Since Huang Taiji rushed to Songshan, stabilized the morale of the army, and Dolgon, Haoge and other generals devoted themselves to studying the strategy, sent troops to station in Wangbaoshan, Zhuangzhentai, Zhai'er Mountain, Changling Mountain, etc., dug trenches on the spot, tightly surrounded in the Songshan area, and cut off the main road of Songshan.

Because Dolgon personally led the troops to desperately seize and burn the grain and grass of the Ming army, the Ming army was hungry and unable to continue, so he agreed to return to Ningyuan to find food.

They should have broken through and fled south in two ways, but the generals of all sides scrambled to be the first, and the soldiers and horses were scattered in the dark night, trampling and colliding with each other, and they could not form an army.

The general soldiers Wu Sangui and Wang Pu fled into Xingshan, and Ma Ke, Li Fuming and others rushed into Tashan, but Hong Chengchou failed to break through and succeeded, trapped in Songshan City, and swore to confront the Qing army.

The Qing army regained a city from the defeat and trapped the main force of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou, and in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng led his troops to besiege Kaifeng for the third time, stirring Emperor Chongzhen to attack inside and outside, and he was overwhelmed.

I think that King Chuang is really a small man who fell into the well, and he doesn't understand what the national righteousness is, so he actually launched a civil war when the imperial court was in danger to the outside world, and this is a great opportunity for Huang Taiji and the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that after Wu Sangui and others broke through in the dark night, the surrounding area of Songshan was in a mess, and Huang Taiji ordered people to sweep up, not only picking up countless swords and bows, but also bringing back the wounded soldiers who were not allowed to move back to the camp.

Huang Taiji decreed that they should not be treated as prisoners, nor should they be forced to surrender, but only to provide food for them to heal their wounds, and when one of them recovered from their wounds, he would return them to the Ming army's position.

Some of the soldiers were wounded again and fled back to the Qing position, seeing their brothers die under the bows and arrows of their own families, they were disheartened and determined to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

In this matter, Huang Taiji only received more than 100 Ming Dynasty soldiers, and most of them were disabled, not enough to form an army, but this move greatly shook the morale of the Ming Dynasty army, Hong Chengchou has divided the battle and surrendered the two factions, plus Songshan City will soon run out of ammunition and food, and the siege of the city will be decisive battle, only in the morning and evening.

The autumn breeze is bleak, and September is hurrying in.

In the cold land of the north, the winter is extremely early, and the Ming Dynasty army, which has no food to eat, even if it can survive this winter, will run out of gas at the beginning of spring next year.

Huang Taiji's current consideration is to take the initiative to attack the city, or to consume Hong Chengchou and his subordinates alive.

However, the former has the risk of losing the battle, and the latter is afraid of damaging their morale and missing the right time and place, so they hesitate for a while.

On this day, he and Dolgon rode to the front of the battle, looked at Matsuyama Castle from afar, and asked Dolgon, "Do you want to fight?" ”

Dorgon clenched his fists: "Fight!" ”

But Ji'er Harang on the side was busy saying: "Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou is cunning and resourceful, I am afraid that he will really sing an empty city plan, but the empty city is not empty." ”

Huang Taiji smiled, jumped off the horse, and everyone dismounted.

He seemed to say to himself: "I once listened to Fan Wencheng's talk about the empty city plan with Concubine Zhuang in the study. At that time, Concubine Zhuang scoffed, saying that Sima Yi was an old treacherous and cunning man, with an army of more than 100,000 under his command, even if he was wary of the ambush in the city and did not dare to enter, they just surrounded and did not move, and Zhuge Liang was trapped to death, so why turn around and leave? She said that this legend is only afraid that it is biased. ”

Dolgon was stunned when he heard this, and he was envious that Yu'er could talk to Huang Taiji about these things, but Huang Taiji was regretting in his heart that those peaceful days were gone, and Yatu's early marriage really hurt Yu'er's heart.

Zilharang echoed: "Concubine Zhuang Niangniang sees it. ”

Huang Taiji waved his hand: "What I see is not here, but she said that Zhuge Liang is resourceful, and Sima Yi is not a general." Cao Wei to Shu Han, Sima Yi to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang died, Shu Han will die, and if he doesn't fight, he Sima Yi will be useless. He is not in a hurry to kill Zhuge Liang, he is leaving time for himself to pave the way back, do you think about the final result? ”

Everyone looked at each other, not daring to imagine that a mere harem woman could have such an opinion, and those who didn't believe it felt that it was Fan Wencheng's words, asking Concubine Zhuang to learn and invite favor in front of the emperor.

Dolgon said: "Sima Yi said this to Zhuge Liang, so how can Hong Chengchou be compared to you?" ”

Huang Taiji smiled: "He is naturally unworthy, but I don't want him to die, he can make you lose the battle, if such a general is used by my Qing Dynasty, my Eight Banners army will definitely be like a tiger." But such a person has a very high temperament, and it is easy to persuade him to surrender, I have already thought about it, and I am afraid that I can only collect the body for him. But you should remember that even if Hong Chengchou dies, I can't let him die, and I must let him 'surrender'. ”

Whether it was an attack or a siege, there was no result for a while, and everyone returned from the front of the battle and went back to the camp to rest.

As soon as Dorgon arrived at the camp, he received a letter from Zizig, who had rarely taken the initiative to send letters, and if he did, there would be something urgent, and Dorgon immediately read the letter and frowned.

"What does Fujin say?" Dorgon asked the messenger.

"Fu Jin doesn't wait for your reply, Fu Jin only says, please think for yourself." The messenger answered.

Dorgon took the letter in his hand and sent it away. He sat in the tent for a long time, unable to make a decision.

If Huang Taiji rushes back to Shengjing for Hai Lanzhu, the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken, and the soldiers will sacrifice their lives to fight, but the emperor only thinks about his women, how to serve the public?

Even if Dolgon had the heart to let Huang Taiji rush back, he couldn't help but focus on the overall situation, but ...... If Qi Qige begged him, he would rather pretend not to know about this matter, but right now, it was Yu'er who begged Qi Qige to beg him, and it was Yu'er......

In the Shengjing Palace, although Hai Lanzhu's body has not improved, she is peaceful and calm, she has the belief that she wants to live, and the vitality in her body is slowly raised, and it is not quickly withdrawn.

Although life is clearly disappearing every day, every day, you can see a smile on her face.

Concubine Shu was treated well by the Hai Lanzhu sisters in the past, and she was grateful, but now there is nothing else to help, that is, she takes her little Gege every day to pick a bouquet of flowers and plants in the palace, saying that she wants Hai Lanzhu to also see the autumn scene.

Today, Concubine Shu sent flowers again, Da Yuer took it, entered the door to change the vase, the osmanthus fragrance was full of sweetness, Hai Lanzhu woke up from the dream, and said with a smile: "Smell the aroma, I am greedy, I want to eat the sticky bean bun dipped in osmanthus nectar." ”

"That's good, let Su Mala do it." Da Yu'er was pleased, went to the door and told Su Mala to make snacks, turned around, and saw her sister staring at the osmanthus branch in the bottle.

The osmanthus is petite and can't be hairpinned, so Da Yuer stepped forward, broke off a whole flower branch, walked to the side of the kang with a smile, and gently put the hairpin on the bun for her sister.

Although Hai Lanzhu has been ill for a long time, every morning, she still asks Baoqing to comb her hair, even if she doesn't wear jade, she is neat and clean.

"When it's done, send it to Fulin to eat, and don't ask him to eat more, for fear of resisting." Hailan Bead Road.

"You're afraid that I'm hungry and blessed, am I my stepmother?" Da Yu'er was disgusted, "The emperor said that no snacks are allowed in the study, are they still short of a bite to eat?" ”

Hai Lanzhu didn't follow: "Fu Lin has a long body." ”

Da Yu'er could only agree, saying that when Fu Lin got out of school, she would bring him to Guanju Palace to eat, so that her sister could watch the food with her own eyes, so as not to turn around and say that she abused the child.

Hai Lanzhu asked: "Fu Lin has been in the study for more than half a year, have you learned anything?" He's still so small, and the pen can't hold it. ”

Yu'er said: "I don't want to learn anything at the moment, I learn the rules and learn to pay attention, and the poems I memorize don't understand the meaning, just learn the appearance." ”

"Oh......" Hai Lanzhu wanted to speak and stopped, rested for a while, and after drinking the decoction, she still couldn't help asking, "Yu'er, what you taught me to say in front of the emperor last time, who is that Fu King of the Ming Dynasty?" Is it also a prince? ”

Da Yu'er didn't know why her sister was interested in this person, so she replied casually: "That Fu King Zhu Changxun is the son of Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor of Mingshenzong, and the current Emperor Chongzhen is his nephew. ”

Hai Lanzhu listened carefully, and Yu'er saw that she was really interested, so she sat next to her sister and continued: "Speaking of which, this Fu Wang's biological mother, the imperial concubine Zheng, is a figure of the year in the harem of Emperor Wanli, a famous favorite concubine, Zhu Yijun wanted to make her a queen when she was alive, but it didn't work, and she didn't succeed when she died. Chongzhen's father is Zhu Yijun's eldest son, but he was actually born to a palace maid and was raised by Queen Wang, who had no children in her life, and the Ming Dynasty Prince paid attention to establishing a long and long-standing heir, and the son of Emperor Zheng's concubine was neither the eldest son nor the son-in-law, and there was a breath of difference between the left and right. ”

Hai Lanzhu can hear it, the rise and fall of the Han family for thousands of years, the military generals of the civil court, the beauties of the harem, the princes and grandchildren, Yu'er can now say it casually, so much, so much, she remembers it all in her mind.

Come to think of it, a woman like Yu'er is really qualified to stand beside Huang Taiji and guide the country with him.

Da Yu'er sighed: "That queen has a very good reputation, and legend has it that she has a noble character, a gentle temperament, and is very intelligent. But I think that the limelight of the Zheng family did not overshadow her, and in the end, it was the eldest son she raised who inherited the throne, and she must have something extraordinary. And that Zheng family may not be as charming and tricky as the legend, but the men who control the power of the dynasty do not allow her, Chongzhen and his father have to correct their throne before arranging people. ”

Hai Lanzhu calculated carefully and asked: "If I remember correctly, we were both born in the Wanli period, and now we are Chongzhen, so why is Emperor Wanli and Chongzhen's grandfather?" ”

Yu'er tsk: "Chongzhen's father, the eldest son of the palace girl, died after only one month as the emperor." ”

Hai Lanzhu said proudly: "I'm afraid that if I live, I will be scared to death by our emperor." ”

Da Yu'er comforted her sister: "The good news from the front line, the emperor will be back soon." ”

Hai Lanzhu smiled weakly: "I'm not in a hurry, the emperor still has to go to Beijing." ”

But these words made Yu'er's heart sink, for fear that her sister would see her emotions, so she turned her back and left to serve the osmanthus.

She hoped that Huang Taiji would not be in a hurry to go to Beijing, a Ming Dynasty internal chaos, Li Zicheng was red-eyed, and the Qing army broke in, and now is by no means the best time. Furthermore, she hopes that Huang Taiji will come back and come back to accompany her sister, so that her body will get better quickly. ”

"Yu'er?" Hai Lanzhu called her softly.

"Huh?" Da Yu'er turned her back to her sister and didn't look back.

"I, I want to ......" Hai Lanzhu hesitated.

Da Yu'er was afraid that her sister would bother too much, so she came back and asked, "Do you want to eat anything?" ”

Hai Lanzhu pursed her lips: "Yu'er, Guan Ju of Guan Ju Palace, what does it mean?" ”

Da Yu'er was stunned.

Hai Lanzhu lowered her eyes and said softly: "You said, my fair lady and gentleman are good, and there is something in the river......

She was cramped and uneasy, she didn't want to ask, for fear of being laughed at for being ignorant and illiterate, and when those foreign women came to congratulate her, she just smiled and responded, but she didn't know anything in her heart.

She didn't even want to ask Yu'er, and she didn't even want Yu'er to laugh at her, because this was the glory that Huang Taiji gave her.

But......

"Yu'er, because I jumped into the river in the first place?" Hai Lanzhu's voice became softer and softer, "So in the river?" ”

Da Yu'er couldn't help but laugh.

Hai Lanzhu grabbed her sleeve and begged weakly: "Yu'er, don't laugh at me." ”

"I'll read it to you." Yu'er sat cross-legged across from her sister, took a stance, and cleared her throat.

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, fair lady, gentleman. Jagged wattles, left and right flowing. My Fair Lady, I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it, I can't think about it, I ......think about it, I think about it, I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it, I can'

Hai Lanzhu listened infatuately, although most of them couldn't understand it, but there was fascination in her eyes, as if she could feel the artistic conception in the poem.

“…… My Fair Lady, bells and drums. Da Yu'er finished reading it, and looked at her sister with a smile, "Does it sound good?" ”

"That's nice." Hai Lanzhu's soft eyebrows were full of happiness, and she smiled again, "It's a pity that I don't understand well." ”

Da Yuer said eloquently: "In the historical records, it is said that Yi Ji Qiankun, the beginning of the poem, and the beauty of the book, are all husband and wife, and humanity is also great. And Mao also said in the preface of the poem that Guan Ju's righteousness is happy to be a lady to match a gentleman, and the worry is that he is not obscene. The beginning of the wind, so the wind in the world and the right couple, is the virtue of the concubine. ”

Hai Lanzhu sighed and said angrily: "The more I listen, the more confused I become, you love to bully people." ”

Da Yu'er Wan'er: "Let's just say, Guan Ju is the solemnity of the concubine's morality, and the way of husband and wife." ”

Husband and wife?

Hai Lanzhu looked at her sister in a daze.

Yu'er said disapprerovingly: "My sister's title happens to be Chen, and Chen is the emperor's wife." ”

Hai Lanzhu couldn't help but stiffen up: "But my aunt is ......"

Da Yu'er hurriedly pressed her: "Don't get excited." ”

Sure enough, Hai Lanzhu suddenly felt out of strength, looked at her sister weakly, shook her head and said, "No, Yu'er, the emperor ...... him"

Da Yu'er didn't care about it for a long time, and said with a smile: "I don't think so, the emperor just found a more noble name than the concubine, the emperor will not ignore the aunt, let's not guess, let down the emperor's wishes." ”

Hai Lanzhu was a little calmer, and her sister smiled again: "As for Guan Ju, I don't think it's that complicated, what kind of husband and wife, I think the emperor just wants to tell the world how much he likes his sister." ”

Hai Lanzhu lowered her eyes, she regretted it, she shouldn't have asked.

"Guan Guan and Ming's doves are accompanied by a small island in the river. A beautiful and virtuous woman, really a gentleman admires her......" Da Yu'er read to herself, which seemed to be very similar to the poem she had just recited, but now every sentence Hai Lanzhu can understand.

“…… Wake up in a dream and never forget, wake up in a dream and think about it, think constantly, and it is difficult to sleep......"

Da Yu'er looked at her sister with a smile, her pale face flushed, so beautiful, so happy, with shyness, and the tears that flickered slightly in the corners of her eyes were her pride.

Huang Taiji loves her, the love is grand and grand, and her sister also loves the emperor, with the weight of life.

"Yu'er, can you teach me to read?" Hai Lanzhu's gaze retracted from the "distance" and looked at her sister, "I'm also like Fulin, just learn to be like you." ”

Outside the gate of Guan Ju Palace, Su Mala came to ask whether the sticky bean buns were made of yellow rice or Jiang rice, but he heard a voice from the house: "Guan Guan Ju dove is in the river island......"

She lifted the curtain slightly, and saw Gege reciting a sentence, and Da Gege also reciting a sentence, but as she read it, Da Gege fell asleep.

Da Yu'er saw that her sister was asleep, she stepped forward and touched her nose and breathed a sigh of relief, these days, her sister often falls asleep suddenly, and every time she is scared out of sweat.

When he looked back and saw Su Mala in front of the door, he called her in: "You have made a snack and sent someone to send it to Donggor, and by the way, bring a message to Qiqige, you know." ”

Su Mala cleverly agreed, and immediately did as Yu'er instructed.

Six days later, Zizig's second urgent letter was delivered to the barracks, and after reading it, Dolgon's palms were almost soaked with sweat, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he came to the tent step by step.

Haoge just came out of the tent and smiled: "Uncle Fourteen, your face is wrong." ”

Dorgon was silent, and after the guards had passed the word, he entered the account to see the emperor.

Huang Taiji asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Dolgon sent Zizige's letter to him, and Zizig knew that Dolgon would show it to the emperor, and there was nothing inappropriate in the letter, but it only conveyed the meaning of Yu'er, and the reason why it had to be conveyed through Dolgon was because the empress forbade anyone to spread the news of Concubine Chen's serious illness to Shengjing.

"Your Majesty...... You really don't know that Concubine Chen is sick? Dorgon clenched his fists, "How could you not know?" ”

Huang Taiji said coldly: "She's just tired, just raise it." ”

Dolgon shook his head vigorously: "Did you see the words in the letter, fourth brother, Concubine Chen is dying." ”

"Shut up!" Huang Taiji slapped the table case loudly.

"Fourth brother, are you enduring every day?" Dolgon's eyes were scarlet, "Fourth brother, you still can't trust me?" ”

Huang Taiji turned his back, but his trembling back still betrayed him, how could he not know about the affairs in the palace, but he believed that Hai Lanzhu would not leave him, Hai Lanzhu would greet him beautifully and vividly like last time, she wouldn't, she wouldn't......

"Fourth brother!" Dolgon knelt down, everything had been arranged in his mind, "Please leave for Shengjing immediately, don't mention to anyone that you are going to visit Concubine Chen, the fourth sister-in-law has blocked the news, there are few people who know here, you should order us to besiege Songshan City, and you will return to Beijing for the time being." And on the second halfway, Weifu left the team and went straight to the imperial city, if, if Concubine Chen......

"Shut up, Dorgon, shut up!" Huang Taiji rushed to him, and the brothers looked at each other like eagles, but for the first time in so many years, there was no hatred, no grudges, and all Dorgon saw was the grief of a man who might die at any time.

"Fourth brother, I will bring Hong Chengchou back and let him congratulate Concubine Chen's recovery from her illness." Dolgon got up, Huang Taiji's eyes followed him, and Dolgon said solemnly, "Your Majesty, please return to Shengjing immediately." ”

Huang Taiji's throat was tumbling with a mouthful of hot blood: "Dolgon......"

The autumn wind is urgent, and in the Guan Ju Palace, it is unprecedented to burn the earth dragon in September, because Hai Lanzhu is afraid of cold, but the air in the house is excellent, and every day is clear and clean, without the pungent and unpleasant smell of medicine, and it will not carry the bad luck of people who have been sick for a long time.

Hai Lanzhu is very peaceful to accept the care of her sister and Su Mala Baoqing, she wants to live well more than anyone else.

It's a pity that there is no one left in the sky, and she only ate one bite of the sticky bean bun that day, and she couldn't swallow it anymore.

Later, after a few days of autumn rain, Hai Lanzhu felt cold, so Yu'er immediately ordered someone to burn the earth dragon.

When she got up this morning, Hai Lanzhu was very energetic, the sun was shining outside, Da Yu'er saw her fascinated, so she ordered someone to open all the windows, but unfortunately looking at each other from Guan Ju Palace, it was Lintoe Palace, everyone was weird in their hearts, and it was soon closed again.

Hai Lanzhu said that she was idle and wanted to weave a pair of fan tassels for the emperor, although Baoqing felt that it was not good to bother, but Da Yuer still relied on her sister and asked people to send silk threads.

"This tassel, Qi Qige is the best, call her to teach me another day." Hai Lanzhu said.

"Why don't you go to her now?"

"Don't be, I only came here yesterday, I'm tired." Hai Lanzhu smiled and looked at her sister, "You too, you've lost weight, go and rest, I took medicine for a while and slept." ”

"My sister is in a very good spirit today, I wanted to talk to you more, but I don't want you to bother." Da Yu'er said with a smile, "When your spirit is better tomorrow, I will take you outside to bask in the sun, go to the study behind the Chongzheng Palace, and watch Fulin study." ”

Hai Lanzhu was overjoyed: "It's decided, you go and rest, I'll sleep in a while." ”

Da Yu'er agreed, and before leaving, she put the hibiscus hairpin sent by Concubine Shu in the morning in the vase on her sister's sideburns, Hai Lanzhu touched it and asked her sister: "Is it good-looking?" ”

"It's good-looking......" Da Yu'er pretended to be unconvinced, "My sister is even sick, but she looks better than me." ”

Hai Lanzhu shook her head, pushed her to rest for a while, and then continued to weave the fan tassel in her hand, she was weak after all, and she fell asleep without waiting for one to finish.

In the dream, back to seven years ago, she was standing by the surging river and was about to jump.

At that time, Huang Taiji was a tiger and wolf beast, an existence that made her desperate, she didn't understand why her life was so hard, she didn't know why God didn't treat her like this.

"Lan'er."

The scene in front of her suddenly changed, it was the night of fear and desolation, but she was no longer afraid.

In the crowd of galloping horses, she saw Huang Taiji at a glance, and Huang Taiji's hooves stopped in front of her without hesitation.

He reached out and picked himself up, pulled her out of the abyss, and reborn her.

"Lan'er ......"

Hai Lanzhu woke up, her eyes turned to the door, as if through the curtain, over the Phoenix Tower, all the way to the outside of Shengjing City, she heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves, and heard someone shouting the name.

"Your Majesty."

Hai Lanzhu smiled slightly, tears running through the corners of her eyes.

Da Yu'er dozed off when she returned to Yongfu Palace, and when she woke up, she was going to take care of her sister, standing at the window with a teacup and drinking tea to refresh herself, when she suddenly saw a familiar figure swaying in front of her.

She was stunned, could it be that she was dazzled, put down the teacup, and immediately ran out.

On the sickbed of Guan Ju Palace, Hai Lanzhu's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and the fan tassel that was finally braided in her palm gradually became unable to hold it, and the moment her vision was blurred, the person she was waiting for finally came back, and she clearly heard him call her name.

"Lan'er? Lan'er? ”

Huang Taiji was covered in dust, picking up the weak man, as soon as Hai Lanzhu entered his arms, his heart was broken into ashes, what he was holding was Hai Lanzhu? How did she get so thin that all she had left was ......

"Your Majesty, are you back?" Hai Lanzhu squirmed her lips slightly, tried to open her eyes, her breathing gradually became short, and she stubbornly supported her life.

"I'll let the Imperial Doctor come to see you, Lan'er, I'll ......"

"Your Majesty." Hai Lanzhu raised her hand, gently pressed her lips against the emperor, signaled him not to worry, and handed him the fan tassel in the palm of her hand, "Your Majesty, I made it up, is it beautiful?" ”

"Okay." Huang Taiji trembled, "When you get better, give me ......"

"Do you want to hear me read poetry?" Hai Lanzhu smiled softly, holding the man's messy chin, her eyes were full of the face of the man she loved, and she said with a bit of ostentation, "I can recite poetry now." ”

"Lan'er?"

"Guanguan...... Dove ...... At...... River Island ...... My Fair Lady ...... Good gentleman ......"

The hibiscus flower, falling gently, fell quietly to the ground.

In front of the door, Da Yu'er lowered the curtain, turned around, and walked down the steps step by step.

"Lan'er!"

Huang Taiji's roar came, and Yu'er's legs weakened and fell heavily on the steps.

"Don't leave me, Lan'er, you can't leave me, I'm back, Lan'er, I'm back, I'm back......"

Zhezhe came from Qingning Palace, and he didn't care about Yu'er, so he was about to enter the door.

"Stop!" Da Yu'er roared heartbreakingly, "Don't go in anyone, no one is allowed to go in!" ”