In the middle of September in the fourth year of Yuntai, the barbarians from the north went south and slaughtered a small town in the border town. When the news came, there was an uproar in the court.
The censors wrote to the barbarians that they violated the contract, which is a provocation to the Xuanyuan Dynasty, and should be countered to show the prestige of our dynasty.
Emperor Xuanyuan Zhaoshen appointed the crown prince as the Great General of the Expedition to the North, and commanded the battalion of 50,000 elite soldiers from the North. He also ordered the expeditionary princes guarding the north to cooperate with the army to attack the barbarians.
After going down to court, in the imperial study, the emperor and the prince made a final order, "Don't attack immediately when you arrive in the north, you must find out the truth. The barbarians are cunning by nature, you must be careful, your uncle will also support you. In the next expedition, the forces of my Xuanyuan Dynasty have an advantage, but remember not to underestimate the enemy."
"Promise. Erchen must keep this in mind." Xuanyuanhan replied.
"The imperial physicians who will be with the army this time are all arranged? You need to pay attention to your own body, and don't delay your expedition." The emperor was still very concerned about the prince's body.
"Please rest assured, Royal Father, everything has been arranged properly. Please also King Father take care of your health. It is really unfilial to keep your royal father worried." Xuanyuan Hancheng knelt down to King Father and kowtowed.
"Okay, get up. Go say goodbye to your mother, she is also very worried about you." The emperor helped the prince up.
"No. Erchen retire."
At midnight, a few figures flashed into the courtyard of the Imperial House, and Xuanyuan Han came to Lin Jiabao's door with familiarity, and gently opened the door to enter, leaving a few secret guards to guard the courtyard.
In the room his baby was sleeping on the bed, the moonlight streaming in from the window. Looking at Lin Jiabao bathed in the moonlight, his sleeping face is so innocent and cute. Every time I see it, the exhaustion and troubles from the whole day disappear.
Lin Jiabao slept very deeply, his small mouth pursed, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, as if he was having a sweet dream.
Xuanyuan Hancheng bent down and lowered his head to kiss his forehead, and dropped a few light kisses on his small face. From the small dimple to the lips, Xuanyuan Hancheng was afraid of waking him up, so he didn't dare to go deeper, and just gently licked the baby's lips with his lips and tongue.
"Ugh..." Lin Jiabao seemed to feel the harassment on his lips, turned his head to one side, and continued his sweet dream.
Xuanyuan Hancheng looked at Lin Jiabao's exposed neck, which looked pale against the moonlight, but it was so attractive.
Xuanyuan Hancheng couldn't restrain himself, and nibbled gently back and forth on that delicate neck.
Suddenly, a faint voice came from outside the door. Xuanyuan Hancheng covered Lin Jiabao with a quilt and walked out gently.
"Mother Lin, it's you..." Xuanyuan Hancheng looked at Lin Jiabao's door and motioned for Mama Lin to follow him into the yard.
"His Royal Highness, An Zhu is still young, just over 13 years old, you..." When Lin Mo came back at night, she saw the door of Lin Jiabao's room next door was slightly open, and she also saw the scene of His Royal Highness kissing An Zhu. .
It was not the first time to see His Royal Highness the Prince in the courtyard late at night. She was surprised and shocked at the beginning, and now she is used to it, and she is very calm.
Mammy Lin knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a different idea for Lin Anzhu, although she didn't know why she cared so much about such a young twin. But after getting along with Lin Anzhu for the past six months, she also fell in love with this hard-working and well-behaved child. So I can't help but mention it.
"Mammy Lin, I'm going to go out tomorrow, and I hope you will take good care of An Zhu." Xuanyuan Hancheng said with satisfaction after hearing Mammy Lin's maintenance of Lin Jiabao.
"No. Please rest assured, His Royal Highness, that there will be no mistakes." Lin Ma assured.
On the second day, Xuanyuan Hancheng rode his mount and left the imperial city with an army of fifty thousand under the witness of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
When the army left the capital, Xuanyuan Hancheng took a deep look in the direction of the palace.
There are his family, his baby, and his responsibilities. In this battle, you can only win, not lose!
In May of the fifth year of Yuntai, the Xuanyuan Empire won the final victory in the battle against the barbarians in the north. Xuanyuan Hancheng sat in the big tent in the barbarian royal city, filled with emotion.
In the past nine months, he has experienced the baptism of war, and his character has become more and more restrained, making it impossible for people to guess his thoughts.
This expedition did not go smoothly at first. When Xuanyuan Hancheng brought the army to the border town, it was already winter here.
The climate in the north was extremely cold, and the soldiers who came from the capital could not adapt and fell ill one after another. Fortunately, the herbal medicine in the army was well prepared, and no casualties were caused.
The barbarians knew that the army of the Xuanyuan Empire was coming, and the disparity between the two sides. The barbarians did not dare to face them head-on, and often ambush or raid at night on their marching roads. Although they were all destroyed, they also caused a lot of casualties, which caused headaches for the soldiers.
The war was stalemate until the spring, when Xuanyuan Han planned to lure some of the enemy's main force, besiege them and ambush them, which greatly damaged the vitality of the barbarians.
Xuanyuan Hancheng took advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, and after several battles, he reached the barbarian king's city.
Since his uncle, Marquis Zhengyuan, was sitting in the rear, the food and grass materials followed. After two more battles, Xuanyuan Hancheng's army successfully broke through the barbarian royal city.
"His Royal Highness, the Marquis of Zhengyuan is asking to see you." The guards outside the tent came in to report.
"Marquis Zhengyuan, please come in." Xuanyuan Hancheng just finished his words, and saw a sturdy middle-aged man in armor walking in.
"His Royal Highness, the order you just gave is to exterminate the barbarians... this... whether to consider it and wait for the emperor's reply." Wangzhen, the Marquis of Zhengyuan, is the elder brother of the queen, and he made a wise decision on the prince in this battle. The outstanding ability is also very admirable. But disagreements arose over the handling of prisoners of war.
"No need, I've already made a case for the royal father." Xuanyuanhan accepted the idea of the Marquis of Zheng Yuan. After all, the father and the younger brother did not die because of the barbarians in this life. It seems too cruel for him to destroy the barbarians. .
"However, His Royal Highness, this is not good for your reputation! The barbarians, men, women and children, will all be executed... or only their royal family will be destroyed, and the rest will be slaves."
"Uncle, don't persuade me, I have made up my mind. The barbarians have always been a cunning and tenacious nation. If they don't cut the grass and root, they will be slaves. If they are not my race, their hearts will be different. They will be punished! Tu Zhicun, who has no old people, women and children. This time, being cruel will not only remove the hidden dangers in the future, but also deter other small tribes. This is the best decision. I don’t care about reputation or anything. I think the royal father will also agree with me." Xuanyuan Hancheng said.
"That's the only way to do it." Marquis Zhengyuan also knew that the Prince's analysis was correct, alas! But in this way, the crown prince is afraid that he will carry a bad reputation for being cruel and unkind.
In May of the fifth year of Yuntai, the prince ordered the massacre of the barbarian royal city, regardless of gender, age, or child, to be executed. The whole city was full of blood, and more than 20,000 people were all strangled. There are no more barbarians in the world.
When the emperor received the news, Xuanyuan Hancheng had already led the army on the way back.
His Highness the Prince's extermination of the barbarians caused a big wave in the court.
The censors wrote letters one after another, claiming that His Royal Highness's methods were too cruel and damaged the benevolence and righteousness of the Xuanyuan Dynasty.
What's more, it is said that His Royal Highness, the crown prince, made such an order without the permission of the emperor, which is contempt for the emperor and should be severely punished.
These are all suppressed by the emperor, alas! Thinking that the prince is only 19 years old, he is young and energetic, and he will not think long-term. This time, the treatment method is simple and rude, and the effect is too much.
Under the pressure of the imperial court, the emperor had no choice but to cancel the ceremony of going out of the city to greet him in person. And after the prince returned to the palace, let him think for half a month, and avoided his court meeting as a warning.
In the imperial study, Emperor Xuanyuan Zhaoshen was training the crown prince.
"You should have a good rest for the next half month. You are not allowed to act like this next time. You are the future prince. A prince with a brutal name, what do the courtiers think of you. Oh! That's all, you are still young, Go back and think about it more. You have to pay attention to a lot of things, too much." The emperor always thought that the second son was more impulsive, but he did not expect the eldest son to be the same. Ugh! Don't worry, his body is still strong, and he can teach for a few more years. The prince is doing very well now.
"No. Erchen understands."
In the next period of time, the news about His Royal Highness's cruelty and inhumanity spread throughout the entire Xuanyuan Empire. Under the dissemination of people with a heart, the content of the news intensified.
What did His Highness order to bury 100,000 prisoners of war alive? His Highness likes to torture and kill children, and even said that His Highness likes to eat human flesh.
The people themselves have poor ability to identify the true and false news, and they tend to listen and believe. He is even more interested in the affairs of the royal family, and the more he is not allowed to spread, the more curious he is.
In the Yongshou Palace, the Queen just asked Mammy Zhou to deal with a few palace maids and eunuchs who spread rumors, and was sulking.
"Empress mother, don't be angry, you won't be worth it if you're angry." Xuanyuan Hancheng comforted him from the side. "This time, the incident was not so serious. It was because the Xue family was helping to fuel the flames. That's why this is the case."
"It's the Xue family again, but as your father said, they won't be around for a long time." The queen was relieved when she thought of the crown princess who was now bedridden.
"My son would also like to thank my mother. This time I'm out on the expedition, and everything in my palace has been cleaned up. I've worked hard for my mother, and I'll make you worry more."
Xuanyuan Hancheng did not take Yuanfu with him on this expedition, but left him in the palace to cooperate with his mother to clean up his prince's east palace.
While he was not in the palace this time, many Nails relaxed their vigilance. Now these people have been cleaned up, and the people around the Crown Princess have also been secretly taken down, and they have all been silenced after they figured out how to contact King Li. Now the people who are in contact with King Li are Xuanyuan Hancheng's secret guards, and King Li has not found anything unusual.
"What thanks to the queen mother?" The queen patted the prince on the shoulder.
It is said that she is not worried, but thinking of the impact of the current rumors on the prince, the queen can't help but worry.
In the evening, when the emperor came to the palace of Yongshou Palace, he saw the queen sitting beside the bed frowning.
"Your Majesty, look at this rumor. Originally, I was planning to take Cheng'er back from the expedition, so I helped him take a concubine. Now the rumors are flying all over the sky, and the ministers are afraid that they have ideas in their hearts. It's hard to choose this person." The queen told the emperor complained.
"Don't worry, Zitong, I'm already working on it. In fact, rumors come and go quickly. As long as there is new news, the old ones will slowly fade away. Cheng'er's body still needs to be recuperated, too. Not in a hurry."
"That's right, but Cheng'er's reputation needs to be made up for." The queen thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of light flashed, "Your Majesty, look, there are still three months before the Mid-Autumn Festival. If the next decree, let How the palace servants reunite with their families on the Mid-Autumn Festival, this is an unprecedented grace, and this can be regarded as a blessing for Cheng'er."
"This is a good idea, but the regulations need to be more careful. The place where the palace servants meet their family members should be arranged. The palace staff must search their bodies when they leave the palace, and send more guards. There's no chance." The emperor thought a lot, "Okay, tomorrow I will let someone arrange it. Don't think too much, let's settle it earlier."
In the imperial room, Lin Jiabao was kneading the dough, listening to Yu Ling and Yu Taki chatting, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince is the reincarnation of the Killing Star, and the evil spirit on his body is very powerful."
"Yu Ling, you are going to die! His Royal Highness is a wise general and hero." Yu Taki retorted angrily when Yu Ling said this to His Royal Highness.
"Don't talk about the two sisters, it won't be good if Lin Momo comes over and hears it later." Lin Jiabao advised.
"Humph!" Yutaki snorted coldly.
Lin Momo came back with a smile on her face, and Yushuang, who came back together, couldn't hide her excitement, "There is good news, great news!"
Yuling was the most energetic, and hurriedly surrounded her and asked, "What's the good news? What's the good news?"
Madam Lin announced with a smile: "This year, the Crown Prince sent troops to the barbarians to win a big victory. In order to celebrate, the Queen Mother gave a decree. During this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace people can reunite with their families!"
"Really? Really? Everyone can be with their families, and so can I?"
"It's all right. It will be arranged in batches according to the palace. Everyone has an hour to meet with their family. The notices are all posted."
"That's great! The Empress is so kind!" Everyone was very excited to hear it. After being away from home for many years, there is no better news for them than to be reunited with their families.
For a while, the good news spread in the palace, and the palace people rushed to tell them. They are grateful for the kindness of the Emperor, the Empress and the Crown Prince.
In this way, the rumors about His Royal Highness the Prince gradually disappeared. After that, the affair of the Xue family's children came out again, and the attention of the people was also diverted.
Lin Jiabao has been in a state of excitement since he got this good news. At night, tossing and turning in bed, started thinking about this and that.
I don't know if Linjiacun will receive the news, and if his parents will come to see him. It takes half a month to travel from Linjiacun to the capital. It is such a long road. I don’t know if it will be dangerous on the road. Half a month's journey, is there a lot of entanglements? Don't know if there is enough money at home
The more Lin Jiabao thought about it, the more he couldn't fall asleep. He got up and went out the door, walking to the door of the next door, Nanny Lin's room. He knocked on the door, "Mother Lin, are you asleep yet?"
"Anzhu, what's the matter, you haven't slept yet." Lin Ma opened the door and saw Lin Anzhu, "Come in."
"What's the matter? Talk to Mammy." Mammy Lin asked with concern, looking at Lin Jiabao's frowning face.
In the past two years in the palace, Lin Jiabao had long regarded Lin Mama as an elder. He had all his worries told to Mama Lin at the same time. "Mommy, what do you say?"
"Don't worry, let Mammy help you think about it." Mammy Lin's family is the son of the Queen's family, and it is in the capital, so there is no trouble with Lin Jiabao.
"Well, you can write a letter from home and bring some money back with you. Mammy buys the well-known father-in-law in the imperial dining room, and asks the father-in-law to send him to the inn." Mammy Lin thought for a while.
"That's great, mammy, can you really help me send the letters home?" Lin Jiabao was a little worried.
"It's alright, the palace people all ask the procurement department to help. As long as you don't take anything you shouldn't take out, it's fine, otherwise you will be found out at the gate of the palace, and everyone will suffer. Therefore, generally, the procurement department only helps people who are familiar with it."
"Thank you so much, mama, I'll go back and write." Lin Jiabao quickly went back.
Lin Jiabao wrote in his room in the middle of the night, and put his monthly money and reward money in a purse embroidered by Yushuang sister. After thinking about it, he put the money that he had given him when he entered the palace home. . He didn't have much money to spend in the palace, and he definitely needed it more at home.
Early the next morning, Lin Jiabao gave the prepared package to Lin Momo, and asked Momo to help him fill in some words he couldn't write.
After completing this, Lin Jiabao finally felt relieved and began to count the days waiting for the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Madam Lin did not hand over the items to the procurement, but to the dark guard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
That night, Lin Jiabao's burden was already placed on Xuanyuan Hancheng's desk.
Xuanyuan Hancheng opened the letter and smiled. The first piece of paper is a letter, rather a picture.
On the paper was a little man making cakes. Jiabao drew it very carefully, and even the patterns on the cakes were exactly the same. In the blank space it was written, I miss you parents, eldest sister, eldest brother, second sister, little brother, little sister!
The second piece of paper had more words, some of which were written by Mama Lin. Xuanyuan Hancheng thought that he should let the baby learn to calligraphy in the future. Seeing that the baby is also very talented in painting, he can also let the baby study hard in the future.
What Lin Jiabao wrote roughly meant that he had a very good life in the palace, and now he is making dim sum in the imperial room in the Queen's Palace. The grandmother in the palace treated him very well, and the palace maid and elder sister also took good care of him.
Reassure the family that he is all right, he just misses his family very much. He has now learned to make more dim sum, and he wants to open a dim sum shop when he leaves the palace in the future, so that he can be self-sufficient in the future. In the end, he also asked his family to visit him during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xuanyuan Hancheng's face darkened after reading the letter. His baby has already made plans for his life after leaving the palace... This can't be done!
Xuanyuan Han Cheng thought that Lin Jiabao was 14 now, although he was still a little younger. But if you keep it around for a year or two, you can eat it. He couldn't wait.
Xuanyuan Hancheng instructed the dark guard to deliver Lin Jiabao's letter to the post in Pei County as soon as possible. I secretly planned...