witch chaotic country

Chapter 6 Choice
In the spring of the second year of Yuanxi (AD 420), Liu Yu forced Sima Dewen to abdicate, that is, the throne of emperor, and the country was named Da Song, which was changed to Yuan Yongchu.The Eastern Jin Dynasty perished.

After Liu Yu ascended the throne, he changed the selection system of the Eastern Jin Dynasty officials "the lower rank has no high family, and the upper rank has no inferior family", and gradually took back the power from the aristocratic family.

Although Liu Yu used the nine-rank Zhongzheng system to select talents for the court, he began to use poor people.

Tan Daoji was also promoted to be the general of the guard army, and he added Sanqi as a regular servant to guard the capital.With the merit of Zuo Ming, he was renamed Yongxiu County Duke, with [-] households in Shiyi.

Tan Daoji has been working hard all these years, and he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Today when the new emperor ascended the throne, he entered the palace from Yinshi to take charge of the guards of the palace. It was not until the new emperor went to bed that he returned to the mansion under the moonlight.

After entering the backyard, he stood in front of his wife's room for a while as usual.Since her daughter's accident, Madam has nothing but resentment towards him in her heart. Although the two of them respect each other as guests on weekdays, they still raise their eyebrows together, but even outsiders can easily see that there seems to be a cold wall between them.

Recently, the court situation has changed, Tan Daoji is busy all day long, and every time he returns home late at night, his wife has already fallen asleep.Counting the days, I haven't seen my wife for ten consecutive days.

When I arrived in the backyard today, I found that the lights in my wife's room were still on.

The maid serving the lady was waiting at the door. Seeing him coming, she hurriedly stepped forward to invite him, "The master is back. The lady said, please come to the house to talk to the master."

Tan Daoji hesitated for a moment, but finally pushed the door open and entered the room.

Mrs. Tan was sitting on the edge of the bed in the inner room. Through the screen, she had no intention of coming out, nor did she ask Tan Daoji to come in.

Hearing the maid exited the room and closed the door behind her back, she said eagerly, "The new emperor is enthroned today, can you ask for forgiveness for your daughter?"

Tan Daoji sighed inaudibly, but did not answer.Just now when the maid came to invite him, he knew what the madam wanted to ask.

Since he secretly told his wife the news that his daughter was still alive three years ago, she was ecstatic at first, and then went to the underground palace to accompany her daughter regardless of obstacles.

Mrs. Tan is definitely not an ignorant woman. Although she knew that her husband's actions were justified and she could be a mother, she couldn't care less about other things and only wanted to take care of her daughter.

Tan Daoji was afraid that his wife's actions would be spotted by outsiders, so he had people seal the backyard, not allowing his wife to step out of the backyard, and put her under house arrest in disguise.

Since then, Mrs. Tan has been looking forward to it day and night, hoping that Liu Yu will be able to accomplish something, perhaps even more sincerely than Liu Yu himself.

As usual, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he will be granted amnesty.

At that time, the daughter will have hope!But now... when she saw that Tan Daoji was silent, her heart was as cold as if she had sunk into the cold abyss of thousands of years.

She staggered out of the inner room, raised her pale and skinny hands to tightly grasp Tan Daoji's court clothes, and asked bitterly, "Why? What are you doing for it! How can you be so reluctant to part with the power?
She is your daughter!Your flesh and blood, how could you have the heart to let her die in the underground palace!She is ten years old now!She has been in the underground palace for seven full years!How can you bear it!How do you..."

As Mrs. Tan spoke, she became anxious for a moment, and passed out as soon as her body weakened.

Tan Daoji hurriedly picked up his wife, put her on the bed in the inner room, and shouted for someone to announce the imperial physician.

The servants outside the door were all shocked when they heard the sound, and hurried into the house to serve.Tan Daoji scolded angrily, "You bastard! Why do you usually serve Madam!"

Everyone present immediately knelt down, but no one dared to answer.

Madam is under house arrest here, depressed all day long, restless at night, tasteless in food, after three years, her body has been depleted.

She was thin and haggard, her face was pale, and she couldn't even lift the strength to speak on weekdays.But Tan Daoji didn't know these things. He came every day and asked about his wife's situation. He knew better than anyone else why his wife had become like this.

Tan Daoji's anger was not directed at his servants, but at himself.

He dared not tell his wife the truth.He thought about sending his daughter out of Jiankang secretly, but in the past three years, Yao Yu's inner strength would get out of control from time to time.Tan Daoji couldn't guarantee that if she sent her daughter to another place, she would not hurt herself or others.

According to Zimo, as long as the daughter is emotional, her internal energy will lose control.Sometimes Xiangniang cried so hard in the underground palace that she would lose control.So for the past three years, Tan Daoji didn't even dare to let his wife see his daughter.

He was afraid that Yao Yu would lose control and hurt his wife.I'm also afraid that Madam will be hit again when she sees Yao Yu's half-human, half-demon appearance when she loses control.

Now he can only hope to find that strange martial arts master as soon as possible and let him cure his daughter.

Half an hour later, the imperial physician arrived.Since Tan Daoji was in a high position in the court at this time, the imperial physician naturally did not dare to neglect him.

Cut the ginseng slices and put them under Mrs. Tan's tongue, then took out the silver needles and stabbed the person, only then did Mrs. Tan wake up slowly.

She stared blankly at the top of the bed, struggling, "Get down."

The imperial physician and servants looked at Tan Daoji, saw him nodding, and retreated one by one.

"What's the reason?" Mrs. Tan's confused eyes gathered in one place at this time, looking straight at Tan Daoji, not allowing him to perfunctory herself.

Tan Daoji took a deep breath, and he could only lie half truthfully and half in good faith, "For the unification of China. Today's sage is the king who puts chaos in order and prospers the times. Only the emperor can cut down the violence, punish the inside and clean up the outside world. Only the emperor can fulfill my long-cherished wish to regain the northern border. I am sorry for you as a husband, and I am sorry for Yu'er..."

Now that the words have come to this point, Mrs. Tan already understands in her heart.Her husband is a warrior with outstanding military achievements. If there is anyone in the world who can attack the barbarians in the north and surround the land to protect the frontier, there are no other people except him.

And this is also his destiny, his lifelong wish.How can such a husband treat the big for the small?Sigh, Yu'er will become a stepping stone for great achievements...

"Let's go..." Mrs. Tan said quietly, "You and I are husband and wife, the relationship is over. I hope you treat my son kindly. Even if she never sees the sun again in this life, I beg you to treat her badly."

After Madam Tan finished speaking, she closed her eyes and fell asleep as if she had exhausted her strength.

Tan Daoji walked out of the room silently, clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white!He looked up at the sky, at this time the sky had already started to turn white, and he was going to court in another hour.

Another sleepless night...

The old butler, Uncle Tian, ​​appeared from some corner, leaned close to Tan Daoji and asked, "Master, is Madam okay?"

Tan Daoji shook his head slightly, and asked back, "How is the girl?"

Uncle Tian said helplessly with a smile, "It's still the same. Zimo is in trouble all day long. The number of times she lost control has decreased a lot, which makes people feel more at ease."

Hearing that his daughter was still so capricious, Tan Daoji felt relieved. He smiled a little and said, "That girl has been so lawless since she was a child. Now she is ten years old, and she still has the same temper. It's really three years old, six Years look old."

Uncle Tian also nodded in agreement, "That's not true. I've made things difficult for this old slave these days."

Tan Daoji asked, "Why?"

Uncle Tian spread his arms and said, "There's nowhere to find books!"

Tan Daoji looked at Uncle Tian in surprise and asked, "She has practiced all the martial arts handbooks I gave you earlier? What about the hidden weapon manuals?"

Uncle Tian replied with a smile, "I've finished practicing. The girl is very talented, and any martial arts can be learned at the slightest touch. In fact, the girl has already mastered the ones that the master found, but now every move and style has reached a perfect level. , I really didn’t have to practice anymore, so I forced the old slave to ask for books again.”

Tan Daoji couldn't help pinching the center of his eyebrows, wondering, "That's all the martial arts handed down by the major clans in Tiannan Mountain.

If you want to learn more, you have to go to the Northern Wei Dynasty... I heard that there are still some descendants of Taoism there.Well, I'll send someone to look for it.You still take the book of war in my room to her.

Martial arts are superficial things after all, it always takes her some time to learn the art of war thoroughly, and she can also subdue her domineering temper. "

Uncle Tian responded, then turned around and went to the study to move the books.

(End of this chapter)