In 1223 AD, the first year of the Zhou Dynasty, late autumn.

On the shore of the West Lake, on the lonely mountain.

His Majesty the Emperor took his daughter's hand and stood in front of a tomb, which was the tomb of the former Empress Dowager of the Jin Kingdom, but the tombstone said Yang, there was no title of honor, no grand funeral, only a simple tomb, a pair of father and daughter standing in front of the tomb to express their sorrows.

The tomb was dug by Yang Kang himself, this is Concubine Rong's last wish before her death, she is a native of Jinguo, and she does not want to be buried in the imperial tombs of other countries, so Yang Kang chose a beautiful place by the West Lake for her burial, not to mention that her identity is really not suitable for a funeral with great fanfare.

Since Yang Kang brought Concubine Rong to Lin'an City, she became ill, Yang Kang hid the news from her from the outside world, but paper could not contain the fire after all, the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and the murder of Wan Yanxu finally reached Concubine Rong's ears, even if the medical skills of the Tai Hospital and the Tai Doctor were clever, there was nothing to be done about a woman who was too sad, this is a heart disease, and there is no medicine to treat.

After a delay of several months, the Empress Dowager of the Kingdom of Jin died of illness in Lin'an City at the age of twenty-four.

Yang Kang pities this woman more than love, looking back on Concubine Rong's life, she has never lived for herself, she has always been a pawn in the hands of others, until the last moment, thinking of this, the emperor's heart was filled with a faint sadness and self-blame, this matter is that he is too selfish.

"Your mother is a good woman. Yang Kang said to his daughter.

Xiao Buregret didn't respond, just looked at the grave in front of him, and knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would never see his mother again, and his mother explained that she should listen to her father and get along with the women in the palace, those women were very good to her, but she didn't like it. The little girl thought stubbornly.

Back at the palace, Yang Kang handed over his daughter to Bao Xiweak, who cherished this granddaughter very much.

At this time, three months have passed since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the court is very peaceful, but the repercussions among the scholars are violent, and some Confucians even commit suicide for the sake of honor. caused quite a stir, and there were some literati who were unwilling to die to write poems and satirization, they did not dare to blatantly write about the current emperor, but wrote about Lu Bu during the Three Kingdoms.

Wenhou Lu Bu was known as the third surname of the house slave, betrayed the old master for money and power, was a capricious villain, Yang Kang first surnamed Wanyan, and later surnamed Zhao, whether it was Wanyan Honglie or Zhao descendants Zhao and Ju all died at the hands of Yang Kang. This is similar to Lu Bu's experience, where the literati used it to mock Yang Kang as a repetitive villain.

It can be seen that cultural people scold people to beat around the bush and not spit out dirty words.

Yang Kang laughed at this, the guys who only dared to put cold arrows in the dark couldn't make a big deal, and there was no need to arrest them, as long as they cut off their economic resources, there are not many people in this world who don't bend their waists for five buckets of rice. A truly upright and honest person deserves his respect.

During this time, the former crown prince Zhao Hong colluded with some ministers to plot a coup d'état, but before they could finish their discussion, they were captured by the Imperial City Division. Zhao Hong was demoted to a concubine and imprisoned in the Zongfu, except for that, nothing major happened in the entire Song Kingdom, but just after winter, bad news came.

Meng Zongzheng and Jia She, the leaders of the two major military groups of the Great Zhou Dynasty, both died less than a month apart. It caused a lot of shock to the army, and this matter has nothing to do with Yang Kang, both of them are caused by the recurrence of old diseases and physical and mental exhaustion, in order to stabilize the morale of the army. His Majesty the Emperor promoted Meng Hui to replace Meng Zongzheng, and because Jia Rudao was still young, the land of Huaiyin was handed over to Zhao Fan to take over.

This year, the Zhou Dynasty died two generals, the Mongols died to tow mines, Lou Shidao's Ming Kingdom is still recuperating, and the world has entered a rare period of peace, but there is an undercurrent hidden under the seemingly calm surface, with the exposure of Yang Kang's life experience, those former enemies will bring a lot of trouble to the emperor.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, there is a lot of feasting and drinking in the palace.

This is the first year of the new dynasty, no matter what, it will be grand, the emperor and the ministers drink freely, the concubines and noblewomen in the harem talk, a harmonious and festive atmosphere, and in a mourning hall in the harem, Xiao Buregret is incense for his mother, wishing his mother a good day.

Ake, who has been responsible for taking care of and protecting the little princess, was on the side, just as Ake was about to leave with little regrets, a palace maid suddenly appeared and attacked Ake, Ake was forced to fight, shouting for help, but the person who came was domineering and domineering, and his body was light, which was not something that Ake could resist, and he was knocked to the ground in a few moves.

The palace maid picked up Xiao Buregret and disappeared into the darkness.

"Let Wan Yankang come to the Valley of Despair to save his daughter!" said the palace maid coldly before leaving.

Ah Ke endured the pain and ran out to report the news, the sudden incident of the little princess being kidnapped made the banquet in the palace end in a hurry, Yang Kang saw from the black palm print on Ah Ke's body that the palace maid should be the iron palm lotus Qiu Qianqi, he kept Qiu Qianqi originally wanted to have the opportunity to lure Gongsun Zhi in the future, but Gongsun Zhi has been following Ouyang Feng and did not look for Qiu Qianqi, and finally Qiu Qianqi was let go by Murong Yan.

After Qiu Qianqi escaped from Lin'an Mansion, she searched everywhere for the whereabouts of her brother Qiu Qianren, for which she returned to Tiezhang Peak, went to Zhongnan Mountain, and carefully investigated in the Valley of Despair, but did not find Qiu Qianren's whereabouts, she guessed that her brother would definitely save her after leaving the Valley of Despair, so it was most likely in the Song Kingdom, but she did not hear about the deeds of her brother breaking into the prison of the Song Kingdom, Qiu Qianren seemed to have disappeared out of thin air in the world.

While she was searching hard, the story about Yang Kang spread, and from this, the Iron Palm Lotus knew that Wan Yankang and the Emperor of the Song State were the same person, and the Emperor of the Song State was a martial arts master, if the elder brother went to hold the Emperor of the Song State hostage in order to save her, then he was likely to be killed by Yang Kang.

In this way, my brother may have died at the hands of Wan Yankang.

Therefore, Qiu Qianqi returned to Lin'an City, secretly collected information, but did not find the news that Qiu Qiancheng was imprisoned, she heard that Yang Kang loved the little princess in the palace very much, so she took advantage of the Chinese New Year's Eve when the banquet was held in the palace to sneak in, disguised as a palace maid to find out the location of the little princess, thus kidnapping Yang Buregret.

If his brother is imprisoned, Wan Yankang will naturally take his brother to exchange, if his brother dies, Qiu Qianqi will have to fight Wan Yankang to the death in the Valley of Despair to avenge his brother. The Iron Palm Lotus left the palace with the little princess in her arms and headed towards the outside of Lin'an City, where she wanted to leave the palace as much as she could, so as not to be trapped by the forbidden army.

Traveling all the way, Qiu Qianqi secretly wondered, the little girl in his arms did not cry or make trouble, nor was she scared, she was very quiet, it seemed that she was not hijacked, but just an ordinary trip.

The little princess Yang did not regret looking at the palace that was gradually drifting away, she was not afraid, she just felt that her heart was empty, her mother was gone, what difference did she make when she was, there were imperial grandmothers who doted on her in the palace, there were fathers who loved her, and several imperial concubines who tried their best to please her.

Yes, the people in the palace are wonderful, but I don't like it. (To be continued......)