The cold winter has arrived, the war in the east has not ended, but the first year of Xiping has come to an end.

The war in the east has also stopped because of this cold winter, in such a cold winter season, going out to fight is extremely unfavorable to the Han soldiers, all the Han troops are the elite of the Han Dynasty's hard work, Zhang Wen can not use the cost of them to win, of course, he still strengthened the encirclement, so that the Goguryeo stragglers can not escape so easily.

After the deployment, Zhang Wen gave a detailed description of the war and handed it over to Luoyang.

The Son of Heaven is not worried about the war in the east, there are Zhang Wen, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Huangfu Song, these generals, just a Goguryeo, it is simply a hand, after Emperor Xiaokang's governance for 21 years, today's Han is not something that a small country outside the territory can look up to, in his own hands, the Han will definitely develop more rapidly!

At the beginning of the second year of Xiping, the Son of Heaven was once again idle.

In his heart, he also has his own plans, or the appointment and dismissal of the DPRK, first of all, Cao Cao who was transferred from Sanhan, Cao Cao has a huge influence on the entire situation of the Japanese country, and now Sanhan only leaves Tai Shici alone, serving as the captain of the Sanhan Water Academy, which is really a little inappropriate, fortunately, there is also Liu Bei and Tian Feng to assist, these two are capable people, and they will not let Tai Shici be helpless.

Cao Cao can replace Zheng Xuan's position, this is what the Son of Heaven has long thought about, he originally wanted Cao Cao to settle in Shangshutai, replace Xing Ziang, and let Xing Ziang take the position of Situ, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still felt that although Xing Ziang and Cao Cao were talented, they could not reach this height, not to mention that they were still young, if they were allowed to sit in the position of the third prince now, then in the future, wouldn't there be no reward?

After a long period of observation, in Situ's position, he thought of another old minister.

This person is very good at writing, he is a great Han scholar, and he knows everything, but he is not good at practice, but if he is Situ, he can't be like Wang Fu and do everything himself, but can give Xing Ziang, Xun You, Xun Yu, Cao Cao these people the opportunity to do things, so that they can grow up quickly and become one of the pillars of the Han Dynasty in the future.

As for the Wa Kingdom, the Son of Heaven still decided not to make a hasty decision lightly.

After all, after the conquest of Goguryeo, the primary goal of the Han Dynasty must still be placed on Goguryeo, first to complete the governance of Goguryeo, Hezhou, Youzhou, Sanhan, Donghao completely connected, after completing this step of the strategy, the Han can free up his hands to solve the affairs of the Wa State, not to mention, in these years, the Shengkou who was not valued in the Wa State has been continuously transported to the Donghao area, and Donghao has been greatly governed in the hands of Liu Bei.

These Japanese people are the best help for the Donghao region, which lacks manpower.

Xiping 2nd year, February

The whole city was covered in silver, snow-white, and the cold wind was constantly whistling, and the city was empty.

Imperial Palace, Yongle Palace

The imperial grandmother sat alone on the bed, and the palace ladies thought she was asleep, so they stood guard outside the door.

The imperial grandmother was very old, her hair was gray, her eyes were blank, her face was full of wrinkles, and she could not see the appearance of the noble lady of the past, and since the death of Emperor Xiaokang, she washed her face with tears all day long, so that she was blind, she could no longer see anything, and now she could only grope around.

She stretched out her hand, the back of her hand was full of surroundings, extremely thin, carefully groping under the pillow, groping for a package from under the pillow, her hands kept groping, looking for something.

The door slowly pushed open, and a golden light shot in.

A petite and cute little baby crawled in from outside the door, he was very young, but he was very cute, his face was full of fat, he didn't know what to hum in his mouth, and crawled towards the Empress Dowager Dong, and the Empress Dowager saw it!

The baby looked up at her, smiling stupidly.

The Empress Dowager recognized the familiar eyes, her eyes were moist, she smiled, and involuntarily stretched out her hand.

The baby disappeared in an instant, and the Empress Dowager was taken aback and hurriedly got up.

In that position, there was a little fat man of three or four years old, the little fat man was walking staggeringly, combing the horns, holding his favorite toy in his hand, it was a copper stick tied to a wooden ball, he shook the toy in his hand, looked at the mother in front of him, and shouted in a milky voice: "Mother!" ”

"Hong'er~~~"

In an instant, the little fat man disappeared, and the Empress Dowager shouted eagerly: "Hong'er~~"

The ten-year-old little fat man appeared in front of the Empress Dowager Taihuang, with a round figure, holding a wooden sword in his hand, crying and mourning, wiping his tears, and said: "Mother, I was chased by a big dog again, I won't use this sword..."

"Hong'er... Don't be afraid, Grandma is in... Don't be afraid...."

"Mother~~~"

The little fat man screamed and rushed towards Dong.

At the moment when Dong hugged him, he disappeared in Dong's arms, leaving only a little golden light, Dong's eyes were still dark, nothing could be seen, she was holding a small wooden sword in her hand, and the package was opened, the wooden sword looked like it had been for some years, and at the position of the hilt, there was a small "macro" word engraved, Dong trembled, holding the wooden sword tightly.

"My Hong'er~~"

Dong burst into tears.

In the package on the side, you can also see a small toy tied to a wooden ball, and a baby clothes.

At noon, the Son of Heaven was also idle, so he wanted to set up a family banquet, the imperial grandmother, the Queen Mother, Mrs. Wang, Xiao Raoyang, Liu Xie, Liu An, and Cai Meiren all gathered together, the Son of Heaven was in a good mood, constantly talking and laughing with the Queen Mother and the Imperial Grandmother, the atmosphere was very good, even Xiao Raoyang was extremely happy, sitting in the arms of the Son of Heaven and refusing to go down, Liu Xie and Liu An were still relatively well-behaved.

Sitting next to the imperial grandmother, the imperial grandmother was particularly doting on them.

Mild smile, the delicacies on the table, everyone actually enjoyed.....

The queen mother sandwiched the meal for the imperial grandmother, and the imperial grandmother took a small bite, laughed, touched the hand of the son of heaven on the side, and said: "Bian'er, this is mutton, your favorite food on weekdays... Let's take a bite..."

The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, wanted to speak, but had no words, mumbled, picked it up and ate it, and said: "It's really delicious....", Queen Song was also stunned for a moment, lowered her head, she knew that the Son of Heaven didn't like to eat mutton, the Son of Heaven liked beef, he was young and went with Xun Yu to steal the beef on the sacrifice, and was beaten by Emperor Xiaokang, who really loves to eat mutton.... It was Emperor Xiaokang.

Halfway through the banquet, Dong didn't know what he remembered, and said a little hurriedly: "Hurry up and help me back, I have something to show Wei'er..."

"Mother, this... Let's watch it after eating..."The Son of Heaven said helplessly.

"No, now... Help me back..."

Seeing her so anxious, the Son of Heaven had no choice, so the palace maid took her to Yongle Palace, there were still snowflakes falling outside, white and cold, the palace maid blocked the snowflakes for Dong's family, and under the cold wind, she was sent into Yongle Palace, Dong waved his hand and said, "You are waiting for me outside...", she slowly came to the bed, trembling and groping under the pillow.

She took out the package again, was stunned for a moment, and gently opened it.

When she picked up the wooden sword, her hand trembled violently, and the wooden sword fell under the bed, she was taken aback, and hurriedly got off the bed, groping on the ground with both hands, groping for a long time, but she couldn't find it, her eyes were dripping with tears, she was shocked, and fell to the ground.

The wooden sword was at the side of her right hand, and the fingers of her hands were still shaking, but the distance was so close that she could never touch it because of her blindness.

The cold wind was blowing violently, and the windows of Yongle Palace couldn't bear the heavy burden, and were directly blown open by the cold wind.... For some reason, after this gust of wind blew into Yongning Palace, it became gentle, and the wind blew across Dong's cheeks, blowing away the tears that fell.

The wooden sword shook slightly, and there was another gust of wind, and the wooden sword was blown by the wind, turned over a few times, and quietly fell into Dong's hand.

Dong's right hand tightly grasped the wooden sword, and slowly quieted down.

In another world, a sad mother clung to her child.

This time, they will never be separated again.

The little fat man waited for a long time at the banquet, but he didn't see the eldest mother coming, and he felt a little helpless, the Empress Dowager Song smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, I'm afraid that the palace maid doesn't dare to urge the grandmother, and the grandmother is acting now, and it's not very neat...."

"I know..."He frowned, looked at Liu Xie on the side, and said, "Erlang, you go to see the eldest mother, if she can't do anything, you will help her..."

"Good!" Liu Xie got up and ran in the direction of Yongle Palace.

"Don't rush!!"

The Son of Heaven shouted later.

Looking at Liu Xie, who ran out all the way, the Son of Heaven looked at the Empress Dowager Song and said, "Erlang has been studying recently, is it okay?" I've heard that he doesn't like to go to school lately? ”

"Alas, yes, you have to talk about him later, for some reason, recently, he always likes to dance with knives and guns, and he also pesters Wang Zhonglang to teach him swordsmanship..."

"Hahaha~~~" The Son of Heaven laughed and said, "Father's seed, how strange is it? ”

After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Liu Xie, and the little fat man frowned.

Liu Xie came to the door of Yongle Palace, looked at the palace maid at the door, was a little trembling by the cold wind, and he asked, "Hasn't the eldest mother come out yet?" The palace maid shook her head and said, "Not yet....", Liu Xie waved his hand and said, "Open the door...."

The palace maid didn't dare to object, and hurriedly opened the door, Liu Xie walked in, and when he saw Dong who was lying on the ground, his eyes were round, and he shouted, "Someone!" He ran away and ran in front of Dong's family, the window on the side was open, and the cold wind was still blowing, he didn't know it, he looked at his grandmother in front of him blankly, tears fell down, and he immediately ran away.

Liu Xie rushed into the banquet, his eyes full of tears, crying.

The little fat man looked at him sluggishly, only saw what he said, but he didn't hear any words at all, the whole world seemed to stop, the Empress Dowager Song, Mrs. Wang cried, Cai Meiren was at a loss, Liu An was also crying, they were talking in their mouths, Xiao Raoyang shrank in the arms of the Empress Dowager Song in fear, the little fat man was still sluggish, he couldn't hear any words.

At that moment, the little fat man jumped up and rushed towards Yongle Palace.

Empress Dowager Song and the others were all frightened, and hurriedly followed behind the little fat man.

The little fat man ran towards the Yongle Palace with all his might, after running out of the Houde Palace, his feet slipped and fell out suddenly, the surrounding yellow doors rushed over in horror, to help the Son of Heaven, the little fat man didn't care, got up again, and continued to run wildly, when he ran all the way to the Yongle Palace, the palace maids were kneeling on the ground crying, he rushed into the Yongle Palace, and looked at the past blankly.

The imperial grandmother lay quietly on the ground, buried her head in her left arm, and slept soundly.

The little fat man rushed in front of the imperial grandmother and knelt down on both knees.

"Ah~~~~"

When the Empress Dowager Song walked to the door, she heard a roar of grief.

Huangmen supported them and walked into the Yongle Palace, the little fat man hugged Dong, howling and crying, his eyes kept dripping tears, Dong was lying quietly in his grandson's arms, holding the wooden sword tightly in his right hand, his face was kind, and the little fat man cried for an hour, until he lost his voice, his eyes were red, and Hanmen began to prepare for mourning.

Undoubtedly, in this palace, the Dong family is the most fond of the little fat man, I don't know how many times, Dong pointed at the Xiaokang Emperor and scolded, but also to protect the naughty eldest grandson, I don't know how many times, the Dong family always secretly hid the food and handed it to the little fat man, even Liu Xie and Liu An, and even Xiao Raoyang did not have such treatment, whenever the little fat man was beaten, he would come to his grandmother.

Grandmother would caress his back, lull him to sleep, and stroke him all night long, as if those hands never got tired.

Now, she is gone, He Yeye is gone, her father is gone, and her mother is gone.

The Yellow Gate brought the Son of Heaven back to the Houde Palace, the little fat man was lying on the bed, still sobbing, the Empress Dowager Song was distressed, but in the palace, there were many things for her to handle, she could only leave Cai Meiren here, so that she looked at it so much, she left, looking at the painful little fat man, Cai Meiren was very distressed, she sat on the edge of the bed, wiping her tears.

She reached out and gently stroked the little fat man's back.

The little fat man's trembling body gradually stabilized.

The next day, the little fat man opened his eyes, his eyes were red and swollen, he sat up, his mind was still blank for a while, Cai Meiren beside him did not speak, looked at him quietly, the little fat man turned his head to look at her, after a long time, he seemed to remember something, covered his forehead in pain, and asked in a hoarse voice; "How long have I been asleep?"

"One day...."

"Hmm...."The little fat man nodded, looking blankly into the distance, his eyes were blank, this appearance made Cai Meiren even more distressed, she frowned, and said with some sadness: "The world has been lost... The Queen Mother and Hanmen are discussing the burial of the tomb..."

The little fat man trembled, jumped off the bed, hurriedly put on his shoes, and ran out.

"Where is Your Majesty going?!"

"Go see the eldest mother..."

Xiping 2nd year, February

The Empress Dowager and Yongle Palace.

The world grieved and mourned for the Empress Dowager for three days.

The Empress Dowager was buried according to the order, and the burial was accompanied by various ornaments and jade.

There is also a set of baby clothes and a bronze toy for young children

And a small black wooden sword,

On the hilt of the sword, a small "macro" character is engraved.