At this moment, a fast horse drove quickly in the direction of Lugou Bridge in Beizhili, and the soldiers carrying urgent paperwork were hurrying away, and shouted to the people when crossing the street, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”

In this way, the urgent paperwork was sent to the yamen of the Department of General Affairs.

At noon, it was faintly raining, and Ming Yizong, who was walking slowly in the imperial garden of the harem in brown clothes, was walking with an umbrella by the palace maids and eunuchs, and he accidentally saw a woman in front of him who was digging the ground with a hoe in a cloth robe? There were also some palace maids standing by.

This made Ming Yizong feel a little curious? And the more you look at this figure, the more familiar it feels? He didn't easily call out, "Empress? ”

I saw that the person wielding the hoe hurriedly turned around, and the palace maids next to him saluted, "Slaves and maids to see Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live long live!" "The queen of Ming Zhou, who was digging the ground, also put down her hoe and came up to salute.

But Ming Yizong directly helped her up and comforted, "Zitong, you are my queen, how can you do this kind of work?" Isn't there a spinning wheel for weaving? Why? ”

The virtuous Empress Ming Zhou said, "Concubine, seeing Your Majesty working day and night on state affairs, everyone has lost a lot of weight!" This is not taking advantage of the rain, and the concubine plans to grow some vegetables and make some soup for His Majesty to drink. ”

This made Ming Yizong very moved, he reached out and touched the face of the queen mother, and said, "Zitong doesn't have to be tired, the rain is still falling, go with me to avoid the rain!" Be careful of the cold and the wind is cold, and leave this matter to the next person to plant! ”

After speaking, he took her hand and walked towards Kunning Palace through the Kunning Gate, and said while walking Ming Yizong, "Since I became the emperor, I haven't let Zitong enjoy a day's blessings, I'm really ashamed!" I didn't have any major events today, so I rested in the Kunning Palace in Zitong. ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Ming Yizong take out a white jade and ruby phoenix hairpin from his sleeve, handed it to the Empress of Ming Zhou, and said, "Zitong, this is the first gift I gave you. ”

Empress Ming Zhou, who took the things, took a closer look at it and thought it was very beautiful, so she asked, "Your Majesty, what is this hairpin?" ”

I only heard Ming Yizong explain, "This is a phoenix hairpin presented by the local officials of Jiangxi Chengxuan Political Division, and I saw that Zitong didn't bring any accessories on weekdays, so I gave it to Zitong." ”

Looking at the gift given by her husband for the first time, this made her very happy, and she couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, can you help the concubine put it on?" But Ming Yizong said euphemistically: "Zitong, let's go change clothes first!" ”

So she strode into the palace and let the palace maids be in charge of changing clothes, and looked forward to performing in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and Ming Yizong also wanted to spend a day with the queen mother in a two-person world, so he came to the palace today to find her.

In the blink of an eye, the Empress of Ming Zhou, who put on the "Baizi Yi" and wore a "black gauze pointed brown hat" and a [horse-faced skirt], slowly walked out from behind the screen.

Ming Yizong, who was eating dim sum in the main hall of Kunning Palace, heard the palace maids shouting, "The queen has arrived!" When he said this, he looked up, and was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him, he felt that his queen was still as young as she was back then, and she had not aged at all, which made Ming Yizong very happy, he hurriedly put down the snack in his hand and looked at the queen mother intently, and he was distracted for a while.

This is the second time he has looked at the queen so seriously (the first time was during the concubine selection ceremony in Prince Xin's mansion. ）

I saw Queen Ming Zhou walking up steadily, putting her hands on her left waist and saying, "The concubine sees Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be safe, Your Majesty, do you think the concubine is so good-looking?" ”

Ming Yizong, who was fascinated, didn't react for a while, and the palace maid next to him glanced at His Majesty the Emperor when she saw this, and shouted a few times, Ming Yizong came back to his senses and blinked and said, "Eh, what did I do just now, let me help Zitong bring this phoenix hairpin!" ”

After speaking, Ming Yizong got up and inserted a phoenix hairpin into the crown of Queen Ming Zhou, who bowed his head slightly, and picked up her hand and said, "Zitong looks good when she wears this phoenix hairpin, and she still has the style of the year, no worse than Chang'e in that month!" While speaking, he hugged the queen into his arms, and the sensible palace maids took the initiative to salute when they saw this scene, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the slaves and maids are retired!" ”

In this way, the palace maids of Kunning Palace withdrew from the main hall and stood guard outside the door, and a few palace maids snickered and said, "Me! Or is it the first time I have seen Your Majesty and have the opportunity to visit the Queen Mother? And now that state affairs are so busy, it is rare for Your Majesty to come to Kunning Palace, so let's not disturb them tonight. Then the palace ladies went to find someone to eat.

Only Ming Yizong and the queen mother were left, and Queen Ming Zhou, who was held in her arms, inadvertently saw that there was a little opening in the left shoulder sleeve of her husband's regular clothes! She was very distressed and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you doing this?" Why don't you let the Shangyi supervisor make a new one? ”

However, Ming Yizong, who had long been accustomed to frugality, said euphemistically: "No need! At present, the treasury needs a lot of silver, the soldiers at the border pass need military salaries, and it is nothing if I wear some shabby clothes, as long as the soldiers can eat and drink enough to go into battle to kill the enemy, defending my Daming country is more important than anything else! ”

Seeing his husband like this, Queen Ming Zhou planned to take a needle to help him sew it in person, but Ming Yizong was still not too embarrassed, but the queen insisted on sewing, and in desperation, Ming Yizong had to take off the regular clothes outside, revealing a white robe, he held the queen's hand and thanked him, "Zitong, it's really difficult for you, I have suffered so much with me, as the mother of a country, I have never experienced the royal pomp." ”

The virtuous and virtuous Empress Ming Zhou withdrew her hand, lowered her head and said while sewing, "Since the concubine is married to Your Majesty, then it is natural to share the joys and sorrows with Your Majesty. ”

Hearing this, Ming Yizong felt very sorry for her, and hurriedly held the hand of the queen mother and looked at her affectionately, while she withdrew her hand and continued to sew up the opening, just when she picked it up to change clothes for His Majesty the Emperor, Ming Yizong hugged her waist and leaned back a little and said, "Zitong, you are still so beautiful." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Ming Yizong kiss quickly, so frightened that Empress Ming Zhou panicked and climbed on the shoulders of His Majesty the Emperor, and during the kiss, Ming Yizong picked up Empress Ming Zhou and walked to the bed in the palace....

At this moment, the three palace maids who were hiding from the rain outside the palace gathered around and asked with a smile, "Qiu Xi, the eunuch who ate with you last time was from that palace?" Looks pretty handsome? ”

Another palace maid said, "She seems to be from Qianqing Palace, and I, from Cining Palace, are much more handsome than him." As soon as the words came out, the three palace maids covered their mouths and laughed, completely unaware of the eunuch Mingsi who came over with an umbrella behind him: Wang Chengen, he coughed twice and asked, "Your Majesty, can you be in the palace?" ”

The palace maids who were taken aback hurriedly turned around and saluted, "I have seen the princess, Your Majesty is in the palace with the queen?" I wonder what the prince is looking for His Majesty? ”

The eunuch of Mingji, the eunuch of the Ming Division, who showed a bitter gourd face, said: "Oops! Something big is wrong, lead the way ahead and ask Your Majesty to come out! ”

When the palace maids heard that there was something big? Immediately pushed open the palace door, led the prince into the main hall, walked to the bed of the palace, just walked to the hanging bead curtain, heard the sound of His Majesty and the queen lingering, frightened Ming Si Rite Eunuch Bingbi hurriedly covered his face and knelt down with the palace maids and said: "Old slave, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is not good!" ”

Ming Yizong, who was hugging the queen mother and kissing her on the bed, immediately stopped and asked, "What's the matter?" If it's a twist? Today, I have reviewed a lot, and some of them are still insignificant, and if it is a matter of military salary, I will let the household department deal with it later. ”

But the eunuch of the Ming Division, the eunuch shook his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, it is a matter of war report, 100,000 urgent!" What the General Administration Secretary has just handed over to the old slave seems to be a letter from the Governor of Xuanda? Your Majesty, please take a look. ”

Empress Ming Zhou on the bed didn't dare to delay the important military situation, so she persuaded her husband to change her clothes, and Ming Yizong was also worried, what was the matter? So I had to get up and ask the palace maids to help me change my clothes.

Ming Yizong, who changed into regular clothes, opened the bead curtain and slowly walked out, took the letter, opened it to watch, because the rainy day was a little gloomy, he looked under the candlelight, and found that it was actually written on it The battle report of the Liukou to capture Datong Mansion and Yang Hewei? The Governor of Xuanda did not meet the enemy? Instead, flee with food? Now flee to Tianchengwei for refuge?

Seeing this, Ming Yizong was so angry that he tore up the letter on the spot, and patted the case and said: "Let's go, I want to go back to the Qianqing Palace, and it is rumored that the cabinet ministers and officials in Beijing will come to the audience quickly, and say that I have important matters to discuss, and another edict will be drafted to reply to the Governor of Xuanda, saying that I ordered him to immediately recover the lost land and recapture Datong Mansion, and there must be no mistake, otherwise he will not be the governor of Xuanda." ”

This made the eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Supervisor Bingbi listen a little incredible, maybe it was angry talk! Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for him, a Xuanda governor with no soldiers and no generals, to recover the land occupied by the enemy! Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor did not know that Wanquan Dusi had also fallen.

After the half-pillar incense, the palace drumming sounded the first assistant of the Ming cabinet: Jiang Dejing, led the cabinet ministers into the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the ministers who were hurriedly assembled felt that there was nothing good, and they all stood and saluted one by one. ”

Before the words fell, he saw the Ming Tong political secretary experience envoy hurriedly walked in under the leadership of the eunuch with the letter, and handed it over to Ming Yizong to watch after saluting, this look made him even more angry, and directly tore up the letter and scolded on the spot: "Damn Xuanda Ming army actually surrendered to Li thief?" This is my life! Who else can stop the rogues from defending Gyeonggi? ”

At this time, the Shaoqing of the Ming Taichang Temple: Wu Linzheng, stood up and proposed, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the only person who can defend Jinggi at present, and can resist the Liukou, is the Guanning Iron Cavalry outside the Shanhaiwei Pass, and the minister implores Your Majesty to quickly transfer Ning Yuanwei's division back to King Jingqin." ”

Ming Yizong was a little hesitant after hearing this! However, the first assistant of the Ming cabinet opposed this approach, and he said, "Your Majesty must not! If the Guanning Iron Cavalry is mobilized, then Ning Yuanwei will definitely be empty, and it will inevitably be captured by Dongyu Jiannu taking the opportunity to go south, and once the troops are mobilized, it will be equivalent to giving up Ning Yuanwei, and then the rest of the guards outside the Guanxi will not be guaranteed! ”

Having said that, after all, there is no other way, the army of the southern Qinwang will not be able to reach the north for a while and a half, so he can only invite the general soldier of the Ming Ning Yuanwei: Wu Sangui, it is faster to enter the king of Beijing, so the governor of Ming Jiliao: Wang Yongji, also stood up and persuaded him, "Your Majesty, the general soldier of Wu is loyal and filial and the Guanning army is different from before, in his hands it can be said that he is more brave than before, the minister thinks that if the Guanning army is transferred into Beijing, it can be repelled by the Liukou, and secondly, it can also be exterminated with the division of the Qinwang from all walks of life, once the Jinggi is not protected outside the Guan, it will be an empty city!" Please think twice about which is more important. ”

Despite this, the first assistant of the Ming cabinet still stood up and interjected: "Losing the land is really the law of losing the ancestors!" ”

But I didn't want to be given the matter by the Ming Army Department who was standing on the spot: Wang Weixuan, gave a copy and said, "What if the Jingshi is not guaranteed? Isn't Shousuke-sama more responsible? ”