426 Grandma Visits(1/2)
Fengcheng took command and led the troops to march south. Unexpectedly, before they had traveled three hundred miles, a surrender letter was sent from the front.
This can be said to be a victory without a fight. The surrender letter stated clearly that Goryeo was afraid of the strength of General Feng and knew that he could not match him, so he sent the surrender letter and was willing to offer 300 million taels of gold and silver in order to turn the war into jade.
Although they knew that if Fengcheng went to war, small countries like Goryeo and Japan would not get any good results, the whole court did not know that Fengcheng had such ability. The troops had just set off, but the opponent was already frightened by the news.
Not a single soldier was wasted, not a single plant or tree was harmed, this battle can be said to be a complete victory.
Maple City led its troops out of the city on the morning of the 18th. On the evening of the 19th, they had already taken the opponent's letter of surrender and returned to the court.
There was no fighting, just Maple City's reputation scared the hell out of the opponent.
The spies came to report that the Japanese nation had heard that Fengcheng personally led the expedition, and had already broken up with Goryeo and retreated back to the island country. Goryeo was isolated and helpless, and knew that fighting the Hong Dynasty on its own would undoubtedly be an egg against a rock, so it took the initiative to submit a letter of surrender obediently.
Nowadays, although Maple City has not personally gone to the battlefield, the Japanese army retreated and Goryeo surrendered, all because of Maple City's illustrious reputation.
The emperor has said that once he achieves a complete victory, he will definitely confer Fengcheng the title of general.
Now the result is a complete victory, isn't it?
On the 19th, Fengcheng's troops returned to the court, and in the evening an imperial decree came to the palace. On the 16th day of the first month of the fourth year of Kangding, the auspicious day was chosen, and Fengcheng was granted the title of general, given the tiger talisman, and led an army of thousands.
Now that the imperial edict has been issued, as long as Maple City doesn't make any principled mistakes during this period, it can only wait to become a general with peace of mind and be in charge of thousands of armies.
The emperor specifically postponed the date of the canonization, probably out of reluctance, and was waiting to find any clues about Maple City in order to achieve the purpose of revoking this imperial edict.
His many calculations are known to everyone on the street, but how could Feng Hongluan not know about them.
However, it was only twenty days before the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, so Tie Zengzeng's imperial edict could only be revoked unless there were very serious reasons. She thought that the emperor's drama of delaying time to find trouble would probably not be able to continue.
, because no one will accompany him except the emperor himself when he sings a one-man show.
It could have been possible to reunite with Fengcheng earlier. Once the tiger talisman was obtained, Fengcheng's position as general could not be revoked without the emperor saying so.
If the emperor wants to revoke the position of General Maple City just because a father and daughter are reconciled, it may not be justified.
Feng Hongluan has been in a good mood these past few days. After more than ten days, she can finally explain the whole story to Fengcheng.
She lost her mother when she was young, and she was extremely close to Maple City. Now in order to restore Maple City, she had to "break" with Maple City, which was a torture to think about.
Finally, this suffering is almost over.
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December 20th, the new year is approaching.
It snowed all night, and when I opened the window in the morning, there was a scene covered in silver outside, which was so beautiful.
The air was cool, and goose-feather snowflakes were still dancing lightly. When I stretched out my hand from the window, the crystal white snowflakes fell on the palm of my hand, dyeing the temperature of the palm and turning into droplets of water.
After the imperial edict arrived at Feng Mansion yesterday, Feng Hongluan was in a good mood. She stood in front of the window and started playing in the snow, with a bit of innocence on her face.
Hong Yan didn't go to court today, so he took a golden cloak with auspicious cloud patterns and put it on Feng Hongluan. He put his arm around her shoulders from behind, placed his big palm on her bulging belly, and chuckled: "It's not cold.
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Feng Hongluan smiled and shook her head: "It's not cold at all. If it weren't for my heavy body, I would still want to go out for a walk."
"It's snowing really hard. It's almost the Chinese New Year. The auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. The coming year will definitely be a good one."
Feng Hongluan nodded: "Well, I think so too."
In the fourth year of Kangding, in this year in my memory, Ling Che was promoted step by step under the promotion of her father. After the New Year, she went to the border with her father to guard the city, and she also began to pray day and night, waiting,
A day of longing and longing.
In her previous life, she had spent a lot of time on Ling Che and the Ling family. In the winter of that year, there was probably such a beautiful heavy snow, but at that time, she was probably worried about whether it would be cold or not.
Xue, has Ling Che dressed warmly and eaten well? Will Ling's mother's leg disease attack? Should I ask the maid to give Ling's mother some more charcoal basins when I go to bed at night...
Oh, now that I think about it, how ironic it is to live like that.
"What's wrong? What are you laughing at?"
She suddenly chuckled, and Hong Yan asked softly in confusion.
Feng Hongluan shook her head: "No, I just thought of some past events and found them funny."
"Past events? What past events?"
"Some things that are no longer important." Shuimu looked out the window. If she hadn't deliberately remembered, those people and those things would have faded out of her memory.
"What happened when you were a child?"
He seemed very interested.
"No!" Feng Hongluan chuckled, "Has the Queen Mother not given up on searching for Princess Qinyang yet? Do you have any suspicions here?"
She changed the subject easily.
Hong Yan stopped asking questions. When it came to Princess Qinyang, he seemed a little worried: "Although the Queen Mother has not suspected me yet, it will be a matter of time. I can't hide the Sixth Sister here forever."
"What should we do?"
There are already enough unhappy people around her, and Feng Hongluan doesn't want to see one more.
In such a beautiful snow scene, her heart is always particularly soft.
Hong Yan sighed helplessly: "Either I flee to the end of the world, or..."
He paused for a moment, his tone rather troubled.
Feng Hongluan asked hurriedly: "Anything else?"
"Otherwise, we will have no choice but to live a miserable life. Queen Mother will never allow Huang Dingde to insult my royal reputation."
The mood suddenly became heavy, the royal family! The royal family! I went to see Concubine Li a few days ago, and she has been feeling uncomfortable since she came back. She only has these two close friends in the palace. Is she really going to watch a person who is thrown into the cold palace and never recover?
Is the other one either fleeing or being separated?
"Is there no other way?"
"Perhaps!" He walked over and looked at her with burning eyes, "You can convince the Queen Mother."
"I?"
After Xiao Yunye's incident, her meeting with the Queen Mother only caused embarrassment on both sides. Apart from daily greetings and greetings, she no longer spoke much to the Queen Mother and asked her to plead for mercy——
Well, it’s not that it’s impossible, it’s just that it really works?
"Well, I think if it were you, the queen mother would listen to some extent."
In fact, Hong Yan is not sure, but judging from the fact that every time Feng Hongluan enters the palace, the queen mother will reward her with a bath in Huaqing Pool, Hong Luan's status in the queen mother's heart is extraordinary, even surpassing that of the queen.
Even the queen does not have this privilege to enjoy Huaqing Pool.
On the one hand, the queen mother loves Hong Luan, but on the other hand, she feels guilty towards Hong Luan.
Feng Hongluan couldn't see it, but Hong Yan could see it clearly. The queen clearly wanted to settle the feud with Hongluan, but Hongluan was too cold and couldn't let go, so she kept rejecting the queen thousands of miles away. She was alienated, so the queen provoked her every time.
I was so embarrassed that I didn't dare to talk to Hong Luan.
Princess Qinyang's matter will be discovered sooner or later.
If we make any plans at that time, I am afraid that given the personality of his mother, Huang Dingde will probably be executed.
Now let's discuss it first. Even if the matter fails, at least the location of Qinyang and Huang Dingde will not be exposed. At worst, they will take the last step and flee to the world.
Once the Queen Mother discovers where the two of them are, they will not be able to escape even if they want to.
He wanted Hongluan to give it a try. In addition to interceding for Qinyang and Huang Dingde, he also had some selfish motives.
After all, the Queen Mother is his most respected mother, and Hongluan is his most beloved woman.
He always hoped that the two of them would settle their differences and become closer to each other.
There was no communication, so how could the old feud be settled? He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to let Hong Luan and the Queen Mother communicate. Once the Queen Mother agreed to Princess Qinyang's marriage for Hong Luan's sake, everyone would be happy, probably Hong Luan.
His feelings for the Queen Mother will also change a lot.
Even if the negotiation fails, the relationship will not be worse than the current relationship.
And Feng Hongluan is indeed a little eager to give it a try.
In fact, how difficult is it to bring Qinyang and Huang Dingde together?
Considering the rights of the Queen Mother, it was easy to find Huang Dingde an official position in the court. The Queen Mother did not want to marry in Qinyang because she felt that a commoner would harm the dignity of the royal family.
But if Huang Dingde was no longer a commoner, wouldn't everything be easily solved?
Rather than convincing the Queen Mother to agree to Qinyang and Huang Dingde, it is better to say that she went to seek an official position for Huang Dingde.
Hong Yan is right, the Queen Mother does not sell other people's face. Even if she doesn't look at it, she will not give it away. It is indeed the best for her to say it.
"Okay, but let's wait until after the new year. The new year is approaching and everything in the palace is busy. I think the queen mother can't take care of Princess Qinyang and Huang Dingde for the time being. She doesn't care about everything good or bad. Let Princess Qinyang and Huang Dingde have a good time first.
Let’s talk about it in a stable year.”
"Well, you're still thoughtful. By the way, didn't you say that Concubine Li asked you to deliver a package of things to her parents' house that day? Didn't you deliver it there?"
"Well, my servants have sent her there a long time ago. I wanted to go there myself, but I didn't know what to say to comfort her when she arrived at her parents' house, so I asked Liuer to send someone there. Concubine Li, how are you?
Is it true? Is it really being relegated to the cold palace?"
"As for what happened in the past two days, I won't inquire about the emperor's harem affairs, but at most I won't be able to wait until the end of the year. Concubine Li is destined to go to the cold palace this year. The emperor's edict has not yet been issued, but I think
To be continued...