In the seventeenth year of Yongping, the eighth day of the sixth month.

Zhang Xiang came to Nanchu and became a colt for more than half a month.

It's just that he hasn't seen the princess and lady he has never met, and he doesn't know what it looks like.

In Zhang Mingheng's memory, he couldn't find it.

Regarding Zhang Mingheng's memory, he can only occasionally remember some fragments, which flash in his mind like silhouettes.

Even he couldn't find the faces of his father Zhang Jian and Zhang Mingheng's former family members in these memories.

Although he is no longer the Zhang Mingheng who is called a fool, he has inherited his body, and in short, Zhang Xiang still wants to know about him.

It's just that since I can't remember it, I have to give up.

In the past half a month, in addition to understanding the people and things up and down the Horse Mansion, he also has a preliminary judgment about the place he is in now.

It didn't belong to any of the dynasties in the history he knew, and he presumed it to belong to another parallel time and space.

There are only a few large countries and some small countries such as Southern Chu, Northern Liao, Eastern Yan, and Western Jin.

Northern Liao dominates the desert and grassland in the north, Dongyan is in the deep mountains of Heishui in the northeast, and Xijin is in the hinterland of the plateau in the west.

Only Southern Chu is located in the fertile land of the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, and is the most powerful country.

After the former Chu was destroyed, Zhao Yuan, the founding emperor of Southern Chu, changed the name of the country to Southern Chu, and the current Southern Chu Emperor Zhao Yan is the son of Zhao Yuan, who succeeded to the throne for 17 years, and now it is the prime of life.

Under the seventeen-year rule of Zhao Yan, the entire Southern Chu was already rich and strong, and the civil and military were prosperous.

Of course, the nomads of Northern Liao and Eastern Yan also rose up in the war between Southern Chu and Former Chu twenty years ago.

Although it is not as prosperous as today's Southern Chu, but the development should not be underestimated, coveting the fertile and rich land of Southern Chu is no longer a year or two, and small wars of border friction between several countries have occurred repeatedly over the years.

Zhang Mingheng's father, Zhang Jian, was the former general of Zhenbei, guarding the northern land to prevent the invasion of Northern Liao.

Zhang Jian was very valued by Zhao Yan during his lifetime, and in the palace, he was a monarch and minister, but in His Royal Highness, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a brother.

And Zhang Mingheng is Zhang Jian's only son, so when Zhang Mingheng was thirteen years old, Zhao Yan made a marriage contract for Zhang Mingheng and his favorite daughter Princess Gaoping.

Chrysostom said.

Although at the beginning, because Zhang Mingheng was rumored to be a fool, Princess Gaoping was not happy because of her rebellious psychology, but in the royal family, she was in charge of which round.

As she grew up, Princess Gaoping was submissive.

A year ago, Zhang Jian lost Liangzhou in the north, and in order to give an explanation to the whole world, the family was beheaded, and Zhang Mingheng could not escape his fate.

But because he had a marriage contract with Princess Gaoping, and Princess Gaoping said for some reason that if he didn't marry and kept him, he escaped.

Anyway, he is also a fool, since he has a marriage contract with the princess, if he kills him, it will be regarded as a breach of the contract, and it is difficult to block the mouths of the people, and since the princess has protected him, Zhao Yan is also willing to be a favor, which has made the marriage between the two successful.

It really has a good reputation for adult beauty.

More than half a month ago, the princess got married, the whole country celebrated, the wedding was held in Pingzhou, the fief of Princess Gaoping, Pingzhou was even more lively, as for the groom fainted on the same day, the princess ordered all those who knew not to spread the word and no one knew.

That's why there hasn't been much turmoil.

After learning about these things, Zhang Xiang also found out a lot of details.

For example, he is a fool, what kind of husband can't find a princess like Princess Gaoping, who is so favored by the emperor?

Although the marriage contract was made by the emperor, but Zhang Jian's family was beheaded, no one dared to refute it if he found an excuse to kill him, if Princess Gaoping did not protect him, he would be beheaded for even the crime, and the marriage contract would be automatically dissolved.

Zhang Xiang didn't believe what the princess said, 'If you don't marry him', she deceived children.

As for the inside story, I can only ask when the princess lady comes back.

Anyway, he didn't believe that this princess would fall in love with such a fool as him.

The colt, that is, a title, has no real power.

To put it bluntly, the princess is just a place to tax and pension, and in fact does not have any military and political power.

In terms of power, even a nine-rank sesame official is not as good.

Of course, as a relative of the emperor, there must be an identity, even if the first-class officer sees this princess, he has to give three points of face.

In short, since Princess Gaoping agreed to marry him, then the two of them will spend their lives in peace in this acre and three points of land.

This should also be what the emperor is happy to see.

Therefore, it no longer matters to the emperor whether to kill him or not.

On the tenth day of the sixth month, when Zhang Xiang got up, the entire Horse Mansion began to get busy.

There are not many people in the Horse Mansion, and they are basically the servants brought by Princess Gaoping from the capital.

Although this mansion is called the Horse Mansion, in fact, these people are not close to him, he is more like an outsider.

For more than half a month, the people in the house ignored him except for greetings.

It seems that he thinks that the princess of his family has suffered a great grievance by marrying such a fool as him.

He didn't bother to take care of these people, he should eat, drink, play, sleep, and be happy.

When the little slave came to him and told him to eat breakfast, he said happily, "Horse, the princess will be back in the afternoon." ”

"Really?" Zhang Xiang was also a little expectant and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

The little slave shook his head: "You don't have to do anything, when the princess comes back, you can just bring someone to pick her up outside the house, and she should be happy to see you." ”

The little slave is the princess's personal maid, and she has been staying by Princess Gaoping since she was ten years old, although she is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, but in this era, she is already an adult, clever and diligent, and is deeply liked by Princess Gaoping.

In fact, Princess Gao Ping, who is only 19 years old this year, is not a few years older than her.

But the master and servant have been together for many years, and they have followed her from the palace to the princess's mansion, and now to the concubine's mansion, and Princess Gaoping usually talks to her the most.

And the little slave who knows the princess best has always thought that Princess Gaoping married the concubine because she liked the horse.

So before the princess left, she told her to take care of the colt, and she was not a little sloppy.

After getting along with the colt for more than half a month, the little slave also felt that the colt had nothing to do with the legendary fool.

Not only is she not stupid, but she is also very smart, she understands a lot of things as soon as she speaks, and often does things that make her feel strange.

For example, he would cut down the bamboo in the yard, hollow out the inside, and then put the rice in it and steam it and eat it, he said that it was called bamboo tube rice, which was very delicious, and the little slave also ate it a few times, and he liked it as soon as he ate it.

He also cut the bamboo into bamboo skewers, and then stirred up the small pieces of meat and roasted them on the fire to eat, which he said was called barbecue.

He also used those little blackened charcoal to write on paper, which he said was called a pencil, and it was much easier to write than a brush.

In short, the little slave could see something new and strange done by the colt almost every day.

Although there is a subordinate in the house who specializes in cooking, he is a colt, and no one can control what he wants to do.

Except for the symptoms of sometimes I can't remember things and have some amnesia, there is nothing wrong with it at all.

As a result, the slaves sometimes wonder, who said that the pony was stupid?

It's just nonsense!

She was thinking, how could a princess marry a fool?

In a few moments, after lunch, the convoy of the princess who had returned from moving from the capital came to the outside of the house.

Zhang Xiang had already taken his subordinates to wait outside the house.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a girl dressed in a fine dress, with a slender figure, a dignified demeanor, and an elegant bearing, stepped out of the carriage.

Her face was calm, and she set her first eyes on Zhang Xiang.

"Princess, be careful."

The slave next to her hurriedly helped her.

She stepped out of the carriage and walked straight towards Zhang Xiang, then bent down and saluted: "Horse." ”

Zhang Xiang, who was a little stunned, also hurriedly returned the salute: "Princess." ”

At this moment, he only had one sentence in his heart: This princess and lady are too beautiful!