Chapter Ninety-Five: Urgent Secret Letter
Gu Xin walked in quickly, his face calm. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although there was no panicked look, the emperor knew that he had something to report as soon as he saw that he was walking fast. He wiped his mouth and got up and said, "I'm full!" There are still some things to do at the moment, Tong'er doesn't have to wait for me, just rest early......"
The three children sent each other according to the courtesy, the emperor glanced at Xuanhan silently before leaving, and sat quietly from the time he came in, looking peaceful, the child's illness seemed to be really much better......
As soon as he came out of the door of Fengyi Palace, the emperor asked Gu Xin: "What's the matter?" ”
"Eight hundred miles of urgent paperwork...... Gu Xincong took the wax seal from his cuff and handed it to him, the emperor opened it and looked at it while walking, and was extremely satisfied with Gu Xin's way of doing things, the queen was pregnant, if she handed it directly as usual, it would definitely disturb her, Gu Xin had to use a different pace and look to attract the emperor's attention.
The emperor was stunned and almost fell.
"Your Majesty" Gu Xin let out a low cry and supported him with three or four internal prisoners.
"Your Majesty, let the servants carry you back to the study, right?"
The emperor gritted his teeth and looked straight into the distance and shook his head: "Wakou! ”
The urgent secret letter in his hand was tightly clenched, the sharp corner was like a sharp blade, and the knuckle bones were pinched faintly white.
"Urgently summon Li Shutang of the Criminal Department and Chang Hanzhang of the Military Department to enter the palace, I am waiting in the south study!" After saying that, he strode forward.
When the emperor came to Fengyi Palace late at night, Empress Guo had already fallen asleep with her eyes closed.
He only looked down at her twice, then showed a soothing smile, quietly put down the Susiro gauze tent, and was about to turn around, when a jade hand reached out and gently tugged at the corner of his clothes.
"Did I wake you up?" The Emperor asked softly, bowing his head.
"No, I've been waiting for you......"
"Oh......" the Emperor sighed, sitting at the head of her bed, caressing her hair.
"How can you be so willful when you are pregnant? Besides, it's only been three months......"
Empress Guo got up slowly, looked at the emperor with tenderness, and the emperor hugged her into his arms.
"Chenlang, you have something on your mind......"
She only called him Chenlang on rare occasions, and this title was a sharp weapon to melt his heart, and sure enough, the emperor couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her, and his hands caressed her shoulder blades and back.
"Tell me!" Empress Guo turned her face slightly and whispered in his ear.
The emperor silently hugged her for a while before carefully letting go, picked up the corner of the brocade quilt and sat on the bed, still holding the queen in his arms.
"I wanted to tell you about ...... tomorrow"
"Say, I've only slept for two hours, and at the moment my eyes are not bright at all, and Chenlang can go to sleep with peace of mind after finishing speaking......"
The eight-hundred-mile expedited paperwork brought him sad and angry news!
Admiral Fujian and Zhejiang coastal defense military affairs Ye Jitao is a general he relies on very much, good at training sailors, good at coastal defense to resist the Japanese, he was ordered by the emperor to go to Zhejiang, personally inspected the Japanese harm, found out their details: it turned out that the private maritime trade in Zhejiang and Fujian was also very active, some maritime merchants in order to make huge profits, regardless of the imperial court's ban on the sea, and the "Fanbo Yi merchants" sold goods to each other, colluded with the Japanese robbers on the islands to rob the people, kill people and set fires, all evil!
Ye Jitao strictly implemented the system of protecting the armor and sitting together, and also ordered Zhao Kuan, the capital secretary, to lead his troops to conquer Lantau Port, the nest of the Japanese invaders, and execute all the more than 90 captured criminals! This completely angered the rich and the Japanese! The two parties joined forces to carry out a crazy revenge on it!
Three days ago, nearly 1,000 people gathered late at night to raid Ye Jitao's mansion, killing all 205 people in the whole mansion, and even the babies of a few months were not spared! It is said that it was doused with boiling water!
Ye Jitao is an anti-Japanese general personally sent by the emperor and personally sent to the noon gate, and he originally thought that he would be recalled to Beijing at the end of the five-year period to promote the post of secretary of the criminal department, and he is the minister of the humerus in the eyes of the emperor! Not only did the Japanese invaders slaughter him, but they also disemboweled and hung at the gate of Yefu!
The emperor's heartache and anger can be imagined!
He didn't want the queen to know too much bloody content, so he only briefly talked about the destruction of the Ye Mansion, Rao was like this, and the queen's face was extremely ugly, and tears instantly appeared in her eyes.
Later, Bao Xia and Yang Zhiqi, who experienced Taizhou Wei and Ningbo Wei, got the news, and led the troops to Yefu overnight to deal with the aftermath, collected the bodies of 200 people in Yefu, and learned from a dying house slave that the last remaining person in the Ye family was Ye Zhining, the eldest lady who went to her grandfather's home in Jinan Province, Shandong!
"Miss Ye still doesn't know about the big changes that have happened in her family?"
"Yes, I have ordered the Shandong Political Envoy to send someone south to pick her up, it is said that she has set off for Zhejiang two days ago!"
"Naturally, I can't let her go back to Zhejiang! Is Chenlang planning to take her to the capital? ”
The emperor nodded with a deep pain: "Yes! I wanted to raise her in the Jiang Mansion or the Guo Mansion, but ...... I thought about it, but I decided to raise her in the palace! ”
Empress Guo's expression was awe-inspiring, it seemed that the emperor really loved Ye Jitao very much.
"If there is a suitable and destined one of the three children in the future, it will be better if he can marry a daughter-in-law! I owe him too much to the Ye family! During his three years in Zhejiang, Ye Jitao defeated more than 10 attacks by the Japanese invaders, large and small, and also eliminated the nests of the Japanese in one fell swoop, and executed more than 90 profiteers who collaborated with the Japanese, and was actually the first fierce general in coastal defense......"
Empress Guo comforted him and said, "Don't worry! Miss Ye will treat it as my own, and I will keep it in my palace in the future......"
"What does the emperor plan to ......do after Ye Jitao's death?"
"I have ordered someone to build a martyr's shrine for him! Posthumously awarded him the title of General of Coastal Defense and First-Class Courageous Waiter! After saying this, his face turned slightly pale.
"Tong'er, if that's not the case, you can't talk about the heartache of comfort......"
Empress Guo hugged his waist and comforted: "I understand, rest assured, Chenlang is very good at doing this, and the courtiers will be doubly loyal when they see the emperor rewarding those who serve the country loyally, and they attach so much importance to love and righteousness......
The emperor put his head on the queen's shoulders and cushioned it, smelling the faint warm medicinal fragrance on her body, and felt at peace in his heart.
"Tong'er is still pregnant here, Concubine Ji is not very reliable, Miss Ye has to do a lot more when she enters the palace, I plan to call Xuanhua into the palace to help you cook together......"
"Baoxi is not small, and there are some things that should be learned......"
"Isn't it?" There was a deep affection in the emperor's tone.
"How can there be a daughter who doesn't care about anything and is tired of her niece?"
"Then let's call her with Yinghua!"
"Actually, there is another person who is quite good...... "Empress Guo said lightly.
"You mean Blessing?" The emperor immediately remembered.
"Hmmm......"
"Then call in together, there are few people in the palace, Mama is not in good health, and the queen mother is also sick, I can rest assured with a few more helpers, in short, I can't make Tong'er tired......"
"Don't worry, I won't be tired of myself, when Danyi is born, we will have another helper!"
"Good ......" the emperor replied with full of honey, holding the queen's face and kissing it carefully.