Chapter 8 The breeze rises tonight

Author: Dongchen Yuanxiu

Chapter 8 The breeze rises tonight

Dawu Empire,

Rongguo Mansion in Beijing,

Jia Mu seems to be fine now,

I arranged to bring all the granddaughters from each room to have some pastries together and have a lively atmosphere. I also wanted to ask how Baoyu’s birthday was arranged.

"Yuanyang, go and call Mr. Zheng! Let me ask him how Baoyu's affairs are being arranged?"

"Yes, old lady!"

A girl in brocade clothes wearing a mandarin duck playing in the water responded, said a blessing, turned around and went out to deliver the message.

As soon as I left home, I saw Tanchun, Yingchun, and Xichun coming together, talking and laughing all the way.

"I have met all ladies."

Yuanyang was the first to say hello,

"Hey, isn't this Sister Yuanyang! Where are you going?"

Xichun asked hurriedly after seeing Yuanyang.

"Go back to Miss, the old lady asked me to call Mr. Zheng."

"Grandma asked you to go, so go quickly and don't delay."

"Yes, miss!"

"Sisters, let's go in quickly. Don't keep grandma waiting."

"Okay, let's go together."

Tanchun and Yingchun agreed and headed towards Rongxi Hall.

Rongxi Hall, the place that represents the power of the Rongguo Mansion, is extremely extravagant. There are rumors in the capital that Jia Bu fakes white jade to make horses for the hall, which is obviously extremely extravagant.

Jia Mu was lying on the kang. When she saw the girls coming, she smiled kindly.

"We're all here, come and have a rest. This is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that our second sister-in-law brought from Erjiao Hutong outside. The time-honored brand still has the same taste!"

"Thank you grandma."

Everyone sat in their own places, picked up the pastries and started to eat them.

"Don't tell me it's delicious, right? Second sister."

The youngest Xichun is still so active,

"Well, of course, you don't care who bought it."

Tanchun also joked that only Yingchun was eating cakes there silently without making a sound. Xichun and Tanchun were also used to Yingchun's silence.

"You stupid monkey, you arranged this for your second sister-in-law. When you come back, your second sister-in-law Lian will figure out how to deal with you."

Jia Mu also smiled and criticized.

"Oh, my good grandmother, I don't dare to do that anymore."

Everyone burst out laughing when they saw Xichun like that.

Capital City, Imperial Palace,

Imperial City Division Intelligence Duty Office,

The person on duty is Eunuch Yang, one of the house stewards, who is dozing off.

As soon as I squinted for a while, I heard the homing pigeon flying from the orchid platform outside the window, cooing there.

I was shocked and woke up immediately,

When you see the pigeons outside the window, you know there is a letter coming.

He hurriedly grabbed the pigeon and took down the letter,

When I held it in my hand, I saw that it was red and urgent, so I immediately set out to deliver it to Dai Quan, the general manager.

Dai Quan, who was on night patrol, saw Manager Yang in a hurry, and his heart skipped a beat.

"What's going on? Why are you panicking?"

"Interior Minister, red emergency, from the Northeast!"

"Bring it here quickly,"

Manager Yang quickly handed it over,

After receiving it, Dai Quan saw the red sealing paint on the seal and knew it was from Northeast China.

"When did you come?"

"It only takes a quarter of an hour to get back to the Prime Minister."

"Then you hurry back, there may be more! I will go in immediately to see the emperor."

"Yes, Internal Minister!"

Dai Quan hurriedly walked to the Yangxin Hall.

On the other side, at the Ministry of War duty station,

Another person hurriedly walked to the Changle Palace of the Supreme Emperor.

Xia Shouzhong personally took the letter and went in. Everything went on quietly.

Dai Quan, who walked around outside the palace gate for several times, finally walked in.

"Thum! Thumb! Thunk!"

Dai Quan knocked on the door gently,

Emperor Wu had been preoccupied for the past few days and had slept lightly. When he heard a knock on the door, he knew something was going on.

"Who is it? What's the matter?"

"Old slave Dai Quan, urgent dispatch from the Northeast!"

Emperor Wu heard that it was an urgent message from the Northeast.

I knew something was wrong, so I immediately got up and put on some clothes.

Concubine Wu next to her said reluctantly;

"It's so late, is the emperor still busy?"

"What do women know about military and state affairs? You can sleep on it!"

Zhou Shihong replied angrily and got up to change clothes.

"Come in, Dai Quan!"

"According to the decree."

After saying that, Dai Quan pushed the door open and entered.

Emperor Wu didn’t ask and said directly;

"You open the letter and read it to me directly. I'll change my clothes first. It's almost time to go to court."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Dai Quan checked the seal again.

After confirming that it was intact, he tore it open, took out the secret letter inside and read it.

"Back to the Emperor, the letter is not from the Imperial City Department! I see it is signed by Zhang Jinyu, the garrison general of Pingyang County."

"Huh? How could it be him? You read it first."

"Yes, Your Majesty! The last general, Zhang Jinyu, wrote this letter urgently in the moment of crisis. On October 19, the general and prefect of Pingyao City abandoned the city and fled. The Jurchens captured the city without bloodshed. After the last general, he urgently

Let the local general Ning Yuan lead 5,000 troops out of the city to circle west and wait for an opportunity to recapture it. On October 20, the reinforcements commander ignored the general’s advice and insisted on going out of the city to fight the Jurchen cavalry. His current whereabouts are unknown.”

Dai Quan read this,

He was so frightened that his face lost all color, and his hands were shaking tremblingly.

"Shi'an mistook me, Shi'an mistook me!"

Emperor Wu was so angry that he trembled all over and gritted his teeth and said;

"You keep reading!"

"At the end of the afternoon, the general led only 10,000 sergeants out of the city for rescue. Fortunately, with the emperor's blessing, the reinforcements were successfully rescued and retreated into the city. Contact with Ningyuan outside was lost. Only the last general was left in Pingyang to command the lone army to defend the isolated city. Pingyang County was bitten by the female queen who was following it.

Live, now Pingyang County is surrounded by 250,000 elites of the Jurchen Khan Huang Jitai. Pingyang City is in danger. Zhang Jinyu, who has been a low-ranking military official for generations, will never retreat. He decides to defend Pingyang County until he dies in battle and is loyal to Dawu.

, to be loyal to the emperor, on the night of October 21, 55th year of the Dawu calendar, on the east city wall."
To be continued...