Since Xia Ji has the news that Qu Hao is still alive in this world, life seems to have a new hope, and she no longer regards the little life in her belly as the only thing in life.

But she knew very well that with her own current situation, it was obviously unrealistic to go all over the world to find Qu Hao. The first is identity, she is Chen Guosima's wife, and it will definitely not work to find a man in this capacity; The second is the body, I am pregnant with Liujia, how to find a pregnant woman? The last is ability, with her neither the connections needed to find Qu Hao, nor the resources to find Qu Hao, it is completely impossible.

The only thing that can be done is to keep hoping and waiting.

On this day, Xia Ji was walking in the garden after lunch, and suddenly a maid came to report that Uncle Xia, the master of Sima who made the Jin Kingdom, passed through Xinzheng on the way back from the Jin Kingdom and had just returned to the palace.

Xia Ji hurriedly came to the lobby accompanied by the maid, and saw Uncle Xia Yu drinking tea and resting in the lobby.

"Xia Ji has met adults, and she has worked hard." Natsuhime saluted.

"Madame, how are you doing these days?" Uncle Xia Yu replied.

"Thanks to my lord, Natsuhime is in good health. Adults went smoothly to Jin Kingdom, right? ”

"The way to and from Jinguo Jiangcheng was very smooth. However, the domestic situation in the Jin State was unstable, and the results of this trip were limited. ”

"Huh? What happened? ”

"After Zhao Dun, the prime minister of the Jin State, supported the Linggong of Jin, because of his meritorious service, he led the four secretaries of the state to defeat the Qin State in Linghu with the lineup of the five secretaries. The Jin State is the auxiliary government of the Six Secretaries, and the Five Secretaries are unique, which shows the strength of Zhao Dun's orders. Zhao Dun was powerful and became the enemy of many old ministers of the Jin Kingdom. ”

"Jin Linggong is still young, isn't it a good thing to have a capable Xiangguo to support him?"

"The problem is that Zhao Dun is too high-profile. Three years ago, Zhao Dun recruited Qi Zhaogong, Song Chenggong, Lu Wengong, Wei Chenggong, Chen Gonggong, Zheng Mugong, Xu Xigong, and Cao Gonggong to form an alliance in Zheng Guo's territory, Hudi, and Zhao Dun was above the kings of all countries as the secretary of state, which made many people resentful. ”

"Want to blame the crime of disrupting the dynasty?"

"Yes, those unwilling old ministers now see Zhao Dun's prosperous governance, and their hearts can be imagined, the scholars of the Jin Kingdom, Xiandu, Ji Zhengfu, Shi Yu, Liang Yier, and Kuai De colluded with each other, and decided to attack Zhao Dun just after the New Year this year. They first sent assassins to assassinate Zhao Dun's left arm and the secretary of state, Xianke. After Xianke was killed, Zhao Dun was keenly aware of the seriousness of the matter and ordered an investigation, but Xiandu and Liang Yier were arrested first, and Zhao Dun beheaded the two to deter potential opponents. ”

"Thunder means, merciless to the enemy."

"This time I went to the Jin Kingdom, just as the other three anti-ministers Ji Zhengfu, Shi Zhen, and Kuai De were also captured. Zhao Dun reported these political prisoners to the young lord Jin Linggong, and Jin Linggong's mother Mu Huan had a bad impression of Zhao Dun, and even participated in this alliance against the Zhao family, wanting to protect several old ministers with the respect of **. As a result, the opposition was invalid, and Zhao Dun dragged several old ministers into the vegetable market and beheaded them without obtaining Mu Huan's approval. Zhao Dun will not be soft on his political opponents at all, and at the same time, he is also invisibly warning Mu Huan with blood. ”

"The killing is too heavy, and there are many enemies." Natsuki sighed.

"Yes, Zhao Dun eliminated many strong enemies, and he really offended too many people, especially the Queen Mother Mu Huan, it's really hard to say what the outcome will be in the future."

Xia Ji is very clear about the ending of the Zhao Dun family, because Zhao Dun is the grandfather of the Zhao orphan who has been familiar with the historical story since childhood.

The story of the orphans of the Zhao family that happened later is about the fact that Zhao Dun was strict in politics, and after his death, his son Zhao Shuo was beheaded by the corrupt official Tu'an Jia Manmen, and fortunately, Cheng Ying, a guest of the Zhao family, replaced his son with Zhao Shuo's son, leaving the only bloodline inheritance for the Zhao family.

Later, Cheng Ying took Zhao Dun's only grandson to live in Tu'an Mansion, endured humiliation and raised Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao family.

The powerful Zhao Dun would definitely not have such a big disaster for his children and grandchildren, and at this time, only Xia Ji had a clear view of the fate of his descendants. Xia Ji thought to herself that if she had the opportunity to tell Zhao Dun about this story that would happen in the future, she didn't know how he would feel.

"It's really not the right time for adults to go to Jin Kingdom, internal worries are worse than external troubles, and Zhao Dun has never paid attention to Chen Guo." Natsuhime said.

"Madame Mingjian. However, Zhao Dun still had a second communication with me. Although Zhao Dun despised Chen Guo because of Gongzile's matter, after all, this matter did not affect him, so he was polite to me, an envoy, Chen Gonggong sent a national gift to the Jin State, and his return gift was more valuable, and he was also willing to give firm support when Chu State committed Chen. ”

"Even so, it's worth it."

"yes. With the foreign aid of Jin and the neutrality of Zheng Guo, if the people of Chen Guoguo are united, they will definitely be able to protect the country. ”

"Then Zheng Guo and Chu State have formed an alliance, has they completely turned their faces with Jin State?" Natsuhime asked.

"After Zheng Guo was forced to sign an alliance with the Chu army, Zhao Dun cooperated with the Song, Wei, and Xu allied forces to march to Zheng State, and Zheng Mugong had no choice but to form an alliance with Zhao Dun, and said to Zhao Dun that attaching Chu was fearful of its might, and attaching Jin was Huaiqide."

Xia Ji had to sigh for Zheng Guo's fate, Chu and Jin took turns wielding a big stick against Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo was forced to curry favor with both sides.

Mourning his misfortune and being angry with him is Xia Ji's biggest feeling for Zheng Guo.

"But why didn't Zhao Dun rescue Zheng Guo urgently, but waited for the Chu army to retreat before acting?" Natsuhime asked.

"The domestic situation in the Jin State is undecided, and Zhao Dun does not want to have a head-on conflict with the Chu army, which is also a sign of weakness. Because of this, I am also skeptical about how much support Jin can give to Chen. I only hope that the domestic situation in the Jin Kingdom will be stable as soon as possible. ”

"I hope so. I wonder when the adults are going to leave for Zhuye? ”

"The national crisis is at hand, it is not advisable to stay for a long time, and we will leave early tomorrow morning."

"My lord, can the concubine return to Zhuye with her husband?" Xia Ji remembered the clues to find Qu Hao in Chenjia Village, and she couldn't wait to return to Chen Guo immediately.

"Why? You are pregnant with Liujia, you are incapacitated, it is too dangerous to bump along the road, and besides, Chen Guo is facing a war, I don't know what kind of danger will happen. ”

"The concubine just feels that she feels like a guest in Zheng Guo, but she is not as comfortable as being in Chen Guo." In addition to wanting to go to Chenjia Village, Xia Ji also has a reason that she looks down on Zheng Guo in her heart, and because she is the nominal Princess Ji Shao, this idea is not easy to say.

"Madame may be the reason for being bored at home, you might as well go to the courtyard to relax, and wait for the war between Chen and Chu to end." Uncle Xia Yu comforted.

"Well, that's all there is to it." Natsuki said with a sigh.