Xia Huan's marriage was finally put on hold.

The news of the Northern Expedition had not yet spread at this time, and it belonged to the secrecy stage. Therefore, Xia Ze could only reply to the Empress Dowager Chu and said: "The man has never started a business, how can he talk about starting a family?" ”

After putting down this sentence, Xia Ze began to discuss the Northern Expedition with Jing Che Jishu and the others.

In the harem, there doesn't seem to be too much complaint about this.

Even, even the Empress Dowager Chu, who has always hoped that Xia Huan would become a family, did not complain about anything.

Therefore, Xia Huan was also relieved, at least, he didn't have to worry about being entangled by the Empress Dowager Chu all the time.

Since Xia Huan is back, the spirit of the Empress Dowager Chu is also exceptionally good. Even when it's time to rest on weekdays, I don't feel sleepy at all.

It wasn't until Hai that the Empress Dowager Chu rested under Xia Huan's persuasion.

Leaving the Empress Dowager Chu's bedroom, Xia Huan and Empress Jing traveled together.

To be honest, Xia Huan is still a little afraid of his biological mother. Especially after all the things that happened on the chin, he didn't believe that his mother, the adult, couldn't see through the little bits.

As one of the two great warrior clans on the Ying, Xia Huan must have greatly damaged the interests of the Jing clan while prying into other clans.

Therefore, now Xia Huan is most afraid of his mother and saying something favorable to the Jing family.

However, unexpectedly. For her son, who hadn't seen her for two months, Queen Jing didn't mention anything about government affairs. Yes, it's just words of concern.

The feelings in Wanwan's voice were by no means fake, but Xia Huan was a little moved.

In any case, a biological mother is a biological mother after all, and it is natural to lick calves.

Xia Huan has been crowned king, and according to the regulations, he should live in the post house. However, when he returned to the palace that belonged to him, he found that nothing had changed.

"Your Highness is back!"

"Your Highness, you're finally back!"

"Your Highness......"

The night should have been quiet, but now in front of the palace, it is bustling, like a market.

One by one, familiar faces confided to Xia Huan about the past two months.

Although there are joys and sorrows, most of them are still happy.

And Xia Huan also misses these people who used to get along day and night, and it was nearly an hour to talk like this.

Wait until the next day, no, it should be two hours later, when the court meeting, Xia Huan is still a little sleepy.

Today's court meeting is just a small court meeting once every three days, and the number of people is small, and most of them are inconsequential.

Although he didn't rest much yesterday, judging from the reactions of the people around him, Xia Huan didn't seem to know anything about the Northern Expedition.

You must know that although such a small pilgrimage meeting is not large, most of them are inconsequential. However, most of the people who participated were officials with more than 800 stones.

Even these officials are not qualified to know about the Northern Expedition, which shows how much Chu Emperor Xia Ze attaches importance to this. There will never be a trace of wind leaking.

Of course, in today's court meeting, in addition to those inconsequential people and things, Xia Huan deservedly became the protagonist in it.

When Xia Huan was in the middle of the water, he borrowed a boat to save the people, and when he was plagued, he took the lead, which made him have a lot of prestige among the people near Shoudu.

After all, it is extremely rare to love the people like a son so much, not to mention the prince, even the officials.

Since it is rare, once it appears, it will naturally become the object of flaunting.

Of course, it is not enough to be popular among the people.

Xia Huan's method of introducing grain with one hand earned the expectations of the Yu family and won the favor of Nanyang, but for the people of Shoudu, it brought only fear.

Especially if Xia Huan killed people before the joint flood, even if the people of the Jing family were at fault first, it was enough to show that Xia Huan was extremely hostile to them, the scholars of Shoudu.

You must know that the Jing family is Xia Huan's maternal family, and he can be called the first relative in the Chu State.

In this era of particular attention to blood ties, the rise of relatives in power is not only not suspicious, but a matter of course.

is such a relationship, Xia Huan can make the Jing family lose face, which is enough to cause these scholars to worry.

Of course, in this court, no one would be stupid enough to stand up and slander Xia Huan directly.

However, there are many people who praise Xia Huan and say that a small one is not enough for Xia Huan to display his talents.

The purpose of these people is nothing more than to make Xia Huan king.

Sealed the king, went to the fiefdom, and left Shoudu far away. Well, in simple terms, they can't afford to provoke, can't they hide?

Looking at the hundreds of officials who praised each other, Chu Emperor Xia Ze nodded with satisfaction.

"I'll think about it." Xia Ze said.

There was a hint of arrogance between the indifferent expressions. This is obviously a common problem of a father.

Seeing this scene, others may not have noticed anything.

However, Prime Minister Jing Che and General Ji Shu are people who are very familiar with Xia Ze, and they know the Northern Expedition even more.

The two of them glanced at Xia Huan silently, and they both had a guess in their hearts.

Although the meeting was small, it was a bit lengthy. By the time I went down, nearly two hours had passed.

Walking out of the palace gate, Xia Huan breathed a sigh of relief. The depressed feeling of the court is really not suitable for him.

didn't stop for a moment, Xia Huan, who was still a little sleepy before, immediately went straight to Shaofu.

In the case of the Northern Expedition, it is impossible to hide.

In order to enhance a little self-protection ability during the Northern Expedition, and take advantage of it to obtain some benefits for his subordinates, Xia Huan must first change a weapon for his subordinates.

The original Changxiu army was only more than 1,000 people and fully equipped.

However, after the plague, it expanded to two thousand, and the extra eight or nine hundred people still used the rusty Changge sword. It is so brittle that it breaks when you touch it, and it can only be used as an ornament.

The purchase of weapons and armor is naturally a top priority.

Shaofu is not far from the palace, and even, in the palace, there are some institutions of Shaofu. It's just that the part in charge of weapons is outside the palace.

Xia Huan rarely came to Shaofu, or in other words, except for the palace, few other people who were officials in the court knew Xia Huan.

It's not easy to get things done without people. This is almost a tradition that has been passed down in China for thousands of years.

However, when Xia Huan really saw Shaofu himself, this person's attitude towards Xia Huan was surprisingly good.

"This gentleman wants a thousand pairs of leather armor."

"Your Highness, please take it yourself, in addition, there are 100 pairs of iron armor in the treasury, and Your Highness can also take it."

"This gentleman wants 300 pairs of armor shields and 300 short blades."

"Your Highness, rest assured, there is everything in the treasury."

"Ben Jun still has a thousand rods and a hundred iron swords."

"This ...... Your Royal Highness won't tell you that most of these things have been asked for by the third prince recently. There is not much left, you also know the rules of Shaofu, you have to keep some stock. However, if His Highness is willing, he can pay a little money, and the minister can buy some fine iron, and within a month, he can build it for His Highness. ”

"A month is too long, and Benjun can only wait for half a month at most."

"Half a month is fine, it's a big deal, when the time comes, Your Highness the weapon will take it yourself, and we will make up for it later."

When Xia Huan looked at the treasury and walked out of the Shaofu, he found that it had only taken an hour in total.

"This Shaofu, why is it so easy to speak?" Xia Huan, who boarded the car, glanced at the Shaofu standing at the door, congratulating him, full of puzzlement.