On this festival in the second year of Jianwen, Beiping was quiet, and even fewer fireworks were released. On the seventh day of the second month, King Yan ordered the monks to repair the Buddha to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, and in front of the palace gate, the military and civilians crowded in. King Yan tearfully read out the sacrificial text he wrote, and after the sacrifice, he said: "Evil gathers troops, wantonly kills, and endangers the sect." I had no choice but to raise troops to save the disaster, and I would be loyal and righteous with you, and swear to die and live together to repay my emperor's kindness. Now you are fighting hard and dying for me, and I hate to die with you!

As he spoke, King Yan took off the robe he was wearing and burned it in public, Ma Yun, Ma and the two immediately stepped forward to dissuade him, and the generals also followed to dissuade him, but King Yan said: "The soldiers are affectionate to me, how can I forget!

As the firelight gradually swallowed the sacrificial text and King Yan's robe, King Yan looked up to the sky and cried out, and all the soldiers and people cried bitterly.

Zhang Zhaohua also saw the blazing firelight, and couldn't help but howl, when she saw King Yan like this, she remembered her own soldiers, their voices and smiles seemed to be still in front of her, and their crisp and firm voices could still appear in her ears - repay the kindness of the lady, die and never give up!

So what she couldn't understand or even laugh at before, she can suddenly realize that Cao Cao cut his beard because he stepped on the wheat field on his mount, and Liu Bei wrestled on Changban Slope, was he making a show and pretending to be a gesture? Even if there is, there is no lack of bitter self-blame, and even if it is, there is no deep affection for the soldiers.

King Yan burned his clothes, the audience was all moved, and the families of the fallen soldiers all shed tears, and they all said: "In a hundred years of life, there will eventually be death, and the lord of the man cries and sacrifices like this, what regret is the husband!"

The ancients were not all servile, they wanted to serve their masters, but they preferred to die for their confidants and those who respected themselves. When the families of the deceased soldiers saw Zhu Di like this, they all asked for self-efficacy. However, at this moment, a figure suddenly rushed from the crowd and jumped straight into the fire!

King Yan had already seen the person coming clearly, and immediately shouted, "Stop her!"

Zhang Zhaohua jumped over desperately, Mrs. Wang had already jumped into the fire, but she dragged her out, and the dresses of both of them were stained with sporadic sparks, which were beaten and extinguished by everyone.

Mrs. Wang should have been willing to die early, after she was pulled out by Zhang Zhaohua, she still had to jump in, everyone stopped her, Yan Wang said: "Madam, Shimei died for me, I really have no shame to face Madame! But once he left me, he was sad and sad! The feeling of remembrance was deep, and he couldn't go to his heart. Alas, alas, painful!"

King Yan himself was speechless in grief, and Zhang Zhaohua also said: "Madame has a deep relationship between husband and wife, and wants to accompany each other underground, but I don't know that Madame still has children, so don't you care about it? Shouldn't she inherit the general's last wish and avenge the general?"

Mrs. Wang's twelve-year-old daughter was so crying that she could barely stand up, and she pulled Wang's clothes and said, "My son has already lost his father, do he still want to lose his mother?"

Madame Wang finally choked up with a long sigh, and was no longer obsessed with martyrdom—

Contrary to the gloomy clouds here in Beiping, Yingtian, who won the battle, was happy for everyone. On the first day of the first month of the third year of Jianwen, Emperor Jianwen led the ministers to sue the Heaven and Earth Temple, and the Imperial Temple was congratulated by hundreds of officials. Inside and outside the Fengtian Gate, the flags cover the sky, the guard of honor stands in a forest, firecrackers and drums sound in unison, hundreds of officials bow down and worship, and the sound of the long live mountain is dry in the sky.

Offering to enjoy the temple is a celebration ceremony to tell Dongchang Zhijie. Since the strong enemy was defeated, Zhu Dixuan's division, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who were originally dismissed in order to slow down his division, of course have to publicly resume their official positions. For a while, the whole court was jubilant.

And Emperor Jianwen was the most happy, he returned to the harem, the queen Ma was very good at serving, especially the crown prince Wengui saluted him, congratulations on the great victory of the imperial court.

Emperor Jianwen picked up Wen Gui and teased him for a long time before letting him go, in a good mood: "Today's ministers are dedicated, I can be regarded as raising my eyebrows!"

Ma Shi also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Yan Yi is just the end of a strong crossbow, how can he defeat the imperial court? Isn't this a matter of time or time?"

Emperor Jianwen also smiled and said: "Sooner or later, it will be a matter of time! Sooner or later, Beiping will also be pacified!"

He said to Ma: "Mr. Fang said to me, the soldier is a plan to divide the family, King Yan sent troops to fight outside, and Yan Shizi Gao Chi stayed in Beiping, if a little bit of discord is used, so that King Yan suspects Gao Chi, then he will inevitably return to the teacher, and father and son will inevitably have a gap." ”

Ma chuckled lightly and said: "Although the concubine is in the deep palace, I have also heard that Yan Shizi Gao Chi has a large body and foot disease, which does not please King Yan, and King Yan's second son Gao Xu is very similar to King Yan, and he fights by King Yan's side and wins his favor - doesn't he have the slightest idea of wanting to replace Prince Gao Chi?"

Emperor Jianwen laughed and said: "This divisive plan began with me, but someone must have contributed to my success!"

The husband and wife kept warm for a while, and when Jianwen saw Ma Shishang wearing a dress, he couldn't help asking, "Who came to see you just now?"

"Princess Ningguo came over and sat for a while," Ma said, "I just left, I went to see Princess Baoqing." ”

Princess Baoqing, is the daughter of Emperor Taizu Gao, her mother is the beauty Zhang, Emperor Gao died, and the concubines were all given death and burial, but because Princess Baoqing was only three years old, her mother Zhang was not dead, and she was ordered to raise the princess.

Emperor Jianwen thought of Princess Baoqing, as if he had never seen Emperor Gao since he was "Xiaoxiang" in the palace. He felt a little guilty and embarrassed in his heart, and the Ma family was empathetic, and when he saw Emperor Jianwen's embarrassment, he said: "Your Majesty, the princess is young, and she is taken care of by the beautiful Zhang family, and the concubines are usually always asked. ”

Emperor Jianwen hurriedly nodded and said: "I talk about Zhou officials every day, and I have to pay attention to the battle report of Yandi from time to time, I really don't have time, when the princess grows up, I will definitely pick a good horse for her!"

At this time in Yong'an Palace, Princess Ning Guo hugged the six-year-old Princess Baoqing, watched her draw on the paper seriously, and said, "Let's Baoqing, what are you drawing?"

Princess Baoqing was a round little girl, and this was up to her biological mother, who clumsily grabbed the brush and tried to draw something.

"Our Baoqing still doesn't like to talk," the county lord of Qingcheng on the side took off the thimble in his hand: "Zhang's health is not very good, and there are few people in this palace to talk to her." ”

Among the princesses of Gaozu, Baoqing is the youngest one, and the rest of the princesses were married before Hongwu 28 years ago, since they were married, they lived in the princess's mansion, and the prince who was not divided also lived in the Zhuwang Pavilion, so there was only one Baoqing alone, there was no peer in the palace, and her mother Zhang had recently been sick a few times, which made her even more lonely.

Ning Guo said, "Sister, you still sew clothes." Brother Zhou has clothes to wear, and since the fourth brother started the army...... No one treated him harshly. ”

The county lord of Qingcheng was sour when he heard this, "Fourth...... I heard that he was defeated in Dongchang, and here in the imperial court, the emperor also won the victory...... They are all flesh and blood, cannibalism...... Whichever wins, Emperor Gao and Empress Gao will not be at peace......"

Ning Guo suddenly grabbed her hand and asked: "Sister, in your heart, who are you looking forward to win? Are you looking forward to the fourth brother winning? You are the same as the queen mother, you love him the most, you watched him grow up! And the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven has failed you, and you are biased towards the fourth brother in your heart, and you should be!"

Qingcheng was stunned, she and Fucheng two, in the first year of Hongwu was registered as a princess, at that time someone said to Emperor Gao, the two of them are not the princess, the emperor's niece should be renamed the county lord, but Emperor Gao said that I only have two nieces, can't bear to surrender and take away, and they call the princess the same. Only when the new emperor arrived, he was demoted to the lord of Qingcheng.

Emperor Jianwen has not yet crowned the eldest princess, so now all the princesses are still princesses, but Qingcheng has been reduced to the county lord-

Let Qingcheng say from the bottom of her heart that she is indeed looking forward to the fourth child to win, because since King Yan raised troops, she can often remember that when she got married, the fourth child chased her car and ran, saying as she ran: "Sister, sister-I will definitely take you back!"

Her tears flowed, because she also couldn't forget that when Yun Wei was born, his small eyes were red like a monkey, but the prince hugged him and said, "Big sister, look, he looks like me!"

Ning Guo's sleeve was suddenly pulled, she looked down, but saw Baoqing painting a picture in a similar way.

She took a closer look, but she couldn't help but feel very sad - Baoqing was painted according to the portrait of Chunhe Palace, a short and fat woman, holding five short and fat children, this is Queen Gao with five sons. It's just that in Baoqing's painting, Queen Gao took an extra apple, but everyone smiled and pushed, and no one reached out to take it.

"Baoqing," Ning Guo pointed to one of them and said, "Do you know who he is?"

Baoqing looked at her ignorantly, but suddenly said in his heart: "Fourth brother!

Qingcheng, like Ning Guo, trembled in his heart and burst into tears.