Chapter 5: Shaanxi Thieves (1)
"Da Yu'er, the princess on the Korqin Grassland in Mongolia, have you thought about it?" Zhu Yinglong stared at Da Yu'er coldly and asked.
"I, I..." Da Yu'er was so nervous that she couldn't speak under Zhu Yinglong's sharp eyes.
"Since you haven't thought about it yet, then come to see me after you have thought about it!" Zhu Yinglong withdrew his eyes and said calmly, "But once you make a decision, you can't regret it. Maybe your husband Huang Taiji will soon know that you are by my side, and I am waiting for your decision too!"
"If I want you to send me back, will you?" Da Yu'er mustered up her courage and raised her head and asked.
"No, because you belong to me now. If your husband Huang Taiji can take you back from me, you will not belong to me by that time." Zhu Yinglong looked at Da Yu'er with a smile and said.
"He will definitely take me back from you!" Da Yu'er said confidently, obviously she was full of great confidence in Huang Taiji.
"Oh, so confident?" Zhu Yinglong laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll wait and see how he takes you away from me!"
"But, before he took you away, you belonged to me, do you understand?" Zhu Yinglong changed his mind and said coldly.
"You, what do you want to do to me..." Da Yu'er suddenly felt her body tremble slightly, and a chill rose from the bottom of her heart.
"You will know when you make a decision." Zhu Yinglong smiled faintly and waved his hand to ask Xu Yingyuan to take the person out.
"Yanhong!" Zhu Yinglong seemed to remember that he hadn't visited Zhou Yingning today, so he stood up and called out to the side door.
"I am here!" Yanhong immediately lifted the curtain on the side door and walked over when she heard this.
"Let's go and accompany me to see your sister Yingning." Zhu Yinglong grabbed Yanhong's weak and boneless little hand and walked out.
In order to avoid the saliva of the stubborn ministers and censors in the court, Zhu Yinglong arranged for Zhou Yingning to live in the Xuqin Palace, where he lived in the palace. He responded to the example of living and empress. All the girls knew that the emperor had already made Zhou Yingning the queen, and even if he had that intention, he could not fight.
"Are you getting better today?" As soon as Zhu Yinglong and Yanhong walked into the dormitory of Xuqin Palace, they saw Zhou Yingning sitting on the bed with a quilt in her hand, holding a book in her hand. It seemed that she had nothing to do alone and was spending time studying and enjoying time.
"It's the emperor, I'm my concubine..." Zhou Yingning raised his eyes and saw Zhu Yinglong's face. He was shocked because he was focused on reading.
"What book is so fascinating?" How could Zhu Yinglong not see it? He stretched out his hand and gently walked into his hand. The book in Zhou Yingning's hand came to his hand. He opened the sky blue book cover, and the three big words "The West Chamber" were printed into Zhu Yinglong's eyes.
"Emperor, I'm..." Zhou Yingning said shyly.
Zhu Yinglong returned the book in his hand to Zhou Yingning and said, "It's nothing. You have just recovered from a serious illness. You need to rest more. It's easy to get fascinated by reading books. If you catch a cold again, it will be troublesome!"
"I know I'm wrong." Zhou Ying said with a voice like a mosquito.
"I am also doing it for your own good. You must recover from the illness soon. I have many things to do!" Zhu Yinglong stretched out his left arm and hugged Zhou Yingning in his arms, hugged her thin body and said, "When you recover from the illness, I must taste my good Ning'er well. I have been waiting for it for two years!"
"Your Majesty, you are so bad, Sister Yanhong is still here!" Zhou Yingning hid all her head in Zhu Yinglong's arms. Yanhong, who was standing beside her, suddenly had watery eyes, lowered her head, and her beautiful eyes secretly glanced at Zhu Yinglong from time to time. It was obvious that Zhu Yinglong had touched her mind, and she was also waiting for the man in front of her to taste it!
"I plan to leave the matters of the inner palace to you when you recover from illness." Zhu Yinglong said.
"Emperor, I'm..."
"Don't tell me these things. You are you, your father is your father, I am the emperor. Who is the queen? This is my family matter. Don't be afraid of those people talking nonsense."
"Emperor, I heard from you that the empress is the emperor's family affairs, but this is also a state affairs. The mother of a country is not allowed to have any stains. Emperor, I would rather not be the position of queen. Being an ordinary concubine of the emperor is already satisfied." Zhou Yingning advised.
"Ning'er, just because of your profound understanding of the great power, this position of queen is yours, and you don't have to persuade me. You can discuss other matters, but I will never give in to this matter!" Zhu Yinglong was determined to make Zhou Yingning the queen.
Zhou Yingning sighed with a sad expression. She knew her husband's temper. Some things decided that there was room for improvement, but some things could not be changed at all.
"You should take good care of your illness. I will come to see you again when you have time. I have to deal with state affairs. Remember to be careful not to catch a cold while reading a book." Zhu Yinglong suddenly caught a glimpse of Xu Yingyuan's figure at the door, and knew that there was something to look for him. He hurriedly comforted Zhou Yingning, covered her quilt, and then gently kissed her smooth forehead and said gently.
"Your Majesty, your national affairs are important. You don't have to worry about me. You can get out of bed after a few more days of rest." Zhou Yingning replied with a sweet smile.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Yinglong walked out of the dormitory and asked in a deep voice to Xu Yingyuan who was rushing around at the door.
"Your Majesty, look!" Xu Yingyuan took out a memorial from his cuff and handed it over and said.
This was really a wave of failure, and the memorial was written by Li Yingqi, the Shaanxi Censor, who participated in the memorial by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi. Originally, one of them was responsible for extermination of the thieves and the other was responsible for appeasement of the thieves. The division of labor was clear. It was okay to cooperate at the beginning. Many thieves were wiped out. Those who had no livelihood were gathered together. Those who were willing to go home to farm, the court distributed seeds, farm tools and rations, and were homeless. The court specially set a piece of land in Shaanxi to let these people open up land and farm, and the court also ensured that their lives were worry-free. In this way, the disaster of thieves in some places in Shaanxi was greatly reduced, but it turned out that Hong Chengchou, the killing star, was the master.
Zhang all wiped out the thieves, believing that even if these people gave them seeds and farming tools and food, they would not farm and collect food. In ancient words, it is easy to change the country and nature is hard to change. It is used to living a life of no effort. It is almost impossible for them to pick up a hoe again. Therefore, he was cruel and ruthless to eliminate the thieves and did not leave any living. Over time, the thieves resisted more and more, and the people distrust the government even more. In addition to the misrepresentation of rumors, the thieves chose to fight against the court and no longer trust the court's appeasement policies. Those refugees who showed up were beaten into hawks and dogs of the court, making Li Yingqi unable to continue his work.
Chapter completed!