Ciqing Palace is in the east of the Forbidden City, north of Donghua Gate, next door to the Imperial Horse Prison.

This place was first called Qingning Palace, which was the residence of the prince. In later generations, Ciqing Palace has disappeared. During the Qing Dynasty, the Chufang Hall was built on the original site, and then it was expanded into the South Three Houses. The favorite brothers of the brainless fans in the Qing official drama basically grew up in the South Third Institute.

In fact, as early as the last years of the Apocalypse, because the Emperor of the Apocalypse had no children, Ciqing Palace became Empress Zhang's bedroom. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, until the crown prince and concubine, Empress Zhang still lived here.

Empress Zhang's name is Zhang Yan, and she is the empress of the main palace of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Because when Emperor Tianqi was critically ill, Empress Zhang advocated that Zhu Youzhen, who was still the king of faith at that time, take the throne in front of the sickbed, so after Chongzhen came to power, he respected this widow very much.

Chongzhen not only honored Zhang Yan with the title of "Empress Yi'an", but also throughout her dynasty, Empress Zhang received the highest level of respect and courtesy from the emperor.

Why since ancient times, people have fought desperately to fight for a great merit from the dragon? This is evident from this.

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Today's sky is bright, not cold or hot, and it is the Qingming season, which is a good day for outings and relaxation. However, the activity of swimming and flapping butterflies in the Imperial Garden is not so suitable for some people...... For example, sister-in-law and brother-in-law.

So everyone can only sit down, drink two glasses of beer, eat some skewers, chat and gossip, and on the white marble platform in front of Ciqing Palace, there is an open-air banquet being held.

It is said to be a banquet, but in fact, it is to put some melon and fruit snacks on the coffee table, there is no beer and no crayfish, it is a more casual cold dinner in the Middle Ages.

There was only one host and guest at the buffet, and the rest of the palace maids, female officials, eunuchs, and guards around were all working boys and had to stand.

Wearing a red sleeve shirt, with a xia veil and a red Luo jacket, wearing a pearl and phoenix crown, sitting on the main seat behind the coffee table, is naturally the master of Ciqing Palace, "beautiful and plump, face like Guanyin, eyes like autumn waves, mouth like Zhu Ying, nose like hanging gall, Hao teeth fine" Zhang Yan Zhang Empress, one of the five great queens in ancient China.

On the left hand side of Empress Dowager Zhang, the young man wearing a golden silk winged crown, wearing a black brocade dragon robe, a thin face, and a small beard is the master of the huge Ming Empire: Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen.

At this moment, Chongzhen looked at the two boys under the platform with a smile on his face. The boy was skilled, suddenly upside down, suddenly folded, and finally ended the performance with a very thrilling one-legged support rolling, which won a full house.

"Well, the villain is doing a good job, he must have suffered from the master, look at the reward."

Empress Zhang is 24 years old this year, which is the best age for a woman. But now it is the 17th century, when etiquette and religion are rampant, Zhang Yan, who has been a widow for several years, speaks old-fashioned, and has begun to demand herself with the mentality of an elder everywhere.

After the reward, the young sister-in-law turned her head to look at the younger uncle, and found that the other party seemed to be smiling and nodding again and again, but she was a little out of the world, and there was still a faint sadness between her eyebrows.

Sighing lightly, Empress Zhang stretched out her hand, raised the wooden dew on the table and said, "Emperor, drink tea." ”

"Oh!" Chongzhen, who reacted, hurriedly picked up the rose drink in front of him and took two sips.

"Now that the Tartars have withdrawn, and the emperor is becoming more and more proficient in dealing with those personnel in the court, we have survived the most difficult hurdle. When the emperor is older, life will be better after all. ”

After putting down the crystal clear glass helicopter cup in her hand, Empress Zhang said slowly: "Emperor, you must not worry about the government from time to time, in case you hurt your heart, you must have Zhang Yourelaxed." ”

"I know, Sister-in-law Xie reminds."

When the young emperor heard this, his eyebrows stretched a little, and he nodded yes.

Seeing that the emperor and the empress were chatting happily, the old eunuch who was waiting on the side clapped his hands knowingly, and then the next group of servants who came out to perform came to the platform, ready to perform a superb bow show for the nobles.

At this moment, the emperor's eyebrows furrowed again on the platform, and at the palace gate behind the servant, a figure was running from afar.

Chongzhen's eyesight is good, so it didn't take long for him to see the bright red bullfighting suit of the person who came. At this moment, the emperor's face instantly turned cold, and those who could run around the palace in the clothes of senior eunuchs were most likely the people who were the celebrants, and it must indicate that something big had happened.

Suddenly, Chongzhen stood up from his chair. He had already seen the face of the person who came: the celebrant was upright.

The young emperor, who had not encountered any good news since he ascended the throne, had long been habitually shielded from the possibility of good things, so when he saw the panting arrival, he had already rehearsed several unexpected situations in his heart: Is it the Tartars returning to the army? Is there another mess in the direction of Jizhen? Or is there another police situation on the nine sides?

At this moment, the emperor's face was pale, and his slightly relaxed attitude had already been thrown out of the clouds. And Empress Chen also waved her hand knowingly, signaling the eunuch to drive the servant away.

Along with the all-round cold field, it is getting closer and closer to the square.

Soon, when Fang Zhenghua ran under the platform, the intermittent shouts came: "Emperor, great joy, great joy, great victory on the front line, great victory!" ”

"Huh?" The young emperor, who had his hands behind his back and a gloomy face, was suddenly stunned, and then he turned his head to look at Empress Chen in surprise, as if he wanted to confirm his judgment: Did I hear it?

Empress Chen also looked confused, her beautiful face was full of confusion, and she seemed to have a look of fear, and she was so helpless that she glanced at her brother-in-law.

Fortunately, the answer was soon revealed. I saw Fang Zhenghua running up from the steps with a smoke, and then knelt in front of the emperor with a "puff of air", panting and saying: "Hey, the emperor, the front, the front line...... Big, great victory, the general soldier Cao, Cao, Cao Chuan, that array beheaded, beheaded Amin, captured four, four thousand, the head of the thief ......"

With a bang, the emperor shook his head and took a step back, and the chair was knocked to the ground. The next moment, the emperor took a step forward with a cold face, pointed at Fang Zhenghua and scolded fiercely: "Idiot, make it clear, which general soldier did Amin behead again!?" ”

"Emperor, Amin was beheaded, it was our Ming commanders who beheaded Amin!"

"Ahh

The emperor was stunned for a moment with his mouth wide open, and after smoothing out his thoughts, he bowed down and pointed at Fang Zhenghua and asked in a deep voice: "Isn't it someone who is here again to bully me?" ”

Seeing the emperor pointing at the tip of his nose and trembling his fingers slightly, Fang Zhenghua became clear, the emperor seemed to be calm, but in fact, his chest was already boiling: "There is a head, the emperor, there is a head on the road!" Amin's, and four thousand strong tartars, are on the way! ”

The young emperor, who was surprised and couldn't believe this answer at all, slowly got up at this time, glanced around the people around him, and finally glanced at his sister-in-law.

After making sure that he was not hallucinating, the emperor's face turned flushed for a moment, and he coughed a few times in excitement, and then asked, "Who came from the news?" ”

"Emperor Yu, it's Uncle Wen."

"I'll pounce on your mother!" ...... If Chongzhen hadn't been young, he would have had a cerebral hemorrhage by a brain teaser at this time: "That Wen Tiren is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, where did he get the battle report!?" ”

"Emperor, this battle report was sent to the city by the Wen family!"

The young emperor coughed a few more times in a hurry, and then he realized that he couldn't communicate with Fang Zhenghua like this anymore: "Where is Wen Tiren? ”

"Just outside the Ciqing Palace, waiting to give the emperor good news!"

"That's not going to pass on quickly!"

"No!"

The next moment, a little eunuch with nimble legs ran towards the palace gate like crazy.

In this way, Wen Tiren came to the emperor in front of the emperor in full view of everyone, in the eyes of the emperor's fire, with a slightly faster speed than usual.

"Wechen visit ......"

"No courtesy, no courtesy, come here, give Wen Qing a seat!"

The super impatient emperor interrupted Lao Wen's etiquette for the first time.

Seeing that the emperor had completely whetted his appetite, Lao Wen stopped selling Guan Zi and told the cause and effect of the incident.

Lao Wen's story is like this: because he had an old relationship with Xiong Wencan before, a certain general soldier surnamed Cao who came to King Qin this time sent someone from Tianjin not long ago to bring some Fujian native products to Lao Wen.

At the same time, Mr. Cao also complained about the situation in a letter to Lao Wen. These include the fact that the southern soldiers were unaccustomed to the soil and water, trapped him in Tianjinwei, and the chaos of the battle situation, and he felt that he had nowhere to perform.

At this time, Wen Shangshu, who was enthusiastic about the ancient road and proficient in the art of war, pointed out a clear way to Cao Zongbing in his reply: Don't come to Jizhen to participate in the battle, General Cao might as well send surprise troops to attack the three cities of Yongping directly from the south and cut off the enemy's rear road, maybe it will be a miracle.

Then things went down like this: after seeing the letter brought by the messenger of Wenfu, Cao Zongbing did as he said, relying on the sharp guns and sneak attacks of his subordinates, and beat the Tartars of the three cities of Yongping by surprise, and the stupid Tartars did not expect that there would be a sneak attack from the south.

After breaking the Tartars of the three cities of Yongping, Cao Zongbing led the morale-boosting male soldiers straight to the Santun camp. When the tartars at the head of the city saw Amin's head, they immediately lost all morale and began to flee out of the city.

Then Cao Zongbing, who occupied the Santun camp, soon ushered in Shuotuo, who ran away from Zunhua.

In this way, under the guidance of the military strategist Wen Shangshu, Cao Zongbing adopted a division strategy and achieved an unprecedented victory in one fell swoop, leaving behind a total of 4,000 Tartar heads, including Amin.

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After listening to Wen Tiren's story, Chongzhen was already so excited that he couldn't help himself, and asked again and again: "Aiqing, do you have any evidence for what you said?" ”

"Yes, yes!"

Wen Tiren took out a letter from his bosom.

The letter was neatly written, and at first glance it was written by a master who often handled official documents.

This is a normal situation, because in ancient times, many generals could not write letters, so they were dictated by the generals, and the master wrote the letter on behalf of the master, and finally stamped and painted it.

The letter was written in the tone of General Cao. The above content is nothing more than thanking Wen Shangshu for showing him the way, so that he can capture a large number of Tartar heads. So as soon as the battle ended, he wrote a letter to Wen Shangshu at the head of the Santun camp to report the good news.

The letter also said: At the same time as the letter was written, Sun Chengzong's army had already joined forces under the city of Santun Camp. Therefore, the good news sent by the generals in front will soon reach the capital. Cao Zongbing will also come to the capital with 4,000 heads to congratulate the emperor soon.

After reading the letter with trembling hands, Chongzhen stood up from the chair again, and couldn't wait to say loudly: "Come on, pass on Luo Yangxing, Zhou Yanru, and Wang Xinxin to see me immediately!" ”