Ting Palace.

On both sides of the imperial palace, the palace area and the imperial and queen's dormitory complement each other, like two guards, so these two palace areas are called the palace.

On the east and west sides of the court, there is a part called the palace palace, which is the place where the palace maids live and the women of the criminal families are assigned to work in the palace.

Wu Meiniang went all the way, and the palace people bowed their heads to greet her.

Looking at those palace people and criminals, she couldn't help but think that her mother and sister had also worked here for more than ten years. Originally, he should have lived in this Yeting Palace since he was a child, but it was King Zhao who let him stay outside the palace.

The palace is divided into three districts, the central part is the residence area of the palace maids, which also includes the work place of the prisoners and their dependents who have not entered the court. The north and southwest parts of the palace are located in the province of the Inner Servants.

There is also a quiet area in the Yeting Palace, which makes people smell and change color, which is the legendary cold palace.

The concubines who fell out of favor and offended the emperor were often sent to the cold palace.

When I arrived here, it was like the exile of the officials of the DPRK and China, and there was no more daylight.

In the corner of the cold palace, in a simple courtyard, it was closely guarded by a group of stout palace people, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach.

Wu Meiniang came over with a food box and smiled and nodded at the women on guard.

"I brought some snacks for some of my sisters."

The women were expressionless and came to check, they carefully checked the two food boxes, and someone carefully searched Wu Meiniang's body.

In the end, a food box was left.

"Martial artists can go in."

Walking into the small courtyard, it is also quiet inside.

It's a July day, and it's hot outside.

Under a vine, a mat is spread.

Natsuka was sitting stretching her limbs, her abdomen bulging high.

"Oh, you're really dead, you're seven months pregnant, and you still dare to do these actions." Mei Niang saw it from a distance and hurriedly ran over.

Xia Hua turned her head to look at her, but she continued to do her movements very calmly.

"These yoga movements don't hurt the body, but they strengthen the body, and you don't know it. Besides, these moves may seem difficult, but I've been practicing them for years. ”

"That's not going to work, you're a pot-bellied woman now, seven months old. Don't mess around! ”

Xia Hua smiled slightly.

It doesn't look like a wasted princess who is imprisoned at all.

She finished her work, sat cross-legged, and looked at the food box.

"What did you cook me today?"

"I know that you like to eat sour, so I specially got you some sour prunes, as well as several kinds of preserved fruits, as well as beef jerky, spiced ones. This is what I asked people to buy in Fumanlou, and it still tastes like before. ”

Xia Hua smiled and took out a packet of dried sour plums from it, grabbed one and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Well, it tastes good."

"If you like to eat, you can't eat too much. It is said that sour children and spicy girls, if you like to eat sour food so much, you must be pregnant with a boy. ”

Xia Hua ate several sour plum dried plums in a row, and then took out a spiced beef jerky and chewed it.

"Talk to me and tell me what's going on outside, is my dad still in Guangzhou?"

"And my mother, have they reunited with my father?"

Although Mei Niang was allowed by the emperor to come and visit Xia Hua, she couldn't come often. The last time I came, Zhang Chao was still in Guangzhou.

"I'll tell you the good news, my father-in-law is no longer in Guangzhou, where do you guess he is now?"

Xia Hua chewed on the jerky, very satisfied.

"Well, I guess maybe I'm in Fujian, or I'm in Jiangxi."

"Guess wrong, guess again."

"It can't be Hunan, right? Didn't you defeat Li Ji? ”

Mei Niang pouted, "Li Ji is still at the foot of Jiuzhi Mountain, and it is said that Li Ji is known as the god of war, and he is as famous as his father-in-law and Wei Guogong, but now it seems that the name does not match, and even Zhang Shuai can't beat it." ”

"Tell me where my dad is."

Xia Hua and Mei Niang grew up together since childhood, although Mei Niang was the slave maid of the Zhang family at that time, but Xia Hua has always regarded her as a sister partner.

Now one has become the emperor's prisoner, and the other has become the emperor's favorite concubine, but the relationship has not changed.

"My father-in-law is now in Yangzhou."

"Yangzhou?" Xia Hua was surprised, "Tell me what's going on." ”

"That's a long story."

"It's okay, you talk slowly, I'll listen slowly, anyway, there's no one to accompany me every day, I'm bored."

Mei Niang smiled and told Xia Hua about what she had learned, what Zhang Chao went all the way to the Northern Expedition, and all over the country looked forward to the wind. The Dragon Boat Festival raided Hangzhou, and in June, it captured the south of the Yangtze River, and then connected Yangzhou and other eleven states in the big flood.

"Well, there is also good news, Aunt Hongxian took Erniang, Qiniang and two younger brothers to reunite with her father-in-law in Runzhou first. Then, Cui Niangzi finally escaped in Jiangzhou and has now been sent to Yangzhou. ”

There is another news, Mei Niang did not say it.

Prince Chengqian proposed to Zhang Chao and asked to marry Zhang Erniang Ruohua.

In this family matter, Zhang Chao let his daughter call the shots. In the end, the news came that Zhang Ruohua had agreed to marry the prince, and now in Yangzhou City, the prince has officially invited Ma Zhou to be a matchmaker, and the text has been decided.

This high-profile family affair has already been decided.

Mei Niang didn't dare to tell Xia Hua, and now everyone outside thought she was dead.

"Is this war coming to an end? I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to return to Hanking before I give birth, and I hope that he will be by my side when the child is born. ”

"Definitely." Mei Niang said.

But she knew it wouldn't be that simple.

The Emperor will not give in.

"Mei Niang, I see that your face is so ruddy, you tell me, are you pregnant?" Xia Hua looked at Mei Niang.

Wu Meiniang nodded.

Staying by the emperor's side every day, he was often pushed down by the emperor, the rain and dew were a little frequent, and half a month ago, he had already found out that he was pregnant.

"The imperial doctor has confirmed that it is Ximai, and it has been more than two months now."

"Ah, congratulations, you're going to be a mother."

Mei Niang shook her head.

"I don't want to give birth to this baby."

"Why?"

"Because it's his child." Mei Niang said. She has no good feelings for the emperor now. Accompanying the emperor every day, in fact, is like being accompanied by a tiger, trembling every day, for fear of doing something wrong, and being assigned to the palace by the moody emperor.

"In fact, no matter what, there is nothing wrong with children."

Mei Niang sighed.

Palace.

Li Shimin is still arguing with the prime ministers.

Fang Xuanling resolutely stood up to the emperor this time and refused to back down.

Even if Li Shimin clamored for their dismissal, they were not afraid.

Big deal, collective resignation.

"They have all come to Jiangzhou, at this time, you let me go and talk to them about a truce?"

"Unless Zhang Chao agrees to withdraw from Jiangxi, Huainan, Jiangnan, Longyou, and Jiannan, and let the rebels in the north withdraw from Daibei and Yingzhou. Otherwise, I won't stop fighting! ”

The conversation between the monarch and the minister reached an impasse.

Li Shimin was the emperor of Mount Tai and Feng Chan, swept away the Turks, Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, and Linyi, and expanded the territory far to the river and Xindu, and the surrounding countries did not submit to him.

But now, how is it possible to let him compromise with his courtiers and sons?

No matter how the prime ministers persuaded him, Li Shimin refused.

If Zhang Chao is still in Runzhou, maybe Li Shimin will consider it.

But now that Zhang Chaodu has occupied Huainan and attacked Jiangxi, it's still a fart.

Talking about it again, Zhang Chao is about to go to the capital of Han.

"Immediately recruit all the ships, get ready, I will fight Zhang Chao to the death!" The more the prime ministers persuaded him, the more Li Shimin couldn't listen to it.

Yangzhou.

Cheng Qian and Ruohua have been engaged and agreed to officially marry next year.

The prince became Zhang Chao's son-in-law again, and this marriage was blessed by everyone.

The relationship between the crown prince and King Zhao is also more stable.

"This war has dragged on for a long time." Cheng Qian held a white piece in his hand and pondered the game on the chessboard.

Zhang Chao is black, but he is very casual. Every time Cheng Qian falls, he will immediately follow the chess, but it seems random, but the prince is always difficult to crack, and he has to ponder for a long time every time. Unconsciously, the situation was completely dominated by Zhang Chao.

"At the moment it seems like we have a big advantage, but I'm still against tailwinds. I think we still need time, and we can't rush. Let's just push forward step by step, and it will only be Your Majesty who is anxious. ”

"Let them be out of rhythm and just follow our rhythm."

"In the next step, we should go all out to fight for Jiangxi. If we take Jiangxi, Li Ji will inevitably withdraw his troops, otherwise, we will be able to close the door and fight the dogs, block him in southern Hunan, and make him unable to come back. ”

"But when are we going to fight Hanjing?"

"Your Highness, a good meal is not afraid of being late. Hankyung is not that easy to fight. From Jiangzhou in the past, Wuchang, Jiangxia, Jingmen, and Xiangyang are all important military towns, especially Xiangyang, the first important town of the two lakes, and Hanjing is behind it, which is not easy to fight. ”

Suddenly, Zhang Chao smiled slightly.

"Take Jiangxi first, and then Hunan. The south bank of the Yangtze River is all owned by me, and at that time, Qianzhong and Jiannan are just around the corner. At that time, His Royal Highness owned half of the country, and he was truly invincible. At that time, our side still had soldiers and horses in the northwest to attack the fortifications, the soldiers and horses in the north could attack Hedong, and the soldiers and horses in western Liaoning could attack Hebei, even if it was just containment, it could make most of the imperial soldiers and horses dare not move. ”

"We will be invincible if we wait for work with ease and attack with defense."

If you seize half of the southern part of the country, you can attack Huaibei again, seize Xuzhou, Dengzhou and other important places, and encroach on them step by step, just like a big net, no matter how the Hanjing court struggles, it will only struggle more and more tightly.

Anyway, it's to avoid a premature showdown with them.

There is no need.

"Will this be a missed opportunity?" Cheng Qian asked.

"You won't miss your chance, people's hearts. Now that the imperial court is in chaos, the economy is in chaos again, and the southeast and coastal ports have been lost, without maritime trade, the imperial court's taxes will be less and less, and they will collapse. ”

"Every day they dragged on, their strength weakened a little. When the tiger is too weak to pounce, we can easily go forward and harvest the prey. ”

"How long will you have to wait for this day?"

Zhang Chao held the chess pieces and said with a smile, "It won't take long, I estimate that one year will be enough at most." ”

"Your Majesty, are you willing to wait for a year?"

Cheng Qian smiled, "I can wait." ”

Zhang Chao dropped the chess pieces, "Your Highness, you lost." ”

Cheng Qian bowed his head, stunned, sure enough, he had already lost.

Today's update is late.,Sorry.,Cold and headache.。