Chang'an.
Li Xuanzhen looked gloomy after reading the secret report.
Qin Fei and several other subordinates followed out of the study, looked at Li Xuanzhen's back, and looked at each other. Before he could say anything, Li Xuanzhen suddenly kept shaking and fell to the ground.
"Your Highness!"
Qin Fei took a few steps forward and helped Li Xuanzhen up.
Li Xuanzhen held the letter tightly and coughed out a mouthful of blood.
Everyone was shocked. Not long ago, Beirong attacked, and the prince was defending Liangzhou. He was seriously injured and has not yet recovered. Hematemesis is no trivial matter!
The eunuch was startled and ran away, urging the guards to call for an imperial doctor.
Qin Fei helped Li Xuanzhen back to the house, and soon there were footsteps from the front porch, the staff and generals waiting in the outer courtyard avoided one after another, and the crown princess Zheng Biyu and the imperial physician came together.
Zheng Biyu entered the room and asked, "Why did Your Highness vomit blood? Did you practice martial arts again?"
Qin Fei lowered his eyebrows, stepped back outside the screen, and replied, "Your Highness has just read the letter from Pei's family."
On the bed, Li Xuanzhen's eyes were closed, his face was like golden paper, and he was still holding the letter tightly in his hand.
Zheng Biyu sat in front of the couch, opened his fingers, and hurriedly read the letter. He sighed softly with mixed feelings in his heart.
Princess Wen Zhao has already died, so what's the use of finding out her background
That charming and charming Seventh Princess, who made the young man of the Five Tombs in Beijing haunt his dreams, will never come back.
The imperial physician looked at the old wounds on Li Xuanzhen's body, gave him medicine again, prescribed a new prescription, and instructed: "Your Highness's old wounds have not healed, you must be at peace, don't be angry."
Zheng Biyu looked at Li Xuanzhen's furrowed eyebrows in a drowsiness, and recalled what had happened in the past few months with a solemn expression.
Let Li Xuanzhen calm down, I'm afraid it will be difficult!
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A few months ago, Beirong raided, Li Xuanzhen guarded Liangzhou, led the frontier soldiers to fight bloody for several days, and waited for reinforcements to come to the rescue.
The news came back to Chang'an, and the Manchu Dynasty was shocked. Before Li De's order to increase troops, Jincheng, Xiaoguan, and Shanzhou in the northwest, Xiazhou and Jinzhou in the northeast, Jiangzhou and Shuzhou in the south, and Langzhou adjacent to Xishu. At the same time, beacon fires were ignited in the state, and within a few days, several major sentinels fought bloody battles with Beirong, Nanchu, and Xishu, resulting in countless casualties.
The country shook.
Hearing that the Northern Rong cavalry was heading south and Southern Chu took the opportunity to harass, the wealthy people in Chang'an were frightened and packed up their gold and silver and fled south.
Just when people were panicking, Li Xuanzhen sent a letter to Chang'an, slamming those who wanted to abandon the city and flee, saying that if the capital was moved at this time, people's hearts would fluctuate, and the Great Wei would become a laughing stock for all generations. How will he rule the world in the future
At this time, the eight hundred li in Jincheng, Jinzhou and other places were rushed back to Chang'an. Although the checkpoints in various places rushed to fight and lost a few cities, the soldiers were brave and quickly regrouped. After returning to the gate, they relied on the terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Refusing to defend, it formed a confrontation with the enemy army, and received warnings in advance several times, and sent out a distress letter in time. The nearby defenders rushed to the rescue, cooperated with the defenders inside and outside, and calmed the raiding enemy army, just waiting for the court to continue to send troops. With food, they can retake the checkpoint in one fell swoop.
Immediately afterwards, Du Sinan, a civil servant of Jincheng, rushed to Jiangzhou day and night. With his three-inch tongue, he successfully forced the generals of Nanchu back. Nanchu and Xishu retreated at the same time. Within a few days, Nanchu came. With the news of the imperial court turbulence and Yi Chu, the Meng family of Xishu submitted their credentials to the Great Wei, saying that everything was a misunderstanding, and they had no intention of attacking the Great Wei.
Li Deli opposed the public opinion, and angrily rebuked the minister who suggested moving the capital to bring disaster to the country and the people. He sent troops to reinforce Liangzhou, Jincheng and other places, and appointed Governor Pei as the chief commander of the march to retake the lost city.
The retreating troops of Southern Chu and Xishu gave Great Wei no worries and could concentrate his forces to defend against threats from the north.
The Beirong cavalry was aggressive, but there were not many people, food and grass were scarce, and they did not break the northern defense line within half a month, and could not penetrate into the Central Plains. They realized that the Great Wei began to launch a counter-offensive, and they did not want to fight. After looting in the Jincheng area, Resolutely withdraw.
Dawei held on.
However, Helong completely fell into the hands of Beirong, Great Wei's neighbor, Beihan, was destroyed overnight, and Jincheng suffered heavy losses and almost fell.
Fortunately, Beirong was unable to launch a full-scale attack now, and Li Xuanzhen held Liangzhou, so that Dawei would not be completely exposed to Beirong's iron hoofs.
Da Wei survived the crisis without a hitch.
Those people are in danger, the situation is changing, the waves are treacherous, and all kinds of thrilling things can be felt by Zheng Biyu, a boudoir girl in the deep palace.
Looking back now, I still feel lingering fears and chills all over.
Just a short while later, Da Wei was caught in the flames of war and was surrounded by enemies on all sides.
When Beirong retired, Xishu, Nanchu and Great Wei temporarily resumed diplomatic relations and the whole country celebrated, the court began to discuss merit and reward, Li De recalled Du Sinan, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Jincheng, and asked him who was in Beirong Reported to him before the raid, so that he could discover Beirong's conspiracy in time, not only defended Jincheng, but also persuaded Nanchu to retreat.
Du Sinan didn't give an answer right away.
A few days later, in Chang'an City and Suzaku Long Street, people flocked out to welcome the triumphant soldiers.
Li De led the civil and military officials to greet him.
A wounded personal soldier came from the north and limped at the front of the line.
"Liangzhou is defended, Jincheng is defended, Xiaoguan is defended, Great Wei is safe and sound, and the people are spared from war."
He knelt down under the city gate, raised his head, and his eyes were blood red: "Your Majesty, at the last command of Princess Wenzhao, he will return to the customs to warn him, but luckily he will not be humiliated!"
At that moment, everything in front of Tianjie was silent.
His voice echoed in front of the palace gate for a long time.
The bustling crowd watched the soldiers in silence.
The civil and military officials in Chinese attire looked at the soldiers in amazement.
No one spoke for a long time, and everyone was silent and awe-inspiring.
Li De was stunned for a while, then asked, "Where is Princess Wen Zhao? She has made great contributions to the country, and I want to reward her."
The ministers followed suit, and the words of praise were endless.
The personal soldiers burst into tears: "The Yelu Department is destroyed, the princess she... she..."
He burst into tears, as if he had exhausted all his strength.
There were mournful sobbings from the silent crowd, first repressed sobbing, then a burst of cries.
A few months ago, they sent the Seventh Princess away here and watched her marry away from the Great Wall, hoping that she could live a safe life.
A few months later, the Seventh Princess outside the Great Wall risked her death to remind the guards that the Great Wei was safe and sound, but the Seventh Princess died and died in a foreign land.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites gave the seventh princess to marry. When the procession passed by the foot of the Great Wall, the officials asked the seventh princess if he had anything else to tell Li De.
The Seventh Princess looked back at the towering mountains and rivers behind her, and smiled lightly: "May the river be clear to the sea and the sea to be peaceful."
The princess went out to be with her, and she reached a million soldiers.
Men and women, young and old, fell to the ground and cried.
That day, Zheng Biyu was standing on the road between the gate towers, listening to the waves of crying coming from the long street, and she couldn't help but wet her eyes.
She did not find Li Xuanzhen's figure in the triumphant team, and sent someone to inquire.
Qin Fei replied to her: "His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness... He took the flying cavalry team to Helong."
Zheng Biyu was shocked: Helong is now Beirong's territory, and Li Xuanzhen's serious injuries have not recovered.
"Why did he go to Helong?"
Qin Fei sighed: "When Bei Rong raided, His Highness sent a team to the Yelu Department to take Princess Wenzhao back to Beijing. When the Beirong retreated, those people returned and returned to their lives. The Yelu Department was already destroyed. They searched for a few days, Didn't find the princess, was besieged by a group of Beirong cavalry, didn't dare to wait any longer, and had to go back to Liangzhou first."
The team returned without success, Li Xuanzhen was furious, and after finishing the military affairs, he ordered Chang Shi to stay in Liangzhou, disregarding his injuries, and personally took the flying cavalry team to the Yelu Department to find people.
After more than a month of searching, Li Xuanzhen not only found nothing, but was also besieged and intercepted by Beirong several times. Half of his personal soldiers died, and he returned to Liangzhou in a panic.
The north of Liangzhou has completely fallen into the hands of Beirong, and they have nothing to do.
His subordinates persuaded Li Xuanzhen, who was seriously injured, to go back to Beijing for treatment first, but Li Xuanzhen categorically rejected it and insisted on finding Princess Wenzhao. Since he could not lead troops to cross the Beirong line of defense, he disguised himself as a herdsman and sneaked in!
The local guard in Liangzhou was horrified: Li Xuanzhen was the heir of a dignified country, and if he died at the hands of the Beirong people, they would be to blame!
Everyone was frightened and tried every means to dissuade Li Xuanzhen, but only Qin Fei didn't say anything.
He knew the prince, and the prince usually accepted his advice humbly, but when he was crazy, no one could persuade him.
Back then, in order to save Zhu Luyun, who had run away secretly, the prince went into the enemy camp alone and fought bloody nights.
Now the whereabouts of Princess Wenzhao are unknown, unless Princess Wenzhao is found, the crown prince will not return to Beijing.
Qin Fei could only leave behind all his personal soldiers and return to Beijing to report to Zheng Biyu.
Zheng Biyu was so anxious that she knew that Li Xuanzhen would go crazy. She shouldn't have sent the letter explaining the life of the Seventh Princess. He must have read the letter and felt ashamed of the Seventh Princess, so he was so crazy.
She immediately ordered the maid to grind ink and lay paper, and was about to write a letter to persuade Li Xuanzhen to return to Beijing, when the servant suddenly entered the hall with a letter.
Zheng Biyu looked at the letter she sent out not long ago, and was speechless for a while.
The servant explained to her that the letter was not delivered to Li Xuanzhen, there was war everywhere in Liangzhou, an accident happened on the way of the messenger, and the letter was sent back by others.
With a click, the pen in Zheng Biyu's hand fell to the ground, and the ink dripped down the corner of the skirt.
Li Xuanzhen did not receive the letter.
He didn't know the background of the Seventh Princess, even if she was the daughter of Concubine Xie, even if he had been tortured by hatred all these years, he still wanted to save the Seventh Princess.
Zheng Biyu suddenly wanted to understand a lot of things.
Understand why Li Xuanzhen hates the Seventh Princess in the boudoir so much, so much that she has to send someone to monitor the Seventh Princess day and night, and she hates that when she wakes up at night, she gritted her teeth and called out the Seventh Princess' name.
Zheng Biyu sat upright in front of the window, closed her eyes, with a smile on her face.
If I knew today, why was it in the first place!
He acquiesced to Wei Ming's design of the Seventh Princess, and personally sent the weak sister to the bed of the rude and savage Yelu Khan. He said that he would not regret it...
He has long regretted it!
No wonder Wei Ming has been targeting the seventh princess all the time. As Li Xuanzhen's military advisor, he must have seen that the relationship between Li Xuanzhen and the seventh princess is unusual, and marrying the seventh princess is not only to save Zhu Luyun, but also to make Li Xuanzhen completely heartless!
Zheng Biyu crumpled the paper and did not write the letter to persuade Li Xuanzhen to return to Beijing.
After sharing the same bed for several years, she and Li Xuanzhen treated each other with respect and respect. No one in this world knew Li Xuanzhen better than her, and she couldn't persuade him.
Zheng Biyu began to plan for the future. She sent her son to the Taiji Palace to teach him how to please Li De. A few days later, Li De issued an decree that he would personally raise the grandson.
The status of the East Palace is still stable.
A month later, Li Xuanzhen came back.
He was so wounded that he couldn't even ride a horse, and was carried back by his own soldiers.
The personal soldiers also brought back bad news: the seventh princess, Li Yaoying, smashed the jade and died in the hands of the Beirong people. Some people saw the Beirong people kill all the guards of the princess with their own eyes, and even the horses were not spared.
Li Xuanzhen was lethargic and silent all day.
Zheng Biyu performed a ritual for Li Yaoying.
Everyone knows that the Seventh Princess is very bad. She first secretly bought a dozen Hu people to report her news, and then sent dozens of personal soldiers. In the end, most of the people who successfully reported the news were Hu people, and only one personal soldier survived— The situation is so dangerous, Ye Lu's tribe perished overnight, how could the Seventh Princess escape
The news of Li Yaoying's death spread all over the Central Plains, and the people cried and cried and paid tribute to Li Yaoying spontaneously. Li De ordered Li Yaoying to be named Princess of Zhenguo, and Empress Xie was rewarded again. This empress lived in the Li Palace and had no idea that her daughter had died outside the fortress, and Li Zhongqian, who was recovering from injuries in Luoyang, was kept secret. inside.
In a flash, another half month passed, and Li Xuanzhen's injury was getting better day by day, but people were losing weight day by day.
Zheng Biyu sent Zhu Luyun to his side.
When Li Xuanzhen was guarding Liangzhou, Du Sinan and Zheng Jing interrogated every servant around Zhu Luyun based on the information sent back by Li Yaoying, and thoroughly investigated her collusion with Nanchu, Xishu, and Beirong. According to the guards of the Princess Mansion, the loyal servant of Princess Yiqing who died under Li Xuanzhen's sword was just one of the confidants sent back to the Central Plains by the Princess.
Their real purpose is not to ask the Central Plains Dynasty to send troops to rescue Princess Yiqing, but to use the identity of Princess Zhu's daughter to stir up people's hearts, collect intelligence for Beirong, incite the Central Plains countries to fight each other, weaken the forces of all countries, and the Central Plains is in chaos At that time, Bei Rong can drive straight in.
This time Beirong's raid was just a test for Haidu Aling.
After reading the confession, Li De and the ministers of the DPRK and the DPRK had lingering fears and sweats.
Zheng Jing also took the time to find out another thing that made the ministers wonder for a long time: why did Nan Chu ambush Li Zhongqian
The details tell the truth: There are many aristocratic families in Southern Chu, the imperial power is weakening, and the major families are fighting openly and secretly for the position of the heir. Haidu Aling's henchmen took the opportunity to persuade the eldest prince, who had a great success, to attack Li Zhongqian and provoke a war with Dawei.
The sneak attack team was the elite of Southern Chu. If Li Yaoying and Li Xuanzhen hadn't made a deal to rescue Li Zhongqian, Li Zhongqian would have died.
Du Sinan wrote a sincere but poignant letter, informing his old friends in Southern Chu of Haidu Aling’s plan. Those old friends were high-ranking in the Nanchu court, and after confirming that the eldest prince had meticulous works around him, they worked together to pull together. The eldest prince: Although they are like water and fire with the Great Wei, their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. If the Northern Rong captures the Central Plains, will Southern Chu be able to survive on its own
The eldest prince and Xishu are both seeking skin with the tiger!
Nan Chu is quick and easy to store.
Zheng Jing Shangshu suggested to arrest Zhu Lvyun for treason, and the ministers in the court and the middle had a heated debate. Since Zhu Lvyun had no knowledge of Haidu Aling's plan, she was finally exonerated and killed all the servants around her.
Seeing Li Xuanzhen returning from a serious injury, Zhu Luyun felt both guilty and distressed.
This time, Li Xuanzhen no longer comforted her with the gentle words he used to comfort her.
Zhu Luyun cried and said she was leaving Chang'an.
Zheng Biyu was so annoyed that she ordered someone to send Zhu Luyun back to her room.
A few days later, Li Xuanzhen accidentally saw the letter that should have been delivered to him a few months ago.
He trembled all over, vomited blood, found Zheng Biyu, and stared at her with blood-red phoenix eyes like a ghost: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why?!"
Zheng Biyu sighed and said lightly, "Your Highness, when I learned about this, you had already sent Princess Wen Zhao to the Ye Lu Department."
Li Xuanzhen almost couldn't control her expression, her teeth rattled, she staggered back a few steps, and laughed loudly.
"Yeah! I've sent her away!"
"I personally sent her to her death!"
"Why?! Why did she save Li Zhongqian? Why didn't she want to cut ties with Li Zhongqian?"
"As long as she cuts ties with Xie's mother and son... As long as she nods... I don't have to hate her... "
"Why didn't she call me brother Changsheng?"
He suddenly stopped, his face twisted: "I want to avenge my mother... I want to avenge my mother... Li De is not dead, Xie Shi is not dead... I'm sorry for my mother... I'm sorry for my mother!"
Zheng Biyu looked at her mad husband with pity in her eyes.
He ruined himself and also ruined the Seventh Princess.
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The day after the madness, Li Xuanzhen calmed down strangely and began to investigate whether what Concubine Rong said was true or not.
He sent someone to Xie's house in Jingnan to inquire, and asked Dudu Pei to write a letter and asked a messenger to send it to the old house of Pei's family.
Pei's family and Xie's family have never been in contact with each other. Pei Gong may know some secrets, so he came to Chang'an all the way to stand up for Li Yaoying.
Now, the letter is in Zheng Biyu's hands.
Pei Gong said in the letter that Li Yaoying was indeed not Xie Guifei's daughter.
That year, when Tang Shi died, Li De left the army and rushed back to Wei County. The army was distracted and the front line was defeated. Xie Wuliang and Pei Gong led the army to meet the enemy. When cleaning up the battlefield after the war, they accidentally saw an abandoned baby.
The swaddling child is too young and weak, a small mass without any sound.
The soldier thought the child was dead and was about to bury it on the spot. Xie Wuliang climbed off the horse, took the swaddle, felt the child's pulse, and said, "It's still alive."
Pei Gong glanced at the child and said coldly: "This child is blue all over, and she won't live for a few days if she is picked up. It's better to let her die happily and join a good family in the next life."
Xie Wuliang smiled and brushed the dust off the child's face with his fingertips: "It's a life after all. When I was born, I was about the same age as her. If I can survive, maybe she can too."
Pei Gong thought to himself: This immeasurable son really gave birth to a pair of soft intestines, but unfortunately he did it in vain, and the abandoned baby would not survive for a few months.
Later, the child survived. Although he was too sick to walk on the ground, he survived.
Xie Wuliang wrote a letter to Duke Pei, and the letter was a poem.
Zhongsheng white hibiscus, three hundred stems of Hanli. The sun shines brightly, and the fragrance is scattered. The silver sac of incense is broken, and the jade plate is poured out. I am ashamed of dusty eyes, seeing this Qiong Yaoying.
Pei Gong replied only one sentence: The name was obtained very well.
Zheng Biyu put down the letter and let out a long sigh.
Footsteps sounded outside the window, and a maid hurried into the house and whispered, "Your Highness, Princess Fukang is gone."
Zheng Biyu frowned lightly, glanced at the drowsy Li Xuanzhen, and said, "Send someone to find them separately. She is always making a fuss about leaving these days, so just wait at the city gate."
The maid should go out, and after a while, another maid trotted into the house.
Zheng Biyu frowned and asked, "Have you found Madam Zhu?"
The maid shook her head, her face horrified: "His Royal Highness, the second prince... No, Duke Wei is back!"
Zheng Biyu's heart skipped a beat.
Li Zhongqian knew about Li Yaoying's death.