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Chapter 560 Heavenly Punishment
Suning returned to the palace smoothly. After all, the current Prince of Cheng, Zhu Qiyu, had not yet ascended the throne, and he was still the legitimate emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Fan Zhong was also arranged to go back and reunite with his family. A dinner party was held in the palace that night, and Suning also saw his wife and children in this world.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen's queen was Queen Qian, but she and Zhu Qizhen had no children. However, Zhu Qizhen now has three sons and two daughters. His daughter Princess Chongqing is four years old this year, and his eldest son Zhu Jianshen is three years old this year.

"Your Majesty, you must have suffered a lot during this period." Queen Qian obviously had a deep relationship with Zhu Qizhen, and she actually started crying as she spoke.

"Queen, today is a happy day. Don't cry anymore. Don't damage your eyes from crying later." Su Ning couldn't help but think that Queen Qian's eye and leg diseases seemed to have occurred at this time.

"Yes! Your Majesty, I am the one who is disrespectful."

"My brother, you have worked hard during this period." After comforting the sentimental Queen Qian, Su Ning suddenly looked at the taciturn Prince Zhu Qiyu.

"Ah? Your Majesty, this is what I should do." Prince Zhu Qiyu of Cheng didn't expect Su Ning to talk to him, so he seemed a little surprised.

"Haha, I've suddenly encountered trouble this time, and I realized that I still have to rely on my brothers. From now on, my brother, you must assist me more!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, I will die for you."

"Well, let's eat, everyone!"

"Yes! Your Majesty."

Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei looked at her son and suddenly felt that he was a little unfamiliar. The look in his eyes when he looked at her no longer had the dependence as before. Instead, it was as if he was looking at a stranger, with polite greetings and courtesy everywhere. This made Sun Ruowei feel a little uncomfortable, thinking that Suning had suffered a lot in the Wala camp.

Soon, Zhu Qizhen's children were taken back by the maids in the palace. After all, they were still too young, and some were still in swaddling clothes. Then the adults sat for a while, and then Su Ning sent the beauties in the harem back to their respective palaces, while he stayed alone in the Qianqing Palace.

"Cao Jixiang!" Suning suddenly shouted to the eunuch beside him.

"Your Majesty, this servant is here."

"Who are the eunuchs who hold the seal and the eunuch who hold the pen of the Silijian now?" Su Ning looked at the chief eunuch Cao Jixiang in confusion.

"Ah? Your Majesty, because you have not been in the palace recently, the original eunuchs who held the seal and the eunuchs who held the pen were also killed in battle, so there are no new eunuchs who held the seal and the eunuchs who held the pen for the time being." Cao Jixiang answered hurriedly and cautiously.

"Well, Cao Jixiang, then you will help me draft the imperial edict."

"Yes! Your Majesty." Cao Jixiang couldn't help but get excited.

"The first edict is my confession of guilt."

"Ah?" Cao Jixiang was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue.

"The second decree prohibits the harem and eunuchs from interfering in government affairs. Anyone who violates this order will be executed!"

At this moment, Cao Jixiang couldn't help but tremble with fear all over, and his right hand holding the brush also trembled uncontrollably. He suddenly felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, and then he restrained himself with difficulty.

"The third edict orders the immediate cessation of construction on the Yuling Mausoleum on Wanshou Mountain. My mausoleum will be rebuilt in Tumubao."

"Your Majesty, I have already drafted it." Cao Jixiang quickly reported.

"Well, use the seal! Read it out at the court meeting tomorrow morning."

"Yes! Your Majesty."

The edicts that Suning asked the Chief Justice to draft today were like a bomb. Cao Jixiang knew what kind of public opinion whirlpool would be formed after the three edicts were read out, and he also knew that eunuchs like them would never be able to enter the political center of the Ming Dynasty again.

After dismissing all the palace maids and eunuchs, Suning lay down on his dragon bed and fell asleep. In his dream, he seemed to be back in the dark battlefield of Tumu Fort again, and suddenly he felt his blood boiling again.

"Ah? Oh my god!" Su Ning always felt someone was watching him in his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw Sun Ruowei looking at him like a female ghost, almost sending him away. "Mother, why are you here? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Your Majesty, you had a nightmare just now." Sun Ruowei did not answer Su Ning's question, but instead asked Su Ning a question directly.

"Huh? I did have a nightmare just now, but you can't look at me like that, mother!" Su Ning looked at Sun Ruowei speechlessly.

"Your Majesty, I just heard from Cao Jixiang that you asked the Chief Justice to draft three imperial edicts." Sun Ruowei seemed to be accustomed to talking to herself, which might be related to the fact that she had always held the power of the Ming Dynasty.

"This dog slave!"

"Your Majesty, I can understand the edict of repentance and the harem's prohibition of interfering in government affairs, but the matter of the imperial mausoleum involves the country and the people, and the ministers will not agree." Sun Ruowei didn't care about Su Ning's feelings at all and continued to talk about the purpose of her trip.

"Mother, I, because of one mistake, have lost half a million soldiers. I must give them an explanation, and I have sworn an oath to their souls."

"Your Majesty, you have really grown up." Sun Ruowei suddenly looked at Su Ning meaningfully.

"Mother, I was ignorant before and made you worry."

"Your Majesty, how did Yesen agree to let you come back? Did you have any negotiations with him?" Sun Ruowei finally asked her biggest question. She was very worried that Suning and Yesen had signed some humiliating treaty.

"Mother, I know what you are worried about, but I am not a fool who knows nothing."

"That"

"Mother, Yesen released me and General Fan because he wanted to replace Toghto Bukha and become the master of the grasslands, and I promised to help him."

"Ah? Yesen has great ambitions!" Sun Ruowei couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hehe! Which capable person is willing to be inferior to others?" Suning was not too surprised.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to help Yesen?"

"Mother, I am not stupid. I just hope that their grassland will continue to be torn apart."

"Huh? Your Majesty, just based on a few light promises from you, I chose to believe you?" Sun Ruowei still had some doubts.

"Hehe, Yesen was worried that I would take his life, so he released me and Fan Zhong."

"Oh?"

"Mother, please don't ask for details. I naturally have my own extraordinary methods." "Yes."

"Mother, at tomorrow's court meeting, I intend to have the cabinet draft an imperial edict, reprimanding Yesen for disrespecting the Ming Dynasty and forcing them to leave the Central Plains as soon as possible."

"Ah?" Sun Ruowei's eyes widened in surprise again, then she nodded noncommittally, "Okay! Now that the Emperor has returned safely, we should indeed be tougher."

Sun Ruowei saw Su Ning wake up in shock, and then she chatted with him for a while before leaving the Qianqing Palace where Su Ning was staying. This made Su Ning a little confused for a moment, and he felt that Sun Ruowei was acting weird.

All the officials in the capital came to the court meeting the next morning. In addition to being curious about the emperor's safe return, another reason was that the well-informed ministers already knew about today's explosive decree. In fact, the imperial palace was no different from a leaky sieve.

When Cao Jixiang announced the three edicts in public, the ministers were still surprised and puzzled even though they had learned some news last night. They could understand the edict of repentance and the edict that the inner palace was not allowed to interfere in politics, and they agreed with it wholeheartedly. After all, it was indeed the emperor's fault this time and he suffered a great loss at the hands of the eunuchs. But they could not accept the third edict to build the imperial mausoleum in Tumu Fort.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the imperial mausoleum concerns the country and people of our Ming Dynasty. The address cannot be changed casually. Please revoke your order immediately." At this time, Yang Shiqi came out to make a reply with his gray beard shaking.

"Sir Yang, Tumu Fort buries the remains of 500,000 Ming soldiers. I promised to be with them forever, so my mausoleum must be built there. This is also my way of explaining to them." Su Ning showed great respect for this veteran of five dynasties before him, and then explained his purpose. "As for the Yuling Mausoleum on Tianshou Mountain, which has been under construction for seven years, all construction must be halted immediately. It will serve as my cenotaph."

"Your Majesty, this must not be done."

"Lord Yang, I have made up my mind! You cannot comprehend how determined I am to bring the dead back to life."

"emperor."

"Sir Yang, just obey the emperor. This will be an explanation to the 500,000 loyal Ming people." At this time, the Queen Mother Sun Ruowei suddenly spoke.

At this time, the power of the Ming Dynasty was still controlled by Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei. This is why Zhu Qiyu was always in trouble in history and the original drama, because he was not a very capable emperor and all the power was in the hands of Empress Dowager Sun.

"Your Majesty, the Wala army is still stationed outside the capital. Can you tell our Ming army whether to fight or make peace?" At this time, Yu Qian asked the doubts of all the ministers. They also didn't know what agreement the emperor and Yesen had reached.

"The cabinet immediately drafted an imperial edict, condemning the Oirat army for wreaking havoc on the Central Plains and demanding they withdraw from the Central Plains within three days, otherwise the Oirat army would be held responsible for any consequences."

"Ah?" As soon as the emperor finished speaking, there was an uproar in the court.

The three Yangs and Yu Qian looked at each other, and then smiled bitterly at the same time. They thought that the emperor was still as naive as before, and not as mature and steady as they expected.

"Your Majesty, what if Yesen of the Oirat does not agree?" At this time, the white-bearded old man Yang Shiqi stepped out again and asked.

"Haha, your cabinet just needs to draft the edict, and I will take action to drive them away from here." Suning explained mysteriously.

"Your Majesty, can you tell me clearly what means you will use?" Yu Qian asked again stubbornly.

"You all must be curious why Yesen released me. It's because I was blessed by the Ming Emperor Taizu, who gave me powerful weapons to attack cities and protect myself, and also promised that the Ming Dynasty would last for 500 years."

"What?" What happened in the court today was so bizarre that the ministers were constantly surprised and suddenly felt that their emperor had gone crazy.

"Your Majesty, you cannot speak nonsense in the court." Sun Ruowei hurriedly reminded the emperor in a low voice with a wry smile.

"The chief minister of the cabinet will draft an edict and send it to the cabinet." Suning continued to speak to the cabinet.

At this time, the cabinet was still in the hands of three old ministers surnamed Yang. Seeing that the emperor was so unwilling to listen to advice, they remembered the emperor's usual stubbornness, and then they all looked up at the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei. They saw that the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei nodded slightly. The three Yangs then smiled bitterly and immediately went to draft the edict.

The imperial edict was quickly delivered to the Wala camp by a minor official from the Ministry of Rites. At this time, almost all the ministers were curious about Wala Yesen's reaction, and they all went to Yongding Gate, which was the closest to the Wala camp, and looked at the situation in the Wala camp in the distance.

The emperor and Sun Ruowei also followed the ministers to the Yongdingmen Tower. At this time, the minor official from the Ministry of Rites had already arrived at the camp of Oirat Yesen, and then read out the decree of the Ming Emperor to a group of confused Mongolian tribal leaders.

"Hmph! Go back and tell your emperor that our Wala army will never return to the grasslands until we have conquered the capital." Yesen looked angrily at the minor official in front of him.

"Grand Master Yesen, the Emperor of the Great Ming has said that if you and the other tribal leaders are unwilling to withdraw, please leave this central military tent immediately. The Emperor of the Great Ming will soon summon divine punishment here."

"What? Heavenly punishment?" Yesen heard the announcement from the minor official in front of him and suddenly felt himself laugh out loud. "Haha! Then this Grand Master would like to see what kind of heavenly punishment it is."

"Brother, why don't we just leave the central military tent? The emperor possesses unfathomable powers." At this time, Bayan Temur on the side persuaded his elder brother Yesen.

"Boyan Temur, what are you saying?" When Yesen heard Boyan Temur's reminder, he couldn't help but think of the mysterious Suning, and he became a little restless. "Leaders of the tribes, let's get out of this central army tent first and see what this Ming emperor is up to."

"Yes! Grand Master." These tribal leaders had all seen Suning's methods. As soon as Yesen finished speaking, they immediately rushed to leave the central military tent.

When Yesen and Bayan Temur walked out of the central military tent, they found that the other tribal leaders were further away. Just when he felt angry and wanted to scold something, his younger brother Bayan Temur pulled them to a farther place.

The emperor and his ministers on the Yongding Gate saw the situation in the Wala camp through military telescopes and old monoculars. Just when the ministers were feeling puzzled, a "firearm" that they had never seen before suddenly appeared on the emperor's shoulder.

The emperor obviously did not want to explain anything to them. Instead, he aimed at the central tent of the Wala camp in the distance, and then gently pulled the trigger of the firearm on his shoulder. A cannonball flew out, drawing a beautiful trajectory in the sky, and then landed directly on the central tent of the Wala camp. With an earth-shaking explosion, the central tent of the Wala camp was instantly turned into ruins.

The Ming Dynasty's officials were immediately stunned with shock. When they reacted and turned to look at the emperor, they found that the firearm on the emperor's shoulder was gone, as if it had never appeared.

In front of the main tent of the Wala camp, a group of Mongol nobles were trembling with fear. The Uriankhai leader, Boro, immediately looked at Yesen in horror and said, "Grandmaster, the Emperor has already shown us great respect. If we stay any longer, we will be courting death."

"Yes! Brother, let's withdraw! Maybe we can return to the grassland before the snow blocks the mountains." At this time, Bayan Temur no longer cared about obeying Yesen.

"Retreat!" Yesen stared blankly at the ruins in front of him and gave the order to retreat with difficulty.

"Oh, we can finally go home!" As Yesen gave the order to retreat, the surrounding Mongol soldiers and tribal leaders burst into thunderous cheers.

Looking at the excited and cheering Wala camp around him, Yesen's heart was filled with bitterness. He had finally gathered the scattered grassland together, but he didn't expect that it would all be destroyed by the Ming Emperor.

Looking at the Yongdingmen Tower in the capital in the distance, Yesen seemed to see the mocking eyes of the Ming Emperor. For the first time, he questioned his own ambitions and ideals, and no longer had the ability to strategize as he did at the beginning.

"Brother, the emperor and we are not enemies. Maybe one day the emperor will be our brothers' retreat." Bayan Temur noticed Yesen's displeasure, and then comforted him indifferently.

"Boyan, do you really think the Ming Emperor will treat us well?"

"Brother, the Emperor said that one more friend means one more way out. Even if we don't think about ourselves, we should at least consider our Oirat tribe!" Looking at Yesen, who was still full of doubts and confusion, Bayan Temur said with a clearer perspective, "If our action fails, we two brothers will die in battle without regrets, but we must at least leave some seeds for the Oirat tribe!"

Yesen did not respond to his brother Bayan Temur. Instead, he stood there in a daze, looking at the cheering tribesmen around him and the majestic capital in the distance.

(End of this chapter)