Dou Hongxian has also learned martial arts, and she is the daughter of a hero, her personality is a little following her father, and she is resolute and identified, and at this time of crisis, she immediately stood up and tried her best to turn the tide.

Of course, her daughter's family does not have enough prestige, even if she is a princess, but she does not have the same skills as Li Xiuning, so she moved out Liu Heimin, the first general of the Xia Kingdom.

This Liu Heimin is also a brave and resourceful person, good martial arts, courage, peasant rebels, Liu Heimin defected to Hao Xiaode, living in the mountains and forests, and later returned to Li Mi and became a partial general, but he has not been reused in the Wagang army, and he resigned and left under the negative anger, and defected to Dou Jiande, only to be valued.

Due to Liu Heimin's expedition to the east and west, he eliminated many green forest thieves who occupied the mountains as kings, reorganized many local rebel armies in Hebei, and eliminated several Sui Dynasty armies, with fruitful results, and was called "Shenyong General" in the army, and later Dou Jiande named him the Duke of Handong County; In the Xia Imperial Court, the prestige was very high, and the civil and military officials in the palace gradually calmed down after hearing Liu Heimin's name.

"Yes, General Liu's talent and courage are second only to Your Majesty, if he can come back to preside over the overall situation, Xia Guo can still be saved!"

"Immediately send someone to invite General Liu back to the dynasty to discuss major matters!"

These ministers suddenly have the backbone, the queen Cao and the princess Dou Hongxian can't support the overall situation, Dou Jiande has no children, although he has a righteous son, it is difficult to convince the public, and he has not returned with the army abroad, life and death are unpredictable, and they all feel that at this critical time, only Liu Heimin can stabilize the Xia regime.

Wang Xiaohu, the squire of the military department, stood up and took over this task, he decided to go to the front line three hundred miles away in person and ask Liu Heimin to return.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Queen Cao Lu and Princess Dou Hongxian returned to the deserted harem.

Because Dou Jiande is thrifty and disgusted with luxury, he is not close to women, so there are no beauties in the harem, except for a few palaces, guards, and eunuchs, there are only two side concubines, and they have not been pampered much.

The palace is without the Son of Heaven, then this is the most dangerous place.

Empress Cao sighed lightly and wept, both lamenting her husband and feeling at a loss about the fate of herself and her daughter.

"Red line, otherwise, you can leave, continue to go back to the mountains to learn art, and don't have anything to do with the world anymore!"

Dou Hongxian said: "Queen Mother, how can I be willing to leave you alone here?" Besides, the revenge of killing my father is not shared with the sky, Luo Cheng killed my father, I must avenge this revenge! ”

Empress Cao sighed: "He is the Emperor of Dahua, an invincible young marshal in the past, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, how can you take revenge?" ”

"Isn't there still Uncle Liu?"

Empress Cao shook her head and said: "Although Liu Heimin is also a hero, he is still a little worse than your father, after all, even your father was defeated so quickly, how long can others stop it?" Who can beat him in the whole world? ”

Dou Hongxian looked stubborn, and snorted: "I don't believe it, he can really unify the world so easily, besides, isn't there still Li Tang, and there are Turks, there are Chu and Liang in the south, at least within a few years, Dahua will not sit idly by and wait for the Central Plains, so there will be revenge!" ”

Empress Cao looked worried, and sighed lightly and persuaded: "Red line, you must not do stupid things, hey, even Su Dingfang is uncertain about his life and death, I knew this, before I set out on the expedition, I will marry you, and it is good not to let him go out with him." ”

Dou Hongxian said with some sorrow: "Queen Mother, this is fate!" Maybe I don't have this marriage with Dingfang! Now, my heart is dead, I don't think about my family anymore, I just want to avenge my father! ”

Empress Cao couldn't persuade anymore, so she had to give up.

A few days later, at dusk, Liu Heimin hurried back with 5,000 cavalry, Dou Jiande died, the army was depressed, and the court was turbulent, he felt that this was an opportunity to take control of the overall situation and control the Xia Kingdom.

"Look, General Liu is back!" Wang Huan, the guard of the city gate and a young general promoted by Liu Heimin, shouted and looked excited, these days, they have all asked to say, Your Majesty died in battle, and Liu Heimin is about to return to the dynasty to preside over the overall situation.

The city gate was opened, and Liu Heimin, dressed in military uniform, directly led people into the city and went straight to the Changle Palace.

However, before arriving at the gate of the palace of the Xia Kingdom, Liu Heimin asked the deputy general to lead the troops to stay, introduce them into the general's mansion, and then settle the living and camping of these soldiers and horses; He took dozens of guards with him to visit His Majesty's orphan widow in the palace.

Empress Cao received a report from the palace guards and immediately summoned Liu Heimin in the harem.

"Queen's sister-in-law!" When Liu Heimin saw Queen Cao Lu, his eyes lit up, he stepped forward to clench his fists and knelt on one knee to salute.

"General Liu is flat!" Empress Cao saw that this former little brother had now become the only pillar of the Xia Kingdom, and her eyes were a little moist.

Liu Heimin was cunning and arrogant when he was young, he was addicted to alcohol and gambling, he did not manage the industry, his family was poor, he lacked food and clothing, and his fellow villager Dou Jiande often gave him funding, and even for a long time, Liu Heimin stayed in the wing room of Dou Jiande's house, calling Dou Jiande and his wife brothers and sisters-in-law, and they had a deep relationship at that time.

At that time, Liu Heimin was only a weak young man in his twenties, Dou Jiande was ten years older than him, and he took great care of this little brother, because Dou Jiande went out to learn art as a teenager, returned to the local area to get married, and married a large local Cao family, Cao's age was eight years younger than Dou Jiande, only four years older than Liu Heimin, and he was as beautiful as a flower back then, which left a deep impression on Liu Heimin.

Today, although the queen Cao is close to forty years old, the charm still exists, there are not many fine lines on the face, the skin is still white and shiny, the body is plump, the curves are ups and downs, although it is not bright enough in plain clothes, but there is a mature and pretty body around the body, just like a quietly open rue flower under the night light.

Liu Heimin looked at Cao's family, as if he had gone back in time, and returned to fifteen or sixteen years ago, when he was a young and pretty sister-in-law!

"Queen's sister-in-law, when my younger brother heard the news of his eldest brother's death, he was grieved in his heart, and hurried back, worried that the political situation was unstable, and that there would be something wrong with my sister-in-law and the red line, but fortunately, the court is still controllable now, which makes me finally feel at ease. I think back then, my brother and sister-in-law have always cared for me and treated me like a younger brother! Although the eldest brother is gone, I can't let my sister-in-law and the red line be wronged again! ”

Cao Shi was lonely and frightened, when she heard such comforting words, her heart suddenly warmed, tears flowed, in the tears, she vaguely saw a strong figure approaching step by step.

When she wiped the tears in her eyes with her sleeve, she found that Liu Heimin was already standing in front of her, holding her shoulders with both hands, her eyes were blazing, and she said: "Sister-in-law, let my brother take care of you in the future, I don't have this sentence in my heart for a long time!" ”

"Hei Min, what are you?" Cao's heart was beating a little, because she saw a blazing spark in her eyes.

Liu Heimin stretched out his hand to stroke Cao's sideburns and hair, and said with a sense of tenderness: "If you can't give up, you can continue to like it, at least your heart won't be turbulent!" In fact, as early as sixteen years ago, I fell in love with my sister-in-law, and finally tonight, I can really have the courage to say it. ”