Kunning Palace, Forbidden City, Beijing

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

The gilded dressing table, round dumb stool, a large pineapple wood carved bed, a scarlet wool carpet and a one-person-high blue and white porcelain vase placed in the corner make the entire bedroom look particularly warm.

The pink veil covers the window and makes the moonlight outside unable to shine, adding a bit of warm atmosphere to the bedroom.

On the gilded dressing table in the dormitory, there was a half-person-high glass mirror. The current queen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yan, the owner of Kunning Palace, sat in front of this dressing table.

Zhang Yan was in her early twenties, wearing a moon-white cloud silk cicada wing gauze, black and thick hair, and a delicate horse-drawn bun. She was wearing a jade phoenix tail hairpin in her clouds. She wore a tourmaline incense beads bracelet on her hands, and her feet were wearing ivory white lotus soft satin embroidered shoes. She exuded a graceful and luxurious and beautiful smell.

Behind Zhang Yan, a little palace maid wearing a light green palace veil was skillfully untiing her hair on her head. The palace maid was nagging while untiing her hair: "Empress, it's already late at night, you should take a break early. I look at the Lord Long Live tonight and guess I won't come here. Doctor Liu said, "You are not in good health and you should take a break early every day."

Zhang Yan burst into laughter, turned around and lit a lightly on the forehead of the palace maid, "Wengong, when did you become a fortune teller? Even Master Long Sui can't come over."

The palace maid named Wengong pouted, "I just know that the emperor always goes to Concubine Ren to bed these days, how could he come to you?"

Zhang Yan shook her head, "You, don't always ask around every day. You are also an old man who has been in the palace for many years. You won't even understand these rules. If Wang Tiqian and the others seize the handle, it will be difficult for me to speak for you."

When Wen Gong's little face changed a little as he heard the name of Wang Tiqian. The eunuch of Silijian Bingbing, Wang Tiqian was Wei Zhongxian's most loyal minion, and Wei Zhongxian regarded Zhang Yan as a thorn in his eyes. It would be difficult for him to die if he fell into their hands.

Seeing Wen Gong's fearful look, Zhang Yan gently patted her little hand and comforted her: "You don't have to be afraid. After all, you are someone around me. As long as you are not upset with any big mistakes, they will not do anything to you."

It would be fine if Zhang Yan didn't say it, but when she said it, Wen Gong became even more scared. She said in a trembling voice: "Empress, stop talking. The more I talk, the more I feel more cautious."

"You..." Zhang Yan was about to speak, but she heard a man's voice ringing behind her.

"What are you afraid of Wengong? Are you in trouble again?"

After hearing the voice of the visitor, Zhang Yan's pretty face, which was calm and calm, showed an unconcealed joy. She quickly stood up and bowed to 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, wearing a bright yellow dress, walked up to Zhang Yan and helped Zhang Yan up, and smiled and said, "Why... you are my queen. Can't I come to you to bed at night?"

"Where is your Majesty saying, who won't let you come?" Zhang Yan couldn't help but give Zhu Youxiao a coquettish look.

At this time, Wen Gong didn't bother to speak, so he quickly moved a stool and placed it behind Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao sat down and then turned to Wen Gong and smiled: "What, you little girl said just now, why are you so cautious?"

Wengong dared not speak, but just lowered his head and said no.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. Just now, Wengong urged me to rest early, and said that Your Majesty would not come here. I only scolded her for a few words before she was afraid."

"oh……"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wen Gong and couldn't help but shake his head: "You little girl, how dare you criticize me? No wonder the queen scolds you too. You can't be so reckless in the future. The palace has its own rules. If Wei Zhongxian and Wang Ti will definitely punish you when he sees these people."

"Yes, thank your Majesty for your advice!" Wengong quickly knelt down and thanked him.

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

At this time, Zhang Yan brought a cup of tea and handed it to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, why are you here today? And looking at your expression, is there any happy event?"

"Zi Tong, you know me best, you can tell at a glance." Zhu Youxiao took the teacup and took a sip and handed it to Wengong beside him, with an excited expression on his face: "I just received the memorandum from Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the siege of Zhenjiang Prefecture has been lifted. The siege of the siege was defeated, and the Ming army who came to assist couldn't help but seize more than 1,000 heads, and even the head of the thief was captured alive. The situation in Jiangnan is much more stable now."

"Oh... is that?" Zhang Yan was also very happy. Due to the news of the reappearance of Japanese pirates these days, the atmosphere in the palace became tense. Everyone knew that Jiangnan was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Sixty to seventy percent of the taxes in the Ming Dynasty came from Jiangnan. Once Jiangnan was in chaos, it would endanger the Ming Dynasty's country. Now this bandit was killed, and Zhang Yan was sincerely happy for her husband.

"Your Majesty, who is the general who defeated the bandit? You must praise him well."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing: "You know this person too. The dressing table you are using now is given to you by someone."

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

“That’s right.”

Zhu Youxiao grinned happily, "I really didn't expect that in addition to reselling rare things and understanding some principles of governing the country, Yang Feng was also proficient in military affairs. He wiped out more than 2,000 bandits in one battle and captured the thief chief alive. This really slapped some people in the face."

"Puchi!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yan laughed. She naturally knew who Zhu Youxiao was talking about. Just a few days ago, several censors such as Xiong Zefu, who served as Nanjing Supervisor, impeached Yang Feng, saying that he exploited military households and arrogantly robbed the people, and suspected that he had a ill-intentioned intention. However, Zhu Youxiao kept these clerks and refused to issue them, because Zhu Youxiao knew very well who was standing behind these censors, so he would not be fooled by these people.

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