Unexpectedly, before he could make the first move, the Tartar cavalry launched a surprise attack, and war was imminent.
During this war, many civilians and soldiers on the border were injured. Out of compassion as doctors, Han, his father, the renowned physician Han, and several fellow apprentices did not hesitate to join the rescue efforts.
As a military commander, Song Pengju naturally became acquainted with Han when he organized the relief of the wounded after the war.
After spending nearly half a month together, Han had a very good impression of Song Pengju.
Well, as a young general, Song Pengju had never suffered a defeat, and he was also handsome and had a good reputation among the soldiers and the people on the border. Therefore, it can be said that Han fell in love with Song Pengju at first sight.
Of course, their relationship was actually a two-way street.
After all, Song Pengju was also instantly smitten with Han Shi upon their first meeting.
Doctor Han could tell that Song Pengju was a good person. Considering that his daughter would eventually have to get married after reaching marriageable age, he had no objection to Song Pengju marrying Han.
However, in order to show his love for the woman he cherished, Song Pengju specially asked the emperor for a decree to grant them marriage, and he used an eight-bearer sedan chair to bring Han into the family in a grand and glorious manner.
Of course, none of the pre-marital procedures were omitted.
“You are taking your medicine on time, but you keep thinking about Lan’er and can’t let go of the fact that Lan’er is gone. No matter how much medicine you take, it won’t help!”
Song Pengju's eyes were filled with tenderness. He did not want to lose his wife after losing his son and daughter. Based on this, even though he was also heartbroken by the deaths of his eldest son and youngest daughter on the battlefield, he tried his best not to show any abnormality in front of Han Shi and persuaded Han Shi not to think about those sad things anymore.
"I……"
Han opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately swallowed the words back down.
"Qingqing, I know you are heartbroken, but we who are alive still have to live well. Otherwise, Mo'er and Lan'er will not be able to rest in peace in the afterlife!"
You know they are all filial and good children. If they knew you were bedridden because of their death and your condition wasn't improving, how much guilt and remorse they would feel. I certainly don't want the children to be like this... Qingqing, what about you? Do you really miss our eldest son and Lan'er...?
Before Song Pengju could finish speaking, Madam Han shook her head: "I don't want to, don't say anymore... I, I will get over it as soon as possible, don't worry, since I can say that, I can definitely do it!"
Her eldest son died on the battlefield. Although she was heartbroken, she understood that on the battlefield, swords and spears were silent, and death and injury were inevitable.
Besides, her Mo'er was already married with children. If there was any regret in his life, it was that he couldn't continue to accompany his wife and children, and couldn't fulfill his filial duties to them as parents. But her Lan'er...
Her youngest daughter... not only was she unmarried, but she also shouldered the responsibilities of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion as a woman, guarding the border and fighting against the Tartars many times. In the last battle against the Tartars, she was wounded by a hidden arrow coated with multiple kinds of deadly poison, and eventually closed her eyes forever!
It contains multiple highly toxic substances!
This shows how much the Tartars hated her Lan'er, fearing that a deadly poison wouldn't be enough to kill their little girl, so they spared no expense to deal with it!
The war was won, and the Tartars on the entire grassland were completely wiped out by her youngest daughter's army. The royal family and even the people of Great Xia praised her Lan'er for her brilliant military strategy, saying that like father, like daughter... Many, many words of praise were used to describe her youngest daughter, but she felt no joy at all...
All she wanted was for her Lan'er to live, even if she went blind or became crippled. As a mother, all she wanted was for her to live!
Suppressing the pain in her heart, Han held Song Pengju's hand back and patted it lightly. She smiled and said, "Go and comfortably attend to your official duties. I want to lie down for a while. I'm sure I'll be able to get out of bed and walk around in a couple of days!"
Without a doubt, she was telling Song Pengju to relax and not worry about her health anymore.
"Okay, I'll help you lie down."
Song Pengju helped Han Shi lie down on the bed and tucked her in, saying, "Then you rest, I'll go to the study to handle official business." After recovering from his injuries, Song Pengju was appointed to the Ministry of War and became its head.
Go!
Han Shi Chao Song Pengju smiled.
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forecourt.
Stepping into the front courtyard, Song Pengju went straight to the study. The guards standing outside the study saw him approaching and immediately bowed respectfully: "Lord Duke!"
He nodded slightly, and before Song Pengju could push open the study door, the guards who were bowing to him had already opened it.
After Song Pengju went inside, the guard casually closed the door behind him.
Has anyone been in the study?
The study door suddenly opened from the inside, and Song Pengju asked the guards standing outside the door.
"My lord, no!"
There were two guards standing outside the study. One of them answered, and the other nodded in agreement: "Lord Duke, indeed no one has entered the study."
Song Pengju stared at the two guards for a moment before speaking, "It's good that no one came in." His expression was blank, and his tone was calm, but his heart was far from at peace.
Last night, before he finished his official business and left the study, he personally tidied up his desk. There are guards outside the study door 24 hours a day, and there are also shadow guards trained by the Duke's mansion hiding in the shadows throughout the front yard. So who could enter the study without anyone noticing and place a letter in the center of his desk?
After closing the study door, Song Pengju stared intently at the desk, or more precisely, at the letter on the desk.
To be honest, the Great Xia Dynasty does have paper, but it is produced in very small quantities and the quality is not very good. Most importantly, this paper is only available in small quantities in the imperial palace and the mansions of nobles.
The envelope on the desk was made of kraft paper, which Song Pengju had never seen before.
As he sat down in the chair behind his desk and picked up the letter, his heart was suddenly filled with a turbulent feeling.
To my dear father?
Daughter Song Lan?
How is that possible?
Could it be that he didn't sleep well last night and his vision is blurry?
Song Pengju was shocked. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things, and for a moment, the hand holding the letter trembled involuntarily.
Could it be that there really are gods in this world?
Or perhaps, while his Lan'er appeared to have left this world due to a deadly poison, she had actually become an immortal?
And so, this letter came into being...
After the initial shock came excitement. Song Pengju's eyes were practically overflowing with excitement. He felt that his guess was pretty accurate, because no one knew his little girl's writing style better than him.
Song Lan had the system send a letter to her parents written with a fountain pen, but in order to make sure her parents recognized that the letter was written by her, she simply used the writing style she used in Daxia, which made sure that the structure of the fountain pen and the brush pen were consistent, so that they could recognize the letter at a glance.
He pulled out the letter and read it line by line. The more he read, the more excited he became. It was definitely a letter written by his little girl. The tone was just like his Lan'er standing in front of him.
With tears welling up in his eyes, Song Peng stood up before finishing reading the letter. He walked around the desk and quickly left the study.
"No one is allowed in the study!"
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