In the great victory in the Northeast, King Liang was seriously injured and fell into a coma. General Qian took over King Liang's command of the army to counterattack, and King Liang stayed in Yangzhou City for treatment.
The Emperor put down the victory report in his hand and remained silent. The Emperor looked at his father and moved his fingertips slightly. "I will send Doctor Li to treat King Liang."
The Emperor raised his eyes and met the Emperor's gaze, "Okay."
The emperor thought to himself that Prince Liang was, after all, his father's son, and his father was becoming more and more soft-hearted. However, he remained skeptical about Prince Liang's serious injury. If Prince Liang was not feeling well, he could just stay in the rear. Regardless of whether Prince Liang was scheming to trade serious injury for safety, he would not make things difficult for Prince Liang's Mansion in the future.
As the good news of the great victory spread, the entire capital was in jubilation. The news spread quickly, and the people who were uneasy about the war felt like they had been given a shot of adrenaline, and their panic slowly dissipated.
Xuemei still didn't believe the news and went back to her parents' home to confirm it herself, "Mom, was there really a great victory in the Northeast?"
Zhu Lan smiled and nodded, "Really, with the great victory in the Northeast, Pingzhou will be fine, and Zhoujia Village will be fine."
Xuemei was still holding the Buddhist beads in her hand and chanting "Amitabha" over and over again.
Zhulan stared at him, "Did you worship Buddha?"
"Well, if I don't find a place to rest my heart on, I really can't bear the worry."
Her daughter told her the reason why she didn't want to return to Beijing. What could she do? She could only support her daughter. She was happy and distressed that her daughter was doing this for her grandfather's good. All she could do was pray that the attack would not reach Pingzhou.
Zhu Lan, "You can rest assured this time. Your father mentioned Jiang Miao to the Emperor last time, and the Emperor said that you two will educate your child."
Xuemei was surprised, "The emperor actually praised us."
"You are said to have good character. Your father said that the Jiang family supports Jiang Miao this time, and the emperor has also changed his mind about the Jiang family."
Xuemei didn't expect this benefit. "My husband was secretly worried about whether his in-laws would affect Mu Fan. Now we don't have to worry about it anymore."
Zhulan, "Your mother-in-law is waiting for news at home, you should go back soon."
Xuemei smiled even more. Since her daughter didn't go back to the capital, her elder brothers wrote to her. This time her mother-in-law understood the situation and told her elder brothers that they could only come to the capital after Miu Miu came back, and they would be well taken care of if they went together.
She didn't care what her mother-in-law was thinking, at least she felt it was pleasant to hear her say it.
"Mom, I'll go back first."
"good."
In the first room, Mrs. Li stopped lying in bed and groaned when she heard the news. She sat up and said to her two daughters-in-law, "I want to eat pork elbows and roast chicken. Yes, give me a watermelon. I want a whole one."
Ran Wan and Liu Jia were startled. After they recovered, Ran Wan understood her mother-in-law and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll ask the girl to go to the kitchen right away."
Li raised her hand and looked at her thinner arms. She had always been fat, and her skin would not look good if she lost weight. She wanted to gain weight back. She raised her hand and touched her belly, "I'm sorry for having wronged you these days."
I drink heat-reducing medicine every day, and even water tastes bitter.
Liu Jia followed her sister-in-law out and said worriedly, "Mom's illness hasn't healed yet. Will it be bad for her to eat so much?"
"Our mother is worried, and the news of the great victory is the best medicine. Just wait and see, she will be fine tomorrow morning."
Liu Jia was still a little worried, but she had to suppress her anxiety because she had just married into the family and didn't know as much as her elder sister-in-law did.
In Zhoujia Village, Jiang Miao is under a lot of pressure. She won't leave. Every day someone comes to her house to check in with her, and her words can serve as a soothing force.
As time went on, the pressure in her heart grew greater and greater, and only after receiving the news of the great victory did she sleep soundly.
When Jiang Mufan entered the yard, he saw his wife sleeping on a bench. He walked towards him lightly. Under the sunlight, the blue color under her eyes became more obvious.
Jiang Miao didn't sleep well and woke up after a while, "When did you come back? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"I couldn't bear to see you sleeping so soundly."
Jiang Miao took the handkerchief handed over by the maid and wiped his face, "I am finally relieved now that I have no burden on my shoulders."
Mu Fan thought of Ming Qing and said, "Today, the county magistrate asked Clan Leader Zhou to go to the county government office. The county magistrate's wife brought you a gift, and the Clan Leader asked me to bring it back to you."
Jiang Miao then saw the box on the tea table, took it and opened it, "It's too expensive."
It turned out to be a set of jeweled head ornaments, which could not be purchased without two hundred taels.
Mu Fan, "This is the county magistrate's thanks to you. If it weren't for you, the county magistrate wouldn't be so stable. I heard from the clan leader that Pingzhou is the most stable state."
Jiang Miao closed the box and said, "I didn't expect that the county magistrate would not let his son and my second uncle go before we set off."
Mu Fan, "It's time for the uncles to return."
Jiang Miao chuckled, "In order to escape to the capital as quickly as possible, my uncle and his family spent a lot of money to hire an escort agency to escort us. This time, they spent a lot of money."
It's not easy to save up family wealth, and this time several uncles will be hurt to death.
As for continuing to go to the capital, well, her parents wouldn't let anyone in. They had abandoned her and ran away. Calculating the time, her letter should have arrived in the capital.
In the palace, the emperor asked Zhou Shuren to play chess. Now that Prince Liang was seriously injured, the emperor missed his youngest son even more. "According to the time, my personal soldiers should be able to pick up Rongchuan and his wife soon."
Zhou Shuren looked up and asked, "Did the emperor send his personal soldiers to meet us?"
The Emperor nodded, "Yes, the troops in the various states have been secretly transferred by the Emperor, and the remaining troops are only enough to garrison the states. Of course, I am not confident about the soldiers in the states. When Rongchuan returned to the capital, I transferred some of the palace soldiers, but they were killed and there were not many left. If the death squad sent by the Emperor had not arrived, Rongchuan would be in great danger."
Zhou Shuren felt at ease, as the emperor's personal soldiers were all elite experts.
The Emperor sighed, "Rongchuan went to the southernmost part. The journey back to the capital is long. When the Emperor sent his death squad to pick him up, I should have sent my personal soldiers to pick him up. I was afraid, so forget it."
Zhou Shuren understood what the retired emperor didn't say. The emperor had already dispatched his death squad to escort Rong Chuan, so it was inappropriate for the retired emperor to continue arranging his personal soldiers. It seemed as if the emperor didn't trust him. The retired emperor was afraid that the emperor had some grudge against Rong Chuan.
As the emperor's prestige grew stronger, Rongchuan's power gradually increased, and the emperor was no longer as blatantly partial to Rongchuan as he had been when Rongchuan first returned to the royal family.
The retired emperor hoped that the emperor and Rongchuan, his biological brothers, could support each other, and hoped that the emperor would trust Rongchuan, so he became timid.
Zhou Shuren was silent for a moment before he asked, "Does the emperor know about the personal soldiers?"
The Emperor nodded, "I know, so the Emperor did not continue to mobilize troops from various states to escort them."
Moreover, the emperor trusted the death squad even more, and even sent out the leader of the death squad.
Zhou Shuren, "The provincial capitals can no longer mobilize troops."
After the war broke out in the northeast, the emperor concealed nothing from him. Apart from the disaster-stricken ports and several southernmost state capitals, each state had secretly transferred troops. The troops in the northwest were assembled so quickly because of the emperor's secret mobilization.
Thinking of the battlefield in the northwest, Zhou Shuren's mouth curled up. The grassland tribes couldn't understand why the northwest gathered troops so quickly.
The next day, Jiang Miao's letter arrived in Beijing. After reading her daughter's letter, Xuemei slammed the table in anger. Xuemei either didn't get angry at all or got so angry that it was terrifying.
Old Mrs. Jiang was so frightened that she trembled and didn't dare to say a word for a long time.