Chapter 101
Although Chu Xiuming agreed, he did not immediately help Shen Jin pack up her things and let her go to the capital. Chu Xiuming first submitted a memorial to the emperor. Chu Xiuming spent the entire night writing this memorial, but he still couldn't finish it. He didn't know how to start.
It was not until dawn that Chu Xiuming put down his pen, sat down on the chair in a somewhat decadent manner, sighed slowly, and then got up and walked towards the inner room. Shen Jin was still sleeping soundly in bed. Chu Xiuming sat beside the bed, and gently stroked his fingers across her rosy face. How could he bear to let such a delicate lady go to such a place of wolves.
After looking for a long time, Chu Xiuming withdrew his fingers and closed his eyes. However, he knew in his heart that Shen Jin's trip to the capital was inevitable. He turned around and went back to the study. After spreading out the paper, he thought for a moment and started writing with a pen. He finished it in one go. After finishing, Chu Xiuming threw the pen directly to the ground, clenched his fists tightly, tilted his head slightly, and even closed his eyes.
When Shen Jin came over wearing a coat, Chu Xiuming opened his eyes. Seeing the bloodshot in Chu Xiuming's eyes, Shen Jin felt her heart tremble. She walked over slowly and reached out to hold Chu Xiuming's hand. Her hand was too small and she couldn't cover Chu Xiuming's hand at all. Instead, Chu Xiuming loosened his fist and held Shen Jin's hand with his backhand.
"Husband." Shen Jinyi came to Chu Xiuming's side, "Don't be afraid."
Chu Xiuming's body trembled, and he hugged Shen Jin tightly in his arms. He could hardly bear even a single memorial. It was not like they had not been separated before, but this time was completely different.
"Silly girl." Chu Xiuming's voice was a little hoarse, "My silly wife."
"Nonsense." Shen Jin retorted. "I'm smart."
Chu Xiuming held Shen Jin in his arms, put his chin on her head and said, "If you are smart, why would you marry me?" Even if Shen Jin did not take the initiative to propose, or even refused when someone else proposed, no one could say that it was Shen Jin's fault.
"It's not like I chose it myself." Shen Jin also felt wronged, "I can't disobey the order."
Chu Xiuming didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. If Emperor Cheng had done anything good, it was to appoint Shen Jin as his wife.
"However, if I have a choice, I am willing to marry you." Shen Jin's voice was full of laughter. "I heard in Beijing that you like to eat raw meat, and I was worried."
"What are you worried about?" Seeing that Shen Jin was wearing too little, Chu Xiuming picked her up and walked towards the bedroom.
Shen Jin hooked Chu Xiuming's neck and swung his feet leisurely, "I don't like eating raw meat, what should I do?"
"Have you finally figured out a solution?" For some reason, Chu Xiuming thought of the delicate and weak young lady sitting by the window and looking worried. At that time, Shen Jin must have puffed up her cheeks, and her beautiful eyes were full of melancholy.
Shen Jin said with some pride, "Fish sashimi, just follow the method of making fish sashimi."
Chu Xiuming just smiled when he heard that, "So, are you disappointed to find out that I don't eat raw meat either?"
"No." Shen Jin retorted without thinking. When he sat on the bed, he kicked off his shoes, took off his coat and handed it to Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming hung Shen Jin's clothes, then took off his clothes and lay on the bed. Shen Jin lay comfortably on Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming reached out and pulled the quilt. Only then did he hear Shen Jin continue, "Actually, a little bit. The fish sashimi is delicious. Actually, I thought about it and felt that the beef should taste okay, but the mutton and pork should not taste good..."
Shen Jin told Chu Xiuming what he was thinking at the time, "Mutton has a bit of mutton smell, and it tastes better when it's cooked, while pork is a bit greasy."
Chu Xiuming gently rubbed Shen Jin's waist and said, "Besides that?"
Shen Jin laughed and told Chu Xiuming all his thoughts at that time. Before they knew it, it was already dawn. Today, Chu Xiuming did not even go out to practice martial arts. After having breakfast with Shen Jin, Shen Jin went to pick up something from Concubine Chen, while Chu Xiuming returned to the study, took the written memorial and walked towards the conference room.
When Chu Xiuming arrived, everyone except General Jin had already arrived in the conference room. Chu Xiuyuan looked at Chu Xiuming with worry in his eyes, but Chu Xiuming had regained his composure. He handed the written memorial to Manager Zhao, and then sat in the main seat. After Manager Zhao and Chief Steward Wang read it, they felt heavy in their hearts and didn't know what to say.
Chu Xiuming said, "Send this memorial up in the next few days."
"Yes." Manager Zhao said, "Yesterday..."
When Fei An was brought to the general's mansion, he was not wearing any chains or anything like that. When he saw General Jin leading his troops over, he already understood what was going on and did not even put up a single resistance. General Jin asked his men to take over the defense here and he himself brought Fei An and his gang back.
Fei An said nothing along the way, and General Jin looked unhappy, but he did not make things difficult for Fei An. Not all of Fei An's personal guards knew everything. Some of them were particularly confused and uneasy, while some looked as pale as death. General Jin carefully remembered all of them.
When he was brought to the meeting room, Fei An looked at Chu Xiuming who was sitting in the main seat. The two looked at each other for a long time. General Wu couldn't help but said angrily, "Fei An! Did you do that?"
"Yes." Fei An was very calm. He looked away when he heard General Wu's voice and said, "My family doesn't know."
"The general didn't let anyone touch your family." General Lin couldn't hide his disappointment and asked, "Why?"
Fei An said, "People go to high places and water flows to low places."
Chu Xiuyuan asked, "Are you doing this for fame and fortune?"
Fei An looked at Chu Xiuyuan and said, "I guess so."
Chu Xiuyuan didn't know what to say. Chu Xiuming actually understood that Fei An was not telling the truth, but was just trying to vent his anger.
"Are you worthy of the old general?" General Wu's eyes turned red and he clenched his fists tightly. "Have you forgotten who carried you out of the pile of dead bodies? Who saved you..."
Fei An closed his eyes and said excitedly, "I remember, I remember everything! But you forgot, who caused us to fall into this situation? Who killed the old general? Who killed so many brothers for that little bit of selfish motives?" Fei An pointed at all of them, "It's not me who forgot, it's you who forgot!"
"I haven't forgotten." Chu Xiuming looked at Fei An, whose neck was bulging with veins and whose face was hideous, and said, "I haven't forgotten, not even for a moment."
Fei An was breathing heavily. He was already quite old and stared at Chu Xiuming with wide eyes.
Chu Xiuming said, "You forgot."
"Bullshit." Fei An cursed.
Chu Xiuming did not get angry, and said calmly, "You feel that Emperor Cheng treated the soldiers on the border in this way, so you are angry and feel it is unfair."
Fei An did not refute. Chu Xiuming continued, "But you forgot that we guard the border not for Emperor Cheng." Ever since Emperor Cheng came to power and did what he did, Fei An has mentioned rebellion more than once, from implicit hints at the beginning to direct statements later. Especially when Chu Xiuming's father and brothers died one after another in the battle, Fei An became more and more agitated. In the end, Chu Xiuming had no choice but to arrange for Fei An to receive such an order.
"We are fighting for the people of Tianqi." Chu Xiuming had hated the emperor before, and he wanted to kill Emperor Cheng. "Although the soldiers in the border towns can march into the capital, who will guard the border? Who will protect the safety of the people?"
Fei An did not answer, but just stood in the middle of the meeting room.
Chu Xiuming continued, "Whether it was my grandfather, father, or even my brother and I, our loyalty was never to Emperor Cheng, but to the people of the world."
General Lin said, "Feian, have you forgotten our original oath? We will never let the barbarians set foot in Tianqi."
Fei An still didn't speak, and Chu Xiuyuan suddenly asked, "General Fei, do you think the Crown Prince of England will be a wise ruler?"
"No." This time Fei An answered without any hesitation.
General Wu asked, "Do you think the Crown Prince of England will succeed?"
"I don't know." Fei An said, "Even if it fails, there is no loss."
No matter what, Fei An was a betrayer, but how to deal with Fei An became a problem. It was because Fei An was too impatient that Chu Xiuming's father chose to hide it from the prince's grandson. But now think about it, if he had told Fei An earlier, Fei An might not have done so.
The hatred towards Emperor Cheng had become Fei'an's obsession, and he had even gone a little crazy, so he did such a wrong thing.
Now how to deal with Fei An has become a problem. According to the previous rules of the border town, as long as such an act is committed, it is considered betrayal and must not be forgiven lightly. However, Fei An's situation is a bit complicated. For a moment, everyone didn't know how to deal with it. Fei An sneered and said, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"General Fei, please take a seat." Chu Xiuming said.
Fei An chose a seat next to General Wu and sat down openly. General Wu wanted to beat Fei An up. He had given Fei An so many hints in the beginning, but why didn't he understand that there was no way to deal with the current situation.
Chu Xiuming asked, "I wonder what General Fei knows about the Prince of England..."
Fei An did not hide anything and told everything without even the slightest hesitation. He not only told what he had found out, but also shared some of his own speculations. "Old Wu, pour the tea."
"Drink, you will choke to death if you drink." General Wu said gritting his teeth. Although he said that, he still poured him a cup of tea.
After drinking it, Fei An continued, "The actions of the British prince have become more urgent in the past two years. In June last year..."
General Wu's eyes became redder and redder. As Fei An continued to talk, he finally couldn't help but pounded his fists on the table. "Fei An! Since you have such thoughts, why did you let those barbarians go?"
Fei An couldn't answer. In fact, he himself didn't know why he agreed to the request of the Prince of England and let those people enter Tianqi from the place where he was guarding. Every time he saw those barbarians, he wanted to kill them, but because of his hatred for Emperor Cheng, he chose to indulge them again and again.
At the same time, he would go to great lengths to collect information that would be useful to the border town. Fei An himself knew that this was very contradictory...but he did it anyway.
General Jin sighed, patted General Wu on the shoulder, looked at Chu Xiuming and said, "General, General Fei has made up for his crime by performing meritorious service..."
Unable to continue his plea, General Lin said, "General, General Fei did something foolish, but his crime does not deserve the death penalty."
Chu Xiuming lowered his eyes slightly and said, "General Fei, have you thought about the consequences of being discovered?"
“Hahaha.” Fei An laughed, “Of course I’ve thought about it. I just want to tell you all this, and then don’t let me die in jail. It’s too cowardly.”
Chu Xiuming shook his head. In fact, when Fei An sent Zheng Liang to the border town, he probably thought about being exposed, but he did not choose to escape or do anything else. Instead, he waited for Chu Xiuming to send someone over, as if waiting for a release. He looked at Chu Xiuming and said, "General, I will use this information in exchange for this request, okay?"
"General Fei." Chu Xiuming stood up, walked towards Fei An, and said, "I will use tea instead of wine to apologize to General Fei."
Chu Xiuming's action made Fei An stunned. But Manager Zhao and Manager Wang understood and looked at Chu Xiuyuan. Chu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment and nodded, then stood up and walked over. "Brother, I should apologize to General Fei."
Fei An was confused. General Lin stroked his beard and said nothing. General Jin and General Wu looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.
As soon as Chu Xiuming came over, Fei An stood up. He was not at all crazy as he was when he first arrived at the conference room. He just said, "Is it not possible?" He didn't want to die in prison. If he had to die, he would rather die on the battlefield.
"It's not about this." Chu Xiuming said.
Fei An frowned. Chu Xiuming looked at Chu Xiuyuan, then took a step back. Chu Xiuyuan said, "In fact, we have been hiding this from General Fei. My biological father is the second son of the crown prince. It is precisely because of this that everyone has been implicated."
"What?" Fei An looked at Chu Xiuyuan with surprise on his face.
General Wu said, "How many times have I reminded you and hinted to you not to worry, that things need to be done properly, and I just want a solution that satisfies both sides..."
Listening to General Wu's words, Fei An thought of not only General Wu, but also General Chu, General Lin and even Chu Xiuming who had said similar things. However, at that time, he could not listen at all. He just thought that everyone was trying to calm him down. Fei An looked at Chu Xiuyuan and said after a long time, "No wonder..." He did not say what "no wonder" was. He just took the tea from Chu Xiuyuan and drank it in one gulp. Then he took the tea from Chu Xiuming and drank two cups in a row. He was silent for a long time, "If you still trust me, Fei An, I am willing to go to the Prince of England as an insider."
"It's too dangerous." Chu Xiuming said, "and it will damage General Fei's reputation."
"Hahaha." Fei An laughed, "What does that matter?" Although he was not as close to Chu Xiuyuan as General Lin and the others, he also believed in the child who was brought up by Chu Xiuming.
Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan sat back in their seats. Chu Xiuming said, "There is no need to mention this matter anymore. It is my Chu family that has let General Fei down. General Fei has not been home to enjoy his family for a long time." Although everyone could understand what Fei An did, he still did something wrong in the end. Because of Fei An's momentary confusion, many bad consequences were caused. Therefore, Fei An can be spared the death penalty, but he must never lead troops again.
But this kind of punishment made Fei An, who was not afraid of death, change his expression, "General..."
Chu Xiuming shook his head and said nothing. General Wu was afraid that Fei An would harbor resentment again, so he asked, "Do you know what that bastard Prince Ying did?"
Fei An looked at General Wu. General Wu told him about Chu Xiuyao and his son. Fei An really didn't know about this. Hearing this, he said, "General, it would be nice if you could just let me be a vanguard again."
Chu Xiuming shook his head. "I will send someone to guard General Fei's house. General Fei should rest at home for the time being."
Fei An didn't say anything else. Chu Xiuming looked at General Wu. General Wu nodded, stretched out his hand to pull Fei An up and said, "Let's go. Let me beat you up when we get back."
General Jin and his men did not stay any longer and followed them. Manager Zhao said, "General, please arrange for Princess Ruyang to return to the capital in the next two days."
"Yes." Chu Xiuming responded, "Select the four people from Group C and Princess Ruyang to go to the capital together."
"Yes." Manager Zhao said respectfully.
Chief Steward Wang asked, "General, have you considered the candidates for Madam's entourage when she goes to the capital?"
"Choose the three people from the An group and An Ning." Chu Xiuming said in a deep voice. The An group was organized by Chu Xiuming after Shen Jin got married. They were composed of suitable people selected from other groups in order to protect Shen Jin. They were just formed the year they went to the capital, and now they are independent of the four groups A, B, C, and D.
An Ning is actually a member of the An group. The reason why she chose this name is because Shen Jin named the maids around him An Ping, An Ning and the like.
Chu Xiuming said, "You don't have to worry about this matter."
Chu Xiuyuan said, "Brother, has sister-in-law made up her mind?"
Chu Xiuming nodded, looked at Chu Xiuyuan and said, "You don't need to feel guilty. She didn't do this for you."
Chu Xiuyuan blushed when he heard this and said, "Brother, I don't think so."
Chu Xiuming smiled and said, "Okay, you should go to the military camp these days."
Chu Xiuyuan nodded and said nothing more. Seeing that nothing was wrong, Chu Xiuming left.
When Chu Xiuming was busy these days, Shen Jin took Dongdong to see Concubine Chen. When she saw Dongdong playing with Qingge, Baozhu and others in the **, she chatted with Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen didn't notice anything at first, but they were mother and daughter after all. On the fourth day after Shen Jin went, Concubine Chen suddenly asked, "Do you have anything to tell me?"
"Yeah." Shen Jin poked his son's little feet and said, "I'm still thinking about how to tell my mother."
Concubine Chen pursed her lips and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I'm going back to Beijing. Is there anything my mother likes? I'll buy it for her and bring it back." Shen Jin turned her head and said with a smile.
Concubine Chen's face changed drastically and asked, "Why?"
"Ah." Shen Jin wanted to say it lightly and not let his mother worry so much, but seeing Concubine Chen's expression, he stopped teasing his son and said, "Because there are some things."
Concubine Chen just looked at Shen Jin. Shen Jin told Concubine Chen what had happened during this period. Concubine Chen's lips trembled slightly, "Do you have to go?"
"Yes." Shen Jin walked to Concubine Chen's side, put his arm around her, and whispered, "Don't worry, mother. My husband will take me back soon."
"Can't we send Prince Rui back?" Concubine Chen asked in a low voice while hugging her daughter tightly.
Shen Jin felt a little uncomfortable, sniffed and said, "No, I have to use my father's name to fight against the prince of England."
Concubine Chen didn't know Chu Xiuyuan's identity, so she didn't quite understand. But she knew her daughter. If she didn't have no other choice, her daughter would never take the risk. "Did the son-in-law agree?"
"There's nothing we can do if he doesn't agree." Shen Jin squatted down, looked up at his mother, and said, "He listens to me."
Concubine Chen's eyes turned red, and she couldn't help shedding tears as she said, "Then I'll go back with you."
"What should we do with Dongdong?" Shen Jin asked, "I don't feel safe leaving it to my husband, after all, he has to lead the troops out."
Concubine Chen said, "I can't let you go back alone."
"I'm not alone." Shen Jin held Concubine Chen's hand, "My husband will arrange for someone to accompany me, and the Queen Mother and Princess Ruyang will also protect me."
Concubine Chen shook her head and said, "No."
Shen Jin knew this would happen, so she was hesitant about how to tell Concubine Chen, "Really, mother, can you believe me?"
Concubine Chen touched her daughter's face, as if she had grown up in an instant, "Are you willing to give up Dongdong?"
"I can't bear to let go." Shen Jin said in a soft voice, "That's why I gave Dongdong to mother. I don't trust anyone else. But when mother comes, mother, hold Dongdong and sit with mother more often. Don't let father and Dongdong get too close. I always think father is a little stupid."
Shen Jin said with some concern, it would be bad if Dongdong became stupid after staying with his father for too long.
Seeing her daughter's look, Concubine Chen didn't know what to say. They were obviously discussing seriously whether to go to the capital. But what her daughter said was also a problem. In the future, she should be more careful not to let Dongdong and Prince Rui get close. Those bad habits must not be passed on to her good grandson. Even Brother Qing should stay away from Prince Rui. As for Princess Rui... Actually, Concubine Chen was a little afraid of Princess Rui, but she had to admit that women like Princess Rui were very smart. If Dongdong and Brother Qing could learn 70% or 80% of them, it would be enough.
"Mother, I will be back." Shen Jin promised, "Don't worry."
Concubine Chen tidied up her daughter's hair. Even if she was worried, what could she do? The child had grown up, and she couldn't help the child. "I will take good care of Dongdong."
Shen Jin smiled and nodded.
When Chu Xiuming came to pick up Shen Jin and Dong Dong, he noticed that Shen Jin's eyes were a little red. He thought about it and understood. Concubine Chen knew that this was her daughter's decision and Chu Xiuming didn't force her. She didn't have any resentment towards Chu Xiuming. She just said, "Will you bring Jin girl back safely?"
"I swear." Chu Xiuming said, "I will do my best. If anything happens to my wife, I will go to accompany her when Dongdong can stand on his own."
Chu Xiuming did not guarantee that Shen Jin would be safe, but his subsequent words made people feel more at ease than any more guarantees.
Shen Jin held Dongdong in his arms, stood side by side with Chu Xiuming and said with a smile on his face, "Mom, don't worry."
For some reason, Concubine Chen recalled a poem she had read when she was young. Two lines in the poem were exactly like this: "If I live, I will come back to you. If I die, I will always miss you."
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