The winter months were extremely cold.
In the court.
Zhu Qizhen was wearing a mink fur coat and said to the ministers,""Today is the last morning court session since winter arrived. The Spring Festival is approaching, so you don't have to attend the morning court anymore. You can take a month off in the residence.”
All the ministers knelt down and kowtowed.
"Thank you."
"Do you have anything to report today?"
The ministers of the court did not have a ginseng book.
Such a situation was really rare. Perhaps it was because the Spring Festival was approaching, and everyone's thoughts were focused on the family reunion during the New Year, and most of the government affairs were temporarily put on hold.
"Since everyone has nothing else to do, then I have something to discuss with all my beloved ministers. The Tatars in the north had always been a great threat to the border of Ming Dynasty. Now they only had one tribe left. They would send troops to destroy them in the spring of next year and bring the entire grassland into the territory of Ming Dynasty.”
"Is the war in the spring too hasty?”Yu Qian replied.
"If we continue to drag this out, I'm afraid there will be changes. I have made up my mind. Wang Shouren, when spring comes, I will give you a hundred thousand troops to lead the army north and destroy the entire Tartar clan.”
Wang Shouren immediately stepped forward and said,"I will obey your orders."”
"If there's nothing else, withdraw from the court."
When most of the ministers had left, only Yu Qian remained.
"Minister Yu, do you have anything else to report?”
"Your Majesty. I am puzzled. Why must we send troops in the spring? At that time, my Ming army had just finished resting, so I'm afraid it won't be convenient for us to go on an expedition.”
One had to know that the Tatars 'most skilled army was cavalry. Going to the grasslands to fight was not very beneficial to the Ming army, and Zhu Qizhen insisted on doing so. Wasn't that going against the heavens?
However, when Zhu Qizhen handed a design blueprint to Yu Qian, Yu Qian's worries were relieved.
"I have a secret weapon to deal with them. In less than a month, I will destroy the entire Tartar clan. Minister Yu, just wait and see.”
Zhu Qizhen quietly left the imperial court, leaving Yu Qian alone in the imperial court, staring at the design in a daze.
This was…the long-lost Zhuge Repeating Crossbow blueprint?
The emperor is really a god!
With long-range weapons, the threat of the Tatars to the Great Ming was largely resolved.
The Zhuge Repeating Crossbow was more lethal than ordinary bows and arrows, and even in close combat, the threat of the repeating crossbow was also very huge.
Yu Qian immediately put away the design blueprint and prepared to go to the city to find an excellent carpenter to forge it and produce a batch.
When spring comes, the Ming army will definitely win with such a powerful weapon!
……
On New Year's Eve.
The city was decorated with lanterns, couplets, and fireworks to welcome the new year.
The commoners were happy and reunited.
Their faces were filled with happy smiles.
Inside the Imperial Palace, red lanterns were hung everywhere, and the atmosphere of welcoming the new year was everywhere.
As a member of the royal family, Zhu Qizhen naturally had to spend the Spring Festival with his family.
The Grand Empress Dowager was seriously ill and was unable to attend the Spring Festival family banquet, so she had been carefully taken care of by Qi Muge.
The Empress Dowager was also very happy with Qi Muge's care these days. She took the initiative to let Qi Muge participate in the royal family banquet.
The so-called family banquet was a reunion dinner for the emperor's family.
Qi Muge had originally wanted to decline because it might cause dissatisfaction among the other beauties in the harem.
However, when she saw Zhu Qizhen personally come to Chuxiu Palace to pick her up, she put down all the grudges in her heart and happily followed Zhu Qizhen to the family banquet.
There were only four people at the family banquet because the empress dowager was missing.
The scene fell into an awkward situation!
It was because Sun Ruowei and Zhu Qizhen seemed to have formed a tacit understanding, each bringing a girl to attend the family banquet.
Sun Ruowei said,"Because the Empress Dowager is unable to attend the banquet, only you and I are left. It's too deserted." This widow specially invited Jin Luan to join in the fun.”
Zhu Qi Zhen said,"Mother and your son thought of the same thing." Your son was also afraid that this year's New Year's Eve family banquet would be lonely, so he brought Beauty Qi along to eat dumplings.”
Sun Ruowei stared at Qi Muge for a long time and couldn't help but feel hostile towards her.
Ever since Qi Muge had embarrassed her in front of the ancestral temple, Sun Ruowei had always harbored a grudge against Qi Muge and was very disgusted with her being together with her son, Zhu Qizhen.
She wanted to matchmake Qian Jinluan with her son.
Qian Jinluan was very observant and could tell that the Emperor and Empress Dowager were fighting.
She quickly said sensibly,"Empress Dowager, this is your and the emperor's family banquet. I should take my leave first."”
Seeing that Qian Jinluan was so sensible, Qi Muge was unwilling to fall behind and said,"This concubine will also take her leave…I won't disturb the Emperor and Empress Dowager's meal.”
"No one is allowed to leave!"
Zhu Qizhen and Sun Ruowei said in unison.
Qi Muge and Qian Jinluan were both stunned…
This…Was there a need to eat this family banquet?
Wouldn't this be awkward?
Qian Jinluan and Qi Muge were like chess pieces at the mercy of the empress dowager and the emperor, not daring to move at all.
There was not a single word of communication throughout the entire family banquet!
Only after the family banquet ended did Qian Jinluan and Qi Muge feel relieved.
These people from the royal family…were too terrifying. They couldn't even have a proper meal!
Poor Qimu Ge was so scared that his stomach was not full. At this moment, it was growling. He could only return to her Zhong Cui Palace to have a full meal.
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