Chapter 696: Four women are in a play, who can’t curse?

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Yang Yinghan is weak and looks timid, as if anyone can bully him. She is indeed not aware of her and does not compete with others. Most people think that she has no big highlights besides being kind. However, if you think she is weak and can bully her, it would be wrong. If she can protect herself in Yangjiatun, she will naturally have her own hard side.

On this side, don’t talk about Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun is her reverse scale. If others say that Zhang Zhun is not, she will be very unhappy. Even if you are the emperor’s sister-in-law, you cannot do it. When you are unhappy, she dares to point at the emperor’s nose and curse.

That's right, she was indeed a little nervous before, thinking that Zhang Yan was the lofty Queen Yian. She was just a commoner woman. When they met, they didn't know how to talk. The result was good. Zhang Yan used Zhang Zhun as an example and blamed Zhang Zhun. Yang Yinghan was no longer afraid and directly confronted her.

Of course, Ning Lingwei instigated the matter about Wu Sangui. Even if Yang Yinghan wanted to contradict Zhang Yan, she didn't understand the powerful relationship. She didn't understand military affairs at all. However, as soon as Ning Lingwei said it, she understood. As a result, these words happened to hit Zhang Yan's weakness.

Zhang Yan did bear certain responsibility for Sun Chengzong's death. If she hadn't stayed in Tianjin Wei, Wu Sangui could have quickly rush to Gaoyang City to rescue Sun Chengzong. However, because Tianjin Wei had an empress more important than Sun Chengzong, the Ministry of War did not dare to touch Wu Sangui at all. As a result, she could only sit back and watch Sun Chengzong be killed, which implicated Lu Xiangsheng and was arrested and imprisoned.

After the incident, Zhang Yan also felt a little bit self-blame. If she hadn't fought with Zhang Zhun and deliberately stayed in Tianjin Wei for so long, Wu Sangui would not have been restrained, Sun Chengzong would not have died, and Lu Xiangsheng would not have been arrested and imprisoned. However, she would not have easily admitted her mistake. If she admitted her mistake, it would be equivalent to admitting that Chongzhen was also wrong. This is absolutely impossible.

Chu Bingyan next to him interrupted and said, "Yang Yinghan, you are the one who is wrong! What are you talking nonsense? You dare to say the Queen?"

Ning Lingwei said with a word: "We speak, it's your turn, a palace maid, to interrupt? We are the following, what are you? You are not the following? Are the people around the Empress all so uneducated? Is it better for us to be a commoner woman! We don't have the opportunity to learn etiquette. Those who don't know will not be guilty. You are aware of your crimes, and you will be punished with the crimes of the first level!"

Chu Bingyan suddenly became angry and her face turned red and white.

She usually follows Zhang Yan, and others are always in good manner when they see Zhang Yan, including Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, she, a female official, has never suffered any grievances. Unexpectedly, she was confronted by Ning Lingwei here for a moment. She was caught off guard and did not react in time.

Zhang Yan had to say coldly: "No matter what, rules are rules. Without rules, you cannot make a square or square. The rules of the court cannot be broken. I believe that Zhang Zhun cannot tolerate his subordinates' disrespect for him!"

Ning Lingwei said casually: "Zhang Zhun didn't say he wouldn't come to meet the Queen, but he just didn't have time for the time being! If the Queen is not satisfied, please stay in Dengzhou City for the time being. Whenever the Tartars are defeated, Zhang Zhun will come to meet the Queen."

Chu Bingyan said angrily: "Since that's the case, why should the Empress come? When will Zhang Zhun of your family be free and when will he go to the capital to visit him?"

Ning Lingwei smiled coldly and said disdainfully: "Hey, this sentence is what you said. Don't regret it when the time comes. Is it great to go to the capital? Don't think that our adults dare not go to the capital! I'm afraid that after he goes, your emperor will be scared to death."

She is really an ignorant and fearless. She dares to say anything, regardless of Zhang Yan's face turned a little blue. Zhang Yan estimated that Yang Yinghan's appearance, Ning Lingwei's appearance was completely an alien. Zhang Yan didn't understand at all. Why are there people like Ning Lingwei around Zhang Zhun? Ning Lingwei looks like... she has no brains at all!

Chu Bingyan said without hesitation: "There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital, and are you still afraid of your Zhang Zhun? Your Hu Ben Army will not go to fight the Tartars, but will always be aimed at fighting the capital. What do you mean?"

Ning Lingwei said bluntly: "Hmph! I'm about to say you! You'll make a fuss first! I'm going to ask you, what are your men doing? You don't think about how to fight the Tartars, but you just want to destroy us! The Tartars are really closer than your father! How did the Tartars enter Northern Zhili? Where are the imperial army? Are the imperial army a bunch of waste or a bunch of pigs?"

"Our Hu Ben Army has only 20,000 to 30,000 people, and can block the attack of the Tartars. It still hurt the Tartars near Dongjiabao. Your court has hundreds of thousands of troops, but it is just a wall to watch the Tartars, letting the people of the Tartars ignore them! Your conscience is eaten by the dog!"

Chu Bingyan suddenly became so angry that her pink face turned red. She pointed at Ning Lingwei and said angrily: "You, you, why are you doing something to tantrum at me?"

Ning Lingwei slapped her finger back and said with a sneer: "I'm too lazy to make trouble with you! To be honest, I'm embarrassed to mention it! Even I feel embarrassed!"

Chu Bingyan was angry and said angrily: "That's a man's business! What does it have to do with us women? This is not the responsibility of the queen!"

Ning Lingwei's temperament is much more straightforward than Yang Yinghan, and her words are more straightforward, more unconcealed, and her courage is fearless. Her temper is relatively harsh. When the anger comes, even Zhang Zhun dares to scold her in person, let alone the people from the court?

She pointed at Chu Bingyan's forehead and said sharply: "Since you know that it is a man's business and has nothing to do with us women. The Empress is a woman, so naturally the woman should come forward to greet her. Why do you insist on Zhang Zhun's arrival? Isn't it enough for Yang Yinghan and I to come? Why? If you think you are the noble queens, you look down on us ordinary women? Don't forget who Empress Ma was before! As a human being, don't forget your roots!"

Although Chu Bingyan is Zhang Yan's confidant, her ability to talk is somewhat inferior to Ning Lingwei. Especially when she was suppressed by Empress Ma, she stuttered so much that she couldn't speak. In fact, Ning Lingwei's eloquence was not much better, she was just a skill of cursing the streets. But she dared to say it! She grew up in Shuiyue Temple since she was a child, but there was no distinction between powerful and noble, and she dared to say whatever she thought. When did Chu Bingyan see such a posture, she was immediately choked.

Ji Yuqing smiled secretly next to her, but there was no expression of persuasion on her face. No wonder Zhang Zhun asked Ning Lingwei to come. This doctor Ning is really a master who is not afraid of trouble. He dares to open his mouth whenever he says anything. Perhaps Queen Yi'an and the like are no different from the peddlers in her eyes. In her eyes, there is even a hint of hostility.

Zhang Yan was also very surprised. These two women were amazing. They felt that they were not here to pick her up, but to quarrel with her on purpose. But she could not argue with them. They had no identities, so they naturally didn't need to worry about anything. They said whatever they thought, but she couldn't. After all, she was the former queen of the palace and mother was in the world. Now she is the imperial sister-in-law, so she couldn't curse with the two women, right?

Besides, the four women can't even get on the table when they quarrel, right? Besides, one of them is Zhang Zhun's legitimate wife who has not passed away. Whatever she says is probably Zhang Zhun's excuses. In addition, this person, listening to her tone, also defends Zhang Zhun very much, and is Zhang Zhun's woman. If she makes trouble with them, the queen's dignity will disappear. It is common for common women to curse the streets, and if the queen scolds the streets...

Alas, Zhang Yan couldn't help but start to resent Zhang Zhun. This guy is really vicious and actually got two women to deal with him. But he couldn't deal with them. He said it seriously and made people laugh, making him seem to be not recuperating enough. If he didn't say it, he felt wronged again.

Inadvertently, Zhang Yan glanced at Ning Lingwei inadvertently, feeling that she was a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere. However, her eyes flashed and the familiar feeling disappeared immediately. She was slightly stunned, feeling that she was so strange that she became a little interested in this strange woman. She looked at Ning Lingwei and asked slowly, "Your name is Ning Lingwei? Where is your home?"

Ning Lingwei said casually: "I don't have a home."

Zhang Yan said curiously: "Are you an orphan?"

Ning Lingwei replied casually: "Yes, I am an orphan, so what's wrong? Orphans can't come to see you, the queen? Aren't your queen more lonely? Why do you look down on me?"

Zhang Yan said in confusion: "What queen is more lonely?"

Ning Lingwei said with a bright look: "Don't the queen and queen in the play often call themselves lonely? If you are not lonely, why should you call yourself lonely? Also, the emperor clearly has a wife, why should you call yourself idiot? Do you want your wife to die?"

Zhang Yan couldn't help but be both angry and funny.

Is this Ning Lingwei really a bit naive or childish, or is she deliberately pretending to be crazy and stupid to ask for her good looks? Why is there such a woman by Zhang Zhun? But Ning Lingwei doesn't look like a scheming person. It's so weird.

Ji Yuqing felt that the heat was almost done, and her eyes turned and came up to persuade her, "Empress, calm down, calm down. The person who spoke is innocent, please forgive me. Xiao Ning is so straightforward. Don't be accused of being accused of her. Xiao Ning, you are not allowed to talk to the Empress in the future."

Ning Lingwei pouted with her little mouth, with a look of not care, and said disapprovingly: "I didn't want her to forgive me, and I didn't offend her. Did I say something wrong? I'm not wrong! Since I'm not wrong, why should I punish me? Even Zhang Zhun dare not punish me, who dares?"

Zhang Yan decided not to pay attention to the two of them anymore, so as not to ruin her image as a queen. She tried hard to control her emotions and said with a stern expression: "Let Zhang Shenyan come over."

If Zhang Shenyan was still from the court, she would definitely use the word "please", but now that Zhang Shenyan is from Zhang Zhun, she would not be so polite. This position must be clearly grasped. Zhang Zhun is an enemy of the court, and naturally, those who follow him are not good people.

When Zhang Shenyan received Zhang Yan's imperial edict, he also came on the boat in a regular manner and saluted Zhang Yan. Fortunately, Zhang Shenyan bowed according to the etiquette of referring to the queen this time, and all the etiquette was meticulous and absolutely indispensable. This made Zhang Yan's mood a little better.

Zhang Yan said in a deep voice: "Zhang Shenyan, why didn't you come on the boat just now?"

Zhang Shenyan said solemnly: "I don't dare."

Zhang Yan said in confusion: "Why don't you dare? Is Zhang Zhun threatening you?"

Zhang Shenyan said with a heavy expression: "The victims of Dengzhou City, when they heard that the Empress came, they all hoped to be cared for by the Empress. The Empress's mother would naturally agree. But the empress did not dare to come up and talk to the Empress. The empress dared to speculate that the state affairs were heavy, but I was afraid that there would be some difficulties here in the Empress."

Zhang Yan was slightly stunned, Danfeng's eyes were a little gloomy.

Zhang Zhun was indeed cunning. Before he could reach out to ask him for something, he asked someone to speak to him. He just said why he insisted on going ashore in Dengzhou City. It turned out that he had gathered a large group of refugees here and was about to attack him. Dengzhou City, which looked empty, turned out to be a huge refugee slum, and I was afraid that he would encounter huge problems this time.

Zhang Yan, who came from a wealthy family, did not have a deep understanding of the people at the bottom. In her opinion, as a noble royal family, it is enough to allow ordinary people to eat and wear and wear. Everything else can be avoided. They do not care about the lives of the people. The only thing they care about is whether their rule is stable. As for refugees, it is naturally best if the court has the ability to save them. If not, it doesn't matter.

To be honest, Zhang Yan didn't want to see those refugees. Such a meeting would be of no benefit to her. Because the court did not have the ability to rescue them, and she, the queen, did not have that ability. Zhang Yan knew about the emptiness of the national treasury and the treasury.

Shanxi has been drought for years and hundreds of thousands of refugees have occurred. Emperor Chongzhen’s instructions were allocated 3,800 taels of silver to provide disaster relief. Faced with hundreds of thousands of refugees, what can 3,800 taels of silver do? Zhang Yan can think of it with her heels. The finances of the court are already so scarce, how could Zhang Yan continue to provide disaster relief? Especially the victims in the Hu Ben Army controlled the area, even if they have money, Zhang Yan will not provide relief. Isn’t this using the court’s money to fund the rebels?

Zhang Zhun's move was still very vicious. As the emperor's sister-in-law, if she did not handle it well, it would indeed greatly affect the image of the court. Because, in name, Zhang Zhun did not rebel against the court and set up his own business. His current title is also the general governor of the Grand Governor's Office of the Later Army. By the way, the court has indeed ruined its image in recent years.

Chu Bingyan naturally understood Zhang Yan's inner difficulties and immediately said, "The Empress came this time to preside over the marriage for Zhang Zhun. Naturally, other departments were responsible for the disaster relief. Why didn't Mr. Zhang contact the relevant departments of the court?"

Zhang Shenyan said helplessly: "The Xiaguan once contacted the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue said that it was the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. The Xiaguan contacted the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites said that it was the affairs of the Ministry of Works. The Xiaguan contacted the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works said that it was the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. Please give me some guidance. Which department should I go to? "

He looked serious, as if he was serious, and Zhang Yan really didn't dare to do it casually. She believed that Zhang Shenyan was not talking nonsense, but that such a thing was indeed true. The problem was that this matter was not a shirk of the court, but that the court could not allocate funds to the Hu Ben Army. Any matter related to the Hu Ben Army would not be supported by the court.

Everyone present was very clear about the relationship between the court and the Hu Ben Army. The literal meaning is usually fake, and only the literal meaning is the real content to be expressed. Zhang Shenyan's words were very tactful to tell Zhang Yan that if the court was better to the Hu Ben Army, the Hu Ben Army might not be as good as it is now, and would not be as good as the court. However, if the court insisted on doing it alone, I would be sorry, and things will be difficult to say in the future.

Zhang Yan couldn't help frowning, and hesitating in her heart. Zhang Shenyan obviously still had some incest towards the court, so he reminded her very tactfully. However, even if Zhang Yan understood, what if she understood? Is she capable of making Chongzhen change her mind? This is impossible. No one knows Chongzhen's personality better than her, the emperor's sister-in-law.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Yan said slowly: "Zhang Shenyan, although I do not have the ability to provide disaster relief, I feel deeply ashamed, but it is still okay to visit the victims and give them some psychological comfort. The people in Dengzhou City have suffered from the massacre and slaughter of the Tartars. I am also very sad. I hope that the appearance of this palace can bring them some hope. You should lead the way."

Zhang Shenyan said, "Then please let His Highness move into the city."

After saying that, lead the way.

Zhang Yan nodded, followed Zhang Shenyan, and got off the boat slowly.

In fact, she was finding a way for herself. Because of her competition with Zhang Zhun, she had been living in Tianjin Wei for more than two months. During this period, she was indeed a little worried that the Tartars would come over. If she fell into Huang Taiji's hands, the consequences would be serious. In addition, every time she saw Wu Sangui like an ant on a hot pan, her nervous expression was a little impatient. Wu Sangui treated her like a plague, and she wanted her to leave Tianjin Wei immediately.

Since he has surrendered in Tianjin Wei, he has arrived at the port of Dengzhou City and continued to fight with Zhang Zhun, which is even more boring. Since Zhang Zhun can leave himself in Tianjin Wei for so long, he can probably stay on his boat for two months. Living on the boat for two months is not a good thing. You can also move around in Tianjin Wei, so how do you move on the boat?

Dengzhou City has not yet fully recovered from the battle. Standing in the middle of the street, you can see that both sides are ruined. Zhang Yan once heard people talk about Dengzhou City before, saying that it is the most prosperous town in Shandong, except for Jinan City, and Dengzhou City. Unexpectedly, when the Tartars came, they became what they are now. Dengzhou City became like this. It is conceivable that the original residents in the city will definitely end up very miserable.

The garbage on the street has basically been cleaned up, and the debris in the sewer has also been cleaned up. On the empty streets, there are only the occasional sentries of the Hu Ben Army. There is still a faint smell floating in the air. This smell has penetrated into the land of Dengzhou City and cannot dissipate in a short period of time.

I don’t know why, the sentries of the Hu Ben Army that Zhang Yan saw along the way were all facing away from the middle of the street. This standing posture seemed to be to better monitor the possible dangers. But in Zhang Yan’s opinion, it always felt a bit strange. As a high-ranking queen, she was not used to others turning her back to her. Could it be that the Hu Ben Army has always been like this, using her butt to welcome others?

Zhang Shenyan suddenly stopped, pointed to the street next to him, and said solemnly: "The Empress, Dorgon, Duoduo, Kong Youde and others were caught here."

Only then did Zhang Yan remember that in the hands of the Hu Ben Army, there were two important prisoners, Dorgon and Duoduo. Kong Youde had been brought back to the capital by the new Minister of Justice Wang Qiaonian, and was preparing to be tried publicly after the public trial. If this traitor was not surprised, he would be dead.

Thinking that the Hu Ben Army actually captured two slave chiefs of the Tartars alive, Zhang Yan felt that she was even more hit. The Ming Dynasty and Jianlu fought for many years, and even Niu Luzhang, a Tartar, was not captured alive, let alone a Beile-level figure. On the contrary, the generals of the Ming army, deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, etc., were captured by the Tartars. And countless officials who took the initiative to surrender to the Tartars were even more numerous.

Why, the Hu Ben Army is so powerful? Why, the imperial army is so cowardly? Zhang Yan feels that her emotions are a little broken. This problem is indeed very uncomfortable. However, no matter how uncomfortable she feels, she must seriously consider it. If this problem cannot be clarified, the court may be really going to be over. The Zhu family's foundation for more than two hundred years will be destroyed in Chongzhen's hands.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Yan said calmly: "Where are they?"

Zhang Shenyan said intentionally or unintentionally: "Does the Empress want to see them?"

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Take them up!"

Zhang Shenyan reminded: "Please be careful with the Empress. Dorgon is very arrogant and may not be respectful to the Empress. If he bumps into the Empress, please don't be angry."

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "I know."

Zhang Shenyan went down to make arrangements.

A moment later, a prisoner in white was brought to him, and it was Dorgon.
Chapter completed!