Yuanyang, Prince Yong's Mansion, Yongfu Palace, the inner residence.
Vomiting after waking up in the morning, Xue Baojun had no appetite today. After Hou Shiyun's repeated urging, he ordered an imperial doctor to come over for treatment.
It is a serious matter that the princess is sick, so the person who came today is the good doctor Zheng Yang Deqiu, who is also the leader of the imperial doctors.
Looking at the princess who was lying on the bed, Hou Shijun and Yuzhu both looked anxious.
Both of them are dependent on the princess so that they can survive in the palace and live decently.
If something happens to Xue Baoyun, not only will they lose their current lives, but they will also be held accountable.
"Mr. Yang, how is the princess?" Hou Shiyun couldn't help but ask.
Although her family was ruined, she came from a scholarly family and was more independent than others, so she took the initiative to ask questions.
Seeing the worried look on the little sister's face, Xue Baoyun, who was leaning on the couch, smiled slightly and said, "You look like I have a serious illness!"
If this was said to Yuzhu, Yuzhu would definitely kneel down and confess.
Because Yuzhu would understand that the princess was blaming herself for cursing her.
"Sister, don't be careless!" Hou Shiyun said helplessly.
The two women chatted non-stop, but Yang Deqiu, the imperial physician sitting beside the couch, was silently diagnosing the pulse carefully.
The pulse is fluent, like a ball, powerful and whirling...this should be a happy pulse.
Although he had judged once, there must be no mistaking the princess's happiness, so Yang Deqiu had to inquire carefully.
In fact, before the imperial doctor came, Yuzhu had already guessed that she might be pregnant, and only an inexperienced girl like Hou Shiyun didn't know.
But Yuzhu didn't dare to say what Youxi said, after all, even Yang Deqiu was afraid of causing trouble.
Yang Deqiu stopped diagnosing the pulse, and then asked: "Princess, have you been feeling sleepy and weak in recent days?"
Xue Baoyun replied: "There are some who feel drowsy every day and have loss of appetite!"
Next, Yang Deqiu asked some other questions, all of which corresponded to what he knew.
After asking, Yang Deqiu stood up quickly, stepped back five steps away and paid homage: "I am very happy, I congratulate you, I congratulate you..."
Xue Baoyun didn't react for a while, but he also had a vague guess.
“Where does joy come from?”
"The empress is pregnant with a legitimate heir, and there is a successor to the palace!"
Sure enough, she was pregnant. Xue Baoyun was overjoyed and had a smile on her face.
As a princess and a legitimate wife, Xue Baoyun was still worried about not being pregnant after more than half a year of marriage.
Being born in the Hou family, she also saw how troublesome it was for a legitimate wife to have no children in a wealthy family.
Take the queen of the current dynasty as an example. She was contradicted and bullied by Concubine Duan in all kinds of ways, and her majesty was completely lost. It was not because she had no children.
But there is also a figure like Concubine Duan in this palace.
At this moment, I heard Yuzhu say: "Your Majesty, this is a great event... You should inform the prince immediately!"
Xue Baojun nodded, and the latter immediately turned around and walked out of the hall to make arrangements, while Yang Deqiu was about to prescribe anti-fetal medicine.
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In Jinshen Hall, Zhao Yanxun was sitting on a chair in the west hall. At this moment, he was reviewing the documents sent by Chief Shi Si.
The palace now has four cities under its jurisdiction and a population of nearly 70,000. It distributes various supplies every day and has arranged various production tasks.
All these errands were arranged by officials from the Changshi Division and local officials dispatched from abroad, and the final results were decided by Zhao Yanxun.
"Ten military vehicles have been delivered, which is pretty good..."
"Five thousand arrows..."
On these two items, Zhao Yanxun picked up the ink pen and wrote the words "got it" on them.
The imperial pen only uses Zhu Pi, and for a vassal king to do so, it can be said to be a huge arrogance.
"Request to arrange for three hundred young men to dredge Yuan County's moat..."
Zhao Yanxun had some understanding of the situation in Yuan County. The moat here was not too wide, so dredging it was of little significance.
If we have this ability, we might as well connect the rivers around Yuan County to form a larger "moat" and expand the scope of safe activities in the county.
So Zhao Yanxun picked up a pen and wrote on the document: The moat is small and can be connected to surrounding rivers to protect the people.
This document will be sent back, and the people in Yuan County will submit a new plan.
Just as Zhao Yanxun was about to pick up the next one, a eunuch walked in outside the main hall and reported: "Your Majesty, two privy envoys want to see you!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yanxun put down his ink pen and said: "Let them come in!"
After a while, two privy councilors walked in from outside the palace, the joy on their faces could not be suppressed.
"See Your Highness!"
"My dear friends, no courtesy!"
After the two men stood up, Zhao Yanxun asked: "What's the matter with you two dear friends?"
"Your Highness, Tianma Castle is a great victory!" Guan Hetai said with cupped hands.
After hearing the news, Zhao Yanxun was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It seems that this person still needs to push hard, otherwise he may have to wait for how long!"
The two privy councilors laughed sarcastically. They did not want to comment much on this. After all, the less they offended, the less they would offend.
"Tell me about the casualties and gains!" Zhao Yanxun picked up the teacup and said.
These are the two most critical points. Only by clarifying these can he evaluate the situation of this battle.
Then Chen Anming replied: "In this battle, Cui Xingan's troops lost twenty-six people, thirty-seven were seriously injured, and forty-eight were slightly injured..."
"Cui Xing'an's subordinate?" Zhao Yanxun frowned.
"Why did they die so many people? What do the people in the Guards Department do for food?"
When he said this, Zhao Yanxun was obviously dissatisfied, which made Chen Anming feel anxious. After all, his son was among them.
"Reporting to Your Highness, Xu Yu, the Director of Guards, judged that the rebel army would break out to the north, so he led people to defend the north and let Cui Xing'an stationed at the south of Tianma Fort!"
Speaking of this, Chen Anming smiled bitterly and said: "Who would have thought that the bandit army would go in the opposite direction and break out of the fort to the south... so they faced Cui Xingan's troops head-on!"
It was determined that the rebel army should break out to the north. Xu Yu was not to be blamed for this. After all, not everyone could make perfect plans.
"You mean, Cui Xing'an's 300 men defeated the rebel army?" Zhao Yanxun put down his tea cup and asked.
"There were more than 400 thieves in the army, but only a dozen broke out and escaped. The rest were all annihilated, and a large number of weapons and armors were seized, as well as more than 200 horses!"
At this point, seeing Zhao Yanxun nodding with satisfaction, Chen Anming continued: "In addition, Deputy Cui Qianhu also captured more than 20 prisoners!"
"Good, very good, this Cui Xing'an can be of great use!" Zhao Yanxun rated.
"For this great victory, merit should be recorded and rewards should be awarded. Go back and come up with a charter and report it to Chief Shi Si!"
"As you command!"
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun leaned back in his chair and said, "There is one more thing. After I get back, I will make a report on this great victory and distribute it to the 100th level of the Military and Horse Department, calling on everyone to follow Cui Xing'an as an example!"
Calling on everyone to follow Cui Xingan as an example, Chen Anming never expected that Zhao Yanxun would value Cui Xingan so much.
It seems that Cui Xingan's road will become wider in the future.
And this was all done by himself, and others could not say anything at all, they could only inspire fighting spirit to catch up.
At this moment, a young eunuch walked in outside the main hall, and he bowed and said: "Prince, there is news from Yongfu Palace that the princess is happy!"
