Chapter 313 Reward
Zhang Guifen smiled and said: "I'm fine, I didn't show any signs of joy. I still have a bad appetite these two days, I didn't take it seriously, and Cui'e insisted on finding Mrs. He. Come and have a look, then you will know that it is there."
"If you feel any discomfort, please call the imperial doctor immediately. Otherwise, what would I do with so much salary to support them? Fortunately, Cui'e is smart, otherwise it would be impossible. Whatever happens, you will regret it later," Zhao Xing said reproachfully.
Zhang Guifen was also a little scared and said: "Thanks to Cui'e this time."
The weather has been getting hotter these days, and she has a bad appetite, but she doesn't care.
If something happened, she would probably blame herself to death.
"Okay, don't blame yourself, and be more careful in the future."
Zhao Xing was afraid that Zhang Guifen would have this random thought, so he changed the subject and said, "It is also the child who feels sorry for you as a mother. I didn’t bother you, otherwise you would have suffered.”
“Yes, it looks like he must be a brother.” Zhang Guifen stroked her belly and smiled.
"This is not necessarily true. I think she is a daughter. Only daughters know how to love others." Zhao Xing said.
In fact, he also hopes to have a son, but it is not that he favors sons over daughters. Zhang Guifen is the queen, and it is better to be the first to have a son.
However, he was afraid that Zhang Guifen’s expectations were too high and the birth of a daughter would be a huge disappointment.
Zhang Guifen said angrily: "No, that's not the case. Don't they say that mother and son are connected?"
"Okay, okay, I like them both, brother or sister." Zhao Xing smiled.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Guifen urged Zhao Xing to handle government affairs.
Zhao Xing did not agree. There was nothing important to do now, so there was no urgency in leaving it to be dealt with tomorrow.
After dinner in the evening, Zhao Xing helped Zhang Guifen go for a walk in the garden.
"Your Majesty, I am just pregnant, so I can leave on my own." Zhang Guifen said.
“No matter how careful you are about this kind of thing.”
Zhao Xing said: “I am usually busy and don’t have much time to accompany you. If you are idle and bored, let Yanran and Rulan If they can’t go and talk to you, you can ask your mother-in-law to come to the palace to accompany you.”
"That's right!"
Zhao Xing patted his forehead and said, "I was so happy that I forgot to send someone to the British government to announce the good news."
"My concubine also forgot. "Zhang Guifen reminded: "The father, the emperor, and the queen should also send someone to inform them."
"Well, it's getting late now. I will send someone to announce the news tomorrow." Zhao Xing said.
In the evening, Zhang Guifen wanted Cui'e to serve Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing did not agree.
Although he had doted on Cui'e, it was too much for him to dote on Cui Wei when Zhang Guifen was just pregnant.
The next day, after having breakfast with Zhang Guifen, Zhao Xingcai went to Longtuge.
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I wonder if Zhang Guifen was lucky because of her pregnancy. In the morning, I received an urgent letter from the north saying that Yelu Zhongyuan was sending troops. .
Yelu Chongyuan mobilized 300,000 troops and horses, as if he was going to fight Yelu Yixin.
Shangjing is an important city, and there are nearly 200,000 troops in the city. Even if Yelu Zhongyuan dispatches 300,000 troops, it will not be easy to break through Shangjing, so Yelu Yixin is not worried.
However, just in case, Yelu Yixin still mobilized some soldiers and horses from nearby cities.
Unexpectedly, after Yelu Zhongyuan's army pressed the border, he directly turned his guns, dispatched half of his troops, divided his forces to capture several cities, and then nibbled away at the surrounding areas.
Although the Liao court's military strength exceeded that of Yelu and Chongyuan, it still needed troops to defend the Song and Xia borders.
There are not many troops left in those cities, and some of them were transferred away by Yelu Yixin, so they are no match for them.
For a time, many cities even looked down upon the wind.
In fact, it is normal for this situation to occur. For most people in the Liao Kingdom, this is a civil war between the Yelu family. Who wins and who loses, the Liao Kingdom or the Liao Kingdom? The interests of most of them will not affected.
I would rather die than surrender or anything like that. It’s totally unacceptable.
Now Yelu Yixin was panicking. If Yelu Zhongyuan captured most of the territory, he would be killed without fighting at all.
However, Yelu Yixin was not an easy person, so he sent out all the cavalry in the city to sneak attack the soldiers and horses Yelu Chongyuan sent out to attack the city and plunder the territory.
You must know that Yelu Chongyuan still has 150,000 soldiers and horses outside Shangjing.
Yelü Chongyuan did not dare to send troops to blockade the capital directly because he was worried about the cavalry in the city.
Once he divided his troops to block all the gates of Shangjing, and with his troops dispersed, Yelu Yixin could send out cavalry to deal with the troops in one direction.
By doing this, Yelu Zhongyuan was also trying to lure the snake out of its hole.
However, Yelu Yixin had no choice. He did not send out cavalry, so Yelu Chongyuan continued to attack the city and plunder the territory. When he reached the capital, only the isolated city was left. In the end, Yelu Yixin was still going to be defeated.
Yelu Yixin sent out cavalry, and he could besiege the city unscrupulously.
And there are only over a hundred thousand soldiers and horses left in the city, so it will be much easier to attack the city.
The urgent report finally mentioned that Yelu Chongyuan had deployed troops to besiege the city.
After reading the information, Zhao Xing smiled slightly, the more fierce the Liao Kingdom's fight, the better.
Before, Zhao Xing asked Han Zhang to find the Liao envoy, hinting to the Liao that as long as the Liao was willing to cancel the annual currency, the Song Dynasty would not send troops.
After the envoys of the Liao State passed the news back to the Liao State, the Liao State kept delaying the matter, neither agreeing nor rejecting it.
Now that the Liao royal family is under such great pressure, they will inevitably mobilize troops from the border.
It is very likely that he will agree to Song Dynasty’s conditions. Although the civil strife in Liao was subsided, there was no hope of recovery in a short time.
Even if the Song Dynasty did not give it, the Liao Kingdom would not send troops to invade the border.
However, Zhao Xing wanted to destroy Xixia first and then launch troops against the Liao Kingdom, so before that, he did not want to break up with the Liao Kingdom.
The news from the Liao Kingdom has not yet been received, and good news came from the harem.
Minglan is here!
Zhao Xing had always lacked a reason to canonize Minglan before. Now that Minglan is pregnant with a child, he has a reason to canonize him.
Zhao Xing directly canonized Minglan as a beauty, the same level as Rulan.
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Chunjin Pavilion
Ru Lan said with a depressed look: "You have moved away, and there is no one to talk to me anymore."
"This way It's not far from Fifth Sister's Lanxun Pavilion. If Fifth Sister wants to talk to me, it's only a few steps away," Minglan said with a smile.
"But you and I usually sleep together. Now that you have moved out, I am the only one sleeping. I am not used to it." Ru Lan muttered.
"Fifth sister." Minglan leaned into Ru Lan's ear and whispered: "Now that the eldest lady is pregnant, I am also pregnant. There are not many concubines in the harem, so won't you be able to get more favor from His Majesty?"
"It's not like you don't know that the reason why His Majesty comes to my room so often is because we sisters serve him together. Now that you have moved away, your favor will only become less, not more. Ru Lan shook her head and said.
"Uh..."
Minglan didn't expect Rulan to be so shrewd now, and she didn't know how to comfort her.
Indeed, apart from Zhang Guifen, Zhao Xing spent the most nights with them.
She had also served Zhao Xing alone, and she could clearly feel that Zhao Xing would be much more excited when she was with Ru Lan.
Fortunately, Cui’s mother walked in at this time and rescued her.
"Six...Empress, the Queen Empress has arranged for the female officials to send some palace maids over." Cui's mother said.
Before, Minglan had no name and no status. She always called her Sixth Girl just like she did in the Sheng family.
Now that Minglan has been canonized as a beauty, it’s time to change her name to empress, but she can’t change her name for a while.
"Mother Cui, please look at the arrangements." Minglan said.
"Yes!" Cui's mother responded and said: "The female officer sent by the Queen Mother also brought a message, saying that if the concubine is canonized or pregnant with a dragon son, her mother's family will be rewarded. I don't know about the Queen Mother Do you have any letters from home that you need to take back? "
"I understand. I'll write a letter right away and you can send someone to deliver it for me." Minglan said.
The palace is not as good as the East Palace. Although she cannot return to the Sheng family in the East Palace, she can still send someone a letter or something.
The entrance and exit of the palace is very strict. If you want to send a message back, you need permission.
Minglan told Rulan and asked someone to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, write a letter and give it to Cui's mother.
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Sheng Family
“Alas, my mother is also annoyed with me because of my sister’s affairs.” Mrs. Wang sighed.
Since she no longer has Lin Xiaoniang as a rival and her daughters are all married, Mrs. Wang has nothing to do and is a bit bored.
It was okay before, and her sister Kang Wang often came to talk to her, but now she doesn't even have anyone to talk to.
This person likes to think wildly when he is idle, and unconsciously she thought of the Kangwang family again.
Kang Wang was sent to the Criminal Punishment Department. Mrs. Wang couldn't blame her uncle Sheng Hong, so she blamed her for the incident.
I think if it hadn’t been for her, Prince Kang would not have gone to the East Palace, and naturally he would not have offended Zhao Xing.
Seeing Mrs. Wang sighing, Mother Liu was worried that Mrs. Wang would fall ill from suppressing the pain, so she said, "Madam, Brother Feng's wedding is coming soon, and there are still many things that have not been arranged."
"Just let it be done. I won't bother with him getting a wife. He won't be grateful to me if he does it well. If he doesn't do well as an official, he will have to blame me." Mrs. Wang said.
Mother Liu wanted to persuade her again, but a maid came in.
"Madam, I sent someone from the front yard to tell you that someone from the palace has come to deliver a reward." The maid said.
“Reward?” Mrs. Wang was stunned and asked strangely: “Didn’t you get a reward a few days ago? This is so disrespectful, how come there is another reward?”
“Big Madam, no matter what the reason is, it is always a good thing. The reward given by the palace means that the fifth girl is favored in the palace. The eldest lady, hurry up and take a look, don't keep the palace people waiting." Mother Liu reminded.
"Yes, yes, hurry up and help me dress up." Mrs. Wang also reacted and urged quickly.
There was a flurry of excitement, and Mrs. Wang, who had dressed up, hurried to the front hall.
Mrs. Wang entered the front hall through the back door. When she entered the hall, she saw many boxes on the ground and several tables filled with various boxes.
This posture seems to be much more generous than the reward given to Lan by the canonized beauty some time ago.
"What do you call this father-in-law?" Madam Wang asked the leading eunuch with a smile.
"Our surname is Wang." The leading old man said with a smile and a salute.
Madam Wang secretly thought that it was unlucky that she had the same surname as her.
“I wonder why the palace suddenly sent a reward?” Mrs. Wang asked.
(End of this chapter)