Murong Qinchen was shocked when Chen Caozhi said that she was going to stay in Yecheng. Her beautiful jewel-like blue eyes suddenly widened and she blurted out, "What about you?"
Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "I also want to stay in Hebei temporarily."
Murong Qinchen turned around, his heart beating very fast, his face turned red, and he walked faster and faster, thinking: "He wants to stay with me in Yecheng, he must like me very much.
I'm beautiful, aren't I? But he has two wives, but that doesn't matter. We Xianbei people used to be polygamous. It was only after we entered the Central Plains that we learned the Han monogamy system. He already has two
Wife, why not have one more? Anyway, I live in Yecheng and won’t go to Jiangdong, so I don’t need to look at the faces of those two big ladies—"
The more Murong Qinchen thought about it, the happier he became. He walked very fast, like a light and agile deer. His purple-green gauze-patterned long skirt was fluttering, showing the outline of his long legs. His waist twisted rhythmically, and his legs were slender.
, graceful and graceful, thinking about something while walking, suddenly raised his head, and arrived at Chen Caozhi's apartment in Bingjing Terrace, stopped and looked back, Chen Caozhi was walking with a smile——
Murong Qinchen said softly "Ah" and said to Chen Caozhi: "If there is nothing else, then I will go back to the palace -"
This Xianbei princess has the style of Jin people who visit her without wearing any clothes on a snowy night. She is not used to saluting anyone except her mother and her royal brother. She just nodded her head, spread her long skirt, and walked back gracefully. The rouge warrior Sanu
Hurry up and follow me——
After walking a few feet, Murong Qinchen looked back and saw Chen Caozhi standing in front of the courtyard gate watching her off. For some reason, his heart jumped wildly. He turned around and walked quickly again. This time after walking more than ten feet, the garden wall was about to turn.
, and looked back again, the tall and tall Chen Caozhi was still there——
Murong Qinchen suddenly turned around and ran back with his skirt in hand. He came all the way to Chen Caozhi and asked, slightly out of breath, "Do you want me to accompany you for a while?" Chen Caozhi raised his dark eyebrows in surprise.
With a look like that, he quickly added: "I'm just chatting with you for a while -"
Chen Caozhi couldn't help laughing, and his smile spread. In front of him, the Xianbei princess with the delicate ponytail of a Han woman was so fresh and within reach, he smiled and said: "Okay, thank you." He asked: "How about entering the room to talk?"
Murong Qinchen felt a little ashamed when he saw Chen Caozhi's smiling face. Although Xianbei customs did not attach much importance to women's chastity before marriage. There were group marriages and couple marriages a hundred years ago, but since entering the Central Plains and being influenced by Han culture and customs, they also
Although Murong Qinchen was brave enough to uphold moral integrity, he felt that there was an inexplicable danger in entering the house to talk, so he said: "Let's go to the Tongque Garden. It's a pity that the three goddess magnolias have died."
Chen Caozhi said "Oh" and said, "How dare I enter the palace late at night? This is against the law."
Murong Qinchen said: "I can't live in this palace for long. Will it be demolished in the future or will the Emperor of Jin Dynasty come to live in it?"
Chen Caozhi shook his head slightly. It was inevitable for the Murong royal family to move out of Ye Palace, but Jin Emperor Sima Yu would definitely not live here. Chen Caozhi did not dare to live here either. This Ye Palace might be abandoned -
Chen Caozhi was thinking like this when he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Your Highness——"
"Don't call me princess or your highness anymore." Murong Qinchen interrupted Chen Caozhi's question: "The country is ruined and the family is destroyed. I am lucky that I was not killed."
At this time, Murong Qinchen was still a little resentful towards Chen Caozhi. He glanced at Chen Cao and said, "Actually, I should hate you, right?"
Chen Caozhi immediately thought of Li Jingshu, whose image of the white robe's elegy was profound and everlasting. Thinking of this, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart, but then he heard Murong Qinchen say again: "——But when I see you, I can't hate you at all. Get up, oh, I just want you to be nice to me, can you?"
This Xianbei girl is simple and straightforward, and she will speak out when she has something on her mind.
Regarding Murong Qinchen, Chen Caozhi felt three parts guilt, three parts pity, and, of course, four parts love. Looking at those pair of green eyes, he said: "I will cherish you - is this okay? ?”
A faint smile appeared in Murong Qinchen's eyes, and in a blink of an eye, his eyes and brows were full of smiles. He nodded and said: "Okay." Then he said: "You can just call me Qinqin, but what should I call you?" "
Chen Cao smiled: "Call me Chen Zizhong, don't call me Chen Caozhi directly, that is rude."
Murong Qinchen responded: "I understand." He asked: "What did you want to ask me earlier?"
Chen Caozhi then asked: "Is there anything called Xuanguang Hall in Ye Palace?" If the old monk Jiezhu was still alive, he could ask him to identify the location of Xuanguang Hall. But now that Jiezhu has passed away, is this Xuanguang Hall Ye? It is difficult to confirm the palace in the palace. Firstly, I don’t know whether Shihu’s Xuanguang Palace was destroyed. Secondly, even if the original palace was not destroyed, Murong would have changed the name of the palace——
Murong Qinchen shook his head and said, "I didn't know there was Xuanguang Hall in the palace."
Chen Cao said: "This was the old name of Shi Zhao, but it may have been renamed now."
Murong Qinchen asked: "Is it important?"
Chen Caozhi thought: "There are fifty thousand kilograms of gold buried under the Xuanguang Palace. Of course it is important." He nodded and said: "It is very important. I will tell you about this later."
Murong Qinchen said: "Okay, I'll ask the old palace man in Yeting tomorrow -" He raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky, and felt that he should go back, but he felt a little reluctant in his heart. Just saying this made him feel uncomfortable. As if he was attached to her, he hesitated for a while and finally said: "Then I'm going back. I'm really leaving this time."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said, "I'll take you to Yuanmen."
Murong Qinchen was very happy. She felt that she shouldn't be so happy. She was the princess of a subjugated country, but she was really happy in her heart and she couldn't hide it——
…
Murong Wei learned that Huan Wen wanted to move all the concubines of the Yan royal family and more than a thousand households of princes and nobles to Jiankang. Although he was disappointed, he had no choice but to pack his bags and prepare to go south. He could only take away the only things from Ye Palace. All the treasures and utensils of the few elderly palace servants were owned by the Jin army. Huan Wen rewarded all the gold, jewelry and palace servants in Ye Palace to the meritorious officers and soldiers. Chen Cao received five hundred catties of gold and twenty palace maids. The twenty maids were all from Princess Qinghe's Yongshou Palace. Knowing that they would stay with Her Royal Highness in Yecheng, they were relieved to be filled with joy.
There was a lot of chaos in Ye Palace, and Murong Qinchen had no time to leave the palace to see Chen Caozhi. She wanted to tell Chen Caozhi about the Xuanguang Palace, but Chen Caozhi was also very busy and often returned to Bingjing Terrace late at night——
On the first day of September, news came from Henan that Murong De of Xingyang and Murong Chen of Luyang had surrendered from Kaicheng, Qingzhou and Yanzhou had all returned to Jin, and the land south of the Yellow River had been pacified——
On the fourth day of September, Huan Chong, Huan Xi, and Xie Xuan led 15,000 soldiers to escort Murong Wei, his concubines, and more than 1,000 households of the former Yan princes and nobles to Jiankang. The Jin army officers and soldiers who returned south were beaming with joy. Of course, those Xianbei nobles who were forced to leave Hebei looked gloomy——
Chen Caozhi wrote four family letters respectively: his sixth uncle Chen Xian, his sister-in-law Ding Youwei, and his two wives Lu Weirui and Xie Daoyun. He left Qiantang in the snow at the beginning of the year, and now it is frosty in September. Chen Caozhi misses his relatives in Jiangdong very much.
, I don’t know if Dao Yun is pregnant yet? Wei Rui and Xiao Chan’s babies are almost 100 days old. Are they all safe?
Chen Cao ordered Huang Xiaotong to follow Xie Xuan back to Jiangdong. He told Huang Xiaotong to work hard and return to Hebei early after receiving a reply. This round trip of more than 7,000 miles was really hard work——
Murong Qinchen wore a curtain hat and covered her eyes with tears in her eyes as she bid farewell to her mother and brother. Although Huan Wen had agreed to her marriage to Chen Caozhi, he made it clear that he would not let Kezu Hun and Murong Wei arrange the wedding for Murong Qinchen.
, Huan Wen was worried that this would affect the people of Yan Kingdom, so Murong Qinchen could only be Chen Caozhi's concubine, and could not be married with cattle and sheep as the Xianbei custom——
When crossing the Zhang River south, the Queen Mother of Yan Kezuhun sadly said to Murong Qinchen: "Qinqin, you have to get along well with Chen Caozhi, try your best to win his favor, and let him take you to Jiangdong to visit your mother in the future.
relative."
Murong Qinchen burst into tears and immediately stopped on the north bank of Zhangshui River. He watched the huge convoy of people flow across the river and wind around the willow forest like a long dragon, but they could never finish the journey——
In the evening, Murong Qinchen returned to Ye Palace. The huge Ye Palace was now deserted. Only her Yongshou Palace still had people. Murong Qinchen could not stay for a moment in such a huge and dead palace.
Sanuer came to the back gate of Tongque Garden and asked the guard sergeant to invite Chen Sima. The sergeant did not dare to neglect and hurried to Bingjing Terrace to report the news, but Chen Caozhi was not there. Murong Qinchen had to return to Yongshou Hall in dismay. Now his mother
Both brothers were no longer here, and Murong Qinchen felt extremely lonely and scared. After a while, she ordered Sanuer to inquire again, and reported that Chen Sima had not returned to Bingjingtai yet——
…
After Chen Caozhi saw off Huan Chong, Murong Wei and others, he followed Huan Wen back to Shangyong Palace for a night banquet and discussed important matters. Huan Wen said: "After receiving news from Chang'an, Fu Jian ordered Wang Mengshuai to attack Zhang Tianxi in Liangzhou with 60,000 infantrymen.
Then Fu Jian did not take advantage of the chaos to occupy Sizhou or Bingzhou, but instead attacked Liangzhou in the west. What does Chen Yu think Fu Jian had in mind?"
Chen Cao said: "This must be Wang Jinglue's plan. It is the most feasible strategy at present. Our army is so powerful that Di Qin does not dare to cross the Taihang Mountains to attack, nor does it dare to send Weihan to capture Luoyang. However, Zhang Tianxi of Liangzhou is sent to Jin
During the reign of Emperor Huai, Wang Jinglue was worried that after Ming Gongping settled the territory of Yan, he would send a message to Zhang Tianxi and ask him to send troops to attack Guanlong. Therefore, Wang Jinglue must first get rid of the troubles among his confidants and worry about the future, and then he can have the strength to compete with the Jin Dynasty."
Huan Wen nodded and asked again: "Does Chen Yu think Guanzhong is advisable?"
Chen Cao said: "It's difficult. Wang Jinglue is a genius in civil and military affairs, and he has won the trust of Fu Shi. He can use his talents as much as possible. However, our Jin army will not be able to attack Qin in a large scale in the near future. With Wang Jinglue's plan, Tongguan and Huayin will be heavily guarded.
If we insist on attacking by force, we may risk losing our troops and generals."
Huan Wen nodded slightly. He had no intention of attacking Guanzhong. It would not take a year and a half to completely control the Yan territory. If he wanted to achieve great success and the Yan territory was not yet settled, he would rush to attack Qin. Once defeated, it would be difficult for the Yan territory to defend.
Moreover, Huan Wen was eager to return to Jiangdong and immediately said with a smile: "What Chen Yu said is absolutely true. The important task of recovering Guanlong depends on Chen Yu."
After the banquet was over, Chen Caozhi said goodbye to Huan Wen. Huan Wen said: "Then Princess Xianbei should not live in Ye Palace anymore. Chen Yu should have accepted her as early as possible."
