If you don't think about things on the front line, this may be the calmest day for Xu Yin in several years.
Every morning after having dinner with my mother-in-law, the whole family would do their own work.
Yan Cheng went to the museum, and Princess Zhao took Xie to take care of the internal affairs, and sometimes went to the palace. Xu Yin didn't have to go to the military camp, so she went to the outer study room she shared with Yan Ling. King Zhao left a group of staff to help her
Handle military aircraft priorities.
When she was in the office, after her official duties were basically done, she would go to the school grounds to practice riding and shooting, or go for a stroll in the streets. On holidays, she would go back to the Duke of Chu's Mansion to stay for a day to accompany her father.
Princess Zhao is a talkative mother-in-law. She only needs to send someone to tell her what she wants to do when she goes out, and she doesn't care too much.
Therefore, Xu Yin's life after marriage is no different from before marriage.
On March 20th, battle reports came from the front line. The imperial army and the Jiangbei army were facing each other on the banks of the Chenbing River.
At the end of March, Yan Ling led his army to surprise Qi County and captured Liang Xing with lightning speed.
Liang Xing was also wronged. The last time he pursued the false emperor, he traveled hundreds of miles but found nothing. When the Yan family took control of the capital, he was afraid that his military power would be taken away, so he found an opportunity to escape secretly.
This time the Yan family was fighting Jiang Yi, and he just went to see it. Unexpectedly, Yan Ling was very cunning. He planned to take a city in Jiangbei, and then turned around and attacked Liang Xing.
Then, the Hongyuan camp was destroyed.
Xu Yin took the battle report and joked with his father: "If I were Liang Xing, I would have to bite off a piece of his flesh."
Xu Huan shook his cattail leaf fan: "Don't you think Liang Xing is better? His skills are just inferior to those of others."
It's obviously hot in April. It's too hot to wear a spring shirt and too thin to wear a summer shirt.
"Is my sister about to give birth? I don't know what's going on." Xu Yin counted the days and said, "The weather is neither cold nor hot right now, so it's just right for confinement."
Xu Huan teased her: "You haven't given birth yet, but you look mature."
Xu Yin said confidently: "That's what I asked! Giving birth is more important than worrying about my sister."
Xu Huandao: "You don't have to worry too much. The Dongjiang Palace has been looking forward to the next generation for a long time and will definitely take good care of it. Your brother-in-law's house is clean and I don't expect anyone to make trouble."
Xu Yin nodded. The Dongjiang Palace in this life is not the Dongjiang Palace in the previous life. Li Wenzhi was upright and did not have any concubines. The house was clean, and Xu Si could wait for her childbirth with peace of mind.
"Your sister got married late, but she didn't expect that there would be no delay at all in giving birth to a child. She had fully planned, and the anniversary has just passed, and the child is about to be born."
Xu Yin smiled. Maybe this is fate, right? When you are with the right person, the child you could not have in your previous life comes so easily.
Xu Huan looked at her with a hint of inquiry: "Ah Yin."
"Um?"
"You...there's nothing wrong with your body, right?"
Xu Yin looked at his father doubtfully: "I'm fine!"
Xu Huan coughed, looking a little embarrassed. As an old father taking care of his daughter, there are some things that are difficult to ask.
"No, being a father means that your sister had a baby just a few months after they got married, so you..."
It turned out that this was what he was talking about. Xu Yin was a little funny and replied: "No, we are not in a hurry."
Xu Huan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I forgot to tell you before, it is better to wait a little longer. A woman is not mature until she is eighteen, and giving birth at this time will not damage her foundation. Your mother's body was damaged due to childbirth, so she died early.
As a father, I can't help but worry that you and your sister will follow your mother's old path."
Xu Yin couldn't help but think of her previous life, where her sister had indeed suffered a lot due to childbirth. Fortunately, she was already eighteen when she got married in this life.
"You are seventeen this year, and the months are small. It is best to wait until next year, so that I can feel more at ease."
Xu Yin burst out laughing: "Don't worry, father, we don't know how long this battle will last. It will be good if he can come back next year."
When it comes to this, the old father has other things to worry about: "On the battlefield, there are no swords and guns, so Aling must be safe."
After staying with his father for a while, Xu Yin returned to Prince Zhao's Mansion.
Princess Zhao ended early today and was sitting in the hall drinking tea and chatting with Mr. Xie. When she saw Xu Yin coming back, she waved and said with a smile: "Going to see your father? How is the Duke's Mansion?"
"Mother, sister-in-law." Xu Yin saw the gift and replied, "Thank you for your concern, mother. Everything is fine in the Duke's mansion."
Princess Zhao nodded: "You also sit down for a while, it's rare that we are both free."
Xu Yin agreed and sat down to drink tea with them.
Although they said they were idle, they were actually talking about palace affairs. How were the young emperor and the concubine, how were the personnel in the inner court, which palace should be repaired, etc.
While chatting, Mrs. Xie said: "By the way, when I entered the palace yesterday, my daughter-in-law went to Taiyuan Palace and suddenly thought of something. Miss Liu who is beside Concubine Liu is not young, right? This
Isn’t it time to pay attention to marriage?”
Princess Zhao was reminded by her: "Yes, she is seventeen or eighteen years old, right? It will be too late if we don't discuss marriage." As she said that, she looked at Xu Yin, "Are you familiar with Miss Liu? Do you know her?
Condition?"
Xu Yin nodded: "She is the same age as me, and her birthday seems to be in March, so it has already passed."
"Have the Liu family negotiated a marriage for her before?"
"No." Xu Yin paused for a moment, "We were studying together at that time. I saw the Liu family's intentions and seemed to want to find a suitable one among the young masters of my classmates, but it didn't work out until I left. It didn't take long for me to leave.
The emperor usurped the throne, I think it was too late."
Princess Zhao nodded: "I will go to the palace another day. Concubine Liu is in such a bad situation that she may be embarrassed to speak."
Mrs. Xie said yes, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly decided on a time to enter the palace.
After drinking the tea, Xu Yin did not go back immediately, but turned around and went to the outer study.
"Young Master asked you to check on Concubine Liu. Have you found any results?"
The staff member on duty happened to know about this and replied: "Back to the princess, the results were available a month ago, but the young master was busy on the expedition at that time, so he put the documents aside for the time being."
"Bring it to me and take a look."
"yes."
The staff member quickly found the document and presented it.
Xu Yin turned it over, his brows getting tighter as he looked at it.
Her guess was correct, Concubine Liu and Liu Xi'er were not in the capital at that time.
The people sent by Yanling checked Qingliu Lane. The house where the two of them lived was occupied by a good singer a month ago. They checked the head of the household and found that he was a businessman from out of town. The house had been bought for several times.
Year, there has been no replacement yet - at least the deed has not been filed with the government.
Previously, Manager Zhou, who was in charge of intelligence in Beijing, was from Yan Ling. He used some contacts to investigate what happened on the night of the coup in the puppet emperor's palace, and found that Concubine Liu had appeared in the East Palace.
On the second day, the Liu family was ransacked and everyone was wiped out.
The matter has become clear at this point. If Concubine Liu was in Beijing at that time, she would not have failed to notify the Liu family.
As for her going to the East Palace, she probably wanted to hit up the prince and escape, but the prince was dead.
Xu Yin guessed that she probably took advantage of the commotion caused by Liao Ying's escort of Princess Changning and escaped together.