Li Jiao slowly woke up in the afternoon. A ray of sunlight slanted into the room, his head was dizzy and bulky, his hands were propped up on the bed, and he wanted to get up, but his whole body was sore and weak, and he couldn't exert half of his strength. In a trance, he saw a heavy figure behind the tent, and asked, "What time is it?" His voice was hoarse and dry, as if it didn't come from his own mouth, and he smiled bitterly.

The palace maid's small and fragmented voice answered truthfully.

Li Li asked again: "What about the princess?" ”

The palace maid said: "The princess waited for Her Royal Highness all night and was resting in the side room. ”

Although Li Li was in a coma last night, she was still a little hazy, her face was burning, her slender fingers stroked the corners of her forehead, and she wiped her sweat a little bit, and she still had a thick fragrance in the tent. In the endless exhaustion, he gave birth to a warm feeling, and said: "Don't disturb her, let her rest well." The palace maid promised to greet the medicine and serve the meal. Li Jiao's mouth was tasteless, and after using a little gruel, his body still couldn't resist, and he fell asleep again.

After the high fever, it was advisable to stay in bed, and the imperial doctor added sleep-promoting drugs to the prescription, and this sleep was deep until the second day, and when he woke up, he was light and fast, and looked around while waiting for the palace maid to put on his boots: "Where is the princess?" ”

The palace maid peeked at him, although his question was casual, although the description was haggard, but his fierce bearing was three points stronger than before, and he couldn't help but start to support: "The princess has not yet gotten up." ”

Li Jiao raised his eyebrows, Shen Pearl has always acted rigorously and orderly, and there has never been a precedent for not getting up at such an hour. In his thoughts, he heard the chaotic footsteps outside, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are the people outside?" Put on shoes and socks, put on a robe at will, and open the door "dangdang".

There were already a lot of people standing outside, but I didn't expect Li Jiao to come out suddenly, kneeling for a while, standing and standing, and they didn't dare to come out. Li Li looked at the past suspiciously, the palace maid, the chamber attendant, or holding the cup, or serving the medicine, or hanging his hand, both serving beside him, and a few familiar faces, the province was the person who was waiting in front of the palace, and he could hear the sound of "Ka" to clear his throat, and a imperial doctor from the seven-grade costume came out of the side room.

Li Jiao broke out in a cold sweat, went up with an arrow, stretched out his hand to open the door of the side room, the robe was pulled by the door, and he quietly resigned, but he didn't care, and only went inside. Shen Zhu's faint coughing sound came, and the palace maid who was close to her greeted Li Jiao, seeing his expression, she didn't dare to speak, and hurriedly lifted the curtain for him, and let him enter the inner room.

Shen Pearl half-leaned on the bed, Fang gradually subsided from a violent cough, and closed his eyes. A palace maid held a handkerchief, wiped the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, saw Li Li come in, and was about to give a salute, but Li Li took the handkerchief with a split hand, raised her eyebrows and signaled her to retreat.

Staring at Shen Pearl for a moment, he became more and more thin and pale, his forehead was sweating, and he was dense and layered in an instant, so he wiped it with a handkerchief. But listening to Shen Zhu's "uh-huh", he turned to the side, frowned and coughed, and was depressed and low at the beginning of the first one or two, who knew that it couldn't be stopped, coughing and wheezing like digging out his heart and lungs, his thin shoulders shook badly, Li Li grabbed half of her body, and couldn't help but stroke her back.

After a while, she stroked her chest for a while, seemed to look at Li Li helplessly, and whispered half-panting: "Look, I'm really useless-"

Li Jiao stretched out his finger and pressed it to her lips, shook his head and said, "Don't talk again." You're always stubborn,...... It's still hiding it from me. I'm fine, don't worry. She was faintly relieved, smiled and nodded, and was helped by him to lie down, closing her eyes slightly, and her eyelids glowed with light blue. Shen Pearl coughed for more than a day and a night, and the heart that was originally hanging because of Li Li finally let go, and he fell asleep with his head sideways for a while. In his sleep, he still coughs from time to time.

Li Jiao waited for Shen Pearl to fall asleep, changed his clothes and passed the imperial doctor for questioning.

Shen Pearl lingered on the bed for more than a month, and gradually improved.

As usual, Li Jiao spent the whole day in charge of military affairs in the Marshal's Palace, either returning after the time of arrival, or even not returning all night. Even if he can't come back at night, he will definitely send someone to greet Shen Zhuzhu's condition.

On some quiet and peaceful nights, when Li Li fell asleep in fatigue, Shen Pearl would always wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, doubting his handsome and clear face by the warm moonlight. It seems to be the same as before, but there should be something different, he is carrying so much, when did he start, even in front of her, without being able to explain it or show it? The people who came with him all the way, Cui Guangyuan, served as the imperial historian, and fought against several times the rebels in the northwest; Chen Zhou was injured and hidden, and could not be reused for the time being; The Criminal Department is a virtual entity, and Feng Shengyi is equivalent to an idle post in the Criminal Department; Li Qi died...... Perhaps, he had never been so lonely as he was now. However, he is Li Li, and behind this calmness, there are always many things that she can't imagine......

One day while he was sick, Ye Hu asked Su Zong to enter the palace to visit Shen Zhu. Shen Pearl was half-lying on the bed, and the palace maid lifted the curtain and met Ye Hu.

Ye guards the regular clothes, and the leaders are all broad and intricate woven gold brocade lace, which looks noble and gorgeous, and the eyebrows and eyes are a little sharper, and the action is a little more steady, and it shows the maturity of the practitioner who is not commensurate with his age.

Shen Pearl was very estranged from Ye Hu, and in the past, she had a little reputation, teaching her a dilemma, and asked him about his experience in the past few years, Shen Pearl finally spoke: "Do you remember what Your Majesty said the month before last?" Can there be a satisfactory woman in Datang? ”

Ye Hu didn't blush, there was a wisp of Ling Ran's sneer on the corner of his mouth, and he replied softly: "Although the women of the Tang Dynasty are thousands of beautiful, unfortunately, they are not what I like. ”

Shen Pearl was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "I heard that you and the county lord of Anxian are very similar, and Your Majesty intends to give you a marriage." "The county lord of Anxian is the seventh daughter of Suzong, born to Suzong's concubine Zhou when he was the prince, and she is not yet fourteen years old.

Ye Hu was slightly stunned, smiled, and said: "I'll tell the truth to my stepmother - An Xue is like a child, and the women I value in a man can help a man hold up half of the world, and I can't ask a child to go back to the account to raise it." I'm just succumbing to the little lord to have fun with the little lord because of my father's khan's order. ”

"Father's Khan's order?" Shen Pearl silently recited this, not knowing what the purpose of Mo Yan's move was.

"Father Khan has always been concerned about his stepmother's condition," Ye Hu saw the palace maid coming out of the inner room to take medicine, with a hint of cunning on his face, and said in a low voice, "When His Royal Highness King Guangping did not return all night, he sneaked into the palace several times to visit his stepmother, can the stepmother know?" Seeing that Shen Pearl was almost distracted, he solemnized his face: "However, because my father Khan has been away from Huifu for too long, he has set off yesterday to turn around and turn to Ha Zhu Ba and Hesun, and the military affairs are temporarily handed over to me to deal with." ”

Just gone? Shen Pearl frowned, although the reason was sufficient, but Mo Yan came to the Central Plains on this trip, so in vain? Ye Hu sat in front of him, his expression was calm and calm, and he did not have the cowardice of a young general being alone in another country, and even a little leisurely, as if he had something to rely on. According to Mo Yansi, Ye Hu is also the first time to lead the troops to go out, Mo Yansi really let go with confidence, Ye Hu can really be so fearless? In my heart, could it be that Mo Yansi didn't leave? In the name of leaving, it not only puts him in the shadows, avoids the crisis of the lord of a country in another country, but also makes the Tang family relax their vigilance?

What is Mo Yansi doing? Although Hui Hui is strong, with its strength, it is indeed difficult to swallow the entire Central Plains at present. Shen Zhuzhu's head was anxious - the men in this world have been thinking and calculating all day long, making profits, and there is no day to stop. Some fights are bound to happen sooner or later, though not imminently. I was clearly tired in my heart, but I still had to accompany them around.

Ye Hu's eyes sparkled, and he said, "What is the stepmother thinking?" Are you worried that I will not be able to take on the task of helping the Tang Dynasty recover the two capitals? Or do you have something to tell me? I will obey my mother's orders. ”

Shen Pearl looked at the young man in front of him, felt ashamed and guilty, his face was hot, and finally said: "You recognize me as your mother, and you can be regarded as half a Tang person." Can you promise me that you will never be an enemy of Datang? ”

The light in Ye Hubi's deep eyes gradually went out, and the corners of her slightly raised mouth to mock, "Today's stepmother shush the cold and ask for warmth, it turns out that this is the last sentence." Shen Pearl didn't regret it, but she was speechless, although her actions were despicable, for the country and her family, all she could do was that.

The corners of Ye Hu's mouth twitched, and he was still about to laugh, but the crystal thing in his eyes puffed up unobediently, he turned his head and wiped away his tears with his backhand, and looked back with a smile: "I thought I really had a mother, it turned out that I was an orphan who no one loved after all." ”

Shen Pearl looked at Ye Hu in front of him, and time was out of place in a trance. More than ten years ago, An Qingxu lost his mother on the night, and he was so sad and helpless, cynical, he put a white handkerchief on the face of his deceased mother, knelt for half a night, and only rolled a tear, "There are no more my relatives in heaven and earth." She used to pity him like that, thinking that only she really understood him in the world, but after all, she was wrong again and again, and no matter how powerful she was, she couldn't pull him back who had fallen into the abyss.

"Ye Hu," Shen Pearl jumped out of bed and grabbed the young man's shoulder and arm without wearing boots and socks, she was actually only a few years older than Ye Hu, and at this time, Ye Hu's body was taller than her, so she could only look up, "You and I have let this identity shackle." - If you were willing to go back to Datang with me, maybe the situation would be completely different today. My stepmother is indeed not worthy of her name, but the Khan is very much like a father and son to you, and it doesn't matter if you have a father who loves you so much, whether you have a stepmother like me or not. After speaking, he relayed what Pingyuan Teahouse Mo Yan said to himself that day, and relayed it to Ye Hu one by one.

Ye Hu listened silently, tears welled up in his eyes, and he suddenly raised his head and said to Shen Zhu: "Mother-in-law, I always remember when I was very young, my mother held me in her arms. Can you hug me like a mother? ”

Shen Pearl was stunned, at first she only felt that she wanted to hug this man into her arms, which was very funny, but seeing Ye Hu's earnest eyes, he was no longer the conceited and arrogant young general of that day, just a child who lost his mother's love at a young age, remembering that he was also a young mother, at this time, not only did he suddenly feel sympathy, but motherhood also spontaneously emerged, sighed, and slowly hugged Ye Hu in his arms, his shoulders trembled, as if tears wet his clothes.

"Mrs. Tang Zhenguo," Ye Hu pressed Shen Zhuzhu's shoulder, slowly took two steps back, and decided to accept this short family hug, his face was calm and resolute, "I owe you a life, and I will naturally agree to your request, but- I don't have a mother anymore-" He raised his sleeves, wiped away the remaining tears from the corners of his eyes, and took a deep look and left.

Li Jiao heard that Ye Hu was visiting in the evening, and he was extremely hesitant, "Father and Emperor will definitely put you in it, and you will be embarrassed everywhere." ”

Shen Pearl persuaded: "My father also had to do it, but I am afraid that he will underestimate the Hui people." Then he told him about his doubts about Mo Yansi.

Li Jiao's eyes overflowed with a smile between his eyebrows, helped her lie down, and patted her cheek, "Sleep, Mo Yansi is indeed not leaving, but he will not harm us for the time being, let's wait and see." ”

On the fourth day of the first month of August, the family banquet of the Su Sect system was held in the inner court of Xingyuan, and the high banquet was waiting for Ye Hu.

After three rounds of drinking, Su Zong smiled and said to Ye Hu: "I plan to raise troops to fight thieves every day, and I want to take the prince's army as the vanguard, can I?" ”

Ye Hu got up and replied: "Father Khan has warned his courtiers to follow His Majesty's orders, and Ye Hu is at the disposal of His Majesty. ”

Su Zong was overjoyed, looked around at the concubines and concubines present, his eyes fell on Shen Zhu, and he even had the meaning of rewarding him, and said to Ye Hu: "This trip is hard, and I will definitely reward the return sergeant." ”

Ye Hu lazily drank a glass of wine from a few cases, and said with a drunken look: "Your Majesty is too polite." I Hui and Datang were originally in-laws, and it was difficult for them to be pro-authoritarian, so how could they not come to help - it's just that the minister led his troops thousands of miles away, and he really couldn't return empty-handed. I only ask Your Majesty to agree, if my return to the soldiers and horses really works, after recovering Chang'an and Luoyang, allow our army to take all the women and clothes of the two capitals! ”

Shen Pearl was startled, the wine cup in her hand fluttered slightly, and Li Jiao reached over with one hand to support her arm. She squinted, Li Jiao's expression was as usual, and the hand that only supported him increased in strength, and he became more and more happy and angry.

Zhemiyi blurted out through the heavy banquet: "Ye Hu, what are you talking about!" ”

Ye Hu took a glass of wine and put it to his mouth, raised his eyebrows and sneered: "I heard that there is a saying in Datang, 'the married daughter spills the water'." Aunt Zhemiyi has only been the princess of the Tang Dynasty for a few days, so she will go back to your mother-in-law's house like this? Datang is rich, what do we want this thing to do, Your Majesty, what do you say? ”

Su Zong's robe was wrapped and he laughed, "What's so difficult about this?" I promise you to be! As soon as these words came out, Shen Pearl seemed to see that Concubine Zhang Shu, who was standing beside Su Zong, was relieved, and then looked at the people around her, but there were many people in this form, and her heart was slightly cold.

The fifth day of the eighth month. This autumn is very hot, Shen Pearl is instructing the midwife, in preparation for the recent production of Su porcelain, the palace maid hurriedly came: "Sister Su Porcelain's servant just said: Sister She got up this morning, she has abdominal pain, I am afraid that she is about to give birth." ”

Shen Pearl rushed to the scene with two midwives in a hurry, Su Ci was already dying of pain on the couch, and the midwives said, "I'm going to give birth, I'm going to give birth!" Princess, please stay away! ”

Shen Pearl paced outside the room for half an hour, and heard the baby's cry of "Wow-" in the inner room, which was loud and thorough.

The midwife came to report the good news: "The slave has never seen the birth of the first child so smooth!" The princess, the mother and son are safe, and she is a big fat boy. Shen Pearl never thought that the production of plain porcelain would be so smooth, and when she remembered the suffering she had suffered when she gave birth to Li, she was touched, and a stone in her heart finally landed.

The midwife wrapped the baby and handed it to Shen Zhu. Shen Pearl saw that the child's face was white, not as dark as Feng Shengyi, and his eyebrows were more like plain porcelain, with a sense of familiarity, and he was even more pity that this child was born without a father's love.

Approaching the bed, he gave the child to Su Porcelain to see, "Look at your child, how much like you." Su Ci's eyes widened, and she looked at the baby in a daze, and suddenly burst into tears.

The midwife hurriedly called: "Madame must not cry at this time, hurting her eyes, it will not be good in the future." Shen Pearl felt sorry in her heart, and she couldn't bear to mention the matter of choosing a name, so as not to make Su Ci sad again, wiped away her tears, and persuaded: "Don't think nonsense, no matter what, there is always me." ”

Su Ci closed her eyes and nodded, sobbed a few times with her head sideways, and slowly fell asleep.

Shen Pearl waited in front of her bed. The night swept in, Shen Pearl closed her eyes and took a nap, but she heard Su Ci say in her ear: "Miss, I can't stand you." She woke up in shock, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Su Ci turn over and fall asleep with her head on her side, it turned out to be just a dream. This woke up, only to feel that the porcelain lived by the lake, after the night was cold, almost cold, seeing that it was late, then went back to Li Jiao, explaining that he had to look at the porcelain well, can not go home.

On August 23, Su Zong rewarded the three armies, and ordered that Wang Yu of Guangping should be the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi should be the deputy marshals, and lead 150,000 men and horses from the Hui and Western Regions Aid Departments to destroy the thieves on September 12.

On September 12, Shen Pearl stood in the Fengxiang City Tower, and Su Zong and Concubine Shu personally sent the army out.

The autumn breeze is rising, and the flag is hunting.

Under the city tower, thousands of heavily armored soldiers, swords and guns like a forest, array like the sea, from east and west, from south to north, straight like a jungle undulating and continuous. A gust of wind blew the old man's white beard and swept over the young face of the weak-crowned young man.

Shen Pearl was in this scene, and the pride in his chest suddenly appeared. Thousands of soldiers under the city tower, this go to the Jin Ge Iron Horse, bloody battlefield, although thousands of deaths do not retreat, for thousands of years, there are always countless such hot-blooded men, iron backbone, rather than bend, rather die than regret, with a blood and sweat, save the people in fire and water, admirable.

Suddenly, he heard the neighing of the war horse, and a horse galloped out of the city gate, and the flag chief shouted: "Raise the flag of the commander-"

Looking from afar, Li Jiao dismounted, he was covered with silver bright light armor, purple cloak, white feathers on the top of his head, stroking his sword and eyebrows, sinking and frustrating, stepping on the handsome seat, standing under the handsome flag waving in the wind. Suddenly, the six armies raised their halberds and shouted, and the sound of waves poured into the mountains and seas, shaking through the nine heavens.

Li Jiao pressed the hilt of the sword with his left hand, and waved his right hand downward, and the sound stopped.

A blue purple sword light swept through the sky, and the green frost sword on Li Jiao's waist came out of the sheath, and the sword pointed at the sky, and the sound was righteous, word by word.

"The An's traitor, carrying the grace of the saint, occupies my Gyeonggi, insults my people, and makes a bad noise, and there is no way to stop. Now he received the holy decree and was ordered to beg the thief, and 200,000 people went south out of Shaanxi County. Swear to Yuzi, auspicious from the sky, bless the Tang Dynasty, will be able to refer to Chu Han, no longer two capitals, swear not to return. ”

As soon as the voice fell, the horns sounded in unison, and Li Jiao turned around with his sword in the sound of the horn, and knelt down towards Suzong: "Son, you will live up to the grace of the saint." ”

Su Zong raised his hand with a smile and motioned for Li Jiao to get up. Long live the soldiers.

Chang'an, as if in sight.

(End of Volume 2)