The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

Hongmin and Hongchen went to Xu Shida's house every day as if they were on duty.

The revolutionary friendship between Hongchen and Xu Qingxue was quickly established.

Although Xu Qingxue is young, smart, and good at studying, she is also playful at heart, just like Hongchen.

On weekdays, Xu Shida pitied her and doted on his little granddaughter, so he always tried his best to meet her requirements, which also made her personality somewhat free and easy.

This is not...

In autumn, the chirping of crickets became louder and louder. No one knew where Xu Qingxue caught them from, but she raised four or five of them, waiting to compete with Hongchen.

The bet of cricket fighting is the homework assigned by Xu Shida.

Whoever loses will write for the other person.

Originally, Hongchen wanted to get Hongmin to join them, but he was not interested at all. He even thought that Cricket was too ugly and didn't want to even look at him, which made Qingxue think he was a weirdo.

"Mighty General! Charge! Come on! Go!"

"Tsk, your mighty general is no good at all, look at my Victorious General! It has already won several rounds!"

In the yard, two little kids were squatting on the ground, head to head, sticking out their little butts, and shouting loudly.

There were two big black crickets in the basin, fighting fiercely. The outcome was decided in the blink of an eye. By the time Hongyan came over, the outcome had already been decided.

"Hahahahahahahaha," Xu Qingxue clapped her hands happily, "What do you think? My Victorious General is still more powerful! Your mighty General is not mighty at all and always loses. Hongchen, I think you should hurry up and change one, otherwise you will have to help me with this month's homework."

Hong Chen curled his lips: "Tsk, what are you so proud of! I'm just giving in to you, otherwise you would cry again. You're such a crybaby, you cry every time you lose and laugh when you win!"

Xu Qingxue was not willing to be outdone: "You are the same, aren't you? You laughed happier than anyone else after winning, and even said that my Hundred Victory General was rubbish. Now I am laughing at you too! Lululu!"

"You!" Hong Chen turned away angrily, not wanting to bother with her anymore.

Hongyan looked at his sixth brother with interest, counting "three, two, one" silently in his heart.

After counting three times, Hong Chen turned around, as if he had completely forgotten the conflict between them. He took Xu Qingxue's hand and said, "Let's go. I'll show you something more interesting."

Xu Qingxue also successfully diverted her attention: "What's more fun?"

Hong Chen said proudly: "I stole my third brother's slingshot, let's go bird hunting later!"

Xu Qingxue was a little surprised: "Can you also use a slingshot?"

"Of course, but my mother said that we can't hit people. We can only shoot birds."

"Okay!" Xu Qingxue was a little happy and smiled brightly, "Let's go and give it a try."

"Cough cough."

Just as the two little kids were about to leave, they suddenly heard someone coughing.

Hong Chen turned around and saw the familiar figure of his third brother. He smiled awkwardly and whispered, "Brother...Brother, you are here."

Hong Yan knocked on his forehead and said, "You naughty boy, if I hadn't come, you wouldn't have known that you took my slingshot. Didn't you promise your mother that you wouldn't play with it secretly anymore?"

Hongchen waved his hands quickly: "No, no, I just want to show Qingxue, she has never played it before."

Qingxue was a little afraid of Hongyan's aura. Although this older brother seemed easy to talk to, she didn't dare to talk to him as she pleased, just like a young animal having a natural fear of the king.

Hong Yan didn't scold him much, just said: "Okay, be careful when you return to the palace at night. Father will ask you about your homework. You still need to review what you need to review."

Hearing this, Hong Chen had no choice but to lower his head, nodded disappointedly, and said to Xu Qingxue: "I'm sorry, I can't accompany you to watch bird hunting today."

Qingxue asked curiously: "Is your father very fierce?"

Hong Chen thought for a moment and nodded: "Father is sometimes fierce, sometimes kind, we are all afraid of him, no, except mother, no one is not afraid of him."

Qingxue's eyes were filled with envy: "That's great, it turns out that having an old man is like this."

When Hongchen heard her say that, he asked curiously: "What about your father? Your father, what is he like? Does he curse? Is he fierce? Is he the same as Xu An Da?"

Qingxue shook her head, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes: "I don't know, I have never seen my father, and I don't remember my mother. My grandfather said that my father went to a very far place, and my mother has her own life."

"Ah? Your father went to a faraway place? How far was it? My fourteenth uncle also went to a faraway place. He became a general. Do you know a general? He leads soldiers to fight in wars. Is your father that powerful?"

Hong Yan naturally knew what was going on. Hearing Hong Chen's heartless words, he twitched his lips and wanted to stop him from rubbing salt into the girl's heart, but it was not easy to say it out loud at this time, so he was a little embarrassed.

Qingxue was young and didn’t quite understand matters of life and death. She only knew that as far as she could remember, there were only her grandparents in her family.

So when she heard Hong Chen's words, she naturally thought that her father must have gone to a distant place to serve as a general.

"That should be it! My grandfather said that Daddy might not come back for a long, long time. Does being a general mean he can't come back?"

"Wow! Your father is so awesome! The general is the most powerful!" Hong Chen gave a thumbs up, "Qingxue is awesome!"

The two children then began to discuss how the general fought and how he rode on horseback to fight.

Hongyan sighed.

Xu Shida, who was not far away, also had red eyes.

His son...will never come back.

Chengqian Palace...

Hongchen told Changning what happened in Xu's house today. He was very happy and excited.

"Mother, do you know? Qingxue's father is the same as Guo Luomafa! They both led troops to fight in wars!"

"Ah?" Changning was stunned for a moment. If she remembered correctly, Xu Anda's only son should have died of a sudden illness just after passing the imperial examination?

It was a pity for Yinzhen at that time. After all, he was a rare talent. His ranking in the exam was not low, and it seemed that he was either the second or the third place. It was a pity that he died young.

But she didn't say it out loud, as she couldn't bear to let her child be exposed to the truth about life and death so early.

However, Hongmin on the side was very calm: "Sixth brother, she didn't say her father was a general, she just said her father went to a faraway place. Generally speaking, this kind of words are used to deceive children."

"What's this about lying to kids?"

"Her father must be dead. He went to a faraway place, and the story that he turned into a star is all false."

Changning was really stunned.

How does Hongmin know so much? And isn't he too precocious?

Can a five-year-old child look at life and death so calmly?