Finally rushed back to the big tent, Liu Ji was overwhelmed by wolves, panting like a cow, and almost even fell to the ground when he saw him, which frightened the queen mother and several princesses in the big tent.

Liu Ji spoke with a crying tone, only to hear him say intermittently:

"The emperor, the emperor's grandmother, no, it's not good, fight, fight, big horse, second horse, ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he began to cough violently.

When I heard this, people thought that the big horse and the second horse were fighting, and everyone couldn't help but look panicked and have different expressions.

When Wan'er heard that something had happened to the colt, her face couldn't help but turn pale, and she hurriedly asked:

"Four horses, you just said that she is ...... What's wrong with them?"

When the second princess heard the mention of the two horses, her heart was also inexplicably tight, although she did not ask, she also looked worried, eager to learn the truth from the mouths of the four horses.

The third princess looked at the four horses with a puzzled face, thinking about the strangeness in Liu Ji's words, and the fourth princess saw that Liu Ji had become like this, and was silently a little distressed, and hurriedly ran to Liu Ji's side, looking left and right, I was afraid that he was missing arms and legs, who else would play with him in the future?

The fourth princess, Xiao Ling, helped Liu Ji up and asked with concern:

"Liu Ji, what's wrong with you, how did you become like this?"

The Empress Dowager had a calm look on her face, the eight winds did not move, she was not angry, and said slowly:

"Look at all of you who are panicking, how can you still have the majesty of Her Royal Highness the Princess?!Ling'er, go and pour a cup of tea for Ji Er to smooth your breath, what happened, tell me slowly. ”

As soon as the Empress Dowager spoke, she asked several princesses to stand aside with their heads down and stop talking, and Xiao Ling was suddenly a little afraid that the imperial grandmother would be angry, so she hurriedly went to find a cup of tea for Liu Ji.

When Liu Ji drank the water and was smooth, he hurriedly explained the causes and consequences of the matter, and when it came to the battle between the big horse and the Yuan Ke, Liu Ji was a little short-sighted, and he didn't push it to Yuan Ke, and the second horse and the third horse were also forced to join the battle, and now the scene was out of control, and Liu Ji had no choice but to turn to the Empress Dowager for help.

Looking at the grim looks of the people present, Liu Ji couldn't help but tremble, afraid that he wouldn't be clear enough, so he glanced at the Empress Dowager with a worried look.

"Okay, it's really worthy of being a good son of our Northern Wei Dynasty!"

The emotion in the Empress Dowager's tone seemed to make Liu Ji see hope, but the Empress Dowager's indifference then also made Liu Ji shudder.

I saw that the Empress Dowager glanced at the princesses who were standing on the side with her right hand, and her originally loving face had the majesty and fierceness of the mother of a country, and she only heard her say coldly:

"It's also your good colt!"

No matter how stupid Liu Ji is, he also knows at this moment that he may have caused a big disaster, he originally wanted to save a few horses, but this time he harmed them, and also implicated several princesses, which is really a crime that deserves death.

Liu Ji hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager to plead guilty, and said with sincere fear:

"The imperial grandmother atoned for her sins, this qiē is Liu Ji's fault, Liu Ji is willing to receive the punishment, please ask the imperial grandmother to be gracious!"

Seeing Liu Ji's guilt, the Empress Dowager was even more furious, now the internal and external troubles in the court, at the time of survival, as the grandson-in-law of the Northern Wei royal family, it is incumbent on them to share the worries and responsibilities of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"What's wrong with you? Someone, I ordered Gao Wei, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, to personally go and invite a few horse captains to the mourning family to come into the account!"

The Empress Dowager gave an order, and the inner supervisor immediately walked out of the camp tent to convey the edict, and soon the movement of the whole army was heard outside the tent, and after a burst of neighing horses and hooves, a small group of men and horses left the camp and left in the dust......

Several princesses were silent and silent, and Liu Ji also knelt aside, only saying that the Empress Dowager was still blaming him if she didn't let him get up, so she didn't dare to get up, lowered her head and pursed her mouth, and stopped talking.

When the matter touched the enemy, Wan'er couldn't help but worry, and when her eyes drifted away, she kept thinking about the cause of the matter.

This enemy actually started fighting with others again, and for the first time, he could let the enemy make up excuses to fool the past, and this one after another, it is no longer such a simple thing to fool the past.

The enemy has a knot that has not been resolved, and Wan'er knows that this knot has nothing to do with herself.

In fact, Wan'er knew that after playing a song with Yixian that day, the admiring eyes of the hundred officials and the unscrupulous words of the third sister made Chen's heart feel depressed. Even though her complexion was the same as usual that day, Wan'er could still see that she had inadvertently revealed a bit of a lonely look, and her mind was as delicate as her, how could she not care about those gossips?

Wan'er doesn't know what to do with that enemy?

The hand hidden in the sleeve has already been tightly clenched into a fist, and after a few silences, Wan'er still can't stop worrying and being afraid of her, thinking about whether she will be bullied or has already been beaten all over her body, after all, her fists and feet have no eyes.

At this thought, even if she was going to be scolded by the imperial grandmother, Wan'er had to ask the imperial grandmother to let her go with her to find the horse and come back.

Wan'er's heart was hanging on the enemy at this time, she was afraid that she would be hurt, how did Wan'er know that she had read the enemy thousands of times in her heart, not only was she not bullied, but she also bullied others to the point of crying and calling her mother.

Wan'er just took a small step forward, but was stopped by Aunt Luo Xia, who was waiting beside the imperial grandmother, with her eyes, Wan'er's thoughts, how could Aunt Luo Xia not know, but the Queen Mother was angry, if Wan'er pleaded with the Queen Mother at this time or showed favoritism, then she would definitely be scolded by the Queen Mother.

On such major issues of right and wrong, the Empress Dowager has always preferred to indulge in vain, and her closest relatives and bloodlines are no exception.

Therefore, it is not easy for several princesses to persuade each other, and only Aunt Luo Xia can say a few words here.

Aunt Luo Xia took advantage of the occasion of handing over the tea, and persuaded with kind words:

"Don't worry about the Queen Mother, the children are still young, and it's just a matter of being kind and inducing. ”

Aunt Luo Xia is an old man who has been waiting for the Queen Mother for decades, and she can understand the Queen Mother's thoughts.

After listening to Aunt Luo Xia's advice, the Empress Dowager was also partially angry, took the teacup from Aunt Luo Xia's hand, took a sip, and then put the teacup on the tea case, sighed slightly, and said:

"They're still young, they're already married. ”

Aunt Luo Xia smiled mildly and said:

"Whether they are married or parents in the future, in the eyes of their elders, aren't they all children?"

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she unconsciously remembered some of the past when these children were still young, vividly, as if they were still yesterday, and now she has a feeling that she has not treated others for years, and her face has gradually turned to be relaxed.

I only heard the Empress Dowager respond softly and said:

"Who's to say it isn't?!"

After glancing at several princesses, and then at Liu Ji, who had been kneeling on the side, the Empress Dowager realized that she, as the imperial grandmother, had been too harsh on this group of children over the years, and couldn't help but feel ashamed, and her tone softened, and said:

"Ji'er, you can get up too, don't kneel. ”

As soon as he heard the Empress Dowager's pardon, Liu Ji, the fourth horse, didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly thanked:

"Son-in-law, thank the emperor's grandmother for forgiveness!"

After thanking him, he meekly stood up and stood aside.

After that, about the hour of two pillars of incense, Gao Wei, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, personally led several horses into the military tent, and only after a few horses bowed and knelt side by side in the tent, everyone was able to see the wolf appearance of several horses.

The eldest horse Gaochen is better, although his coat has been torn in a few places, there are no obvious scars on his face, but his usually elegant and intelligent face looks a little dull at the moment, kneeling to the side silently bowing his head and not daring to look at people.

The second and third horses were not so lucky, their clothes were torn several times, and their faces were painted, but the second horse had a smug look on his face, just like a general who had just returned from a victory, the joy in his eyes had not faded, and he was even more atmospheric than usual when he asked about Anlai.

And the three horses were bored, and from time to time they secretly looked around, as if they were looking for something, and they didn't have to think about it to know that he was addicted to alcohol......

The Empress Dowager looked at the wolf and unbearable appearance of several horses, and suddenly felt that she hated iron but not steel, scolded loudly and felt that it was too harsh, gentle persuasion and worried about the failure of the mother, plus several princesses were present, men are all good-looking, can't teach them a lesson in front of their daughters-in-law, right?

At this time, the Empress Dowager didn't know how to teach these horse governors, she sighed helplessly, and after knowing the general situation from Gao Weina, the Empress Dowager stroked her forehead and pinched her eyebrows, quite sad, this matter is not big, and it is not small to say that it is not small.

The handling of national law involves a wide range of issues, so this matter must not be involved in national law, and I think we can only use clan rules to deal with it.

The ancestors of the Northern Wei Dynasty were Xianbei people, living in pursuit of water and grass, and all the tribes merged into a tribe, and before becoming a country, the tribes were bound by clan rules. Then, the founding ancestors of the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the tribes and then entered the Central Plains, dominating one side and obtaining the national system, after several generations of efforts to have today's Northern Wei Dynasty atmosphere, and the tribes that supported the royal family have also become the current gate lord clan, serving the Northern Wei royal family from generation to generation.

Since the country should take the national law as the benchmark, but some century-old scholars have made outstanding achievements, and the deterrence of the national law is not as majestic as the family rules, and the national law does not tolerate private feelings, but laissez-faire private feelings are the weakness of the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so when dealing with some of the children of the meritorious door lords, they often use the family rules instead of the national law, and the patriarchs in charge of the family rules are often the most respected figures in the royal family.

And the Empress Dowager is now a well-deserved patriarch.

As the saying goes, there are no rules, no matter how harsh the blame is, it will not help, what will happen to the court with so many pairs of eyes staring at it, you have to give an explanation to the court!

The Empress Dowager looked at me rather sadly and asked:

"Big colt, let's talk first, why do you fight with people?"

Originally, I thought that the big horse was calm and capable, and he was the most reassuring one among several horses, but he didn't expect that today's private fight, the culprit, who could be Gao Chen?

Could it be that all the years of hard work I have cultivated have been in vain?

Hearing the Empress Dowager's question, I just woke up like a dream, the development of this matter was indeed beyond my expectations, blamed me for being angry for a while, did not stand Yuan Ke's words provoked, and in a fit of anger he moved with him, originally thought that this was just a private fight between me and Yuan Ke, but when I came back to my senses, I saw Mu Yan not far away showing the laughter of the victor on the side, and after the people who were beaten down lying on the ground around me, I realized that something was wrong, and it was a big incident!

Looking back now, I hope that I am in a dream, in a trance, people have already knelt in front of the Queen Mother, I don't even dare to turn around to peek at Wan'er standing on the side, my heart is terrified, if there is a crack in the ground now, I will definitely jump down without hesitation.

The Empress Dowager asked me why I fought with Yuan Ke, and I was speechless, if I honestly confessed that I was provoked by Yuan Ke's words, I didn't mention it without evidence, and if the Empress Dowager studied it deeply, it would be a bit of an extraneous branch.

After a while, I didn't take my words off the line, and said casually:

"Because, because...... Erchen, Erchen wants to fight, so he ...... Just hit ......."

This is really overbearing and unreasonable!

Everyone was dumbfounded, they couldn't believe that these words would come from the mouth of the big horse Gao Chen, and they still remembered that when the rebel army invaded the imperial city, the big horse faced Sima Jiong's eyes and was lawless, and when he committed the following crimes, how majestic and majestic, today's rhetoric is too clumsy.

After saying this, my whole body was a little weak, and I only felt that I had never been in a difficult situation.

The Empress Dowager only bowed slightly, but her face was already different, and then she asked the second concubine Ma Muyanlai, and asked a little angrily:

"Why did the two ponies get involved?"

Mu Yan was a quick-witted person, and his answer was unambiguous, and he said bluntly:

"Back to the emperor's grandmother, the sons and daughters were supposed to help the big horse, but when I got there, I saw that my brother was bullied, how could I bear this tone, so I helped and beat down those who dared to provoke trouble!"

Saying that, Mu Yan smiled proudly, very happy!

The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy, and she pointed to the third horse Ji Sui and asked:

"What about you, the three horses?"

Ji Sui was a little exhausted because of a big war, and now that he was addicted to alcohol, he was also a little listless, and he couldn't help yawning halfway, and suddenly heard the Empress Dowager's question, hurriedly concentrated, and responded:

"Erchen...... Erchen is because that guy broke Erchen's favorite wine gourd......"

"Okay, good, it's really worthy of our Northern Wei Dynasty's horse governor, this one is so imposing, so courageous, so majestic, so courageous, it's really terrifying!"

The Empress Dowager clearly praised and depreciated, and then blamed the absurd behavior of a few horses, although she was angry, but inexplicably quite relieved, after all, when it came to the end, they did not think about shirking responsibility, not to mention that the Northern Wei Dynasty was the world on horseback, because of martial arts, so the wind of private fighting was once prevalent, so that whether there is a man's blood and dare to act has become a benchmark for evaluating a hot-blooded prairie man.

You must know that the men of the Northern Wei Dynasty, if they don't have so much blood and fighting skills, they can't get the favor of women!

On the grassland, only the bravest and fearless man is worthy of the most beautiful woman on the grassland......

I didn't feel panic when I heard this, I was afraid that this time it would really make the Empress Dowager angry, so I hurriedly crawled on the ground and said in unison:

"The son is guilty, please calm the anger of the imperial grandmother!"

At this time, the four horses also hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, and said sincerely:

"Please forgive the Imperial Grandmother!"

Hearing that several horses took the initiative to kowtow and confess their guilt, the Empress Dowager felt a little relieved.

The state has national laws, and the family has family rules, and those who should be punished still have to be punished.

"Now that you have all confessed your sins, tell me what the mourners should do with you?"

For a moment, several of us looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

As soon as the Empress Dowager's voice fell, several princesses and princesses also knelt down to ask for sin, and several horses saw this, and they were heartbroken, Her Royal Highness the princess as the emperor, has never only done the gift of owing to herself, only when she worships her relatives and the big sin, she will bow down and worship, and now she actually let them respect her own guilt, which is really a hundred deaths!

Several horses hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, and couldn't help but shout in unison:

"Your Royal Highness the princess, don't, the ministers will die!"

How do you know, at this moment, several princesses are also extremely stubborn, and they have pleaded guilty, saying:

"Sons and ministers are also guilty, please give the imperial grandmother!"

The Empress Dowager was slightly stunned, her eyes suddenly became deep, and she said:

"Wan'er, what are you doing?"

Wan'er glanced at the colt who bowed his head and kowtowed, and had mixed feelings in his heart, especially painful, and bowed respectfully, and said:

"The emperor's grandmother, sons, etc. are the princesses of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they are also the wives of the horses. Now the husband is one step away, and he has done this great disaster, and the sons and daughters are also duty-bound, and they are willing to receive the punishment together with the horses, so as to fulfill the love of husband and wife, to fulfill the filial piety of their children, and hope that the emperor's grandmother will be fulfilled!"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel pain in my heart, after all, these ridiculous things that I did only for a short time still implicated Wan'er, saying what to protect her from teaching her to be hurt in the slightest, I am really a villain who has no words, what a bastard!

I learned from the pain, and said again, and said in earnest, hurriedly:

"Imperial grandmother, the sons are willing to accept the punishment for their crimes, and the cause of each is that the sons are greedy for a moment's pleasure, and the sons are willing to bear the responsibility for the crimes. The sin is not as good as the parents, the disaster is not as good as the wife and children, not to mention the dignity of the princess? Her Royal Highness the princess pleads for the sin, so that the princess's reputation is affected, and the sons and daughters will have died without redemption...... The son is willing to die to atone for his crimes, and I hope that the emperor's grandmother will see it!"

I was in a hurry, and I confided all my true feelings, lest I affect the princess, so that in the end I choked up my words, and even blurted out the words of death to redeem my sin.

As soon as these words came out, I regretted it, how could this mistake be wrong again, but I was so stupid that I made a big mistake again, and it was a big mistake!

If I die so lightly, where will I end Wan'er?

Seeing Wan'er's increasingly pale face, my heart was torn to pieces in a moment, and I wanted to rush over and hold her tightly in my arms, but this foot could not get out, and I, at this moment, lost all the courage in my life!

There has never been a moment, as now, when I hated myself!

"That's enough, you children, just don't let the mourning family worry, how can you casually talk about the death penalty, really think that the mourning family is already ignorant and ignorant? The private fight has not affected the life, the crime is not to death, why do you come to pay for the crime with death? I don't think about it for Wan'er!"

In the end, there was a bit of anger in it, these words were not like the Empress Dowager's instructions, but became the elders admonishing the younger generations, listening to the Empress Dowager's tone, it seemed that she had the intention to make this matter a big deal, after all, they were all their grandsons-in-law, could it be that they were really forced to die?

I heard the turn in these words, and hurriedly bowed my head and complied:

"It's Erchen who is confused. ”

In the end, the Empress Dowager could only shake her head helplessly, and sighed slightly, they are all children's debts, looking at the grandchildren and grandsons-in-law kneeling on the ground in front of her, no matter how hard-hearted they are, they will not be indifferent, after all, they are still their imperial grandmothers!

"Then again, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, starting today, you will go to the garrison battalion to be a halberd, and give the mourning family a good experience in the army, lest you go out again to cause trouble for the mourning family!"

Isn't it the door of the palace guard, from the hall to the court, and he will become the gatekeeper in one day?

The second horse and the third horse couldn't help but cry out in their hearts, the second horse was because he couldn't hang on his face, who didn't know that he was the captain of the court and the eldest son of the official department, if this was to become a Lang official guarding the palace gate, these officials went in and out, and maybe people laughed at what it looked like?

And the three horses were so worried that they had to stay in the barracks if they became halberders, and they couldn't do it without wine, and he had to think hard about where to get some wine to drink!

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief when I heard this, such a punishment is really lenient for the Queen Mother, if this private fight is about the law of the country, I will never let it go so lightly, I hurriedly bowed my head and confessed, and said:

"The retainer is willing to be punished!"

Seeing that this incident did not cause greater fluctuations, the four horses were also happy for the brothers, and immediately asked for the same words:

"The sons are also willing to receive the punishment together!"

Since they are brothers-in-law, they are blessed and enjoy hardships together.

Although the second and third horses complained in their hearts, they also knew that the empress dowager was rare to be lenient this time, and they also bowed their heads to express their obedience.

Now that the crime has been punished, it is really distressing to let this group of children kneel again, and the Empress Dowager immediately said kindly:

"Okay, let's all get up, go back to their respective camps and prepare later, and report to the garrison camp later, remember, you still wear sin, if you don't repent during the meantime, cause trouble, then you will be punished for several crimes, and you will not be lenient, understand?"

"Wake up!"

Several of the Captains nodded honestly.

"As for the princesses, they are still with the mourning family, the granddaughter of the mourning family, the mourning family cherishes it by herself, so you can be born in the military camp and train!"

When several horses heard this, they smiled bitterly at each other, and they couldn't help it......

"Okay, after tossing for a while, the mourning family is also lacking, you all go back first!"

In the end, the Empress Dowager rubbed her temporal cheeks, not feeling tired on her face.

After kneeling to the Empress Dowager, everyone withdrew from the tent one after another.