Chapter 168: Looking at each other and smiling

The emperor glared at Zhou Xiwan, and actually caused him such trouble.

"Your Majesty, good news, great news" The great eunuch beside the emperor ran in with a letter in his hand.

"What's the matter?"

"Marquis Xiao sent troops to rescue the driver, and the army will soon be able to reach Luoyang, and 50,000 soldiers will come in advance." The eunuch was full of smiles, as long as Marquis Xiao was willing to send troops, he could solve the dilemma in front of him.

The emperor snatched the piece in the eunuch's hand, glanced at Xiao Jingqing after reading it, and thought about what Xiao Marquis meant, and actually asked Xiao Jingqing to lead the troops to exterminate the rebels, whether he didn't want to hand over the military power or what.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Marquis Xiao sent troops to support, this rebellion is not a big deal." Zhou Guangxun spoke up.

"Xiao Aiqing named Xiao Jingqing to lead the troops to quell the chaos, so as to atone for his crimes, this is in line with my intentions, in this case, Xiao Jingqing, Zhou Guangxun, you two lead the troops to quell the chaos, I will give you three months, and after three months, I will see the peaceful and stable Luyu region." The emperor thought about it for a while and made a decision, now the imperial court is fighting and building a canal palace, the treasury has no money, and Marquis Xiao has to pay his own money when he sends troops, he doesn't have to pay, and it doesn't matter who leads the troops.

However, Zhou Guangxun was sent over to share Xiao Jingqing's military exploits.

"The last general received the order" Zhou Guangxun and Xiao Jingqing received the order at the same time.

The emperor glanced at Zhou Xiya, who was still kneeling on the ground, and then at Xiao Jingqing, he had to appease the generals, so that the rebellion could be quelled as soon as possible.

"Come on, pull the queen down. After thinking about it behind closed doors, the general who led the guards to the prison was directly killed with a cane."

"Your Majesty, you can't treat your concubines like this......" Zhou Xiwan was unwillingly pulled away.

Coming out of the main hall, Zhou Guangxun hammered Xiao Jingqing's shoulder, "You finally came out safely, so I also explained to my little sister, but I didn't expect your father to get you out in the end." ”

He thought that Xiao Houye could really be ruthless not to save Xiao Jingqing, they all said that tiger poison does not eat children, but who made Xiao Houye have a lot of sons, although Xiao Jingqing is important. But it's not as important as he wants.

Xiao Jingqing smiled bitterly. What can he say at this time.

"Let's go, let's prepare to leave Luoyang with the troops, it's okay to leave here, and you will be safer." You probably won't be able to respond for a while. I don't know how long this battle will last. Zhou Guangxun looked into the distance. I don't know what to say about this stormy country.

"Everything will be fine" Xiao Jingqing's heavy voice came, which was very soothing.

Four months later. A baby's cry pierced the night sky, and the sun came out.

"Congratulations to the second lady, the lady gave birth to a big fat boy," the midwife held the wrapped child and handed it to Zhou Xiya.

"I'll take a look" Zhou Xiya couldn't care about the tiredness on her body, reached out to take the child, looked at her infant son, Zhou Xiya smiled, and tapped her son's head: "Little thing, mother's little pitiful, you were born with such a big thing, your father didn't come back, it's really conscienceless"

Probably because the child didn't want his mother to educate his father, his mouth moved, his eyes didn't open, and he fell asleep.

"Miss, the little boy is not pitiful, he is the noble little son of the Xiao family, and he was born in the Year of the Tiger, and the authentic tiger will definitely shock the world in the future." Jinxiu came over and looked at the child, her eyes were full of joy, Miss's first child was a son, so she didn't have to worry about it in the future.

"Look at your sweet mouth, rest assured, the birth of my son is a great joy in the house, and everyone has a reward" Zhou Xiya handed the child to the nurse and hugged it aside.

"Miss, where is the reward" Jinxiu stomped her feet and ran out shyly.

"Miss, eat something, take a good rest, it's a lifelong thing to do well in confinement." Mama Zhou walked in with a bowl of chicken soup.

"Has Xiao Jingqing's letter arrived?" Zhou Xiya drank the soup and lay down and asked.

"Not yet, the war outside is getting tighter and tighter, our people go to find my uncle, my uncle may have moved elsewhere, it is not so convenient to write letters, maybe my uncle has forgotten the days when the little boy spoke out." Mama Zhou covered Zhou Xiya with a quilt, and the young lady gave birth to a child in a cold time, but she couldn't stand the wind.

"Then he won't take the initiative to write me a letter, I don't know if I think about him, my son has spoken out, he's a father yet, and the child's name hasn't been named yet." Although Zhou Xiya was complaining, she was more worried.

Now the situation outside is very chaotic, the emperor asked Xiao Jingqing to quell the rebellion for three months, but the rebels are getting stronger and stronger, and now they have occupied the entire Luyu region, and the emperor has run to Yangzhou, she knows that it is not that Xiao Jingqing is incompetent, but that Xiao Houye does not let Xiao Jingqing contribute, this time the rebels occupied such a large area so quickly, it is supported by Xiao Houye and several families behind the scenes.

The central region is already in chaos, the northern region is still fighting, and it is winter again, the soldiers are not used to fighting in winter, and they often hear the news of losing the battle, and countless people have died.

Now only the south is still a safe place, and many refugees have fled to the south, so that the city gates are closed and curfews are imposed, and the situation is not optimistic.

The emperor now has no troops to send, although Marquis Xiao has sent troops, but the troops are not contributing, if the Zhou army in the northwest is to be mobilized, then the Turks on the grassland will set foot in the northwest, and then the whole country will be in chaos.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for Marquis Xiao to really rise up and calm the situation in front of him, otherwise when will Dayan's national strength be restored when the ten rooms are empty, and Marquis Xiao is not willing to ask for a country full of holes.

"Uncle must be too busy to take care of it, now there are frequent military transfers outside, and the pressure on my uncle's side is also very high, before my uncle shouldn't have brought a lot of toys to the little boy, some of the dolls were carved by the uncle himself for the little boy, how could the uncle not care about the little boy, and the big things in the family are not listened to Miss you, the children of the Xiao family are ranked, the uncle is not at home, the young lady just gives the little son a name." Mama Zhou smiled, Miss is petty again, she hasn't seen her uncle for so long. It's just whining, the children are all born, the young lady has put her uncle in her heart, women are like this, when they have children, they will have bonds, and their hearts will not float.

"Mama, am I overbearing? It's as if I usually bully Xiao Jingqing, the child's big name is still Xiao Jingqing, I'll come with the nickname. I only hope that my child will be an upright person in the future. Take the same sound of politics, it is called Zheng'er. Zhou Xiya said her expectations for the child.

"Okay, just listen to Miss" Mama Zhou nodded.

"Send someone to inform the Xiao family, it's not peaceful now. Zheng'er's full moon banquet will not be held. Take the money and get some food and drink from the refugees outside the city. It should be a blessing for the government. Zhou Xiya thought for a while and said.

"Yes"

When Mama Zhou came out of Zhou Xiya's room, she saw Fu Jiayue walking over, "Is Miss awake?" ”

"Just fell asleep. Miss has just given birth, and her body is very tired, is there anything wrong? Mama Zhou glanced at Fu Jiayue, thinking that Fu Jiayue had a special identity, so she was very wary of her, but fortunately, Fu Jiayue didn't cause any trouble for Miss for so long, so she could rest assured.

"Mama Zhou, I'll go in and wait for Miss, I have something to tell Miss." Fu Jiayue spoke.

"But ......"

"Don't worry, I won't disturb Miss's rest." After speaking, Fu Jiayue pushed the door and walked in, although Mama Zhou knew that Fu Jiayue would not harm the young lady, but she still told the maid guarding the door to listen to a little movement inside.

After sleeping for two hours, Zhou Xiya woke up faintly, and saw Fu Jiayue guarding the bedside, stunned for a moment, she usually doesn't call Fu Jiayue, and Fu Jiayue doesn't need to do what the maid does, she is still very free here.

"What time is it?"

"It's noon" Fu Jiayue helped Zhou Xiya to do it and put a pillow behind her.

"Why are you guarding here, is there something wrong?" Zhou Xiya opened her mouth to ask, and after getting along for a while, she could still see some of Fu Jiayue's thoughts.

"Well, I'm here to say goodbye to you, and my father sent someone to inform me and let me go to the Luyu area, so I'm leaving." Fu Jiayue didn't hide it, she was going to leave a long time ago, but after being with Zhou Xiya for so long, she still decided to wait for Zhou Xiya to give birth safely before leaving.

"Also, you have been planning carefully for so many years, and finally when the world is in chaos, how can your people and horses not move, maybe the next time I see you, I should call you Her Royal Highness the Princess." Zhou Xiya was not surprised, Fu Jiayue was so busy before, and kept passing on news, how could she, the family, not know.

"What princess is not a princess, if you have a choice, I would rather be a little maid who doesn't know anything, happy every day, as long as I serve my master well, but now I have to face such a body." Fu Jiayue smiled bitterly, her father was proclaimed emperor a few days ago, and under the banner of recovering the previous dynasty, he recruited troops and horses, and developed rapidly.

Her daughter was called back, not knowing what she was going to face.

"Born in troubled times, this is something we can't choose, as long as we can be safe." Zhou Xiya patted Fu Jiayue's hand, if she stood in Fu Jiayue's position, it would probably be very difficult.

"Thank you, take care too, I hope we can look at each other and smile next time we meet." Fu Jiayue gave Zhou Xiya a hug, got up and strode away, without any nostalgia, Marquis Xiao already knew her identity, and if she didn't leave, she didn't know what she was going to face.

A month later, Zhou Xiya came out of confinement and began to take care of the affairs of the family, Zheng'er was very obedient, one day at a time, she looked very much like Xiao Jingqing, but her eyes followed Zhou Xiya, and she must be a handsome son in the future.

Here Zhou Xiya was flipping through the account books, and Xian'er was lying on the baby bassinet, stretching out her little hand and gently shaking her brother's little hand, Zheng'er gave her a smile, and Xian'er laughed too.

Zhou Xiya frowned slightly, glanced at the steward standing in front of her, and asked with a little doubt: "Now that the battle situation is so chaotic, why is the profit in the past two months so good?" ”

"Miss Hui's words, in the past few months, because the weapon factory has newly developed a new weapon, which is very powerful, and now the war situation is tight, and there are people everywhere, our weapons are naturally in short supply, so this profit is very objective." The steward bowed his head and replied, he was Li Mu's previous steward, Li Mu did not leave after the accident, and has been helping Zhou Xiya, but unfortunately Miss Zhou's business talent is not as good as Li Mu, there has not been much development in the past two years, but because of the war, the goods are not transported in time, and the industry has shrunk.

But who would have thought that the boss Li Mu actually came back alive, the boss came back quietly, and the person is now in Yingtian, and he has been back for two months, but the boss didn't let him tell Miss Zhou that Miss Zhou was about to give birth, and I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to stand the stimulation, although now it is Miss Zhou who is dealing with these industries, but the boss has taken over completely, so the business will be so good during this time, the boss is bold, not only doing business with the Xiao family, but also those rebels, and even the army of the imperial court, He drastically changed his way of thinking about doing business, and focused on war, and in the words of the boss, he was a fool who did not make a fortune on the battlefield.

It's just that I don't know when the boss will come back to see Miss Zhou, they see everything Miss Zhou did for the boss, if it weren't for Miss Zhou's protection, the boss's industries would have been gone a long time ago, but the boss came back late, Miss Zhou is already another wife, what if the boss comes back, it can only be said that the two are inseparable.

"You have worked very hard during this time, I thank you on behalf of Li Mu, if you rely on me alone, you won't last so long, now the political situation is unstable, you have to be more careful, you can earn some money, you must not force it, human life is more important than money." Zhou Xiya knows that it is because of the efforts of the people below that such a big benefit will be produced, how can she let these people have an accident, if it weren't for their help, where could she make these industries run normally so quickly, and all the business methods they provide these days are very good, she was about to give birth before, plus confinement, she didn't worry too much, and they gave her a satisfactory account book.

"Miss Xie, we understand," the steward said politely.

Steward Liu returned to the office and went to the third floor to find Li Mu who was working inside, "Boss, I'm back"

"How is she?" The brush in Li Mu's hand paused, and he continued to finish writing the word, but after a pause, the word was no longer coherent, and Li Mu's paper was thrown into a ball in the garbage basket.

"Miss Zhou is getting better than when she was pregnant, she is looking at the account book in the study, and the child is also on the side, by the way, I also saw Miss Xian'er, Miss Xian'er has grown taller again, and she looks beautiful." Steward Liu told Li Mu what he saw.

"Ahem...... It's okay for her to be fine" Li Mu walked to the window and looked at the pedestrians on the street, Xiya, do you know that I am back.

"Boss, you have to take care of your body, your body is not well, by the way, Miss Zhou asked me to continue to track down the matter of the eldest son of the Xiao family, it seems that Miss Zhou wants to continue to deal with him......" Manager Liu told Zhou Xiya what he explained, in the past two years, Miss Zhou has not stopped looking for trouble with Xiao Ruiqing in order to avenge her boss, but it is so easy to trip Xiao Ruiqing, and Miss Zhou became pregnant later, let alone bother, so let this matter go first.

Li Mu clenched the horizontal wood on the window, and the green tendons in his hands jumped, if Xiao Ruiqing and Xiao Yanqing were two bastards, how could he and Xiya be separated, and make the current situation and make Xiao Yanqing a cripple It is cheaper for him, as for Xiao Ruiqing, he Li Mu will definitely not let him go. (To be continued.) )