Zhu Youjian did not object to Xia Hua's request.
He thought for a moment and said: "Well, I think your age is a good match.
Your appearance is also worthy of my daughter.
Although your identity is only a small one, Jinyiwei Lieutenant Colonel, as long as you can fulfill your promise to me, you will be the first-class Lord of the Ming Dynasty.
That's it, I'm sure.
When you kill this thief for me, I will do it.
A wedding for you."
Xia Hua thanked him and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Queen Zhou on the side pulled Zhu Youjian's sleeves and whispered, "Why did your Majesty forget that Lou'er has been betrothed to Prince Zhou Shixian?"
Zhu Youjian waved his hand carelessly and said: "It's just an engagement, and there is no marriage, so it can't be regarded as a second marriage for one woman.
I am the emperor, why can't I regret the marriage?
Besides, the country is in crisis now.
Look at Zhou Shixian's old man father I have done something loyal to you.
I have every reason to break this engagement."
Empress Zhou still muttered, "Although this marriage is the order of the parents and the matchmaker, why should our daughter be notified of this first?
Bar."
Xia Hua saluted Queen Zhou and said: "To the Queen, in addition to seeking your and Your Majesty's permission, I will naturally also seek Princess Changping's opinion on this matter.
If she does not agree, I will naturally You cannot forcefully marry the princess, but even so, your Majesty has granted one of the villain’s three requests.”
Zhu Youjian became more energetic at this time, and couldn't help nodding and praising: "Yes, you know the etiquette and justice of advancing and retreating, you don't call yourself a villain, you call yourself a villain.
Xia Hua, you have made such a great contribution, I will seal you first You are the first general to govern the country.
Wang Chengen will bring you the pen and ink seal that you carry with you."
Soon, the soldiers had all the meals ready, except for rice and other staple foods.
The soldiers also shot several wild boars and more than ten wild sheep, which were cooked on the barbecue.
Xia Hua, Zhu Youjian, and Wang Chengen picked up their portions of rice and meat and ate happily.
Princess Showa also took a lamb chop and gnawed it with relish.
Xia Hua saw Queen Zhou eating absentmindedly and knew what she was thinking, and said: "Queen, don't worry, I have ordered my subordinates to stew a pot of lean meat porridge for Princess Changping, and Queen Lao will serve the princess later."
Down."
Empress Zhou was enlightened by him, and she smiled knowingly and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Earl Youlao."
Nothing happened all night, but at midnight, a group of thieves from nowhere crept over.
When they were more than 300 steps away from the camp, they were discovered by Xia Hua's hidden sentry under the bright moonlight.
A sparse gunshot woke up Zhu Youjian and Queen Zhou who were sleeping in the carriage.
Xia Hua, who was sleeping on the floor outside the carriage door, comforted them and said: "It's okay, they are just some small thieves.
Even the peripheral troops of the intruders, We set off at dawn, and when their large forces arrived, we had already disappeared.”
Early the next morning, the team packed up and set off again.
Zhu Youjian looked into the distance and found that there were dozens of corpses three to four hundred steps away, scattered in the wilderness.
He murmured in his mind: "What kind of firearm does my soon-to-be son-in-law's servant use?
He can kill accurately from hundreds of steps away."
The motorcade traveled for another day, then suddenly slowed down and stopped.
Xia Hua shouted outside: "We are here."
Zhu Youjian and Queen Zhou jumped out of the chariot and saw a strange-shaped city in the night, which was Xia Hua's Star City.
In the city of Beijing, Li Zicheng, the "Emperor of Dashun", sat on the dragon chair in the Wuying Hall and accepted the worship of the generals and the surrendered generals of the Ming Dynasty.
After shouting "Long Live the Mountain", Li Zicheng stood up from the throne and issued his first edict when entering Beijing: "Anyone who dares to hurt people or rob women of their property will be killed without mercy."
Li Zicheng is from Shaanxi.
He knew the allusion that 1,800 years ago, the first thing Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, did when he entered Guanzhong was to "make a three-part agreement" with the Guanzhong elders.
Then, Li Zicheng asked His Highness: "Has the previous emperor found his wife, children, and grandchildren?"
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A Shunjun general came out and said: "Your Majesty, our army searched the palaces inside and outside the Forbidden City, but did not find the former Emperor Chongzhen, his wife and children.
However, in the West Palace, it was found that the palace had been burned.
There were dozens of charred corpses inside.
It is difficult to tell the gender and age of the deceased.
Some of the belongings left by Emperor Chongzhen were also found.
Emperor Chongzhen must have burned himself to death with his wife and daughter in the West Palace."
Li Zicheng sighed: "This Emperor Chongzhen, I don't think he has the virtues of a foolish and subjugated king, but if God wants to destroy him, there is nothing we can do about it.
Send me an edict to bury them all together."
A burst of praise immediately came from the hall.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng of the Ming Dynasty, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I know the whereabouts of the former prince and two other princes.
Soldiers have been sent to take them into custody."
Li Zicheng immediately made a sullen expression and said: "Why is that?
Those three children were only born to the king of the subjugated country.
He had no fault.
Why should he be detained?
Please pass on my will to serve and protect them."
The voices of praise in the hall became even more noisy.
Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War of the former Ming Dynasty, praised: "Your Majesty is truly a benevolent and righteous king who is rare throughout the ages."
The former Duke of Dongchangchang, Dehua, said: "Compared with the foolish king of the previous dynasty, your Majesty's mind is like a mountain compared with gravel."
"Hehehe, okay, okay" Li Zicheng made a gesture, and the eunuch next to him understood and sang loudly: "Retreat from the court."
Those former Ming generals filed out cautiously.
However, the generals who followed the army swarmed out and huddled together.
The Ming generals had to wait aside and let them go first.
Li Zicheng was led by the eunuch and walked into the back hall.
The smile on his face disappeared without a trace.
The eunuch said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, please ask Concubine Dou to come and sleep with you."
This Concubine Dou was a palace maid whom Li Zicheng had just entered the palace yesterday and was granted the title of Concubine.
After entering the Forbidden City that day, hundreds of palace ladies committed suicide, and Zhu Youjian's few dozen concubines also committed suicide in Shouning Palace in the West Palace.
However, there were hundreds of palace maids in the entire Forbidden City, and they were all divided among Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and other generals, each of whom received more than thirty people.
Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other civil servants were also divided into two or three people.
And he only chose Dou, the palace maid in charge of the book.
"Well, go and summon Concubine Dou, but not to the bedroom, but to the royal study."
Li Zicheng said angrily.
On the surface, Li Zicheng's recent fortune is just like his country's name, going smoothly all the way to Beijing, and the world is almost certain.
Even Guan Ningjun Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan sent a letter of surrender.
But there were three things weighing on his mind right now.
First, the places where his Dashun army swept through needed to establish local governments that could actually function.
Second, he needed a large amount of military pay to reward the generals of the Shun Army battalions who followed him to Beijing.
Third, he knew in his heart that Zhu Youjian was not dead at all.
It was just a show in the court
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