On the battlefield of the Western Continent, one of the fiercest battles has just begun, and the outcome is unknown. However, the reaction caused by this has stirred thousands of miles and affected all aspects.

This year's snow in Chang'an seems to have come exceptionally early. When the yellow leaves of the city had just fallen, the people of Chang'an were surprised to find that there were snowflakes floating in the sky.

This would have been an extremely abnormal weather condition. If it had been placed in the past, there would have been officials who had given the emperor a recital, citing ancient and modern examples, indicating that anomalies in the heavens were a sign of disaster, asking His Majesty the emperor to fast vegetarianly and lead his subjects to pray to God to avoid the coming of calamity.

In the past, this was a matter of course. Any abnormal weather conditions should not be underestimated. They are likely to be related to the rise and fall of dynasties and social stability. From emperors to ministers to ordinary people, no one dared to do something wrong.

But that was in the past, and the current Han Dynasty has a deeper understanding of this phenomenon. The most direct manifestation of this is that everyone has become accustomed to this and no longer regards it as a precursor to calamity. Such a change is of course the result of the vigorous propaganda and indoctrination of the rulers of the imperial court in recent years.

Many phenomena that are difficult to explain in the world are not mysterious. Often, in many cases, it is just a matter of common for someone to reveal the secret.

If we go back to the source, the change in most people's concepts began with the Chang'an incident that shook the world. The young man who had just appeared in the court, with his absolute courage, stood on the top of Hanyuan Hall and subdued the thunderbolt. Since then, it has been enlightened to people of insight. It turns out that everything in the world has a law to follow, not an unpredictable power of gods and ghosts.

In the years since, through the new type of school education established by the Chang'an Royal Academy and various counties in the world, many ways of disseminating knowledge have become wider. The people's intellect has been greatly opened, and today, the situation is finally very different.

Nowadays, not to mention the ordinary rain and snow in advance, even if it is thunder in winter and there is no wind and waves, in the eyes of most people, there is no such fuss. But it's all a natural phenomenon, and it has nothing to do with His Majesty the Emperor's private morality, and it has little to do with ordinary people.

However, in this slightly cold weather, the snowflakes that suddenly fell in the sky formed a heavy haze over Chang'an, and also added a sense of foreboding to the hearts of many people.

In the Weiyang Palace, there is a thin layer of snow. Between the carved beams and painted buildings, this was originally a grand scene where you could boil wine and make tea. If in normal times, the harem beauties can also hang down the bead curtain in such weather, warm incense and slight smoke, gather together, draw embroidery, or write a few calligraphy and paintings, and nourish the heart. But today, it is unusually quiet.

Naturally, most of the reasons for this come from His Majesty the Emperor. His dragon body has always been unsafe in one aspect, and the other most important thing is the news that has been received in a row recently, which has shrouded the entire palace and even Chang'an City in an uneasy atmosphere.

"Your Majesty, it's time for medicinal meals."

The emperor, who was watching the snow in front of the eaves of the palace, turned his head when he heard the sound, and the fair woman who appeared behind him was wearing light makeup and looking at him with a worried face. But it was the queen who came in person.

The emperor actually didn't like his empress very much. She was personally selected by Emperor Wu at the beginning, and there was nothing

Mo Ming's background is just that of a middle-level ordinary official. At that time, many people did not quite understand why Emperor Wu made such a choice. Later, it was a sentence he inadvertently said on a certain occasion that solved the mystery.

"Since ancient times, the power of foreign relatives has been too great, and the source of trouble has also ...... I don't want future generations to suffer from it. ”

If you don't care about the gains and losses of Emperor Wu in the political affairs of other dynasties, you can still see it very clearly in this regard. For a hundred years of the Han Dynasty, it is unceremonious to say that the power of the harem has always been too large. Starting from Empress Lu and continuing to Empress Dowager Dou, they were almost more powerful than the emperor in many cases. Emperor Wu, who has personally experienced all this, naturally does not want to have such a powerful queen mother in the future.

In fact, the changes in the palace that year and the abolition of Empress Gillian not only caused a serious estrangement between the emperor and the queen, but also had a great reason for the relationship with foreign relatives. Although no one will say it in their mouths, people of insight know it very well.

All the subjects, of course, do not want the emergence of a large group of foreign relatives again. Therefore, in this matter they coincided with the will of the emperor. And Liu Ju, who was the crown prince at the time, married his queen under such circumstances.

The queen is knowledgeable and reasonable, and her appearance is excellent. It would have been a good candidate. But it's a pity that fate can't come reluctantly. The emperor did not like the woman his father had chosen for him. For nearly a decade, the relationship between them has been very flat, although it is not cold, but it is not harmonious.

However, in today's cold and bleak weather, when the emperor looked at her weak eyes with a little grievance, he suddenly felt a little guilty for some reason.

"Someone takes care of these things, what are you doing here on such a cold day?"

The Empress raised her head in surprise, the Emperor's soft tone with concern was extremely rare for her. All of a sudden, my heart fluctuated, and a faint flush appeared on my face. She lowered her eyes again, and her tone involuntarily tinged with a slight tremor.

"Your Majesty, since you know that the weather is getting colder, why don't you care about your body and suffer from the cold of this frost and snow?"

"Alas...... I didn't feel cold in my body, but I always felt like there was a fire burning in my heart. The palace was very stuffy, and watching the snow by the railing here felt a lot more comfortable in my chest. ”

I don't know why, the emperor really wants to talk to someone at this time. Perhaps, the queen, who has a few patches of snow in her hair, is a good listener.

Not far away, Feng Jiu, the head of the guards, quietly gestured, and all the attendants and palace maids retreated a little farther. It's rare to cultivate a relationship between the emperor and the queen, but you can't just disturb it.

Seeing the white jade bowl that the queen squatted down and handed over in person, the emperor sighed slightly. Finally, I took it and drank a bowl of soup and medicine. The entrance was bitter, but it was like his current mood.

"I've been drinking it for so long, I really don't want to drink it anymore. Wealth is fate, life and death are in the ...... of heaven. ”

"Your Majesty! Concubines are not allowed to say such things! Your Majesty is in the prime of his youth, and there are many important things to do in the future...... It's a long time to come, and it's still too late. ”

There was an inexplicable panic in the queen's words, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were already full of tears. The emperor's physical condition and the worries in his heart

, she knows it all deeply. Only in this way did she be even more frightened.

As if guessing what she was thinking, the emperor smiled faintly. Looking at the layers of palaces, this place where the world is so heavy, no one will know that what he feels at this moment is not the glory and prominence of the emperor, but the heaviness on his shoulders.

"Queen, you must be resentful of me in your heart, right?"

The thin-faced man turned his gaze and looked calmly at the woman in front of him. If it weren't for the glorious and majestic Weiyang Palace, changing to an ordinary alley stranger's house, such a conversation would be no different from those ordinary couples.

"How could it be...... Concubines have never been! Your Majesty! ”

The tears in the queen's eyes, finally holding back, began to drip down, and the snowflakes on the railing were melted by her tears, and the jade color was mottled, like her heartbreak.

"The queen doesn't have to be like this. Actually, even if there is...... Nothing either. Although I am not a cold person, I do owe you a lot over the years, and it is normal to complain about it. ”

The emperor took one of the empress's hands, and he couldn't help but sigh when he felt the coolness coming from him. Compared with other emperors, there are not many concubines in his harem, but most of them are just a name. Perhaps, they will never be able to wait for something they are looking forward to.

"Your Majesty, don't overthink it! It is better to follow the instructions of the imperial doctor, and taking care of the body is the foundation of everything. ”

The queen was originally an empathetic woman, she held back the sadness in her heart and comforted her gently. But the emperor shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"My body knows that stubborn diseases are hard to get rid of...... What's more, there have been a lot of things and a lot of worries recently, how can I settle down! ”

The snow is not heavy, but it seems to show no signs of stopping. The emperor of the Han Empire stood in this Qionglou Yuyu and told his queen what was on his mind for the first time.

"I haven't slept for two days and two nights...... At the beginning, he should have tried his best to prevent him from going west...... The territory of the Han Dynasty was already so vast, so why bother to open up thousands of miles away? Still, I agreed to his ....... ”

The Empress listened quietly, she knew who the "he" in the emperor's mouth was. She knew that if the Emperor could speak to her in such a tone, she would only have to listen and not answer.

"The news came back a few days ago that the army of the western expedition to Persia was finally in serious trouble...... The horror of the Great Plague has been something I have heard from the Wise Men, and I have seen it in the history books. Although the imperial court had done its best to transport the medicinal materials and various materials needed at the first time, this thousands of miles away was changing rapidly...... I don't know if he'll ever come back alive. ”

Although the empress didn't look at it, she could also feel the emperor's sadness from the palm of her hand. She couldn't help but feel her heart beat hard, she didn't know if the emperor's worries were good or bad for the country and many people once they became a reality.

The snow fell silently, and there was silence all around. After a moment of silence, the Empress suddenly felt the Emperor's gaze on her. She was startled, and when she hurriedly raised her head, she heard that the emperor seemed to have finally made a decision after a long period of consideration, and held her hand and said.

"Queen, I have an idea, I hope you can support ......."