Chapter 140: In front of the house
In front of the Zhao Mansion with the still brand-new plaque, the three marching army rehearsals stood straight, the fast horses had been prepared, and Gao Maoxue had also changed into a royal robe, although it was black, but compared with his usual simple clothes, it was already very gorgeous and shiny. In addition, he is already tall and good-looking, and he is very handsome when he dresses up a little, and he is still the kind of handsome that people want to marry.
Zhao Wanqing walked down the steps of the gate, put away her reluctance to Gao Maoxue, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "General Gao, Linzi City will be handed over to you." ”
Gao Maoxue half-knelt down, saluted Zhao Wanqing, and said in a deep voice: "The general cherishes." ”
Zhao Wanqing waited for him to finish speaking before helping him up, then nodded and replied seriously: "Well, I will." ”
Gao Maoxue paused, and finally took a step closer to hug Zhao Wanqing, and said: "What I said just now was to say to you as a subordinate, and now I am to say it to you Zhao Wanqing as Gao Maoxue." ”
Zhao Wanqing hugged him back, patted his hand on his broad back, and said, "Say it, I'll listen." ”
Gao Maoxue's voice was not loud, but it contained his reluctance to Zhao Wanqing: "We will meet again one day, and until then, I will wait for you no matter what." ”
Zhao Wanqing said: "Okay, I remember." ”
Waiting for the army to leave the street at the gate of Zhao's mansion, Zhao Wanqing looked at the flying dust and sniffed, and muttered: "I really can't imagine that my all-round support NPC will also leave me." ”
System: "I'm your all-around support NPC!" ”
Zhao Wanqing: "Huh? The wind is too strong, I can't hear what you say. ”
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On the afternoon when Gao Maoxue was transferred to Linzi, Zhao Wanqing heard from the four brothers of the Jiang family that the palace had sent someone to make a dress for the princess of Wei.
"Although Princess Qinyi still lives in the post house, in order to reflect the emperor's importance to harmony, I heard that the ceremonial flowers are spread on three floors, and there are officers and soldiers guarding them day and night......
As soon as the four brothers of the Jiang family came back from the street, they talked to Zhao Wanqing with great interest about the rumors of marriage, and at the end, they asked Zhao Wanqing: "General, what do you think?" ”
"Look with your feet." Zhao Wanqing replied.
After a while, she went into the house and changed into the most beautiful long dress, and asked the Zhiji sisters to comb her the hair of a woman who had not left the pavilion, and found the four brothers of the Jiang family in the house and said, "Prepare the car, I want to leave the house." ”
The four brothers of the Jiang family looked at Zhao Wanqing's outfit at this time in amazement, and one of them asked, "The general is dressed like this...... Where are you going? ”
Zhao Wanqing looked down at her outfit and was quite satisfied, so she said calmly: "Go to Yuwang's Mansion." ”
The four brothers of the Jiang family showed a clear expression at this time, and hurriedly went to prepare a car for Zhao Wanqing.
After setting off, the carriage traveled all the way and suddenly stopped on a certain street. Zhao Wanqing picked out the curtains and found that she hadn't arrived at Yuwang's Mansion yet, so she asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Jiang Bei replied outside the carriage: "General Hui, it's a subordinate of the Ling Mansion, saying that Miss Ling made some fragrant cakes and wants to give them to you to taste." ”
"Okay," Zhao Wanqing said, "just the shortcomings of dessert after dinner." ”
Jiang Bei then took a basket of fragrant cakes from the Ling family and handed it to Zhao Wanqing in the carriage.
The carriage continued on the road, Zhao Wanqing didn't think much about it, picked up the fragrant cake and took a bite, and then she found: "It's so unpalatable!" ”
Jiangbei asked intimately outside the car: "General, do you want to buy some tea on the street?" ”
Zhao Wanqing had already curiously opened the fragrant cake at this time and looked at it, so she replied in a deep voice: "No need, keep walking." ”
I saw a crumpled note stuffed in the fragrant cake, Zhao Wanqing pulled it out and looked at it, it read: "You must not take the official road when you go to Anyang, the protector has sent someone to ambush and wait for you." ”
Although Ling Shuangyin used the most old-fashioned way to ventilate Zhao Wanqing, Zhao Wanqing still broke a few other pastries, worried that there would be fish that slipped through the net, and then she found two notes inside:
"King Yu is purging the various forces in the court, it is best for you not to make friends with King Yu on the surface in the near future, and beware of getting into trouble."
"Come to me for tea when you're free."
Zhao Wanqing was originally hesitant to continue looking for Jiang Chengyuan because of the first serious warning, but when she saw the next chat-like content, she immediately shook her head, put away the three notes, and decided to go to Yuwang's mansion.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Wanqing was still a little entangled here, and when she arrived at the palace, she was not allowed to enter at all.
"General," Jiang Bei stepped forward to inquire and then walked back, telling Zhao Wanqing: "They said that without King Yu's orders, the palace would not entertain guests. ”
Zhao Wanqing glanced at the gate of the magnificent King Yu's Mansion strangely, and asked, "Is King Yu at home?" ”
Jiangbei said: "I don't know, they don't say." ”
Zhao Wanqing frowned, after all, she came here after dressing up on purpose, and it would be a pity not to let Jiang Chengyuan take a look at it and go back.
Just thinking about it, Zhao Wanqing suddenly saw the white-clothed gentleman Hu Hibiscus walking out of the Yuwang Mansion, and now in her eyes, Hu Hibiscus is a walking "super rare level strategist", no matter what, it is always a good existence to recruit his subordinates.
"Sir." Zhao Wanqing hurriedly jumped out of the car and walked over.
As soon as Hu Jin saw her, he hurriedly saluted: "General." ”
"Where's the gentleman?" Zhao Wanqing asked.
Hu Jin saluted again: "General Hui, I am about to go to the Tai Academy to get some books for Prince Yu." ”
"Oh......" Zhao Wanqing didn't know much about ancient books, so she had to ask again: "I really want to invite Mr. to come to my army as a military advisor, is Mr. willing?" ”
Hu Jin smiled slightly and said, "It's just a small staff member of the palace, and the general is in love." ”
"Modest." Zhao Wanqing said, "If you are just a small staff, the prince does not take others with him, so he has to take you?" ”
Hu Jin said: "The prince is far-sighted, where do you need us to give him advice, general, do you say yes?" ”
Zhao Wanqing saw that he was so difficult to speak, and suddenly lost interest: "Forget it, don't force it, the twisted melon is not sweet." ”
Hu Jin smiled again: "General Xie." ”
Zhao Wanqing waved her hand to signal him not to be too polite, and then turned her head to look at the gate of the palace, in fact, she was already ready to leave, but she didn't expect to see Jiang Chengyuan and Princess Qinyi who were walking out.
"Your Highness will send it here." There was also a hint of shyness in Qin Yi's gentle voice, "Anyway, in two days...... I'm going to see you again......"
Jiang Chengyuan just nodded and didn't speak.
Zhao Wanqing immediately ran up, pretending to be surprised and said, "Princess Qinyi, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Qin Yi frowned and looked at Zhao Wanqing for a while, then turned her head and asked Jiang Chengyuan: "Your Highness, who is she?" ”
Jiang Chengyuan said: "A person with no name, don't care. ”
After saying that, he turned his head and instructed the people in the palace: "Send the princess back to the post house." ”
"Yes." After the subordinate responded, he immediately stepped forward and said to Princess Qinyi, "Princess, please come here." ”
Princess Qinyi glanced at Zhao Wanqing again suspiciously, and then she probably recognized that the pretty woman in front of her was Zhao Wanqing, who was usually dressed as a man, her face changed greatly, and then she turned to Jiang Chengyuan and said, "Your Highness, isn't she just ......?"
Jiang Chengyuan's always indifferent face had a look of impatience, Qin Yi immediately stopped talking, and bowed his head a little aggrieved and said, "Qin Yi retires." ”
After Princess Qinyi followed the people of the palace to get into the carriage and leave, Jiang Chengyuan spoke: "You don't stay in the mansion to recuperate, what are you doing here to this king?" ”
Zhao Wanqing glanced at the direction in which the carriage left, and only then did she not get angry on the surface, but she was actually angry, pretending not to be angry but hoping that Jiang Chengyuan could see that she was already angry and said: "Your Highness is really busy, not only to help the emperor govern the court, but also to maneuver between the two women, are you happy?" ”
Jiang Chengyuan said lightly: "Tomorrow you will set off for Anyang." ”
"Why?" Zhao Wanqing was puzzled, and continued to be angry: "Do you think I'm in the way?" ”
Jiang Chengyuan's gaze inadvertently swept around the door, and said: "The Wei and Chu coalition forces have been assembled in Wenshui, and the superficial diplomatic relations between Daqi and Wei and Chu will not last long, you go to Anyang first, if they really attack, you will write and say that you are not qualified for the post of auxiliary general, and this king will arrange for others to fight." ”
Zhao Wanqing frowned when she heard this, and she said with a straight face; "I can, whether it's a two-nation alliance or a three-nation alliance, I can handle it, so ......," her tone slowed down a bit, "Can't you make peace with the princess of Wei?" What kind of chaos in the court, what border wars, I will settle it for you, and when all the dust settles, can you retire and marry me? ”
Jiang Chengyuan was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed, his laughter was clear, as if he had heard some big joke, which could make him, who had always been iceberg cold, show an unsuspecting smile, but there was no hint of ridicule of Zhao Wanqing in his smile, he just felt that it was worth laughing at.
"Okay, then you can give it a try." Jiang Chengyuan said.
"Of course I will." Zhao Wanqing nodded vigorously and emphasized: "I'm telling you this very seriously, no joke!" ”
"Good, good." Jiang Chengyuan responded a few times as if coaxing her, and then he grabbed Zhao Wanqing's shoulders with both hands to prevent her from jumping, and said with a straight face: "Agreeing to make peace is just one of the means to confuse the King of Wei, and within three days, the Wei and Chu coalition forces will definitely attack Anyang." The city wall of Anyang is firmly defended, it can last for five days at most, and you can arrive in seven days tomorrow, when Anyang City is close to being lost, and a defeat cannot be avoided. ”
Zhao Wanqing listened to Jiang Chengyuan's words with a listening face, and Jiang Chengyuan saw that she was serious and let her go.
Zhao Wanqing was puzzled: "Since you know this, why don't you prepare early?" That way we don't have to lose the battle, do we? ”
Jiang Chengyuan hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "This king is for you to defeat the battle." ”
Zhao Wanqing looked surprised, and asked again: "Then if no one attacks Anyang within three days, are you really going to marry the princess of Wei?" ”