The undercurrent of the war was secretly turbulent, and in the eyes of most uninformed people, the first month of the first year of Sutai was generally calm.

At the beginning of February, the Ministry of Rites admonished the royal family on the grounds that the royal family was thin, saying that the Son of Heaven kept filial piety by day and month, and it had been more than a month since the death of the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom.

Emperor Sutai remembered the two elders, and after resigning twice, in the end, "but the ministers seconded it" and agreed.

A few days later, Queen Nie Wuying made a decree to hire Shen Huajing, the daughter of the Shen family, and Liu Beiniang, the daughter of the Liu family, to enter the palace.

These two are both from famous families, and they are both talented and good-looking, and they are not the way to choose, after entering the palace, it is naturally impossible to start from a low-level palace concubine like Princess Feinuan in the previous dynasty.

Their starting point is higher than He Xiuyi at the time of Duanhua: they are all concubines who are directly ranked in the second grade.

Shen Huajing gave the title "Yao", and since then she has been renamed Concubine Yao and given to live in Jinyun Palace; Liu Beiniang gave the title "Xuan", as Concubine Xuan, and lived in Hongning Palace.

"This concubine is just a temporary residence." A few days after the two new concubines were added to the palace, Song Yixiao entered the palace to visit Queen Nie, and the queen told her privately, "The insect slave told me that if there is no accident in the future, there will be a place for these two people in the position of the fourth concubine!" ”

The young queen's tone was bitter, "I feel more and more bored in this palace now!" ”

"How can they be the same as you?" Needless to say, Song Yixiao also knew that Concubine Yao and Concubine Xuan would definitely be promoted in the future, after all, Su Tai Di and they entered the palace just to win over the Shen and Liu families.

This kind of concubine who entered the palace purely because of politics has a future that is closely related to her mother's family.

The war began immediately, and the children of the Shen and Liu families made contributions to the crusade against Di Li, how could Concubine Yao and Concubine Xuan not follow the promotion?

Otherwise, with Emperor Sutai's next reliance on the Shen and Liu families, how could these two be just the concubines of the second grade after entering the palace? must be directly the fourth concubine of Guishu and virtue who is second only to the queen.

Seeing Empress Nie's sad appearance at this moment, she had no choice but to try her best to comfort, "You are Your Majesty's wife, and you are the person Your Majesty loves with all her heart." They were just brought in by His Majesty for the sake of the court - you should raise two idlers in the harem, the royal family has a big business, is it difficult to be afraid that the two of them will eat down the inner library? ”

Empress Nie was not amused by her words, but said faintly: "I just don't know when such a compromise will end?" ”

Emperor Sutai can enter the palace with Concubine Xuan for the sake of the court today, and if there is a need to marry tomorrow, he will not refuse.

What about the day after tomorrow?

And the day after tomorrow?

Although there are one queen and two concubines in this palace now, it can still be said to be empty.

However, in Queen Nie's opinion, these now deserted palaces will one day be full.

At that time, under the surrounding of many clothes and sideburns, how much can his husband remember the love of the past?

"......" Song Yixiao was silent for a while, and said, "Your fourth brother asked me to tell you, and then everything will be snack." No matter how many people there are in this palace, you, the queen, can't be compared to others after all. For your majesty's sake, before accepting these two concubines into the palace, he specially reached an agreement with the Shen and Liu families to let you give birth to the eldest prince. Do you say that you can bear to let Your Majesty's hard work for you be in vain? ”

Empress Nie was speechless, so she had to say: "Fourth sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm just telling you - I will learn to be a qualified mother of the country!" ”

Not long after their conversation, the court officially announced the decision to crusade against Di Li.

Although Emperor Sutai, Jian Xubai, and Shen Liu had already broken their hearts in private for this matter, most of the courtiers were still reluctant to go to war after a long time.

For this reason, since the reign of Emperor Huizong, all the tragedies of the royal family and the court in recent years have been involved in Di Li - Shentu Guifei and Mrs. Zhenyuan's maiden family are related to Di Li, but they were ordered by Di Li to cause trouble to Da Rui, so they entered the palace to confuse Huizong and persecute the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianjia.

And the wise and martial Emperor Xianjia certainly thwarted Di Li's conspiracy, but he was also poisoned by Di Li taking advantage of the chaos, resulting in a long period of poor imperial health.

Later, Emperor Xianjia would execute many of his siblings, precisely because they were all instigated and controlled by Di Li through Shentu Guifei and Zhenyuan's wife, and they would become a disaster if they stayed. At that time, Emperor Xianjia thought that he would not live long, and he had no time to carefully screen it, so he could only "kill his relatives with tears and righteousness".

As for Duanhua and Princess Feinuan giving birth to King Qing - then don't talk about it, it's definitely Di Li's conspiracy!

Of course, this does not mean that Duanhua is innocent, after all, no matter how beautiful and stunning Princess Feinuan is, as one of Emperor Xianjia's favorite sons, she has not been able to resist the temptation of her father's concubine, and after giving birth to a child, she is still recorded in the name of her deceased father.

Fortunately, Emperor Xianjia saw the flaw before his death, and left an edict to entrust Emperor Sutai, and finally saved the building from falling to the general, preventing Di Li's endless poisonous schemes - so how can Emperor Sutai not avenge his predecessors now, and how can the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty not be ashamed of the king?!

After these things were announced one after another, no matter whether the people of the world were full of enthusiasm or not, the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China had nothing to say.

After all, in the eyes of the vast majority of people who don't know it, my Darui has been bullied like this, so the wise and virtuous emperor collapsed and was cuckolded by his favorite son!

There is a way that the lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death, if you don't beat Di Li now, dare to ask the princes of the temple are all boneless?!

What's more, the people who didn't approve of the use of troops before just didn't want to go to war, and they weren't afraid of Di Li - it had only been decades since Rui Taizu was defeated by Di Li and surrendered on his knees.

In the past few decades, Darui has been generally stable, even if some courtiers are timid, it is impossible to say that when they hear the word "Di Li", they will feel weak in their knees when they hear the word "Di Li".

Therefore, despite the dissatisfaction of many people, the final decision to crusade against Di Li was passed.

The huge imperial dynasty officially began to operate for the purpose of war, and the court quickly entered the tension of wartime from the original graceful and soothing rhythm.

As the leaders of this war, Emperor Sutai and Jian Xubai were both busy and lacked skills.

In May of this year, Pei Yourui gave birth to a daughter in the Yanguo Mansion, and the mother and daughter were safe.

Three days after she finished confinement, Song Yixiao also reached the delivery period, and gave birth to the second son, the first son of the couple, as Aunt Yun had already diagnosed.

Because the war between Da Rui and Di Li had officially broken out at this time, Jian Xubai was so busy that he couldn't even wait for the news outside the delivery room in person.

Fortunately, Aunt Yun's medical skills are excellent, Song Yixiao gave birth for the second time, and not long after entering the delivery room, the baby's cry was heard.

This child does not look like his parents, but looks very much like his grandmother, the county lord of Yishui, who died young.

Princess Chengyang hugged the swaddling clothes, cried with joy, and personally named the child "Qingshi", wishing this great-grandson a lifetime of peace and prosperity.

Originally, Pei Yourui wanted to leave the imperial capital after confinement, but because of Song Yixiao's production and confinement, the Yanguo Mansion was temporarily entrusted to her, and she stayed for another two months.

After the autumn, although Song Yixiao and Princess Chengyang tried their best to keep it, she still took her infant daughter and went resolutely.

She didn't go far, only went to a villa in Gyeonggi.

The Yanguo Mansion wants to send things and send condolences here, but it is also convenient.

It's just that Pei Yourui has never set foot in the imperial capital again.

In October of this year, Yuan Xuecao and Jiang Muyao's sister-in-law reported their pregnancy at the same time, which became a topic of conversation in their circle.

And for Jiang Muyao, there is another piece of good news in October, that is, her cousin Yushan eldest princess, finally descended to Su Shaoge, who was in her heart - originally the eldest princess of Yushan was set in the hands of the Duanhua couple, and it should have fallen at the beginning of the year, but after Emperor Sutai ascended the throne, she hoped to regain her cuteness, and tried her best to get Su Shaoge's nod and agree to the marriage, and personally rushed to Xuanming Palace to face the saint, and persuaded Emperor Sutai to withdraw the family business for her and resume the marriage decree.

The story of this matter can't be hidden, and it's no secret that the eldest princess of Yushan is obsessed with Su Shaoge, so no one thinks that Su Shaoge is snatching love with a knife - the reason why this family affair has not been really implemented until now is naturally because Su Shaoge was still in his father's filial piety at the beginning of the year.

Qingzhou Su is a big family, filial piety has its own set of etiquette, and after being busy, it will choose an auspicious day, and it will be delayed until October unconsciously.

Although the horses of this dynasty came from Tiannan and Haibei, after the lord, they all stayed in the imperial capital to accompany the emperor. Occasionally, if there is an errand to leave the capital, after all, it is also the princess's mansion in the imperial capital as his home.

However, Su Shaoge's situation is special, even if he is still the master, Jian Xubai will not allow him to stay in the imperial capital. Because the war was raging at this time, Jian Xubai couldn't be sure that Su Shaoge would not toss anything if he stayed in the imperial capital, or rush back to Qingzhou and let him stay away from the imperial capital and the battlefield, so he could rest assured.

is based on this marriage, but it is the eldest princess of Yushan who married Qingzhou.

Although Su Shaoge came to the imperial capital to welcome his relatives, he did not stay in the imperial capital for more than ten days, and on the auspicious day, he bid farewell to the Empress Dowager Su and the emperor, and hurriedly took the eldest princess of Yushan and her entourage to return to Qingzhou.

Concubine Jiang is such a biological daughter, so she is naturally very reluctant, but the eldest princess of Yushan followed Su Shaoge wholeheartedly, and she had no ability to make Jian Xubai change her mind, so she could only see off her daughter with tears.

"Second Prince Su was obviously willing to agree to this family business, but he kept silent until we came to our senses and begged Your Majesty, and Your Majesty personally came forward to persuade him, and he expressed his attitude." Concubine Jiang regretted very much that she had helped her daughter realize her wish before, and when she was packing up for the eldest princess of Yushan, she couldn't help but complain in private, "With his consistent appearance in front of others, he is so reserved in this kind of matter, and he doesn't care about your face and identity at all, it can be seen that he doesn't have you at all in his heart, but he just regards this family affair as a transaction!" ”

Such a concubine, the eldest princess of Yushan descended to the past, and she was far away from the imperial capital, far away from the protection of her relatives, would she be happy?

"Today, I want to try my best to descend to him, whether I will regret it in the future, I don't know now." But after the eldest princess of Yushan was silent for a long time, she replied, "However, if the person who descended is not him, even if it is good in the future, I will definitely regret and regret it." ”

She looked at her biological mother, with guilt in her eyes, but more firmness, "So, even though I know that he has no intention of me, as long as he is willing to marry me, I still feel very happy, I can't stop being happy!" ”

What else can Concubine Jiang say?

She could only watch her daughter put on her wedding dress, knelt in front of the daughters of the Jiang family who came to congratulate her, and asked them to take care of Concubine Jiang in the future instead of her unfilial daughter.

Qingzhou is so far away from the imperial capital, the eldest princess of Yushan is gone, and it is really difficult to say whether the mother and daughter will meet each other.

On the day of the wedding, Concubine Jiang couldn't help but whimper after watching her daughter's chariot leave the palace, in order to prevent bad luck, she tried to endure it patiently, and said to the left and right: "My son is gone, it is like a princess who was close to her in ancient times!" ”

In the last few dynasties, except for the princesses who are close to each other, they have always been concubines accommodating the imperial daughters and living in the imperial capital for a long time.

However, the left and right didn't know how to comfort Concubine Jiang - after all, it was not Emperor Sutai who forced the eldest princess of Yushan, but she was willing.

The unique descent of the eldest princess of Yushan caused a discussion in the imperial capital for a while, but as she and Su Shaoge went away, the center of gravity of public opinion returned to the war again-

At the end of the month of this year, on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, good news came from the north again, and there was also good news: Di Li Khan's eldest son was dissatisfied with his biological mother's old age and fell out of favor, and drunk and accidentally injured the Khan's new favorite.

That new favorite is one of the sisters of Princess Feinuan, and there are four princesses Wuhuan who are also favored by Dili Khan, all of whom have different colors, which are very accessible and deeply loved by the Khan.

After suffering this loss, he naturally will not go back without revenge - the four pampered beauties sued together, and the other sons of Dili Khan were also hard to fall into the well for the sake of the Khan, and the Khan was pampered by them, and under the excitement, he ordered the exile of the eldest son.

After the eldest son learned the news, he refused to accept it, and took his subordinates, with the support of his mother's family, to raise an army, although it failed to succeed due to the great power of the Khan, but it also led to a lot of civil strife in the royal family of Dili!

The most important thing is that the mother and wife of the Khan's eldest son are very powerful within the Di Li.

And the only link between these two clans and the Khan is the Khan's eldest son.

It is conceivable that in the next war, what kind of hidden dangers and outbreaks will there be within Di Li!

In such a joy of universal celebration, the only one who is depressed and difficult to smile is Queen Nie.

Emperor Sutai really defended her sincerely, and for the past year, Concubine Yao Xuanfei has served the emperor for a few days every month, but she has never come out.

But Queen Nie, who was most expected to give birth to an heir, did not move.

Recently, some courtiers have come to the table, proposing to let Emperor Sutai accept a few more newcomers - after all, at the beginning of the year, the daughters of the Shen and Liu families were invited into the palace, and the name is that the royal heirs are thin, isn't it?

Emperor Sutai has been an adult for three years, and now he doesn't even have a princess, and even the concubine doesn't even have a pregnant concubine, how can the ministers not worry?

Song Yixiao was also worried, but she never expected that this matter would involve the Yanguo Mansion!