On the way back to the palace.

It turned out that today was the birthday of the first emperor, and in order to celebrate the first emperor, Prime Minister Sima Xin led everyone out of the palace to hunt, and supervised the fierce beasts in the mountains and forests by the way.

After hearing this, Ye Tao and Zhao Yi couldn't help but laugh for a moment, this kind of celebration was really special, Sima Xin saw that they both laughed, and couldn't help but quip: "The emperor has forgotten what he liked to do before?"

The guards in cold iron armor on the side also teased: "I haven't forgotten anything except liking the queen." "

Ye Tao looked at the surrounding scenery, a large avenue is spacious and bright, the road side of the river to the east, a river water is crystal clear, there are no fish and shrimp, but round stones and fine sand.

Suddenly, he was teased again, and Ye Tao couldn't cry or laugh. Zhao Yiyan smiled and said kindly: "Senior, don't make fun of the two of us, as soon as you open your mouth, they all keep ridiculing Tao, and they don't look serious." "

Sima Xin and the guards all looked up to the sky and laughed when they heard this, and they laughed extremely happily.

Ye Tao looked at the clear river and asked, "Senior, how many people are left here?"

When Sima Xin heard this, his face changed, and he was sad and sorrowful, recalling the prosperity of the past, and then looking at today's loneliness, his heart was desolate.

"People, where are the people, only a few remnants of the soul in the palace......"

"I'm sorry senior, but it reminds you of the sad past. "

"It doesn't matter, it's been three thousand years, I think that when natural disasters and man-made disasters suddenly came, none of the thousands of people in the palace were spared, and we, the old bones, were able to leave a wisp of remnant soul in the end, which is also God's favorite!"

On an old man's wrinkled face, there was a look of regret that a prosperous empire had become a thing of the past, and it was also grief that it had lost everything overnight.

Zhao Yi also knows that a natural disaster, maybe the consequences will be earth-shaking changes, just like the Wei'e who was taken away for no reason, but also because of the natural disaster, unfortunately, she became the one who sacrificed.

"Senior, what kind of natural disaster is it?"

"That's it, it's all in the past, three thousand years are like a day, today is finally different, we don't talk about anything else, I see that the emperor has a lot of nostalgia for this place, did he remember something?"

Ye Tao's mind was so easily seen through by Sima Xin, he was slightly embarrassed for a while, and an intermittent memory filled his mind, Ye Tao paused and looked around, and a warm picture flashed in his mind, there should be a peach tree by the river, and the flowers are blooming.

Seeing Ye Tao stop, Sima Xin hurriedly asked, "Emperor, what's wrong?"

Ye Tao looked at the riverside and asked, "Senior, has something happened here?"

Sima Xin and the guards behind him looked at each other and smiled, Sima Xin said: "This is the place where the emperor passed through the last battle on his way north, and it is also the place where the emperor and the queen met for the first time. "

Zhao Yi said curiously: "Go north?"

"Regain my Donggao territory. "

The guards behind Sima Xin looked at the distant direction with their eyes like cold stars, recalling a past.

The last expedition of the army, the army was magnificent, the army crossed the field, crossed the sandbank, and finally crossed the river.

However, a peach tree inexplicably grew in a barren land, and the peach blossoms were scorching and flourishing, blocking the middle of the army's way.

Dongfang Chenxu stood in front of the peach tree for a long time, looking up at a sea of flowers, and wandered for a moment.

"Emperor, why don't you send someone to cut it down?"

The general was tentatively on the side, Dongfang Chenxu glanced at the peach tree, the corners of his eyes hooked an arc, and said with a smile: "Let's take a detour!"

After that, it didn't seem to be detailed enough, and he instructed: "It's rare for Donggao to have such a beautiful peach tree, tell the soldiers to be careful, don't hurt her." "

Thus, the advancing army was divided into two parts, perfectly avoiding a peach tree in the middle of the road, or a peach tree that bloomed at random at an untimely time.

When the division was victorious and triumphant, the soldiers were even more happy, humming a little song all the way, but when they reached the river, the army listened.

It turned out to be the peach tree, and I saw it again!

Dongfang Chenxu stopped, and everyone also stopped, talking about how a peach tree could bloom in July?

The people on the tree couldn't help but giggle when they saw that the people below were looking up at the peach tree.

Suddenly, the people below were shocked!

Dongfang Chenxu raised his eyes and swept over the peach tree, and finally found the girl who made a voice in the sea of flowers, wearing a pink tulle, hiding in the sea of flowers.

It is not only a hibiscus like a willow like an eyebrow, but also a peach blossom with a human face.

Delicate and dignified, cute and heroic, this is the impression left by the woman on the tree to Dongfang Chenxi.

"Hey, don't look at me like that, I'll be shy!"

The woman's voice was like a yellow bird, very tactful, he was stunned, and said with a smile: "Girl, are you coming down?"

"You're going to let me go down?"

"Hmm. "

He didn't know her surprise, a smile flashed between her eyebrows, and she smiled, "Then you have to catch me." "

With that, a pink figure fluttered down from the tree.

The army exclaimed, only to see that their emperor had left his horse and caught the falling figure.

"You don't want to die?"

This is what she heard, and the first time he reprimanded her was when she was joking with her life.

The woman smiled skillfully, "I want to, I'm definitely going to die, after all, you will catch me." "

Dongfang Chenxi frowned when he heard this, put the person down from his arms, and said, "This is a wilderness, it's better for the girl to go home quickly." "

"I don't have a home. She blinked innocently.

She quietly took his hand and said with a shy face: "It's better for you to give me a home." "

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Zhao Yi smiled when she heard this, this is indeed what she can say, I like you, if you can, you want to have a home with you!

Sima Xin sighed: "It may be the queen I met on the way out, so later, the queen got used to going on the expedition......"

"It happened once, and it still sends chills down my spine when I think about it. "

"What's the matter?" Ye Tao was puzzled, and Zhao Yi was also curious.

"It was when I was traveling westward......"

Memories drift to the distant past.

The army marched northward, passing through the Great Gobi, without any shade of trees, the north wind was blowing, after the thousands of elite cavalry behind Dongfang Chenxi, among the 50,000 elite infantry, a burst of fragrance floated, but the infantry wore iron covers, and the wind blew in the Great Gobi, basically no one cared about the source of the fragrance.

Several generals beside Dongfang Chenxu were exchanging battle situations and combat plans, but Dongfang Chenxu was the only one who pondered alone, and his mood was a little unstable, as if he was affected by the surrounding environment.

When the general asked for his opinion, Dongfang Chenxu suddenly reined in his horse and walked back, and the general was all surprised, and they all pulled the reins and stopped their horses.

The advancing army then stopped, and the two generals followed Dongfang Chenxu through the cavalry ranks, and the cavalry team neatly made a way, all looking at the figure of the emperor in amazement.

I saw Dongfang Chenxu stop in front of the infantry army, turn over and dismount, and sweep the army of 10,000 people with the eyes of a suspicious fox, and the generals also dismounted, and asked Dongfang Chenxu anxiously: "Emperor, is there anything unusual?"

Dongfang Chenxi didn't say anything, and walked towards the army, which was lined up so well, everyone was wearing a cold mask, and there was nothing unusual.

Under the astonished gaze of all the soldiers, Dongfang Chenxu walked straight to one of the infantrymen after a puzzled inquiry, a little annoyed, but more distressed.

The man lowered his head in shame and panic, Dongfang Chenxi pulled this person out of the team, the two generals looked at each other, only to see that Dongfang Chenxi wanted to take off the infantryman's mask, but he turned his face away from Dongfang Chenxi.

Dongfang Chenxuan said lukewarmly: "Turn around!"

"......"

The man was silent.

Dongfang Chenxu held his wrist tightly and pulled it into his arms, and he stumbled and fell into Dongfang Chenxi's arms.

The army was in an uproar, and the two generals who followed were dumbfounded, how could the emperor hold an infantryman, and how much impact would it have on his reputation if it was passed out?

However, Dongfang Chenxu took advantage of the unpreparedness of the person in her arms, and immediately took off her mask, and as soon as the faces under the mask appeared, the two generals widened their eyes in panic and blurted out, "Empress!"

Then he immediately knelt down in fear and shouted: "The crime of the minister, please punish the emperor." "

The army did not dare to make a noise, and all of them were ruined in an uproar, and the cavalry who did not know why naturally knelt down when they saw the infantry, and immediately jumped off their horses and knelt down with them.

Zhao Yi's fair face and clear eyes looked innocently at Dongfang Chenxi's eyes, and then lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong, biting his lips and not daring to say anything.

Dongfang Chenxu only felt mixed feelings, but more distressed, he failed to recognize her earlier, causing her a woman to follow the army for a few days, and the kneeling Liangyuan general was even more arrogant, the queen was mixed in the army, they didn't even notice it, the military inspection was not careful, no matter what, it was a crime.

Zhao Yi gritted his teeth and pleaded in a low voice: "Chen Xu, no matter what happens to the generals, I made my own decisions and affected them. "

Dongfang Chenxi frowned, and didn't respond, Zhao Yi lowered his head again, not knowing how to calm the angry emperor.

After a long time, the general who was sweating slightly on his forehead heard Dongfang Chenxu say: "The two generals, please get up, this matter has nothing to do with the two generals." "

The two generals staggered to their feet, seeing that the emperor was slightly stunned and didn't dare to say more, Zhao Yi looked up with relief, but saw Dongfang Chenxi's cold face, and suddenly the smile disappeared again, burying his head as low as possible.

Seeing Zhao Yi bowing his head innocently and blaming himself, the angry Dongfang Chenxu only felt distressed in his heart, and after thinking for a long time, he said gently: "Why don't you be obedient and stay in the palace and wait for me to go back?"

Zhao Yi raised his clear eyes, overjoyed, seeing his eyes full of distress and tenderness, he instantly felt that everything was worth it.

"Yiyi is afraid of the phoenix, Chenxi, you said that you can take Yiyi wherever you go, you are not allowed to leave Yiyi alone. "

Dongfang Chenxi's heart softened when he heard this, so he just gently stroked her face, and said, "Fool!"

In her heart, she didn't know how many times she scolded herself, she must be persistent in what she believed, and Dongfang Chenxu didn't have anything to tell her to go back, but suddenly picked up Zhao Yi, then jumped on the horse, and said to the generals and the army below: "Keep going!"

The two generals wiped their sweat, fortunately the emperor did not investigate thoroughly and did not blame him, otherwise no one could bear the blame, and the two turned over and returned to the front of the team.

The army continued to advance in the vast soup, and at dusk, they arrived at the foot of Wujiang and set up camp.

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Ye Tao and Zhao Yi listened to Sima Xin's long sigh, "Whether the river is accompanied by the blue sky, whether it is our old bones and the fierce beasts in the mountains and forests, if there is no support of eternal tears, I am afraid that our souls have already been scattered, where will I have the opportunity to see the emperor again?"