Pingxihou, a white solemnity. Sadness enveloped the entire mansion, and Pingxihou's body was not brought back. In the coffin was his crown.

When Lao Pingxihou and his wife received the news that their son Song He was killed in battle, they were all angry at that time.

The two old men are just this one son. The cruelty of this white-haired man to a black-haired man made the two old men how could they stand it. Coupled with their advanced age, the two old men fell ill one after another.

The emperor took the crown prince to visit the two old men in person.

Usually, Hou's eye sockets are sunken and his face is haggard. He struggled to get up and kowtow to the emperor and the crown prince.

The emperor hurriedly stepped forward and pressed him: "Old Aiqing, don't move, just lie down." ”

How could Lao Pingxihou lie down in front of the emperor, he struggled to get up and asked his subordinates to help him sit on the couch. Speaking of his son, the old man couldn't help but cry in front of the emperor.

The emperor was also sad, he comforted the old man and said, "Old Aiqing, I'm sorry for you." Song He is gone, but I remember his credit, and if Lao Aiqing has any request, as long as I can do it, you can put it forward. ”

Lao Pingxihou choked up and said: "Your Majesty, He'er died for the country, no wonder the emperor, the old minister has no complaints." It's just that the grandson is still young, and the old minister's health is not as good as before. The minister only asked the emperor for one thing, and when He'er came back, the emperor asked the old minister to take him back to his hometown, and after that, the old man took his family back to his hometown to settle down. ”

The emperor was a little embarrassed: "Old Aiqing, you have returned to your hometown, how can I take care of you." Besides, your eldest grandson is seventeen. Do you think this is good, after his filial piety expires, let him follow the prince's side?"

Song Ha has one daughter and two sons. The eldest son is also a full-body martial artist, but because he has just become a family and has no heirs, he did not go to the army with his father, and he just escaped this catastrophe.

The reason why Lao Pingxihou wanted to leave the capital was to keep the descendants of the Song family away from the war in the future, and he really couldn't send his grandson to the battlefield and follow his son's old path.

But the emperor said this, and he couldn't refuse.

Song He used to be the emperor's companion and was loyal to the emperor. Now that Song He is dead in battle, the emperor has to do something for Song He. As the emperor, the best thing he can do is to let Song He's son take the throne, put it under his nose, and take good care of him himself. Let the Song family regain its glory. This is what the emperor thinks.

The emperor proposed it, and Lao Pingxihou couldn't categorically refuse, so he had to stay and kowtow again.

The emperor asked the crown prince to hold him down and said, "Old Aiqing, it's good to slow down this matter, let's wait to welcome Song He back." ”

After the emperor and the crown prince said goodbye, they went to the mourning hall again, and the two personally incensed Song River. Song He's wife took her children and the Song family to kowtow and thank you.

The prince's eyes were looking at the beautiful figure who was dressed in filial piety clothes and bowed his head and wept.

It was Song He's fourteen-year-old daughter Song Siyu this year. The cute little girl who used to follow her and sweetly called herself "Brother Prince".

Now that the little girl has grown up, even if the grief of losing her father fills her body heavily, she cannot take away her natural beauty. On the contrary, it made that thin little face even more endearing.

At this moment, the prince had a decision in his heart.

The next day, after the next court, the prince personally wrote a will, the emperor covered the jade seal, and ordered Li Cheng to send it to the Pingxi Hou Mansion.

Pingxi Hou Mansion, the old Pingxi Hou who received the holy decree didn't know whether he was happy or what. He knelt on the ground in a daze, and forgot to get up.

Mrs. Hou hurriedly asked someone to give Li Cheng silver.

Li Cheng resolutely refused. Li Cheng is also very familiar with Song He. He also felt sorry for Song He, he also admired Song He, plus at this time, how could he ask for the reward of the Song family.

He said to Mrs. Hou: "The emperor said, please ask Mrs. Hou to be exempted from entering the palace to thank you." Please take care of the affairs of the house at home. ”

At this time, the old marquis had already sobered up, and he hurriedly came over to thank him. and politely sent Li Cheng away.

Mrs. Hou looked at the old Hou Ye: "Father-in-law, look at this matter......"

Lao Pingxihou sighed: "Siyu has become the crown princess, and we can't think about going back to our hometown anymore." If you don't talk about it, what can you do if you are alone in the capital. There was not much joy on Lao Pingxihou's face.

Regarding the fact that Song Siyu was given the crown princess, the Song family's performance was different.

Madame Hou is still in grief, although she does not reject her daughter becoming the crown princess.

Song Siyu's face didn't show anything, and no one could see what she was thinking.

The rest of the Song family felt that this was the emperor's grace.

Not to mention the reaction of the Song family. The emperor in the palace looked at the crown prince but was quite pleased.

After the prince came back yesterday, he asked for the daughter of the Song family to be married, and he wanted to accept Song Siyu as the crown princess.

Song River walked. The son is young, and it should be said that in the next many years, the Song family will no longer be the hot Hou Mansion in the capital.

As the crown prince, when the Marquis of Pingxi was still alive, he did not ask for a marriage, and after the Song family lost the towering tree of the Song River, he resolutely wanted to marry a woman who had lost the barrier as a concubine.

The emperor felt that the crown prince was responsible, so he readily agreed and asked the prince to draft the decree himself.

The matter of the imperial court's selection of generals has not yet been finalized.

After everyone discussed it for a few days, the emperor saw that there were no good candidates for everyone, but the war in the northwest was very urgent. In the end, the emperor had to make a decision in the court, and let the imperial Shi Ling Yuanzhi serve as the commander of the expedition to the west, and set out for the northwest three days later.

Ling Yuanxing was not worried about his father, so he went to ask the emperor to resign from all his positions in the Western Battalion, just to follow his father and protect his father's safety.

The emperor felt his filial piety and played it accurately. Later, he wrote a holy decree, ordering Ling Yuanhang to be the vanguard, and allowing him to draw 5,000 men and horses from the western camp and set out with his father.

Did Ling Yuanhang order the five thousand people of his left guard battalion? Here, Ling Yuanhang left the only son in the family, and there were more than 4,000 people left. Huang Zhongxin is also among them.

On the first day of the expedition, Pingxi Hou's coffin was sent to the capital. The emperor took the crown prince and hundreds of officials to greet him at the gate of the city in person.

A pair of 500 sergeants were all wearing white filial piety cloth around their waists, and their faces were sad.

The coffin in the front is from Pingxi Hou Song He, and there are more than a dozen coffins in the back, and these people also died in battle with Song He. This time, they were all sent back.

Guarding next to Song He's coffin were Song He's two sons and his general, Song Qiusheng and others, who went out of the city to pick them up after receiving the news, and the master and servant were all dressed in linen and filial piety.

The coffins at the back also had their own families of the deceased who received the news and went out of the city to greet them. Their faces were filled with grief.

At the gate of the city, the group stopped and bowed to the emperor. After the emperor expressed his condolences to them, the motorcade continued to move forward.

At this time, the street had been cleared by the Guards. No shouting, no noise.

People know that today is Pingxi Hou Songhe coming home. They all stood quietly on both sides of the street and waited solemnly.

The convoy carrying more than a dozen coffins slowly flowed in front of people like a white ocean. It also aroused the hatred of the people in the capital for foreign invaders.

The capital of the Great Yuan Dynasty was in mourning today.