Seeing that Ying Si had already been carried away by the early victory, and couldn't even listen to a word, Zhu Liji sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, let alone forcibly admonish Brother Jun. He felt: "Since you can't listen to it, why should I say more, if it's really like what you said, the Qin army conquered and occupied Michi in one fell swoop, why shouldn't I be happy?" ”

"But if I am convicted of forcible advice, what do I gain but to show that I am more right than you? On the contrary, even the chance to save the defeat was lost. ”

After thinking about it for a while, he finally endured it, buried all the unhappiness in his stomach, and waited for the next development of the situation.

Mi Bazi rode in the carriage used by the inconspicuous eunuchs in the Xianyang Palace, and went to the Lili to visit the Liji. She didn't send anyone to deliver the letter beforehand, informing her that she would visit the tree. Therefore, Zhu Liji was reading in the study room in the house, and when he heard that the porter hurriedly came to report the visit of the king's favorite concubine Mi Bazi, he didn't react for a while.

Zhu Liji asked the porter: "Have you inquired clearly?" The person who came is really the one who is favored by the king today? The porter nodded vigorously and replied conclusively: "The little one really asked, it was indeed that Concubine Mi, but she rode in an ordinary carriage, which was not very inconspicuous." ”

When he heard the porter mention that Concubine Mi's ride was an ordinary carriage, he immediately felt the seriousness of the situation, because with the respect of the eighth prince of Mi, in the Qin State, how could he casually come in such a carriage?

Zhu Liji ordered the porter: "You go and invite Concubine Mi to the middle hall, and I will wait for her there." After receiving the order, the porter immediately turned around and went to greet Mi Bazi.

He changed into a deep-robed court dress that he wore only when attending state ceremonies. Layer by layer, he wrapped his body with a one-zhang long placket, and then tied a belt more than a foot wide on his waist, and carefully hung jade rings, jade jue and other jade on the belt hook.

He wore a crown on his head, and six strings of beads hung down from the front and back, which was also suitable for him, the prince of the Qin family.

Zhu Lijian looked very solemn, as if he particularly valued Mi Bazi and wanted to treat her with the most solemn courtesy, but in fact, he had other considerations in his heart. The wind in the wind heard that Concubine Mi was a woman who was deeply hopeful, almost every day, day and night, and she was so tired that Brother Jun Yingsi deliberately dodged.

She has a spring in her eyebrows from time to time, which is eye-catching, and she is the favorite concubine of Brother Jun, as a younger brother, of course, he must maintain proper proportions and stay away.

If it weren't for this reason, he would have had an uncle-in-law relationship with Mi Bazi, and his family was the same, so why should he be so careful. He patiently wore his deep clothes, and kept thinking about how to talk to Mi Bazi for a while.

He packed up and stopped, and when he arrived at the hall where the guests were in the house, Mi Bazi was already waiting there. Zhu Li hurriedly bowed and saluted, and at the same time secretly glanced at Concubine Mi, thinking in his heart: "If you let the favorite concubine of the favored brother who has been favored for a long time wait in the hall, will she be angry?" ”

He saw that Concubine Mi's makeup today was very plain, her face was not smeared with grease and powder, and her clothes were very simple, not dressed up. She hurriedly saluted, feeling strange in her heart: "She usually wears a lot of clothes and appearance, why is she so simple today?" ”

Zhu Lijian secretly thought to himself in his heart, and said in his mouth: "It's all my fault for being slow to act, making my sister-in-law wait for a long time, offended, offended!" ”

I saw that Mi Bazi also bent down to give Zhu Li a blessing, and said: "Brother Yi is exempt, why should we be polite between our sisters-in-law and uncles." It's also to blame that I came too suddenly, disturbing the house. ”

He was secretly surprised in his heart, and he found that Mi Bazi's attitude was more polite than ever, which was diametrically opposed to her previous style. In the past, Mi Bazi relied on himself to get the special favor of the monarch Yingsi, and ordinary ministers didn't pay attention to it at all.

And Concubine Mi has always been a woman with firm ideas, she says everything and rarely talks to others in a low voice. Of course, except for Brother Jun's win, that is all she relies on, of course, she is carefully served, deliberately welcomed, and does everything.

Due to the fact that Zhu Liji deliberately kept a respectful distance from Concubine Mi, coupled with his noble background and high prestige in the Qin State, Concubine Mi did not dare to trouble him easily. Between the two sisters-in-law and uncles, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and there is nothing to do with each other.

She came to visit Concubine Qi suddenly, and found that she was so humble and polite, she had already guessed that she probably didn't come to the door for no reason, it was not a big deal, and she couldn't go all the way to visit herself.

Zhu Liji calmed down, and he first greeted Concubine Mi: "Mrs. Sister-in-law is coming to our mansion, and she is shining." Brother Jun and Mrs. Jun have been fine lately. The younger brother was infected with a small mange, and he did not go to court for a while, so he failed to greet his brother and sister-in-law in time. ”

He did not go to the court for more than ten days, and he took leave to Brother Jun, saying that his body's old stomach disease had recurred, and he always felt uncomfortable in his stomach, and he didn't think about tea and dinner, so he had to recuperate at home for a while.

It is true that there is a stomach problem in the body, but it is also a chronic disease that will be raised. Now, this Shen Zhen has become a good reason for him to avoid Qingjing. In the affairs of the DPRK and China, if necessary, he will of course be responsible. However, when it comes to fighting, he wisely avoids trouble at home.

Of course, he sometimes inevitably feels aggrieved, feels cold and lonely, and has no one to understand. But he thought about the tragedy of brothers or fathers and sons competing for the throne and brothers and fathers and sons killing each other, and he was glad that he could see it clearly, and he would not easily let Ying Si be jealous of himself, and he could still maintain a relatively stable and safe position in the Qin State.

He took advantage of Brother Jun's victory to indulge in the temporary victory on the battlefield of Michi, and when he didn't care about his younger brother who opposed the army, he helped Zhang Yi marry Yingxi, a woman from the Qin clan.

Zhu Liji's enthusiasm for this matter was mostly out of gratitude to Zhang Yi, thanks to him for secretly coming up with an idea in the Battle of Anyi, and breaking the way out of the Qin army, so that he himself was able to lead the Qin army in danger to retreat.

Of course, from Yu Gong's point of view, Zhu Liji also believed that the Qin State should keep Zhang Yi. Zhu Lijian carefully thought about the so-called vertical and horizontal strategy, which is related to the trend of the world, it seems to be like a child playing a game, but if he lets it go and allows the situation to be dominated by Su Qin, once the situation is completed, the Qin State will be extremely passive.

This layer of worry is also an important reason why Zhu Liji is determined to keep Zhang Yi. Zhu Li was not as resolute as Ying Si, and felt that Su Qin's combination was naïve, so he ignored it. He has a thoughtful side, and his heart is much more humble.

Mi Bazi didn't know what he had done during this time, and she didn't care what his purpose was at the moment, so she hid from going to the court. She was originally a little woman who was unwilling to be a man's personal favorite wife in the harem.

When her heart thought of the affairs of the imperial court, she couldn't help but pound, her heart was also very excited, and her heart was full of longing, which was simply irrepressible. However, after all, she is a woman with a foreign surname who married from the Chu State and is not a descendant of the Qin family, and she has no relatives in the Qin State, and it is not easy to get to this point today and become the "eighth son" in the harem, with the title second only to the queen.

Compared with the battlefield in the harem, the degree of danger can only be far more than, not weaker than the battle. However, the battlefield is fought for openly, but in the harem, there is a turbulent dark tide, which is unguardable. The slightest negligence or miscare will of course result in the imprisonment being sent to the cold palace for hard labor, or immediately executed.

This kind of danger is naturally incomparable to that on the battlefield. Throughout the ages, there have been a few women who can come to the end of the palace happily and smoothly!

Mi Bazi was worried about her husband's worries, and she was also concerned about the safety of the Qin State. She was naturally aware of these unfavorable factors in her heart, but if she was allowed to watch the situation become more and more unfavorable, how could she be willing?

Mi Bazi said to Zhu Liji: "Brother Sick's health has never been very good, you also have to pay more attention to recuperation." I came to the house today to ask my brother about his health, and by the way, I want to ask you to help me persuade your brother. ”

Zhu Li listened to the greetings of the eighth son, and replied: "Thank you for your concern, Mrs. Sister-in-law, you have come all the way out of the palace to visit, and my brother feels deeply guilty and uneasy. ”

In fact, he had already thought of it in his heart: "Concubine Mi's so-called visit is fake, and it is true to ask me for something, otherwise, with the hearts of your Mi Bazi and my brother, where will you care about my life and death for no reason!" ”

Mi Bazi is not a woman who likes to hide things, she saw that she was reluctant to lead the topic to the affairs of the court, so she simply said: "I came to the mansion today to ask Brother Yu Ji, your brother is now worried about the war in Michi, he has not eaten seriously for two days, he locked himself in the dormitory, has refused to come out, he wandered around the palace alone, sighing for a long time. ”

Because he has been busy working as a matchmaker for Zhang Yi's marriage recently, and also helped Zhang Yi and Zhang Luo's marriage ceremony, he didn't specifically worry about the battle in Mianchi, and he thought that the Qin army was still in a favorable situation in the battle of Mianchi. He thought to himself: "Even if the war is unfavorable, isn't it over if the Qin army withdraws to Hangu Pass?" ”

However, now Brother Jun Yingsi is having trouble sleeping and eating because of this, which is greatly unexpected by the disease. He hurriedly asked Mi Bazi: "Please forgive my brother for being stupid, is the battle situation in Michi greatly unfavorable to my Qin army?" Why is Brother Jun so worried? ”