Kunning Palace, the dormitory of Empress Xiao.

Empress Xiao is a legendary woman, Xuanling was not founded at that time, and she couldn't even say that she was a small country. Zhu Zhang saw the opportunity to launch an uprising, recruited troops from a small magistrate along the way, constantly expanded his ranks, relied on one battle after another, and fought his way out of a bloody road full of corpses and bones, and finally spent fifty years overthrowing the former Liang Dynasty and establishing the Xuanling Kingdom.

Among them, there was a betrayal of people's hearts, almost lost his life, there were mistakes in decision-making, he almost couldn't turn over, and he lost all the games. There have been so many trials and tribulations and setbacks in the past 50 years, too many to count!

In this most difficult time, in addition to the eldest prince Zhu Shan, who was in battle at the age of fifteen, there was also Lu Wenhai on the side, taking him all the way to stumble and fight the country, and the other was Queen Xiao.

unswervingly followed, never said a word of complaint, and if he couldn't go to the battlefield, he would stay in the rear and take care of Zhu Zhang's daily life. A woman who was still young, after more than ten years of running on the battlefield, her whole face was rough and yellow, and she no longer had a little brilliance from the past.

After Zhu Zhang became the emperor, the first thing was to make her the queen, and the soldiers did not dare to say a word of disagreement, after all, everyone has seen what Queen Xiao has done over the years, if she does not establish a queen, it will arouse the dissatisfaction of a bunch of people!

Empress Xiao is indeed not as beautiful as those young women, now she is nearly fifty years old, her temples are beginning to turn white, and the years have left deep marks on her face, she really can't be said to be beautiful anymore, if it weren't for the majestic temperament accumulated in her bones, and a gorgeous costume, she might be treated as an ordinary village woman if she was put on the street.

When Empress Xiao got older, she liked some quiet and nourishing things, such as fishing, so Emperor Zhu Zhang specially dug a small lake for her to play in Kunning Palace, and built a few fishing platforms in several other palaces, and took them to catch a few small fish every time she traveled.

Mrs. Li had just arrived, and Empress Xiao was sitting by the small lake fishing.

Today's Empress Xiao is wearing a slightly simple plain white long brocade robe, embroidering a strange and strong branch on the fabric with dark brown silk threads, and the peach silk thread embroiders a blooming plum blossom, extending from the skirt to the waist, a wide purple belt tightens the thin waist, but also gives people a feeling of elegance and luxury, wearing a light purple open gauze coat, every move leads to a sense of sparkling flow of the yarn, and a piece of jade jade pendant is tied around the waist, adding an elegant atmosphere.

At this time, she was carrying an emerald green bamboo fishing rod in her hand, and a pot of wine was placed next to her, not like a queen but like a woman from the rivers and lakes.

In order not to disturb Empress Xiao's Yaxing, Mrs. Li has been standing next to her silently, and quietly waiting for Empress Xiao's opening.

I don't know how long it took, Queen Xiao's fishing rod moved, she gently lifted it with both hands, and a live carp was caught by her from the water, causing a string of ripples.

She put the carp in a small tank, continued to bait, and once again shook the hook in her hand like water.

"Say, what's the matter with coming to the palace?" Empress Xiao didn't look at Mrs. Li when she said this, and still looked at the lake by herself.

Mrs. Li first saluted, "The concubine sees the queen's mother!"

Then he walked to Empress Xiao's side and said, "The concubine came today to ask the queen to agree." ”

Empress Xiao still looked at the lake and said, "Say, listen to this palace!"

Mrs. Li straightened her body, there were small pebbles everywhere by the lake, and she was standing strangely hard, and she said, "The concubine wants Niangniang to issue an order to recall my brother Li Xuan." ”

The whole court knows that Xuanling has a soft rice general, relying on his sister to take the position, from a small Dusi to jump to the position of a two-level general general, afraid of death in battle, not to mention the soldiers who bring are also very cowardly, Xuanling has always been famous for his courage and good fighting, but the soldiers brought out by Li Xuan are all greedy for life and afraid of death, and they have become the object of ridicule of all Xuanling soldiers.

"What's the use of you talking to the palace about this, you have to tell His Majesty the Emperor. Empress Xiao replied, "And what are you calling him back for, although it is a little bad to lead the troops, but I have a lot of soldiers in Xuanling, and it is no problem to raise a waste general general casually." ”

Empress Xiao spoke mercilessly, word by word, completely ignoring Mrs. Li's expression.

Madame Li didn't care about these either, and continued: "This matter is only useful if you open your mouth!

"Tsk!" Empress Xiao was a little impatient, put down the fishing rod, looked at Mrs. Li for the first time, and said, "What do you want to do?"

Seeing this, Mrs. Li was no longer mysterious, and bent down to say what she thought in Empress Xiao's ear.

People like Rao is Empress Xiao couldn't help but be shocked, but she quickly restrained her expression, she looked at Mrs. Li and said, "You are ruthless, you are the one who has done this among the women I have seen in this palace in my life, and you have been gone for many years." ”

Mrs. Li saluted again, "Please make it happen!"

Empress Xiao waved her hand and said, "I know, let's go, this palace will continue to fish!"

Mrs. Li saluted and slowly retreated, and out of Kunning Palace, Mrs. Li looked up at the rising sun slowly rising in the sky, and sighed long, "Okay, this life is like this, Li Xuan, you have to fight hard to live!"

Her face was unprecedentedly relieved, as if she had entered the palace for the first day.

After Mrs. Li had been gone for a long time, a Wenchen walked out of the Kunning Palace and walked to Empress Xiao's side, the Wenchen's hair was gray, and his eyes were slightly closed, and he couldn't tell if he was open, "What are you going to do?"

It is unbelievable that someone dares to call Queen Xuanling "you", especially Empress Xiao obviously didn't care or even got used to it, she didn't answer, but asked herself: "Do you say that Your Majesty will know her thoughts?" This palace also understands when you see Your Majesty, whether you come to me or not, the result is actually the same, but it is more secure. ”

The white-haired Wenchen understood what Empress Xiao meant, and decided to help her, Empress Xiao continued: "Since the fifth prince Zhu Kai was born, His Majesty the Emperor has not had a single heir, everyone thinks that His Majesty the Emperor is old, but how do they know that this is actually His Majesty himself does not want it. ”

This is very interesting, not to mention that ordinary families want to have children and grandchildren, the emperor's family is even more particular about a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren, with lush branches and leaves, and there are still emperors who don't want children.

Empress Xiao looked at the fish in the lake in a daze, and muttered, "I just looked at her a bit like her, and I felt ashamed." ”

When she said this, Empress Xiao called herself "I" for the first time, and there was a deep sadness under her stunned expression.

The white-haired Wenchen was expressionless and said, "Let it pass, there is still a long way to go!"

Empress Xiao sneered, "Lu Fox, it's out of time for us to talk about the long road now, they are all old men with half of their bodies in the ground!"

That's right, this white-haired Wenchen is Lu Wenhai, the current Xuanling Taishi, an old strategist who followed Emperor Zhu Zhang to fight in all directions and give advice.

Lu Wenhai also fell into memories, those eyes that couldn't tell whether they were open or closed, there was a crystal tear on his eyelashes, when he was young, he lit the lamp to read military books and read maps, and he fell into such a bad problem, and he always shed tears for no reason. He said in a subtle voice, "Yes, we're all old. If it weren't for those so-called elixirs to continue life, we would have been buried a long time ago. ”

Back then, I was a little boy running behind you, and now the years have taken me to catch up with you.