Shortly after Lin Aoxue returned to Beijing, the flood disasters had been suppressed, and the rumors that the Queen was the enchantress in troubled times naturally faded away.

The people sang their praises to the Empress and Empress again, and the court officials saw the wind and knew that the Empress had already dealt with the flood, so they could no longer find the opportunity to brush the Empress in the face.

Although I heard that the empress brought back a righteous daughter from Yujiang, and the courtiers who had planned to hold their children in both hands and give it to the empress were put out of their hearts, but because of the empress's means, they did not dare to say anything more.

Lin Aoxue also sent people to follow up on the follow-up effects caused by the flood, and distributed food and grass to appease the affected people. The impact of the natural disaster on Ningguo 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 assassin who was captured on the way back to Beijing by the Empress reported that the assassin had confessed all, and was accompanying Yunyan in Yuyan Palace while amusing the little princess, and Lin Aoxue sent the child back to Yunyan's arms, and then led the way. He followed the general to the imperial study.

"It's been checked out? Who sent the assassin?"

The general got down on one knee and replied respectfully:

"Yes, the last general has found out that the assassin had contacted Wang Desheng before, and Wang Desheng had set up a line with Xijiao."

"Western suburbs?"

Lin Aoxue murmured a question.

"Yes, 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 and sharp smile, she turned her head sideways, and asked again:

"Why does Wang Desheng have anything to do with the princess who married far away in the western suburbs?"

That general was very clever. He had already investigated the whole thing inside and out, so when Lin Aoxue asked, he could immediately answer:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, because Wang Desheng's sister was the concubine of the previous emperor, and happened to be the mother of the princess in the western suburbs, so Wang Desheng was the uncle of this girl. A while ago, Wang Desheng was planning to frame the queen and was demoted by His Majesty. Holding grudges, but he has no power, so he thought of the princess in the western suburbs."

"He secretly contacted the former princess, wrote a letter about the situation of Ning Kingdom, and persuaded the former princess to help him assassinate His Majesty with natural and man-made disasters. , No, as he said in his letter, it is called regaining the lost ground of the previous dynasty."

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

Lin Aoxue took the letter in his hand, unfolded it and laughed, not only Lin Aoxue, but also the general who reported the matter could not help laughing.

The ignorant are fearless, 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 the waste emperor, and her stupidity was no less than that of her father.

In a wild and remote place in the western suburbs, a small country, the princess of the previous dynasty was married far away. If she kept herself safe and took care of her duty, Lin Aoxue didn't plan to kill her, but she never thought that this princess was so stupid, how could she be so stupid? Hearing the words of a lost uncle, he stretched out his hand to Ning Country.

That being the case, it is no wonder that Lin Aoxue is ruthless.

After laughing, her eyes stood upright, her eyes widened, and she said to the general who knelt on one knee in the hall:

"I ordered you to be the general, and dispatched 150,000 troops from the northern border to level the western suburbs!"

The general's heart is awe-inspiring, and his face is cold and solemn:

"Yes!"

Lin Aoxue added another sentence at this time:

"Remember, do not kill indiscriminately, do not slaughter the city, those who surrender are detained according to the law, the royal family in the western suburbs captures the capital, and those who stubbornly resist can be slain on the spot!"

The general received the order and hurriedly left the imperial study to arrange the matter. Lin Aoxue took the letter and tapped lightly on the table with his phalanx, his voice was clear.

In September, Ningguo sent troops to the western suburbs, and the 150,000 lions dispatched from the north broke into the western suburbs as if they were no one, destroying the dry and rotten, like a broken bamboo.

In just one month, the army of Ningguo arrived at the King City of the Western Suburbs. The monarch of the Western Suburbs bowed down and shouted in public that the Western Suburbs would be merged into the Ningguo and become a subordinate county town of the Ningguo. The people of the Western Suburbs swore allegiance to the Queen of Ningguo.

The princess of the previous dynasty planned to assassinate the empress of Ningguo, and was sent to the capital, where she was shown on the street, and the charges were announced.

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

When the monarch of the southern border, which is adjacent to the western suburbs, heard the news of the destruction of the western suburbs, he could not sleep peacefully for several days.

The war in the western suburbs was settled, and the whole country of Ningguo celebrated.

It's another year's festival time, the capital is brightly lit, lively and lively, the people do not close their houses at night, and it is noisy all night.

The general's Pei Qing led the newly promoted general Lu Sheng to the capital and went to the palace to report his duties.

After so many years, Lin Aoxue saw Lu Sheng again. After the court dispersed, she deliberately called Pei Qing and Lu Sheng to the Imperial Garden, and ordered a small banquet in the garden.

Yun Yan also led Xiao Yu to attend. During the banquet, Lin Aoxue learned that Lu Sheng had married a new wife two years ago, and now her daughter is almost one year old.

Lu Sheng's wife was from the grasslands. Because Ningguo traded with the grasslands, many merchants from the grasslands came to the north, and merchants from the Ningguo could also go to Shengshi to buy materials from the grasslands.

At that time, trade between the two countries was less than a year, and the northern border became prosperous with each passing day. Lu Sheng was assigned to manage the order of Shengshinan City, and then met his current wife by chance. 's daughter.

Pei Qing was greatly relieved to hear this, and decided to let Lu Sheng and the grassland woman get married.

Lu Sheng felt that this matter was not a big deal, and it was not related to military affairs. He wanted to say that he had the opportunity to report to Lin Aoxue in person after arriving in the capital, so Pei Qing did not write the matter in the military newspaper.

When Lin Aoxue heard about this, she first scolded Lu Sheng for being stupid, but she kept a smile on her face. Longevity lock, let Lu Sheng take it back.

On New Year's Eve, a banquet was set up in the palace, not only to entertain the ministers in the palace, but also to entertain the envoys who came from the grassland to celebrate the New Year.

After Bei Chenling went to the north last time, she has not returned to Beijing for more than half a year. This time, it was the Chinese New Year, so she returned to the capital, but what surprised Lin Aoxue and Yunyan was that Bei Chenling did not come back alone. He also brought the queen of the Boka clan, Zhe Ji.

Zhe Ji used to come to Beijing to congratulate her as an excuse. After the New Year, she led Beichen Ling to travel around the mountains and waters, but it was time for Beichen Ling to return to Beijing to go to court. As a result, Zhe Ji came along again and proposed marriage to the empress in front of the civil and military officials. , she wants to marry the female official Bei Chenling.

This should have been a happy event. Her Majesty the Queen fell in love with Nu Fu Ling, and was willing to use 10,000 cattle and sheep on the grassland as a dowry gift. As a result, Nu Fu Ling fell out with Zhe Ji in public and pointed to her nose and shouted:

"Why do you want me to marry you? You have such a plan, and you haven't discussed it with me in advance. You are a woman and so am I. You can't get rid of your status on the grassland, and I'm not a idle person. You are in love with each other, and I don't want to be a canary in your cage, when will you dump the burden on you, and talk about the nonsense of the twins!"

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

Just when Lin Aoxue thought that Zhe Ji would be angry because of this, she saw that the domineering and domineering woman was smiling and showing no anger at all.

"Oh, don't be angry, Ling'er, don't you think it's good, you can accept the betrothal gifts first and go to the grassland with me to play for two years. I promise that after two years, I will abdicate and let the sages go. Let's go to Shengshi or the North to settle down. When you go to the grassland, you can go, and when you want to go back to the capital, you can go back, okay?"

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

She never imagined that Zhe Ji was such a person.

Zhe Ji is really capable of fighting for it. In order to marry Bei Chen Ling, it is not an exaggeration to say that she has no face or skin.

The queen has lowered her posture very low, Bei Chenling's eyes are rounded, and it is already extremely rude to show Zhe Ji's face in public. Seeing Zhe Ji like this, she frowned slightly and softened her tone, but the meaning of the words was still let go. Lin Aoxue couldn't help laughing:

"If you want to marry, it's yours to marry. I will send the dowry to the grasslands tomorrow, and your ten thousand cattle and sheep will be used as dowry."

Zhe Ji was dumbfounded.

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

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

Zhe Ji coughed twice, then clicked her tongue:

"Oh, it's not impossible to say no, but Ling'er, you have to let me abdicate first, right? How about two years, it can't be any shorter!"

Bei Chenling glanced at her, showing no mercy, and hummed:

"Okay, make a letter!"

Zhe Ji gritted her teeth:

"……Okay."

Bei Chenling, the female official of Ning State, and the Queen of the Prairie made a good marriage. The news swept through the entire court like a gust of wind and then spread to all parts of Ning. It didn't seem so surprising, and with the marriage conferred by the Empress, the entire Ning Kingdom was beaming and cheering.

After the end of the Chinese New Year, 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 when she had not abdicated, the government still had to be handled by Her Majesty the Queen herself.

Bei Chenling, who said that 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 both angry and funny.

This is later.

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

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

Lin Aoxue glanced at her and thought about it, so she asked Fang Yuzhu to be brought into the palace.

This was Fang Yuzhu's first time entering the palace. She followed the palace servants through the palace gates and headed for the depths of the palace. The further she went, the more uneasy she became. Later, she even dared not take a step.

Fang Yuzhu, who hadn't seen his sister for half a year, stood outside the Yuyan Palace, and looked at the magnificent palace gate with timidity.

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

The palace servant urged him again and again, and Fang Yuzhu forcibly suppressed the anxiety in his heart and stepped into the Yuyan Palace with courage.

She didn't dare to make Lin Aoxue wait too long, she knew that without the Queen's answer, she would never have the chance to enter the palace to see Xiaoyu.

Fang Yuzhu followed the palace servants through the Yuyan Palace, bypassing the long stone road in the yard. Before she saw anyone, she heard a sweet and sweet laughter, which she knew was Xiao Yu's voice.

There was someone playing the piano in the yard, and the sound of the piano was soft and melodious.

Under the sound of the piano, some children sang songs in a childish and mellow tone.

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

But seeing Lin Aoxue wearing a brocade robe, holding Xiao Yu, who was also wearing a brocade robe, in his arms, Yun Yan was playing the piano in front of the stone table, Xiao Yu was singing, while Lin Aoxue smiled and clapped his hands rhythmically with the ups and downs of the song , beat the beat for her beloved wife and daughter.

This scene of family happiness makes Fang Yuzhu Haosheng envy.

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

She doesn't regret it, but still feels sad about it.

Just thinking about it, Yun Yan told her at the beginning that she would only be able to see Xiao Yu after she got the Civil and Military Shuangkui, and now it has only been more than half a year and her efforts have just begun, so Lin Aoxue made an exception to let her enter the palace.

She shouldn't expect too much.

Fang Yuzhu appeared in the small courtyard, just as a song fell, Xiao Yu turned to see her, after the two looked at each other for a short while, the smile on Xiao Yu's face froze for a moment, and then slowly put it away.

At that moment, Fang Yuzhu's heart was very painful. She didn't understand why a person's heart hurts so much. The pain made her eyes red, and the cold wind seemed to pour into her chest. Broken almost instantly.

But she knew she couldn't cry.

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

Her presence should not dampen the happiness of the empress and princess.

"elder sister?"

After being silent for a while, Xiao Yu recognized the person standing at the gate of the courtyard, and that young sister made Fang Yuzhu's tears burst out.

Lin Aoxue let go, Xiao Yu trotted towards Fang Yuzhu.

Young children don't understand the sorrow and pain of parting, they can only feel the joy of reuniting 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 and jumped, very happy, Fang Yuzhu pursed her lips tightly, walked forward and saluted Lin Aoxue and Yunyan:

"Grassman Yuzhu, pay respects to Her Majesty the Empress and the Empress."

At the end, she turned sideways and bowed to Xiao Yufu:

"Meet the princess."

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

She wanted to take Fang Yuzhu to play together, Fang Yuzhu raised her eyes to look at Lin Aoxue and Yunyan to ask for their opinions, but her eyes showed a forbearance of hope.

Lin Aoxue waved his hand:

"Go play, you two sisters are talking about the old days. Today you will live with Xiaoyu."

Fang Yuzhu cried with joy after receiving the approval of the Empress. In order to hide her cowardice and the tears in her eyes, she raised her cuffs and rubbed her eyes, wiping away the tears that filled her eyes, and then followed Xiaoyu running in the garden laughing. make trouble.

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 Yunyan couldn't see, she hugged Xiaoyu tightly. language, weeping aloud.

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

The next day, before dawn, she couldn't stand the atmosphere of parting, and was afraid to cry again in front of Xiaoyu, so she once again said goodbye before Xiaoyu woke up.

After Xiaoyu woke up, she ran all over the Yuyan Palace and couldn't find her sister, but this time she was not as troubled as before. When Yunyan called her, she followed the palace servants back to the front hall and used the morning meal with the Queen Mother. meal.

Every year after that, Fang Yuzhu and Xiaoyu could meet again. In the sixth year, Fang Yuzhu entered Beijing on New Year's Eve and took the initiative to tell Lin Aoxue that he was going to the border to experience, and the only place where there was a possibility of war was the Eastern Region.

This year, Fang Yuzhu was only fourteen years old.

Lin Aoxue acceded to her request. In the following four years, Fang Yuzhu was stationed in the eastern garrison, followed the soldiers to practice drills, 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 both the literary and martial arts exams, and won the double honors.

In the same year, the Empress declared Nafang Yuzhu as the righteous daughter, changed her surname to Ning, and established her as the Crown Prince, allowing her to participate in politics in the court.

Only then did Fang Yuzhu realize that the heir Lin Aoxue had always wanted to cultivate was not Xiao Yu, but her.

During the years when she went east to the garrison, Lin Aoxue had been sending people to covertly protect her.

After Fang Yuzhu returned to Beijing, he knelt down in front of Lin Aoxue and Yunyan and cried, choked out the Queen Mother, tears fell on the cold ground, but her heart was burning hot.

Another two years, Lin Aoxue was in Ning Yuzhu, and after Ning Yuzhu ascended the throne, he married his sister Ning Queyu, who was not related to her by blood.

The 20-year-old young queen, together with the empress of Xiuwaihuizhong, upholds the belief of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, trustworthiness, cares about the country and the people, and cherishes the world.

The prosperity and prosperity of Ningguo lasted for more than a dozen generations, for hundreds of years.

In the Jiangnan water town, there is a treasure land that is surrounded by mountains and rivers. A row of bamboo houses is built under the mountain. In the early spring of March, some people dressed in mink clothes and hats were fishing at the end of the bamboo bridge. The fish floated on the water and sank suddenly.

The fisherman seemed to be sitting and falling asleep, motionless for a long time.

Suddenly a wind blew, as if moving a still picture scroll, the fisherman moved the fishing rod in his hand, and then pulled hard, the fishing line stretched straight, and after a crisp sound of water, a The **** fish flew out of the water.

The smooth and crystal scales on its body are colorful and beautiful under the sunlight and water light.

The fishing line seemed to be alive in the hands of the fisherman. The fish fluttered twice in the air, and then threw itself into the fish basket by the fisherman's side.

The fisherman stretched out his hand to take off the hook hanging in the fish's mouth, and the fish in the basket was still flapping vigorously.

In just over an hour, the fisherman has caught three fish. Today is very efficient, and he can finish work early before it is time for dinner.

Just as the fisherman was about to get up, the bamboo bridge behind him creaked. It was the sound of pedestrians stepping forward and stepping on it.

"Mu Xue, Ling'er brought her family to visit. How many fish have you caught? 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 abdicated and went into seclusion with his beloved wife.

She lost her luxurious palace attire. Today, Yunyan only wears a light green short-breasted skirt and a white ruffled skirt. Her face is not too old because of her age. The woman who walked towards Lin Aoxue, her smile became more mellow, her demeanor was elegant, and her frown and smile still touched Lin Aoxue's heart as she did back then.

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

Lin Aoxue took off the hat on her head, held up the fish basket, and smiled at Yunyan as if offering a treasure.

The fine lines at the corners of her eyes became clearer as time went on, and Yun Yan felt a little sour every time she saw it.

Yunyan walked to Lin Aoxue and reached out to help her.

Lin Aoxue sat for too long, her legs and feet were a little numb, she stumbled after getting up, and then fell on Yunyan's body.

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

Yunyan had seen through Lin Aoxue's plan for a long time, but she did not let go, letting Lin Aoxue hang on her as if she had lost her bones.

Lin Aoxue laughed, she buried her face in Yun Yan's neck, holding a fish basket in her hand, and said with a smile:

"But Yan'er is willing to cooperate with me to play such a trick."

Yun Yan slid his hand into Lin Aoxue's jacket, pinched her waist, and said angrily:

"Okay, don't make trouble, go back to help the cook."

"okay!"

Lin Aoxue agreed.

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

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

(End of text)

The author has something to say: Okay, the main text is finished, and the extra talk will start tomorrow!

Let’s write Linger first.

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

Well, the text of the old writing is over here, so today I am pushing a new wave of new books, which is expected to be published on February 6, and the guide column "Program Yuan's Disengagement Plan"!