Ji Yuan returned to the small courtyard and saw that Ji Nian was standing in front of the chessboard, reaching out to open the painting box, he couldn't help coughing lightly, Ji Nian looked up in fright, "Grandfather." ”

Before Ji Yuan left, he put his hand on the painting box, looked at her and said, "Get ready, I'll ask someone to send you out of Chu State." ”

Ji Nian bit her lip and asked, "Isn't Grandpa going with you?" ”

"I still have something to do, you go first."

Ji Nian's eyes were red, and he asked, "It was the envoy of the Liang State who came just now?" ”

Ji Yuan looked up at her and asked, "Child, isn't your heart dead now?" ”

Ji Nian shook his head, "Grandfather, I have already thought about it, and I am not obsessed with the Chu State, I just want to know where we are going to flee and where we can accommodate us?" ”

"My peace of mind is home, this world is so big, I can accommodate you anywhere, it depends on whether your wishes are stable or not," Ji Yuan said: "This time, I will no longer stop you, and when you leave the Chu State, you can go wherever you want." ”

"What about my brother?"

Ji Yuan said: "He has his own way to go." ”

Ji Sheng went to study with Fu Zhixiao in the mountains before the outbreak of the war, and at first Emperor Chu sent people to keep an eye on him, but seeing that he was really learning from Mr. Fu, and later Shu attacked Chu, and even Liang joined the war, he couldn't notice Ji Yuan's little grandson.

Ji Sheng and Ji Nian are not on the same path, and it is impossible for Ji Yuan to send his grandson and granddaughter away together.

From the day he sent Ji Sheng into the mountain, the sister and brother had to take different paths.

Ji Nian was slightly stunned, she had always been smart, and she quickly understood, and after being silent for a moment, she bowed and retreated.

When I walked to the courtyard gate and looked back, I found that my grandfather's sideburns were gray and he had lost his previous spirit.

She turned around and went straight to her room.

Ji Yuan took the painting box back to the study, opened it to see the painting inside, this sage Lao Tzu picture was made when the two Jin Dynasty celebrities fought paintings, in addition to the Lao Tzu picture, there are also Confucius pictures and Mencius pictures.

Ji Yuan has a picture of Mencius, and the picture of Confucius and Lao Tzu have been missing, but he didn't expect that the picture of Lao Tzu was in Lin Qingwan's hand.

These three pictures have their own merits and are also good, but except for some people's admiration, the response in Shilin and the collecting circles is average.

Because these three pictures are painted by dou, in Ji Yuan's eyes, there is one more prize flag and one less aura.

But in the Tang Dynasty, these three paintings were sold at sky-high prices, especially the Lao Tzu picture, which was the highest value because of the Tang people's reverence.

And Song Ji believed, although Yao Shi did not say it explicitly, Ji Yuan knew that this picture was prepared by Lin Qingwan for Song Ji.

Ji Yuan hung the painting on the wall, tilted his head and looked at it for a while before retracting, after Song Ji retreated from the front line, Emperor Chu handed over to him the preparation of grain, grass and armaments in the rear in order to appease him.

Lin Qingwan wanted to cut off the way to the future, this plan is not poisonous, but it is a good way.

Ji Yuan summoned someone and said, "I have a new game of chess, and I will invite a few friends to watch the chess tomorrow, you can give me a post, and then let the kitchen prepare some wine and food." ”

"Yes."

The state of Chu is in the midst of war, but there are always people who are leisurely and wealthy, this battle has been fought for nearly a year, and seeing that there is a tendency to continue to fight, they can't be afraid all day, and the days still have to live.

Therefore, except for the period when the capital was to be moved, there was an endless exchange in front of the Ji family, and there were people from famous scholars and high-ranking officials and royal relatives.

This time, Ji Yuan took the initiative to post, and everyone came.

Watching Ji Yuan's endgame in the study, someone noticed his Lao Tzu picture hanging in the study, and asked in surprise afterwards, "Is this Mr. Ji's new painting?" ”

Ji Yuan glanced at it and said indifferently: "A friend sent it, because I have a picture of Mencius in my hand, so I sent it to make up for it, but unfortunately there is a picture of Confucius missing." ”

The man smiled and asked, "Sir doesn't seem to appreciate this picture very much." ”

Ji Yuan smiled and said, "It's not that much, it's just a little less aura." ”

That person was Song Ji's friend, so he naturally knew that Song Ji had been begging for this painting, and when he saw that Ji Yuan didn't care much about the appearance of this painting, his heart moved.

After leaving Ji's house, he went straight to Song's house and told Song Ji.

Song Ji was distressed, "It's a pity that because of my nephew, our Song family is always one layer behind Mr. Ji." ”

"Mr. Ji is not a narrow-minded person, and your nephew is a junior, so I'm afraid that I will forget it a long time ago," the man said: "Since you have a heart, it is better to exchange other things with him." ”

"This Lao Tzu diagram is priceless, what do I use to exchange it for him?"

"The priceless is in your heart, I don't think Mr. Ji cares much about this painting," the man smiled, "Don't you have several unique books in your hand?" Why don't you pick a copy and send it to him, I think it's also valuable to him. ”

Song Ji's heart moved, and he sent his friend away and went to the study to look for something.

Mr. Ji was waiting for someone to take the initiative, and at this time, Ji Nian was thinking about writing a letter to Prince Chu.

Her life has not been easy this year, and the prince of Chu has postponed the marriage date and doted on the concubines he brought back from Jiangling even more.

In this short year, she has met with that Meiniang, and even had a conflict, which was not her intention.

She didn't care who Huang Yi'an favored, but she couldn't allow Mei Niang, a lowly concubine, to humiliate her in person.

So at that moment, she didn't suppress her temper, but it happened to make Huang Yi'an see it.

At that time, she said hurtful words, which happened to be heard by him, and then the marriage was delayed far away.

When Shu attacked Chu, Liang also sent troops, Chu was in danger, and Ji Nian also broke off the idea of marrying Huang Yi'an.

Grandfather broke his heart for her, let her do something for him this time.

Ji Nian wrote a long letter and handed it to his subordinates for him to send to the prince's mansion, and then took the exam to write the next few letters, even if she left, these letters could also be sent to Huang Yi'an's hands every once in a while.

The subordinate took the letter and went out, but did not leave the house, but turned around and sent it to Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan never blocked Ji Nian's contact with the outside world, but from the day Ji Nian wanted the animation box, Ji Yuan ordered that she was not allowed to send news again.

Hearing that the next person said that the letter was to be sent to the prince's mansion, Ji Yuan's face sank, and he hurriedly pulled the letter to read it, and after reading the letter, he frowned slightly, and muttered without speaking.

The subordinate stood aside with his hands folded and asked in a low voice, "Old lady, do you want to send this letter out?" ”

Ji Yuan lowered his eyes and thought about it, folded the letter back and put it away, handed it to him, and said, "Send it out." ”

Ji Nian seems to be appeasing Huang Yi'an, is it to make the illusion that he is still in the house?

Although this was somewhat unexpected by him, it was natural for her to cooperate.

But Ji Yuan was always a little uneasy, maybe his granddaughter cheated him too much, after thinking about it, he still said: "If the eldest lady has any letters to send in the future, you can send them to me first, and then I will talk about it when I agree." ”

The subordinate responded, took the letter and bowed out.

Ji Nian checked the written letter, then wrote the number and pasted it on the envelope, put it in the box and handed it to the henchman, "After I leave, you will take this box yourself, and send one to the prince's mansion every other day, and send it according to the number." ”

The girl took it and asked in a low voice, "Miss, do you want to tell the old lady?" ”

Ji Nian thought that Ji Yuan was working hard for the war, shook his head and said, "No need, grandfather is tired enough, don't let him work anymore." ”

Ji Nian sneered: "I'm not as good as anyone else, but Huang Yi'an is still accurate." ”

The girl bowed her head and should go down.

The girl also had to hand the letter directly to the porter, so when Ji Yuan got Song Ji and almost forgot about it, the porter sent another letter, after Ji Yuan read it, he was silent for a long time, and when he was half-ringing, he pressed down the letter and asked, "Is there a reply from the side door?" ”

"Yes, I handed the message in, saying that I would leave tomorrow."

"Lady's ready?"

"It's all ready."

Ji Yuan said: "Then call all the personal girls around the eldest lady, I have something to ask them." ”

The porter bowed down to call someone, and it didn't take a few words for Ji Yuan to have an extra box in his hand, and he looked down in order, letter by letter, and when he saw the last letter, he didn't have a single expression on his face.

The people were silent, bowing their heads and pale.

Ji Yuan pressed the letter under his palm, and only after half a sound did he say angrily: "Go and call Ji Nian." ”

The girl went to call Ji Nian with a sad face, and whispered: "Miss, the old lady is very angry, you admit your mistake first when you see him, he is old, and he can't stand it." ”

The anger on Ji Nian's face stagnated slightly, and she stopped and took a deep breath before entering, because of the girl's words, she didn't open her mouth to investigate her grandfather's interception of her letter without permission.

"Grandfather." Ji Nian curts.

Ji Yuan was rarely angry, threw down the last letter, and asked, "You wrote this?" ”

Ji Nian pursed her lips, "Yes!" ”

"What are you going to do?"

Ji Nian looked up, "I just want to share the ...... for my grandfather"

"Share?" Ji Yuan trembled his lips and said: "Then do you know that Xiang Shan is a good friend of his grandfather, Lin Qingwan still knows how to think of me, and he doesn't ask me to attack him directly, you are good, how are you, how are you ......?"

Ji Yuan's throat was slightly sweet, he stopped talking, pursed his mouth, and swallowed the fishy sweetness of his mouth back.

He sat down in his chair tiredly, waved his hand, and said, "Tomorrow will be the end of the day, you go and prepare to leave." ”

"Grandfather," Ji Nian knelt on his knees worriedly, raised his head and asked, "When you see Song Ji, aren't you also targeting Grandpa Xiang?" Now that we have chosen the Liang Kingdom, we naturally have to be loyal to the country, you ......"

Ji Yuan closed his eyes, but when he opened them again, he was cold, "You are going to Suzhou this time, except for these two girls around you, I have no one to give you, I will give you some gold and silver, and how you will live in the future depends on your own creation." You are a smart child, but you are smart and useless, and my grandfather hopes that you can open your eyes and see more of the world, and one day you can learn to use your wisdom in the right place. ”

"Grandfather?" Ji Nian was embarrassed, completely unaware of what he had done wrong.

Ji Yuan waved his hand and said in a low voice: "I bought Song Ji to bewitch him, let him delay the frontline of food, grass and armaments, and if he is defeated in the future, Emperor Chu will ask for responsibility, that is also Song Ji's fault, and it is also the Song family who is angry." ”

"If you separate Emperor Chu and your Grandpa Xiang through the crown prince, once defeated, Emperor Chu will not think about his own faults, and will only blame all the blame on your Grandpa Xiang, not only will he not be able to live, but the Xiang family will also be implicated." Ji Yuan trembled his lips and said: "Your grandfather Xiang and Emperor Chu have always been at odds, because the matter of moving the capital is even more contradictory, it is not difficult for me to separate their monarchs and ministers, but Lin Qingwan did not mention this matter to me, but took the road of Song Ji with great difficulty, why?" ”

Ji Nian was stunned on the spot.

Of course, it is not for Xiang Shan, but for Ji Yuan.