"Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's grace, the Grand General decisively defeated the Oirat Khan Yesuder's forces at the beginning of last month!" Fu Rang knelt down and excitedly told Zhu Yunying, "More than 30,000 were killed in battle, and countless were captured! The Grand General led his troops to pursue and annihilate the remaining enemy!"

Zhu Yunying was overjoyed. Yesu was the Khan of the Oirat Mongols, and now he had been almost crippled. While the north might not enjoy long-term peace, maintaining relative tranquility for fifty years shouldn't be a major problem. The main enemy now was the Tartars entrenched in the northwest.

This battle was even comparable to Zhu Di's several personal expeditions to the Mongolian steppes, and its significance to the Ming Dynasty was extraordinary!

Even though this battle was basically planned by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was the achievement of Emperor Ying Shi! Zhu Yuanzhang planned this war not only to solve the troubles in the north, but also to bolster the prestige of his grandson!

Zhu Yunying was very excited, then suddenly remembered something, "Fu Rang, our army's casualties..."

"Never mind, let's not ask any more questions," Zhu Yunying quickly said. "Come with me to the Qianqing Palace to report the good news to the Emperor Emeritus!"

"Wang Chengen, order the drums to be struck and sounded! We're going to raise the banner!" Zhu Yunying laughed heartily and quickly got up. "We're going to gather our generals!"

Zhu Yunying was overjoyed, but no one thought he was exaggerating. Such a momentous event naturally required the entire court to celebrate together, regardless of whether it was morning court or not; whether or not the officials were resting was not their business.

Xu Miaoqing also stood up at this moment, bowed gracefully, and said, "Your Majesty, I congratulate you! Your Majesty's divine might is awe-inspiring!"

"Empress, hurry up and wash and get dressed, we're going to the Fengtian Hall to offer our congratulations!" As if remembering something, Zhu Yunying said, "Let our Crown Prince go too, our Crown Prince should go too!"

After saying this, Zhu Yunying snatched the cloak, wrapped it casually around himself, and rushed out of Chunhe Palace.

Wang Chengen and the others hurriedly followed, with maids, eunuchs, and even some guards carrying lanterns to deliver the message. As for the palace restrictions, they didn't exist; the emperor didn't have any palace restrictions.

Old Zhu's Qianqing Palace naturally had its own rules, and palace regulations were usually very strict. However, many people also knew that the current emperor did not need to care about palace regulations, nor did the late emperor; the retired emperor never put any precautions against them.

Rushing into the Qianqing Palace, Old Zhu was already up by then, calling out, "Ying'er..."

Zhu Yunying immediately knelt down and loudly replied, "Your Majesty, we have won! We have won a great victory!"

Old Zhu suddenly realized what was happening and was overjoyed. "Great! I thought we should get a reply by now!"

"Grandpa, what a great victory! Yesu has been defeated!" Zhu Yunying jumped up and excitedly ran to the Emperor's bedside. "We asked, and Yesu's main force has been annihilated, and his able-bodied men have been almost entirely killed or wounded! Get up quickly, let's go and report the good news!"

Old Zhu was happily helped up by Zhu Yunying and said, "Let's go deliver the good news! Let's go with Ying'er to deliver the good news!"

"The Empress is going, and the Crown Prince is going too!" Zhu Yunying said with a beaming smile, "Grandfather Emperor personally planned this, and the defeat was swift. We don't need to worry about fifty years of peace in the north!"

Old Zhu opened his arms and let Zhu Yunying help him put on his clothes, saying, "We didn't do anything; it's all thanks to our emperor!"

"Shuangquan, where is the Emperor's ceremonial robe?" Zhu Yunying turned around and immediately asked, "Bring me one too, so I can share the good news!"

Old Zhu immediately laughed and joked, "This is truly a peaceful emperor, isn't he? He's already like this after just one victory. If he were like us, he wouldn't be sleeping either, he'd be busy celebrating."

"That's different!" Zhu Yunying laughed, not feeling ashamed at all. "This battle was a great victory, and our Great Ming is now at peace in the north!"

Just then, the rallying drums sounded. Old Zhu immediately laughed, though he felt his grandson was making a mountain out of a molehill. But after thinking about it, he realized it was fine; such a great victory certainly deserved a celebration, and naturally, it deserved to be widely publicized!

The two emperors put on their ceremonial robes, and at that moment Wang Chengen came to report that the empress had arrived with the crown prince.

Seeing his son, Little Zhu, still grumpy from waking up, Old Zhu felt sorry for him, but still said, "Crown Prince, today is a great victory planned by your father! This battle has brought a century of peace to our Great Ming!"

Little Zhu didn't speak, he just dozed off on Old Zhu's shoulder. He was sleeping soundly, but he was woken up.

Meanwhile, lights began to appear in Yingtian Prefecture, especially in the residences of civil and military officials, as well as the mansions of princes and generals. Almost all of them lit up at this time, and these people hurriedly began to change into their court robes.

The normally curfew-bound Yingtian Prefecture was bustling with activity. While not exactly a sea of ​​carriages and horses, many people were now converging on the imperial city. Even princes and dukes, who normally didn't need to attend court, had all donned their court robes. As for the military officers, they were all fully armored and helmeted; they had naturally heard the assembly drums and needed to be fully armed!

"It looks like they've won!"

"It's bound to be a great victory! The imperial court is placing such importance on it; it's bound to be a great victory!"

The civil officials were happy, naturally because of the court's great victory. The military generals were even more pleased, as this group of meritorious officials could continue to suppress the civil officials; they were the backbone of the Ming Dynasty.

......

The city gates slowly opened, and civil and military officials, princes, and generals lined up according to their status to enter the imperial city.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Zhu and Crown Prince Zhu sat solemnly on the dragon throne. The young Crown Prince, now fully awake, stood before the throne, eager to make his presence known. This wasn't just to assert his authority, but also to accumulate some 'achievements'.

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