Chapter 37: The Princess and the Holy Maiden

Zhu Youzhen looked around at the battlefield, there were mountains of corpses and a sea of blood everywhere, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that there was a river of blood.

Almost all of the elite cavalry of the Liukou are one man with two horses, and there are also one person with three horses, and there are many war horses that have lost their owners on the battlefield, and there are also many war horse corpses.

What Daming lacks most now is rations, the people are displaced, all to beg for food, Zhu Youzhen turned back to Qi Jiguang and others and said:

"General Qi, you are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, all the personnel are mobilized with you, the living war horses are left, the dead horses and the war horses that are seriously injured and difficult to heal, all are pickled and made into rations, and the other teams must cooperate with the implementation."

Qi Jiguang admired Zhu Youzhen's wise decision, and hurriedly hugged his fists to receive his life:

"Qi Jiguang obeys orders"

After explaining Qi Jiguang, Zhu Youzhen arranged Qinglong again:

"Qinglong, you take Li Dakai to find a place to live, let them eat well, and rest well, those official mansions that have been raided will follow Li Dakai's family."

Qinglong Li Dakai hugged his fists at the same time:

"Obedience."

"Weichen Li Dakai, thank the emperor for his grace.

After Zhu Youzhen and Yue Nu left, Qi Jiguang immediately ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, all the bodies of the rogues were dug and buried, and all the soldiers who died were transported back to Beijing for burial.

Although the Ming Dynasty was all elite, in the face of several times the rogue who was with them, there were still nearly tens of thousands of people hanging the lottery in this battle, and nearly 1,000 people were killed.

The losses of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry were not large, only a few dozen people were killed in battle, the Qi family army was killed more than 200 people, and the largest loss was Sun Chuanting's new army, about 800 people were killed.

The war could not be fought without casualties among soldiers, and the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of rogues and the loss of only so many soldiers were acceptable to Zhu Youzhen and several generals.

The Qi family army and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry were responsible for digging a pit to bury the corpse of the Liukou, and Sun Chengzong led the Shenji Battalion to be responsible for returning the war horses.

Sun Chuanting's new army was responsible for the centralized pickling of dead war horses, and if seriously injured war horses were found, they were killed on the spot and pickled together

More than 20,000 horses were killed on both sides, and now the people are hungry, and these horse meat can be provided to them to satisfy their hunger.

For those hungry people, they can't even eat food, and they absolutely can't ask for horse meat.

Ningshou Palace

Princess Zhu Weijiao's arm injury, after being treated with true qi and medicine, has gradually improved, and under the gentle movement, she can no longer feel pain.

A few days ago, only Wang Chengen was accompanied by her, which was very boring, and later Zhu Youzhen sent more than a dozen palace maids to serve her.

Hearing the rumbling cannon outside the city, Princess Changping felt uneasy, she was very worried about the safety of her father, and felt very flustered.

The relatives around her left one by one, and her father is now her only relative, and with the support of the palace maid, Princess Changping got up and got out of bed gently.

"Cailing Hongyu, you two go out with me, I feel so bored, this palace wants to breathe."

Cailing Hongyu is the two new palace maids beside her, and when they see that Princess Changping wants to go out for a walk, they are very embarrassed.

Because Wang Chengen explained that they should take good care of the princess, they were worried that the princess would encounter an accident when she went out, and now she is at war.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, there is a war going on outside the city, and it is not very safe now, so the slave suggests that you still don't go out."

Princess Changping knew that the palace maids were embarrassed, and although she was in a bad mood, the kind-hearted Princess Changping did not embarrass them.

"You are worried about the punishment of the king, then the palace will not embarrass you, let's go to Kunning Palace to have a look, miss the queen mother."

"Slaves and Slaves Obey"

Cailing Hongyu was very grateful to the princess for her understanding, and the two of them supported the princess to Kunning Palace.

The bodies of Empress Zhou and others were not in the palace, they were all sent to the imperial tomb by Wang Chengen, and now the palace lives in the White Lotus Sect Holy Maiden Qinglian.

The White Lotus Sect Holy Maiden Qinglian assassinated, the last assassination of Zhu Youzhen failed, and Zhu Youzhen pushed her down forcefully in anger.

This made Qinglian, who valued chastity more important than life, a blow to her.

The double blow of mind and body made Qinglian not stick to the oil and rice for two days, she wanted to hang herself, but she was rescued by the palace maid and failed to hang herself.

Zhu Youzhen was very busy, for his own life and for the sake of the Han family, after he overthrew Qinglian, he forgot about it.

Unable to hang herself, Qinglian began to choose a hunger strike, and the two palace maids were worried with rice and fish soup.

If Qinglian starves to death, they are worried that the emperor will not let them go.

Wang Chengen specially explained that Qinglian has been fortunate by the emperor, and she is also the only woman in the emperor at present, so she must take care of her.

Just when they were in a dilemma, Zhu Weijiao, the princess of Changping, who had a bandage on her arm, came to Kunning Palace with a colored bell and red jade.

Princess Changping thought that Kunning Palace was uninhabited, but when she walked into the palace, she found that there were people inside, so the three of them walked into the room where Qinglian was.

"Slave and maid, see Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The two palace maids found that Princess Changping suddenly came to Kunning Palace, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, Princess Changping was very kind by nature and never put up a fight in front of the palace maids.

She looked at Qinglian on the couch and nodded to the two palace maids:

"It's all out of courtesy, what's going on? How did you end up in Kunning Palace? Who is she? ”

Worried that the princess would blame, the two palace maids knelt in front of Zhu Weijiao:

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, she was sent by the emperor, and the Wang Office specially asked us to take good care of her, but she has been on hunger strike for two days."

"Oh, from my father?"

Princess Changping couldn't help but be a little stunned, and then walked to Qinglian's side and looked at Qinglian carefully.

Qinglian was lying on the couch, she couldn't see her figure, her pretty face was a little pale, but she couldn't hide her beauty and enchantment, and she was a big beauty at first glance.

When Princess Changping looked at Qinglian, Qinglian's beautiful eyes were also staring at Princess Changping, she had heard that this woman was a princess just now.

It looks like he is fourteen or fifteen years old, beautiful and elegant, beautiful and tender, although he is young, his beauty is unusually gorgeous.

The demeanor is innocent, her cheeks are red, her skin is fair, she is delicate and elegant, but it is a pity that she is wrapped in bandages on her arms, which affects her beauty somewhat.

Qinglian has always been proud of her appearance and temperament, but today this beautiful little princess is no worse than her, and even has an extra purity.

It is said that Qinglian should hate the people around Chongzhen, but I don't know why, she can't hate the little beauty in front of her.

Qinglian slowly closed her eyes, unwilling to look at Princess Changping, she was worried that she would be soft-hearted, and suddenly a pleasant voice suddenly sounded in her ears:

"May I ask Sister Beauty, who are you, how did you live in Kunning Palace, can you tell Wei Jiao?"

When Zhu Weijiao spoke, she completely looked like a girl next door, and she didn't think of herself as a princess at this time.

Zhu Weijiao's cleverness and sensibility made Qinglian's heart ripple, but she still ignored Princess Changping with her eyes closed.