Xu Zhaohua read the content of the letter, his face was crimson for a while, he was embarrassed and angry, he hurriedly looked back, and saw that the palace wall was hanging high, and the palace was quiet, so he was relieved.

Xia Wanchun wrote a letter of admiration on the orders of Zhu Youzhen, for Xu Zhaohua, as a boudoir lady who could only hide behind the curtain for fifteen years and only had the maids around her as companions, she naturally did not see her, panicked, scared and surprised.

But Xu Zhaohua was more afraid, and her education since childhood told her that this was something that could easily be blamed by her parents and even the so-called etiquette.

Especially now that she is still in the court, beside the queen of the world, she has the consciousness of abiding by etiquette and uprightness.

Therefore, Xu Zhaohua, who felt that this matter was very serious, only felt that Xia Wanchun was harming himself, so he came directly to Queen Zhou's Kunning Palace, anxiously asking to see Queen Zhou.

As soon as Xu Zhaohua saw Queen Zhou, he knelt directly in front of Queen Zhou, tears rained down, and he suffered a lot of grievances in a trance, and held the letter: "The new champion Xia Wanchun insulted my innocence, please call the shots of the queen!" ”

Queen Zhou knew that Xu Zhaohua was summoned into the palace by His Majesty Zhu Youzhen to raise her, so she naturally didn't dare to be contemptuous, and seeing that she was so pitiful, she was also busy asking her what was wrong.

"Niang Niang will know when she sees it!"

Listening to Xu Zhaohua's words with shame and anger, Queen Zhou was not easy to despise, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring the letter to read it carefully, but after reading it, she had to laugh again: "What's this, it's worth your fuss!" ”

Empress Zhou was indeed relieved in her heart, after all, she now knew that Xu Zhaohua was instructed by His Majesty to pass on herself to the palace because Xia Wanchun admired Xu Zhaohua, not His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen intended to collect folk beauties.

"But this is a matter of the innocence of the people's daughter's life, and please ask the mother to call the shots!"

Xu Zhaohua bit her lips tightly and prostrated down earnestly towards the queen Zhou, as if she had a great grievance.

"My Fair Lady, good gentleman, this is a good thing, and it's not your fault, why should you be so wronged, but although this Xia Wanchun is the new champion, it is too reckless, how can there be a person who is not familiar with it first, and he first passed on his affection in private without telling his parents, this must be a bad move made by His Majesty, but fortunately it is in this palace, if the imperial historians know, will it not ruin the future of the champion Lang, this champion Lang is also a stunned young man who does not know the world, Bai has this talent, what kind of love to express, Isn't it just adding pressure to other girls! ”

Queen Zhou persuaded Xu Zhaohua a few more words, and sent her loyal palace wife to her on the grounds that she was worried that Xu Zhaohua would not bring enough maids, in fact, it was also to take good care of Xu Zhaohua and prevent Xu Zhaohua from doing radical things.

However, fortunately, Xu Zhaohua was not really annoyed with Xia Wanchun, and now that she saw that the queen felt right, she no longer regarded this as a flood beast, and even began to secretly recall what Xia Wanchun looked like.

Queen Zhou couldn't help asking: "The signature here is Erdu, why do you know that it was written by Xia Wanchun, the champion of the new department?" ”

Xu Zhaohua couldn't help blushing at this time, although he didn't really smile, but he couldn't hide the joy between his eyebrows: "The folk girl and he are small, and he has also fried snow and cooked tea under Tang pears when he was in the corner, but when he was older, he had avoided suspicion, at that time his father taught very strictly, and he only loved to read, not like other boys who were naughty and stupid, and he was the second oldest in the clan, so the children jokingly called him the second fool when he was young." ”

As soon as Xu Zhaohua said this, Queen Zhou and Yuan Guifei and Chen Yuanyuan behind her couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh, looking at Xu Zhaohua meaningfully, and Yuan Guifei, who has always been cheerful and outgoing, said: "I didn't expect that it was still a childhood sweetheart, and the two had no guesses!" In the future, it will be a good drama, giggles. ”

……

In addition to Xu Zhaohua not knowing that everyone knew about her and Xia Wanchun, Xia Wanchun didn't know that the whole Jiangnan knew about his love for Xu Zhaohua at this time.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen's imperial car had entered the territory of Guide Mansion in Henan Province from Fengyang, the central capital.

Walking west from the territory of Guide is the location of the governor of Henan and the general military administration of Henan, that is, Kaifeng City.

But now Kaifeng Mansion in Henan Province is already at the forefront of contact with the Qing soldiers, so as soon as he enters Guide Mansion, Zhu Youzhen can no longer take it lightly, and the officers and soldiers who follow him no longer have the heart to talk about such boring things as talented and beautiful women.

Since Duoduo was named the general of Dingguo last year, he led Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other Ming generals with a total of 100,000 troops to the south to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Later, because Huaiqing Mansion in Henan was occupied by Liu Zhong, the Tartar Duoduo had to be ordered to save Huaiqing Mansion to attack Tongguan again, and after joining forces with Azig, he went east to Henan.

At present, the Qing Army's Duoduo Department has divided into three armies and marched towards Nanyang, Ruzhou, and Bishui!

And according to the latest news, the Qing army of the Duoduo Department has entered and occupied the three cities of Nanyang, Ruzhou and Xingzhou, almost sweeping most of the territory of Henan, and now the Chinese army of the Duoduo Department has entered Bishui Town, that is, the Tiger Prison Pass.

Because Zhu Youzhen has arrived in Kaifeng Mansion in Henan, Henan Governor Lu Daqi has rushed back from the front line of Tiger Prison Pass: "The Governor of Henan and the Chief Military Officer has seen Your Majesty, I don't know what Your Majesty's holy will is to come to Kaifeng at this time, even if there is something important, Your Majesty sent Jinyi Wei to pass it on, it is too dangerous for the Holy Car to come in person, so Weichen also has to impeach His Majesty's side of the celebrant Bingbi Shi Kefa and the cabinet deputy assistant Gao Hongtu, so that Your Majesty comes to this dangerous place, which is tantamount to rebellion!" ”

"Okay, you Lu Daqi, as soon as you come up, you will impeach the two senior officials, but this is not your scope of responsibility, don't rush to buckle your hat first, I want to come here, who dares to stop me!" Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked Lu Daqi as he spoke: "How is the war now, the Tiger Prison is lost, Kaifeng and the two prefectures are difficult to protect, and Zhongdu will undoubtedly be exposed to the eyes of the Qing army at that time, do you know the consequences?" ”

Lu Daqi first lost Ruzhou, then Nanyang, and then Xingzhou, not counting the Weihui and Zhangde mansions that were lost in the hands of Duoduo before, and now, Lu Daqi, the governor of Henan, has almost lost half of Henan's territory to the Qing army.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not punish Lu Daqi, even if there were already imperial historians in the court who couldn't stand the impeachment of Lu Daqi, Zhu Youzhen chose to stay in the middle of the country, after all, Zhu Youzhen also knew that Henan had no troops to defend and the people's livelihood was withering, and Lu Daqi's troops were limited, and it was undoubtedly a wiser decision to concentrate the only troops in Kaifeng, Guide, and Runing, after all, these three prefectures are close to Shandong and Fengyang, the central capital, once these three prefectures are lost, Jiangnan will face the offensive of Duoduo's army.

"Weichen knows, please rest assured, once the tiger prison is lost, the minister will kill himself to thank the countrymen!"

Hearing what Lu Daqi said, Zhu Youzhen smashed the medicine bowl in his hand at him:

"Bastard! Is this what you should say as a governor? The Tiger Prison hasn't been lost yet! Even if you lose it! Who made you kill yourself! If it works, then I'll kill myself now! Even if the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, there are still Kaifeng, Guide and other places! The purpose of guarding Henan, I have already explained to you in the edict, every inch of land must be defended! Buy time for the Guards to repel the Qing army, and buy time for the imperial court to counterattack! You are also a two-list jinshi and a feudal official who has led soldiers for many years, don't you remember! ”