While Li Hu and Lin Daiyu were discussing the wedding, a grand wedding was being held in Shengjing, thousands of miles away. The bride was the daughter of Qian Xiaosi, and the groom was Prince Kang of the Dashun Dynasty.

“It’s done!”

The official of the Ministry of Rites shouted loudly: “Send the bride to the bridal chamber!”

The sound of firecrackers and drums rang out, and the bride was supported by palace maids as she walked towards the bridal chamber, while Prince Kang, as the groom, had to stay to accompany the guests.

In order to take care of King Kang, the entire wedding process was held strictly in accordance with the customs of the interior. Except for being a little rushed in time, it was impeccable.

King Kang had no choice but to submit. He poured another glass of wine for Qian Xiaosi, who was smiling like a chrysanthemum, and King Kang walked back to his seat and sat down.

Qian Xiaosi stroked his beard and smiled. He was very satisfied with this cheap son-in-law. King Kang was of noble birth, gentle and elegant in his manners, and full of talent in his conversation. Most importantly, King Kang would be of great use in the future!
Thinking of this, Qian Xiaosi’s smile became even brighter, he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. Then he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.

At this moment, the chief eunuch came running over with a panicked look in his hands, holding an urgent memorial that had been sent over 600 miles away.

The chief eunuch walked up to Qian Xiaosi and called softly in his ear.

Qian Xiaosi opened his eyes.

The chief eunuch presented the memorial with the three feathers attached.

Qian Xiaosi was startled, snatched the memorial, tore open the seal and read it. His face became uglier and uglier as his eyes moved over the memorial. Then, he slammed the memorial on the table.

Everyone was stunned and stared at him with wide eyes.

Qian Xiaosi gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing coldly.

Hong Zhou asked tentatively: “Your Majesty?”

After a long while, Qian Xiaosi spoke slowly and slowly, “Fu Cha Mingrui died in the battle. The Han army’s Zhengbai Banner was completely wiped out.”

Hong Zhou and others were also shocked!

It took two days for the capital to receive the victory news from Mobei.

“Good fight!”

Emperor Yongxing stood up from the couch, read the victory report carefully again, and then said loudly to Zhao Tong: “Am I right? Without Butcher Zhang, we wouldn’t eat hairy pigs! If I remember correctly, this is the first time that the entire banner of the Jurchens has been completely wiped out.”

After a pause, he said, “Although it was only the Plain White Banner of the Han Army, it completely shattered the myth of the Jurchen Tartars’ invincibility, frightened the Jurchen Tartars, and boosted the morale of the army!”

Zhao Tong smiled bitterly. The official troops of the six towns in Yinshan were all left by Duke Lu. Besides, if a heavy snowstorm had not suddenly hit Mobei, causing the Mongols to fail to arrive at the battlefield in time, it would be uncertain who would destroy whom!

In a word, Wang Ziteng is really lucky!

Emperor Yongxing: “I will reward Wang Ziteng generously, so that they can all see that I did not make a mistake in choosing him!”

At this time, the voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside the warm room: “Your Majesty, Li Yuanzheng from the Imperial Hospital is here.”

Emperor Yongxing’s eyes lit up: “Come in quickly!”

After a while, Li Yuanzheng walked in holding a thin prescription.

Emperor Yongxing walked up and asked, “How is it? Is there any problem with this recipe?”

Li Yuanzheng was silent for a moment, then replied, “In reply to the emperor, the Imperial Hospital has consulted a large number of ancient medical books and texts. This recipe is quite similar to a tonic, except that it contains more herbs such as Qiushi.”

The smile on Emperor Yongxing’s face froze: “No effect?”

Li Yuanzheng: “I dare not speak nonsense about this.”

Emperor Yongxing’s eyes flickered, and he said to Li Yuanzheng, “Leave the recipe here, and you can go back.”

“Yes.” Li Yuanzheng handed the document to Zhao Tong, bowed and retreated.

Zhao Tong held the prescription in his hand, waiting for Emperor Yongxing to speak.

Emperor Yongxing thought for a moment and said, “Refine the elixir according to this recipe and find someone to test its efficacy.”

“Yes.” Zhao Tong sighed silently.

“Don’t let anyone know.” Emperor Yongxing instructed again.

Zhao Tong understood that the emperor was talking about the empress dowager. At this moment, a red-robed eunuch from the Imperial Household Department came in holding an urgent document.

The red-robed eunuch said, “Your Majesty, an urgent message from Shengjing.”

Emperor Yongxing took it, tore open the seal and read it. His eyes suddenly widened and his face gradually became gloomy.

Zhao Tong and the eunuch in red were stunned by his expression.

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Yongxing recovered. His eyes kept flashing coldly, and he uttered a few words from between his teeth: “The third son has become the son-in-law of the Tartar false emperor!”

The gate of the mansion was wide open, and more than a dozen large carts were lined up outside the gate.

Li Hu stood in front of the stone lion with his hands behind his back, watching his bodyguards carrying large mahogany boxes out of the door.

Li San followed behind, panting, and shouted, “Slow down, slow down, don’t break anything.”

The guards laughed and said, “I’m almost getting calluses from hearing your old words.”

“A bunch of bad boys.” Li San cursed with a smile.

A personal soldier answered, “Uncle San, we’ve all been busy and sweating, so we have to add two more dishes tonight!”

Everyone started to cheer: “More food! More food!”

Li San laughed and cursed, then said loudly: “Each of you will have a roasted lamb leg tonight, I’ll pay for it.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started to flatter him.

Li San smiled and nodded at them, then walked up to Li Hu and stood in front of him.

Li Hu said with a smile: “Just stand here and rest, and let them do the work.”

Li San: “These brats are so clumsy, we can’t let them bump into the girl’s dowry!”

Li Hu smiled and said that these were all Lin Daiyu’s dowry, or to be more precise, a small part of the dowry.

The second year after Lin Daiyu came to Beijing, Lin Ruhai began to prepare her dowry. Every year, there were ships coming to Beijing, and the back room of Lin Daiyu’s courtyard was already filled with dowry.

The closer the divorce date is, the busier it gets. Li Hu and Lin Daiyu discuss sending part of the dowry to the other courtyard first to avoid any mistakes in the rush.

The cart was already piled high.

The guards were still moving the boxes.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves.

Li Hu looked over there.

Ni Er came on horseback with two guards. When they arrived in front of the mansion gate, he pulled the reins hard, dismounted, and ran towards Li Hufei.

Li Hu put down his hands behind his back, looked at his expression and knew something was wrong, so he stared at him.

Running to him, Ni Er whispered, “General, several of our spies in East City have disappeared in the past two days.”

Li Hu’s eyes flashed: “Are they on the same line?”

Ni Er: “On the same line. I have arranged for a few others to hide outside the city.”

Li Hu nodded.

Ni Er hesitated for a moment and asked, “Could it be the palace?”

Li Hu thought about it and said, “It’s unlikely. If it was in the palace, there would be no news at all.”

Ni Er: “Could it be that group of bald donkeys coming?”

Li Hu: “Those bald donkeys don’t have the ability to do that. Let their families go to Shuntianfu, Bingmasi and Nanzhenfusi to report the case and let the government officials investigate.”

Ni Er: “Yes.”

Li Hu: “You should be careful recently. So, you follow me to the outer study room, I will write a warrant and let Wang Yaozu pick a few good men from the sentry camp to take charge of your safety temporarily.” After saying that, he strode in. (End of this chapter)