Lintai Storm Record

After finishing his errands, Xu Zhou stepped out of the palace that had been tidied up in the past few days. Behind him was the bedroom where Fu Mingshao's queen lived. The palace had been vacant since the queen passed away. An unfavored concubine with no family background moved here from Shaohou Palace, and now this woman from outside the palace was added to live with her.

After the people were settled, Xu Zhou went to the Queen Mother to return to his orders. Before entering the door, when Jiang Meng came out, he quickly put on a smile, Xu Zhou saluted softly, and said, "Godfather."

"The Empress Dowager is in a bad mood, please answer carefully." Jiang Meng told Xu Zhou this sentence, and hurried away.

Xu Zhou stood in the courtyard for a while, thinking in his mind that it was already after lunch, and the queen mother would take a nap at this time on weekdays, so he simply waited for the queen mother to take a nap before answering.Xu Zhou was about to drink tea in the corner room where the eunuchs were resting on duty, when they heard noises in the inner hall and a man's voice.

The palace servants standing outside the palace buried their heads lower one by one.

Xu Zhou's thin eyebrows loosened.A few months ago, Xuzhou was implicated in Lin Shutong's poisoning case, and his godfather Jiang Meng sent him to Lintai for trial, so he was considered dead once.Because of this, it is very clear that the eunuch's life is the most insignificant in the palace, not to mention that Jiang Meng is on his head. Jiang Meng is like a teacher and a father to him, but he is also a big mountain. As long as the Queen Mother is in front of Jiang Meng With a dreamy face, there is no room for Xu Zhou to talk.

There can only be one person who can make such a noise in the Queen Mother's palace.

Xu Zhou lowered his head, stepped forward respectfully, and winked to tell others to pass on.

When Xu Zhou got permission from the Empress Dowager to enter, the hall was terribly quiet. The Empress Dowager had her hair loose, resting her forehead with one hand, and the dowry close to her was combing her hair, so that the Empress Dowager could relax a little.

Li Yeyuan was lying on the couch. Li Yeyuan was actually awake, but his hands and feet were tied. When he heard someone coming in, he didn't want others to see this absurd scene, so he closed his eyes tightly, pretending that he didn't wake up.But if you look closely, this face sunken under the quilt, with stiff cheeks and slightly trembling lips, is clearly an awake person.

Xu Zhou obediently returned to his errand, before the Queen Mother Zhou ordered him to go out, he suddenly knelt forward.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked over with cold eyes.

A chill oozes from Xuzhou's neck, his forehead is covered with fine sweat, and he bites the bullet and says to the Queen Mother: "My Lady, the Chengyuan Palace has always been the place where important ministers discuss matters. The Prime Minister has lived here for a long time. It's not very appropriate, according to the slave's opinion, it's better to move it to the Nuan Pavilion near the west, where there are few people walking around and it's not easy to attract attention."

For a long time, the Queen Mother Zhou did not speak.

Xu Zhou's forehead was stuck to the ground, and the strength flowed from his spine, and he couldn't straighten up.

"Forget it, are you Jiang Meng's godson?"

Xu Zhou didn't dare to raise his head, and said tremblingly: "The empress dowager remembers clearly that the servant was taken care of by the godfather when he was young, so he has the blessing today to serve in front of the empress."

"Yes." The Queen Mother fell silent.

Xu Zhou felt his knees go weak.

"Find a few people, keep an eye on them, and move Li Xiang over to take care of them. Since it was your idea, then you will serve the prime minister, and you must be careful."

Xu Zhou straightened up with a blushing face: "Yes, this servant will definitely do the job well and live up to your mother's trust."

The Empress Dowager Zhou was full of tiredness, she glanced at Li Yeyuan's face pretending to be sleeping from the corner of her eye, got up and was helped in to freshen up.

Xuzhou called several eunuchs, and when he moved Li Yeyuan, his hands touched Li Yeyuan's back, and he sweated profusely. He deliberately tried his hand under Li Yeyuan's armpit, but when he saw that Li Yeyuan's face was loose, he suppressed his smile, which was weird. Although the expression was only for a moment, it was clearly in Xu Zhou's eyes.

☆, Back to Beijing (Wu)

As night fell, Duo Qiduo, the eldest prince of Amadanjung, and his party left the palace gate in a mighty way, and returned to the post house arranged by Honglu Temple.

Duo Qiduo was very irritable, took off the leather armor on his wrist with a snap, and reprimanded Li Mingchang in Tanjung language. After being scolded, Li Mingchang didn't look angry, but lowered his head meekly and humbly, from time to time he made an apology.

Duo Qi burst out a sentence between his teeth, his high nose almost touched Li Mingchang's disc-shaped face: "Tomorrow, the king will leave for the imperial capital. In the royal court, the situation is changing. My king's Uncle Wang, younger brother, and the concubines of the father, trembling under the sharp eagle claws of this king, bowed their heads and bowed their heads to surrender. The dispute between Chu and Da Chu can completely wait until Heidi and Da Chu are both defeated, and then lead the father's concubine The lion team invaded the northern border of Great Chu."

Duo Qiduo's personal guard is the Eagle Wing Jockey, and this iron cavalry belongs to Queen Amodanjung. Duo Qiduo is the eldest son of Kan Daying, whose biological mother died early, and the Eagle Wing Jockey swore allegiance to the eldest prince.This is also the main reason why Kan Daying is afraid of the eldest son. Let Duo Qiduo lead the eagle-winged jockeys to go south. If Duo Qiduo can gain some advantage in the northern border of Dachu, the territory occupied will be included in Amodanrong, which will be beneficial to the country. .But in Kan Daying's view, the Chu people are deeply bound by dogma and will not obey easily. At that time, the eldest son can be stationed in the occupied area first to tame the captives.If Duo Qiduo does well, it naturally shows that he has the prestige of convincing others. If he does not do well, Kandaying can make his youngest son the crown prince as he likes.

Li Mingchang has followed his father since Li Qiande entered the Royal Court of Amodanjung. In Li Mingchang's view, the people of Amodanjung are simpler than the people of Dachu. Kandaying is a fierce tiger, so his father Li Qiande is a The best animal trainer.

The son of an animal trainer, who thought he couldn't be better than his father who was born a genius, he could barely be considered wise.

"Tomorrow morning, the prince will lead people to disguise themselves as a caravan. In the past few days, I have obtained a few tokens for going out of the city and a seal of customs clearance. After leaving the capital, the prince can go all the way out of the customs and meet Eagle Wing."

Doki hummed displeasedly.

"how about you?"

"The minister still has some things to do. Next, the prince can order people to harass the border and make the border of the Northern Army in Dachu Town feel uneasy. You only need to make a small fuss and grab some food, winter clothes, and money. Don't worry about it." Go up against the army."

Duo Qiduo's eyebrows were deeply frowned into the word "Chuan", and he kept rubbing his index finger and thumb, his eyes caught Li Mingchang's face, and said: "Why is this? My king's eagle wings are brave and good at fighting, and he is fearless in fighting."

Li Mingchang smiled and said: "Eagle wings are brave, but the northern border of Great Chu is desolate, and it's nothing more than a piece of dead meat that's tasteless to eat. The really fat leg of lamb is the rich and prosperous Hanzhou and the capital."

Duo Qiduo's eyes sparkled.

"A small nuisance can just make the officials guarding the border relax their vigilance. The Zhenbei Army without Bai Guyou is nothing to fear. I heard that the lioness wants to prey on stags that are several times her length. Exhausted, the stag was culled. At this time, even if the stag wanted to fight back, it was already powerless, so it could only watch helplessly as the lioness tore off the softest flesh from its belly."

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Sun Xiu left Beijing with the 400 million taels of silver that Fu Mingshao dug out from the treasury. Lu Guan was a petty official who didn't care about money. to the army.

The few people sent by the Ministry of War were useless, and even Song Chengyang was sent to the army.Song Chengyang searched for the opportunity and swayed in front of Lu Guan several times, but Lu Guan didn't recognize him in a daze.

This army is all new recruits, and their marching speed is extremely slow. On the sixth day after leaving Beijing, they still have less than half a journey to reach Mengzhou.The weather was bad, and it was raining all day long, and the troops were rushed out, and food, grass and armaments were short.

All of them covered their wet clothes, among the more than [-] soldiers, thousands of them were sick and pale.

Song Chengyang was not ill, and the Ministry of War sent him to be the deputy of the supervising army. He was a Wenchai, and the troops marched slower than he went to Zhuangzi to collect rent and ride horses during the New Year's Eve.

That night, when the whole army camped and rested, Song Chengyang arrived at the door of the Chinese army's tent and wanted to call the soldiers outside to report. It happened that Lu Guan came out from inside and glanced at him inexplicably. However, just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Song Chengyang's "sister-in-law".

Lu Guan: "..."

Song Chengyang felt very embarrassed, and also felt that it was inappropriate to call it that way, which was inappropriate, so he changed his words: "General, I want to discuss something with the general, can you?" Out of the corner of his eye, he stared at the line left by the tent door Glance in the light.

Lu Guan understood and motioned Song Chengyang to follow.

Song Chengyang breathed a sigh of relief, stood with his head tilted, and straightened his half-new dark green official uniform to make himself look more decent, and followed in with his head held high.

"You are Song Qianzhi's cousin. He asked Mr. Qin to find you a job in the Ministry of War. I remembered that there is such a thing."

Song Chengyang smiled and said: "Thanks to my cousin's help, I am not old enough. I used to have some shops at home, but now that the north-south trade road is cut off, it is difficult to do some business."

"What did you call me just now?" Lu Guan narrowed his eyes and asked.

Song Chengyang was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I've been in a bad mood for the past few days, it's because the officer called me wrong, General."

Lu Guanshu opened his eyebrows. His appearance was a bit rigid. When he was not smiling, it made people feel a little fierce. Even with his gentle expression like now, he only made people feel that he was planning something.

Song Chengyang's forehead was covered with sweat.

Lu Guan had one leg bent on the couch, his iron armor was cold, his eyes flickered with cunning.

"One word difference, cousin don't call me wrong next time, I am a few years older than Zhu Xing Chi, so naturally my brother is my brother-in-law. My mother-in-law also entrusted me to take good care of Zhu Xing, and I also made a wish to treat him as When it comes to my wife, no one can call me brother-in-law."

Song Chengyang opened his mouth, unable to speak for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "Yes, brother-in-law." But after the house of Marquis Anding was ruined and Song Qianzhi escaped from Beijing, Lu Guan became the most embarrassing red man in front of the emperor.Song Chengyang's brain just turned around, and Wanren felt that it was very inappropriate, and he never thought that Lu Guan would care so much about a title.

"You said you have something to discuss, so let's talk." Lu Guan didn't give Song Chengyang special care because he was Song Qianzhi's cousin.

"Yesterday I received a letter from my family. My father said that someone from the palace declared that his younger brother's position as Marquis should be restored, but he changed his surname from Song to Song." Song Chengyang whispered, he couldn't see from Lu Guan's face. What happened, so I had to bite the bullet and continue, "Brother-in-law, do you think it is possible that this is not the emperor's will? When you left the palace, was the emperor in good health? There are rumors in Beijing that the emperor is suffering from a serious illness. It is supposed to be conscripted by the royal driver, but eunuchs are sent out to take charge, which is unheard of, and I am afraid that there will be a palace change."

"What's wrong with the eunuch?" Sun Xiu's voice sounded from outside the tent.

Song Chengyang sat down on the ground, quickly grabbed one leg of the stool with his hands, got up in a panic, and turned around to see Sun Xiu, who had taken off the eunuch's uniform and was in armor.

Sun Xiupi smiled and asked: "Why did the supervisor send you to discuss something with the general?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing. The two adults have something important to do. The younger one will leave first." Song Chengyang ran away in a hurry.

Sun Xiu spat, sat down and looked for water to drink.

Lu Guan said: "There is no water, I am going out to see the patients."

"Don't look at them, they are all the same. Those who cry for their father and mother are thinking about how to escape before they go to the front line."

"How many deserters are there today?"

"There must be hundreds of people."

"Soldiers who don't have enough to eat, heads sent up for nothing, I would run away too."

Sun Xiu glanced at Lu Guan indifferently, took out a letter from her sleeve, pressed it lightly on the table, and slowly pushed it towards Lu Guan.

"After seeing this, I'm afraid you won't be able to run anymore."

There was an inconspicuous dot on the upper right corner of the envelope. Lu took a look at it, and instead of getting up to take it, he asked Sun Xiu where it came from.

Sun Xiu said that Jiang Meng sent someone to send it over, and it was never in the hands of others.

"As for who wrote it to you, it's not that our family speaks badly. Mr. Lu's temper is harder than a rock. Except for the young master who is protected by the queen mother, at this time, everyone is taking care of himself, and no one cares about it." on you."

Lu Guan's ears buzzed for a moment, but there was no difference in his expression or posture. There was a huge wave in his heart. The letter came too fast. On the day he left Beijing, only Qilinwei sent a letter. To him, the man who claimed to be Zhou Xian's brother sent a letter, every word was heartbreaking. In the letter, Song Qianzhi accused him of concealing Zhou Wanxin's plan, saying that he had learned that his mother was buried in the sea of ​​fire, and he regretted every word for trusting Lu Guan. Unexpectedly, he is the lackey of the emperor, setting up traps everywhere, and the only way to get along with him is to use him as a stepping stone to return to Beijing to find out the secrets of the royal family hidden by the three generations of the Zhou family.

Lu Guan had thought for a long time that when Song Qianzhi learned of his mother's death, there would be a storm. He didn't feel so sad, but because he had new hope after leaving the palace, he could find Song Qianzhi as soon as possible. In short, explain to him face to face.

However, the letter in front of me...

After Sun Xiu delivered the things, she tactfully withdrew.

After a long time, Lu Guan got up, walked to the table, touched the envelope with his rough fingertips, stroked the dot with his fingers, took a deep breath, picked up the envelope and carefully peeled off the wax, pulled out the letter paper, and Lu Guan sighed gently. Taking a long breath, he sat back on the side of the couch and unfolded the letter.

"Brother, the words are true, the situation in the southern army is urgent, my brother has successfully persuaded my aunt and steward, and the big thing is about to be decided.

Since the farewell in Beijing, they have been in trouble all day long. In order to make my brother leave Beijing smoothly, they report good news but not bad ones. My brother is very worried about his old wounds, so he only left for a few months.Nowadays, communication is inconvenient. The last time the trustee sent the letter to the capital, he had to use the old channel. Just in case, what was said in the letter was not the truth, it was just for the trust of those seeking power.If you hurt your brother in the slightest, even if you are thousands of miles away, you will kneel down and apologize.

Midsummer is approaching, so take care of your body. It is advisable to drink ice and drink mung bean and lily soup. It is not advisable to be too greedy for cold at night. Even if the old injury has healed, it must not be careless.I look forward to my brother's voice and appearance all day long, and I also hope to reply to the letter, but I know that it is inconvenient for Yuyan, so I don't have to force it.

In the middle of the next month, my younger brother will send my aunt home. At the latest, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I will gather with my elder brother. When I get the moon, my elder brother will look up at the moon, and I will know the end of the world, and my younger brother will also get the moonlight.

In addition, I ask my brother to appease the young wife in the family and forward the words:

The sky is long, the road is far away, the soul is flying, and the dream soul cannot reach Guanshan.Sauvignon Blanc, heartbreaking!Nianqing is eager, and Yaoji is infatuated. "

Lu Guan stared at the letter paper for a long time, pressed the corners of his eyes with his thumbs, and closed his eyes deeply. After a long time, he put away the letter and hid it in another clean robe.

That night Lu Guan slept very restlessly, he woke up several times in the night, his mouth was dry and his throat seemed to be on fire.When it was almost three o'clock, he stuck his hand into his robe, gently stroking the wounds that had just grown up with his rough fingers, the tender |

Among the cascading peaks and mountains, Wushan clouds floated back and forth, startled by a sudden shower, and the clouds disappeared in an instant. The early morning mist was confused, and even the outline of the distant mountains was blurred.

After dawn, it was a rare sunny day. Sun Xiu led people to count the number of people, and took advantage of the rain last night to escape some people.Marching before noon, passing through a town, it was still necessary to recruit new soldiers in the city, and the scattered personnel barely filled in the soldiers who had fled for several days.

Lu Guan asked people to replenish medicinal materials in the town, boiled ginger soup in a big pot and distributed it to the army to keep out the cold.When they were about to leave, Sun Xiu came to Lu Guan's tent with a very ugly expression on his face.

Only then did Lu Guan get the news that after the army left the capital, the emperor fell ill, and now the capital is under the control of the Queen Mother.

Thinking of what Song Chengyang said last night, Lu Guan asked Sun Xiu: "Is the emperor awake?"

Sun Xiu: "I've woken up. But for some reason, the Empress Dowager is still in charge of the court."

"Is it possible..." Lu Guan lowered his voice.

Sun Xiu shook her head with a pale face: "No, although my people can't see the emperor, if this is the case, it is absolutely impossible to hide everything. I am afraid that they will be put under house arrest. With Meng Honglin here, if the queen mother still wants to sit still In the harem, the basic decency must be maintained."

Lu Guan paced back and forth, stood in front of Sun Xiu, and said, "Let's pretend we didn't hear the news, and meet Li Qi first, and hold Hei Di."

"And then?" Sun Xiu pursed her lips, "How long will it last? You know that our team is all recruits, so what can we do? It would be nice if we don't make trouble for Li Qi. We need to send someone to contact us. Bai Guyou, let him go north as soon as possible. The Emperor is on guard against Bai Guyou, but the Empress Dowager trusts in Bai Guyou's loyalty, since Bai Guyou's return to aid is the general trend, we will kill him first and play later."

"The Heidi people have cut off the official roads between the north and the south, so the news may not be easily delivered to Bai Guyou." Lu Guan said, "Where did the letter Jiang Meng receive come from?"

Sun Xiu smiled darkly: "Lord Lu, just write letters."

So Lu Guan wrote a letter asking for help from the Zhenbei Army, and by the way, he brought a piece of private goods inside. When Sun Xiu got the envelope, he weighed it with his right hand, and the corners of his lips curved meaningfully, but he didn't say anything.

Just after noon three days later, this new army of crooked and non-professional combatants arrived at the city of Mengzhou.

The guards on the city gate looked from afar and almost thought it was bandits attacking. One of them had very good eyesight, so he saw clearly that he was wearing the uniform of the regular army of Dachu, so he quickly sent someone to report to General Li Qi.

The author has something to say: "The Tianshan Mountains are far away... Destroying the heart and liver" from the great poet Li Bai's Sauvignon Blanc

I’m not using my own computer today, I can’t see the preview, it’s based on my feeling, it’s fine if I’m wrong...

☆, back to Beijing (land)

In the middle of the night, Baigu Youjun sent a lieutenant general, Song Qianzhi fell into a drowsy sleep, put on his clothes and went to the ground, held a lamp in his hand, and answered the hasty knock on the door.

"What's the matter?" Song Qianzhi's oil light was not strong.

General Pi handed over a letter and said a few words.

Song Qianzhi didn't sleep well that night, he woke up, his head was dizzy, and his robe was crumpled on his body. He opened the letter and asked General Pi when he would leave the next day.

"The army set off in the middle of the night, and it was at Hou Yemao's time, but the general said that there is a letter here, which was entrusted by an old friend, and ordered his subordinates to deliver it at night."

After the messenger left, Song Qianzhi also got sleepy. Holding a lamp, he bent his foot and kicked on the stool. After a while, he unfolded the letter paper in his hand.After a while, Song Qianzhi's eyes were flushed, and heat rushed into his nasal cavity. He squeezed the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger, suppressing the soreness, and carefully read the contents of the letter word by word with trembling lips. Read it carefully.

Lu Guan explained the situation in the capital in the letter.Song Qianzhi was not surprised that the Empress Dowager Zhou came to power. In the previous dynasty, Fu Mingshao was a legitimate king. Since the death of Zhou Taifu, the courtiers who had attached to him were gradually cleaned up, or placed in positions without real power. There is no room for intervention in major matters.However, the harem is different. The Empress Dowager Zhou has lived in the palace for decades, from the heads of the various palaces to the humblest servants. Even Fu Mingshao can't fully understand who will obey the Queen Mother's orders.When the monarchy was stable, the Empress Dowager Zhou might have no room to intervene. However, in the current war situation, there are many people in the palace who are news channels.It is said that the royal family is responsible for the sky falling, so what are you doing with slaves and servants?What they are fighting for is that one more day counts as one day, and one more reward is one reward.

People's hearts are sometimes very simple, with one mouth full of food and one piece of clothing to wear.

In the letter, Lu Guan didn't mention his own injury, only said that he and Sun Xiu had set off with the army and estimated that they would arrive in Mengzhou in three or four days.Six days have passed since the signing date, Song Qianzhi thought that Lu Guan must have been in Mengzhou.Mengzhou is now on the front line of the exchange of fire with Heidi, and I don't know if Lu Guan is good or not.According to Lu Guan's ability, self-protection is no problem.

Lu Guan asked again in the letter: "I am as usual, how are you? We will see each other in a few days, so there is no need to reply. Always cherish yourself, the future will last forever, and I look forward to seeing you again."

The letter was written in a hurry, and Song Qianzhi passed through his eyes three times before he felt cold. He sighed, got up and closed the window, and felt his mouth dry again. The chest, even the belly, seemed to be filled with a cold and hard stone.

Loneliness seems to have penetrated into the bones, making Song Qianzhi lie on the bed and curl up tightly to feel a little warmth. His brows were slightly frowned, and he folded Lu Guan's reply into a small square, but only two The size of a fingernail, it fits snugly in a royal blue brocade purse around her neck.

When he was near Mao, Song Qianzhi jerked all over, woke up from the chaotic dream, got up and knocked on the door of the others.

A group of people rushed to Maoshi in the mist and humidity under the mountain town. Song Qianzhi let the cold wind blow and woke up a lot. He opened his lips slightly and took a deep breath of moist air. Looking up, he just saw a ray of golden light piercing through the thick fog and clouds, and that light fell into his eye sockets.

Song Qianzhi's spirit was lifted, he raised his whip, let out a loud chirp, and galloped on the road.

·

The morning light awakens the woman in the deep palace, the queen mother wakes up from a deep dream, sits on the side of the couch and closes her eyes deeply, she opens her mouth slightly, breathing out the chaotic and cold dreams of the night.

Jiang Meng brought someone in to wash his mouth and face with the Queen Mother, and adorned the Queen Mother's bun.

Ten days ago, the Empress Dowager Zhou asked her close maid to pull out a string of tourmaline beads from the storeroom and put them on her wrist. At this time, the round and slightly cool beads slipped between her fingers, shimmering on her slack face.The hair was pulled tight by the palace lady bit by bit, her sagging cheeks were pulled upwards, her chin showed a sharp outline, and the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, losing their sleek nature and turning into sly slacks.

A thin layer of snow-white powder was applied to the face, and the maid's young hand carefully poured the powder onto the part of her neck protruding from her collar, a few wrinkles on the Empress Dowager Zhou's neck, especially eye-catching.The maid's eyelashes fluttered, and she cautiously peeked at the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager still had her eyes closed and didn't notice anything.

The Queen Mother Zhou gently pinched the little finger of her right hand with her left hand. She didn't sleep well last night. The little finger of her right hand was swollen and burned hot when she pinched it.

Every day in the palace, the only thing that makes her feel enjoyable is this quiet morning, the sporadic sound of water flowing in the air, and the deliberate and careful footsteps of the palace servants, all of which create a fresh feeling in her ears. world.After the age of thirty, she looked like a queen, and finally she was able to calmly accept the lines on her neck and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.After careful make-up, she was not much different from the young and beautiful concubine.

However, after forty, the Empress Dowager Zhou often began to recall those years she had lived in her dreams.

This seemed to be some kind of destiny hint, and she tried not to think of the bad.

As the daughter of Zhou's parents, she never had an innocent childhood. At the age of 13, she began to make friends with the princes and buddies of important ministers.Unlike Zhou Wanxin, this eldest daughter knew from the age of five that the Zhou family would not have another son. Meaning in their conversation.

The young father gently pressed his elegant face against his wife's protruding abdomen, and worriedly said that if this child was a son, it might attract extra attention from the palace.

The wife reached out to hold his hand, and naturally wrapped her arms around the eldest daughter who was on her husband's lap.

Today, the mother's face has become blurred and difficult to recognize, but the Empress Dowager Zhou still remembers her words: "No matter when, where, or what the situation is, the wife will always be with the husband. Upbringing of children at home."

She didn't understand what her father was worried about until she became a queen.The high-ranking emperor is sophisticated, calm but suspicious.She was glad that her mother gave birth to a daughter and could no longer contribute to the glory of the Zhou family.And as the eldest daughter, she has ascended to the position of the most honorable queen.Although the throne makes her whole body cold, she can weave a thick shade for the Zhou family, allowing her beloved little sister to grow up without any worries.

The emperor wanted to canonize Zhou Wanxin, which made her lose her composure for the first time.

Fortunately, the father was unwilling to let both daughters be imprisoned in the harem, and the eldest daughter, whose position was already stable, coaxed the emperor to give up the concubine's idea of ​​concubine concubine by whispering in bed.Zhou Wanxin got her wish and married the man she loved. As an older sister, she shed tears of joy for her little sister, but she also felt a trace of resentment unconsciously.

The father and mother doted on the younger sister infinitely, and even fell into this trick themselves, bound by blood, only knowing to help this younger sister.

They are both the prostitutes of the Zhou family. She was reduced to a deep palace and had to fight and fight. She desperately gave birth to the hard-won prince and raised her carefully, but the son was in a place where she could not see. Chong was sent to him by the emperor himself, so he can't move easily.

By the time she had an excuse to use this pet, her son had already met with an accident.

The king beside her helped her find out the truth about her son's murder, but the murderer was still unable to surface. She could only comfort herself, because the opponent was too clever. Thinking about it, she knew that when the eldest son died, the eldest son would have a chance to be justified.

She lost her beloved son and became helpless for a while. During that period of time, she had time to think about it carefully. Her father was walking on thin ice. After having two daughters, although the mother was still able to bear children, the father did not. I don't want her to suffer from childbirth anymore, and I don't want to worry about her children.

The younger sister married a penniless, middle-ranking official with no appearance, which was of no help to the Zhou family.

The seemingly glorious Zhou family has weak bloodlines, and it is nothing more than the struggle of her father and her eldest daughter to support her.

The Empress Dowager Zhou clearly remembered that in the early morning of the day when the emperor died, a boulder that was pressing on her heart was quietly and benevolently lifted up, allowing her to breathe for a while.The unfavorable sixth prince she pulled up is useful, and her days are getting more buoyant every day compared to when her husband was around.

In the first few years after Fu Mingshao ascended the throne, nothing went against her wish, and she finally understood why all the women in the harem rushed to be the queen mother.Since the founding of the country by the Fu clan, the Zhou surname has always occupied a place in the court. In the past hundred years, it has won the trust of the royal family.

Prosperity must decline, which is the law that all things must follow.

The Empress Dowager Zhou in the mirror opened her eyes, and the maid was carefully outlining her lips. Her lips were deeply lined, and the crimson lip balm filled in formed vertical lines.

No matter how hard it is, it's nothing more than that, powder makeup fills in the fine lines on the surface, but the two or three lines at the corners of the mouth and the ends of the eyes can't be covered no matter what, the eyeballs also lose the black and white luster they had when they were young, and the whites of the eyes are slightly cloudy.If you get close, the Empress Dowager Zhou can imagine those fine holes around her lips without any effort.

In any case, she can keep the Zhou family alive while she is alive, and she will also take off this burden after her death.There is no parent and child under her knees, and no loving husband who can shelter from the wind and rain beside her pillow, she can only support herself.

Fortunately, she has supported it for many years, and it doesn't take much effort to straighten her back.

The step-shaking gold hairpin shakes off golden threads, emerald emeralds adorn the hair of the Empress Dowager Zhou, she is dressed in a court dress, deep purple pressing on her body, and when she shakes her sleeves, golden wings shake off from her sleeves, it is the phoenix coming to the world, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will also Bow your knees to this heavenly power.

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Xu Zhou tiptoed and sneaked into the Nuan Pavilion when he was surrounded by his newly recruited young apprentices. He came to the couch with small steps and called softly, "Master Xiang."

Li Yeyuan opened his tired and swollen eyes, glanced at Xuzhou, his lips moved, but he didn't speak.

"Everything is fine with the one who was brought into the palace by your mansion. Right now, we are staying in the same palace as the emperor's Concubine Ning. It used to be the place where the empress lived. The servant picked it up by himself. Everything has been arranged properly. The servant has asked his godfather about it. , what the Empress Dowager means, tell this girl to raise the baby well in the palace." Xu Zhou paused, his eyes rolling wildly.

Li Yeyuan sat up, propped his forehead with one hand, and tilted his head to thank the eunuch.

Xu Zhou sighed: "How can I be worthy of a word of thanks from the Prime Minister, but the servant is watching..." Xu Zhou's voice became lower and lower, and he leaned in front of Li Yeyuan, "It will take four or five months for this girl to say nothing. If the child is born, if it is a boy, I am afraid it will live under the name of Concubine Ning."

Li Yeyuan had no words.

How he doesn't know.The queen mother wants an obedient emperor, Fu Mingshao is obviously disobedient, and it is even more impossible for Fu Mingmao to please the queen mother. Acceptance is really a deep love between mother and child.What's more, Fu Mingmao's mother and concubine fought to the death with the Queen Zhou of that year. It was a bit of a whimsical idea for the Queen Mother Zhou to push Fu Mingmao to the throne.

Confusing the blood of the royal family, in peacetime, is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans.Now that the country is on the verge of collapse, the Empress Dowager Zhou can order Song Qianzhi to change his surname and give him the title of Anding Marquis of Song's surname.

Just holding a Dongming king in her hands can't make the Queen Mother feel at ease. She also wants to catch Fu Mingshao's son. Fu Mingshao has no heirs, and his son Li Yeyuan can be mixed with the dragon's son and grandson.

Li Yeyuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, wanted to laugh, but couldn't, he covered his face with his hands, rubbed his face with sarcasm, and then took his hands down, he couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Did you send the letter?"

Xu Zhou said respectfully: "It has already been sent. The eldest prince said that the item has not been obtained yet, but it will be soon. He captured several disciples of Mr. Zuo, threatened them with their families, and killed two wives one after another. For a child, Mr. Zuo's attitude has softened, and it's only been a few days."

Li Yeyuan closed his eyes.

"Well, as long as your lord has this intention, let the eldest prince stop killing people, it will hurt the harmony of heaven."

"Yes." Xu Zhou said.

Li Yeyuan said: "Is there any new battle situation with Hei Di?"

"I thought Mengzhou would be unable to stop it. After all, the natural danger of Fengping Gorge has been broken. I don't know if the new army brought by General Lu played a role. Mengzhou is still resisting. The victory and defeat are mixed. Hei Di faintly has no support. The image of living."

Li Yeyuan frowned: "Who is Heidi's current coach?"

Xu Zhou spat out a name with difficulty.

Li Yeyuan's heart turned cold, and his brows furrowed even more.I don't know what Hei Di means by being ready to be handsome.He supported himself to take medicine all day long, and got out of bed with his limp body. Xuzhou saw that he seemed to be writing a letter, so he took out the charcoal pen and paper he had hidden for Li Yeyuan to use.

"The slave will leave first, and tomorrow will be at this time as usual. When the slave comes again, Mr. Xiang must not sleep too soundly,"

Hearing the sound of closing the door, Li Yeyuan was sitting on the couch. In less than half a month, he was haggard and destitute. He looked seriously ill, but he was a middle-aged man who was slightly overweight, and even his neck had a slight curvature.

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"Kill! Li Bao, Zheng Wu, why do you two have gluten in your legs? Hurry up! Kill a few more Heidi people and cut off their ears and go back to receive the reward!" The heavy rain hit the face, as if being caught It's as blinding as hitting a stone.After Liu Xuesong yelled, he managed to lose the two brothers who were in the same shop in the mess of uniforms, so he could only rush up the slope with his big knife on his shoulders.

He couldn't even see the enemy's face clearly, he could only rely on his clothes to judge, screaming ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh My heart is hot.

Half an hour later, after cleaning the battlefield, Liu Xuesong's waist was bulging, and he trotted back to the team, swinging a knife.

The ground was wet and slippery from the heavy rain, and one had to be very careful with every step. Liu Xuesong had already passed by, feeling strange. He suddenly stopped, turned back, and looked down to see a dead body tied with a red string around its waist. gourd.Liu Xuesong felt apprehensive, and secretly thought, wouldn't Zheng Wu, who was in the same shop as him, have such a gourd?

Liu Xuesong wanted to squat down and take a good look, but his hands stopped suddenly, and he got up to follow the others.

Back at the camp that night, Liu Xuesong didn't see Zheng Wu, but Li Bao was there, holding the wound medicine he got from the military doctor, and asked Liu Xuesong to sprinkle it on the wound on his back.

The two had a tacit understanding not to mention Zheng Wu's name.

As soon as Liu Xuesong lay down, he fell asleep almost immediately. There were [-] people in this row, and [-] of them came back tonight, and another [-] people were divided. More than half of the soldiers snored, but no one could not fall asleep because of this.

☆, back to Beijing ([-])

In the minds of every Mengzhou city dweller, this city is impenetrable.Since the winter of last year, the people of Mengzhou have put their heads on the sound of fighting.

The century-old natural danger Fengpingxia was breached twice, and the Heidi people swept across the vast territory of Mengzhou, and never got cheap in Mengzhou City.Facing the city tower, Yang Qu, a great benevolent man, funded the opening of the west alley under the city tower and left it in Mengzhou.