Qu Zhao smiled, knowing that although her emperor was young, he was not an ordinary person, so she put down the lottery and came over to rub Zhao Huaiyan's shoulders.

Zhao Huaiyan leaned back for a while and continued to finish transcribing the painting.

When the drawing was finished, she pressed it with a measuring stick, braced herself up, and went to sleep.

When she came the next day, she sent someone to frame the painting and send it to Zhao Xian.

Zhao Xian saw the painting, and saw that the painting was made by his daughter, not to mention how happy he was, he hung the painting on the wall in front of the room and admired it every day.

Yan Chi returned to China, and received a letter from Yuanxing in the middle of the road, and after opening it, there was no trace of expression change on his handsome face, and only the corners of his mouth hooked up endless coldness.

He slightly supported his forehead, looking out from the gorgeous carriage curtains, the trees on both sides of the official road retreated rapidly, the sun was shining, the birds and birds flew up when the carriage passed, and slowly fluttered and fell, what a beautiful scenery, what a beautiful river and mountain, the country is good, but there is a lack of a confidant around him.

Yan Chi pinched the letter in his hand, shattered it with internal force, and threw it out of the window.

It was the carriage of the State of Chu that fell one step behind his carriage.

Emperor Chu and Chu Chaohuan sat together.

When the wind blew those paper foams from the front to the back, and was swept away by Chu Chaohuan at a glance, she poked her head out and shouted at Qinghai in front of her.

Qinghai immediately called on the horse, drove to her window, and asked, "Princess Chu, what's wrong?" ”

Chu Chaohuan pointed to the flying dust outside, "Yan Chi got it?" ”

Qinghai replied, "It's the emperor." ”

Chu Chaohuan asked, "What's wrong?" Get up on the wrong side of the bed? ”

Qinghai's brows moved and he shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Chu Chaohuan thought for a while and said to Emperor Chu, "Dad, I'll go talk to Yan Chi, he may be bored alone." ”

Emperor Chu glanced at her, and then at Qinghai, which was not far away or close to outside, did not avoid it, and said with a smile, "You want to accompany Emperor Yan to talk to relieve boredom, but he may not be willing, Huan'er, there is a sentence that Dad has to tell you, there are some things, you can't shave your head and your burden is hot, when you leave, you should keep the rules, if you are really worried about Emperor Yan, you might as well let Princess Yanle or Princess Yan Guangning go and see, you don't want to catch this boring." ”

Emperor Chu is still older in the end, and he has experienced more things than Chu Chaohuan, Chu Chaohuan is not unable to see Yan Chi's rejection of her, but if love can be controlled, then it is not love, if the heart can be controlled, then there is not so much helplessness.

Chu Chaohuan understood what Emperor Chu meant, it was nothing more than to let her stay a little reserved, but she was already very reserved, otherwise, after so many years, how could she only nest in Chu and not go to Yan Kingdom?

With her friendship with Yan Chi, with her friendship with Yan Le and Yan Guangning, she lives in the Yan Kingdom Palace, and no one can say anything.

But she didn't.

It's because she also knows how to avoid suspicion.

At that time, she avoided suspicion because she had an inexplicable trust in Yan Chi, she knew that he would not be tempted by other women, and ordinary women also wanted to move his heart.

She is not afraid, so she guards the state of Chu.

But now, Yan Chi was robbed by a woman, and she couldn't stay in peace anymore.

Chu Chaohuan didn't want to listen to Emperor Chu's words, but love was her own, she didn't take the initiative, no one could help herself, and it was not her own style to wait for Yan Chi, who was not on her, to wait for Yan Chi, who was not on her, to look back at her, she had to take the initiative, otherwise, this man would really have nothing to do with her.

Chu Chaohuan smiled a little sadly and said, "Dad, I understand what you want to say, but there are some things that can't be solved with reason, emotional matters, you let me handle it myself!" ”

Emperor Chu glanced at her and said nothing.

Chu Chaohuan shouted to Guan Ling and asked her to call the coachman to stop.

Waiting for the car to stop, Chu Chaohuan lifted his skirt and got out of the carriage with the support of Guan Ling.

Emperor Chu was silent, and when Chu Chaohuan dismounted, he instructed the coachman to change lanes and go in the direction of Pengji Guangzhou, he was going to return to China through Pengji Guangzhou, not through Yanguo.

After Chu Chaohuan got out of the carriage, Qinghai in front saw it, he hurriedly said to Yan Chi inside through the window, Yan Chi stopped the advancing team, he probed out, looked at Chu Chaohuan who walked slowly, frowned and asked, "Why did you get off the carriage?" ”

Seeing Emperor Chu's carriage rushing in other directions, he asked, "Did you quarrel with your father?" ”

Chu Chaohuan pretended to be angry and pursed his mouth, "There was a quarrel, I won't go back in a fit of anger, do you want to take me in?" ”

Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, "What kind of quarrel?" ”

Chu Chaohuan snorted, "He has to say that our marriage has been confirmed on the day you ascended the throne, and he will have to tell you about this matter when he goes back this time, but I know that if you want to marry Zhao Huaiyan first, it is impossible to take a concubine before you have a queen, but he didn't listen, so I quarreled with him, and finally got off the carriage like this." ”

She said aggrievedly, "I'm homeless." ”

Yan Chi chuckled, "How can it be as serious as you say, the word homelessness can't be said nonsense." ”

He thought for a while, and then said, "Then you can take a carriage with Yan Le and Yan Guangning, go to Yan Country first, and I will write a letter to your father when I go back, and ask him to send someone to pick you up." ”

Chu Chaohuan looked at the smile on the corner of his mouth and thought, he is not in a bad mood!

She was also very happy to stay as she wished, she lifted the hem of her skirt and saluted him naughtily, "Thank you Emperor Yan for taking him in." ”

Yan Chi shook his head, retracted his gaze and stopped looking at her.

Chu Chaohuan boarded Yan Le and Yan Guangning's carriage with the gentle support of Guan Ling, and as soon as he got up, Yan Le shouted, "Oh, Sister Chaohuan!" ”

Yan Guangning was not as naughty as Yan Le, she sat there calmly, and shouted at Chu Chaohuan with a smile.

Chu Chaohuan is the same age as Yan Chi, older than Yan Le and Yan Guangning, and they are usually sisters.

Chu Chaohuan sat with them very harmoniously, chatting all kinds of things all the way.

In this way, Chu Chaohuan followed Yan Chi's team into the imperial capital of Yan State.

After Yan Chi ascended the throne, the prince's mansion was not withdrawn, but there was no one to live in, except for the palace maids and eunuchs who were cleaning, the palace was quiet everywhere.

The housekeeper Gan Yang became the steward of the palace of Emperor Yan Chi, and the warriors and civil servants who followed Yan Chi also got their own errands and were assigned to different fields.

Now that the State of Qi has been leveled, the territory of the Yan State has expanded, and the national gazetteer has been redivided, from the original ninety-three states to one hundred and fifty-seven states, and the extra states and towns are either from the ministers attached to the original Qi State, or they are transferred from the Yan State, and the number of these officials is quite large, and these civil servants and warriors raised by Yan Chi in the Prince's Mansion are all used.

The prince's mansion was vacant, and Chu Chaohuan wanted to live after he came, Yan Chi frowned, and refused without thinking.

Chu Chaohuan asked the reason, Yan Chi said that it was not suitable, the current Yan State Prince's Mansion is just an old mansion, how can it be used to entertain the princess of a country, Yan Chi asked Chu Chaohuan to live in the hotel, Chu Chaohuan was unwilling, Yan Chi didn't care about her, let her choose her own residence, the prince's mansion can't be chosen, his palace can't be chosen, the rest of the place, she is casual.

Chu Chaohuan chose to live with Yan Guangning.

Yan Chi didn't say anything.

After Chu Chaohuan lived in the palace of Yan State, Zhou Biezhi heard the news and went home to talk about it, not daring to comment more, but she was an old minister of Yan State, how could she not know the friendship between Yan Chi and Chu Chaohuan?

Compared to Zhao Huaiyan, it is really much deeper.

Zhou Beizhi planned to resign from the post of director of the Tai Hospital after she went to Zhao State in Yanxingzhou, and she also wanted to go to Zhao State to accompany Yan Xingzhou.

Over the years, she has treated Yan Xingzhou as the emperor, more like an eldest brother.

Yan Xingzhou is old, and her health is not as good as before, if she doesn't serve by her side, something will happen if she can't keep it!

Moreover, the water and soil of Zhao State are different from Yan Kingdom, and Zhao Xian has a feud with Yan Xingzhou, don't think that Zhao Xian can take care of Yan Xingzhou, it is impossible!

Zhou Beizhi was worried, and when Yan Xingzhou and Yan Chi went to Zhao Guoqing and Zhao Huaiyan ascended the throne as emperor, they proposed to be with Yan Xingzhou, Yan Xingzhou did not let him, saying that he and Yan Chi were gone, and there was no one to sit in this huge palace.

Zhou Beizhi had no choice but to stay.

She also knew that the Qi State had just been destroyed, and there were many people who wanted to come to Yan Country to seek revenge, and there must have been many people who came to make trouble during the time when Yan Xingzhou and Yan Chi went to Zhao State.

And Yan Chi and Yan Xingzhou will definitely encounter many killers on the way to Zhao State.

But Zhou Beizhi is not worried about what those killers can do to Yan Chi and Yan Xingzhou, she still trusts the ability of this father and son.

Now, Yan Xingzhou stayed in Zhao safely, and Yan Chi also returned to China safely, so she wondered when to mention the matter of resignation.

happened to encounter Chu Chaohuan's matter, she was unhappy in her heart, and complained in front of Zhou Xiaochan and Jin Ping, and then mentioned it.

Zhou Xiaochan and Jin Ping were stunned when they heard that she was going to resign.

Zhou Xiaochan raised her head and said, "Mother, did you want to resign because Brother Yan Chi acquiesced in Princess Chu living in the palace and was upset for Sister Huaiyan, or did you have this idea in the first place?" ”

Zhou Beizhi sighed and said, "My mother is old, and I haven't been upset with anyone, the emperor's affairs, the emperor knows in his heart, I can't control it, my mother thinks that you have grown up, your body has recovered as before, and you can take over your mother's class, so my mother plans to unload the burden and go to the mountains and play in the water." ”

Jin Ping glanced at her and said in a low voice, "No matter where you go, I will accompany you, you can't leave me alone and get away with it by yourself." ”

Zhou Beizhi smiled faintly, although his face at this moment was old, he had the brightness of a girl's spring.

Jin Ping was stupid, and immediately bowed his head and silently picked up the food.

Zhou Xiaochan chuckled, seeing the relationship between her mother and Uncle Jinping, she just didn't see it, she just tightened her little eyebrows, pouted and said, "My daughter's medical skills need to be mentioned by my mother for a while!" ”

Zhou Biezhi said with a smile, "You are very talented, you should not be restricted by your mother, your mother is not there, you can have more breakthroughs, studying medicine is the same as learning martial arts, the master leads the door, the practice is in yourself, you have a unique understanding, there is a creation, you will be far better than your mother, your mother should teach you, the way forward, rely on your own way." ”

Zhou Xiaochan saw that Zhou Beizhi had made up her mind, and sighed sullenly, after eating, she dropped the dishes and chopsticks and took Yinglan and Ning Yue to Zhu Xuanguang's mansion.

Zhu Xuanguang went to attack Qi with Yan Chi, although he failed to establish military merits because of the sideways action of Yixiao, one of the reincarnations of the Nine Emperors, he may have fought against Yixiao and retreated, which also made all the Yan soldiers who sent troops to attack Qi sigh, and they also admired Zhu Xuanguang's ability.

He Xuan, one of the generals of the Jiuzhu Inner Power Pavilion, died, and now it is the time to employ people, Yan Chi brought Zhu Xuanguang up, and now, Zhu Xuanguang is one of the generals in the Jiuzhu Inner Pavilion, and he was given a house and a plaque named General Zhu's Mansion.

When Zhou Xiaochan came, Zhu Xuanguang had just finished eating, and was about to go to Zeng Yan to ask him for advice on how to march and lead troops.

During the day, Zhu Xuanguang will also participate in the course of learning.

The generals and soldiers of the Jiuzhu Inner Power Pavilion had courses every day when there was no war, there were literary classes, there were martial arts courses, the literary classes taught the art of war, the martial arts class was the competition, the soldiers were lectured by the nine generals, and the one who lectured the generals was Yan Chi.

Recently, Yan Chi has been busy, and the course has been delayed, so Zhu Xuanguang has been studying with the other eight generals every day in addition to official duties.

I had already been to Zeng Yan yesterday, and I told Zeng Yan that he would go again after dinner today.

But as soon as Zhou Xiaochan came, Zhu Xuanguang couldn't go, he sent someone to Zeng Yan's mansion to say leave, saying that there was something to do today, so he didn't go, he welcomed Zhou Xiaochan into the mansion, and saw her sullenly lying on the table listlessly, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Yinglan and Ning Yue.

Yinglannunu mouthed, made a gesture of asking yourself, and turned to go down.

Ning Yue didn't tell Zhu Xuanguang either, letting him want to know what he asked.

Zhu Xuanguang was speechless, and when he saw that the two maids had gone down, he had to ask himself.

But when asked, Zhou Xiaochan didn't answer, she was still sullen, took out a handkerchief, and folded various graphics.

Zhu Xuanguang snatched her handkerchief with one hand and said with a cold face, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan glanced at him, aggrieved.

Zhu Xuanguang told himself, don't be angry, he pressed his eyebrows, threw the veil back to her, and asked, "Who messed with you?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan took back her handkerchief, and her little lips opened, "My mother." ”

Zhu Xuanguang was slightly stunned and asked puzzledly, "Lord Zhou?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan nodded.

Zhu Xuanguang suddenly smiled, looking at her eyes full of helplessness, "How can you be like a fool, how can you have children who are angry with your mother, why did your mother provoke you?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan said, "She said she was going to resign." ”

Zhu Xuanguang from the beginning of entering the Jiuzhu Inner Power Pavilion, and Zhou Biezhi had more contact, in the past, he followed Zhao Huaiyan to treat Zhou Xiaochan, and also had a lot of dealings with Zhou Biezhi, and then Zhao Huaiyan did not go, changed to Zhu Xuanguang, Zhu Xuanguang and Zhou Biezhi got along more, later, Zhao Huaiyan cured Zhou Xiaochan's illness, Zhou Xiaochan traveled thousands of miles to Qi to treat him, after coming back, Zhu Xuanguang came to the door every day, visited Zhou Xiaochan, and from time to time, gave her a test to repay her kindness, over time, The relationship between him and Zhou Xiaochan has grown by leaps and bounds, and the relationship between him and Zhou Biezhi has also grown by leaps and bounds, even with the subordinates of the Zhou Mansion.

In the past, when Yinglan and Ning Yue saw him, they would still think that he was a guest and be polite to him, but now, they completely treat him as their own, and they can treat him as they like.

Zhou Biezhi also vaguely mentioned to Zhu Xuanguang a few times the idea of unloading his armor and returning to the field, but at that time, Yan Xingzhou had not yet retired from the throne, she just thought about it, and did not really act.

Now, Yan Xingzhou is gone, and Zhou Biezhi will probably go too.

Zhu Xuanguang could understand Zhou Beizhi, seeing that Zhou Xiaochan was sullen because of this, he explained softly, "Lord Zhou is indeed not young, officials of her age are basically retired, I heard that the old prime minister left his official position and went home to retire when he was sixty years old, your mother is seventy-two, she can live for many years I don't know, maybe very long, can live a hundred years old, maybe very short, not to live eighty, and whether it is a long life of 100 years or eighty years old, for her, it is very short, she has been tired for most of her life, For the rest of her life, she wants to be happy, you are a daughter, you should support it, why are you sad and depressed? ”

Zhou Xiaochan sighed, her eyes fell on the embroidery on the corner of the handkerchief, she didn't move for a long time, and she muttered after a long time, "I'm reluctant, I don't want to be separated from my mother, she is gone, that is the end of the world, if you want to see each other again, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky." ”

Zhu Xuanguang lowered his eyes to look at her, and the little girl was sad and sad.

Zhu Xuanguang reached out and touched her little head, giving silent comfort.

Zhou Xiaochanwu was sad for a while and said, "I didn't stop her, I was just a little sad, so I came to you to talk about it, and after telling you, I felt much better." ”

She stood up and was leaving.

Zhu Xuanguang called out to her, "Your medical skills are so good, you can enter the Tai Hospital, the Tai Hospital is your mother's second home, if you go, you can always feel that your mother is by your side, and every medicine and box there have probably been touched by her, right?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan turned around suddenly, looking at him with blazing eyes.

Zhu Xuanguang touched his nose, "I just suggested, if you don't want to go, don't go." ”

Zhou Xiaochan rushed over all of a sudden, threw herself into his arms, hugged his waist, and was extremely excited, "Thank you, I forgot about this!" ”

She turned around again, and had just taken three or five steps, when she thought of something, and she turned her head again.

Zhu Xuanguang was recovering from the embarrassment of hugging her, and heard her say, "My mother said that Princess Chu lived in the palace today, you should have heard about it, Yan Chi ......" was originally going to call Brother Yan Chi, but after thinking about it, he changed his words, "The emperor has agreed to take Princess Nachu as a concubine, so what about Sister Huaiyan?" ”

When it came to Zhao Huaiyan, Zhu Xuanguang still had a lot of ripples in his heart, he glanced at the light of his eyes, and said lightly, "The emperor wants to marry the princess of Zhao Guo as the queen, and if he is not crowned, he should not accept a concubine, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Zhou Xiaochan nodded, "Oh." ”

At this moment, she left with peace of mind, and after she went back, she wrote a letter, sent it to the palace, and handed it over to Yan Chi.

Yan Chi got the letter, and after reading it, Xuanren brought Zhou Xiaochan into the palace.

After entering the palace, Yan Chi asked Zhou Xiaochan, "Do you want to enter the Tai Hospital?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan said, "Hmm. ”

Yan Chi said with a smile, "Your mother is the head of the Tai Hospital, it is very convenient to introduce you to the Tai Hospital, you can tell your mother directly, why did you find me?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan pursed her lips, "My mother never mentioned it, and I don't want to trouble her, she wants to resign." ”

Yan Chi was stunned, "Aunt Zhou is going to resign?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan said, "Yes." ”

Yan Chi said, "I haven't heard of it. ”

Zhou Xiaochan said, "She should mention it tomorrow in the court, she wants to go on a tour with Uncle Jinping, but I know that she wants to go to Zhao and take care of the emperor, I am her daughter, how can I not understand her, tomorrow she said this in front of the Manchu Dynasty, and you have no reason to refuse." ”

Yan Chi pursed her thin lips and groaned.

Zhou Xiaochan glanced at him, "Don't refuse her, let her go, I'll go to the hospital." ”

Yan Chi put the wolf on the pen table, leaned back slightly, and raised his eyes to look at her, "If Aunt Zhou doesn't recommend you, then if you enter the hospital, you will have to be assessed." ”

Zhou Xiaochan said, "I'm not afraid of assessments. ”

Yan Chi nodded, "Then tomorrow, I will give an order to the Zhou Mansion, and you will enter the palace after receiving the holy decree, and I will ask the Tai Hospital to arrange the assessment." ”

Zhou Xiaochan said yes, then stopped bothering him and saluted and left.

Walking to the door, she slowly folded her feet again, looked at the man in the dragon chair in the imperial study from a distance, and asked, "Is Sister Huaiyan okay?" ”

Yan Chi smiled and said, "She's fine." ”

Zhou Xiaochan sighed, "Sister Huaiyan has ascended the throne as the emperor, Brother Yan Chi wants to marry her, it's difficult to marry, right?" ”

Yan Chi pursed his lips and glared at her.

Can't this little girl say something nice?

What does it mean to be difficult to marry?

In his Yan Chi's eyes, there are still difficult things to do?

No matter how difficult it is, you have to marry.

Yan Chi said angrily, "Sooner or later, she will no longer be your sister Huaiyan, but a sister-in-law, the queen of Yan Kingdom." ”

Zhou Xiaochan smiled, "Hmm! I believe in Brother Yan Chi! ”

Yan Chi was happy and waved her hand to let her go.

The next day, Zhou Beizhi mentioned the matter of resignation as soon as she came to the court, as soon as she said this, the entire Jinluan Hall was a sensation, and the ministers all looked at each other, Duan Dongli glanced at Yan Chi on the dragon throne, and saw the man's dragon robe, sitting upright in the dragon chair, Jun had no expression on his face, and even his eyes did not change.

Duan Dongli's heart slowly relaxed.

The emperor was not angry.

Of course Yan Chi will not be angry, he knows that the revolutionary friendship between Zhou Beizhi and Yan Xingzhou is strong, Yan Xingzhou went to Zhao State, and Zhou Beizhi will also follow, he has long known that there will be such a day.

Yan Chi raised his hand, and the ministers below immediately didn't dare to talk about it.

Yan Chi didn't ask any superfluous words, only said a quasi-word, the monarchs and ministers began to look at each other again, Zhou Beizhi said thank the emperor for Longen, and retreated to the queue.

The early dynasty continued.

When it was over, Yan Chi returned to the imperial study, and Zhou Beizhi followed, she wanted to kneel down to Yan Chi and bid farewell to this section of the road of monarchs and ministers.

Yan Chi personally helped her up and pressed her into the chair, "Aunt Zhou has served my father for many years, and she is loyal, but now that she is old, she still thinks about my father's body, and rushed to him thousands of miles, it is Yan Chi who wants to thank Aunt Zhou, and she has to kneel to you, how can you make Aunt Zhou kneel and worship." ”

Zhou Beizhi looked at him with tears in his eyes.

This young emperor, she has seen the big one since she was a child, he has changed from such a small sapling to today's towering tree, with deep roots and lush leaves, difficult to shake, which makes the eight countries jealous, and makes Yan State embark on a stronger road, he is the son of Yan Xingzhou, he will not disappoint the people and ministers of the entire Yan Kingdom, Zhou Beizhi knows that the wishes of every emperor in the imperial tomb of Yan Kingdom will be realized in his hands.

She wanted to assist him, she wanted to witness a moment in history.

But she is old, and she can no longer afford to accompany him on this journey of kings and ministers.

She was sorry, but she was still very relieved.

Looking at this cold-blooded emperor who kills outside and is indifferent and ruthless on the battlefield, but when he treats the people and ministers, he is humble and polite, gentle and virtuous, she is proud of Yan Kingdom.

Zhou Beizhi's eyes flashed with tears, but with a brighter smile, she stood up and patted Yan Chi's arm, "The Emperor is on the side, although the emperor can rest assured, my daughter still has to worry about the emperor." ”

Yan Chi said, "Aunt Zhou don't worry. ”

Zhou Beizhi nodded, said no more, turned his head and left.

When she left, Yan Chi wrote a holy decree and passed it to the Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Biezhi, Zhou Xiaochan, Jin Ping, and the subordinates of the Zhou Mansion knelt down together to receive the order.

When the father-in-law left, the master and servant of the Zhou Mansion all stood up.

Zhou Beizhi looked at Zhou Xiaochan, glanced at the holy decree in her hand again, and asked, "Are you looking for the emperor's holy decree?" ”

Zhou Xiaochan whispered, "Hmm! I want to inherit my mother's mantle. ”

Zhou Biezhi sighed slightly, thinking, inheriting the mantle of the mother, you don't have to enter the palace as a doctor, there are thousands of doctors in the world, and there are thousands of people who suffer from diseases, there are many places you can go, but you choose to enter the palace as a doctor, or not, she has no chance to assist the great emperor and witness the miracle moment of the unification of the nine countries, so leave it to your daughter.

Zhou Beizhi encouraged, "Since you have chosen, you must do a good job." ”

Zhou Xiaochan nodded, "Don't worry, my daughter will never embarrass her mother!" ”

Zhou Beizhi reached out and rubbed her face, hugged her into his arms, and said softly, "Mother is gone, you take care." ”