Kunning Palace in the Forbidden City, Beijing

It was late at night, and in a bedroom in Kunning Palace, more than a dozen red candles as thick as children's arms illuminated the entire dormitory.

The gilded dressing table, the round belly stool, the pineapple carved bed, the scarlet wool carpet and the one-man tall blue and white porcelain vase placed in the corner make the whole bedroom extraordinarily warm.

The pink veil covers the windows so that the moonlight from outside does not shine in, adding a warm atmosphere to the dormitory.

On the gilded dresser in the bedroom is a glass mirror half a person high, and Zhang Yan, the current queen of the Ming Dynasty and the owner of Kunning Palace, is sitting in front of this dresser.

Zhang Yan is in her early twenties, wearing a moon-white cloud silk cicada wing veil, black and thick hair, combing a delicate falling horse bun, a jasper phoenix hairpin inserted in the cloud temples, wearing a tourmaline incense bead bracelet on her hands with condensed skin, and wearing ivory white lotus soft satin embroidered shoes on her feet.

Behind Zhang Yan, a little palace maid wearing a light green palace veil was skillfully untying the sideburns on her head, and the palace maid nagged while untying her sideburns: "Niangniang, it's already late at night, you better rest early, the slave maid looks at the long live lord tonight, and estimates that he will not come over tonight, Imperial Doctor Liu said, you have a bad body and bones, you should rest early every day." ”

Zhang Yan chuckled, turned around and tapped lightly on the palace maid's forehead, "Wen Gong, when did you become a fortune teller, you even know that you can't even come over." ”

The palace maid named Wen Gong pursed her lips, "The slave just knows that the emperor always goes to Concubine Ren to sleep these days, how can he come to you." ”

Zhang Yan shook her head, "You, don't always inquire every day, you are also an old man who has been in the palace for many years, you won't even understand this rule, if you let Wang Tiqian and them grasp the handle, even I can't speak for you." ”

As soon as he heard the name Wang Tiqian, Wengong's little face changed color a little, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, was Wei Zhongxian's most loyal minion, and Wei Zhongxian regarded Zhang Yan as a thorn in his side, if he fell into their hands, it would be difficult not to die.

Seeing Wen Gong's scared look, Zhang Yan gently patted her little hand and comforted: "You don't have to be afraid, after all, you are the person next to me, as long as you don't bother with any big mistakes, they won't do anything to you." ”

Zhang Yan didn't say anything, as soon as she said that Wen Gong was even more scared, she said in a trembling voice: "Niangniang, don't say it, the more you talk about it, the more cautious the slave and maid will be." ”

"You ......" Zhang Yan just wanted to speak, but heard a man's voice ring behind her.

"Wen Gong, what are you afraid of, are you in trouble again?"

After hearing the voice of the visitor, Zhang Yan's pretty face, which was still calm and composed, showed a joy that could not be concealed, and she quickly stood up and saluted the visitor.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a bright yellow dress, walked up to Zhang Yan and helped Zhang Yan up, and said with a smile: "What...... You are my queen, can't I come to sleep with you at night? ”

"What did Your Majesty say, who wouldn't let you come." Zhang Yan couldn't help but glance at Zhu Youxiao with disgust.

At this time, Wen Gong didn't care about talking, and quickly moved a stool and put it behind Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao sat down and then turned his head to Wen Gong and smiled: "Why, what did you say about this little girl just now, why are you so cautious." ”

Wen Gong dared to speak, but he lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, Shicai Wen Palace urged the concubine to rest early, and said that His Majesty designated that she would not come, and the concubine just gave her a few words, and she was afraid." ”

"Oh......"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wen Gong and couldn't help but shake his head: "You little girl, you dare to criticize me, no wonder the queen also reprimanded you." You can't be so reckless in the future, the palace has its own rules in the palace, if you let Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian see it, they will definitely punish you. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty Xie mentions!" Wen Gong quickly knelt down and thanked him.

"Okay, okay, don't kneel, I'm dizzy." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and got up with Wen Palace.

At this time, Zhang Yan took a cup of tea and handed it to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, why are you free to come to the concubine today, and look at your expression, is there something happy to do?" ”

"Zitong, you still know me best, you can see it at a glance." Zhu Youxiao took the teacup and took a sip, then handed it to the Wen Palace beside him, and said with an excited look on his face: "I received the fold from Zhenjiang Mansion just now, and the siege of Zhenjiang Mansion has been lifted. The thieves besieging the city were defeated, and the Ming army who came to help but capture more than 1,000 heads, and more than 600 thieves were captured, and even the thieves were captured alive, so the situation in Jiangnan was much more stable. ”

"Oh...... Really? Zhang Yan is also very happy, these days due to the news of the reappearance of the widows, the atmosphere in the palace has also become tense, everyone knows that Jiangnan is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, six to seventy percent of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty come from Jiangnan, once the Jiangnan is chaotic, it will endanger the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and now this thief is actually ambushed, Zhang Yan is also sincerely happy for her husband.

"Your Majesty, which general defeated the thief, you should praise him well."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing: "You also know this person, and the dresser you are using now was given to you by someone." ”

Zhang Yan said in surprise: "Oh...... Could it be the Yang Feng Yang Qianhu of Nanjing that you often mention? ”

"Exactly."

Zhu Youxiao grinned happily, "I really didn't expect that in addition to this Yang Feng being able to resell rare things and understand some principles of governing the country, he is also proficient in military affairs. In the first battle, more than 2,000 thieves were annihilated, and the thief chieftain was captured alive, which was a solid slap in the face of some people. ”

"Flutter!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yan laughed, she naturally knew who Zhu Youxiao was talking about, just a few days ago, Xiong Zefu, who served as the Nanjing Inspector Yushi, and several other officials broke bullets to impeach Yang Feng, saying that he exploited the military households arrogantly, and gathered the homeless people to buy people's hearts, and was suspected of plotting against him. However, these folds were all kept by Zhu Youxiao, because Zhu Youxiao knew very well who the people standing behind these officials were, so he would not fall for these people.

Zhang Yan said softly: "Your Majesty, since this Yang Qianhu has made great contributions, you should reward him well." ”

"That's nature." Zhu Youxiao said without thinking: "I have already thought about it, such a talent cannot be wasted, he should be crowned as the commander of Jiang Ningwei, I want to see which thief dares to invade my Jiangnan this time." ”