Zhou Zong's second daughter is only three or four years old, and she looks very cute, and Zhou Zongyi hugged her, and his heart became much happier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Dad, you're finally back, and my sister has been crying for days. Daddy doesn't want us? The youngest daughter said, staring at him with big eyes.

Zhou Zong smiled, walked towards the gate with his second daughter in his arms, and said, "Emperor E, don't you worry, isn't Dad coming back safely?" ”

Emperor Zhou E said in a low voice: "Dad, it's good for you to come back." As he spoke, he wiped away his tears and smiled on his face. During this time, she heard that her father was caught by Wu Yueren, and she was very worried, she was just a woman, she didn't know what to do at all, the person she wanted to rely on was not in Jinling, but the one in Jinling was not his dependence. She had looked for the Six Princes, but the Six Princes were unable to do anything, which disappointed her greatly.

Now that her father has appeared safely, can she not be happy? At the same time, she was very puzzled.

Zhou Zong smiled and walked towards the gate, the gate looked even more messy, Zhou Zong looked at it, frowned, and said, "What's going on?" ”

"Dad, when the minions in the family heard that something had happened to their father, they all thought that the Son of Heaven would punish their father, and they fled in twos and threes. Now the people of the Zhou Mansion are panicking, if Daddy doesn't come out, I'm afraid there will be few people left in the Zhou Mansion. Zhou Ehuang said.

Zhou Zong was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "This group of dog minions is really bold, Emperor E, you don't have to worry, Dad is back, and the Zhou Mansion is still there." ”

Emperor Zhou E nodded vigorously and said, "Dad, what's going on, someone saved Dad?" ”

Zhou Zong nodded and said, "This matter is a long story and very complicated, let's go back first." ”

Zhou Zong returned to Jinling, undoubtedly saved the family in time, the Son of Heaven did not punish him, but in order to comfort him, sent Gao Ze to send a will, asking him to recuperate at home with peace of mind, the escaped house slaves got the news, for fear of being caught, they ran back, Zhou Zong didn't care too much, hid in the house, thinking about things.

On this day, Zhou Zong was practicing in the study in the house, but he wrote more than a dozen pieces of paper, but he felt that it was a mess, his mood was unstable, and it was difficult to play his true level, Zhou Zong sighed, simply threw away the pen in his hand, and sat aside in a daze.

After being stunned for a while, the housekeeper Zhou Fu cautiously pushed the door in, and when he saw Zhou Zong in a daze, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "Master, Prime Minister Sun is here." ”

"Sun Sheng?" Zhou Zong was shocked, it had been three or four days since he came back, except for going to see the Son of Heaven, he had been staying at home, Sun Sheng came to find him, there must be something. Zhou Zong stood up, and as soon as he walked out of the study, Sun Sheng came over to him.

"Hehe, Zhou Situ, don't come unharmed?" Sun Sheng asked, looking Zhou Zong up and down.

Zhou Zong smiled bitterly and said, "Prime Minister Sun, Zhou is a defeated man, the Son of Heaven is a great favor, and he is lucky to live." As he spoke, he told the butler to make tea.

"No need, Zhou Situ, King Yan heard that Zhou Situ is back and wants to see Zhou Situ." Sun Sheng said, rubbing his beard and looking at him.

Zhou Zong thought about it carefully, and felt that it was better to explain this matter clearly, so he nodded and agreed, and after telling the housekeeper a few words, the two walked out of Zhou's mansion, sat in a sedan chair, and rushed all the way to Yanwang's mansion.

In the palace of King Yan, Guo Rong was talking to Li Hongji, Zhou Zong was defeated and returned, Wu Yue people did not take his life, this must be a trick of Wu Yue people, but Li Hongji naturally wanted to take this credit to himself, so that Zhou Zong would be grateful to Dade and continue to work for him.

The two had already thought of what to say, and they were waiting for Zhou Zong to arrive. Li Hongji's heart was a little more uneasy than Guo Rong, Zhou Zong did not make a contribution, and only Yang Lian was left on the expedition to Wu Yueguo, fortunately, he and Guo Rong both thought that Yang Lian could not take Hangzhou, otherwise this credit would be taken away by Yang Lian.

Both of them feel that they are waiting for Yang Lian to retreat now, and when the time comes, they will play a book, saying that Yang Lian is moving the people, consuming grain and grass, but there is no inch, even if they can't completely bring down Yang Lian, at least they can make Yang Lian's arrogance suffer a certain blow.

Li Hongji, the king of Yan, came to Zhou Situ to understand what Yang Lian did in Wu Yue Kingdom through his mouth, collect more information, and better attack Yang Lian.

However, when Zhou Zong entered the meeting hall and gave a salute, Zhou Zong's words surprised Li Hongji. His face turned ugly.

Zhou Zong said that he was already old and a defeated person, and this time he went to Wuyue, he felt very tired, and wanted to return to his hometown and ignore political affairs. Sun Sheng was very taken aback when he heard Zhou Zong say this, and immediately persuaded and persuaded him, but Zhou Zong had already made up his mind, and after speaking, he gave a salute and said goodbye.

Zhou Zong walked out of the Yanwang Mansion and felt much more relaxed.

In King Yan's mansion, Guo Rong sneered and said: "King Yan, Zhou Situ was able to escape, I'm afraid most of it is due to Yang Lian, he has now received Yang Lian's favor, and he abandoned King Yan, which is really hateful." ”

Li Hongji frowned, although he knew that Guo Rong was suspected of provoking, but his words were not unreasonable, and more importantly, Zhou Zong's proposal to sue the old man and return to his hometown actually did not want to work for him, which made him feel humiliated.

"You can't let life be easy." Li Hongji couldn't help but say.

Guo Rong suddenly laughed and said, "Actually, this is easy, it depends on whether King Yan dares or not." ”

Li Hongji puffed out his chest and said, "Why don't you dare to do this?" ”

Guo Rong laughed and said: "This matter, it depends on Prime Minister Sun, as long as Prime Minister Sun is willing to speak, if the matter is done, even if Zhou Zong doesn't want to work for King Yan, he can't serve King Yan." ”

Li Hongji's eyes lit up and said, "Big brother, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Sun Sheng also approached and listened carefully, and after a while, he couldn't help laughing, Guo Rong's trick was indeed a good way, he immediately nodded and agreed. Immediately stood up, rushed towards the imperial city, asked his subordinates to grind ink, Sun Sheng wrote an excerpt by himself, and then took it himself to find the Son of Heaven.

Li Jing was looking at the map in the imperial study in a daze, Yang Lian struggled in Yuhang, wanting to defeat Wu Yue, but this matter seemed to be too difficult, making Li Jing in a dilemma, I don't know whether to agree to Yang Lian's request or let him withdraw first. Li Jing himself, in fact, is not a very persistent person, he is very hesitant.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Sun asks to see you." Gao Ze said outside the door.

Sun Shenglai, maybe there was something, Li Jing commanded, sat on the soft couch, poured a cup of tea and drank it, he was also a little thirsty.

"Your Majesty, a good thing, a good thing." Sun Sheng came in, with a smile on his face, and a very cheap expression.

Li Jing laughed and said, "Hehe, what happy event did Prime Minister Sun meet?" ”

Sun Sheng came in and stood still, gave a salute, and then said: "Your Majesty, the old minister, Your Majesty, and King Yan." ”

This is clueless, Li Jing was stunned when he heard it, why does this matter have anything to do with King Yan? He immediately asked, "Prime Minister Sun, what is going on?" ”

Sun Sheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you know that King Yan has a sweetheart?" ”

After all, it is his own son, how can he not care, Li Jing asked with concern when he heard it: "Prime Minister Sun, you mean?" ”

"It's Zhou Situ's eldest daughter." Sun Sheng said.

"Oh?" Li Jing frowned, he had some impressions of this woman, she seemed to be very good-looking, and more importantly, she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, for a man like Li Jing who was good at literature and art, he naturally had a good impression of such a woman.

Li Jing thought about it carefully, put everything aside for the time being, and asked, "Prime Minister Sun, what is going on with what you are talking about?" How did King Yan and Zhou Situ's daughter meet? ”

"It's not just understanding, it's basically a mutual relationship, after Zhou Situ knew, he agreed with this family business, but he couldn't say it directly because of his face. I asked the old minister to tell His Majesty that if His Majesty is interested, then ......" Sun Sheng wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Jing thought about it, although he didn't like his eldest son very much, but the main reason was that he didn't like literature, and he specialized in fighting and killing, not like himself at all. If the eldest son can change, how can the father, be unhappy?

"Is this true?" Li Jing hesitated, he couldn't figure it out, how could such an excellent woman, a woman who likes piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, like a martial artist who almost doesn't know how to write and ink?

"Hey, Your Majesty, this is naturally true, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can summon Zhou Situ and ask about the situation." Sun Sheng said, and at the end, he added another sentence, saying: "It's just that with Zhou Situ's character, I'm afraid I won't admit it easily." ”

Li Jing thinks about it, his daughter's family is naturally more reserved, and Zhou Zong, as his father, is not easy to talk about this kind of thing.

Sun Sheng handed over the excerpt and said, "Your Majesty, this excerpt was written by Zhou Situ Tuo's old minister, if Your Majesty agrees, you might as well ......" As he spoke, Sun Sheng stopped talking again.

Li Jing took the fold, opened it, looked at it carefully, thought for a while, and said, "This matter is not a trivial matter, Rong Zhen thinks about it!" ”

Sun Sheng promised to retreat, and when he saw a hint of joy on the face of the Son of Heaven, he already had a bottom in his heart.

Li Jing finished reading the fold, put it in the cuffs, stood up, and went to the harem. Empress Zhong is embroidering embroidery, which is a habit she developed when she was in the boudoir, even if she is now a country, she still has not discarded it.

Next to Queen Zhong is the worried Princess Huairou. Princess Huairou held the needle and thread in one hand and the embroidery in the other, and looked at her aunt helplessly. Wu Yueguo's affairs couldn't be hidden from Princess Huairou, and when she heard that Yang Lian was in danger, she was very anxious. But her father couldn't make sense, and she didn't dare to go to her uncle, so she could only come to Queen Zhong, who treated her like a daughter, to talk about things.

When she came to the harem, Queen Zhong didn't divide into thirty-seven twenty-one, and she was going to teach her embroidery, saying that if she got married in the future, she would always have some female popularity, otherwise it would only make people laugh. Princess Huairou didn't care, thinking that there would naturally be a servant at home to do it, even if the maid didn't, she had enough money to buy whatever she wanted.

"Aunt, I heard that Wu Yueguo is about to be destroyed?" Princess Huairou knocked on the side.

Empress Zhong was unmoved, and said: "This kind of military affairs, naturally there are men to deal with, a daughter's family, don't care so much." ”

Princess Huairou pursed her lips, and Queen Zhong spoke softly, so that she had nothing to do. She was embroidering a little absentmindedly, and suddenly, with a cry, it turned out to be a distraction, and the needle pierced into her hand.

Empress Zhong sighed, this child, her heart was still unstable, so she grabbed her hand, and saw that blood was already coming out of her fingertips, so she approached her mouth, took a mouthful, spit out the blood, and said, "It's out of the way." ”

The palace maid beside her was startled, and hurried over to check the injuries of Princess Huairou, and someone brought medicine to apply medicine to Princess Huairou.

At this time, Li Jing came in, saw the chickens flying and the dogs jumping, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

Empress Zhong smiled, hurriedly stood up, and after giving the salute, she replied: "It's not a big deal, it's just that when the concubine taught Huairou embroidery, she stabbed her finger." ”

Li Jing nodded and smiled, I see. Said: "Zitong, flat body." ”

Empress Zhong stood up, and the palace maid behind her also slowly stood up. A palace maid came over with good tea and poured it for Li Jing.

Li Jing took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Zitong, I have something to discuss with you. ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines of the ministers and concubines of state affairs don't understand anything at all, how can you give your majesty advice?" Empress Zhong smiled, very gentle, and her eyes were full of Li Jing's shadow.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "This matter is not a national matter, but a good thing. Speaking of which, King Yan is not too young, although he has a few concubines, but he does not have a wife, I think that he should marry a virtuous wife, maybe it will help him. ”

Empress Zhong was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, is there a good candidate?" Which minister's daughter is it? ”

Li Jing was naughty and said, "Zitong, guess what? ”

"But the daughter of the Feng family?" Empress Zhong asked, and then felt that it was wrong, although the Son of Heaven liked Feng Yansi and Feng Yanlu, but King Yan and the Feng family did not deal with each other, how could he marry the daughter of the Feng family? Then he shook his head and said, "No, Concubine Rong will guess again." ”

Li Jing didn't speak, and took another sip of tea.

Princess Huairou was curious on the side and said, "Uncle, but the surname is Chen?" ”

There are many branches of the Chen family in the Tang Dynasty, and most of them are officials in the court, so if you marry them, it will be a good choice.

Li Jing shook his head in the same way.

Empress Zhong said the names of several ministers in a row, and Li Jing shook her head, obviously not. Empress Zhong was surprised, so she shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, the concubines don't know. ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "It's Zhou Situ's daughter." ”

Princess Huairou didn't think about it from time to time, and said in a lost voice: "Isn't Zhou Situ's daughter still young?" ”

"Still young?" Li Jing was also stunned.

Empress Zhong said: "Your Majesty is talking about the eldest daughter Emperor Zhou E? Li Jing smiled and said, "It's Zhou Situ's daughter." ”

Princess Huairou didn't think about it from time to time, and said in a lost voice: "Isn't Zhou Situ's daughter still young?" ”

"Still young?" Li Jing was also stunned.

Empress Zhong said: "Your Majesty is talking about the eldest daughter Emperor Zhou E? Li Jing smiled and said, "It's Zhou Situ's daughter." ”

Princess Huairou didn't think about it from time to time, and said in a lost voice: "Isn't Zhou Situ's daughter still young?" ”

"Still young?" Li Jing was also stunned.

Empress Zhong said: "Your Majesty is talking about the eldest daughter Emperor Zhou E? ”