Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

In the spring of the 363rd year of the Great Era, the 38th year of the Eastern Qin calendar, Qin Yizhen and Cheng Yan's son Ming Shijing was just two years old when Princess Shuzhen gave birth to Liang Jing'an, a child with Liang Xihuai.

This is the common bloodline of the royal families of Eastern Qin and Western Liang.

It was in the winter of that year that the struggle for the throne in Western Liang entered its most intense stage. With the help of the old emperor and his mother, Liang Xize was able to contend with the crown prince born to the empress.

In the spring of the following year, the old emperor of Western Liang passed away and passed the throne to Liang Xize. The crown prince refused to accept this and led his army to occupy the southern part of Western Liang, thus creating a rival power to the new emperor Liang Xize.

Liang Xihuai angrily denounced the Crown Prince for fighting with Liang Xize and causing the death of the old emperor. He then asked Emperor Jing'an, who had already assumed power, to escort him back to Western Liang and eliminate the villains who had plotted to kill the emperor and his father.

Therefore, Liang Xihuai led the Eastern Qin army westward.

Inside the residence of the Marquis of Pingxi.

After seeing the army off, Cheng Yan returned to his residence and saw Qin Yi sitting in a rattan chair in the courtyard, lost in thought. Her child was playing with a football next to her. He went over, picked up the child, and sat down next to her.

Qin Yizhen took out a handkerchief and wiped the child's sweat, her brow furrowed slightly, as if she were somewhat uneasy.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yan asked, holding her hand.

"You're about to embark on your western expedition, aren't you?"

Cheng Yan paused for a moment, then nodded: "Soon."

After saying this, seeing that her brows furrowed even more, he reached out and stroked her brows: "Don't worry too much, this day will come sooner or later, and if we don't fight them, they will fight us."

The world, after a long period of division, will eventually unite; sooner or later, it will be unified.

Throughout Eastern Qin, from the royal family to officials, everyone has lived a very frugal life in recent years, with nearly half of the national treasury's money going towards maintaining the army.

Today, we have raised an army for a thousand days to use it for one day. Perhaps the opportunity to unify the world is right before our eyes.

The Marquis of Zhenbei guarded the north and intercepted the Northern Wei's southward advance. The Southern Qi was wealthy, but its army was somewhat weak, so they simply sent people to the border to intercept them.

This time, we will first conquer Western Liang, then Southern Qi, and finally bring most of the territory under Eastern Qin's control. With the entire country at our disposal, we will face Northern Wei. Northern Wei will undoubtedly lose. It all depends on how well we fight this battle.

Qin Yizhen bit her lip: "But I'm still a little scared."

"Don't worry, I will definitely return safely and stay with you for a long time."

Not long after Liang Xihuai led his army into the territory of Xiliang, he suddenly disappeared. When the news reached Dongqin, Emperor Jing'an was furious and immediately sent an envoy to Xiliang, demanding that Xiliang hand over Liang Xihuai.

But west Liang didn't know where Liang Xihuai was or where he came from. He had to hand him over.

After the envoy returned and reported the matter, Princess Shuzhen went to the Taiji Hall with her child and cried about her husband who had been "murdered" and her child who had lost his father right after birth.

Upon seeing this, the generals of Eastern Qin were enraged and requested to "lead men" to Western Liang to find the father of the princess's child.

Finally, Emperor Jing'an arranged for two men to lead troops to Western Liang. After entering Western Liang territory, they clashed with the Western Liang army and the two sides fought.

When the news reached Qin capital, Emperor Jing'an was furious again and immediately ordered Marquis Pingxi, Cheng Yan, to lead a western expedition.

As the army was about to set off, people vaguely guessed that the ultimate goal of Eastern Qin was to find a legitimate reason to attack Western Liang.

On the day Cheng Yan set off for the expedition, Qin Yizhen took her child to see him off. She had a thousand words in her heart, but in the end, she just hugged the child tightly and said only one sentence: "You must come back safely. The child and I are waiting for you to come back."

"Definitely." Cheng Yan touched the child's face. As the child grew older, he looked more and more like him, but also somewhat like her. It was truly amazing.

As his child grew up, his thoughts changed from "it doesn't matter whether the child is here or not" to "I am very fortunate and love him very much".

These are his and his wife's flesh and blood, his closest relatives.

Especially now, as he is about to embark on a western expedition, and who knows how long this battle will last, she would be extremely worried if she were alone at home waiting. Having a child by her side would be much better.

"I will definitely return safely. Please take good care of yourself and your child, Princess."

"it is good."

The army was already waiting, and Cheng Yan didn't linger for long. After exchanging a few words with his wife, he led his troops to Xiliang.

They rushed to this battle for the greater good of the world and for the future of Eastern Qin.

After Cheng Yan set off, Qin Yizhen returned to the Pingxi Marquis's residence with the child. Song Pingping and Chen Songyi came to accompany her, afraid that she would be sad and scared.

Song Pingping wanted to move directly to the Pingxi Marquis's residence, but Qin Yizhen refused.

After the two men left, Princess Huizhen arrived.

Princess Huizhen has remained unmarried for several years, keeping male concubines in her palace. She is entangled with her lover, Lu Yangyusheng, and their relationship is marked by separation and reunion.

"What are you doing here?" Qin Yizhen frowned. She was in a very bad mood and didn't even feel like comforting her child. She really didn't want to get involved in Princess Huizhen's mess.

Princess Huizhen slowly sat down, but asked her, "Tell me, was I really wrong?"

Both being princesses, Qin Yizhen was supported by her family and country and received the kowtows of all people. Although she was unwilling at first, she still married Cheng Yan in order to stabilize the court.

Princess Shuzhen was also unwilling to marry Liang Xihuai, and cried until her eyes were swollen, but in the end she still married him, had children, and finished this grand drama of the Western Expedition with a 'just cause' for the Eastern Qin.

As for her... as the legitimate princess, she clearly received the most, but all she knew was how to play and cause trouble, and she never did anything for Eastern Qin.

Oh, and because of keeping male concubines, the Eastern Qin royal family once became a laughing stock in the eyes of the world.

She was a shameless, dissolute woman who brought shame upon the royal family.

"Whether it's right or wrong, you know it in your heart. There's no need to tell others." Qin Yizhen was too lazy to argue with her. Didn't she used to think that 'as long as I'm carefree and happy, why should I care about the raging flood outside?' What's the point of saying these things now?

"What about Shuzhen...?"

"If the world is unified, her son will be the Marquis of Qin, and she will be a high-ranking princess and the old lady of the Marquis's mansion. If His Majesty remembers her current contributions, he will ensure her lifelong peace."

While she made sacrifices for the country, the rewards were also very tempting. So, Princess Shuzhen married and had children, and today she has finished her performance.

"Sister, let me tell you a quote from Songyi. She said that there are only two kinds of people in the world that people always care about: those who benefit from it and those who are emotional."

"Those who benefit are those who gain power, wealth, and status, and thus profit for themselves."

"This emotion refers to the feeling of happiness and comfort that you have with the other person. Not to mention the relationship between husband and wife, even between close relatives, if you only take and do not give back, and do not care or show concern, then gradually, the feelings between close relatives will also fade away."