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The third brother looked pretty good. He didn't have the scars of being severely tortured as he imagined, nor did he greet him with a bruised nose, and he didn't have any desolate appearance. He sat up slightly, and after a moment, he showed a familiar look at He Zhan. Smile: "You are here."

He Zhan couldn't control his nose sour. He felt that he was quite useless. Before he came, he had already thought about how to appear in front of the third brother, so that the third brother was overjoyed, then hugged him and cried loudly, but the reality was I almost lost control, but the third brother came over to hug him, patted his back, and said warmly: "Okay, I'm fine, everyone is fine!"

After all, Princess Zhending and others were there, so He Zhan didn't have the nerve to hug the third brother for too long, but took the initiative to distance himself: "We set off immediately after receiving the gift brought by Hu Shang. I didn't expect to make you suffer !"

"It's not too late. It's just right now. If you come early, the effect may not be better." He Rong pulled He Zhan and introduced to Princess Zhending: "This is my fifth brother He Zhan. The princess calls him Goro. This is The deputy commander of the guards, Chen Qian, is also a good son who has experienced many battles."

Another grandson!Princess Zhending was taken aback and looked at He Zhan carefully.

"Long Zhang Feng Zi, a young hero, the He family has descendants like this, so it's no wonder we lost our country." Princess Zhending half praised He Zhan, and half couldn't hide her disappointment.

Even if the current emperor has many descendants with lush branches and leaves, who can be born as the grandson of the emperor, the proud son of heaven, who is willing to take the risk himself?But now, in reality, He Rong came, followed by He Zhan, and the princess couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking back when I was still in Chang'an, even though I was in the deep palace, I knew that the court was chaotic and the country was about to fall, but her brothers were still focused on fighting for power and profit, rushing to grab the throne into their arms , who cares about the family, the country, the world, and the well-being of the common people, and in the end, she, an unfavored princess, has to be sent to marry.

Naturally, Princess Zhending went to the outside of the Great Wall, not for any noble reason at the beginning, she just wanted to live, to live better, to live with dignity, so she struggled all the way, but she couldn't If you don't admit it, an emperor who is willing to send even the emperor's grandson is at least more qualified to sit on the throne of the emperor than her father and brothers.

He Zhan didn't know what was going on in Princess Zhending's heart. He briefly recounted the conversation between himself and Jia Luo just now, and finally said: "Many situations are different from what we originally imagined. plan of?"

He Rong patted He Zhan on the shoulder: "When we were here, every move was monitored by Jia Luo, and the news couldn't be passed on easily, so we had to use such roundabout methods. I didn't expect you to guess what I meant. , has been extremely difficult.”

He Zhan frowned: "If I hadn't guessed what you meant, what were you planning to do?"

He Rong: "Because of the old Khan's last words, Jia Luo has to clean up the old department loyal to the princess. He will not do anything to us for a while. If he wants to do it, he will wait until after the successor Khan. We originally thought that if you If I can’t come, I will reveal my identity before the succession ceremony, and use the princess’ loss of power as an excuse to propose cooperation to Jia Luo, to save the princess’s life first, and then plan other things.”

He Zhan smiled wryly: "Third brother, don't play this kind of charades in the future. Thanks to me this time, I guessed it. If I can't guess it, just take someone back to Chang'an, what will you do?"

He Rong: "Then we will have to fend for ourselves here. If I return the princess to Beijing in the future, you will not be able to take credit for it."

Seeing them bickering, Princess Zhending couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking of her younger sister, Princess Xiangyang, who died young, her heart felt sad again.

In terms of tongue-in-cheek, He Rong is He Zhan's master. At present, He Zhan still can't talk to his third brother, so he immediately withdraws the troops and raises the flag to surrender: "Third brother, what should we do now?"

But He Rong looked at Princess Zhending: "In my opinion, when will Jia Luo's succession ceremony be held?"

Princess Zhending: "Although the Turkic people don't have as many red tapes as in the Central Plains, Jia Luo finally became a profuse sweater. With his temperament, he must be known all over the world. Maybe he will inform Xiao Yu, Fu Nian and others. , Let them send envoys to watch the ceremony, and counting the leaders of the tribes of the Western Turks rushing over, it will take more than a month to go back and forth."

He Rong nodded: "The longer the delay, the better for us. Wulang, you continue to be your court envoy, and you still have to find an opportunity to pretend to have a big fight with the princess, so that people from Jia Luo can see you."

He Zhan was startled: "What is the purpose of doing this?"

He Rong: "Let Jia Luo know that there is a conflict of interest between the imperial court and the princess, so that Jia Luo will let go of his guard and get closer to you, but you should not fight too hotly with him. , you have to grasp the proportions here."

Xue Tanxin said that this is the same as treating women, if you are far away, you will complain, but if you are close, you will not be inferior.

But since the princess is really there, it is not easy for him to say this out loud.

He Zhan nodded: "I understand, you should be careful yourself, I see Jia Luo..."

He paused, and didn't repeat the insulting teasing that the group of Turkic people made in Turkic just now, he just said: "I see how disrespectful he is to the princess, I'm afraid you need to feel wronged during this period of time."

"Don't worry." Even if He Zhan didn't say it clearly, Princess Zhending could guess seven or eight points, she sneered, "A man can bend and stretch, although I'm not a man, but I'm humiliated by pretending to be a grandson as a low-down little crotch." I can bear it too!"

……

Thousands of miles away in the capital, He Jia is copying the "Taishang Laojun Said the Sutra of Chang Qing Jing" stroke by stroke, with no distractions and steady writing.

The maid came in with the box in her hands, and she didn't dare to disturb her when she saw it, she just put the box down and stood aside silently.

After He Jia finished copying a paragraph, she stopped writing and breathed a sigh of relief. The maid smiled and said, "My lady was still copying Buddhist scriptures a few days ago, why are you copying Taoist scriptures now?"

He Jia also felt that this kind of behavior was a bit funny, and couldn't help but defend himself: "I was praying for Sange Wulang and the others. I was afraid that I didn't hear too many things about Buddhist Bodhisattvas, so I simply invited Taoist gods. The sky is full of gods and Buddhas. There must be someone to bless them!"

The maid gave a chuckle: "The lady is sincere, God will definitely understand."

He Jia: "I hope so."

She saw the box next to her: "What is this?"

Maid: "It was brought by the eldest lady."

He Jia opened it and saw that inside were several sachets, embroidered with peonies.

The eldest sister-in-law Song is good at embroidery. When they were in Fangzhou, most of the family's shoes, socks and sachets were made by Song. But after they came to the capital, especially after their father became the Duke of Lu, Song gradually gradually He didn't do it himself anymore, He Jia's needlework was still taught by the Song family, and it was obvious at a glance that these sachets were not embroidered by the Song family.

This is also normal, different identities will do different things, unless it is to show filial piety to his father, He Jia seldom does anything now.

"Sister-in-law has a heart, I will go to thank her."

He Jia closed the box, asked the maid to put it away, and asked someone to bring a large cloak and hand stove, dressed properly, and then went out.

They all lived in the same mansion, not far from each other, just a few steps away, but the weather was too cold, He Jia couldn't help stamping her feet as soon as she entered the door.

Mrs. Song greeted her personally, took her hand in and said with a smile, "I was just talking about you, so you came."

He Jia laughed and said, "You didn't bother sister-in-law, did you? Big brother hasn't come back yet."

Song Shi: "Your elder brother took Da Lang out, and he hasn't come back yet. I was thinking of going to see my concubine. Now that you are here, do you want to go with me?"

When it comes to the concubine Yuan, both of them are relatively speechless.

Yuan Shi was He Tai's side concubine in his early years, and his family was exiled in Fangzhou. He Tai's other wives and concubines all died young, but Yuan Shi and He Tai shared weal and woe. He won the respect of everyone in the He family.

After He Tai returned to Beijing to be conferred the title, everyone didn't say anything, they all felt that the Yuan family must also be righted, but the emperor suddenly decreed recently that He Tai was named the King of Lu, and Pei Shi, the orphan daughter of the former Duke of Qin, Xu is Lu Wang's successor concubine.

The Pei family is the daughter of Pei Wuyang, the Duke of Qin. At that time, Xiao Yu made himself king. Pei Wuyang led troops to suppress the rebellion. He stood with Xiao Yu in Lingzhou, but died in the battle. Afterwards, Pei Wuyang had no children, and the emperor pitied him for his loyalty. He didn't take back the title and transferred it to Pei Wuyang's younger brother. Now Pei's daughter has reached the marriageable age, but everyone didn't expect that the emperor would link her marriage with He Tai.

He Tai is over forty years old, but Pei's family is less than double ten. In the eyes of everyone, it is inevitable to feel wronged for Pei's family. But in terms of status, Pei Wuyang was defeated. He was guilty of the crime. It is undoubtedly a kind of grace for Pei to marry the royal family and make her a princess.

For the He family, this was a real accident, and for the Yuan family, it was a blow from the blue.

She thought that she had come to the end of all hardships, and that sooner or later she would have a righteous day, but unexpectedly, another Pei family was killed halfway through, which completely cut off her thoughts of rectifying the righteousness.

Even if He Jia and the others feel wronged by Yuan Shi, Yuan Shi himself's mood is even more conceivable.

She was seriously ill because of this, and she is still lingering on the sick bed, unable to get out of bed, and even He Xiu, the Erlang of the He family, failed to catch up with his wife.

Song Shi and He Jia sighed one after another.

"Up to now, His Majesty has decreed, no matter what you think in your heart, what you can do, I can only comfort her to look away."

He Jia couldn't help but said: "If father had told His Majesty earlier, His Majesty would not have granted the marriage!"

Everyone knows this in their hearts, but due to filial piety, it is not easy to say it directly.

Song Shi reminded her: "It's done. When the new concubine comes in, it's better not to mention these words."

He Jia nodded: "I know. Eldest sister-in-law wants to call second sister-in-law to visit together?"

When mentioning He Xiu's newly married wife, Song was upset again.

He Xiu's marriage was also arranged by the emperor, and he married a young lady from the British Duke Lu's family.

Coincidentally, this little Lu family is the niece of He Tai's second concubine Lu family.

At that time, the Lu family was unhappy after the death of his eldest son He Yu, and he soon followed him. Later, He Tai was exiled and cut off contact with the Lu family. Now because of the marriage between He Xiu and the little Lu family, the two families have reunited. Walking up, it can be said to be more intimate.

Compared with the eldest son He Mu's wife, the little Lu family was born in an honorable family, and his identity is much higher than the small family of the Song family. Little Lu grew up in such an environment since childhood, so naturally It is also impossible to be as approachable as Song Shi; and Song Shi also felt a little uncomfortable when facing this noble sister-in-law.

The two of them didn't get along much, and it wasn't very pleasant.

Song forced a smile and said: "The second younger brother and sister looked a little strange when they saw the mother-in-law last time. I guess she might not go with us."

He Jia didn't think too much: "Then let's go by ourselves."

She asked He Rong and He Zhan again: "I don't know if the eldest brother is back, but did you hear about the third brother Goro and the others?"

Mrs. Song shook her head and sighed: "The Turks and the Central Plains have no communication at all, and the news is slow. Now that they have gone, there is really no news at all, and I don't know what is going on now!"

He Jia was a little disappointed, but then he thought again, if there is no news for a day, it can't be considered bad news.

Over the past six months, many things have happened in the capital, and even the He family has undergone earth-shaking changes, but He Rong and the others have never heard from them.

Many people don't say anything, but they may feel that they have little hope of coming back. There are also a lot of rumors and gossips in the dark. , will be refuted by her.

Bodhisattvas and gods from all walks of life, for the sake of the scriptures I copied sincerely, you must keep Sange and Wulang safe and sound.He Jia secretly thought.

……

He Rong and He Zhan didn't know what happened in Chang'an, and the same distant Chang'an would not know what happened here in West Turkic.

More than a month after He Zhan came here, the succession ceremony of the new Western Turkic Khan finally arrived.

The author has something to say:

Why did the emperor seal He's father as the King of Lu? I'll talk about it later~

Small theater unrelated to the main text:

He Zhan: (poorly) Third brother, I thought you would be abused by Jia Luo, have no food, be skinny, or be beaten every day, but I didn't expect you to gain weight.

He Rong: From your tone, it seems that you are very sorry.

He Zhan: No, no.

He Rong: How do you see that I have gained weight?I don't feel it myself.

He Zhan: When you hugged just now, your waist... Ouch!You told me to say it, why hit me!