Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Tokyo Zide Palace, the dining room is bright and magnificent. Countless candles on the copper lamp stand illuminate in all directions, and there are lanterns hanging on the wall. The orange light flows on the exquisite and wonderful decoration, like a dream. The maids in silk gauze around them were better dressed than the hostess of the rich family. They lowered their eyebrows and were respectful and docile. If someone walks into Zide Hall from the "mortal world" in Tokyo, he will definitely feel as if he is not in a different era or a different world. This place is completely different from the market place.

The portraits of famous ladies and ladies on the walls are graceful and luxurious, and their expressions are lifelike, but the portraits are still just portraits, and their beauty is not comparable to the noble ladies here. The picture of the lady hanging on the wall may not be used to show off her beauty, but to reflect the real people in the dining room... because compared with the people here, the lady on the picture is completely ugly.

However, Fu Shi's demeanor is not as energetic as the person in the portrait, her face is blank, as if she has been distracted all the time.

Sitting on both sides of the lower head are Jingniang and Qingxu. Jingniang secretly glances at Fu Shi from time to time, but Qingxu is eating... She has a pure face, small and thin lips, but she sees all kinds of delicacies stuffed into her small mouth, and she eats more than anyone else; it seems that there is nothing better in this world than eating good food.

"I want to come here often..." Qingxu hiccupped, "Sister Empress, you are really the best person in the world."

The maid next to her was blushing, she gritted her teeth and kept silent.

Qingxu asked again: "Can that bracelet be sold?" Jing Niang took a piece of thin mutton and put it in Qingxu's bowl: "Hurry up and eat!"

At this moment, Fu Shi picked up the glutinous rice cakes in the bowl. The court lady had already dipped the delicate dessert with a powder made from sesame seeds, fried soybeans, and sugar. Fushi slowly put the dessert on a clean white ceramic plate and dipped it again. She probably knew that this kind of food should be dipped in seasonings.

The maid standing beside her widened her eyes, because the white plate contained salt water! But the maids dare not stop, who dares to control what the queen wants to eat? Even Jing Niang noticed Fu's action of dipping the dessert in salt water, and couldn't help but look at her quietly.

Fu Shi silently carried the rune paper secret letter in his heart to translate the words: Last time I (I) knew you were sick, I was afraid that you (I) would have troubles. If you hadn’t come back to life, my heart would have died with it, and this world would have become bleak and meaningless...

She has read this letter hundreds of times, and she can remember every word clearly, and she is more familiar than the classics and articles that every lady must read. Fu felt that he could carry it backwards.

She put the pastry dipped in salt water to her mouth and took a light bite. Jing Niang and the maids stared at her, as if they wanted to say: Is the sweet and salty taste delicious?

But Fu Shi chewed slowly, his face was expressionless, and he didn't respond at all. The salty and sweet taste was still edible, or maybe she didn't pay attention to what it was, maybe she didn't even know what she was eating?

The translation of the letter into a secret letter was written by Jing Niang. Jing Niang knew why.

Fu Shi's mind was blank, and a few words and fragments flashed from time to time, he said: There will be an emperor to protect you and love you...

I want to thank you, without you, how desperate and fearful I would be at this time, and I am also afraid of death. But now, I am not afraid, because a stronger emotion has taken over my body, from hair to toes, every inch of me is thinking of you.

The woman I love the most, I know it’s wrong ((Because it’s absurd and sinful, Guo Shao receives a salary from the emperor but loves his woman, this kind of thing is not tolerated by the morals of all dynasties, even in troubled times), but I can’t control myself. This emotion has surpassed life. Even if I die, I will not change...

Maybe I will turn into ashes, and meet you again in a certain place in the universe; maybe I will become a soul and reincarnate as a human being. In the next life, when you meet by chance, will you still look back and smile?

You are like a goddess, no! You are the fairy who has been reborn, and it is my belief. I don't know what the meaning of war is. Trying to find the meaning is for the nobility and glory of the goddess. I sincerely believe that you can bestow luck and strength on me. May I be able to conquer Shouzhou, and may victory and glory belong to the warriors favored by the goddess.

How I wish I could die on the battlefield with your name at the last moment, not just a last name...

Fu's emotions were a little uncontrollable, tears filled deep in her bright eyes, from eyes to throat to heart, so sour, so astringent, she swallowed the tears silently. Brother Shao... Brother Shao... Fushi called silently in his heart: I heard your roars and cries on the battlefield, I heard your prayers, but I can't go to the battlefield instead of you, and I can't even intercede for you, because it would be worse.

You are fighting on the battlefield, but I can only eat here without taste.

Be patient, although this kind of depression is hard to bear, but the worldly ethics always have its reason. Brother Shao is very courageous, he dares to do this... Mrs. Fu could have guessed his thoughts long ago, but it is really unexpected to express it directly and enthusiastically. Perhaps he can be so unscrupulous only when he encounters an insurmountable hurdle and even his life is threatened.

Fu Shi thought: But I don't blame you.

It is said that Shouzhou is difficult to attack by force. Brother Shao issued a military order within a month, and I am afraid that he will really fail. Fu meditated, his life must be safe for the time being, he just saved the queen's life, the officials don't consider the merits of the Gaoping War and the Battle of Shu, they should care about their grievances... The key is that Brother Shao was defeated in the battle, but he didn't have an essential mistake such as treason, and he was a person without threat. Is it necessary for the officials to kill him? If you say that you saved the queen's life, silence people's mouths in public.

At this time, if you don't ask and ignore it, the officials will instead take care of the queen and the Fu family. It is useless to plead for mercy, it can only add chaos in turn. If the officials didn't care about Fu's family, would they still care about pleading; if they want to take care of it, it goes without saying that it would be better.

Don't blame me for being cruel! Occasionally, I really want to go to Huainan in person right away, and beg the officials face to face, regardless of what to consider... But there is no need, what is the use of doing this other than acting? I believe he can understand my mind.

Brother Shao can't die, but this time it might be difficult to get up. The position of the Commander of the Xiangdu is not only based on the relationship of the queen, even if it is dependent on the emperor, it also depends on the size of the ability. Officials will not affect the combat power of the entire Zhou Dynasty army for personal likes and dislikes. If he wanted his soldiers to fight for their lives, he had to show a definite attitude and approach; if he could rise to the top only by relying on relationships, who would want to go to the battlefield to fight their lives?

Shao Geer only has such a little foundation, and the Shouzhou Lijun was defeated, can he withstand such a toss? Fu felt that it would be very difficult for him to get up again, even if there was still a little hope, it would be extremely difficult; she is a queen, not an emperor, so she can't directly give Brother Shao anything.

In this world, if a person without strength has too high vision and too much courage, it will be a bad thing and treat him badly. Whether it's Fu himself or Brother Shao, if they don't have the strength, they can't do anything. What they think or desire is useless.

Fu felt very uncomfortable thinking of this... She felt very helpless about the whole matter. It was not his problem to assign a place like Shouzhou to Brother Shao; but he had to bear a disappointing result.

Finally, after dinner, several people rinsed their mouths with water, and then drank weak tea. Jing Niang said: "The queen seems to be unwell, so I won't let Qingxu disturb you tonight, we will come back tomorrow morning to thank you."

Fu Shi came back to his senses, and said softly: "It's good to serve the distinguished guests of this palace."

"Here." The maids bowed their knees and answered.

Mrs. Fu returned to the bedroom of Zide Hall, and Mu Shanggong stepped forward to ask for an order: "Servants and servants have prepared the hot water, please move your mother."

"Forget it tonight, it's boring." Fu Shi waved his sleeves.

Mu Shanggong hurriedly said: "Then I will ask someone to fetch water to help the empress wash her feet."

"No more washing!" Fu Shi's tone was very unhappy.

"Yes. I don't dare to disturb the empress..." Mu Shanggong stepped back and gave the maid next to him a wink, and everyone followed her out of the bedroom.

Fu Shi walked around on the carpet in a purple curtain, dragging a long skirt, like a beautiful ghost.

At this moment, I heard a voice at the door shouting cautiously: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Cao Tai begged to see you all night, and the servant did not dare to disturb her, but Cao Tai said that he brought good news."

"Let him come in and talk." Fu said quietly.

After a while, Cao Tai went inside and said: "My family is impatient, so I rushed here. Two things, the first one, Guo Shao's great victory in Shouzhou, captured Shouzhou City, captured the famous Southern Tang Dynasty general Liu Renzhan and more than 20,000 people, and he has gone to face the saint to ask for a reward... The slave family thinks that with the merits of this battle, General Guo should be able to establish a festival..."

Fu Shi's complexion suddenly changed, and the rich and subtle expressions changed rapidly and alternately in the curtain, but she didn't say a word.

Then Cao Tai said: "Second thing, Han Tong has received an order from the privy envoy to lead his troops out of Beijing and go to Huainan." Fu Shi hardly heard this sentence, and she didn't know what Cao Tai was talking about after that.

Cao Tai didn't hear the sound, and tentatively said: "I'm done talking, I'm leaving." He didn't hear a response, so he backed out of the bedroom silently.

After a long time, when Fu came back to his senses, he found that there was no one in the bedroom, and he couldn't remember when Cao Tai left.

She suddenly felt a little dazed. Could it be that she was distracted just now and imagined that Cao Tai had never appeared before? But after thinking about it for a moment, she was sure that it really happened.

There was a sweet smile on Fu Shi's face, and in an instant, the purple and gloomy bedroom seemed to be a little brighter, as if a hundred flowers were about to bloom.

She decided to write a reply to Guo Shao, thought a lot of words, and finally swallowed them all, leaving only two words.