Most of them were asked by Emperor Changxing and answered by Concubine Qing.
However, he didn't talk much about anything, and soon fell silent again.
Emperor Changxing was not surprised by this and was even somewhat used to it.
After all, every time I come to Qingyun Palace, this kind of silence happens from time to time.
cough!
"My beloved concubine."
Emperor Changxing was in poor health and had many political affairs. He could not stay long, so he had to get straight to the point.
"The newspapers have been making quite a fuss recently. You must have read it, right?"
"I read it!" Concubine Qing nodded and admitted, "The content of the newspaper is always interesting. As long as someone dares to send it over, I will naturally dare to read it."
"Otherwise, what else can I do in this deep palace?"
Emperor Changxing was heartbroken.
He did not explicitly prohibit everyone in the harem from reading newspapers, but he had already ordered the Jinlin Guards to investigate the source of the newspapers.
Wise concubines should know what they mean.
Even if the concubines in the harem read the newspapers to pieces in private in their own palaces, they still had to pretend not to have read them in front of him.
However, Concubine Qing had no intention of pretending and just nodded in acknowledgement.
"Then my beloved concubine must have read that story, right?"
Concubine Qing pondered for a while, "There are many stories published in newspapers. I wonder what your Majesty is talking about?"
"Did the Sixth Prince lead the team to support Dingxi County, or did Tian Hongyan secure his position as the general of the Yanhui Army? Or did Japanese pirates appear in the East China Sea?"
cough.
Emperor Changxing had no choice but to say bluntly, "That's the royal secret."
Concubine Qing said with a strange look on her face, "It turns out that Your Majesty is talking about people's talk after dinner."
"Of course I have." She casually admired her slender fingers, "Although the story is a bit fake, it is very interesting. I even read it several times in a row."
Ahem.
Emperor Changxing felt even more congested, and coughed twice before continuing to ask: "If the story I told you is true, and I really have an emperor living abroad, what will my beloved concubine think?"
"If the story is true," Concubine Qing said, "then I would be extremely envious of you."
"I wonder which sister is so lucky?"
Emperor Changxing was speechless, but he quickly reacted and his face turned a little darker.
He was old and suffering from chronic diseases. Even many imperial doctors and Elder Hongguang who were proficient in medical skills could only temporarily control the disease but could not eradicate it.
This news has long been spread in the palace, and everyone with a discerning eye knows that his time is short.
In this case, for most of the women in the harem, the idea of being the most favored mother in the world is too far away and elusive.
What they most longed for was to have a biological son by their side, so that after the emperor died, he would have to die alone in the Ancestral Temple or the imperial mausoleum or even be buried.
"Your Majesty," Changlu was always smart. When he saw that Emperor Changxing's face looked wrong, he quickly found a step for him to get off.
"Guan Shangshu entered the palace earlier, probably to discuss the deployment of troops to support the eastern coast. What do you think?"
"Go back to the palace!" Emperor Changxing hummed, flicking his sleeves and driving away angrily.
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East China Sea, Sishan Islands
The main island is Shangyang Island.
Ishikawa Taki sat in the main seat, looking at the generals at all levels below with an expressionless face.
boom!
He slapped the table in front of him hard.
"Young Man Doi, you are so brave. Tell me! Who asked you to send troops to pursue the Jade Dragon Fleet? Do you still have me as the commander in your eyes?"
More than ten days ago, the Jade Dragon Fleet appeared about a hundred miles west of the Sishan Islands.
The Japanese pirates on the island quickly learned the news.
If it were in the past, once the pirates on the island learned such news, they would have gone to the mountains or hid in the reeds early.
But Ishikawa Taki's fleet is too large, and even if the ships are dispersed among many islands, they will never be able to hide it.
and,
"Jade Dragon Fleet?"
Ishikawa Taki read the name of this old rival.
The encounters between the two sides at Jinlongtan in the past two years are vivid in my mind.
At this moment, enemies were looking at each other with special jealousy.
But Ishikawa Taki was not blinded by hatred.
"Are they passing by here to return to the base camp in Pinghai County, or have they discovered our traces and are preparing to set up an ambush?"
The spy stood up.
"Back to the general, my subordinates have found out that there are no other Yunchui warships except the Yulong fleet within a hundred miles. It doesn't look like an ambush. It is estimated that Lu Yulong passed by this area when he returned to Yunchui, and the emergency on the ship stopped.
Come down."
The spies were also helpless.
The sea is not land, and everything is unobstructed, so you can see it at a glance.
Even if they wanted to get closer and thoroughly understand the enemy's situation, they were unable to do so.
The reason why they discovered the Jade Dragon Fleet was because they were disguised as fishermen and were fishing nearby.
"General," many captains were ready to make a move.
"Lu Yulong is one of the most resolute war generals in the East China Sea Barrier. He is cautious in character, but he is as crazy as a tiger when he launches attacks. In addition, his eyes are extremely vicious and cunning, and he can often send ships unexpectedly to get stuck in the middle of our fleet.
, which makes everyone feel like they are stuck in their throats, making it difficult for them to advance and retreat. It is an extremely difficult opponent to deal with."
"They are now alone and weak. How about we kill them? It will also count as getting rid of a powerful enemy in the future."
"Yes." The other generals agreed.
"The Jade Dragon Fleet destroyed many of our warships and killed many of our brothers. Now God has opened his eyes and sent them to us. The time has come to avenge our brothers."
…
Ishikawa Taki remained unmoved, just silently looking at the charts around the Sishan Islands.
After a while, he drew a big circle with the location of the Jade Dragon Fleet as the center.
"I understand how you feel, but they are a hundred miles away from Sishan Islands..."
The distance is a bit awkward, neither too far nor too close.
It's impossible to chase him if he wants to, and even more impossible to attack him by surprise.
"The speed of the Kundra battleship has always been faster than that of Yamato. We have to recognize this gap."
"Besides, it is late autumn now, and the wind in the East China Sea sometimes blows westward, sometimes blows eastward, and sometimes rotates back and forth, which is unpredictable. If we are unlucky, the wind keeps blowing westward when chasing the Jade Dragon Fleet..."
"With Lu Yulong's cautious temperament, whenever he discovers something is wrong, he will sail to the nearest coast as quickly as possible and then ask for help from the shore."
Lu Yulong was not afraid of asking for help. What he was afraid of was that the defenders on the shore would be wary and their sneak attack plan would fail.
"That's what the general said," the generals, big and small, nodded their heads one after another.
However, there are still many people who are not willing to accept this piece of fat.
"General, we can first send a fleet to the west of the Jade Dragon Fleet to stop them."
"That's inappropriate." Ishikawa Taki shook his head.
The Jade Dragon Fleet has a total of forty ships, and it would be troublesome for even one to escape during the siege.
"As the art of war goes, don't lose the big by being small. Although the Jade Dragon Fleet is a piece of fat, if we attack them and attract the attention of the defenders on the shore, it will be more of a loss than the gain for us Yamato."
"So as long as they don't get close to the Sishan Islands and discover us, let them stay alone for now."
It is estimated that Lu Yulong will take care of the situation on the ship and return south to Pinghai County soon.