Xu Ranjia hugged his neck tightly, buried her head in the meantime, and sniffed his domineering and powerful breath a little greedily, "Promise me, you must come back!" ”

Li Qingjin smiled lowly, his chest trembled, and his eyes were full of pleasure, "Of course, the daughter-in-law and the baby are waiting at home, and the master will definitely come back from winning the battle!" ”

The two of them opened their minds for the time being, and the days seemed to be back to the past, Li Qingjin was running around at home and in the barracks, but he came back later and later every day. Sometimes when he came back, Xu Ranjia was already asleep on the soft couch. As soon as it was dawn, he rode to the military camp on the outskirts of the country with dew on his horse.

If it weren't for the residual warmth under the bedding beside him, Xu Ranjia would have felt that he hadn't returned overnight.

The northeastern border of Huatang was turbulent, and the emperor could not hide his impatience, and the restless people in the court began to move quietly.

Xu Ranjia was a little anxious in her heart, knowing that she couldn't make much effort as a backhouse woman, so she could only copy the scriptures according to her patience, pinning all her hopes on it uselessly.

Winter passed in panic, and as soon as the spring breeze blew and the earth warmed up, the news of the loss of the city gate began to come from the northeast border, almost once every half a month. It is too cold in Qianguo, and the most products there are in the sea under the thick ice, they are used to this kind of life, and they also feel that it is difficult to endure it, this time they want to expand the frontier, grab a land rich in products, and enjoy the feeling of summer even spring and autumn.

Driven by the survival instinct, the Qianguo people became more and more fierce, and the team of tens of thousands of people was like a bamboo, and they have been capturing thirteen border cities in Huatang. Even though the emperor had expected the tragic incident at the beginning and moved away a large number of people, the sacrifice of the countrymen was still a heart-wrenching and shocking data.

Li Qingjin had already applied to lead troops to the northeast border, and the emperor considered it for a long time, reluctantly agreed, and personally saw him off.

Xu Ranjia stood on the city wall, looking at him in silver armor, raising the gun in his hand with dark eyes, and shouting with all the soldiers, the passionate voice resounded in the sky. All the people who saw them off had solemn faces, and they didn't know how many of these young lives would be able to come back, and the stability of the land was forged with blood!

After shouting, Li Qingjin listened to the emperor's instructions, and rode his horse and turned away without the slightest nostalgia, and in the dust, his back almost disappeared into the sky. He marched with his hands held high, waving vigorously.

Xu Ranjia also raised her hand and waved, and said silently: You must return safely!

Her hand slowly put into her flat belly, where a little life had been conceived, but the child's father did not know it. She will wait with the child for the return of the baby's father, hoping that he will keep his promise.

Li Qingjin left, he left a team of his own secret guards and bright guards, and directly obeyed Xu Ranjia's orders to protect his safety. Xu Ranjia transferred half of them to spy on Jia Tianyou and the Third Prince, secretly collecting incriminating evidence.

These two men are very ambitious, but they also have enough patience and perseverance, they lie dormant quietly, always waiting for the best moment, trying their best to attack, wanting to hit with one blow. They could not have imagined that their great cause would be destroyed in her hands in the previous life, and in this life she had already prepared the net, waiting for them to get in.

Although she hasn't walked much and seen many landscapes, people who have experienced death will have a much more thorough brain, hatred is not terrible, and she is afraid that she has not seen everything clearly.

The child in the belly was very well-behaved, she didn't let her suffer too much, she ate, drank and slept normally, but her belly bulged up like a blown candy man. The emperor specially sent an experienced midwife, and also prepared a nurse early.

She thought about it, the trajectory of fate was set, and she had to learn to accept it, whether he could come back this time or not. She shouldn't have been decadent early, she still has a baby to take care of, and a lot of youth to squander. There is not only love in life, but also more meaning, blindly immersed in the fear of loss, so why should she live for a lifetime?

The child came in the first month of the year on a heavy snowfall, and at the same time stepped on the first good news from the northeast border. From feeling the pain to the birth of the child, Xu Ranjia spent six hours, listening to the child's loud cry and congratulating the midwife happily, she was in a trance, as if she had a dream that was too beautiful.

Knowing that she was pregnant, to giving birth, and then watching the little guy grow bigger little by little, Xu Ranjia was full of surprise and disbelief, and sighed at the magic of life. The child looks very similar to her, with delicate facial features, but her demeanor is like Li Qingjin, and the injection of new life has added a lot of joy to the somewhat depressed palace.

The emperor was even more happy to directly crown him as the prince and rewarded him with many things, and the queen mother, queen and concubines of the harem also rewarded a lot of good things. Xu Ranjia just lightly ordered people to register things and lock them in the warehouse, listening to the good news coming again and again, but her heart became more and more cold.

Everyone has great trust and love for the shogun, and they seem to have seen victory in sight, and Kyoto, which has been nervous for a year, now has a posture of celebrating in advance.

This is also the time when the restless people move the most, their every move is presented in front of Xu Ranjia's eyes, looking at the evidence of the collusion between the three princes and the Qianguo, and the extremely large underground arsenal and barracks that the secret guards have just discovered, she only feels dizzy.

She suddenly realized that since the Third Prince and Jia Tianyou had such a large-scale layout at this moment, some of the so-called evidence submitted by herself in her previous life seemed ridiculous. It's as if they deliberately put it on the bright side, let people steal it, and then use it to achieve rebellion!

After all, in the previous life, under their scheme, Li Qingjin died, which was equivalent to cutting off the emperor's most powerful arm.

Xu Ranjia looked at the letter and layout map presented by the secret guard, squinted her eyes slightly and said nothing, and it took a long time for her to put everything away. She is not a child of an ordinary family, she has grown up with princes and princesses since she was a child, and the level of contact determines her knowledge.

The royal family is too complicated, and many times it is impossible to see it with the eyes, let alone even experience it with the heart. They are all people who have the power of life and death, and their stomachs are twisted and turned, and they can bluff themselves. Concerning Li Qingjin's life, Xu Ranjia didn't dare to have a trace of luck.

She couldn't believe that no one could guarantee that no one else would interfere in Li Qingjin's death in her previous life. Maybe the emperor doesn't like his merits to be greater? Maybe Li Qingjin recruited whom? Or maybe he's in the way of his progress.

Xu Ranjia called the dark guards to him one by one and assigned them tasks. Their tasks overlap with at least three people, and they try to be as foolproof as possible. She longed to go to the northeast border by herself, but she knew that she couldn't help at all, that she would cause chaos for others, and that she might become someone else's bargaining chip.

The days are getting more and more difficult, Xu Ranjia has to go to the family temple every day to recite the scriptures of the last hour, seeking peace of mind, and praying that God can reproduce a miracle and let Li Qingjin return safely.

However, the probability of a miracle is too small, Li Qingjin's dark coffin was still carried back all the way as in the previous life, Xu Ranjia opened the heavy coffin lid in disbelief, and saw the familiar silver helmet, the red tassels on it were stained with a lot of blood and were dark and pasted together, I don't know if it was his or the enemy's.

She held the helmet into her arms with trembling hands, hugged it tightly, and murmured in a low voice: "Brother Jin, you are back, you are coming home." Did you see, my child and I have been waiting for you at home? You don't know yet, do you? I'm afraid you'll be distracted, so I've been hiding it and want to surprise you when you come back.

Are you happy? ”

The cold helmet didn't react, her head was a little dazed, she didn't let go, her eyes were a little dry and she couldn't squeeze out a single tear. I don't know if it's because she didn't see his ashes, she always thought that he was still fighting on the frontier, and God just played a joke on her.

She watched Li Qingjin's funeral solemnly held in a daze, and saw that the mansion was full of white, and there were not a few servants in the huge palace, but she still felt cold, only when she saw the delicate baby in her arms, her heart could have a trace of warmth and existence.

It's been a long time, spring, summer, autumn and winter are constantly alternating, and it's been four years since he left the mansion to go to the Northeast Frontier, and the cold helmet on the bedroom box has also been two years.

The third prince and Jia Tianyou are still dormant, and Hua Tang shows the false appearance of being rich and strong on the surface, and a few people remember that this fake appearance was exchanged for so much blood.

Xu Ranjia's life went by as usual, with a faint look on her face, just more problems looking at the sky in a daze. The pitiful memories were in her mind, and she now thought that she had wasted too much time, and because she was cowardly afraid of this outcome, she had been resisting to get along with him.

She doesn't have too many extravagances now, she just wants to raise the baby and let him hold up the palace, and then what?

She pursed her lips, still without the slightest hint of tears.

The night is like a giant beast, it swallows up all hope and light, so that everything is hidden, and it is fearless to stretch out.

Xu Ranjia put the baby to sleep, put him in the innermost part of the bed, and looked at his quiet appearance, her heart was very complicated.

She stood up to blow out the lamp, when she saw a dark figure quietly falling from the roof.

Her heart suddenly tightened, her eyes that had been dry were a little pantothenic, and through the blurred vision, the tall figure was as familiar as the bone marrow in her mind.

Xu Ranjia blinked her eyes with difficulty, took a deep breath, and said lightly, "You're back?" ”

I don't know why, the things she has been clinging to have dissipated, thinking about the four years between the two of them, there are too many variables. She didn't need to ask him where he had gone, just a person alive.

Li Qingjin took off his mask, and there was an extra scar on Qingjun's crisp and stylish face, which was horizontal on his right eye.