happy event

Chapter 290

The sun and the moon are rotating, and the seasons are stepping into the deep winter step by step, and it will be the new year in more than one month.The streets of Kyoto have obviously become more lively, and new products have been introduced into the shops, foreign goods from overseas, silk from the south, and new styles of jewelry. Even the hawkers who sell candied haws have racked their brains to find some stored fruit and hang it with sugar coating. , shouting loudly, causing a group of children to clamor for their parents to ask for copper coins, so they can buy one and eat it fresh.

However, there was no joy at all in Dazong's main residence.In the main room in the backyard, Da Zong was frowning tightly, like ants on a hot pot, running around the room with his hands behind his back.Just now the nobleman in the palace received another message that someone was going to be sent to kill Mrs. Dong himself.

He was very happy at first, but after thinking about it, he felt wrong.Although there is no need to do it yourself, as long as it is "convenient".But after all, Mrs. Dong was the first-rank concubine of the great Qi Dynasty. Many people saw her walk in with her head held high, but she died so quietly in the Zongzheng Mansion.

Afterwards, he should be more or less responsible for chasing him up.After all, it happened in Zongzheng's mansion, if he just treats himself with poor care and supervision, it will be enough for him to drink a pot.What's more important is that there are no weak soldiers under a strong general, Dong is so strong, the guards behind her are definitely not good people, and it is not impossible for them to take their own lives to be buried with the master if they are in a hurry.

Originally, I thought that if I threw Dong's hot ball out, everything would be fine.I didn't know that I threw it too high and hit a tree, and it actually brought it back and forth.Now it seems that he doesn't expect that nobleman to reward his son with a good background, but he just wants to be safe and hold on to his little life. Don't steal chickens and lose money, he is not a human being inside and out.

No matter how much he thinks about it, he is so anxious that he jumps his feet and wants to scold his mother, but Da Zongzheng's heart is like a mirror.It was too late to regret it at the beginning, and I could only think hard about how to arrange it next time so as not to offend both, and survived between the cracks.

Da Zong fell ill that night because of the wind and cold. It is said that his face was flushed with fever and he was talking nonsense.All the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital were invited to come to him, and he was given acupuncture and medicine. After a whole night of tossing and three or four days, he finally managed to wake up.Mrs. Da Zongzheng brought several children to worship the gods and Buddhas happily. Only Da Zongzheng put a white cloth scarf on his head, and his heart was as bitter as Coptis chinensis.Silently praying that his scheming will be of some use, after one day and eleven days, if anyone thinks that he can't afford it anymore and does it in private, his excuse of being seriously ill can barely be justified...

This news naturally spread into the palace, and Dowager Bo's master and servant naturally guessed that Da Zongzheng was being careful.Concubine Bo's well-maintained face was slightly darkened, her brows were furrowed, and she scolded, "You dog slave, you actually bullied the Ai family, he really ate it." The leopard is daring!"

"Your Majesty, don't be so angry. Maybe Mr. Zongzheng really caught the cold for a while. No matter how much he dares not disobey your wishes, let's wait for two more days. At that time, he will think that he really has the intention to quit, Mr. The slave personally punished him to vent his anger on the empress."

Afraid that the master would be angry, she comforted her with a smile, and finally turned around and brought a cup of tea from the maid of honor to Bo Taifei respectfully, "Your Majesty, try this freshly made Xueding Hancui, this is specially made for you by the emperor It’s extremely rare to come here, the emperor himself didn’t even have the heart to take a sip, so he brought it all for you.”

Listening to Mother Guo mentioning how the emperor is filial to herself, Concubine Bo's face softened a little. She took a sip from the blue and white porcelain cup, and her willow eyebrows also stretched out, "Forget it, the night is long and dreamy, don't wait for that dog slave, tonight you Just go directly to the clan mansion to send Mrs. Dong on the road."

The old mother hurriedly responded, and said with a smile, "Yes, Madam, don't worry, go to bed with peace of mind, there will be good news tomorrow morning."

"Okay, you take care of things, don't worry about Aijia."

The wishful thinking of the two masters and servants is good, but it is a pity that the plan never changes quickly.While they were talking, the front hall was in chaos because of an urgent military report.

Seeing that the new year is approaching, a few courtiers who are good at flattering and flattering on weekdays went to Zhezi to sing their praises, advocating that the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Lion dance and other juggling teams gathered downstairs to perform and have fun with the people.

Although the emperor is smart and decisive, but he is only 14 years old after all, he still has a childlike innocence, so he is naturally happy to hear this suggestion.It was something to discuss with the courtiers enthusiastically, and the military newspaper was delivered as soon as possible.The soldiers delivering the letter ran to death three horses on the road, and when they arrived outside the palace gate and handed the letter to the clerk of Zhongshu Province, they passed out directly, which shows that the situation is urgent.

Zhongshu Sheng did not dare to be negligent, so he directly sent the military report to the court.The young emperor turned pale with shock after just one glance, and cursed, "What's going on? Why did the northern barbarian cavalry enter the country before sending the military newspaper in. Where is the Minister of the Ministry of War, get out!"

Although the emperor is not the blood of the former emperor, he has inherited the benevolent and kind disposition of the former emperor. He never got angry and scolded his courtiers. Today's behavior really frightened everyone. They all knelt down and shouted, "The emperor calm down, my minister Wait for death!"

"I don't care if you live or die, who is going to tell the story, why is there no news about the invasion of the northern barbarians!" The emperor really got angry, grabbed the military newspaper on the Longshu case and smashed it down.

The two prime ministers on the left and the right and several real power ministers looked at each other, then crawled a few steps forward to pick up the crumpled military newspaper, but their faces changed after seeing it.

At the beginning of the founding of Daqi, the emperor was diligent and patriotic, worked hard to govern, and conquered great rivers and mountains with his soldiers and iron horses. There were also scenes of prosperity for several generations.

But just like all dynasties, under the extreme comfort, the Murong royal family gradually became greedy for pleasure, completely forgetting that it is easy to fight the country, but it is not reasonable to defend the country.Especially until the previous generations of emperors were extravagant, which left the treasury empty.As a result, the courtiers are also greedy, and the iron-boned men who guard the Quartet are also gradually discouraged because of lack of food and clothing, and let it go.Except for occasional memorials from the military city in the north to report the capture of dozens of horse thieves, the rest of the tens of thousands of troops had no achievements at all.Under the surface of the life of singing and dancing, the whole Daqi is already in precarious condition.

Ten years ago, if King Zhongshan hadn't taken advantage of the sudden death of Dajin Khan and the second prince, he took the risk of taking people into the grassland to assassinate the eldest prince, which would have caused the remaining princes in the grassland to compete and fight each other, and forcibly won Daqi ten years of power. Peaceful time.Otherwise, Da Qi would have been trampled by grassland cavalry long ago.

But now, the prairie iron cavalry, who had no movement to the south, went into a frenzy. They did not know where to cross the dangerous mountains between the two countries, avoided the blockade of the military city, and invaded the interior of Daqi. up.

Such shocking news, conveyed through the mouths of the prime minister and the civil and military officials, was like adding two ladles of cold water to hot oil, and it exploded in an instant.

No matter the civil servants who usually put on a high and arrogant appearance, or the mighty and unyielding generals, they were all scared out of their wits. They, who are used to singing and dancing, did not believe this news.

With the flick of a finger in ten years, the grassland iron cavalry has regrouped and is approaching the capital, but Daqi still has not changed. How can this resist the strong trampling of the cavalry?

Everyone was discussing and lost their minds for a while, some even planned to retreat, if the barbarians came to kill them, they would pack up and run for their lives, never thinking that the country will not be a country, why is it home?

There was a lot of noise in the hall, and there was everything to say.The civil servants scolded the Northern Man for invading without permission and offending Daqi Tianwei, and wanted to send envoys to severely condemn them.The military officers said that the northern barbarians had encountered heavy snow this winter, so they must have invaded rashly because of lack of food. As long as they were rewarded with some food, grass, gold and silver, they would retreat.

Of course, there are those ministers who still have some loyalty in their hearts. Seeing that all their colleagues are clearly frightened, but they are still deceiving themselves and others, putting on the airs of a great power in the sky, they are so angry that they want to crush them all to death.The most important thing now is not Daqi's face, but to quickly find out the reason for the northern barbarian invasion, so as to fundamentally solve the crisis of breaking the country.

Apparently, the young emperor thought the same way. He grabbed the jade paperweight and smashed it on the golden floor tiles. The crisp sound of cracking finally brought all the courtiers back to their senses.

"Who can tell me why the northern barbarians invaded? If you don't even know this, then you don't have to wait for the northern barbarian cavalry to kill you, I will send you to the Meridian Gate to behead!"

When the emperor was angry, blood flowed all over the world, and the civil and military officials seldom kept their mouths shut, their eyes rolling wildly, for fear that the emperor would catch him alone as a rooster that threatened monkeys.

After all, he was still a little servant, with a quick mind, and suddenly remembered the gossip he heard the day before yesterday, so he exclaimed, "Ah, could it be because of Princess Zhongshan?"

The emperor frowned when he heard the words, and asked in a deep voice, "Princess Zhongshan? What's going on, tell me quickly."

The little servant didn't dare to delay, so he explained clearly how Princess Zhongshan was taken into custody by the Zongzheng Mansion because she ordered her subordinates to kill the innkeeper and the clerk at the inn outside the capital.In the end, he was afraid that the emperor still didn't understand, so he thought for a while and added, "The adoptive son adopted by King Zhongshan returned to the grassland at the beginning of the year. It was reported that he had consolidated most of the grassland with his strength. Now I'm afraid he heard that King Zhongshan and his wife Something happened, so I came here...well, to visit."

"Hmph, take a look!" The emperor slapped the Longshu table heavily with his hand, annoyed, "Whoever visits his relatives has to bring [-] cavalry with him, this is a demonstration against me! Damn savage!"

"Your Majesty, the current situation is in dire straits. It is not the time to act impulsively. It is better to find a way to appease the anger of the wild cavalry first, and let them retreat is the top priority."

"That's right, Your Majesty. It's better to let Da Zongzheng release Princess Zhongshan first. As long as the northern barbarians retreat, everything can be discussed in the long run."

As soon as the civil and military officials heard that they had found the crux of the matter, and that it would be very easy to get out of the danger of destroying the country, they all began to persuade them.Looking at that posture, I can't wait to confess Zhongshan Princess as an old lady, as long as they can keep their current singing and dancing peace and prosperity.

But the young emperor didn't know what he thought of, but he was silent, and finally said, "I will discuss it after I think about it, and retreat!" After speaking, he flung his wide robe sleeves and returned to the harem.The remaining civil and military officials scratched their heads anxiously, but they didn't dare to arrest the emperor, they must make an order immediately.

(End of this chapter)