Chapter 438 Injured
Chen Cao walked out of the palace gate and was supported by Shang Gong towards the inner palace. Chen Cao lost too much blood and soon fainted.
Opening his eyes again, Chen Cao was lying on the bed in the inner hall of Qianqing Palace. Li Xiang was sitting beside the bed. When he saw Chen Cao waking up, he was overjoyed and quickly sent someone to see the imperial doctor.
Chen Cao looked at his abdomen, which had already been wrapped with gauze. Li Xiang said, "His Majesty's military doctor personally went out and sewed twelve stitches in the abdomen. Chen Cao, do you still want to die?"
This was the first time since getting married that Li Xiang called Chen Cao by his first name. This also made Chen Cao stunned for a moment, and then he sat up with Li Xiang's help. The wound was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Stop trying to be brave. I never asked about what you did in the past, but now you are the emperor and the ruler of the world. Your safety is no joke. If you really like it, I will ask the Ministry of Rites to select beautiful girls from all over the country to come to Beijing to offer sacrifices tomorrow." You choose, I don’t believe you can’t choose someone who is the same as Zhou, I think there must be many better than her;”
Li Xiang became angrier as he spoke: "I don't know what kind of virtue you have in this life. You always like other people's women. Let me ask you, I come from a good family and have never been married. Are you sincere in marrying me?"
Chen Cao coughed, and blood was directly visible on the gauze. Li Xiang hurriedly stopped talking when he saw this, and immediately patted Chen Cao's chest gently: "Okay, what I said was angry, don't worry."
Chen Cao calmed down slowly, and then squeezed Li Xiang's hand: "Xiang'er is angry. Didn't I personally stipulate that the emperor's concubines should not exceed thirty-six people? My body will not be able to do it in the future, now. , I can still move, hehe..."
"You still have the nerve to make a joke. That bitch of the Zhou family almost killed you with this knife. The military doctor said that it would only hurt the internal organs within an inch at most. At that time, not even the Great Luo God could save you."
After saying that, Li Xiang actually started to cry loudly. Chen Cao hurriedly said: "I, Chen Cao, have been married to Xiang'er, a lucky star in my life. As long as I don't die at the end of my life, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to die. Even if you die, I won't be able to die."
Li Xiang gently hit Chen Cao on the chest: "You don't keep your mouth shut..."
After the hammering was finished, he stopped crying and started to laugh. After the atmosphere relaxed, Li Xiang said with a serious face: "I have asked the nuns of the Shenxing Department to imprison the Zhou family. The crime of assassinating the emperor is unpardonable. Let's go now. Let the Chief of Shenxing kill her with a stick without leaving any further trouble."
"Wait a minute..."
Li Xiang turned around, looked at Chen Cao, and mocked: "Why, the emperor fell in love with her smell? This woman really harbors evil intentions and chose to attack you at the last moment, leaving you defenseless."
Li Xiang was a little embarrassed after saying that, and Chen Cao also knew it. Just when he finished venting his energy, Zhou deliberately raised his voice to distract himself, and then took out a dagger from under the pillow. Otherwise, relying on Zhou With his thin body, it is really impossible to assassinate Chen Cao.
Li Xiang looked at Chen Cao with disdain: "That bitch has the emperor's essence in her body, and the emperor is in good health. If she is allowed to conceive a dragon seed again like Zhang, I see how the emperor will end up."
Chen Cao sat up regardless of everything and said coldly: "Xiang'er, I will handle this matter, and you go and appease the harem."
Li Xiang stomped his feet angrily: "You are really hopeless, I don't care..."
Li Waner did not go to see Chen Cao after hearing about this. He knew what Chen Cao's temper was, so he took people directly to the Criminal Punishment Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and met Zhou who was imprisoned in a special room.
Zhou's expression was silent and decisive. When Li Waner walked into the room, she didn't even raise her head.
"I've seen the Imperial Concubine..."
Everyone outside the Shenxing Department saluted Li Waner. Li Waner looked coldly at Ms. Zhou sitting in the haystack, and then said: "Drag her out and call the Minister of Internal Affairs to come over. I will do it myself today."
Mrs. Zhou didn't react at all, and allowed the eunuchs and maids to drag her out of the room like a dead dog and lay her down on a bench in the courtyard.
Since Chen Cao ascended the throne, eunuchs have slowly faded out of the stage of history. According to regulations, the future ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be civilian officials. Of course, those who can serve as ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the emperor's cronies. This term of the Ministry of Internal Affairs The minister is Wei Zhongxian, but because he is based in Hangzhou, the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are handled by the associate minister. The associate minister is a former general manager of the Nanjing Ministry of Internal Affairs. The old guy is over seventy, and he goes to the Yamen every day. Just to go through the motions, such a big thing happened today.
When he walked into the courtyard of Shenxingsi, he found that the person pressing down on the bench was actually Empress Zhou of Chongzhen. He was immediately shocked, and out of his instinct as a civil servant, he asked: "I have seen the imperial concubine. I dare you to ask me?" What did Queen Zhou commit?"
Li Wan'er had been on the battlefield and killed people. She looked livid at this moment, stared at the old man, and said coldly: "Queen Chongzhen Zhou Yufeng planned to assassinate the emperor in the deep palace. I will execute it according to the law and kill the Zhou family with a stick..."
The old man was startled, staggering and almost falling to the ground. Li Waner said to the eunuch beside him: "You should be optimistic about Mr. Zhang. He is getting older and Wei Zhongxian has not come back, so something can't go wrong."
After finishing speaking, he stared at several big and round eunuchs and said, "According to the order, Zhou will be killed with a stick. Do it immediately."
The four eunuchs stepped forward together, one held down his upper body, one held down his feet, and the other turned around and asked: "My Lady, do you want to take off your lower clothes?"
Li Waner sneered: "She's already going to die, and there's no need to humiliate her. Where did all the nonsense come from? Let's do it."
The eunuch was so frightened by Li Waner that he immediately winked at the accomplice opposite him. The two of them rolled up their sleeves and were about to make a killing move when they heard a loud shout from outside the door: "Stop..."
Xin Zhao quickly walked into the Shenxing Department and clasped his fists at Li Waner: "I have seen the Imperial Concubine..."
"Xin Zhao, what do you want to do?"
Xin Zhao said with a serious face: "Mother, the emperor is here."
Li Waner didn't know the severity of Chen Cao's injuries. After hearing the news, she immediately came to the Shenxing Department. Before she had time to visit, she saw Chen Cao being carried into the Shenxing Department by a group of Han generals. Seeing this, people in the courtyard stepped forward to salute.
"His Majesty..."
Li Wan'er hurried forward and immediately saw the injury on his abdomen, and she burst into anger: "This bitch, do it and beat her to death."
"Asshole..."
Chen Cao scolded several eunuchs, then looked at Li Waner and said with a smile: "Wan'er, you are a mother now. You need to change your temper. You can't be too hot."
"Your Majesty, you see how badly you are injured." Li Waner said with tears in her eyes.
Chen Cao smiled and said: "It's not heavy. It's not heavy at all compared to the sword you stabbed me with back then."
"You are still in the mood to joke at this time. If Zhou assassinates you and does not punish you, it will give someone with good intentions a good excuse. Besides, you are the emperor, so you must put the overall situation first."
Chen Cao laughed, endured the pain and looked at Mr. Zhou who was already looking towards him and said: "Let's all leave. We will deal with Mr. Zhou's matters later. Besides, I am intact and there is no need for anyone to bury me with me. Li Shanggong, You take the Zhou family to Cining Palace and leave her under the care of Queen Zhang, and we will deal with her affairs later."
"yes..."
Chen Cao prevented Li Wan'er from getting angry any more, so he pretended to be in pain and said: "Wan'er, come with me to your palace quickly. I know you have a good golden sore medicine, so hurry up and get one."
"Farewell to Your Majesty, Farewell to the Imperial Concubine..."
Zhang Yan was still a little confused when she met the Zhou family, but when Li Shanggong was sent and told the story of Chen Cao's assassination, Zhang Yan immediately lost her soul. It wasn't until Li Shanggong left that she looked at Zhou who looked indifferent. Shi, smiled bitterly and said: "Sister, why bother?"
Zhou raised her head, looked at Zhang Yan, and then sneered: "Zhang Yan, do you completely ignore the future of the Zhu family?"
Zhang Yan was surprised that the Zhou family directly called her by her name, but she didn't care about it now, and said: "Sister, the Zhu family vassal kings are all gone. Do you think you can really revive the Zhu family with the support of the Tatars? The two brothers of Emperor Xizong caused No one can change the situation. Only Chen Cao can control the Ming Dynasty, otherwise... this Ming Dynasty will no longer be the Ming Dynasty."
"Zhang Yan, are you pregnant with Chen Cao?"
Only then did Zhou realize that Zhang Yan's belly was bulging, and she looked sad and angry: "You...you...you actually...are you worthy of the Zhu family?"
Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and shook her head. She didn't want to argue with Zhou on this issue, so she looked at her nanny and said, "Take her down to rest and take good care of her."
Chen Cao naturally didn't know about the affairs of Cining Palace. At this moment, he dragged his sick body and sat on the throne of Qianqing Palace to meet important people.
These people knew more or less about his injury, but it was related to the secrets of the royal family, and some words did not dare to be spread randomly. Gao Chong was the first to clasp his fists: "Your Majesty, the news from our Dongchang's spies in Shandong, the Tatars Some action.”
Chen Cao took the official document from Zhao Xin, checked it carefully, and then said: "Zhao Xin, call Huang Chunyao and all of them here immediately, as well as the people from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion."
"Your Majesty, your body?"
Chen Cao straightened up: "The military affairs are important, so go immediately."
Not long after, more than a dozen people arrived at the Palace of Qianqing. Chen Cao asked people to bring stools for them to sit down, and then he said: "The news from the former Beijing East Factory's spy who was accepted by the East Factory is that Huang Taiji intends to use it in Beijing City." Fight to the death with our army, but there is one more thing. The Qing army is moving the Eight Banners who entered Beijing back to Liaodong."
Zou Weilian raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the Tatars are giving up the north."
Huang Chunyao also handed over his hand: "I agree, Your Majesty, the action to contact the Chahar Department must be fast, and the Tatars cannot be left with the opportunity to go to the desert."
Chen Yan also said: "Your Majesty, I got the map of Nurgandusi from the Ministry of Rites. After passing to the north, it is the territory of Tsarist Russia."
Chen Cao tried hard not to let them see that he was injured, and said: "Huang Taiji will not go to Tsarist Russia, because after crossing the Heilongjiang River is the territory of their mortal enemy the Cossacks. Wan Qing told me that when Nurhaci was alive, he and the Cossacks They were beaten several times, so the most they fled north was to the Heilongjiang River..."
