After paying homage to Wang Yun, the Jinling Army began to arrange their troops in Luoyang in preparation for their return.
After about a month of rest, the entire Jinling Army began to advance toward the southeast, with the goal of Pengcheng in Xuzhou.
After a period of march, the entire Jinling Army finally returned to Xuzhou.
Chen Deng had received the news. He and Sima Yi rushed from Xuchang to Xuzhou, and led all the civil and military officials and nobles in Xuzhou to meet the pottery merchant.
When the pottery merchants arrived at Jinling City, all the civil, military and aristocratic families in Xuzhou were gathered outside Pengcheng. The person leading them was none other than Chen Deng.
Seeing the army of pottery merchants appearing in front of them from far to near, Chen Deng and others were overjoyed.
It was a great blessing for the potters to conquer the world.
Conglong meritorious officials, these old Xuzhou tribes can be said to be worthy of the title.
When the Jinling army got closer, everyone hurriedly gathered around and greeted the pottery merchant: "See you, Prime Minister!"
The potter looked at them one by one, and finally nodded with a smile.
At this moment, Sima Yi rushed up and congratulated him: "Teacher, congratulations on your victory in pacifying Sichuan and Shu. From now on, you will bring peace to the world and enjoy peace forever! Our good days have finally come!"
The pottery merchant smiled at Sima Yi and held up the armrest, saying: "The Central Plains and Jingzhou were pacified in a hurry without careful combing. If it hadn't been for Zhongda, Kongming, Yuanlong and others, even if I had pacified Xichuan, I wouldn't have been able to pacify it.
It's so safe, thank you all for your hard work."
Sima Yi chuckled and said, "Teacher, now that the world is settled, isn't it time to do something that needs to be done?"
The pottery merchant followed him into the city and said calmly: "What should be done?"
Sima Yi said to the Xuzhou officials in the rear: "Teacher, those officials and old officials in Xuzhou are waiting to become the founding fathers and Conglong heroes..."
The pottery merchant smiled lightly and said nothing.
Sima Yi saw the pottery merchant smiling and saying nothing, and then asked: "Teacher, what do you think about this matter?"
Sima Yi hurriedly said: "I will do whatever the teacher tells me. Students don't have any ideas of their own."
The potter shook his head and sighed: "As time went by, I didn't expect that you also became a powerful person. You actually started to pick up nice things and join them in deceiving me."
Sima Yi hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
Chen Deng also hurriedly followed up: "Prime Minister, we have ordered people to prepare a banquet at the Prefecture Mufu to welcome the Prime Minister."
The pottery merchant thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back to the mansion first, and we'll talk about the banquet later."
Chen Deng did not try to persuade him again. He knew the pottery merchant well and knew that every time he returned to the city after a campaign, the first thing he did was to go home and take a look.
The pottery merchant turned around and headed back to his mansion. Before he arrived, he saw Diao Chan, Lu Lingqi, Mi Zhen, Yuan Wan, Zhen Mi and others waiting for him at the door of the mansion.
The pottery merchant stood up and dismounted, stepped forward and said, "Madams, why are you all here waiting? Such politeness is really too much for my husband."
It was strange that there was no smile on the faces of the girls at this moment, and they did not seem to be happy about the potter's return.
The potter was very surprised.
Why did I suddenly become so unwelcome to my wives?
Diao Chan's eyes were red, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it.
Mi Zhen stepped forward and said to Tao Shang, "Husband..."
Before the husband and wife could finish speaking, they saw her bursting into tears.
The pottery merchant couldn't help being stunned when he saw this: "You... what's going on?"
Mi Zhen choked and said, "Husband, Sister Hua'er... has gone."
Potter: "..."
…
Outside Xuzhou City, in front of Tao Hua's mausoleum.
"Sister, since Tao came into this world, the person I owe the most to is you. At first, I just wanted to find someone from my clan to marry the emperor, but I never thought that I would end up like this... I am a brother to you.
I can’t help you.”
The potter bowed to Tao Hua's mausoleum.
Beside the pottery merchant, his nephew Liu Xi also kowtowed to his mother's grave.
"Boom, boom, boom~!"
Little Liu Xi is nine years old. Although she is still very young, she is already sensible.
This child's personality is the same as his mother's, gentle, sensible, and easy-going... but there is also strength in it.
"It's not easy for your mother. Remember her well and remember her forever, Your Majesty... your mother is the greatest person in the world." The pottery merchant sighed sadly.
Liu Xi wiped the tears on her face, then stood up and looked at the pottery merchant.
"I lost my father and my mother, and my uncle is the only relative left in this world."
The potter reached out and touched Liu Xi's head.
"Uncle, I have something to tell you..."
"What's up?"
"I don't want to be this emperor anymore."
The potter's hand touching Liu Xi's head suddenly stopped.
"Who taught you to say this?" the potter said with a frown.
"My mother told me before she died."
"Your mother?" The pottery merchant turned his head to look at Tao Hua's tomb in surprise, and fell into deep thought.
Xiao Liu Xi spoke very calmly: "My mother said that once she passes away, I will have no one to rely on in this world. My only relative is my uncle. But if I continue to be the emperor, sooner or later I will have no one to rely on."
One day, my uncle will also leave me... Then I will have no relatives left..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Liu Xi sobbed and said: "Xi'er no longer has a mother, and I don't want to even have an uncle..."
Tao Shang leaned down, gently pressed Xiao Liu Xi's shoulders with both hands, and said, "Xi'er, do you know what an emperor is?"
Liu Xi nodded and said, "I probably know."
Tao Shang sighed: "The emperor is the greatest being in the world. Everyone must listen to him and obey his orders. He can control everyone's life and death. Don't you want to be this emperor?"
Liu Xi shook her head vigorously: "No, I don't want to order others, nor do I want others to listen to me, nor do I want to care about other people's life or death. I just want my uncle and aunt..."
Tao Shang said: "You are still young and don't understand the beauty of this. When you grow up in the future, I'm afraid you won't think so."
Liu Xi cried and said: "Then my uncle wants me to be the emperor? And then he doesn't want me anymore? Just like my mother, he left Xi'er alone..."
The pottery merchant couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.
When I was young, I saw the pottery merchant saying calmly: "You really don't regret it?"
"No regrets!"
The potter nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, you don't regret it, so what do I, as an elder, have to regret? Haha, I haven't done everything as I want in these years, but I am not even as good as a child. This emperor, I
I don’t even want to be a nephew. How can I, a big man like me, let others influence me? My child, we just don’t want to be the emperor!"
After saying that, the pottery merchant stood up and led Liu Xi back, saying, "Xi'er, do you want to see the world?"
"World? What is it?" Liu Xi looked at the pottery merchant blankly, obviously not understanding what he was talking about.
"Slowly, you will understand." The pottery merchant said with a smile.
…
Flowers bloom and fall, time flies.
In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.
In the past ten years, the entire land of China has escaped from the war and returned to a stable and peaceful state. The people live and work in peace and contentment, the population has gradually recovered, and the trade routes leading to the southern and western regions have also been restored again, and the whole situation is prosperous.
In today's world, the country is called Da Chu and has experienced two generations of imperial rule.