It has been a long time since the white dew leaves, and the wind outside the city has also brought a slight cold in winter. However, the first snow in Chang'an has not yet come.

The palace people in the Jiaofang Palace have already raised the charcoal fire early, and the queen is afraid of cold, although it is only winter, she is already cold.

Empress Chen's wish was a little disappointed, she heard Chu Yu talk about the grand scenery after the snow fell on the mountains and rivers in the south, and she had been looking forward to these days, but she hadn't seen a snowflake after all.

However, the emperor came a few days ago and said something that had rarely happened in the past two years. She knew that he had drunk, perhaps occasionally reminding him of some kind of past thought, on a whim.

As for wanting to return to her past affection, she has gradually become discouraged. Since she began to slowly restrain her pampered temperament, Queen Gillian is no longer the woman who is ignorant of the world. Especially after the death of Empress Dowager Dou, she has grown a lot.

Although she no longer thinks about him, her mood gradually calms down. But the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, she is not an independent existence after all, there are many people who tie their future to the queen and the Dou family, and they will not be reconciled. They often go to the eldest princess's mansion, encourage Princess Guantao, enter the palace to persuade the queen, and find a way to save the emperor's heart, and everyone's glory and wealth can naturally be safeguarded for a long time.

For her shallow-minded mother, Guantao, the queen sometimes felt a little bored in her heart. What kind of person is the emperor, they grew up together, is there anyone who knows better than her? Some things that have passed away cannot be recovered by her own efforts.

Every time Princess Guantao came to the Jiaofang Palace, in front of her daughter, she complained or complained. She not only complained about the emperor's ingratitude, but also complained about the queen mother's ruthlessness, and now it is difficult to see her, and she doesn't want to think about how she was in the eldest princess's mansion when the ancestor was alive!

Whenever this happens, what else can the queen say except bow her head and say nothing? The deep palace is ninefold, this is originally a snobbish place, and it is the nature of most people to see the wind and make the rudder tend to be inflammatory. The emperor's affection and strange thoughts have deeply hurt her countless times. And the reason why Yilan Palace's attitude became cold, she naturally knew the reason in her heart.

Prime Minister Tian Jue's defeat and death made the Queen Mother hate many people to the core. The queen and the eldest princess's mansion were also implicated, because they belonged to the Dou family after all.

When talking about that incident, even Princess Guantao, who had always been arrogant, had a look of fear on her face. It turned out that Tian Jue and the Queen Mother, their target was the Dou family after the death of the Empress Dowager Dou! If they had succeeded in defeating Dou Ying that time, it would have made people shudder to think about the consequences that followed.

And the Dou family was unharmed in this stormy sea, which is said to be thanks to a person who played a decisive role in it. Although the eldest princess's mansion had many festivals with the kid surnamed Yuan, and he was secretly regarded as a great enemy because of his close relationship with Jianzhang Palace, but after this incident, Princess Guantao's tone rarely brought a trace of appreciation to Yuan Zhao.

The queen didn't care about what was going on outside. In her mind, those court battles were just for their respective rights. Who is good and who is bad, who wins and who loses, what does it have to do with themselves? She is just a bird trapped in this deep palace, no matter how wonderful the outside world is, it is someone else's world after all.

However, what Princess Guantao said still caused waves in her heart.

"Gillian, no matter what, you have to have a child of your own. In the future, he will be your dependence! ”

Child, a prince! That's where the crux of it all comes in. Getting rid of her previous willful pampering, there is no crystallization of love, and I am afraid it is the main reason for the weakening of the relationship between the emperor and the empress.

Once upon a time, she had had countless hopes, but they all turned into disappointments. tried everything to conceive a child, but failed to do so once. The queen chalked it all down to providential trickery.

If her previous wish to have a child was to make him the successor of the dynasty, at this moment, her mentality has already changed, and she wants to be the sustenance and companionship for the rest of her life.

What's more, this sentence was not only said to her by her mother, but also by Chu Yu several times. And the last time the emperor came to Jiaofang Palace, she revealed a trace of old feelings, which made her finally make up her mind again.

Perhaps, we can try again! Because, Chu Yu said that she had a way to make the queen conceive a child, which was a secret method passed down from generation to generation among the southern barbarians, and it was very effective. Therefore, when the queen was combing the emperor's hair, according to the method Chu Yu said, she secretly cut off a strand and handed it to her most trusted maid. Yes, the queen trusts Chu Yu more than anyone else, and no one can replace this special feeling.

It's just that the snow hasn't come yet, maybe when the snow falls, Chu Yu's method will work, right? In those long nights, Chu Yu once told her that there are many women in the people who have fulfilled their wishes in this way. As long as it was what Chu Yu said, she believed it.

Therefore, what method did Chu Yu use to do it, the queen did not ask in detail, as long as it could really be useful, she would agree to anything.

The last time Emperor Liu Che came, it was not on a whim. That was when he went out of Weiyang Palace at night, and after seeing the prosperity of Chang'an City, when he was grateful for the prince, he once went out of the palace privately to visit the girl who was still Shaohua, and the two also traveled to Chang'an at night together, but the street market at that time was far less lively than it is now.

The feelings of childhood sweethearts are not something that can be broken by saying it. But for the prosperity of the dynasty and the future of the empire, he, as the emperor, had to make a choice. Although he knew that this decision was difficult to make and might cause an unforeseen uproar, this decision that he had been thinking about repeatedly for a long time must be made as soon as possible.

Because, the Han Dynasty may have to officially start a full-scale war with the Huns next year. This was a battle of national fortune between Han and Hungary, and it was necessary to send the bravest generals and the most elite troops in order to achieve a greater chance of victory in the contest.

The Xiongnu were too strong, and they had been pressing the Han Dynasty army for many years. Only they crossed the border from time to time to plunder the Han Chinese, and no Han Dynasty soldier ever set foot on the edge of the grassland. This contrast of strength cannot be changed overnight. Even though he began to build up confidence in the past few years, the emperor was not completely sure of victory.

There are not many generals left in the Han army who can fight, and even the most famous Li Guang and Cheng Bu are gradually aging. And there are not many young generals who can take on heavy responsibilities. Originally, this was a situation of inadequacy. Fortunately, there is the sudden rise of the Black Hawk Army.

The Black Eagle Army, which had grown up with the 300 knights of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion as the backbone, was only a support force stationed on Changle Plateau at the beginning, used to protect the production industries that Yuanzhao had begun to lay the foundation. When Yuan Zhao made this request at that time, the emperor actually didn't think much about it, he had great expectations for the things that Yuan Zhao was tinkering with, and it was not a big deal to let this kid have a little power at hand.

However, the emperor never imagined that he lent a seed, and the reward he received was a forest, and a forest that could be the pillar of the country!

But in just a few years, this army, which was originally lent to Yuan Zhao to guard the family in his consciousness, has grown into the hope of the Han Empire. Since the first battle with the Xiongnu and the first big victory, the development of this army has become the top priority in the eyes of the emperor.

If it is said that expanding the territory and spreading Weide in the four seas is the ambition and goal in the emperor's heart, then defeating the Huns is the first goal that needs to be accomplished. From the beginning of the siege of Mayi, he had already made up his mind. However, that time, with more than 300,000 troops, he failed to hurt the Xiongnu in the slightest, which made him discouraged for a while, and the majesty of the emperor was under great pressure.

And just two years later, the Black Eagle Army with 1,500 men and horses, with the Han army at Yanmen Pass, broke the more than 30,000 iron cavalry led by the Xiongnu Shan Yu himself, which can not but be said to be a miracle. It was from that time that the emperor reaffirmed his confidence in the victory of the Xiongnu.

In the development of the Black Hawk Army, he never intervened much, and he never allowed anyone to intervene. Although Yuan Zhao established this strong army for him, that kid knew the balance very well, in the process of the development and growth of the Black Eagle Army, Yuan Zhao's role was naturally irreplaceable, but he never interfered with the personnel appointment and dismissal power of the soldiers. This made the emperor very relieved.

The Black Hawks now numbered nearly 30,000. The main general Wei Qing has been worshiped by the emperor as a servant, this is also a new official system, its power lies in the fact that it can go directly to the Holy Hearing at any time, and any opinions and requirements do not have to go through the relevant institutions of the court, and can be directly written and sent to the imperial case.

There aren't many people who have that kind of power. Although Wei Qing only concentrates on military training and does not often enter the court to participate in court affairs, it has been seen inside and outside the court that a new star of power is rising. Because, Wei Qing is not an ordinary general, his own sister is Mrs. Wei of Jianzhang Palace, and Mrs. Wei's son has been made the crown prince.

As many people think, the emperor's intentions have long been revealed. The upcoming war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu requires heroic Han men to take the lead, and the Black Eagle Army and its generals are the best candidates to rival the northern steppe wolves.

It is foreseeable that as long as he can make military achievements in the Han-Hun War, the status of Wei Qing and the master of Jianzhang Palace behind him will inevitably be very different, as for what kind of height it will reach, it depends on the determination of His Majesty the Emperor.

It's just that the entanglement of love and hate, some ruthless words and ruthless things, whether it is ordinary people or the emperor and the emperor, sometimes, it is really difficult to ...... to do.