The Marquis of Pingchang heard the news that Zhao Jinghuan was named the regent on the way, and he didn't return as soon as he entered the capital, so he hurriedly came to the regent palace with Xiao Heng to see Zhao Jinghuan, and learned that it happened to be Zhao Jinghuan's son Xisan, and ordered someone to go back to the house to prepare a congratulatory gift, and rushed over non-stop.

The arrow wound on Xiao Heng's leg had not yet healed, his face was pale, and his walk was extremely unnatural.

Zhao Jinghuan asked the reason, and asked Zhao Wuye to escort him back to the house, leaving only the Marquis of Pingchang to enter the mansion to speak, the Marquis of Pingchang had not fought for many years, and when he first entered the southern border, he effortlessly cleaned up the people and horses of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and was overjoyed, and said with great ambition, "The Empress Dowager Xiao is pretentious, how can she be the opponent of the imperial court, although a few thieves have escaped in this battle, but Tianwei is the head, and they dare not make another incident, congratulations to Your Highness, this battle can protect the peace of Nanzhili for decades." ”

Zhao Jinghuan bowed slightly, and asked, "Rong Jiu didn't say when he would come back?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Rong Huwei was ordered to rectify the local officials and the protection of the city, and it will take at least half a month to return to Beijing." As he spoke, the Marquis of Pingchang hurriedly took out the letterhead from his cuff and handed it to Zhao Jinghuan, "Your Highness, everything is fine with the guard, this is his letter to you." ”

Zhao Jinghuan took the letter, read it carefully, and said expressionlessly: "You have worked the road for several days, you go back to rest first, and we will discuss it another day." ”

"Wechen retired." The Marquis of Pyeongchang respectfully stood up and took his leave.

"What? Questions? Chu Yunzhao, who had been silent, frowned and said, "What did Rong Jiu say?" ”

With his understanding of Zhao Jinghuan, this is dissatisfied with Pingchang Hou.

If you're satisfied, it's time to stay and eat.

"See for yourself!" Zhao Jinghuan showed Rong Jiu's letter to Chu Yunzhao, Chu Yunzhao took it suspiciously, and grinned, "The Marquis of Pingchang is quite bold, so he regards himself as a hero?" If he didn't have Rong Jiu, would he be able to win? ”

Rong Jiu told Zhao Jinghuan that the Marquis of Pyeongchang held himself up for his merits, and even accepted bribes in Nanzhili, and some people even gave him 100 acres of land in order to protect himself.

"This person is really overwhelmed." Chu Yunzhao shook his head, "If everyone is like him, then the land of Daliang will be divided by these generals sooner or later, Your Highness, you can't set this precedent, you have to punish it severely." ”

"Forget it, that's it!" Zhao Jinghuan muttered, "He is actually a smart person, and he is worried that he will repeat Xiao Xian's mistakes, so he shows that he is eager to seek money, so as to show me that he values wealth and not power, and such a person can also be entrusted with important tasks." ”

"How's that going to work?" Chu Yunzhao read Rong Jiu's letter again, and said dissatisfied, "Don't forget, the Marquis of Pingchang has five sons, if the sons are like him, and take bribes for the sake of Mingzhe's life, it will really be messed up, and sooner or later he will be impeached, I advise you not to start this as soon as possible." ”

"Do you still expect all the generals to be good at fighting and the ministers to be as incorruptible as water?" Zhao Jinghuan has been stumbling in the capital for many years, and he has never had too many expectations for people and things, Zhengse said, "It's not impossible for him to have a showdown with me like this, as long as he can make repeated military exploits and be loyal to the court, otherwise, those he is greedy for will not be able to keep sooner or later." ”

"I see." Chu Yunzhao came to his senses.

When Mrs. Xiao learned that Xiao Heng was injured in Nanzhili, she was very anxious and sent the housekeeper and his wife to take care of him.

The housekeeper's mother-in-law Ma is Xiao Heng's personal guard Fuqing's aunt, this time Xiao Heng went to Nanzhili, Fuqing did not follow because of an accidental injury, Mrs. Xiao thought he was unlucky, so he let him go home to recuperate, Fuqing was helpless in the capital, so he had to stay at his aunt Ma's house to live.

Ma and his wife just arrived in Nanzhili for two days, Pingchang Hou led the army back to Beijing, and Ma and his wife followed back to the capital, Ma returned to the house and retreated from everyone, and Mrs. Xiao muttered something about what she had seen and heard in Nanzhili, Mrs. Xiao was surprised and delighted, a little unbelievable: "Really? ”

"Madam, such a big thing, the slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense." Ma Shi looked around, and said in a low voice, "That little appearance is exactly the same as when Childe was a child, and the slave maid heard Fuqing say that Childe once stayed in the Drunken Spring Building when he was drunk, and it was the one who Chen Qiniang served, and the slave quietly inquired about the child's birthday, which was just right, and nine times out of ten it was our son's child." ”

At that time, when she was ordered to pick up Xiao Heng with the carriage, she happened to see the child running out of the yard, and secretly wondered whose child this was how it looked similar to Xiao Heng, and when she asked, she knew that it was Chen Qiniang's child, and she didn't think much about it at that time.

On the way back, after thinking about it carefully, I felt that something was wrong.

She remembered that she had heard Fuqing say something before, saying that the matter of the son's night stay in the drunken spring building must be hidden from the lady, so as not to make the lady angry, she felt that it was not uncommon for men to visit the drunken spring building or something, so she didn't take it seriously.

Now that she saw this child, she was really surprised, and she specially asked Xiao Heng, but Xiao Heng said that Chen Qiniang had already married, saying that her man was a businessman and was not often at home, Ma saw that Xiao Heng did not suspect it, and did not dare to say that the child was similar to him in front of him, so he waited all the way to come back and discuss it with Mrs. Xiao!

"Don't tell anyone about this matter yet, I'm going to go to Nanzhili to see it myself." Mrs. Xiao couldn't sit still at the moment, and said excitedly, "If it is really our Xiao family's child, I will definitely take him back, and he will definitely not be left behind." ”

If Li Wanrong's stomach is angry, it's fine.

But she hasn't moved, and Xiao Heng refuses to divorce his wife and remarry, she can't watch the Xiao family die.

"Madam, Nanzhili Road is far away, and you have just finished fighting, where can you go?" Ma's eyes rolled, and he said, "You want to see the child, it is the blessing of the child, just let someone bring the child to you to see, if so, the slave and maid will congratulate the lady in advance, if not, I hope that the lady will not blame the slave and the maid for being troublesome." ”

"Don't worry, even if it's not, I will never blame you." Mrs. Xiao's expression was silent, and she muttered: "I'll let the housekeeper take a few people to Nanzhili for another trip, you run again, bring the child over for me to see, be sure to treat the child well, don't let him be frightened." ”

Ma's has always been cautious.

If she wasn't eighty or ninety percent sure, she wouldn't have said it.

"Madam, don't worry, the slave will do it!" Ma gladly accepted the order and left.

At night, Zhao Jinghuan went back to the room to tease the child, and when he was about to sleep, he didn't want to go back to the study, insisted on staying with their mother and son, and vowed to sleep with the child in his arms, Xie Jinyi didn't want to take this risk, so he asked Ziyu to take the child to the nurse's house, Zhao Jinghuan lay on the bed, his head rested on his arm, and said dissatisfiedly: "Now that you have a child, why don't you even look at your husband?" ”

"You're not going to be jealous with your kids, are you?" Xie Jinyi couldn't cry or laugh.

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