It has been five full days since that time when the boundary of identity was broken through. Since that night, Yan Chu has never had the opportunity to have private contact with the eldest princess alone. The other party seems to be avoiding him and unwilling to meet him.
At this time, it was only four or five days before they reached the Jiang country's border.
These days, Yan Chu has been thinking about what kind of feelings the eldest princess has for the original body, and whether the words she said came from the bottom of her heart or had ulterior motives.
After all, he has no memory of the original body, and the memory of the other party's first sixteen years does not seem to have the existence of the eldest princess. If the eldest princess likes the original body, this really puzzles Yan Chu.
However, when the other party kissed him that night, the piety, happiness, despair, and calm eyes have been recurring in his mind these days. If such a strong feeling that cannot be vented is just acting, it is definitely better than the actress With his acting skills, Yan Chu intuitively felt that those feelings were real and pure.
Combined with the performance of the second princess, Yan Chu felt that the princess who the king of Zhou said to his grandmother and mother was probably the eldest princess who was sitting in the marriage procession going to Jiang country, rather than the princess who had suffered all kinds of hardships. Thousands of beloved second princess.
On the contrary, the dislike of him that the second princess tried to restrain, and the other party's performance of being accused of marriage to Fu Cong immediately after he lost power made him have to suspect that the other party was responsible for his being framed for treason. It's not that I have made great efforts.
After all, those who can imitate the original handwriting should be those who are extremely familiar with his original handwriting, and Zhou Mingzhu, who grew up with Yan Chu, may have such an ability.
Therefore, Yan Chu is worthy of being the host that 007 is optimistic about. Without the memory of the original body and the general plot of the world, he can also connect the general main line of the story through some details that others cannot perceive at all.
That night, he saw the piece of paper that the eldest princess handed him. It was densely packed with people's names on it. Some of them, the original body also had an impression, were all around King Zhou, Queen Zhou, and the princes. The serving maid and eunuch.
I am afraid that what is written on that piece of paper is all Zhou Mingli’s connections in the Zhou country for so many years. If I hadn’t seen this piece of paper with my own eyes, I’m afraid no one would have believed it. The eldest princess in the country actually managed such a power in the state of Zhou.
Don't look at what she gave seems to be some small Luo Luo, but ants kill elephants, sometimes those big people are defeated by these insignificant people in the past.
This favor was too great, and Yan Chu didn't know how to repay it for a while.
Especially after the kiss the other night, Yan Chu suddenly felt that asking him to personally send that girl to marry that old man in Jiang Guo was a bit unpleasant.
He thought that before arriving in Jiang Country, he still had to meet Zhou Mingli again. If she didn't want to, he might be able to help her leave.
Although there are still many follow-up problems that will affect his plan, but he is a man, and he has not yet relied on a woman to sacrifice his happiness to win.
Therefore, although it was somewhat immoral, on a dark and windy night, Yan Chu still chose to visit the princess's boudoir at night.
"Who?"
Zhou Mingli's vigilance was higher than he had imagined. Almost as soon as he entered the room, Zhou Mingli woke up immediately. She quickly picked up the dagger under the pillow and was about to call out.
Fortunately, Yan Chu moved quickly, and soon came to Zhou Mingli's bedside, and covered her mouth.
This made me a flower picker.
Seeing this familiar figure even in the dark, Zhou Mingli recognized the person at once, and put down the dagger that was originally hidden behind her.
Yan Chu felt the other party's relaxed expression and knew that the other party had recognized him, so he put his hand down immediately, because he knew that the other party would not call anyone.
"What are you doing here?"
Zhou Mingli clenched his fists a little, avoiding his eyes and not daring to look at him.
"If you don't want to marry King Jiang, I can take you away."
A familiar voice rang in Zhou Mingli's ears. Her eyes turned sore after hearing the other person's words, but she still refused without hesitation.
"As long as I get married, I will be the majestic Queen Jiang. Why would I not want to?"
The other party is the leader of the team escorting the wedding. If something happens to her, Yan Chu will be responsible, so she must not let the other party act irrationally. What's more, in Zhou Mingli's view, it may just be that the other party sees It was just compensation after the list of personnel she gave him.
She hadn't pretended to be so affectionate to the point where the other party fell in love with her just with a kiss that day. After all, in her heart, what Yan Chu loved most was her family and the military camp, and Zhou Mingzhu was probably the next favorite.
"When I was in the Zhou Kingdom, I was not valued by everyone, so a long time ago, I wanted to experience what it's like to be a superior person, and Jiang Wang can satisfy me, even if he is old, as a Queen, no matter which prince succeeds to the throne, I will be the rightful empress dowager, one person under one person and above ten thousand people."
Zhou Mingli forced herself to make an expression of arrogance and aloofness. She was used to this kind of expression in Zhou Palace, and she was already at her fingertips.
"Then why did you kiss me that day?" Yan Chu asked in a muffled voice.
"Because you used to be Zhou Mingzhu's fiancé, I just want to know what it's like to be the man she once liked."
Zhou Mingli licked his lips, showing a disdainful smile, "Unfortunately, that's all."
Her current performance was heartless enough, and as she wished, Yan Chu took a deep look at her, then turned and left without saying a word.
After he left, Zhou Mingli buried her face in the quilt. She knew how proud and confident the other party was. Now, the other party can accept her gift with peace of mind and will not do anything stupid again.
Along the way, Yan Chu never came to Zhou Mingli again. She told herself that this was the best result, but her mood continued to sink day by day.
When she arrived in Jiang Country's capital, she lost several catties, shed the trace of childishness that she still had, and became even more breathtakingly beautiful.
Jiang Guo is different from Zhou Guo. He was originally formed by the merger of many foreign countries, including the royal family, all of whom have exotic blood. Zhou Mingli's appearance was questioned in the Zhou Congress for impure blood, but in Jiang Guo, no one will care.
Therefore, when Zhou Mingli appeared in the palace, not only the king of Jiang country was very satisfied with his new wife, but even the princes of Jiang country were a little ready to move.
You must know that the Jiang country has become barbaric, and has always maintained the tradition of inheriting from father to son. The inheritance here is not only the inheritance of the wealth of the ancestors, but also the wives and concubines. Of course, all this is based on the consent of those wives and concubines. .
You must know that King Jiang is not young anymore, maybe he will live a few years, but at that time, the princess of the Zhou Kingdom in front of her was still as beautiful as ever, and she had experienced the nourishment of a man. She was the most mature and attractive time.
Jiang Wang is also a man, why can't he see the meaning of his sons, he is a little unhappy, not unhappy that the other party is coveting his woman, because some of his old concubines are also inherited from his father, he is not happy The happy thing is that he is not dead yet, and the other party is already looking forward to his death.
For this reason, King Jiang lost his temper on the day of the wedding and severely reprimanded the princes.
Zhou Mingli was sitting in the palace prepared for her by King Jiang at the moment, looking at the magnificently dressed palace and herself in the red wedding dress, she thought, Yan Chu should have left the capital of Jiang State by now. .
In addition to the dowry personnel, the wedding team will leave after delivering the princess to Jiang Guo, because there are many people in Zhou State, Jiang Guo may not be happy to keep so many soldiers from Zhou State in his capital, and all the time Thousands of elite soldiers are not small, and the reason why they have drawn such a large group of men from the garrison is simply to express the importance that Zhou Guo attaches to this marriage, and now they have to hurry back.
"Princess C."
Zhou Mingli's big court lady hurried in, her face was a little panicked, "Jiang Wang—is dead—"
"What!" Zhou Mingli lifted the hijab and stood up. Before she could make a move, the other party died.
Seeing her surprised expression, the palace maid just took it as the shock of being a widow after she just married, and was thinking about how to comfort her poor princess.
The original bright red decorations were removed one by one, and Zhou Mingli also followed the wishes of those Jiang Guo maids, replacing his red wedding clothes with black and white mourning clothes regulated by the empress dowager.
She was already the empress before King Jiang died, so when the other party passed away, she became the empress dowager logically. No one who becomes the emperor can change this.
The cause of King Jiang's death is also strange. On the day of the great celebration, perhaps because he was happy to marry Mei Jiao Niang, he couldn't help but drank a few more glasses, getting drunk, and dragged a few dancing girls to sleep in the back hall. up.
This night, Jiang Wang was exceptionally brave. Regardless of his aging body that needed to be well maintained, he asked for more than a dozen dancers in a row, until finally, he foamed at the mouth and fell on the belly of a dancer.
Such a way of death is too dishonorable. The insider suspected that Jiang Wang had taken some aphrodisiac drug, but dozens of imperial physicians checked, but none of them found any problems. Temperance, immediately the wind.
After all, Jiang Wangzhong's golden gun is produced by the system and never falls. It is better to use it on young and strong youths, but it is not a good thing to use it on this old man who is over fifty years old, but a terrible thing up.
But apart from Yan Chu and his spies in Jiang Country, Zhou Mingli is the only one who knows about this matter.
At this moment, Zhou Mingli couldn't help but feel at ease when he saw the letter handed to her by an unknown little maid while she was changing clothes.
As a queen, she is different from other concubines in the harem. She has to serve Jiang Wang for three years. During these three years, it is impossible for the next emperor to marry her.
What's more, now that King Jiang died suddenly, has he ever sealed the crown prince and left any will? The beauty of the mouth.
Zhou Mingli's life became peaceful just like that.
In fact, this is also the result of Yan Chu's deliberation. He has a lot to do in the future, and he may not necessarily take Zhou Mingli into account. As a princess who has disappeared with her relatives, there will be countless people from Zhou and Jiang looking for her wherever she is hidden. , and marrying to Jiang Guo also has various problems, at least in terms of basic security issues, there is no need to consider it for the time being.
Men in this era have an inexplicable self-confidence and look down on women. They don't know that women are often more ruthless than men. But based on this, as long as Jiang Guo and Zhou Guo are not in confrontation, they will not touch Zhou Guo The princess's, and at that time, Yan Chu will not let the other party suffer any harm.
In six months, many things happened. For example, Princess Mingzhu married Fu Cong, and Fu Cong left for the border town of Zhou Kingdom in the second month of becoming a son-in-law.
Another example is that the King of Zhou wanted to use Little General Yan again, but Little General Yan refused because he was seriously injured, and he is still recuperating in the mansion, but it has been a long time, and outsiders seem to have gradually forgotten his existence.
"Boom-boom-boom-"
I don't know when Madam Yan became obsessed with eating fast and chanting Buddha. At this moment, she was in the ancestral hall of the Yan family. she whispered in her ear.
"Old lady, the little general is gone."
"Okay, I see."
A complicated expression flashed in Madam Yan's eyes. She looked at the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall that were engraved with the words "heroes" inscribed by the emperors of past generations. She sighed softly, closed her eyes, and continued the sutra that she had just finished reading.
Not long after, Mrs. Yan San also came in. She knelt on the cushion beside the old lady, also holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, chanting.
The people who know you best are your family members. Although Yan Chu didn't say anything, Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Yan still knew about it, but they chose to indulge after all.
Because of that incident, it didn't just hurt their grandson/son's heart, it also hurt their heart.
Ancient times are different from modern times. If you have any news on the Internet, you can just make a phone call. In the ancient times when communication relied on trust, if you want to convey a message, it often takes half a month to a month. Someone blocked it, and it would even take longer.
Now is the most proud time for the Ming Dynasty. Originally, they were passively caught in the surprise attack of the little general surnamed Yan of the Zhou Kingdom. Who knew what was wrong with the people of the Zhou Kingdom? The general was arrested. It is said that he was suspected of colluding with Jiang Guo and mutilating him.
From the appearance of that little general fighting desperately on the battlefield, saying that he is a spy of Jiang Guo, the people of Zhou Guo have nothing wrong with their brains, but it is a good thing for Ming Guo, because there is one less powerful enemy, and ten more cities for nothing.
In the first few months, Ming Guo was still vigilant, and then gradually became more and more relaxed. After all, Zhou Guo gave them the impression that there was a hole in their brains. Now even the only useful Yan Chu was abolished by them, so what? For fear, the only thing we can do is to restore our national strength and take Zhou Guo down.
The defenders of the city were careless. Facing the sudden appearance of Zhou's army, the ten cities that had been snatched fell in almost no time. On the one hand, I don't know how long I have been training hard, and I have won several games in a row. The morale of the army is high, and it is obvious which of the two sides will win.
When the news of the war at the border reached Zhou's capital, it was accompanied by several good news.
"Fu Cong also learned from Yan Chu, and started a war with the Ming Kingdom without telling me."
Even though the king of Zhou was a good-tempered emperor, he was a little unhappy this time. If it weren't for the news that he had recovered the ten cities ceded at the beginning, and also captured two cities of Zhou State. Good news, I'm afraid King Zhou is not just unhappy.
"Father, in fact, this time, Xianggong's move has already been discussed with my son."
Zhou Mingzhu's eyes were full of joy. She knew that the man she liked had the ability to surpass that person. In addition, before the other party set off, she and him had analyzed the marching characteristics of the Ming generals and how to deal with them. It's just a matter of time.
Zhou Mingzhu didn't think there was anything wrong with using the secret teaching talisman that she had heard from Yan Chu before. She seemed to have seen that the talisman was famous, and she was pregnant with their misfortune in the previous life who was killed by the bitch of the Yan family The child, and then a family of three living happily.
In front of his father and brother, Zhou Mingzhu explained in detail the plan between himself and Fu Cong, and repeatedly stated that Fu Cong did not have a deep foundation in the army, and would not shake the rule of the Zhou royal family like the Yan family. After the suspicion of the prince and brother, Zhou Mingzhu lived in the palace with a happy mood. Anyway, she is the only master in the general's mansion and the princess' mansion now, and it doesn't matter whether she goes back or not.
As the good news came day by day, the faces of the people of Zhou State were filled with joy, and everyone praised General Fu, thinking that he was really a great general.
Because it was already a month later when the royal family of Zhou State received the news, and when the news of the war between Zhou State and Ming State reached Jiang Guo’s ears, it was delayed for another month, forming a time difference of two months. When they knew about this, Zhou Guo's army had almost reached the capital of Ming State.
It has been eight months since Jiang Guo passed away.
The first prince from the first empress, the third and fifth princes from the second empress, the seventh prince from the most beloved imperial concubine when the first emperor was alive, and the fourth and ninth princes from his mother's equally prominent family background.
Everyone wants to be emperor, no one will obey anyone, everyone thinks that they are the most qualified, at this time, Jiang Guo doesn't care about other countries at all, after all, his own affairs have not been dealt with cleanly.
For eight full months, Jiang Guo hadn't established a new emperor. Among the six princes, the third and ninth princes were assassinated and killed. Everyone knew that it should be done by other living princes. Their mother's family did not The princes who were willing to die in such an indistinct way, hated those few who were still alive.
Of the remaining four, the fifth prince was lame in one leg, the fourth prince was blind in one eye, and only the eldest prince and the seventh prince were the two healthiest princes left. After knowing that Zhou Guo and Ming Guo were fighting, the two princes were still a little lucky , Because Jiang Guo became a mess due to internal strife, originally they were worried that Zhou Guo and Ming Guo would collude against them, but now it seems that they are consuming each other, which is not justified at all.
At this time, the news they knew was the news that Zhou and Ming had just started a war. In their minds, the two countries were evenly matched. Neither Zhou nor Ming would be easily invaded by the other side. In a month's time, the army of Zhou State had already entered the capital of Ming State.
When the Seventh Prince finally defeated his elder brother who was much older by a narrow margin, the capital of King Zhou was already decorated with lanterns and festoons, ready to welcome the arrival of their hero, General Fu Cong Fu.
Zhou Mingzhu had stood outside the city wall early on, looking at the army in the distance with joy on her face. She knew that the one riding on the tall horse who was about to be supported by thousands of people was her husband-in-law and also her sweetheart.
As the army got closer and the figures became clearer and clearer, the expression on Zhou Mingzhu's face changed from joy and shy anticipation at the beginning to coldness and paleness.
Similar to her, there are many onlookers.
Didn't it mean that it was General Fu who led them to victory, so what about General Yan who is leading the army now, who seems to have not shown up for a long time, who is rumored to be hiding in the mansion behind closed doors
The people who had been looking forward to it were suddenly dumbfounded, and their hearts were still excited, but suddenly they didn't know what to cheer for.
Zhou Mingzhu's mind was spinning very quickly. Even when she was in the most complicated mood at the moment, she had already guessed the current situation. Should that man really be worthy of being the man who was feared by his imperial brother in the previous life? To fight back under the jeopardy, it can only be said that she was too soft-hearted and left such a scourge.
However, she was very grateful for what she did at the time. Yan Chu might have done this for revenge, but in the heart of the other party, she was still the girl who loved him deeply, but because of the imperial power, she had to change her consent to others.
Zhou Mingzhu took several deep breaths, and forced herself to show joyful and excited eyes. She hasn't lost yet, and she still has a chance to start again.