Siheyuan: I'm not happy, don't even think about having a good life

With Zhang Yan as a worker, Hong Guan felt much more relaxed. Three days later, a name he had forgotten suddenly appeared in his ears.

"Your Majesty, you haven't visited Concubine Wan and the prince for some time. Do you want to go to Concubine Wan's bedroom to take a look?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yan, who was about to leave, paused. Hong Guan was such a special person, and it was the first time she had seen him since she entered the palace. When she heard that Hong Guan was going to Concubine Wan's bedroom, she couldn't help feeling a little sour.

Hong Guan glanced at the eunuch who was speaking and asked, "What's the benefit of accepting Concubine Wan?"

When the eunuch heard this, he knelt down with a plop and said, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I confiscated the benefits from Concubine Wan. I just thought that Your Majesty had not seen the prince for many days, so you might miss him!"

"Get up, it's up to you whether you want to collect it or not. This little benefit doesn't matter, but you have to know what you can collect and what you will lose your head if you collect it."

"Yes, yes, I understand!"

"Well, since you mentioned it, let's go and take a look. Let's get ready!"

"Yes, I will make arrangements right now."

Zhang Yan was about to leave when she heard this, but Hong Guan stopped her and said, "Baozhu, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Come with me. She is also your mortal enemy. It's a good opportunity to see her for the last time!"

Zhang Yan's face changed. "What are you going to do? Concubine Wan asked Xiao Ge'er to arrest you. Now that Xiao Ge'er is dead, there is no need for you to kill Xiao Ge'er's children, right?"

Zhang Yan has seen Hong Guan's true face in the past few days and knows that he is the person who was wanted by Zhu Youxiao.

Hong Guan was a little amused, and subconsciously wanted to touch Zhang Yan's head, but she dodged cautiously. He touched his nose awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I'm used to it. Sometimes, what you know is not necessarily the truth. Come with me. After knowing the truth, you will feel that Concubine Wan deserved to die."

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what she was thinking about. Her expression became even uglier, and she followed Hong Guan to go to Concubine Wan's bedroom.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the bedroom, Concubine Wan came out to greet them. When she saw Zhang Yan, she deliberately showed a charming look and wanted to throw herself into Hong Guan's arms and act coquettishly.

Hong Guan knew that she was having an affair with Feng Lidao, and that she had an affair with Yu Huatian as well, so he felt a little disgusted and avoided her.

"Go in and talk. Let me see my good prince!"

Concubine Wan thought that Hong Guan was giving face to Zhang Yan, so she didn't think much about it. She led Hong Guan into the yard with a sweet smile and came to the room, where she saw several palace maids taking care of a crawling child on the floor.

Hong Guan walked over, picked up the child, teased him for a while, and then handed him to the wet nurse.

"I haven't seen you for a while. I didn't expect you to grow up so fast. You look more energetic."

Concubine Wan sat beside Zhang Yan and smiled sweetly, "Yes, I just miss the emperor a little bit, but unfortunately the emperor is busy with official duties and has no time to come, so I came with my sister today."

"By the way, the eunuch beside you before was called Yu Huatian, right?"

"Yeah, he led people to catch the rebels, but ended up being killed. He's really useless!"

Hong Guan looked at Concubine Wan with a fake smile and said, "Yeah, he's really useless. He brought so many people but couldn't catch a single rebel. He was even killed. But don't you think my prince is a bit like Yu Huatian?"

The smile on Concubine Wan's face froze. "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Stop joking with me."

Hong Guan looked at Concubine Wan with amusement. Although this woman was beautiful, she was not only bold but also very vicious. Many eunuchs and palace maids died at her hands.

"Is this a joke? I heard that Yu Huatian was your male favorite at first, and later became the supervisor of the Western Factory. It was also because of your words that he was trained well by Eunuch Zhao and accepted as his closed disciple.

But Yu Huatian was useless. He led so many people to the west through Longmen, but they were all wiped out, and even he himself was replaced. The next story is more interesting. My beloved, do you want to continue listening?"

Concubine Wan was sweating profusely at this time. She wanted to smile, but her whole face was frozen, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she was out of control.

"Your Majesty, please stop joking. Yu Huatian, that dog slave, died in the capital. How could he die in Longmen Pass? The one who came back couldn't be a ghost, right?"

Noticing Zhang Yan's inquiring eyes, Hong Guan continued, "Of course it's not a ghost, but the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. There is a thief in the world, his name is Bu Cangzhou, and his nickname is Fenglidao!"

Before Hong Guan finished speaking, Concubine Wan could no longer sit still and collapsed. Hong Guan pretended to be concerned and walked forward, "My beloved, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Yes, yes! I am not feeling well. Your Majesty, can you let me have a good rest?"

"I don't think it's necessary. Wait until you die. There will be plenty of time to rest later!"

Concubine Wan suddenly stood up and hugged Hong Guan's thighs. "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I was just confused for a moment. I wanted to give Your Majesty a child. Please forgive me for once!"

Hong Guan looked at Concubine Wan with a half-smile, "Forgive you this time. I am the emperor today. You have put a green hat on my head. Do you think you still have a chance?"

Concubine Wan, who had originally looked pitiful, became fierce when she heard Hong Guan's words. She pulled out a hairpin from her head and stabbed it at Hong Guan's thigh, shouting, "Someone come!"

Zhang Yan also screamed "Be careful!"

Hong Guan raised his hand, and struck Concubine Wan on the head with a palm. With a click, Concubine Wan's eyes became bloodshot and she left this world.

This was not the end. Following Concubine Wan's shouting, four eunuchs broke through the doors and windows and came in. When they saw that Concubine Wan was dead, they attacked Hong Guan without hesitation. Outside the room, there were also shouts of killing.

Hong Guan was shocked. How miserable was Zhu Youxiao's life? There were so many old sixes in the palace, and those around Concubine Wan dared to attack him directly!

He took the palm strikes from four men without dodging. There was a burning sensation in the internal strength of the four men, which was undoubtedly the sunflower qi. He was really good!

With two bangs, he kicked two of the eunuchs out, grabbed their heads, and used his Star-Absorbing Technique to help them lose weight.

After throwing down the bodies of the two men, they walked towards the other two eunuchs, who had not moved at all, as if the palace maids were frightened silly. Three of them drew soft swords from their waists and attacked Hong Guan, while one of them rushed towards Zhang Yan, with ruthless and decisive moves!

Hong Guan no longer hid, he started running, came in front of Zhang Yan, and punched the palace maid to death. The soft sword also stabbed her body, but did not break her defense. Then he punched three times in a row, relying on his speed advantage, and killed the three palace maids.

Then he sucked the remaining two eunuchs. The sound of fighting outside soon disappeared. The commander of the imperial guards stumbled in. When he saw the bodies in the room, he immediately knelt down and said, "I am late in coming to your rescue. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Hong Guan coughed and did not explain the situation in the room. "Stand up, Concubine Wan is hiding very well. You don't need to know the reason. Go and inform Wei Zhongxian in person and ask him to bring people to raid the Wan Mansion. If anyone resists, kill them without mercy!"

"I obey your order! But here?"

Hong Guan waved his hand casually, "Don't worry, the royal family is not here to serve, you don't need to worry about my safety."

The commander of the imperial guards imagined a big drama in his mind: the royal priest had been protecting him secretly, but his martial arts skills were too low to be discovered!

Seeing that Zhang Yan was still in shock, Hong Guan raised his hand and killed the remaining wet nurse. No matter whether she was Concubine Wan's woman or not, she could not be kept.

Holding Zhang Yan's hand, he walked out of the room. There were still seven or eight dead bodies of eunuchs outside, and even more dead bodies of the imperial guards. More than 80% of the ceremonial guard of more than a hundred people were killed.

Zhang Yan wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Hong Guan, "Come here, send Concubine Wan's child to the Queen's bedroom and find a wet nurse to take good care of him."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When the two returned to Zhang Yan's bedroom and entered the room, and dismissed the attendants, Zhang Yan finally spoke, "How do you know that Concubine Wan's child is not Xiao Ge'er's?"

"It's very simple, because I was the one who killed Yu Huatian, and I was the one who let Feng Lidao enter the palace. But I didn't expect that after not seeing each other for a year, he and Concubine Wan got pregnant.

He thought his son was the future emperor, so he brought people to kill me, but he didn't expect Concubine Wan to kill him as well."

"You also know that Concubine Wan has a master around her?"

Hong Guan Xiao Xiong spread his hands and said, "This is the first time I've met Concubine Wan, how could I possibly know, but I have guessed where they came from. They should be assassins trained by an organization called Black Stone."

Hong Guan also saw the sword skills of the four palace maids and realized that it was the Pi Shui sword skill. Only then did he realize that the so-called cornerstone of darkness in the court was not Zhu Youxiao's at all, but Concubine Wan's.

"What about the child?"

"Didn't someone send him to you? You should keep him in your care from now on. After all, he is innocent. Besides, this matter cannot be made public. I don't care about face, but the dead Zhu Youxiao still needs face!"

Zhang Yan opened her cherry-like mouth, speechless for a moment, not knowing whether to be sad or laugh.

"Why, you don't want to? Then I can secretly send the child out of the palace. After all, he is innocent and knows nothing."

Zhang Yan held her forehead helplessly and said, "Just stay!"

Hong Guan smiled and nodded, then left Zhang Yan's bedroom.

That night, Wei Zhongxian sent people from the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to search Concubine Wan's house. They found more than 10 million taels of silver and more than 2 million taels of gold. Even Wei Zhongxian was a little surprised.

Time passed quickly. Hong Guan sent all the famous generals of later generations that he could remember to garrison Liaodong, so that the Tartars who wanted to attack Caogu would not gain any advantage. The Ming Dynasty was thus stabilized.

Soon after a month, Wei Zhongxian entered the palace with a happy face and brought good news to Hong Guan. The big merchants in Jiangnan had confiscated hundreds of millions of silver, of course, most of which were silver bills, and there was also a lot of gold, making the national treasury, which was originally in deficit, more abundant than ever before.

"Banban, you have also seen how these people colluded with the Donglin Party and embezzled so much money from me. They are so arrogant."

Wei Zhongxian bowed and replied, "Yes, he is simply a parasite of the Ming Dynasty!" He was thinking in his heart, I haven't been so greedy, I deserve to die!

Hong Guan knocked on the dragon throne lightly. "Since they can be so greedy, then do you think Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shandong, and other places with mineral resources are also greedy?"

"Your Majesty is wise, I feel that this is more than enough!"

"Yes, it's more than enough. I want them to give up the silver now. I'm afraid that the East Factory and the Imperial Guard alone are not enough. You must immediately draw out the best troops from the army and form a new army of 10,000.

At the same time, I will recruit craftsmen from all over the country. I want to build the bows and crossbows I have researched as soon as possible, use these people to train soldiers, and then let the new army destroy the Tartars. What do you think?"

"I think it's feasible. The crossbows that the emperor has researched are incredibly powerful and will surely defeat the Tartars!"

Hong Guan nodded and took out a list with the names of Lu Wenzhao, Ding Baiying and others written on it. "Give the list to Lu Wenzhao. He is a captain of the Jinyiwei. Let him bring these people into the palace. I have arrangements!"

Wei Zhongxian accepted the order and left. During this period, the Donglin Party was very quiet. Although Wei Zhongxian was powerful in the court, he was also wary of them.

God knows how much the imperial court has been infiltrated. With 10,000 new troops and the weapons developed by the emperor, we will be able to defeat them and wipe out their roots!