Before Ligu could speak, she saw Hong'er running in and hurriedly shouted, "The prince has returned to the palace." ”

Everyone knows that the crown prince was sent to guard the sword gate, because the emperor held a grand farewell ceremony before leaving.

The crown prince and the general Wang Zhaoyuan have just been away for a few days.

"The prince has returned to the palace? Who do you listen to? Could it be that the Song army was repulsed? Ligu was startled.

"Just now, the palace maids at the gate of the palace were talking about it, saying that the prince had returned to the palace." Hong'er explained.

Yun Moxi smiled and said, "This is the good news I just wanted to tell you!" The Sword Gate had been broken by the Song army, and the prince naturally fled back to the palace. ”

"It turned out that they had fled back, and the slave and maid were frightened, thinking that they had returned victorious." Ligu said sarcastically, laughing to herself, how could she think that the Shu Kingdom would win just now.

"But Hibiscus City will soon be unsettled." Yun Moxi walked to the bookcase and wrote a letter, loaded it and handed it to Ligu, "Send the letter to Yueqi and Riqi, we also have to prepare, the Shu Kingdom will soon perish." ”

The crown prince Meng Xuanzhe fled back to the palace, Meng Chang was furious, and it was only a few days that the drunken wine at the farewell banquet didn't seem to wake up, and the prince fled back in embarrassment. And the sword gate was lost, and the door of Shu was wide open, which was still there.

I wanted to depose the prince, but the Shu army was defeated again and again, and the bad news came one after another, Meng Chang's head was about to explode, and he couldn't care about dealing with Meng Xuanzhe, so he was only locked up in the prince's mansion and not allowed to go out.

And soon the news came that the Song army had surrounded Furong City.

Meng Chang still couldn't believe it, and personally climbed the city tower to look at it from a distance, and on the other side of the continuous sea of hibiscus flowers was stationed the camp tent of the Song army, densely packed I don't know how many, and the word "Wei" was written on the banner flying high.

His legs were a little weak, and the palace people hurriedly helped him back to the palace.

The Song army besieged but did not attack, and the city of Furong was already like a pot of porridge. In a rich capital that has not experienced war for decades, where do courtiers and soldiers still have the heart to think about defending the city.

From the emperor to the courtiers, there was no effective advice, and Meng Chang was even more sad and desperate, and he couldn't even go to the early court, and he was drunk and dizzy all day long, and he didn't know what to do.

Zhao Ting was stationed outside the city and did not besiege the city, allowing the people to enter and exit, posted a notice of surrender at the city gate, and also sent a letter to Meng Chang, detailing the preferential treatment of the surrender of the wrestling people and the placement of them in the Song Dynasty.

There was also a panic in the palace, and some eunuchs and palace maids escaped from the palace without permission. The guards also had no intention of patrolling, and people were panicked everywhere.

Meng Chang occasionally thought of his splendid country when he was sober, and thought that he was impregnable, a corner of paradise that had been in peace for decades, and so quickly let people come to the city. The hundreds of thousands of troops of Shu were like a fictitious state.

Sitting up in the middle of the night in a daze, it was like a dream, looking at the empty, gorgeous and extravagant palace, but the heart was extremely empty.

The palace people in the hall sat in the corner and dozed off, he stood up and walked out of the dormitory quietly barefoot, stepping on the cold floor before he felt that he was awake.

Looking at the splendid palace under the night, shining with golden brilliance even in the night, this newly built palace with a huge amount of money was the proof of his new life and beautiful love. But now it's all like a dream, could it be that this is a dream, and now this dream is about to wake up?

There was a blur in his eyes. At that moment, as if he saw his deceased father, he stood not far away and glared angrily, and suddenly felt ashamed and embarrassed, and wanted to step forward to speak, but his father turned around and brushed away without saying a word. Meng Chang's heart throbbed.

Suddenly saw a person in the distance walking towards him, and when he got closer, he saw that it was his former queen, the wife who shared weal and woe with him - Zhang Taihua.

The past is like a picture scroll, breaking out of the fence of memory one by one.

The first emperor Taizu Emperor Meng Zhixiang single-handedly established the Shu Kingdom, but later died suddenly, and no matter how powerful a person is, he can't beat birth, old age, sickness and death.

At that time, Meng Chang was still a teenager, so he was forcibly pushed to sit on the dragon chair.

Several auxiliary ministers chose a queen for him, but he was originally rejected, and the daughter of a powerful minister he had never met was another shackle that wanted to tie himself.

But when she was wearing a phoenix crown and a xia veil, so delicate and gorgeous, and walked towards him with a faint smile, his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

Not only was he moved by her youth and beauty, but what was more valuable was her virtuous kindness, which filled his lonely and cold heart with warmth and love.

At that time, he was full of ambition and wanted to work hard, and the queen supported him to learn to govern the country and encouraged him to listen to advice.

The important ministers of the court held real power, but because he was young and powerless, he became a puppet invisibly, and the powerful ministers were arrogant and untamed and did not abide by the law and discipline system, and the government was full of evil.

So Meng Chang secretly vowed to eradicate the old ministers, establish the imperial authority, and regain his own imperial power. is even ambitious, dreaming of one day being able to dominate the world with a sword in the Central Plains.

When everyone was against it and it was extremely difficult, the only one who supported him was Zhang Taihua, who did everything he could to help him.

At that time, the Shu Kingdom was not very strong, the people were poor and oppressed, and there were mobs everywhere.

Zhang Taihua leads by example, diligent and thrifty in the harem, not only the people in the harem do not wear fancy clothes, but even the food and clothing of the emperor and empress are all simple. The old palace did not have any extra money to repair and decorate.

All the saved expenses, even all of Zhang Taihua's dowry jewelry, were dedicated to Meng Chang to support him in forming his own army and other necessary expenses.

helped him to make the country prosperous, reform the rule of officials, and finally gradually regained the imperial power and eradicated the traitorous ministers. After the reform, the Shu Kingdom also became stronger and stronger, and this side was rich in water and soil products, and soon became rich.

Thinking of this, a smile bloomed on Meng Chang's fat face, who was standing alone in the night, what a beautiful time it was, although it was so hard and difficult.

But why did he lose her?

- The virtuous and kind woman.

As time passed, I don't know when his heart and original intention slowly changed.

The kingdom of Shu became rich, the people began to praise Mingjun, the treasury was full, and there was no longer any opposition and threat in the court.

The voices of praise and praise were endless, and finally he had the right to supreme majesty, and he gradually relaxed a little, and he no longer liked to go to Cuiwei Palace.

Because Zhang Taihua always reminded him of the tribulations he had had, prevented him from singing and feasting, and advised him to continue to work hard.

She has never changed, but Meng Chang has already changed.

He was tired of the old days, and gradually only liked young and beautiful concubines, liked to wear luxurious and grand dragon robes, and liked happy and extravagant night banquets. Only all this is worthy of his majesty and strategy, and it is worth the hard work he once put in.

So it was decided to rebuild the palace and accommodate the harem.

But Zhang Taihua knelt down in plain clothes to advise him, not letting him work hard and hurt money. Her appearance is no longer as young and delicate as it was back then, and her consistent simple clothes are so not gorgeous enough to match herself.

Meng Chang looked at Zhang Taihua kneeling at the foot of the steps, not only was he not moved, but he was full of disgust, how could such a posture be worthy of standing beside him and being his queen.

And so the man worthy of him appeared. The first time he saw it, he was fascinated by the world's first beauty Xu Su.