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Chapter 85 The Queen's Person
The next morning, when it was just dawn, Zhu Yunxuan struggled to get up. Last night, he slept in the second half of the night. It is estimated that he only slept for two hours at most, and his whole body was still sore.
A pair of arms stretched out under the quilt to take him back. Liang Zhen's warm body was pressed against his back, his face was pressed against his, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you have to face so early in the morning?"
"I'll be back when I go."
Liang Zhen squeezed his sensitive waist with a smile, and returned to Zhu Yunxuan's inhalation: "What are you doing?"
"Is Your Majesty still able to move?"
Zhu Yunxuan patted his face with his backhand, insisted on pushing the person away, and sat up.
Gao An brought someone in to wait on Zhu Yunxuan to wash and change clothes, Liang Zhen also sat up, leaned lazily on the head of the bed, and smiled at him.
He didn't pay much attention to the outside, so Zhu Yunxuan changed into a red uniform, which made him look like jade. There are still ambiguous traces left on his fair neck from last night, hidden between the collars, Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes lightly, with a smile in his eyes, without reminding him.
Before going out, Zhu Yunxuan walked to the bed, leaned over and placed a kiss on Liang Zhen's cheek, reminding him, "It's still early for you to sleep a little longer."
Liang Zhen smiled and blinked: "My concubine respectfully sees your majesty."
Zhu Yunxuan: "..."
When he turned around and was about to leave, he seemed to remember something again, and ordered someone to fetch it. It was the string of beads that he had been wearing on his hand before and was picked off after being seen by Liang Zhen.
Zhu Yunxuan took the bead, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and handed it to Liang Zhen: "Return to the original owner."
Liang Zhen didn't answer and looked at him with a smile: "A Xuan likes it, and I gave it to you."
"...Isn't this a relic left to you by your father?"
"It's the same when you wear it, just treat it as a gift from my father to my daughter-in-law."
Liang Zhen said so, and Zhu Yunxuan no longer refused, put the Buddha beads back on his hands again, dialed it gently, and went to the front.
While out on tour, Zhu Yunxuan still summoned the accompanying courtiers every few days to discuss matters.
"My Dayan is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire and the country of etiquette. This great victory has taught these people of Fanzhou a lesson, and they will not dare to do it again. Since they have the heart to seek peace, it is better to put people back to show my vigor."
"It's useless for these barbarians to stay in our dynasty. There is no precedent for killing prisoners of war in my dynasty, so why keep so many mouths in vain."
"When this matter is over, I might as well return to the DPRK as soon as possible. The naval battle has subsided, and the disposal of the prisoners of war is only a matter of trivial matters. Your Majesty might as well leave it to the Minyue Naval Division to handle it."
A group of courtiers talked at length, and they persuaded Zhu Yunxuan to release the people quickly, to talk about peace or to surrender, but it was just an argument. In the eyes of these people, a small barbarian country that is thousands of miles away is nothing to be concerned about. They didn't even know how easy it was for Dayan's navy to win the naval battle that day. They only thought that the pirates who had been suffering for many years had been wiped out, and the incident was nothing more than a small incident.
Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly, and was very dissatisfied with such remarks. On the night of the naval battle, he had seen with his own eyes the power of the ships and artillery of the Fanbang people. If they had not been prepared, and Liang Zhen, who should cooperate with the inside and the outside, the result is still unknown. know.
"Obviously it was my Dayan Water Master who won, but in the end I had to negotiate a peace, so I let people go so cheaply. In the eyes of outsiders, I also said that the Dayan court was easy to bully."
It was not the emperor on the throne who opened his mouth to teach people. The voice came from outside, from far to near, with an undisguised sarcasm. Everyone present subconsciously turned around to look, the figure from the backlight slowly walked in the door, and when he stood still in the hall, everyone could see his appearance clearly.
Countless pairs of doubtful eyes fell on him, Liang Zhen smiled and looked at Zhu Yunxuan: "Chen Xiao Nian, meet your majesty."
Zhu Yunxuan tightened his eyebrows, paused, and ordered in a deep voice, "Give a seat."
The seat was placed under Zhu Yunxuan's left hand. Liang Zhen thanked him and sat down generously. He didn't even have a seat, leaned into the seat, and glanced casually at the people present.
Most of them are old faces. This time, Zhu Yunxuan brought almost half of the courtiers on his tour. The six cabinet ministers followed three. The first assistant stayed in Beijing and sat in the town. Now the second assistant is standing at the forefront. When he was still at the bottom of the cabinet, he was not less likely to be vomited blood by Liang Zhen in the courtroom.
It was he who first persuaded Zhu Yunxuan to let go of the people.
There was silence in the hall for a moment, and then came the whispers of the ministers whispering each other, and the eyes of everyone looking at Liang Zhen became stunned, puzzled, and even at a loss.
Zhu Yunxuan felt helpless, so he could only let out a low cough, making everyone quiet down. The head of the second assistant almost stared out his eyes, gritted his teeth and asked Liang Zhen, "Who are you?"
Liang Zhen turned his head to look at Zhu Yunxuan, with a smile in his eyes, he replied, "Didn't I already say it before, my surname is Xiao Mingnian, and my father is Xiao Junbo."
...! ! !
Who is Xiao Nian, that is the future Queen Dayan, and the biological father of the crown prince! But the person in front of him is clearly the anti-king Liang Zhen who was executed three years ago! ! Don't say that people are similar, no matter how similar they are, they can't look exactly the same, not to mention the arrogant tone and appearance, just like the King Zhao of the past, they will not admit their mistakes when they turn into ashes! ! !
A little prince suddenly appeared before, and they privately sighed that it was not easy for His Majesty. Back then, when they had to secretly get pregnant without being discovered, they also had to fight wits and courage with the rebel king during that time. A slight mistake would mean one corpse and two lives. , But in the end, what they are carrying is the seed of that rebel king! What Xiao Nian, why is he in Beijing under a pseudonym for some reason, bah!
The faces of the courtiers turned red, white and red, and they complained that they didn't know where to come out. After appreciating enough of their face-changing performances, Liang Zhen said with a smile: "Isn't it just now that we were talking about the Fanbang prisoners? Go ahead."
Zhu Yunxuan asked him directly, "What's your opinion?"
Liang Zhen smiled and said: "I agree with Your Majesty's previous insistence that this battle cannot be fought in vain. Since these Fan people dare to collude with the pirates, they will naturally have to pay the price. If they want to return their captives, they must first give enough to the Dayan court. The viscount named Prand is said to be their kingβs nephew, their royal relative, and they must show some sincerity if they want to bring people back.β
The second assistant subconsciously refuted him: "It's easy to say, what if they insist on it?"
"Then keep fighting until they are willing to surrender."
"Not to mention that their homeland is thousands of miles away, even the Java Island occupied in the South China Sea is far away from our dynasty. The two countries have no grudges, so why waste their troops..."
Liang Zhen cut off his words contemptuously: "If there is no grievance, they will not collude with those pirates to invade my Dayan border. If you don't kill such wolf ambitions as soon as possible, you still want to wait for them to find opportunities to grow bigger. It's true. When am I threatening?"
After all, he no longer gave the other party a chance to argue, he directly suggested to Zhu Yunxuan: "Ding Guogong led the Fujian and Guangdong naval divisions away and has not yet returned, and the ghosts are not far from Java Island, why don't they let them drive the boat and turn around. Itβs good to scare and frighten the people of the Fanbang. As far as I know, there are continuous wars in various countries on the Western Continent. Most of the soldiers and horses of the Fanbang people stationed in the South China Sea have been transferred back one after another, especially the people from Java Island, who are similar to me In the first battle of Yan, the damage was heavy, and the rest of the ships were almost all transferred back to the mainland. No longer able to fight against my Dayan Navy, even if I just walked around in front of their door, it was enough to frighten them to surrender obediently. "
"Furthermore," Liang Zhen continued slowly, "they are eager to make money in Dayan because they are fighting a war in their homeland and need a lot of money to support them. If they insist on not surrendering, they will be banned from For any trading behavior of Dayan, they will be the ones who will be anxious at that time. There are countless small countries in the Western Continent, and without them, there will be other people who will beg to do business with my dynasty, and the initiative is originally in my hands.β
Someone asked in disapproval: "Since they are so short of money, and then ask them to surrender and lose money, can they be willing to pay?"
Liang Zhen curled his lips: "If you don't pay, you have to pay, you can't help them, if you can't pay now, you will pay in installments. In the future, they will use half of every tael of silver they earn in my dynasty to pay the principal and interest until they are repaid. until the debt is cleared."
There was a faint smile in Zhu Yunxuan's eyes, and he stopped everyone who had their own opinions and wanted to question them. Ordered Guo Gong to lead the navy to Java Island."
Ministers: "..."
Okay, in the future, there will not only be an emperor who speaks his mind in the Dayan court, but also a queen who is in charge of politics in the harem. What should they do?
But at this time, he jumped out with an incomprehensible wink, and it was still the censor who was told by the little prince Jinkou Yu that "it's so fierce, I don't like it", came out and questioned Liang Zhen loudly: "You said you were General Xiao Junbo. My son, what evidence is there? You are clearly..."
Zhu Yunxuan's expression instantly cooled down, and the people next to him shook their heads in their hearts. He was really a dummy who was not afraid of death, but he couldn't help but look at Liang Zhen together, curious to see his reaction. Liang Zhen's expression remained unchanged, he smiled calmly, and interrupted the other party's words: "Proof? What evidence do I need to be my father's son? Dare to ask the Censor, how did you prove that your wife gave birth to you? Is your son your son, not the son of Wang and Zhao next door?"
"you!"
Someone couldn't help but burst out laughing, the censor was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he raised his voice recklessly: "What was your identity in Beijing three years ago? How did you meet your majesty and give birth to the prince? You Dare you say it?!"
Liang Zhen snorted: "Are you trying to inquire about His Majesty's privacy?"
Zhu Yunxuan interrupted them with a timely speech, and said calmly: "Enough, General Xiao and I are in love with each other. Back then, because the Nanyang matter was unknown, it was inconvenient for him to reveal his identity in front of others, so he did not disclose the matter between me and him. No need to mention it again."
All the ministers: "..."
Censor: "..."
His Majesty the Emperor insists on talking nonsense with his eyes open, what else can they say?
Then again, because of the matter of King Zhao, only the former Mansion of Marquis of Anle and the Mansion of King Xian were really liquidated. It was also because King Xian was the thorn in His Majesty's eyes. According to rumors, Liang Zhen's subordinates who were assigned were indeed disobedient and incited to rebel against Liang Zhen, and it was not wrong to be dealt with.
As for other people, even some officials who had a close relationship with Liang Zhen were only demoted, and they had been working for a while. At first they thought it was the emperor Renshan who was unwilling to shake the foundation of the society. Looking back, it was simply a fight between gods and immortals, and they didn't want to hurt these little devils...
After all, husband and wife fight at the head of the bed, and three years later, they still have to make peace at the end of the bed. These people are messing around.
The Censor wanted to say more, but was kicked back into the team by the people in front of and behind him and told him to shut up.
After discussing the matter, all the courtiers withdrew and went out. Everyone was still in a trance and had a feeling of unreality. You can't help but smile when you look at me, I look at you. , What a bitter word.
Zhu Yunxuan got up and walked down, and was pulled by Liang Zhen and sat on his lap. Gao An winked and led the servants back out, leaving them alone.
Zhu Yunxuan pushed his shoulder angrily: "You are not resting in the room, what are you doing here to show off your strength? Don't tell me beforehand."
"It just so happens that everyone is here today, let them see clearly together, so as not to be curious about me and get bored."
Zhu Yunxuan sneered lightly: "I think you are very proud."
Liang Zhen smiled and rubbed his face with the tip of his nose: "Then I have to cooperate with Your Majesty. Thank you Your Majesty for giving this concubine this face."