Chapter 360
(Thanks to the readers "Hello, An Sheng" for the red tip.)
Since the name "Chao Whale", Loach feels that he has grown up a lot and should do something for adults.
The tent on the side of the road has been set up, Chao Whale stepped into the grass, raised his hand and waved to the dragonfly in the distance.
The dragonfly is not an insect, but the maid of Jin Chuiduo. She is strolling by the stream, and when she sees Chao Whale approaching, she also smiles and waves her hand.
"Look, there are fish in the creek," said the dragonfly excitedly.
Chao Jing glanced at it, shook his head and said, "It's too small. In Kidnapper Lake, no one wants such fish, only children catch and play with it."
"Aren't you just a child?"
Chao Jing blushed slightly and defended: "I'm sixteen years old!" Seeing that Dragonfly didn't quite believe it, he added: "Xu Sui, that's also 16 years old. In our place, it's all false years old."
"Then sixteen." Dragonfly shaded with her hand and looked into the distance, "The two of them ran too far and couldn't see anyone."
"Don't worry, there are so many soldiers around, it will be fine, unless..."
"Unless what?" Dragonfly asked seriously.
"Unless you Huns are killed again." Chao Jing laughed.
"I'm not a Huns."
"Then why do you wear the clothes of the Huns and go back to the grassland?"
Dragonfly scratched her head, "Wearing the clothes of the Huns is too troublesome to exchange. As for returning to the grassland, I will go wherever the lady goes."
"Hehe, that's not 'Miss', it's 'Concubine Jin'."
Dragonfly thought for a while, "The imperial concubine is temporary, and the young lady is forever. For example, if you changed your name to Chao Jing, it would not be a loach? I changed my name to Butterfly, and I won't answer when people call me a dragonfly?"
"Ah?" Chao Jing was speechless. When it comes to catching fish, he can jump into the stream and grab a few, but when it comes to verbal debate, he can't even understand what the other party means, "Anyway, ... Anyway... do you have to go back to the grassland?"
"The emperor asked you to ask?" Dragonfly laughed.
Chao Jing shook his head, "To be honest, we are all wondering why Your Majesty didn't keep Concubine Jin, but instead took her on a hunting tour, getting closer and closer to the frontier, it's like seeing you off, you don't know how nervous everyone is. ."
"What are you nervous about? I think the emperor and the young lady are very good. They stick together every day. I have never seen the young lady's temper so good."
"The Huns have just left the customs and are too close."
"Before getting closer, the emperor was not afraid, but what is he afraid of now? Don't worry, the Huns would not dare to call when the young lady was here."
Dragonfly said it easily, Chao Jing, like most people, did not believe that Concubine Jin had such great ability, and asked, "Do you have to leave?"
"Otherwise, what should I do? Go back to the capital? The lady said that since she has left, she will never go back, and there is a queen in the emperor's palace, and she will marry more concubines in the future. After the lady enters the palace, it is only three palaces. A member of the courtyard has many rules and is more uncomfortable than in Guiyi Hou’s mansion, the young lady will not return to Beijing even if she dies, and the emperor probably understands what the young lady means, so he did not persuade her.”
Chao Jing couldn't help nodding his head, keeping all these points in his heart.
Dragonfly looked at him and said with a smile, "You are from the palace, and you won't understand this kind of thing."
Chao Jing immediately shook his head and denied it, "I'm not from the palace. When the emperor leaves the palace, I will be his entourage. When the emperor returns to the palace, I won't follow him. I'm a normal person... I'm not a eunuch." Chao Jing was serious, "I He also saved a lot of money, more than the whole village put together."
Speaking of the whole village, Chao Jing sighed. In the battle of Jincheng, many people died in the village, but he was young after all, and his mood adjusted quickly, and immediately said happily: "These money were given to me by others, Your Majesty. As I said, I have to turn it in, but I can keep a little bit, not a little bit, enough to buy a lot of fertile land and build a big house.”
Dragonfly smiled and said, "Do you want to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law?"
Chao Whale's face turned even redder, and he murmured, not knowing what he was saying.
"There are many beauties in the capital. You can take your time to look for them when you go back. There are people looking for you over there." Dragonfly pointed to the tent by the roadside.
Chao Jing was pondering the meaning of Dragonfly's words, turned his head and saw someone in front of the tent beside the road waving at him, "Zhang Youcai, he is back from the capital, really fast."
Zhang Youcai returned to Beijing to report to Wang Meiren that he was safe, and was sent back immediately, nonstop, and just caught up with the emperor.
"Heh, Zhang Youcai, did you fall into the charcoal pile?" Chao Jing laughed.
"Stop talking nonsense." Zhang Youcai was two or three years older, pretended to be mature, coughed twice, and looked at the dragonfly in the distance, "Is that the maid of Concubine Jin Gui?"
"Yeah, you've seen it."
Zhang Youcai pouted and expressed his dissatisfaction with the Xiongnu costume, "What about Your Majesty and your concubine?"
"I've gone on a horseback ride, and don't let others follow. It's not all waiting on the side of the road."
"The imperial concubine... also wear this outfit?" Zhang Youcai pointed to the dragonfly in the distance.
Chao Whale nodded.
Zhang Youcai shook his head, "Come with me, I have something to ask you."
There were others in the tent. King Donghai, Cui Teng and Liu Jie had been waiting here for a long time, and Zhang Youcai just caught up.
Chao Whale roughly repeated what Dragonfly said.
"I don't feel comfortable in the palace? What are you talking about?" Liu Jie was deeply shocked. "The Jin family has been submissive to the Great Chu for decades, and her daughter was born and raised in the capital. Why..."
After all, she was a concubine who was canonized. Liu Jie didn't dare to say it too clearly, so he could only shake his head.
"That's good. Send her back to the Xiongnu, and all the problems will be solved." Cui Teng finally understood the possible impact of Concubine Jin on his family. He was very happy to hear that she was really leaving, and then glared at Liu Jie. "It's better for you. You have to say kiss to the Deng family. Your Majesty doesn't bring back a concubine. You're not happy, are you?"
Liu Jie snorted, not wanting to argue with Cui Teng, and walked out of the tent with his sleeves thrown.
"Eunuchs are born to be traitors." Cui Teng's anger did not subside, and then turned to Zhang Youcai, forgetting what he just said, and said with a smile, "What news is there in the capital?"
Zhang Youcai understood Cui Teng's character, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He said in surprise, "Speak to the Deng family? The Deng family, the general of the chariot and cavalry?"
"No, it's not nonsense, the siege of the Huns has just been lifted, and the people who say they are close are surrounded again. I really won't let Your Majesty relax for a few days." Cui Teng was filled with righteous indignation.
The King of the East Sea said lazily on the side, "Cui Er, where are your ears? Mr. Liu just spoke on behalf of Deng Cui, but he didn't say support, and even suggested that His Majesty should strictly control Deng Cui."
"If he is a loyal minister, he shouldn't mention this matter. Although His Majesty didn't agree immediately, but I can see that some of the ministers who are accompanying him agree." When it comes to his own interests, Cui Teng has higher requirements for others.
The King of the East Sea just smiled and asked Zhang Youcai, "The palace hopes that His Majesty will bring back a few more concubines?"
Zhang Youcai hummed strangely.
Cui Teng exploded, and jumped to Zhang Youcai in one step, "What? Isn't one Jin Guifei enough?"
Zhang Youcai said calmly, "Your Majesty...you're not too young. Even if the palace doesn't push you, the court has to arrange it, and even the empress supports it."
"Have you met my sister?"
"Um."
"She... how is she?" Cui Teng had always looked down on this younger sister, but at this moment, he felt even more distressed.
"Very well, the queen asked me to tell her majesty that everything in the palace is fine, please do not worry, majesty."
Cui Teng felt more distressed for his sister, exhaled heavily, but couldn't find a target to be angry with.
The King of the East Sea smiled and asked, "No matter how hard your majesty is, you can bring a few concubines back from outside at most. The capital is the big one. The draft has already begun, right?"
"It's started, and the palace and the queen will preside over it in person." Zhang Youcai said.
"What?" Cui Teng jumped up.
The King of the East Sea came over and patted Cui Teng on the shoulder twice, "It's useless for you to jump into the sky, Your Majesty should also enrich the harem, this is a serious matter, instead of worrying here, you should do more for His Majesty. Choose some virtuous and graceful women."
"I still have to help?" Cui Teng clenched his fists.
The King of Donghai didn't care, and said plainly: "The draft is imperative. Whoever chooses will naturally get closer to whom. The queen is much smarter than you."
The King of the East Sea also walked out of the tent. He was trying to shape the image of his foreign ministers and did not want to compete with Cui Teng for favor.
Cui Teng was still pondering the words of the East Sea King, when Chao Jing asked blankly, "What's the situation, do you want to bring Concubine Jin back to Beijing?"
"No." Cui Teng said firmly.
"It's best to take it back." Zhang Youcai said it differently, and explained to Cui Teng, whose anger became more and more obvious: "After all, she is a noble concubine of the Great Chu. What's the matter with staying in the Xiongnu?"
Cui Teng was about to speak when Liu Jie broke in from outside and said solemnly, "Chao Jing, go to His Majesty immediately."
"What's the matter? Your Majesty said, unless it's the Huns..."
"It's the Huns, sent from outside the Great Wall... A good news was sent. Deng Cui led his army to ambush the Huns, killing more than 30,000 people, and countless cattle and sheep."
"Haha." Chao Jing laughed and ran out.
After waiting for a while, Cui Teng also laughed a few times, "Your Majesty can't take Hu You back to Beijing now!" After saying that, he walked away.
Zhang Youcai asked in surprise: "This chariot general... Did His Majesty ask him to do this?"
"Of course not, Deng Cui...is a lunatic." Liu Jie murmured, thinking back on the Deng Cui he had seen, he became more and more certain of this judgment.
"Then the daughter of the Deng family can't have it."
"But that's a smart and bold madman. Your Majesty only needs this kind of general." Liu Jie sighed and regretted telling His Majesty the story of Emperor Wu's selection of Deng Liao. Deng Cui has some legacy of the Deng family, but it makes people more Unpredictable.
"Where is this concubine selection? Your Majesty is clearly taking yourself as a reward, and in the palace...you will have to use more concubines to deal with the Cui family, this...this... Liu Gong, you have rich experience, you have to give His Majesty an idea. what."
"Bah, where did I get the experience? This kind of thing... can only be solved by Your Majesty. To speak of experience, I only have one: the harem is like a battlefield, and His Majesty has to find one or two competent 'generals' to manage the harem. "
"Queen..." In all fairness, Zhang Youcai stood by the queen, but felt that the queen could hardly be called a "general".
Liu Jie shook his head and walked out of the tent.
Chao Whale ran wildly on horseback, ran across three gentle slopes, and finally saw the emperor and his concubine from a distance, they were riding a horse together, and they were roaming freely in the grass.
Chao Jing was relatively simple, and regardless of the presence of Concubine Jin, he shouted excitedly, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The Huns have been defeated!"