The general said she doesn't take a wife

Not long after Lin Aoxue returned to Beijing, the floods everywhere had been suppressed, and the folk rumors about the queen being a witch in troubled times naturally faded away.

The common people sang praises to the Empress and the Empress again, and the officials in the court acted accordingly, knowing that the Empress had already dealt with the flood, so they couldn't find a chance to smear the Empress again.

Although the courtiers who heard that the empress had brought back a foster daughter from Yujiang, who had planned to hold her own child in both hands and gave it to the empress, were extinguished, but due to the empress's means, they dared not say anything at all.

Lin Aoxue also sent people to follow up on the aftermath of the flood, and distributed relief food and grass to appease the affected people. The impact of the natural disaster on Ning Kingdom gradually subsided, and the disaster-stricken city began to restore its former prosperity under the vigorous construction of the empress.

Until one day, the general who was in charge of interrogating the assassins captured by the Empress on her way back to Beijing that day reported that the assassins had all confessed and that they were accompanying Yunyan in Yuyan Palace. Following the general, he went to the imperial study.

"Already found out? Who sent the assassin?"

The general knelt down on one knee and replied respectfully:

"Yes, the general has already found out that the assassin had contacted Wang Desheng before, and Wang Desheng was connected with Xijiao."

"Western suburb?"

Lin Aoxue murmured a question.

"That's right, it's the western suburb where the princess of the previous dynasty went to get married."

The general was afraid that Lin Aoxue would not be able to remember, so he took the initiative to remind him.

Lin Aoxue's lips curled into a cold smile, she turned her head to the side, and asked again:

"Why did Wang Desheng get involved with that princess who married far away in the western suburbs?"

That general is very clever, he has investigated the whole matter thoroughly before, so when Lin Aoxue asked, he could answer immediately:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, because Wang Desheng's younger sister was the concubine of the former emperor and happened to be the mother of the princess in the western suburbs, so Wang Desheng is her uncle. A while ago, Wang Desheng tried to frame the queen and was relegated by His Majesty. Holding a grudge, but he has no influence, so he thought of the princess in the western suburbs."

"He secretly contacted the former princess, wrote a letter about the situation of Ning, and persuaded the former princess to help him assassinate His Majesty with reasons such as natural disasters and man-made disasters. If the operation is successful, Ning will be in chaos, and the country in the western suburbs can take this opportunity to invade Ning. , No, what he said in his letter is called regaining the lost land of the previous court."

After the general finished speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom that would not be destroyed in the future, it was written by the princess of the previous dynasty.

Lin Aoxue took the letter in her hand, opened it for a look, and then burst out laughing, not only Lin Aoxue, but even the general who reported the matter couldn't help laughing.

The ignorant have no fear, Wang Desheng didn't know what kind of power Lin Aoxue possessed, so he dared to secretly plan such an immature assassination plan.

And the princess of the previous dynasty was worthy of being the daughter of that trash emperor, and her stupidity was no less than that of her father.

In the wild and remote place in the western suburbs, in a tiny country, the former princess married far away. If she kept her own place and took care of her own duty, Lin Aoxueyuan did not plan to kill her, but never thought that this princess would be so stupid, and she could still marry her. Hearing the words of a lost uncle, he extended his hand to Ningguo.

In this case, it's no wonder that Lin Aoxue is so cruel.

After she laughed, she raised her eyes, her eyes were full of coldness, and she said to the general who was kneeling on one knee in the hall:

"I ordered you to be the general, and to dispatch 15 soldiers and horses from the northern border to flatten the western suburbs!"

The general's heart was awe-inspiring, and he took orders with a cold face:

"Yes!"

Lin Aoxue added another sentence at this time:

"And remember, don't kill indiscriminately, don't massacre the city, those who surrender are detained according to the law, the royal family in the western suburbs is captured to the capital, and those who resist in the corner can be wiped out on the spot!"

The general got the order and quickly left the imperial study to arrange the matter. Lin Aoxue took the letter and tapped the table lightly with her finger bones, the sound was clear and crisp.

In September, Ningguo sent troops to the western suburbs, and 15 lions dispatched from the northern border broke into the western suburbs as if they had entered no one's land.

In just one month, the army of Ning State arrived at the royal city in the western suburbs. The monarch of the western suburbs bowed down and bowed down, shouting in public that the western suburbs would like to be incorporated into Ning State and become a subordinate county of Ning State.

The princess of the former dynasty plotted to assassinate the Empress Ningguo, and she was sent to the capital, where she was publicly displayed in the street, and her crimes were announced.

Unbearable to be humiliated in prison, Wang Desheng committed suicide by biting his tongue.

The monarch of Southern Border, which is adjacent to the western suburbs, heard the news of the destruction of the western suburbs. He couldn't sleep peacefully for several days. He was terrified and terrified.

The war in the western suburbs was pacified, and Ningguo celebrated with joy.

It's the New Year's Eve time again, the capital city is brightly lit and bustling, people don't close their doors at night, making noise all night long.

General Pei Qing led the newly promoted general Lu Sheng to the capital to report to the palace.

After many years, Lin Aoxue saw Lu Sheng again. After the court was over, she specially called Pei Qing and Lu Sheng to the Imperial Garden, and ordered a small banquet to be held in the garden.

Yunyan also led Xiaoyu to attend. During the dinner, Lin Aoxue learned that Lu Sheng married a new wife two years ago, and now his daughter is almost one year old.

Lu Sheng's wife is from the prairie. Because Ningguo and the prairie trade, many merchants from the prairie came to the north. Merchants from Ningguo can also go to Shengshi to buy grassland materials.

At that time, the two countries had been in business for less than a year, and the northern border became prosperous with each passing day. Lu Sheng was appointed to manage the order in Shengshinan City, and then met his current wife by chance. The two fell in love with each other. daughter.

When Pei Qing heard about this, he was very relieved, so he decided to let Lu Sheng marry the girl from the grassland.

Lu Sheng felt that this matter was not very important, and it was not related to military affairs. He wanted to report to Lin Aoxue himself when he had the opportunity to go to the capital, so Pei Qing did not write this matter in the military newspaper.

When Lin Aoxue heard about this, she first scolded Lu Sheng for being stupid, but she couldn't hide the smile on her face, and she was very happy. She laughed, and as soon as she finished scolding Lu Sheng, she turned around and ordered someone to make a piece for Lu Sheng's daughter. Longevity lock, let Lu Sheng take it back.

On New Year's Eve, a palace banquet was held in the palace, not only for the ministers in the palace, but also for the envoys who came from the grassland to celebrate the new year.

After Beichenling went to the northern region last time, she hadn't returned to Beijing for more than half a year. This time, she returned to the capital during the New Year's Eve. What surprised Lin Aoxue and Yunyan was that Beichenling didn't come back alone. He also brought the queen of the Boca clan, Zhe Ji.

Zheji used to come to Beijing to pay respects as an excuse, and once the New Year's Day was over, she led Beichenling to tour the mountains and rivers, and it was time for Beichenling to return to Beijing to go to court, but Zheji followed her again, and proposed marriage to the empress in front of all civil and military officials. , she wants to marry the female official Bei Chenling.

Originally, this should be a happy event. Her Majesty the Queen has a deep affection for Fu Ling and is willing to use [-] cattle and sheep from the grassland as a dowry gift. However, Fu Fu Ling fell out with Zhe Ji in public, pointing at her nose and shouting:

"Why do you want me to marry you? You have such a plan, and you haven't discussed it with me beforehand. You are a woman and so am I. You have a prestigious status on the grassland and you can't get away from it. I'm not an idler. You are in love with each other, and I don't want to be a canary in your cage, when will you throw off the burden on you, and then talk about double-living and double-living nonsense!"

All the courtiers were dumbfounded, even Lin Aoxue felt caught off guard.

Just when Lin Aoxue thought that Zheji would be furious because of this, she saw that the domineering woman was not angry at all, she was smiling and said cheerfully:

"Oh, Ling'er, don't be angry, do you think this is good? You accept the dowry first, and go to the grassland with me to play for two years. I promise, after two years, you will abdicate and let the virtuous. Let's go to Shengshi or the North to settle down. When the time comes, what do you think? You can go to the grassland whenever you want, and you can return to the capital whenever you want, okay?"

Lin Aoxue's face shuddered, and she couldn't help but want to laugh.

She never thought that Zhe Ji was such a person.

Zhe Ji is really willing to let go, in order to marry Bei Chenling, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is shameless.

The queen had already lowered her posture, Bei Chenling's eyes widened, and it was extremely rude to face Zhe Ji in public. Seeing Zhe Ji like this, she frowned slightly and eased her tone, but the meaning in the words still made her Lin Aoxue couldn't help laughing:

"If you want to marry, you will marry. I will send the bride price to the grassland tomorrow, and your [-] cattle and sheep will be used as a dowry."

Zhe Ji was dumbfounded.

Lin Aoxue couldn't bear it any longer, and laughed in public in the court hall, the haha ​​resounded throughout the hall, and immediately followed with a few jokes:

"Okay, it's good for Her Majesty the Queen to marry and come to Ningguo. The mountains and rivers of our Ningguo are not good, or don't leave."

Zhe Ji coughed twice, then clicked her lips:

"Oh, don't say it's not impossible, but Ling'er, you have to let me abdicate first, right? How about two years, it can't be shorter!"

Bei Chenling glanced at her, mercilessly, and hummed:

"Okay, make a written proof!"

Zhe Ji gritted her teeth:

"……it is good."

Bei Chenling, a female official of Ning State, and the Queen of the Grassland have made a good marriage, and the news is like a gust of wind, sweeping through the entire court and spreading to all corners of Ning Country. There was a female emperor who welcomed the queen before and set a good example, so the marriage between the female official in the palace and the Queen of the Grassland It doesn't seem so surprising, and in addition to the marriage bestowed by the empress, the whole Ning country was beaming and cheering.

After the New Year's Eve, Zhe Ji still had to go back to the grassland. Although she had made up her mind to abdicate after two years, during the period before she abdicated, Her Majesty still had to personally handle government affairs.

Bei Chenling, who said she would not marry far away, forced Zhe Ji to send her ten miles away when she set off to return to the north. When she came back, her eyes were red, and Lin Aoxue was angry and funny.

This is later.

During the New Year's Eve, Lin Aoxue gave the ministers a holiday, and spent the festival with Yunyan in Yuyan Palace.

On New Year's Eve, Lin Aoxue and Yunyan sat in the garden outside Yuyan Palace with Xiaoyu in their arms, watching the firecrackers lit up in the sky from time to time, Xiaoyu suddenly asked about her sister.

Lin Aoxue glanced at her, thought about it, and asked someone to take Fang Yuzhu into the palace.

This was Fang Yuzhu's first time entering the palace. She followed the palace servants through the palace gates and walked towards the depths of the palace.

Fang Yuzhu, who hadn't seen her younger sister for more than half a year, stood outside Yuyan Palace, looking at the magnificent palace gate, she became timid, stopped outside the gate, a little afraid to go forward.

She was afraid that Xiaoyu would blame her for leaving without saying goodbye, and she was even more afraid that after half a year, Xiaoyu would no longer remember her.

After repeated urging by the palace people, Fang Yuzhu forcibly suppressed the anxiety in her heart, and bravely stepped into Yuyan Palace.

She didn't dare to make Lin Aoxue wait too long, she knew that without the consent of the empress, she would not have the opportunity to enter the palace to meet Xiaoyu.

Fang Yuzhu followed the palace people through the Yuyan Palace, and bypassed the long stone road in the courtyard. Before she saw anyone, she heard a pleasant laughter, and she knew it was Xiaoyu's voice.

Someone is playing the piano in the yard, the sound of the piano is soft and melodious, echoing in the Yuyan Palace, with a strong gentleness, which makes people fascinated and immersed in it involuntarily.

Under the sound of the zither, a childish child sang in a childish and mellow tone.

Fang Yuzhu walked around the courtyard and finally saw the scene behind the courtyard.

But Lin Aoxue, who was wearing a brocade robe, was holding Xiaoyu, who was also wearing a brocade robe, in her arms. Yunyan was playing the piano in front of the stone table, while Xiaoyu was singing, while Lin Aoxue was smiling and clapping her hands rhythmically with the ups and downs of the song , to beat the beat for her beloved wife and daughter.

This scene of family happiness made Fang Yuzhu very envious.

She had a chance, but she gave up on her own initiative.

She has no regrets, but still feels bad about it.

Just think about it, Yunyan told her at the beginning that she could only meet Xiaoyu after she got the Civil and Military Shuangkui, now it has only been more than half a year, her hard work has just begun, Lin Aoxue made an exception and let her enter the palace.

She shouldn't expect too much.

Fang Yuzhu appeared in the small courtyard, just as a song was falling, Xiaoyu turned her head and saw her. After the two looked at each other briefly, the smile on Xiaoyu's face froze for a moment, and then slowly put it away.

At that moment, Fang Yuzhu's heart was in pain. She didn't understand why a person's heart hurts so much. It hurt so much that her eyes were red, and the cold wind seemed to pour into her chest. The tears she held back and her calm face Shattered almost instantly.

But she knew she couldn't cry.

Today is New Year's Eve, and this is the palace.

The empress, queen and princess should not be spoiled because of her arrival.

"elder sister?"

After being silent for a while, Xiaoyu recognized the person standing at the gate of the courtyard, and Fang Yuzhu's forcibly suppressed tears burst out of the embankment.

Lin Aoxue let go of her hand, Xiaoyu trotted towards Fang Yuzhu.

Immature children don't understand the sorrow and pain of parting, they can only feel the joy of reunion after a long absence, so when Xiaoyu ran towards Fang Yuzhu, the most innocent smile bloomed on her face, reflecting Fang Yuzhu's silent and forbearing tears , making this scene of reunion seem more meaningful.

Xiaoyu took Fang Yuzhu's hand and jumped up and down, very happy, Fang Yuzhu pursed her lips, walked forward and saluted Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan:

"Grassman Yuzhu, pay respects to His Majesty the Empress, pay respects to the Empress."

At the end, she turned sideways and bowed to Xiaoyu again:

"Meet the princess."

Xiaoyu was ignorant, and didn't quite understand why her sister did this, but it didn't affect her joyful mood.

She wanted to take Fang Yuzhu to play together, Fang Yuzhu raised her eyes to Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan to ask for their opinions, but her eyes revealed a forbearable expectation.

Lin Aoxue waved her hand:

"Go and play, the two of you sisters catch up on the past, today you will live with Xiaoyu."

With the empress's permission, Fang Yuzhu wept with joy. In order to conceal her cowardice and the tears in her eyes, she raised her sleeves and rubbed her eyes, wiping away the tears that filled her eyes, and then ran and laughed along with Xiaoyu in the garden. noisy.

But her pretended calm didn't last long. When Xiaoyu asked how long she could stay in the palace this time, she didn't know how to answer. In a place where Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan couldn't see, she hugged Xiaoyu tightly. language, and cried a lot.

That night, Fang Yuzhu opened his eyes and watched Xiaoyu's appearance after he fell asleep, and he watched it all night.

The next day, before dawn, she couldn't bear the atmosphere of parting, and was afraid to cry in front of Xiao Yu again, so she left without saying goodbye again before Xiao Yu woke up.

After Xiaoyu woke up, she ran all over the Yuyan Palace and couldn't find her sister, but this time she didn't make trouble like before. When Yunyan called her, she followed the palace people back to the front hall, and had breakfast with the Queen Mother. meal.

Every year thereafter, Fang Yuzhu and Xiaoyu were able to meet again. In the sixth year, Fang Yuzhu went to Beijing on New Year's Eve and told Lin Aoxue that he was going to the border for training, and the only place where there was a possibility of war was the Eastern Region.

This year, Fang Yuzhu was only 14 years old.

Lin Aoxue granted her request, and for the next four years, Fang Yuzhu was stationed in the eastern garrison, trained with the soldiers, participated in several battles against bandits, and gradually accumulated some military merits.

During this period of time, she did not return to the capital once.

Four years later, Fang Yuzhu returned to Beijing, took part in the literary and martial arts exams at the same time, and won the double prize.

In the same year, the empress announced that Nafang Yuzhu was a righteous daughter, changed her surname to Ning, made her the crown prince, and allowed her to participate in politics.

It wasn't until this time that Fang Yuzhu realized that the heir Lin Aoxue had always wanted to cultivate was not Xiaoyu, but her.

During the years when she went east to guard the border, Lin Aoxue sent people to secretly protect her.

After Fang Yuzhu returned to the capital, she knelt in front of Lin Aoxue and Yunyan and wailed loudly, choked up and called out the empress mother, her tears fell on the cold ground, but her heart was scorching hot.

Two years later, Lin Aoxue was said to be located in Ning Yuzhu. After Ning Yuzhu ascended the throne, she married her younger sister Ning Queyu who was not related by blood.

The 20-year-old young empress joins hands with the empress Xiuwai Huizhong to uphold the belief of benevolence, righteousness and courtesy, worry about the country and the people, and have the world in mind, pushing the Ningguo founded by Lin Aoxue to a higher and farther peaceful and prosperous age.

Ningguo's prosperity lasted for more than a dozen generations, which lasted for hundreds of years.

In the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, there is a treasure land surrounded by mountains and rivers. A row of bamboo houses was built under the mountain. In early spring and March, some people were fishing at the end of the bamboo bridge in straw raincoats and bamboo hats. The fish floated on the water, rising and sinking suddenly.

The fisherman seemed to have fallen asleep sitting up and remained motionless for a long time.

Suddenly there was a wind blowing, as if the still picture was blown, the fisherman moved the fishing rod in his hand, and then pulled hard, the fishing line was stretched straight, and after a crisp splashing sound, a Huge and fat fish flew out of the water.

The smooth and crystal-clear scales on its body are colorful and beautiful under the reflection of the sun and water.

The fishing line seemed to be alive in the fisherman's hands, the fish jumped twice in the air, and then threw itself into the fishing basket beside the fisherman impartially.

The fisherman stretched out his hand to remove the hook hanging from the fish's mouth, and the fish in the basket were still thumping vigorously.

In just over an hour, the fisherman has already caught three fish, and his efficiency is very high today. He can call it a day before the meal time.

Just as the fisherman was about to get up, there was a creaking sound from the bamboo bridge behind him. It was the sound of pedestrians stepping on it.

"Muxue, Ling'er brought her family over to visit. How many fish did you catch? Do you want me to prepare some other meat dishes?"

The person who came was Yun Yan, the fisherman who was fishing just now was Lin Aoxue who had abdicated and retired to live in seclusion with his beloved wife.

Having shed her luxurious palace attire, Yunyan only wears a light green skirt and a white skirt today. Her face does not age too quickly due to the growth of age. Lin Aoxue walked towards the woman, her smile became more mellow, her manners were elegant, every frown and smile still touched Lin Aoxue's heart as before.

"Today's harvest is good, three fish should be enough to eat."

Lin Aoxue took off the bamboo hat on her head, picked up the fish basket, and smiled at Yun Yan like offering a treasure.

The fine lines at the corners of her eyes became more and more clear with the passage of time, every time Yun Yan saw it, she felt a little sour in her heart.

Yun Yan walked up to Lin Aoxue and reached out to support her.

Lin Aoxue sat for too long, her legs and feet were a little numb, she staggered when she got up, and then fell on Yun Yan's body.

"How old are you, you still play this trick."

Yun Yan had already seen through Lin Aoxue's plan, but she didn't let her go, letting Lin Aoxue hang on her body as if she had no bones.

Lin Aoxue laughed haha. She buried her face in Yunyan's neck, still holding the fish basket in her hand, and said with a smile:

"Ke Yan'er is still willing to cooperate with me in playing tricks like this."

Yun Yan reached into Lin Aoxue's coir raincoat with her slender hands, squeezed her waist, and said angrily:

"Okay, stop making trouble, go back and help the cook."

"okay!"

Lin Aoxue fully agreed.

The two turned around and walked back under the warm sunshine, laughing and laughing all the way, reflecting two colorful shadows on the sparkling water.

There is still wind on the bridge, mixed with the taste of spring and years.

(End of text)

The author has something to say: Alright, the main text is finished, and tomorrow I will start an extra episode!

Let's write Ling'er first.

When I wrote the last sentence, I suddenly felt a little bit reluctant.

Well, the text of the old book is over here, so today Zhenger Bajing will push a wave of new books. It is expected to open on February [-]th, and the guide column "Program Yuan's Off-Order Plan"!