“……”

How does Empress Yin feel now? I probably want to laugh at the same time, but my heart is soft, and I feel a little moved.

Moreover, after listening to the peasant woman talk for so long, she also misses her mother.

"Where did you just go? Oh yes, yes, speaking of the last time my youngest son Tiezhu came home......"

Before the peasant woman finished speaking, she heard some noise outside, followed by some excited voices from neighbors: "Tiezhu Niang, there is a distinguished guest coming to your house, come out and pick it up!" ”

The peasant woman hurriedly pushed open the door and looked: "It's the eldest princess." Girl, here comes the person who picked you up. ”

Empress Yin also hurried to the door at this time.

She saw Xia Qingyang, who was dressed in black, get off the horse from a distance, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way to the village before, Ren Yi had already told her that Xia Qingyang would come over after dressing up. So Empress Yin recognized Xia Qingyang at a glance.

The sky was faintly white.

Ren Yi dismounted and thanked the peasant woman: "Sister-in-law, you have taken care of my friend." ”

At this time, according to the work and rest of the villagers, it is the time to get up early to chop firewood and prepare for cooking.

The voice of the peasant woman's neighbor almost spread the news of "the eldest princess is coming" to half of the village, so many people in the village rushed over from their homes and surrounded Ren Yituan:

"Where is the eldest princess, you usually let people take care of us villagers, and it is not appropriate to help you with this little favor."

"Next time come to my house! My house is much more spacious than Tiezhu's house! ”

"You take this basket of eggs, our eggs are very good, they can always open double yolk eggs, you take it back and taste it."

"Eldest princess, is there any news on this year's relief food? I've heard that there was a robbery of the army's food before, so can the children we send to the barracks eat? ”

"Who said no, no matter how hungry you are, you can't grab the food of the soldiers, if there are no soldiers, other countries will already come in, and those hungry people are crazy."

……

The topic is crooked as we chat.

Most of the men in this village have been drafted into the army, and the rest are old and young women and children. Naturally, people will be more inclined to evaluate the case of the robbery of military rations from the side of the army.

Ren Yi was sandwiched between the enthusiastic villagers and expressed his gratitude to everyone one by one.

Xia Qingyang and Empress Yin met and confirmed that they were okay, Xia Qingyang helped Empress Yin to the red date horse he was riding.

"Huh? What's wrong. ”

Xia Qingyang found that Empress Yin had been looking at Ren Yi's side, so he asked.

Empress Yin shook her head: "It's okay." It's just that I suddenly felt a little emotional. ”

Prior to this, she had always simply thought that Ren Yi's influence among the people only came from her outstanding military exploits for the country.

No, it should be said that until now, those nobles in the capital and the palace still think so.

For example, Ren Fu felt that letting Ren Yi step down from her position would weaken her influence.

As everyone knows, Queen Yin herself is also at this time, unloading the burden of the mother of the country, but instead began to measure the land of this country with her own footsteps and observe the people of this country with her own eyes.

Could it be, Ren Yi was like this at the beginning. When I walked off the battlefield and into the world, I really began to feel the burden on my shoulders.

After a while, Ren Yi finally calmed down the excited villagers, and returned to Xia Qingyang and the three of them with a bunch of warm agricultural products.

Lin Menglong seemed to be accustomed to this situation, and took the "agricultural product gift package" in Ren Yi's arms and packed it on the horse.

Lin Menglong: "Your Highness, are you still ...... old rules?" ”

"Yes."

Ren Yi untied the money bag from his waist and threw it to Lin Menglong.

Xia Qingyang was at ease.

It is impossible for Ren Yi to take the people's things for nothing, so probably every time there is such a situation, Ren Yi will let people secretly put money into the people's homes.

The four of them did not stop any longer, got on their horses and left.

However, because the red dates were carrying Xia Qingyang and Queen Yin, they didn't walk fast.

Further back from here is the plains, and at their current pace, they should be able to reach the next town by morning.

On the way, Ren Yi suddenly remembered something, and asked Lin Menglong to find a small blanket with red and yellow flowers from the gifts given by the villagers and handed it to Queen Yin.

"Oh, put it on, this is given to you by the sister-in-law of the Tiezhu family. She said that it was cold in the early morning, and you didn't wear much, and she was afraid that you would feel the cold, so she specially got it for you. ”

Queen Yin thanked her quite unexpectedly, shook it off and draped it on her shoulders, it was really warm, as if it had been warm to the bottom of her heart.

Empress Yin lowered her head and felt nostalgic for a long time, and couldn't help but call: "Your Highness." ”

Ren Yi: "En? ”

"My aunt told me a lot of things. She said that although you are not serving in the barracks now, you still always come to visit the neighbors and bring some news from the army, and everyone is very grateful to you. She also said that you are kind to her family. ”

"Yes, is it......" Ren Yi paused, "Sister-in-law told you about her son." ”

"Well, I said that I have won many battles under your command."

"In fact, the head of the family, that is, the husband of the sister-in-law, died on the battlefield a long time ago. When the sister-in-law raised the young child alone, she was conscripted and her two sons were taken away. ”

Queen Yin didn't expect that as soon as Ren Yi opened her mouth, she would use such a calm tone to say something worrying.

No wonder the family is deserted, only the eldest mother is alone.

But that's not all.

It was very cold in the early morning, Ren Yi exhaled a breath of white air in the sky, and continued:

"There are so many soldiers in the barracks, and I don't know them all. is like the two sons of my sister-in-law's family, in fact, they are the two most ordinary of thousands of soldiers. Under the armor, it is impossible to tell who is who. ”

Yes. For the soldiers, there is only one general, Ren Yi, who is naturally recognized by everyone. When I go home to visit relatives, I will proudly say that I have fought side by side with Her Royal Highness the famous eldest princess.

But Ren Yi couldn't help each of them.

"Until one time, I and a small group were trapped on the top of the mountain, and the foot of the mountain was surrounded by the enemy, and the enemy was outnumbered, and the situation was critical."

Ren Yi Lema, side by side with Xia Qingyang and Queen Yin.

She stared straight ahead, as if she wasn't telling a story from the past, but was stuck in a memory: "I would have been badly injured and unconscious. Later, I heard from the surviving soldiers that in order to break out of the enemy's encirclement, they completed three charges without a general.

Xia Qingyang couldn't help but praise: "It's amazing." ”

Empress Yin also asked if the breakthrough was successful.

Ren Yi shook his head: "I failed three times." So they made a decision - even if they risked everyone's lives, they would send me out safely. ”

Hearing this, Xia Qingyang and Empress Yin had already realized that they were afraid that it would not be a happy ending.