In the spring of the twenty-second year of Mingzhen,

Xi Chu committed ginger

The elderly emperor was not in good health, so the prime minister assisted the prince to take charge of the country, and the morale of Western Chu was high, and he broke several border passes of Jiang State in a row. However, General Jiang Guozhong's righteous strategist had already passed away, and after several discussions, there were no virtuous and loyal ministers available in the court.

On this day, the old lady of the Dugu family led her two sons and daughters to meet the prince, and said that she was willing to go out for Jiang Guoli and Li Min's health in person. The Dugu family has been loyal for generations, this old lady Dugu is a generation of heroines, when the emperor was alive, the Dugu family was infinitely beautiful. It was reused by the emperor. But since the death of the first emperor and the ascension of the new emperor to the throne, the Dugu family was framed by the villain, and the new emperor was ignorant, so he no longer reused the Dugu family.

"A woman, no matter how brave and resourceful she is, is always a woman, if this prince agrees to you to lead the troops to the battle, wouldn't it make the enemy laugh at our Jiang country." The prince said contemptuously.

When Mrs. Dugu heard this, she didn't care. "The prince's words are wrong, everyone has a responsibility to defend the country, how can the prince distinguish between men and women to discuss, besides, since ancient times, there have been many miracles of women leading troops to defend the country and defending the country. Even when the emperor subdued Jiang Guo back then, he never compared his daughter with a man, how could the prince make this assertion absurdly. ”

One of the civil officials stood up and said after being arrested. "Old Madam Dugu is right, now that the border is victorious, if there is such a talented person as Old Madam Dugu in the court, I am afraid there will not be one." The person who spoke was none other than Liu Yu and Liu Taibao.

Then, more ministers agreed with Liu Yu's words, and persuaded the prince to let the old lady Dugu lead the troops to the battle, and the prince agreed upset.

In this way, Mrs. Dugu led her children on the expedition.

Twenty-four winters

Jiang Guo defeated Western Chu and recovered the border pass, and the lonely old lady took her teacher back to the court. The old emperor was overjoyed, and named the only son of the Dugu family, Lonely Qingyan, as a guardian and a knight for generations. The status of the lonely family in Jiang has been restored to the same as when the first emperor was alive.

In the summer of the twenty-fifth year, the old emperor died, and the crown prince was proclaimed emperor and changed his name to Yonghe.

One day, an uninvited guest came to the Houguan Mansion, Dugu Qingyan brought a family to receive him, it turned out that the person who came was Wang Zexian, the prime minister of the dynasty, and he came for the new emperor's sister Princess Fu Yi.

"Princess Fu Yi has admired the Hou Ye for a long time, and today the Queen Mother's special envoys came to kiss her." The prime minister said straight to the point.

"Thank you princess for your pity, since ancient times, it has been the man who went to the woman's family to talk to the matchmaker, and Prime Minister Wang came to the Hou Mansion in person for the happiness of his granddaughter, which really made the Hou Mansion shine."

"Master Hou is serious, why don't you see the old lady?" Wang Zexian asked.

"My mother is not in good health today, and she has not welcomed foreign guests, and she looks forward to Prime Minister Haihan."

"Where is Master Hou, you should let the old lady take care of her body."

After the day after the emperor left, the new emperor issued an edict to grant marriage, but because the three-year filial piety period had not expired, the marriage was delayed.

In the palace, Prime Minister Wang Zexian and Taifu Guan Jiuchang discussed with the new emperor in the study.

"Jiang Muyan fled to Hanzhong?" The new emperor on the dragon collapsed lazily, and he asked indifferently.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as there is the Dugu family, you can be guaranteed eternal peace, even if Jiang Muyan comes back, it won't change anything." Guan Taifu said.

"Don't take Jiang Muyan lightly, the edict made by the emperor was hidden by him, if he comes back with the edict, the ministers who support him will definitely support him as the new emperor." Prime Minister Wang said earnestly.

The emperor opened his slightly closed eyes at once. "Uncle is right, the current Lonely Family has great prestige in the DPRK, if the Lonely Family is contained, let him Jiang Muyan toss it, the situation is no longer under his control."

The Prime Minister laughed. "Your Majesty understands it."

Guan Taifu shook his head and sighed. "If you want to contain the Dugu family, I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on Princess Fu Yi's relatives."

"Alas, what the national master thinks is, but Dugu Qingyan seems to have a younger sister, called Dugu Xixun, when the old lady Dugu went on the expedition, the daughter she brought was her, she was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, but under the cultivation of the old lady Dugu, she will not be so simple." The prime minister said with a sigh, his face heavy.

In fact, they both understand in each other's hearts that in the hearts of the people of Jiang Guo, the status of the Dugu family is unshakable, and the Dugu family holds most of the military power of Jiang Guo and has the glory of the first emperor.

Dugu cherishes looking for it, and the new emperor recalls three years ago, with the old lady Dugu, but at that time she was immature, and the image she gave him was blurry.

"Uncle, father-in-law, what do you think of me if I summon Dugu Xi into the palace as a concubine?"

"This ......"

The two suddenly stopped talking, according to the law of Jiang Guo, the woman can only marry when she is eighteen years old and she is married, and now this Dugu is only fifteen, and calling into the palace will inevitably cause controversy among the court.

The prime minister pondered for a long time before he spoke. "Your Majesty can't, that Dugu is still young, if she is summoned into the palace as a concubine, it will definitely cause disputes in the court, Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the authority has not yet been formed, so let people grasp the handle."

"Yes, Your Majesty must think twice." The abbot hurriedly followed, the Dugu family is so powerful, if Dugu Xi is summoned into the palace as a concubine, his daughter's queen position can sit safely, and his daughter will be the queen for a day, he will be the abbot, if his daughter is abolished, it will affect his official family for generations.

The new emperor didn't look at the two, took a cup of tea and took a few sips, and pondered in his heart. To say that this is to mention the lonely pity to find is

His uncle, and it was his uncle who wanted to be alone and not allowed to find a concubine, and he had to think about his uncle's thoughts.

If you say this Dugu family, in the evening, a man and a woman both knelt in front of an old lady, the old lady Dugu had a calm face, a kind face but with majesty, she was on the dragon's head crutches, her body stood upright, and her eyes fell on a pair of children.

Old lady Dugu was not from a noble background, when her husband General Dugu followed Taizu to recover Jiang State, she followed her husband and gave him advice. Taizu once praised her, although she was born as a daughter, she was more courageous and resourceful than men. Later, Jiang Guo was pacified, and her husband was crowned by Taizu, and the Dugu family was loved by Taizu at that time. But her husband went with Taizu seven or eight years after his death, when her children were still young, her husband went, and there was no male in the family. In addition, some people in the court slandered in front of the new emperor, and the new emperor gradually forgot the Dugu family, who had made great achievements for Jiang Guoguo.

"Qingyan, as a courtier, you should bind yourself with the laws and regulations of the country, you have not yet married a wife at eighteen, and the emperor gave you a marriage, we should be grateful to the emperor. Besides, my mother heard that Princess Fu Yi was dignified and knew people, and she could take a fancy to you Dugu Qingyan, which was a blessing that you had cultivated in several lifetimes. ”

"What the mother said is that the child remembers the mother's teachings." Dugu Qingyan hung his head, not daring to look at his mother. Although he was not very satisfied with the marriage given by the emperor, as a son, he did not dare to disobey his mother.