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September 29 of the second year of Zhide. More than ten days of heavy rain, the temperature dropped suddenly, as the saying goes, October Xiaoyang Spring, if in Chang'an, the climate is still mild and sweet at this time, but Fengxiang is filled with cold fog, day by day dark clouds cover the top, depressed people breathless.

"Shi'er, good - take me a piece of the pastry." In Concubine Zhang Shu's bedroom, Concubine Zhang Shufei was teasing Li Shi and Li Tong with Shen Pearl. It is said to be a dormitory, but in fact, it is just a simple furnishing room that is more than ten feet square and divided into two rooms, but it is more spacious than the room where Li Li and Shen Pearl live.

Li Shi has reached the age of one, he is a very early toddler, he can stagger in October, at this time he walks very smoothly, learns to speak a little slower, babbles in his mouth, only calls "mother", "father", dressed in a brocade robe, a little person, his face is more and more full, his skin is white and his eyebrows are straight, more like Li Li. Although he couldn't speak, the villain was extremely smart, and he understood it in his heart, and after listening to Concubine Zhang Shufei's words, he put aside the palace maid who was holding his little hand, stepped out of his calves, and walked steadily to the soft collapse of the case with pastries. Standing on tiptoe, stretching out his hand and just looking at the edge of a few cases, the villain was in trouble, and looked at Shen Pearl like a helper: "Mother-"

Shen Pearl and Concubine Zhang Shufei both laughed gently, and the palace maid took down the lacquer plate containing the pastry, bent down and handed it to Li Shi, and said softly: "The prince of the world, please take it." ”

Mother's laughter is encouragement, Li Shi "giggled" and took the pastry from the plate, held a piece with his left hand, pinched another piece with his right hand, and took it again, Zhang Shufei smiled and scolded: "Little greedy!" You can't hold that much in your hands! As he spoke, he took the small body of Li Tong, who was staring at the excitement with big eyes, from the palace maid, shaved his little face, and said with a smile: "You, you, when did you learn to walk by yourself like your imperial nephew?" Save yourself from worrying about your mother! ”

Shen Pearl lowered her eyes and replied with a low smile: "Dong is not yet ten months, Niangniang is too anxious!" "Concubine Zhang Shufei has two sons, Li Tong and Li Tong, both of whom are very young, and the older Li Tong is only four years old.

Zhang Shufei said: "Mothers are like this, always looking forward to their children growing up within a day, pearl, I don't believe you don't think so." ”

"It's good to be an early adult, but I think Shi'er is like this now, growing up day by day, and every day is different, which is even more interesting." Shen Zhuzhu's eyes were like water, and she was reluctant to take her eyes off her son for a moment.

"Your Majesty also said yesterday that Shi'er has no brothers and sisters, so it's strange that she is lonely." Concubine Zhang Shu's slender phoenix eyes narrowed, and she said with a smile, "Pearl, when we recover the two capitals, you have to add a few more heirs to Yu." ”

Shen Pearl listened to his voice, which was meaningful, although his heart was slightly sour, he raised his eyebrows and smiled at each other: "Our Li Tang has always had a prosperous heir, and his mother is worried. ”

"This is also, isn't it just that I am too worried!" Concubine Zhang Shu smiled, and her eyes fell on Li Tong in her arms, "There are fourteen princes under the emperor's knees, which is relatively small compared to the previous emperor." He sighed again, thoughtfully, and said, "I don't know what the battle situation is ahead?" ”

Shen Pearl shrugged slightly. There seems to be a wisp of uneasiness floating in the air, the battle report of the day ahead, ** and the rebels have started a war in the suburbs of Chang'an, that is the white blade blood, Shen Pearl is like nothing, but deep in his heart everywhere, all for Li Jiao.

While speaking, Li Shi had walked to Zhang Shufei step by step, raised the pastry on his left hand, and called at her with "ahhhh ”

Shen Pearl faced his son, unhappiness and uneasiness put aside for the time being, and couldn't help but pick up Li Shi, fragrant his little face, but he still screamed in his arms, "Mother, Mother", it seemed that there was something very important, let go and look, it turned out that he was holding a piece of pastry in his right hand, and he was handing it to her. Concubine Zhang Shufei said on the side: "Shi'er will definitely be pure and filial in the future." ”

"The emperor has arrived—"

In the voice of the chief attendant, Su Zonggong slowly walked into the room with his body, obviously just leaving the court. Shen Pearl took Li Shi and knelt down to pick up the car.

Su Zong's complexion was stunned, with three points of exhaustion and three points of haggardness, he waved his sleeves at will, and motioned for everyone in the room to get up. Since Li Jiao led the army, he dreamed night and night, it was difficult to sleep peacefully, the whole army was annihilated by nightmares, the rebels were killed to Fengxiang for a while, and Xuanzong was accused and reprimanded angrily.

He sat down heavily and sighed with a solemn expression. Shen Pearl was about to retire, but when he saw him like this, his heart was worried again, and he didn't know what the battle situation was ahead.

"Li Fuguo!" Su Zong stared at the table for a long time and began to order.

Li Fuguo had been following Su Zong's side and hurriedly agreed.

"The people are waiting in the city tower, as soon as there is a battle report, they will return to me immediately, and they will not be delayed for a moment!"

Li Fuguo smiled on his face, "Back to Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have already been deployed." ”

Su Zong's hand lightly tapped a few cases, and he said to himself: "Why is today's battle report delayed? ”

A palace maid served tea from the side, Concubine Zhang Shu made a look, took the end to a few with her own hands, and gently persuaded: "Your Majesty does not need to be in a hurry, it has been raining heavily for several days, and the road has been blocked and delayed, and it is inevitable, maybe today's good news will come!" ”

Su Zong nodded again and again, took the teacup and put it to his lips, took two sips, put it down, got up and paced slowly in the room. After going around twice, he turned his head sideways and said to Li Fuguo: "Why hasn't the messenger come yet?" Going around twice, as if he had just seen Shen Mother-in-pearl and his son, he stopped and walked over, Li Shi blinked and stared at him, he barely squeezed out a smile, stroked Li Shi's little head with his palm, and said, "It's not early, let's go back." ”

"The messenger of Chang'an has arrived, the messenger has arrived—" A loud and tight voice came from outside.

"Quick!" Su Zong didn't care that this was the concubine's bedroom, and shouted the order.

The messenger Xuanyi Mingjia, soaked all over, untied his sword outdoors, gasped and entered the room with Cheng Yuanzhen, just about to kneel down the mountain to call a big salute, Su Zong stopped, and only said: "How is the battle situation ahead, hurry up and report to me." ”

The messenger still knelt on the ground, bowed his head, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the marshal has defeated the traitors yesterday and recovered Chang'an!" ”

Su Zong got up from the couch, his joy overflowing, but the news of this victory came too quickly, as if it was not true, and he asked: "The news is correct?!" ”

The messenger kowtowed: "It's true. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Fuguo knelt on the ground, shouted long live, and congratulated him in a long voice. When he knelt, even Concubine Zhang Shufei and Shen Zhuzhu, a room full of people knelt down to congratulate Su Zong.

On September 27, Li Jiao led a large army on the east bank of Fengshui in Xiangji Temple in the west of Chang'an City, and the rebels led 100,000 soldiers and horses to the north. Subsequently, ** received a secret report, found that the rebels were hiding in the ambush in the east of the position, Ye Hu led the Hui army to beat the ambush to the ground, and the two sides resumed fierce fighting for six hours to the early morning of the next day, beheading more than 60,000 people, and defeating the rebels. The rebel generals An Shouzhong and Zhang Tongru all abandoned the city that night and fled.

Su Zong's eyes were already choked with tears, and he knelt down to the emperor of this dynasty with his robe facing west, and then beckoned everyone to be flat. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "Did the Hui Sergeant rob in Chang'an?" ”

The messenger said: "The marshal once advised Prince Ye Hu - if there is a large-scale looting in Chang'an, the people of Luoyang will be separated, and they will talk about it after Luoyang is recovered." Prince Ye Hu obeyed the words of the marshal and only stationed outside Chang'an City, and did not enter the city. ”

Su Zong was even more pleased, slowly sat back on the soft couch, picked up the tea, and said with a smile: "When my Celestial Dynasty army returns to Chang'an, the people must be overjoyed." ”

"The marshal led the troops into Chang'an yesterday, and there was no offense in the autumn, and the people welcomed them, all of whom were called 'Guangping Wang Zhen is the lord of Huayi'."

"Oh?" Su Zong's hand holding the tea stagnated slightly, and then he drank all the contents of the cup, put down the teacup, nodded again and again, and smiled at Concubine Zhang Shufei: "Yu, you can really be entrusted with a heavy responsibility." ”

On October 19, Suzong set off from Fengxiang and returned to Chang'an.

On the evening of the 22nd, the mighty procession arrived at the Wangxian Palace in Xianyang, which was only more than 40 miles away from Chang'an City. The new Xianyang County Commander heard that the royal driver came in person and led hundreds of people around him to come to deliver fruit and food. Su Zong remembered the scene of the escape of last year, the world is different, the personnel are all different, now he is the lord of the world, no longer have to be as frightened as the sun, but also Chang'an lost in the hands of the emperor, in his hands to recover, thousands of years, this merit is not without a hearty mood, ordered to stop at Wangxian Palace for one night, and set off again tomorrow. After recovering Chang'an, Li Jiao's army has taken advantage of the victory to go to Luoyang, Chang'an is the king of Li Ju to stay, and the new emperor enters Beijing, and must carefully prepare for the ceremony.

Shen Pearl settled Li Shi to sleep, and went to visit Cui Caiping again. This time I returned to Beijing, according to what Concubine Zhang Shu thought, I wanted to place the crazy Cui Caiping in Fengxiang, and then make calculations after the situation was settled, or Shen Pearl couldn't bear it, knowing that the Tang family was going to abandon this poor woman, and insisted on taking Cui Caiping with her, but fortunately, Cui Caiping only fell asleep every day along the way, and did not get sick and make trouble, otherwise it would not look good in the royal family, and others would be disgusted.

With the faint light of the lamp and candle, Shen Pearl saw that Cui Caiping's face was slightly flushed, and she was sleeping quietly, her face was wiped by the palace maid, and her cheekbones were thin and protruding.

"The doctor has seen that there is nothing else wrong, she is just sleepy recently." Su Ci said softly beside him.

Su Ci holds her baby in her arms. Shen Pearl was not at ease to leave Su Ci alone in Fengxiang, so she said that Su Ci's husband went out with the army, and brought her mother and son together, because there were few rooms in the palace of Wangxian Palace, so she lived in the same room with Cui Caiping and several palace maids.

The child was less than three months old, curled up like a kitten in the arms of Su Porcelain and fell asleep. Shen Pearl lowered her head and looked at it carefully, and said in a low voice: "This has been rushing for days, and the child has also suffered." Holding Su Porcelain's hands around the child, he sighed: "Fortunately, although our sisters are displaced, we can always be in one place, and I have enough wishes." ”

Su Ci's eyes were red, and she choked slightly, "Miss, you are too good to me." Me, I...... It's a shame for you when something like this happens...... In the future, I will not be able to see the lord and the lady. His eyes rolled and tears fell.

Shen Pearl took the child, put it on another bed, turned around and held Su Porcelain's hand, frowned, and said: "What stupid things you say, all the suffering you have suffered is because of me, and I will be angry to hear you say this next time." Su Porcelain lay on Shen Pearl's body, first sobbing, and finally slowly crying.

Shen Pearl sent all the palace maids. Wangxian Palace was sacked by the rebels, and the Xianyang County Order hurriedly set it up after the arrival of the imperial driver, and the dormitory placed for her by the chamberlain was still gorgeous. Under the painted canopy, four Mingjiao Palace lamps are shining, and on the west wall is a huge mural "Drinking and Feasting in Spring", in front of which there is a few empty soups—which were originally placed with several treasures and utensils, all of which were looted by the rebels. She lifted the gold-woven brocade curtain that had fallen from the ceiling, and lay down on the large bed.

Outside the hall, there were falling figures, torches, and even the sound of Yan Ming pacing and coughing softly outside.

The night before Li Jiao left, he held her hand and stared deeply, quite uneasy. He may have remembered that he had gone on the expedition two years ago, but because of his momentary mistake, she suffered a lot.

She was sure of her safety, nestled in his arms, her chin raised, and her graceful arc, "Don't worry, me and Shi'er will be safer than ever." "When Li Jiao's thousands of troops and horses are in hand, even if the emperor and Concubine Shu are suspicious of murderous intent, they will not dare to do anything to her mother and son. If something happens to the two of them, Li Jiao suddenly said goodbye, the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, and then repeat the trip of Suzong Lingwu to be the emperor, wouldn't it be very bad?

She remembered that he once sighed: "I have been married to you for four years, and I always get together less and leave more-" She felt deeply guilty, and before she could say it, she understood his intentions, and covered her mouth and said: "Since the heavens have descended on you, the pearl will only advance and retreat with you." "I don't need to say anything about it.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a smile. She also smiled, and from his face, she looked at the sky with a new moon.

In his heart, after all, there is still a sense of amazement, which he can't see. He also looks at the moon, the moon is new, this life is so long, and there are so many things he wants......

Today, Chang'an is approaching. She had thought of recovering Chang'an several times, he was admired by all the people and crossed the horse into the city, his heart shook, he belonged to the high sitting on the dust, she had wanted to be on a par with him, and now Fang Zhi has always been he has been working hard to carry her, help her, and pull her forward.

What he and she rely on is just a heart that knows each other.

He went to Luoyang and fought to the death with An Qingxu. An Qingxu was close to madness, Shen Pearl closed his eyes, and he really didn't dare to think about this war......

Suddenly, she faintly heard a commotion in the distance, the sound was very low at first, and gradually became louder, and she listened intently. Outside the hall, the guards and maids walked in a disorderly manner, and the torches flickered back and forth, reflecting the dense night sky containing three points of residual blood, and she asked through the palace door, "What's the matter?" ”

"So-and-so is being checked, it's the voice of His Majesty." Yan Ming replied outside.

"Hurry up, there's an assassin—" In the noise, a duck-like voice suddenly sounded.

"General Yan, go and escort!" Shen Pearl was shocked.

Yan Ming agreed, but he didn't hear the sound of him moving away, thinking that the promise was a promise, and the person did not move a bit, only to protect Shen Zhuzhu. Shen Zhu's mind turned, I don't know who dares to boldly stab, it is also the best policy to sit and watch quietly, so he hurriedly said: "Order a few good hands to escort the car, and the general will go and see the prince!" ”

Yan Ming hurriedly replied "Oh", his steps were fast and powerful, and he hurriedly ran to the side of Li Shi's hall. Shen Pearl was only worried about her son, and was about to open the door of the palace and rush out, so she picked up her body and was only wearing a middle coat, and ran over to put on her outer robe and came out.

Li Shi has not yet fallen asleep, playing on the couch with the nurse, the sound of fighting and killing from Su Zong's place gradually appeared, Li Shi saw Shen Pearl come in, stood up with a bone, and threw himself into his mother's arms.

Yan Ming said: "According to a certain foolish opinion, the princess and the prince will stay here and do not move, and a certain listening device will calm down this matter in less than half an hour." Seeing that Shen Pearl was slightly suspicious, she explained: "The princess may not be able to hear clearly, Yan, a person who practices martial arts, can hear the 'whooshing' sound of the southwest crossbow being fired at this time, which is greatly reflected in the sound of swords and guns. Now I am only afraid that there will be fish that have escaped from the net, and the princess and the prince are in the same place, guarded by Yan, and a certain person is in charge. ”

Shen Pearl summoned Su Porcelain and the palace maids nearby, and sent people to guard Cui Caiping who was sleeping. Sure enough, in less than half an hour, a guard came to report - His Majesty was safe and sound, and the assassins were all ambushed.

Shen Pearl asked, "Do you know who the assassins are?" ”

The guard said: "There are more than ten assassins, all of them are extraordinary, the Inner Flying Dragon Envoy killed several people on the spot, and the rest were already captured, who would have thought that these people would bite the secret poison in their mouths and commit suicide." His Majesty is furious, and he has sent the squire of the Criminal Department to Lord Feng to investigate thoroughly! "The Lord Feng is referring to is Feng Shengyi. Because he has been promoted to a squire and has a prominent appearance, Li Jiao went on an expedition this time, but he failed to follow.

Su Ciyuan stood aside with the child in his arms, and when he heard the word "Lord Feng", his body trembled slightly, his teeth bit his lower lip lightly, and he lowered his head slightly, which was already a strong way to hide the sadness and pain in his heart, and Shen Pearl was also sad in his eyes.

The holy driver was frightened, Shen Pearl was immediately escorted by Yan Ming to the Holy Front to ask for peace, and many princes and county lords who had heard the interrogation had rushed outside the Suzong Palace, and when they saw Shen Zhu, they unconsciously gave way to her in front.

After seeing the car and greeting him and returning from tossing, the night was getting deeper, and Shen Pearl saw that Li Shi was asleep, so he returned to the dormitory. Yan Ming almost didn't leave Shen Pearl an inch, and when he saw that she was about to step into the hall, he hurriedly dodged in front of him, and said, "Rong Mou will enter the palace to visit first." Shen Pearl knew that Yan Ming was thick and detailed, and she must have been worried that others would sneak in after she left the hall, so she smiled and nodded in agreement.

Yan Ming strode forward, regardless of the place where Shen Pearl was sleeping, he did not shy away from looking left and right for a long time, and came back and said to Shen Pearl: "The princess can enter." ”

The palace maid quietly withdrew from the hall and closed the door.

Shen Pearl walked tiredly, stretched out his hand to brush the curtain, and suddenly felt the white light above his head swaying, and a shiny and graceful arc rolled up the fierce wind and slashed at him.

Shen Pearl didn't even have time to close her eyes.

Death, it's so simple. Under the sword light and bloody blade, there is never a distinction between princes and nobles, untouchables, and mustards.

(Tianjin)