The lively atmosphere in the courtyard turned sharply, the firelight gathered, and I saw that the people on the ground were pale and lifeless, and the corpses were frozen in the ice and snow in the northwest, and they did not rot all the way to the capital. This time it was even more bluffing, and the cotton trembled: "Rong, General Rong, for the New Year, how, how to send a dead man." ”

The people who were ordered to send things were also inexplicable, they didn't seem to know what was in this box, but he still had a letter to give Dingshan, and explained that he was delayed by a snowstorm on the way, otherwise he should have arrived in the capital earlier, and then he was taken to rest by Zhuo Xi.

The dead man was stuffed into the box again and dragged outside, Hui Li was wearing a white fox coat, which was particularly eye-catching, but she was reluctant to take it off, this snow-white fur, stained with a little stain or a spark, it was a pity, how could she return it to Rong Heng in the future.

In the embarrassing atmosphere, Hui Li walked back and forth like a huge snowball, and the slightly drunk Erniang finally couldn't help laughing: "People haven't married yet, so the things sent are so reluctant?" ”

Hui Li hurriedly said: "Whoever wants to marry him, I'm afraid that it will be bad to return it to him if it gets dirty, but you will come to help me take it off." ”

But no matter what, there is no reason to send a corpse to someone for the New Year, Dingshan hurriedly read the letter under the lamplight, and said to everyone with a smile: "Sure enough, the road was delayed by a snowstorm, and the people who sent things didn't know what was inside, otherwise they only sent fox fur to come, this corpse ......"

The people in the courtyard have been dispersed, and the people in the family will not go outside to say that Zhuo Xi will arrange these things, and there is no need to worry about Dingshan. Seeing that Huili was wearing a fox fur and her limbs were stiff and "rolling" farther and farther, Joyama couldn't help laughing, and Chiba pulled his sleeve and said, "Do you still have the heart to laugh?" Rong Heng said something to you. ”

"The man looked to be at least forty years old." Joyama took Chiba into the door and handed her a glass of wine to suppress her shock, "Chiba, Rong Heng said in his heart that this person was the traitor who put the prince in a desperate situation by the traditional enemy army back then. Rong Heng said, this is a gift for you, but he is not a man who can generously say what to give you, and he said that it was for me on the surface. ”

"Really?" Chiba felt the blood boiling all over her body, and excitedly grabbed Joyama's arm and asked, "That is the one who killed my father?" ”

Joyama asked, "Didn't scare you, did you?" ”

Chiba shook her head, she even wanted to take another look, but why did she remember the face of a dead man, wandered in front of the door twice, ran back and asked Dingshan: "Why did General Rong kill him, I still have to confront Uncle Huang and settle accounts with that old thing in Uncle Guo's mansion." ”

Dingshan said: "Rong Heng has already obtained the letters they exchanged back then, and this person is also afraid that the emperor and Uncle Han will abandon him in the future, so he kept a hand, so he used it as a threat at a critical moment, and now it has become our evidence." Because the letter is very critical, Rong Heng will bring it to the capital by himself next time, as for this person, Rong Heng let him be seriously injured when he captured him, so he killed him in front of several other people. ”

"How many others?"

"Uncle Han sent several groups of people to the border one after another, but they were all taken down by Rong Heng and placed under house arrest." Dingshan frowned and said, "They seem to have been deliberately sent to Rong Heng, but it may also be that there has been no response, and Uncle Guo keeps sending people." In addition to the northwest, there are many other places, and the people under the old general have tracked four or five places, all of which are the forces planted by the Korean uncle in various places, and we have to guard against them. ”

Chiba listened nervously, remembering something in her heart, she wanted to ask Joyama for an explanation: "You guys are now wholeheartedly supporting Xiangtai, right?" Not doing what you want? ”

Dingshan thought for a while, but said: "This is not a conflict, I told you, I don't want to be an emperor, I want to really do something for the world." ”

Chiba said deliberately: "Then my dream of being a queen is shattered?" ”

Dingshan smiled: "Nonsense, when did you have this dream?" ”

The cotton skewer in front of the door was pulled on the door, and the person who was scared just now has not recovered at this time, but she is really the only one who is scared like her. The people from Shending Village seem to have seen everything, and when Sister-in-law Li heard the news, she still held a chicken leg in her hand, and after seeing the corpse, she continued to eat meat, and asked Cotton to go with her to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but Cotton had no appetite at all.

Chiba asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cotton trembled and said, "Princess, did you get that corpse out?" Where to put it, don't be the courtyard where the slaves and maids are placed. ”

Chiba stepped forward and patted her face and coaxed: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, go and prepare incense burners and candles for me, I'm going to the prince's mansion." She turned to Joyama and said, "I'm going to tell Daddy." ”

Dingshan bowed: "Let's go." ”

The family neatly set up the carriage, and the Chiba couple took the cotton, followed by a dozen or so brothers, and went out.

At this moment, the banquet in the palace was dispersed, and the sedan chairs and carriages of each family were met along the way, and the Shenshan Marquis Mansion was the dignity of Princess Anguo, and Chiba was not polite to them, and ordered people to open the way in front, forcing those carriages and sedan chairs to stop on both sides, and Chiba was able to go all the way to his father's house unimpeded.

The carriage of the Han Mansion on this side also had to stop, and the next person said that the front was blocked, in order to let Princess Anguo pass, Mrs. Han sneered: "There is no one at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, where is this going?" ”

Han Yuerou was also very curious, but heard the next person return: "It is said that the princess went to the prince's mansion." ”

Mrs. Han glanced ahead and asked, "What did the master say?" ”

The servant responded: "The slave saw the master smile and didn't say anything." ”

Mrs. Han muttered, "What's so ridiculous about this? She asked her daughter, "What do you know?" ”

Han Yuerou looked at her mother indifferently: "The child doesn't go out of the door every day, how can he know what is going on outside." ”

Mrs. Han was not angry: "If you didn't practice it yourself, why did you make it like this, could it be that my mother hurt you?" ”

Han Yue's soft smile, pretending to be so real, she seemed to be still the weak little daughter from before: "Mother, for the New Year, don't count your daughter, there is nothing to eat at the state banquet, let's go home and continue to eat Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

At this time, the carriage moved, probably because the carriage and horses of the Shenshan Marquis Mansion had passed, and Mrs. Han said disdainfully: "This season of Qianye is really getting more and more amazing." ”

A few days later, the capital was still in the atmosphere of the New Year, Han Yuerou was invited to the Three Princesses' Mansion as a guest, although Han Jiye did not want her to have dealings with Jinzhu, but his wife was also invited, and the daughter and wife of the Jingcheng Gate Valve family, thinking that it was a serious party, he had to agree.

Jinzhu really didn't mean anything else this time, what she loved to do in the palace in the past, and now it is the same in her own home, but to show off the dignity of her emperor's daughter, so that these women who have always been curious about what is going on in the third princess's mansion can open their eyes and see, her mansion can be fragrant and boundless, and it can also be extravagant and grand.

At this moment, everyone listened to the play across the water, Jinzhu lazily crooked on the top, Han Yuerou was beside her, suddenly heard someone talking, mentioning Chiba, Jinzhu called them to ask what was going on, and then heard that on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, General Dingxi sent two large boxes from the northwest to the Shenshan Marquis Mansion, and I don't know what treasures were hidden. Another person said that the old ladies in the Rong Mansion in the old years had come to the Hou Mansion to propose marriage.

"It turns out that Rong Heng didn't take a fancy to you, but he took a fancy to Chiba's sister-in-law." Jinzhu deliberately stimulated Han Yuerou, "Why do all the good things in the world fall on her." ”

Han Yuerou looked at her sister-in-law, who was sitting with her mother's daughter-in-law, and she sneered: "It's a pity that I don't have a decent sister-in-law, so that my sister-in-law can follow her." ”

Jinzhu said: "Now that Concubine Lian is taken care of by Concubine Fang Guifei, and the stars are holding the moon in the palace, I heard that I don't have to salute when I see my father." You see, if you had listened to me and married Xiangtai, now all these glories would have been yours. ”

Han Yuerou suddenly looked at her cousin and said, "Cousin, if one day this knowledge changes, what will you do?" Do you want to follow Shangshufu, or follow us? ”

Jinzhu frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Han Yuerou smiled coldly: "Cousin, if there is a day, I will ensure that you will be prosperous and rich, but it is good for you to do a few things for me, of course, I mean, if there is that day." ”

At the beginning of the new year, the imperial court was extraordinarily peaceful, under the supervision of the four princes, many new policies were implemented, the imperial court in all aspects of the source of the flow but did not deduct the salaries of officials, but also subdivided the responsibilities of officials at all levels, layer by layer to convey the following, this spring to open the branch to take scholars, the Ministry of Rites statistics on the figures, the number of people participating in the imperial examination, is the new monarch to the throne to the largest number of people, a large number of talents are coming to the capital.

However, the blessing and misfortune depended, just when the situation in the imperial court was full of spring, news came from the border, I don't know if it was the people sent by the Korean uncle who played a role, or the Maozi outside the northwest who survived the cold winter and recovered again, and once again raised troops to invade, when the news was sent to the capital, Rong Heng had already led the troops to the battlefield.

Almost at the same time, news came from the border of the East China Sea that several large ships of the Japanese Kingdom were approaching, and the Orientals on board had come ashore to burn, kill, and loot all kinds of evil, and three years earlier, the emperor had sent their envoys back to China in a friendly manner.

Xiangtai was furious about this, and sent troops to suppress the invading Japanese people, but also wanted to send generals to lead troops to the East to ask the Japanese for their crimes. However, in the court, there are only a handful of people with experience in the ocean, and in the palace that day, everyone's eyes were focused on Han Jiye.

At that time, Uncle Han glanced at his son coldly, and after laughing, he saw Han Jiye step forward and said to Xiangtai: "When the minister and Lord Liang went deep into the disaster-stricken place, they were seriously injured, and their leg bones have not healed so far. ”

He paused and said, "The eldest son of the old general, who has led sailors in the south. ”

The court was in an uproar, Han Jiye retreated, and met Dingshan's eyes, people who were once like-minded have finally embarked on a different path.