While resting on the road, Xiao Jingqing came to Zhou Xiya's carriage and handed her a washed apple.

"Where did it come from?" Zhou Xiya smiled and took the apple.

"There's an orchard around here, I'll go around and pick it for you, it's apple harvest season, but it's not easy to have a complete orchard this year." Xiao Jingqing leaned on the carriage.

Zhou Xiya smiled and took a bite of the apple, handed it over to Xiao Jingqing to nibble, and the husband and wife leaned on the carriage to share an apple, a rare leisure time, a rare sweetness.

"When you get to safety, I will take half of the soldiers with me, and the rest will escort you to the capital, I will go to the front line, I can't accompany you back to the capital, you have to take care of yourself when you go back, you can endure it, and I will go back to you to make the decision if there is anything." Xiao Jingqing looked into the distance, their husband and wife had just been reunited, and he was reluctant to leave, but his family and country were all over the world, and he had his own mission, and he couldn't help himself.

"Do you have to go?" Zhou Xiya's voice was a little hoarse.

"Well, my father has already sent me an order, asking me to immediately transfer troops to the front line to stabilize the war on the front line, so I can't go back to the capital for the time being, everything in the capital is handed over to you, I don't worry, I let Li Mu stay and help you, I have arranged a lot of people for you, what is there to command them." Xiao Jingqing took Zhou Xiya's hand.

"Well... You can fight with peace of mind, I will guard the rear for you, so that you have no worries, I have only one request, you must come back safely, I and the child are waiting for you at home. Zhou Xiya hugged Xiao Jingqing and endured her worries-

"Xian'er, see what this is?" Li Mu weaved a grasshopper out of straw. Hand it to her.

"Dad, what is this?" Xian'er looked at the little thing in her hand curiously.

"It's a grasshopper, you see, it can move." Li Mu squatted on the ground, holding the grasshopper and jumping up and down.

"It's fun, I'll come, I'll come" Xian'er grabbed the grasshopper and squatted on the ground to play with it.

Li Mu touched her head, maybe this child is the only child in his life. Thankfully, she was adopted at the time.

"Xian'er. What to play? At this time, Xiao Jingqing walked over.

"Daddy, the grasshopper that Dad gave me" Xian'er held it up to Xiao Jingqing.

Mother asked her to recognize a father, in order to distinguish the two fathers, Li Mu's father said to let her call her father. It is also the meaning of the father. So now she has a daddy. One dad, two people hurt.

She already knew that she was not her father's biological child, but it didn't matter. My mother loved her so much, and my mother said that she would have two fathers in the future, and she would be happier than others, so she was not disgusted at all, and she was happy to call people.

"Xian'er took it and went to play with grandma, and dad talked to your dad." Xiao Jingqing patted Xian'er's head and asked her to play.

Li Mu smiled and watched her daughter leave.

"If you want to be Xian'er in the future, you can pick her up at any time." Xiao Jingqing glanced at the child, maybe because he had his own child, he understood, he was worried in his heart, and he lived more steadily.

"What's the matter?" Li Mu saw Xiao Jingqing's embarrassment, to be honest, he admired Xiao Jingqing's measurement.

"I'm leaving, I still need more help from you in the capital, when Xiya can't make up her mind, you mention her more, Xiya's temper is a little hard, and it is easy to have conflicts with my family, and I want you to persuade her more, so I will inevitably clean up the mess for her."

"If Xiya knows that you say this about her, she will definitely be angry with you, although she has a strong temper, but I believe that she will endure it for you, Xiya you don't have to worry too much, but your eldest brother is there, your father has ascended the throne as the emperor, and your eldest brother has also gone to the capital, as I expected, your eldest brother must be jumping up and down now to pry your father to make him the prince, you are not in the capital, after Xiya goes back, she will face a lot of pressure, when the competition between the two forces comes, Xiya is likely to be framed by the other party, she is your weakness, all the conspiracies Yangming, It's all for you, this capital is now a trap for you, if you climb out, you will be the sea and the sky, and if you can't climb out, it will be an abyss and hell. Li Mu told the truth.

"For that position, I haven't thought so much" Xiao Jingqing understood what Li Mu meant, his words were a little insincere, he didn't want to fight with the eldest brother now, now the world has not been fought yet, if their own people fight first, then when will the world be calmed down, he doesn't want to focus on the court and people playing conspiracy all day long, and when he conquers the world, he will rest assured that he will return to the court, internal contradictions can be postponed, but the external war must be calmed.

"I can't help but think about it early, if you let your eldest brother take the lead, with the relationship between you and your eldest brother, he can still rest assured that you can lead the troops, and taking precautions is the best policy, if your eldest brother gets the position of the prince, it is a serious constraint on your actions, if you want to do anything, it is difficult, the battlefield is as important as the court, if you want to get more say in the war, you can only have the final say in the court and on the battlefield, otherwise there are many ways to restrain you, As long as your eldest brother moves on the grain and grass, what can you do with hundreds of thousands of troops, you can only end up being isolated. Li Mu was anxious, what to hesitate at this time, if he didn't snatch the power over, would he not be able to wait for Xiao Ruiqing to isolate him.

"I understand what you mean, I'm being transferred to the front line now, maybe someone is making a small move and doesn't want me to go back to the capital." Xiao Jingqing smiled bitterly, the throne, the throne, because of a throne, their father and brother were separated.

"It's good that you understand"

"You can do whatever you want, I won't stop you, I only have one request, no matter how you operate, you can't make the people's lives more difficult, I don't want because my fight with my eldest brother was won at the expense of hundreds of people, that's not my purpose." Who said that the struggle in the court is bloodless, and the intrigues in the court are more terrible and ruthless than war, he knows that even if he doesn't want to move, the people below him will push him forward, and only if he goes further, these people under him can realize their ambitions.

"It will definitely live up to the trust" Li Mu clenched his fists, as long as Xiao Jingqing spoke, then it would be easier for them to do anything. And he can also pretend to clean up Xiao Ruiqing privately.

Travel day and night. Ten days later they arrived in the capital.

Zhou Xiya got out of the carriage and looked at the high city gate, she came back again.

At the gate of the city, Zhou Guangxun and Zhou Guangbi brothers waited at the city gate, waiting to pick up Zhou Xiya, watching the convoy arrive and win.

"Second brother and third brother...... Seeing the brother coming over, Zhou Xiya hurriedly lifted her skirt to meet her.

"Slow down, slow down, they're all mothers, why are you still so frizzy." Zhou Guangxun held Zhou Xiya. Glanced up and down. "My little sister has lost weight"

"Where did I lose weight, the second brother didn't see me for too long, so he thought I was thin, and I gained a lot of weight after giving birth." Zhou Xiya smiled. Meet the brothers. She no longer has to be the second lady of the Xiao family. She is now the little sister who is loved by her brothers, the little sister who can cry and laugh.

"It's good to be fat, it's good to be fat. The second uncle is happy when he is fat, do you want to go back to the house with us now, or go to the Xiao family to arrange it first? Zhou Guangxun patted Zhou Xiya's head.

"What is the situation in the capital now, where do Xiao Ruiqing and the princes live?" Zhou Xiya asked rhetorically.

"The capital has just stabilized, the new emperor ascended the throne, cleaned up a group of ministers of the previous dynasty, stabilized people's hearts, after Xiao Ruiqing arrived here, he moved directly into the palace, and the other brothers of the Xiao family robbed some of the mansions of the princes and nobles of the previous dynasty and moved in, and now only Xiao Rui lives in the palace to accompany the emperor." Zhou Guangbi said what the little sister wanted to know the most.

"What, could it be that the emperor has already decided to make Xiao Ruiqing the crown prince?" Zhou Xiya frowned slightly.

"Not yet, but the emperor only let Xiao Ruiqing live in the palace, obviously he has this meaning, Xiao Ruiqing is the eldest son after all, but don't worry, you just came back, let's plan slowly." Zhou Guangxun patted the little sister on the shoulder, alas, the situation in the capital is not very good now, Xiao Jingqing has not come back, and the little sister doesn't know how much to worry about.

"Okay, then I'll make arrangements, take someone home first, and I'll go back when Xiao Jingqing's mansion is arranged." Zhou Xiya can only do this, who knows if she has arranged a house for Xiao Jingqing, she can't live in Xiao Jingqing's previous courtyard in a gloomy way, she has to take out the shelf at this time, otherwise she will only be bullied.

With the help of Li Mu and Xiao Jingqing's subordinates, Zhou Xiya didn't have to manage those troops, she only left with the servants and guards at home.

Zhou Guangbi saw Li Mu in the crowd from a distance, and was startled, and hurriedly pulled the second brother who was on the horse, "Second brother, look, is that Li Mu?" ”

"It's him" Zhou Guangxun glanced at it, his expression not surprised.

"Second brother, you don't already know that Li Mu is still alive, right?" Zhou Guangbi was in a hurry, why didn't he tell me about such a big thing.

"I knew a few days ago that Xiao Jingqing's guard Yingtian won the battle, and it was Li Mu who played the battle, and Li Mu announced that he was back." He was in the military department, so he knew that things were the fastest, and when he knew about it, he was also startled, worried about Xiaomei, after all, Xiaomei had such a good relationship with Li Mu before.

But looking at the little sister, she looks very calm, maybe the little sister has let go, she and Xiao Jingqing have children, the first love. Love. Love is just a passing moment.

"The little sister?"

"Little sister is fine, don't worry about it" Zhou Guangxun glared at his younger brother, at this time, the impact should be minimized, lest someone use this matter to hit the little sister.

Zhou Guangbi touched his nose and had to shut up.

At the gate of Zhou's mansion, Zhou Jianxiong knew that his daughter was coming home, so he waited anxiously at the gate of the mansion to pick up his daughter in person.

Looking at the convoy coming from afar, the corners of Zhou Jianxiong's mouth curled, his daughter has been married for more than a year, but because of the war, her daughter has no chance to come back, and now that she is finally back, how can he rest assured that his daughter who has married out.

"Daddy......" Zhou Xiya got out of the carriage with the child in her arms, and saw her father standing not far away, the whiteness on her father's head was more, and she was even more sad to see, it was she who was not filial and came back for so long.

"Okay, good, daddy's good daughter is home, let daddy see your child." Zhou Jianxiong looked at the child his daughter was holding and wanted to stretch out his hand, but he was a little afraid, he hadn't held a child for a long time, and he had almost forgotten how to hold the child.

"Give" Zhou Xiya put the child directly on her father's arm, and when she saw her father's cautious appearance, her heart was very sour.

"It's called Zheng'er, isn't it? Tsk, the little guy looks so cute, like when you were young, looking at these eyes, like you, you must be a handsome guy in the future. "His daughter gave birth, and he received a letter from his daughter, and he was ecstatic to hear that his daughter had given birth.

"Let's go, go home, go home" Zhou Jianxiong walked to the house with the child in his arms, he was really a relative of the next generation, and when he saw his grandson, his daughter didn't care.

Zhou Guangxun hugged Xian'er and followed quickly, Zhou Xiya looked at the plaque of the Protector General's Mansion hanging high under the eaves of the corridor, and smiled.

After some tossing, he finally cleaned up and settled down at home, and Zhou Jianxiong has nothing else to do now, just holding the child and coaxing the child to play, seeing that his father likes Zheng'er so much, Zhou Xiya is jealous.

Zhou Xiya went to the palace early the next morning to greet the emperor, her daughter-in-law came back, and she always had to meet her in-laws, although she knew that her in-laws would not like her.

At this time, Marquis Xiao had already become the emperor, and after the next dynasty, he changed into the emperor's regular clothes and reviewed the recitals in the study, and only when he became the emperor did he know that there would be so many things.

"Your Majesty, the second lady is here" The eunuch came in to pass the ceremony, and now the emperor has not rewarded several princes, and there is no title, so they are not easy to call these eunuchs.

The emperor frowned, and also felt awkward, it seems that the titles of the children will be set as soon as possible, as well as the queen and the concubine, as for the crown prince, let's wait.

"Let her in"

"See my father, my father Wan'an" Zhou Xiya saluted.

"Excuse me, when did it arrive?" The Emperor asked casually.

"I just arrived yesterday, thank you father, the emperor for remembering" Zhou Xiya could only say these flattering words.

"The second child is fighting outside, and you, as her wife, must stabilize the inner house, so that the man can rest assured outside." The Emperor warned with a majestic face.

"Yes, daughter-in-law, remember" Zhou Xiya nodded yes.

"Father, my daughter-in-law has just come back, and I don't know anything yet, I don't know if my father has arranged a house for us, and my daughter-in-law can't always live in her mother's house with her children." Zhou Xiya pretended to be very aggrieved and asked.

"I will arrange a place for you to live, go back and wait for news, remember to go and see your mother" The emperor clapped his hands in fear, why are there so many things, his son's residence must be arranged, and see which palace is going to be cleared out, the old man has made great achievements in World War II, and he can't wronged them.

Zhou Xiya retreated, and under the guidance of the eunuch, walked to the palace where Mrs. Xiao lived.

Mama Zhou, who was behind Zhou Xiya, stuffed a bulging purse into the eunuch, and the eunuch pinched the purse and smiled.

"Father-in-law, may I ask what is the situation in the palace now, which palace do these masters live in, and who is responsible for the affairs in the palace now......" Mama Zhou inquired about the situation with the eunuch.

The eunuch naturally told everything he knew, and if you have money, don't be a fool.

Zhou Xiya walked in front and listened, analyzing the situation in this palace, she wanted to find the allies, and the palace could not be without cooperating people. (To be continued.) )