In the cold winter, the snow covers all parts of the north.

When the snow covered Chang'an, a hundred soldiers escorted a convoy into the rejuvenated Chang'an City.

The weather was cold, Guo Jia taught Guo Ye to play chess in the house, and the father and son sat opposite each other, enjoying themselves.

Diao Chan, who was dressed in thick clothes, pushed the door in, came to Guo Jia and said, "Madame has arrived." ”

Guo Jia didn't react yet, but Guo Ye, who was holding the chess pieces in his hand, was overjoyed, stood up and looked at Guo Jia with an eager expression, waiting for him to speak.

Putting away the chess pieces from the chessboard one by one, Guo Jia smiled and said to Guo Ye, "You go and greet it." ”

Guo Ye, who was slightly excited, bowed Guo Jia and Diao Chan and then left.

After packing up the chess, Guo Jia stood up, Diao Chan took a big coat and put it on for him, and carefully came to the front of Guo Jia to help him smooth the edge of his clothes.

"What's wrong? You look like you're scared. ”

Guo Jia pinched her chin and asked softly.

Although the clothes are thick, it is still difficult to hide Diao Chan's slightly bulging abdomen, she is worried at this time, there is a kind of shameless psychology of facing her wife, and at the same time, she also feels reluctant to Guo Jia.

"The concubine doesn't want to leave her husband for half a step."

The delicate and soft tone is sultry.

Seeing her dejected appearance, Guo Jia took her into his arms, stroked her back, and said softly: "What do you want and lack here in Chang'an, you are pregnant with Liujia, or go back to Chengdu to raise the fetus, you have to do everything yourself if you stay by my side, aren't you afraid that the fetus in the womb will be lost?" ”

Diao Chan wanted to speak and stopped, and his raised face finally lowered in frustration.

"Husband, let's go outside the house to meet Madame."

Diao Chan urged.

In fact, Guo Jia didn't go to greet him, and it was nothing, but he couldn't leave the impression that he liked the new and hated the old, so he still had to go out of the house in person.

When I came to the outside of the house, although the snow had been swept once in the early morning, a light snow fell in the middle, and the road outside the gate was covered with frost and snow again.

The convoy that entered the city had already stopped, and Guo Jia stood outside the gate of the mansion and looked at the beautiful woman coming from a distance, with a warm smile.

The snow-white big coat was draped on her body, and Cai Yan held Guo Ye, who told her about what she had seen and heard in Chang'an, with elegant steps.

When he came to the front of the mansion, Guo Jia was silent as if he was indifferent, and Cai Yan also looked at Guo Jia quietly without saying a word, but Diao Chan saluted Cai Yan nervously, and didn't even have the courage to look directly at Cai Yan.

"Mrs. Cai, slave maid ......"

Although it has been nearly half a year since she married Guo Jia as a concubine, Diao Chan became timid when she saw Cai Yan, not because Cai Yan was fierce, but because she always felt that the time was wrong for her to marry Guo Jia, so she took advantage of the situation.

"Diao Chan, you should call me sister."

Cai Yan's expression was gentle, looking kind, but there was a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

Diao Chan was at a loss, and after squirming for a long time, she whispered to her sister.

"Go inside, it's warm in the house."

Guo Jia turned around and walked towards the mansion.

Because Diao Chan is pregnant, Guo Jia plans to let her return to Chengdu to have a baby, Cai Yan has not seen Guo Ye for half a year, and she misses her very much, so she came to Chang'an, on the one hand, to take over Diao Chan to take care of Guo Jia's daily life, and on the other hand, to reunite mother and child.

After entering the house, the four of them sat down, Guo Ye was next to Cai Yan, and it could be seen that he was very happy, after all, he was still a child, how precocious and calm he was in the eyes of outsiders, in front of his mother, he still couldn't hide anything after all.

The most difficult thing in the world is the affection of flesh and blood.

The atmosphere was a little dull, Diao Chan didn't dare to look at Cai Yan, Cai Yan was graceful and dignified, looked at Guo Jia, looked at Diao Chan, and looked quite playful.

"Ye'er, haven't you ever gone to Mr. to listen to the teachings today?"

Guo Jia picked a topic.

When Guo Ye heard this, his face was embarrassed, and he nodded in disbelief after glancing at his mother.

"Why don't you go soon?"

Holding back the joy of the reunion of mother and son in his heart, Guo Ye saluted listlessly and retired.

After he left, Guo Jia also stretched his waist, got up and walked outside.

"There's still some business to be done."

was still playing chess just now, but now he said that he had to deal with official business, Guo Jia's excuse didn't say that Diao Chan could see through it, and Cai Yan didn't believe it.

It's just that now you need to give Diao Chan and Cai Yan a space.

There are some things that men can't open their mouths, and even if they do, they won't have much effect.

In the past six months, Guo Jia has been enlightening Diao Chan and asking her not to mind, but Diao Chan has always felt ashamed in her heart, and her depression is even heavier.

Although Cai Yan is not Guo Jia's first wife who officially married into the door, she is actually Guo Jia's first woman, she is a concubine, Zhen Jiang is a wife, but the status of the two in Guo Jia's backyard is not equal.

The reason is very simple, Cai Yan was the first person to follow Guo Jia, and he worked hard in Taihang Mountain with Guo Jia.

In later generations, this kind of relationship entanglement between the junior and the original partner cannot be solved by the main man, and now, Guo Jia threw this problem to Cai Yan and asked her to deal with it, and Guo Jia also believed that Cai Yan could handle it properly.

Monogalow and multiple concubines are commonplace, and in this context, men definitely prefer generous women, and jealous women, no matter how beautiful and talented they are, will not be loved for a long time.

Guo Jia does not regard this kind of backyard family affairs as a trivial matter, women fight openly and secretly, exclude each other, and compete for favor may be private matters, but their struggle will affect the next generation.

For example, Yuan Shao's sons are already competing for the throne of the prince, aside from Yuan Shao's advocacy of checks and balances, there are also great reasons for the discord between Yuan Shao's wives and concubines.

Yawning lazily in the study, Guo Jia read books to pass the time, the governance of Guanzhong is the same as that of Yizhou, he only sets the strategy on the overall layout, and the specific measures and decrees are handed over to his advisers, and every once in a while he reviews government affairs, and then investigates specific responsibilities after discovering problems.

In this case, if there is a mistake in the work, there is responsibility to be pursued, and someone can be punished, and there will be no situation where the root cause of the problem is also confused.

Since the division of labor is detailed, after the work is apportioned, the burden on Guo Jia's shoulders is much easier.

He always reminds himself: you are the master of the people, and you are in charge of the overall situation.

Like Zhuge Liang's practice of doing everything in detail, Guo Jia does not agree.

If he does all the work, does he want his gang to eat?

Since they are talents, we must explore and give full play to their talents to the greatest extent!

Towards evening, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside, Guo Jia lay on the table in a daze and took a nap, and after being woken up, he rubbed his eyes and raised his head, seeing Cai Yan walking towards him.

Circling behind Guo Jia, Cai Yan's green jade hands pressed on Guo Jia's shoulders and kneaded them skillfully.

"Finished talking?"

Guo Jia sighed.

Cai Yan smiled: "Well, Diao Chan cried for a long time and went back to the room to rest." ”

Guo Jia was stunned, and then understood.

He didn't ask for details, but he could probably guess it.

It is nothing more than Cai Yan and Diao Chan talking heart-to-heart, and Diao Chan cried with joy or moved to tears after being accepted.

Holding Cai Yan's hand and pulling her into his arms, Guo Jia hugged her plump and delicate body and asked, "How is it at home?" ”

Cai Yan, who was leaning on Guo Jia's shoulder, remembered something and smiled from ear to ear.

"Everything is fine, but my father took Jin'er as an apprentice, and he is very satisfied with Jin'er, and often says that Jin'er will become a generation of Confucianism in the future."

Guo Jia's expression was surprised, very exciting.

Guo Ye also studied with Cai Yong for a period of time before, but Cai Yong only had the affection for Guo Ye at most, and never praised Guo Ye a word.

Because of this, Guo Jia thinks that Cai Yong may still have opinions about him, so he has no good impression of his children.

It turned out that this was not the reason, the problem was Guo Ye, it was that Guo Ye was not interested in Cai Yong's teachings.

Maybe in terms of qualifications, Guo Jin is indeed more talented than Guo Ye.

"Jin'er is not yet four years old, your father really dares to boast about Haikou, maybe when Jin'er grows up a few years later, hum, don't cry when the time comes."

Guo Jia is not at ease in his mouth and heart.

Most children are like this, they were ignorant and obedient when they were young, and when they reached the age of playfulness, adults couldn't control it if they wanted to.

"Hey, this is not for sure, if my sister hadn't stopped me, my father would have left Jin'er by his side a long time ago, and he would never leave his bed."

Cai Yan has a sense of schadenfreude.

Yizhou went up to the officials and down to the scholars, and knew the relationship between Guo Jia and Cai Yongmian and the disagreement.

In the final analysis, Cai Yong is just the same as Xun Yu's starting point, which is to protect the Han Dynasty.

When Guo Jia did not officially raise the banner to overthrow the Han Dynasty, the two would not officially put on a life-and-death posture, just like Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, Dong Zhuo said that he would not abolish Liu Xie and proclaim himself emperor, and Cai Yong could only beg for all to be an official under Dong Zhuo.

Guo Jia did not force Cai Yong to go out, so Cai Yong was free to serve as a lecturer of Confucianism in the Hundred Schools of Learning.

Over the years, Cai Yan has also thoroughly figured out Guo Jia's spleen surname, although he is decisive in killing, he will still be reasonable after all, even if he breaks with Cai Yong, Guo Jia will at best put Cai Yong under house arrest, and will never kill him.

"Husband, the sisters of the Qiao family are looking forward to what they want to wear in Chengdu, and the husband promised to marry them, but now he has broken his promise."

Guo Jia smiled bitterly, indeed disappointed their affection.

"Alas, this matter is my fault, after the spring of next year, I will return to Chengdu to do this."

If it weren't for the appearance of fighters in Guanzhong, Guo Jia might have married Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao in the fall, and he would have become a big businessman, with a clear distinction between public and private, and business first.

"Why don't you let the two of them come to Chang'an? At present, Chang'an is not as good as Chengdu, but in five years, ten years later, in the long run, it is imperative to move to Chang'an. ”

Cai Yan stroked Guo Jia's cheek with his palm and gently stroked it back and forth.

Jingzhou Liu Biao said that he would not die, and Guo Jia attacked Jingzhou and became unknown.

From a strategic point of view, after taking Guanzhong, Guo Jia can completely use Yizhou as a rear base and enter the Central Plains from Guanzhong.

Coupled with the political status of Chang'an, the western capital of the Han Dynasty, it seemed necessary for Guo Jia to move to Chang'an.

The two have been together for nearly ten years, but they are in their prime, Guo Jia pinched her nose teasingly, Cai Yan shook his head and shook his head and shook off his hand, opened his mouth to bite his fingers, and put on a vicious expression.

"Daughter-in-law, you are too naïve."

(To be continued)