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

This battle in the northern border was the greatest victory Daqi had experienced in more than ten years. After Chu Bian and others returned to the palace to report, the emperor and other ministers held a celebration banquet for them.

At the celebration banquet, titles and rewards for the generals who participated in this war were quickly announced.

Chu Yi was originally a second-rank general guarding the north, but after this battle, he became a first-rank general.

Because of his flexibility in combat, Chu Ren inflicted 20,000 casualties on the enemy with only 3,000 soldiers, and was awarded the title of third-rank General Wen Ce. The word "Wen Ce" was drafted by the emperor himself.

Because Chu Ren was unwilling to go to the battlefield again, the emperor arranged for him to do things like training troops and planning in the future.

Although Shu Xiao did not return and was still stationed in the northern border, he captured the second prince of the Northern Zhou alive and made an indelible contribution, so he was appointed as the third-rank General of the Northern Expedition.

The soldiers who followed them to victory will all be rewarded, and the families of soldiers who died in the war will also receive generous pensions.

The gold, silver, jewelry, silks, satins, fields and houses given as rewards were countless.

After the celebration banquet, the entire Shengjing city fell into a huge carnival, as lively as the New Year.

It’s indeed the New Year.

The emperor felt that there were so many happy events this year that it was not enough to just hold a celebratory banquet for Chu Yi and the others. He decided to hold a grand banquet on New Year's Eve to entertain all officials and their families.

After the news spread, everyone was preparing for the upcoming New Year's Eve banquet, especially the ladies, who were busy cutting new clothes and buying rouge.

Chu Ren ordered people to move all the silks, satins and jewelry that the emperor had rewarded him with to Chu Heyi's house.

"All this cloth is yours, and you can make as many new clothes as you want. And all this jewelry is yours."

Chu Ren had no lover and was not engaged yet, so he thought it was useless to keep these things.

Anyway, the family would make new clothes for him every quarter.

Chu Heyi teased him, "Fourth brother is not young anymore, maybe he will meet his sweetheart in a while, why don't you save some good things to give to your sweetheart when the time comes?"

Chu Ren felt a little embarrassed and tapped her on the head.

"I don't know how long I have to wait. Good things need to be used now. If they are left for too long, they will spoil easily."

"Are you sure you're going to give it to me?"

"How could this be false? Does your fourth brother look like the kind of stingy person who goes back on his word?" Chu Ren always felt that his victory was given by Chu Heyi, and he would have no complaints even if he was asked to give all the rewards to Chu Heyi.

"Since you gave it to me, it belongs to me." Chu Heyi said solemnly, "Fourth brother, although the 50,000 soldiers in the northern border died with King Cheng, they have always been guarding the northern border, and they are the soldiers brought up by our Chu family. Now that they have died, the court will certainly give them compensation, but how much silver can human life be measured?

"I want to exchange all these cloths and jewelry for silver, and go with my brother to visit and comfort the families of the soldiers who died in the North. I will then use the silver from my and my brother's private vaults to provide them with relief."

Chu Ren recalled the scene in the desert at that time. Many people looked into the distance before they died, but the desert was so vast that they could not see their hometown, their parents, or the girl they loved.

Two thousand of the five thousand soldiers who followed him died. He already felt that the scene was too cruel to bear, let alone the death of all fifty thousand soldiers?

Since returning from the northern border until now, Chu Ren has never had a good night's sleep. He would wake up at the slightest disturbance...

"Okay, I'll go with you and my brother to those families to comfort them, and I'll take out all the silver I have."

"Fourth brother is righteous." Chu Heyi said with a smile.

She had already discussed this matter with her eldest brother, who had no objection and even praised her for being thoughtful.

However, the families of the 50,000 soldiers are not all in Shengjing City, but are scattered in various corners of Daqi. It is obviously unrealistic to visit the homes of all 50,000 soldiers.

Chu Yi then looked for people in the army who knew the fallen soldiers, gave them the silver he had donated, and asked them to ask someone to deliver it to the relatives of the fallen soldiers.

As for the families living near Shengjing City, Chu Heyi followed Chu Yi and Chu Ren to visit them.

Except for a very small number of families who were indifferent to the relatives and only wanted to make the last bit of money from the dead soldiers, most of the rest of the families cried their hearts out when they heard the sad news about their relatives.

But because of the personal visit of the Chu family, the pain in their hearts was soothed to a certain extent, making them feel that following the Chu family to the battlefield was not miserable, but glorious, and that the Chu family were all people with conscience.

There is a saying: "I am not afraid of sacrifice, it depends on whether the person I follow is worthy of my sacrifice."

The visits of the Chu brothers and sisters made many families feel that it was worthwhile for their fathers/husbands/brothers/sons to follow them.

While the ladies in Shengjing City were preparing new clothes and rouge and powder, Chu Heyi followed her two brothers, braving the wind and snow to visit every household, wiping their tears and giving them silver.

Although it cannot completely heal their pain, it can bring them a little warmth, which is enough for Chu Heyi.

Their visits ended on New Year's Eve.

Chu Heyi was extremely tired after going out early and coming back late every day for more than half a month. She fell asleep in the carriage on the way to the palace for the New Year's Eve banquet. The Second Lady was very distressed and asked the coachman to go slower to avoid waking Chu Heyi up due to the bumps.

The emperor hosted a banquet for all the officials and their families. Everyone was very excited. The excitement extended from the palace gate to the inside of the palace, and there was laughter everywhere.

After Chu Runxue entered the palace, she went to Yiyang Palace on purpose. At the gate of Yiyang Palace, she met Dongfang Shuo who had just come out after paying his respects to Concubine Zheng.

The winter afternoon sunlight was harsh and fell on Dongfang Shuo's face, making him look pale.

He was dressed neatly and had cleaned his stubble, but he had lost a lot of weight, like a sapling that had been too harshly oppressed by wind and frost, and was drooping. The fine clothes and high spirits of the past were completely gone.

Seeing Chu Runxue, he raised his foot and was about to leave.

Chu Runxue stopped him and said, "Your Highness Prince Cheng, are you planning to never see me again in this life?"

When they returned to the court that day, she naturally went to the city gate to greet them, but she saw that he was trying hard to reduce his presence in the crowd and did not look at her at all.

After that, he hid in Prince Cheng's mansion, not going out or seeing guests, so Chu Runxue and he never met.

Dongfang Shuo pursed his lips tightly, his eyes full of pain.

Chu Runxue raised her hand, signaling everyone behind her and Dongfang Shuo to leave, leaving her alone with Dongfang Shuo.

"While you were immersed in the sorrow and failure of the past, my eldest brother, fourth brother, and Chu Heyi exchanged the emperor's reward for silver and emptied their own private coffers to visit and comfort the families of the 50,000 soldiers who were annihilated with you."

Dongfang Shuo suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Chu Runxue, his eyes were bloodshot and filled with overwhelming hatred.

"What is their intention in doing this? To win over the people and make the world despise me even more?"

Chu Runxue said: "Yes, they did what Your Highness should have done. They won the hearts of the people who Your Highness should have won."