Capital.

Although Guo Boyan did not send troops to attack Liao, he also led 30,000 imperial guards to guard Xidaying on the outskirts of Beijing and prepared for war at any time.

"Dude, Yingzhou has a war report!"

Guo Boyan was looking at the map. He immediately ordered his subordinates to bring people in when he heard this. He still stood with his hands behind his back. When he heard the footsteps approaching, Guo Boyan turned around and saw that the messenger sent by Yingzhou was covered in dust and dirty faces, clearly escaping from the fire! Guo Boyan's heart sank: "The Liao army attacked the food and grass?"

As a person who pays attention to the military situation on the front line at any time, he naturally knew that Cao Yu's army was approaching Youzhou and that the food, grass and supplies had just arrived in Yingzhou.

The messenger knelt down and cried bitterly: "Yes, last night, the Liao soldiers attacked and burned food and grass. The prince, the prince..."

Before he finished speaking, Guo Boyan's mind buzzed and almost took a step back. There were people around him, and Guo Boyan tried his best to keep his face calm, but his hands trembled slightly. He took a step forward, staring at the message soldier with his long eyes: "How about the prince?"

The messenger looked at him, cried while talking, and said with his lips trembling: "Criminal, the prince, fight to the death, dies of fire..."

At the end, the messenger lowered his head, unable to bear to see the grief of the Duke losing his son, but he waited for a while in fear and sadness. There was no sound on his head, and the black boots in front of him were motionless. The messenger wiped his eyes, raised his head in confusion, and unexpectedly, he met a pair of dull and confused eyes.

Guo Boyan was not surprised or angry or crying, but the man as majestic as the mountain showed this look of a daze, which made the subordinates around him feel even more uncomfortable. Some clenched their fists and turned their heads, while others stared at the Duke nervously, ready to go forward and help him at any time.

"The body was found?"

After a while, Guo Boyan's eyes finally moved and he asked with his eyes down.

He was expecting another voice, expecting that as long as there was no son's body, the death was not proved, but the message soldier destroyed his only hope again: "Mr. Ma saw the prince being chopped down by the Liao soldiers with his own eyes... and turned around to find him, and the prince's whole body was burned..."

He fell off his horse and his whole body was burned.

Imagine the situation, Guo Boyan spurted out blood.

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The battle report was soon introduced to the palace.

Emperor Xuande overthrew the desk on the spot!

Guo Xiao died as soon as he died. He also felt sad and regretful for the young general's death. But the most urgent task was that Emperor Xuande was even more worried about the entire eastern army, which was his plan to take back the fourteen prefectures of Youyun. Cao Yu disobeyed the emperor's order and caused him to damage the food and supplies of his son-in-law and the army for several months. If Cao Yu was in front of him, Emperor Xuande would like to kill him with one knife!

"Come here, I will pass on my will to let Cao Yu defend Zhuozhou and dare to attack Youzhou without authorization. I will take his life!" Emperor Xuande roared.

"Emperor, Emperor, Youzhou War Report!"

Before he could send someone to scold Cao Yu, Cao Yu's eight hundred miles of speed arrived first. Emperor Xuande moved forward for a while and grabbed the battle report. When he saw that the man over fifty years old had shaking his body. Zhao Heng's face changed drastically. The second prince, King Rui, had already rushed over and nervously supported Emperor Xuande.

"Cao Yu, Cao Yu..." He leaned against his son with a blank face. Emperor Xuande could hardly say anything he cursed, but Cao Yu attacked Youzhou City yesterday morning, and Yelu Xiong could not defend it. After a while, Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Rang led 100,000 reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom to arrive. Cao Yu was defeated and retreated to Zhuozhou. He simply did not hurt this battle, but only three or four thousand soldiers were damaged. The main force of the army still existed.

After the battle report, Cao Yu finally asked Emperor Xuande what he should do next.

What else can we do? The Eastern Army must not retreat. After retreating, the Liao Kingdom immediately changed directions to support Weizhou on the middle and Yunzhou on the west. The two routes were well received. The capture of the city and the East Road was just around the corner, and there was no mistake. Therefore, Emperor Xuande issued an order to order Cao Yu to defend Zhuozhou and immediately transfer food and grass to the capital.

After arranging a major event, Emperor Xuande covered his cheek on his left, enduring the toothache while waiting for news from the front line.

He had no time to take care of Guo Xiao's death.

But for others, Guo Xiao’s death is tantamount to the thunder.

When the Duke's Mansion entered the house, the eldest lady, who was over 60 years old, fainted when she turned her eyes. Lin took care of her mother-in-law with red eyes and could only hand over the crying Mao Ge'er to the second wife for help. Princess Duanhui sat blankly, tears flowing down uncontrollably, but she didn't believe that the person who had not seen her cousin for a day would not believe that her cousin was really dead!

The masters cried, and the servants cried, whether they were sincere or false. Song Jianing, next door, led Zhaozhao to enjoy the flowers in the garden, and heard the movement vaguely.

"Cry." Zhao Zhao heard it, looked at his grandfather's house, raised his head to ask his mother, his almond eyes were confused.

With such a big situation, Song Jianing's face turned pale. He first thought of the grandma, an old man in his sixties, what if...

"Go and have a look!" Shuang'er helped him, Song Jianing hurriedly ordered Liu Xi.

"Princess, don't worry, it's okay." Shuang'er hugged her shoulders steadily, afraid that the princess would get angry.

Song Jianing held his belly with one hand and lowered his head, and saw his daughter looking at her. The little girl looked at her mother the same day. When her mother laughed, she laughed. If something happened to her mother, she was afraid. Maybe there was no daughter in this world who relied on her more than her at this time, and there was no one who wanted her to be happy more than her daughter.

Song Jianing was not so panicked, and smiled and coaxed his daughter: "Mom is tired, let's go back first and take Zhaozhao out to play another day, okay?"

Zhao Zhao nodded obediently, holding his mother's hand tightly with his little hands.

The mother and mother were heavy and the other had short calves. They walked slowly back. Liu Xi ran to the gate of the Duke's Mansion. After asking the manager, she returned in a complicated mood. Then she wandered in the front yard for a while. Assuming that the princess had entered the house and sat down, Liu Xi quickly walked back to the back yard and bent down and stepped into the east room.

Song Jianing sat on the chair, Zhao Zhao clinged to her mother in front of her, carefully pressing her belly against her mother's belly and listening to what her sister was doing. Song Jianing touched her daughter's hair one after another, thinking about the grandma in her heart. Seeing Liu Xi, Song Jianing immediately asked with her eyes. Liu Xi lowered her head and said heavily: "The battle report came from Yingzhou. The Liao army sneaked into food and grass at night, and the prince was killed in the sea of ​​fire..."

Guo Xiao, dead?

Song Jianing forgot his daughter and stared at Liu Xi in disbelief.

Liu Xi knelt down and kowtowed, "Please mourn the princess."

He was from the Shou Prince's Mansion. Because the prince did not like Guo Xiao, Liu Xi had no feelings for Guo Xiao's death. Shuang'er, Liu'er, and Jiu'er were different, especially Shuang'er and Liu'er. They were originally maids around the grandma. They had known the prince since they could remember, and they had a relationship with the master and servant, as well as the admiration of the heroes in the battlefield. When they heard about the death of the prince, they both knelt down and started crying in a low voice.

Song Jianing has been avoiding Guo Xiao, but she has never said bad things to the maids around her. Therefore, these maids at most know that the princess and the prince are not close, but they are somewhat in love with brothers and sisters, so they feel sad from the heart and have no worries.

Listening to their crying, Song Jianing felt like he was in a dream, still unable to believe that Guo Xiao was actually dead.

How could Guo Xiao die? Song Jianing lived a mess in his previous life. Guo Xiao raised her as a little red carp. Anyway, she couldn't go anywhere, so Song Jianing obediently acted as a red carp. When Guo Xiao came to serve her, she did not come. She raised flowers and plants in the village with peace of mind. After seven years in Beijing, Guo Xiao often left Beijing, and Guo Xiao also went on an expedition in his previous life. Song Jianing had no way to understand the situation of the war. He only remembered that he had fought for more than a year before and after this Northern Expedition. When Guo Xiao was goodbye, Guo Xiao became dark and thinner, and became even colder, looking like he had lost a battle.

But no matter what the result was, Guo Xiao came back in his previous life.

Now, he is dead and buried in the sea of ​​fire.

Song Jianing was afraid of Guo Xiao and hated Guo Xiao. He hated him for forcing her to steal her in his previous life, but it should be blamed for Liang Shao. In addition, for seven years of getting along, it doesn’t make any sense to hate him or not. The initial resentment became increasingly weaker and he just wanted to live a life of silence. In this life, Song Jianing was mainly wary of Guo Xiao. If he said hatred, he hated Guo Xiao for not being able to completely live in peace.

However, death is like a lamp extinguishing. At this moment, all Song Jianing could remember was that Guo Xiao was kind to her.

When he moved into the Duke's Mansion as a stepdaughter, Princess Duanhui repeatedly mocked her. As long as Guo Xiao was present, she would scold Princess Duanhui. The twin cousin of the second house teased her. Guo Xiao was sarcastic, but he would teach the twins a lesson afterwards. Guo Xiao picked the dates with his own hands and gave them to her and his younger brother. Guo Xiao took care of his younger brother, just like his own brother...

Song Jianing cried.

Guo Xiao was good and bad to her, and had been entangled for two lifetimes. She was afraid that he would hate him, and never thought of asking him to die. The grandma, stepfather treated her like a pearl in her hand. For the elders of the Guo family and the friendship between the brothers and sisters of the Guo family, Song Jianing sincerely hoped that Guo Xiao could marry a good woman and live a peaceful life, but if he died, the grandma would be so sad, stepparents and younger brother...

Song Jianing couldn't tell what he was crying.

"Mom..." Zhao Zhao also cried, crying loudly.

The complex emotions that Song Jianing had instantly surged were shaken away by her daughter's crying. It was only then that she realized that her face was full of tears and wiped it off quickly. Song Jianing touched her daughter's head and ordered Shuang'er to prepare. She wanted to take her daughter to the Duke's Mansion. When her brother died, she should go there in terms of emotion and reason.

The Duke's Mansion was crying. The grandmother was awake and lay sickly on the bed crying. Seeing the little granddaughter with a big belly, she remembered the situation of the brother and sister getting along. The grandmother was crying and even more wanted to have a grandson. She cried and couldn't help crying. Song Jianing cried while advising him, but in the end, the grandmother was worried about the child in her womb and insisted on asking her to return to the royal palace.

Song Jianing was kind and courteous, and was helped out of the yard of the grandma by his mother.

Lin couldn't take off his body and sent his daughter out of the Duke's Mansion and rushed back. Unable to see the grief of the elders, Song Jianing's tears slowly stopped. He lay on the bed to take care of his baby, and did not dare to move any more. Zhao Zhao cried with her, and was taken away by the wet nurse while asleep. Song Jianing lay unsteadily until she fell asleep unconsciously.

Shuang'er and his wife didn't dare to disturb her. When the prince returned in the evening, the maids saluted quietly.

Zhao Heng walked into the inner room alone, and the gauze tent fell, covering the people inside. Zhao Heng opened the tent silently and saw her lying facing the outside, her almond eyes closed, her thin eyebrows slightly frowned, as if she was worried. Why worry? Zhao Heng stood there, guessing the answer, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her chest, but she couldn't blame her. After all, she was a girl raised by the Duke's Mansion.

"Prince?" Song Jianing woke up slowly, opened his eyes and saw his man.

Zhao Heng nodded, walked to the bed, helped her get up, getting closer. Seeing that there was blood in her eyes, Zhao Heng whispered: "Have you cried?"

Song Jianing nodded, leaned against his chest, and sighed, "I don't have a close relationship with my elder brother, but I can't bear it if he died young."

This is what she said in her heart. She had been entangled with for two lifetimes. She died when she said she died. She was still on the battlefield. Song Jianing felt sighing. Besides, she burst into tears when Liu Xi replied. The prince would definitely know that Song Jianing must have an explanation.

Zhao Hengxin had no affair with Guo Xiao, so he naturally knew that her tears were just out of kindness and compassion.

"Children are important, don't be too sad." He hugged her shoulders, Zhao Heng comforted her softly, and after saying that, he kissed her head.

Guo Xiao is alive, and he will settle the score with him sooner or later. Today, Guo Xiao dies bravely and his past grudges will disappear. Why bother to worry about a tear or two?
Chapter completed!