After Mu Yan's popularization, Huo Xi gained a deeper understanding of the situation of chieftains in various states and counties.
"Does it mean that local officials are responsible for governance, and prefectures and counties with more Han people are richer? Is it easier for me to do something?"
Mu Yan nodded, "Those who actively integrate into the Han cultural circle are generally more flexible. Many of the Yi tribes in Yunnan are not wholeheartedly loyal. Various forces are ready to move. There are many people who want to break up the soil and declare themselves. There are rebellions in the southwest. The dynasty is fifty
It has been more than a year, and the troops stationed in the southwest have continued to increase unabated over the years."
Looking at Huo Xi: "Some chieftain states are stuck in their ways and can't change, so don't try to change. You need to be cautious. In states and counties where officials are governed by officials, it will be much easier for you to do things when you recognize the imperial court and the Mu government. But when you go out,
We still need to bring more people.”
He knew that Huo Xi couldn't sit still, and he wouldn't just ignore it if something happened to her. He wanted her to stay comfortably in the house, waiting for his return. But she was not that kind of dodder, and she wanted to be with her.
Side by side with him.
He will fulfill her needs and protect her throughout his life. She can do whatever she wants, and he will be there for everything.
Huo Xi stretched out a palm and covered his eyes. Mu Yan's loving eyes were covered by her, he smiled, took her hand down, put it to his lips and pecked again and again.
"itch!"
Huo Xi smiled and hid, leaning in his arms. She nodded at him: "Don't worry, I know. I will take more people with me when I go out. I have invited a lot of people who understand different local languages, so I won't worry about not being able to understand.
, and Zhufeng and the others are here."
Mu Yan smiled and nodded, "Okay, you can do whatever you want."
Jun's courtyard on West Road.
Hearing that the Duke of Guo had given the manor next to Dian Lake to Huo Xi, Wu rushed to complain: "Mother, didn't you agree that the manor should be left to Ying'er? Why did it go to someone named Zhang!"
The manor next to Dian Lake had long been taken by Wushi.
She often visited Kunming City when she was young, and knew every scene by heart. It was designed by famous designers from Jiangnan. The scenery changes throughout the year, and the changing scenery makes people forget to leave.
When she was young, she thought how great it would be if the garden belonged to her own family. If it belonged to another family, she would have asked her father to buy it long ago. It belonged to the Duke of Guizhou, and she had always regretted not being able to buy it.
She did not expect that she would have the opportunity to marry into the Duke of Guizhou. She asked Mu Zhan if the manor could be used as a betrothal gift. Mu Zhan said that it was left by his grandfather and could not be given to anyone with a different surname.
But now, this manor has not been given to someone named Zhang!
Unlike Wushi who was full of anger, Jun's face was calm, but he gritted his molars for a long time and didn't speak.
Mu Sheng! You should still be thinking about Mu Yan, your eldest son!
Even if he is adopted into a big family, he still thinks it is his own blood! Ying'er was born and raised in front of him, but he just can't see it! He has never seen Mu Qi's kid, but he still misses him!
His hands were tightly clasped in his sleeves.
Wu Shi was so angry that she babbled a few words but saw no response from her mother-in-law. She turned around and saw her mother-in-law had a ferocious face. She was startled. If she looked closely, she seemed to have no expression at all.
"Mother, you also know that I like that garden very much. When I asked Mu Zhan if he wanted to come as a betrothal gift, he said that the garden should not fall into the hands of people with other surnames. Later, when Ying'er was born, we agreed that it would be left to Ying'er.
, Father is too partial. Mu Zhan is a concubine, but our Ying'er is the eldest grandson. He is Mu Zhan's eldest son..."
"Shut up!" Hearing this from a concubine and a legitimate son, Jun's chest burst into flames.
Just because she is a concubine and Cheng is the official wife, no matter what she does these years, even if everyone in Yunnan regards her as the princess's wife, her two sons are still bastards, bastards!
Wushi was stopped by Junshi, but she was very unconvinced.
If the mother-in-law had been more generous and allowed Mu Zhan to be adopted by Mrs. Cheng earlier, wouldn't Mu Zhan have become the eldest son of the Duke of Guo? It would not have been suppressed for so many years to invite the crown prince.
In the end, Mu Yan got the advantage.
The heir of one of his eldest wives ended up inheriting the title of his second eldest brother, making others laugh at her. If she had known this, why would she have married Mu Zhan instead of Mu Yan?
Mrs. Jun glanced at her and knew that she was not convinced, but she didn't want to say more.
"I asked you to keep an eye on the Imperial Palace. How did you keep an eye on it? Mu Yan entered the palace in the middle of the night and didn't even know! He only brought a few soldiers along the way..." Jun squeezed her hand tightly.
How could Wu Shi not know what she was thinking? But why would she do such a thing as killing someone on the road?
She has already married into the Duke of Guizhou's palace. Although Mu Zhan is not the heir apparent, he still has a lot of power. Mu Yan can't hinder anything between her and her husband in the capital.
In recent years, with the help of the Duke's Palace, the Kunjiang Wushi have become the leader of their hundreds of barbarian tribes. They responded to every call and other chieftains did not dare to underestimate the Kunjiang Wushi.
If she attacks Mu Yan and gives the court the opportunity to eradicate the Kunjiang Wushi clan in one fell swoop, her father and her people will probably eat her alive.
Wu Shi felt that her mother-in-law was useless. She couldn't do anything to Mu Yan when he was still in his infancy. She couldn't move him then, but now she wants to break him?
It's not that Wushi looked down upon her mother-in-law, it was that she felt that Mu Yan, the eldest son, had no bottom.
She had been socializing with her father since she was a child, and had seen all kinds of worldly affairs and big shots, but she did not dare to look at Mu Yan, the heir apparent.
The majesty of a superior person, the coldness all over his body made people afraid to look directly at him. Compared with him, Mu Zhan was not even half as good as him.
Wu Shi sighed in his heart.
Mrs. Jun took one look at her daughter-in-law and felt dissatisfied. She felt that she could only breathe at first glance and was just a paper tiger.
"Go ahead. Since this matter is the Duke's idea, it's useless for others to talk about it. Ying'er is the eldest grandson of the Duke, how can he not care about Ying'er?"
Wu Shi pouted and saluted: "Yes, my daughter-in-law is leaving." She strode out of the yard, the silver jewelry on her skirt jingling.
Mrs. Jun rubbed her forehead with a headache.
Mu Yan only stayed for one night. He had lunch with Huo Xi the next day, explained some matters in detail to her, and then left quickly with Li Yi and others.
Huo Xi couldn't sit still and left the house after Mu Yan left.
The few of them wandered along, finding everything they saw interesting, and often stopped to look at it.
"Madam, Zhufeng said that someone is following us. It's someone from the mansion." Xianghua came to Huo Xi and whispered.
Huo Xi was stunned and nodded to express understanding. He glanced at Vanilla and said, "When did Zhufeng tell you? Why didn't I see him approaching?"
Vanilla looked proud, "He doesn't have to get close, I know what he's going to say with just a look and a gesture."
"Sister Vanilla, you are amazing!" Qiu Shuang, Dong Xue and others praised her with admiration.
"What's so great about this? When you get married, you and your husband can do the same. You can know what each other wants to say with just one look and expression."
"Are all couples like this?"
"You will know if you give it a try. Or do you also want to get married? Do you want my wife and I to help you choose?"
The two girls blushed, "Sister Vanilla, don't talk nonsense, we don't want to get married!" Everyone laughed.
Huo Xi also laughed a few times. Seeing an interesting children's toy in front of a stall, she hurriedly greeted Vanilla, "This toy is very exquisitely made. Vanilla, come and take a look. Do you think Xiao Yuer and Yanzhi will like it?"
"Which one?" Vanilla squeezed over and gathered in front of the stall to choose together, "Madam, we don't care about the tail behind him?"
"Ignore him for now." "Okay." The two of them just pretended that the tail behind them didn't exist, and concentrated on picking up the toys on the stall, preparing to send them back to the son of the capital.