The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

The news was delivered to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion as quickly as possible.

It was the chief eunuch Yao An who came to inform them personally, and he also specifically reminded Chu Heyi and the others: "The weather is about to get colder, Madam and all the young ladies and gentlemen, you have to prepare more clothes. Maybe you will have to spend this winter in the palace."

"Thank you for your advice, Eunuch Yao. We will do it." Chu Heyi stepped forward and personally handed a silver ingot to Yao An.

"I want to ask you a piece of news, sir. Was it Miss Runxue who proposed to invite us to live in the palace?"

Yao An smiled awkwardly, "Although it was Miss Chu who brought up the matter, the Emperor also thought that General Chu was on the battlefield killing enemies and no one was taking care of you, so he specially invited you to stay in the palace for a while, and waited with you for General Chu and his men to return triumphantly."

"I also heard Miss Runxue tell a story in the Purple Palace about a child from a small mountain village far away who was hit by a huge rock weighing four or five hundred kilograms, and was then saved by his father with his bare hands?"

"That's true. The story Miss Runxue told was very vivid, gave people infinite power, and left a deep impression on them."

"Don't you think that story is a little off, Eunuch Yao?"

Yao An's face was full of doubts: "Please help me, Miss Heyi."

"Eunuch, think about it. Where did the boulder come from? A boulder cannot roll down on flat ground, so it must have rolled down from a mountain. A boulder weighing four or five hundred kilograms rolled down from a mountain and hit a child. The child did not die on the spot and even waited until his father moved the boulder away to rescue him. Does this... conform to the actual situation?"

Yao An: “…”

Chu Heyi continued seriously, "Last time we fought bandits on Xining Mountain, we specially prepared a lot of rocks on the top of the mountain. When the bandits came, the rocks rolled down, and many bandits died on the spot after being hit."

Yao An: “…”

After Yao An returned to the palace, he went to report to the emperor. The emperor asked him, "What was the reaction of the people in Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion?"

"Very obedient." Yao An hesitated to speak.

The emperor looked up at him and said, "Just say what you want to say. Do you want me to punish you for hesitating?"

Yao An told the emperor what Chu Heyi said, and the emperor, who was reviewing memorials, stopped.

"Humph, this girl from the Chu family is really smart. She knows the true intentions of me and the court officials, and she mocks us for believing Chu Runxue's nonsense!"

Yao An said tentatively, "I think what Miss Heyi said makes some sense. If a boulder weighing four or five hundred kilograms hits a child, he will definitely die on the spot. Even if his father bursts out with amazing strength upon seeing him die, he cannot save the child."

The emperor's expression suddenly turned ugly: "You already know this, how could I not know it? Get out!"

"Yes, I will get someone else to serve you right away." Yao An withdrew.

The emperor couldn't calm down for a long time.

Although he was reluctant, the emperor had to admit that this battle in the north would be disastrous.

But he didn't want the Chu father and son and their soldiers to die easily. He wanted them to fight with their last drop of blood and sweat before they died, so that even if the Northern Zhou won, it would be a difficult victory.

The blood flowed like a river, and the fight continued until death. He wanted the heroic spirits of the Chu family to become an invisible barrier! Even if they were defeated, the Northern Zhou army would feel panic and fear when they thought of Daqi later, and would not dare to easily start a dispute with Daqi again!

So, he adopted Chu Runxue's strategy.

Bring the people from the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion into the palace, and make the Chu family father and son beheaded and bleed, and never retreat.

But the emperor’s real purpose is not allowed to be spread.

What was spread out was just what the emperor had said to the historian - to solve the worries of Chu Zhen and his son and bring their family into the palace to be taken care of.

Therefore, many people in the Chu family now feel confused about this.

Chu Heyi heard the sisters below talking: "Haven't we Chu family always been fighting on the battlefield? The emperor has never invited us to the palace to take care of us before."

Most of them were girls, with Chu Lu as the only boy, and they were all quite young.

The Second Madam stroked their heads, calmed them, and reminded them: "The emperor's grace is great, and we should naturally be grateful. But when you arrive at the palace, you must not run around, so as not to offend the nobles."

The children all nodded obediently.

The Second Lady gave them some other instructions before asking the nanny to take the children downstairs and pack their luggage.

When she looked up, she happened to see Chu Heyi breaking a jade hairpin in her hand. There was a faint and cold smile on the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were looking in an unknown direction, as if that was her life goal.

The Second Lady walked over and said, "Heyi, what are you thinking about? Can you tell me?"

Chu Heyi turned around and looked at her: "Second Mother, do you know the real purpose of the emperor wanting our whole family to enter the palace this time?"

Er Niang thought that Chu Heyi must have known about it since he reacted like that, so she told him what she was thinking truthfully.

"After your eldest brother lost his legs, everyone thought that there was no one in the Chu family who could serve as the main general to fight against the Northern Zhou army. In this battle in the northern border, although everyone didn't say it, they must have thought in their hearts that your father and brothers... would never come back."

The second wife paused, her voice choked, and it took her a long while before she could continue.

"The emperor must have thought so. After the news of the defeat in the first battle came, the emperor was even more certain of the result. This time when he asked us to enter the palace, we were not guests, not people to be taken care of, but hostages.

"The emperor wants to use our lives to threaten your father and brother to never retreat. No, it's not to never retreat, but even if they know they will die, they will be forced to rush forward and be slashed countless times before being allowed to fall and die. Even if your father and brother are injured and die, the emperor will use them for his own benefit."

Chu Heyi held the Second Madam's hand and looked into her eyes: "Second Madam, do you believe what I say?"

"Of course I believe it." There are no capable people in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. They are all the elderly, the weak, women and children. Although Chu Heyi is a woman, she is already the most capable and intelligent among them.

Chu Heyi stared into her eyes and spoke almost word by word: "Then Second Mother, listen to me and don't cry. Father and brother will come back alive. All those who are waiting for the collapse of Zhenbei Marquis Mansion will cry in the end."

Her eyes were so firm that they seemed to be saying that the sun would still rise from the east tomorrow, making the Second Lady unable to help but believe it.

But there was a hint of crazy hatred in her eyes, which frightened the second lady.

However, Chu Heyi quickly smiled and said, "Second Mother, let's prepare winter clothes and go to the palace to live happily. Then they will know why it is easier to invite a god than to send him away."

The luggage was packed and the servants loaded it onto the carriage. The next morning, someone from the palace came to pick them up.

The wife of Marquis Anyuan came over to see them off, holding the hands of the second wife and Chu Heyi and wiping away tears: "Runxue proposed to the emperor that you should live in the palace, and it was also to solve the worries of the second brother and his family. Sister-in-law and Heyi, you must not blame Runxue, this child is always too kind."

Chu Heyi leaned close to Anyuan Hou's wife's ear and smiled coldly: "Aunt, Miss Runxue wants us to enter the palace as hostages for the emperor. My father and brother can only win this battle and cannot lose."

The purpose of Chu Runxue's plan was to make her father and brother shed their last drop of blood and use their flesh and blood to pave the way for Dongfang Shuo's victory.