After saying that, Chongzhen refused to let go of Yuan Chonghuan's hand, so he took him like this, personally sent him out of the palace gate, and saw him go far away before returning to the palace by himself.

Back in the palace, and then think about the response with Yuan Chonghuan, there is nothing wrong with it, Chongzhen can't help but feel relieved, and a pride slowly rises in his heart: "To be the master of Zhongxing, it is necessary to be diligent in government, by the way, custom, from now on, I will deal with the government with the auxiliary ministers in the Wenhua Hall every day." ”

After speaking, he suddenly remembered the cabinet members he had come out of, and shook his head involuntarily, but forced himself to think: "They should be considered capable ministers, but they just have a little more ideas, and they don't know my attitude, where do they dare to talk nonsense?" If I take care of it myself, they will still be up to the task. ”

Thinking about it, he raised his head complacently, and when he saw Wang Chengen coming in from outside, he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and said angrily: "If you have something to say, say it happily, what is it?" ”

Wang Chengen knew that he was in a good mood, he must be teasing himself, and he didn't speak, so he stepped forward and handed him the fold in his hand, and said, "Look at it, it's all about impeaching Liu Hongxun for corruption and perverting the law." ”

Chongzhen let out an "oh", stretched out his hand to take it, and said with a smile: "It's still a lot of miles." As he spoke, he threw it on the dragon case, snorted coldly, and said: "If you want to say that Liu Hongxun is in the limelight, I still believe it, if you say that he is corrupt and perverts the law, I don't believe it when I kill him, alas, it seems that it is still difficult to change the habit." ”

sighed, and couldn't help but think: "If I want to make a difference, I must limit the power of those parties, well, wouldn't it be just a good time to weaken the Donglin Party?" The Donglin Party has too many positions in the cabinet, except for Li Biao, it seems that they are all in the party, is this worth it? This situation must be changed quickly. ”

Wang Chengen was silent after seeing what he said, thinking that he was still angry, and stepped forward and said luckily: "So, Liu Hongxun is okay?" ”

Chongzhen hurriedly made up his mind, pretending to ponder: "I know that Liu Hongxun is honest and honest, dares to speak out, and is a minister, but now is the critical time for me to realize the great cause of Zhongxing, so many people impeach him, and it is not appropriate for him to continue to stay in office, so let's let him go to Daizhou to guard the border, anyway, loyal ministers are loyal ministers wherever they go." ”

"Go to Daizhou to guard the border? Isn't this a distribution? How could he say it so lightly? Wang Chengen was anxious, but he didn't dare, thought about it, and said: "Blame the slave for talking too much, this precedent, don't seem to have more things out of nothing, but what should I do?" ”

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's easy to do, I'm not like the ancestors, as long as there is such a thing again, I will let them confront them." Hmph, don't look at them kicking their little feet in private, when it comes to the bright side, they are honest. ”

Wang Chengen didn't want him to say such a call, knowing that it was useless to say more, and he was about to pass on the decree, but he heard him say again: "Dong Kun should also rest, let Luo Yangxing take over, his father Luo Sigong was framed by Wei Zhongxian, and he should be more effective in handling things." ”

"People say that the donkey is killed after pushing the mill, but before the mill is finished, Liu Hongxun and Dong Kun will be finished." Wang Chengen thought wildly and hurriedly went to deliver the decree.

Seeing Wang Chengen go out, Chongzhen smiled secretly and thought: "Of course the lord of Zhongxing can't be at your mercy like the imperial brother, hmph, I not only have to punish Kewei, but also let those so-called heroes know that I am the emperor, and no one will be allowed to look down on ......"

Just as he was thinking, a eunuch shouted "Great joy" and broke in.

Chongzhen said with a cold face: "A slave who doesn't understand the rules, he doesn't know how to respect himself like this." ”

Although the eunuch heard what he said harshly, his tone was not bad, he hesitated slightly, then knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." ”

Seeing that he was still so flustered, Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said: "You dog slave, just congratulate him, say quickly, where does the joy come from?" ”

When the eunuch saw him smile, he was relieved and said, "Emperor Qiqi, the queen mother has been born, Longzi, this is the first great joy in my dynasty except for Empress Chengzu Xu, Empress Xuanzong Sun, and Empress Xiaozong Zhang." ”

"Really?" Chongzhen tried hard to suppress his excitement and asked rhetorically, seeing that the eunuch nodded firmly, and said "go and see", the person couldn't wait to go out.

At this time, Zhou Xiaoniang was thinking: "Since he left on the day of the fight, he has never been here, he obviously knows that we are in production, alas, is he so unkind?" No, absolutely not, isn't there a lot of good news on his side? By the way, we are fighting, he is fighting, we are winning, he is also winning. ”

Thinking about it, my heart was moved for a while, and then my heart tightened again: "His battle is more dangerous than ours, he is very tired, but he doesn't know how to cherish himself, alas, I really don't know what he has tossed himself into?" ”

Thinking of this, she suddenly wanted to see him, and wanted to get up, but she couldn't, she was in a hurry, but she saw him come in in a hurry, and took the child from the nurse's arms in the past, and kissed him enough, and said again and again: "Cihong, okay, your name is Zhu Cihong, you are my eldest son, and I will make you the prince." ”。

"He didn't know that we had walked away from the ghost gate, and he only cared about his son!" Secretly complaining, she felt sour in her heart, and then thought: "Isn't his son our son?" If he cares about his son, doesn't he care about our son? What kind of vinegar do we eat? ”

Thinking about it, he was relieved, and he was busy looking at him intently, but seeing that he had lost a lot of weight, there was firmness between his eyebrows, no, to be precise, it should be arrogant and conceited, and he couldn't help but jump in his heart, and when he wanted to think about something, he had already come over to look at her, and hurriedly disguised himself: "King Xin, you have lost weight." ”

"King Xin, her name is actually King Xin? It seems that she is weird. Thinking secretly, seeing that she had tears in her eyes, she felt guilty, and she didn't know what to say for a while, so she simply hugged her.

After a long time, he began to think again: "I should compensate her, but how can I make amends?" I have tried to reward her many times, but she has rejected her. She is selfless, and she doesn't like money. I have to do it another way, by the way, she doesn't like it, her father and brother like it, I reward her father and brother, she likes it in her heart. ”

Having made up his mind, he said softly, "I'm sorry, I'm late......"

"Lovers like mountains and seas, but where can they compare to this affectionate hug?" Just thinking about it, I heard him speak, lest this happiness be fleeting in an instant, so I hugged him tightly and said, "It's not too late, it's not too late at all." ”

He became more and more moved, hugged her like that, and said: "Last time, because of the leak of the palace, the queen drove her father and brother back to Suzhou without need, I have always felt guilty, I am now the emperor, and I have eliminated the evil in one fell swoop, and I no longer need to be afraid of leaks, I decided to reward my father and brother heavily." ”

"What is he doing here, but he is just changing his way to please us, of course he has good intentions, but unfortunately our father and brother not only can't help him, but can harm him, we must not let people hurt him, no one can."

Thinking about it, she pushed him away violently and said, "No, never, if the emperor is really kind, he might as well use it on the courtiers, so that they can contribute more to the court." ”

He knew that she had good intentions, and he didn't know how to persuade for a while, so he remembered Concubine Tian coldly, and said: "I not only want to reward the queen's father and brother, but also Concubine Yuan and Concubine Tian, if the queen refuses to accept it, how can the two of them accept it?" ”

Hearing this, she said solemnly: "After Wei Zhongxian's destruction, the emperor issued an order to exempt the industrial and commercial tax, and the court is still stretched thin when there is nothing to do, in case something happens, how should the emperor deal with it?" From the perspective of the concubines, it is better for the emperor to be frugal. ”

"What she said is the truth, but since I am the emperor, I have to be gracious when I should be gracious, how can I listen to her in everything, if it spreads, won't it become a joke? By the way, the queen's father and brother are really not suitable to be officials, let's secretly reward more. ”

Secretly thinking, he nodded and stopped talking.

She said again: "The emperor doesn't speak, I also know the emperor's thoughts, the emperor must not do that." Alas, my father and brother know that I don't want the emperor to reward them, I am afraid that they have also made a lot of money in the name of the emperor. ”

He said: "It's their business to fish, and it's my business if I don't reward them." ”

Seeing that although he still did not accept his point of view, his attitude still changed, she paused and said sincerely: "While punishing the evil, the emperor should still be generous to the heroes, such as Liu Hongxun and Dong Kun......"

He said impatiently: "Okay, okay, I ask myself if I am not a mediocre king, and I naturally understand in my heart." With that, he turned around and walked out of Kunning Palace.

Zhou Xiaoniang shook her head and sighed, thinking about finding another opportunity to persuade him, she didn't want him to make the slightest mistake.