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Chapter 1: Armistice and Peace Talks (1)

"Your Majesty, I'm so happy. Shanhaiguan is a great victory!" Zhu Yinglong commented on the memorials until late at night. As soon as he lay down, he heard a riot outside the bedroom.

"Xu Yingyuan, what happened outside?" Zhu Yinglong suddenly got up from the dragon couch, lifted the tent and shouted loudly.

When Xu Yingyuan heard the emperor's shouting, he didn't bother to figure out what was going on. He quickly pushed open the door of the bedroom, hurriedly walked to Zhu Yinglong, and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty wakes up, I deserve to die!"

"What's going on? What's the victory?" Zhu Yinglong asked with his eyebrows squeezed to his forehead.

"My grandson of Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of War Sun Chengzong respectfully requested the emperor's holy care. Man Gui quickly reported the victory. Man Gui and Xiongba attacked each other in front and back, annihilated more than 10,000 elite cavalry of Huang Taiji under Shanhaiguan, captured more than 7,000 war horses, and the rest of the various supplies and property were difficult to count for a while!" Sun Chengzong rushed into Zhu Yinglong's bedroom excitedly, and knelt in front of Zhu Yinglong with a pounce, and reported with great excitement.

Zhu Yinglong was stunned for a moment. How could he think of victory coming to him all at once? It came too suddenly and in time. Now the throne in the Forbidden City in Beijing has been stable.

"Your Majesty, is there a great victory in Shanhaiguan?" Xu Yingyuan saw that the emperor did not move and pushed gently.

"We won, I won!" Zhu Yinglong suddenly woke up and stood up and shouted.

"Emperor, Huang Taiji has lost nearly 20,000 elite troops. The old minister wants Ning Yuan's siege to be lifted soon!" Sun Chengzong said happily.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Sun, you send the order. All civil and military officials in Beijing, who are above the fourth rank, will go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony before tomorrow. I will announce this good news in person in front of all civil and military officials!" This is the best news that Zhu Yinglong has heard since he sat on the dragon throne, which is enough to make him forget the hard days before.

"Old minister obeys the order!" Sun Chengzong said happily.

After Sun Chengzong left, Zhu Yinglong couldn't control his excitement and couldn't fall asleep at all. He just lay down and sat up again, shouting outside the bedroom: "Xu Yingyuan!"

"Sister, I am here!" Xu Yingyuan was thinking that the emperor had received such a great news and could sleep well. He should not need to serve him anymore. He could be lazy. He had never thought that he was about to sit down and take a nap. He heard the sound behind him, so he hurriedly got up, rubbed his eyes and went in again.

"Changing clothes, you can accompany me out for a walk!" Zhu Yinglong thought that he couldn't sleep, so he wanted to go out for a walk.

"Your Majesty, it's already the third day, you'd better take a rest. The dragon body is important." Xu Yingyuan persuaded tactfully. In fact, he didn't want to go out at all.

Zhu Yinglong was full of energy now, so he couldn't sleep. He said unhappily: "Forget it, since you don't want to, then I'll just go out for a walk alone."

"No, no, no, no, the emperor, I am the eunuch in front of you. Wherever you go, I have to follow you!" Xu Yingyuan was so scared that he knelt down and said.

"That's right. I know you're tired these days. After these days, I'll allow you a few days off and let you have a good rest." Zhu Yinglong patted Xu Yingyuan on the shoulder and said.

"I thank the emperor for his kindness!" Xu Yingyuan quickly thanked him.

"Okay, okay, we don't have to kneel down and worship when we are both." Zhu Yinglong hated kneeling and worshiping, and raised his hand and said.

Xu Yingyuan served Zhu Yinglong and sent out his clothes. The temperature in September in Beijing was already very cold at night. So at Xu Yingyuan's suggestion, he added a black mink cloak outside. The two of them left the Ganqing Palace, and sixteen guards were following him to make it safe.

After leaving the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Yinglong suddenly realized that he didn't know where to go. The concubines must have been asleep at this moment. At this time, I would disturb them. The dew was heavy at night, and the infection of the wind and cold would be bad.

"Your Majesty, where are we going?" Xu Yingyuan walked slowly in front of him and asked quietly.

"At this time, wherever the lights are still on in the palace, we will go wherever we go?" Zhu Yinglong thought for a while.

Xu Yingyuan lowered his head and thought for a while, saying, "I think that at this time, only the Maode Hall where the Coffin of the First Emperor is parked is still on."

Maode Hall? Zhu Yinglong was stunned. His unfilial younger brother had not been to Maode Hall for a night of spirit for this cheap brother since he ascended the throne. Although it was not his intention, what would the civil and military officials in the court think? And how could he write about the emperor?

"Let's go, we'll go to Maode Hall!" Zhu Yinglong ordered.

"Sister obeys the order." Xu Yingyuan responded and walked in front.

Since there was no dragon chasing, it was still a distance from Ganqing Palace to Maode Hall. Zhu Yinglong and Xu Yingyuan walked for about a moment before they arrived in front of Maode Hall.

"Your Majesty, look, the light inside is still on." Xu Yingyuan pointed to the yellow light that leaked out from the gap in the door.

"It's so late, who will be inside?" Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but murmur, because he not only saw the lights, but also heard the slight sound of chanting from the hall.

"quack……"

Xu Yingyuan walked in front and pushed open the door in the middle of Maode Hall. Zhu Yinglong looked at the sound and saw a plain white in the hall. The wind blew up, and some white silk in the hall fluttered in the wind. In front of the spiritual pistol of Emperor Tianqi, a familiar figure knelt on the white cushion, without realizing that there were two more people behind him.

Zhu Yinglong gave Xu Yingyuan a wink, and Xu Yingyuan immediately withdrew from Maode Hall with understanding and closed the door of the hall.

Zhu Yinglong took a white cushion from the place where the cushion was placed in the main hall and placed it about an inch behind the queen Zhang Yan in plain clothes. He knelt down on his knees, bowed to the spiritual throne of Emperor Tianqi three times, and then sighed to the back of Zhang Yan, who was facing the Queen Yi'an, and said, "Sister, why bother?"

Zhang Yan's body remained motionless, as if she was turning a blind eye to it, and she still pinched the rosary in her hand and recited her Diamond Sutra.
Chapter completed!
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