of miles and the mother was worried, not to mention going to fight, let alone a close-range artillery battle...
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The queen was worried, but in fact Zhu Jinghong had an easy life.
After annihilating the main force of the Spanish fleet, he headed south along the coastline, clearing out Spanish military ports one after another, and then separated the fleet to stay and occupy it in order to receive supplies contributed by Luzon.
On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Jinghong ordered a ceasefire and asked almost all soldiers to go ashore to celebrate the New Year, which brought a huge burden to the people of Luzon.
The Ming Dynasty navy came to expel the barbarians, and Luzon had to do its best to supply supplies, so it had no choice but to suffer for the people.
The army repaired for five consecutive days. After solving various physical and psychological problems and receiving ammunition replenishment from the supply ship, Zhu Jinghong ordered the army to continue the combat mission.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month of the fifteenth year of Orthodoxy, another war broke out, and there was no doubt that the Ming army won again.
The participating squadrons occupied the seaport, which was the last Spanish port in Luzon where they had been stationed for decades.
The main force of the navy led by Zhu Jinghong had already turned westward three days ago, heading towards the Spanish home base in the Far East.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Ming Dynasty fleet appeared on the sea of Kota Kei.
Simons, the governor of the Spanish Far East, was standing on the fortress at this moment, looking at the hundreds of warships of the Ming army, and the bitterness in his heart could no longer be concealed.
Standing next to him was Count Andre, the governor of the Portuguese Far East. He was invited by Simons.
In the Far East, Portugal occupies the south of Indochina and the west of the Malay Archipelago, while the Spanish occupy the eastern part of the Malay Archipelago and attempt to encroach on the Luzon Islands.
Their spheres of influence were close to each other and they were on guard against each other. The rise of the Ming Navy changed their relationship.
So much so that now, the two people who used to wish each other bad luck can now stay together to discuss fending off the enemy.
The Ming army came with great momentum, and the Portuguese understood the truth and accepted the invitation to protect their own interests.
"Look, if you don't help us, they will attack you next!"
"So why are you hesitating? Go and move your fleet over and bring These Eastern monkeys will be bombarded to death!"
Simmons was trying to persuade Andre, but the latter did not express his position and just looked at the Ming fleet in the distance.
He did not bring the fleet here this time, because mobilizing the army is a big deal, and using the army to go to war is even more important. As Governor Andre, he must be cautious.
If you mobilize troops without authorization, even if you are acting in a public spirit, you will inevitably be jealous of the king. This principle applies to both the East and the West.
Here the two of them were arguing. Several C-class ships of the Ming Army were approaching the harbor, and the surrounding area was a huge business area.
Of course, the usually busy merchants have all evacuated. In addition to the large quantities of goods stacked, there are only a dozen docked merchant ships left.
As for the coastal defense troops, Simmons had already withdrawn them into the city. The remaining warships were also hidden by him and used as back-up tools to escape after the defeat.
After several Class C ships approached, they were only about a hundred meters away from the coast and only three hundred meters away from the city wall of Kotaji.
After the warships lined up, the roar of cannons was soon heard. These warships fired directly at the distant city wall.
Although the accuracy is not very good beyond 300 meters, the hit rate is about 30%, so even if Simmons and the two were hiding in the fortress, they retreated under the city wall at this time. .
When the two men fled in panic, Zhu Jinghong, standing at the bow of the flagship, was looking at the situation ahead with a telescope.
Behind him were three naval admirals and several other lieutenants.
Looking at the gunpowder smoke blowing in the wind in front of him, Zhu Jinghong said calmly: "The Eastern powers... set up a few cannons on the sea to blast open the enemy's country!" The era of transcoding has been serious recently, Let us be more motivated and update faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you