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Chapter 396 The teacher returns to the court

In mid-February, Chen Chu set off back to Beijing.

Before departure, the Hebei armies were re-deployed.

Zhou Liang, commander of the Fourth Brigade, was appointed commander of Jizhou and stationed in Jizhou and the newly occupied Shenzhou.

Peng Er, commander of the Fifth Brigade, was appointed as the commander of Yongjing Prefecture, stationed in Wuyi, Fucheng and Jiaohe counties in Henan Province and Hejian Prefecture in Hebei Province.

Xin Qiji, the former commander of the Eighth Regiment, was promoted to brigade commander based on his merits and remained stationed in Cangzhou as the commander. He established the Cangzhou Sixth Brigade locally with the Eighth Regiment as his team.

Because of the outstanding performance of the Eighth Regiment in this battle between Qi and Jin, it was given the title of "Tiger Regiment" and became the third unit in the Huaibei Army to have the honorary title besides the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments.

In the highly competitive Huaibei Army, Zhou Liang, Peng Er and others were jealous that the Eighth Regiment, which was not a direct descendant of Tongshan, could win this title.

However, Xiao Xin's achievements in going straight to the rear of the Kingdom of Jin, moving thousands of miles, and destroying two cities and three villages were real, and the brothers' troops had to surrender.

On the civil official side, Ximen Gong was appointed as the prefect of Cangzhou. Although the Hejian and Shenzhou prefectures bordering Hebei have fallen under the actual control of the Huaibei Army, they are still nominally the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Before the two countries can reach a consensus, Qi Ting has not yet submitted to the two countries. The government dispatched officials.

Cai Kun, who was posted in the Ministry of Household Affairs, continued to be responsible for commercial affairs in several places, while Chen Yinglang stayed in Cangzhou to promote land reform and formed a team, ready to enter Hejian and Shenzhou to implement land reform policies.

After arranging all this, Chen led the first and fifth regiments to set off on February 15th.

On the occasion of parting, Qin Shengwu came specially to see off his fifth regiment back to Beijing. However, Xiao Xin's expanding sixth brigade was in urgent need of a large number of middle- and lower-level officers, so Qin Shengwu, veteran Zhang Chuangen and others were transferred.

Qin Shengwu was also promoted by half a level through this transfer. He served as the deputy of the new corps in the 6th Brigade and became a rising star who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Geng Baoxi and Liu Maodan.

His position as commander of the 1st Battalion of the 5th Regiment was taken over by his deputy Kang Shitou. This was the first time the two were separated since joining the army.

A man in the army is not pretentious. Before parting, Kang Shitou only asked: "I will visit your uncle and aunt for you when you get back. Do you have anything to say to your family?"

Qin Shengwu smiled and shook his head, saying: "When you meet them, just pick something nice to say to save them from worrying. This letter is the one."

While talking, Qin Shengwu took out a letter from his arms and said, "This letter is for my cousin. Please deliver it to me."

"Here, a letter for the princess."

Kang Shitou was a little nervous and took it with both hands quite solemnly.

Seeing him like this, Qin Shengwu smiled again and said: "It's not like I haven't met the princess before, so why do you need to be like this? I have made our relationship clear in the letter."

Kang Shitou immediately understood what Qin Shengwu meant. Brother Wu was asking him to visit the dock after returning to Huaibei. This letter also meant to introduce him to the princess.

The two brothers had in-depth exchanges as early as last year.

At the same time, Kang Shitou also noticed that the King of Chu was not afraid of Qin Shengwu attracting some influence for the princess. After all, the princess's natal family, as a royal wife, was too weak.

This time King Chu promoted Qin Shengwu as evidence.

Kang Shitou guessed that the reason why the King of Chu turned a blind eye to this was that he was worried that the princess's family background was weak and that she would not be able to hold her position in the future; secondly, he also considered the princess's safety.

For example, in the Battle of Hebei, even though the troops were tight, the King of Chu did not mobilize the powerful Second Guards Regiment to go north. Instead, he left Commander Shen in Caizhou to take charge of guarding his hometown and the palace.

At midnight on the same day, the two brothers said goodbye with fists in their hands.

"Brother, be careful and stay healthy!"

Kang Shitou gave such blessings, but Qin Shengwu laughed and replied: "Have a good journey! I wish my two brothers will make new achievements and achieve success!"

February 23rd, Tokyo Imperial City.

The season is about to enter March, when the Central Plains is full of spring.

Although the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms found in ordinary people's homes are not found in the small imperial garden, there are many peonies and peonies that are graceful and wealthy.

Today is a sunny day with a gentle breeze.

There is a faint fragrance floating in the imperial garden, butterflies are dancing around the flowers, and occasionally a few baby giggles are heard, creating a peaceful atmosphere.

After going down to court, Jia Rou rubbed her brows feeling a little tired, but her steps to the palace were not slow, even a little urgent.

In the corridor of the palace wall, occasionally a palace maid or eunuch met Jia Rou, and they quickly fell to the ground and bowed their heads.

Jiarou didn't even look at it. In the past six months, she had gradually become familiar with the rhythm of government affairs, and a majestic temperament slowly accumulated on Jiarou's beautiful face.

When I returned to the palace, I didn't see the female official Zhuan Yun. After asking, I found out that the latter had gone to the imperial garden.

Jia Rou changed out of the red palace clothes and put on a light spring shirt with elegant colors, and went to the imperial garden again.

Outside the garden, Mo Xianzhong, Huang Doudou's godson, led more than a dozen eunuchs, large and small, to guard all entrances to the garden and not allow anyone to enter.

As for the reason, it was naturally because there was a noble but invisible little man in the garden at this time. Seeing Jia Rou approaching, Mo Xianzhong hurriedly bowed and said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness, the little princess is playing in the garden, accompanied by Grandma Chen."

"Ah."

Jiarou responded lightly, walked quickly into the garden, walked through a flower path, and walked around a rockery. Suddenly her eyes opened up, and she saw Zhuan Yun holding a baby who was six or seven months old.

I don’t know what tricks Zhuan Yun used to make the little baby giggle non-stop.

Zhuan Yun turned to look at Jia Rou and hurriedly knelt down to salute. At this point, the little baby also saw the person coming. He saw a smile on his already happy face, and his upper body leaned forward in the direction of Jia Rou, with a pair of small arms. I couldn't wait to open my mouth to my mother, and my mouth came out with unclear monosyllables such as "da da ba ba".

Jiarou's pure expression melted instantly like boiling soup pouring snow, and she opened her arms as she walked forward quickly.

The baby was in her arms, and both mother and daughter giggled at the same time.

Even Zhuan Yun sighed quietly. The only person in the world who can make the cold-faced princess smile like this is this little baby.

After a while, Jiarou lay down on a chaise longue in the garden, put the baby on her belly, and put her hands on the baby's armpits to prevent her from falling.

He mouthed to his daughter and said slowly: "Mother~Mother."

"礤~"

The little guy couldn't pronounce such complicated syllables, but Jiarou showed great patience and taught her daughter to call her mother over and over again.

I was a little impatient. Normally, a baby will only call daddy when he is about ten months old. Obviously, this task is too difficult for a baby less than seven months old.

Not long after, Mo Xianzhong came in to report that he wanted to see Eunuch Huang.

Jiarou, who was in a good mood, nodded and invited him in.

It seems that this is a normal thing, but in fact, it vaguely shows that Jiarou's status in the imperial city has risen rapidly.

In the past, Huang Doudou would not be so polite. Except for private places such as the bedroom, he would almost never pass on the information on other occasions and would go straight in.

But now, he doesn't dare anymore.

The reason for all the changes is the unclear relationship between King Chu and Jia Rou.

Huang Doudou has always been very clear about his position, and he has long regarded himself as a domestic slave of the King of Chu.

In the past, his duty was to monitor Jiarou for the King of Chu. At that time, the monarch and his ministers were on opposite sides, and Huang Doudou naturally lacked respect for the puppet Jiarou.

But now, Jiarou has become the wife of King Chu, and even gave birth to a daughter for him.

Seeing that the person who was once under surveillance may become his mistress, if he doesn't repair the relationship with Jia Rou quickly, wouldn't he live too long?

After a while, Huang Doudou entered, bowed first, then took out a rattle from his arms and shook it.

The sound of "ding ding dong dong" immediately attracted the little baby's attention. He no longer cared about learning how to call "mother", but raised his chubby little hands and started babbling to Huang Doudou.

Huang Doudou did not hand it directly to the little milk baby. Instead, she bowed and presented the rattle to Jiarou with both hands.

Jia Rou sat up from the chaise longue, took the rattle and looked at it curiously, then started playing by herself.

Her mother died young, and Jia Rou had always lacked care in the palace. She had never played with such gadgets to coax children.

But this made the little baby wait impatiently. He stretched out his hand several times, but his mother refused to let him play, so he started crying.

Zhuan Yun, who was standing behind him, secretly glanced at Jia Rou, who was enjoying himself. He felt that His Highness, who always pretended to be an adult, was really a childish ghost. He was even more childish than Aunt Yunong in the palace. How could he be the same as himself? The mother whose children snatch toys!

I don't know whether she heard Zhuan Yun's heartfelt voice or was embarrassed by her daughter's crying. After playing with it for a while, Jia Rou finally gave it to the little baby and muttered in a voice that only she could hear: "Mom loves you so much." , I can’t even play with your toys for a while! You’re so stingy!”

Huang Doudou, who had been standing respectfully on the other side, saw that Jiarou's attention had finally moved away from the little baby, and hurriedly talked about the business, "Your Highness, the King of Chu's class will return to the capital tomorrow, and all the officials will come out of Wansheng Gate to greet him. Your Highness, go down." What?"

"According to the usual practice, what should I do?"

"There is no set rule for welcoming victorious soldiers. Your Highness can wait in the Daqing Hall, or you can go out with hundreds of officials to greet them. The latter can show the imperial court and His Highness's honor and favor towards the King of Chu."

"Then I will go out with all the officials to welcome you tomorrow."

　In order to catch up with the work progress, I got up at around four o'clock this morning.

　　Now when I'm typing, I'm so sleepy that I can't even open my eyes, and I can't hold on and fall asleep.

　　This chapter only has 2600 words. I will add another chapter over the weekend.

　　

　

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