In the spring of March, Suzen and Suchi returned from a fight, and the natural scenery along the way was pleasant. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Suzen also took Suchi to see a few wonders, and I had to admire the magic of nature.

But when the two of them walked to Weiyi, Su Chi had no more idle thoughts.

Su Chi had seen hungry people in Liaocheng, but Liaocheng was located at the intersection of the three countries, and it was common for people to flee and migrate from each other. And Weiyi is located inland, and it has always been a rich land with good weather and good weather, how can it suddenly expose hungry people?

The farther she walked into the city, the tighter Su Chi's brows became, and the more she didn't say a word.

Suzen was also cold-faced, and he didn't even want to open his eyes. Seeing the begging child and woman along the way, Su Chi Cen ignored it, Su Chi was a little surprised: "Don't you give some money?" Su Zen's bad mood became stronger and stronger with the people he saw, but he turned a deaf ear to these hungry people, Su Chi did not expect it. Su Cen is not a good person, but he is very generous to the lower class people, which is often criticized by Su Yuan as "the kindness of women". Su Cen always felt guilty on his face, but he never changed his meaning.

"What's the use of a drop in the bucket? I have already instructed people to allocate some money to come over, and there will be money to give soup and buy rice, and there is also a special place for adopting children and women, and I am already working on it. ”

"There are people from the Su family here?" Su Chi was surprised, there are people from the Su family in Liaocheng because it is his mother's hometown, but how can there be people from the Su family here?

Along the way, the eldest brother has been explaining the mountains, rivers, scenery, and folk customs endlessly, hasn't he been staying in Pingcheng for the past few years of study tours? Su Cen seems to have no reservations about her, and he will talk about whatever she asks, so do you want to ask about this? Although Su Cen did not say that he had traveled everywhere, he had no intention of concealing it at all, so Su Chi decided not to ask. Who doesn't have some little secrets? For example, their own Taoqiu Opera Society.

So Su Chi asked the scene in front of him: "Did the eldest brother find out where these hungry people came from?"

"When you listen to their accents, they are all the same as the big families passing by, so you can see that they are all locals. Suzen looked at Suji, as if considering whether to move on.

Su Chi suddenly thought of a discovery, "Why are there all women and children, uh, and old people among these people, why don't they see all young men?"

Su Cen smiled bitterly, since he saw it, he didn't have to hide it: "This is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster." The post is rich, the land is vast and there are many people, and the militia has been recruited since three years ago, and the people are commonly known as the strong men. ”

"Conscription?" Su Chi "chuckled" in his heart, this is a rainy day?

"Ah Chi, the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. The three kingdoms have been quiet for a hundred years, and this situation should be broken when there is an imbalance in national strength. ”

"So negotiating with Su Tingzhang in Liaocheng is not for peace, but for war?" Su Chi originally felt that this Su Tingzhang was inevitably a little weaker in his posture, but now it seems that this person is a master of negotiations. Beiwan deliberately took back the prince who was hostage, and wanted to provoke Nanqi to send troops first, but although Su Tingzhang's face was not very good-looking, he did not have any provocative intentions. Except for his father, Su Chi has never had such a high opinion of others.

"Exactly. Su Tingzhang is really a clear stream of decaying officialdom in Southern Qi today. Su Chi spoke sharply, and Su Cen answered crisply.

"Nanqi has decayed to this point?"

"The prosperous Nanqi back then has long been difficult to return, at this moment"

"It's hard to say whether Su Tingzhang is a clear stream, but the eldest brother is the greatest. ”

"Ah Chi, Ah Chi, if you want to go back a few days late, you can say it bluntly, but you don't have to pat me on the back. Suzen pretended to be relaxed, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"The eldest brother knows the monarch's intentions, but he still knows that he can't do it, how can he explain it to his father?" Su Chi was a little anxious, Su Cen didn't want to start a war, which was the opposite of the above arrangement, but how would it end up if he was so yang and yin?

"It's not that I haven't been punished by my father, I'm just afraid that my father won't be able to recover his life. What Su Cen said was the truth, he was so obstinate and had no regrets in his heart, but Yu Suyuan was ashamed.

Su Chi wanted to persuade, but felt that all words were empty.

As they marched day by day, both of them did not talk about some sensitive topics, but praised the scenery.

Jinling is already imminent, the city gate is not far away, but Su Cen's face is more solemn, Su Chi knows what he is worried about, "Compared to the humidity and pleasantness of Liaocheng, Jinling is really too cold." ”

"The north is arid, the south is naturally wet, the environment cannot adapt to people, people always have to learn to adapt to the environment. Su Cen said to Su Chi, Su Chi's future is destined to be in this arid Jinling City, in the most luxurious and exquisite Chongxi Hall of the Beiwan Palace, which is the well-known life of Su Nu.

Su Chi smiled, "What the eldest brother said is that the soldiers are coming to block it, and the water is coming to cover it, and everything hasn't happened yet." ”

Su Cen knew that she was explaining him, and was about to make a joke, but she saw a team of dozens of people in front of her, and she couldn't see who it was, but she stood in a few columns.

Suzen's horse sped up, but gave Suchi a gesture to stop. Su Chi squinted and looked ahead, and the figure in the front was very familiar.

When Su Cen saw it clearly, the group of people had already stepped forward, and the person in front was wearing a python robe and jade belt, a golden crown and hair, and a comfortable eyebrow, not the prince of the dynasty, but who was he bringing?

Although it is early spring, it is still cold. At Su Cen's strong request, Su Chi was dressed warmly, and the red fox's big coat outside was also draped.

The two turned over and dismounted, and the crown prince Ning Lizhen also dismounted, and after seeing the ceremony, Su Cen was pulled aside by the subordinate officials of the East Palace to greet him. Su Cen watched Su Chi and the prince walk in the other direction from a distance, and he was relieved, and gave Zhou Cong a look, and then showed that he didn't care much.

Su Chi's mood at the moment is a little complicated, she and the prince's brother have been playmates since childhood, but this trip to Liaocheng, she seems to have seen a lot of things that should not be seen.

For example, the border general Fan Kun, such as Liao Zhen, the close attendant of the eldest prince Ning Luozhen.

Su Chi sorted out his thoughts and changed his expression: "Brother Prince, this is not in accordance with the rules." ”

"Loneliness comes by command. Ning Lizhen smiled and took out a silk silk from her sleeve.

Su Chi took it and opened it with Ning Lizhen's permission, Su Chi was very surprised, this turned out to be an edict. The edict of sealing herself as the county lord of Tuca, Su Chi was originally surprised that it was the grade of "county lord", but when she read it again, it was strange that the title of "Tujia" was strange.

"Tuga?"

"Ah Chi probably didn't know that Tujia is a small city in the north of Shuo, and the people are simple and very comfortable. This title was drafted by my father himself, and it should have been announced to the world by now. "The prince didn't expect that Su Chi knew about Tujia, and her geography was not bad.

His Majesty's reward for the position of county lord can also be regarded as a reward for the Su family's meritorious service, but the title of Tujia is indeed extraordinary, except for the royal daughter, there are few women who can divide the feud with a fief, and Su Chi realizes that there must be some kind of ingenuity behind the division of the county lord. However, at the moment, she was able to capture too little information, so she was confused.

If the person in front of him was Su Yuan or Su Cen, or even Jin Lanqi, Su Chi would ask, but it was the prince. Under the intentional or unintentional mention of Su Yuan and the concubine, Su Chi deliberately restrained his wits in front of the prince's elder brother, talking about the weather, talking about rhetoric, and talking about scenery・・・・・・ but about matters related to the government, Ning Lizhen said a word, Su Chi listened to a word, and almost didn't ask more.

But today Ning Lizhen seems to have said a lot: "Ah Chi's trip has been very hard, and this reward is also deserved." The eldest brother was able to go back to Jinling, but it was a big event in his lonely heart, and he often couldn't sleep at night for so many years, so he spent a lot of effort on this matter, and now it seems that it is worth it. Ning Lizhen's eyes looked at Su Chi when he spoke, his eyes were burning, Su Chi pretended not to understand, Ning Lizhen continued: "Since four years ago, Gu has made some arrangements in the border city, and it has been fruitful in the past few years. ”

Su Chi no longer pretended to be stupid, "Arrangement?"

"Cultivate and promote henchmen among the border generals, infiltrate the warriors into the Southern Qi in large numbers, and on the other hand, bribe the high-ranking officials of the Southern Qi with a lot of money, and invite them to speak well in front of the emperor of the Southern Qi. It wasn't until last autumn that the second brother wrote to his father and begged him to fight with Nanqi, and his father moved his mind, which made the eldest brother have a turnaround. Fortunately, your eldest brother handled it properly, but he never fought, although I Beiwan took advantage of the time and place, but once this war starts, where will there be an end one day?"

"Why are you telling me this?" Ning Lizhen's confession surprised Su Chi, he was like a beautiful jade glass in her heart, but now it was suddenly not the case. After this appearance, he has been dormant for many years, it turns out that he will also form a party, and he will also take the opportunity to engage in personal interests, and Su Chi should make more negative conjectures.

But at this moment, standing in the sun, he announced all kinds of scheming methods in the past, and with a completely unreserved attitude, Su Chi couldn't say any blame. Does she want to blame him for wearing the mask for too long? Actually, no, his identity, his background, and his means are the foundation of life. Without these, how could he have the slightest chance of winning in this succession? Kindness can't save lives, generosity can't save lives, scriptures can't save lives, but power can.

Su Chi was even a little distressed, she and Ning Lizhen were about the same age, they had been together for a long time since they were children, and sometimes Ning Lizhen could give her a kind of father's and brother's favor more than Su Cen.

After Ning Lizhen finished speaking, he quietly watched Su Chi's reaction, he thought that he had this patience, he could wait for Su Chi to speak, but after a while, it was himself who spoke first: "What's wrong with your eyes?

Su Chi tried her best to hide the fact that her eyes were injured in front of Su Cen, but she was always very relaxed in front of Ning Lizhen, blinking more frequently than usual, and she subconsciously rubbed her eyes when she thought about it just now, Ning Lizhen has always been as careful as a hair.

Su Chi didn't know how much she knew about Ning Lizhen's arrangement in the border city, and how much she knew about Chongyao's activities in the Liaocheng area, so she just understated her eyes: "It's okay." The crown prince doesn't need to explain a lot to me, my father and brother also have their own ideas for doing things, as long as His Royal Highness thinks it is appropriate. It is human nature for the prince's brother to miss his relatives, and Su Chi's youngest daughter only sighed at the dead guards who sacrificed for the return of His Royal Highness. Their loved ones will never see each other again. ”

Ning Lizhen patted her shoulder soothingly, "Don't worry, someone will do it." ”

Su Chi pulled out a smile and was noncommittal.

She couldn't blame Ning Lizhen, he grew up in such an environment, how could he regard the lives of ordinary people as important? In his eyes, life was a lowly thing.

Su Chi had long since lost the heart to talk, and raised his eyes to find Su Zen. The prince said something else: "Ah Chi, the matter of marriage is something that I want to tell you in person. When you were in a hurry, you didn't find a good time, and after so many years of tacitly speaking, Lone has always wanted to wait until it happens. Now that his father intends to give him a marriage, the Duke of Yasukuni is finally relieved, you ・・・・・・" Ning Lizhen's tail note dragged on for a long time, and his eyes turned straight to Su Chi's shoulder.

"Before I left Jinling, I went to say goodbye to my aunt, who told me a story about the past. My aunt said that she had just entered the palace in her early years, and she was curious about everything, but she was not free in the palace, so His Majesty gave her a Qingzhuang. Su Chi's words seemed a little nonsensical, but he spoke smoothly.

Ning Lizhen knew that Qingzhuang was a very valuable bird, and there were not a few women in the palace who liked to raise birds.

Su Chi continued, "This Qingzhuang is wild, very unruly, locked in a cage and fed nothing. Later, my aunt scattered it in a big house, and there was nothing in the house, so the Qingzhuang flew very happily. But there was no food in the house, only an iron cage with a small amount of water in the cage, and it was left to its choice. Food or freedom, on the third day, Na Qingzhuang himself entered the cage, very well-behaved. After raising it for half a year, my aunt lost interest, so she opened the cage, and guess what happened?"

Su Chi's story is not difficult to understand, Ning Lizhen's face is slightly solemn, he never expected Su Chi's refusal. But he has always been good-tempered towards her, and besides, it is indeed his fault to cut first and then play, so his tone is still gentle: "What happened?"

"The bird was reluctant to go out, and between freedom and survival, it decisively abandoned freedom. My aunt simply stretched out her hand and took it out and released it, but no one expected that at the moment of release, Qingzhuang fell straight down, and it fell from the palace wall to a blur of flesh and blood. My aunt said that after being locked in the cage for a long time, she naturally forgot to fly. ”

Su Chi finished speaking, and said goodbye, Ning Lizhen didn't stop her, Su Chi spent so much effort, but she just said three words "She doesn't want to". But she said it euphemistically, not because he had anything to do, but because she simply didn't want to enter the palace. Fortunately, she didn't want to be perfunctory, and gave him an answer in the end.

Ning Lizhen did prepare a lot of words to persuade her to dispel her doubts about this marriage. He has always known that compared to his own calculations and plans, Su Chi is very calm about this marriage, which Ning Lizhen understood as reserved in the past. Ning Lizhen heard that his father meant that Element Chi would be a concubine in the future, and he had already indicated in his words that he could give her anything except the back position. Ning Lizhen had no intention of disobeying his father's order in this matter, but he was already prepared to not stand up for the rest of his life.

Su Chi has a high heart, and she is reluctant to marry him as a concubine, so even if she marries, it will be a matter of the future. She didn't say no, there is always a turnaround, right?

Ning Lizhen is a gentleman in the end, if the holy decree is given, for the sake of the Su family, Su Chi can't say no, but Ning Lizhen has never thought of this method. Ning Lizhen stepped forward and entered Jinling City with the Su brothers and sisters.

Ning Lizhen's suggestion was not smooth, but rumors about the prince's close relationship with the newly crowned Tujia county lord had spread everywhere as new gossip in Jinling.

Among the rumors, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Sujia Achi are the two peerless people who are enviable. Countless people speculated that Su Chi was only one step away from the position of the crown princess, which made a lot of famous ladies in Jinling.