Yang Ren's attitude is the attitude of most of the Kansai officers present, and everyone looks at the crown prince Chen Chong.

For a long time, because of the frequent battles in Hezhong and Northern Xinjiang, the eastern battlefield was relatively quiet, and the officers in Kansai did not have many opportunities to make military merits, and the status of the Andong Military Division in the Protectorate and the General's Mansion was also declining day by day. This time, a big war was brewing in Hezhong, and in order to prevent the situation in Kwantung from deteriorating, Chen Chong had to sit in Luoyang to deter the Liao and Song dynasties. And among the Xia Kingdom's army in the Kwantung region, only Zhao Xingde's sailors can directly attack the mainland of Dashi, which is also an opportunity for Anton's military division to raise his eyebrows. Therefore, the officers had high hopes for the expedition of the sailors to the homeland, and did not want to cause side problems.

"In that case," Chen nodded, "I will write a letter to General Zhao." ”

Although the naval battle of Guangzhou was unexpected, the situation was always changing in a good direction, and there was no need to send any more envoys.

When the plan had been decided, they took their leave. Chen Zhong returned to the study of the back house, muttered for a long time, and wrote a letter to Zhao Xingde, asking him to focus on the overall situation, sail as soon as possible, and not lose the strength of the naval division due to the final battle in Guangzhou. The crown princess Zhang came over to take a look, frowned and said: "These days, I have seen that Mrs. Zhao has been depressed, can you tell her the news of General Zhao first?" ”

"It's fine." Chen nodded and said, "The news of Guangzhou's victory will come in a few days." ”

"Really." Zhang Caiwei said with some resentment, "That guy doesn't tell him anything, and the family who hurt him is worried about him in vain." He thought that was all there was to it? The sister of the Li family is good-tempered, and I must give him some color in the future. As he spoke, he put the tea tray in his hand on the desk, and there was a "bang". Chen Chong's brows furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, Yuan Zhi is now very important, and his family affairs are no longer just family affairs, it is best for the couple to release their previous suspicions, you must not stir up the situation again?" ”

"Spoiler?" Zhang Caiwei's voice suddenly rose a line higher, "Could it be that you are on Zhao Yuanzhi's side?" All right! ”

Zhang's is the tiger girl of Jiangmen, and she has the true inheritance of Queen Kang, although she is usually gentle and virtuous, but when it comes to these, she will do the roar of the Hedong lion, glaring at Chen and making it clear. "I'm not on that side." Chen Zhong smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's just a matter of facts." Yuan Zhi and Han Ningshuang, as well as the princess of the Song Kingdom, are all forbidden by circumstances and coincidental marriages. We don't know the princess of the Song Kingdom, Han Ningshuang and we are both old acquaintances, do you think that if it weren't for a coincidence of marriage, she could serve a husband with someone? Moreover, the customs of the Kanto region are like this, generals like Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi have not only long had a group of wives and concubines, but also coerced the Song court to overstep the system and give the concubines a decree, in contrast, Zhao Yuanzhi can be regarded as honest and self-controlled. ”

"Humph! What Kanto customs! Zhang Caiwei raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "These stinky guys are not as good as even big cannibals!" ”

"What do you say," Chen Chong's tone froze, and he realized that it was unwise to dwell on this issue, so he changed the subject, "However, the news of this big victory in Guangzhou has come that the price of the treasures such as incense medicine, Nanzhu, and ivory rhino horn in Luoyang will drop a little." He smiled and said, "If you plan to buy fragrant powder beads, you can wait for ten days and half a month, which should save a lot of money." ”

"Really?" Zhang Caiwei's eyes lit up slightly. She is the crown princess and the sister of the princess, and she can't force the merchant to sell it at a lower price, but she can bargain for some incense beads in the market like ordinary women, and she has some little fun.

"Is this still fake?" Chen Chonghan said with a smile, "You are not a lady who does not leave the door and does not step out, it should be clear when you think about it." ”

"That's right," Zhang Caiwei nodded smugly, "These merchants in the market, some time ago, they took advantage of the pirates to cause trouble, and raised the price of seafood too high. She smiled and said, "Then the news of the battle of Guangzhou should be told to Mrs. Zhao earlier, and the news on the market will spread in a few days, and I will ask her to pick up a few boxes of incense powder together." After speaking, he glanced at Chen Chong, for the sake of him hanging out the exemption card, and he didn't care about the ambiguous words just now. Seeing her back leave, Chen Chong exhaled lightly and secretly said that he was lucky.

More drums, sending away the long night, the east is twilight, Li Ruoxue put down the manuscript in his hand.

A ray of morning light fell on her pale cheeks, and she rubbed the corners of her forehead, finally tired. Since returning to Luoyang in a fit of anger, she often sleepless at night, urging her two children to read and practice martial arts in the morning, and Li Gefei personally taught her grandson to read, Li Ruoxue was able to sleep for a while. In a short period of time, she has lost a full circle of weight, and she is becoming weaker and weaker, which is why Zhang Caiwei is extremely indignant about Li Ruoxue's situation.

Sunlight shone into the study through the window, and the specks of light fell on a wooden box on the upper right side of the desk.

Li Ruoxue put the manuscript into the wooden box, and inside the wooden box, a stack of letters came into view. Li Ruoxue's eyes moved slightly, these were all sent back by Zhao Xingde recently. It turned out that after receiving these letters, Li Ruoxue didn't read them, so she put them in the bookbox. However, Zhao Xingde has not written for nearly a month. Counted, it happened to be the period of detention in Guangzhou. During this time, she read the old letters, not only worried. What happened in the Song Kingdom, Zhao Xingde didn't explain it, reading the words, not only did not let go, but made her quite angry, but these things were buried in her heart, and she never talked about it to her parents.

Li Ruoxue was sad in her arms, and the maidservant reported outside the door: "Mrs. Chen has come to visit the house." ”

"Huh?" Li Ruoxue was stunned, and a trace of worry rose between her eyebrows, "So early, if there is something, I don't know if it's good?" Is it bad? ”

In addition to lecturing in the lower courtyard of Luoyang Bachelor's Mansion, Li Ruoxue lived an almost reclusive life. No matter how turbulent the outside world is, the days in Zhao's mansion are always stopping. Zhang Caiwei sometimes joked that "she is a little scary when she is quiet". If there are good or bad things, it can't be here in Luoyang, but only the man who is far away in Guangzhou. Thinking of this, Li Ruoxue's eyebrows added a lot of worry. Zhang Caiwei is familiar with the door, the front has just been transmitted, and the people behind have already arrived at the door of the study.

"Sister," Zhang Caiwei closed the door and said with a smile: "There is news from Guangzhou." ”

"Really?" Li Ruoxue saw that her face softened, and there was no bad news, so she felt a little relieved, and said lightly: "Really?" ”

But her heart jumped uncontrollably, and her face became a little paler. Zhang Caiwei took her hand, only to feel that the tentacles were cold, and her heart ached, and she secretly said to the man Bo Xing, and said stupidly: "Speaking of which, Zhao Yuanzhi even involved you in suspense for him in vain." The previous prisoners in Guangzhou were all set up by him and Chen Gongju, who treated each other in Guangzhou and lured Da Shi and the Haikou of the Song State into the palace. Zhao Xingde had already sneaked out of Guangzhou to join his subordinates. Just two days ago, the Combined Naval Division suddenly appeared off the coast of the Pearl River, crushed the combined forces of Da Shi and the Song pirates in one fell swoop, and is now blocking the mouth of the Pearl River. If the Song army in Guangzhou was a little more aggressive, this battle would have eliminated the pirates in the south of the Song State, and at least kept the southeast coast peaceful for five years. ”

Zhang Caiwei's so-called "five years of peace" is not a lie, she grew up in Shishan, the extreme north of the Hu and Han communities. Every autumn and winter, the Duke of Chu would gather his subordinates and send troops from Weiyuan Fort to fight against the barbarian horse thieves. Northern Xinjiang believes that the best defense is to attack, and the more "bloodletting" the opponent has, the more time it will take for the enemy to live and multiply, and the longer it will be able to maintain "peace". The "five years" she said was already a very high evaluation. If the people are not in danger, it will be the government to drive the fish for the abyss, and no matter how much they are killed, it will be useless.

Most ladies do not have this kind of knowledge, so although the crown princess has traveled extensively, she is closer to Li Ruoxue alone. Zhang Caiwei said while looking at Li Ruoxue's expression, seeing that she was just listening, although she had been silent, her eyes fluctuated a little, as if she had a lot of worries in her heart, and finally relaxed a little at this time.

Seeing this, Zhang Caiwei felt pity: "Men only care about making contributions, and my sister is really suffering for herself." ”

Her eyes fell on the desk, and when she saw the tray full of red fresh fruits, she was surprised: "Is this sent by General Zhao?" ”

At this time, the north-south traffic remains unchanged, and fresh lychees are extremely difficult to preserve, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, to eat fresh lychees in the north, the only way to transport them is by fast horses. Zhang Caiwei is the daughter of the prince, and she has only eaten fresh lychees in Dunhuang, and she was offered by the king of Shu and rewarded by Queen Kang. As for ordinary northern scholars, most of them only know the allusion of "riding the red dust", but have never seen fresh lychees.

Li Ruoxue said "um" softly, reached out and picked up a lychee, peeled it off and handed it to her.

"It was delivered last night." Li Ruoxue said in a low voice, "When I was studying with Yuan Zhi, I happened to see Bai Letian's "Lychee Preface" saying, 'The shell is like red silk, the membrane is like purple silk, the flesh is as white as snow, and the slurry is sweet and sour like cheese', I can't think of what this good fruit looks like, Yuan Zhi said that he will definitely come to me in the future to see." "Peeling off the red silk and purple silk like a green onion, I saw that the flesh was crystal white and snow-white, exuding a fresh lychee aroma, which made her nose suddenly feel sour.

"Tsk," Zhang Caiwei sighed, "Zhao Yuanzhi can be regarded as having a heart." ”

In the middle of summer, it is the season when Lingnan lychees are ripe, just picked and put into the curling stone for preservation, and the fast horse gallops all the way, without delay along the way, before it can be sent to Luoyang within three days. Zhang Caiwei counted the time, and it happened to be the time when Zhao Xingde was trapped in Guangzhou and arranged to deal with pirates. He either did it in his busy schedule, or planned early, arranged for someone to wait in Lingnan, and as soon as the lychee was ripe, he quickly sent it to Luoyang to complete the original agreement between the two.