Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 883 A letter from home

Jicheng, Youzhou.

Cao Xian carried a thick bamboo tube on his shoulders and rushed to Zhen Mi's room happily. The maids who guarded the door knew Cao Xian's character, so they all hid their smiles and opened the thick linen curtain to let Cao Xian in. .

As soon as Cao Xian entered the room, he saw Zhen Mi with her back to him, holding Yuan Rui's hand and sitting in front of the desk, whispering something.

Yuan Rui held a writing brush in his hand, and while he was babbling, he struggled to move the writing brush with his little hands and wrote crooked words on the bamboo slips.

When Cao Xian saw it, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "The child is only a few years old. Madam has taught him how to do these things. I feel so pitiful."

When Zhen Mi heard the voice of Cao Xian, she said: "It is better to study early than to study late. There will be more things waiting for him in the future."

When she turned around, she saw the bamboo tube carried on Cao Xian's shoulder. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What, are you going to go up the mountain to collect firewood?"

Zhen Mi's smile immediately filled the room with brightness, and Cao Xian had to admit that Zhen Mi was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.

The biggest characteristic of Zhen Mi is that she is just right in terms of facial features and body shape. Although other women are also beautiful in their own way, compared with Zhen Mi, they are all inferior in one or two places.

After she finished reading, she smiled and said: "Shijun's poems are getting better and better. It really looks like the scenery of Jianghuai River."

After hearing this, Yuan Rui had no choice but to hold back tears and honestly continued to write with his head down.

"This is your family letter."

Zhen Mi was very surprised, and then she understood and said: "I'm afraid this is for all of us. Looking at the length of the bamboo tube, I'm afraid there is exactly one roll for each person in it?"

Zhen Mi slowly unfolded the bamboo slips and read each word carefully. Different from Yuan Xi's slightly sloppy and urgent handwriting last time, this time the handwriting was very stable and regular. At first glance, it seemed that he wrote it calmly and slowly.

Cao Xian looked over and found that there was a poem written at the beginning. He couldn't help but sighed: "My husband wrote a poem for his wife alone." After that, he read it out directly.

Zhen Mi saw the number written on the outside of the bamboo slip, so she opened the bamboo slip with the number one written on it, and found that it was indeed a letter written by Yuan Xi to herself.

Cao Xian looked disappointed, and Zhen Mi felt embarrassed and said quickly, "I'll go out with you in a few days."

Cao Xian then smiled with satisfaction and said goodbye and went out.

"There is no wind in the wind, and the flowers stand alone. In the lonely garden, old willows and cherries pass by. The setting sun still shines passionately, and the mountains are green and the clouds break."

Cao Xian held the bamboo tube and tipped it over. Five or six volumes of bamboo slips fell out. He smiled at Zhen Mi and said, "Your Majesty is really partial to your wife. The number of books in this family is more than that of all the others combined."

Zhen Mi looked down and found that the last few sentences were a private conversation between her and Yuan Xi, involving matters in the boudoir. She quickly covered the bamboo slip and said: "I can't show you the back of this, you can go see your own. "

Cao Xian snorted angrily and said, "I'm afraid he might even use his poems to deceive noble girls. There are no girls who wouldn't fall for this trick."

Zhen Mi picked up the bamboo slips and put them on the table, stacking them neatly. Yuan Rui, who was writing, thought it was because he had more homework today, and suddenly his mouth flattened and he was about to cry.

"Moreover, the scenery is vivid and the words come from the heart, which shows how much I miss my wife. I'm afraid there are only a few people in the world whose poetry can match my husband's."

Zhen Mi saw it and said, "Don't cry. You can go out to play after writing this article."

"No," Cao Xian shook his head and said, "Madam guessed it wrong. All of this is for Madam."

"At the end of the road, we return to the river for thousands of turns. We are in the fishing village of Xianlan. The moon is dark and there are solitary lights. I rely on my flying soul to attract more attention. I miss you and you miss me."

After hearing this, Zhen Mi was quite curious. She got up and touched the bamboo tube and found that it was heavy. She found the lacquered lid from one end of the bamboo tube, then took a knife and pried it open, and found that it was indeed a bamboo slip inside.

Zhen Mi pursed her lips lightly and muttered a few words silently. She was extremely happy in her heart and said softly: "It's hard for him to do this in his leisure time while he is busy with military affairs."

Thinking of this, Cao Xian couldn't help but feel resentful towards Yuan Xi. Even though Zhen Mi was so beautiful, he still brought women into his room one by one, almost ten of them in total, right?
She put the bamboo tube down on the ground with a smile and said to Zhen Mi: "I knew that Madam would never be able to guess what this was at first glance."

And compared to the last time, which was very simple and even a little rough and direct, this time's words were much gentler, which made Zhen Mi feel like there was Yuan Xi sitting in front of her, talking about homely things.

Zhen Mi's nose suddenly became sore, and tears rolled in her eyes, almost bursting out of her eyes.

She was not because of the content of the bamboo slips, but because she knew from Yuan Xi's unprecedented attitude last time that Yuan Xi was seriously ill at that time. It must not have been as simple as the understatement in his letter. She just didn't want to let him go. Just worry about yourself.

And now the words in the letter confirmed Zhen Mi's previous guesses. It said that Hua Tuo returned from Jiangdong, and under his care, Yuan Xi's illness had completely recovered.

When Zhen Mi saw this, she was completely convinced of the seriousness of Yuan Xi's illness. What kind of disease required Hua Tuo to take action personally?
But now it seemed that Yuan Xi had turned the corner. She took out the silk handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes. Then she calmed down a little and continued reading. At the end of the letter was concern for Zhen Mi. With Yuan Xi plagiarizing a lot of wisdom from later generations, the corners of Zhen Mi's mouth turned up slightly and she became even more happy.

Later, Yuan Xi recounted all the battles he had fought in the year since he left Jicheng. Although he talked about military and internal affairs very briefly, it still filled more than a volume.

Only then did Zhen Mi know for sure that Yuan Xi had done so many things. If she had known earlier, she would have been on tenterhooks day and night. But now that she knew that Yuan Xi had turned danger into disaster, she felt relieved.

At the back is Yuan Xi's customs and customs along the way from Jingzhou to Shouchun, to Qingzhou and then to Haixi, all of which are written in extremely detail.

It has to be said that the later Yuan Xi had some added knowledge from ancient travel notes. The mountains and rivers became more vivid in his writings. When Zhen Mi read between the lines, she seemed to be traveling side by side with Yuan Xi.

Although these were not personal experiences, Zhen Mi did have some small regrets in her heart, but she couldn't help but smile knowingly when she thought of the rocks and dead branches from various places that Yuan Xi brought to her every year when he came back. .

The back of the letter is mainly about the disputes between several women in Shouchun Haixi. Although Yuan Xi wrote it very cryptically, the identity of the women in it was so complicated and there were so many disputes that Zhen Mi took a breath after reading it. .

She simply couldn't imagine the scene of these women living under the same roof. Although she was the original wife, she didn't want to care about it at all, and she didn't think she had the ability to care about these things!

Fortunately, Yuan Xi's words after the character made her feel relieved, saying that each of these women had their own things to do, and they would still have to deal with family affairs in various places in the future, but when Yuan Xi returned to Jicheng, he would take care of those who had passed by. Mi Zhen and Mrs. Du were brought here to see Zhen Mi. After all, this was a necessary etiquette for the principal wife.

Zhen Mi saw another hidden meaning in it. Yuan Xi would not stay in Jicheng for a long time and would mobilize troops in the coming year.

She sighed. Although she was unwilling to accept this situation, she could only accept it. After all, Yuan Xi wanted to do big things, and she would never hold him back in this regard.

Her only hope now is that Yuan Xi can bring peace to the world as soon as possible, and she can see him return safely, and that is enough.

Zhen Mi flipped through the pages and found that Yuan Xi said something casually inside.

It is said that Lu Lingqi has been exhausted from fighting in the past few years, and her tinnitus is not getting better, so next year she will go to the Hetao Plain with Yuan Xi to preside over the construction of the city, and will not stay in Jicheng.

Zhen Mi looked at it and frowned slightly at first, then relaxed. To be fair, Zhen Mi's feelings for Lu Lingqi were quite complicated.

Although Lu Lingqi entered the industry not too early, in terms of status and background, no one among the other girls could catch up with her.

Not only was she the daughter of Marquis Wen, who was personally named the county monarch by the emperor, but more importantly, she had the support of two old generals, Lu Bu, who had extremely important positions among Yuan Xi's generals.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.

Gao Shun was the elite commander of the infantry, and Zhang Liao, as the commander of the cavalry, had to lead him in almost every battle since he surrendered to Yuan Xi. His military exploits were outstanding, and his prestige among the cavalry even surpassed that of Tai Shici. Only Zhao Yunzhi Down.

Regardless of whether Lu Lingqi had any thoughts or not, if these two people deliberately favored Lu Lingqi, Zhen Mi would be worried.

Moreover, according to the intelligence coming from the south, Lu Lingqi is also actively making friends with other girls and cultivating power for herself. If she and Yuan Xi hadn't made it clear that their heirs wanted to inherit the Lu family's incense, Zhen Mi might have had to think about everything.

Zhen Mi was very sure that if the position of the head wife was vacant, it would almost certainly belong to Lu Lingqi.

However, Zhen Mi is not without support. Yuan Xi's sister Yuan Xing is in the house, and she has the best relationship with Zhen Mi. With Zhao Yun behind her, Zhen Mi won't worry too much at the moment.

But having said that, Zhen Mi will not just wait around. Yuan Xi is currently in a high position and is one of the countless princes in the world. As his head wife, if she doesn't think about anything, she might be the original Queen Yuan Shu. Feng's fate.

Zhen Mi feels that she is a bit like a despicable person now that she is always wary of others. In fact, she is very ashamed of this feeling. She thinks this may be due to her despicable businessman nature, but she must consider these things. The matter was not only for herself, but also for the inner house that Yuan Xi had entrusted to her.

Of course, if one day Yuan Xi really abandoned him and chose Lu Lingqi, he would have no choice but to leave sadly, right?
Zhen Mi suddenly woke up and found that she was a little confused. Wasn't Lu Lingqi going to the Hetao Plain, which was much worse than the inheritance, just to prevent her from being too careless?

I still doubt the other party, but it’s actually selfishness, right?
Thinking of this, Zhen Mi couldn't help but stretched out her hand to pinch her wrist. As a result, she had already finished writing. Yuan Rui, who was sitting obediently on the side, saw her and stammered: "Ah, Mom, what's wrong?"

Zhen Mi finally woke up and said with a forced smile: "Why didn't Rui'er go out to play?"

Yuan Rui replied: "My child is worried about my mother. My mother looked so scary just now."

"My grandma smiles so beautifully, why do she always have to look like this?"

Zhen Mi was startled, then she hugged Yuan Rui into her arms and said softly: "It's my fault, my mother will never do it again."

Yuan Rui laughed happily, but the tears in Zhen Mi's eyes couldn't stop flowing.

(End of this chapter)