"However, the five major legions of the empire guard the long frontier together. Every legion general is of great importance. It is necessary to have more choices and then select the best among them."
"Let's do this. Dear friends, please go back and consider a few more candidates before submitting them for discussion together."
"I feel unwell today and will withdraw from the court!"
After saying that, he raised his sleeves, turned around and left in a hurry, leaving behind a bunch of court officials looking at each other in bewilderment.
The court meeting dispersed, and the palace door had just closed but opened quickly.
The adult princes entered the palace one after another, and soon returned to their respective mansions.
Jin Palace.
Chen Xiulan shook her head and walked into the main hall of her house, complaining as she walked, "Why is the weather so hot?"
"Your Majesty," Princess Jin glanced at him in a strange tone, "didn't my father say that he was not feeling well during the morning court? Why did he summon you to the palace so urgently?"
"It's nothing." Chen Xiulan sat down and slowly tasted the good tea that the maids had just brought.
well.
After a long while, he let out a long sigh.
"After all, the tea made by General Wei is the best. It's a pity that he is in Baekje now, so I won't be able to enjoy it for a while."
Um?
Princess Jin stared at him dissatisfied.
Chen Xiulan shuddered and said with a smile: "Don't be upset, Princess. I am not going to tell you the details."
"hurry up."
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Chen Xiuzhu nodded wildly.
"Some time ago, the battle report of the fortress has been sent back. Now the whole Yunzhui hates the Yan Hui Legion and Tian Hongyan with all their heart. My father, for some unknown reason, has temporarily suppressed the idea of recalling Tian Hongyan, so he has to wait for another
Make compromises."
"No, the reason for calling us brothers into the palace is to select people to lead a team to support Dingxi County."
boom.
Princess Jin slapped the table next to her angrily.
"The evidence that Tian Hongyan neglected his duties as a leading general during the war is conclusive, and he should be punished with death. What on earth was my father thinking, and why did he suppress the idea of recalling him? It is really unreasonable..."
Ahem.
The eldest maid Lanzhi next to her was shocked, and she quickly interrupted her master's complaint in a low voice.
"Princess, be careful what you say."
"Be careful what you say," Princess Jin sat up straight and looked around with her beautiful eyes, "This is Prince Jin's Mansion. I want to see who dares to talk nonsense..."
Despite this, she swallowed the rest of her words and turned to stare at her husband angrily.
"Then the person who will lead the team to the west won't be you, the prince, right?"
Thinking back to the time when the prince was training in the frontier, most of the other princes frowned and hesitated to travel.
Only Chen Xiulan and Chen Xiuzhu were the two outliers, both of whom couldn't wait to leave Star City as soon as possible.
As for the reason, it goes without saying that Chen Xiuzhu, Chen Xiulan wanted to stay away from his violent princess.
"Of course not this king."
Chen Xiulan's face straightened up and she waved her hands hesitantly.
"My beloved concubine is now heavily pregnant. The world is not as big as our child. How could I, the king, stay away so easily? Princess, don't worry, even if my father forces me to do so, I will never go."
"At worst, we just don't want to be this prince."
snort.
Princess Jin's face finally looked better, "Then who did your father choose?"
"Who was chosen?"
hey-hey.
Chen Xiulan's smile was full of contempt for her brothers.
"No one wants to go. Even if the fourth, fifth and sixth sons are still mere princes, they still don't want to go."
"These are all mindless. They don't even think about it. Now the people in the four counties of Laigu can live and work in peace and contentment, and the Xiliang people in Dingxi have also been driven back. There will never be any accidents during this trip. It can be said that they are going there. You can come back by walking around to the west."
"If they take the initiative to take over the mission, they may be promoted to county king or even prince after returning from the west. They are no better than a broken prince..."
Princess Jin glared, "Stop blabbering and get down to business."
Well.
Chen Xiulan was stuck for a moment, then quickly wiped his sweat and returned to the topic.
"No one wanted to go, so my father had to resort to the old method of drawing lots. Whoever wins the lottery will go."
"It turns out that Lao Liu won the prize. It is estimated that he will lead the team to set off within three to five days."
call
Princess Jin let out a sigh of relief, "It doesn't matter who he is, as long as he is not the prince, you are fine."
After saying that, she subconsciously soothed her stomach, and after realizing it, she raised her head and looked towards the south.
"I don't know how Panpan is doing now. Her due date is coming soon."
Guangxin County.
The original north-south post road has been widened a lot, and there is an endless stream of caravans and pedestrians of all kinds coming and going along the way.
Ta-ta-ta.
Two horses, one black and one red, galloped over and passed the long caravan in an instant, disappearing into the south like the wind.
Suburbs of Nanshu.
Call.
Ren and Ning got off their horses and looked at the scene in front of them in surprise.
At this time, Nanshu City had changed its appearance and was much larger than when they left.
A new city wall was being built not far away, and countless people came in and out carrying tools and stones and wood, all in a hurry.
The original large woods have now turned into neat villages one after another, completely enclosed within the newly built city wall.
There are various types of houses, some are built of wood, some are built of stone, and some are even made of bamboo.
There are many old people sitting under the eaves, all of them waving their fans leisurely. Next to them are children laughing and playing, looking like a happy family.
Even when some children saw Zhui Feng and Ben Lei, two tall and high-spirited horses, they were not afraid of danger and gathered around them curiously.
"Old Ren, are we going the wrong way?" Lei Er looked around, somewhat doubting his own vision.
This prosperous scene is not like the Nanshu City they remembered, where there were more mosquitoes than people.
Ren Ning smiled, looked around, and then led Zhui Feng towards a house not far away.
"Auntie, we are businessmen passing by. Because we were in such a hurry, we drank all the water. I wonder if I can use it as an excuse to drink water?"
"If you want water, of course you can. The most abundant thing in Nanshu City is water." The gray-haired host chuckled, "Young man, sit down for a while, and I will go get you a drink right away."
Ren Ning and Lei Er looked at each other.
They had traveled south and north, and by hearing the accent of this old lady, one could tell that she was from the area from Hanoi to Jiuyuan County in central Yunchui.
"Auntie, your accent doesn't sound like a local." Lei Er asked with a smile.
"Yes." The old lady nodded, "Our family of four are all from Huayang County."
As she said this, she went into the house and took out a clean bucket.
The three of them walked around the house and saw a small well in front of them.
The mouth of the well is paved with bluestone, and the clear water in the well makes people feel extremely cool at first sight.
Ren Ning quickly reached out and said, "It turns out that the well is next to the house. Madam, let's do it ourselves."
"That's fine. I'm old and unfaithful."
The old lady didn't force herself, she handed the bucket over and kept talking about her own story.
"The two young brothers don't know anything. A few years ago, we couldn't stay in our hometown anymore, so we took our family and went out to beg. At that time, our family went to Huayang County Mansion, Sulan City, and finally to the Imperial Capital Xingji City.
"
well.
She looked back with a look of dismay.
"Those days were really difficult. Either I couldn't eat a mouthful of porridge for several days or I was drenched in heavy rain...I don't even dare to recall how we got through it at that time."
"Later I heard that people here in Guangxin County would be given land and houses as long as they worked hard. Our family was really desperate, so we came here half-heartedly."
Speaking of this, she patted her thigh happily.
"It turned out to be true. It's true that the sky has eyes."