Chapter 79
On the way to leave Prince Rui's mansion, Chen Jin told Chu Xiuming what Princess Rui said, and then stopped caring. She felt that the words that Princess Rui wanted to tell Chu Xiuming that the carriage that Chen Jin and Dongdong was specially renovated, with a thick quilt inside, which could make Chen Jin and the child more comfortable. After all, Dongdong is too small and needs special attention.
After Chu Xiuming left the capital, he got on the carriage. Because Chen Xi was riding a horse for the first time, Chu Xiuming asked Yue Wen to protect Shen Xi, and the little guy ran next to Shen Xi's horse. It hadn't run like this for a long time, so he was unwilling to get on the carriage and rest.
In the carriage, Chen Jin held Dongdong and ate it with dried honey juice in the other hand. She had not eaten this for so long during the confinement period. Chen Jin muttered back and forth during the forty days of confinement. Madam Zhao had already started preparing. Since the ban was lifted, Chen Jin almost never left her hands.
When Chu Xiuming got into the car, he saw Chen Jin eating. Dongdong obediently was in Shen Jin's arms, his eyes moved with the jerky meat on Chen Jin's hand, and his little mouth kept squirming. After eating a piece of jerky meat, Chen Jin would take a thin cotton to wipe the saliva at the corner of his mouth.
Looking at the mother and son, Chu Xiuming smiled, reached out to pick up Dongdong, and Chen Jin smiled, "Husband."
Chu Xiuming responded, took the cotton cloth and carefully wiped his son's saliva. Even in Chu Xiuming's arms, Dongdong had to twist his head and stare at Chen Jin's. Chen Jin ate two more pieces and stopped. Although this thing is delicious, it is easy to get angry if she eats too much. She still needs to feed the child, so naturally she can't eat too much. But she just looks cute and keeps eating and teasing her son.
"How long can I last for my brother to stay on the carriage?" Chen Jin wiped his hands, then gently tapped his son's cheek with his fingers and asked.
Chu Xiuming made up and said, "It's two or three days."
Chen Jin nodded, "Do you need to give him medicine tonight?"
"Yeah." Chu Xiuming looked at Chen Jin and said, "I will ask the doctor to take the lower pulse for you and Dongdong every night."
"I understand." Chen Jin nodded and said.
Chu Xiuming looked at his son who was about to sleep with his eyes closed, and woke him up. It was not the time for him to sleep. If he was sleeping now, he would have to make trouble at night.
Dongdong opened his eyes, "Yaah!"
Chu Xiuming lowered his head and rubbed his son gently with his nose and said, "You can't sleep."
In fact, it was boring when I was rushing. This time I didn’t stop and have fun as often as I did when I came. Now I spend most of my time on the road, and even if I rest, I will keep a little bit off. After Chen Xi passed the initial freshness, he returned to the carriage to rest. Sometimes he would come to Chen Jin to ask Chu Xiuming for some things.
Chu Xiuming did not hide his personal feelings and told Chen Xi a lot. Occasionally, the children would be handed over to Mama Zhao to take care of, while Chu Xiuming took Chen Jin outside to ride a horse to relax.
When Emperor Cheng knew that King Rui was actually Chen Xi followed Chu Xiuming, he immediately called King Rui to scold him. King Rui kept lowering his head and listening to Emperor Cheng's angrily scolding. Emperor Cheng angrily scolded, "What the hell are you thinking?"
"I just want Xier to make military achievements." King Rui felt more aggrieved than Emperor Cheng, and said, "Xuan'er is the prince, and Xier has no title yet."
Emperor Cheng was angry and laughed, "Don't you know the dangers of the border town?"
"I've written a letter to Shaoyang." King Rui said the truth, "Why would you write a letter to Shaoyang too? Never let my Xier go to the battlefield."
Emperor Cheng looked at King Rui and had less speculation in his heart, "How can he get through military merit?"
King Rui stopped talking, lowered his head and started pretending to be a quail again.
Emperor Cheng said, "Get out."
King Rui left obediently and went to the empress dowager's palace to find his mother. In fact, King Rui once asked the empress dowager that day. If Emperor Cheng asked what he should say when Chen Xi, today's words were taught by the empress dowager.
After Emperor Cheng found out, he didn't say anything. He turned over the sign of Concubine Lan at night. Recently, because of the matter in Shuzhong, Emperor Cheng was so tired every day. He just wanted to lie in bed and rest well every night, but he was not in the mood to do anything else. Concubine Lan was the most understanding and would not ask more questions. Even if she said something to Concubine Lan, she would keep her word.
After all, Concubine Lan has no choice but to have children, and she can only rely on herself. Others with children will inevitably have more selfishness for the children. Those who do not have children are eager to get pregnant with the dragon seed as soon as possible.
"This Rui King is simply a rotten wood that cannot be carved." Emperor Cheng hugged Concubine Lan, kneaded her with his hands and spoke.
Concubine Lan lowered her eyes slightly and said in a somewhat unsteady voice, "Your Majesty..."
"Hahaha." Emperor Cheng pinched Lan Fei's chest hard, and then stopped teasing, "I have something to say to you," he said, "I have something to say to you."
Concubine Lan took a breath in pain and then said, "I think the prince trusts His Majesty, so he speaks so bluntly."
Emperor Cheng snorted when he heard this, "I have no ability at all. I can't help me. I will find trouble for me all day long."
Concubine Lan didn't say anything. If King Rui was really capable, he would probably not have lived now.
"But what my beloved concubine said makes sense," said Emperor Cheng.
Concubine Lan did not have any relatives outside. She was originally a palace maid, and because of her outstanding appearance, she was valued by Emperor Cheng. So she spoke without any scruples at this time and said, "The prince is better than those who have bad intentions."
Emperor Cheng thought about the things in Shuzhong, so he said without any anger, "I know what those people were trying to go to Shuzhong, but they were of no use. Even my second prince is still in the hands of those anti-civilians, and he has lost all his face."
"Your Majesty is to calm down." Concubine Lan's voice was gentle, "The second prince, Hong Fu, will definitely be fine."
Emperor Cheng did not tell the court officials about the Prince of Ying. He was also afraid that people would be unstable, and Cheng's benefactor could not enter the palace often. The queen would cry when she saw him because of her son. The queen was not the one who spoke all day long. Emperor Cheng couldn't help but whisper, "I don't know, there is Prince of Ying here..."
Concubine Lan exclaimed, "Will the second prince be in danger? Your Majesty should be so worried."
The words were full of worries about Emperor Cheng. Emperor Cheng snorted and said, "I have received the news this time and made arrangements long ago. I will definitely not be as incompetent as..." The late emperor was so incompetent that he had the troops at the city.
Emperor Cheng did not say the following words. Concubine Lan said after hearing this, "Your Majesty is well-informed."
Emperor Cheng was about to speak, but suddenly he realized that this was not discovered by his people, but the queen's family and Chengen Duke found it. He had not received any news. Chengen Duke's Mansion actually got it. After thinking about this, Emperor Cheng felt uncomfortable. Thinking of what his mother said that day, he narrowed his eyes and stood up and said, "My beloved concubine, I remember that there is still business work to do."
"That I'm serving Your Majesty." Concubine Lan did not try to keep her, but also got up. Because she was going to bed, she only wore a ginger cloth bag and light-colored pants. After reaching out to tie her hair up, she asked the palace maid to get the clothes, and then put them on for Emperor Cheng. Finally, she knelt on the ground and put on boots for Emperor Cheng.
Emperor Cheng looked at Concubine Lan's humble appearance condescendingly, and suddenly thought that the woman who had always been arrogant would be so fond of Concubine Lan, not just because of Concubine Lan's appearance, but because Concubine Lan was somewhat similar to that woman. At that time, the woman was the next queen in the harem, and he was just an unpopular prince. His biological mother was even more humble. The last emperor had no mother and son in his eyes. After thinking about this, Emperor Cheng suddenly became aware of nature. When Concubine Lan was serving him wearing boots and preparing to get up, he suddenly pressed her head and let her kneel between his legs...
Li Fu went out with all the people who served in the palace and yawned away from the people. Jingxi looked at the door of the house with some concern, and finally lowered her head and said nothing.
After all, they were taking children with them, so even if Chu Xiuming had to hurry, it would not be much sooner, especially on the way, Dongdong suddenly became hot and wasted a lot of time. When he finally arrived at the border town, it was almost July. In the middle, they received a letter from Prince Rui's Mansion. Shen Qi gave birth to a daughter safely, which was also a happy event. Unfortunately, the matter in Shuzhong has not been understood. I am afraid no one would have expected that the anti-civilian army of less than a thousand people would be difficult to conquer the 50,000 troops of the court, and even suffered heavy losses. The food and grass were not sent to Shuzhong for food and drink.
In fact, the war in Shu would have been delayed for so long, so no one else could blame. The anti-civilians had the second prince in their hands, and the imperial court was very concerned, especially Emperor Cheng, who ordered that the second prince be rescued intact, which increased the difficulty and casualties.
Prince Yongle Hou and several other powerful sons who are close friends do not move forward. There is no danger, but they cannot return to Beijing. Even if they are anxious, it is useless.
Chu Xiuming and the others returned, and Chu Xiuyuan personally brought someone to pick him up. After a year of not seeing Chu Xiuyuan grow taller, he became much taller and tanned. When he saw Chu Xiuming, he quickly walked over and shouted, "Brother, sister-in-law."
"It's strong." Chu Xiuming spoke, stretched out his hand and hugged his younger brother.
Chu Xiuyuan also hugged Chu Xiuming hard before saying, "Brother, sister-in-law, come back soon, I have someone clean up."
Shen Jin looked at Chu Xiuyuan up and down and stuffed the child in his arms into his hands, "I haven't seen your nephew yet, hurry up and be intimate, brother Xi, please help."
Chu Xiuyuan hugged his nephew at a loss and looked at Chu Xiuming for help, but Chu Xiuming took his little lady's hand and walked into the mansion. Shen Xi could not see it and whispered a few words, so he asked Chu Xiuyuan to hold the child well, "Thank you."
Shen Xi could see along the way how Shen Jin was spoiled by Chu Xiuming. Not only that, Shen Jin was also particularly confused. Sometimes when he traveled early in the morning, he was directly sent to the carriage by Chu Xiuming wrapped in a cloak. Shen Xi felt that if Chu Xiuming, his brother-in-law, wouldn't know how he lost his third sister if he lost it. "My third sister is really heartbreaking."
"My nephew is so small and soft, I can't hold it at all." Although Chu Xiuyuan hugged Dongdong, he didn't dare to move. He looked at Shen Xi and said, "Brother, hurry up and take the child over."
"I can't!" Chen Xi scratched his head and said, "Madam Zhao, An Ning, take the child away quickly."
Madam Zhao said without moving when she heard this, "Major General and Second Master, you should go inside. I think the general will not see the Major General..."
Chu Xiuyuan said, "What if you fall?"
Mama Zhao said with a smile in her eyes, "Madam will cry."
As soon as these words were said, Chu Xiuyuan's face changed again and again. If his sister-in-law cried, his brother... he was so happy that he felt that his brother and sister-in-law would come back and back, which was simply heartbreaking.
Chen Xi also thought of this and looked at Chu Xiuyuan, "Be careful, go inside, I will continue to click from below."
Chu Xiuyuan nodded when he heard this, and there was no other way. Thanks to Dongdong's sleep and he didn't like to move, otherwise Chu Xiuyuan would not have walked around with such a soft baby. Chen Xi was indeed bent down and raised his hands below. If Chu Xiuyuan was not careful, he could continue in time. The two brothers in distress looked at each other and walked into the ground with stiff and awkward posture.
Madam Zhao followed behind, An Ning followed closely and stared at her. Looking at Chu Xiuyuan and Shen Xi's appearance, Madam Zhao chuckled in her heart, afraid that her wife would dare to use this method. Seeing that the two people who had gone from being unfamiliar to being close to each other in a short time, they slowly followed them into the yard.
There were a lot of people in the general's mansion and had already prepared things. When Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin changed their clothes and washed them out, they saw Chu Xiuyuan, who was holding Dongdong stiffly and Chen Xi lying on the chair tiredly. From the gate to this place, Chen Xi kept walking with a bent down. There were not many roads, but he couldn't resist his posture and was too tired.
Chen Jin looked at them and suddenly lay on Chu Xiuming and laughed, "Brother Yuan looks so stupid."
Chu Xiuming hugged his wife, looked at his younger brother with a grieving look and said, "Yes."
"Sister Three, you're too much." Chen Xi said with little confidence, "Take the Dongdong away quickly."
Chen Jin kept laughing, but Chu Xiuming nodded to Madam Zhao. Madam Zhao then went over and took Dongdong from Chu Xiuyuan's arms. Chu Xiuyuan quickly stood up and moved, "Sister-in-law, this is even more tiring than I have practiced martial arts for a day."
"The East is not heavy." Chen Jin smiled enough and retorted after hearing this.
Chu Xiuyuan said helplessly, "It's because it's too light and soft, I feel like I can't hold it."
Chu Xiuming patted his little lady's hand, then looked at Chen Xi and said, "This is your sister-in-law's younger brother, just call her brother Xi."
Chen Xi looked at Chu Xiuyuan with a smile, and Chu Xiuyuan said, "Brother Xi, I will take you around the border town another day. Although this place is not as prosperous as the capital, there are many fun places."
"Okay." Chen Xi responded with a smile, "Actually, you can call me Chen Er or Chen Xi directly."
"That's great." Chu Xiuyuan was also a little awkward and said after hearing this, "Then call you Chen Er, you can call me Chu Er."
"No problem." Chen Xi and Chu Xiuyuan were about the same age, but because they were just sharing hardships, they quickly reached a consensus.
Chen Jin looked at these two people. If Chen Xi took Chu Xiuyuan stupid, he didn't know if his husband would blame him?
Chu Xiuming waited for them to finish his words before saying, "Just arrange Chen Xi into Xiuyuan's courtyard."
Chu Xiuyuan responded in one go, and Chu Xiuming continued, "I'm tired today, go back and have a rest. Let's talk about it tomorrow if you have something to do."
"Yes." Chu Xiuyuan and Shen Xi both agreed, and saw that Chu Xiuming had nothing else to do, so they left together.
Chen Jin took his son from Madam Zhao's arms and said, "I'll take Dongdong to rest first."
"Yeah." Chu Xiuyuan responded. He had just returned and had some things to deal with, at least he had to meet Mr. Wang and other people.
When he returned to the General's Mansion, whether it was Chu Xiuming, Shen Jin or Zhao Ma Ma, they all felt much more relaxed, and they couldn't help but look a little tired on their faces. When they returned to the room, Chen Jin said, "Mama, go and rest first. Just let other maids serve them first in the next few days."
Madam Zhao was not arrogant, and said after hearing this, "I have thanked my wife."
Anping and Anning looked at each other, and Anping said, "I am taking turns to rest. It is not convenient if there is no familiar person around my wife."
Chen Jin looked at the two and said, "Is that OK?"
Anping smiled and said, "Don't worry, madam."
An Ning also spoke, "I will stay by my side to serve my wife first."
Chen Jin nodded, and Madam Zhao took Anping to pack up her things. An Ning stayed beside Shen Jin to serve her. Chen Jin asked An Ning to look at Dongdong first. She was taken care of by Madam Zhao, and she was very well taken care of by a few people. She had enough milk. She couldn't finish eating alone, so she often had to squeeze out some.
Chu Xiuming didn't stay in the study for long, so he came back to the room to have dinner with Shen Jin. Dongdong seemed to be uncomfortable because he came to a strange place. After waking up, he kept holding Chen Jin and cried. Chen Jin kept holding Dongdong and coaxed him softly. When Chu Xiuming came back, he looked at Chu Xiuming with grievance and said, "Husband, Dongdong is crying."
Take his son from Chen Jin's arms. The one who was sleeping opened his eyes, as if he had recognized Chu Xiuming, and hummed twice. When he just started crying, even in Shen Jin's arms, he had coaxed him for a long time to get better. Now he is much better.
"It's okay." Chu Xiuming said this to Dongdong and Chen Jin.
Chen Jin responded with a smile, and soon the maid set the meal. Chu Xiuming wanted to hold Dongdong, so he ate with one hand. Chen Jin served Chu Xiuming soup to him, "Hey, do you want to eat Dongdong?"
Chu Xiuming also looked down and saw Dongdong's eyes widening and his mouth kept rising. As if he was eating something, his saliva flowed out. Chen Jin took a cotton cloth and wiped his saliva off, "You can't eat it." The thick gloating, Chen Jin laughed.
"Yaya." Dongdong looked at his mother innocently, "Yayayaya."
"I can't eat it." Chen Jin pointed some of the little nose and sat back in his seat with a smile.
Dongdong twisted his little head, "Yaa?"
Chu Xiuming was so amazed that he shook his son gently, and then continued to eat. Dongdong opened his mouth and kept squirming, but because he didn't cry anymore in Chu Xiuming's arms, he just screamed in grievance from time to time.
After Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin finished their meal, Dongdong was already asleep again.
Because he returned to the border town, even Chu Xiuming relaxed a lot and chose a wet nurse to help Chen Jin take care of the children, so Chen Jin could finally have a good sleep at night. However, because he had become accustomed to this period of time, both Chu Xiuming and Chen Jin woke up several times at night and gradually recovered.
Compared with Chu Xiuming and Chen Jin, the situation in Shuzhong is much more serious, and those anti-civilian offer prices are getting higher and higher, and even asked Emperor Cheng to be the king of the people who took the lead in the anti-civilians. Shuzhong is his fiefdom and is not ruled by the Tianqi Dynasty. He openly demanded the establishment of a country and China. Now even the ministers can't help it. They have written countless letters to demand severe punishment, and many people even cursed in their hearts that if the second prince really has some backbone, it would be better if he committed suicide.
In the capital, many things are inconvenient. Even Chu Xiuming is not well-versed in the news. After arriving at the border city, some news is probably one step ahead of Emperor Cheng.
In the study of the General's Mansion, Chu Xiuming looked at General Manager Wang and Manager Zhao and said, "I am going to lead troops to patrol the border again. This time I will take Xiuyuan to go together."
"Things to do the city over there..." General Manager Wang frowned and asked. If Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan were neither in the border city, there would be no one who would make the decision.
Some time ago, Chu Xiuming was assisting Chu Xiuyuan in the capital. Although they were doing more things, some things that were difficult to deal with were rushed to the capital for Chu Xiuming to make a decision, but it was like having to take charge of his own person, which seemed to have a backbone.
"I'm going to hand it over to my wife." Chu Xiuming said what he had thought of long ago, "You guys come and assist the wife."
Manager Zhao heard this and said, "Okay."
Mr. Wang thought of Chen Jin's performance when the barbarians besieged the city at that time, and hesitated for a moment and nodded. Chu Xiuming looked at the two people and said, "I will leave next month, so I will make some arrangements during this period."
It was the first time Chen Xi came to a place like a border town. He was born and raised in the capital. He had never seen such a scene before. When he went out with Chu Xiuyuan for the first time, he saw people coming and going on the street, and he seemed casual but respectful to Chu Xiuyuan, and was shocked, "No wonder people in the capital say that the people in the border town are fierce."
Chu Xiuyuan laughed and said, "Because it's not tough, my sister-in-law especially likes the wontons in this store, so you can try them too."
Chen Xi had never used anything in such a place, but he also knew the four words of following the local customs. He was taught very well by Princess Rui and said, "Okay."
Chu Xiuyuan took Chen Xi to find an empty seat and skillfully ordered two bowls of wontons. "I will have to eat rice when I get home later, just try it."
Chen Xi nodded. The boss also knew Chu Xiuyuan. He quickly brought their wontons up. Seeing Chen Xi smiled, "Is this the wife's younger brother? She looks so handsome."
Chu Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Yes, I will bring him to your place to try."
"Hahaha, my wife loves eating my wontons. I wonder how the young master is?" the boss said happily.
Chu Xiuyuan said, "Sister-in-law has been talking about it these days, but because the child is too young, he can't leave it."
The boss said after hearing this, "I'll decorate my wife with wontons and soup base later, and take them back, and you can eat them after cooking."
"I'll ask the people in the mansion to come and get it later. I didn't bring anyone out today." Chu Xiuyuan smiled. The boss agreed and did not delay their food, so he went to work hard again.
Looking at Chen Xi's shocked eyes, Chu Xiuyuan explained, "My sister-in-law is also familiar with these people."
Chen Xi nodded and said, "It's still free here." If there was no threat from the barbarians, he would have wanted to take his mother and sister over.
The two of them didn't say anything else and lowered their heads to eat. When they got back, the boss did not collect the money. They repeatedly reminded Chu Xiuyuan to remember to let someone come and get the things.
On the way back, Chu Xiuyuan said, "Actually, the atmosphere here will be like this, because when the war is really fought, both men, women, young and old will have to kill the enemy."
Chen Xi felt that it seemed to have subverted all his cognitions over the past decade. Chu Xiuyuan said, "Do you know why these people like their sister-in-law so much?"
"I don't know." Chen Xi also discovered that when he saw them, someone would often ask about Chen Jin. The respect and closeness in his eyes could not be faked.
Chu Xiuyuan whispered, "I'm afraid my sister-in-law hasn't told you that when my sister-in-law first got married, my brother led his troops outside. At that time, the barbarians besieged the city. We resisted for a long time. The soldiers guarding the city were almost killed or injured. It was all the people in the city who went up to kill the enemy together. I was seriously injured... It was my sister-in-law who stood up at that time." Chu Xiuyuan pointed to the city wall in the distance, "Stand there. Later we all thought we couldn't wait for my brother. There was a shelter in the mansion, so my sister-in-law let the children in the city hide in and handed the princess's seal and other tokens to the children..."
These things have only been gone, so they are still vivid in their minds at this time. Chu Xiuyuan's tone did not have any ups and downs, but he just said it straightforwardly. However, Chen Xi was stunned and could not imagine the danger and the appearance of Chen Jin at that time. Chu Xiuyuan continued, "At that time, there was not much food and grass in the city, and those that were easy to swallow were left to the wounded. My sister-in-law followed us to eat bran and took care of the wounded every day... Finally, my brother came back."
"The court did not send reinforcements?" Chen Xi couldn't help but ask.
Chu Xiuyuan smiled and said nothing. During the period when Chu Xiuming left, Chu Xiuyuan also grew a lot.
Seeing this, Chen Xi thought of Princess Rui's words, and forced himself to stop asking questions. When he returned to the gate of the general's mansion, he saw a servant waiting. He said, "Major General, General, please come over."
Chu Xiuyuan nodded, "I'll go find my brother first, you..."
"I'll go see my third sister." Chen Xi looked up at the three words "General's Mansion". He was in a mess now, and Chu Xiuming obviously had something to do, so what he could find now was Chen Jin.
Chu Xiuyuan responded, waved his hand and ordered people to go to the wonton stall to get things, and then left first.
When Chen Xi saw Chen Jin, he saw Chen Jin looking at Xiaobudian and Dongdong lying on the stall. Xiaobudian's tail was facing Dongdong. When Dongdong reached out to grab it, Xiaobudian shook it, so that Dongdong could not catch it. Chen Jin kept laughing. Even Mama Zhao and the others did not stop it, but instead paid attention, such as tying a bell to Xiaobudian's tail.
Looking at Chen Jin like this, Chen Xi always felt that he could not put it with Chen Jin in Chu Xiuyuan's mouth.
Chen Jin also saw Chen Xi and said with a smile, "Brother Xi, come and see it, it's so fun."
Chen Xi was a little amused and crying. Madam Zhao saw that Chen Xi was in trouble, so she took the initiative to say, "Madam, the young master is afraid he is tired too. The old slave takes him back to rest."
"Okay." Chen Jin responded with a smile.
Madam Zhao picked up Dongdong, Chen Jin patted the little dog's head and said, "Okay, I'll tell the kitchen to cook a beef bone for you tomorrow."
"Aowu." Xiao Budian screamed, shook his tail and left.
Chen Xi then said, "Sister Three, I want to ask you some things."
"Okay." Chen Jin stood up with Anping's hand, then put on his shoes and said, "Let's go outside and sit there? The room is a bit hot."
Chen Xi nodded, and the two walked to the pavilion outside. After sitting down, Anping brought tea and pastries. Chen Jin asked, "What's the matter?"
"My mother told me that I had something I didn't know and I didn't understand, and I asked my third sister and my third brother-in-law." Chen Xi said.
Chen Jin took a sip of the iced sour plum soup and said, "Yeah, ask."
Chen Xi didn't know where to ask, until he finished drinking a cup of sour plum soup, he said, "Didn't the court send reinforcements?"
Chen Jin was stunned for a moment and looked at Chen Xi with some confusion. Chen Xi said when he saw this, "It wasn't long before the third sister had just married, and the barbarians surrounded the city."
"Oh." Chen Jin thought, "No."
Chen Xi asked, "Why?"
"Because Your Majesty doesn't want to save us." Chen Jin answered for granted.
But this answer made Chen Xi stunned. He actually guessed these things vaguely, but he didn't expect Chen Jin to answer this directly. His face turned pale and he still said unacceptably, "But isn't this the frontier of Apocalypse? If the city is really broken, it means that the barbarians will march straight in."
"Yes." Chen Jin poured Chen Xi a cup of sour plum soup again and said, "Don't be afraid, it's over."
Chen Xi wanted to say that he was not afraid, but he didn't know what to say. He drank it all in one gulp with sour plum soup. Chen Jin said, "I'm afraid in Your Majesty's heart, it's more important to get rid of his husband than to break the city by the barbarians."
"Is it really good to tell me like this?" Chen Xi didn't know what to say, and asked after a long time.
Chen Jin glanced at Chen Xi in confusion, "But wasn't you asking me? And since the mother said that to you, she didn't mean to hide it from you."
Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, and thought of what his mother said before leaving, and seemed to understand a little, but it made him a little unable to accept it.
"The great achievements shocked the master..." Chen Xi murmured.
Chen Jin laughed and said nothing. In fact, Chen Jin always felt that killing heroes with the reason of working hard is a very cowardly act. It may also be because of Chu Xiuming that people's hearts are inevitably biased.
Chen Xi pursed her lips and said, "That third brother-in-law..." Chen Xi couldn't even say what happened next.
Chen Jin understood and said with certainty, "No." Even if Chu Xiuming really did something, Chen Jin believed that the Shen family would be the one who would be the last person to take the throne.
Chen Xi then breathed a sigh of relief. He was good at Prince Rui's mansion and knew a little about something. He would not ask why his third brother-in-law did not hand over military power. If he really did, Emperor Cheng would not allow Chu Xiuming to survive. What's more, except Chu Xiuming, Chen Xi really couldn't think of anyone who could guard the border, "By the way, where is Cousin Ru Yang?"
"Do you want to see them?" Chen Jin looked at Chen Xi and asked.
Chen Xi thought for a while and nodded, "I want to see them."
"Then I'll let someone take you there tomorrow." Chen Jin had no intention of stopping him.
Chen Xi responded. He was very confused now. He was even more dizzy than when he came. Chen Jin looked at him for a long time and found that Chen Xi was in a daze. Then he looked at An Ning and said, "Let me find someone to guard him. I want to go back to accompany me."
"Yes." An Ning responded.
Chen Jin no longer cared about Chen Xi. After all, such a big brother is not as cute as a soft son.
When Chen Xi came to his senses, Chen Jin was no longer there, but he was not in the mood to say anything else. Instead, Chen Jin told Chu Xiuming about Chen Xi in the evening. Chu Xiuming arranged for Yue Wen to take Chen Xi to meet Princess Zhaoyang and the others early the next morning. After seeing Princess Zhaoyang and his group back, Chen Xi locked himself in the room for several days before he went to see Chen Jin again and asked, "Three sister, do you know the situation of Cousin Zhaoyang and the others?"
"I know." Chen Jin didn't know why Chen Xi asked such a question, and said, "I told my brother Yuan to do this."
Chen Xi looked at his third sister with a puzzled look in amazement, especially his third sister's eyes clearly asking him, is there any problem?
"It's not good to do this." Chen Xi hesitated and said.
Chen Jin asked, "Why isn't it good?"
Chen Xi couldn't say it anymore, Chen Jin asked again, "Those people have food, clothes and books every day. I heard that they have gained a lot of weight. Do they have any other needs?"
Such a natural attitude actually made Chen Xi feel that it would be too much for him to make any requests for them. Chen Xi took a deep breath and said, "I understand what my mother means, I figured it out in my third sister."
"Oh." Chen Jin became even more confused, not knowing what Chen Xi was thinking.
Chen Xi said, "Don't worry, third sister! I will never betray my third brother-in-law! I will not inform the capital, nor will I let my third sister down on my trust in me."
Chen Jin blinked, "Oh, I've never been worried."
Chen Xi said with a touched face, "Sister, I'll go find my third brother-in-law now. I'm going to train with the soldiers."
"Oh." Chen Jin responded, watched Chen Xi run away, and looked at Madam Zhao for no reason, "What is Brother Xi here to do? But it's better for him to go and practice more."
"Has my wife really been worried?" asked Madam Zhao.
Chen Jin nodded and said, "No, without his husband's consent, he would not be able to send news to the capital. Why should he worry?"
Madam Zhao slowly let out a breath, and it turns out that some truth is still hidden.
Chapter completed!