The chicken leg smells delicious, but Zhao Min can no longer taste it at this moment.
Zhao Min just felt wronged, a huge injustice. She was the former empress, so why did she have to suffer such humiliation? Why did she have to get pregnant with her enemy's child?
Zhao Minhua was grief-stricken and angry about her appetite. She ate desperately, hoping to kill the baby in her belly.
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three months have passed.
In the Jiangnan region, Zhu Yuanzhang had put down Ming Yuzhen's rebellion, and Ming Yuzhen committed suicide by burning himself after being defeated.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still somewhat unwilling to accept this, because it was because of Ming Yuzhen's rebellion that he lost the best opportunity to have a decisive battle with Zhang Wuji. This made Zhu Yuanzhang a little annoyed, but there was nothing he could do. In order to resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country. Most people would choose to solve their own family troubles first. Only when the troubles at home were solved could they go to war with peace of mind.
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In Yingtian Prefecture, within a magnificent palace, Liu Bowen had been hanging out in Zhang Wuji's Beijing for several months, only to set off and return a month ago, and only just today.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already prepared a banquet to welcome Liu Bowen.
"Your humble servant, Liu Bowen, pays his respects to Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed: "Sir, please stand up quickly. You are finally back. I almost thought you had gone to Zhang Wuji."
Liu Bowen said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, you are joking. I stayed in the north for a while just to get some more useful information."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Sir, how could I not know your painstaking efforts? Come on, let's eat and talk at the same time."
After the emperor and his minister drank a cup of imperial wine together, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Sir, you have been with Zhang Wuji for such a long time this time. Tell me quickly, how powerful is he now? How many troops does he have at hand? Are the food and wages enough to support the war next year..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally not polite to his own ministers. He asked a lot of questions in one breath.
Liu Bowen quickly replied: "Your Majesty, in the past few months, I have almost figured out Zhang Wuji's background."
"Zhang Wuji now has less than 200,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized. He is also in great shortage of food and wages. He has to desperately rob Peter to pay Paul in order to pay his soldiers' salaries."
"According to the current situation, Zhang Wuji will not be able to recover much of his strength even by next year."
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang happily drank a large glass of wine and said, "Okay, I wasted some time in the campaign against Ming Yuzhen, but fortunately, there is no improvement on Zhang Wuji's side."
Liu Bowen glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was beaming with joy, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what I said just now was only superficial and reasonable."
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be poured a bucket of cold water again: "What do you mean, sir? What do you mean by superficial and reasonable?"
Liu Bowen said: "I have been staying in Zhang Wuji's Beijing for three months. Although Zhang Wuji is a little poor now, he has no other problems except that he is quite lustful. The morale of his soldiers is also very high. No matter what, Your Majesty must ensure that there is no room for error when we fight him next year."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Of course. Our Jiangnan region is vast and rich in resources, with an inexhaustible population and inexhaustible wealth. Its military strength is more than three times that of Zhang Wuji. As long as my soldiers are united, there is no reason why we cannot win."
Liu Bowen said: "Your Majesty is wise, but I have stayed in Beijing for such a long time, and was also planning another thing. Unfortunately, my plan failed."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised: "With your talent, is there something you can't plan? Tell me, what are you planning?"
Liu Bowen said: "I can get a lot of information while I am in Beijing. One of the pieces of information is the same as what Your Majesty guessed several months ago."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment: "Is it the same as I guessed? Did I guess anything?"
Liu Bowen said: "Your Majesty is really forgetful. Didn't you guess a few months ago that Zhao Min must have done something shameful with Zhang Wuji?"
"As a result, after I arrived in Beijing, I really found out about this matter. Zhao Min really had an affair with Zhang Wuji, and they even had a child."
Zhu Yuanzhang widened his eyes and thought to himself, "This actually happened. I was just talking nonsense at the time. I didn't expect that Zhao Min would actually do such a thing with Zhang Wuji."
"What a pity, Zhao Min is such a beautiful woman."
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In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has always had some fantasies about Zhao Min in his heart.
After all, Zhao Min was so beautiful, and she was also the empress of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that if he could get such a woman into his pocket, it would definitely become a good story in the world.
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Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "Zhao Min is actually pregnant. What a pity. She was the empress of the Yuan Dynasty. She almost defeated my entire army. It's a pity that such a woman gave herself to Zhang Wuji. What a pity, what a pity."
"Are Zhang Wuji's other wives pregnant?"
Liu Bowen was stunned for a moment. He really couldn't understand why his master would suddenly ask such a question.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Wuji currently has a son and a daughter, born to Empress Zhao Linger and Concubine Gong Yu respectively. If there is a third child, it would be the one in Zhao Min's belly."
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "Fortunately, the woman named Zhou Zhiruo is not pregnant yet. After I pacify Zhang Wuji in the future, I can take Zhou Zhiruo in as a concubine. It will be a good thing..."
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Finally, after they had both drunk three rounds of wine, Liu Bowen continued to talk about what he had planned in Beijing.
"Your Majesty, I have been hanging around in Beijing for three months. I wanted to meet Zhao Min in private, but unfortunately, in three months, I didn't even see the shadow of Zhao Min. Zhang Wuji guarded Zhao Min too strictly."
"Although Zhao Min has been defeated now, as long as she is not dead, she can still be used. When we fight Zhang Wuji, as long as Zhao Min can do something to hinder him, even if it is a small thing, it will be priceless."
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said, "I understand what you mean, sir, but women are always more emotional than rational. Now that Zhao Min has a child, I'm afraid she can no longer be used by us."
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