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Chapter 1248
In a fairly clean and bright cell, Zhang Hongji was reading a book when he suddenly noticed movement, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

I haven't seen her for many years, Yuan Yan is no longer as pretty as a young girl, but has become a dignified female husband.

"It's rare for you to come to see me?" Zhang Hongji smiled, looking very at ease, "It seems that we have to be in trouble, so I can attract your attention."

"It was Concubine Zhang who wanted to come over, but her identity is inconvenient, so I asked me to come and see you."

"I let her down?"

"No." Yuan Yan said: "She said that the Zhang family has been too popular recently, and it has caused dissatisfaction among many other princes. It's good to suppress it. It's just hard work, Your Majesty, everyone is watching every move, and you can't be too conniving. , it’s not good to be too strict.”

Zhang Hongji smiled wryly, and said: "It's true that I didn't think carefully. If this matter gets to my father..."

"Your Majesty and the noble concubine have already gone north to Zhuozhou in advance to discuss this matter with Marshal Zhang in person."

"The eleventh brother?"

"He was not found."

"Father, it's not, it's not..."

"Yeah." He said to himself: "A man who is almost 50 years old and still called 'Erlang', what kind of charm can he have..."

Zhang Wenjing agreed, got up and left.

"What kind of evil? The emperor's relatives are improper, and you still want to go back to Mobei to herd cattle? Bring him back to me, and I will kill him myself!"

"You don't have to worry about it, you know what you are doing as a father."

Zhang Hongji smiled wryly, and said again: "It's the same when I proposed marriage to you back then. You just said 'Don't let the dust fall into the painting hall', and I flinched in fright. For more than ten years, I have been thinking, if I had been more cheeky back then , will it be different?"

"You have always been soft-hearted."

Zhang Rou stopped answering again, and said: "You don't blame me. I was in Yanjing a while ago, and I often thought of what you said when you told me that you liked His Majesty. I have to say, your vision is better than being a father, okay Too much... If you didn't get confused because of your father back then, you wouldn't be able to lose the position of queen, do you blame your father?"

"My daughter doesn't want it." Zhang Wenjing shook her head very tiredly, and said, "What my daughter has been looking forward to is the harmony and beauty of her family after the recovery of Baozhou. She doesn't want any successor."

"Stupid boy, I'm almost [-] years old as a father..." Zhang Rou said, then changed the topic, and said, "The only thing I can do is let your brothers make more military exploits and suppress the Gao family." , to wait for the future."

In addition, the strategic depth of the Yuan army was gone, and it was necessary to start a frontal defense, so after arriving in Zhuozhou, it began to fight particularly tenaciously.

"You mean, Jiulang's death... I should be blamed, and Eleventh Lang is still to blame, right?"

"For me what?"

Zhang Rou coughed violently.

"Mr. Zhang doesn't need to be like this. Let's talk openly and honestly, okay?"

But on April 21, a piece of news came, and Zhang Rou, who was originally excited, heard it, but was so angry that she couldn't get sick.

"But the second elder brother and the eleventh man made a mistake. Dad has thought about it, the more powerful the Zhang family is, the more dangerous it will be if they make a mistake."

"it is good."

Zhang Wenjing was silent for a long time, and said: "This time, something happened between the second brother and Shishilang, let's talk openly and honestly with our father and daughter. Is father working so hard to put his daughter in the back seat?"

Her voice was gentle, but her voice was firm.

Zhang Wenjing felt a little touched when she heard the first half, and her eyes were slightly red.After hearing the back, he kept shaking his head.

Li Xia supported him.

At this time, the Tang army's morale was high, Zhang Rou was also excited, and often taught Zhang Hongdao and Zhang Honglue a few words in the tent.

Li Xia stepped forward, put his arms around Zhang Wenjing and patted her on the back, and said, "Let me talk to your father."

"People who are 50 and [-] years old, why bother to think about these things?"

Only then did Zhang Rou feel relieved, and said: "The old minister is confused."

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Zhuozhou.

"I know, I didn't mean that." Zhang Rou smiled apologetically, and said, "I just said... I, the father, missed you."

"You think so?"

"Yes."

The two fell silent.

In his entire life, this was the first time he met such a straightforward and ruthless person.

"Father, just lie down."

Since the Tang army started the Northern Expedition, the closer to Yanjing, the more fully the Yuan army's defense preparations have been made.

So he wanted to speak a few words from his heart.

"I heard what you and Wen Jing said just now."

"It's inconvenient for me to persuade you too much, then...Leave me."

Zhang Wenjing said: "Going home this time, I feel that father doesn't love his daughter as much as before."

"It should be yours."

Zhang Rou got up and looked, but her face changed instantly, and fear floated in her eyes.

"Sometimes there must be something in life, and there is always time in life. Don't force it. In this life, my daughter has desperately held on to what she should have, and what she should not have is not her daughter's."

Now this is also Yanjing's last barrier, so Brother Yixiang's army did not continue to retreat after retreating here, but began to fight Tang Jun.

"Recently, I suddenly figured out why you looked down on me back then."

Wherever his eyes fell, he still felt that Yuan Yan was very beautiful, that kind of beauty that was full of poetry and calligraphy, simple and elegant, and peaceful.

Just like rejecting him back then.

"I rejected your marriage proposal back then. It's really not because I didn't like you. I was afraid that living in a high-ranking family would not allow you to be free in everything. Your family has a great career. Although you are rich and glorious, you are also too tired to live. Think about Jiulang, Eleven Lang, and you, in the end, how many things are for yourself?"

But before he opened his mouth, he thought that he was a sick child in his fifties, and he didn't have a few years to live, so why let her be a widow again.

Zhang Rou wanted to scold again, but she couldn't breathe out, her eyes darkened, and she passed out.

"Father, that's not what my daughter meant..."

Zhang Rou smiled bitterly, shook her head, not knowing what to say.

This time he was attached to Datang, he thought about proposing to her again.

Her eyes were still a little red, but she didn't cry anymore.

"I'm too indecisive. I retreat every time, and I can't do anything." Zhang Hongji said, "I've thought about it recently, and everything is like this. Originally, I wanted to persuade Shi Shilang to surrender. He said a few words to me. Then my heart softened. Thinking of Kublai Khan sending people to Baozhou before, I was too weak, and my whole family was taken to Yanjing. crime?"

"Cough...cough..."

Zhang Wenjing turned around and saw that it was Li Xia, feeling even more aggrieved.

"I can't do anything, and I shouldn't do anything." Zhang Judao, "It's still a long time, and what I have to do is to please His Majesty, and make no mistakes."

Zhang Rou stared and cursed: "Just let this scoundrel become the son of a Mongolian, and the mediocre second child has missed me again!"

He couldn't help being surprised, and wanted to get up, but was glanced at by Zhang Wenjing's accusing eyes.

Zhang Hongji smiled wryly, and said: "If our brothers dare to raise the question of family separation, my father will definitely kill us."

But it was this kind of directness that made Zhang Rou unable to quibble.

Li Xia thought about it and said: "Let's talk about some ugly things first, and put away the thoughts of winning the second place. You did not agree with Wen Jing to marry me back then. It was Gao and I who supported each other through the most difficult years. Now we are fighting for the second place. It doesn't make sense... don't you think?"

"Yes." Zhang Hongji sighed.

After a while, Yuan Yan said: "There is one more word of advice... In this world, the family is very important, maybe even more important than the king's order. But, the Zhang family is too big, why not separate it?"

"No."

Zhang Rou is a very experienced veteran. After a tentative confrontation, he began to set up camp near the North Juma River, waiting for follow-up troops.

His last question was very slow.

"Other than that? What else did you do?"

Suddenly, someone opened the curtain and came in.

Zhang Wenjing wiped her eyes and answered neatly.

"What nonsense?" Zhang Rou hurriedly said, "Isn't it because of you that you are busy with your father?"

"The family is too big and there are a lot of troubles, so you recuperate behind closed doors all day long, don't you?"

"Looking back on those years, with my identity and my father's situation, it is rare for me to be married to His Majesty in the end. I didn't want to ask for more, let alone blame my father."

Zhang Rou knew that answering this question was a promise to Li Xia.

"How did you come?"

Zhang Rou sighed, and said: "You don't understand, there are too many opportunities in ten years, and it's because Dad didn't grasp them."

"Is it extremely rich?"

"Father, can you stop thinking about opportunities? I've already got enough, and now I'm only afraid of losing it."

Zhang Wenjing's eyes couldn't help but tears fell straight down, but this time they couldn't be wiped away.

This is the battlefield where Xuanyuan Huangdi fought Chiyou in the wild of Zhuolu in ancient times, also known as Zhuolu.

"The imperial concubine has already whispered this matter to Twelve Lang, and she planned to bring it up to Marshal Zhang after the world has settled down. Since you are in trouble today, I will tell you in advance, and you will help persuade you in the future. "

"Really... the imperial concubine is here? I thought it was a dream."

"What's the matter? Dad only has eyes on the imperial concubine now, and he doesn't have a daughter anymore, right?"

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After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Rou opened her eyes again, only to see a person sitting in the tent, and upon closer inspection, it was Zhang Wenjing.

Zhang Rou was not as domineering in front of her daughter as she was in front of her sons, her tone was much softer, and she said, "I know it all in my heart."

"Who said that? It's too early to see if it's in your destiny."

"Old minister... good."

"Father, calm down, he has been a hostage for a long time, and he can't tell the good from the bad." Zhang Honglue hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Rou, and persuaded: "Father, don't be so angry."

Yuan Yan saluted and left, walked a few steps, but turned around again, hesitated slightly, and said something again.

At Li Xia's words, Zhang Rou opened her eyes and almost fainted again.

"I won't do it next time. I will just serve the country and make meritorious service. There will be no more..."

"Does Dad know how Brother Nine died? It must be that he had too many things. Why did Brother Eleven become like this? It is also because he had too many things. The men of the Zhang family 'should have' Always too much, then you will never know how to be satisfied, and sooner or later your family will be ruined..."

But Li Xia went on to say: "It's better to talk about these issues first, at least it's better than talking about what happened five or ten years later. I don't mind talking about ugly things first. Don't worry, I don't want to." Blame the Zhang family's intentions. I made it clear at the beginning that it was also to protect the Zhang family."

Zhang Hongji hesitated slightly, and said, "That's not what I meant."

Zhang Hongji then nodded and said, "I have caused trouble for everyone."

Zhang Hongji froze there, and didn't come back to his senses until Yuan Yan's figure disappeared.

Zhang Hongji sighed: "How could my father agree to separate the family? He still wanted to let the Zhang family..."

"Father, my daughter never thought of wanting to be a queen."

"It's been more than 20 years, I don't remember." Yuan Yan said, "If I have to say the reason, it must be that the Zhang family is too prominent."

Zhang Rou became more and more uneasy, and hurriedly wanted to salute.

"You do understand me."

"Don't think that this battle can be won quickly. Kublai Khan has been gathering his troops, waiting for us to be dragged down. The real tough battle will come next. But after the first battle in Taiyuan, we are the ones who can drag them down. Surround Yanjing, cut off the Yuan army's contact, and recover the whole territory of Henan and Shandong. In the end, we must win, hahaha..."

That's all he could say.

"That's good." Li Xia asked, "We won't fight in the future? Is that good?"

Zhang Rou was stunned for a moment, thinking, is it useful to just ask about such a big matter?Just one question, do you guarantee that there will be no battle for the next position in the future?

However, Li Xia's eyes were piercing, and he wanted Zhang Rou to make a promise...

(End of this chapter)