Dirty color

Chapter 188
The fiefs of King Heyang and King Huainan were to the south, and when the capital was snowing heavily and the weather was cold, the weather on the front line where they fought with King Heyang and King Huainan was not too cold. However, the humid climate here also made soldiers I can't stand it.

But the war continued.

Moreover, although the weather is getting worse, the situation on the battlefield is much better than before.

In the past, the imperial court fought on two fronts, not only to suppress the rebellion of the two kings, but also to resist the invasion of the two ministries. In the end, the imperial court has more troops, which can be invested in the war with the two ministries. In addition, the deployment of some of the two kings' troops discovered by the General Secretary of the General Administration allows the imperial court to be more targeted when deploying troops. Especially on King Heyang's side, because Qi Feiming revealed too much information, the battle on King Heyang's side has been going smoothly. If it weren't for the fact that there were few troops before, and King Heyang had a lot of money and the soldiers were brave, I'm afraid it will be smoother.

What's more, on King Heyang's side, General Wei Xiao, the son of General Wei Junpeng, who led the army, proposed some methods. General Wei thought it was feasible, and after doing so, the results were very good. Therefore, he took the lead in attacking Heyang. King Yang's lair, Yunhe City, besieged and attacked.

In December, the imperial court achieved a decisive victory. King Heyang's army was basically defeated, and the remaining remnants protected King Heyang and fled to the territory of King Huainan.

As for the imperial court, except for some troops that wiped out the remnants of the rebels, all the others marched towards King Huainan's territory. However, before they could pass by, they heard a news—fleeing to Huainan first. The king of Heyang in the king's domain, and the king of Huainan himself, were all tied up by Feng Yusong, the eldest son of Huainan king, and opened the city gate overnight to welcome the imperial army into the city.

On that day, it happened to be New Year's Eve, King Huainan was throwing a banquet in honor of King Heyang, and at the same time entertaining a group of his generals, but this made it easier for Feng Yusong to surround them all and catch them all at once.

This is shocking enough, but what is even more shocking is that when Cheng Qiuhe, the Generalissimo appointed by the emperor, led his troops into Chuanping City, the old lair of King Huainan, he discovered that there was a person in the Palace of King Huainan who He was both shocked and delighted—it turned out to be Yong Wang Feng Qingli!
Yong Wang Feng Qingli didn't seem to be in good spirits. Cheng Qiuhe found that there was indeed a wound on his back, and it still hasn't healed yet. After thinking about it for a while, Cheng Qiuhe knew that it should be that Yong Wang Feng Qingli didn't heal after being injured. The treatment did not take a good rest, so he traveled long distances, which caused the wound to remain unhealed.

Cheng Qiuhe was full of appreciation for Feng Qingli.

Cheng Qiuhe is a neutral faction, he is relatively low-key on weekdays, but he is also very trusted by the emperor. The five princes tried to win him over many times, but Cheng Qiuhe directly refused. Because of this, the emperor canonized him as a soldier of the world this time. Marshal Ma, control all the troops mobilized this time.

It is also because he is a neutral faction and is only loyal to the emperor, so when he sees Feng Qingli, he will only be happy-this time Feng Qingli's contribution is really too great, the contribution of opening up the territory , second only to the founding of the country, Feng Qingli's bravery and resourcefulness made Cheng Qiuhe very admired and admired.

Moreover, in the past two or three years, he watched coldly in the court, and he also admired Feng Qingli's political talents.

Therefore, Cheng Qiuhe is very supportive of the emperor's idea of ​​Feng Qingli's succession to the throne. Some time ago, Cheng Qiuhe was very worried when he heard that Feng Qingli's disappearance was unknown-in his opinion, the fifth prince If you want to inherit the big position, maybe talent is enough, but in terms of heart and character, after all, it is not so interesting.

It's great that Feng Qingli is safe and sound.

Seeing Cheng Qiuhe's surprised look, Feng Yusong smiled and said, "Why, is Marshal Cheng very surprised?"

Cheng Qiuhe was of course very surprised. He felt that King Yong Fengqingli seemed to be very familiar with Feng Yusong, the eldest son of King Huainan. Otherwise, how could King Yong Fengqingli dare to sneak into Chuanping City when he was injured.

However, since King Yong, Feng Qingli and Feng Yusong didn't intend to talk about it, Cheng Qiuhe didn't ask. He was straightforward, but not reckless. If others didn't want to talk about it, he insisted on asking the bottom line, which would be annoying.

In any case, this battle, which lasted for more than half a year, has finally come to an end. As for the finishing work, it is the court's business, and it has nothing to do with him, the leader of the army. If he insists on intervening, No way, it would arouse the suspicion of the emperor.

However, on the opposite side of the fiefdoms of King Heyang and King Huainan are Northern Liang Kingdom and Nanliang Kingdom. Although these two foreign tribes have not sent troops yet, they conspired with the two kings last time to let the Uyghur and Qiang tribes take advantage of the way to capture the Northwest From the three cities, it can be seen that they have no good intentions towards the Great Yong Dynasty. Therefore, Cheng Qiuhe's main task during this period is to deploy defenses to prevent the two countries from taking the opportunity to invade.

However, if you think about it, the territory of the Uighur and Qiang tribes will belong to the Yong Dynasty, and the fiefdoms of King Heyang and King Huainan will also be directly controlled by the court from then on. After that, they will be surrounded by the imperial court's border lock, and even, maybe later, they can take the opportunity to eat up the two countries. Cheng Qiuhe just feels very excited.

Military generals are naturally born to fight. Without a battlefield, what is the meaning of a general's existence?

On this point, Feng Qingli also very much agrees.

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The imperial army broke through Yunhe City in mid-December, and the news of victory was rushed to the capital by [-] miles. By the time they entered the city, it was already the eleventh day of the first lunar month.

On the Huainan King's side, they broke through on New Year's Eve, but the good news of the extermination of Huainan King was not delivered until the 24th of the first lunar month, which once again made the people in the capital elated.

Gu Mingxuan received Feng Qingli's news earlier than the imperial court's success report - in the letter, he only said that the two kings were destroyed, he was well, and he would definitely be able to return to Beijing before the Shangsi Festival.

Gu Mingxuan frowned slightly as she watched - Shangsi Festival is still more than a month away.

It's been a long time.

Also, Feng Qingli didn't talk about his own situation, so, was he injured?
In Gu Mingxuan's heart, there were mixed joys and sorrows.

However, soon, she didn't have time to think about Feng Qingli anymore - Aunt Cui became popular.

Gu Mingxuan had given birth before, and she knew that she was going to be popular, and she would give birth in two or three days, so she paid attention to the Jade Hairpin Garden, and people stared at it all the time, and the two nuns that Cui Shi gave to Aunt Cui She is even more experienced, and with the addition of the four well-known women in the capital who are very experienced in midwifery, Gu Mingxuan felt that there was nothing she could intervene in.

On the contrary, I went to Aunt Cui's side more frequently, and often accompanied Aunt Cui for a walk outside the house.

Two days later, on the night of the 26th of the first lunar month, Aunt Cui began to have labor pains.

Aunt Cui is already in her early twenties this year, and her body has fully grown. Compared with sixteen or seventeen-year-old mothers, it is naturally much better to give birth. However, she is the first child after all. On the night of 26, she felt some abdominal pain. I was very nervous, but fortunately the two nuns were very experienced, so they comforted Aunt Cui, saying that it was still early, there were not five or six hours left, and I was afraid she would not be able to give birth, so that Aunt Cui could eat and sleep at ease.

Aunt Cui was comforted by these two nuns, she finally felt less nervous, and then fell asleep in a daze. However, by the time Mao arrived, the labor pains had gradually intensified, and Aunt Cui could no longer sleep. Mammy took care of bathing, eating and drinking for Aunt Cui, so that Aunt Cui could regain her energy, and then helped Aunt Cui to the West Wing, where the delivery room had been prepared long ago, and the room was already warmed up. , The gaps in the windows, doors and other places were all plugged with thick cloth to prevent any wind from blowing in.

When the hour was right, Aunt Cui's labor pains came one after another, and the two nuns knew that this was almost the end.

Mrs. Cui knew about the beginning of Aunt Cui's labor pains the night before, so she didn't sleep well. In addition, she was older and less sleepy, so she woke up around Mao Shi. After that, Rong An Tang's mother-in-law , and began to go back and forth between Rong'an Hall and Yuzan Garden, delivering news.

Gu Mingxuan also woke up early, but she was not suitable for the past, so she could only stay in Tsinghua Garden. When it was time to pay her respects, Cui sent someone to send a message, saying that she would be spared today.

Gu Mingxuan sorted out the things she had prepared for Aunt Cui's unborn child during this period of time, and planned to go over to have a look directly in the name of giving things when she was born.

Aunt Cui gave birth very smoothly, and in the afternoon, she gave birth to a boy who weighed five pounds and seven taels.

When Gu Mingxuan heard this, she was overjoyed!
And Mrs. Cui was also very happy. Mrs. Sun was a bit sour. She also had a son, but he was not around. She said she would come back last year, but the master of the academy took them on a study tour. In the end, she had to wait until When Gu Mingling gets married, come back again.

There was no other way, who would make Mrs. Cui like it? Mrs. Sun didn't dare to show a jealous look, instead she had to smile and follow Mrs. Cui to the Jade Hairpin Garden.

And Gu Mingxuan also arrived.

They arrived at Jade Hairpin Garden almost at the same time.

When Cui Shi saw Gu Mingxuan, she couldn't help but smiled and said angrily: "Why are you here? The delivery room is filthy and filthy. An unmarried girl like you can't stay here. Hurry up and go back."

"That's right, Xuan'er, you are too nonsense." Sun Shi felt a little depressed at the moment, hearing this, she followed Cui Shi and said Gu Mingxuan.

"Good grandma, I'm itchy in my heart. Just let me stay. I won't go into the delivery room. I'll just wait for the nuns to pack up before I go in. Just let me wait and see my brother." Gu Mingxuan said Holding Cui Shi's arm, he began to act like a baby, while looking at Cui Shi eagerly, Cui Shi couldn't help feeling helpless when he saw this.

"Okay, okay, don't shake it anymore, you will shake my old bones apart." Cui said helplessly, "In that case, you can wait here with me, and wait until it's cleaned up, and then I will shake it." past."

Originally, the nanny meant to wash the baby and wrap it in swaddling clothes and send it to the main room for Cui Shi to see, but Cui Shi felt sorry for her little grandson and refused, planning to go straight to the West Wing after they packed up. look.

Because Mrs. Cui was waiting, the maids and women were extraordinarily agile. They cleaned up in less than half an hour, and then led Mrs. Cui, Mrs. Sun and Gu Mingxuan to the west wing.

Aunt Cui has already been tidied up, and she is lying on the bed, looking tired but happy at the little baby lying beside her.

Seeing Mrs. Cui coming in, Aunt Cui hurriedly wanted to get up, but she was stopped by Mrs. Cui. After asking Aunt Cui something related, Mrs. Cui's eyes were glued to the little baby in the swaddle.

"Like, it's really similar to when the eldest one was born!" Cui said while looking at it, and then stretched out her hand and slowly picked up the baby, her eyes were full of love and pity, and Gu Mingxuan was also stretching her arms beside her Looking straight at her neck, she didn't see any resemblance between this little baby with red, wrinkled skin and white unidentified objects hanging from her majestic but loving father. A child whose biological father killed him.

Tears gradually infiltrated the eye sockets.

"Yo, my eldest lady, why are you crying?" Seeing Gu Mingxuan's tears, Sun asked strangely.

The eyes of Mrs. Cui and Aunt Cui also fell on Gu Mingxuan. Gu Mingxuan's heart shivered, she came back to her senses, and said, "I don't know, I just feel that I want to cry for no reason, so touched."

Cui and Sun couldn't help laughing, and said, "Silly girl."

Aunt Cui also pursed her lips and smiled.

After all, Mrs. Cui is getting old, she didn't sleep well yesterday, and she has been waiting for news today, now, with a tired look on her face, Mrs. Sun helped her out the door.

The silver rewards of the four stable wives are the big red envelopes that have been prepared long ago, and they have already been rewarded, and this servant of the Hefu, Cui Shi, has just been anxious to see his grandson, and has not yet given up the reward. Satisfied, she waved her hand and said: "Rewards, all servants in the mansion will be rewarded with a set of winter clothes, March moon silver, and a table of high-class seats... The servants of Yuzan Garden will be rewarded with an extra set of winter clothes. "

In this way, the servants of the whole family were very happy, and went straight to the generosity of the Lord's family.

Gu Mingxuan heard Cui Shi's words in the room, looked at Aunt Cui with a smile, and said, "Grandmother is very happy."

Aunt Cui also smiled and said: "If the old lady is happy, we will be happy too..."

After finishing speaking, after a moment of silence, he said to Gu Mingxuan, "I would also like to thank Missy, without Missy, I would not be where I am today."

If it wasn't for Gu Mingxuan's strong praise, even Lord Hou wouldn't come to her house. If she didn't come to her house, how could she have a lovely child by her side?

In the final analysis, I still want to thank the eldest lady for her kindness. Although this kindness was originally intended to embarrass Mrs. He, but now that Mrs. He is dead, she is living a good life.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mingxuan smiled faintly, and said: "This is my aunt's blessing. If my aunt doesn't have this blessing, it's useless even if I have the help of the heavenly king."

After finishing speaking, Gu Mingxuan's eyes fell on the face of the little baby exposed in the swaddle. She wanted to hug him very much, but she was timid. In the end, she just stared blankly. Aunt Cui looked at Gu Mingxuan wrongly. She didn't dare to speak anymore, after a while, Gu Mingxuan came back to her senses, smiled and said to Aunt Cui: "Auntie, please rest well, I will come to see my brother tomorrow."

This one is the younger brother she admits. As for Gu Mingrong, Gu Mingxuan's eyes flashed a haze and a deep loathing. If she can still maintain a normal mind, now, she already hates Gu Mingrong to the extreme.

He Shi is so courageous, it would be too cheap for her to die like that.

As for Gu Mingrong, not dying is not enough to dispel the hatred in her heart.

She absolutely does not allow the existence of Gu Mingrong to become a stain on her father!

"Miss, the old lady rewarded you very generously this time." When Gu Mingxuan returned to Tsinghua Garden, Lu Rui came up to welcome her and said with a joyful smile. Gu Mingxuan nodded and said, "It's rare for grandma to be happy."

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The reward also came to Shen Xiangxie. After Gu Minghe heard that Aunt Cui had given birth to a boy, her complexion became extremely gloomy. For some reason, she always had some bad premonitions.

After being silent for a long time, a ruthless light flashed in her eyes. Although the Marquis of Shun'an locked her up and strongly rejected Concubine Pei De's move to send her nanny again, during the New Year's Eve, the banquet in the palace had to be She was asked to attend, so she also knew some of the current situation. She felt the same as Gu Mingxuan, and felt that Feng Qingli would not die just like that.

As for the fifth prince, it shouldn't be possible for him to be as proud as before.

It is best for her not to have anything to do with the fifth prince anymore, she should quietly wait for the fifth prince to be defeated by Feng Qingli, and let this marriage end quietly, but Gu Minghe can't wait like this, or in other words, Even if she waited, with Gu Mingxuan's cruelty, she might not end well.

Might as well give it a go.

After pondering for a long time, she came up with another solution, but this solution had to be discussed with the Fifth Prince or Concubine Pei De.

A decisive light flashed in her eyes, no matter what, she must see Concubine Pei De!
……

During the day, Gu Wenqian was notified by his subordinates that Aunt Cui had given birth to a son. Although he was also very happy, the Ministry of War was really busy recently, so after accepting congratulations from his subordinates, Gu Wenqian continued to be busy, and did not return until evening. to Fuchu.

After washing up, I went to see Aunt Cui.

Gu Wenqian is naturally the same, but he still remembers Wen Yan comforting Aunt Cui, telling Aunt Cui what she wants to eat and use. The girl went to him, and he tried to find a way to do it. This sentence moved Aunt Cui very much.

She really didn't expect that Gu Wenqian would care about her so much, instead of just liking children.

Joyful in her heart, Aunt Cui felt that the lochia and sweat on her body were not so uncomfortable anymore.

However, Aunt Cui is just a concubine, and the birth of a child is only celebrated at home. Old relatives will not invite them, but relatives will inform them, and Gu Yuwen also got the news.

Her heart also sank.

This is not the result she hoped for.

(End of this chapter)