63 Chapter 63

◎Are they serious?◎

After the death of the King of Wei, the Prince of Yuzhang, though young, held a large piece of rich land. To the surrounding princes, this was no different from a child walking in a busy market with a gold ingot. Many people thought that after the death of the King of Wei, Li Cheng would make a big fuss, and they would watch the fire from the sidelines and then take advantage of the situation to eat the silkworms. Now that they saw that Li Cheng did not seem to have that intention, some people could not help but get restless.

Especially Zhao Hong, who wanted to annex Jingzhou last time, was unstoppable, but he did not expect that the result would not be as he wished. He regrouped and began to seize Nanjun. Xie Jiuyi was stationed in Jianye at this time, so he sent General Huang Kuan to attack. Huang Kuan was a veteran of Wei. When the King of Wei was enfeoffed, he fought for the world beside the King of Wei.

"It can still hold on for a while." Li Cheng said to Huiyin.

Huiyin smiled and said, "Don't talk about them. The Cao family is betting on both sides now. Don't take it lightly."

Li Cheng nodded: "I will make the decision myself."

"Although Xie Jiuyi is in charge of the Prince of Yuzhang, he is ultimately not in a legitimate position. Therefore, he has to stay in Jianye and cannot move around freely. Otherwise, as soon as he leaves, the Prince of Yuzhang might be in trouble." Huiyin analyzed.

Li Cheng knew all this, and he asked Huiyin, "How are the spirit deer and spirit eagle serving you?"

Huiyin thought for a moment and said, "That's great. They have been serving me since they were little, so naturally they don't know some of my habits. Now we have gotten along very well."

"Well, don't let the indenture contract go out casually in the future. These people who serve you closely know our family too well. It would be bad if someone with ulterior motives finds out about it." Li Cheng said.

Huiyin understood: "Okay, I will take care of their freedom. The people I will use in the future will be selected from the children born at home. The people I marry will not be allowed to serve them personally."

This was a critical moment. She was not an ordinary mistress. After Li Cheng reminded her, she realized that there was something wrong with what she did.

Li Cheng liked this aspect of Huiyin: she was very reasonable and would correct her mistakes as soon as she knew them. She would not pretend to be right even if she was wrong and cover up everywhere, or admit her mistakes on the surface but actually do something else.

Why are some people so nice? Not the kind of nice person you know, but the kind of person you can really get along with.

"I wanted to send this year's New Year's gift to Jizhou as early as possible. Alas, come to think of it, I don't know what's going on in Jizhou?" Huiyin sighed. After all, that was her mother's home, and she couldn't just ignore her father and brother.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Cheng again. Seeing that Li Cheng didn't say anything, she actually knew in her heart that last time there was trouble in Qingzhou, her father might want to occupy his son-in-law's territory. Li Cheng was not stupid. He originally made a big deal out of a small matter for his own face and the overall situation. It didn't mean that he didn't have a scale in his heart.

He was nice to her because she was his wife, but the Zheng family was nothing to him.

Just like Huiyin never regarded Concubine Wu as Li Cheng's family, she only regarded Li Cheng and the children as family. Putting herself in Li Cheng's shoes, she could not let Li Cheng give up his principles and position for her.

Li Cheng stood up and finally said, "I'm afraid we are unable to handle the affairs of Jizhou right now. We can only focus on the present."

However, it is said that Jiang Bibo wrote to Huiyin a month after she married and went to Yuzhou, saying that Guo Zhao had entrusted all the affairs of the harem to her and treated her with respect. Then he sent her Yuzhou local products, which Huiyin was very satisfied with and gave some to Guo Zhao's son.

Nan's mother was also happy: "Miss Jiang has finally gotten what she wanted. You did a good job in arranging this marriage. I am also happy. She is your adopted sister, and you will have another relative in the future."

Huiyin stretched out her hand to stop him: "You can't trust the Jiang family so completely. She gets along very well with me now, but that's because I do have good things to think of her, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future." This can't be said too deeply. In fact, it is better for Jiang Bibo to marry Guo Zhao than to marry the daughters of extremely powerful families.

However, it would be bad if Guo Zhao's name was mentioned later and people overheard what was going on.

"Princess, you always think more deeply than I think, but you worry too much and you must have headaches from time to time. In my opinion, you should rest more when you have nothing to do." Mother Nan really felt sorry for Huiyin.

Huiyin smiled and said, "Don't worry, mom. I can save it."

After she finished speaking, she thought again about what the daughter of the Cao family would do when she saw that Jiang Bibo had married so well. She wondered what Xie Jiuyi and Yin Liyi would do.

In fact, Xie Jiuyi and Yin Liyi didn't think about this at all. Although Xie Jiuyi replaced many of Wei Di's confidants with his own, he still couldn't control them completely, just like the Guo family and the Huo family might not listen to him, and even because Prince Yuzhang was young, he could fool them.

Now that Zhao Hong has arrived, Xie Jiuyi is worried that the old general will not be able to succeed, but he cannot leave, so he is quite exhausted.

Yin Liyi brought her daughter to her sister's place and said that her sister was very kind to Fang Jie'er. The child was originally named Zhenfang because of Yin Lifang's name.

"Sister, let my little sister stay with me for a few days this time, and you can take care of the little one at home." Yin Lifang said.

Yin Liyi smiled and said, "If you like her, I'd love it, but my daughter has a weird personality, and I'm afraid she might upset you."

Yin Lifang shook her head: "What are you talking about? I think our sister is very sensible. Sister, to be honest, Jing'er and I can hold our positions firmly, thanks to you and your wife. I see that Jing'er and your sister get along well, why don't we become closer relatives?"

A closer relationship? Yin Liyi readily agreed. Li Jing had a sad and compassionate personality, but also a gentle one. Her daughter was always overbearing, so this was a good match for him.

Moreover, Prince Yuzhang is the son of the dragon and the grandson of the phoenix. If he can rise to the top in the future, her daughter's status will rise. Of course, she doesn't care about these things. It's too early to talk about them now. But she has always had a good relationship with her sister, and she is willing to strengthen the relationship.

The two sisters chatted for a while and talked about Yin Lijun's marriage. Yin Liyi said, "Mother has been looking for a husband these days, but she doesn't know which family to choose."

Now the Yin family has risen to prominence, and their status is very different. The people they once admired have now been forgotten. Who in the world would not want to marry into a good family?

Yin Lifang had other plans: "Tell mother not to worry. In a few days, all the ladies of honor here will come to pay their respects to me. If there is any good one, I will give it to my sister."

"My sister is right. My husband also said so. My nephew is still young. It is not possible for us, the Xie family, to support him alone." Yin Liyi felt sad for her husband after thinking about it.

Yin Lifang used to be a concubine, and others didn't know her methods. Now that she is the dowager concubine, she is no longer secretive about what she does. She said she would find a very noble marriage for Yin Lijun, and she made the choice within three days.

The man chosen for Yin Lijun in this marriage was Gao Hua, the second son of General Gao Ning. General Gao Ning was second only to the general in Daye. Although Gao Hua was not the eldest son, his mother was Gao Ning's second wife and was from a prominent family in Jianye. His maternal uncle was currently taking over Li Cheng's position as the naval commander in Poyang.

The Yin family also met Gao Hua and were very satisfied with his handsome appearance and good family background.

The Gao family sent betrothal gifts very quickly. The people who sent betrothal gifts crowded the whole street. Cao Shi also saw it. She was still in the family. The Cao family certainly had the power to marry her off, but a person who was rejected could only marry a merchant of lower status than her.

Passersby were talking about this: "This marriage is between Concubine Yin's sister and General Gao's son. Both families are wealthy, no wonder it's so lively."

Cao's face became even uglier. She said to Madam Cao, "The Xie family said they would compensate our family. Is this how they compensate us? Our Cao family has paid more than the Jiang family and has more money than the Jiang family, but they treat us like this."

Now even Mrs. Cao was very angry. They were good merchants, and Xie Jiuyi had handed over the entire Nanjun business to the Cao family, but these were originally what the Cao family deserved. When the Cao family helped Xie Jiuyi attack Nanjun, the King of Wei had promised to give them these benefits.

But if Xie Jiuyi humiliates the Cao family like this, will he still bring so many benefits to the Cao family in the future? Changing orders every day is really unbelievable.

"Yes, his cousin can marry into a family like the Gao family. Is the Yin family a noble and wealthy family? In fact, it is not as good as our Cao family. Concubine Yin was just the daughter of a clerk in Prince Wu's mansion. She was not even from a poor family. She just gave birth to a eldest son. What are they? They are just taking advantage of the power of others. It's just that Prince Huaiyin is kind and doesn't want to bully them, an orphan and a widow." Mrs. Cao spoke without thinking.

Cao quickly stopped her: "Mom, please stop talking. What if someone hears you?"

Madam Cao patted her daughter's hand and said, "It has come to this. What are you afraid of? What kind of person is Yin Liyi? She is a woman whose family is not taken care of. She wanders around everywhere and is even captured by the rebels in Yuzhou. Who knows if her chastity is still in question?"

"Mom, please don't be angry." Although Cao said this, she didn't think so in her heart.

Yin Liyi and Xie Jiuyi had not expected that the Cao family was originally prepared to play both sides and had not yet made up their minds. However, Yin Lijun's marriage made the Cao family completely surrender to Li Cheng.

Just as Li Cheng said, most of the great things in the world are ruined by small things.

…

Huiyin was sewing. She hadn't used needlework for a long time and was not very familiar with it. Today she was embroidering a pine green purse with jet black thread. She changed the pattern she had drawn a little bit and saw Li Cheng coming in. She knew from the sound of his footsteps that he was in a good mood.

"What's wrong? You look so happy. Look, I'm just about to make a purse for you. Do you like this pattern?" Huiyin held up the painting to show him.

Li Cheng said he liked it, and smiled as he sat down to help her divide the threads: "You haven't held a needle and thread for a long time, and I am of course happy that you are doing it exclusively for me. However, I have another happy news to tell you today. The Cao family is willing to provide me with 2,000 dan of money and grain. The things have been delivered, and I plan to use this money and grain to take over Yanzhou as soon as possible."

Huiyin was surprised: "The Cao family? Are they serious about this?"

【Author’s words】

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