Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 390 Brotherly Discord
Jizhou, Yecheng.

Murong Jun's close ministers left Xianyang Hall, and Murong Ke and Murong Chui walked together. The two brothers obviously had something to say, so everyone deliberately stayed far away and did not come forward to disturb them.

"Daoming (Murong Chui), without consulting you in advance, I recommended you to your Majesty as the commander-in-chief of the partial division. There is really no room for failure in this battle, and you are the only one who can take on this important task."

Murong Ke said as he walked.

Murong Chui smiled and said:
"Agan, why do you need to explain to me? We are all the kings of the Yan clan. State affairs are family affairs. We should be brave enough to do our work. How can we be afraid of ourselves?"

Murong Ke nodded after hearing this. Today, his second brother Murong Jun summoned everyone to discuss the strategy of dispatching troops, and decided on the strategy of joining the partial army with Fu Jian, while the main force attacked Dongyuan to contain Huan Xi.

Murong Jun asked about the candidate for the general of Pianshi, and Murong Ke immediately recommended his fifth brother Murong Chui.

Murong Chui's reputation in the Central Plains was not great, but within Murong Xianbei, everyone was more or less aware of his talents, otherwise Murong Jun would not be so afraid of him.

With Murong Ke's recommendation and the support of the ministers, Murong Jun finally chose to believe Murong Chui. When the war started, Murong Chui would lead a partial division to attack Wenxi County together with Fu Jian.

Murong Ke and Murong Chui were walking in the aisle of Jiuhua Palace. Murong Ke mentioned the neighbor to the west and warned:

"Although Fu Jian was defeated by Xie Ai and Deng Xia in the battle of Yinchuan, he was able to escape unscathed, which shows that he is not a white-faced scholar who does not understand military affairs.

Murong Ke smiled and said:
"With this statement, I no longer need to worry about the situation on the northern front."

Murong Ke could come back defeated twice in a row, and Murong Jun still obeyed his words, but Murong Chui did not have such a good fate.

Now Murong Jun accepted Murong Ke's request and appointed Murong Chui as the commander of the partial division. Once something went wrong on the Wenxi battlefield, Murong Jun would have to settle old and new grudges together.

"Don't worry, A Qian. Chui will make his own judgment. If Fu Jian is stubborn, I will separate the garrison from him to avoid being affected by him."

He did not despise Fu Jian because of his defeat in Yinchuan. Victory and defeat are commonplace for military strategists, and a temporary defeat is nothing. However, while going deep into the enemy's territory and encountering a defeat, he was able to escape unscathed, which is enough to reflect a man's character. military level.

Murong Chui returned home and went straight to the backyard, but his wife Duan was missing.

"After Dao Ming meets him, remember not to be arrogant. You can accept his suggestions appropriately, but there is no need to obey him."

As they spoke, the two walked out of Jiuhua Palace one after another and said goodbye outside the palace gate.

Murong Chui went straight back to Prince Wu's Mansion.

Unlike Zhang Chonghua in the Battle of Didao, who clearly had no leadership experience and had to lead the Qianliang elite to fight for Qinzhou with Huanxi and suffered a defeat. Qianliang did not recover for several years until Zhang Chonghua's death and was Huan Xi easily annexed.

Murong Chui was older than Fu Jian, at the age of thirty-two, and obviously had a more mature mentality.

Fu Jian was still very young, twenty years old at the time. At such an age, one is most likely to be impulsive. Murong Ke was worried that Murong Chui would look down on Fu Jian, which would lead to separation between the two. When the time came, the friendly forces would be in trouble and would be immobile, and only Huan would gain in the end. Hee.

Although Fu Jian is not as good as Huan Xi, Xie Ai and their Murong brothers, he is definitely above the level.

Therefore, Murong Chui obviously felt the pressure. Of course, as he and Murong Ke said, he would not back down.

Entering the mansion, Murong Chui's expression was not as relaxed as when he was getting along with Murong Ke.

Murong Chui said seriously:

"Where did the princess go?"

Murong Chui asked the maid.

The maid replied:
"The queen summoned the concubines to go to the temple to pray. The princess has been out for a long time." Murong Chui nodded. The temple where the queen prayed was naturally a royal temple, not as filthy as those folk Buddhist temples.

For example, Huan Wen liked to go wild in folk nunneries and Taoist temples. Some ministers of the Yan State once suggested sending assassins. However, when Huan Wen returned to Lang, he was influenced by his son and attached great importance to security, so he did not send assassins to the Yan State. Opportunity.

Princess Wu Duan returned to the palace in the afternoon. As soon as she entered the door, she looked angry, as if she had suffered a huge grievance outside.

"The queen is really bullying people too much!"

Mrs. Duan closed the bedroom door and complained to her husband.

Murong Chui knew that Queen Kezuhun must have embarrassed his wife in public.

The brothers Murong Jun and Murong Chui were at odds with each other, and their wives also had a bad relationship.

Although Queen Zuhun was Murong Jun's wife, she came from a humble background. Because of her beauty, she was loved by Murong Jun and was established as his head wife.

The marriage between Murong Chui and his wife Duan was the product of the early marriage between Murong Xianbei and Duan Xianbei.

When Murong Huang was alive, the Duan family relied on their noble birth and looked down on the Kezuhun family. In words, they were not very respectful to their second sister-in-law.

However, Queen Kezuhun was also quite mean and vindictive. After Murong Huang passed away and Murong Jun became the head of the family, Queen Kezuhun naturally wanted to take revenge.

Duan Shigui was Princess Wu, but she was targeted by the queen, so she could not live a good life.

But Queen Zuhun would often use words to humiliate Duan in various ways in front of the clan's wife, making her look embarrassed.

Murong Chui said helplessly:

"I've told you many times that if you don't want to see the queen, you can just refuse because of illness. Why do you have to force yourself to smile in front of her?"

Duan was full of grievances. Seeing that Murong Chui didn't understand her, tears flowed out on the spot:

"Of course I can hide in the back house comfortably and not hear what is going on outside the window, but if the queen's resentment cannot be vented, it will definitely turn into the wind and her husband's slander."

Murong Chui sighed deeply, hugged his wife into his arms, and wiped away her tears:

"it's all my fault."

In fact, the reason why the Duan family and Queen Kezuhun were at odds back then was because of the discord between brothers Murong Jun and Murong Chui, which led to tit-for-tat confrontation between their sisters-in-law.

Duan felt much better after hearing this.

Although she and Murong Chui were in a political marriage, they had been very loving and deeply attached to each other for so many years.

Because of the bad relationship between Duan and Queen Kezuhun, Murong Jun had a bad impression of his sister-in-law and had hinted many times that he wanted Murong Chui to divorce his wife and marry another.

But Murong Chui and his wife were deeply in love with each other, so how could Murong Chui agree, even if his refusal was very tactful. However, Murong Chui's lack of appreciation was bound to make Murong Jun unhappy and deepen the rift between the brothers.

After all, in Murong Jun's view, by allowing Murong Chui to divorce his wife, he had shown goodwill to him, but Murong Chui dismissed this goodwill. With Murong Jun's temperament, how could he not feel resentful towards Murong Chui.

If it weren't for Murong Ke's mediation, even though Hebei was huge, there would be no place for Murong Chui to settle down.

(End of this chapter)