"Your Majesty is so nice to see, I saw it in a while."

"The hairpins worn by Concubine Yu's younger sister were given by the emperor to our Yanxi Palace. They were originally a pair, and I couldn't wear them together, so I gave one to Concubine Yu's younger sister."

Zhang Yan smiled and said:

"It's rare for you to be so friendly. The emperor will be very happy when he finds out."

At this time, Wang said with a smile: "The concubine often warns us that the concubines in the harem can't fight the enemy, and they can't play with words. It's great to make less trouble for Your Majesty."

Tong Jing'er is the most introverted. She struggled with these words for a long time, bit her lips, and said:

"Your Majesty probably doesn't know. My concubine caught a cold last month and didn't want to disturb others, so I didn't even tell His Majesty. Sister Wang knew about it and went to see it herself."

"Meal and medicine bait, each and every piece of care, accompanied each night until deeper before leaving, and the next day just dawn, I came to condolences again, and took care of it for three days and three nights."

As she spoke, she burst into tears and lowered her head.

She, who had always been shy and timid, only said these few words before quietly taking a few steps back, as if in her heart, she still had the distinction between master and servant.

Zhang Yan was also dumb for a moment, if this matter is true, then Concubine Yu and Concubine Liang really concealed it deeply enough, not to mention Your Majesty, even himself, the lord of the middle palace, didn't even know about it.

"Sister Wang is kind-hearted, it's really rare." Duan didn't know it at all, and looked at Wang in surprise, his face was full of praise.

Zhang Yan reacted back and said with a smile:

"No wonder Concubine Yu's younger sister has become more energetic these days, it seems that what she just said is justified."

"The emperor is a generation of masters, Wenzhiwugong, who is about to help me from inside and outside the generation to achieve the great cause of Zhongxing. It is rare that the Wang family is so sensible."

Mrs. Wang smiled shyly, then bowed and saluted without saying anything.

"Your Majesty, here she is." At this time, a new female official from Kunning Palace stepped forward and said, pointing in one direction with a smile on her face.

When the girls heard the words, they also looked towards the west of the pavilion.

Sure enough, Utia, who had already changed into a brand new Mongolian servant, was walking towards this side along the west bank of Taiye Pool, brushing the green willow branches by the water.

The light snow-blue coat, jet-black hair, and snow-white face are reflected in the pool together with the red walls and green willows in the Forbidden City.

The current Utia has completely recovered her previous look, she is very beautiful, and she has a free and easy spirit that is different from that of Han girls.

But in Zhang Yan's eyes, she looked childish again.

Both Wang and Duan laughed.

Wang said: "Isn't that Utia? The daughter of King Zaisai of Uqiyet Khan of Mongolia."

Duan also said: "Yes, it was a lot of trouble for her to come into the palace. But luckily, I asked the little Paizi, the Zhidian Supervisor surnamed Sun, to find him."

After being rescued, Zhang Yan and Concubine Liu felt very good when they saw Utiya for the first time, and they liked the future Mongolian imperial concubine very much.

Having such a master in the harem can also add a lot of vitality.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "You go elsewhere, since you are going to enter the palace as the master, I will have a chat with this younger sister."

"It doesn't matter how far you go, don't forget to go back to Kunning Palace at night and have a family banquet."

The royal family banquet, of course, was prepared for the newcomer Utia, so that she could get acquainted with the other concubines in the harem as soon as possible.

Both Wang and Duan guessed that the queen wanted to talk to Utia about women's personal matters, so they pulled Tong Jing'er, saluted Zhang Yan knowingly, and left.

Seeing the three of them chatting and laughing, and walking all the way to the north bank, Zhang Yan also stretched out her hand to her side, and said with a smile, "Sit down."

"From now on, this imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty will be your home. Don't be restrained. Come and sit next to me."

Chapter 658 "Parliament" Fleet

The Ming Dynasty had a fourth imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine's canonization caused a sensation even outside the customs, because she is the first Mongolian imperial concubine since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and she is also a descendant of the golden family of Genghis Khan.

Utia's becoming the imperial concubine means that other Mongolian women may also reach this point in the future, which is of great significance to the Mongolian tribes.

No one dared to say a word about the emperor's decision, even the officials of the six subjects. Although they liked fame, they had the most basic principles.

Now Ke Dao’s officials and censors are not the same group as they were in the first year of Tianqi. Only those Donglin party members can do this kind of thing in the name of ancestral system.

September [-]th is an auspicious day selected by the Ministry of Rites.

Early in the morning, the department set up the supervisor and Honglu Temple sent servants and officials to place the court officials who came to congratulate them outside the gates of the palaces.

Zhu Youxiao sat in the Great Hall of the Emperor and received congratulations from the officials.

At dusk, the twilight is gradually approaching, but the people in the capital have heard that the Jiaofang Si Dale started from the suburbs of Beijing, from far to near.

At the same time, the emperor's relatives came to Beijing from outside the customs, and took the lucky Mongolian woman to the gate of Chengtian.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites and the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion stood on both sides of the gate, leading Utia into the imperial city, and outside the Huangji Hall, everyone stopped.

Zhu Youxiao was already dressed in the royal red robe, standing on the hundred-step stone steps with his hands behind his back, with the majestic and sacred Huangji Hall behind him.

And Zaisai, who was still outside the pass half a month ago, was also quickly called into the capital because of an imperial decree.

Zhu Youxiao knew that there was some misunderstanding between their father and daughter because of him, so he summoned the prince to enter the palace, one is to comply with the law, and the other is to untie the knot with his own hands.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath.

At this moment, Zaisai and the dozen or so members of the Wuqiyet tribe that he brought with him were standing at the foot of the hundred steps, with their backs against the Huangji Hall, looking proudly at the young eagles of the tribe.

Today, the young eagle on the prairie finally grew up, soaring in the nine heavens, spreading its wings and flying high. There is no happier father in the world than him.

The whole grassland was full of discussions because of this impossible marriage.

At this time, a prison supervisor, Xiao Yi, sang loudly:

"Invite the princess to the palace!"

Utia followed, she did not act her own way in the past, and now she seemed a little cautious, not daring to look directly at her noble husband.

Fortunately, Zaisai and his clan who were summoned to Beijing by the imperial decree gave her a lot of confidence.

There was a sound of exquisite rings, Zhu Youxiao looked down, smiled and extended his hand to Utiya who was at the bottom of the hundred steps of white jade.

Under the guidance of the little eunuch at the side, the ignorant Utia began to climb up step by step, just like her transformation from an ordinary Mongolian woman to a noble concubine.

After 99 steps, she came in front of Zhu Youxiao and was about to go up, but the little eunuch who had been following her hurriedly reached out to stop her.

Only then did she raise her head, and carefully placed her hand in Emperor Tianqi's.

Zhu Youxiao held her hand tightly, took her up the last step, stood beside him, and saluted the civil and military officials, generals of the Yongwei Battalion Imperial Army, and the clansmen of the Borzhijin clan who were down the hundred steps. Proclaimed:

"Today, I enshrine Utiya of the Uqiyet clan, Utia of the Borjijin family, as the imperial concubine of the Ming Dynasty, and grant her residence in the Yonghe Palace!"

"Uziyet, make an alliance with Daming Yong!"

"In the whole world, all the Mongolian tribes who are obedient to me, all follow this style!"

Zaisai couldn't hold back the surging emotion in his heart any longer, and hurriedly led his clansmen to kneel down on the ground, shouting: "Long live, long live——!"

At this moment, they were completely convinced.

"Long live, long live!"

"Long live, long live!"

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion below began to shout in unison, and the shouts shook every room and household in the entire capital.

When the voice of the mountain gradually subsided, Zhu Youxiao looked at Utia, and met her eyes.

For a moment, both of them were startled.

The moment her pupils met, Utia lowered her head, burning her ears red, and Zhu Youxiao subconsciously turned her head away, still a little reserved.

Seeing this scene, Zaisai and the others were frightened, wondering if the Emperor of Ming would regret it again.

But Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and gently touched Utia's hand through the sleeve, his eyes slipped from her forehead to her nose, then to her cherry lips and chin.

In the end, the twinkle stayed on her face, and she said softly:

"Follow me."

As a father, Zaisai couldn't hear what she said, but she could tell from her trembling body that from now on, in Utia's world, there would only be the great son who came into view.

After hesitating for a moment, Utia immediately stretched out her hand from her sleeve, placed it on Zhu Youxiao's open palm, and let him wrap it softly.

Under everyone's attention, Utia followed Zhu Youxiao and slowly walked into the Huangji Hall.

……

Meanwhile, thousands of miles south.

Jilong Island in the north of Ryukyu, near Doro Bay.

The moon was at that time, as bright and clear as a plate.

More than [-] warships of the Fujian Navy under the banner of "Yu" came nearby, and soon met eight merchant ships of the Spanish Armada.

No one realizes that danger is approaching.

The two sides were waving flags to show their goodwill, and the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy came by, planning to dismantle the goods that Ming bought from Spain, but in the distance there was a sudden collapse of heaven and earth.

A powerful cannonball hit the Cangshan warship of the Fujian Navy precisely from a place invisible to the naked eye, and the guerrilla general Pinghaiwei in charge died on the spot.

For a time, the hull cracked.

More than [-] officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy fell into the water screaming, and this was not over, and more similar shells appeared in the sky.

The officers and soldiers of the navy looked into the distance, only to see that the eight merchant ships of the Spanish Armada had all sank in the shallow sea of ​​Doro Bay with billowing black smoke at some point.

For a moment, everyone felt hopeless, because this was destined to be a battle with no chance of winning.

On September [-]th, that is, at noon on the third day after Zhu Youxiao accepted Concubine Chen, a fast horse arrived in Beijing from the coast of Fujian.

The cavalryman held up an urgent report in his hand, and as soon as he entered the Forbidden City, he shouted loudly: "Eight hundred miles, hurry up—"

"Pinghaiwei is [-] miles away, the chicken coop is lost!"

When the news came in, both the government and the public were shocked.

The matter started in June this year. Since the signing of the military mutual assistance agreement, the Pinghaiwei Division of the Fujian Navy has been sent to take care of the Spanish fleet that leased the chicken coop in Xiaoliuqiu.

This Spanish fleet was fully loaded with the first batch of instruments ordered by the imperial court to make paper shell casings, as well as a large number of ordnance equipment used to improve firepower.

However, Fujian General Yu Zizao obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness and speed of the Dutch fleet that came this time.

The news that Ming had signed a mutual military assistance agreement with Spain shocked the Dutch East India Company, and the rumor that Ming was vigorously reforming its naval power made the Dutch extremely uneasy.

Therefore, the governor of the Dutch East India Company decided to dispatch an official fleet in advance to directly capture the chicken coop in the northern part of Ryukyu Island.

The main purpose is to intercept this batch of arms to curb the development momentum of the Ming Dynasty Navy. They are not willing to see the rise of a powerful power in the East to compete with it.

This Dutch fleet is a combat establishment, with 25 official warships. The flagship is named "Parliament", which is the highest-spec Galen warship.

The flagship of HMS Parliament, is one of the outstanding works of Royal Dutch Shipyards, the pride of the East India Company.

She has three decks, loaded with more than 120 artillery pieces, and hundreds of formally trained Royal Dutch sailors. Apart from being inflexible in offshore waters, her combat effectiveness at sea can be called terrifying.

It was this HMS Parliament fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in the Spice Islands. Among them, the combat effectiveness was the lowest, and it was also a large combat sailboat for both military and commercial purposes.

The Pinghaiwei Division of the Fujian Navy met the Spanish fleet at Doro Bay near the chicken coop, but was caught off guard by the Dutch fleet hiding near the island.

Most of this Spanish fleet is a merchant ship, with only one Galen sailing ship for both military and commercial purposes. Although the Fujian Navy has undergone rectification, it is still dominated by small warships, Cangshan, and is not equipped with suppressing captive guns.

It is conceivable that at the beginning of the battle, it was overwhelmingly crushed.

The Spanish Fleet and the Pinghaiwei Division of the Fujian Navy only met the Dutch Fleet once in Doro Bay before being defeated by the opponent's strong firepower.

Because of the large number of ships, the Fujian Navy scattered and fled, and finally fled back to Pinghaiwei with six warships, but the Spanish Armada sent no survivors.

After the battle in Doro Bay, the Dutch navy entered the chicken coop and began to build fortresses, intending to occupy the chicken coop for a long time to control the main sea trade routes.

The fierce battle on the battlefield shocked the entire Ming court.

Chapter 659 Penglai Water City

Simply saying that the Fujian navy was defeated by the main Dutch fleet, Zhu Youxiao didn't think much of it. After all, the navy that was dispersed in Doro Bay was only the Ming army of Pinghaiwei.

To the shock of many people, Ping Haiwei's navy failed so completely.

Many people know that the Fujian Navy has undergone a large-scale reorganization from the second year of the Apocalypse to the end of the third year. In addition to the Denglai Navy, the second echelon of the provinces is the Fujian Navy.

The tactics of the Fujian Navy are wolf pack tactics, so there must be more ships.

Although only Ping Haiwei's team had a face-to-face meeting with the Dutch this time, their number of ships was much larger than that of the Dutch fleet.

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