Xiao Su lay in bed for half a month. Half a month later, she secretly found Yixing's father.

"Our children are gone. ”

"What? you mean......" Father Yi Xing was shocked.

"That's right, it was your child in my womb before. I originally wanted him to be able to inherit Chen Guo's Jiangshan Sheji. But he's not there now. "Xiao Su looked very sad.

"Who killed him? Sue me! I will avenge him. "Such a big surprise is gone without him knowing anything. If his son can inherit the throne, then he can help him manage the country. As soon as he thought that he was so close to that peak power, Father Yi Xing felt that he could not accept this result.

"Yes...... It's Xiao Yanagi. Xiao Su said sadly.

Xiao Liu'er? A servant girl, dare to ruin her own big things! A fierce light flashed in Yixing's father's eyes.

"Don't worry! I'll get rid of her. ”

Recently, there is a strange thing circulating in the Goolan wine shop in Wanqiu City. Chun Niang of the Rejuvenation Building was knocked unconscious while walking on the road and disappeared for half a month before coming back. According to her, a noble lady had taken her to ask for advice on how to please men, and when she had learned the results, she was let back. But who was that lady, and where she was taken captive? Chun Niang said that the man was veiled from beginning to end, and there was a faint fragrance of peach blossoms wafting from his body.

When most people heard this, they laughed it off as a joke. Only those who have really come into contact with Chun Niang know that this is true. But there is no way to check, and I can only laugh it off. Anyway, Chunniang came back with silver, and she didn't suffer a loss.

Uncle Fei is in charge of the day-to-day management of Sima Mansion, and has recently been collecting news about Wanqiu in all aspects under Xia Ji's orders. When I heard this, I told Xia Ji as a bizarre and interesting thing.

"You said that woman had the scent of peach blossoms on her?" Natsuhime keenly grasped the key point.

"According to that Chun Niang, it is like this. Uncle Yu said honestly.

Xia Ji and Fu'er looked at each other, and a flash of clarity flashed in their eyes. Now there is only one peach blossom dew, and incense is not common. Only the ladies of the most noble families will use it. As the largest peach forest near Wanqiu, the peach blossoms here are their first choice. So Xia Ji can track down which people will have peach blossom fragrance on them.

The head mother of the princess family can afford to use it, but she can't learn any "ways to please men" by this means. The concubines are not qualified to use it. With this screening, it's easy to know who the woman is. No wonder I heard that Xiao Su has recently returned to favor in the palace!

"It seems that the struggle between the two of them is really fierce! Xiao Su is in a hurry to become like this!" After the concubine left, Xia Ji said with emotion.

"The relationship between the two of them was quite good at the beginning, but now it's like this, which is really embarrassing. Fu'er also sighed.

In the end, it depends on their character. If selfishness weren't that important, it wouldn't be like this. Xia Ji took a sip of freshly brewed peach blossom tea and changed the subject, "I'm afraid this political situation will become more and more unstable." You go and call Nan'er, and I'll ask him about the situation over there. ”

"Yes!" Fu'er curtsied.

"Mother, you call me?" Xia Nan came running after a while, with a fine bead of sweat on his forehead.

"Look at you're so hot, what are you practicing today?" Xia Ji took out a piece of brocade and wiped the hot sweat on Xia Nan's face.

"Mounted shooting. Mother, I can now shoot the bullseye from a distance of 100 meters on Ben Lei. My father's subordinate General Xun was personally teaching me to ride and shoot during this time, and he said today that he would soon be unable to teach me as an apprentice!" Xia Nan looked proud.

Ben Lei is a horse that Xia Ji personally picked for Xia Nan.

"Yes! When you can ride on a horse and shoot the geese in the sky, then you will really be out of school. Xia Ji wiped Xia Nan's sweat, poured him a cup of peach blossom tea with her own hands, and watched him drink it.

"You wait! I'll do it!" Xia Nan is now completely devoid of his former gloom. The sunny and free teenager makes people feel full of hope when they look at it.

"Mother, why did you call me?" the young man sat still, and said with a straight face.

"I want to ask you how things are going on the prince's side. ”

"He ......," Xia Nan had an indescribable expression on his face.

"Hmm, what's wrong?" said Natsuhime with a frown. The memory of the original owner's previous life didn't have much content about Prince Wu, so Xia Ji didn't know him. What kind of prince must be the one who can make his son show such an expression when he talks about him!

"Didn't you say last time that he should invite two talented people to assist him! Last month, he let the people from his prince's mansion mix in the mission to Xun State, and went to the sheep's tongue's house to kidnap the sheep's tongue. The kidnapping was kidnapped, and he also left his name to the people of the Sheep Tongue family, saying that he brought the Sheep Tongue to Chen Guo to assist him in the future.

The Sheep Tongue family is also a big family, of course, they couldn't swallow this breath, so they turned their heads and reported the matter to the lord of Xun State, asking the lord of the country to help them get angry. The lord of Xun State was a country smaller than Chen Guo, so he called Jin Guo, who had a good relationship with them, to ask Chen Guo for his guilt.

Now all countries know that the crown prince of our Chen State uses this method to recruit talents. Is...... Shame on you!"

Xia Nan shook his head and sighed.

Natsuhime was dumbfounded. Prince Wu this ...... Surely this head was not kicked by a donkey? He dared to use a kidnapped talent? He wouldn't be impatient and wanted the other party to dig a pit for him and bury him early, right?

Xia Ji had the same indescribable expression on her face as Xia Nan.

"What is the sheep tongue doing now?"

"Since he came to Chen Guo, he has not adapted to the water and soil, and he has been sick. Every time Wang Ziwu went to see him, he looked like he was vomiting and diarrhea, half dead. It was useless to ask a lot of doctors to treat him. He obviously doesn't want to be used by the prince!"

"Let's do it, you go and tell Tai Ziwu that the external environment of Zhulin is different from that of Wanqiu, and maybe it will help the condition of the sheep's tongue. Maybe it will be nice to take him here for a while!" Xia Ji pondered for a moment and said to Xia Nan.

"Mother wants to avoid the crown prince's afternoon, and our Sima Mansion will befriend him ourselves?" Xia Nan said keenly.

"Yes. This world is turbulent and chaotic, make more friends with capable people, maybe you will use it one day!" Xia Ji couldn't tell him that it might be his future brother-in-law!

"Okay! It just so happens that I'm going to see the prince tomorrow, and I'll take care of this matter. After Xia Nan finished speaking, he sat there quietly, frowning and looking at Xia Ji with a look of wanting to say something.

"What's wrong?" asked Natsuhime. Fools can tell if he has something to say.

"Mother, do we really want to help Prince Wu?" Xia Nan looked at Xia Ji in embarrassment. If it was in front of others, even those people left by his father back then, he would never say such a thing anyway. But only his mother was here, so Xia Nan still asked what was in his heart.

"In your opinion, what would you do if you didn't have your mother's opinion and let you choose for yourself?" Xia Ji didn't answer Xia Nan's question, but asked back.

Xia Nan thought for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and said to Xia Ji's gaze: "If it were me, I would choose to concentrate on strengthening my own strength, be alone, and not participate in the struggle of the royal family." ”

"Why? You're also a member of the royal family!" Xia Ji was noncommittal, poured another cup of tea for the two of them, picked up a cup, gently blew the hot air from the mouth of the cup, and continued to ask.

"Although I am a child of the royal family and am willing to serve Da Chen, the king and the crown prince are not people who can prosper Chen!

Now that the Zhou dynasty is declining, if the vassal states cannot take advantage of the situation, they will only be annexed by others. A corner of peace is not a long-term solution. ”

Xia Nan's feelings were complicated, and he took a sip of tea from the pottery cup in front of him. Xia Ji didn't have time to stop it, only heard a scream of "ah", and the next moment saw Xia Nan sticking out her tongue and humming.

Xia Ji hurriedly stepped forward to check. Fortunately, it was only red, and the skin was not burned.

"You, you, such a big person, and make such a small mistake!" Xia Ji pointed her finger at Xia Nan's forehead and said, "I wonder if I should find you a girl and let her take care of you for your mother." ”

"Mother~" Xia Nan covered her mouth and said coquettishly.

Natsuki glared at him with a smile. Nan'er is not yet fifteen years old, so of course it is impossible to find him a partner. And according to Natsuhime's plan, he will not be allowed to marry until he is eighteen years old.

"Mother's opinion is the same as yours. After the joke, Xia Ji got back to the point, "You are too young now, you have just become a Sima, and many people have contempt for you." Mother let Xiao Su drive a wedge between the king and the crown prince in order to increase your weight.

When the prince is frustrated, he thinks of trying to win us over. In order not to make us completely biased towards the prince's side, the king will give us benefits.

As for what happens in the future, it's up to you. Mother will support you. ”

Natsuhime smiled and touched Natsuna's head. It's not easy for this kid to think so much at a young age.

"It turns out that my mother has planned it for a long time. "In vain, he was worried about being reprimanded by his mother!

The sheep's tongue was moved to the forest. He wouldn't have thought that it would be Natsuhime's idea to ask him for him.

Xia Ji arranged him in the small courtyard next to Xia Nan's residence. Someone brought him three meals a day, and after the meal, someone came to pack up his things on time. The rest of the time, no one bothered him.

After seven or eight days like this, even the sheep tongue himself felt that it was no longer interesting to pretend to be sick. Every day, he heard that the young man next door would get up at dawn to practice martial arts and read in the morning, and would run out after noon before going back to rest after dark. Life is very regular.

Even a person like Yang Yu, who prides himself on being more diligent, has to admit that the other party's diligence is not inferior to his own. Such a person must be a person with ideals and ambitions.

I heard that this Mrs. Xia of Sima Mansion has a bad reputation. Can a person with a chaotic private life raise such a sensible child? Or is it just a façade?

Sheep Tongue silently observed Xia Nan's efforts for a few days, and finally couldn't help but go to visit him.

Xia Nan opened the courtyard gate and was practicing his sword. I saw the cold light flickering, the sword was swallowed, and a sword was impenetrable by his dance.

Yang Yuyu pulled out another sword from the weapon rack next to him, shouted "look at the sword", and fought against Xia Nan.

For a while, the sword flowers flew, and the cold light was shining. The finches in the nearby trees fluttered their wings in astonishment.

The two played a stick of incense for more than 100 rounds, and it was still a draw. So they both shouted to stop.

"Contemptible sheep's tongue, word uncle, thank you for your hospitality. The sheep's tongue arched towards Xia Nan. The person in front of him is qualified to be his friend.