At the beginning of the snow, the sky is clear. On the street, the door of the family that had been closed for a long time reopened.

"Head of the house, be careful, the ground is slippery!"

"Good!"

"The snow here is thick, so I have to sweep it away."

No matter men or women, children or adults, everyone walks out of the house with a handful in their hands. Broom, carefully cleaning the snow in front of the house.

"Mother, look! I built a snowman!"

The woman who was busy cleaning the shop raised her head. The head of the snowman built in front of the door was covered with a familiar iron pan. Seeing this, the woman first frowned, then loosened her brows and scolded with a smile: "This little boy, he has started to do something wrong again!"

"You can take the pot on the stove, oh ho, ma'am, see if you can't eat today. Now!"

 The boy immediately shouted: "I want to eat! I want to eat!"

If this were normal, the woman would have already picked up the broom and started cleaning up her skinny boy, but now... She also knew that the child was being abused during this time. Detained at home all day in fear and fear, and finally see the good, let him go.

The restaurants, inns and clothing stores on the streets and alleys have re-hanged their signs.

Open a shop, open a shop, set up a stall.

Hearing the cries of hawking on the streets and alleys resounded again, the people who stayed know that the imperial city was bustling again.

"Fortunately, I didn't leave at that time..."

Sitting at a street stall, a man dressed as a scholar held a big bowl and sighed with emotion while eating steaming wontons.

Earlier, he was so desperate that he couldn't move south. He hid at home in fear all day long, for fear that when the rebels entered the city, his life would be at risk. Kitchen knives, axes, rat poison, etc., are prepared in advance at home.

Who would have thought that this has only happened in the past few days...

Sitting next to him, the unfamiliar man in gray, who was also holding a large bowl of wontons, snorted and said,

"Isn't that true? At that time, my cousin's family had emptied their money and worked hard to get into a business. The official said that it was a marriage family, but who did not know that it was selling a daughter, but it was actually a bribe in the name of giving a dowry. It was a woman and money, the family reluctantly agreed to bring their family along with them to move south. The troops went together. Before leaving, my cousin and aunt came to my house, arrogant and full of air, for fear that others would not know that their family was selling their daughter. That thief mother-in-law was taunting my mother for a while, even called my little sister. The idea is to let us learn from them and ask someone to find a way out..." 

The man in gray snorted, drank the soup from the big bowl, and hiccupped. He touched his stomach and said contentedly: "I'm full, I haven't eaten for a few days, but the wontons from this stall are still well done." 

"What happened then?"

"Then?" The man in gray said with a smile, "Of course, my mother used a broom to beat them out!"

"Their family is not a human being, my family would rather die than do that conscienceless thing. that's What happened!"

Several people around nodded and said, "That's right." The people who came to eat wontons were all old customers, everyone chatting and laughing, so it was very lively.

Getting excited, he turned his head and shouted:

"Boss! Another bowl!"

"I want another bowl too, no, two bowls!" 

His daughter-in-law mixed the fillings and rolled the dough while the stall owner swiftly put the wrapped wontons into the pot.

They haven't had a stall for a long time, and the family has no income. They were too worried before. But fortunately, the days are peaceful again, and the old diners are cheering. The business is so good, there is no need to worry.

"what?"

A young man raised his head and saw several carriages parked at the gate of a mansion in front of them. Several people dressed as servants were busy carrying things from the carriages.

He asked the person at the same table doubtfully, "Didn't those big families follow the emperor all the way?"

"Hey, pay attention, now it's time for the one who escaped to the south to be called the "pseudo-emperor". "

"It was a slip of the tongue". The man reacted immediately, and hurriedly thanked the person next to him: "Thank you, Xiongtai for reminding me". 

The man in Tsing Yi waved his hand and said softly, "It's not wrong to say such a big thing. Now who doesn't know, today is the legitimate orthodox, the one in the south... tsk..."

For the fake emperor who abandoned the people and ran away, everyone looked so disgusted that they didn't want to mention him again. The man in Tsing Yi raised his head . Come, glanced at the house, and then explained to the young man:

"You just moved here, right? "

"Yes. "

"No wonder you don't know, this is the new house given to Duke Zhongguo today". 

Immediately, the young man looked suddenly enlightened.

Everyone knows that most of the officials in the original imperial city fled to the south with the fake emperor and established a fake imperial court. At that time, although most of the people left, However, there are still a small number of loyal and righteous people who are unwilling to flee south and take the initiative to ask Ling to stay and defend the city.

Now, they have become the pillars of the new dynasty.

Among them, the general of the Zhongguo Gongzhang is the leader of Bao chenming's enthronement. How could this minister not be rewarded heavily.

Mrs. Zhongguo had a good relationship with the former queen when she was young and she was one of the few insiders who knew the second prince was still alive. 

Over the years, she kept this secret in her heart and did not tell anyone. Including your own bedside.

Originally, if the person who succeeded the throne could be a qualified emperor, everyone would be peaceful, nothing would happen. 

But unfortunately, met such an out-of-tune couple. After he ascended the throne, there was chaos inside and outside the palace, not thinking about how to govern the country, but first thinking about how to find benefits for himself. The soldiers below protested, the King Sui in the northwest also rebelled. He had no courage or ability. If he couldn't solve it, he thought of running away.

Such an unreliable emperor will not last long.

Anyway, Mrs. Zhongguo has already endured enough.

Not only her, as one of the insiders back then, although Taifu Wen was old now, he was still clear-headed. He realized that this would not work, and had to be replaced.

The son of the first queen is still alive.

Wen Taifu went to unite the forces under his family and Mrs. Zhongguo told the husband about the second prince. It just so happened that Duke Zhongguo was also shaken. When he learned what happened back then, he didn't blame his wife for concealing it but heaved a sigh of relief.

The stuffy breath stuck in his chest can finally be vented... 

Over the years, he has been loyal and dedicated to serving the country. This title was bought by him with scars and illnesses all over his body, he deserved all the glory he enjoyed.

Why did he change when he got here? Don't talk about trust, and don't bully his family in a different way. The army divided his military power, he endured it; the government suppressed his family, he also endured it; he ordered his only daughter to be married to someone to fill the house, blood rushed up and swallowed back in his stomach.

Is this a new way to show loyalty?

Well, let's get married, anyway, the other party is also a national uncle. He has seen people before, except for the death of a wife, several children and several concubines, and his ears are a little soft, but also... 

ok?

Duke Zhongguo believed that with him, the other party would not dare to treat his daughter badly.

However...

in this world, you can't expect other people's brain circuits to be normal.

Girl, the girl grew up holding in his palm! I'm sorry, reading daddy!

Duke Zhongguo is a rough man, he is good at marching and fighting; he does not understand the twists and turns in the back house. But he was not deaf, nor blind. and even though he often led troops outside and occasionally returned to the imperial city, he could still hear and see. He clearly knew that his daughter was not doing well in the Shen family.

How dare those people openly allow a concubine thing to climb on his daughter's head!

Is this a new way to slap him in the face?

I have to say, they succeeded.

This old face, "Crack! Slap!" was beaten and swollen one after another.

He is heartbroken, he is angry!

He fought bloody battles on the battlefield to keep these people safe and rich, but in the end, he ended up with such a result.

If God wants to punish him for killing too much, please let their whole family die on the battlefield, instead of being trapped in a cage and bullied by this bastard raised by this little girl!

Since this person took the throne, he has done absurd things, which has made him almost vomit blood.

rebel?

His life is a joke.

The word "loyalty" trapped General Zhongguo's official seal in the cracks, and he was in a dilemma.

But now it's alright, the son of the first empress, whether it is according to the etiquette or the law, can be said to be justifiable. Supporting him is not a rebellion, it is supporting orthodoxy.

With the soldiers and horses of Duke Zhongguo and the forces of Taifu Wen, plus the rebels led by Generals Gao and Li.

After tidying up the King Sui first, several groups of men and horses merged into one and the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and was victorious.

Strictly speaking, many generals in the city lost their fighting spirit when they heard that the emperor had fled south, and with Duke Zhongguo and Taifu Wen as security for Chenming's identity, everyone simply ordered and joined the new monarch directly.

After Chen Ming entered the imperial city, his identity was also announced to the world.

The first queen's expectation is that her children can live well; in the future, whether Chen Ming is fighting for the throne or living in seclusion in the mountains, he will choose his own path in the future.

After Chen Ming learned about his life experience from the old abbot, he also thought about it for a long time.

Although he has no interest in the position that everyone looks up to, he also knows that at this time, he can no longer stay out of it.

The future emperor will not allow his existence.

People are for the knife and I am for the fish; or, I am for the knife...

It's an easy choice, isn't it?

What's more,

he still has people he wants to protect.

**

Several carriages stopped at the entrance of Duke Zhongguo's mansion.

Mrs. Zhongguo's wife was supported by her personal maid, already waiting at the door.

Just as the carriage stopped, the woman in the car leaned out and called out to the person in front of her,

"Mother!"

"Ying'er!"

Mrs. Zhongguo hurried forward and held her daughter's hand tightly. The mother and daughter reunited and looked at each other with tears in their eyes.

Shenhou's wife, Mrs. Zhang, did not move south with Lord Shen. After she received the letter from her mother, she knew that the day had come when she could get rid of this quagmire completely.

Originally, she was still thinking about why she should not accompany him to drive, but who would have thought that another partiality of Lord Shen would directly give her a ready-made reason.

Just so, the couple's relationship for several years has finally come to an end.

Zhang shi took their two children and confidants, and the carriage they were riding in was mixed in the convoy.

This time, the number of people who moved south was large, and each family had at least a dozen large carriages with luggage. The long queue can't see the end at a glance, if you don't look closely, you really can't tell who belongs to who.

Under the cover of the people sent by the Duke of Zhongguo to quietly respond, Zhang returned to the imperial city with her children.

From now on, she is no longer Mrs. Shenhou, she is Zhang Ying.

Duke Zhongguo owes much to this daughter and feels guilty. He exchanged his credit for a grace, and the marriage between Zhang Ying and Shen Shixing was dissolved. Not only that, Zhang Ying can also be an independent female household, and her two children have also changed their household registrations to take their mother's surname.

In other words, Shin Se-heung was abandoned.