The Son of Heaven was wounded in the battle, returned to Beijing and died, and the temple was called Shenzong.

The stars fall, and the world is silent.

The widowed queen was pregnant with Liujia, dressed in a plain white feather robe, standing on the square in front of Rong Xuan's door to support the coffin. She closed her eyes and felt the heat on her skin like a pinprick, and when she looked up, she saw the clear sky and the scorching sun in the vast world.

It seems that Mu Beiyi's soul has turned into a god in the sky, and he has given the Great Wei Kingdom a sad scorching sun after the rainy season. It was a long-lost sunny day, and the May sun melted every inch of the Great Wei and Funan Kingdom, drying all the mud and dampness.

He is not the lover who knows each other like spring breeze in this life. But as far as Great Wei is concerned, he is the guardian deity of this country, and he gave his life's work and body to the land of Great Wei. At dawn, the people cried out in pain, and said to the Holy King.

The battle reports came like snowflakes, and Mu Yongyue burned the 100,000 mountains of Funan, and thousands of miles of wilderness turned into a scorching ocean. In purgatory-like southern Xinjiang, the situation between the two armies reversed, and on the sixth day of the fifth month, they ushered in a long-lost draw.

Pillow Chun sat on the dragon chair that Mu Beiyi had sat on before his death, frowned and unfolded one document after another, arguing with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military day and night, defending the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains left by Mu Beiyi.

Under the Jinluan High Hall of the Great Wei Dynasty, there are layers of white curtains, and all the officials are dressed in linen and filial piety, and they are guarding the national funeral. The eldest prince wore a plain white scarf tied to his forehead, standing in front of Pillow Chun, reciting the return of the front line of the Duke of Longguo.

"I, the Great Wei, participated in the war with 143,000 people, and now there are 71,000 people left in the combat strength. More than 146,000 people participated in the war, and now there are more than 80,000 people left in the war. "The eldest prince folded the recital of the Privy Council," the king thought that more than half of our army was killed and wounded, and it was not suitable to fight again. Coupled with the angry sunshine of May, taking advantage of the great frustration of the soldiers to support the spirit of the southern country, I hereby ask the queen mother to negotiate peace. ”

It is to negotiate peace, not to seek peace. Pillow Chun squinted slightly, and the palm of the chair was on the faucet. In the past few days, the Funan Kingdom lost three battles in a row, but the Great Wei also destroyed 10,000 enemies and lost 8,000 themselves. Now that peace is being discussed, it is indeed a good time for Dawei to stop his losses and recuperate. Coupled with the national mourning of the Son of Heaven, the Great Wei Kingdom has been stormy for months, and it can't withstand the devastation.

However......

King Kawasaki stepped forward: "If the minister has objections, the minister will fight." He took a step forward and elaborated on it, "My Great Wei has never tasted defeat since the year of praying for martial arts. The Shan suppressed the rioting cave people, and the Yanbei expelled the barbarians, and they have always used force to intimidate the countries of the Quartet. Now that there is a war in southern Xinjiang, if we talk about peace easily, what will my Great Wei have to accumulate power in the future? ”

The king of Linzi thought it was wrong: "If the weather is not clear, now my Great Wei Kingdom has already been invaded by the Funan people in Nanguan, how can I accumulate power?" A fierce battle can raise the prestige of the country, but the more than 70,000 Wei soldiers who died are 70,000 widowed women and 70,000 fatherless children......"

As he spoke, everyone was silent and looked at the pillow spring sitting in the high hall.

King Linzi frowned and bowed his head and stepped aside.

Pillow Chun raised his eyebrows slightly, stroked his lower abdomen, and said in a deep voice: "What do you think?" ”

An Qingshan whiskered: "The lord and." If you only fight for the sake of gaining prestige, it will defeat the original purpose of the war. The war is to protect the family and country from foreign invasion, and to protect the country and the people. Wu Anjun was the head of the four famous generals of the Warring States, annihilating millions of enemy troops, killing and beheading, and doing everything to win the battle. In the end, it ended up being called a cruel word. ”

Pillow Chun leaned back in the chair slightly, his eyebrows frowned: "Zhu Qing thinks that if you talk about peace, it will be detrimental to the prestige of the country, and if you continue to fight, it will affect Yuan Yuan." She leaned slightly and looked towards the eldest prince: "What does King Qin think?" ”

"Erchen ......" When the eldest prince heard this, he was stunned, and immediately said: "Erchen is the lord and." ”

The military department Shangshu said harshly: "King Qin, as the eldest heir of the first emperor, is so cowardly that he can't afford to fight?!" ”

The eldest prince shook his head and bowed his hand to Pillow Chun: "Queen Mother, the son has a word." He couldn't bear to flash in his eyes, and said admittedly, "Yesterday, Erchen went to the imperial study to listen to the noon dynasty, and happened to meet the relatives of the queen mother, who was An Xiuying, the eldest lady of the An family. Miss An has studied medicine since she was a child, and now she follows her mother to take care of her, making her a good medical skill. ”

The military department Shangshu said disdainfully: "What did you do about mentioning this little woman in the Qin Dynasty Hall?" ”

"The eldest lady of the An family said to her sons today......" the eldest prince muttered slightly, "Studying medicine is the same as fighting. When a person is sick, he needs to take medicine and see a doctor; When the country is invaded, soldiers are needed to fight the enemy. But taking medicine does not make a person happy, nor does war make a person happy. When the family and country are invaded, it is natural that the soldiers need to cross the horses and silver guns to defend it, but the devastation of the war can only be smoothed out by the replacement of fathers and sons in 20 or 30 years. Ladies and gentlemen, I wonder if the face of the country is more important, or the peace of the people is more important. He sighed slightly, and the young man's face had a worry that did not match his age, "In the battle with Funan, this king has no father, and Great Wei has lost his monarch." Ladies and gentlemen, do you want the sons of the 70,000 soldiers left in southern Xinjiang to lose their fathers? ”

"King Qin......" Pillow Chun called in a deep voice, "if your father is alive." How would he choose? ”

If Mu Beiyi is alive. He likes face, he is suspicious and ruthless, and he regards imperial power as his lifeblood. He is stubborn and thinks highly of himself, even if there are thousands of bad ones, but he will choose which one between the face of the Mu family and the well-being of the common people.

In everyone's minds, the answer was obvious.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, kneeling with his robe raised, and his voice resounded through the Jinluan Palace: "I respectfully ask the queen to pardon and negotiate peace-"

Pillow Chun stood up, built a plaque of gold painting on the top of the dragon chair, and bowed his head gently.

She is dreamless. Since Mu Beiyi's death, Pillow Spring has never dreamed, and his soul has never come from a dream. There are too many things to press on the case in the imperial study, and Pillow Chun doesn't even have the energy to think about any children who have nothing to do with the fate of the family and the country. The danger is imminent, and even the new emperor and the future emperor have no time to consider it.

It seems that the whole of Rakukyoto is on the edge of the abyss, and it is trying its best to deal with the war in Funan, and nothing else. Because death, so real.

At this moment, I suddenly turned around and remembered the intrigue back then, when the 100,000 mountains in front of me were like projectiles in my back today.

When I received Mu Yongyue's reply, the weather was still dry. After a protracted war between the Great Wei and Funan, every inch of land in southern Xinjiang was scorched, and if the war continued, the lake would also dry up. At that time, nearly 300,000 soldiers on both sides were going to die on the dry plains.

The king of Funan asked to enter the capital to negotiate peace.

Pillow Chun agreed.

The first to come back was Mu Yongyue. Leaving tens of thousands of soldiers to deter the enemy in southern Xinjiang, Mu Yongyue was called back to Beijing with a light car. The king of Funan led 500 guards from Lingnan Road all the way north and traveled from afar.

Seeing Mu Yongyue in front of the hall, Pillow Spring suddenly felt a little more relaxed.

These days, he has been in charge of the government, and suddenly he saw a Mu family, and he actually felt like a family member.

Mu Yongyue frowned when he saw the lower abdomen that had been shown during the pillow spring funeral.

Su Bai welcomed Yongyue in. Pillow Chun gently slapped the door railing into the imperial study and sat down in front of the desk, slapped the tea and waited for Mu Yongyue to speak first.

Mu Yongyue has tanned a lot, his face is covered with rough scars and stubble, and he can know the hardships of this fierce battle when he looks at it. He was wearing a light and simple robe, and he could see the scars of a big knife on his neck, close to the blood, and it must be nine deaths. He spoke first: "I'm sorry. ”

Pillow Chun's hand holding the tea shook slightly: "Why did you say such a thing." ”

"Mu Beiyi's kid has always been stubborn, he wants to lead the forwards to take the lead, I should have persuaded him." Mu Yongyue said this, with his hands in his sleeves.

Pillow Chun smiled: "I'm surprised that the side by side king would feel sorry." ”

Mu Yongyue thought for a while: "On the first day he died, I was a little happy to get the letter. Even if I think that the future days may be boring. ”

Pillow Chun lowered his eyes, not wanting to accept such sad words.

Mu Yongyue noticed her silence, so he didn't say such frivolous words. He also said: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, have you chosen the prince?" ”

"He left a holy decree to dismiss the harem and make Huailing the prince." Pillow Spring Road.

Mu Yongyue raised his eyebrows: "How can he do this?" As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, leaned lightly on the pillow of the soft chair, and put his hands together for a long time, "What about the edict?" ”

"I accidentally burned it."

Mu Yongyue chuckled: "You don't want to?" ”

Pillow Chun shook his head: "I don't know." Now the heirs are young, and only the eldest prince is of the right age. If a young son is appointed as the new emperor, the government will be uneasy, and he will have to suffer a lot more. Second, I want Huailing to go to Yanbei to inherit my second brother's clothes. ”

Mu Yongyue crossed his feet and looked up at the golden pillar of the imperial study: "When Mu Beiyi was the emperor, he was very aggressive, and he pressed the families and nobles into obedience, and even the Wen family and the Xue family knelt at his feet and didn't dare to lift their heads. The eldest prince has a more moderate temperament, if he becomes the emperor, maybe the families under him will start to think about it. When the time comes, there will be many troubles in the social turmoil. He also sighed when he said it, "Now the first hairpin clan of my Great Wei is your An clan." Fortunately, you are stupid and lazy, otherwise the power of the family and country is in your hands at the moment, and if you have a trace of ambition, the overthrow of the family and country will only happen overnight. ”

Pillow Chun never knew that he didn't speak well, and he didn't want to care, so he asked idly: "What about you, are you the emperor?" ”

Mu Yongyue seemed to be sore in the center of the hit, squinted his eyes, and suddenly playfully went to see Pillow Chun. He smiled half jokingly and half seriously: "This king is the emperor's uncle, if this king is the emperor, he can't respect you as the queen mother." However, you can marry this king, and this king will be called the emperor again, and you will continue to be the queen, and your nephew and uncle will succeed you, which is reasonable. ”

Pillow Chun thought for a while and took a sip of weak tea: "The man of your Mu family is too smart, and he will work hard when he meets one in this life." One more, I can't handle it. ”

Mu Yongyue smiled, and then stopped talking, he turned his head and went to savor the gold painting on the top of the beam of the imperial study.

Both of them were silent.

Mu Yongyue suddenly changed one foot and said, "The king of Funan......"

"Huh?" Pillow Spring raised his head vigilantly.

"I will arrive in Lejing in ten days at most." Mu Yongyue was unexpectedly serious at this time, "He is a young man with extremely strong force, and he can tear people in half with his bare hands." Funan is still martial, and he also has a deep blood grudge against my Great Wei, and his royal family was slaughtered by the Mu family, you have to deal with it carefully. ”

"Although Funan has lost three battles in a row due to Nuqing, its troops are now superior to Great Wei." Pillow Chun sorrow was written in his eyes, "The king of Funan is willing to negotiate peace, but what do you want?" ”

"Land, gold, marriage." Mu Yongyue gently rubbed the curled pattern on the cuffs, "I will definitely propose one, no matter which one I agree, the government and the opposition will make waves." They are also tired, we are also tired, and talking about peace is a game, not so simple. The stakes here are so high that there is no way to return them. ”

Pillow Chun thought about it for a while, it is not okay to cut the land or give bonuses, as long as you give up a little bit, it is not to negotiate peace, but to seek peace. If the Great Wei bows its head once, the reverence of the countries for the Great Wei will disappear in the future. Marriage...... Whether it's marrying or marrying, it's a good strategy. However, Mu Beiyi died young, the eldest princess was still young, and the eldest prince was the eldest son, and he could not marry lightly.

It's another difficult thing.

Mu Yongyue frowned when she looked at her, and said with a little relief: "Don't think much about it during pregnancy." Although this king has never had a child, he still knows in the end. When you frown, the son in your womb is also frowning, and when you are born, you will have a bitter gourd face. ”

Pillow Chunqi said: "How do you know it's a son?" ”

Mu Yongyue was quite mysterious, and said in a mysterious way: "This king had a dream last night on the carriage back to Lejing, and dreamed that a star soul fell at the crape myrtle star in the sky and landed in the Huangyuan Palace. ”

Pillow Chun half-smiled and half-disgusted: "What a strange thing." ”

"It is a shining star, surrounded by eight yao, Wenchang star and Wenqu star arch left and right, Tiankui and Tianyue echo from afar." He said it true or false, which caused Pillow Spring to smile.

Pillow Chun tilted his head, and said lightly with disgust: "Tianyue Star is the giant axe of the Son of Heaven to conquer the territory, the main punishment and killing, and it is a warlike noble star. Speaking of which, the Yue of the prince side by side is this Yue. ”

Mu Yongyue chuckled: "First Emperor...... The first emperor is the eldest brother of this king, he is kind and gentle, and only this king is here to kill. Maybe this king was born with eight yao, and there was no order from the master. He lifted his robe and got up, and walked towards the outside of the imperial study, "I have come here thousands of times, and I am also a vassal." ”

Pillow Chunkan stood up and called him: "Shoulder to shoulder with the king......"

Mu Yongyue turned around.

Pillow Chun looked down at his lower abdomen and said, "I originally thought, no matter whether the eldest prince or the fifth son, no matter who is the emperor...... I want to ask you to be the only regent who guards the Great Wei Kingdom. ”

Mu Yongyue saw her eyes change, and said jokingly: "Are you planning for Mu Beiyi's country now?" First of all, he will soothe the heart of this king, and ask this king to be the dust of this society, and make a stepping stone for his heir Mu Beiyi. Tut-tut, caught in the struggle for power, you are quite skilled. Even the method of fighting and wanting to capture the old indulgence is quite the shadow of Mu Beiyi's kid. ”

Pillow Chun shook his head: "It's not even a fight." With the political talent and temperament of the prince, being a celestial star that crowns the ancient and modern times and protects the peace of the people of a country will be remembered for centuries. Thousands of years later, when future generations tell the story of the prince, they will praise the wisdom and resilience of the prince, and praise it from generation to generation. ”

Mu Yongyue pointed to Pillow Chun's belly, and walked towards the outside of the imperial study, and a half-joking voice came: "The queen mother gave birth to this purple microstar first, and then I will talk about it."