"Concubine Ai seems to be in a much better mood these days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Chongzhen sat on the chair and looked at Concubine Tian who was sitting next to him and said, "It's just that Concubine Ai's body is still too weak, the doctor said, it's good to get up and walk around, sit down, but you still have to pay attention, don't be too tired." ”

"Thank you for the emperor's care, but my daughter is not tired. It's that I haven't seen the emperor these days, but the emperor has cleared it again. Concubine Tian replied with a smile.

In the court of the Ming Dynasty, according to the previous habits, whether it was a queen or a concubine, when facing the emperor, they all called themselves concubines or concubines, but when it came to Emperor Chongzhen, some changes occurred. Empress Zhou felt that the concubine should not be the same as the queen in terms of self-title, and there should be a difference. So with reference to the folk practice, it was stipulated that other concubines needed to lower their rank in front of the emperor and call themselves daughters. (At that time, the maids who were bought and sold in the folk lowered themselves to a generation, often claiming to be daughters.) Of course, this is a demeaning approach to other concubines, but the effect does not seem to be obvious, on the contrary, Emperor Chongzhen seems to be more interested in those concubines who claim to be daughters in front of him. (Evil)

"You have to take care of your body, I still want to listen to you play the piano one day." Chongzhen smiled reluctantly, "When was the last time I heard Concubine Ai play the piano?" I'm afraid it's been more than half a year. ”

"If the emperor wants to hear it, my daughter ......" Concubine Tian said half of her words, but was stopped by Chongzhen.

"I want to hear it, but I don't care for a while. I'll talk about it when you're well. Chongzhen said, "I still have something to do, so I can't stay with you for too long." Alas, I sometimes wonder how good it would be if my brother was still here, and I still believed in the king. When my brother was leaving, he took me by the hand and said to me, 'My brother should be Yao Shun.' 'Alas, since I ascended the throne, I have been sleeping at night, and I have not dared to forget my brother's trust, but there are more and more things in this world, and they are getting more and more ...... I'm really not as good as my brother......"

Concubine Tian looked at Chongzhen, looking at his painful face, wanting to say something to comfort him, and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say to be useful.

"Ahh Chongzhen smiled to himself, "Look, concubine, I came to visit you, but I told you these unhappy things, it's really ...... If my brother is still here, he will definitely laugh at me again. ”

After saying this, Chongzhen stood up and said to Concubine Tian: "Concubine Ai, take a good rest, I should also go and get busy." ”

Concubine Tian also stood up and was about to salute the emperor to bid farewell, but saw Wang Chengen hurrying over.

"Wang Companion ......" Chongzhen also saw Wang Chengen, and when he saw Wang Chengen bowing his head and not speaking, he knew that there was something bad. Then he said, "Concubine Ai rests early, and I will leave first." ”

"Daughter sends your majesty." Concubine Tian also saw some ominous meanings from Wang Chengen's actions, but this matter was related to the government, and although Concubine Tian was favored, she did not dare to intervene directly.

"Hmm." Chongzhen nodded, then turned around and walked out, and Wang Chengen hurriedly followed.

Out of Qixiang Palace, Chongzhen frowned and said to Wang Chengen: "What happened again?" ”

"Hooray." Wang Chengen said worriedly, "There was a battle report just now, and the officers and soldiers ......"

"But the officers and troops have been defeated again?" Chongzhen's tone was very calm, and he even had a smile on his face, "Wang Banban, look at you, what are you nervous about, it's not the first time that the official army has lost a battle, I have long been used to it." Well, bring me the movement. ”

"Your Majesty," Wang Chengen paused before saying, "It's too dark here, let's go back to the imperial study and take a look." ”

"Hmm." Chongzhen nodded, he knew that this time it must be a big defeat, and it might even be no less than Zhang Xianzhong burned the imperial tomb, Huang Taiji completely annihilated Songjin's Ming army, and Li Zicheng killed King Fu. He kept his face calm and stopped talking, but followed the two eunuchs with lanterns in the direction of the imperial study.

Entering the imperial study, Wang Chengen hurriedly asked people to light the whale oil lamp, and then asked the two little eunuchs with lanterns to extinguish the lanterns. Originally, seeing that the emperor was coming this way, the eunuchs in the imperial study should have lit the whale oil lamp first. It's just that Chongzhen is a very frugal person, and he feels that it is too wasteful to turn on the lamp before he reaches the desk. So now he changed the rule to wait until he entered the house and then lit the lamp at his desk.

"Although whale oil lamps are much cheaper than candles nowadays, but the country is eventful, so if you can be frugal, let's be frugal." Chongzhen said this at that time.

Chongzhen sat down at the desk, but did not immediately ask to see the concerto, but took a few breaths and calmed down for a while, until he felt that he should be ready to accept the blow, and then said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Companion, you can take out the concerto." ”

Wang Chengen handed a copy of the recital to Chongzhen. Chongzhen took the fold, opened it with a trembling hand, and looked at it.

"Hehehehe......" Looking at it, Chongzhen couldn't help laughing. Hearing this laughter, Wang Chengen couldn't help but take half a step back, eager to shrink himself a few times.

"I thought there was a lot of going on, but it turned out that I just suffered a defeat, what a big deal." Chongzhen smiled and said, "More than 100,000 troops, didn't 20,000 or 30,000 run out?" Of the four general soldiers, only two died, and didn't Ding Qirui also run out? Although he lost all the edicts, Shang Fangjian, and seals, he was not...... Why didn't he throw his head away? Are you still waiting for me to cut it? What about the ticket? What about the Cabinet's vote? Why is there no cabinet vote on this? Speaking of which, Chongzhen finally couldn't help but shout angrily.

"Your Majesty, such a big defeat, the cabinet, the cabinet does not dare to arbitrarily decide." Wang Chengen knelt down and replied tremblingly.

"Don't dare? What else would they not dare! Chongzhen shouted angrily, "They...... I raised them, did I just make them dare not? Since I ascended the throne, I have been sleeping at night, so diligent, so simple, and the money I saved has been fed to them, but how have they repaid me? ”

After scolding this sentence, Chongzhen didn't catch it in one breath and coughed violently. Wang Chengen hurriedly got up, walked up to beat Chongzhen's back, and gave the little eunuch next to him a look.

After a while, Chongzhen's coughing gradually subsided. Wang Chengen turned his head and saw that the little eunuch was already standing aside with a small blue and white bowl. Wang Chengen walked over, took the bowl, walked to Chongzhen, slowly knelt down, raised the small bowl with both hands and said:

"Your Majesty, please take care of the Holy Communion and don't ...... anymore Look at Your Majesty like this, slave maid, slave maid...... Your Majesty, drink some tea and moisten your throat. Wang Chengen also choked up.

"Alas......" Chongzhen let out a long sigh. The roar and coughing just now made him extremely tired. Seeing the tea handed by Wang Chengen, he took it and drank it all.

"Wang Banban, get up." Seeing that Wang Chengen was still kneeling on the ground, Chongzhen said again, "It's not your fault. ”

"Thank you." Wang Chengen stood up.

"Holy?" Chongzhen suddenly laughed in a low voice again, "If I want to be really sacred, how can the world be like this?" I am ambitious and talented, and I want to be a master of Zhongxing, but I don't want to, and I can't make it impossible to become a king of a dead country. He whispered and laughed, but two lines of tears dripped from his eyes.

"Your Majesty is the true son of heaven, and he is naturally holy. It's all those guys below who have no conscience, and they are messing around like this. Since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has been sleeping at night, so diligent, there is only merit, no fault, God can see it, and His Majesty will definitely be able to ...... in the future."

"Sleepy at night, diligent and simple," Chongzhen said with a wry smile, "Although I can be said to be diligent, I have done a lot ......of wrong things." The first mistake was that he did not listen to the words of the first emperor. When the first emperor was dying, he instructed me not to believe those people in the Donglin Party. Although I agreed, I didn't think so. I just thought that Donglin was a gentleman, but I didn't want to...... I now know that it was not for nothing that my brother reused Wei Zhongxian back then. If...... At least, in my brother's time, the court was not like it is now. ”

With a long sigh, Chongzhen put aside the fold in his hand, but saw another fold under this fold. He picked up this recital and looked at it, but it turned out to be Ding Qirui's own recital of pleading.

"He also knows he's guilty!" Chongzhen sneered, and wanted to throw this piece aside. But he suddenly sighed, picked up the piece again, and looked at it.

"Zuo Liangyu suddenly retreated without a fight, leading to the rout of the army?" Chongzhen said, "Wang Banban, what do you think I should do with him?" ”

"This ......" Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, and after a while, Wang Chengen knelt down and kowtowed to Chongzhen and said: "Please also ask Your Majesty to endure the anger for a while, and allow him to make meritorious contributions." ”

Chongzhen put down the piece in his hand, stared at Wang Chengen, and after a long while, he sighed: "Wang Companion, you are a loyal minister, if my officials in the Ming Dynasty can be like you...... You're right, I can't do anything to Zuo Liangyu anymore. More than 100,000 troops were defeated, and only Zuo Liangyu ran fast, and the most people ran out. He fled from the enemy, causing the army to be routed, and it was really impossible to redeem his guilt, but if I really punished him, I am afraid that he would immediately lead his troops into rebellion, and even simply become a rogue. How can I punish him according to the law? How dare you punish him according to the law? can only allow him to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions! Hehe, I am worthy of being called the emperor like this! Also worthy of being called the Son of Heaven? ”

"Hooray!" Wang Chengen said in a low voice. He really wanted to comfort Chongzhen, but he didn't know what to say.

"Wang Banban, let the cabinet draft a decree tomorrow to put Ding Qirui in prison, and ...... In addition, Zuo Liangyu was removed from his official position and allowed to make meritorious contributions for his crimes. Chongzhen finally said.