Nanling, Taishou Mansion.

The secret edict of the Son of Heaven really ordered Erlang to supervise the Chinese and foreign military, and summoned the princes of the world to jointly crusade against Li Hu.

Erlang had ordered the envoy to send the Son of Heaven's secret edict to all directions, but he did not expect the princes to send troops to assemble, and he did not even expect the princes to obey his orders.

Without him - "Qin loses its deer, and the world chases it".

After the rebels invaded Taicheng and established Vimo as a puppet emperor, Vimo lost his legitimacy. For the children of the clan surnamed Xiao, whoever is the first to become the emperor at the moment will take the lead. As for quelling the rebellion, it is possible to make a plot after this incident -- Li Hu is just a clown who relies on 8,000 people to try to seize the world, and sooner or later he will bring about his own destruction. In contrast, the greater threat to their ambitions are their uncles, nephews, and brothers who hold the military and political power. As for the assassins who are not children of the clan, it is better to support the troops and wait and see the situation for the time being than to support a child of the clan and consume troops in the internal fighting.

As Erlang expected, among the princes of the Quartet, the only ones who clearly responded to him were Xu Mao, the assassin of Xuzhou, and Lu Chen, the assassin of Yingzhou.

Erlang did not intend to mobilize Xu Mao - the Eastern Wei army looked across the Huai River and was ready to move. Huainan also needs Xu Mao to defend it with heavy troops. And Lu Chen is Erlang's descendant.

So in the end, if he wants to put down the rebellion, he still has to rely on his own strength.

At the same time, he had to guard against his cousins harassing him in the back and even stabbing him in the back.

Now Li Hu is busy conquering the rich land of Sanwu, and he has no time to look west for a while. Jiro had to take advantage of this brief opportunity to gather an army as much as he could, and unite the different princes—at least to ensure that they would not use troops against him for a short time. Therefore, he was too busy to be idle.

The time for the siblings to see each other is pitiful.

But Erlang still came to visit Ruyi every day, and sometimes when he came back from the yamen, it was already bedtime. Rao is like this, and he has never stopped.

Ruyi's right arm still couldn't move.

It is said that when she came to Nanling, the wound on her shoulder had already suppurated, and the doctor had to use a knife to remove the carrion from her. When the wound was cut open, the blood did not stop, so the doctor wiped the blood away with a gauze handkerchief, and when the handkerchief was full of blood, he threw it into a copper basin and replaced it. In this way, it took three different handkerchiefs to clean the wound.

As a result, she also suffered from excessive blood loss, and she would be dizzy after walking around for a long time. After waking up, I can only rest and recuperate.

Stillness is not pleasant, especially when you know you have a lot of work to do.

The people of the Taishou Mansion still don't know that they are sisters and brothers.

Erlang didn't speak, Ruyi didn't point it out, and it was inconvenient for the relatives of the Taishou Mansion to ask directly.

However, they have been in contact with each other for a long time, and they have also roughly spied some clues. Knowing that Erlang respects Ruyi more than he loves, he doesn't dare to treat Ruyi as Erlang's pet hastily.

But I didn't think that Ruyi might be a princess. I only feel that she may be the female official next to Erlang, who has followed Erlang since she was a child, and was born and died together when she fled, so her feelings are unusually deep.

――The main thing is that Ruyi is too strong. After being so seriously injured, I didn't snort when I woke up, and I didn't have the slightest delicate problem of not being able to eat or sleep. Even if he was pale and weak and fell asleep a few days ago, he refused to be delicate and quiet in bed to recuperate, but insisted on walking around the yard every day to exercise. It seems that he still maintains contacts with some rough people in the rivers and lakes, obviously he is sick and lives in the Taishou Mansion, but he knows more about the news from the outside than with the relatives in the house.

Originally, the house arranged for the young lady Bu to take care of her daily life, but because she summoned a foreign man to see her, it was inconvenient for Bu to come often. The government can't blame her - she asked in advance, and the government also said that this courtyard has been allocated to her separately, and she can do whatever she wants - but how can she, a woman who lives alone, really summon a foreign man to see her?! They thought she was just asking.

Where is this princess style? Even the panache of an ordinary noble girl is not enough.

Bu was initially willing to come to Ruyi. Who in the world does not yearn for the prosperous place of Jinling? She really wanted to hear some of the life interests of the princesses and princesses of the capital from Ruyi's mouth, and anecdotes and secrets.

But soon Bu Shi realized that Ruyi was not a member of my generation, and Ruyi would not follow her to say something she was interested in, and she often couldn't keep up with what Ruyi said, so she didn't love it much.

It's just that her aunt has a fate, so she has to come to find out Ruyi's tone.

On this day, Bushi still came to Ruyi to speak. The difference is that this time she directly brought her sister-in-law.

Xiao Chen, the fourth girl on Nanling's Taishou, is a fair and delicate little girl, only fourteen or fifteen years old. He doesn't talk much, and he always hangs his head slightly. He also refuses to laugh, and his temperament is very restrained.

When they came, Ruyi had just returned from the garden, and was sitting on the side of the cryptic sac reading the letter. She was dressed very simply, a light blue and plain undergarment with a bamboo and green tuanhua skirt, and a long silk with a pink and white plum blossom knot tied around her waist—all of which were improvised by Madame Taishou according to the clothes of the girls in the house. But on his shoulders is a crane with a thousand cranes soaring into the clouds. The crane meandered over her, zigzag to the ground, like a plum branch spreading sideways and a jade mountain toppling.

The transcendent appearance of the face is even more obvious at a glance.

When Bu saw it, he couldn't help but look back at Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen's face was full of shame, but he didn't speak.

But Ruyi heard the voice and knew that it was their sister-in-law who came in, so she got up and sat upright and invited them to sit. The crane slipped down, revealing its right arm, which was still hanging from the bandage.

Bu Shi smiled and said, "I am injured, why are I still working so hard?" ”

Ruyi smiled and didn't answer, but asked, "Who is this girl?" ”

Bu introduced Xiao Chen to her and said with a smile, "This is the fourth girl in the house, and the courtyard where you live was originally her boudoir." Ruyi was busy chattering, so Bu took Xiao Chen's hand and led her forward, and said with a smile, "I'll tell you a joke." But it's true that the two of you fell in love, the same love of reading, the same noble and reserved style. The age is also similar. ”

Xiao Chen refused to answer, but Ruyi could feel her shame at the moment. So he softened her tone and asked her what books she had been reading lately.

Xiao Chen was talking about Xu Mao's anthology, but Ruyi was inconvenient to comment on his uncle's works, so he only followed Xu Mao's style and recommended several poetry collections of famous modern artists to her.

Xiao Chen doesn't like to climb relationships, but he has the heart to show his knowledge, and he is finally willing to accept his wishes.

Ruyi listened to a few words, and had a rough idea of Xiao Chen's taste and temperament.

After chatting for a few words, I heard someone outside come in and remind, "The prince is here." ”

Erlang came earlier than usual this day, and Bu couldn't help but glance at Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen's face immediately turned pale, and he had already stood up and was ready to say goodbye.

Ruyi is already clear.

Of course, she wouldn't open her mouth. Bu didn't behave out of the ordinary, and soon smiled, "Looks like we'll have to visit another day." ”

Before Erlang entered the house, he vaguely felt that someone on the other side of the plum blossom forest was looking at him.

He was wary by nature, and when he looked over, he saw that it was a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old. He had already met his gaze, but he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and then turned his head and continued on his way, which led to the corner gate of the courtyard. Erlang looked over and saw that the woman waiting for the little girl by the door was a little familiar, so he thought that it was the relatives of the Taishou Mansion who came to visit Ruyi. It's just that I don't pay attention to meeting him.

He relaxed his guard a little, and then he went into the house.

There was a tent in the house, and the medicine woman was changing the herbs and gauze for Ruyi.

Jiro poured himself a cup of tea and waited for her. I saw that the letter box on her desk was not locked, and two half-folded and half-opened pieces of letter paper were placed on it at random. After a moment's hesitation, he stepped forward to pick it up

But I heard Ruyi ask, "Why did you come here so early today?" Is there any news from Jiangzhou? ”

The princes on the side don't have to care, only Gu Changzhou's prestige is high, and he controls a large area of land south of the Yangtze River, so his position can't be ignored. However, the news from Jiangzhou has not arrived for a long time, and they are all waiting anxiously for a while.

Erlang said, "Not yet." When the envoy arrived at Yuzhang, he had not even seen his face. He asked her rhetorically, "The relatives of the Chen family often come to see you?" ”

Ruyi said, "Xiang Zhuang dances the sword, which is intended for Pei Gong." They came to see me, but they didn't necessarily mean to see me. ”

Erlang paused for a moment before asking, "What do you say?" ”

Ruyi had already changed the medicine, and the doctor took the gauze out with a copper basin to wash it, and passed by Erlang's side. Erlang saw that there were no blood stains on the gauze, his shoulders relaxed slightly, and he quickly stepped forward to raise the curtain for Ruyi. Ruyi was arranging the sling on his arm, and he felt that the light was bright, and he couldn't help but look up.

She couldn't move, so Erlang stepped forward to take care of her and asked, "Still don't dare to move?" ”

He was already more than half a head taller, and when he got closer, Ruyi's gaze swept to his neck. Seeing that he actually had an Adam's apple, I couldn't help but be stunned. "...... Much better. ”

She didn't think much about it, just took over the conversation and said, "...... It's just that I'm thinking about it privately - the Chen family seems to want to marry their daughter to you. ”

Erlang couldn't help frowning, and the first thing he felt was annoyance.

However, this is not an uncommon thing - it is not uncommon for people with lofty ideals to follow him in order to calm the troubled times and relieve the people from hanging upside down, but there are few people who think of it. More people followed him for the sake of future glory and wealth. They felt that he was most likely to calm the world and fulfill the supreme, so they put their lives on him.

For this reason, it is simply logical to marry a daughter to him. After all, marriage is a natural and strong covenant, and it is an effective guarantee of common prosperity.

Moreover, he has not yet taken a wife.

After this rebellion was put down, I don't know how many people wanted to marry him, and they didn't even have to be wives.

And he seemed to have no reason to refuse—if he did, he would be naïve and stupid.

However, in front of Ruyi, he was reluctant to mention this matter, and only said, "Let them go." If you feel annoyed, you don't see it. ”

If you want to say how annoying it is, it won't be.

Ruyi just thought of Xiao Chen's appearance of being forced to press his head and escort him to her, and he was passively resisting, and for some reason, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But she is no longer an innocent and ignorant little girl. She knew how insignificant Xiao Chen's wishes were in this whole matter.

She said, "They won't come to my way, so there's nothing to worry about." "The Chen family doesn't know that she is Erlang's sister, and it is more decent and convenient to find Erlang's subordinates than to find her.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "It's just that in my opinion, Miss Chen may not be willing." ”

Jiro only lowered his eyes and replied casually, "Oh." ”

He was so indifferent that he seemed to have nothing to do with himself, Ruyi was a little confused, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you think?" ”

Jiro was a little impatient.

But he replied truthfully, "If no one mentions it, of course it's best." ”

If you mention it...... Zuo is just marrying a relative, and in extraordinary times, there may not even be a wedding, all he needs to give is an inconsequential title. Under the overall situation and the stakes, if he can reconcile many interests by marrying only one woman, he will certainly not refuse untimely.

Ruyi just looked at him stunned.

They are so familiar that they can guess what is in each other's minds just by looking at their expressions.

Her gaze gradually changed from shallow anticipation to a faint disappointment, but in fact, she didn't really understand what she was expecting, nor did she really understand what she was disappointed. Because she had expected the answer.

In the end, she just sighed helplessly and said, "Oh." ”

Compared to what they had to do, Xiao Chen was really just a little person who was not worth mentioning.