In the spring of the second year of Ping, in the first month, Situ Jishou returned to power, and the emperor did not allow it. In February, it was shot by the left servant. Zhou Tianwang insisted on the book, died with copywriting, dismissed Zuo Cheng Zhuoguan, and replaced him with a power wing. Persist in exalting talents, repair and abolish jobs, teach agriculture and mulberry, care for the poor and poor, worship the gods, establish schools, uphold righteousness, and follow the peerless; Zhou Min was happy, and then settled. In March, Xuanwu Gong Wen visited the watch and attacked Zhou, and the war rose again. Jian took Deng Qiang and Lü Guang as the generals of the left and right armies, and entered Rongyang to confront each other.

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Fan Min was immediately surprised when he received this unsealed letter. Zeng Hua has been on the expedition for nearly a year, and he has a letter back in half a month, and the previous letters were all brought by the officers of the Western Expeditionary Army who returned to Chang'an on business.

Fan Min didn't delve into the meaning of this, and the longing for her relatives made her have no time to take care of this matter. Fan Min took out the letter in the envelope, unfolded it, and looked at it carefully.

Zeng Hua's vigorous but really ugly handwriting jumped on the paper, and the things written on it were similar to those previous letters, which was nothing more than Zeng Hua telling Fan Min and others that he was very good in the Western Regions, although he could only eat flour with mutton every day, but as the commander-in-chief, Zeng Hua could drink the best Nanshan tea scraping oil, and now he can drink the wine of the Western Regions, which is also a kind of enjoyment.

In this kind of good day, Zeng Hua has no illness and no disaster, although the climate in the Western Regions is really bad compared to Guanlong, but on the whole, it is quite moist. Fan Min was relieved when she saw this, she was not worried about Zeng Hua's safety, and there were more than 200,000 elite Beifu soldiers guarding her. Even if he tried his best, it would be difficult for him to hurt a single hair. And now Di Zenghua is no more important than the previous small Liangzhou assassin history, and tens of thousands of people regard his safety as more important than their own lives.

Besides, Zeng Hua rarely rushes to the front line now, because he knows that he is also adding chaos to rushing up, and now the Beifu Army, as long as Zeng Hua lights up his flying dragon banner in the back, there is an abyss in front, and the Beifu Army will also fill it up. In this case, Fan Min was more worried about whether Zeng Hua would get sick. Eating habits and other trivial things in life.

The next words of the letter are Zeng Hua expressing his thoughts about Fan Min and other family members. Miss his good wives. Thinking of his well-behaved children, even the Shannan dog (Tibetan mastiff) Duoduo and the big moon dog (Afghan hunting dog) Mao Mao in the place where he fed were also concerned in the letter.

After reading the letter, Fan Min felt a lot calmer. From the very beginning, this expedition to the west made Fan Min feel unusual.

At the beginning, the whole Beifu shouted for revenge for the Western Expedition, and also made a war bond for this, many people thought that this was a donation for the Western Expedition, and they all enthusiastically "pledged", and later realized that it was not a free donation. Rather, it is an "investment".

After the oath to the west, the atmosphere in Beifu calmed down with the continuation of the war, and there was no such scene of frequent good news and celebration in the past, and many people slowly realized that although the Western Regions was not in Beifu's words, it was not so easy to fight.

Fan Min was most surprised that Zeng Hua could not go out in the spring as usual this time, and rush back to Chang'an for the New Year after the war ended in the winter. This rare situation made the general's mansion feel very unaccustomed. But Fan Min knows what she should know. What you shouldn't know. As long as Zeng Hua is safe and healthy, she is fine.

Fan Min put down Zeng Huadi's letter, and then instructed the maid next to him. Tell her to show the letters to the ladies.

Watching the maid's back disappear at the door, Fan Min's heart felt a little lost. She longed to marry a great hero, and the Holy Father let her get her wish, and Zeng Hua quickly became an immortal hero who held the authority of the world from a thorn Shi Xiao Fangbo who could play erhu. But Fan Min also quickly realized the distress of being a big hero's pillow person.

There are more and more women around her husband, and more and more people call her sister. And the time he spends with him is decreasing, and there are more and more places and people that he needs to inspect and manage. Fan Min finally understood that when he enjoyed the glory, he also had to endure the loneliness that it brings. As a husband, he is yours alone, and as a hero, he is a man of the world.

Fan Min accepted this fact and silently took care of the inner mansion for Zeng Hua. As Zeng Hua's wife, Fan Min's status in the entire inner mansion is only that of Zeng Hua, which is also related to her long-sleeved and good dancing methods.

Like Fan Min, Zeng Hua later married wives and concubines with some kind of political purpose. The eldest princess of Guiyang is the means of enveloping the Jiangzuo court, the lord of Leling is the hostage of the surrender of the Yan State, Tuyuhun Zhenxiu, Hu Lumi, Dou Xuan, and Wuluo Lanyun are all expressions of Xiqiang and Mobei's submission and submission, the Xu family has a background in the Changshui system, and the Yu family's maiden family is the Jingxiang family, that is, Fan Min himself is closer to the church and the people of Yiliang and Yiliang because of the relationship between his father and brother. The small inner mansion represents the intricate relationship between the entire northern mansion and the world.

Fan Min knew that the Beifu founded by Zeng Hua had shown a trend of winning the world, and many of his subordinates had also begun to dream of becoming a member of the Yuntai Pavilion, and everyone was more and more concerned about Zeng Hua's children. In this era, illness and war can easily make people die suddenly, once Zeng Hua has misfortune, who will bear the great cause of Beifu? Although Zeng Hua is now in the prime of spring and autumn, no one dares to raise this issue openly, but who dares to guarantee that he will not think about it in secret?

At the end of the first year of Shengping, the eldest princess of Guiyang and Princess Leling had given birth, which made the entire general's mansion busy for a while.

The whole Beifu more or less acquiesced to the future that Zeng Hua was going to replace the Jin family as the master of the world, but they were also more or less full of feelings for the Jin family. After all, since the Jin Dynasty crossed to the south, he has been doing it himself, trying to go on the Northern Expedition, and there is nothing to lose

The next son replaced it, and everyone was still a little guilty.

So when the eldest princess of Guiyang gave birth to Zeng Wei at the end of last year, all the ministers rushed to celebrate, and the joy was expressed on their faces. Fan Min knew what they meant, if the Zeng clan really replaced the Sima clan as the lord of the world, then this great cause would finally be inherited by the son born to the eldest princess of Guiyang, which could be regarded as a happy situation. Everyone's "guilt" is also a lot less, after all, the eldest princess of Guiyang also has the blood of the Sima family.

This group of people is mainly in Jingxiang and Changshui, and they have a lot of influence among middle-level officials, and they also have a market among many people, after all, the time-honored brand of the Jin family has a far-reaching influence on them. In addition, the eldest princess of Guiyang is a flat wife, and she can almost be on an equal footing with his wife Fan Min, and she is elegant and virtuous, and her reputation in Beifu is not low.

But for the officials of the Jiangbei department. They hope that Fan Min's son can inherit Zeng Hua's great cause. In their eyes. Since it is going to replace the Jin room. It must be separated from it cleanly, and must not have anything to do with it, otherwise it is easy to resurge. Since the Jin Dynasty crossed to the south, their feelings for the Jin Dynasty have long since disappeared in the war and man-made disasters. As for the Yiliang family, which rose in the middle of Zeng Hua's development, they are of course more inclined to Fan Min, who was born in Qingcheng Mountain. Some officials of the Changshui system also respect Fan Min more, because in their eyes, Fan Min rose from the end of Liangzhou with Zeng Hua. can be regarded as the wife of the chaff, and the rest of the eldest princess of Guiyang and the lord of Leling are all here to pick peaches.

So when the eldest princess of Guiyang gave birth to a child, the general's mansion was full of people, and all the family members and wives rushed to "condole", in fact, people from all walks of life came to step on the point, and for a while, the eyes of the northern mansion revolved around the eldest princess of Guiyang and Zeng Wei, and its liveliness was almost as lively as Zeng Min, the eldest son of Zeng Huayan, when he was born.

During this period, the lord of Leling quietly gave birth to a pair of twins. The man's name is Zeng Mu. The woman's name is Zeng Rong, but no one projects extra attention, except for admiring the twins for their good looks. There was no more voice for Murong Yun and her children. Everyone understands that whether it is from Murong Yun's background or status, the possibility of her children inheriting the great cause is the lowest, after all, everyone knows that Murong Yan is now the biggest imaginary enemy in Beifu.

Only Fan Min was busy and took care of Murong Yun's mother and son, and Murong Yun also knew his situation, so he didn't care about these gains and losses at all, and just looked at his pair of children quietly every day, looking satisfied. Fan Min, who was a little incredible, finally couldn't help but secretly ask Murong Yun why she was always so easily satisfied.

Murong Yun replied with a smile when he teased his children: "My father and brother are heroes, my husband is also a hero, they are very good to me, and now that I even have children, what do I have to regret?" ”

At that time, Fan Min looked at the most beautiful woman in the General's Mansion blankly, and was speechless for a long time.

Fan Min looked at Murong Yun's beautiful face, and couldn't help but feel a wave of jealousy in his heart. Jealous of her beauty, jealous of her self-sufficiency, or jealous of her honor and disgrace, Fan Min himself couldn't tell. But from that time on, Fan Min understood that her husband's liking and respect for Murong Yun was not based on appearance, and perhaps the smartest person in the inner mansion was the most beautiful Leling County Lord.

I don't know if Zeng Hua is deliberately pretending to be confused, or don't use his heart, Zeng Hua treats all his women equally, and he is also a bowl of water for his children. Even this time, when the General's Mansion was on the occasion of a happy event, Zeng Hua only chose the names of his three children in his letters, and carefully told the eldest princess of Guiyang and Murong Yun to take care of their bodies and take care of his three children, and did not say anything else, not even a hint, which disappointed many people.

However, Fan Min knows in his heart, although Zeng Hua is impartial on the surface, but she is the one he loves the most, at least this general who loves to pull erhu did not pull "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" in front of women other than Fan Min.

Just as Fan Min was sitting there thinking nonsense, the maid came back, presented the letter back to Fan Min, and said: "Back to Mrs. Wujun, your wives have already circulated the general's letter, and asked the slave maid to bring a message to Madame, they all know that the general is safe and sound now, and they are much more relieved." ”

Fan Min touched the letter and suddenly asked, "Who else hasn't read the general's letter?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, and Mrs. Leling."

"Oh," Fan Min suddenly remembered, Murong Yun had mentioned to her a few days ago that today was the 100-day period for the twins, and she was going to Weishui to worship the river god and pray for her children.

"You send a message to the steward of the foreign government, prepare the carriage and horses, I will go to Weishui, participate in the worship ceremony of Mrs. Leling, and pray for Zeng Mu and Zeng Rong."

"Yes, ma'am, I'll go and pass the word."

The place where Murong Yun worships the river god and prays for blessings is called Taoyuan, which is a garden on the banks of the Weishui River that Zeng Hua bought and gave to Murong Yun. The garden is full of grass, and a ditch that leads to Weishui winds its way through the meadow. Peach trees are planted on both sides of the ditch covered with stone rockeries, and small bridges and willow trees are faintly dotted among them. Everyone in Chang'an knows that this beautiful lady of Yanguo loves peach blossoms, so Murong Yun also has the title of Lady Peach Blossom.

Now is the season of spring flowers, Fan Min walked in the middle of the peach forest, watching the peach petals flying in front of him, bursts of pink flowers soon fell on the green grass, and the faint fragrance of flowers accompanied by the fresh smell of grass greeted him.

Smoke willow painting bridge. Wind curtain. But it is green, fat, red and thin. Fan Min sighed secretly in his heart, and only a character like Murong Yun can compete with Peach Blossom.

Walk through the depths of the peach forest and come to the side of Weishui, where there is a delicate and simple small pavilion, completely hidden in the peach blossoms.

in the pavilion

A straw mat, leaning against the front of the river, put some melons, fruits, wine and vegetables, and some of the maids of Sanyun were blowing the flute. Some are beating drums and bells, playing strange music together. In this music full of fresh taste, Murong Yun, who was dressed in a formal dress and plain clothes, was holding a ponytail whisk in his hand, and was dancing with the music, and the Miaoman's figure looked even more moving against the background of peach blossoms and green grass.

Zeng Mu and Zeng Rong were tightly hugged by the two wet nurses, and the two pairs of incomparably clear little eyes were looking at their mother curiously, and occasionally, they would wave their little hands. Babbling to the rhythm.

Not for a while. Murong Yun sang softly while dancing: "If children want to be healthy, they don't need to have many companions. Harriers fly through the sky, and flocks of birds wave in both directions. Put the horse in Daze. The grass is good and the horse is on the ground. Down, flying grass! ”

After singing, Murong Yun gently cut off a strand of hair from a pair of children with small scissors, held them in his hands and prayed silently for a while, and then threw them into Weishui.

"Sister, why are you doing this ritual?" After Murong Yun had completed the ceremony, Fan Min stepped forward to say hello.

Murong Yun beckoned Fan Min to sit down on the straw mat while placing melons, fruits, wine, and dishes over.

"I didn't expect my sister to come. This is the ugly customs of our Xianbei people, and they can't be put on the stage. Murong Yun handed Fan Min a plate of melons and fruits, and replied in a low voice.

"We Xianbei people think that the river is the source of all things and the mother of the earth that nurtures everything. According to the customs of our Xianbei people, when the children are 100 days old, they will go to the river to worship the river god, pray for their blessings, and pray that the river god jellyfish will bless them with healthy growth. ”

"Oh, I see. But I can understand my sister's wry smile, and it's the same as a mother. Fan Min said with a smile.

"It won't matter if my sister is here, right?" Murong Yun then asked.

"It's still a smart girl. That's right, today the general sent a letter, and I asked the maid to circulate it in the inner palace, but I heard that my sister had come to Weishui, so I rushed over. One is to see if you can pray for Zeng Mu and Zeng Rong, and the other is to bring her husband's letter over so that her sister can see it as soon as possible, so as not to worry about it. ”

Speaking of Zeng Hua's letter, Fan Min immediately felt a pair of burning eyes flash, this should be one of Murong Yun's maids to marry, she was the most charming, and she had "cast a spell to seduc" Zeng Hua, but it was unsuccessful. Although Zeng Hua is so beautiful, he is not the kind of stallion who lifts his skirt when he sees a beautiful woman. And Zeng Hua takes a lot of time to go out to inspect, and he doesn't have much time to stay at home, plus he has a lot of wives and concubines, each of whom has to be kept warm for a few days, and the schedule can't be arranged for the maid to "seduce successfully", it seems that the best way to deal with beautiful women is to "fight poison with poison".

Murong Yun remained silent, lightly took the letter handed over by Fan Min, put it aside and said, "It seems that the husband is safe and sound, I also need to worry, and it will not be too late to see after eating the sacrifice."

After using a few melons and fruits, Fan Min took his leave and left the peach orchard with his maid's entourage. As soon as Fan Min left, the maid couldn't wait to reach for the letter.

"What for?" Murong Yun, who was calm and calm just now, suddenly became gloomy and asked sharply.

"County Lord, this is a letter from the general of Beifu, maybe there is news about the western expedition, Jicheng is now looking forward to the exact news from the west, and it has been urged several times." The maid hurriedly replied, and seeing that Murong Yun didn't answer, she continued to stretch out her hand.

"It's not for you!" Just when the maid was about to get the letter, Murong Yun stretched out his hand and took the letter in his hand.

The maid pounced, a flash of displeasure on her face, but quickly stood up and returned to her original position under Murong Yun's forced gaze.

Murong Yun despised this well-rounded clan sister very much in his heart, she was really a sow without brains. At the beginning, I also wanted to use a little bit of posture to seduce my husband in order to achieve an ulterior purpose. But what kind of character the general is, even his own flamboyance, just let him indulge in it for a while, and he will soon be relieved. In front of beauty, his husband has enough sense, maybe he has too many choices.

Later, the "beauty plan" was unsuccessful, but the maid went around camping, buying people's hearts everywhere in the inner mansion, trying to get useful information and fulfill her duties as a "spy".

She also didn't want to think about it, the general is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and business is business, and he will never let people who shouldn't know know about it. But the activities of the maid have long attracted the attention of Zeng Hua and Fan Min, and they have long sent people to spy on them, but it is ridiculous that this "amateur female spy" still thinks how successful she is in covering up and continues to serve the "Yan Kingdom".

Murong Yun saw his name on the letter, and Zeng Hua was very sorry in the letter that he couldn't enjoy the flowers and spring with himself and a pair of children. Zeng Hua earnestly explained in the letter that he wanted Murong Yun to take care of his body and look forward to the reunion of Yunyun in the near future.

After reading it, Murong Yun felt a kind of warmth, a kind of warmth that was cared for. His husband is such a person, always showing a kind of sincerity and sincerity in the details, which makes people involuntarily moved, maybe this is personal charm.

Thinking of this, Murong Yun couldn't help but think of his brothers in the east from his husband in the west, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of distress and sadness in his heart, why couldn't they live together? Perhaps they are all immortal heroes, and it is their greatest luck and misfortune to be in the same era.

At this time, the babbling of the twins woke up Murong Yun, she turned her head and looked at the pair of small dough that was stretching out her little hand to her, and her heart couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth, and all her worries disappeared at once.