Zhao Qian was speechless, just bowed his head to review military affairs, and was quite angry. Xu Yuan said: "In all the envoys, there must be officials from the Ministry of Rites to take the lead, but in this civil strife, there must be people with outstanding military achievements in the mission, and Your Highness may wish to meet them." "How did you know that such a person would be in the Mission?" "Twelve years ago, the Southern Expeditionary Army mutinied, not by Liu Huizu with his own strength to pacify, but His Majesty's secret edict Qin Qi to go south, Qin Qi has been guarding the northern border for many years, and he is quite majestic among the sergeants, so he can bring the army back safely, the northern peace talks mission is already on the way, and he will not use swords and guns for a while, so this peace talks must also be Qin Qi." Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows and asked, "How is he, what if it's not him?" ”

"Your Highness has made a killing move?" "No, I just want to hear from you." "If it is General Qin, I am afraid that he cannot be easily killed, to the greatest extent, please Your Highness take him for his own use, if you really want to kill him, I am afraid that the northern border will become a place that we will be difficult to recover in the future." "What if it weren't for him?" "If it weren't for him, or the imperial court would still look down on us, it would be better for this mission to kill or stay, and it would not be the time for us to attack Gyeonggi." "Why do you know that Qin Qi brought back the Southern Expeditionary Army? Not many people knew about this at the time. "In that year's Southern Expedition, the ministers were also one of them, and they witnessed the blood flowing in the Southern Expedition that year, and the soldiers were sick and did not want to live." Zhao Qian, who grew up in Gyeonggi since he was a child, couldn't imagine the tragic situation, he nodded: "Since you and Qin Qizeng fought side by side, then you can come with him tonight." ”

Royal Palace, Plum Garden

The chief chamberlain hurried over, and saw that the emperor was already half drunk, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu Huizu, the secretary of the military department, please go over and preside over the city defense arrangement." The emperor waved his hand: "Let his waste take care of it himself." The manager didn't dare to say anything, but he turned his back and whispered to his little apprentice: "What are you looking at, why don't you go and invite the queen mother, something that has no eyesight!" The little apprentice nodded hurriedly, turned his head and hurriedly ran to the queen's bedroom. When she arrived in the dormitory, the queen mother was coaxing the little princess to sleep, and when she saw him passing, she shook her head gently and hinted that he was quiet, and the little chamberlain quickly shut up, she handed the little princess to the nurse, nodded the inner hall, and let her take the little princess in.

"Why doesn't my father-in-law serve by His Majesty's side, and come to the palace, is he here to deliver the decree?" The queen sat in the hall and looked at the little father-in-law. "Niangniang, it's not that Your Majesty's will is to be announced, but Your Majesty is depressed today, drinking heavily in the plum garden, and the slave is afraid that Your Majesty's dragon is in good health, so I asked Niangniang to go and see." The queen nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you." When I arrived at the Plum Garden, I saw the emperor's guard of honor in the pavilion of the Plum Garden from a distance, and the queen quickened her pace and walked in, and the emperor saw her, "Queen, you have come to see me, and which slave and maid who is not long-eyed went to report the letter?" Queen, do you want to have a drink with me? She poured him full of wine, he didn't say a word, just drank cup after glass, soon drunk, he took her hand, "I have a lot of great things, thousands of specialties, I collect every day, either greetings or flattery, all good news but not bad news." Now, now the rebellious ministers and thieves are attacking my Zhili, they have hidden the matter, and now their swords are pointing at Gyeonggi. But, I was the last to know. Are they all dumb? At the feet of the Son of Heaven, I was blinded, and I did not know that the world was still not mine, or that it was about to change hands. ”

He was hunched on the desk, and she stroked his sideburns, and suddenly, she saw tears streaming from her eyes. "I wandered around the palace today, and I realized that someone had packed up his things and defected to the enemy camp. It was I who misled the country and the people, and I was not worthy of being the king, and it became my fault. "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, the family of the Son of Heaven, knowing your mistakes and correcting them without admitting your mistakes. Your Majesty, you don't have to be too sad. Seeing that his eyes were slightly closed, the queen made a gesture to the chief attendant, who understood and retreated outside the plum garden with everyone. The emperor lay on the queen's lap and cried: "I didn't know that I was so bad as an emperor, if I could have a good death, then I would like to retire to the mountain village with you, be an ordinary farmer, and avoid all these troubles." ”

It turned out that he was also wronged, and the queen hugged him tightly. The Emperor asked, "What is your maiden name?" "Kikige." He sat up, hugged her into his arms, and stroked her back with trembling hands: "If the city is broken one day, you don't have to be trapped here anymore, you don't have to be this golden silk bird in a cage, wearing this gorgeous costume, it's also quite tiring." "Your Majesty, since the day the concubine entered the palace, she no longer knows who Qiqige is, and the concubine only knows that the queen of the Great Zhou wants to be with her husband." She shook his hand, "Live and die together, advance and retreat together." ”

The emperor held her hand and fell asleep, she looked at the full moon in the sky, the night before entering Beijing. If he returned to his youth, Xu Yuan would not have died in his family. But now, the hand of fate has pushed them to the opposite side, and she can even see that he is wearing a suit of armor, and he is silent like his father Xu Shu, with a solemn face. Since then, the end of the world has been looking at each other, and there is no more to say.

Late at night, Xu Yuan stood outside Gyeonggi City, and under the cover of a burst of artillery, he launched a general attack on Gyeonggi. Gyeonggi is a big city, with more than 100,000 defenders, and the city is hard and not easy to destroy, and it is difficult to continue under strong attack. Lured the enemy and did not come out, there was a fire on the city tower, and when there was chaos, there was no shouting and killing in Xu Yuan's array. The soldiers defending the city were staring at the blood-red eyes for traces of the enemy, but found no trace. Someone shouted, "Look! What is in the sky! The soldiers looked up. Thousands of arrows with fire fell from the sky, shot into their eyes, pierced their armor, and inflicted heavy casualties on the Praetorian Army.

In the tent, the banquet for the delegation had just begun, and Qin Qi bowed to Zhaoqian: "Minister, Qin Qi, the guard of Shanhaiguan, meet His Royal Highness Prince Shen." Zhao Qian hurriedly helped him up: "The general is loyal and brave, please get up quickly." They both sat down with their hands on their hands. Qin Qi asked, "I don't know what is going on outside the tent with such a hectic situation?" Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows: "The general said this, tonight I will order Xu Yuan to attack Gyeonggi City, don't you know?" Qin Qi's face did not change, and asked, "Attacked, what is the result?" Zhao Qian poured a glass of wine: "It's just the beginning, please drink alcohol, don't hurt the harmony." ”