Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 443 Bronze Bird Garden

After all, the emperor has no rights, so naturally the queen, as a dependent, also has no rights.

Therefore, in today's Xu Ying's view, only being the wife of a man like her father is the real beauty.

Originally, her opinion on coming to Chen Mo's place was that no matter how bad it was, it would still be better than staying in the Jiaofang Division. She was thinking about how to live a good life in the future, and had no expectations for life.

But now, Xu Ying had a small desire in her heart.

Unlike Xu Ying, Princess Zhaoqing only wants an ordinary life.

As the daughter of the late emperor, the princess of the Song Dynasty.

The imperial power was still there at that time. Ever since she was born, she had enjoyed the feeling of being aloof and being held in the palm of someone's hand and being cared for. As long as she accidentally caught a cold and sneezed, many palace maids and eunuchs would have their heads dropped. At such a young age, She holds the power of life and death for others.

What followed immediately was all kinds of overt and covert fights in the palace.

Since she was a child, people have been leaving her.

This even includes her brothers and sisters.

But the people who killed these brothers and sisters were other brothers and sisters, and her father.

She was tired of this silent killing.

Later, I married the eldest son of Prime Minister Xu, who was a scholar. I thought I would finally be able to avoid those thrilling days, but I didn’t expect that Prime Minister Xu would seize power. That kind of life of overt and covert fighting and hidden murderous intentions was once again happening in the Prime Minister’s Mansion. .

Thinking of this, she sighed.

Chen Mo seemed to be a person who loved killing, but he didn't expect that after being convicted, he would fall into the hands of such a rude military leader.

She subconsciously grasped the hairpin that her late husband had given her, as if it was a life-saving straw.

She still remembered that the first time she heard the name Chen Mo, it was when the Yuzhou Army suffered heavy casualties and a young general named Tianshi thief captured Liang Song alive.
At this moment, the guard who had just gone to communicate came over: "Who are Xu Ying and Chu Ran?"

Chu Ran is the name of Princess Zhaoqing.

Now that both women are concubines, if they were called directly, they definitely couldn't be called Queen Xu and Princess.

Lu Sheng's personal soldier pointed to the corresponding carriage.

After the guard knew what was going on, he nodded and said, "The Marquis is busy and has no time to see them for the time being. However, the Marquis has already arranged a place for them to live in the future. You can come with me."

The guards took Xu Ying and the others into Xiangyang City and came to a mansion.

"Tongque Garden." Lu Sheng's soldiers looked at the plaque on the gate and muttered. Then they bowed their hands to the guards and said, "Since the people have been delivered, I will go back and resume my life later."

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On the other side, Chen Mo, who was reviewing the troops of the Four Guards, heard the guard's announcement and wanted to see if the former queen and Princess Zhaoqing were good-looking.

After all, he is a member of the Yan Party. If he looks ordinary, even if there is a status bonus, he will not touch it.

But then Sun Meng came to report and explained to him the latest situation in Longyou and the fact that all the kings traveling to the east were captured by Jinxia.

After four years in the military, he immediately realized that Jin Xia was probably coming to the Song Dynasty.

He immediately summoned the generals and officials in Xiangyang City to discuss the matter.

At present, the soldiers and horses in Chen Mo's hands are mainly guarding in three directions.

A soldier and horse from Huaizhou were on guard against King Huai of Fengzhou.

One is the soldiers and horses of Shuofei County in Yuzhou, guarding Longyou. One is the troops stationed in Tianshui Town, Yuzhou.

The men and horses in Tianshui Town returned from Qingzhou, originally to prepare for the Huai army to attack Qingzhou.

As Huaizhou was captured by Chen Mo and King Huai was forced to withdraw from Qingzhou, the troops stationed in Tianshui Town no longer needed to defend, but they had not been mobilized in Tianshui Town.

This time Jin Xia invaded Dongyou Kingdom. Chen Mo planned to transfer half of the troops from Tianshui Town and send additional troops to Shuofei County.

But Wei Linchun's words awakened Chen Mo.

If Jin Xia really wanted to attack the Song Dynasty, it would be obviously faster and more convenient to invade Youzhou from the north. Why should they march from the Dongyou Kingdom in the west at the expense of the enemy?
It was his words that made Chen Mo think that there seemed to be no border troops in Youzhou.

If Jin Xia attacked the Song Dynasty, there would be an open door to the north.

This made Chen Mo realize the seriousness of the matter, and he planned to send a team of knight guards to Youzhou to investigate the situation.

By the time the discussion was over, the sky had darkened.

At this time, Sun Mengcai came to report that the former Queen and Princess Zhaoqing had already settled in Tongqueyuan, and that according to Chen Mo's request, separate maids were arranged for Xu Ying and Chu Ran.

The reason why they are not arranged to live in the Hou Mansion is that the current courtyard of the Hou Mansion is not a specially built Hou Mansion, but a purchased mansion that was renovated. So far, the rooms in it are almost full. , if Xu Ying and the others were allowed to live in the Hou Mansion, they would not be able to live there at all.

The second is that after all, they are female musicians given by the palace, not Chen Mo's women, and the women living in the backyard of the Hou Mansion, except Song Min, are all famous.

The third is the woman who was given as a gift, and someone might give it to him later. Chen Mo couldn't give a woman as a gift and let them live in the Hou Mansion.

Therefore, we simply arranged a courtyard for these women to live.

It borrowed the name of Tongque Terrace and called it Tongque Garden.

In Chen Mo's mind, in the future, whether they were women given away by others or criminal relatives captured in the war, they would all be settled in Tongque Garden to form a private song and dance troupe.

"Master Marquis, are you going back to your home or to Tongque Garden?" Sun Meng asked.

"Go back home."

There was already quite a bit of criticism in the family because of the former queen's incident. Chen Mo had just arrived today. It would have been too impatient, and Zhining was getting angry again.

The gate of the Hou Mansion.

Xia Zhining, dressed in a black outfit, was leaning against the door frame, with her arms folded across her chest, looking around. Seeing Chen Mo back, she felt relieved, but she didn't rush to speak, and there were outsiders.

Chen Mo saw Xia Zhining at the door, turned around and said to Sun Meng, "Okay, go down."

"promise."

After Sun Meng left and no one else was around, Xia Zhining pouted her lips and sneered: "Hey, our Lord Chen is back. I thought you were staying at Tongque Garden tonight."

Her information was very good and she knew that Xu Ying and the others had arrived in Xiangyang today.

Chen Mo stepped forward, hugged Xia Zhining's curvy body, gently smelled the scent mixed with the fragrance of powder, and said with a smile: "Zhining, you've been waiting for a long time."

"Come on." Xia Zhining pushed gently and said immediately: "Are Queen Xu and Princess Zhaoqing good-looking?"

"I've been busy with military matters today, so I don't have time to see it."

Chen Mo gently hugged the beauty's shoulders and said: "And no matter how good-looking they are, can they be as good-looking as Zhining? Come on, let me be my husband."

After that, no matter whether Xia Zhining agreed or not, he pressed it on her lips all of a sudden, and the hand on her shoulder also moved downwards.
ps: I was in a dark room before during the review.

(End of this chapter)