Zhang Shuheng's convoy had been out of the capital for more than ten miles. Before dawn, Chongzhen sat in the shaking car, listening to the sound of rotating wheels, and he couldn't fall asleep. Although the vehicle he was riding in was very comfortable, the car was like a spacious big bed with thick cotton pads on the bottom and a thick quilt covered with him. Queen Zhou sat next to him.

Chongzhen lifted the curtain behind the car, looked back at the capital hidden in the fog, and felt very moved: I don’t know when I will come back when I leave. My ancestors and clans are all in the capital. Alas, I am really an unworthy descendant. Looking at the capital gradually moving away, Chongzhen thought of a noun by Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty: Unlimited mountains and rivers are easy to see when they are far away. Chongzhen was extremely sad at this time.

The sky was slightly bright, and there were gray fields on both sides of the official road. Chongzhen, who grew up in the palace since childhood, had never stepped out of the capital. After he took office, he had almost never even left the gate of the Forbidden City. The scene outside made him feel strange. Is this my country?

Moreover, Chongzhen thought of one thing: when he was in the capital, the civil and military officials were slanderous in opposition to him, especially civil officials. Every time he wanted to do, the civil officials would rush forward to oppose what he did, and he was justified and well-founded; the civil officials advised him righteously and righteously this time, just leave the capital earlier, but when everyone spoke, all of those civil officials were loyal Yue Wumu and Yu Shaobao, who served the country. What was the result? When the rebel army arrived, Yue Wumu and Yu Shaobao all surrendered to the thief.

He entrusted His Highness the Crown Prince to Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng, but Zhu Chunchen surrendered as soon as he turned around. It was not enough that he surrendered, but he even offered His Highness the Crown Prince to the thief!

I don’t know how I would suppress the group of officials who were lip service after going to Nanjing. But I had no foundation at all when I arrived in Nanjing.

Chongzhen thought of his other two sons Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cizhao. So Chongzhen asked, "Yufeng, how are the two children of King Ding and King Yong? If he had known that Zhang Aiqing would loyally escort me out of the city, he would not have sent them away. Now they have gone south with us."

"The little Russian sent them to the father-in-law." Zhou Hou replied.

Chongzhen nodded: "After all, Zhou Guogong is the child's grandfather, at least King Ding's biological grandfather, so he is safe in his place. When I settle down in Nanjing, I will send the Jinyiwei to rescue them."

Queen Zhou smiled bitterly: "Maybe they have all fallen into the hands of the thieves! I know the father of my concubine. He only has money in his eyes and ignores me. He will take risks for his grandson? I'm afraid he has given the two children of King Ding and King Huai to the thief!"

"How could this happen?" Chongzhen only felt his chest tight and was so angry that he could hardly speak.

Empress Zhou told her last time that she asked her father to donate money. After hearing this, Chongzhen was so angry that he almost vomited blood again: "How can he be a father like this? In the face of his son-in-law's country, he would forget that he could not afford a single son, but he also greedy for his own daughter for two thousand taels of silver!"

"If my father falls into the hands of a thief, I will not feel sorry for him at all!" Queen Zhou said with tears.

In one of the cars in the convoy, Princess Kunxing hugged her sister tightly. As the car bumped, Princess Zhaoren fell asleep quietly in her arms. Her white porcelain-like face and slender eyelashes were still a drop of tears, which made people very pity. The originally lively and cute sister cried many times in this incident. Princess Kunxing put her sister's little head on her legs with heartache, so that she could sleep more comfortably.

Princess Kunxing herself couldn't sleep at all. Wu Weibo, whom she was concerned about, didn't know why she didn't appear yet.

At this moment, a messy sound of horse hooves came from the front, and the convoy stopped.

Princess Kunxing opened the curtains of the car, and then looked forward with a faint light in the morning. She saw a team of Ming cavalry appearing in front of the convoy. The cavalry armor was covered with dust and looked dusty. Many people still had blood on their armor. It seemed that they had experienced many fierce battles on the road.

A general wearing purple and gold armor and a big red cloak, riding a red horse turned over and dismounted and headed straight for the front of the convoy.

"Where is Your Majesty?" the general asked.

Zhang Shuheng said: "In the largest car behind."

"Wuwei Bo!" Princess Kunxing saw the general clearly and was delighted.

But Wu Weibo did not run towards her car, but ran over from the side, arrived at Emperor Chongzhen's car, and asked a Jinyiwei: "Have Your Majesty asleep?"

"No." The curtain in front of the car opened, revealing the pale face of Emperor Chongzhen.

Li Guodong quickly knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty! I am late to protect you, and I will be punished for death!"

Chongzhen cried and said, "I never thought that the three troops of the kings near the capital would not be the kings. The one who came to the capital was Wuwei Bo, who was far away in Huguang! Li Aiqing, get up quickly. Speaking of which, I am sorry to you. I regret not to believe the slander and regard Wuwei Bo as a bandit. Alas, it's too late to regret it!"

"Your Majesty does not need to blame yourself. I will escort Your Majesty to visit Nanjing! If there are any sluts on the road, I am willing to protect you to the death!"

At this moment, a shout came from behind: "Don't leave with a fool!"

Chongzhen just saw that Li Guodong brought not many soldiers, probably less than three thousand. Hearing the shouts from behind and a burst of hurried horse hooves, Chongzhen lamented: "It's over! The thieves are catching up."

Li Guodong brought few troops to welcome Chongzhen, with only more than 3,000 people left. Because of the long journey, the horses were consumed very much. When he arrived in Tianjin, he unexpectedly fought another battle with the Ming army in Tianjin Guards! Seeing that Li Guodong was few, Tianjin Governor Feng Yuanyang ordered troops to stop Li Guodong. Tianjin General Cao Youyi led his troops out of the city to intercept him. Needless to say, he was naturally beaten by Li Guodong so much that he was abandoned and fled into the city in a panic.

Because Tianjin Wei was stuck on the only way to hunt in Chongzhen's south, if he did not take Tianjin, he would probably surrender to the thieves when they heard the news in the capital. If they wanted to be loyal to the thieves, they would try their best to intercept Chongzhen to go south. Therefore, Li Guodong ordered that all 2,500 dragon cavalry be kept, and that another 500 nights would not be taken away. Cooperate with the dragon cavalry to attack Tianjin Weicheng, and gave all the horses to the horse-sling heavy cavalry and light cavalry. He only brought 3,000 people into the capital to serve the king.

"How many people have come to the bandits?" Li Guodong asked an Jinyiwei.

"About five thousand cavalry." The Jinyiwei replied.

Li Guodong turned to Zhang Shuheng and shouted: "You escort Your Majesty away quickly, I will cut off the rear here! Stop the thief army for you!"

Chongzhen asked anxiously: "Li Aiqing is only 3,000 people, and the thief army is 5,000. The enemy is numerous and we are few. Can the Qing family block the thief cavalry? If Li Aiqing is in trouble, how can I run over the thief cavalry? Why not Li Aiqing and I have one thousand troops together to retreat together?"

"Your Majesty, five thousand thieves are chasing, and they must be just vanguard cavalry. If you join forces with Your Majesty, we will not be able to escape when the main force of the thief army comes up! It is better to let me leave the rear and wait until the main force of the thief comes up, and I will also block the enemy and ensure that Your Majesty will visit Tianjin Guards! When you arrive at Tianjin Guards, you will be safe." Li Guodong saluted, rode his horse, and prepared to take his three thousand cavalry to block the enemy.

"Wuweibo, be careful!" A woman's voice came from the convoy.

Li Guodong turned his head and saw a car's curtain lifting, a beautiful but pure and cute face facing him.

"Please rest assured to you, Your Highness Princess! I will do my best to retreat to the enemy and protect Your Majesty and Your Highness Princess!" Li Guodong turned around and arched his hand.

Chongzhen and Empress Zhou looked at each other. After a while, Zhou Hou said: "Can Kunxing fall in love with Wu Weibo, right?"

"Hmph!" Chongzhen snorted, "Wuwei Bo has many wives and concubines. His age is about the same as mine. How could I marry Kunxing to Wuwei Bo as a young man?"
Chapter completed!