Little lucky girl from the peasant family: Queen Splendid

Chapter 135 An Unusual Thing Happened
Cheng Dayou took the old and the young from Manzhuang to pick them up, and everyone greeted them with smiles, seeing that Ding Wei's empty heart finally felt much better.

"First burn some ginger soup to warm up the brothers," Ding Wei ordered Cheng Dayou immediately after getting out of the carriage, and all the soldiers beside the carriage were pleasantly surprised.Because the army went out, there were not many horses. Of the [-] soldiers left this time, there were only a dozen fast horses.

Originally, this was also their duty, but unexpectedly, Ding Wei saw it and asked to take care of it. How could this make them not grateful?

The captain of the [-] soldiers was named Zhao Sanjiang, he was originally a member of Gong Zhiming's army, he usually acted smart and lively, but this time he was deliberately left behind.He used to be in the personal guards, and he would be late every now and then for Ding Wei to be delivered to eat. He was not polite at the moment, and thanked the brothers with a smile, "Miss Xie Ding is worried, I will take the brothers to the camp first, this Jiangtang Mrs. Make a note. If there is some fresh meat in the village, then at dinner time, the girl will reward the brothers with a bowl of broth."

Ding Wei nodded and said with a smile, "There is nothing else in the village, but there is no shortage of pigs and chickens. Let the brothers clean it up first, don't worry about the food, and let the people in the village prepare it and send it over in a while."

Before Zhao Sanjiang could respond, Cheng Dayou finally found a gap to interject, "Back to the girl, the one who got up early brought someone to clean up the inside and outside of the barracks, and pulled a few carts of dry firewood. Just light the fire. As for the meat, I just killed a big fat pig yesterday to welcome the girl back, and I'm waiting for the girl to order."

"It's Steward Cheng who is thoughtful, so I don't need to say more. Cook the meat over a fire, and welcome the brothers at noon. The safety of our manor will need to be taken care of by the brothers in the future."

The two masters and servants arranged thoughtfully, and their words were nice, not to mention Zhao Sanjiang, all the soldiers around were more and more happy to stay.

Soon, Zhao Sanjiang took the soldiers to settle in the barracks outside the village, and the wounded soldiers were also helped by the farmers to the prepared warm houses, and the women left in the workshop will take care of them from now on.

Mrs. Cheng embraced Brother An and led Ding Wei into the inner courtyard.Seeing a familiar room, An Ge'er was much more lively. He twisted his body and went down to the ground, playing with the eldest child and the second child.

Ding Wei briefly asked about the chores in the village, but she couldn't feel at ease, so she put on a coat and went around the pig house and chicken house, but when she came back, she was all smiles.Not at home for more than a month, Cheng Dayou and the others have not been lazy at all, there are many fat pigs and chickens, even the few vacant pig houses and chicken houses are filled with wooden boxes, and a lot of garlic sprouts and leafy vegetables have been replanted.In the big winter, going in and turning around is really a kind of joy of being mistaken into spring.

Sister-in-law Yuan and a dozen women were busy in the large kitchen outside the courtyard wall. The bones were stewed in the big iron pot, and cabbage strips, tofu cubes, and filled blood sausage were added to the soup, and a layer of it was sprinkled. Thick slices of pork belly, before you walk in, you are already salivating by the tangy aroma.

A group of naughty boys were secretly drooling at the door, but when they saw Ding Wei approaching, they laughed and ran away.

Ding Wei smiled and shook her head, and said to Sister-in-Law Yuan who came up to her, "Remember the stew is ready, share some with the children, don't lose their stomachs, it's time to grow up."

Sister-in-law Yuan was grateful for hearing this, but felt distressed, so she smiled and said, "Miss is kind-hearted, these naughty boys have been greedy lately. I'm going to entertain the military men today. I'm afraid the dishes are not enough, so let's divide them up another day?"

Ding Wei waved her hand, "No matter how small they are, they don't miss a bite. Also, don't feel sorry for the meat, put more in the stew. We need to get along often in the future, and we still count on these elite soldiers to protect our manor."

Sister-in-law Yuan remembered the thieves from before, so she smiled and said, "Success, I listen to the girl. With these military masters here, I see who would dare to come to our village to steal things."

After that, she greeted the other dozen women and cooked two more pots of stew.

When the sun was just above the top of the head, Cheng Dayou brought the food to the barracks.One person put his arms around the thick and thin wooden barrels filled with cabbage tofu stew, a total of [-] barrels, and [-] baskets of steamed buns made of fine noodles and breaded noodles.

Not to mention that Zhao Sanjiang led two hundred elite soldiers to eat his belly swollen and his forehead was sweating, but only said that the rebel army was heading north. I don't know if Yunying's words became a prophecy, or the rebel army's reputation was too great. When you meet the county, the county town falls.The momentum is like a broken bamboo, but it hit the Lishui River in January.

Lishui is the largest river in Xihao, almost dividing Xihao into two.The old general Feng Yong led an army of 15 to stand on the other side of the river, ready to wait for work, and only waited for Gong Zhiming to cross the river forcibly, and defeated the rebels in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that Gong Zhiming is not a fool, how could he repeat the mistakes of the Zhuzhou Army.So the two armies set up camps across Lishui, and the imperial army practiced every day, shouting loudly.Gong Zhiming was busy every day appeasing the people in the descending city and the wealthy families of various aristocratic families, and the amount of food and other military equipment sent to the camp every day was simply innumerable.

Of course, along with the grain carts, there were also gold, silver and jewellery, beauties and wine.Especially those beauties, who are fat and thin, all of them are stunning.It's a pity that Gong Zhiming didn't summon any one of them, instead he rewarded all of them to his subordinates, causing the wealthy families to be terrified and confused. Not flattering but accidentally injured by a horse's leg?
Not to mention how busy Gong Zhiming was, nor how much the rich and powerful families bothered to guess, but to say that on this day in the imperial city of Kyoto, in a certain quaint and quiet palace, even though the night was dark, it was still brightly lit.

An old nanny with a rigid appearance carefully brought a bowl of bird's nest porridge to the small sandalwood table, and whispered, "Princess, you have only been back for a few days, why don't you rest earlier?"

The woman sitting at the table slowly raised her head, revealing a fair face, a pair of deep eyes under willow-leaf eyebrows, a tall nose bridge, peach-like red lips, and the rarest thing is the trace of nobility contained in her eyebrows, she smiled slightly , against the golden phoenix hairpin on the head, the small silk jacket and long embroidered skirt on the body, it is really amazing.

The old mama couldn't help but stared blankly for a moment, then hurriedly pushed the porridge bowl forward.The woman called the princess took a sip from the bowl and put it down, sighing, "I heard that elder brother killed a censor today and dismissed two servants?"

The old nanny was helpless, knowing that she couldn't hide it from her clever master, so she said, "The emperor has been feeling irritable these few days, I'm afraid it will be better in a few days."

The woman frowned slightly, and wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

At this moment, there was a big palace maid outside the door who reported, and finally came in and knelt down, presenting a letter with both hands.

The woman glanced at the seal of the letter, a strange look flashed in her eyes, she took out the letter paper and read it.

Unfortunately, her expression became worse and worse as she read, and finally even grabbed the porridge bowl on the table and slammed it on the ground.The sweet white cup, which was as clear as paper, shattered in an instant, and a piece of porridge soup was scattered.

Both the old mother and the grand maid stared in shock, and finally they all fell to their knees. The old mother tried her best to persuade, "Princess, if you are annoyed, feel free to beat and scold the servant, but don't be so angry."

Regardless of the sharpness of the shattered porcelain pieces, the palace lady stepped forward to make amends, "It's all the servant's fault, I shouldn't have sent the letter in to annoy the princess."

The woman took a few deep breaths, managed to suppress the anger on her face, stretched out her hands to help the old mother and the eldest maid, and said in a deep voice, "Mother, those things that my father left for me before my father passed away that day, I am afraid they will be destroyed. Use it."

The palace lady didn't know what the things in the master's mouth were, but she lowered her head smartly and didn't dare to say anything.But the old mother's face changed, and Chi asked, "Princess, have you thought about it? The old prince said before leaving that you should not use it lightly..."

The woman's chest rose and fell sharply, and the red peach blossoms embroidered on her neckline became more and more alluring under the candlelight. "Nurse, even if the father is still alive, he will not stop me."

A look of distress flashed in the old nanny's eyes, she lowered her head and didn't make another sound.

The woman picked up the pen and quickly wrote a letter. Finally, she took off the ring on her finger, flipped it over and printed it on the letter mouth, and then ordered, "Nurse, you should handle this matter yourself."

"Yes, don't worry, Princess."

The old lady bowed and retreated, and the big court lady cleaned up the floor quickly, but she wanted to serve tea and snacks again but was kicked out.

The candlelight swayed slightly because of the breeze blowing in through the crack of the door, pulling the woman's shadow onto the wall, which was strangely hideous.

"Brother Bao, have you forgotten Lan Lan? How can you love other women? If you want the land of the Sima family, Lan Lan will give it to you, but you belong to Lan Lan..."

The night wind blew through the window, and the maids and eunuchs who were waiting under the eaves shivered from the cold. They wrapped their cotton clothes tightly around their bodies, and finally looked up at the night, cursing in a low voice.I don't know when this dark night will pass, it was already very cold, but the wind picked up again...

Day and night rotate, and the days seem to pass extremely fast when they are busy.After Degong Zhiming straightened out the political affairs of the six southern prefectures, the season was already approaching.The army on the opposite side of Lishui has not heard anything since the first day they set up camp. It seems that the 10,000+ army is just to defend the front line of Jiangbei, and has no intention of regaining Jiangnan. This situation is a bit strange no matter how you look at it.

In the afternoon of that day, Gong Zhiming and Fang Xin strolled along the bank of the river, and they both frowned as they looked at the barracks stretching across the city.

Fang Xin put on a sable velvet cloak, and couldn't help complaining, "The old people say that after a severe drought, there must be a severe flood. I don't want to see the severe flood this year, but it's the severe cold in winter. The weather is insanely cold."

Gong Zhiming's cheeks were also flushed by the cold wind, but his eyes were still sternly looking towards the other side of Lishui, and he responded after a long time, "Feng Yong has always been good at using tricks and tricks, and he is so quiet now, maybe he is waiting for another opportunity. Even he Already made a move..."

(End of this chapter)