The New Year passed in a blink of an eye, and after three years of Sutai, the imperial list full of Da Rui still failed to bring good news to Empress Nie, but the relationship between Empress Dowager Su and the Empress Dowager has greatly improved.

On the day when the Queen Mother came forward to defend Empress Nie, Queen Nie personally rushed to Mingren Palace to thank her, and talked with the Queen Mother for a long time before respectfully retiring.

The next day, Emperor Sutai also took the time to go to the Qingxi Palace to thank the Queen Mother for sending charcoal in the snow - in fact, the Empress Dowager Su had nothing to thank the queen for herself, and she saw that her own son also thanked herself for this, and her mood was really complicated.

The biological mother who conceived and gave birth to Emperor Sutai in October and raised him a little bit is better than a wife?!

Therefore, although the Queen Mother instantly changed her kind attitude towards Empress Nie, she was still a little cold to Emperor Sutai.

However, Emperor Sutai disagreed, he knew that in the matter of his sister, he offended the Queen Mother ruthlessly.

This time, the Queen Mother was willing to come forward to speak for the queen, even if it was because she was moved by Princess Chengyang and Song Yixiao, Emperor Sutai was also very grateful.

Not only did he not leave anything behind, but he became more and more respectful to the Queen Mother, and even took the initiative to mention the matter of the heir of the eldest princess of Changxing: "I heard that Second Cousin Su and Sister Yushan just gave birth to a son? Since the queen mother wants to have a stepchild for Sister Changxing from the Su family, according to the child, it is better to wait for Su Second Cousin and Sister Yushan to have another heir, and choose from them? First, Sister Changxing had always been friends with Second Cousin Su and Sister Yushan before her death, so that their children would be the heirs of Sister Changxing, and they would feel comforted if they wanted to come to Sister Jiuquan of Changxing; Second, Concubine Jiang is the biological mother of Sister Yushan, and she can help you take care of it in the future. ”

Originally, the emperor ascended the throne as Rui Wuzong, so he could not call the Empress Dowager Su "Queen Mother".

But at the moment, there are only two of them in the palace, and Emperor Sutai naturally used the old title in order to please the Empress Dowager Su.

Empress Dowager Su actually chose the child of Su Shaoge and his wife to pass on to Princess Changxing, after all, the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang has always been good. Concubine Jiang is the eldest princess of Yushan, a biological flesh and blood, for her sweetheart to marry Qingzhou, it is rare to see in this life, living alone in this palace, even if the Jiang family's daughters occasionally visit the palace, in the end it is pitiful.

If you can take the biological flesh and blood of the eldest princess of Yushan to the palace to raise her, you can comfort Concubine Jiang to some extent.

As for whether this child will be closer to his grandmother when he grows up and knows his life experience, Empress Dowager Su doesn't care very much.

In the final analysis, she just wants to raise an heir for her biological daughter, so that there will be no one behind her daughter, and no one will sacrifice during the New Year's holidays in the future.

As for whether this child regards herself as the closest person, the Queen Mother has no intention of forcing - as long as the child is recorded in Changxing's name, don't neglect Changxing during the New Year.

At this moment, Emperor Sutai said this, Empress Dowager Su raised her eyebrows, and said lightly: "The mourning family also thinks so, but Shaoge and Yushan are far away in Qingzhou, and I don't know if there is a chance to come to the imperial capital in the future." The mourning family is so old, and I don't know how long I can raise the child for Changxing? When the time comes, once the mourning family leaves, but the child has not grown up, send it back to Qingzhou, in the end, he has been separated from his parents for a long time, how can he compare with his brothers and sisters with the same father and mother? Stay in the imperial capital, no one will take care of it, how can the mourning family rest assured? And Concubine Jiang is not much younger than the mourning family. ”

Emperor Su Tai said: "What the queen mother said, the queen mother is deeply blessed, and the nephew's children in the future have to point to you to help take care of it!" Besides, can the child still treat his nephew badly? ”

After saying this, seeing that the Empress Dowager Su still looked faint, Emperor Sutai remembered Jian Xubai's private reminder, and simply said directly, "In the first few dynasties after ancient times, the emperor's nephew will be a marquis." In recent dynasties, including this dynasty, although there is no such rule, the child has a sister of Sister Changxing - the queen mother, you see, how about the child to give her heir a marquis in the future? ”

When Empress Dowager Su got this, Fang smiled, looked forward to it and said with a little regret: "But Shaoge and his wife only have their first child now, and I don't know when they will be able to pass on their step-heir to Changxing?" ”

In fact, it didn't take long - at the end of the third year of Sutai, news came from Qingzhou that the eldest princess of Yushan was happy again, if the boy who was born this time was still a boy, according to the agreement, it would be recorded in the name of the eldest princess of Changxing.

On the same day that the news was reported to the imperial city, the northern victory was great, the royal city of Dili was broken, the khan was killed in battle, most of the sons were ambushed, and the few who escaped alive were also in the pursuit.

At this time, the imperial capital was already full of ice and snow, and the grasslands in the north could be described as dripping into ice.

If it had been another time, the commander in charge of this battle might have considered the poor Kou Mo Chasing.

But this time, from the emperor to the ministers, they are all determined to completely eradicate Di Li.

Let this alien race, which fused Beirong and Qiudi, completely disappear between heaven and earth.

Therefore, even though he knew that the cost of pursuit and killing in this situation was huge, the commander still sent his henchmen to personally go out while counting the prisoners and war losses, and he must kill them all, not giving Di Li any chance to resurrect, let alone make a comeback.

The grassland is vast, and there are not many people who escape, and in this kind of ice and snow, it is easy to lose clues, and it is destined to take time and energy to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

However, the city of Dili was broken, and the royal family was eight out of ten. Nine became a captive, and the vitality of the whole country was greatly damaged, and he could no longer pose a threat to Darui. Now Di Li, except for a few people who are carried away by hatred and still want to deal with Da Rui, everyone else is seeking survival - they no longer dare and don't want to fight Da Rui, just don't really destroy the country and the species in this war!

This kind of battle situation is enough to make the Great Rui Monarch who is watching this war breathe a sigh of relief, and temporarily let go of the heart that has been mentioned for three years!

"It doesn't take a large army to exterminate the remnant, it's too costly, and it will be half the effort." After rejoicing, Jian Xubai proposed to Emperor Sutai, "It's better to let the main force of the army return to the dynasty with the Dili royal family and war horses now, Your Majesty can follow the example of the first emperor, sacrifice the Taimiao, and raise the prestige of my great Rui country!" ”

Emperor Sutai naturally would not refuse, thinking that their monarchs and ministers conspired to kill Di Li, comfort their ancestors, promote national prestige, eradicate future troubles, and help the world...... These are secondary, the main thing is to establish their own prestige and consolidate their own position.

- After all, if their position is unstable, they will not be able to protect themselves at that time, and what will they use to realize their ambitions?

Now that this war, which has lasted for three years, has finally achieved a decisive victory, how can we not strike while the iron is hot, and let the whole country know the wisdom and ability of their monarch and minister?!

After the good news of the victory of the Northern Expedition spread throughout the imperial capital, every household fell into a joy.

Although for younger people, they have not experienced the turbulent times of fifty years ago at all, and they may not have much strong hatred for the distant Di Li.

However, it is always happy to know that my country has won a great victory, and to feel the glory and joy of being the people of a strong country.

There is a way of double happiness, a few days later, the joy of Di Liguo has not faded, Song Yixiao is pregnant again after two years, so that the entire Yanguo Mansion is overjoyed, not to mention, even Emperor Sutai After knowing the news, he also specially rewarded a batch of treasures - of course, Queen Nie will not forget to send her henchmen to the door to congratulate.

It's just that the next day, Song Yi smiled and entered the palace to thank her, and went to Weiyang Palace to see the queen, and after the queen congratulated her personally, she didn't say a few words, and suddenly said: "It is said that many people in the Dili royal family have become prisoners this time?" ”

"Yes, after all, I have to bring it back and let His Majesty go to the Taimiao to sacrifice prisoners!" Song Yixiao only heard this, and didn't think anything about it, so he said casually, "But I heard that some of the royal family escaped in the end, and the grassland is so big, I don't know when it will be all eradicated?" ”

"A lot of royal princesses are among them." Empress Nie looked at the teacup in her hand, and whispered in an emotionless tone, "Fourth sister-in-law, you say, how about I let those princesses who are handsome and knowledgeable enter the palace to serve Your Majesty?" ”

Song Yi smiled and was surprised: "Why did you suddenly think of this?!" ”

"This year is the end of the third year of Sutai." Empress Nie raised her eyes to look at her, there was sadness in her eyes, but there was also relief, and she said softly, "Even if the Queen Mother has always been on my side...... And how long can you maintain me? Fourth sister-in-law, you know, even if there is a mother-in-law who treats her daughter-in-law as a daughter, but in this world, who will watch her son for her daughter-in-law and have no heirs? ”

There were tears in her eyes, "What's more, in the past three years, I have been disappointed again and again, to be honest, I've had enough!" ”

Song Yixiao's heart sank slightly when she heard it, but she didn't know what to say?

After all, Empress Nie is telling the truth - it has been three years since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne.

But there is always no heir, this is not something that the Queen Mother can always suppress.

In fact, there are kings who have no heirs for many years in history, but most of the problems are in the emperor, who belongs to the three palaces and six courts, and there is no situation where the emperor's heir has landed.

It's not good to blame the harem for not being able to do it.

But in this dynasty, the emperor wholeheartedly wants the eldest son to come out of the middle palace, the queen can't give birth if she is secretly handed, and the second concubine of the harem is not allowed to give birth, let alone others - how can the official not target the queen? !

"Now the court is discussing the matter of Di Li, and there is no time to take care of the harem for the time being." Song Yixiao was silent for a while, and said, "If they don't mention it, why don't we pretend to be confused?" Maybe if we work harder, there will be good news? ”

"I originally wanted to follow what the eldest sister said before, and choose two upright and sensible people among the palace maids to serve Your Majesty." Queen Nie didn't answer this, and said to herself, "However, two days ago, I went to ask the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and I talked about this plan in private, but the Queen Mother advised me not to look for a palace maid - the palace maid has a humble status, and if she can mix in this palace, even if she has a bad temper and temperament, she may pretend to be." Looking at the sensible and gentle now, it's hard to say what it will be like in the future. ”

"I'm not a very city person, so I don't know if I'm revenge on the general."

"So it's better to take advantage of the return of the army to the dynasty this time, and bring back the Dili royal family, and choose two of them to serve Your Majesty - even if those people used to be noble, they are now all people who have lost their country, and they are better than palace maids. The most important thing is that the Darui government and the opposition will not allow a woman of different races to covet the position of the queen or the queen mother. When they enter the palace, they can only rely on me. ”

"Even if they give birth to a prince, because the child has half of Di Li's blood, under normal circumstances, the hope of entering the East Palace is very slim."

Empress Nie muttered distractedly, "And as long as the name of the emperor's eldest son is occupied, other concubines, such as Concubine Yao and Concubine Xuan, even if they give birth to a prince, they are just ordinary princes." ”

"In this way, I can slowly recuperate my body, and it is best to have my own children in the future, if not, but I don't have to be like now, suffering in anxiety every day!"

Song Yixiao noticed that when Empress Nie mentioned Emperor Sutai this time, it was a little different - the queen did not say "worm slave" casually, but changed her name to "Your Majesty".

She didn't know if this was a sign that the emperor's feelings had changed, or if the Empress Dowager Su had privately mentioned Empress Nie, but she felt inexplicably sad and uncomfortable in her heart.

"It's not so easy for the army to come, and it is estimated that it will be a few months later." Song Yi smiled and calmed down, and then said to Queen Nie, "Even if you want to give it to Your Majesty, Princess Nadili, you can't do this now, why don't you take advantage of the past few months to continue to try the recipe offered by the people below?" Besides, have you told Your Majesty about this? Your Majesty...... Are you sure Your Majesty likes it for you to do this? ”

Empress Nie bit her lip, her eyes full of confusion.

Song Yixiao was silent with her for a while, and was about to say something more, but at this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, followed by Wanfang's somewhat cautious voice: "Niangniang, Mrs. Song, the people from the Yanguo Mansion handed the news to the palace gate." ”

The two aunts and sisters-in-law in the palace were stunned: Song Yixiao came to the palace today to thank the queen, of course the Yanguo Mansion knew this.

Although everyone knows that Empress Nie is not a scheming person, and Song Yixiao is especially different, the Yanguo Mansion has never relied on this and rashly came to Weiyang Palace to disturb.

In the past three years, even if Song Yixiao was occasionally in the palace, what happened in the palace was handled by Princess Chengyang or Jian Xubai, instead of the big lama handing the words to the palace and interrupting the conversation between the queen and Song Yixiao.

The two sisters-in-law glanced at each other, and their eyes were solemn: Could it be that something happened to the Yanguo Mansion? is so big that he knows that Song Yixiao is talking alone with the queen, and he wants Wanfang to interrupt?!