Kunning Palace
On the vermilion beams and pillars in the hall, the hanging curtains were tied up with golden hooks. On the side of the beams and pillars stood several nuns and female officials with their hands hanging down.
Empress Song is currently sitting on the Luohan bed covered with a soft mattress, talking to Concubine Duanrong. The beauty is wearing a light red dress with a white inner skirt. She is already thirty-six or seventeen years old, but the years have not passed on the beauty. There are traces left on the face. At this moment, the cloud bun is towering, and the jade face is graceful and dignified.
Concubine Duanrong's elegant and cold face showed a touch of coldness, and she said softly: "Sister, Ziyu has been gone for so long, he should have arrived in Shandong."
Empress Song, with her curved eyebrows and plump cheeks, said somewhat absentmindedly, "I haven't heard when the military report came?"
The past few days passed, and she found that this month's letter had indeed not arrived.
I'm afraid I'm really pregnant with that little fox's flesh and blood...
A little extrapolation of the time suggests that she was conceived in Luoyang.
This little fox is such a bastard, he did it on purpose! This bastard! How could he do this?
Thinking back to the time in Luoyang, she deliberately spent the whole day thinking that he was really greedy for her body. Thinking that there would be no chance in the future, she simply agreed to him.
Now it seemed that the little fox was deliberately enlarging her belly so that she would give birth to him!
Is he really not afraid that His Majesty will find out and ask him about his crime? Then confiscate the family and exterminate the clan?
As the beauty became convinced that she was pregnant, she felt a little angry and secretly cursed someone.
From the bottom of her heart, the beauty naturally does not want to have this child, but the beauty has a traditional temperament, and it is not easy to take medicine to abort the child in the palace, otherwise it will definitely arouse suspicion.
Many people in the palace are keeping an eye on the Lord of the Sixth Palace, and every time he summons an imperial physician for consultation and medication, there are records.
Not to mention, when aborting a child, will it harm yourself physically? After all, the beauty has given birth to two children, so how could she not know.
At this moment, thinking of the young man's obsession and manipulation in Luoyang City, the beauty felt both shy and angry.
That little bastard has no good intentions!
"Sister." Under the beautiful bun of the imperial concubine Duanrong, under the two beautiful eyebrows that looked like green feathers, her beautiful eyes looked at the beauty with gleaming eyes, and she said in surprise: "Sister, is she feeling unwell?"
Why is my sister's face white and red, and there seems to be a hint of embarrassment between her eyebrows.
The beauty returned to her thoughts, her heart skipped a beat, and she whispered: "I'm fine, I'm just worried about Your Majesty, what did my sister say just now?"
The beauty opened her mouth and after finishing her words, she felt ashamed in her heart.
How could she take His Majesty...
Since the last time I was with His Majesty, while thinking about that bastard... I don't know why, but I have become more and more shameless.
Concubine Duanrong's beautiful and cold face, despite her age, showed a thoughtful look on her face, and she said: "It seems that the military report has not arrived in the past few days."
Just when Empress Song was about to speak, the eunuch from outside came quickly and said softly: "Your Majesty is here."
When the Queen of Song Dynasty heard the words, she followed the sound and saw a middle-aged emperor wearing a dragon robe at the entrance of the palace corridor, entering the palace surrounded by eunuchs.
"Your Majesty, we're done." Empress Song stood up, her graceful and plump face covered with a faint smile, and whispered.
For some reason, facing those sharp eyes, the beauty couldn't help but feel a guilty feeling deep in her heart.
Emperor Chongping's face paused slightly, and he asked in surprise: "Zitong, it's noon, no lunch has been passed on?"
Empress Song's face was as plump as clouds, her red lips were slightly parted like rose petals, her voice was round and round, and she said softly: "I will let the imperial kitchen do it now."
As Emperor Chongping spoke, he came to sit in the Nuang Pavilion nearby, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said softly: "Why haven't you seen Xianning and Chanyue in the past few days?"
Because before, even after their marriage, Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue often visited the palace as guests.
"Xianning and Chanyue have moved into Ningguo Mansion." Empress Song's face was as red as drunkenness, her pink lips were slightly moist, and her beautiful eyes were warm and shining. She said softly: "Isn't Ziyu going to fight? Xianning said that he would go and accompany the Qin family. .”
Under Emperor Chongping's thin and vigorous brows, a smile flashed across his majestic eyes, and he said with emotion: "That's right, they usually have a better relationship."
Empress Song chuckled lightly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no jealous person in our palace."
Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "Ziyu left in a hurry this time. Not long after he came back from Jinling, something like this happened over there in Shandong. His marriage to Xiaoxiao has not been completed yet."
Concubine Duanrong frowned at the side and interjected: "There is also Ya Ruo, the daughter of King Meng."
She didn't mention the nun named Miaoyu. It was really unseemly and she was ashamed to mention it.
Why was it that when I looked at a good young man, he was so lustful? Even monks of color are not spared.
In fact, the beauty never thought that if it weren't for Jia Heng's "lust", her daughter Princess Xianning would not have the chance to "concurrently" ascend to the throne.
Under the willow eyebrows of Empress Song, who were as beautiful as spring daisy from the distant mountains, her beautiful eyes were as full as water. She seemed to sip her lips, and with her two pink lips that looked like rose petals, she said softly: "They can live comfortably at home."
Emperor Chongping said: "Ziyu asked me before that when the New Deal becomes popular in the world or he has other military achievements, he will be promised the two girls from the Xue family and the Lin family."
Speaking of this, the emperor felt a little helpless.
Regardless of whether this is a self-defeating scheme or not, the reputation of the young man as a lascivious person must have spread throughout the capital recently.
After all, even the nuns in the family temple are pregnant in the backyard...
Of course, the emperor didn't know that there was another pregnant woman beside him.
Concubine Duanrong: "..."
Empress Song's plump and graceful face seemed to have a touch of strange color. For some reason, she felt her heart throb unspeakably, and said: "Your Majesty, young people are bound to be more romantic."
That little fox was originally a womanizer, and he was really naughty.
Emperor Chongping said: "In the past few days, Ziyu has not sent any military reports, and I don't know what is going on there. I hope the city of Jinan has not been broken. Once the city is broken, not only will there be many casualties among the soldiers and civilians, but it will also be difficult for Ziyu to recover it." A lot more."
At this moment, after a while, I saw the inmate bringing plates of dishes to the table.
Empress Song helped Emperor Chongping sit down, and Concubine Duanrong was also serving the middle-aged emperor.
Emperor Chongping picked up the chopsticks and whispered: "Next time, let the imperial dining room cook something lighter. Some of it will be too much to eat."
This is actually the daily life of middle-aged men, who are unable to do what they want.
Empress Song picked up a piece of shredded bamboo shoots and put it in Emperor Chongping's bowl. With a slight smile on her plump and soft face, she said softly: "Your Majesty, try this."
Emperor Chongping responded softly, then picked up the chopsticks and used them, but he didn't have much appetite and didn't eat much.
In the afternoon, Emperor Chongping finished his meal and drank tea and talked. Soon after, he felt sleepy.
Seeing the sleepy Emperor Chongping, Empress Song said with concern: "Your Majesty, go to the Nuan Pavilion to rest first."
Emperor Chongping nodded, and with the support of Empress Song, he went to the bed near the window in the inner compartment and fell asleep.
Ever since the emperor fainted due to something, his energy has become increasingly weak recently, and he would take a nap in Kunning Palace at noon.
When the Empress of Song Dynasty waited for Emperor Chongping to go to bed, she didn't wait too long. Accompanied by the female officials, she left the bedroom and came to the front hall. She met Concubine Duanrong's concerned eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty has gone to bed."
Concubine Duanrong's beautiful face was full of worry, and she said: "Your Majesty is not in good health, but you are still so busy with state affairs. Alas, this is not a long-term solution. My sister should give more advice to your Majesty."
Because Concubine Duanrong was not usually with Emperor Chongping, and only Empress Song accompanied Emperor Chongping.
"The major events in the world are happening one after another, and there is nothing your Majesty can do about it." The Queen of Song Dynasty was stunned, and she sighed softly and said softly.
She has also seen His Majesty's hard work in her eyes over the years, and she...she didn't do it on purpose.
It's all that little bastard's fault. It was just a mistake that made him a big mistake in the beginning, and now he makes the same mistake again and again.
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Ningguo Mansion, Grand View Garden, Xiaoxiang Pavilion
Daiyu is wearing a bright red double-breasted jacket embroidered with maple leaves and a plain pleated skirt. She is holding a book. Judging from the cover, it seems to be something like "The Romance of the West Chamber".
After a while, a familiar voice came from outside, saying, "Is Sister Lin in the house?"
Daiyu raised her head, her bright and charming face filled with surprise. She put down the book of The West Chamber in her hand, raised her eyes to look at the plump beauty with plump cheeks, and whispered: "Sister Bao, you Why are you here?"
Ever since Jia Heng kissed one and then the other, Chai and Dai were usually a little shy, but now they felt a little uncomfortable meeting each other again.
Baochai's face was as plump as clouds, and she whispered: "I thought you were alone in the backyard, so I came over to see you."
Daiyu said softly: "Why didn't Sister Bao go to Sister Qin's place? It's more lively there."
Baochai said softly: "Isn't Sister Lin not there?"
Because Princess Xianning was with the Qin family at the moment, Baochai always felt like a concubine facing the palace.
Daiyu glanced at Baochai, her face as beautiful as jade flushed with shame, and said, "Sister Bao too?"
Baochai said: "That princess is actually not a petty person. Maybe she is not familiar with her. Her status is too precious."
Under Daiyu's eyebrows, her starry eyes were as bright as water, and she said softly: "It's better for the little princess to look more approachable."
Baochai did not go further into this topic and said: "He has been in Shandong for many days, and there has been no news recently."
Daiyu said: "Maybe he just arrived in Shandong. Brother Heng's war has never worried us."
Baochai said: "Yes."
Daiyu said softly: "But if Brother Heng has made meritorious service, he will probably ask the palace for a marriage."
"Sister, please stop saying this." Baochai's plump, greasy face gradually showed a hint of embarrassment, and as he spoke, he grabbed Daiyu's bare hand and said, "Sister, you see my joke too. "
Daiyu's beautiful snowy cheeks gradually turned red with shame, and she said softly: "When did I see Sister Bao's jokes? I am also a little anxious about the marriage."
Although that person didn't bully her a few times, she was worried about getting pregnant like sister Miaoyu.
"Didn't I say before that after the New Deal comes into force and rewards are given based on merit, I will give you a marriage?" Baochai, with her snow-skinned jade face, paused slightly and said softly: "Sister, don't worry. Besides, he should like Lin most." My sister’s.”
Looking at Mei Er's natural charm and weakness, she should make people feel pity for her. The maids and servants in the mansion often said that Sister Lin was just like Xi Shi.
Daiyu's starry eyes flashed and she joked: "Sister Bao, when was it that he didn't kiss you first?"
When Baochai heard this, her plump and white face turned as red as a peach blossom with embarrassment, and she called softly: "Sister Lin."
Daiyu sighed softly and said: "Remembering when Sister Bao first entered the house, I never thought that I would...accompany him."
I remember that at the beginning, she was a little awkward with Sister Bao because of Brother Bao's incident, but now it seems that it has all gone by the wayside.
Baochai gently put his arm around Daiyu's shoulders and said, "Maybe this is fate."
Daiyu snorted softly and said, "Sister Bao, this is really aggrieved."
Baochai's delicate body trembled, she opened Daiyu's hand and said shyly: "My sister is really led astray by him."
Daiyu's fair and jade-like cheeks were as red as a blush, and she said with a trembling voice, "No wonder Brother Heng likes Sister Bao."
I held her hands several times and told her that it would be better when she got older...
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Jinan Fucheng
As the granary in the southeast of the city was burned down, the news about the food shortage spread almost like wildfire due to the spread of the White Lotus Sect's spies lurking in the city.
A panic gradually spread in the city, and everyone from the soldiers on top of the city to ordinary people knew that there was not much food in the besieged Jinan City.
At this moment, on top of the city, Zhang Dai was lecturing the soldiers guarding the city, saying loudly: "Brothers, as long as you persist for three more days, reinforcements will arrive, and Duke Wei will not leave Jinan Fucheng alone. Reinforcements from all over will arrive.”
When a group of city guards heard this, they were half convinced and half doubtful.
"There is enough food in the city, which can definitely support the city's defense for half a month. Brothers, please rest assured." Zhang Dai added: "Zhang has been on the top of the city these days, eating and living with all the brothers. What do you eat? We all Officials eat whatever they want."
At this moment, a tall soldier wearing armor in the distance shouted loudly: "The governor is here."
While they were talking, they saw a group of sergeants making way, and Shandong Governor Zhao Qi, accompanied by his subordinates and servants, came to the front in a mighty manner.
Zhao Qi, the governor of Shandong, stopped Zhang Dai's greetings, glanced at the soldiers present, and said loudly: "General Zhang, and other soldiers, I have just gone to raise food and fodder. I have raised about 200,000 dan, which is enough to support the city." Five days, we will have enough food and wine for everyone in these days, and we can’t let the Tatars and rebels outside the city come in. It won’t take long for the soldiers and horses of the Denglai Guards to come over and kill us.”
At this time, Zhang Dai took the opportunity to encourage loudly: "Brothers, we are not guarding the city of Jinan, but behind us. This rebel army is colluding with the Jurchens. Everyone knows the virtues of the Jurchens. If the city is destroyed, the people will still be good." ?”
"What Commander Zhang is saying is that all the brothers know the virtues of the Jurchens, including burning, killing, raping, and committing all kinds of evil." A primary school student present said loudly.
After the incitement of hatred and Zhao Qi's efforts to stabilize the morale of the army, the defenders and civilians on the city were all resentful of the enemy.
In the afternoon, it sounded with "dong dong...".
Hauge and Chen Yuan's troops, who had stopped fighting in the military tent, launched another attack on Jinan Prefecture amidst the sound of drums as dense as raindrops.
This time, Hauge and Chen Yuan organized those who dared to die first to climb up the wooden ladder towards the top of the city. Regardless of the cost of casualties, they headed towards the top of the city.
A large number of infantrymen wearing armor and holding shields carried wooden ladders, staring at the rolling wood, stones and rain of arrows, and attacked the city.
"Whizzing……"
High in the sky, black arrows shot out like rain, as densely packed as locusts. Wherever they passed, soldiers fell like withered grass, and a cloud of blood mist almost exploded.
But above the top of the city, I heard the "boom" of the black cannons of the Franco, which fell among the soldiers who were attacking the city. They were so startled that the war horses kicked up, "Xilulu... …” kept on.
As the sound of the Franco machine cannons sounded one after another, many soldiers screamed and fell from their saddles into the soil.
Under a flag, Hauge was riding on the saddle, holding the horse's reins in one hand, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Chen Yuan looked solemn, sighed, and said, "My lord, we still can't defeat it."
Although the soldiers were fearless and fearless, the offensive was fast and fierce, and the sound of killings on the city walls was loud, the officers and soldiers in Jinan Fucheng, under the command of Zhang Dai, maintained considerable resilience and were as solid as a rock.
"Since ancient times, we have attacked the city with twice as many troops as we have defended it. Now that the city is well-organized, it is not easy to break the city." Hauge looked solemn, then remembered something and asked, "Where is Li Yanqing?"
Chen Yuan shook his head and said: "There is no news yet, but we have sent scouts to inquire."
At this moment, under the siege of soldiers and horses led by Mu Sheng, most of Li Yanqing's soldiers and horses were defeated. Because they were not professional cavalry, many of them were infantry riding horses raised by the guards. Therefore, they faced the same The Denglai navy, which was not good at land warfare, did not have much chance of winning.
In the evening, after leaving behind nearly a thousand corpses, the troops retreated toward Jinan Mansion in a mighty manner.
Mu Sheng did not continue to pursue. He stood up with one palm and shouted loudly: "Retreat!"
"Your Majesty, why don't you chase me?" Mu Chen looked confused and asked.
Mu Sheng said: "It's getting late. Our army has just arrived. We don't know if there are any ambushes ahead. It's not advisable to pursue them. Why don't we clean up the battlefield first? Later, our army will continue to advance towards Jinan Prefecture. As long as we reach the provincial capital, We can relieve the siege of Jinan."
Li Yanqing didn't look like someone who was easy to compete with. He was already narrowly defeated, but if he chased after him like this, he would easily make a mistake.
Mu Chen's expression paused and he accepted the order.
And Li Yanqing led his troops to leave the battlefield and return to Lechang County, west of Jinan Fucheng. With a cold and majestic face, he said loudly: "The whole army dismounts to rest and bury the pots to make rice."
At this moment, the generals around him all dismounted and began to make rice.
Li Yanqing entered a white military tent. The brother Tong Boxi beside him here had a face full of sorrow and said in a sad voice: "Brother, many brothers have died, and several brothers who usually drank together have died. ”
"You have to block it even if you can't. How long can we block it? We have tried our best, and the Jinan government has an explanation." Li Yanqing took the wine bottle, took a sip, wiped the wine beads on his beard, and said: " Let the brothers eat first."
Obviously, the death of several Miao Chongjin and other brothers just now made Li Yanqing feel heavy.