The night breeze is blowing, it is already late spring, and the last petals are gradually falling with the wind, spilling the courtyard paths.

Li Xinchen walked slowly through the courtyard, stepping on the fallen leaves of evergreen trees accompanied by flower petals, while the lights were still on in his bedroom, guiding the pedestrians through the darkness.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door behind him, Xiao Xiang put down the embroidery in his hand and said with a smile: "Why did my husband come back today, but everything outside is almost done?" ”

In order to save time, Li Xinchen has slept directly in the study in the past few days, and he has not entered the backyard door for three or four days, and Xiao Xiang obviously knows that Li Xinchen has been busy and almost dizzy these days, so in addition to ordering people to prepare meals on time every day, he has hardly disturbed Li Xinchen.

Picking up the cup on the table and taking a sip of water, Li Xinchen nodded. And Xiao Xiangqiao's face was slightly red, because she had just used the cup that Li Xinchen picked up just now, and it even had a rouge mark left by Xiao Xiang on it.

"I've been running outside all day today, I'm going to take a shower and change clothes, it's not too early, you should prepare to turn off the lights and rest first." Li Xinchen said with a smile.

Xiao Xiang responded, and hurriedly got up to order his subordinates to prepare hot water for bathing, and Li Xinchen waved his hand: "It's already so hot, what hot water do you use, go get two buckets of clean water and put them in the yard." ”

Xiao Xiang originally wanted to veto, but seeing Li Xinchen's insistence, he could only snort dissatisfiedly and let him go.

The wind rustled the branches of the trees in the courtyard, and the flowers and leaves fell like rain. Li Xinchen removed his coat three times and divided five by two, revealing his sturdy upper body, he lifted the bucket and watered it directly from the head down, the floating leaves and petals in the bucket fell on Li Xinchen's hair and shoulders, and Li Xinchen was unaware, and then lifted another bucket of water, which was the same as just now.

"Cool!" Li Xinchen stood in the courtyard with open hands and laughed. The strong muscles that have been trained over the past few days bulged out one by one, and Li Xinchen closed his eyes and felt the comfort of the wind blowing every inch of his skin. After so many days of dust, it is really rare to be so comfortable.

"I'm not afraid of catching a cold." Xiao Xiang said angrily, and reached out to take a towel to help Li Xinchen wipe his body.

And Li Xinchen looked at the busy girl who was close at hand, and his outstretched arms suddenly closed and hugged Xiao Xiang in his arms. Suddenly feeling the man's breath, Xiao Xiang trembled slightly, leaned on Li Xinchen's shoulder obediently, and stretched out his hand to wrap around Li Xinchen's waist: "Husband, the concubine hasn't seen her husband for a few days, I really miss you." ”

Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and scraped Xiao Xiang's nose: "Wasn't it a long time since I fought outside before?" ”

Xiao Xiangjiao snorted: "That's different!" I knew that my husband was fighting outside, but now it's obviously a wall, but there is no way to see my husband, can I miss the concubine? ”

Li Xinchen suddenly laughed: "The tomb knows, Xiang'er is protesting to a certain person." Okay, then as long as someone can be busy in the future, he will definitely accompany you, okay? ”

Xiao Xiang originally wanted to deny it, but he happened to meet Li Xinchen's gaze and nodded lightly. And Li Xinchen laughed and hugged her tighter. When the flowers fall, how much is sad about leaving people, and the most unbearable thing is the grace of beauty.

"Let's go, girl, we're resting."

"Hmm······ Ah, husband, what are you going to do?! ”

Li Xinchen hooked Xiao Xiang's legs, picked her up by the waist, and strode towards the bedroom: "Of course, it's to comfort and comfort a certain wife." ”

Xiao Xiang snorted dissatisfiedly, and then immediately went upstairs to Li Xinchen's neck.

And Li Xinchen let go of his footsteps, what Northern Zhou and Southern Chen, what is deceitful and deceitful, all left behind in this stormy time!

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In an inconspicuous small courtyard on the edge of Shu County, the evening breeze shook the trees, and the leaves fell one after another. And you can faintly see the figure outlined under the candlelight in the darkness.

Yang Su looked at the letter sent from the north and sat under the lamp without saying a word.

This was a letter carefully sent by Hongnong Yang's caravan, detailing the intensifying struggle in the northern court, and these news could not be known to Li Xinchen at least for now, after all, Yang Su himself had not yet sorted out the clue.

In fact, the dispute in the court of the Northern Zhou Dynasty actually boils down to Yu Wenyun's attitude has been ambiguous, making Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian both look like they have the appearance of "under one person and above ten thousand" in the future, especially during the national funeral before, coupled with internal and external troubles, so Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian seem to be united on the surface, and now Yu Wenyun has successfully ascended the throne and taken the throne, and the war in Bashu and Xiangyang and other places has also subsided.

If you want to talk about Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian, Yang Su has a certain understanding of himself. Yu Wenxian has always said that he has little interest in government affairs, but since Yuwen Yong Tuogu, Yu Wenxian has no intention of letting go easily, and more importantly, Yu Wenxian's status as a relative of Emperor Yu Wenxian and his experience as the commander of the Eastern Front of the Northern Zhou Dynasty have made him have a large number of supporters in the government and the opposition.

And Yang Jian is naturally not to mention, these years of fighting on the battlefield and sitting in the local area have allowed Yang Jian to gradually grow and strengthen, and there are also many officials under Yang Jian, especially Gao Xi and others who have already emerged, can support a piece of sky in the future. And Yang Jian's daughter Yang Lihua is Yu Wenyun's wife, the current queen, so Yang Jian is also a dignified prince, although he is not as good as Yu Wenxian, the king of Qi, he is also an out-and-out royal relative.

Compared with Yang Jian, Yu Wenxian took command after conquering the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he didn't have many officials for such a long time, plus Yu Wenxian himself is not too old, so he naturally does not have an advantage in young officials.

Therefore, in Yang Su's view, Yu Wenxian's biggest mistake was not to directly attack Yang Jian when Yu Wenyong died, which directly led to Yang Jian ascending to the sky because of Yu Wenyun's trust in him, and walked to a position where he could compete with Yu Wenxian head-on.

Now that Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian are evenly matched and have reached a balance, this may not be a good thing for a dynasty, but compared to two forces fighting each other to the death, and finally tearing the entire dynasty apart and becoming the same as the previous Eastern Wei and Western Wei, then this may not be a bad thing.

But now, in Hongnong Yang's letter, Yang Su clearly perceives the dangerous atmosphere.

Yu Wenyun frequently summoned Yang Jian, but he did not have any intimacy with Yu Wenxian, who was also at the head of the ministers, and Queen Yang Lihua was also rewarded by Yu Wenyun many times, and Yu Wenyun's respect and trust in Yang Jian was self-evident.

The young emperor, who had been on the throne for only half a year, finally expressed his dissatisfaction with the strange balance in the current court, and made his choice.

Yang Su reached out and placed the letter on the fire and watched the letter burn.

I don't know if this choice, for the Northern Zhou, is it prosperity or perdition?