first class maid

Chapter 460
"Well, Grandpa has already written it. You only need to seal the jade seal. Everything will be in order. The troops deployed secretly have been assembled. Your Royal Highness, should we do it?" Xun Ying stretched his muscles and bones.

In the late summer of the year of Guihai, a letter of appeal to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty written by a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River began to fly over the sky of Hua, and a "Battle of Guihai's Calmness and Difficulty" as it was called by later historians kicked off.

The year of Guihai was doomed to be an eventful year. Yu Wenhong, who was the prince at that time, launched the battle of Jingnan, and the real master Mingyang, the national teacher, made a sacrifice to the heavens to tell the world about the behavior of condemning the abolition of the prince. However, Zhou Sicheng doubted the authenticity of the imperial decree, and proposed to guard the border and not return to the court.

Hu's army was also selected when Hua was in turmoil, and the third prince Hu Yanzan personally led the army to attack the land of Youyun. There was turmoil in China and there were powerful enemies outside.

Master Mingyang, the master of the state, dispatched troops and generals to the nearby Jingzhou County for deployment. The security of the palace was unprecedentedly strict, and the emperor Yu Wentai had been bedridden for a long time, and half of his body was already paralyzed.

Empress Liu, who was confined in the Fengyi Palace, knew that her father was in collusion with Master Mingyang, and she did not hesitate to object. She could not understand what her father was doing. Today, she said: "Father, the prince's troops The momentum is overwhelming. The city next to Ziyun County has already been captured. It is not impossible to reach the imperial capital. According to my daughter, the national teacher will definitely lose. We should take this opportunity to reconcile with the crown prince, so that once the crown prince returns, our Liu family still has a way out .”

Liu Xinmei wiped her tears aside and said: "Grandpa, just listen to Xinmei, the crown prince is always the husband of the granddaughter, are you going to make the granddaughter a widow?" Ever since she was kicked out of the East Palace, she hasn't had a good day .

Liu Jin'an's face is getting darker and darker. Yu Wenhong is now hoarding troops, and it is not appropriate to transfer Zhou Sicheng back to Beijing several times. He didn't contact him again for a while, everything was bad, and he said to Empress Liu who was complaining: "You try to go to Hualong Palace, so that the emperor can live longer."

He should also think about it, see the development of the situation clearly, and try to leave a way out for himself. Thinking of this, Liu Jinan's brows relaxed a little, and he had a clearer view of the future, and he clenched his fists secretly. , who has become the prime minister of Huaguo dozens of times, will not be defeated so easily.

Empress Liu nodded, "How can I not go? The emperor will not die for a day, and I am still the mother of the country, but now everything in the palace is in the hands of Master Mingyang. It is already the middle of winter, and even my Fengyi Palace It is also short of clothes and things, the emperor’s place is probably no better than mine, Ming Yang has greatly reduced the expenditure of the harem to make up for military use.” After enjoying the glory and wealth all her life, she is now living worse than ordinary people. She was stretched thin, and the resentment in her heart was always stuffed in her heart, which made her look a lot older.

In Fengyi Palace, the father and daughter of the Liu family have their own troubles. In the snowy middle of winter, everything becomes confused, but people's hearts are restless.

Xun Zhen in Suzhou City gathered the thick clothes on his body. It was almost the end of the new year, and he looked at the letter Yu Wenhong wrote to her in front of him. The letter mentioned the recent battle situation and his longing for her.

She read a letter countless times, and even the corners of the letter paper were a little bit broken. Looking at the lush greenery outside the window in the cold winter of the southern country, she missed Ailang very much.

"Is my cousin in the house?"

Xun Zhen heard the voice, quickly put the letter away in his arms, turned around and went out to see a group of cousins, who were about the same age as her, "Keep your voice down, grandma just fell asleep."

Because of the tense battle ahead, Yu Wenhong didn't allow her to follow this time, and asked her to stay in Suzhou. After all, it was safe here, and she didn't disobey him this time, so she stayed in Suzhou obediently.

"Because I know my cousin's embroidery skills are very good, we sisters came here to ask for advice, and I hope my cousin will not be stingy with teaching me?" one of the cousins ​​said.

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "It's not that great, I know a little bit about it, everyone has questions and just ask each other."

"Cousin is too modest. Who doesn't know that you are the number one embroiderer in the world, and the double-sided embroidery you create is priceless..."

"My cousin will embroider one for us sometime, so that we can show off too..."

Xun Zhen just smiled at their compliments. The charcoal was burning in the room, and it was warm and harmonious. Recently, her life has been going on like this. It's like wanting to make up for the family relationship that has been lost for many years.

But she, who is used to being busy all the time, is really not used to living so leisurely for a while. Taking advantage of her aunts coming over, she said: "I went out two days ago. Because of the war ahead, many people from the north went south. It’s very pitiful to return home, why don’t we organize a porridge shed to give them a bowl of rice porridge to help them survive this severe winter, it would be a good thing.”

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family said: "This is a good idea." After a pause, the brows frowned slightly, "It's just that the war situation is tight now, I'm afraid the wealthy households will not pay more money to buy food, and now the food is getting worse and worse. It’s expensive, and our family’s expenses have increased a lot this month.”

Xun Zhen knew these things very well, got up and said: "My aunts have lived in Suzhou for a long time, and the noble ladies here have friendship with you. It should not be difficult to mobilize them. As for the food, there is no need to worry. The Wei family and I There is a bit of friendship, they have obeyed His Royal Highness’s order to speed up the distribution of grain from the waterway, so as to ensure the needs of the southern states and counties, so there is no need to hoard grain. This is good, I will pay 1000 taels of silver, how about it?”

Seeing Xun Zhen's generosity, the daughters-in-law of Chen's family discussed more enthusiastically and expressed their opinions. Even the cousins ​​who were embroidering were unwilling to be outdone, and said they would join in.

Xun Zhen drank tea and watched them gradually discuss a charter. The smile on his face never diminished. This is what she can do for him in the rear. Before leaving Beijing, he had told Wei Lun to make sure To dispatch good food, now is just a good time to take this opportunity to express the stability of China in a high-profile manner.

(End of this chapter)