During the six months that Wei Min was away, many things happened in the capital. The Jin Dynasty in the north had a good harvest this year and made a comeback to invade the border of Chiang Kai-shek. Fortunately, Feng Yu's mother led the Feng family army to guard the northern border, so they were able to escape danger.
In addition, something unexpected happened.
To the south of Chiang Kai-shek, the State of Zhao, which had always been submissive, suddenly attacked Chiang Kai-shek.
The fight for succession to the throne of the State of Zhao ended at the beginning of this year. The fifth princess ascended the throne and decided to send troops northward to rectify the government.
The State of Zhao was relegated to being a tiny country in the south, and was unwilling to accept this. However, due to its small size and weak military, it was forced to submit to Chiang Kai-shek for many years and did not dare to confront him face to face.
This year seems to be different. Zhao State has a new emperor, and she plans to use this opportunity to accomplish something big to impress her sisters. At the same time, she has been in private contact with the Emperor of Jin, preparing to attack Jiang from both the north and the south so that she will be attacked from both sides and caught off guard.
The State Master of Zhao knew that his country's strength was not as good as Jiang's, so he thought of a plan. She asked the Emperor of Zhao to pretend to ask Jiang Kunjun for help, saying that her sister was plotting a rebellion and her legitimate throne was in jeopardy, so she asked Jiang to help her get the throne back.
Zhao, as a small country under the protection of Jiang, received the letter for help. Jiang Kunjun ordered the garrison troops on the Zhao-Jiang border to go and help her.
This time, he fell into the treacherous scheme of the State of Zhao. The defending army suffered heavy casualties. Zhao State took advantage of Jiang's failure to react and attacked him by surprise, capturing the city.
The urgent letter from eight hundred miles away in southern Xinjiang was delivered to Jiang Kunjun in the palace, causing her to fly into a rage.
The day Wei Min went to court was the day after he received the letter.
In front of all the civil and military officials, Jiang Kunjun threw the letter on the seven steps under his feet, clenched the dragon head handle under his palm, and said angrily: "It's just a small country that I never took seriously in the past, but now you dare to swallow up my great city of Jiang!"
"If we don't take over Zhao, it will be difficult to maintain the dignity of our great country, and it will make the subordinate small countries harbor rebellious intentions," Jiang Kunjun glanced at the ministers in the court and said, "Who among you is willing to go out and help me take over this tiny place?"
The civil officials in the court did not understand military affairs, and the military officials had been lazy for too long and were unwilling to go to the battlefield. For a moment, you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke.
Although Zhao was a small country, it was located in the south and most of its people were Miao people, who were known for their witchcraft. Regardless of whether the legend of raising poisonous insects to kill people is true or false, the generals who are used to a comfortable life in the capital are not willing to risk their lives.
When Jiang Kunjun saw the looks of his ministers, he became angry again and reprimanded Wu Chen from beginning to end. He used the Feng family as a comparison and praised Mr. Feng.
When the court was dismissed, she even took out her anger on the princess who had not spoken just now, "This is your military department, they are all as lazy and useless as you!"
Jiang Wuyong was scolded and his face was unhappy. He was furious and took out his anger when he returned to the East Palace. "Every time the Great Jin and the Great Jiang went to war, the Queen Mother would not see anyone else except the Eighth Brothers.
Whenever there is any minor incident in the court, she can always bring up that old man from the Feng family and say a few words. It's not like the Northern Frontier will be lost without the Feng family! ”
After Jiang Wuyong finished speaking, the anger in his chest did not subside. He sat on the chair with a grumbling face, lowered his voice and said grimly: "In the future, I will take back the military power of the Feng family. At that time, the Feng family, including the Eighth Brother, and Wei Min who always opposes me, will not let any of them go!"
When Jiang Wuyong was speaking, her subordinates did not dare to interrupt. After hearing her last sentence, they hesitated for a moment before saying, "If Your Highness is unhappy, you might as well find something to do to make yourself happy."
"Happy?" Jiang Wuyong snorted coldly, "The only thing that makes me happy right now is that the old eighth couple is unhappy, and Wei Min is unhappy! Only when they are unlucky can I feel relieved and happy."
Jiang Wuyong's subordinates' eyes lit up when they heard this, and said, "I learned something from Biyun, Your Highness might find it refreshing to hear it."
"Biyun?" Jiang Wuyong frowned impatiently, "Isn't he in the Wei Mansion? He has been here for so long and is still a kitchen helper... Could it be that he has discovered some secrets of Wei Min?"
The subordinate laughed dryly and lowered his head, "That's not the case. He sent a message saying that Lord Wei Min is pregnant and has been pregnant for more than a month."
Jiang Wuyong was furious when he heard this. He picked up the teacup and threw it at his subordinate's feet. "You bastard, did you say this on purpose to upset me? It's her husband who is pregnant, not me. Why should I be happy?"
The servant's boots were splashed with tea but he didn't dare to move his feet. He lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, don't be angry. You know, Lord Wei dotes on this husband the most. He even went against you for him. Now, if this child who was hard to have is suddenly gone... Tell me, are you sad?"
Jiang Wuyong finally reacted and immediately raised his hands to clap and laugh, "What a relief! I was so angry that I didn't even think of this."
Jiang Wuyong approached his subordinate, leaned over and whispered something in her ear, and let her do her job.
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When Ah Ruan came back this time, her belly had more precious meat than when she left, so the whole mansion immediately served her even more attentively. He already had a lot of things he used in the mansion, and with the gifts from people he knew and didn't know, he could never use them all.
Wei Min was the deputy prime minister, and there were countless people in the court who wanted to curry favor with her. They usually found excuses to give her gifts. Now that they heard that Lord Wei was pregnant, they felt that this was an opportunity, and asked their master to send large and small boxes of supplements and pregnancy-protecting products to the Wei Mansion.
In the afternoon, when Feng Yu came to visit A'ruan, he stopped at the gate of Wei's mansion and stared in amazement at Shi Ba directing the servants to move gifts from the carriage, ranging from large and small brocade boxes to various medicinal herbs.
Feng Yu subconsciously looked down at the two fat carps in his hands that were swinging their tails around, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed to give them away.
"Should I ask Shiwu to prepare something decent?" Feng Yu hesitated and lowered his head to ask Jiang Wuque, "He just got pregnant, so don't scare him when you send the fish over."
Jiang Wuque smiled and said, "You caught the fish yourself this morning. If you don't want to give it to A'ruan, why not leave it for me to eat."
Feng Yu pursed his lips and glanced at Jiang Wuque, "All the fish I caught the past two days went into your stomach." How can you still have the nerve to want to eat fish again?
Jiang Wuque was thick-skinned, but still smiling, he took Feng Yu into the Wei Mansion.
The two families lived close to each other, but due to their status, they seldom visited each other. Now that more than half of the officials in the court had come, if she, who lived opposite, did not come, she would give people a chance to criticize her.
Feng Yu was afraid that the fish would jump around and scare A Ruan, so he handed the fish to the servant before going to see him.
Wei Min was also at home. When he saw Jiang Wuque coming, the two of them sat at the table and drank tea and talked. They talked about who would go to war against the State of Zhao.
Jiang Wuque picked up the teacup in front of him, leaned over to take a light sniff, then took a sip, put it down with a smile, and said, "The tea in your house is from last year, right?"
Wei Min didn't feel that last year's tea had any influence on the taste. He took a sip and said, "We received a lot of stuff these past two days. Ruan took inventory of the warehouse and found that the old tea was not finished, so he took it out and said not to waste it."
What Wei Min didn't say was that this tea was just found today, and A'ruan had been planning to use it to make tea eggs in the evening. It just so happened that the couple came at the right time, so he made some tea for her.
Jiang Wuque just took a sip and didn't want to drink any more. After all, she is a princess and has been picky since she was a child. She doesn't even want to drink this year's new tea if it tastes inferior, let alone last year's stale tea.
Wei Min was curious about how Jiang Wuque, who was so delicate and picky about life, managed to survive in the northern border where supplies were scarce.
Thinking of this, Wei Min couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seemed that Young General Feng knew how to control his wife.
Talking about the morning court, Jiang Wuque raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Who said no one went? Mother, you have to give my sister a chance to perform. Zhao is not a powerful country, and she has been a princess for many years without much achievement. It is better to let her go and earn some reputation."
Wei Min smiled, "The emperor is willing to give it up, but the noble ladies in the harem may not be willing to do so."
Jiang Wuque stroked the wall of the teacup on the table with his fingers, lowered his eyes and said, "Although he was appointed as the noble lord by my mother, my father was the empress appointed by the late emperor. He has been the favorite in the harem for many years, and now it is time for him to give up his position."
Wei Min thought thoughtfully, "I heard that a few months ago someone presented two beauties to the emperor?"
Jiang Wuque smiled harmlessly and said, "They are both in favor now. My father said that my mother rarely visits you."
Wei Min and Jiang Wuque smiled at each other, "Then I hope your trip goes smoothly, and don't be scared back by the poisonous insects from Zhao State."
The two women were talking in the main room, while A Ruan and Feng Yu were sitting on the couch in the inner room chatting.
Feng Yu stared at A Ruan's belly with some curiosity, "Why is it still so flat?"
Ah Ruan smiled and raised his hand and "said" to him:
——It will take a few more months for the pregnancy to show.
Seeing that Feng Yu's eyes were glued to his lower abdomen, and he looked eager to try, Ah Ruan said:
——You can touch it.
Feng Yu smiled shyly, but actually raised his hand and put it on it. He had never been a father, and it was rare to see pregnant men in the frontier, so he was very curious.
Feng Yu couldn't feel anything through the several layers of winter clothes on A'ruan's belly. He looked disappointed, as he thought the "meat" inside would move.
Feng Yu took his hand back and said, "I heard from Shiwu that eating fish is good for pregnant women, so I got up early and fished two fat carps for you. You can make fish soup tonight."
Ah Ruan's appetite has changed recently. When he heard about fish, he became inexplicably interested and hurriedly said:
——You guys might as well stay and eat together.
Feng Yu looked a little uncomfortable, and said implicitly: "My wife, she also likes to eat fish."
If the two fish he gave to A'ruan were eaten by Jiang Wuque after they were cooked, he would not be able to come again next time.
Feng Yu and Jiang Wuque stayed in Wei Mansion for a few hours in the afternoon before leaving.
After the two men left, A'ruan remembered the two fish that Feng Yu had caught, so he called Erjiu and asked him to go to the kitchen to see if they were still alive.
Eat one first, and keep the other one for two days before eating it next time.
A'ruan wanted to eat steamed food in the evening, but Feng Yu said the fish was big and fat, so he could make half of it into steamed fish head and the other half into braised fish for his wife.
Wei Min just happened to come in and saw Erjiu was going to the kitchen, so he said, "Go check if A'ruan's medicine is ready and bring it to him before dinner."
A'ruan was pregnant and had been riding in a carriage for more than a month on a bumpy journey. Wei Min was afraid that something might happen to the child or that A'ruan would have difficulty giving birth, so he asked Fengyu to take a look at A'ruan.
Fengyu said it was fine and prescribed some medicine for Aruan to drink before meals.
Erjiu let out a crisp sigh, picked up her skirt, went out and walked towards the kitchen.
After all, the fish were a gift from the Eighth Princess's Mansion, and were brought over by Feng Yu himself. Before A'ruan spoke, the cooks in the kitchen surrounded them but did not dare to use their knives. They just let the two fat fish twist their plump bodies and swing their tails freely in the tank.
Erjiu saw that the fish were still alive, so he picked out the one that swam less vigorously and ate it in the evening.
The kitchen in the Wei Mansion is large and is mainly used for cooking. There is also a small ear room next to it, which is used for cooking medicine. The smell of medicine is too strong and pungent, and if placed together with cooking, they would affect each other, so it was placed in the ear room.
Erjiu instructed someone to prepare the fish and asked casually, "Who watched over the cooking of the medicine today?"
The kitchen manager followed him and answered every question, "It's Biyun.
Originally, it seemed that Xiaoyuanzi was the one who was supposed to cook the medicine, but no one knew what he had eaten at noon and he has had diarrhea until now, so Biyun was temporarily asked to take over his job.
Didn’t you instruct that the master’s medicine must not leave the sight of two people? I just came out when I heard you were coming. ”
Erjiu indeed smelled a scent of medicine on the steward's body. He lowered his eyes, said "oh", and turned to go to the ear room.
He didn't let the steward follow him. He walked to the door of the ear room alone with light steps and looked inside.
Biyun sat obediently on a low stool and lit the fire, but when the medicine was almost ready, she inexplicably turned her head and looked behind her.
Erjiu held his breath and hid aside. He waited until Biyun turned around before he poked his head out to look again. Through the crack in the door, he saw Biyun lift the lid of the casserole, and shake something from her sleeves into the pot of cooking medicine, then immediately covered it again.
After watching this scene, Erjiu did nothing and left quietly. He went straight back to the main room and informed Wei Min of the incident, "Sir, Biyun has taken action."
Wei Min lowered his eyes, his thick eyelashes hiding the cold murderous intent in his eyes, "My Lady, I'm afraid you didn't take my words last time to heart."
Wei Min twirled his fingers and said to Eighteen with droopy eyelids, "After Biyun spreads the news that A'ruan drank the medicine, have the secret guards deal with him secretly. Tell the public that something happened at home and his family took him away."
Eighteen bowed and said, "Yes."
At midnight, the Wei Mansion was brightly lit and someone was sent to the palace to invite Feng Yu.
When Jiang Wuyong of the Eastern Palace heard the news, he put on his clothes and ran out of the palace in his slippers, looking in the direction of the Wei Mansion and laughing. He even forgot to ask why the Wei Mansion invited Feng Yu.
So when he saw Wei Min looking normal before the morning court the next day, with no sadness or grief on his face, he was a little puzzled.
The author has something to say: Small theater
Princess: Why aren’t you crying? (wonderful)
Wei Min: You are not dead yet, how dare I cry (smile)
Princess: _(:зゝ∠)_
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