When Gu Nian returned to the palace, he thought about writing a letter to Xiao Yue, as for what to write, it was actually some trivial matters in life, things in the court, because there was a white shadow, so naturally she didn't need to report it.

She just needs to tell him what happened around her and what happened to Xu'er.

Sometimes he would mischievously paste his and Xu'er's lip prints on letterhead and send them over.

Or maybe write a love poem or two.

Once this is the case, Xiao Yue's reply is always very fast, and his words are also very excited.

After putting down the pen, Gu Nian took out Xiao Yue's last letter and took a look.

The letter was still about the war, and said that when the local officials knew that he had no female dependents, they hurriedly offered their daughters in the hope of waiting for him.

When he saw this, Gu Nian's face turned green, and he cursed hatefully the officials who sent his daughter.

However, when he wrote that he had refused, Gu Nian pursed the corners of his lips and laughed again.

Although Xiao Yue's whole person has become mild after marriage, perhaps because he went to the battlefield, his way of narrating can be described as blunt.

Therefore, Gu Nian was still very happy and didn't mind his cold tone.

Time flies very quickly, and two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and it has snowed in the capital, and the days for Xiao Yue to return to Beijing are getting tighter and tighter, making Gu Nian almost look through the autumn water.

The emperor's will was made in mid-September, and it would take about two months to go back and forth, so Xiao Yue would return to Beijing at least until mid-November, and the weather was already cold.

Xu Er knew that Xiao Yue was coming back, so she stretched her neck every day, and asked Gu Nian's father three times a day when he would be home.

"Mother, is this a dress for Xu'er?" When Xu Er came back from practice, she saw Gu Nian making a navy blue dress.

"It's not." Gu Nian touched his little head and said, "This is for your father." ”

Xu'er pursed her lips, snapped her fingers, and said, "Daddy said that I came back, but it's been many days, and I haven't arrived home yet." ”

Gu Nian saw that the embroidery was almost done, saw that the needle and thread were put away and put back in the needlework basket, let the maid take it down, and then carried Xu'er to the kang and said to him, "Daddy went to a far away place to fight bad guys, the road is far away, and it will take a long time to ride a horse when he comes back." In a few days, he returned.

Xu'er, do you miss your father? ”

Xu Er pursed his lips and nodded vigorously, he has learned a lot of words, archery has been shot very well, and the horse step can also pierce a stick of incense for a long time......

Many, many things I want to share with my father.

Suddenly, he thought that he had grown a lot taller, and his father hadn't seen him for a long time, so he asked anxiously, "Mother, will Daddy not recognize me?" ”

Gu Nian smiled, although Xu Er was taught by Xiao Yue to be very old, but for more than a year, Xiao Yue was not there, and he slowly returned to the liveliness of a child, after all, he is a child, and his thoughts are always very simple.

She deliberately tilted her head and thought for a while, then saw Xu'er's anxious look on her face, and said, "Xu'er is Daddy's baby, no matter when, Daddy can recognize you." ”

Gu Nian's mother and son were looking forward to it, looking forward to Xiao Yue arriving in the capital soon.

However, there was a great tremor in the court.

When Gu Shi'an came to see Gu Nian, he talked about Xiao Yue and said, "Yue'er on the front line will break the enemy army, and he will return to the dynasty soon." He paused, and then said, "The impeachment of Yue'er is crushed into a mountain, and after returning to Beijing, I don't know how Your Majesty will decide." ”

"Huh?" Gu Nian hadn't paid attention to the affairs of the court for a long time, and it was only when Gu Shi'an came over to tell her a little bit that she would know.

She said anxiously, "Dad, what's going on?" Why impeach the prince? ”

"Yue'er killed 100,000 prisoners of war in the Northern Barbarians, and after the news reached the capital, many ministers felt that the methods were too brutal." Gu Shi'an said.

Gu Shi'an must know the specific process, and the killing of 100,000 prisoners of war is also true.

It doesn't seem like anything to Gu Shi'an, but it's incredible to outsiders, especially those who think they're 'normal'.

How can you kill them all?

After those ministers heard about it, they began to write that war is inevitable to die, but the killing of prisoners of war is too brutal, which does not conform to the image of the Dongli Dynasty at all, and does not show the bearing of the great power of the Dongli Dynasty.

Gu Nian's heart was shocked when she heard this, and her first reaction was that she unconsciously remembered in her mind when she met Xiao Yue on the official road.

That time, he also killed piles of people, demonic men, stained with blood, standing in the dark......

It is not incomprehensible that such a thing happened to Xiao Yue.

As for the punishment of crimes, Gu Nian shook his head, and with his merits and identity, at most, he lifted it high and put it down gently.

"Don't be afraid, since Yue'er has done it, there must be a way to deal with it." Gu Shi'an patted Gu Nian's shoulder and comforted him.

This is because he did not lead the troops to the battle, if it was him, he would probably do the same thing as Xiao Yue.

Gu Nian shook his head and said, "Dad, I'm fine, no matter what, my daughter believes in the prince, I don't know when the army will return?" ”

"Come on, if you hurry up, it will only be half a month." Gu Shi'an knew the news a little faster than Gu Nian.

"Oh......" Gu Nian's expression looked a little trance-like.

It's November now, and it's half a month, anyway, I've been waiting for this long time, and if I wait for another half a month, it's nothing.

After Gu Shi'an and Gu Nian finished talking about Xiao Yue, they accompanied Xu'er for a while, and then went back to Suwangfu.

After dark, Gu Nian told Xu Er a story, and after he fell asleep, he returned to the inner room, and under the service of the maids, he went to bed, put down the curtain and blew out the candles.

The room suddenly became dark, and Gu Nian's eyes looked at the black bedtop, but his expression was a little dazed.

Xiao Yue's side, what's going on?

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Nian felt that the figure in front of the bed flashed, and then the curtain was vigorously torn apart.

Gu Nian had already sat up and exclaimed, "Come on......"

Before he finished speaking, the whole person was hugged and hugged tightly in his arms.

The familiar embrace, the warm breath, instantly overwhelmed her.

For a moment, Gu Nian was almost intoxicated in Xiao Yue's arms, she had never been so excited as she was now, and the surging joy, wave after wave, almost overwhelmed her.

Xiao Beisheng is newlywed, this could not be more true. I haven't been separated, I don't know that I love so deeply, I haven't been separated, I don't know how hard the original lovesickness is.

She loved him so much, her husband, her God.

"I—I'm back...... Miss me? Xiao Yue asked in a low voice, holding Gu Nian tightly in his arms, Xiangyu was in his arms, and the real touch made a certain part of his body that had been empty filled.

Gu Nian felt that she was about to lose her breath, I don't know if it was because of her heart, or because Xiao Yue hugged her too tightly, at this moment, she was almost speechless.

She only felt that her throat was dry, her heart was beating wildly, and her tightly clenched palms were a little sticky, probably thinking about it for too long, so that she didn't know what to say.

She remained motionless, letting Xiao Yue hold him.

I forgot to even hug him back.

The dark space, there was silence outside, and Gu Nian didn't know whether he was dreaming or waking up.

She wondered if she had actually fallen asleep just now, and it was just a dream at the moment.

It wasn't until a while that she really felt that she couldn't breathe, and she was about to faint, and she forced herself to say, "Let me go...... I can't breathe anymore......"

After Xiao Yue's hand was released, she raised her head, held his face, and said in a daze, "You're back?" Won the battle? Didn't get hurt...... I didn't drop the handle......"

In the dark, in the dim light outside the window, Xiao Yue grinned, white-toothed, "Win, win." I have captured the king of the Northern Barbarians, otherwise the war would have ended so quickly.

I didn't get hurt, I didn't drop the handle. ”

Gu Nian wanted to laugh and cry, but finally let go of her clenched fist and wrapped her arms around his waist, and the smell of blood and dust on her face made her sober up.

She felt that she was about to lose her life, and she was dizzy when she hugged her, could she be a little more embarrassed?

At that moment, she didn't have any thoughts, and her mind went blank.

Xiao Yue moved, letting Gu Nian lean on his shoulder, his hand around Gu Nian's waist, and his nose sniffed Gu Nian's body.

The soft body, the refreshing fragrance, bit by bit, the real can't be more real.

He finally returned, holding the woman he loved most in his arms......

"Who...... Who is there......" Astragalus, who was on night duty outside, heard the movement, his voice was a little frightened, and he still got up from the bed as fast as he could, and pushed the door in.

The inner room lit up instantly, and Huang Qi was stunned when she saw Xiao Yue on the bed.

"Get out." Xiao Yue spoke.

After Astragalus came in, the guards outside also rushed in, these were the guards that Gu Shi'an had arranged later, and they had been patrolling around Suiyuan Hall.

Unexpectedly, it was still neglected, and someone broke in.

It's just that when they saw Xiao Yue, they were all dumbfounded, stunned for a moment, and all knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, "Meet the prince......

The corners of Xiao Yue's mouth twitched, he really wanted to break these people one by one, he didn't notice it when he came in, and now when he hugged it, he rushed in to disturb them.

What a bunch of rubbish.

Gu Nian pursed her lips unkindly on the side, she pushed Xiao Yue away and instructed Astragalus, "Go and call them all over Qingye." ”

Xiao Yue frowned and said, "What do you want them to do?" ”

He already wanted to knock them to death, and even called someone to come.

"Since it's already alarmed, it's better to call them all and order them together." Gu Nian said, it was love again, and he glanced at Xiao Yue with disgust,

"If you come back so suddenly, you must be ordered."

Obviously, during the day, my father came over and said that it would take half a month to return to Beijing, but in a blink of an eye, I saw people at night, and the commander-in-chief of the three armies returned to Beijing in advance where it was a good thing, and the people in the house knew it, and they always had to be low-key, and the swagger was known to the world, although there was an emperor covering it, it was not a good thing.

After a busy time, the room lit candles, and Gu Nian said, "I don't want those imperial historians to impeach you for entering Beijing without permission, and then I will send you to a prison cell." Those imperial historians have just participated in your pit and kill prisoners of war...... You still dare to come to this show, you don't want to ...... death"

When the light was blind just now, she didn't see Xiao Yue's appearance clearly, but at this time, she saw Xiao Yue clearly, and she was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

Just now she smelled the smell of blood and dust on him, day and night, she must have been dusty, but what surprised her was Xiao Yue's beard.

Men will grow beards, but Xiao Yue's is inevitably too long, which is ...... How many days has it not been repaired?

It's just that the beard and Xiao Yue's demonic appearance are really not matched.

Not to mention, because of the hurry, Xiao Yue looked emaciated and haggard, his eye sockets were deep, and his skin was not as white as before, but black.

Because of the disturbance of the angry people, his face is gloomy at the moment, and he looks like a Shura from hell, if he doesn't have that long beard.

Xiao Yue also felt Gu Nian's surprise, he stroked his beard and said, "How is it?" Isn't it better to be a husband? Your eyes are straight...... Don't drool......"

After speaking, he laughed loudly, very happy, as if this quiet and dark night was already spring in an instant.

“……”

Gu Nian just wanted to take a pair of scissors and wring these now, she instructed the astragalus outside, and said, "Prepare to change clothes, prepare other tools, and clean up the prince's beard." ”

In the end, the beard still couldn't be shaved, and when Xiao Yue went to take a hot bath, he pulled Gu Nian in.

Gu Nian groped around him, although she would communicate with him every month, but she knew this man's temperament, and she definitely wouldn't mention the injury, so she wanted to know and had to come by herself.

"There were no injuries."

Xiao Yue grabbed her restless hand, lowered his head and sniffed her body, then picked her up and went to the bed.

One night, Gu Nian couldn't close her eyes, she didn't know where Xiao Yue got so much energy, obviously he came back in a hurry, wasn't he tired?

……

On the second day, Gu Nian got up late, lazily nestled in the quilt and was reluctant to get up.

Xiao Yue was lying on the outside, his eyes were closed, he hadn't woken up yet, but under the quilt, his hands had never been quiet, and his hands were tickling all the way up from her calves, knees, and thighs......

At this time, Xu'er's voice came from outside, and before Astragalus could stop it, the door of the inner room was pushed open, and Xu'er ran in with a small wooden sword, and opened the curtain.

"Mother...... The child has finished practicing, and you still can't get up......"

He lifted the curtain of the tent, and the first thing he saw was a bearded man, and suddenly his little fat hand was raised, and he put a small wooden sword against the futon, "Where did the bad guy come from......

Xiao Yue didn't expect Xu Er to react like this, and suddenly said angrily, "Stinky boy, it's you Laozi." ”

Gu Nian was lying inside, eating and smiling.

Xu Er heard her father's familiar voice and her mother's laughter, and immediately put down her little wooden sword, bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry, the child was wrong." ”

After he finished speaking, his eyes widened again, he looked at Xiao Yue blankly, and said, "Daddy...... Daddy, you're back. ”

He blinked, threw away the small wooden sword, kicked off his shoes, and was about to climb into bed, wanting to pounce on Xiao Yue's body, but before he could climb on the bed, Xiao Yue had already grabbed him by the collar,

"Your mother is tired, go down, Daddy gets up and sees how your kung fu is doing."

After speaking, he turned over and got out of bed, put Xu'er on the stool next to him, and went to the screen to change his clothes.

Seeing Xiao Yue leaving, Xu'er got off the stool, threw herself on the side of the bed, and asked Gu Nian, "Is it really Daddy coming back?" ”

Gu Nian looked at the screen and said, "It's indeed Daddy." ”

Xiao Yue inside, after listening, picked up the tools prepared by the subordinates yesterday, and shaved his beard in three or two clicks......

When he came out again, the underside of his chin was smooth, Xu Er saw it, grinned, walked to Xiao Yue's side, held his head high, and said obediently, "Daddy......"

I wanted to salute Xiao Yue like before, but before I knelt down, Xiao Yue stretched out his arms and hugged him tightly and hugged him tightly.

Not only Xu'er, but even Gu Nian, who was sitting on the bed, was also surprised.

Xiao Yue loves his son deeply, there is no doubt about it, but in front of Xu'er, he has always been as steady as a mountain, calm and introverted, and this is the first time to express emotions like this.

Xu Er was tightly held in her father's arms, and at first she seemed to be a little surprised, but gradually, the corners of her mouth cracked, and then she grinned, and her smile became bigger and bigger.

He slowly probed, stretched out a pair of small arms, hugged his father's neck, leaned his little face to his ear, and whispered, "Daddy, you have been fighting the bad guy for so long, Xu'er and Mother miss you very much......"

The corners of Xiao Yue's eyes were slightly red, holding his son, he couldn't let go for a long time, he said, "Daddy also wants Xu'er and his mother." ”

"Lord, someone from the palace is here, summoned by His Majesty."

Yang Shun cautiously reported outside.

Although Xiao Yue secretly entered Beijing, it was to the ministers and the emperor, and he did not hide every word and deed.

Xiao Yue let go of Gu Nian, patted Xu'er's head, and said, "Don't mess with your mother, let her rest for a while, and go play with Yang Shun." ”

After speaking, he didn't change his clothes, and kissed Gu Nian's face, "Wait for me at home obediently, I'll go back when I go." ”

The news of Xiao Yue's return did not spread all over the city last night, but in the daytime, it also spread throughout the entire palace, the maids, the miscellaneous servants, and the stewards seemed to suddenly have the backbone, and they were all in good spirits, and they got up early to clean the courtyard, arrange the flowers and plants, and the house was full of diligence and fiery scenes.

In the palace, the emperor looked at Xiao Yue, who was black and thin below, his eyes were red, and he stepped forward directly to help Xiao Yue, who was saluting, looked at his face, a smile appeared on his face, and said excitedly, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

"When you come back safely, I will be relieved, I am very happy."

Xiao Yue nodded and said, "The minister is fine, but I secretly returned to Beijing for some reasons, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

The emperor patted him on the shoulder, "Do you still want to say this?" Originally, I wanted your princess to take the child with the army, but because the weather in northern Xinjiang was too bad, I was worried about Xu'er, so I didn't let them go with you. ”

"Didn't you surprise them all when you came back?"

Xiao Yue laughed and touched his chin, "No, Xu'er almost can't recognize the minister." ”

The emperor smiled and sighed, "When I go back to Beijing this time, I will stay in the capital and accompany them well, and in the future, even if you want to leave, let them follow you." ”

……

After half a month, the Northern Expedition army finally arrived in the capital, and came with the Beiban Peace Negotiation Mission, in fact, it should not be said that it was a peace negotiation, this time Xiao Yue killed 100,000 prisoners of war in the Northern Barbarians, and beat the Beiban straight down.

The Northern Barbarians said that they came to negotiate peace, but it was better to beg for mercy.

After the envoy of the Northern Barbarians entered the palace to meet the emperor, he also handed over the letter of state, not only gave countless gold, silver and jewelry, rare treasures, but also several beauties to the emperor, and wanted to marry the princess of Dongli for their prince.

After reading Beiban's letter, the emperor replied on the spot, gold, silver, jewelry, rare treasures and beauties all smiled, but rejected Beiban's request for marriage.

The reason for refusal is very simple, since ancient times, the princess who is close to her has no good end, not to mention, the Northern Barbarian is a defeated country, and Dongli does not need to send the princess to suffer in the past.

The emperor's words reached the ears of the people after a while, and the people praised the emperor one after another, saying that the emperor had done a good job.

Let the princess go to kiss, that is the performance of the weak, obviously His Royal Highness the King of Jin has beaten the Beiban down, why let the woman who left the east go to kiss?

The beauties offered by the Northern Barbarians were given by the emperor to the generals who did not have wives, but those who already had wives and concubines in the family were never rewarded.

For a time, the emperor's approach was praised by many noblewomen.

After all, rewarding courtiers with beauties is something that many emperors will do, but the new emperor is unusual, reasonable, and does not add chaos to the courtiers' backyard.

The previous dynasty was peaceful, but the harem was not very harmonious.

Empress Jiang has been focusing on this matter since she got the emperor's will and asked her to handle the marriage of the eldest prince.

Since the emperor said that Lin Rui would also live in the palace after marriage, it would naturally be a good thing.

Generally, the prince's wedding, which is out of the palace to open the palace, except for the prince, who holds a big wedding in the palace.

Queen Jiang held a surprisingly grand wedding, wanting to cover up the scandal of Miss Jiang's unmarried pregnancy.

Among the beauties sent by the North Barbarians this time, the others were all rewarded, but there was only one woman who was still in the palace.

When Empress Jiang heard about it, the handkerchief in her hand was about to be wrenched, and she cursed countless times in her heart, and she didn't know who she was cursing.

Seeing this, Mama Ye comforted her, a new promotion to the harem of a defeated country like this, even if she gets the emperor's favor, she won't be able to make any waves.

When Empress Jiang thought that Lin Rui's marriage was held in the palace, she felt that she could breathe a sigh of relief again.

She was about to leave the woman behind, but she didn't expect the woman to come and ask to see her first.

When Empress Jiang heard this, she was slightly stunned.

After seeing the girl, she was even more stunned, as far as an unmarried woman is concerned, this woman is not young.

But she was born gorgeous, with bright eyes and snowy skin, which made Queen Jiang think of the word 'Jade Guanyin'.

I saw that the woman arrived in front of the seat, knelt down towards Queen Jiang, and saluted respectfully.

That salute turned out to be the standard kneel salute of the Eastern Departure Dynasty.

"Get up." Even if Empress Jiang's heart was shocked, she still smiled slightly, and then pointed to a position on the lower side and asked the woman to sit down.

The woman sat down with a light smile and said in a low voice, "Lina grew up in a foreign country and doesn't know the rules, so please forgive me." ”

Empress Jiang was a little surprised, and glanced at Lina with a hint of scrutiny in her eyes.

"I don't know why Miss Lina came to this palace today?" The emperor did not give Lina, but just raised her in the palace, and Queen Jiang was naturally eager to mention the matter of giving the seal, so she called her a girl.

I only heard Lina say, "Niangniang, what I want to say has something to do with King Jin......"

When Empress Jiang heard her mention Xiao Yue, her heart suddenly jumped, and she moved, straightening her back and ears up, but she didn't make a sound.

Lina got up from the stool, knelt down in front of Empress Jiang again, kowtowed, and said, "Niangniang, when I was sent to the palace, I wanted to talk to His Majesty the Emperor of your country, but I never had the chance.

I want to see you today because I want to say what is in my heart, that is, a capital crime, and I also ask for peace of mind. “

Empress Jiang slowly leaned back on the chair behind her and said, "Say it." ”

Lina lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, I don't want to serve the emperor and beg Niangniang to confess." ”

When Empress Jiang heard this, she frowned and said with a smile, "You are a person sent by the Northern Barbarians, you are saying this at this moment, do you know the severity of this?" ”

Lina raised her head and did not avoid Empress Jiang's gaze, her voice suddenly became low, but very clear,

"Niangniang, Lina naturally knows the balance of this, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, but I don't dare to bully the king, and ......"

She paused, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and continued, "Although I have only lived in the palace for a few days, I have heard that the queen is a virtuous queen, so I have the courage to confide the truth in front of the mother......

"I don't want to serve Your Majesty......"

Empress Jiang smiled, "You will give sweet dates to eat, you don't want to serve Your Majesty, who do you want to serve?" ”

Lina hesitated for a moment, "I want Niangniang to give me the title of county lord, and then give me to King Jin as a wife...... I heard that the wife of the King of Jin is the title of the county lord, although I am a princess, but I am a princess of an enemy country, and I am a defeated country, so I must not suppress people.

I can't overpower Princess Jin, so I have to be on an equal footing with her......"

The smile on Empress Jiang's face faded, stared at Lina kneeling at her feet, and said in a deep voice, "You don't want to serve the emperor of Dongli, but you are willing to serve a prince......

Lina saw her face sink and thought she was angry, but in an instant, she heard the noble woman in front of her say, "However, this palace is willing to fulfill you." ”

When Lina heard this, she was overjoyed and praised from the bottom of her heart, "Niangniang became a queen at such a young age, she is really a model for women, and in the future, I will definitely serve the queen well." ”

Empress Jiang laughed, "Princess Jin already has a wife, she has been on the royal jade spy, and this palace has no right to change it, but this palace is willing to use your own strength to let you make her a concubine, I don't know what you think?" ”

Lina actually agreed, and she also said to Queen Jiang, "I must marry Xiao Yue, because I am already his person." ”

When Empress Jiang heard this, she immediately said eagerly, "You gave him your body?" ”

She said that Lina was blind, she couldn't look down on the emperor, and she actually fell in love with Xiao Yue, and the relationship was that the two of them had already secretly communicated with each other.

Is this a collaborator? Lina is an enemy princess.

She thought again, Princess Jin knew about it, and she was probably going to cry. A man is not yet a virtuous person, where is there a cat that does not steal fish.

As soon as she thought about it, she felt happy in her heart, and she really wanted to send Lina to the Jin Palace's mansion as soon as possible to see Gu Nian's jokes.

Lina shook her head and said, "No, my body has already been given to others, and it was the King of Jin who defeated me." My husband should be a hero like him, who can defeat me. ”

Although Xiao Yue broke one of her ribs, in Lina's opinion, this is a hero.

When Empress Jiang heard this, a mouthful of old blood was in her throat.