Chapter 282 Shen Yunying's Answer
Queen Mother Zhou broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this news. What? Zhao Xiaofei had reappeared, gathering the defeated troops? His elder brother had secretly gone to Jingzhou?
What should I do? Empress Dowager Zhou panicked when she heard this! This was even more terrifying than falling out with the Donglin Party. What kind of combat effectiveness did the First New Army have? Although she didn't understand military affairs, the Kenan Army was a capable fighter! Eliminate Zuo Liangyu and assist the White Rod Army in suppressing Zhang Xianzhong. If the Donglin Party hadn't spent a lot of money and put a lot of effort into arranging traitors, could the Kenan Army have been defeated?
Someone came back and told her that the Jianlu were defeated first and were preparing to attack Xi'an. If it weren't for the traitor, the entire north would have been pacified by now, and she and her son might have been able to recover the capital.
What were Zhao Xiaofei and Zhao Xiaokun planning to do now? It must be revenge! He had just fallen out with the Donglin Party, and it seemed likely that no southern merchant would be willing to help the imperial court anymore.
It would be too late to immediately arm the army with just these tens of millions of taels of silver. What should we do?
Empress Dowager Zhou's mind raced with thoughts of what to do, how to manage her relationship with the Zhao brothers, and if anything went wrong, it wouldn't matter to her, as she should have gone with the late emperor long ago. But what about her son?
If the Zhao brothers came to purge the court, perhaps the Ming Dynasty would no longer be named Zhu. How would he face the late emperor and his ancestors?
Thinking of this, Queen Mother Zhou said to Wang Erxi, "Take my decree and go to Jingzhou. Find Zhao Xiaokun and ask him what he wants. At worst, I can give him more rewards!"
"I obey your order!" Wang Erxi agreed, but she was truly unwilling to go. She hadn't informed the palace about this matter, so how could she face the Zhao brothers? If it weren't for the Zhao family, she might have died in the capital long ago.
Outside Chengdu, Zhao Xiaofei and Fang Xinyu joined forces and raised their own flags to prepare for the attack on the city.
Zhao Xiaofei left Luoye Villa, resting during the day and walking at night. However, without food or money, it was basically impossible to escape to Sichuan. So Zhao Xiaofei found Shen Yunying and asked, "Tell me, is there any sect like Luoye Villa nearby?"
"There are plenty of sects like this, but many of them have sent their disciples to betray Li Zicheng! Some have also surrendered to the Jianlu, and the situation is unclear right now. Perhaps they're also recruiting soldiers, preparing for a fight or waiting to be sold!"
"That's great! Let's find a way to divide the food and snatch the silver and food from them! Maybe by the time we reach Sichuan, our team will be expanded!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
So Zhao Xiaofei called Liu Fei, and the two of them discussed and decided to start making trouble in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, and make things bigger. They first found a few small bandits, just to practice their skills. Unexpectedly, these people were very weak, and they also picked up many defeated soldiers of the Kenan Army along the way.
In this way, they plundered along the way and recruited some people into the army, and finally the number of personnel reached 5000. Among them, the real new troops of the Ke Nan Army were only 2000, but they claimed to the outside world that they had recruited 5000 defeated soldiers.
Moreover, during this process, disciples of the Emei Sect appeared frequently, and they offended all the people in the martial arts world.
But once this woman has someone in her heart, she won't care about anything else. Who cares about the future of Emei Sect? Helping her lover is the most important thing.
Li Sihong came to Zhao Xiaofei and said, "Husband! Why don't you marry Miss Shen? Can't you see what she feels now?"
How could Zhao Xiaofei not know this? Unless he was pretending to be stupid!
"This! But if I marry her, I'm afraid she'll get angry and kick me under the bed!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"It seems that my husband is thinking long-term. He has even thought about going to bed with me, and yet he says he has no interest in me?" After Li Sihong said this, she felt the air was filled with the smell of jealousy.
Zhao Xiaofei thought to himself: The girls in the Ming Dynasty are very cunning, I want to go back to the countryside!
Li Sihong called over Shen Yunying and asked directly, "Miss Shen! Are you willing to marry my husband and become his concubine?"
Shen Yunying hadn't expected that Mr. Zhao's wife would be so direct! What should she do? Should she agree directly? Or should she agree directly? He had already seen her thighs and even slept with her in the same room. Although nothing had happened, she was still a girl, and it was impossible for her to marry someone else.
"I, I do!" Shen Yunying mustered up the courage to say it.
"Since you are willing, I will propose to you on behalf of my husband. I will find time to send someone to Nanjing and report to my wife!" said Li Sihong.
"What? You're not the principal wife!" Shen Yunying was stunned when she heard this. She originally thought that Master Zhao only had her as a concubine. She didn't expect that the lady in front of her was actually just a concubine.
"So how many wives does he have?" Shen Yunying came back to her senses and asked.
"Including me, there are two wives and two concubines. Once you enter the house, you will be the third concubine!" said Li Sihong.
"No! I won't marry! I won't marry! I'd rather be a nun than marry him." Shen Yunying cried. Tears of sadness immediately flowed down.
Li Sihong originally wanted to say, "My husband is the current Prince Li." However, she hadn't yet joined the White Spear Army, so it was inconvenient to tell the truth.
Li Sihong thought for a moment and said, "My husband's status is extraordinary. He is a great hero! He is a pillar of the Ming Dynasty! Although you are a concubine, he respects every one of us concubines. He..."
Before Li Sihong could finish, Shen Yunying shook her head and gritted her teeth and said, "Even if he is a prince, I will not marry him! I would rather be the wife of a poor man than the concubine of a duke!"
Li Sihong knew this was just an excuse to dislike the large number of concubines in her family. She had originally thought that she was the legal wife, that she had saved her life, that she would have a good life after marrying into the family, and that she would not treat her poorly. Now that she realized she was just a concubine, she used this excuse.
However, Li Sihong could understand her thoughts, so she said, "Miss Shen! Think about it carefully, don't rush to refuse! There is still a long way to go!"
"I...I," Shen Yunying was really just making excuses. What choice did she have? There were so many people in the family, and her future was really worrying. What status could a woman like her, who wielded swords and knives, have in the family?
"Miss Chen!" At this time, Zhao Xiaofei came over and called her.
Shen Yunying turned her head to look at the man. She felt very aggrieved and felt that Zhao Xiaofei was lying to her.
Shen Yunying didn't want Zhao Xiaofei to speak anymore and came to his side. Zhao Xiaofei was about to speak when Shen Yunying raised her leg and kicked Zhao Xiaofei in the chest, sending him flying. She kept saying, "You playboy!"
Zhao Xiaofei sat on the ground and felt that what he had just said to Li Sihong had come true. As a result, he got angry and kicked her.
Li Sihong also covered her mouth in surprise and said to Shen Yunying: "You, you..." She said "you" for a long time but couldn't say anything.
At night, in the tent. Li Sihong rubbed his chest, and Zhao Xiaofei said, "I'm right, right? You can't marry a girl like that!"
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