The bandits in Henan were broken into pieces and were still raging in the land of Henan. They came and went without a trace. Sun Chuanting sent troops to encircle and suppress them several times, but it was always difficult to wipe them out. As long as there was a little soil for survival, they would always grow rapidly.

After more than half a year of trouble, Sun Chuanting adopted a carpet-style encirclement strategy, eliminating many bandits and dealing a heavy blow to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng rarely operates in Henan, but he led his subordinates to fight in Hubei and other places. In Hubei, Li Zicheng was like a fish in water and created a very large piece of land.

The officials and soldiers of the court were exhausted and were led by the bandits these days, but they could not catch up with Li Zicheng's main force.

Emperor Chongzhen was very annoyed. What else should he do? The court has put in such great efforts, but why are the bandits still unable to defeat them?

"Long live, Concubine Miao made some refreshments for Concubine Ng in Jingren Palace. Concubine Miao said, Concubine Ng has worked hard for state affairs recently, so I have to take care of the dragon body." An eunuch came to report.

Chongzhen said "Yes": "I understand. After finishing official business, I will go to Jingren Palace to find her. Tell Concubine Miao that I have a hard time."

When he said this, Emperor Chongzhen did not raise his head, and his eyes were always staring at the memorial in his hand. The eunuch didn't dare to say anything else, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

Putting down the memorial in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen picked up another memorial from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Jiangsu and Zhejiang were rich and were originally the main supply of taxes in the court. But at this time, local officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang wrote letters saying that they would reduce grain production in Jiangsu and Zhejiang this year and reduce some taxes to His Majesty.

Chongzhen was very annoyed. No one wrote a letter from those disaster-stricken areas, but you in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province were so poor that you cried and lost. In the following memorials, there were more troublesome things to report good news.

After watching for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen threw away the memorial in anger, then stood up and said, "Prepare the Kunning Palace."

Today is the birthday of Empress Zhou. Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to go to Kunning Palace after finishing his government affairs. But the more he read these memorials from various places, he became more annoyed. He couldn't help but take pictures and didn't want to read them anymore.

"Long live, you, you just said you were going to Jingren Palace." A little eunuch next to him whispered.

Chongzhen was stunned: "Have I said it?"

"Long lively, you just said that Concubine Miao has prepared refreshments for you in Jingren Palace. You said you will go there later."

Chongzhen said "Oh" and frowned with some hesitation: "But, I promised the queen that I would celebrate her birthday with her."

The eunuch next to him said again: "Long live, Concubine Miao knows that Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so she is anxious to eat and eat in Jingren Palace. Concubine Miao said that being a concubine cannot share the worries for Long Live is really a dereliction of duty. The Empress made some refreshments by herself, just to let Your Majesty go there and relax."

The disadvantage of having more concubines in the harem is that it is easy for eunuchs to influence the emperor. If there are so many concubines, the emperor wants to favor more? Sometimes the eunuchs around him play a big role.

The eunuch on duty today is not Wang Cheng'en, but other people in the Silijian. Wang Cheng'en can't stay by Chongzhen's side for twelve hours a day, and he also needs a rotation.

At this time, the eunuchs on duty were all from the Sili Supervisor. They had already been bribed by Concubine Miao. Concubine Miao made a big deal, and each of them gave him hundreds to thousands of taels of silver.

Concubine Miao's family was originally a businessman and had a wealthy family. It was easy to buy a few eunuchs in the harem.

Originally, Chongzhen promised Empress Zhou to celebrate her birthday today. But thinking of Concubine Miao's efforts, and when she was busy with government affairs, she had already agreed to the other party.

At this time, I thought that Concubine Miao was already preparing to welcome him in Jingren Palace. Concubine Miao was a newly-elected enthronement after all. After thinking about it, Chongzhen had to say, "Okay, let's go to Jingren Palace."

The eunuchs beside him immediately summoned him happily: "Prepare the Jingren Palace!"

Queen Zhou was very happy. After all, today is her birthday. Long lively Emperor has agreed to finish his official duties earlier and spend a good birthday with her.

For this reason, Empress Zhou dressed up carefully and the Kunning Palace was redesigned. Empress Zhou, who had always been thrifty, prepared a table of dishes for the first time, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to come.

Princess Kunxing jumped over and ran over, and suddenly got into Queen Zhou's arms: "Mother, when will the father come? My son and I am hungry."

Queen Zhou smiled slightly, hugged her daughter intimately, and kissed her gently on the forehead: "Your father is busy with government affairs, let's wait a little longer. When your father comes back, will we start the meal?"

Princess Kunxing raised her head and flashed with big black eyes: "Okay, mom, I miss my brother, I don't know when my brother will come back."

Queen Zhou hugged her daughter tightly: "It's almost done, your brother is a good person. I heard that the memorials from Liaodong are all praising your brother's abilities."

Princess Kunxing smiled slightly: "That's right, of course my brother is amazing."

The candlelight of Kunning Palace swayed, and most of the candles burned. In the cold bedroom, a row of palace maids stood on both sides of Queen Zhou. They lowered their hands and lowered their heads, and none of them dared to make a sound.

Queen Zhou frowned and felt a little unhappy. No matter how busy he is, today is his birthday, so can he come to the court early to accompany him?

Princess Kunxing was already a little sleepy. She curled up in Queen Zhou's arms and yawned repeatedly: "Mother, why haven't the father come yet?"

"It's soon, it's soon, let's wait." Queen Zhou patted her gently.

"Empress, do you want me to go to Qianqing Palace to see it?" A maid beside Empress Zhou asked.

Before Empress Zhou could answer, a palace maid walked in in a panic look. She first gave a bow to Empress Zhou, and then said with a little resentment: "Empress, Master Long Sui said that he will not come to Kunning Palace anymore. Master Long Sui told the Empress and the Princess not to wait for him."

Queen Zhou was shocked, and Princess Kunxing suddenly came out of Queen Zhou's arms: "Why, my father promised to have dinner with me and my mother. Today is my mother's birthday, why didn't my father come?"

"Emperor, come here." Empress Zhou pulled her daughter over and said softly: "I think you have encountered something big in the court. Your father can't get rid of it now. Good daughter, let's eat it ourselves."

The Empress Zhou was so reasonable, it must be that something big happened to the court. Otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would never have had any reason to not come.

Unexpectedly, the palace maid bit her lips lightly and rubbed her hands nervously: "Go back to the Queen, Long live, Long live, Long live, Jingren Palace."

When Empress Zhou heard this, her face changed drastically: "What, what are you saying."
Chapter completed!