The husband's letter said that he had returned from Huaizhou and would arrive in Xiangyang in a few days. Let's not worry. Wu Mi briefly explained the contents of the letter in a soft voice.

"Who cares about him?" Hearing this, Xia Zhining pursed her lips, but her hand was stretched out to Wu Mi, wanting to see the content of the letter with her own eyes, but Han Anniang took it first.

"Erlang's letter said that he crossed the river at the end of September to Linzhou, and now it is October 3rd, and the land journey is fast, and it is estimated that before the 10th, Erlang will be able to reach Xiangyang." Han Anniang said happily, among all the girls, she has been with Chen Mo for the longest time, so naturally she misses Chen Mo very much.

However, seeing the back of the letter, Han Anniang's happy smile was slightly retracted, and she looked at the girls with stunned eyes and said, "Princess Huai and Lord Chujuan have come back with Erlang." ”

After all, Han Anniang also glanced at Wu Mi cautiously with her eyes, after all, the latter is the wife, if Wu Mi is angry and doesn't nod, even if Chen Mo brings back Princess Huai and Lord Chujuan, he won't be able to enter the house.

Although the world is dominated by men, in terms of legal theory, the status of husband and wife is equal.

Wu Mi was not born in a small family.

And when Wu Mi read the letter just now, he didn't say this.

Wu Mi's expression was calm, with a shallow smile on his face, and he chuckled with a calm smile: "The Chen family is thin, and only Zhiqing's sister is pregnant at present, but I don't know if it's a man or a woman, and my husband's family business is very large, so I can't have no successor."

As the wife and concubine of our husband, we are ashamed not to contribute to the reproduction of the Chen family. Princess Huai has been born and raised, and after entering the door, she will definitely be able to give birth to children for her husband. ”

Wu Mi is unwilling to fight, and if she is not succeeded to the Wu family's housewife, she is only a concubine of the Wu family, so she is quite tolerant of being a concubine in her heart, which makes her not jealous.

And she was born in the Wu family, and she knows that now this troubled era is respected by the strong, not only now, but since ancient times, it has been common for her to take people's wives and daughters for herself after defeating the enemy.

Therefore, Wu Mi didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Chen Mo's behavior of bringing Xiao Yunxi and Chu Juan back in the letter.

Xia Zhining originally wanted to accuse Chen Mo.

Although she is not Chen Mo's wife, even if she knows that the love words of "I only love you" that Chen Mo told her are coaxing words, Xia Zhining still takes self-deception seriously in her heart, so she is quite complaining about Chen Mo's behavior.

But now Wu Mi didn't object, and she looked willing, as a concubine, she could only swallow the words back in her mouth.

I couldn't say it in front of all the women, and when she was alone with her sister, Xia Zhining couldn't help but chatter.

"I heard that he captured Princess Huai and stayed in Huaizhou for so long, I thought he just wanted to play with Princess Huai, but I didn't expect to take it home directly.

What's so good about Princess Huai? People in their thirties, they have given birth to children, they are all old, are they so obsessed? Although Ning Wan is also a woman, she is only in her twenties and has no children. Xia Zhining frowned.

"The Xiao family is one of the seven famous families, and its influence in the Great Song Dynasty is greater than that of the Wu family. Xia Zhiqing touched her bulging belly and said.

"What does it mean?" Xia Zhining was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What can be the deep meaning, if you don't look at it, King Huai offended him, and then he is taking revenge." ”

Speaking of this, Xia Zhining's face turned red.

I think that she was whipped by Chen Mo at the beginning, and then after the latter entered the county, he took revenge on her, obviously she should have become an enemy, but now, she has put her body and mind into it.

"Zhining, don't hear the news that Princess Huai was captured by Mo Lang, just think about the love between men and women, you have to combine the current situation. Didn't the news that came back also say that Mo Lang put back the three wives of King Huai and the children of the three ladies.

If Mo Lang is just greedy for beauty and just wants revenge, then the three ladies, as the side concubines of King Huai, will not be low, why did Mo Lang send them back, and only detain Princess Huai and the prince of Huai? "Xia Zhiqing can be called the first talented woman in Qingzhou, naturally it is not worthy of her name, and she looks at the problem more comprehensively.

Hearing this, Xia Zhining was slightly stunned, and subconsciously said, "Why? ”

"Now it is a troubled era, the entire Great Song Dynasty has been dragged into the quagmire of war, Longyou is even more troubled, and Jiangnan is a rich place, and not caught in the war, among the major families in Jiangnan, headed by the Xiao family, now Molang occupies the four states of Qing, Yu, Lin, and Huai, and marries with the Wu family in Jiangdong, and the next step must take Jiangnan. If the Xiao family can be brought over at this time, then Mo Lang will be able to take Jiangnan at the lowest cost. Xia Zhiqing said slowly.

“……”

"But the Xiao family is the person of King Huai, he just captured Princess Huai and the prince, so that the Xiao family can take refuge?" Xia Zhining felt that this was too "sloppy".

"Then Zhining, what do you think the family supports King Huai and the purpose of the marriages between the major families?" Xia Zhiqing smiled and asked a question.

"Strengthen the power, maintain the family, and maintain the continuity of various alliances." Xia Zhining said it without thinking about it.

After all, if there is no Heavenly Master Army, if her father is still there, she and her sister will most likely be married, then after more than ten years of development, the Xia family will also become a family.

"That's right." Xia Zhiqing nodded: "Xiao Chongrong, the eldest son of the Xiao family, died in battle on the way to King Qin, so the hub for maintaining the relationship between the Xiao family and King Huai is Princess Huai and the prince." Only when the prince inherits the throne of King Huai, or even the position of the Son of Heaven that may be in the future, will the power of the Xiao family be enhanced.

On the contrary, the Xiao family's family will definitely fall, and even fall out of the list of the seven famous families, which the Xiao family definitely does not want to see. And what is happening now is moving in that direction. ”

Xia Zhining understood and said: "His move is to make the Xiao family completely hopeless on the side of King Huai, and now he is bringing Princess Huai home to express to the Xiao family that he can accept them." ”

"Not bad." Xia Zhiqing smiled.

"But can this kind of semi-threatening co-optation work?"

"Zhining, you underestimate the family too much. Sometimes, the Maison takes face very seriously, and sometimes, it will be shameless. Xia Zhiqing said with a smile.

Xia Zhining pursed her lips and said, "Such a damaging trick is something he can do." He's only twenty years old, how did he come up with all these twists and turns in his head? ”

"If you can figure it out, you won't be eaten to death by Mo Lang." Xia Zhiqing teased.

(End of chapter)