It was windy all night, but now it is a sunny morning. Although the sunlight seemed to be blazing, in fact, the surroundings were frozen, and the pair of hands holding the Changge sword were already covered with frostbite, black and purple.

Although the southern army could not endure the bitter cold in the north, but in yesterday's battle, Qu Neng broke through Zhangye Gate, and although he led troops to withdraw later, it also greatly boosted the morale of the army. Today, the general personally went out and won a big victory and won Beiping in one fell swoop.

Li Jinglong looked at the towering city tower in front of him, and recalled that 20 years ago, his father personally supervised the reconstruction, strengthened the Beiping city wall, and added arrow battlements. But he once thought that today his son would stand in front of this city and personally break through it.

The sunlight became more and more dazzling, and the walls were brightly reflected. Li Jinglong felt that something was not right, but he couldn't say it.

The defenders on the city wall were still the same as yesterday, neither increasing nor decreasing, and the sound of the Yan army's banner hunting could be heard in the distance.

"General, the city walls...... The walls are different! The outpost rushed back in a panic.

Li Jinglong raised his eyes again to look at the city wall, and the blue bricks seemed to be covered with a layer of shining and transparent things, shining brightly under the growing sun.

"General, yes...... Is it ice...... The Yan army poured water on the city walls, but now they are all frozen into ice, smooth and impossible to climb......" The outpost carefully looked at Li Jinglong, whose face was getting more and more ugly.

"Siege." Li Jinglong interrupted him, staring at the city wall as if it was wrapped in glass.

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Last night it rained heavily, and it didn't stop until dawn. Tong Rou originally thought that today's sutra feast had stopped, but she didn't know that the eunuch had passed the word, and the sutra feast was still the same.

She didn't need to prepare anything extra, she just had to go to the east room of the apse to prepare the ink inkstone and tea. After the feast, the emperor will most likely go there to write, and may also summon the ministers to read the characters.

The charcoal fire was added, and the room was warm, and soon she heard footsteps approaching, and hurried outside.

Through the gap in the curtain, you can vaguely see what is going on inside.

Zhu Yunwen entered the east room and sacrificed to the nine small niches as usual. On the shrine Xi, agriculture, Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, there are still two shrines of left Zhou Gong and right Confucius. The eunuchs in the palace led the emperor to salute, and the sound of salutation came, and he bowed three times and bowed once.

Tong Rou knew that at this moment, the ministers and ministers were standing on the left column of the platform outside the Wenhua Hall and waiting. The eaves door of the palace has not been opened, and only after the emperor has finished his salute can he turn into the front hall.

Summoning Confucian ministers to lecture on the history of the scriptures and interpret the governance of the country is a practice that has been followed since Taizu. Tongrou heard him say that when the Confucian ministers talked about the "Book of Shang" without Yi, Ming Taizu once said: "Since ancient times, emperors have all prospered with diligence and abandoned with ease. ”

Don't talk about slackness, today's emperor is only afraid of being more diligent. In addition to summoning Dong Lun, Fang Xiaoru and others to the feast, there are still daily talks, never stopping.

The wind is warm and the court is still thin and cold, and the incense of the imperial furnace is dried around the jade. The Yellow Gate suddenly reported to Wenyuan Pavilion, and the Son of Heaven read the book and summoned the speaker.

Tong Rou silently recited the verses of this gentleman in her heart, and felt that it was very appropriate.

Soon I heard the door of the front hall open, and Wenchen entered the Sichuan Hall.

She didn't hear what she was talking about here, it was about "University Yanyi" and "Zhenguan Political Dignitaries". After standing for a long time, her legs were a little sore, and her eyes turned to the porch.

In late autumn and early winter, a maple tree in the courtyard was vermilion, and the leaves fell to the ground after the wind and rain last night.

My sister doesn't know where she is now, have you ever added clothes? Daddy doesn't know where the bell is and the doctor is in good health...... She asked someone to take things out of the palace, but I don't know if they received them......

In a trance, I heard the movement in the Sichuan Hall. It should be that Wenchen returned to the front hall Shaoshu, and the emperor has entered the east room of the back hall.

Seeing the eunuch serving tea inside, Tong Rou knew that the emperor must have summoned Fang Xiaoru into the east room to discuss matters, and no one should enter to disturb him at this moment.

At present, the emperor is diligent in reforming, working day and night, falling asleep near dawn, and getting up again at dawn.

She didn't understand the policy of restructuring very well, but she only knew a little about the new emperor's accession to the throne, and often discussed the law of Zhou officials with Fang Xiaoru, and devoted himself to the way of governing the country and the state. Recently, he has been busy with the "Emperor's Ming Ceremony", re-examining the royal family rites, and the official system involving the imperial court, the East Palace, and the royal palace also needs to be revised.

And the Northern Yan King's Jingjing war, he doesn't seem to care very much. From time to time, summon Qi Tai Huang Zicheng in, and just ask a few questions.

Tong Rou didn't understand the war, and in the mouths of Qi and Huang, the disparity in the strength of this war and Li Jinglong's use of troops like a god were not enough to make people worry.

She only hoped that this war would be as they said, and that it would end soon, and that it would not endanger the Jingshi. And my father and sister will be safe......

The sound of rolling shutters sounded, and the two walked out of the side of the east room, it was the emperor and Fang Xiaoru. Obviously, the emperor invited Bachelor Fang to read the flowers and trees in the court.

The two of them were still whispering something one after the other. Zhu Yunwen stopped from time to time, as if he was watching the autumn trees and red leaves, but in fact, he was listening carefully to the whispers of the bachelor.

The courtyard was cold, and Tongrou was holding Zhu Yunwen's clothes in her hand, but she couldn't step forward to interrupt, so she could only wait with bated breath under the porch.

There was a sound of chatter in the bushes beside her, and she hurriedly looked, only to see a big snow-white fluffy tail.

She looked curiously, and the tail snorted into the bushes, and after a while a pointed face came out, and the eyes were dark but extremely smart.

Fox?

Before Tong Rou could see it clearly, she suddenly heard the guards on the side shouting: "Who?!" ”

The little fox hurriedly shrank into the bushes, and immediately disappeared.

Zhu Yunwen and Fang Xiaoru, who were not far away, came over with their reputation, and Fang Xiaoru looked displeased, "Who disturbed the holy car!" ”

The guard hurriedly knelt down and said, "Damn it!" I just heard movement in the bushes, and I was worried that there were assassins......"

As soon as the word assassin came out, dozens of figures appeared out of nowhere, each holding a crossbow with a knife, surrounding the emperor and Fang Xiaoru in the middle.

Zhu Yunwen had already seen Tong Rou under the corridor with a frightened face, and raised his hand at her to signal her to come over.

Kirorou hesitated for a moment and stepped closer.

Even though those brocade guards were reluctant to let her get close to the emperor in this situation, since the emperor had recruited them, they didn't dare to stop them, so they let her go.

Tong Rou had never seen this formation, not to mention the fierce Jinyi guards behind her, but the unsmiling lady behind her was now frowning between her brows, and she was also panicked.

Zhu Yunwen asked, "What do you see?" ”

Tong Rou hurriedly gathered her thoughts, "No...... It's nothing, it's like a fox ......."

"Nonsense, how can there be a fox in the palace!" Master Fang reprimanded.

The leader of the Jinyi Guard on the side suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, someone in the palace has indeed seen a fox recently, but his whereabouts are strange and he has not found it. ”

Fang Xiaoru was slightly stunned, and then suddenly said: "Since there is a fox, why not Xuanying Fang?" ”