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Chapter 140 The Battle Begins

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Zhang’s iced sour plum soup contains sweet-scented osmanthus and ice cubes bought at a high price. It smells sweet and tangy, and tastes cold and delicious. Zhang Yan is plump and most afraid of heat. It didn’t take long to drink a bowl of iced sour plum soup Going to [-]% to [-]%, put down the blue and white porcelain bowl and said with a smile: "Yes, the taste is better than the one in the palace. I heard that Mr. Zhang, you can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers in the army. You can still enjoy it when you return home."

"Thank you, Empress Empress, for your praise, but I have been hurt these few days, and I am taking medicine to avoid sourness and coldness. I am really not blessed to enjoy it." Young Master Zhang casually held his bowl of iced sour plum soup in front of Zhang Yan, and said: "This Wan Weichen hasn't even taken a sip yet, it's clean, if the empress doesn't dislike it, please feel free to use it."

"No need." Zhang Yan pushed it away with a smile, and asked Eldest Young Master Zhang coquettishly, "Master Zhang, you haven't answered the question I asked you just now. It's a great achievement for you to break the slavery puppet regime. However, it is a serious crime to privately take Jiannu's family members as concubines—about this, what are you going to do, Mr. Zhang?"

"What does the empress plan to do with this humble minister?" Eldest Young Master Zhang asked calmly.Zhang Yan smiled charmingly, and replied: "Master Zhang, you are pretending to be stupid. With your intelligence, how can you still not know what I plan to ask you to do?"

"I'm not pretending to be stupid, but I know that you, Empress, may ask you to do two things. As for which one you want me to do, I don't know." Young Master Zhang blinked treacherous eyes, With a smirk, he said: "Empress, please tell me, are you going to let Xiaguan help the king and get him out of trouble? Or let Xiaguan help you get rid of Nine Thousand Years? Also, how does Empress plan to help Wei Wei?" Can you get rid of the trouble of the Mongolian concubine?"

"Get rid of Wei Zhongxian? Just you?" Zhang Yan sneered, then fanned the wind with a fragrant handkerchief and said, "Besides, you are so loyal to Wei Zhongxian, and I don't want to pull you to our side like Zhang Guogong. , so let's talk about a deal. I know that this time the court officials gathered to impeach King Xin. It was you who gave Wei Zhongxian a bad idea. If you give him his thoughts, you father and son can continue to control the power of the government. Since you gave Wei Zhongxian this bad idea, then you must have a way to persuade Wei Zhongxian to change his mind, and this Palace does not want you to betray Wei Zhongxian. All the officials should stop impeaching King Xin, and stop forcing the emperor to dispose of King Xin, then this palace can ask for a decree for you in front of the emperor, and give you the slave family as a wife and concubine. When that time comes, This palace can also save your life."

Young Master Zhang was silent at first, but he was greatly disappointed in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.Zhang Yan was taken aback, and asked, "What are you laughing at? Is what I said ridiculous?"

"What the Empress said is ridiculous." Young Master Zhang nodded unceremoniously, and said with a wry smile: "If the Empress, you are here to propose the establishment..., oh, forget it, anyway, the Empress, you look down on the humble minister, thinking that the humble minister is just A material for being a running dog is not enough, so forget it."

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Yanhu questioned.Young Master Zhang shook his head, refused to go into details, just smiled and said: "Empress Empress, don't bother your mother to worry about the matter of Wei Chen's Mongolian concubine." After speaking, Young Master Zhang took a yellow cloth from the bookshelf The wrapped box, blowing off the floating dust on the cloth, took out an imperial decree wrapped in yellow silk from it, and said with a smile: "Empress, please look, as early as March 29 last month, the emperor has already issued an imperial decree. The minister took that Jiannu family as his wife and concubine, and also gave Bumbutai a Han named Ke Yu'er, so it is already legal and reasonable for the minister to take her as his concubine."

"I don't know that?" Zhang Yan's pretty face was flushed with surprise and hot.Young Master Zhang smiled and replied: "Don't blame the empress, I have a very bad habit. I especially like to think of myself as my opponent, and I will try my best to find ways to trouble myself and find my own weaknesses. That's why I found Yu'er's After the matter was likely to be made a fuss about, Weichen asked the Baojie Messenger to send a letter to Jiuqian, imploring Jiuqian to ask for such an imperial decree in front of the emperor to plug this loophole. And Weichen still has An even worse habit, I like to set others up to find out the enemy, so even though I got this imperial decree, I have kept silent, just waiting for someone to catch me, and then strike back."

Unwilling to give up, Zhang Yan snatched the imperial decree from Young Master Zhang and opened it for a closer look, but upon seeing it, Zhang Yan's round and beautiful face inevitably turned red with anger—the imperial decree was indeed issued and sealed by Ming Xizong, Although it is only a central decree, the imperial decree involved in important matters not related to the military and the country, and Ming Xizong's direct decrees also have legal effects, and no one can make a fuss about this matter.In anger, Zhang Yan threw the imperial decree back into Young Master Zhang's arms, and asked with a straight face: "Zhang Haogu, you are determined to fight against King Xin, right? Do you know that the emperor's current dragon body is in good shape?" When the times are bad, even if you force King Xin out of the capital and become a vassal, as long as the emperor is still awake, I will have a way to persuade the emperor to change his mind and continue to make King Xin the heir to the throne! At that time, you know what will happen to you Is it?"

"Of course I understand." Young Master Zhang nodded, and then asked curiously: "Empress, there is a sentence that I shouldn't ask, but I am really curious, and since there is no one else in the room, I dare to ask." ——Empress, you are still young, and the emperor is still young, why don't you hurry up and give birth to a dragon son, so that your child can succeed? Why don't you do this, empress, and you want your brother-in-law to succeed? The Empress thinks that it is better for my uncle to succeed than your own son?"

"Zhang Haogu, you are so brave!" Zhang Yan was so angry that her brows stood on end, and she was so ashamed that even the snow-white skin on her neck turned red.Young Master Zhang respectfully replied: "Empress, it is a bit bold for me to ask these words, but you should be very clear, Empress, if it is not out of loyalty and kindness to you and the emperor, I will definitely not ask. That's it."

Normally, even if Young Master Zhang asked Zhang Yan these words in a place where no one was around, Zhang Yan, who had a solemn personality, would definitely slap her across the face, but today was different. It was also a little fuzzy, and after taking a few sips of iced sour plum soup from Master Zhang on the table and trying to calm down, Zhang Yan still couldn't help but shyly said: "Your Kebaba old witch and godmother didn't tell you the reason? Your Majesty lives with her every night, what should I use to have a baby? Your Majesty occasionally checks my brand, and the eunuch in the respect room controlled by your godmother will also use a kind of medicine in my body... .”

"Sure enough, it's the ghost of the guest nurse." Young Master Zhang nodded secretly, took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Empress Empress, if the humble minister persuades Jiu Qiansui to let you and the emperor have a dragon son, are you willing to give up your letter of support?" Wang? After the incident of believing in the king, I guess godfather and mother should also..." At this point, Young Master Zhang took a peek at Zhang Yan's face, ready to observe Zhang Yan's reaction before saying the following, but let Young Master Zhang was dumbfounded...

"Empress, what's wrong with you? You..."

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When Young Master Zhang and Zhang Yan were still talking secretly in the room, Zhang Shitou, who was sent out by Young Master Zhang to handle errands, had already returned home. After entering the mansion, Zhang Shitou rushed directly to Young Master Zhang's room to report on work. In Dongkua Courtyard where he was, Zhang Laocai rushed out from the flowers, pulled Zhang Shitou closer behind the flowers under the shade of the tree, and pushed Zhang Shitou to sit down, making Zhang Shitou bewildered, "Master, what happened? The young master sent me to contact Eunuch Song and Lord Xiao, and I want to report back to him."

"Stop talking, please keep your voice down." Zhang Laocai gestured for Zhang Shitou to keep his voice down, and then said with a smirk: "You little monkey bastard, please sit quietly, your young master is doing something big, don't go in and disturb him , wait for him to come out, then you go in." Zhang Shitou was confused, but he didn't dare to disobey the master's order, so he had to obediently accompany Zhang Laocai to hide behind the flowers, chatting in a low voice to pass the time.

Waiting and waiting, I don't know how long I waited, the door of Young Master Zhang's room finally opened with a creak, Young Master Zhang limped out with Zhang Yan, and personally sent Zhang Yan out of the courtyard.When Young Master Zhang and Zhang Yan walked through the flowers, Zhang Laocai quickly observed the clothes of his son and daughter-in-law, and found that his son and the appointed daughter-in-law were all stern and expressionless, and their clothes were clueless.Knowing his son is more like his father, Zhang Laocai also knows that his son is good at acting, and it is difficult to see the flaws from the expression on his face. When he was wondering whether his son and his appointed daughter-in-law have achieved good things, Zhang Shitou screamed in a low voice, "Queen! Why did the empress come to our house?"

"Empress?" Zhang Laocai suspected that he had heard it wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Shitou, who do you think is the Empress?"

"That woman who walked with the young master." Zhang Shitou explained: "When the young master knelt at the door of Mr. Zou Yuanbiao's house and asked for the epitaph of the old man, the empress once pleaded with Mr. Zou Yuanbiao for the young master. At that time, I hid I've seen her next to her, I can't go wrong... Master, master, what's wrong with you? Come quickly! Master fainted!"

When Zhang Laocai finally woke up, it was already evening that day. Zhang Laocai didn't care about a dozen wives lying on his body crying and crying. Dragging it to a place where no one was around, he lowered his voice and asked Young Master Zhang, "Dog, what did you do in the room with the empress?"

"What are you doing?" Young Master Zhang said with a very surprised expression on his face, "The empress came to visit me, besides discussing the important affairs of the court, what else can I do? By the way, father, how do you know that she belongs to the empress? Why do you suddenly faint? How do you feel now, do you want me to ask the imperial doctor to show you?"

"You and her really didn't do anything?" Zhang Laocai asked persistently.Young Master Zhang touched his father's forehead and said in a low voice, "Dad, are you still having a high fever? What can the Empress and I do?"

"Really?" Zhang Laocai observed his son's expression, and after not finding any abnormalities, Zhang Laocai heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It's fine. Dad is fine. Maybe it's because the weather is too hot and you have heat stroke. You don't have to worry about it." Said Then, Zhang Laocai murmured in his heart again, "Could it be that those medicines have taken too long to lose their effect? ​​Let me see, the last time I used this kind of medicine seemed to be when I was a dog. The newly bought maid was disobedient and I used it for the last time. I haven’t used it since then, and it’s been three or four years, God bless, it must have failed. Damn, why did I use up all the medicine, and now I don’t know if the experimental medicine has worked.”

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At the same time, in the Forbidden City, Chongzhen, who was about to go home from the palace, also found his sister-in-law Zhang Yan, and asked Zhang Yan about the result of the negotiation with Young Master Zhang.Zhang Yan was very disappointed, first told what Young Master Zhang had prepared for a long time ago, and then sighed and said: "Uncle, according to my opinion, you are doomed this time, and it's also our fault that we didn't persuade you to return the biography as soon as possible." A secret edict, people have caught the handle and forced you to this point. Otherwise, you can go outside for the time being, and when the limelight passes, I will persuade the emperor to take you back to the capital. What do you think? ?”

"Emperor's sister-in-law, do you want your younger brother to go outside and become a vassal?" Chongzhen felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he couldn't believe that these words came from the mouth of his most beloved sister-in-law.Zhang Yan nodded, and said softly: "What do you think of Zhending Mansion? That place is close to the capital, and your brother and I want to summon you. Sister-in-law Tian will personally pick a good girl for you to marry, and then you can go and marry, what do you think? As for the list in your hand, you give it to me, and I will use this list to deal with Wei Zhongxian..."

Chongzhen didn't know how he answered Zhang Yan. In short, Zhu Youjian was in a state of despair on the way back from the palace. Zhu Youjian respected his brother and sister-in-law very much, and he didn't dare to usurp the apocalypse. The throne, but this does not mean that Zhu Youjian does not love power, especially since he was only half a step away from the throne, Zhu Youjian has already regarded himself as the future emperor in his heart.But now it’s all right, the secret edict of passing the position was forced to go back, and Zhu Youjian himself was forced to go out and become a vassal. Of course Zhu Youjian knew the status of the local vassal king, and it was precisely because of this, Zhu Youjian didn't say anything and refused to go out and become a vassal, forever losing hope of inheriting the throne.So after thinking about it, tossing and turning all night, Zhu Youjian made up his mind, "Fight it! Fight to the death with Zhang Haogu's little dog! I don't believe it, I will sue you, Brother Huang Still favoring you? If I lose, I can still be a feudal lord! If you lose, you will have nothing!"

After making this determination, in the early morning of the next day, taking the opportunity of hundreds of officials to go to court, Zhu Youjian secretly met with many ministers and officials on the list in his hand and gave them orders.Although the civil and military officials who were held in the hands of Zhu Youjian were unwilling, but for the sake of their own wealth and life, they still gritted their teeth and acted according to the order-the impeachment of Young Master Zhang!As for how to impeach, there are many ready-made crimes, such as cleverly plundering people's wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, privately murdering court officials in Shandong, embezzling military pay in Liaodong, and killing innocent people in Shengjing. ! ——To a certain extent, Young Master Zhang's accusation is not wrong at all.

A few days ago, Young Master Zhang, who led countless officials to impeach Zhu Youjian, was suddenly impeached by hundreds of officials. Everyone knew that this was a signal from Zhu Youjian to launch a counterattack against Young Master Zhang and Wei Zhongxian behind Young Master Zhang. The officials all kept their mouths shut, not daring to get involved in this fight of gods, lest they cause trouble.After hearing the news, Zhang Yan naturally complained again and again, hating Zhu Youjian for being too ignorant, she managed to get Young Master Zhang to agree to stop and stop chasing and killing Zhu Youjian, but Zhu Youjian dared to provoke this water-tight person Zhang Xiaowen God?But Young Master Zhang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Chongzhen, Chongzhen, just as I expected, you really don't want to give up! But that's okay, this time, I can justifiably beat you until you can't stand up again!"

(End of this chapter)