After the dissolution of the court, the child period was summoned to the harem.

Di Yi called Tu Chang to his side and said to Zi Qi: "The queen heard that you are going to envoy Xiqi, I want to see you and ask Tu Chang to take you there!" In addition, you are not unfamiliar with Xiqi, Zi was recommended by Fei Zhong to accompany you, if there is anything you don't understand, you go to Shouwangfu to discuss with him. ”

Ziqi nodded hurriedly, and Di Yi waved his hand, "Take Ziqi to go!" ”

From the beginning of the court discussion, the sub-period found that Di Yi was not in a good mood, and his spirit was also very sluggish, not like talking and laughing like before.

Tu Chang followed Ziqi to lead the way, peeked at Ziqi and asked, "Your Highness has something on your mind?" ”

Ziqi nodded, "I think my father seems to be unhappy today." ”

Tu Chang sighed, "You are about to send an envoy to Xiqi to remind the king that his sister Princess Shaoshu is here, can you be happy?" ”

Ziqi asked: "The relationship between my father and Princess Shaoshu's brother and sister must be very good, right?" Why did you marry your sister to Xiqi? ”

Tu Chang sighed, "That's a long way to say, I had just entered the palace at that time." Princess Shaoshu was the youngest princess, only fourteen years old that year, and she was so beautiful, smart and clever.

King Wending loved him like a pearl in his palm, and the king also loved this sister very much, with a long belt by his side, he was very spoiled, and he gave the stars if he wanted them, but he didn't dare to give them to the moon. ”

Ziqi looked suspicious, "Then why are you willing to marry far away to Qishan?" ”

Tu Chang chattered as he walked, "That's no way, it turns out that Fang Guo is the weakest in Xiqi, called Xiaobang Zhou."

But when it came to the Xibo Hou Ji calendar, it was a fierce marquis. Married to our Yin Shang nobleman Ren Ren daughter Tai Ren as his wife, less than fifteen years of hard work, on the northern expedition to Yiqu (Ningxia Guyuan), arrested the leader of Yiqu.

Later, he captured the twelve Zhai kings of Guirong, and exterminated the Rong of Yanjing, the Rong of Yu Wu, the Rong of Shihu and the Rong of the Disciples. The territory has expanded more than ten times.

Since then, Ji Li has not taken our big business seriously, although King Wen Ding first made him a priest, but he is still not satisfied, his ambition is getting bigger and bigger, and he wants to swallow the big business.

King Wending deceived him into being imprisoned in the capital, and Ji Li died of hunger strike in a fit of rage.

After Ji Li's death, Ji Chang ascended the throne as Xibohou, and after he ascended the throne, Chen Bing waited for an opportunity to take revenge. At that time, it was just in time for the invasion of the Dongyi tribe, and there were really rich wolves and tigers in the back. In order to avoid being attacked on his back, King Wending had no choice but to encircle Ji Chang and marry Princess Shaoshu to him. ”

Ziqi sighed, and felt very sympathetic to this titular aunt, since ancient times, how many poor women have been buried as political ~ governance tools.

Coming to the door of a hall, Tu Chang stopped, "Your Highness, later, the old slave will go in and report." ”

Tu Chang went in for a while, and before Tu Chang came out, Ziying ran out first, and rushed to Ziqi at once, "Brother Siwang, are you coming to see me?" What about the Nine Chains? ”

Ziqi touched the top of Ziying's head, took out the Nine Links from her arms and handed them to her, the little princess immediately smiled, "Brother Siwang, you are so good!" Go, I'll take you to see the queen mother. After that, he ran after the sub-period.

Ziqi was pulled into the harem, and saw more than a dozen palace people standing inside, and Tu Chang was talking with a noble lady.

The woman was in her fifties, and she was kind-eyed, and because she was well maintained, she was much younger than her actual age.

Xiao Ziying pulled him and ran to him, "Queen Mother, the fourth brother is here!" ”

Ziqi hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Erchen has seen the queen mother, ask the queen mother Gui'an!" ”

The queen hurriedly waved her hand and said to Ziying: "Hurry up and let your brother Wang be exempt!" Then he said to the people around him, "Go down, all of you, and I'll talk to Ziji." ”

The crowd rushed out.

The queen looked her children up and down, "Poor boy, have you suffered a lot all these years?" ”

Ziqi hurriedly said: "After returning to my mother, it's okay, I hunt in the mountains for a living, and I live a very happy life, not to mention suffering." ”

Ziying threw herself into the queen's arms, and the queen hugged her and said to Ziqi: "It's a pity that your mother and concubine, your mother and son have just met, and they are young and broken." ”

Ziqi said cautiously: "Life and death are fate, and there are many things in the world that cannot be done by manpower. He was polite, but he couldn't help but be suspicious, and he didn't know if the queen was sincere in what she said, and her face didn't look like a scheming woman.

In fact, the sub-period is too much to think about, in the thirty-first dynasty of Shang Tang, there are not many concubines of each emperor, most of them are two concubines or four concubines, and there are also one concubine and one concubine.

Not to mention that it can't be compared with the dynasties of later generations, it can't be compared with the Zhou Dynasty. For example, Xibo Hou Jichang, who is still a girl in his sixties and seventies, has more than 100 sons.

There are few concubines in the Shang Dynasty, so there are naturally fewer intrigues, and the emperors of the Shang Dynasty have a long lifespan, which is estimated to be related to this aspect. There are countless concubines of King Ji Chang of Zhou Wen, and there are hundreds of sons. But he lived to be 97 years old, and his reign of 50 years is definitely a special case.

The queen smiled when she saw Ziqi standing in front of her with her hands down in an orderly manner, "Don't be too restrained, sit down!" He knelt on the ground in front of him.

The queen glanced at Zi Qi, "A few days ago, Zi Qi beat Tai Zhu for Ziying, saved our mother and daughter, and was not separated by flesh and blood, I haven't said thank you in person." Come, Ying'er, hurry up and salute your four royal brothers, thank you four royal brothers! ”

The little princess didn't give the queen a son at all, nor did she give the child a face, "No, the queen mother, the fourth royal brother is good to me, and I also like the fourth royal brother, what is the politeness of the family?" ”

The queen patted Ziying: "This kid is spoiled by me." ”

Ziqi was also amused, and said to himself, "She doesn't see outside!" ”

Ziying said and walked up to Ziqi, "Brother Siwang, how to play this ring, you teach me." ”

Ziqi took over the nine rings and called her the method while demonstrating to her. However, the child period only taught her two solutions, and she didn't dare to teach more. He just wants to use this to stabilize the little princess and don't trouble himself.

Ziying became obsessed with it at once, and it reached the point of forgetting to sleep and eat. So much so that later, the queen complained about the child period behind her back. Of course, the sub-period will not know, and the festival will already be in Xiqi at that time.

The queen saw that Ziqi and Ziying were having fun, and she liked it in her heart, and her face was full of laugh lines. repeatedly told Ziqi that although the princess was gone, just treat her as her own mother, and Ziqi said yes while playing with the little princess.

The queen asked with concern, "Ziji, you have just returned to the court, are the entourage and slaves at home enough?" ”

Ziqi hurriedly said: "Thank you for the care of the queen mother, it's enough." ”

The queen nodded, "That's good, go out with more attendants in the future, I wish those people are not so easy to mess with, they are all ruthless." Even the first king Wuyi dared to kill them, what else did they dare not do? ”

Ziqi was startled, and the nine consecutive rings in his hand fell on the seat. The little princess Ziying hurriedly picked it up and handed it to him, this fierce material really scared him.

The queen saw that their brother and sister were having no distractions, so she didn't say any more, and quietly watched the two of them dismantle the Nine Links.

Ziqi took this matter to heart, and planned to ask Zishou what was going on when he had the opportunity.

After playing with the little princess for an hour, Ziqi got up and said goodbye. Before leaving, the queen sent someone to send a few pieces of beautiful jade and a few pieces of fine silk to the Hou Mansion. instructed to Xiqi and handed it over to Princess Xibo Shaoshu in person. Later, he gave a sable fur to Ziqi as a meeting gift, and let Ziqi take it on the road to keep out the cold.

Ziqi was very moved, and walked out of the palace after thanking him, the little princess Ziying reluctantly chased out of the palace gate, grabbed Ziqi and said: "Brother Siwang, you must come to see me when you come back from Xiqi!" I'm suffocated to death, and the queen mother let people watch me and won't let me leave the palace! ”

After speaking, I felt very aggrieved, with tears in my big eyes. Only then did the child understand that it was no wonder that she hadn't seen her during these days, it turned out that she had been grounded by the queen mother.

Zi Qi comforted with kind words, Zi Ying broke into a smile, waved her hand to Zi Qi, turned around and ran into the palace gate.

Back in Haocheng Houfu, Ziqi found the Li Hong brothers in the suburbs and asked them to lead the Flying Tigers west out of Xiumen (Chaoge West Gate) and stationed in the Valley of Horse Soldiers to practice, so that the soldiers could adapt to the wild environment.

Today, the Flying Tigers have expanded from the original 29 people, plus the 16 warriors of the Li clan in Chifeng Village, to 45 people.

Di Yi originally intended to equip him with a line (900 people) as an accompanying escort, and he believed that the soldiers were fine but not many, and they would be planning but not brave. So he insisted on pushing it away, and only called Hebu as a hundred archers for a hundred shots, and also let them enter the Valley of the Horsemen.

Ziqi was glad that when he asked Shang Rong to build equipment last time, he added more than 100 quantities, and it was used at this time, and Li Jiao was also allowed to distribute it.

After arranging the army, the congratulatory gifts prepared by the inner court were also delivered, and the sub-period asked Wu Du to bring someone to receive and sort out.

was busy, Zishou came over with Fei Zhong. Fei Zhong's originally handsome face was a little pale, and his tall figure was slightly hunched at the waist.

"When did Brother Fei Zhong come back? Could it be that you are sick? The sub-period stepped forward to greet him.

Fei Zhong waved his hand, "It's okay, I went to travel in other places for half a moon and contracted the wind cold." ”

Zishou grabbed Ziqi and instructed: "This time to Xiqi, the road is far away. Troops also rise between Fang and the country, and they must be cautious on the road. Fei Zhong is well-informed and discusses with him more when encountering problems. ”

After speaking, he untied the sword on his body and handed it to him, "This sword is called a hundred slashes, it is not an ordinary weapon, you take it with you!" ”

At the end of the sub-period, the sword should be in the hand, and it feels two inches longer than the ordinary bronze sword, and it is much thicker to start. Gently pull out the blade of the sword, the color is like red gold, the sword edge is extremely sharp, it is the sword of Jingshan Fuhu.

The child deeply felt the love of his brothers and sisters, and was moved.

Zishou patted him on the shoulder, "Remember, discuss with Fei Zhong in case of trouble!" There's still something going on in my house, so I won't say more. ”

Ziqi and Fei Zhong sent Zishou out of the house.

Fei Zhong said politely: "These days, His Royal Highness Duolao takes care of his sister, Fei Xian is young and ignorant, let His Highness bother, and ask His Highness to bear with me!" "I want to give a gift to my child.

Ziqi hurriedly stopped, "Brother Fei Zhong is polite, I didn't bother much, she is very sensible, but she helped me a lot." ”

Fei Zhong smiled rarely, "I don't know where Fei Xian is!" I'm going to see her. ”

Ziqi hurriedly said: "She should be in the shop now, I'll accompany you!" ”

Fei Zhong hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't bother Your Highness, I know that shop in your inner city, I didn't expect Fei Xian to be there, I'll go by myself!" ”

The sub-period is not polite, and I go back to the house to pack up.

He was busy in the mansion during the day, and at night he rode alone and secretly went to the Valley of the Horse Soldiers to train soldiers with Li Jiao. Although Hebu's hundred archers are also strong and brave, they are far from the Flying Tigers trained by Zi Qi himself.

In the sub-period, he divided each member of the Flying Tigers into two hundred archers and taught them separately. Although it cannot achieve the same standard in an immediate manner, it can also greatly increase its combat effectiveness over time.

After the last night of practice, he brought the soldiers back to the city and ordered them to prepare their belongings and prepare for the next day's departure.

As soon as Ziqi turned the moon gate, there was a person standing in the shadow of the door, and he jumped Ziqi. When I got closer, it was Fei Xian.

When the night was cold in late autumn, Fei Xian's delicate body trembled slightly. Ziqi hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Fei Xian wiped the corners of his eyes, and said in a weak voice: "I'm waiting for Your Highness!" ”

"Are you waiting for me to do anything?" Ziqi asked cautiously.

Fei Xian nodded, "I beg Your Highness to take care of my brother on the way, his injuries have not healed yet!" Then he began to sobble again.

The child was at a loss, "How did Fei Zhong get injured, is it serious?" ”

Fei Xian wanted to speak and stopped, and suddenly grabbed the sub-period, "I told Your Highness, Your Highness must not tell outsiders, otherwise my brother will be angry and will scold me." ”

Ziqi nodded, "Okay, I promise you!" ”

Fei Xian said softly: "Half a month ago, my brother contacted a few clansmen, hired a few dead soldiers, and went to Chongcheng to find Chonghou Hu for revenge. They stabbed Chonghou Hu, but they took the lives of five or six people, and the elder brother was also wounded. ”

Ziqi was taken aback, thinking that this Fei Zhong was bold enough, Chonghou Hu, as a prince of a town, had tens of thousands of soldiers, could he kill if he wanted to?

Ziqi raised his hand to wipe away Fei Xian's tears, "In that case, I'll tell the king, don't let him go to Xiqi." ”

Fei Xian's hand tightened in his grip on the child, "This is not good, if you tell the king, my brother will know that I told you, and you won't kill me?" You just need to watch him on the road and don't mess around. ”

Ziqi thought about it, nodded helplessly, and neither of them spoke.

Fei Xian looked up at the period for a long time, and suddenly threw himself into his arms, "Your Highness will go early and return early, Fei Xian will miss Your Highness." After saying that, his shoulders trembled.

The child period was not surprised, the little girl was amorous, and it was not once or twice that she revealed her heart.

But there is a shadow in Zi Qi's heart that can never be erased, although Dan'er still has no news. Fei Xian is different from the Xiannong sisters, they are the concubines entrusted to him by Princess You, and they don't care about their reputation.

But what Fei wants, I'm afraid I can't give it in the sub-period. Although he also has admiration for Shang Qingjun, he is only limited to making trouble.

Ziqi took Fei Xian's hands and hugged him, feeling that his fingers were extremely cold. "Fei Xian, I know, don't worry, I will help you take care of Fei Zhong, go back!"

Fei Xian nodded, full of worries, and walked away with a lost eye.

Looking at Fei Xian's back, Ziqi sighed and returned to the back hall, where the Xiannong sisters were sorting out his clothes. When Xian Nong saw Zi Qi, he immediately got up and rushed over, "Your Highness, you can take us with us, and I can serve you on the way!" Shanon only walked up behind him and quietly tugged at the hem of his shirt.

Ziqi had a headache, "How can this work, the long journey is not a joke." You take care of the house, and I'll be back in a short time. ”

While the three of them were talking, Wu Du came to the window, "Your Highness, Miss Qingjun is here!" ”

The Xiannong sisters hurriedly let go of the sub-period and stepped aside. Ziqi hurriedly went to open the door, and under the moonlight, Qingjun stood with his head bowed.

Ziqi hurriedly let Shang Qingjun indoors, "Why did Miss Qing'er come over?" ”

Shang Qingjun and Ziqi knelt down across the long days, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "The nine links that His Highness gave to Qing'er, Qing'er can't untie it, so I'm here to ask Your Highness." With that, his face turned crimson.

Ziqi was secretly funny, Shang Qingjun's level of lying was too clumsy.

He asked Xian Nong to make tea, took the Nine Rings in her hand and said, "Then I'll show the girl, the girl Bingxue is smart, just take a look." ”

Shang Qingjun felt that Ziqi's words were very considerate, as if he had seen through her heart, and was no longer as cramped as when he first came in.

Zi period returned the nine links to her, "There are many ways to dismantle, and after playing for a long time, the young girl will know that practice makes perfect." ”

Shang Qingjun put down the Nine Rings, opened the package he brought, and took out a white fox fur hat from inside, "Xiqi is so far away, it's cold, bring this one!" With that, he handed the fur hat to the sub-period.

Ziqi suddenly felt a heat in his heart, which was a kind of touching that had been cared for. This touched the days and nights when he was taken care of by Dan'er in the thatched hut of Jingshan.

For more than a hundred days, he enjoyed the care of that innocent girl until he fully recovered. He looked at Shang Qingjun and didn't know whether it was sweet or bitter, happy or sad.

Shang Qingjun slowly stood up, "Your Highness, I should go back!" ”

Ziqi nodded and sent her to the front of the courtyard. Shang Qingjun suddenly turned around, "Your Highness, tomorrow morning my father will come to see you off, I won't come, you take care of yourself all the way." I'll take care of the shop, you come back early, I'll wait for you. ”

Ziqi called Wu Du to set up a carriage and sent Shang Qingjun back. Looking at the carriage in the distance, Ziqi stood for a long, long time.