Because she was "sick", Pei Baoer didn't go to Liu's house to eat the wedding wine, but just sent a gift to express her heart.

Everyone also understands it, after all, most people have seen Princess Pei's appearance some time ago, pale and haggard, which is strange and distressing. Presumably, it was because I was tired of taking care of the birthday banquet and the new shop, so I was sick again.

Although the princess of Liuguo is married to a princess, she is not the princess of our Dasheng Heavenly Family, she is just a princess of a small barbarian country, and there is nothing unusual. Moreover, the one who married the princess was the youngest son of Liu Guogong, this Liu Fei is different from his father and brother, he doesn't like to dance with guns and sticks, he only loves pen and ink articles, and it is said that he doesn't like Liu Guogong very much. Moreover, although Liu Fei has some talents, he has not been able to take the top prize in the exam, and the new Chun Fei of this subject has also been mixed with a second-rank jinshi background, and he was not admitted to Shu Jishi, Liu Guogong also released a word that the officials of the Ministry do not need to look at his face, so this Liu Fei is still waiting for the official to be awarded.

All in all, the marriage between the Duke of Liuguo and Princess Beidi is not very favorable. Even many people are watching the jokes coldly, just waiting for Princess Medea to make a new pink story again.

However, it is strange to say that this amorous Princess Medea has changed since she married into the Liuguo Mansion, not to mention how dignified and virtuous she is, anyway, she is a lot more stable in dealing with people, although she occasionally goes out, she does not have eyebrows with anyone, and she treats her mother-in-law and concubine very politely, and she is very passable on the big face.

The people who were waiting to see the joke couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but the Liuguo Mansion was greatly satisfied. Especially, a month and a half later, Princess Beidi was found out of a month's happy vein, and the Duchess of Liuguo, who was looking forward to a full house of children and grandchildren, was happy.

In contrast, the Marquis of Zhongwu's Mansion was not very happy.

Previously, although the marriage between the two families was still in the stage of oral negotiation, and his family was only a girl from a side branch, but the relationship was not far, and she was the niece of Zhongwu Hou himself. said well, but the Liu family suddenly wanted to marry a princess, or a princess of the Beidi people!

As a Zhongwu Marquis who has dealt with the Beidi people for many years, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he sent a letter to his wife and asked his wife to remind the Liu family.

The Liu family is also worried, they don't want to marry such a red face and a bad woman to enter the door as a daughter-in-law, and it is very likely that they are spies of the enemy country. The youngest son Liu Fei was ignorant, and shouted that if she didn't marry, it would be fine, and what was even worse was that the ugly thing that this bastard boy did with the princess was actually bumped into by Princess Pei herself, and the location was still in the regent palace, and the time was still Princess Pei's birthday.

Oh my God, is this kid Liu Fei reading too much and reading stupidly, disgusted that the head on his father's neck is not stable enough or what?

All in all, the prince of Liu Guo was soon called by the regent to hint at it, and talked about the importance of friendship and harmony among neighbors. In the end, the Liu family had to pinch their noses and recognize the famous princess daughter-in-law.

At the same time, the Beidi mission was also attacked, and once again rejected their offer to buy the hostages. However, a stick still has to be given a sweet date, and the imperial court reluctantly agreed to the new mutual market terms. So, after attending the wedding banquet of the Liuguo Mansion, the Beidi people were politely invited out of the capital by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The Liuguo Mansion felt that it was perhaps the little daughter-in-law's family that was gone, and no one supported him, so he knew that he was a handsome man and bowed his head and behaved obediently.

The best thing is that the little daughter-in-law is not an orthodox lady, and she is very capable of pulling her face in the matter of settling with Princess Pei. Except for the one or two families that are very close, almost all of the posts sent to the palace by ordinary officials are rejected. But Princess Medea has a cheekiness comparable to the city wall, she didn't hand over the post, she ran directly to the door to ask for a meeting, and if she didn't go again, she went too much, and she actually entered the house naturally.

The Liuguo Mansion and Princess Pei have established a good relationship, and the link between them still destroys the marriage between the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion and the Liuguo Mansion, how can this make the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion not angry?

For a time, there were a lot more messy folds such as the impeachment of Liu Guogong for raising private soldiers, embezzling military salaries, and committing murder by arsonist slaves.

One day, when the eldest princess Jinghe and Pei Baoer talked about this, Pei Baoer was still surprised: "Isn't it just that you didn't get married?" How do you turn your face like an enemy? The strength of the Marquis of Zhongwu is too small, right? ”

According to her, now that the military power of the DPRK and China is divided into three parts, it should be considered relatively balanced, what is this Zhongwu Marquis doing when he is idle and running to tease the tiger whiskers of the Duke of Liu? Could it be that he really wants to kill Liu Guogong and replace him, and bring the southeast naval army under his wing?

If it is said that Qi Heng is supporting him, an old man with an unjustified name, it is not right, at that time, the Marquis of Zhongwu will be powerful, and he, the regent, may not be inappropriate.

On this issue, the eldest princess Jinghe had a little guess, but she was a little vague about Pei Baoer, or "Princess Medea" solved her confusion.

"The princess didn't know that there was a small tribe on the northwest border, poor and white, who had been guarding a bare mountain for generations. Two years ago, when the Marquis of Zhongwu drove the Beidi people out of Dasheng, he 'easily' leveled the small tribe and assigned it to the territory of Dasheng. Because the place was small, the imperial court did not send other subordinate officials over, so it let the Zhongwu Marquis who guarded the border be in charge. ”

Pei Baoer was a little puzzled, but she knew that Medea would not mention such a matter for no reason.

She thought about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration, "Isn't it the ...... of the mountain?"

Medea smiled slightly, "The princess is really witty. ”

It turned out that iron ore was actually produced in the mountain, otherwise, that small tribe would not have put other places with fertile water and grass and not relocated, and would just stick there.

"Liu Guogong has always been operating in the southeast, but he is also eyeing the military power in the northwest, somehow, he heard about it and got the handle of the Lin family, and Zhongwu Hou also knows a lot of bad things about Liu Guogong. The two families discussed marriage, but it was just an expedient measure to test each other. Now that the alliance is broken, there is naturally nothing to fear. ”

Pei Baoer had been thinking about the true identity of this "Princess Medea", but today she suddenly mentioned this matter, which made her have a new conjecture.

"That small tribe is on the northwest border, close to the territory of the Beidi people, presumably, the living habits, appearance and physique of those tribes are slightly similar to the Beidi people?"

Medea's amorous eyes were covered with a thin layer of mist, but they quickly dispersed, and if Pei Baoer hadn't paid attention, I was afraid that she wouldn't have seen anything unusual.

"That's true, but now that the clan is gone, it's a cloud of the past."

Pei Bao'er knew that she had guessed correctly, but the Marquis of Zhongwu was considered to be a great sheng, and he destroyed her clan, how could she still do things for Qi Heng in turn?

This question is not easy to ask the other party directly, so Pei Baoer took advantage of Qi Heng's time to send his son back to the main courtyard and asked him. Only then did I know that it was the sins of the Beidi people.

Although the small tribe is on the border, it is closer to Beidi and has been under the jurisdiction of the Beidi royal court for many years. In recent years, the king of Beidi has become old, and several princes have fought for power, each of them has attracted power and recruited troops, and small tribes like Medea have also become one of their targets. Because the tribe is small and the strength is poor, they can only accept it, but from time to time they come to conquer Ding and horses, which makes Medea's people have a very hard time.

Four years ago, during the Northern Tour Rebellion, the Beidi people received the news from somewhere, and went to Ganzhou to fight Dasheng by surprise, and wanted to go south to loot it, but they were strongly counterattacked, and finally retreated, and even were beaten out of the border hundreds of miles away. It just so happened that the retreat route of the Beidi army, which was sneaking south, happened to pass through the tribes of Medea. They were looking for a back, and they also stole all the horses and food in the tribe, and threw them down as a shield.

Medea's extermination was not so much the work of the Marquis of Zhongwu as the poisonous hand of the Beidi people.

After that, she escaped from the battlefield by chance, and wanted to approach the Beidi royal court with a mortal heart and assassinate the Beidi king for revenge, but she changed her mind under the persuasion of her subordinates, traveled south to Dasheng, and took refuge in Qi Heng.

"You're really talented." Pei Baoer didn't know what to say, so she had to summarize it like this.

Qi Heng smiled in his eyes, "The princess has won the prize." ”

Pei Bao'er pursed her lips and thought of another question: "Then, you must know about the iron mine, aren't you worried?" ”

She asked reasonably, because, no matter which dynasty or generation, rare resources such as minerals must be controlled by the imperial court, not to mention something as important as iron ore. If you are pinched in the hands of some rebellious ministers and thieves, and get some blacksmiths to go over and privately cast military iron, you can uncover the uprising in minutes!

Listening to Medea's meaning, the Marquis of Zhongwu did not seem to report this iron mine to the imperial court, but instead operated it in the dark.

"I know, but you can't rush it."

Pei Baoer gave him a blank look, can't you be in a hurry? No matter how much he is in a hurry, his old Qi family's Jiangshan said that he had to change his surname to Lin Luo~

"Okay, okay, if you say it's not in a hurry, it's not in a hurry. Anyway, if you fall, I'll take my son and go into hiding. ”

Qi Heng snorted, "You want to be beautiful, if I fall, will you be able to get out of the capital as your mother and son?" ”

Pei Bao'er glared at him unhappily, "So let you pay more attention!" Don't you're afraid that a thorough investigation of this matter will put your son's maternal grandfather in it, right? At the end, there was a hint of sourness in his tone.

She thought very clearly in her heart, she didn't eat Lin's vinegar or anything for Qi Heng, this is a high-level event of political struggle, and it will affect the life of their mother and son for the rest of their lives, maybe they will be dragged down by him for the rest of their lives, but he is still unhurried at this moment, isn't this obviously making people angry?

Every time Concubine Lin is mentioned, the atmosphere of the conversation between the two, which was originally quite harmonious, will enter a stalemate.

This time is no exception, Qi Heng cleared his throat and explained two sentences: "I understand what you are worried about, but the Lin family has been operating in the northwest for many years and its power is deep-rooted, and I only learned about it at the end of last year." The matter of military power must be slowly figured out for the whole body. ”