On that day, Zhao Hongrun took Que'er and Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zongwei, in a carriage and went straight to the residence of his younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan. After knocking on the door, he broke into the residence directly.
At this time, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, his staff and general Zhou Min who joined the First Army of the North, and several Zongwei were in the study room comparing a "casualty list" of the First Army of the North and preparing a charter for the compensation of wounded soldiers. After all, this time
Although the Northern First Army gained fame through the "Battle of Yongqiu", the number of casualties was really serious. It can be said that it was one of the armies with the highest number of casualties in this war.
Therefore, the settlement of the families of the fallen soldiers and the settlement of the disabled soldiers requires careful consideration and discussion between King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and his confidants - after all, the First Army of the North is the property of King Huan's party, the only one at present.
While Zhao Hongxuan was discussing the matter with Zhou Min and several Zongwei, he suddenly saw his brother Su Wang Zhao Hongrun breaking into the house with Queer and Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao, and went straight to his study. Zhao Hongxuan couldn't help but be confused.
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"Brother, aren't you preparing for the wedding in the palace? Why did you come to me when you have time?" Zhao Hongxuan came up to him with a smile: "You don't want to be lazy, do you?"
Seeing his brother's expression as usual, Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment and said, "I heard that a princess from South Korea stayed at the inn in the city today..."
Hearing this, the smile on Zhao Hongxuan's face froze. After taking a look at his brother's serious expression, he forced a smile and said: "Brother, have you ever sent someone to inquire? It is said that this girl is quite beautiful..."
Zhao Hongrun took a deep look at his younger brother and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Min, please step aside first. I have something to say to Hongxuan in private."
He was the elder brother of Zhao Hongxuan. Naturally, Zhou Min and Zhao Hongxuan's clan guards did not dare to disobey him. After saluting Zhao Hongrun with their hands and fists, they all exited the study. Queer and Wei Jiao also retreated from the study, leaving the study room empty.
Only two brothers, Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan, were left.
Turning around and watching everyone retreat to the courtyard outside the study, Zhao Hongrun closed the door and said to his younger brother: "What on earth is going on?"
Zhao Hongxuan sneered, stood by the desk, still looking at the casualty lists of the First Bei Army on the desk, and said lightly: "What else could be going on? Just as you guessed, brother, that's what happened."
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked: "Is that Korean princess your marriage partner?"
"Huh, isn't that strange?" Zhao Hongxuan looked up at his brother and said mockingly: "When South Korea was begging for peace a while ago, they wanted to marry a princess of South Korea to my Wei Dynasty...Brother, you already have a marriage partner.
Even if I come to Korea, I don’t have the nerve to force their princess into you as my concubine, so I won’t be able to do this good thing… so I’ll do it.”
"..." Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, but was speechless.
I remember that a while ago, when he took Mi Jiang, Qin Shaojun, Miss Su and other girls to Ningxiang Palace for dinner, they bumped into the younger brother in front of him. At that time, Zhao Hongrun felt that this younger brother had a different expression, as if he was forcing a smile.
But at that time, he was preoccupied with the dispute between Mi Jiang and Ying Ying over "Princess Su" and had no time to carefully consider the strange look on his brother's face.
It was not until today that Zhao Hongrun learned that another group of Korean envoys had arrived in Daliang, and that there was a Korean princess among them, did Zhao Hongrun realize the reason for the strange color on his brother's face that day.
"Why didn't you tell me that day?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a frown.
Zhao Hongxuan chuckled lightly and said jokingly: "Brother, you were so worried about the two sisters-in-law that day, why did you add more trouble to me? In fact, it's not a big deal. After all, isn't your marriage also a marriage?"
"Is this comparable?!"
Zhao Hongrun frowned.
You should know that although his marriage to Mi Jiang and Ying Ying is indeed a marriage, they have been in love for several years.
He is willing to marry Mi Jiang, and he is also willing to marry Ying Ying - although his relationship with Ying Ying has changed from good friends to a couple, which is indeed a little embarrassing.
But the younger brother in front of him and the Korean princess had no basis for any relationship at all. They were just forced to get together.
This kind of marriage was something the brothers had strongly opposed.
"Actually, it's nothing." Looking at his brother's changed face, Zhao Hongxuan smiled and comforted him: "In comparison, the Korean princess is more unlucky... As you said that day, that princess will be more unlucky in the future.
It will be bad luck for her to marry me."
Thinking about it carefully, South Korea tried its best to improve the current tension between Wei and South Korea through marriage, and married a princess to Wei, but it did not want to choose Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan.
In a sense, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was the one who inherited the desire of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli to "expedition to Korea". The full name of the Northern First Army under his command was "The First Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army" - who was the target of the expedition?
It's Korea!
In a sense, the long-cherished wish of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan is more ambitious than that of King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan: the latter is only stationed at the northern gate of the country, but the former is looking forward to one day going on an expedition to South Korea to defeat the country that once dominated Wei.
The great nation that brings blessings is underfoot.
But it happened that such a prince with such lofty ambitions wanted to marry a princess from South Korea.
It can be expected that the relationship between His Royal Highness Prince Huan and his Princess Huan will not be much better in the future.
Unless that Princess Huan will understand justice in the future and be willing to ignore the safety of her motherland for her husband's ambitions.
Of course, this is not impossible, but to be fair, this possibility is indeed unlikely. Contemporary women do not yet have the concept of marrying and obeying their husbands. Between their husband's family and their natal family, they often choose the latter. "Note:
This is the origin of the allusion "Everyone can marry anyone". The earliest explanation is "Everyone in the world can be her husband (but there is only one father)." The woman in the allusion betrayed her father in order to protect her life.
Her husband caused her husband to be killed by the woman's father. At that time, the woman's behavior was considered "filial piety", and it did not refer to a woman's inappropriate lifestyle as it is understood in modern times."
"Xiao Xuan, with the current power of the Wei Dynasty, there is no need for you to force yourself to marry a Korean woman. If your father forces you, I will speak for you." Looking at his younger brother, Zhao Hongrun said seriously.
Zhao Hongxuan looked at his brother, shook his head and said: "Brother, don't always treat me as a child who has nothing to do... In fact, my father did not force me, he just told me that this was the case. As for the final decision, it was
I myself, whether it is a Wei girl or a Korean girl, who should I marry? After all, the future princess of Prince Huan’s Palace will be a Korean princess... At least in this regard, I am not much inferior to you, brother."
"Is this something that can be used for comparison?" Zhao Hongrun shook his head in confusion.
He wanted his brother to reconsider, but he also understood that since the Korean envoy had sent his princess to Daliang, the matter was already a done deal - if the Wei State temporarily regretted the marriage, then for South Korea
Come on, this is a huge humiliation.
What's more important is that the younger brother in front of him doesn't seem to care about this matter, as if he just wants to get married as soon as possible and obtain the fiefdom of Anyi as soon as possible to support the Beiyi Army.
Since his younger brother insisted on doing this, Zhao Hongrun didn't have much to offer him. After all, he knew that the two brothers were equally stubborn when it came to stubbornness.
"I hope you won't regret it in the future."
After taking a deep look at Zhao Hongxuan, Zhao Hongrun left with some melancholy.
The moment he stepped into Prince Huan's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized that this younger brother seemed to have really grown up and had his own considerations. He no longer wanted to discuss such a big matter as marriage with his older brother.
But if you think about it carefully, when Zhao Hongxuan privately took over the Northern First Army from the eldest prince Zhao Hongli two years ago, he did not discuss it with his elder brother.
"Because we are getting older, even brothers have become a little distant, and they are no longer as close as they were when they were young?"
Looking back on the past two years, his brother Zhao Hongxuan has gradually become more and more polite to him, and Zhao Hongrun can't help but feel a little disappointed.
How had the two brothers ever had to deal with all these red tapes? They had always been fighting together.
However, I believe that the kind of noisy fights that we had in the past will become less and less common in the future.
Perhaps, this is the price of growing up.
"Go back to the palace." Zhao Hongrun ordered with emotion.
The next day, Zhao Hongrun sent someone to inquire and learned that the Chu envoys had asked to see Emperor Wei and brought the Korean princess into the palace.
From then on, the Korean princess temporarily lived in Concubine Shen Shu's Ningxiang Palace.
The next day, that is, in the evening of June 9th, Zhao Hongrun received a message from Concubine Shen Shu, summoning him to take the girls to Ningxiang Palace for dinner.
At that time, Zhao Hongrun guessed that Concubine Shen Shu most likely planned to introduce the Korean princess to them.
Sure enough, at that family dinner, Zhao Hongrun saw the Korean princess. As the rumors said, she was indeed beautiful, dignified and beautiful.
But Zhao Hongrun felt that because this woman was born in South Korea, his brother Zhao Hongxuan obviously had some grudge against her.
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun can only secretly hope that the future couple can live in harmony.
As for the wedding date of younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, as expected, it will be after Zhao Hongrun gets married around September or October this year, probably at the beginning of spring next year, or during spring and summer.
A few days later, Zhao Hongrun's younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan led his staff Zhou Min and several Zongwei to leave Daliang and go to Anyi. After all, at this time, the Northern First Army moved to Anyi with its wounded soldiers.
If nothing unexpected happens, Anyi in Hedong will be the fiefdom of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan in the future and will be the general stronghold of the Northern First Army.
At the same time that his younger brother went to Anyi, Zhao Hongrun also received relevant news and learned that Emperor Wei had ordered Chui Gong Palace to grant the title of Anyi in Hedong to Zhao Hongxuan.
In May and June, many of Zhao Hongrun’s acquaintances left Daliang one after another. For example, Sima An went to Hexi to serve as the Hexi Guard, Lintao Lord Wei Ji went to Hedong to serve as the Hedong Guard, Shang Shui Army, Yanling Army, You
Ma Jun also returned to Shangshui station, and Jiang Bi and Yan Wang Zhao Hongjiang also went to Shangdang County and Hanoi County respectively.
Generally speaking, Wei's borders are currently guarded by famous generals. I believe that in a year or two, Wei's national power will become even more powerful.
But while Wei was becoming stronger, other countries were also growing stronger.
"Forget it, let's go to the Smelting Bureau tomorrow to see if they have tinkered with anything new."
Perhaps it was because all the familiar people were leaving Daliang one after another. Zhao Hongrun, who had been idle in Prince Su's Mansion for a few days, suddenly felt a little bored.