My father is Jiajing

Chapter 189 Alas, Pain, and Pity

Emperor Jiajing finally smiled heartily, "Very good! Very good, very good!"

After saying a few good words in succession, Emperor Jiajing asked Meng Chong to go back and serve Zhu Zaigui well.

The next day, when it was still dark, Minister of War Ding Rukui and Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing, both with extremely anxious looks on their faces, hurried to the Western Garden to request an audience with the emperor.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing had just finished dreaming about becoming an immortal and controlling the world. He was immersed in the dream and had not yet woken up when he was ruined by the eunuch who came outside the palace to report in a hurry.

Emperor Jiajing angrily rebuked: "What are you arguing about? What happened? Did the sky fall?"

The sound of Emperor Jiajing's reprimand came from inside the palace. The eunuch outside the palace was also trembling with fear, but he still replied nervously and stuttered: "Emperor. The Minister of War and the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard have important matters to ask Your Majesty. They are waiting in front of the palace gate now."

When Emperor Jiajing heard that it was Ding Rukui and Lu Bing who urgently requested a meeting with him, he immediately came to his senses.

Emperor Jiajing said: "Send them to the main hall to wait for you."

The young eunuch hurried back to inform, and then took Ding Rukui and Lu Bing with him to the Western Garden, and came to the main hall of the Wanshou Palace to wait. At this time, Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet who was on duty in the Western Garden, also followed suit.

Yan Song had just woken up, and his mental state was somewhat tired.

Ding Rukui and Lu Bing bowed slightly to Yan Song, "Lord."

Yan Song trembled and returned the greeting, then asked, "What's the matter?"

Just as the two were about to speak, Yan Song seemed to suddenly think of something and said, "Let's talk about it when His Majesty comes."

The two could only swallow the words that were on the tip of their tongues and wait with Yan Song for the emperor to arrive.

After a while, Emperor Jiajing, who had changed his clothes, finally arrived in the Wanshou Palace.

The three of them bowed to the Emperor Jiajing who entered the hall. The Emperor walked straight to the first seat in the hall and sat down, saying unhappily, "Why are you so panicked? Can't you wait until daytime?"

Ding Rukui and Lu Bing quickly confessed their crimes: "I know my crime and I am willing to die a thousand times."

Emperor Jiajing didn't even look at them, and ordered the young eunuch beside him: "Bring a brocade cushion over for Lord Yan. It makes me look mean if he still stands at such an old age."

The sarcastic words of Emperor Jiajing scared Ding Rukui and Lu Bing again. However, Yan Song seemed to be half a beat slow. He waited without any reaction for the brocade cushion brought by the eunuch. He sat down slowly and listened to the emperor's teachings with his head slightly lowered.

"Tell me, what's the hurry?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Ding Rukui and Lu Bing and said something.

Ding Rukui and Lu Bing looked at each other, then bowed together and said, "Your Majesty, I have to report urgently that General Zhu San, the general who pacified the enemy, died suddenly in the early hours of last night!"

When Emperor Jiajing heard the explosive news, he stood up immediately, stared with his eyes wide open, and raised his voice several beats higher, "What!!!"

Emperor Jiajing seemed to be stunned by the news for a moment, his heart suddenly tightened and he felt like he was suffocating.

Ding Rukui and Lu Bing quickly knelt on the ground, and Yan Song beside them also knelt down swiftly.

Ding Rukui and Lu Bing gritted their teeth and held up the report in their hands, "Your Majesty, please take a look."

Emperor Jiajing came over quickly, snatched the report from the two people, and quickly read it. When he saw the news in the report that "General Zhu San, who pacified the enemy, died suddenly after resting in the camp outside Beijing in the early hours of last night", Emperor Jiajing felt like the sky was falling, and his eyes were red. But soon Emperor Jiajing also noticed something different. Yesterday, the secret report from Prince Yu's Mansion began to say that San'er had returned home, and Emperor Jiajing had not received the secret report from Huang Jin who was still in the suburbs of Beijing, which meant that this matter must be a fraud.

But Emperor Jiajing was still extremely anxious. He ordered the eunuch beside him: "Go find Huang Jin and verify the news immediately!"

The young eunuch said nervously, "Emperor, Eunuch Huang's secret report has already been delivered."

When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he was furious and asked, "Why didn't you report it in time?"

The young eunuch crawled on the ground in fear and explained weakly: "When Eunuch Huang sent someone to deliver the secret report, he said that we should wait until His Majesty wakes up before presenting it, so as not to disturb His Majesty's sleep."

Emperor Jiajing gnashed his teeth and said, "Go get it! I'm awake now!"

The young eunuch crawled to find the secret report sent by Huang Jin.

When the secret report was presented to Emperor Jiajing, he slashed over with one hand, snatched the report in his hand, tore open the lead seal of the secret report, and flipped through the contents at an extremely fast speed.

Huang Jin secretly reported: "Your Majesty, I, Huang Jin, bow my head again. Yesterday, I received the order from Prince Yu and pretended to be Zhu San to help the Emperor with the post-war affairs. I thought Prince Yu's plan was very good, so I saved Prince Yu's life and reported it to the Emperor. I hope the Emperor will forgive me for my self-willed decision. I, Huang Jin, bow again."

After reading this secret report, Emperor Jiajing immediately sneered, "You little dog slave!"

Then Emperor Jiajing showed an extremely serious expression again. He sighed and said to Yan Song, Ding Rukui, Lu Bing and others, "It is fate! Heaven has given Zhu San to relieve my worries. Now that he is gone, it is also the will of heaven that favors me. I shouldn't force it too much. Alas, Zhu San, how painful it is, how pity Zhu San!"

Then Emperor Jiajing said to Yan Song: "Give the decree I asked you to draft earlier to the Ministry of Rites. I want to posthumously confer the title of Wu Ji on Zhu San and confer him the title of Marquis of Guanjun. I will erect a monument and write a biography for him, and let his fame be passed down through the ages!"

Then Emperor Jiajing said to Ding Rukui, "This afternoon, you and the commanders of the Five Military Commands will go to the outskirts of Beijing to welcome the coffin. I want to give unlimited posthumous honors to Marquis Zhu Wuji, and order all officials in the capital to pay tribute to him. After the funeral of Marquis Zhu Wuji is over, I will then reward the generals for their contributions in the encirclement and suppression of the Tatar bandits."

Yan Song, Ding Rukui, Lu Bing and others bowed again hurriedly: "We obey your order."

Just as the three were about to leave, Emperor Jiajing called Lu Bing again, "Lu Bing, stay."

Lu Bing turned around and bowed again, "I am here."

Emperor Jiajing found a memorial submitted by Chief Censor Wang Yi from the imperial desk and handed it to Lu Bing. "Go and find out what happened. I want to know the whole truth, and I must get the result before I reward people for their contributions."

Lu Bing carefully took the memorial and took a look at it. He was also shocked. He bowed to Emperor Jiajing again and said, "I will do my best to investigate this case and relieve your majesty's worries!"

Emperor Jiajing hummed and said, "Go down."

Lu Bing retreated carefully. When he got outside the hall, his heart was pounding. He never expected that this was actually an impeachment letter against the favorite minister Qiu Luan. If what was said in it was true, then Qiu Luan would definitely die!

That's why Lu Bing was so excited.

At this moment, Emperor Jiajing in the palace was still worried about Zhu Zaigui. He immediately stopped the eunuch beside him and said, "Go to Prince Yu's mansion and see what Prince Yu has been doing recently. Why didn't he even ask for peace? Ask him to write a good memorial to explain himself to me, and don't let others write it for him!"

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