Chapter 306 The Son of Heaven with Double Happiness
As the courier reporting the victory flew past the long street, the news of the great victory on the front line and the annihilation of more than 100,000 Tatar troops in the first battle immediately spread throughout the capital.
Even if Li Huan had already known that Li Huan had entered the grassland and raided the Tatar rear, the Tatars would not be able to hold out for long before they would retreat to the grassland.
Therefore, many people know that the outcome of this battle may not be long before the outcome.
In everyone's opinion, the Tatars would definitely retreat to the grasslands, and the Ming army was able to withstand the invasion of hundreds of thousands of elite Tatar troops and limit the Tatars' footsteps to Ningxia. This is already a great achievement.
As for the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops in World War I, no one really dares to think so. After all, except for the first few decades of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming army really did not gain any advantage in the confrontation with the Hu tribe on the grassland.
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This time Dayan, the hero of the grasslands, personally led an army of hundreds of thousands southward. Many people were secretly sweating, fearing that it would happen again in the past when the barbarians entered the capital and reached the capital city.
But no one thought that this battle would end with such a great victory.
Hundreds of thousands of Tatars died one after another. As soon as the news came out, the whole capital was shocked.
Forbidden City, Kunning Palace
Zhu Houzhao, dressed in cool casual clothes, was accompanying the queen with a smile on his face.
As Zhu Houzhao cultivated himself and moved back to the imperial city from the Leopard Room, and Zhu Houzhao often stayed in the Queen's Palace during these days, the relationship between the emperor and the empress naturally became much harmonious.
Zhu Houzhao and the Queen sat opposite each other and talked in a low voice. As they were talking, Queen Xia suddenly frowned, then covered her face and turned sideways to retching.
The maid serving on the side was startled when she saw this and quickly stepped forward to caress Xia's back. At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also showed a bit of surprise and said: "Queen, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
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Queen Xia, who was retching repeatedly, finally took a breath after a period of violent retching. Her face turned a little pale, and she saluted Zhu Houzhao: "I'm just feeling a little unwell, but it's my body that worries Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Queen Xia's pale face, frowned and said to the maid serving at the side: "Have you ever felt uncomfortable before?"
The palace maid first glanced at Queen Xia secretly, and then timidly said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, I have been feeling unwell for the past few days. My servants also advised your Majesty, Dr. Xuan, to take a look at your health, but your Majesty said you are only slightly unwell..."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at Queen Xia after hearing this. Queen Xia was stared at by Zhu Houzhao, and whispered: "I am really just slightly unwell, there is no need to alert the imperial doctor..."
Before Queen Xia could finish her words, Zhu Houzhao shook his head, and then said to Qiu Ju, who was waiting at the side: "Qiu Daban, quickly send someone to Dr. Xuan to check on the Queen and find out what is going on."
Qiu Ju quickly sent someone to summon the imperial doctor, but Queen Xia regained some of her energy and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I am not seriously injured, but I have troubled Your Majesty."
It only took a while before several imperial doctors came in a hurry, first paying homage to the emperor and the queen.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, glanced at several imperial doctors and said: "Several Qing family members, the queen seems to be unwell. Please give the queen a look."
An old doctor came forward and asked the Queen respectfully. After listening to the Queen's story, the old doctor showed a bit of surprise on his face.
A trembling hand slowly placed on the queen's wrist. Soon the expression on the old doctor's face changed. He looked at the queen and then at the emperor, and then took the pulse carefully again.
Noticing the change in the old doctor's expression, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look a little worried and said: "Ai Qing, what's going on with the queen?"
The old doctor stood up, then bowed to Zhu Houzhao and the Queen with a happy face and said, "I congratulate your Majesty, congratulations to the empress, the empress is very happy."
"What?"
After hearing what the old doctor said, Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly. In his excitement, he even touched the tea cup on the coffee table and smashed it to pieces. He didn't even notice but looked at the old doctor in shock.
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Not only Zhu Houzhao reacted fiercely, but also Queen Xia's face showed a bit of astonishment, and then she said with a trembling face of joy: "Is this... is this true?"
At this time, Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with boundless joy, he stared at the old doctor and said: "Are you sure the queen is pregnant?"
The old doctor kowtowed again and said: "What I say is true, how dare you deceive the king. If your majesty does not believe it, you can ask several colleagues to diagnose and confirm the queen."
The faces of several imperial doctors nearby also had a bit of joy at this moment.
As we all know, the emperor and the queen have been married for several years, and there are many beauties in the emperor's harem, but they still have no heirs.
For this reason, their hospital was scolded by Queen Mother Zhang more than once.
Although saying that the emperor had no queen had nothing to do with them, in the Queen Mother's view, the reason why the emperor had no queen must be because their hospital did not take good care of the emperor's health.
There were rumors before that Grand Tutor Li Huan recommended a Taoist from Longhu Mountain to the emperor to help him regulate his body and prolong his heirs.
When their hospital heard the news, they were quite unhappy.
After all, even if the emperor really needed to recuperate his body, it should be done by their imperial hospital, but the emperor trusted a Taoist and abandoned them.
Of course, even so, no one in Taiyuan Hospital dared to complain. Who knew that Taiyuan Hospital had previously been involved in a major case of murdering the emperor? Even if Taiyuan Hospital had been cleaned out, what could be left behind could prove their innocence.
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But how could Taiyuan Hospital, which had a criminal record, dare to jump out and fight with Shao Yuanjie? If the emperor suspected that Taiyuan Hospital had ulterior motives, wouldn't it be asking for death?
In fact, the emperor's physical condition was well known to the national players who were able to enter the imperial hospital. It was precisely because of this that when the old imperial doctor took the queen's pulse and found out that the queen had a happy pulse, he seemed so...
I was so surprised that I even confirmed it again before I could believe it.
Zhu Houzhao said to the imperial doctors: "What are you still doing? Let the queen take a look."
Several imperial doctors stood up quickly and checked the queen's pulse one by one. Finally, amid the expectations of the emperor and the queen, several imperial doctors all confirmed that the queen was indeed pregnant.
After confirming this, Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't help but stepped forward and pressed the Queen Xia's shoulders and said with a trembling voice: "Okay, okay, the Queen is happy. This is a great happy event for the Royal Family. If it can produce heirs for the Royal Family, the Queen's merit will be great."
In Sheji."
Queen Xia's pretty face flushed, her hands subconsciously protecting her in front of her, and her eyes filled with tenderness like water.
The news of Queen Xia's happiness spread throughout the palace immediately. Not long after, Queen Mother Zhang came in a hurry with a look of joy on her face. She entered the Kunning Palace and directly stepped forward to hold Queen Xia's hand. Her eyes fell on
Queen Xia's flat belly said with joy: "My son, you have made great contributions to the royal family."
It’s no wonder that the Queen Mother was so excited. In fact, even after Zhu Houzhao had been in power for several years, there was not a single concubine in the harem. Such a situation of having nothing to do after several years of marriage was not a common phenomenon even among the people.
It's such a small thing, let alone a royal family.
So when Queen Mother Zhang learned that Queen Xia was pregnant, she rushed over without stopping.
After holding Queen Xia's hand and talking for a while, the Queen Mother said to Zhu Houzhao: "Emperor, the Queen is pregnant. From now on, the Queen's food, clothing and daily life will be taken care of by the mother herself."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, looked at Queen Mother Zhang and nodded slowly: "In this case, I have to trouble my mother. With my mother taking care of me, my son can feel at ease."
Empress Dowager Zhang said with a smile on her face: "There are too many things in the court that need to be handled by you, the emperor. In the inner court, the queen has a mother-in-law here, so you don't have to worry, my prince."
As she spoke, Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to have thought of something, and she immediately said to her confidant, the eunuch beside her: "Go and tell the ministers in the cabinet that Xiaoyu is pregnant, and the Tian family is about to have a heir."
When the eunuch heard this, he quickly ran out. As for Zhu Houzhao, he would not stop the news from spreading. After all, he was an emperor who had no heirs, and there were many rumors inside and outside the court.
Through Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao naturally knew the content of these rumors. Although Zhu Houzhao was very angry, who made him have no future, so he could only pretend that he had not heard those rumors. If he really ordered those fabricated rumors to be removed
If the person is arrested, wouldn't it be true for those rumors?
Now that the queen is pregnant, Zhu Houzhao feels an invisible pressure disappearing.
Thinking that he was able to have a child thanks to Li Huan and Shao Yuanjie, Zhu Houzhao said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "Mother, the empress is able to be pregnant this time, thanks to Shao Zhenren and Li Huan. If it weren't for them, they would be their sons."
If you take care of your body, I'm afraid the queen won't be pregnant."
Empress Dowager Zhang immediately said: "Reward, reward, and pass on my decree to reward Grand Master Li Huan and Master Shao greatly!"
The news of the royal family's marriage soon spread throughout the imperial city, and the entire imperial city seemed to become a little more festive all of a sudden.
Suddenly, there was a huge noise outside the city. Even in the imperial city, Zhu Houzhao and others heard it clearly.
Empress Dowager Zhang also heard the faint cheers coming from outside, and said with a smile on her face: "The royal family has a queen, and the whole country is excited. If the virtuous king is not alive, how can the people cheer for the royal family."
Apparently Empress Dowager Zhang mistook the cheers coming from outside as the common people learning that the Empress was pregnant, and spontaneously cheered for such a happy event for the royal family.
However, Empress Dowager Zhang would think so, but Zhu Houzhao would not think so.
Although it was a great joy for the Queen to be happy, Zhu Houzhao really didn't believe that the people in the city would cheer for it.
Listening to the cheers outside the city, Zhu Houzhao had a vague guess. A bright light flashed in his eyes and he waved to Qiu Ju: "Qiu Daban, hurry up and send someone to see what happened outside. Come and report as soon as possible.
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It was just a matter of time for a cup of tea when a chamberlain trotted over, holding an urgent letter in his hand. He bowed to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, eight hundred miles of urgent news, a great victory ahead."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao took a step forward, grabbed the letter in his hand, opened it, and stared at it intently. In just a few breaths, Zhu Houzhao's face showed a look of joy, and he praised repeatedly: "The Governor Wang Yangming, the Great Governor,
General Li Huan annihilated the Tatar army of more than 100,000 in one battle, well, it is really great!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao dancing with great joy, Queen Mother Zhang couldn't help but frowned and said: "Your Majesty, what are you..."
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and the joy on his face could not be concealed and said: "Mother, a great victory, really a great victory. Li Huan, Wang Yangming and the others annihilated the Tatar army of more than 100,000 in one battle. The north will be safe for decades to come.
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As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing and said: "The queen has just had a good news, and good news came from the front. It's really a double happiness, a double happiness!"
No matter how much Empress Dowager Zhang ignored the government, she still knew what Li Huan and Wang Yangming's annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops in one battle meant to the Ming Dynasty.
Empress Dowager Zhang, who was already looking happy, couldn't help but look at Empress Xia's belly, stretched out her hand to caress her and said: "What a great saint, what a great saint, you have brought so much to my Ming Dynasty even before you were born."
A great victory.”
cabinet
The first thing Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang received was the news that the Queen was happy and that the Tian family had a queen. They were preparing to go to express their congratulations to the Emperor. However, the news of the urgent news came, and everyone in the cabinet showed shock and joy.
Li Dongyang couldn't help stroking his beard and laughed loudly: "The Tian family has a queen, a great victory ahead, double happiness. I will be the first assistant. The late emperor entrusted his lonely ministers to meet the late emperor at this moment. I am worthy of the late emperor."
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At the same time that Li Dongyang led the cabinet to the palace to meet the emperor, these two news spread to all the ministries and yamen at an extremely fast speed, causing countless waves.
In the evening, as everyone in the cabinet left the palace, a piece of news came out.
The emperor was very happy about the great victory ahead. Xiao Yu and all the civil and military officials gathered at the court meeting the day after tomorrow to discuss the return of the army to the court.
At the same time, there was news that the emperor had asked the cabinet to prepare for the triumphant return of the army, especially the issue of rewards for the meritorious officers of the three armies after the army returned home in triumph.
Surprises came one after another on this day, which only made all the civil and military officials still feel uneasy even after returning home.
Lu Jing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had taken leave to recuperate in his mansion because he was feeling unwell. He was drowsily awakened by the noise coming from outside the mansion.
As I get older, my sleep is not good to begin with. Coupled with the depression in my heart, I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time.
She had just fallen asleep not long ago, but was awakened by the noise before she fell asleep. Lu Jing stood up and shouted at the door with an angry face: "Who is making noise outside and disturbing my rest?"
, send me someone to drive the people away."
Upon hearing this, the housekeeper quickly sent someone to check outside the house, but the shouting outside became louder and louder without any sign of weakening.
In the room, Lu Jing stared at the housekeeper Lu Kui with an angry face and said, "Is this how you do things?"
Lu Kui naturally looked panicked at this moment and said: "Master, wait a moment, I will go and check now."
Just when Lu Kui was about to lead his men to drive away the Shout Blade from outside, he saw a confidant running towards him with a bit of surprise on his face.
"Sir, I'm so happy, so happy. There's a great victory ahead, and the people in the city are cheering for it."
When Lu Jing heard this, he saw the excitement and joy on the boy's face. He didn't know why, but he just felt that the smile on the boy's face was so dazzling. He suppressed the ominous premonition in his heart and gritted his teeth and said, "What big victory?"
The boy hadn't noticed that Lu Jing's expression was wrong. Hearing this, he looked surprised and said to Lu Jing: "Sir, what a great victory. Wang Yangming and Li Huan in front of us wiped out more than 100,000 Tatar troops in one battle.
Fight to decide the world..."
"Damn it!"
Before the boy could finish his words, Lu Jing couldn't help but cursed angrily.
The boy was excitedly saying at this time: "Great victory, this is really a great victory, the people in the whole city are cheering for it..."
Seeing the young boy rejoicing for Li Huan and Wang Yangming's victory, Lu Jing couldn't help but shouted angrily: "Drag him out and beat him to death with sticks."
As soon as Lu Jing said this, the boy was stunned and looked at the angry Lu Jing with a face full of shock and confusion.
After the housekeeper reacted, he immediately shouted outside: "Come here, drag Lu Xiaowu out and beat him to death with sticks."
Several ferocious servants came forward and directly picked up Lu Xiaowu and dragged him out of the door. Only then did Lu Xiaowu react and said to Lu Jing with a look of horror, "Master, please forgive me. What mistake did you make? Please forgive me."
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Lu Jing said with a look of confusion: "Hit me hard."
Soon there were shrill screams and the banging sounds of sticks hitting people.
In less than half a cup of tea, the original screams gradually disappeared, and soon a slave came over tremblingly and said: "Master, Lu Xiaowu has been beaten to death."
Lu Jing snorted coldly, waved her hands and said, "Throw it into a mass grave."
As Lu Jing's confidant, the housekeeper vaguely understood the cause of Lu Xiaowu's death. Because of this, even if Lu Xiaowu could be considered his nephew, when Lu Jing was furious, he did not dare to plead for her.
I could only watch helplessly as Lu Xiaowu was beaten to death with random sticks.
It wasn't until he saw that Lu Jing's anger had been vented to some extent because of Lu Xiaowu's death that the housekeeper said cautiously: "Master, for the people outside, do you want me to send someone to drive them away from the mansion?"
Lu Jing shook her head and snorted coldly: "Ignore it, they are just a bunch of ignorant pariahs!"
Waving her hand, Lu Jing sat there and motioned for the housekeeper to go out.
Seeing Lu Jing sitting there with a sinister look on her face, she gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Trash, Dayan, this trash, I thought you were a tycoon, but I didn't expect you to be so useless.
, even a young boy like Li Huan and a man like Wang Yangming with no experience in leading troops can't deal with them."
Venting the anger in her heart, Lu Jing soon frowned and whispered softly: "Damn it, after this battle, Li Huan, who has gained military exploits, is afraid that no one will be able to compete with him after returning from the army. If he knows that I
Wouldn't it be a big mistake to plot against him secretly?"
Listening to the cheers outside, Lu Jing just sat in the room for more than an hour.
The housekeeper Lu Kui who was guarding the door could not help but worry secretly, fearing that Lu Jing would be so angry that she would faint.
A servant came in a hurry and whispered to Lu Kui: "Butler, there is someone outside asking to see the master."
Lu Kui was curious. When he came out of the yard, he saw a few familiar figures. He hurriedly greeted them and said, "How many adults have I seen? Are these adults here to see my master?"
Zuo Yang, Zhao Bang, Bao Ming, and Yang Ling rushed to the Lu Mansion to see Lu Jing as soon as they left the Yamen.
When he saw Lu Kui, Zuo Yang said to Lu Kui: "Steward Lu, we have something to see Mr. Shangshu, and we would like to ask Steward Lu to pass the news on our behalf."
Lu Kui nodded and said: "The master is taking a rest at the moment. Please follow me."
Walking into the courtyard, the first thing I saw was a few servants carrying buckets. Azabu squatted there and worked hard to clean the blood stains in the gaps between the bluestones.
A faint smell of blood filled the air, which only made Zuo Yang, Bao Ming and others look stunned. They were very familiar with this situation.
Although they didn't know what was going on, they knew when they saw this scene that someone must have been beaten to death here. Why they were so sure was because such things were too common in their respective houses.
Many of the slaves they personally ordered to be killed were numbered.
Zuo Yang and others looked away, and then they heard Zuo Yang whispering to Lu Kui: "Steward Lu, what's wrong with Master Shangshu? Why are you so angry?"
Hearing this, Lu Kui slowed down a little and lowered his voice: "It's not a big deal. He was just a young boy who accidentally made the master angry, so he ordered him to beat him to death with sticks."
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