This battle was difficult to fight and win hard, but it finally saved face for Daqi and forced the enemy army back ten miles.

Daqi suffered heavy losses, the deputy general Qin Zhuang was seriously injured, and when the soldiers brought Qin Zhuang back from the dust, he had an arrow stuck in his vest, covered in blood, and that arrow was blocked for Xiang Ye.

The emperor made a strict order to the military doctors, they must save Qinzhuang, the military doctors tried their best, from the camp account out of the basin of blood and water, it was shocking to see, finally at dusk of this day, the military doctors gave the emperor a clear answer, General Qin could not die.

At that time, Xiang Ye breathed a long sigh of relief, and the person who hadn't slept for a day and a night felt a little trance, and after returning to his camp tent, looking at the gorgeous furnishings in the camp tent, and looking at the exquisite meals prepared by the accompanying palace people, he remembered the seven years of marching.

At that time, which place was not a meal and sleeping in the open, in order not to delay the march, he slept on a haystack, in order to hide in the deep mountains without exposing his traces, he and the soldiers used wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, step by step, they stepped out of the road of the emperor, and it was not the red carpet gold bricks that were laid under the feet, but the blood, tears and sweat of the soldiers, and life.

But three years later, when he went out again, it turned out to be the situation in front of him, dealing with a backward barbarian, he actually fell into such a stupid ambush and design. He also thought he was a great emperor, he thought he was just a family affair and was not willing to worry about it, facing the world, the army, and the people, Qin Zhuang gave him a resounding slap in the face with the arrow on his back.

The palace people who accompanied the army leaned in to see how the emperor was doing, but the emperor said angrily: "Withdraw, remove all these things, from today onwards, I will eat the same meal as the soldiers." ”

"Yes."

"Spread the decree, tomorrow at dawn, order troops in front of the big tent."

Xiang Ye wants to take down the mountain, he must cut the land in the south to make amends, for the sake of Daqi, for the country, and for his own face. After a battle that was not won at all, the soldiers gathered their anger and blood, and when they saw the emperor lay down his dignity and lie down with them, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and then they were invincible and overwhelming, killing countless southern barbarian invaders, forcing them to flee back to their own borders.

When Xiang Ye returned with his troops, Qin Zhuang had already woken up.

Seeing the emperor's great victory, Qin Zhuang was excited, but blamed himself: "The minister didn't do anything for the emperor, and let the emperor worry about it, it's really damned." ”

Xiang Ye only said: "You saved my life, you are the greatest hero, if I listen to your advice and take a step earlier that day, I will not give them a chance." Hello, I will take you back to the capital, and I will give you the highest merit and glory. ”

Qin Zhuang said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, you are running around on the road, it is a journey back to Beijing, and it is another journey back to Kizhou from the capital, and I also ask the emperor to forgive the minister's injury and let the minister return to Jizhou directly from Qiangshui Pass." ”

Xiang Ye said: "You still want to go back to Kizhou?" ”

Qin Zhuang said with a smile: "The emperor has made a minister the king of Jizhou, and the minister naturally wants to go back." Moreover, the emperor now looks at the ministers even more differently, and he is afraid of making enemies in Beijing, and the ministers are martial artists who can only fight and defend the city, and those cunning ministers can't come around. I'm afraid that if it's in the capital, I'm going to be so depressed that I can't breathe. ”

Xiang Ye thought about it again and again, and could only agree: "After recovering from my injury, I will come to Beijing from time to time to see me, bring my wife and children, and let them also come to the capital to see and understand." ”

At this moment, the emperor relieved the depression of the previous battle, and ordered: "Send the news back to Beijing and tell the Queen Mother that Qiangshui Pass is a great victory, and I will leave to return to the court in five days." ”

Such a good news, all the way to the capital non-stop, inside and outside the palace in the capital, all rejoicing, the queen mother saw the concubines smiled from ear to ear, said: "I made a wish in front of the Bodhisattva, tomorrow you will follow me to the Huguo Temple to repay the wish, just in the palace is also stuffy, all go out for a walk." ”

Concubine Shu smiled brightly: "The concubine is going to take care of it, Ming'er will leave early in the morning, thinking that the sisters will go to pray for the emperor's blessing, and ask General Shen to help, arrange the carriage and horses and escort the guards, the line can be long." ”

The Queen Mother took Min'er's hand and said, "It's good for our mother and son to take a car." ”

Min'er smiled happily: "Erchen thinks so too." ”

And on this day, when Min'er returned to Shangyang Palace, the craftsmen had already sent the cut and polished fan bones. The warm fat jade is made of fan bones, the temperament is mild, not as cold and scary as the black jade, this fan Min'er is too big to hold, but she is better than the emperor's hand, it should be just right.

She carefully stroked the fan bone, opened and closed, closed and opened, Qingya smiled on the side: "Niangniang made the fan, you haven't thought about it, what to draw on the fan?" ”

Min'er said with a smile: "Think about it, keep the fan for the emperor to think for himself, and write what he likes." ”

But the fan is a very delicate job, not good for a while, now the Queen Mother is happily going to Huguo Temple to visit, Min'er plans to return tomorrow, quietly toss this fan, no matter how before the emperor triumphs, it will be done.

Early the next morning, the ladies in the imperial city traveled, and the roads in the entire capital were under martial law, Jiang Yunsheng, as a nephew and daughter-in-law, was of course also among the queen mother's invitations, she shared a car with the concubine, and before arriving at the Huguo Temple, she only hurriedly took a photo with the queen mother and Min'er. And Concubine Shu followed her inseparably, for fear that her sister would do something ridiculous, after all, in the past few days, for the affairs of Shen Zhe and the queen, it has been rumored to be ups and downs, and Concubine Shu can suppress the tongue in the palace, and she can't suppress the gossip between the ladies in the capital.

Sure enough, Yunshang is very different, after forcing a smile in front of the Queen Mother, she didn't talk much along the way, the little prince wanted to play with her, but she was lazily dealt with, the child is very sensitive, and when she sees that she is not liked, she will no longer pester Yunsheng.

Concubine Shu saw it in her eyes, and she didn't dare to ask how her cousin was doing at home.

To Huguo Temple, the teachers greeted in front of the mountain gate early, welcomed the Queen Mother and the ladies into the temple to pray, and Huguo Temple is the largest temple in the capital, after the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Guanyin Hall and so on, on the occasion of the golden autumn, the temple is exquisite and beautiful, and it is impossible to visit for a day.

However, in the pure place of Buddhism, the concubines can not make loud noises and frolic, and in addition to Min'er, they are not the first time to come, in fact, compared to the Huguo Temple, they want to go to the City God Temple two miles away from the Huguo Temple, the Queen Mother knows their thoughts, after worshipping the Bodhisattva, she called Shen Zhe: "It is difficult for the ladies to get out of the palace once, you will be involved to take them to the City God Temple under the mountain, I was too excited last night and slept badly, and I didn't have the energy to go shopping today." I'll rest here, and in two hours, I'll bring them back. ”

Shen Zhe took the order and left, headed by Lin Zhaoyi, most of the concubines followed, Concubine Shu naturally followed the Queen Mother, and Min'er hadn't seen enough of the scenery in the Huguo Temple, so the Queen Mother asked her to go for a walk by herself and bring a few palace people.

The Queen Mother saw Yunshang sitting stiffly on the side, so she smiled and said, "Child, are you uncomfortable, you are young, how can you just sit, but your sister restrains you?" ”

Concubine Shu smiled awkwardly: "How could the concubine restrain her, it's because she's shy and afraid of life." ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "It's been more than a month, it's all my own family, go, go shopping, how boring it is to sit with me." Your sister is used to it, and she's quieter. ”

Jiang Yunshang couldn't cope with the queen mother's kindness, and she would only say more when she sat down, so she got up and agreed, and withdrew with the palace maid.

On this side, Min'er took Qingya to the mountain behind Huguo Temple, except for the abbot and the ** masters, the monks in the temple were waiting in their respective meditation rooms, and Shen Zhe set up a sentry again, which was very safe.

But I didn't expect to meet acquaintances in Huguo Temple, and when Min'er returned from the back mountain, she met Song Yuan after the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

When Song Yuan saw the queen, he immediately stepped aside to wait, but still smiled elegantly: "Lord Song doesn't need to be polite, Niangniang is very happy to see you." It's just Lord Song, why are you here? ”

Song Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at Min'er, immediately retracted his gaze, bowed down and said: "Every year when the Queen Mother goes to Huguo Temple to pray, it is the ministers who assist her, and she just went to see the abbot, and she didn't want to meet Niangniang, and she was shocked by Niangniang's driving." ”

Min'er said, "Linglong is okay?" ”

Song Yuan was busy and worried: "The minister has not been able to thank Niangniang in person, thank Niangniang for her exquisiteness." ”

Min'er shook her head: "What's the matter, what did I do to her?" ”

Song Yuan looked up in amazement, and when he saw the queen's indifferent expression, he understood the meaning of the queen's words, he shouldn't have asked the queen for such a thing, and now, he only thought that something like that had never happened.

Min'er explained a few words to Qingya, and told her to explain to Song Yuan later, and she wanted to go back to the queen mother's side, but Song Yuan suddenly asked the queen to stay.

Min'er knew that Song Yuan was a person who couldn't hide what he could say, but he didn't know what he was asking for this time, and after stopping for a while, he immediately wanted to leave again, but he was still determined not to listen to Song Yuan.

But Song Yuan took the initiative to take a few steps forward and said to Min'er: "The emperor's victory in Qiangshui Pass is gratifying, but for the government, the minister has a few heartfelt words that he wants to say to Niangniang." Niangniang is as kind to Linglong, but Niangniang is alone in the harem, these words are very important to you. ”

Min'er stopped with her back to him, and only heard Song Yuan say: "Niangniang, for more than three years, Guotai has been safe, and the emperor has made martial arts, and everyone in the world has seen it." However, in the past three years, the emperor has suppressed the dynasty with absolute force and authority, which can achieve the results that the emperor wants in a short period of time, but in the long run, the drawbacks will be revealed, and the emperor will be struggling and cocooning himself. ”

Min'er's always cold face actually frowned in front of people, but she quickly calmed herself down and asked calmly, "Lord Song finished speaking?" ”

Song Yuan should be, so he saw the queen leave indifferently and didn't say anything more. Song Yuan let out a long sigh, he felt that the empress could make up for the emperor's shortcomings. But......

When Min'er bypassed the Daxiong Treasure Hall, she happened to see Shen Zhe returning from the mountain.