When I visit you for the first time, the topic will naturally not be too in-depth. I will just talk about my current situation and chat about casual things.
After dinner, Xu Yin stayed for a while and then left.
Princess Zhao went back to rest for a while. As soon as she sat in front of the mirror, Prince Zhao came in.
While she was taking off her hairpin, she said to her husband: "The girl has good taste. This girl is used to seeing the wind and waves, but she can still remain sincere. She is a good child."
King Zhao took the tea, waved the maid to leave, and replied: "I wrote to you before, but you still don't believe my judgment?"
"What's your judgment?" Princess Zhao teased, "Do you remember what you wrote? She said she dared to fight and kill, was able to recruit and release, and was a good leader of troops. She also said that she appointed people with talents and was able to make good decisions.
, has the talents of a king. Haha, those who knew you were choosing your daughter-in-law, but those who didn’t know thought you were choosing your subordinates!"
King Zhao said sarcastically: "Whether you choose a daughter-in-law or a subordinate, it all depends on your character and ability!"
Princess Zhao was too lazy to tell him.
King Pian Zhao was still unfinished and continued: "Don't tell me, if she were a man, I would have accepted her long ago. But since she has become our daughter-in-law, she doesn't have to abide by so many rules. There will be room for her to show off in the future."
He told everything Xu Yin had done during this period, and finally said: "She has taken care of all the affairs in the palace. You can take over tomorrow and ask the eldest daughter-in-law to help you."
This is business. Princess Zhao responded yes, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Do you remember the fifth lady of the Liu family? Since the late emperor was murdered, there has been no news about her. Have you checked her whereabouts?"
King Zhao sighed: "I asked someone. The palace was in chaos at that time, and many concubines disappeared for no apparent reason. It's hard to tell where she went."
Princess Zhao couldn't help feeling sad: "We haven't grown old yet, but all of our old friends have disappeared."
King Zhao felt sad: "That's not true..."
One day later, Xu Yin came to hand over the palace affairs in person.
Listening to her explanation one by one, Princess Zhao had a smile on her face: "It's hard for you to be so thoughtful. Even if I take over, there is nothing else to do."
Xu Yin smiled and replied: "Princess, you are too complimentary. I am young after all. I have only seen my eldest sister take care of the housework. This is the first time I have to do it by myself. There are always omissions, and many things are still waiting for the princess to make a decision. For example, that
Several burned palaces have now been cleared out, but I don’t know whether they need to be rebuilt, and..."
Princess Zhao nodded while listening, and then waved to Mrs. Xie to discuss it together.
"...Now the treasury is empty, and there are no concubines in the palace. We will talk about it after the reconstruction. In addition, after the turmoil in the palace, people are uneasy, so it is best to arrange something to do. This person is just too idle to think about it.
If you have more things at hand, there won’t be so much right and wrong.”
These were internal affairs, and both Princess Zhao and Mrs. Xie had experience. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked to each other and quickly reached an agreement.
Finally, there are some secrets that are not easy to disclose.
"There is an Imperial City Department in the inner court. After the puppet emperor's dynasty, it was now in disarray and disorganized. Your Majesty didn't know what was going on, so the prince handed it over to me. I have sent people to clean it up, but some personnel are not easy to change.
, now give them to the princess together."
The Imperial City Department was an inner court organization directly under the emperor. The pseudo-emperor came to the throne through a palace coup, and there was a bloodbath when he came up. His reign was short and he was still at war, so he didn't have time to rebuild.
King Zhao had his own intelligence department, which Xu Yin remembered was called Luo Wang. In this way, the original Imperial City Department was useless. But such an organization, even if it is abandoned, still has many affairs to take care of, and it needs frequent handovers with King Zhao and Luo Wang. Xu Yin cooked the good food first and left the rest to Princess Zhao.
Princess Zhao nodded and did not ask her to elaborate. She just collected all the documents.
Xie glanced at it quickly and said nothing.
After the palace affairs were returned, Xu Yin was not idle, because King Zhao gave her a new job to help Yan Ling organize the logistics of the Forbidden Army.
It's not that no one is doing this. The Yan family's army has all the duties and responsibilities. It's just that there are more than 100,000 people in the forbidden army, plus the rebels who have come over, it is not easy to organize them, and there is not enough manpower.
Yan Ling had to train troops and manage military affairs at the same time, so he was unable to do both. But Xu Yin could even manage an army of 100,000 people in an orderly manner, and she was almost her own daughter-in-law. Wouldn't it be a waste to leave her alone?
So within two days, Xu Yin gathered all his staff and soldiers and marched into the camp.
Yan Ling was quite happy, since both of them were in the military camp, at least it would not be difficult to meet each other.
As for Yan Cheng, he naturally followed King Zhao to reorganize the government affairs.
The Zhao Kingdom Duke's Mansion in Tongyang had a whole team, which supported the Yan family's army during their overseas campaigns. Yan Cheng brought this whole team to the capital, which suddenly relieved the pressure on King Zhao.
In this way, both military affairs and government affairs are gradually on track.
November has passed and the end of the year has quickly come.
Xu Yin looked forward to it, the Xu family's motorcade finally arrived in the capital.
Early in the morning, she resigned from her official duties and waited with her people at a pavilion outside the city.
Yan Ling also took time out to wait with her.
Waiting until almost noon, the shadow of the motorcade finally appeared at the end of the official road.
Xu Yin was overjoyed. He finally waited patiently for the carriage and horses to approach, then quickly stepped forward and shouted: "Father!"
The car door opened, and it was Xu Huan's face that popped out.
He smiled and looked at his daughter, who had been away for more than half a year, and was very happy: "Ayin, you have grown a lot taller!"
Yan Ling also hurriedly came over to greet him: "Master Xu."
With so many people watching, he didn't dare to call his father-in-law.
Xu Huan was surprised and said: "Aling has grown up too."
Behind them were Mrs. Xu and the second room's family. It was not convenient to meet them on the way, so they only went to greet the old lady, said a few words to Xu Ze, and then went into the city first.
Yan Ling sent them home, and she couldn't stay long, so she could only say goodbye reluctantly - it was too troublesome not to get married, when could things be settled?
He decided to mention it to his parents again in the evening. Both families had arrived in the capital. Why not discuss the wedding date quickly?
Xu Yin has no time to think about this now. She left home in early spring and has not been reunited with her family for almost a year.
"...Father has now been granted the title of Duke, and the imperial court has given him another mansion. It's just that it's too big and I haven't packed it yet, so I'll make do with it here for a while."
Xu Huan nodded: "In order to keep a low profile, this house was too small for our family to live in. You don't have to worry about this matter, my father will make arrangements for it."
Xu Yin smiled: "I am alone in Beijing, and I always feel uneasy. It's great that my father is here. I can let go of these things."
Xu Huan touched her head lovingly: "This shouldn't be your business in the first place. The little girl is carefree. Why do you think my Ayin is so capable?"
Xu Yin was very happy to be praised, but then felt sad: "It's a pity that my sister is not here."
"My father has already written to her," Xu Huan said softly, "Although your sister is thousands of miles away, she is living well now. You don't know, right? She is pregnant."
Xu Yin was overjoyed: "Really?"
Xu Huan nodded with a smile: "You are going to be an aunt."
Xu Yin almost cried. In her previous life, her sister had a miscarriage and never got pregnant again. Although she didn't want the children of those two men, it wasn't that she didn't want to be a mother. In this life, she had a child with the person she liked, and she was finally happy.