The clouds sail in the wind, the boat goes like an arrow, the crowd on the Jiangzhou wharf is blurred into a gray shadow in a blink of an eye, the river is tortuous, the sky is high and the earth is far away, but it also pulls this strong parting feeling.

Zhou Xuan stood at the stern of the boat for a long time, thinking back on the past with the Lin sisters, one was gentle and elegant, the other was innocent and lively, and the farther away, the more vivid the image.

Qin Que said: "Husband, go into the cabin and sit, it's too hot this day." ”

Zhou Xuan returned to the main cabin to sit down, this big ship is the luxury ship that Lin Dai sent his two daughters into Beijing at the beginning of the year, more than 20 zhang long, seven zhang wide, three floors up and down, the lower front cabin lives in the boatman, the rear cabin puts sundries and carriages and horses, and the upper floor is built with four separated courtyards, just like streets and alleys, Zhou Xuan and Qin Que, Sewing Needle, Xiaodi lived in the exquisite courtyard where the fairy Jingyi lived, carved beams and painted buildings, red felt paving, extremely luxurious.

Zhou Xuan saw that Concubine Zhang collapsed, and couldn't help but think of the time when Jingyi Fairy was seasick and he led Jingyi Fairy's toes to both **, it was really charming, and asked: "Finch, needle, how do you feel, you won't be seasick, right?" ”

The sewing needle sat on a large chair with a backrest, holding a fan and shaking it gently, the pregnant woman was afraid of the heat, and said: "I don't get seasick, I won't get dizzy when I come back with the draft boat last year." ”

Qin Que said: "It's the first time I've taken a boat, I don't feel dizzy, even if I'm dizzy, I'm not afraid, just two golden needles will be pricked." ”

Xiaodi climbed on the carved pane to look at the scenery of the riverbank, and shouted: "Xiaodi is not dizzy, Xiaodi is so happy!" ”

Qin Que said with a smile: "Xiaodi knows how to play, now it's okay, follow my brother-in-law to Jinling, there are many people playing, don't waste your studies." ”

Zhou Xuandao: "Set your homework every day, study for half a day, play for half a day, and don't force a child to learn this and that." In the future, if our Xiao Zhi is born, I will give her as much freedom as possible, don't go too far, and play as much as she likes. ”

Qin Que covered his mouth and smiled: "Then our Xiao Zhi Ruo will not become Miss Lin Er!" ”

The needle said: "Miss Lin Er is also very good, I and Qi'er both like her." ”

Qin Que suddenly remembered something. Asked: "Husband, did the prince of the Southern Han Dynasty say that he would go to Jinling in the middle of next month, stay in Jinling for a month at most, and then the husband will send Princess Qingle to the Southern Han Dynasty, so can't he wait for Xiao Zhiruo to be born?" Xiao Zhiruo was born in late August. ”

The needle looked at Zhou Xuan's face with concern, of course she hoped that her husband would be by her side.

Zhou Xuan touched the back of the white and fat hand of the sewing needle, and soothed: "I must find a way to delay until Xiao Zhiruo is born before leaving, and let the prince of the Southern Han Dynasty play in Jinling for a few more days." His Majesty and Niangniang also wished that Princess Qingle would leave a few days later. ”

It was the dog days, the climate was hot, and Li Jian, who was on the other boat, knew that Cousin Xuan had a lady with a big belly, so he specially took care of the pilot warship, and at noon he berthed at the riverbank water station, and everyone went ashore to rest and eat at the water station. When Shen Shi re-boarded the ship and set sail, anyway, there was enough time, not in a hurry, and the night boat was very cool, the weather was sunny for several days, the moon was shining, and the night voyage was faster, Li Jian simply ordered to sail at night and rest during the day.

The water post along the river had already learned the news that the East Palace and Xinzhou Hou Shui Road had entered Beijing, and they had transferred manpower. Preparing the food and drink of nearly 1,000 people on five large ships, it was a smooth journey, and they arrived in Chizhou on June 14, resting in the water post during the day, and the officials of Chizhou Thorn Shiwei came to visit.

Continuing to sail at night, Li Jian invited Zhou Xuan to his boat for a long talk, a bright moon in the sky, a wandering scattered moon in the heart of the river, but seeing the moon and the moon, the long river is mirrored. The boat sailed on the water, and the waves were silent.

Zhou Xuan and Li Jian stood side by side, cloaked in the wind, and even exhaled refreshmently, and the attendants of the East Palace put a few cases, wine and food. Let His Royal Highness and the Hou Ye sit and enjoy the moon and have a long talk.

Li Jian sighed: "In the deep palace. How to recognize this great river and mountain! My brother has traveled all over 36 states as a draft envoy last year, and he has known the mountains and rivers are magnificent. Vowed to make the country strong and the people rich, God is fortunate to have cousin Xuan to help me, in the past six months, my Tang country has shown prosperity everywhere, and I feel high-spirited when I think about it. ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "Brother Jian will definitely become a good emperor, I will give Brother Jian a cup." ”

The two clinked glasses, drank them all, looked at each other and laughed.

Zhou Xuan said: "Chen Ji must have arrived in Jianzhou, Lan Lianchang should not have arrived in Quanzhou yet, His Royal Highness should prepare early, if Qingyuan is in civil strife, my Tang State should send troops quickly, the opportunity is rare." ”

Li Jian nodded and said: "My brother went out of Beijing this time, my father gave me the power to control the military and political affairs of the three major capitals in the southeast, including the Yong'an Protectorate bordering Qingyuan, I have asked General Chen Ji to pass the order to Chen Shilang, pay close attention to the situation in Qingyuan, 20,000 new troops and 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yong'an Protectorate can kill Xianxialing at any time, 15,000 soldiers of Zhennan Protectorate are also on standby, and 10,000 soldiers and horses of Lin Duhu, once the war starts, you can wave your army south at any time, although Chen Si'an is known as 80,000 elite soldiers, but if Pan and Lei are surnamed civil strife, Chen Si'an took care of one and lost the other. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I'm afraid that someone in the DPRK will hinder me." ”

Li Jian pondered for a while, and said: "If you send troops, you will send troops, it will take almost a month for the news to be transmitted back to the DPRK, and the war is almost over. ”

Zhou Xuandao: "Chen Si'an's father and son have been operating for two generations, and the Qingyuan forces are deeply rooted, if you want to wipe it out in one fell swoop, I am afraid that it will not be easy, I think the best result is to capture Zhangzhou, connect the two surnames of Pan and Lei, and gradually weaken Chen Si'an's power and force him to surrender." ”

Li Jian exclaimed: "What Cousin Xuan said is very true, and Chen Shilang also said the same thing at the beginning. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Wu Yue Qian has to step up his vigilance, speaking of which, our Tang Kingdom is really attacked on all sides." ”

Li Jian said: "Therefore, it is particularly important to make peace with the Southern Han Dynasty, and my father sent you as a wedding envoy to consider that you are resourceful and can adapt to changes." ”

Zhou Xuandao: "We will not fail in our mission." ”

The two talked about it in the middle of the night, and they slept on this side of the boat.

On the 16th, the ship passed through Tongling, and it rained heavily for two days in succession, so for the sake of safety, it was decided to moor the boat ashore and wait for the rain to stop and the flood peak had passed, and then sail again, so that the fleet arrived at the Bailuzhou Wharf in Jinling on the morning of 22 June.

The ship of the East Palace docked first, and the civil and military officials of Qi Zhang, who were ordered by Zhongshu, came to greet the East Palace, and the people on Zhou Xuan's ship all hugged the bow of the ship. Xiao Cumin had sharp eyes, saw the people from the Xinzhou Hou Mansion who came to greet her, and introduced to the two ladies Qin Que and Su Needle: "That's Master Gu Changshi, that's the eldest grandson and the little grandson, that's the fourth gentleman, that's Da Luo, Xiao Luo's brother who plays football, and the sheep girl is also here, and it's General Lin Heishan over there." There are so many people, and the government has been dispatched. ”

Qin Que and the sewing needle are sweet in their hearts, full of expectations for the future days, the husband is both a marquis and a scholar, and the relationship with the East Palace is so good, it is not easy to live in the capital, and it is easy to live in the capital with the husband.

The big ship docked. Zhou Xuan took the pot-bellied Su Suqi to get off the boat first, and then held Qin Que with Xiaodi.

Lin Heishan strode forward, held Zhou Xuan's hand, and laughed heartily: "Brother Xuan, you really brought the two younger siblings here, it's great, it will be lively in the future." Ah, Brother and Sister Su have such a big belly, then I, Lin Heishan, am not going to be uncles! ”

Qin Que and the sewing needle hurriedly saluted the righteous brother of Fu Jundi, and said, "Brother Black Mountain." ”

Lin Heishan swept his eyes and asked, "Brother Xuan, what about my little sister-in-law, she didn't follow?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Hanyun didn't come this time. Lin Heishan's eyes widened and he asked, "Brother Xuan, what's the matter, aren't you going to marry a little sister-in-law?" ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "Did I say before that I wanted to marry Lin Hanyun?" Who did Brother Montenegro listen to? ”

Qin Que hurriedly said, "Brother Black Mountain." Miss Lin Er is engaged to my husband and will get married in the spring of next year. ”

Lin Heishan was overjoyed and grinned.

The four idiots hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The tea slave greets the master and the two master mothers. ”

Zhou Xuan laughed and said: "Fourth, I haven't seen you for more than two months, but you have raised a lot of white and fat, with fine skin and tender meat——"

The thin and thin four idiots hurriedly touched their faces, and in an instant they looked quite like women.

The third idiot said: "Fourth brother, the master is joking with you." ”

The four idiots gave salutes to the third brother and third sister-in-law, and when they saw Tang Xiaosan and Hu Tong at a glance, they were overjoyed: "Little three, Hu Tong." You're here too! ”

Tang Xiaosan and Hu Tong hurriedly came over to greet him: "Mr. Fourth, the son wants to open a level Qiuzhan Hall in Beijing, and the two of us will follow." ”

The four idiots said with great interest: "Okay, great, you can catch insects after the summer." Then you two will follow me. This year, you must catch the best insects at the general level, and if you are lucky, you will be invincible if you catch the king of insects. ”

The two teenagers were said by the four idiots. Gear up, blood boiling.

Huang Xingjian and Gu Liuquan also came to greet him, and Zhou Xuan said: "Why are the two old gentlemen here, this poisonous sun, hurry up and get in the car and go back to the house to talk again." ”

When everyone was in chaos and lively to see each other, Yang Xiaofeng stood quietly on the side like a lonely plum chrysanthemum, staring at Zhou Xuan with wonderful eyes, staring at Zhou Xuan's every move, with infinite tenderness in his eyes, seeing that everyone saw the ceremony, he stepped forward lightly, bowed down at Zhou Xuan's feet, and shouted: "Childe-" and called to Qin Que and Sewing Needle: "Madame-"

Zhou Xuan helped him up, shook Yang Xiaofeng's soft and boneless jade hand, and said with a smile: "Xiaofeng is very well-behaved this time, and he didn't let ** heart." ”

The sheep's cheeks are flushed, and they are glamorous.

Rui Chu came over to salute Yang Xiaoqi and said, "Sheep Master." "A look of joy on his face.

Yang Xiaofeng was also stunned when he saw Rui Chu, who didn't apply fat powder and didn't make yuan and makeup, and immediately recognized that this was Rui Chu from Jiangzhou Miaoyin Building, and smiled shyly: "Rui Chu-"

A large group of people who came to greet him, Xiaodi only recognized Lin Heishan, Mr. Lao Si and Yang Xiaofeng, three acquaintances, who were very affectionate and shouted: "Sister Yang." ”

Yang Xiaofeng touched Xiaodi's flute and smiled sweetly.

Li Jian came over and said, "Cousin Xuan, you can go with me to see my father and queen mother now." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I'd better wait for Your Majesty to summon you, and my two wives will also meet Your Majesty and Niangniang together." ”

Li Jian said: "Okay, we'll see you tomorrow." ”

Li Jian left first with his people, Zhou Xuan returned to the Xinzhou Hou Mansion accompanied by Lin Heishan, General Qi left behind with a hundred elite soldiers, and the remaining 400 Fenghua sailors returned with the ship.

Lin Duhu told General Qi in Jiangzhou, and ordered him to lead this hundred carefully selected government soldiers to be stationed in the Hou Mansion, take care of the family and the courtyard in his spare time, and follow the guards when he went to the Southern Han Dynasty, and these 100 people were used as Zhou Xuan's personal soldiers.

Xiangluanfang Xinzhou Hou Mansion inside and outside the jubilant spirits, the family servants and servants are full of energy waiting for the arrival of the Hou Ye and his wife, Zhou Xuan smiled and led the two little wives to his residence "Hibiscus Garden", the two little wives secretly exclaimed, this mansion is really too big, Jiangzhou Prefecture Zhou Mansion is already big enough, but compared with this mansion, I am afraid that one-third is not as good.

There are three wooden buildings in the "Furong Garden", dozens of rooms, eight Yahuan from Jiangzhou, more than ten servant women all live in it, Rui Chu and four maiko live in the "Furong Garden" behind the "Jin Building", Nian Nujiao also lives there, the steward came to Zhou Xuan to ask where Yang Xiaofeng lived, do you want to move out of the "Furong Garden"?

Zhou Xuan said: "Xiao Feng doesn't move, he still lives in the original room of Furong Garden. ”

The steward nodded and thought, "Master Hou really looks at the sheep girl differently, fortunately, I didn't advocate for her to move out." ”

After being busy for a long time, just arranged the accommodation of Qin Que and others, the officials who came to meet arrived again, Xu Mian, the king of Wei, came to the door in person, as well as the officials of Jixian Palace, Bachelor Pan, Zongzheng Temple, Guanglu Temple, Zhou Xuan set up a banquet to entertain King Wei and other officials, Lin Heishan, Gu Changshi accompanied, and when they were drinking and talking, the white eunuch in the palace came to pass the decree, announcing that the Marquis of Zhou and his wife would meet in Zichen Hall early tomorrow morning. Zhou Xuan left the white eunuch behind and drank two cups together until the end of the day.

After Xu Mian, the king of Wei, and others left, Zhou Xuan asked Lin Heishan and Gu Changshi what major events had happened in Beijing in the past two months?

Lin Heishan said: "It's not a big deal, only General Wei Huangfu Jixun seems to be much better, and I don't smile when I see my brother." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Brother Montenegro should beware of that Emperor Fu Jixun, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a deep meaning for you to lead one of the eight guards of Jinling, Zhongwuwei." ”

Lin Heishan said solemnly: "Yes, I understand. ”

Gu Changshi said: "Hou Ye, recently, King Jing Taoguang has been obscure, there are few activities, Beijing is relatively calm, Hou Ye has been vigorously and resolutely rectifying the rule of officials in Xinzhou, and the reputation is excellent, it is said that His Majesty has mentioned it to the ministers several times and praised Hou Ye. ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "King Jing can't do it if he doesn't Taoguang, he can't do it, he will hurt his muscles and bones for a hundred days, and he will have to Taoguang for a while." ”

Everyone laughed, and as they were talking, the government officials came to report that they had arrived under the East Palace.

The Snow Pig Prince is about to play, this person is both ridiculous and ridiculous, and the trip to the Southern Han Dynasty is even more thrilling and fun, book friends wait and see.