As night fell, the Chang'an Palace was brightly lit, the people were buzzing, and the bustling sounds were very lively. Emperor Yuwen Gankeng and the ministers were feasted by the ministers in the Zhengwu Palace. All the officials in Beijing were present, and women from both inside and outside also attended the banquet.

The reason for this is that there was a good news coming to the capital this morning, saying that the official army recovered Yecheng, the fake emperor, and the fake Shu king committed suicide due to crimes, and the rebels were over.

The news spread, and the government was in full swing, and civil and military officials entered the palace to celebrate the victory. Yuwen Gankeng, who was looking forward to the news of Yecheng, was so excited that he immediately went to Taimiao to comfort the late emperors of all dynasties and decided to hold a banquet in the palace that night.

At this time, the Zhengwu Hall was drinking and chatting. The Qi Wang Yuwen Liang, who was in charge of military affairs in China and abroad, led his ministers to toast the emperor. Yuwen Gankeng, who had drunk countless glasses of wine, still raised his glasses frequently, although he was a little overwhelmed with the power of drinking.

He was really happy because Yuchi was finished. He was drinking a glass of wine and was so happy that he burst into tears.

Yuwen Gankeng didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.

Once upon a time, the Yuchi family was so powerful that all the civil and military officials obeyed the orders. He sat on the imperial throne of the Yecheng Palace and looked up, he didn't know who would be loyal to him among the ministers in front of him.

During his days in the Imperial Palace in Yecheng, although Yuwen Gankeng had no worries about food and clothing, he lived a trembling life and lived like the New Year. It felt bad.

Ten years ago, he was just the youngest son of King Yuwen Zhao, Zhao Wang. His father and brother were killed in Chang'an. He was the chief supervisor of Xiangzhou at that time. Duke Yuchi Jiong of Shu took Yuwen Gankeng to Yecheng and supported him as emperor.

It can be said that the Yecheng court was established by Yuchi Jiong, and the inexperienced Yuwen Gankeng was just an emperor without any power.

In everyone's opinion, he is just a small child. He can sit on the imperial throne, which is entirely due to the strong support of Yuchi Jiong. Even if Yuchi Jiong really lets him take power, what can he do?

Nothing can be done!

As the son of a royal family and vassal king, Yuwen Gankeng certainly could not receive education on how to govern the country. He had no experience in handling government affairs and leading troops to fight, nor did he have his own confidant team. He was the emperor, but he was a real lonely man.

In the palace of Yecheng, Yuwen Gankeng lived tremblingly, not daring to easily show an expression of dissatisfaction. He couldn't help but feel very afraid and uneasy in front of Yuchi Jiong, who was gray-haired but full of momentum.

As mentioned in history books, Emperor Xuan of Han felt like a thorn on his back in front of the powerful minister Huo Guang.

No one taught Yuwen Gankeng what to do, no one told Yuwen Gankeng what to do when he grew up. Yuwen Gankeng, who gradually became sensible, had more fear in his heart every year because he could not imagine what would happen when he became an adult.

If he had a son, he would probably die suddenly when he became an adult. The prime minister not only did not have to "return the power", but he could also continue to assist the young emperor, and the civil and military officials in the court would not have any objections.

This is the answer that Yuwen Gankeng figured out by himself. The answer made him desperate, but he dared not show any emotions. No one could express his words. He did not dare to say a word, but could only talk to himself when there was no one.

Yuwen Gankeng knew that his future queen must be a girl from the Yuchi family, and he would probably be useless when he gave birth to a prince.

Therefore, when the wedding comes, Yuwen Gankeng takes the risk and wants to make a try.

But he failed. Fortunately, with the assistance of Yu Wenhua and loyal ministers and righteous men, Liu Jushi and other loyal ministers, escaped from Yecheng. After going through a lot of hardships and traveling thousands of miles, he finally returned to Chang'an where the Great Zhou Longxing was.

From the time he fled from Yecheng to the time when the official army recovered Yecheng, in just over a year, the once desperately powerful Yuchi family fell down.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Gankeng almost burst into tears. Seeing King Qi suggesting to watch the "fireworks", he led his ministers out of Zhengwu Hall with the support of the eunuch, and looked up at the night sky in front of the steps.

The "clock" produced in Xiyang, Huangzhou, pointed at "eight o'clock" and whistled, but many fire balls roared from the ground to the sky, and then burst into brilliant sparks.

The continuous blooming of "fireworks" illuminated the night sky in Chang'an. The people in the city were attracted by this movement, walked out of their houses, looked up at the night sky, and were shocked by the dreamy scene.

The tide of cheers came one after another, turning Chang'an into a sea of ​​joy. The cheers from all directions faintly reached the palace, and it was heard in Yuwen Gankeng's ears, which made him very excited.

The ministers surrounded the emperor and the King of Qi, and all of them praised him when they watched such a wonderful "fireworks" performance.

Among the crowd, Yu Wenhua looked at the back of the emperor and then at the back of King Qi beside him. His eyes flashed and he felt thoughtful.

He knew that the King of Shu (Yuchi Family) was over, but for the emperor, he could not really breathe a sigh of relief, because King Qi was there.

The Yecheng court was established by Yuchi Jiong, and the Chang'an court was also established by Yuwen Liang?

Looking up at the sparks blooming in the sky, Yu culture and thoughts were endless: You know, King Qi’s uncle was King Yuwen Hu of Jin.

Yuwen Hu didn't have the son who could fight or take charge of his side back then, but now King Qi is different...

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In Xiyang, Huangzhou, the princess Yuchi Chifan was looking at the account book in the greenhouse. It was cold today and it snowed from time to time. It was impossible to sit in the garden. So throughout the winter, Yuchi Chifan's main activity place was the greenhouse.

The greenhouse is equipped with large glass windows, and even the roof is equipped with several glass windows. In this way, people can bask in the sun and keep warm and have good lighting in the greenhouse. It is the most suitable place to read for Yuchi Chifan, who is big-bellied and pooping.

However, the absent-minded Yuchi Chifan looked at the account book for a long time and only read two pages. Her mind was not on the account at all, but in Yecheng thousands of miles away.

Not long ago, a good news came, saying that the government army recovered Yecheng and the puppet court was about to be destroyed. This news made the people of Xiyang City excited. But in Yuchi Chifan's ears, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The official army regained Yecheng. Hedong would be pacified soon when he came to Hebei. Then the King of Xiyang, who led his troops to fight in Henan, would probably be able to fight soon. At that time, the couple would be reunited, which would be a great thing for Yuchi Chifan.

But what about her family?

Thinking of familiar faces, it is likely that they will dissipate in the smoke of the battle in Yecheng. Yuchi Chifan only felt his eyes hot and tears could not stop flowing out.

The Yuwen family and the Yuchi family are never dead. In the Chang'an court, the Yuchi family is a traitor who is extremely guilty. Now that the official army has captured Yecheng, how can they not kill them all?

This means that the Yuchi family was destroyed, and Yuchi Chifan was very worried about it, and what made her even more worried was her mother and younger brother who were in Yecheng.

Although she had already informed her husband Yuwen Wen that her father was safe and sound, and her mother and younger brother lived in the basement where she and her sister used to live in Yecheng, which was very safe, Yuchi Chifan was still worried that something would happen.

For this reason, Yuchi Chifan has not had a good sleep these nights and tossed and turned. As soon as he closes his eyes, he dreams that Yecheng has turned into a sea of ​​fire, and his relatives have died one after another in the sea of ​​fire, the male loses his life, and the female family is confiscated as slaves.

Yuchi Chifan, who woke up from a nightmare, was wet with tears in his bedding, and his mood was prone to fluctuations when he was pregnant, so she was in a depressed mood these days. In order not to affect the children, Yuchi Chifan chose to stay alone in the greenhouse.

Waiting for the news, waiting for Yuwen Wen to pass on a letter to her.

The Xiyang Palace raises a large number of pigeons. Even if these pigeons are taken thousands of miles away, they can still fly back to Xiyang and back to their own pigeon loft. It is precisely because of this habit of pigeons that the royal palace can realize the delivery of letters from flying pigeons.

Yuchi Chifan knew this, so he waited for the pigeon to bring back the news. Of course, she hoped that what she received was good news.

As she thought about it, she became more and more irritable. She put down her account book and closed her eyes. The maid next to her quickly stepped forward and gently massaged the princess's back.

Footsteps started, and whispers sounded outside the door. After a moment, the door was gently pushed open. A woman walked in, and the maid following behind her stayed outside the door.

The person who came was Yuchi Chifan's sister Yuchi Mingyue. Yuchi Mingyue came to sit next to her sister and wanted to talk, but couldn't speak. The two sisters looked at each other speechlessly and sighed at the same time.

Just like his sister, Yuchi Mingyue's eyes were dark and she looked obviously sleep-deprived. Yuchi Chifan was worried about the safety of his relatives, so was Yuchi Mingyue the same.

Yuchi Chifan at least knew that his father was safe, and his mother and younger brother were probably safe. However, based on confidentiality, she did not tell her sister about these two internal information, so Yuchi Mingyue is no longer just worried, but sad.

She didn't know whether her father was killed or whether her mother and younger brother would survive after the official army attacked Yecheng. Every night she dreamed that her parents and younger brother were covered in blood and struggling in the sea of ​​fire.

Thinking about the familiar appearance of his relatives when he was in Yecheng, Yuchi Mingyue felt sad from his heart. He had been unable to think about food and food for a long time, and he had lost weight when he saw that he had lost weight.

The two sisters were in a state of bleakness, laughter and joy came outside, and then footsteps came, approaching the greenhouse. They were playing little guys who wanted to play with her, but the footsteps stopped abruptly outside the room, and then someone started talking.

The babbling child voice mixed with a kind female voice. After a moment, the voice gradually faded away. It was Yang Lihua who arrived in time and took the little guys elsewhere.

Yuchi Chifan in the greenhouse breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his dazed sister, holding the other party's hand, and was about to say something, but heard the sound of talking outside the door again. It turned out that it was the butler Li Sanjiu who asked for a meeting.

Yuchi Chifan only felt his heart beating faster. She felt that Li Sanjiu must have brought news. Sure enough, after Li Sanjiu came in, he made a gesture.

Yuchi Chifan asked the maids to retreat and avoid them. He couldn't wait to take a wooden box handed over by Li Sanjiu, took out a note from it, and then took out a magnifying glass to look carefully.

The handwriting on the note looks familiar. Yuchi Chifan recognized that this was Yuwen Wen's handwriting, but the words on the paper were not in a sentence at all, so they needed to "decode".

Yuchi Mingyue looked at her sister taking out a small notebook and then writing something on a piece of paper with a note. She felt a little strange, and wanted to ask but didn't dare to disturb her.

After a while, Yuchi Mingyue saw her sister put down her pen, then looked at the piece of paper in her hand and covered her mouth and cried, and couldn't help but feel nervous: "Sister...What's wrong with her sister?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuchi Mingyue was hugged by Yuchi Chifan, and the other party said excitedly: "Si Niang! My father, mother and brother are all safe!"

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In the afternoon, the wind was cold and the ice floating down from the upper reaches gradually frozen into ice. The ice layer on the river surface became thicker and thicker, enough for people to walk for horses, and the team that stretched for several miles was walking south at this time on the ice.

The floating bridge that originally ran across the north and south was no longer visible, but instead it was a "carpet" paved with hay and wooden boards on the ice. People and horses walked on it and their feet would not slip under their feet, and the heavy carriage would not fall into the water by accidentally crushing the ice.

The carriage was filled with large bags and many elderly and young children. They were not physically strong, so they could use carriages to transport. Adults, both men and women, were hiking.

Cavalry patrols from time to time on both sides of the marching team. This is the official cavalry escorting the prisoners to the south. Once there is a change, they will be suppressed at any time.

As the snowflakes were flying, the front of the team had already arrived at Baimajin on the south bank. A long straw shed was set up on both sides of the official road on the shore. A stove was set up inside, and a large iron pot was set up on it. There was a steamer on the pot, which was filled with hot cooked cakes.

People who cross the river can get cooked cakes from soldiers beside the stove, drink a bowl of soup to warm their stomachs, and then spend the night in Baimajin, and continue to rush south the next day.

On the mound next to him, Wang Yuwen of Xiyang, who had just finished inspecting the reception work on the spot, looked at the large-scale team in front of him, looked at the straw shed where the cooked cakes were distributed, nodded, and then rode away.

The official army captured Yecheng and captured a large number of enemy soldiers, including the Huanglong soldiers of the Yuchi family. These captured enemy soldiers were numerous, not only to consume a lot of food and grass, but also not easy to deal with.

If someone in it provokes trouble, instigates others to cause trouble, or even surrenders and rebels again, that's amazing.

However, the various parts of Hebei have not yet been pacified and need to be divided into troops to seize them. In order to prevent these prisoners from changing, the commander Yu Wenming, under the suggestion of the generals, originally planned to kill these prisoners, but was persuaded by Yuwen Wen to stop him.

Not to mention the ominous killing of prisoners, so many young and middle-aged people died, which was a huge labor and population loss. It would take many years to recover. Yuwen Wen felt that things were not unsolvable, so he took this trouble.

He issued a military order, responsible for taking some of the prisoners and their families to Henan, first arrive in Bozhou area, and then dispersed to Huaixi and even Shannan Huangzhou areas.

The prisoners who were with their families set off in batches, totaling tens of thousands of people. If there is a mutiny on the way to escort, all the consequences will be borne by Yuwen Wen, and the food consumption generated will be solved by Yuwen Wen.

Yuwen Wen, who left Baimajin, galloped southeast for a while and stopped by a woods. There was a convoy there, under the banner of Xiyang Palace and had been waiting for a long time.

Not long ago, the guards of the Prince of Xiyang Palace escorted the wife of Duke Wang, and the prince Yuchi Jiade, who left Yecheng and crossed the river south to reunite with Yuchi Shun. Now, under the arrangement of Yuwen Wen, the family is about to set off, go to Huaikou, and leave the Central Plains by boat.

Yuchi Shun, whose hair has become much whiter, has learned about the incident in Yecheng. The heavy blow of the family's destruction has made him older and his hair become much whiter overnight. However, his wife and son Yuchi Jiade are safe and sound, and the incense of the Yuchi family is still there, which makes him feel quite relieved.

At this time, seeing his son-in-law coming to see him off, Yuchi Shun handed over the handwritten letter he and his wife wrote to his two daughters to each other, and then said, "Sanniang, Siniang, I can only rely on you in the future."

Faced with the entrustment of his father-in-law, Yuwen Wenzheng focused on his head and carefully collected the letter, bringing the latest news to Yuchi Shun: "King Qi sent a letter to express his feelings, saying that the former King of Shu was supporting the country and striving to turn the tide and making great contributions. The matter behind him had nothing to do with the former King of Shu."

"The emperor agreed deeply and issued an edict to guard the Shu royal tomb with 300 households... So, let's talk about other matters later."

Hearing this, Yuchi Shun no longer had any worries, patted his son-in-law on the shoulder, nodded, and then got on the horse.

Yuwen Wen stood still, watching his father-in-law's family leave, and did not leave until the team disappeared from sight. He rode on the horse and was about to whip up, looking up at the sky, and couldn't help but feel emotion.
Chapter completed!