Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179

"Don't back down first, let me ask you a question?"

Zhu Houzhao suddenly stopped Ouyang Jing, which made her a little at a loss.

"Your Majesty, the servant is only responsible for recording the affairs of the female officials. May I ask who is your Majesty asking?" Ouyang Jing still grasped the crux of Zhu Houzhao's question very cleverly.

"I'm here to ask you, do you have a record in the imperial record book of the time when I was with Shangguan Haitang?"

Ouyang Jing calmed down a little and said: "The words back to His Majesty are of course recorded, and they are very detailed."

"Then has anyone read it?"

Zhu Houzhao is very concerned about this issue now. He has to face an unknown event. If this matter is not handled well, it will be very bad for the reputation of Da Tianzi.

"Return to Your Majesty, yesterday, the Empress Dowager sent someone over, copied a copy, and sent it directly to the Palace of Compassion and Ning."

"No one asked you to destroy that notebook, did you?"

"Returning to His Majesty, no, if someone really destroys it, I can write another one from memory."

Zhu Houzhao nodded. Now he was full of doubts. Shangguan Haitang disappeared immediately, revealing unusual news.

Zhu Houzhao wrote a secret document at his desk, handed it to Xiao Fangzi and said, "You send this secret document from me to the six gates as quickly as possible, and ask Zhuge Shenhou to take it personally and investigate this matter secretly."

"Remember, tell God Marquis Zhuge that you want to bring Shangguan Haitang back to me. If you live, you want to see people, if you die, you want to see the corpse. No matter what, don't spread the word about it."

"According to the order!"

Xiao Fangzi cautiously caught Mi Zhe, and bowed out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor was determined to protect Shangguan Haitang. Whether it was the cabinet or the queen mother, he was the emperor after all, and the imperial power was greater than that. After all, he was the ruler of the Forbidden City. He wanted to use the imperial power to protect this woman.

In his opinion, Shangguan Haitang is both smart and beautiful, so he is the best candidate for empress.If the queen mother can forgive her this time, he will make Haitang the queen of the harem and let her manage the harem.

Zhu Houzhao felt that Shangguan Haitang could manage the world's No. [-] villa in an orderly manner, and he would definitely be able to manage the harem well.

However, if she had an affair with other men outside, it would be difficult to deal with it. If she was really indiscreet, she would be thrown into the cold palace after asking clearly.

Thinking of the cold palace, he also thought of Liu Ruyue who was in the cold palace, and wondered how she was doing in the harem now?
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help shaking his head, sighed and said: "Oh! What a pity, who would have thought that she could use such means to make me submit to her, but, those days."

Ouyang stood quietly beside Zhu Houzhao, and she suddenly noticed that Zhu Houzhao's cheeks flushed suddenly, knowing that he must have thought about the relationship between men and women.

"Your Majesty, that day when you pampered Shangguan's younger sister, you used alcohol to anesthetize her one night. The servant called out many times and His Majesty did not come out. I think Shangguan's younger sister must be pregnant with a dragon seed, right?"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Before Ouyang Jing finished speaking, she saw Zhu Houzhao gave her a hard look, and she immediately closed her mouth knowingly.

Ouyang Jing had never been glared at by Zhu Houzhao before, and she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.

She wants to quit the Hall of Mental Cultivation, at least His Majesty is not in a good mood right now.

After Zhu Houzhao gave her a cold look, he said, "The less people know about this matter, the better. You are the third. I hope that this matter will never be mentioned again."

"Your servant obeys, remember His Majesty's oracle!" Ouyang Jing hurriedly replied with cupped hands.

"Well, if you have nothing else to do, you can step back." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to signal her to go out.

Ouyang Jing just wanted to leave here, but she suddenly remembered what the Queen Mother had said before, so she boldly said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, there is something that I have to report to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao looked up at Ouyang Jing, put down the tea bowl in his hand, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, during the period when His Majesty was traveling, all the beautiful girls from Jiangnan have entered the palace. These Jiangnan girls are all very beautiful. Relieve fatigue, they are all good at singing and dancing"

Ouyang Jing knew that His Majesty was very disgusted with the flipping of cards. No matter who he favored, if two young people who had never met before would be favored when they met. This feeling, the emperor is also a person, how awkward is it? Only the emperor knew.

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes to look at Ouyang Jing and said, "Are all the beautiful girls in the south of the Yangtze River really as good at singing and dancing as you said?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, you should have heard of Qinhuai Bayan, right? Many of these beautiful women are from Jinling and Nanjing, and they are the peerless beauty of Zhengzheng. Do you want it, Your Majesty?"

Ouyang Jing really wanted to say whether Zhu Houzhao should be a favor tonight, but she retracted her words, and she might have said the wrong thing as before.

"Then everything is arranged by you!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Ouyang Jing quickly replied, she was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would change his words again.

Now she can finally leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation happily, and she has finally done what the Queen Mother told her.

Let the beautiful girls in the south of the Yangtze River start playing and singing today to show their talents, then tomorrow they may be favored by the emperor.

Since His Majesty intends to let him arrange it, it should be no problem to arrange it according to this intention.

Ouyang Jing left the Hall of Mental Cultivation with apprehension, and now she is going to complete her first task at hand, which is to put a talented girl with a better level next to Zhu Houzhao.

After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she felt that the weather outside was getting colder and colder, and it seemed that it was going to snow.

In the Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Houzhao had already ordered people to bring the charcoal that had been burnt, and began to set up a brazier.

At the same time, snowflakes have fallen on the Liaodong Peninsula, and the temperature is close to freezing point.

Wang Shouren stationed 20 troops in the school field barracks in the Greater and Lesser Xing'an Mountains. Looking at the snowflakes that filled the sky, he was filled with emotion.

This war was the most difficult battle since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it was recorded in Ming Shilu.

Because after the division of the post-Golden Tatars, the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchen became stronger and stronger, so that later, the Aixinjueluo family of the Manchus gradually became stronger, taking advantage of the time when the Ming Dynasty was full of holes, it replaced the rule of the Han people .

Zhu Houzhao, who traveled from later generations, is of course aware of this matter, but now, he cannot let his country decline from his own hands. The Ming Dynasty has a history of more than 100 years since its founding, and it must not be broken into their hands.

The Jianzhou Jurchens were hiding deep in the mountains. Wang Shouren meant to freeze them to death in the freezing weather, but unexpectedly, not only did they not freeze to death in the depths of the mountains, but they were also stepping up training the army.

At first Wang Shouren thought this strategy was good, but when the first snowflakes fell, he didn't believe himself.

This commander-in-chief, who was called a sage by later generations, is still training in the barracks, but he has not forgotten his ambition of "searching things to learn".

He suddenly realized that his strategy was wrong.

Because these Liaodong people have grown up in the depths of this mountain for generations, driving them into the depths of the mountain is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

They are born with the ability to survive in the depths of the mountains, but on their own side, with so many people and so many days, the consumption of people eating horse chews is really high. Just guarding like this, by the beginning of next spring, they may not be able to overcome these Later Jinren.

This difficulty stumped Wang Shengren.

(End of this chapter)