Liu Jing looked at his wife suspiciously, this matter was extremely confidential, how could his wife know?

Tao Zhan smiled and said: "This matter is actually Xiao Qiao suing me, she seems to know a little bit about her husband and Da Qiao, and then Da Qiao wrote her a letter, which revealed her address in Chengdu, and I rushed to Chengdu to find her." ”

"I see!"

Liu Jing secretly thought, with Da Qiao's intelligence, this should be her intention to reveal, after all, alone in Chengdu, that kind of lonely torment, and worry about the child's future, Da Qiao also hopes that Tao Zhan will know about this as soon as possible.

After a deep sigh, Liu Jing asked again: "How many people know about this matter?" ”

Tao Zhan thought for a while and said: "Xiao Qiao knows, Shang Xiang also knows, and there is also Da Qiao's personal maid, if you know about her pregnancy, there are also female guards Zhong Xue and Doctor Wang, I have carefully checked, and these people should know." ”

"But she is now more than five months pregnant, even if I marry her, in a few months, she will give birth to a child, this is difficult to hide, how can this be?"

Tao Zhan shook his head and smiled: "Now does the husband know that things are troublesome?" ”

Liu Jing said helplessly: "It's true that I don't feel a headache until the end of the day, what is the best plan for Madame?" ”

"I've thought about it for you, she's not pregnant now, you can cover it up, first let her enter the house, her husband will accept her as a concubine, and then let her live in the villa, so that she won't be known if she gives birth to a child, and after a long time, no one will pay attention to this loophole."

Liu Jing frowned, "It's not appropriate to let her live alone in the villa!" ”

"If you are reluctant to let her live in the villa, then we will move and move to Weiyang Palace, with the size of Weiyang Palace, it is enough to avoid a qiē ear and eye, the current Han Wangfu is too small, if you let her live here, it will definitely be difficult to hide, and all kinds of gossip will eventually spread out."

Liu Jing paced slowly in the room with his hands in his hands, he was not reluctant to put Da Qiao in the villa, but he had just destroyed Jiangdong now, if he married Da Qiao, it would make Jiangdong's civil and military officials chill, he had to consider this layer of influence, even if he wanted to marry Da Qiao, it would take a while for Jiangdong's influence to fade away.

In fact, Tao Zhan reminded him on the one hand, he can move into Weiyang Palace, with the size of Weiyang Palace and the strict guards, he can indeed block a qiē news, Sun Quan's idea to fight Da Qiao at the beginning, isn't it to bring her into Jianye Palace, and outsiders will not know?

As for the trespassing involved in the use of Weiyang Palace, in fact, it is no longer a problem, Sun Quan Jianye Palace, Cao Cao himself does not live in the Tongque Palace, who would say that they trespass, and he has already used Weiyang Palace as an official office, which has long been trespassing.

The reason why Liu Jing didn't move into Weiyang Palace was just that he didn't want to affect it too much, and now for the sake of Da Qiao, he had to consider this plan, and after pondering for a long time, Liu Jing slowly said to Tao Zhan: "You are right, moving to Weiyang Palace is indeed a way." ”

Tao Zhan just said it casually, but she didn't expect her husband to respond very strictly to move to Weiyang Palace, which made her stunned, and after a while, Tao Zhan also reacted, and hurriedly said: "Husband, you don't really want to move to Weiyang Palace!" ”

Liu Jing sat down and said to his wife: "I used to ask you to be simple, strictly prohibit brocade clothes and jade food, it is indeed a bit extreme, it seems to be advocating frugality, but this will also cause the ministers to be uncomfortable, causing dissatisfaction in their hearts, but the gains outweigh the losses, moving into the Weiyang Palace is the same, obviously there are this conditions, moving into the Weiyang Palace is already the expectation of the public, but I insist on living in a small house, it seems to be self-restraint, but in fact it is a bit hypocritical, and it will hit the confidence of the world's supporters, thinking that I dare not take a step beyond the identity of the minister." , so taking advantage of the east wind of Jiangdong this time, we will officially move into Weiyang Palace, and it will make the world regard Chang'an as orthodox. ”

"But in this way, isn't the husband afraid that others will accuse the husband of being disobedient?"

"The people who want to accuse me, no matter what I do, they will blame, and the people who support me, no matter what I do, they will support, so the encroachment is just an excuse to attack political enemies, if I live in the Weiyang Palace, then the Tongque Palace where Cao Cao lives is more luxurious and rich than the Ye Palace where the Son of Heaven lives, why does no one say that he is trespassing?"

Tao Zhan nodded silently, "If the husband decides to move into Weiyang Palace, I don't object, but I don't want the husband to do it for a woman." ”

"It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with her, she's just a point of contact that made me finally make up my mind."

Liu Jing and Tao Zhan reached a consensus, then Da Qiao's entry into the house would be a matter of course, if a few months ago, Da Qiao didn't want to marry Liu Jing as a concubine, she didn't even have the heart to remarry, just spent this life peacefully, but after she became pregnant, her mind changed, especially at night to feel the heartbeat of the child in her womb, the joy of motherhood, she was even more willing to sacrifice a qiē for the child.

She has no requirements for herself, but she doesn't want her child to have no father and become an illegitimate son or illegitimate daughter of a lowly status, it was when she was in Chengdu that Da Qiao changed her mind, she wrote to Xiao Qiao, implicitly saying her situation, she was willing to marry Liu Jing as a concubine.

From celibate to wife, this process is not smooth, the most important thing is that she has to pass the hurdle of her wife Tao Zhan, without Tao Zhan's consent, she will always be just a housewife, and the children she gives birth to can only become illegitimate children.

Fortunately, Tao Zhan is a tolerant and rational woman, no one is trapped by selfishness, she thinks more about her husband's reputation, so she actively maneuvers and takes Da Qiao back to Chang'an, and finally expresses her attitude to her husband that she is willing to accept Da Qiao.

It was Tao Zhan's threading that made Da Qiao finally enter the Han Wang's Mansion as a wife and concubine after five months of pregnancy, and at night, a carriage quietly drove into the Han Wang's Mansion from the side door, and in the inner hall of the Han Wang's Mansion, Tao Zhan accepted Da Qiao's tea ceremony and officially determined Da Qiao's identity.

However, this matter was not publicized, only several of Liu Jing's wives and concubines participated in the concubine ceremony, Liu Jing did not want the news of Da Qiao marrying him to become a topic on the streets of Chang'an the next day, although many people in the house knew that the King of Han married a new concubine, whose name seemed to be Jiang Lian, but no one knew who this Jiang Lian was? What does it look like? And where did it come from?

In the back house of the Han Palace, two maids carried lanterns to lead the way in front, Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang slowly followed behind, Xiao Qiao, like her sister Da Qiao, was also nearly six months pregnant, and it was a little inconvenient to walk, and Sun Shangxiang helped her walk slowly.

"Shang Xiang, this time the eldest sister really tried her best, not only to let my sister get started, but also to hide everyone according to the general's intentions, I can't figure it out until now, why don't you let my sister get started?"

Xiao Qiao didn't hear Sun Shangxiang's reply for a long time, looked back at her, and saw that she was silent, so he asked, "Are you unhappy?" ”

Sun Shangxiang sighed softly, shook his head and said: "Speaking of which, Da Qiao was once my sister-in-law, I can't accept it, but I think about her very pitiful, my eldest brother died early, and now Jiangdong is also perishing, my father died three months ago, and she is also alone in the world, as long as she is not forced, why should I interfere in this matter for the unhappiness in my heart?" That's too selfish. ”

At this time, the two walked to Xiao Qiao's courtyard, Xiao Qiao grabbed Sun Shangxiang and smiled: "Do you want to come into my house and sit for a while?" ”

Sun Shangxiang smiled reluctantly: "If you don't bother me, I'll go sit for a while!" ”

"Where I annoy you, I'm afraid that you won't be able to rest assured of your son."

"That kid should have slept already, and with the nurse accompanying him, I have nothing to worry about."

The two walked into the courtyard, went up to the second floor and sat down, Xiao Qiao's maid served them hot tea, Sun Shangxiang held the teacup and said: "After all, Da Qiao was the master mother of Jiangdong, and he has a high prestige in the army. As a result, he angered the general of Jiangdong and almost killed the envoy Jiang Gan, and now that Jiangdong has just died, the husband is in a hurry to marry her, which will make Jiangdong Wenwu feel cold, so this matter can't be publicized, just quietly enter the mansion, how can you marry like you? ”

Xiao Qiaoxiu frowned slightly, "But after all, this kind of thing can't be contained in paper, and sooner or later it will be known by others." ”

"If the time drags on for a long time, everyone will be less interested in Jiangdong, even if they know, it doesn't matter, the key is to give Jiangdong civil and military officials a face, everyone knows it, and they know that the King of Han cares about their feelings, and they don't care about it, if they ask for it in front of the people of the world like Cao Cao, whose face will be able to hold it?"

"When you say this, I can understand, I can't imagine that you will go back to Jiangdong and grow a lot!"

"Seeing Jiangdong perish, if you don't grow, you will grow."

Xiao Qiao saw that Sun Shangxiang's feelings were a little low, so he changed the topic with a smile, "Shangxiang, do you know how I know the relationship between my sister and the general?" ”

"You knew it before?" Sun Shangxiang asked suspiciously.

"I just saw a little clue in the past, the last time the general left Jianye with my sister, I found that my sister's eyes were different when she looked at the general, especially when she said goodbye later, she was reluctant to give up in her eyes."

"We don't talk about this!"

Sun Shangxiang interrupted Xiao Qiao's words and said, "I heard from the eldest sister that we will move into Weiyang Palace soon, do you know?" ”

Xiao Qiao shook his head, "I don't know at all, we... When to move? ”

"It should be soon, I guess it's been these two days."