"Master Chitose, look at this... Your Majesty didn't understand it for a moment. Don't take it to heart. Maybe tomorrow the clouds will clear up..."
In Jiale Hall, Zhu Cixiang, who had just returned from the inner school grounds, was holding his daughter-in-law Wu Sanmei, sitting side by side on the throne, smiling and listening to Wang Chengen's words. He didn't look at Wang Chengen, but looked at Wu Sanmei over and over again, with a satisfied smile on his lips from time to time.
Seeing him like this, Wang Cheng'en complained to Chongzhen in his heart: How nice this young couple is, why do you, a father, have to fight against each other? Besides, this pair is not a pair of fateful couples, but a pair of warlords with a large number of soldiers. Not to mention beating with sticks and cannons may not be effective.
"Third sister, what should I do? My father is angry and wants you to be a palace maid... What should I do?" Zhu Cixiang was so ambitious that he didn't take Chongzhen's anger to heart at all, and even asked Wu Sanmei with a smile what should he do?
"I will listen to Master Qiantui. I will be whatever Master Qiansui wants me to be. As long as I can be with Master Qiansui, I will be happy to be a slave." Wu Sanmei's mind is not small. You can see it just by looking at it. It's big... So he wasn't angry either, he was as cheerful as Zhu Cixiang.
This pair is really a perfect match!
Wang Chengen looked at the two of them looking so heartless, feeling really angry, funny, and helpless at the same time.
They fell in love at first sight and wanted to be together even though they had no relationship!
"Master Qiantai," Wang Chengen frowned, "Now, the national treasury is empty, and the inner treasury is also empty... The court is almost unable to survive. You are a filial son, you can't watch the emperor and the empress suffer, right?"
"Don't you still have two hundred thousand taels?" Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "It's only been two or three days, and two hundred thousand taels is not enough?"
What's it been like these two or three days?
Wang Chengen was stunned, "Master Qiansui, what do you mean by this?"
"It's time to leave in two or three days!" Zhu Cihong said, "Wang Banban, how are the preparations for the father, the emperor, and the queen? Has it been decided who will follow and who will stay as queen? Have everything been packed?"
"Why did you leave? There are soldiers and pay now, and Wu Sangui's soldiers are coming soon..."
Zhu Cixiang shook his head, "What kind of soldiers are there? There are only 20,000 ragtag troops, and less than 5,000 can fight...and they are also improvised, and they cannot fight in a dignified formation."
"As long as Wu Sangui's soldiers enter the capital city, the bandits will have nothing to do."
"Whose idea?" Zhu Cixiang finally frowned.
"This is...this is the old slave's own idea."
Wang Chengen knew that Emperor Chongzhen and many court officials had the same plan.
"Third sister," Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to Wu Sanmei again, "Tell me about it."
"Slave? How do you know anything about military affairs?" Wu Sanmei was stunned.
"Just say what you say," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "I want to test you."
"Oh," Wu Sanmei nodded, "Look, Yi Nu, your second brother will not enter the capital city."
"Why?" Wang Chengen was startled.
Wu Sanmei blinked her big eyes and said with a serious face: "Because the isolated city is not defended! Guan Ning's army uses cavalry as the main force, which is conducive to field battles. If it is deployed east of the capital, it can threaten the bandits besieging the city and respond to the defeat of the capital's defenders. If we enter the city, the bandits will be able to dig trenches outside the capital city and surround them, and the surrounding areas of the capital will also fall into the hands of bandits. The situation will be just like the situation in Dalinghe City and Jinzhou City that day."
The conditions of Dalinghe City and Jinzhou City she mentioned refer to the situation when Dalinghe City was besieged in the fourth year of Chongzhen and Jinzhou City was besieged in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.
Both castles were "undefended" and did not form a continuous defense system. They were both surrounded by Qing soldiers who had the upper hand in field combat capabilities. In the end, they both caused heavy losses, with people and cities lost!
As a member of the core family of the Guan Ning Group, Wu Sanmei naturally listened to her elders and brothers discuss the two battles that severely damaged the vitality of the Guan Ning Group.
"Look, even a palace maid understands this..." Zhu Cixiang said half-jokingly, "The city of Beijing is already in a dead end. If we insist on holding on, we will lose both people and land!"
Wang Chengen frowned bitterly: "But the emperor doesn't want to leave in embarrassment. Even if Nan is lucky, he must first repel the bandits and then move south calmly."
"Haha," Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "If we are lucky enough to defeat the bandits, we will be hesitant about Nan Xing again...Wang Banban, go back and tell your father that your intention is to move south." We will defeat the siege within two or three days. If there is a crime of abandoning the inheritance of our ancestors, I will bear the responsibility. When the chariot arrives in Liudu, I will go to Xiaoling to plead guilty."
It is impossible to go to Xiaoling to plead guilty, but it is almost enough to go to Xiaoling to plead guilty! Zhu Cixiang wanted to ask Zhu Yuanzhang, his ancestor, why he allowed his soul to travel through hundreds of years to take the blame for Chongzhen?
Wang Chengen also sighed: "Qian Sui is indeed a filial son, but the emperor has a misunderstanding about Qian Sui. If we don't explain clearly, I'm afraid the rift will deepen."
"No," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "As the saying goes, father and son never have an overnight feud. This rift will be resolved by tomorrow morning. Wang Banban doesn't need to worry."
"That's an ordinary family..."
Wang Chengen sighed again, the most ruthless emperor's family! There have been many incidents in history where emperors killed princes!
Not getting a satisfactory answer from Zhu Cixiang, Wang Chengen had to go back to persuade Chongzhen with a sigh.
But here in Jiale Hall, Wu Sanmei, who was demoted to a palace maid by Emperor Chongzhen, began to persuade Zhu Cixiang to apologize to Emperor Chongzhen.
"Master Qiantose, please don't be angry because of your servant and the emperor... why don't you go and admit your mistake?"
Zhu Cixiang glanced at Miss Wu and smiled: "You call yourself a slave...do you really think of yourself as a palace maid?"
Wu Sanmei thought for a while, then nodded seriously and said, "As long as Master Qiantui loves me, I can be a palace maid."
Zhu Cixiang yawned. He had been seriously lacking sleep in the past two days. "Don't worry, father and son don't have an overnight feud... I need to take a nap for a while, or I won't be able to pamper you tonight!"
He hasn't favored Miss Wu yet! So prepare to recharge your batteries.
Miss Wu was ignorant and knew a little about men and women. Her fair face suddenly turned red, her head hung down, and she was too embarrassed to agree.
Zhu Cixiang took off his sword (not Shang Fang's sword) and handed it to Wu Sanmei, "Sanmei, can you use a sword?"
Wu Sanmei took the sword and looked at Zhu Cixiang with confusion, "Master Qiansui, this is..."
"Extraordinary times!" Zhu Cihong said, "It doesn't matter if my father lets you be a palace maid, a palace maid is more convenient than a concubine... From now on, you will accompany me, and we will fight out of Beijing together, conquer the world together, and bring peace to the world. ! From now on, we will pass this world on to our sons!"
Wu Sanmei was immediately moved by Zhu Cixiang's words, and nodded heavily: "Yes, I will accompany Master Qiantui, and I will listen to Master Qiansui."
Zhu Cixiang nodded and said with a smile: "When I fall asleep later, you can stay by my side."
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When Zhu Cixiang was recharging his energy for the "big battle" in the evening, he did not expect that his opponent would be changed that night... The love sprint between him and Wu Sanmei would have to continue for a while before it could finally come to fruition.
But what he said to Wang Chengen that "father and son have no feud overnight" came true!
Because Li Zicheng had rested enough and was preparing to attack again after dark on the 18th. But it's not an attack with real swords or guns, it's still a battle of the mind and heart.
However, compared with the heart-pounding battle that started and ended on the afternoon of the 17th, the scene was much more heated.
As soon as the sky darkened on the 18th, the crackle of gunfire rang out outside Guangning Gate in the west of Beijing. It's not a constant sound, but a burst of sound. In between the sounds of gunfire, the bandits were shouting for the city. Moreover, the people dispatched this time were not the bandits from the old camp, but the former Ming officers and soldiers who surrendered to the bandits in Xuanfu and Changping, many of whom were soldiers from the Beijing camp.
Under the cover of darkness, they approached the city wall, and then began to publicize King Chuang's benevolence and righteousness to the top of the Beijing city when the intimidating gunfire stopped, and persuaded the soldiers guarding the city to open the city gates or give up resistance.
Now Prince Zhu had no intention of "fighting Wu Sanmei". After waking up, he took some food and went up to the city with his people to inspect.
