CHAPTER XLIII

Youzhou City is too guarded

Chen Huan leaned on the railing, looking at the pomegranate flowers blooming in the yard, the flowers were as red as fire, but her heart was cold at the moment, and she received news from Jicheng two days ago: Zhongshu Ling Cao Zhe, that is, Cao Changan's father, died of illness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe pillars of the Cao family collapsed, Chen Huan rarely had contact with his father-in-law, and was not familiar with him, but this did not affect her understanding of Cao Zhe's important position in the court and in the family, although the Cao family still has many clansmen who are officials in the court, but Cao Zhe is undoubtedly the most weighty and the highest position among them, and as the patriarch of the Cao family, his status in the Cao family is unquestionable, it can be said that he is a hundred responses, and it is polite to say that his intention determines the Cao family's position in the court. At the beginning, Brother Wang and Queen Mother took a fancy to this point and asked her to marry Cao Chang'an, because they valued Cao Chang'an as Cao Zhe's eldest son, and hoped to influence Cao Zhe through Cao Chang'an.

After receiving this news, as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Cao family, it stands to reason that she should go back to the funeral, but she hesitated, although now on the surface the prince brother and the second prince brother have ceased war, but she is still not sure if she can come back safe and sound if she goes back, she is unwilling to take risks, and she has no feelings for the Cao family, as for Cao Changan, she no longer resents him now, but she has no love in her heart, at best, she is only grateful that he did not fall into the well for her when she was in difficulty. But in the eyes of the world, she, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Cao family, still has to fulfill her responsibilities, and she cannot be exempted from responsibility because she is a princess.

To go or not to go? Just when she was in a dilemma, Wei Sheng, who had been silent, came to her, saying that he wanted to go back to Jicheng, seeing her hesitation, he suggested that she take care of her illness and send the female official next to her to go back to the funeral for her, she thought about it and agreed to his suggestion, and asked him to escort his henchman Lan Zhi back to Jicheng.

Today is the day they set off, Wei Sheng came to say goodbye, there was reluctance in his eyes but he still resolutely turned away, she knew that something between them had changed at some point, not that Wei Sheng didn't love her anymore, she could still see in his eyes that it was not inferior to the blazing heat of the past, but there was already something that quietly restrained him, so that he could not move forward an inch. Her heart was full of sorrow, but she didn't know how to release it.

Also full of bitterness is Zhuo Yuting, today she is also in the team back to Jicheng, the truce, the person sent by her father to take her back has already arrived in Youzhou City, she is full of hope that Chen Xie can stay with her, she loves him so much, she likes him so much, she wants to stay by his side, and finally looks forward to him coming back from the battlefield, she goes to his residence every day to wait for him, but he is always running around, coming back tired every day, and ignoring her. She even broke into his bedroom last night, just to pour out her love to him, hoping that he would keep her around. But he just said coldly that she was unworthy, and then left resolutely, and ordered someone to escort her out of Youzhou City early this morning. At this moment, she sat in the carriage, tearing the handkerchief in her hand hatefully, and cursing the culprit in a low voice, Zhuo Yuwei, it was she who framed herself and made herself lose herself to the second prince, which caused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ignore her. When she returns to Jicheng, she must clean up that slut with her own hands. Thinking of this, her face became more and more hideous......

Chen Xie sat in the study, several staff members and several generals were sitting around him, discussing military affairs, the attendant Zhao Wei walked to the door, the guards guarding the door saw him and quietly made a gesture to him, he saw that the master was discussing business inside, so he took a few steps back, stood still under a plane tree in the courtyard, and waited patiently. He was ordered to find the fourth prince of Princess Pingyang and His Royal Highness for three full months, but they disappeared as if out of thin air, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who has always been approachable, has become more and more impatient recently, with a gloomy face all day long, and the people serving around him are trembling, for fear of angering His Highness, hoping that the news he inadvertently obtained today can appease His Highness.

The staff and generals came out of the study one after another, and Zhao Wei waited for a moment to see that no one came out again, so he walked a few steps to the door of the study and reported loudly: "Your Highness Zhao Wei asks to see you." "Come in!" Chen Xie's cold voice immediately came from the room. Zhao Wei tidied up his clothes, walked in quickly, gave a salute, and stood aside respectfully. Chen Xiezheng looked down at a map, and raised his head when he heard footsteps, "Is there any news?" Zhao Wei shook his head, and Chen Xie's face showed a look of disappointment. Zhao Wei hesitated for a moment: "Your Highness, I accidentally discovered something today, and I don't know if it has anything to do with His Royal Highness's whereabouts." "Tell me about it." "Yes, today I accidentally saw the water lady who was looking for the house for Her Royal Highness the princess in contact with a general in the army, so I went to inquire, that person's surname is Hang is a captain in the garrison of Youzhou City, and he has lived in Huaishu Hutong before." When Chen Xie heard this, he suddenly remembered Chen Xing's foreign family name Hang, so he nodded and said: "Yes, Ah Xing's maternal grandfather's family is surnamed Hang, you go and inquire about his whereabouts carefully, let people follow him, and immediately come back when you see the fourth prince." Zhao Wei saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's face finally showed a hint of joy, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly agreed to retreat.

Chen Xie smiled and took out a scroll from the painting jar, gently opened it and spread it on the table, watching it carefully, rubbing it from time to time. This painting is the portrait of Han Mi holding Ah Bao when he was holding a hundred days from Chen Xing's study, Chen Xie thought while rubbing the portrait, Ah Bao has been more than six months, he should be able to sit up, and he should be able to babble in a few months, but he doesn't know when he will be able to see him, and Ami, where is she hiding? He hadn't seen her for more than a year, and he didn't know if she was fat or thin, whether he would think of himself, and when he thought of this, he itched in his heart and wanted to immediately take this woman and his son into his arms.