Chapter 23: The Flames of War

"What?!" Jiang Tianhe asked his henchman with an ugly face, "Mi went to the palace to beg Bing'er to replace the little cheap man in the big house. People call the shots?! Mother was willing to let her enter the palace?! ”

The henchman replied: "Mrs. Mi said to Mrs. Ou that before the Hou Ye passed away, the queen mother personally promised to take good care of Miss Sun of the Jiang family!" Now that Miss Sun has been wronged in the fourth room, if she doesn't tell the queen, others may not think that Niangniang is unaware of the deep palace, and I am afraid that she will think that Niangniang was just perfunctory! So for the sake of the mother's reputation......"

"Mother also believes this kind of nonsense?" Jiang Tianhe laughed angrily, "That's cheap. Doesn't the woman just want to get along with me?! Bing'er is pregnant now, and she is really ruthless as an uncle, since that's the case-"

…… Guogong Mansion, four rooms, Qiu Yulan looked at Jiang Qizheng sitting on top of him with a smile, I haven't seen her for a year or two, and I went to the bitter cold place, this Chunfu princess who has always been raised in the splendid pile is not only not haggard, except for the fatigue of the journey, she looks much better than two years ago.

Obviously, she has a very good relationship with Qiu Feng now, and she is in good spirits on happy occasions - otherwise, with Jiang Qizheng's weakness and delicacy that she has been pampered since childhood, she definitely does not have the spirit and spirit she has now.

"It's been a long time!" Qiu Yulan looked at the eldest sister-in-law who had faded away from her childish innocence and was replaced by a calm and atmospheric attitude, and then looked at Qiu Feng, who was dressed all over her body and answered Mrs. Zhuang's question with a respectful expression, and secretly sighed, "After two or three years of hard work, this pair has changed really much!" ”

She was walking here, and Mrs. Zhuang's interrogation of Qiu Feng over there had also come to an end - Mrs. Zhuang still had some opinions about Qiu Feng's snub of her daughter when she got married, but Jiang Qizheng couldn't help but make peace, obviously unwilling to have a conflict between her mother and her husband. Mrs. Zhuang has two biological sons, but only one biological daughter, she refuses to brush her meaning, she is a little lukewarm at the beginning, and when she sees that Qiu Feng's attitude is always respectful, she will not take the shelf: "You are all tired when you come back, go to your grandmother to say goodbye first, and then go to the Hou Mansion to give your uncle an incense, and the other elders will talk about it tomorrow!" ”

Jiang Qizheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thanked her mother, and gave a solemn salute to Qiu Yulan: "Fu'er owes your brother and sister ......."

"Eighteenth sister, are you going to see me?" Qiu Yulan naturally wanted to stop it, and said with a smile, "Besides, Lang'er was not born before, An'er is lonely alone, it's good to have Fu'er as a companion!" ”

The two exchanged a few words, and Mrs. Zhuang spoke: "It's all your own family, don't be polite and polite, eighteen you and the horse go to your grandmother to say goodbye, and the nineteenth daughter-in-law stays, I have something to say!" ”

After Jiang Qizheng followed Qiu Feng, Qiu Yulan asked, "What does my mother command?" ”

"When the eighteenth couple comes back, Fu'er won't let you worry about it anymore." Mrs. Zhuang pondered for a moment before she said, "In this way, if you can spare some time, you can often go to your eighth sister-in-law and walk around, and relax her heart." ”

Qiu Yulan knew what she meant, that is, she didn't want her daughter-in-law to leave a gap between them.

This matter is actually Chu Yitong's unreasonable trouble-but considering that she became the mother of a group of children before she entered the door, and it was easy to get pregnant, not only was the pregnancy time embarrassing, but also one accidentally disappeared! Now I am in the midst of sadness, and it is understandable that I am unreasonable.

"Mother rest assured, my daughter-in-law asked someone to get a few ingredients yesterday, and I plan to make a pot of nourishing porridge for my eighth sister-in-law today!" Qiu Yulan sighed in her heart and said with a smile, "Of course, mother, grandmother, little aunt, and eighteen sisters all have a share. ”

"We've got the light of your eighth sister-in-law!" Mrs. Zhuang is very satisfied with the obedience of her little daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Zhuang has always been fair and generous to her own people, so without saying a word, she took off the bracelet she had married and rewarded, "I can't eat you for nothing, take it and play!" ”

Qiu Yulan smiled and refused: "Which family is a daughter-in-law's filial piety to mother-in-law is not taken for granted, mother, you don't treat your daughter-in-law as your own family!" ”

"It is natural for a daughter-in-law to respect her mother-in-law, and it is also a matter of course for her mother-in-law to reward her daughter-in-law!" Mrs. Zhuang said kindly, "Let's talk about motherhood, sooner or later, it won't all be you and your eighth sister-in-law?" ”

Seeing that she really wanted to give, Qiu Yulan didn't push it around anymore after thinking about it, and put it away with a smile: "That daughter-in-law can take advantage of her mother!" ”

Next, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said a few more words about Ling Zui's relationship with Zhuang Man, and Qiu Yulan returned to his courtyard to cook porridge.

said that she boiled, in fact, she went into the kitchen and threw the washed ingredients into the pot, watched the people light the fire, and after a few words, she went back to the room to rest - she couldn't say that she was resting, because she just entered the door, she was pounced by Jiang Jingkun and hugged her legs, and the strength was so sudden that she almost tripped Qiu Yulan, and sighed and picked him up: "Why did you go to the ground?" Didn't you just walk around on the couch? ”

The nurse who came over hurriedly saluted and quickly explained: "Sun Gongzi thinks that the place on the couch is too small, so he has to go to the ground!" ”

"Ming'er, replace the felt blanket on the ground and pick up a thicker one!" Qiu Yulan looked down at the ground and said, "Don't be too thick, it won't hinder him from walking, but if he falls, he won't be broken!" ”

Jiang Jingkun claims to be three years old this year, but in fact he is not two years old, so although he can already walk and talk, he is not very proficient. Qiu Yulan was afraid that he was now enthusiastic about learning these two things, so he wouldn't be hurt because he didn't protect himself.

After playing with his nephew for a while, and seeing that the time was almost up, Qiu Yulan coaxed him to see Jiang Jinglang, and took advantage of the opportunity for him to tease his cousin with a rattle, and slipped away to the kitchen by himself.

"Don't add chopped green onions to this for the eighth sister-in-law, I remember that the eighth sister-in-law doesn't like to eat this." Qiu Yulan tasted the porridge and felt that it was just right, so he instructed his subordinates to side the dishes according to their tastes, "Mother's share of more pickles; My grandmother can't bite pickles when she is old, so she just cuts some preserved eggs; The little aunt is not suitable to eat meat now, so she puts a stewed tofu. ”

In order to achieve Mrs. Zhuang's advice, everyone else asked their subordinates to send it, only Chu Yitong came by Qiu Yulan himself.

It's just that when I arrived at Chu Yitong's yard, I was blocked by Zhu's mother: "The eighth young lady just fell asleep, the young lady, she has slept lightly in the past two days, and someone will go in for fear that it will wake her up, ...... you see this young lady?" ”

Qiu Yulan frowned, very doubtful of the truth of this statement, but thinking about Mrs. Zhuang, she still said calmly: "Since this is the case, I won't bother the eighth sister-in-law, this is the porridge I boiled myself, and I ask my mother to transfer it to my sister-in-law!" ”

Zhu Mom thanked her repeatedly, took the food box with both hands, respectfully sent her to the door, and watched her get on the soft sedan before closing the door.

Although Chu Yitong's attitude towards marrying the nurse was good, on the way back, Su He and the others were still upset about Qiu Yulan: "It's that the lady picked a bracelet for this pot of porridge and gave it to the young lady, and she didn't want the young lady to cook it herself, and she sent it over in person, but the eighth young lady refused to even show her face, which was too much!" ”

"Didn't you listen to Mother Zhu? The eighth sister-in-law is not in good health and can't be disturbed. Qiu Yulan was not very happy in his heart, but he still scolded the people, "It's all a family, I don't care, what do you have to say?" ”

Naturally, this matter can't be hidden from Mrs. Zhuang and the others, thinking that Chu Yitong is still sitting in Xiaoyuezi, it's hard to say anything about her, but she comforts Qiu Yulan.

After Jiang Yashuang found out, she also felt aggrieved for her wife: "The eighth sister-in-law is young, and when she encountered such a major event at the first time, she didn't turn a corner for a while. Don't worry about her these two days, she wants to open it in a few days, and she should come to make amends with you! ”

"It's just a small thing." Qiu Yulan is not familiar with Chu Yitong, and a little dispute can't reach the point where she can't forget it, but she is more concerned about Shazhou now, "Is the Western Xinjiang about to go to war?" That brother's marriage ......"

Speaking of this, Jiang Yashuang also sighed: "I will definitely not be able to come back!" But the Ou family is not unreasonable, let's talk about it slowly! ”

"The war in northern Xinjiang has been going on for several months, and it doesn't mean to end yet. If there is also a war in the western frontier......" Qiu Yulan groaned, "I don't know if the treasury can stand it?" ”

Although Xue Chang has governed the country in a good way, and despite the chaotic situation of the heroine and the second queen fighting for power for many years, he still ensures that Da Rui's overall financial resources are thriving, but the cost of the war is extraordinary, and Qiu Yulan knows that the current political situation will not be better than the second queen's struggle for power - that will be the second queen to contain each other, Xue Chang is in the middle balance, and many corrupt officials are afraid of being caught by political enemies and put to death in one fell swoop, and they have been restrained.

Right now?

The Jiang family has the final say, and Xue Chang is just relying on his talents to protect himself, what scruples do his henchmen have? In the long run, I am afraid that Xue Chang can stay in power, and he will not be able to maintain the decline of national strength.

"A year or two is no problem." Jiang Yashuang muttered, "If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid it will be troublesomeβ€”but Northern Xinjiang shouldn't be able to drag on for a year or two!" ”

On the side of Northern Xinjiang, Jiang Tianchi was unintentional and unintentional, just in time for the death of the Marquis of Jibei, and even Qin Guogong was deceived at first, and successfully pitted Beihu. Although the war is not over, it has the upper hand.

What needs to be worried about is still the western Xinjiang, Han Jishan's ability is insufficient, Qiu Jinglan is young and has little qualifications, and although the rest of the Guo clan has been cleared several times, it is difficult to say whether there is anything left.

The internal troubles are not cleared, if we catch up with the Western Barbarians to attack in a big way......

"When the northern Xinjiang is calmed down, it's hard to say whether the Western Barbarians will have the courage to continue to attack." Jiang Yashuang pondered for a while and said, "Anyway, there is nothing to worry about now, let's talk about it then!" ”

"This is just for the entire Da Rui, the Zhenbei Army first pacified the Northern Frontier, and then went to help the Zhenxi Army pacify the Western Frontier - so Da Rui's safety does not need to be worried!" Qiu Yulan pursed his lips and thought, "But for the Zhenxi Army, it was originally on an equal footing with the Zhenbei Army, but it had to rely on the help of the Zhenbei Army to resist foreign aggression, isn't this the incompetence of the main general?" ”

Previously, Qin Guogong and Jibei Hou tacitly did not pursue the death of Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing, and allowed Qiu Jinglan to develop in the Zhenxi Army, the biggest reason was that Qiu Jinglan had the foundation of Ruan and Qiu in the army.

If because of the repeated defeats of the Zhenxi Army, the soldiers were dissatisfied and the morale of the army was shaken, and Qiu Jinglan was deducted from the reputation of "Tiger Father and Dog Son" again, how could there be a place for him in the Zhenxi Army at that time?

"If the war starts in the western Xinjiang and wins, it will be a matter of course for my brother to take charge of the Zhenxi army! Fail...... I'm afraid that the big house and the third room will have to think about it again! Qiu Yulan thought thoughtfully, "Even Qin Guogong may not really be willing to give up the fat of the Zhenxi Army!" ”