At the end of March, the Son of Heaven finally remembered that Ruyi did not have a princess mansion.

It is just that the imperial court is using troops to the north, and it is not appropriate to build a large number of buildings. The Son of Heaven did not plan to allocate a new princess's mansion, so he ordered someone to list the idle official mansions in the capital and let Ruyi choose them himself.

The people who did the work were dedicated, and directly submitted a map, a general map marking the end of each mansion in Jiankang City, and a stack of small pictures, for the detailed layout and specifications of each mansion. Ruyi saw that the capital was bustling, but he didn't expect that there were so many idle houses, and he was surprised for a while.

Xu Si looked at it with her, but she didn't realize that her subordinates were gradually slowing down. sighed, "Half a lifetime of prosperity has fallen, and things are dying, probably so." ”

Ruyi was puzzled, Xu Si said, "It's just that when I see these houses, I think of the old things of the previous dynasty." She pointed to a house in the picture and said, "This is the residence of Princess Jingyi in the previous dynasty." He moved his hand again, "This is the mansion of Sima Fuqi of the previous dynasty, and this is Wang Xuan, He Man, Liu Bing......"

Ruyi asked, "Is it A-Niang's old friend?" ”

Xu thought for a while, "It's an old man." She put a pen on the X and said, "None of this will work." She slowly explained to Ruyi, "These houses have either been ransacked, or chaos has started from within. Everywhere is covered with bones. It has been vacant for nearly 30 years, and even if it needs to be repaired, it will take a lot of work. ”

Ruyi couldn't help but be speechless, she was born and raised in a peaceful and prosperous era, and she really couldn't imagine the situation of being full of white bones. Then he asked, "Aren't these people the royal family and the minister?" ”

Xu Sidao, "It's the royal family and the minister." Some are born rich, some are full of evil, and some are just stupid and mediocre. They have neither the ability to govern the country nor the loyalty to the country. When she was alive, she was extremely wealthy, but once she encountered troubled times......" After a while, she shook her head and said, "After a long time, now I think of that year, it is really like a world away." ”

Xu Si casually flipped to the back and saw that Miaoyin's mansion was also among them. couldn't help frowning, threw the stack of drawings into the bookcase, and said to Ruyi, "I don't think I have to pick it from here." You choose a good neighborhood first, and then we can find a suitable house nearby. ”

Ruyi wants to live in Changganli. It was still a little inconvenient for her to go out, so she entrusted Erlang to help pay attention.

Erlang refuted directly, "Aren't you going to live next door to me?" Why do you want to go to Changganli again? The people living there are all small people in the market, businessmen traveling, where is there any good house? ”

Wishful:......

"Aren't you going out of town next year?"

Only then did Erlang think of this stubble, and he couldn't help but be stunned. After a while, he said, "Then you should choose a house close to Taicheng." I expect that by next year at the latest, my uncle will also be in a foreign position. The third cousin entered the Great Sima Shogunate again, and he will definitely go on the Northern Expedition with the army in the past two years. At that time, there will be only you and A-Niang left in Jiankang, wouldn't it be more convenient to live closer? ”

Ruyi hasn't paid much attention to the court situation recently, but it's only been a few months, how come everything has to change in Erlang's mouth?

Then he asked, "Why does my uncle also want to be appointed outside?" ”

"Of course." Erlang chuckled, "Even though I'm out, my uncle is still in Zhongshu Province, how can the prince feel at ease?" Daddy is cutting off the threat for him. ”

Ruyi suddenly realized. She respected Vimo, so she refused to answer, but added, "You said the Northern Expedition—"

Erlang said, "Do you think the prince can withstand the raids of the tiger and wolf clan in the north?" Daddy doesn't take advantage of the fact that he still has the strength to fight the world for him, how can he rest assured in the future. ”

Ruyi didn't feel Erlang's harshness - he was used to being harsh, and this was his consistent style of speaking. But what Ruyi has seen since she was a child is that the Son of Heaven is planning for Erlang, but this time it is the Son of Heaven planning for Vimo everywhere, and she can't help but feel strange when she listens. I thought to myself, it seems that the Son of Heaven has finally stopped hesitating, and it has been determined that the crown prince will inherit the treasure. I thought again, the Son of Heaven is old after all, and after the incident with Princess Miaoyin, he can't help but change anymore.

It's just the other thing. Only the Northern Expedition is about Xu Yi, and she can't help but worry about it. said, "But since I was born, I haven't heard of any battles in the imperial court, and suddenly I said that I want to go on a northern expedition, does it really matter?" ”

Jiro said, "It's very important. ”

Jiro has not been doing well lately, and he only deeply hates that he was born a few years late. It's only a matter of time before Sister A is abducted, and it can't be stopped by manpower. But he couldn't do anything about the government, knowing that what his father was doing was related to the country's fortunes, but he could only let him be confused. Fortunately, the prince sided with him in this matter, and it can be seen that he is not a stupid person. But the prince was obedient and weak, and he persuaded him bitterly, and the son of heaven scolded, "I am planning for you in the future!" The prince had no position to fight anymore.

Erlang himself will soon leave Beijing, and the Son of Heaven has the heart to suppress him, so he can't fight face to face.

Courtiers don't have to count even more. Therefore, the Northern Expedition was almost ironclad, the army did not move, and there were several confrontations on the front line.

Jiro didn't understand whether his father was lucky or old and paranoid.

In the past dynasties, the Northern Expedition was rarely successful. Originally, the two sides were evenly matched, and unless there was an excellent opportunity to directly attack the royal court, they could only eat away at the opponent's national strength step by step, and fight steadily. Erlang did not oppose the Northern Expedition, but it also depended on what the purpose of the Northern Expedition was. The Son of Heaven suddenly said that he wanted to destroy a country - it was clear that the time had not yet come, and anyone with a little brain knew that it could not be done. This kind of goal shouts out and makes itself empty, what is this? This is to suppress one's own morale before the war starts. What's more, how to fight and how to advance after the fight, these minimum strategies and preparations have not been made, and the date of departure has been set. What is it? This is a scattered and rabble. In this case, the best situation is only to be intercepted and eaten by the lone army in the depths, and if it is worse, if the front line retreats, the city will be lost.

When the dynasty was established, it was just in time for the civil strife and division in the north, and in these years, the north and the east and the west fought each other, so as to win more than 20 years of peace and prosperity and accumulate some national strength. If it is exhausted once it is exhausted, and if you want to go on the Northern Expedition in the future, you really don't know what year and month it will have to wait.

Jiro was troubled.

But what good do these things do to Ruyi? He changed the subject, "Speaking of which, when is your marriage with your cousin scheduled?" If you don't hurry, you may not be able to do it. ”

Ruyi didn't understand whether Erlang's "very important" meant that the situation in the Northern Expedition was not good or what. Suddenly heard him ridiculing his marriage, and said angrily, "It won't be impossible!" ”

Erlang held his breath and couldn't help but snort again, don't turn his head and ignore her.

Jiro wasn't wrong.

In May, Xu Mao was transferred to Xuzhou again, and he was the governor of Qingyan and Xu Sanzhou military, and went out of Pengcheng. In September, the Son of Heaven issued an edict for the Northern Expedition. With the great Sima Xiao Shouyi as the main commander, and the right servant of Shangshu shooting Yang Yan as the deputy marshal, they all supervised the army and went out on a large scale.

Xu Yi, as the chief secretary of the Great Sima Mansion, also went out with the army.

The young man's heart should be taken to the clouds. At that time, he was in high spirits and indomitable.

The longest is no more than a year - this is the time Xu Yi estimated for her trip.

He did not estimate out of thin air, but comprehensively considered the strategy set by the imperial court and the ability to raise and escort grain and grass. On the whole, he was not optimistic about the Northern Expedition - once the Northern Dynasties adopted the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, the battle would be very difficult. With such a large army, if it cannot be quickly resolved, it will be difficult to sustain it in the later period. One year is almost the limit.

But for his first battle, he still can't be dissatisfied with his enthusiasm. After all, he was a teenager who had never experienced a war, and he had no real worries about the situation he might face if he was defeated.

"Wait until I get back. If His Majesty doesn't let us get married, I'll ask for it myself. He said to Ruyi.

"Then you must defeat." Ruyi replied with a smile, and said after a while, "But victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, so don't ...... it."

Xu Yi interrupted her with a smile, "Don't worry." It's going to win. ”

On the day the army set out, although he couldn't see Xu Yi off in person, Ruyi still went out of the city.

Jinling City has no outer state, only bounded by fences. Out of the north fence gate is the thoroughfare directly to Jingkou - all the important towns in Huainan have been recovered, Jiankang is no longer facing the threat from the north at all times, and the status of the important town of Jingkou is no longer as good as it was back then. But this gallop road does remain, and it is the only way to go north to Jiankang.

This avenue leans on the right side of Zhongshan Mountain, and on the left side of Wuhu Lake, which is also the most prosperous place in Jiankang. At this time, Zhongshan is vast and the lake is vast. Ruyi looked at the army going north from afar, and he didn't feel lost in his heart.

It wasn't until the time of parting that she realized that parting was not as easy as she thought.

After saying goodbye, she did not rush back home, but went south along Qingxi. Crossing the Nanyin Bridge, there are several luxurious mansions, Xu is the house in the music class is practicing, faintly there is a singing voice, it is the soft and delicate Wu Yin Qing tune. Ruyi carefully distinguished, and finally heard that the song was "open the door and white water, close to the bridge", she thought to herself, although the lyrics were straightforward, it was also suitable for the occasion. However, when I listened to it again, I had to "live in my sister-in-law, and I was alone". Obviously, it sounds like a girl's song, but Ruyi's heart suddenly sank. I couldn't help but think for a while, but when I heard this kind of poem at this moment, what kind of proverb could it be? Then he hurriedly shook his head and thought that her cousin had just set out for the expedition when she had such an unlucky thought, like something! I didn't want to think about it anymore.

This place is close to the eastern suburbs, and the mansions and villas of many royal families in the eastern suburbs, and the glazed princess's mansion is built nearby.

Ruyi thought about it and decided to go to her house to have a look.

Approaching Princess Shuyang's mansion, she sent a palace lady to report - she was wearing men's clothes this day, and it was not very compliant, so it was better to say hello to Liuli first.

However, Ruri is not in the house.

Ruyi couldn't help but be disinterested, so he could only turn around.

On the way back, I saw Liuli's car coming from the north - it was the road that Ruyi had just walked. There are indeed many places to go to the north, such as Leyouyuan, Hualin Garden, Xuanwu Lake, and Zhongshan...... Whatever it is, the scenery is stunning, but ...... All on the way on which the army set out on this day.

She also went to see her off.

The ladies asked, "Would you like to go over and say hello?" ”

Ruyi lost his mind for a moment before he said, "...... Not necessarily. ”