The Dalong Law stipulates that those who join the army are over 16 years old and under 50 years old, but the effect of this provision is to restrict local officials from forcing old and infirm or young civilians to join the army in wartime.

Therefore, Du Song's enlistment in the army was determined without any twists and turns.

Although Lin Zihou was dissatisfied, worried that his eldest son would escape control and do something unfavorable to him, but he did not dare to obstruct him because of the intervention of the auxiliary king, Wei was more "accessible" than her husband thought - the sword has no eyes, Du Song went to the particularly dangerous vanguard army, and there was no cavalry and archery foundation, since he was a child, he knew that he wanted to fight hard every day, such a person, in the hands of the vicious Northern Plains Army, eight times out of ten / nine times will be in a different place of bones and battlefield, and want to win the knighthood with military merits? He also has to have this luck.

Wei's superficial kung fu has always been leaky, and it is not without comfort to talk about this matter with the ladies who are good friends: "Although our eldest man is a good temperament, he used to be naughty and naughty, but it was indeed because he was young and wanton, and now, he also understands that as a man, he should serve the monarchy, and this time he invited himself to join the army, which shows that he has great ambitions." He tried his best to pack up for Du Song, and when he saw him off, he had tears in his eyes, and he took the trouble to repeat the advice of "take care, be careful, and hope to return safely without wishing to make meritorious contributions", so that she was a motherly heart, and she was really "touching".

Du Song used to be the most impatient with Wei's hypocritical behavior and lazily playing with her, but this day of his trip was imminent, and he smiled very sweetly at Wei's, which made Wei's spine have a bad chill from his tail, and he was inexplicably a little frightened. Thinking about it deeply, it is inevitable to suspect that Du Song coaxed the Auxiliary King to appreciate, maybe he greeted the leader Xi Zhi first, and returned with meritorious service to protect this evil obstacle from encountering risks?

Hmph, even so, I will never let you succeed in this evil obstacle, Wei secretly pinched his palm.

In fact, Du Song really couldn't help but feel joy from his heart, he didn't listen to Wei's words at all, and the sweet smile was definitely not aimed at his stepmother.

The day before leaving, a small servant from the Chu Palace's mansion came to see her, and it was a message from Princess Changle, a simple sentence: "Don't be distracted by Dalang's expedition, Mrs. Du has Her Royal Highness the princess here to protect her, and she will not be bullied again." ”

It's not a word of thanks, nor a thousand exhortations, but it seems that the spring sun in March shines directly into his heart, which makes Du Song full of warmth.

The princess knows his only concern, which seems to mean that the princess also understands that he is not as unbearable as rumored, and has no prejudice against him, Princess Changle is indeed no better than the layman, Du Song suddenly has a precious confidant.

How fortunate it is?!

The only one with the peers, the two rode out of the city, and the future was long and unpredictable.

Du Song Lema looked back, under the morning sun, the high solid city wall of Kyoto was bathed in the golden heat, and the prosperous Zhu Pavilion was far away, and Xu could only meet in a dream in the long years.

His smile faded, and the boy's eyes darkened.

Not goodbye, I'll be back.

Because there are still people in this city that I must preserve, and she is looking forward to the prime minister, because there are still people in this city that I want to repay, one day, I will appear in front of her in the open, enough to be qualified by her side, and I will bow and sincerely without inferiority, and tell her, Your Royal Highness, Princess, you are my precious confidant, and I can have this day thanks to Your Highness.

After a short look back, the boy rode away and never looked back.

The clouds and smoke and the wind and sand, the blowing horn company camp, the northern plains of the Tartars, I Du Song came.

The "confidant" does not know anything about it.

Although Princess Changle is convinced that Du Song is by no means stubborn and unscrupulous by word of mouth, her image of him is not particularly profound, she doesn't even know Du Song's eyebrows and facial features, only a vague image, a young man in brocade, with a thin figure, that's it.

But Her Royal Highness the princess is a person who keeps promises, and since she said that she will not let Mrs. Du be bullied again, she must do it.

Therefore, the eldest daughter of Linzi Houfu soon entered the small group of Princess Changle, and became a big celebrity in the blink of an eye from an obscure angry bag to a good friend among the nobles in Beijing.

The change in Du Yaoru's status deeply hurt her cousin Wei Guizhen's heart, she really couldn't bear that the cheap girl who could be humiliated at will was in the limelight, better than her companion to Princess Xin'an.

However, Wei Guizhen naturally did not dare to provoke the daughter of the auxiliary prince for this, and the only way was to instigate trouble in front of her aunt Mrs. Linzihou.

Of course, it had little effect, even the auxiliary princess praised Du Aru in public for her gentleness and modesty, if Mrs. Hou is well-educated, Wei's natural bogey, she originally didn't put her stepdaughter in her eyes, she wanted to raise her weaker, and when she reached the age, she was a little wasted in marriage, so as not to marry too badly, and be careful to let her husband's family become Du Song's backing, who knew that after Du Song's "hero saves beauty", the stepdaughter won the favor of the princess and the princess.

Wei's heart was also stuffy, but it had come to this point, even if she had the courage to "make amends", causing her stepdaughter to "die of a bad disease".

Princess Changle often invited Du Yaoru to live in the palace, and I heard that the princess of the auxiliary government also specially invited the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Aru's "congenital weakness", and she knew the physical condition of Mrs. Du well, and it was difficult for the Wei family to cover the sky with one hand.

Day and night, several cold and heat.

Du Song gradually disappeared.

Although the Linzihou couple has never had a letter from their eldest son, Du Yaoru has never cut off correspondence with her brother, Du Songren is in the field, and does not forget to ask someone to give her sister a letter and gift, and Yaoru's family letter can only be sent to the front line by relying on Princess Changle's way.

The youngest daughter's family, in addition to greeting her brother, will inevitably nag about leisure and fun, and the most talked about is how Princess Changle is, and Du Song's gift never forgets Princess Changle's share.

But two years later, Du Song's letter was not sent back, and there were still New Year's gifts, but they were entrusted to others to prepare.

Seeing that it was not far from Ji Lu, Yaoru couldn't help but feel anxious, and one day, she finally couldn't help but shed tears in front of Xiaoxiao: "Your Highness, I'm really worried about my brother, I haven't had a word from him for more than a year, and when I ask the person who prepared the gift, it is not difficult to hear that it is perfunctory, so I don't need to worry, but how can I not worry?" ”

There are still some unspeakable hidden, Mrs. Du is really hard to talk about, over the years, the princess's care and maintenance has made her grateful and unrequited, how can it be so good that Long Wangshu? Moreover, Her Royal Highness the princess is just over thirteen years old, and at the age of cardamom, it is not easy to meddle in the marriage matter, her biological father is unkind, her stepmother is cruel, and her only reliance is on her brother, but there is no news.

Xiaoxiao saw her friend's pitiful situation, of course, she would not stand idly by, appeased Aru, turned around and begged her mother, hoping that her mother would allow her to find out Du Dalangjun's permission from her father's mouth - Her Royal Highness the princess is becoming more and more calm, and she knows that important military and political matters cannot be relied on alone.

Sure enough, the princess did not do what Xiaoxiao wanted: "The battle with Beiyuan is a critical time, and Du Dalang is in the vanguard again, involving important secrets, how can it be leaked?" Du Song cut off the news, but he also asked others to convey safety, it is bound to be carrying out important tasks, of course Yu Feng knows Du Song's whereabouts, but he must not leak it.

The princess thought about it again, and simply went to appease Mrs. Du in person: "Don't worry, your brother is safe and sound, maybe the war is tight, so I don't have to send a book, Aru, you have something to do, you might as well say it directly, Xiaoxiao is young, but I can help you." ”

With the princess's gentle words of comfort and active care, Aru was grateful, and although she twisted, she still explained what she was worried about.

It turned out that the Wei family had already revealed that when the eldest daughter and Lu were ready, they were going to finalize her marriage with Wei Jialangjun.

With the passage of time, there have been many changes in Dalong's national politics, and the new tax reform has been successfully implemented after many vigorous efforts, but there are not a few people who are dissatisfied; The imperial examination has made the trend of officialdom a new situation; Of course, the military reform has made the monarchy more consolidated, but there is a faint competition between the new forces and the unwilling old lords.

The most important thing is that the saint is already sixteen, and the big wedding will be put on the agenda, and there are naturally many wait-and-see in the power circle.

Linzi waited to sink into wine, had no intention of power, and Wei's appetite was not too big, the couple only cared about one thing, how to smoothly hand over the title to the second son, and trample the eldest son Du Song to death.

Since Du Song's expedition, Wei has deliberately displayed the name of his own son Du Zhi - a ten-year-old child, who was made talented by the Linzi royal couple, as if he was born with talent, Du Zhi was just twelve, and Linzi Hou handed it over, in the name of the eldest son and the second son Degao, hoping that the imperial court would make an exception to crown Du Zhi as the son.

In his busy schedule, the auxiliary political king actually took time to take a test, saying that he wanted to test Du Zhi.

The conclusion is that although this son is studious and progressive, the rumors are too exaggerated and untrue, but he did not completely refute it, saying that Du Zhi is still young and young, and he is not as old as establishing the age of the son, and this matter will be discussed later.

Wei is not discouraged, because she wants to come, the attitude of the auxiliary king is obvious, Du Song is notorious, and the auxiliary king cannot ignore the facts, the "afterthought" is the attitude, in the future, when Du Zhi is old enough, the court will have no excuse to delay, what must be paid attention to is nothing more than resolutely not to let Du Song have a chance to turn over.

From the perspective of the woman in the house, Du Song's only help is that his sister-in-law, who is a fellow mother, will come to her husband's house, and she must plan for a rainy day.

On the other hand, under Wei Guizhen's unsparing instigation, her mother, Mrs. Wei, finally couldn't sit still and warned her sister-in-law: "In the past few years, the little slut has often gone to live in the palace, and she must have already moved her mind, but she has to be careful, don't let her get the opportunity to really marry the auxiliary government's palace, so that Du Song can be the backer of the auxiliary government, even if Zhi'er gets the title in the future, it is also a decoration...... According to me, it is appropriate to have a marriage, which is Changping Bofu Saburo. ”

"See you soon!" Wei didn't save his sister-in-law's face at all, and sneered: "What kind of family is the auxiliary king, and Aru dares to think about it?" The three sons-in-law of the auxiliary king, one prince in the future, and the other two will also be the prince of the county, in terms of Arjuna's temperament, will she be the princess or the princess of the county? It's just that seeing that the evil obstacle saved the princess once, the princess didn't want to take a reputation for not repaying her kindness, so she took some care of Aru. Besides, the three lang of Changping Bofu? You can imagine it, who doesn't know that he was born in the outer room, and he was born stupid, this marriage must be, and Princess Chu can stand by and watch? ”

"No matter how you say that you are the mother-in-law of the eldest mother, the marriage is about the orders of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker, no matter how noble the princess of Chu is, she has no position to interfere." Mrs. Wei was very unconvinced: "Even if the princess doesn't look down on Aru, don't forget, many people are worried about the eldest mother, and marrying her into the door is related to the Chu Palace, who makes Princess Changle better with that little slut." ”

Wei glanced at his sister-in-law: "Even if you are reasonable, the princess is reluctant to interfere because of people's words, and the eldest daughter of the princess of the palace marries a fool born in the outer room, won't it show that my mother-in-law is unkind?" I have an idea, it's better for our two families to marry and let Aru be your daughter-in-law, the Wei family is a big eunuch family, and they are relatives, whether it is others or the princess, there is no reason to criticize. ”

That Mrs. Wei was not angry that Yaoru had stolen the limelight of her baby daughter, so she came up with this poisonous plan, where would she marry her back as a daughter-in-law, Wei said: "What kind of temperament is the little slut, you still don't know?" The most weak is to be bullied, you can easily handle it, she can't turn over your five fingers, and the eldest nephew has also been wronged for a few years, and he will ...... in the future The saint is already sixteen, and the queen mother has already intended to be elected, but this matter has dragged on for so long and has not been decided, what is the reason? In my opinion, the auxiliary king has been in charge of the government for all these years, and he is bound to be unwilling to stop! But over the years, the auxiliary king has offended a lot of people, how many old lords have been cut by him? And those scholars from poor families, how many hate not to be among the powerful? It is bound to take this opportunity to win the trust of the saint and fully support the saint's pro-government, Wei Guogong is the grandfather of the saint's grandson, and he is also in charge of the power of Jingwei, what is the chance of the auxiliary king? ”

Wei sneered: "The most important thing at the moment is to let Ah Zhen step up to curry favor with Princess Xin'an and the Queen Mother and fight for the throne!" Waiting for the Holy Lord's pro-government...... At that time, even if you kill the little slut, what can Princess Chu and Princess Changle do? The eldest nephew has become the queen's brother, which famous lady can't marry? ”

Wei's "big cake" was really painted big and round, and the oil was fragrant, which made Mrs. Wei excited, so Yaoru's marriage was decided eight times out of ten.

But to Wei's surprise, the princess of Chu was simply arbitrary, not jealous, and there was no tactful and tentative attitude, the princess simply ordered to see Wei's and was straight to the point-