Seeing that Prince Rong was about to be so angry with a slave in the family that he couldn't get off the stage, Shen Liancheng hurriedly laughed and said: "Since it is a narrative between women, it is indeed inappropriate for a man to be present. When I got to Mrs. Xiang, my husband was waiting for me outside. ”

In this way, it is not good for the slave to refuse Chen Xiang to accompany her to meet Mrs. Xiang anymore.

As the slave came to Mrs. Xiang's Qingxi Garden, Chen Xiang and Shen Liancheng entered the house together and met Mrs. Xiang.

Mrs. Xiang saw the two of them, and listened to the slave's whispered explanation on the side, and couldn't help laughing, "Chen Guogong is so cautious, isn't he afraid that I will eat the daughter-in-law?" ”

"Said to Madame." Such nonsense is more appropriate for Shen Liancheng to go back and forth. Shen Liancheng explained with a smile, "I was diagnosed with a happy pulse this morning, and my husband never left me. You know how hard it was for me to conceive a child. ”

"That's right." Mrs. Xiang smiled, "It's not good to guard against me." I'm just really asking the lady to talk about it. ”

"I'll go outside here, and don't disturb my wife and Neiko to talk." Chen Xiang bowed and wanted to retire.

Mrs. Xiang was not polite, and really let him go. The only person she wanted to meet in person this time was Shen Liancheng.

She has heard a lot about Shen Liancheng's deeds, and when she sees her again this time, she can't help but feel that she is quite similar to when she was young.

"No wonder Chen Guogong is so affectionate to the female master." She looked at Shen Liancheng and suddenly sighed. "Your story is enough to tell a story for a few days."

"No, it's over in half a day." Shen Liancheng looked back at her and did not avoid her gaze.

Surprised that her response to a joke was so serious, Xiang raised her eyebrows slightly higher than Mrs. Xiang, "There must be storytellers in the market spreading good stories about the two of you." ”

"yes." Shen Liancheng chuckled, but he was not serious, "When my husband and I are free, I am also willing to listen to the book and tell some anecdotes." One of them, about Mrs. Xiang, was so miraculous that my husband and I never got tired of hearing it. ”

"Oh? And the storyteller about me, an old woman who is not well known? Mrs. Xiang was even more surprised, "What do they say about me?" ”

"They said that Mrs. Xiang once had a brother, who was a world-famous general, who accompanied Emperor Wu in the Great War, and was a great hero at that time......" Shen Liancheng said what he heard from Prince Rong exaggeratedly, and it was connected from end to end, but it really seemed to be heard from a storyteller.

But these words evoked Mrs. Xiang's memories of the past.

Time has passed, and she almost feels that the self at that time is not herself, but really another person, her brother. She could barely connect her later self with her later self.

"Mrs. Xiang, do you really have such a brother?" Shen Liancheng deliberately asked, "If there is really such a brother, but for some reason, he is only for the Great Zhou Dynasty to be enthusiastic to the general, but in the end there is not a single handwriting about him in the history books?" ”

"I don't have such a brother." Mrs. Xiang smiled, and suddenly changed her words and asked Shen Liancheng, "If I tell you that the storyteller is actually me, do you believe it?" ”

Shen Liancheng couldn't help but be stunned. Mrs. Xiang was so generous to tell her that she was actually General Xiang!

"Mrs. Xiang is saying that the storyteller is talking about General Xiang, but in fact, Mrs. Xiang?" She had to look shocked at what it was.

"That's right." Xiang said to his wife, "It is I who followed Emperor Wu of Zhou to gallop on the battlefield and fought bloodily." The one who has a lot of achievements and finally makes a big name is also me! There was a bit of annoyance in her words, "But because of this, after Zhou Tianxia is stabilized, Emperor Wu will ...... He detained me in the harem, and until he died, he also snubbed me and guarded me. ”

She has paid far more for Emperor Wu of Zhou than anyone else, even Emperor Wu of Zhou himself. But in the end...... The resentment in her heart can be imagined.

At this moment, Shen Liancheng almost felt pity for her.

"On the battlefield, how many times is life hanging by a thread!" Mrs. Xiang recalled the past and recounted, "What impressed me the most was the war with Chen Guo. In order to help Emperor Wu evacuate, I took 5,000 bait fishing troops and traveled several miles in the mountains and forests, and while escaping, I provoked the enemy army......"

She paused, and said in a sad voice, "There are only a dozen of the five thousand people left." We tried our best, and finally waited for the news of Emperor Wu's successful evacuation, and then fought our last breath to escape from the pursuit of the enemy. In the end, I was the only one who joined the army. ”

Shen Liancheng heard such a thing, and he also felt sorry and worthless for her. If this happened to her, she would definitely hate Emperor Wu of Zhou to death, and she would not be willing to end up later.

"So, Mrs. Xiang hopes that Prince Rong will sit in that position, right?" Shen Liancheng asked bluntly.

Mrs. Xiang just pulled out her mind from the sad past. Facing Shen Liancheng's question, she smiled, "But his current ability is still a little weaker, isn't it?" Now, he can't even fight me, a mother, let alone fight you, win the world, and be the master of the world. ”

She really didn't hide her thoughts at all, and Shen Liancheng didn't know how to respond when she heard it. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally decided to ask her, "Mrs. Xiang, if you are in charge of the world, what kind of Great Zhou Jiangshan do you want to see?" ”

Mrs. Xiang couldn't help but squint slightly, secretly speculating about Shen Liancheng's intention to ask this.

"Of course, the politics are clear, the four seas are peaceful, and the people are happy." After that, she asked rhetorically, "Doesn't everyone in the world have such dreams?" ”

"But some people, just to get power, aren't they?"

"That's what you mean." Mrs. Xiang suddenly said, "However, isn't it the first thing to get power?" If you don't have real power, how can you really rule the world? ”

"Actually, my husband and I have always had the heart of retreating." Shen Liancheng might as well tell her, "It's just that the Son of Heaven is still young, and we really can't let it go." ”

"Do you want to retreat?" Mrs. Xiang was surprised.

Don't you want the power they finally took away from Li Ji at the beginning?

She couldn't help but feel funny, "I knew this was the case, why did I push the fourth prince who was still in infancy to this position?" Now that he is in charge of the world, he has not been in charge of the world for long, do you feel that it is difficult? The court's evaluation of the maiden and Chen Guogong does not seem to be bad. ”

"That's exactly what you're saying." Shen Liancheng said, "Now it seems that I made the wrong decision because I was guarding against Prince Rong and didn't really understand Mrs. Xiang!" At the beginning, my husband actually wanted to support Prince Lirong to the throne. ”

There is such a thing! Mrs. Xiang listened, and her butt moved involuntarily in the chair.

"It's all my fault." Shen Liancheng seemed to be saying something very small, "I am afraid that Prince Rong will not be able to tolerate the four princes and my Shen family, so I asked him to make an edict before the first emperor returned to the west." My husband can't help me, so he can only help me with all his might. ”

Mrs. Xiang listened, and the hands clasped between her legs were unconsciously twisted together.

Shen Liancheng saw it in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up an imperceptible arc.