The fiefdom of the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Longcheng Palace.
Since returning to the palace, Chen Huai'an has been dealing with endless government affairs every day, so much so that he has no time or energy to meet with Princess Bijia Yue Qiluo and Princess Shujun Liu Shujun alone.
When the old fox Liu Xinwu, the Prince of Wuning, was ordered by Chen Huai'an to personally go to the Jiangnan region to prepare for Chen Huai'an's ascension to the throne, he also specially left his daughter Liu Shujun at the Prince of Jin's residence and entrusted her to the care of the Dowager Consort Xu Ruoyun.
In this way, two princesses came to live in the small Prince Jin's mansion.
Chen Huai'an didn't get to enjoy the blessings of having two wives, but he did experience quite a few trivial and chaotic things between the maids and servants of the two princesses.
So much so that Chen Huai'an felt that returning to this palace, where he spent his days dealing with local government affairs and trivial matters, was not as enjoyable as being in the army camp in Longcheng at the front!
At this moment, he even began to understand why Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di, was so obsessed with conquering the northern deserts throughout his life.
One reason was that he wanted to secure a century of peace on the borders for his descendants, but another reason was probably that he didn't want to sit in the deep palace and deal with memorials from all over the country every day!
Dealing with government affairs is truly tedious and boring.
Chen Huai'an even imagined that after unifying the world, he would personally lead the dynasty's navy to the seven continents and four oceans to claim land for his descendants, and make all those blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners speak Mandarin.
If he were truly confined to the inner palace, he would probably become ill from boredom.
On this day, Chen Huai'an was handling government affairs in the Taihe Hall of the Royal Palace when he suddenly received a battle report from the front lines.
"Report—"
"Your Highness, urgent report from Chang Yuchun, Deputy Marshal of the Longcheng Army!"
oh?
Chen Huai'an raised an eyebrow, took the urgent message from Jinan Prefecture from the messenger, opened it and his face lit up with joy.
The letter contained only one line: "On the 23rd day of the sixth month of the second year of Lingwu, the Longcheng Expeditionary Army captured Jinan Prefecture!"
At this time, only eighteen days had passed since the Longcheng Expeditionary Army arrived at the gates of Jinan Prefecture.
Jinan, known as the most important military stronghold in the north of the Great Xin Dynasty and guarded by Wu Qidong, the most valiant general of the Great Xin Dynasty, was captured by Chang Shiwan in just eighteen days!
With the capture of Jinan Prefecture, the Longcheng Expeditionary Army can now advance straight to Nanjing.
Hahaha!
After reading the letter, Chen Huai'an couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Then he ordered, "Men, immediately draft an edict for me, ordering the Longcheng Southern Expeditionary Army to rest briefly in Jinan Prefecture, and wait until I lead the Longcheng reinforcements south to join them before marching on Jinling City!"
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Just as Chen Huai'an issued the order to Jinan Prefecture, he immediately received a secret report from the Prince of Zhongshan's residence in Guangling County. It was sent by Luo Yucheng, who had been promoted to special envoy of the Prince of Jin.
"Report—"
"Your Highness Prince Jin, an urgent report has come from Luo Yucheng, the Deputy Commander of the Dragon City Inner Guard!"
As they were talking, another urgent letter was delivered to Chen Huai'an.
Upon opening the letter and reading its contents, Chen Huai'an's grin widened even further.
Luo Yucheng's letter informed Chen Huai'an that the four non-royal kings of the Great Xin Dynasty in the southern region had all agreed to submit to His Highness Prince Jin, and were just waiting for the right opportunity to raise the Prince Jin's dragon flag.
However, the young Emperor Lingwu and Empress Dowager of the Great Xin Dynasty are currently trapped in the Great Xin Dynasty's naval camp in Jiangyin, and the whereabouts of the Imperial Seal are unknown.
Eh—
Chen Huai'an gave a bitter smile and a long sigh, muttering to himself, "It's all because those eight characters, 'By the mandate of Heaven, may your life be long and prosperous,' are too tempting."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't be so fixated on obtaining the Imperial Seal before ascending the throne!"
"Someone come here!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Immediately, Chen Huai'an loudly ordered, "Relay my imperial decree, ordering Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of the Longcheng Inner Guard, to mobilize all forces of the Longcheng Inner Guard in the Jiangnan region and immediately proceed to the Jiangyin naval camp;"
"Make sure Luo Yucheng does everything in his power to complete the task I assigned him!"
"Your subordinate obeys!"
After dealing with these two matters, Chen Huai'an slowly got up from the dragon throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, stretched, and loosened his muscles.
I'm going to go to the training ground for a few rides to relax my tense nerves from the past few days.
He had just prepared to leave the Hall of Supreme Harmony when he heard the voice of General Wang Jian.
"Your Highness, great news! Incredible good news!"
General Wang Jian arrived before he did, but his voice preceded his arrival.
A moment later, Wang Jian, dressed in plain clothes, strode into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, his excitement barely concealed, and reported to Chen Huai'an:
"Your Highness, we have just received an urgent message from Deputy Commander Chen of the Longcheng Army: the Tibetan King Dharma King surrendered his letter of surrender to Deputy Commander Chen outside the Potala Palace ten days ago."
"Dama expressed his willingness to submit to His Highness Prince Jin and maintain a friendly relationship with the Prince Jin's family for generations to come!"
"What?"
Upon hearing this news, Chen Huai'an, sitting in the main hall, was also taken aback.
During the six months that Chen Qingzhi, the deputy marshal of Longcheng, led 100,000 Xuanjia soldiers and 100,000 Anxi border troops to conquer the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, his mind was always on quelling the rebellions in the Western Regions and the Longcheng army's southern expedition.
Although they would occasionally receive good news from Chen Qingzhi, who came from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
However, he never imagined that Chen Qingzhi would be able to silently attack the Tibetan heartland and even accept the letter of surrender presented by the Tibetan king Dama at the Potala Palace.
In this way, there were no longer any hostile foreign powers in the entire Northwest and Southwest regions that could threaten the rule of the Prince of Jin's residence.
As long as the Longcheng Southern Expeditionary Army conquers Jinling City, Chen Huai'an will be only one step away from leaving the prosperous era!
As they spoke, Chen Huai'an received from General Wang Jian an urgent report that had been sent back from the Potala Palace, the royal palace of the Tubo Kingdom on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, ten days earlier.
In his letter, Chen Qingzhi said that the Longcheng Western Expeditionary Army was on its way back to the capital.
Also returning to Longcheng were the special envoy sent by the Tibetan king Dama to Longcheng, the fiefdom of the Jin king, and the letter of submission of the Tibetan kingdom to the Jin king.
Hahaha!
Today, with three joyous occasions, even the usually composed Prince Chen Huai'an couldn't help but burst into laughter.
He immediately issued an order: "General Wang Jian, I hereby appoint you to be fully responsible for welcoming the triumphant return of the Western Expeditionary Army. You must greet them with the highest honors upon their return to Jin."
"I, the King, will personally host a victory banquet for the soldiers of the Western Expedition at the Jin Palace!"
"Your subordinate obeys!"
General Wang Jian accepted the order and left.
Chen Huai'an, unable to contain his excitement, also prepared to leave the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Unexpectedly, before I could even leave the house, I received another message from a messenger:
"Report—"
"Your Highness, a special envoy from the Southern Yue Kingdom requests an audience!"
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