Updated: 2012-12-17

Beijing, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion, late at night. Just read the novel~]

The twenty-one-year-old young man looked at the imperial case blankly, and there was a stack of pond newspapers on the imperial case, which said that it was all about civil unrest, and the front was still in the northwest, and now even Henan has caused civil unrest, and there is a tendency to become more and more intense.

According to local reports, the thief army in various places seems to have colluded, and it is heard that the thief army has formed the so-called 36 battalions, and the thief leader Gao Yingxiang has been elected as the leader, known as the "king of Chuang." Under the leadership of King Gao Chuang, the thieves crossed the Yellow River eastward with Wang Ziyong, Lao Huihui, Cao Cao, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other departments, gathered more than 200,000 displaced people, and have recently conquered Ningxiang, Shilou, Jishan, Wenxi, and Hejian Zhuzhou counties.

Wherever the thieves passed, they swept like locusts, and their houses were in tatters, and they were in shambles. As of the day before yesterday, in Henan alone, there were more than 80 officials of all sizes in the prefectures and counties who were lost to the thief army, and I heard that the thief army was now going to Kaifeng to kill it, and the governor of Henan sent people to report the urgency several times!

But what is strange is that the young Son of Heaven's mind does not seem to be on the Tang newspaper in front of him, and his mind is not thinking about the situation in Henan, his eyes are firmly fixed on a Liaodong urgent report that was submitted five days ago.

There was only one sentence in the emergency report, and the army of Zhang Chun, the military commander of the Daoist Supervision Army, had been wiped out in Xiaolinghe outside Jinzhou City.

Zhang Chun is defeated, can Zu Dashou still hold on? Can Jinzhou hold on again?

If Jinzhou is lost, Ningyuan will be in danger; If Ning Yuan loses it again, won't Dongyu knock on the gate?

The painful memory of the entry of the Eastern Captives into the customs two years ago deeply hurt the young son of heaven and made his heart ache.

For countless nights, when he lay alone in bed, his eyes closed, his mind always came up with the situation of his people being taken captive, and always appeared one tragedy after another of the destruction of his family.

He blamed himself, he was in pain, but he couldn't help it.

Why didn't the heavens send me a good general to support half of the sky in eastern Liaodong!

Why didn't the heavens send a few good ministers to me, so that the court was full of dirty smoke and obstacle!

Without God's help, he can only rely on himself, constantly motivate himself to be diligent in government, never delay state affairs, and try to turn the tide with his diligence and prosper the Ming Dynasty.

However, in the past two years, the situation of the country has not developed in the direction of the better as he thought, but has become worse.

The enemies of the Ming Dynasty have changed from one Donglu to two, and the sad thing is that the second enemy is his former people.

Alas, what kind of sin did I create in my previous life, God you want to torture me like this!

With the sound of "horn", Chongzhen suddenly knocked over the cold supper, and the crisp cracking sound of the bowl alarmed the little eunuchs on duty outside, who came in in a panic and stood there a little scared.

The emperor is not in a good mood these days, and he heard that Liaodong has suffered another defeat and suffered great losses, so that there are people in the court and the middle of the court who are talking about abandoning the customs and trying to protect the Shanhaiguan. The emperor disagreed, but he couldn't come up with a way to solve it, coupled with the constant urgency in various places, the civil unrest became more and more intense, and the two intersected, can the emperor be in a good mood?

The two little eunuchs glanced at each other, lowered their heads, and did not dare to move lightly, so as not to provoke the emperor and vent their anger on themselves.

Chongzhen didn't look at them, he still looked at the pile of pond newspapers, for a long time, he got up a little impatiently, he was too lazy to go through the tangbao again, because those folds were all useless words, and none of them could really come up with a solution for him, the emperor. Speaking of which, it is either to reach out for silver, or to reach out for soldiers.

Heaven can be learned, if I have silver and soldiers, can I not give it to the following! Can you watch the situation get worse day by day! Could it be that I am really a miserly, greedy miser, watching my country collapse day by day, but guarding a pile of silver and counting it!

Alas!

Chongzhen sighed deeply, and outsiders said that he had copied Wei Zhongxian's family and put all the silver into the inner treasury, and refused to take it out to supply the treasury. However, the silver copied from the Wei family was only tens of thousands of taels, and he was also surprised by the small amount.

Unlike his brother who stayed in the palace for a long time, when Chongzhen was the king of letters, he knew the situation of the courtiers, he knew that most of the officials in the court had a net worth of hundreds of thousands of taels, and once, he also thought that Wei Gelding had deceived the imperial brother for so many years, and he must have been very greedy, so he thought that he had copied his house and took out the silver to enrich the treasury.

knew this earlier, why didn't he listen to the emperor's brother, except for Wei Zhongxian. With Lao Wei here, why don't you have any silver!

"Today, only the big crotch and the queen are credible, and only the two of them can help you."

The royal brother's dying words are clear in his ears, but now, it is not a matter of personnel.

There is no regret medicine to take in the world, and now, it can only take one step at a time.

I hope Qiu Hejia can live up to my expectations and hold Jinzhou, otherwise, he can only abandon Ning Yuan and close the door.

………

Chongzhen, who had no way to think about it, got up and paced in the warm pavilion, and suddenly remembered that the prince Cihong had not seen him for many days, and the last time he saw him, he was able to stand for a while, white and fat, and his mouth was dumb and dumb, and he couldn't hear what he said.

If you don't see you these days, I'm afraid you'll be able to stagger, right?

Flesh and blood dear, thinking of the emperor, Chongzhen's brows gradually relaxed, and his mood became a little better, he glanced at the two little eunuchs, and then raised his legs and went out.

Seeing this, Lu An, the eunuch who came over from the night patrol, hurriedly followed behind with a cloak, stepped forward to put it on for him, and asked carefully: "Where is the Lord of Long Live going?" The slaves and maids spoke first, lest they lose their manners and sweep away the interest of the Long Live Lord. ”

"No need, I'm not to blame."

Chongzhen turned left and went straight to Kunning Palace, he wanted to see Cihong immediately, he walked very fast, several guards followed far away in the surrounding dark shadows, Lu An took the lanterns of the palace maids beside him, and led the lanterns.

The whole Forbidden City was quiet, the east and west long streets were less noisy with laughter and noise during the day, and the eunuchs and palace maids were all hiding in the house and sleeping soundly, except for those on duty. It will be Nissei. The door, a row of red points of light floated in front of him, Chongzhen knew that it was the palace e's shouting night, they held the palace lamp and the golden bell every night, from the Qianqing palace gate to the sun. The door, the Yuehua gate, singing "The world is peaceful-", rain or shine, cold and summer.

The palace maids suddenly met the emperor, and they all knelt down to say goodbye, Chongzhen ignored it, and stepped into the Kunning Gate, the palace maids at the door were busy kneeling to greet each other, and a palace maid had already run in to report.

After a while, Queen Zhou hurried to the door and knelt down to greet her, Chongzhen pulled her up and asked with concern, "How is the emperor?" Did you sleep? I haven't seen it in a few days, and I think about it very much. ”

Empress Zhou said with a smile: "The emperor is anxious, and the concubines don't dare to teach people to invite, Cihong can already call Daddy." He took her husband's hand and walked slowly to the palace.

As soon as he heard that the emperor would call Daddy, Chongzhen couldn't help but have a smile on his face and asked, "But is it true?" It is said that the child calls the mother first, and the word father must have been taught by you. ”

"Ci Hong is extremely intelligent, and the concubine only taught him a few times, so he wrote it down." Queen Zhou giggled, with a smug look of being a mother on her face.

"Grab it and call it to me!" Chongzhen had a smile on his face, and he couldn't wait to see his son and listen to him call him daddy.

Queen Zhou was stunned when she heard this, and she was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, you don't look at the time of day when you are a daddy, the child has already been coaxed to sleep by the wet nurse, how can you shout in your dream?" ”

As soon as the words came out, looking at her husband's slightly haggard face, she couldn't help but feel sour in her heart, and said with a smile: "The concubine has already had the heart to hug the child and take a look at the Pope and make the emperor laugh, but I am afraid that the emperor will be busy these days and disturb the emperor to do serious things." I heard that the war outside the customs is unfavorable, and the emperor should take care, don't be in a hurry. ”

Empress Zhou said so much, how did Chongzhen not know that the Emperor of Lu Dao must have fallen asleep, and he was a little disappointed in his heart, seeing that Empress Zhou was worried about herself, he comforted her and said: "Liaofu Qiu Hejia is quite aware of military affairs, and Sun Chengzong is sitting in the gate, so it is expected that it will not be too erosive." ”

After speaking, looking at Queen Zhou's slightly blessed body, she suddenly laughed and said: "Before you entered the palace, you said that you were thin and slender, not like a well-being, but now you have become a child-giving mother." ”

Queen Zhou didn't expect him to have such thoughts, so she couldn't help blushing her cheeks, and glanced at the door, the little eunuch and the palace maids had long since disappeared, so she asked shyly: "The emperor dislikes the bloated body of the concubine?" ”

Chongzhen didn't speak, just dragged her into his arms, smelled a faint **, inhaled lightly, and reveled: "Huan Fei Yan is thin, why bother to divide Xuanyu?" Hong'er must be fat, right? ”

Queen Zhou said: "The celebrant has found two good nipples, both of which are the firstborn of Lang Zhang's joy and the milk of the concubine. There is a lot of water, and I feed him some every day, can Hong'er not be fat? The emperor can rest assured, Hong'er is one of the few eldest sons of my concubine since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, how dare the concubines treat him badly? ”

"Then I'll rest here tonight and listen to you talk about Hong'er." Chongzhen lowered his head and whispered beside her sideburns, and his hands inadvertently touched Queen Zhou's chest, gently rubbing it.

Queen Zhou's pretty face flushed, and she said shyly: "I have been disturbed by Hong'er for most of the day, and the concubine is a little tired, and the concubine is heavy again, so the emperor should go to Yongning Palace or Yikun Palace!" Otherwise, they will know the Tao tomorrow, and they will chew the root of their tongues again. ”

"Huh?"

Only then did Chongzhen see that her abdomen was slightly bulging, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed again, and reached out to touch it.

Empress Zhou gently took off his hand, but grabbed it on her abdomen again, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, you are going to scare the child, he is kicking inside!" ”

Chongzhen smiled: "It's your stomach that fights, what kind of tongue do they chew?" ”

"Say that the emperor is eccentric, and scold the concubines for being greedy! The two of them are looking forward to the emperor's send-off Guanyin! ”

"I think I forgot about it if I had Hong'er!"

Empress Zhou smiled and pushed Chongzhen outward, and said: "The concubine is a good person in the pope, but she was accused by the emperor." ”

"I know that you have the beauty of not being jealous."

Thinking of Concubine Tian's soft eyes, Chongzhen's heart fluttered, and he didn't delay any longer, went out of Kunning Gate, turned east along the dark long Yongxiang, and was about to arrive in front of the hanging flower gate of Yongning Palace, but there was a rush of footsteps behind him.

Lu An turned around and raised the lamp, and scolded the visitor: "Whoever runs around, he is not afraid of startling the holy driver!" ”

"Lu, Father-in-law Lu, the slave maid has something urgent to see Long Live Lord!"

The person who came was Zhao Quan, the former eunuch of the imperial palace, who heard Lu An's scolding, did not dare to reply and argue, stood with his hands down, kept glancing at Lu An with his eyes, panting in his mouth, and his expression was very panicked.

Lu Anxin felt sorry for the emperor, so he reprimanded: "What time is it, Long live the Lord is going to rest, is there anything that can't be said tomorrow?" ”

Chongzhen waved his hand disapprenorely, turned to look at Zhao Quan, and asked him, "What's the matter?" I'm so anxious to see me. ”

Zhao Quan hurriedly said: "Long live Lord, it is Gonggong Cao who invites you to quickly warm up the pavilion." ”

"Long live what did Lord Banzai ask you about?" Lu An glared at Zhao Quan angrily.

Zhao Quan came to his senses, secretly scolded himself for being incoherent, did not say the main point, and hurriedly said: "Just now Liaodong sent a military report, saying that Jinzhou has just repelled the attack of the Eastern Prisoners, and now it has been sent to the report, Cao Gongcheng is waiting in the warm pavilion, please return quickly!" ”