Du Mingxin nodded, feeling that Ding Juan's words also made some sense. The Duke of Wei is an old-time nobleman who has been inherited from the previous dynasty, and now only Ding Juan's Xianggong has an errand in the Five Cities Terracotta Division. Although it is said to be the Guogong Mansion, if you really want to have a tough confrontation with an upstart of the Yan Dynasty like Marquis Wuding, I am afraid that nothing good will be left behind.

This world is unfair to women, if a man encounters such a thing, such as the second son of the Marquis of Wuding, at most he will be said to be unruly. If you can restrain a few points, after a year and a half, there will be people who praise the prodigal son for turning back. But for a woman, this is a tattoo on her forehead, which is difficult to wash off for a lifetime. If you want to get married, you can only look for it in a low place.

Ding Juan originally wanted to mention his cousin's marriage again, but seeing that Du Mingxin looked exhausted, he stopped. The township test in August has been stopped, and it is not too late to mention it when my cousin is selected to come to the capital to participate in the spring festival.

"You have a good rest, I'll go back and see Mr. Jiang." Ding Juan smiled and said goodbye to her, "I'll come back to see you in two days when I'm free." ”

Du Mingxin nodded with a smile and asked Xia Ye to take Ding Juan to Mr. Jiang's place.

*

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, on this day, Chen Yuantai was reading the report sent from the front line in the Qianqing Palace.

Qian Hao didn't know who came up with a "clever" idea, so he withdrew all the 50,000 troops stationed in Huai'an Mansion and left a city without city defense for Chen Xi.

The Southern Expeditionary Army occupied a large area of land on both sides of the Huai River without much effort, and Chen Xi wrote a report requesting the imperial court to send troops to Huai'an to prevent himself from going deep into Xu Xing's lone army and being attacked by the enemy.

Chen Yuantai thought for a long time, and ordered someone to send Shen Yao to see him.

"The 100,000 troops on standby in the Shanxi and Shaanxi capitals are ready to set off," Chen Yuantai instructed, "and they must be sent to Huai'an Mansion before the beginning of September." At the same time, He Nan and An Hui were ordered to start recruiting soldiers, and the bigger the momentum, the better. If Qian Hao didn't know, he would find a way to deliver the news to him, and make sure he felt that we were at the end of the crossbow and had no successors. ”

Shen Yao felt that something was wrong, so he said cautiously: "But if Qian Hao sticks to the city because of this, he is ready to fight for a long time. And our army is on an expedition, which is taboo in terms of military morale, grain and grass. ”

Chen Yuantai smiled: "It doesn't matter. Qian Hao thinks that Jinling is a blessed land, do we have to capture Jinling first? I have already told Chen Xi to act, if Jinling is really a fortified city, then we will take a detour to attack Luzhou Mansion and Changzhou Mansion! At that time, there will only be one lonely city left in Jinling, and I will see how long Qian Hao will consume! ”

Shen Yao nodded yes, and resigned to the military department to give the order.

Chen Yuantai took Chen Xi's fold and looked at it again and again for a while, and was about to put it back in the box, but found that there was an unsealed letter inside, which read, "Begging my father to transfer it to Princess Jin".

Chen Yuantai thought it was funny, pinched the envelope and looked at it, there was a thick pile, there were about seven or eight pieces of paper, and there was a dried begonia flower in it.

Chen Yuantai personally sealed the envelope with fire paint and ordered someone to send it to the Jin Palace.

He turned to the prince and asked, "Are all things ready?" ”

The prince hurriedly smiled and said, "Back to the emperor, everything has been prepared." ”

"Bring it here."

On the black rosewood tray, there are two jade plates, each with four mooncakes and osmanthus cakes made by the imperial chef. In the delicate white porcelain bottle next to it, there is a new osmanthus wine brewed this year, and there is a faint aroma emanating from the mouth of the bottle.

"What kind of stuffing are mooncakes?"

"Back to the emperor, a bean paste, a jujube paste, a puff pastry with five kernels with green and red silk, and a Soviet-style with 100 fruits made by a chef from the south."

"Take out the one from the bean paste." Chen Yuantai commanded.

The prince hurriedly took out a clean white handkerchief from his arms and personally picked out the bean paste mooncake.

Chen Yuantai himself carried the tray and walked straight into the small Buddha hall in the side hall.

After an hour, Chen Yuantai still didn't come out. The minions waiting outside were a little unable to stand, and they announced their crimes to the prince one after another, and wanted to go to the official room.

"Look at your little bit of interest!" The prince scolded in a low voice, "I can't stand it for only one hour, and there is a longer time than this!" ”

The little eunuch on the side whispered, "Who do you say is the offering here?" The emperor did not land on the four o'clock and eight festivals and went inside to worship ......"

He leaned closer again, almost leaning into the ear of the prince and said: "Last time during the Midyear Festival, the people in Concubine De's palace stuffed me with a purse full of silver, and asked me to secretly go to see the things in the Buddha hall, but I didn't dare to take it!" I heard Xiao Liuzi say that Sister Guiyue in the queen's palace has also come to us several times, and I want to ask about this Buddhist hall when I go back......"

"Count you kid acquaintance!" The prince kicked him, "I still know that my life is worth more than that bag of silver!" ”

"That's, that's!" The little eunuch sneered, "Why don't you take a look at it when you have time?" The rewards that Changchun Palace and Kunning Palace can get are enough to buy a house in the capital! I'll give you the old lookout, and I'll do it without knowing it, so sure the emperor won't find out! ”

"Do you think I'm too stupid or you're too smart?" The prince gave him a blank look, "But if the matter of this Buddha Hall spreads, none of the people in this Qianqing Palace want to live!" ”

"No, it won't, right?" The little eunuch stammered.

"Why not?" The prince glared at him, "The emperor usually gives you a good face, and you forget who you are!" We are the sons of heaven who won the world on horseback, do you think it is still the emperor who was as soft as a kitten in the previous dynasty? ”

The minions outside whispered lively, but it didn't affect Chen Yuantai in the Buddhist hall at all.

He sat cross-legged on the futon in front of the offering table and poured himself a glass of osmanthus wine. He picked it up and sniffed it first, raised his head and drank it all, and muttered in his mouth: "Magnolia, this wine is not as good as you...... It's not fragrant enough, it's not mellow enough, I'm almost drunk in this bottle, and I don't get drunk......"

He pinched a piece of osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth, it was sweet and silky, but his heart was full of bitterness when he swallowed it. "You like to eat this, I'll eat more for you......" After saying that, he took another piece and ate it.

"In the blink of an eye, you've been gone for almost twenty years. I don't know if you can eat this cake over there? Chen Yuantai poured another glass of wine, "I am now above 10,000 people under one person, if this is the case at that time, I will definitely be able to protect you...... We are a family of three, and we are celebrating the festival together and beautifully, where will there be these annoying people later? ”

"I'll tell you," his eyes became a little hazy, "Xi Ge'er is ready now, he has become a general, and he will lead the troops to fight with Xu Xing." In the future, when I am old and dying, I will seal him to the south, and I will not stay in the capital and suffer the idleness of these people......"