Chapter 131: Five Years Later
Now that Sun Jingze has completely taken over all the properties of the Sun family, Sun Fugui has gradually become less in charge, leaving everything to his son, and he only sits at home to live for a long time.
This time, the grain and grass were also supplied by the Sun family, and other princes were not at ease. Sun Jingze also attached great importance to it, so Sun Jingze personally followed him to Dengzhou.
Li Junze personally arranged it, Zhao Siyan was not worried, she only hoped that this war could end as soon as possible.
The Marquis of Dingguo returned to Dengzhou, which made the frightened people of Dengzhou feel like a reassurance. Da Liao is here again, which is not an uncommon thing for the people of Dengzhou, but in the past, Dengzhou was guarded by Li Junze, and the entire Dengzhou was guarded.
There is no Li Junze in Dengzhou today, but the return of Zhao Tingshan still makes the people's hearts happy.
The people all set off to greet Zhao Tingshan, and Zhao Tingshan also enjoyed the treatment of the stars holding the moon.
Zhao Wenxi rode a horse, the first time the young man rode a horse, but he was still in good spirits, and he walked proudly by his father's side.
Zhao Tingshan glanced back at his son: "Wen Xi, do you know what these are?" ”
"It's the love of the people for my father!" Zhao Wenxi said without hesitation: "The people all believe that Dad will be able to drive away the Da Liao people and win the battle!" ”
Zhao Tingshan shook his head with a smile, and said solemnly: "These are responsibilities, when you are on the battlefield, what you have to think about is that you can't lose, because behind you are these people who love you." If you lose and you fall, it's them who fall. You're carrying with you so many people's lives and expectations, you can't lose, you know? ”
Zhao Wenxi nodded thoughtfully, he seemed to understand a little, but the young man was a little ignorant after all.
Until many years later, Zhao Wenxi became a generation of famous generals, and he always remembered today's words, and at that time he finally understood what his father's words meant.
There are many people who don't understand this truth, such as those Wenchen, maybe they don't understand, but they just pretend not to understand. Maybe the soldiers who died in battle didn't understand this truth either, but when the enemy came, they still rushed forward without hesitation.
But the people will understand, and those they protect will know and remember.
The fighting in Dengzhou was scorching and fierce, and the atmosphere of war once again enveloped the city.
At this time, the Zhao family was silent, and no one bothered Zhao Tingshan anymore, the current Zhao family is headed by Zhao Wenyu, he still has not married, and he can't find a good family.
Zhao Wenkang is still young, but he has experienced a series of family changes, and I hope he can grow up a little.
Zhao Qingru is still widowed in her mother's house with her daughter, and I heard that there are often quarrels with the eldest wife, which is probably the only excitement of the Zhao family now.
It's just that Zhao Wenyu is now in charge, and Zhao Wenyu did not help his mother bully his aunt, but took care of his aunt and cousin, which made the eldest lady angry.
Chen Wanying looked down on it a lot, but when Zhao Qingru proposed to let her find a good family again, she was silent.
Zhao Qingru said with tears in her eyes: "Wanying, you are still young, how can my mother bear to watch you die alone?" ”
She used to complain in her heart why she gave birth to a daughter instead of a son, and if she had a son, she would not fall to the point of going back to her parents' house to see her face.
But her daughter doesn't even have a daughter, so what should she do when she's old?
Chen Wanying said with a smile: "Mother, even my cousin's family affairs are so difficult, let alone me?" Now I am to blame for my own life, and I am very satisfied to have a place of refuge. ”
"I'm going to beg your uncle!" Zhao Qingru blurted out.
Chen Wanying said with a wry smile: "Mother, the second uncle is soft-hearted by nature, but we don't have a reason to bully good people, I just don't have to be shameless, and I can't be so unavailable." ”
This is no longer a matter of the bottom line, but there is no downline.
How many times have they begged Zhao Tingshan, and Zhao Tingshan has helped them every time, but what about them? but took advantage of his soft-heartedness, and used him again and again to calculate and use him.
There are no people who do this.
"I've got my retribution and don't want to toss anymore." Chen Wanying said with a smile.
Zhao Qingru hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Ying'er, are you still ...... to Jingze?"
"Mother!" Chen Wanying interrupted her words sharply, and then said with a smile: "Didn't you say okay, don't you mention this matter again?" He has long been out of touch with me. ”
Zhao Qingru felt a pain in her heart, knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, how could she not know Chen Wanying's thoughts.
She sighed: "It was my mother who hurt you." ”
It was what she did that hurt her, she always wanted to let Chen Wanying marry as she wished and fight for herself, but she made her daughter lose everything and end up in the same fate as her.
She killed her only daughter!
Chen Wanying didn't speak, she thought of going out the day before yesterday, and she saw Sun Jingze on the street.
She instinctively avoided it, lest she fear that he would see her. She thought of the first time she saw Sun Jingze, she tried her best to want him to notice her, she desperately showed her elegance and beauty, she obviously got her wish, but in the end she lost it all with her own hands.
So much so that now I don't even dare to see him again.
He has lost a little weight, he should be running for the war, but his spirit is very good, and his temperament between his eyebrows has become more calm, he has changed a lot, he has become more attractive, and she has become unworthy of him anymore.
She was in a slight trance and saw him walk to a jewelry store, and soon a gentle and delicate woman walked out, and he stretched out his hand to support her.
At that moment, Chen Wanying's heart was torn apart, and she finally understood what she had lost.
She heard the hawker's discussion, it was his continuation, it was the woman that Mrs. Sun personally chose for him, just a woman from a scholar's family, her background was very ordinary, but Mrs. Sun loved it very much, and she couldn't wait to marry her.
I heard that he and his stepwife have a deep relationship, and they are very gentle and considerate to their wife, and their wife is also resolute, and this time she followed her husband to Dengzhou without fear of danger.
He appeared in the mouths of others, and he was also full of praise for his stepwife. Inevitably, she was also mentioned, and the tone immediately became mocking.
"Then the daughter of the Chen family has suffered the consequences of her own evil, and she doesn't know if she regrets it now?"
Hearing those mocking words, her heart was like a knife, she regretted it, she regretted it a long time ago, but she didn't have a chance for a long time.
Chen Wanying didn't tell Zhao Qingru this, and what she said was just to add to her sadness.
The battle in Dengzhou did not go smoothly, this time the Liao people seemed to be prepared, and the soldiers and weapons were not compared with before, but fortunately, Zhao Tingshan survived, although it was difficult, in the end they held Dengzhou.
And in Beijing, Li Junze also started his battlefield.
Han Mingyuan and Li Junze completely tore their faces, and the imperial court was completely divided into two factions, one was the princeling party and the other was the prince's party who was optimistic about Han Mingyuan.
The two sides are also inseparable.
In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.
A lot has happened in these five years.
First of all, the war in Dengzhou, this war was unexpectedly long, it lasted for three years, and the first two years ended with the Great Liao sending people to negotiate and end, and now the banner is in the stage of recuperation.
In this war against Da Liao, Zhao Tingshan made great contributions and performed well, but unfortunately he was accidentally wounded by an arrow in a big battle and was treated for more than a month.
What is surprising is Zhao Wenxi, in the days when Zhao Tingshan was injured, Da Liao took advantage of the weakness, it was Zhao Wenxi who stood up, he took his father's place, and with the help of several veterans and He Yugui, he resisted Da Liao's attack. Now he is a well-known young commander, guarding Dengzhou.
He Yugui, who has not appeared, disappeared after Li Junze ascended the throne, Zhao Siyan knew about it, but she didn't care, and Li Junze naturally wouldn't remind her.
No one expected that He Yugui would appear in front of everyone again in such a way.
After He Yugui assisted Zhao Wenxi in winning the battle, Zhao Tingshan made the decision and let He Yugui meet with He Qingshan.
He Qingshan has been imprisoned in the prison of Dengzhou, Mrs. He had died the year before last, and He Bingyan also committed suicide in prison.
He Qingshan was also sick under the successive blows, and being able to see his son before he died was a regret in his heart.
He Yugui promised to stay in Dengzhou for the rest of his life and use his life to forgive his sins. Zhao Tingshan personally wrote a letter to Li Junze, and Li Junze also acquiesced.
Since Zhao Tingshan was injured, his health has not been as good as before, and he doesn't want to go back to Beijing, he just wants to stay in Dengzhou, accompany his son, and accompany this city that he has guarded all his life.
Liu also returned to Dengzhou to stay with her husband and son.
Xiaobao is five and a half years old this year, Yu'er and the little prince are five years old, in the past five years, Yi Kangdi has added three more children, the queen gave birth to a princess, Jiang Xuefu gave birth to a prince, and a talented person in the harem also gave birth to a princess.
However, Zhao Siyan said that there was no good news in the past two years, which made Yi Kangdi a little anxious. Originally, Emperor Yi Kangdi thought that he had given a lot of women to the prince's mansion in the name of the queen, but later he learned that all Li Junze had given them to his subordinates, which made Emperor Yi Kangdi angry.
After so many years, Emperor Yi Kangdi also broke off his mind of letting Li Junze take a concubine, and he also understood that there really was a man who could do it from the beginning.
But Yi Kangdi didn't do it himself, Han Qing was no longer a one-man favor, and she gradually began to keep a low profile for the sake of the second prince.
Recently, Yi Kandi is planning to enlighten his three children, which is actually mainly because Yi Kandi loves Xiaobao and Yu'er too much.
I don't know if it's because of the next generation, it's clear that Yi Kandi himself also has sons and daughters, but he always feels that he is not as well-behaved and cute as Xiaobao and Yu'er, and because of the two children, his relationship with Li Junze is not so cold.
This time, Yi Kangdi wanted to enlighten the children, but also to have a legitimate reason to let the two children enter the palace.
Zhao Siyan has no opinion on the matter of enlightening the child, and thinks that it is good for the child to read earlier. Li Junze was very distressed.
"Isn't it too small? I have to go to the palace early in the morning, how early do I have to get up? Li Junze frowned and said seriously: "Xiaobao and Yu'er are still young, they don't have to work so hard, they can let them play for another two years without worry, besides, the children of the two of us are naturally smart and smart, and they will not be in the way if they are two years late in enlightenment." ”
Li Junze is extremely confident in his pair of children, and Zhao Siyan couldn't help but roll his eyes: "No matter how smart and witty a person is, if he is not diligent, he can only waste his talent." Prince, your sons and daughters are about to demolish the Prince's Mansion, so let's let them start studying quickly, and there is a place to manage them. ”
That's right, it is impossible for her and Li Junze's children to be stupid, but because they are too smart, one big and one small are better than the other.
Xiaobao has a bad idea in his stomach, and there is also a wind, every time Xiaobao does something bad, Yu'er is next to help let it out.
Yu'er is smarter than her brother, if Xiaobao is obviously bad, this girl is wilted and bad, obviously she and Xiaobao made a mistake together, the little girl can get out of the way, either Liu's or Li Junze, she can always find a rescuer, and only Xiaobao was punished in the end.
Zhao Siyan also found out after a long time, there is no way Yu'er has an advantage, the little girl is pink and tender, she is well-behaved and clever at first glance, no one believes that such a little girl will do bad things, and after doing something wrong, she will only admit her mistakes with her eyes open and a guilty face, which makes people reluctant to punish her.
Xiaobao's attitude of admitting mistakes is better, but he will never change it afterwards.
Zhao Siyan fought wits and courage with the two children, which was more tiring than her handling the affairs of the prince's mansion, and she could send the two children to the palace for the master to discipline, Zhao Siyan raised her hands in approval.
Li Junze couldn't help laughing, "So let the two of them go to demolish the palace?" ”
If you don't demolish the prince's mansion and send it to the palace, aren't you afraid that they will demolish the palace?
Zhao Siyan hesitated, but nodded: "Send!" Must send! ”
Anyway, it is the emperor's own grandson, and the emperor himself led the wolf into the house, Zhao Siyan doesn't believe it, can Emperor Yi Kang still kill his relatives in righteousness?
And the dead friends don't die in the poor, just don't tear down their own homes.
Xiaobao and Yu'er naturally don't want to go to school, because they are not having fun, or they are lazy and don't sleep sweetly, why do they get up early every day to study?
"And I heard that the master is very fierce." Yu'er said in a milky voice, and after a pause, she looked at her brother with a pitiful look in her eyes: "Brother, if Yu'er does something wrong, will the master hit my palm?" ”
Xiaobao hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It shouldn't be, right?" ”
"But the little uncle said that the master is terrible and can beat people." Yu'er said with a scared face, and as she spoke, she tugged at Xiaobao's sleeve with attachment: "Brother, I'm afraid." ”
Xiaobao was looked at by his sister and snorted lightly, "Coward, what is there to be afraid of?" Isn't there a brother here? Brother will protect you! ”
Yu'er suddenly looked at him with admiration and said, "Brother is so good, I know that my brother is here, and my brother will definitely protect me from being beaten." ”
Xiaobao was a little hesitant, but as soon as he heard Yu'er say this, he immediately felt pride in his heart, patted his chest and promised: "Of course, with me, I will never let you be beaten!" ”
Yu'er looked at him with a smile: "Brother is so good, I like my brother the most!" ”
Xiaobao couldn't help but feel a little proud, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
"I'm also the best with Yu'er!"
Yu'er said again: "Then brother, can you lend me the doll that Aunt Yun sewed for you?" ”
That doll was specially sewn by Yuncui for Xiaobao, it is Xiaobao's beloved thing, and he has always been reluctant to borrow it, but he just said that it is best to be with her, isn't it good not to borrow it now?
Xiaobao hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay!" I'll lend you to play! ”
"Brother is the best!" Yu'er suddenly said happily, and after speaking, she turned around and ran to play with the dolls.
Xiaobao looked at his sister's back, couldn't help but scratch her hair, and always felt that something was wrong?
I don't want to, I can go into the palace to play, Xiaobao is eager to try, and he can finally change places to toss.
No, it's finally able to learn, Xiaobao said that he is very happy.
Zhao Siyan packed Xiaobao and Yu'er into the palace in a slippery way, the speed made Yi Kangdi a little surprised, originally he thought that Zhao Siyan was a mother and would be reluctant to let her child suffer, but he didn't expect her to be so aware of righteousness, and he was a little satisfied with her.
Here, Xiaobao and Yu'er have entered the palace, and they naturally can't be late for class on the first day, but when it's time for class, the second prince hasn't arrived yet, and after the master came, Han Qing sent someone to report that the second prince was unwell and didn't come to class.
So on the first day of class, there were only two people, Yu'er and Xiaobao.
Han Qing was in the imperial study at this time.
"Your Majesty, Jie'er is still young and in poor health, he has finally recovered some in the past few years, let him enlighten him at such a young age, and the concubines are worried that his body can't stand it. No, I felt uncomfortable again this morning, so I asked the doctor to prescribe medicine again. Han Qing said, his eyes turned red: "And Xiaobao has always been arrogant and domineering, and he is used to being arrogant, if he has a conflict with Jie'er, Xiaobao doesn't care about it, how can Jie'er stand it?" I begged the emperor to look at the concubine's motherly heart and give him another two years. ”
The name of the second prince is also Li Junze's own name, Li Junjie.
Now Han Qing really regrets it, in order to compete with Zhao Siyan, he did not hesitate to use the method to give birth early, which caused the second prince's body to be weak, and the medicine has not been cut off over the years.
Poor health is a person's biggest weakness, after all, no one would want a short-lived person to be the emperor, so the ministers who originally supported the Han family over the years began to wait and see.
Therefore, Han Qing was particularly concerned about the body of the second prince, and was afraid that he would be sick from the cold, so he carefully looked at him in the dormitory, and did not even let out the door, so he was worried that something would happen.
I have to get up early in class, and I don't sleep enough to hurt my body, Han Qing is reluctant to let the second prince suffer this crime.
Yi Kangdi couldn't help frowning, thinking of Zhao Siyan, who sent the child into the palace without hesitation after receiving the will, and then compared with Han Qing in front of him, there was no harm if there was no comparison.
The main reason is that Yi Kangdi does not know his grandson well enough.