Yanmenchun

Chapter 263

It was sunny after the snow.

Mobei is no longer the Mobei that Shen Tuchan is familiar with, but traces of the past can still be vaguely seen in the building.

When they entered the city, the common people lined up to watch, officials and generals in the city came to greet them, King Yan and Princess Yan arrived, this was the biggest event in Mobei for decades.

But when they entered the city, the officials were stunned, Shen Tuchan's carriage had a clear flag.

Zhenbeihou Mansion.

What she hangs is the flag of Zhenbei Hou Mansion, not Yan Wang Mansion.

The accompanying guards shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yan is here! Princess Yichun is here!"

It was not Yan Wangfei who came to Mobei, but Shen Tuchan, the princess of Yichun County.

Prefect Zhao Xuanzhi was over forty years old, he was transferred here after Shen Tulang and his wife were killed in battle, but he was considered an acquaintance, he had worked in Hanzhong area before.

He stood in front of the officials, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "The prefect of Mobei, Zhao Xuanzhi, is here to welcome His Royal Highness King Yan and the princess!"

The officials behind him clasped their hands together and said, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Yan! Welcome to the princess!"

Jiang Lan lifted the curtain slightly and said, "Excuse me, just lead the way to the princess mansion."

Shen Tuchan saw Zhao Xuanzhi through the gap in the curtain. He had a goatee and was only in his forties, wrinkled and wrinkled. His complexion was slightly vicissitudes.

Shen Tuchan didn't remember whether she had seen him before. She glanced at the cautious officials behind Zhao Xuanzhi, and at the soldiers maintaining order on both sides of the road, trying to find a familiar face among these people, but there was no one. , maybe she doesn't remember, maybe those people she remembers have all died in battle.

Jiang Lan lowered the curtain to block the probing sight from the outside, and also blocked Shen Tuchan's somewhat confused eyes.

When the carriage arrived at the princess' mansion, the attendants put down the footstools, Han Fei first got down from the carriage behind and tapped on the door of Shen Tuchan's carriage, saying: "My lord, princess, we're here."

A man's hand stretched out from inside, making a gesture to lift the curtain, Han Fei hurriedly raised the curtain.

Jiang Lan got out of the carriage, swept the waiting officials first, and then turned around to help Shen Tuchan out.

It's winter, and although the sun is shining brightly today, it can't withstand the wind like a blade. Shen Tuchan wore a curtain fence, and the white gauze hung down to her waist, and the two sides were loosely fixed to the skirt to prevent the wind. Swing back and forth without obstructing the line of sight.

The officials saluted again to welcome King Yan and Princess Yichun.

In fact, if it was just a mere princess, there would be no such ostentation, but Shen Tuchan is a princess with a fief in Mobei, similar to a county king with a fief.

The princess mansion was not newly built, it was rebuilt from the former general's mansion. Shen Tuchan was enfeoffed not long ago, and there was no time to build a new mansion at all.

This general mansion has been around for many years, and Shen Tuchan knows it. It was originally for the generals who were in charge of the army in Mobei, just like Shen Tulang in the past, but Shen Tulang brought his wife and young daughter with him, and he looked like a man who lived here for a long time. After Shen Tulang made a great contribution, the emperor ordered Mobei to build a Zhenbei Hou Mansion.

Dukes and Earls do not have fiefdoms, but Shen Tulang was guarding Mobei, and the emperor decreed to build him the legitimate Zhenbeihou Mansion here instead of the General Mansion. At that time, Shen Tulang was almost only short of a title.

The Marquis of Zhenbei dominates Mobei, and is the uncrowned king of Mobei and even Yanmenguan.

But in the battle where Shen Tulang died, the Xiongnu entered the pass, the Zhenbeihou Mansion was looted, and finally everything was burned down by a raging fire.

After Shen Tulang's death, Zhao Xuanzhi and the newly appointed Wuwei General Wang Yan razed the Zhenbeihou Mansion after the fire when no one in the Zhenbeihou Mansion could return to Mobei. The traces of that war are in the There is no trace of what has been wiped out in the past eight years, and the trace of the Zhenbeihou Mansion is also wiped out.

Shentu Danlin is weak, the collateral lineage of the Zhenbeihou's mansion is withered, and many of the branch lineages follow Wen, no one can take on the heavy responsibility of Mobei, especially the eldest lady of the Zhenbeihou's mansion went to Dazhou with her marriage, Shentu Dan Lin and Princess Ningguo made a marriage contract, no matter what the capital city thinks, the official circles in Mobei and Hanzhong have already acquiesced, the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is no longer a false name, it is not worthy of the name, and will never return to Mobei.

They are no longer 'Marquis of Zhenbei', maybe they will become 'Cheng'en Gong' and 'Cheng'en Hou'.

But who can know?
The daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, the young girl who once rode her horse across the streets of Mobei, and ran horses in the playground near Yanmen Pass, was forgotten by everyone. Breaking through the barriers in the city and the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they returned to the land on the Mobei side, looking at the Yanmen Pass in the distance.

Jiang Lan and Shen Tuchan entered the princess mansion, other officials waited in the outer living room, and Zhao Xuan went in alone to meet.

Jiang Lan said directly: "After a long journey, the princess is tired, so I won't entertain you today, you can take them back."

Zhao Xuanzhi looked at Jiang Lan and then at Shen Tuchan, who was silent, and said: "Your Majesty obeys the order. It's winter, and the battle at Yanmen Pass is changing. General Wang lives in the barracks. He didn't come to greet the two Highnesses. Please don't blame your highness."

Jiang Lan didn't speak, Shen Tuchan glanced at him and said calmly: "This is a big matter, I don't need General Wang to welcome me, I will go to see him."

Zhao Xuanzhi's heart tightened when he heard this, and Wang Yan guessed that Shen Tuchan was here to interfere in the officialdom and military power in Mobei. Otherwise, she is a woman, and it is fine to be a princess, and she also has a fief. Flower arrangement and embroidery in the city, what are you doing all the way to Mobei to eat sand?

Zhao Xuanzhi was still in a daze, Shen Tuchan said again: "There is no need to hold a banquet, I will not interfere in official affairs, if you have something to report, you can directly go to His Highness, not me."

Zhao Xuanzhi was even more stunned. He thought he heard it wrong. The princess of Yichun didn't care about official affairs and left it to her husband-in-law, King Yan, but he had to worry about things in the barracks.

He looked at King Yan, who had a calm face, as if he didn't mind what Shen Tuchan said, obviously the two had discussed it in advance.

Zhao Xuanzhi didn't expect this change at all, so he had to bow and leave with some apprehension.

He went out of the main house, Han Fei was waiting at the door, Zhao Xuanzhi was about to leave, Han Fei called to him: "Master Zhao, this servant is your maidservant Han Fei."

Zhao Xuanzhi stopped, and was stopped by a maid for the first time. He didn't know what expression to make for a moment, so he could only ask, "What's the matter with Miss Hanfei?"

Han Fei smiled and said: "Your Majesty is afraid that the maids on the other side of the capital city will not accept the climate in Mobei, so she came here with a servant girl, a maid and a few nuns, saying that she will find two little girls to follow when she arrives in Mobei." It’s fine for a servant to serve, but the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it’s hard to find a little girl, this matter..."

Zhao Xuanzhi hurriedly said: "It's a small matter, this is a small matter, just find two maids for the empress, and the next official will send them to the empress tomorrow, Miss Hanfei can rest assured."

Han Fei nodded and sent Zhao Xuanzhi and the officials out.

Zhao Xuanzhi felt even more uneasy, no matter the official or the dignitary with the title, they always have a banquet first when they go to a place, and it is definitely the habit of using the local maids before they come up, after all, it is necessary to guard against others.

This Yichun princess came up and asked for a maid, but she still served her personally. I don't know if it was because she was big-hearted or didn't care at all.

If Shen Tuchan was a lady from a great family in the capital city who had never traveled far, Zhao Xuanzhi would somewhat despise her, but she grew up here and went to Dazhou, her scheming and insight must be beyond the reach of ordinary women , she is so frank, I don't know what kind of idea she is playing.

(End of this chapter)