As Sony worried, as Yu'er was uneasy, Chinese New Year's Eve passed, and the joy of the New Year in the capital had not yet dispersed, and news came from the south.

Zheng Chenggong, who was blown away by the typhoon, did not succumb to another defeat, and on the way back to the south, on the one hand, he reorganized the team, manufactured equipment, repaired ships, and raised food and wages, and on the other hand, he also conquered Taizhou, Haimenwei, Huangyan County, Panshiwei, Yueqing County and other important coastal areas in Zhejiang, and was bound to go north again to crusade against the Qing court.

However, the court was divided into two factions, one was that Zheng Chenggong had exhausted his strength, and the Qing army should also rest and recuperate, and should not fight fatigue for a long time; The other faction asked the emperor to dispatch troops and concentrate firepower against Zheng Chenggong and annihilate him in one fell swoop.

It just happened that during the Chinese New Year, everything was delayed, and this matter was never decided.

After the beginning of the year, everything was busy, and Fulin was also comfortable with the "destiny of heaven", thinking that the southern troops were tired of fighting for many years, and it was not appropriate to take the initiative to lead the war, and the ministers of the Lord and the ministers analyzed that Zheng Chenggong was hit hard this time, and it would take at least five or six years to ease his strength and go north again.

But as soon as the spring breeze blew, the military situation in the south of the Yangtze River also blew to the capital.

In late April of the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, Zheng Chenggong led his troops to Dinghai, Zhejiang, and after two days of fierce fighting, the Qing army defending the place was completely annihilated, captured the Dinghai Artillery City, and burned more than 100 ships of the Qingshui Division.

When the news came, the government and the opposition were shocked, and Fulin hurriedly dispatched troops and arrived in Jiangnan.

However, Zheng's army was like a bamboo, successively captured Guazhou, burned three floating camps on the river of the Qing army, and seized dozens of Tanjiazhou cannons, so that all the river defense projects painstakingly operated by the imperial court collapsed.

The imperial court sent Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangning, and the commander Guan Zhong to support, but they were also destroyed by Zheng Chenggong, and the defenders and prefects of Zhenjiang surrendered the city.

The bad news was repeated, the Qing army was defeated and retreated, Zheng Chenggong was determined to capture Jiangning, and had gathered all the fires and went north to besiege Jiangning City.

Fu Lin stayed awake for several nights, waiting for one military report after another with his eyes wide open, under the hurricane, the people were seriously affected, and the imperial court spent a lot of effort to appease the victims, and the treasury was greatly depleted. He really couldn't imagine what kind of strength Zheng Chenggong relied on to regroup and go on another northern expedition in just a few months.

"Once Zheng Chenggong has fought Jiangning, he will definitely drive straight into the city and come to the city."

Above the imperial court, there were conservative ministers who suggested that the emperor should mobilize troops and horses to defend Beijing at this time, instead of sending troops further south to make fearless resistance.

"Instead of blocking them in the south, but opening the door and letting them go north? What kind of are you talking about? But there are also ministers who disagree, and do not hesitate to scold loudly, and between the words, ugly words also pop up.

For a while, there was a lot of quarrel in the court, but in Fulin's eyes, they could only play tricks, but they had no ability to lead the troops.

Fu Lin had a headache, looked around, the eunuch standing was motionless like a log, if it was before, Wu Liangfu could still say a few words for him, so that these people would have shut their mouths.

When the court finally quieted down, Sonny squinted at the emperor with old eyes, Fu Lin looked solemn and decided: "We must not only send troops south to intercept the Zheng army, but also prepare for the defense of the imperial capital, once they break through the defense line and the troops will come to the city, the consequences will be unimaginable." I wanted to serve the Queen Mother, and returned to Shengjing with the prince and concubine, and set off on the same day. ”

Sony's eyes gradually dimmed, lowered his eyes, and sighed secretly, and above the court, the ministers were dumbfounded, and no one expected that the emperor would retreat to Shengjing.

"Disperse the dynasty, all the ministers, and return to Shengjing with me, and stay in the capital." Fu Lin got up and said, "You all go back and clean up." ”

"Your Majesty, don't ......"

"The Emperor's ......"

Above the court, it almost exploded, but Fu Lin left alone in the chaos.

Several important ministers and princes were quickly surrounded by people, and they came up with ideas, some of them agreed that the emperor would return to the old capital, and some people thought that the emperor's departure would definitely cause the people's hearts to be in chaos and the army's hearts would be shaken.

Sony ignored anyone's words, silently walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and ordered the little eunuch to go to Cining Palace to spread the word, but before he could reach the gate of Cining Palace, the Queen Mother had already gone out.

"Queen Mother, the old minister is really ......" Sony's eyes were scarlet, with tears in the corners of his eyes, "The minister never expected that the emperor would return to Shengjing." ”

Yu'er glanced at him indifferently: "I didn't expect it, I was looking forward to something that would scare him and wake him up, but I didn't expect that this kid couldn't help but scare him." ”

Sonny said: "Queen Mother, only you can stop the emperor at the moment, you must tell the emperor that Zheng Chenggong's army is not good at land warfare, and it will soon show its shortcomings, as long as my Qing army persists a little longer, it will definitely turn the tide of the war." ”

Yu'er said: "You go to preside, select a competent and usable minister, set up a Pingnan office in the Wuying Palace, and send all the military reports to the Wuying Palace." In this battle, our army can only advance but not retreat, can only die but not surrender, call the southern green battalion army, and the Eight Banners generals, not subject to the Eight Banners deployment, only the emperor's orders are obeyed. Moreover, all the officials who have surrendered the city will not be held accountable, but the general who defended the city will be Fu Ze III. ”

The light in Sony's eyes gradually recovered a little, and he hugged his fists to the Queen Mother and said: "Actually, Hong Chengchou came with good news from Yunnan, Wu Sangui captured Yunnan and cleared the anti-Qing forces in the Yunnan-Guizhou area. ”

Yu'er smiled: "Tell the world, order Wu Sangui to open a domain and set up a government to guard Yunnan, take charge of military and civilian affairs, and don't have to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to support." Let the people of the world know that the army of the Qing Dynasty is more than enough to fight a mere Zheng Chenggong. ”

Sonny received the order and left quickly, Yu'er took a deep breath and took Su Mala to the Qianqing Palace, but the emperor was no longer here, and the eunuch in front of the door said tremblingly, The emperor went to the Qianqing Palace.

In the Chengqian Palace, as soon as Fulin entered the door, he ordered Tian Xiang to clean up the softness, Jia Yin asked the emperor where he was going, and Fulin said with a gloomy look: "Back to Shengjing, Zheng Chenggong is about to call." ”

Jia Yin was stunned, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, even if Zheng Chenggong really fights, you can't leave, if you go, the army's heart will be in chaos, the people will be uneasy, and you will lose the people's heart and the army's heart, can you fight?" ”

Fu Lin frowned and looked at her: "But I can't gamble your lives, if I really fight, the soldiers are in the city, what about Eniang and the children, what should you do?" ”

Jia Yin took a step back: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't leave, Ama has been fighting horses all his life, laying down this country for the emperor and the emperor, Ama said when he left Shengjing with his concubines, we will never go back." ”

"But Zheng Chenggong is coming!" Fu Lin said impatiently and loudly, "I want you to go, I want you all to go, are you afraid of chaos in the world?" Okay, if I don't leave, I'll stay, will this work? ”

"The concubine is willing to share life and death with the emperor." Jia Yin clenched her fists with both hands, knelt down and said, "Where the emperor is, where the concubines are." ”

Fu Lin said: "Then I will take you back to Shengjing, Jiayin, you follow me." ”

At this moment, a group of people suddenly poured in front of the door, Yu'er appeared in front of her surrounded by everyone, she signaled Su Mala to lead people to retreat, Su Mala was extremely majestic, and waved slightly, and everyone followed her away.

The palace door slammed shut, Jiayin knelt on the ground and saluted the queen mother, Yu'er said: "Get up, I heard everything you said, our imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty is really amazing, the emperor can marry you, it is his blessing, it is the blessing of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Fu Lin's chest rose and fell, his face flushed, weak, tired, angry, impatient, and full of overflowing fear, he cleared his throat, a tearing blood came out, and he shouted hoarsely: "Eniang." ”

"Imperial concubine, from today onwards, you will serve the emperor to recuperate here." Yu'er said to Jia Yin on the ground, "No one is allowed to disturb the emperor, there will be ministers working together on major affairs in the court, so there is no need to worry." The emperor is tired, and he needs to rest. ”

Jia Yin looked at the Queen Mother hesitantly, feeling faintly uneasy in her heart.

At this moment, even if the Queen Mother slapped her son and scolded him angrily for being a coward, it would not make Jia Yin tremble, and the Queen Mother hid all her despair, the deeper she hid, the more unfathomable.

"E-niang?" Fu Lin's eyes widened, and he looked at his mother who was about to put himself in the air, "You, what do you mean by that. ”

"After Zheng Chenggong's battle, let's go back to the Qianqing Palace." Yu'er said calmly, "You are upset now and can't deal with it calmly, in this case, you will only make more wrong decisions, so calm down." Your ministers, if you still have the ability to support this country, and your army can still fight, then you can't give up and can't retreat. ”

"Eniang, I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty." Fu Lin clenched his fists, "I don't need Eniang to interfere in the government, I don't want to back down, I just want you to go back to Shengjing for refuge first, is this also wrong?" ”

"But the Qing Dynasty doesn't need an emperor who flees to his hometown as soon as he is afraid." Yu'er didn't think so, and slowly turned her back and said, "Your Amma's imperial tomb is just outside Shengjing City, do you dare to step over his graveyard and walk back to Shengjing?" Fulin, I don't dare, I and my grandchildren will die in the capital. As for you, you are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and I dare not influence you. ”

Fu Lin said angrily: "But you want to put me under house arrest here, what do you want to see, seeing your son go to the royal car and die on the front line, is it worthy of the ancestors and ancestors?" ”

Yu'er came back to her senses again and looked at the emperor indifferently: "Then you go, go to the imperial expedition." ”

Fu Lin was stunned and unconsciously took a step back.

Yu'er coldly said: "Imperial concubine." ”

Jia Yin's body trembled, and she responded timidly: "The concubine is here." ”

"Take good care of the emperor, don't let him be so frizzy, don't yell and hurt your body." Yu'er glared at her son, forcing Fulin's gaze to get darker and darker, and then she looked at Jia Yin, "Except for you and the minions in this palace, don't let people disturb the emperor, Yuanxi Baya can't." I don't want more people to see what the emperor looks like today. ”