At the beginning of May, the empress disguised herself as a man and went with the army to Daijun to command the war, the purpose of which was to completely solve the border trouble in the north and prevent it from becoming a threat to the Central Plains.

When Xia Pei sent Lu Zhaoyi out of the palace gate, his heart was sour and astringent, and he was very uncomfortable.

She couldn't help but reach out and wrap her arms around her husband's waist and bury her head in his chest.

"Ah Pei, you have to be good in Luojing."

Xia Pei lowered his eyebrows, and a low call came from beside him, asking the nurse to bring the two children over, he quickly wiped away the worry on his face, and showed a gentle smile, "I and the child, I will wait for you to come back."

Seeing this, Lu Zhaoyi's eyes gradually moistened, looking at the two children, who were pregnant and gave birth to in October, his heart was full of tenderness.

The two little dolls stared curiously at this strange person with their round eyes, especially when they looked at the army standing outside the palace, the small eyes were dripping and full of freshness.

"They look like you."

Xia Pei bowed her head and kissed her forehead, "I feel like you too, especially your eyebrows." z.br>

His voice, full of magnetism, lingered in her ears, causing her ears to heat up and her heart to beat disorderly.

"Well, they do look a lot like you." She blushed and lowered her eyelashes.

Xia Pei chuckled, took her hand and continued to walk forward, "Yi'er, you have to remember my words, think twice before acting, don't act rashly, after all, I and the child can't do without you."

Lu Zhaoyi bowed, and then, she gradually left his embrace, her eyes became serious, "Your Majesty, concubine, you are leaving."

"Go ahead, take care of yourself." Xia Pei instructed.

She took a deep breath and resolutely stepped into the carriage, looking back as she went, but the moment she entered the carriage, the moment the curtain fell, tears slowly slid down her white face, and finally, disappeared into the carriage......

She couldn't cry because she couldn't be seen.

Watching the army marching farther and farther away, Xia Pei felt melancholy in his heart, and he didn't want to look at the carriage again, because he was afraid that he would be reluctant.

He may not be able to control himself, so he rushes over directly and stops Lu Zhaoyi from staying.

But......

Xia Pei suddenly sneered, Lu Zhaoyi must be sure of such a determination, why should he be in vain?

I only hope that his wife can return safely.

Time has passed, because this time, Xia Pei was abandoned in Luojing, but she also felt the feeling of leading the troops to the expedition a year ago, she was pregnant with a child, waiting for her to come back.

In addition to dealing with the government every day, he devotes more energy to taking care of his two children.

Although he can't be by her side, at least, he can make up for her with his own heart.

His children are his responsibility.

With the passage of time, the little prince and the little princess gradually showed their character, although they couldn't speak, they couldn't stand up and run, but they could still see that the little prince was obviously more calm than the little princess, and more often didn't cry or make trouble, lying on the soft collapse and looking at everything in the hall, as if he was contemplating.

"Riel!"

Xia Pei went down to court one day, looking at the little prince in such a daze, he went up to pick him up and coaxed him, the more he looked at this child, the more he liked it.

He pointed to another place, the little princess under the care of Shadow Rain.

"Look at your sister, you are naughty every day, or you are good."

The little prince didn't understand it, but he grinned, revealing his pink gums.

"Rui'er......" Xia Pei called again.

At this time, the little prince finally heard clearly, and immediately babbled in response, and reached out to touch Xia Pei's stubble.

He giggled, revealing neat white baby teeth, and it could be seen that this little guy was very healthy and lively, and Xia Pei was very pleased.

Xia Pei hugged the little prince, walked straight to Ying Yu's side, put the two children together, and in an instant, he couldn't help but sigh.

"These two children, born as compatriots, have a bad temperament

Don't be so big?"

Shadow Rain smiled, "Your Majesty, are you worried about the little prince?"

He shook his head, a little deep, "They are also almost seven months old, and I plan to make Rui'er the crown prince on the day they turn one year old."

Hearing this, Shadow Rain was stunned for a moment.

But there's nothing wrong with it, Xia Rui is the eldest son, and he should be the best candidate for the crown prince.

However, when he reached the age of one and began to canonize the crown prince, it was also unprecedented.

Suddenly, a guard outside the door came to spread the word that Luo Jingfeng was full of buildings, and the latest news from the front line came.

When the secret report was presented in his hand, Xia Pei couldn't help but worry at first, but he couldn't help but want to read the contents, but he couldn't bear to look at it, worried that what he saw was bad news.

"Shadow Rain! Read it to me!"

「……」

Shadow Rain silently packed up the folds, opened the secret report, and began to read, "Tell the Holy Lord, according to the report of the spies, the Northern Yan National Division led 30,000 horsemen to meet the main force of the Qingzhou Army led by the queen, after three days and three nights of fierce fighting, the Northern Yan National Division was captured, and the Qingzhou Iron Cavalry killed 10,000 enemy troops, captured 4,000 prisoners, and collected more than 1 million cattle, sheep and livestock......

Hearing this, Xia Pei was stunned.

"Anything else?"

"Yes!"

She continued to read and continued to read: "General Zhao Lin and General Zuo Si went out of Yuyang and Yanmen respectively, and cooperated with the queen's Qingzhou army to attack from three sides, and Beiyan intends to start a decisive battle sixty miles north of Heru......

This result is not unexpected.

"And like a city?" Xia Pei stood up suddenly, "Wouldn't it happen to be near the river!"

And Ruhe is located between two mountain peaks, which is the intersection of Youzhou and Bingzhou, starting from Yuejiao City in Yanmen County and Guangning City in Yuyang County, you need to pass through those two mountains, and if you make a detour, it is bound to be delayed for several days.

If Beiyan really wants to start a decisive battle on the banks of the river, I am afraid that the speed of the reinforcements supported by the two places will be greatly slowed down.

Xia Pei's heart tensed.

If he encountered this kind of thing, he would not be afraid at all, but now, it was his queen and his wife who were fighting outside the Great Wall of the border, how could he not worry?

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Shadow Rain sensed that something was wrong with him and asked with concern.

Xia Pei waved his hand, "I'm fine!"

Ying Yu was slightly stunned, and turned her eyes down, "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much about this matter, during the Battle of Jiangxia back then, the danger that the Empress encountered was a hundred times more difficult than this time, and it can be easily solved. I believe that this time, the queen will be able to turn evil into good fortune."

Xia Pei couldn't listen to her words, she was still thinking about it in her heart, and couldn't help but leave a sentence, "You take care of the two children here." After saying that, he got up and was about to rush out of the temple.

Just now, a milky sound sounded in the hall, which attracted Xia Pei's attention and immediately made him stop.

"Ahh

When he turned around, he saw Xia Rui staring at him with big eyes in the small soft collapse, the smiling face of the baby, simple, pure and beautiful, which made his heart soft.

The sound of "Ah Pa" is very close to the reading of Father, but the little guy has not yet learned to speak.

Unexpectedly, Xia Rui spoke for the first time, and it was himself who shouted.

Unconsciously, Xia Pei went back to the past, squatted down, and asked gently, "Rui'er, you also believe in your grandmother, right?"

Ruil shook her little head, as if she understood him, and nodded instead.

At this time, on the other side, the little princess suddenly opened her throat and cried.

Shadow Rain hurriedly picked her up, patted her on the back, comforted, and whispered in her mouth, "The little princess may be hungry, Shadow Rain will go to the nurse to breastfeed."

"Well, go ahead." Xia Pei nodded, watching Ying Yu leave with his daughter in his arms, and then lowered his head again, looking at Xia Rui, his gaze became complicated, "Rui'er, Father also believes in your Grandma."

"Ahma, Ahma...... Ah Ma ......" Xia Rui suddenly stretched out his fleshy little hand and grabbed Xia Pei's

The palms of the hands and the mouth kept shouting.

This childish childish voice inexplicably touched a certain string buried deep in his heart, making his eyes red again.

"Yes, my mother will come back safely, and our family will definitely be reunited."

Xia Rui seemed to agree with him, and laughed at him.

Seeing him smile like this, Xia Pei also laughed, he reached out and rubbed his little head, and asked softly, "Does Rui'er know why Grandma abandoned you in the palace?" Because she is there to defend the territory of our Central Plains and to protect our people."

"In the future, when you grow up, you will do the same, protect our people, and work for all the people of the world, so that all the people will not suffer from hunger and cold. Do you understand?"

Xia Rui blinked and tilted his head to look at him.

Xia Pei shook his head with a smile and sighed, his stupid son is only so big, but he is so sensible, he must be carefully cultivated in the future, hoping that he can take charge of himself in the future and create a prosperous generation.

Under his son's laughter, his heart gradually became less anxious, and he reached out and scraped the bridge of Rui'er's nose, and the father and son looked at each other like this.

Since then, the war reports have been continuously conveyed to the palace, and Xia Pei has always paid attention to the situation of the war in the north.

As Ying Yu said before, and like a war, it was thrilling and abnormal, although there were tribulations in the middle, but the ending was still good, and even under Lu Zhaoyi's edict, the tens of thousands of people who captured Beiyan were moved to the counties of Qingzhou for isolation and control.

If the captives are quarantined and perform well enough, they will be relocated to other states and counties, given Ding nationality, and arranged to engage in agricultural production.

When the Xianbei people in the frontier heard that there was such a good thing, they couldn't believe it at first, but as more and more people surrendered, and brought letters and food to those who did not surrender, the other Xianbei people saw hope.

If you want to migrate to the fertile land of the Central Plains and live well, who wants to fight?

With the passage of time, more and more Xianbei people were arranged to Qingzhou one by one under the arrangement of frontier soldiers, hoping to get land and survive.

The distribution of land touches the interests of the nobles.

But Qingzhou does not belong to the territory of any scholar clan now, but if it is to move to other states and counties, then the scholar clan will be dissatisfied, but with the migration of the population, the land of the scholar clan in the Central Plains will be further divided, and at that time, how can the scholar clan still have the ability to fight against the imperial court?

When Xia Pei heard that Lu Zhaoyi had made this policy at the border, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone, one is to solve the enemy's military morale, so that more war-weary people will take refuge in it, and the other is to continue to carve up the interests of the Shi clan in the Central Plains, resulting in smaller and smaller divisions.

The scholars wanted to resist, but at that time, they might all find that they were no longer able to resist, and the power of the Central Plains reversed up and down again, and only in this way could the new dynasty usher in a strong and prosperous dynasty.

But everything is not so smooth, and all changes will inevitably cause the old forces to die throes.

However, all this, perhaps in Lu Zhaoyi's place, has already been arranged, and he only needs to cooperate.

Maybe one day, if the new policy is implemented, the people will no longer have to commit themselves to the scholars, and everyone will be able to be an ordinary person under Zhaoyang, instead of being a vassal of the scholars.