The ninth spring of Liuning and Tang Changyu's acquaintance seems to have come much later than before.

Liuning looked forward to it, but before the flowers bloomed in early spring, another heavy snow was ushered in. This heavy snowfall, which fell in early spring, covered the vitality that had just sprouted, covered the sky, covered the ground, and covered everything that had been.

The minister in charge of the celestial phenomena told the emperor that the heavy snow was an ominous sign.

Liuning stood under the eaves and looked at the fluttering snowflakes, thinking about the peach blossoms in the yard, the branches were originally small and small, and after the careful care of the two of them over the years, they finally grew strongly. As soon as the snow fell, Liuning thought about the tiny buds that had just been issued, and he was really a little distressed, and he was afraid that he would not be able to see the blooming peach blossoms this year, and Liuning was quite sorry in his heart.

Since Tang's mother recovered from her illness, Liuning went home, staying at home and waiting for Tang Changyu to come back, saying that the days have been a long time and a little boring, today's sudden snow made Liuning suddenly have some interest, and with a distress for the peach blossom tree, Liuning finally decided to wrap a cloak and go to the yard for a walk, and take a look at those peach blossom trees by the way.

Liuning went around to the yard and looked at the buds on the peach tree, covered with a thin layer of snow, trembling slightly in the cold wind, as if their fate was hanging by a thread, and they were about to fall at any time. The thin branches seemed to be even more overwhelmed, and they would break at any moment. Standing in that pavilion, looking at the white, Liuning couldn't help but think of the past.

It was only a short time ago, she and Tang Changyu returned here with a full of sadness, the two of them got drunk in the silent night, said words that only two people understood, and finally fell asleep in Liuning in Tang Changyu's arms. Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Liuning's face.

Memories can be filled with happiness and joy when someone shares them, or they can be overshadowed by sadness alone. At this time, Liuning was like this, a person's memories and this depressed snow scene made Liuning feel bored, and he had no intention of looking at the snow scene again, and returned to the room.

Liu Ning returned to the study, and the unfinished picture scroll on the table was still spread out there, which was Tang Changyu painted by Liu Ning. In the days when Tang Changyu was away, Liuning painted many such paintings, and Tang Changyu on the paintings was in a variety of postures, wearing cloth clothes, armor, and court clothes...... On the battlefield, in the court, at home...... , writing, drawing...... are all engraved in Liuning's heart.

After so many paintings, Liuning's painting skills are indeed a lot more exquisite. Although they are all scenes drawn out of thin air, Liu Ning is no longer familiar with Tang Changyu's face, so the person in this painting is vivid, as if he is beside him. These pictures let her see things and think about people, which is his longing for Tang Changyu.

In the evening, when the snow gradually stopped, Liuning sat in front of the stove, looked at the embroidery samples he took from Tang's mother, and carefully studied Tang's mother's patterns and embroidery methods. Suddenly, a person ran in the courtyard, and Liu Ning recognized that it was the guard who often followed the emperor, and immediately became alert. The man was panting, his face was red because of the cold, and he kept exhaling white cold air from his mouth, and it could be seen that he had come in a hurry.

The guards asked Liuning for peace, but before Liuning could let him rest and drink hot water, he heard him say: "Mrs. Tang, the emperor asks you to go to the palace overnight, there is an emergency military situation on the front line, and the emperor wants to discuss it with you." ”

Liu Ning stood up suddenly, not daring to slack off, he had not received a battle report from the front line for many days, and today was an urgent military situation, and something must have happened on the front line. Liuning didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he followed the guards who came to report the news into the palace, Liuning's figure blended into the vast night, covered in wind and snow, lonely and helpless.

When I arrived at the palace, the snow had covered all the golden tiles, and the huge palace was quiet, and it was dark everywhere, only the lights that had been on all the time emitted a faint light through the snow, so that Liuning could barely see the road clearly in the snow that was one foot deep and one foot shallow. The emperor saw Liuning in the main hall of the court on weekdays, and the emperor retreated left and right to meet Liuning, which officially made the uneasiness that had been lingering in Liuning's heart even stronger.

The battle report handed by the emperor to the front line of Liuning, every word was too lethal, which made Liuning feel dizzy. Liu Ning used the last of her reason to stabilize her mind, she looked at the emperor in disbelief, but got a positive answer.

"As you can see, the base camp of ** was encircled and suppressed by the Hun cavalry after a raid, and now it has been completely surrounded by the Huns' army. My Nine Emperor Princes were wounded, and Chang Yu, who was wounded and disappeared after fighting with the Xiongnu chieftains. ”

This disappearance sounded like a thunderclap in Liuning's ears, didn't it mean that this was just a small-scale war, didn't it mean that the war was going well and would come back soon, why did it disappear? "So, we haven't received a battle report from the front line for a long time, because they fought hard and the enemy pursued and suppressed it fiercely, and the battle report will not come at all, right? It's not the success we thought it was, maybe we've missed the news that Chang Yu wants to ask for help many times! ”

Li Shimin nodded silently, "We were too careless before, and we were too underestimated. I had promised Chang Yu that this was only a small battle, otherwise I would not have been relieved to send Zhi'er there to go through the training, and now that they were on the front line, it was really hard for me to sleep. ”

Liuning is not like this, she is just an ordinary woman, she does not have so much majesty in her heart, and she is most worried about the safety of her husband now. disappeared after being injured, Liu Ning knew how dangerous such a situation was for Tang Changyu, not to mention that in such a passive situation, the strength to rescue him was naturally very small. So no matter what, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, even if it is alone, she will immediately go to Tang Changyu's side and find him.

Liuning didn't wait for the emperor to speak, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor and asked: "Your Majesty, now the situation on the front line is critical, Changyu's whereabouts are unknown, Weichen is really difficult to be relieved, you give me soldiers and horses, let me go alone, the minister must go to the front line, say anything, and go in person, personally to find Changyu back." ”

Li Shimin picked up Liuning and said: "I came to you overnight, just hoping that you can lead the troops to the front line as soon as possible, so as to solve the urgent needs of the front line and help me bring Zhi'er and Changyu back well." ”

Liuning received the military order without saying a word, mobilized troops and horses overnight, and formed a team composed of elite soldiers and strong generals as quickly as possible. Three days later, they rushed to the front line as fast as they could.