Six ruby gemstones are inlaid on a gold-woven red silk belt, the gold silk is not very densely woven, it looks gorgeous but it is not tacky, at the beginning of the month, he compared it with Beige, nodded and expressed his satisfaction.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Prime Minister Liu's birthday, Beige and the beginning of the month also returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion early, there are many people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the eldest brother Liu Yuecheng at the beginning of the month, the second brother Liu Yuechi, the eldest brother Aiwen, the second brother Xiwu, the two have been a little incompatible since childhood, but they are very good to this sister at the beginning of the month. Prime Minister Liu was dressed in a brown robe and looked in good spirits.

Beige and the beginning of the month just entered the hospital, the emperor also followed closely behind, a casual dress can not hide the king's nobility, a few people chatted in the house, the beginning of the month is not good to stay, just go to the kitchen to see how the meal is prepared, not by his father's side for a long time, at the beginning of the month I miss a little, thinking that I personally made a bowl of longevity noodles for my father to celebrate his birthday.

The emperor left after lunch, although the emperor has always called Liu Cheng "uncle", but after all, the monarch is the monarch and the minister is the minister, and the monarch and the minister have other reasons in Dachu, a place with hundreds of years of cultural heritage, is naturally imprinted in the hearts of every generation of subjects, so the atmosphere is very harmonious when the emperor leaves, of course, everyone is most concerned about the beginning of the month and the Northern Song.

"I think that my little daughter has been married to the Chu family for more than half a year, and at that time, the emperor was in a hurry to get married, I was really worried that you would not get along well, and now it seems that I am too worried" Prime Minister Liu Cheng looked at the beginning of the month and Beige and sighed: "Although it is said that when I didn't pass the door at the beginning, I also ran in turn in the palace and the palace, but this is really married and not by my side for a few months, I really miss it" said, his voice was a little choked.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion and the County King's Mansion are not far away, if you miss it, you can come and see us at any time, or if you are not afraid of us disturbing you, I will bring the beginning of the month back to see you" Beige comforted.

"Dad, if you really miss me, then just on your birthday, I will come to stay for a few days, and my parents-in-law should not have an opinion if you want to come," the beginning of the month also echoed.

Prime Minister Liu Cheng waved his hand and said: "Then how can it be done, the girl who marries out, you can't be willful, but when you give me a grandson, I will miss you a little less."

The two looked at each other when they heard this, their faces were a little red, and Prime Minister Liu continued: "These words should have been told to you by your mother, but your mother and she couldn't watch you marry and have children, I said these words for her, I am really old, the first emperor ascended the throne that year, the government was unstable, I was desperate for the world of Dachu, my body was exhausted, no, if it wasn't for the emperor who entrusted the little emperor to me before his death, I would have resigned a long time ago, you look at the remaining old people in this court, I am the only one, it is time to give young people some opportunities" Prime Minister Liu's eyes drifted away a little, perhaps because he drank wine, not like the powerful old prime minister who was above 10,000 people under one person, but like a lovely old man next door.

Bei Ge was very interested in Prime Minister Liu Cheng's words, and asked: "Father-in-law, you are the only courtier at the same time as you, why is it that when the emperor ascended the throne, Dachu was quite turbulent?" ”

Prime Minister Liu's eyes suddenly became deep, as if he had returned to many years ago, his voice was very low, as if he said those years slowly: "At that time, I was not the prime minister, the first emperor was not the prince, the real prince was the prince, that year of the drought, the harvest of crops was basically nothing, Da Chu relied on the strong national strength, barely survived the crisis, but Beirong is not good, Beirong is located in the north, the grain can only be harvested, the drought is coming, there is no harvest, seeing that the grain and grass in the treasury can not survive the slow winter of a country, So in the early winter of that year, Beirong came to invade, and repeatedly committed crimes on my border, at that time, the old emperor was very old, and was preparing to pass the throne to the prince, in order to give the prince prestige, he asked the prince to personally go to quell the war criminals, by the way, at that time, General Chu was also your father and the prince also went out with the prince, at that time he was still young, the people in Beirong were crazy, both horizontal and vertical were dead, they would rather give their wives and children to earn food, so that year's Beirong army was extremely brave, coupled with the extremely cold border environment, our army was defeated again and again, Later, both the crown prince and the crown princess died on the battlefield at the border pass, and the crown princess was nearly eight months pregnant at that time......"

At the beginning of the month, he was a little fascinated by what he heard, and asked, "Why is the crown princess still on the battlefield for eight months?" ”

"You don't know, the crown princess was born as a military general, proficient in strategy, and arranged troops in turns, and there were few people in the court at that time who could compare to her, worried about her husband, so she rushed to the border with her pregnancy...... Didn't expect ......"

"And then?" This time, it was Beige who spoke.

Prime Minister Liu Cheng sighed, took a sip of tea and said: "Later, the emperor united to go on the expedition for his brother, seconded soldiers and horses from Xiling, and finally quelled the war", the tea was a little cold.

Bei Ge thought about something and nodded and said: "Presumably, that battle is a natural and man-made disaster, Beirong has also suffered a lot of losses, there has been no movement all these years, I am afraid that it is still recuperating, and this is the reason why Xixia has been friendly with us all these years."

Prime Minister Liu nodded and continued: "Yes, what you said is good, but our losses are not small, I learned that the crown prince and princess died in battle with the unborn child, the old emperor was too sad, and he also passed away, and the first emperor naturally ascended the throne and became the emperor, at that time, the great Chu was really stretched, and finally survived, the first emperor's body also collapsed, and he died in a few years, the little emperor ascended the throne, and the first emperor asked me to assist the emperor, and it was so many years to survive."

The room was quiet, no one said anything more, and there was a faint sadness on their faces.

After a long time, Prime Minister Liu Cheng said quietly: "Okay, after listening to the story, go back to sleep."

"Why have I never heard my father mention it?" Beige asked again when he got up.

"Maybe he really doesn't want to mention it" Prime Minister Liu Cheng waved his hand, drove the two out, and added: "I drank too much, you should listen to the story, don't think about it, go back and rest."

It was getting late, and Beige and the beginning of the month simply stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion to live, and on the way back, they recalled what they had just said, and they couldn't help but sigh.

At night, at the beginning of the month, I had a dream, dreaming that in the era of war and chaos, he and Beige kept running and running, running and running, and someone kept chasing them behind them. The autumn rain came with the middle of the night, knocking on the door and the bed, ticking and ticking...... Occasionally, the wind blows, the leaves rustle, and then a circle in the air, and then falls in a flutter, and finally it is only with the beating of the raindrops, ticking and ticking......