Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The Guo Mansion garden is very deserted now. There were only three or four fewer people than not long ago, but after Yulian and Yang Yue'e left, the backyard seemed to be without a soul, as if it was empty.

In the hall of the living room where Guo Shao lived, two women, young and old, were sitting lazily at a table. At the back there was a back door that was open and looked out onto a calm lake.

"Sister, you can meet the person you want to see today." A childish and delicate voice said. The person who spoke was Zhou Jiamin, she had a serious face... A nine-year-old girl had such a look on her face, but she had a very playful look. But she did speak very seriously.

Zhou Xian sighed faintly, glanced listlessly at some playing cards placed strangely on the table, and said in a dull tone, "You can play leaf cards vigorously by yourself."

"I'm not playing, I'm testing things for my eldest sister." Zhou Jiamin insisted.

Zhou Xian reached out and messed up the cards on the table, and said angrily: "A deck of cards for gambling, you can still tell fortunes? Just sit quietly for a while."

Zhou Jiamin didn't say a word, and silently closed a pile of cards on the table, and looked at it alone, his face seemed to be full of anger.

"Angry? I didn't mean it, but I was a little annoyed." Zhou Xian bent down and looked at Jia Min's face, "Why are you interested in leaf cards?"

Jiamin was sullen and silent for a while, but she didn't hold any grudges, and said after a while: "Because there is a 'Warrior on Horseback' on this card..." She turned out a piece and put it on the table, "Here."

"This is a flower card." Zhou Jiamin responded casually. She is quite familiar with leaf cards, one of the playthings of the noble ladies in the court of the Tang Dynasty, the Southern Tang Palace also collected a lot of old things and used them for gambling.

But... the flower card cavalry, and her interest in leaf cards, what is the relationship between the two? It's really hard for a child to understand, the little brain thinks about things all in vain.

Zhou Xian said again: "Then how did you use the leaf card to tell your fortune?"

"It's not fortune-telling, it's just measuring things." Jiamin corrected, "It's written in the book, so I learned it from the book."

She glanced at Zhou Xian, then stretched out her two tender and fair hands to rummage through the pile of cards for a while, found a card with a figure on it, and said solemnly: "In the beginning, people were just like me, silly..."

Zhou Xian touched her little nose, forced a smile, and boasted: "Second sister is so smart, why are you so stupid? She's a quick learner."

Jia Min said: "I don't know what's worrying Eldest Sister? But you are very worried, because Eldest Sister is not stupid anymore and understands many things; but you don't understand everything, so you are worried..." She then found another card, "Elder Sister is in the cycle of mutual blessings and misfortunes. When she becomes the main card 'Heaven and Earth', she will return to the basics and have a heart as broad as heaven and earth. At that time, Eldest Sister will not worry anymore."

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Guo Shao didn't sleep well last night and got up late. When it came to the imperial study room, a group of officials from the outer hall had already arrived, and Zuo You and Huang Binglian inside had also arrived. They got up and came out from behind the table to kowtow. Guo Shao immediately stretched out his right hand and pressed it, and made a gesture: "That's all, no courtesy."

Everyone thanked them, and bowed one after another: "Congratulations to Your Majesty for being happy with the prince."

Guo Shao responded with a smile, walked into the study and sat down behind the desk covered with a yellow tablecloth. Xindao: The officials of the outer court knew about it quite quickly. After thinking about it for a while, I should have known it from the eunuchs. Eunuchs are people who can communicate with the inside and outside. After all, it is a happy event, so they will tell it.

The memorial is being processed by Zuo You and the other two, now Guo Shao is much more relaxed.

He sat quietly for a while, then skillfully took out a white paper booklet from the desk beside him, and wrote the date on the cover. Then he casually flipped to the middle, picked up a brush and wrote a series of words "mid-term schedule", and after more than a month, he would give his wife and concubine a title. Because he knew that the woman had to stay in confinement after giving birth, and after more than a month, the second sister Fu and Li Yuan'er were in good health, and the canonization ceremony could be held easily.

At this moment, Guo Shao couldn't help thinking of his sister-in-law Gao... who also spoiled his own child, but Gao could only hide in a yard and suffer quietly. He felt a little guilty thinking of this.

He put down his pen and walked back and forth in front of the imperial case for a long time. He turned around and saw the eunuch Yang Shiliang standing at the door holding a whisk, and said, "Go and prepare an ordinary carriage. I'm going to Donghuamen."

Yang Shiliang bowed to answer, and immediately went out to arrange people.

Not long after, Guo Shao drove to Donghua Gate and summoned Lu Chengyong in the guard room. He ordered Lu Chengyong to send a team to follow him out of the palace. Only then did Yang Shiliang know that Guo Shao was going out, but he couldn't stop the emperor, so he hurriedly told the eunuch guarding Donghuamen, and then followed Guo Shao out of the city.

Guo Shao left the imperial city in a carriage and went straight "home".

After entering Guo's mansion, he asked Yang Shiliang, Lu Chengyong and others to wait in the outer courtyard. He wanted to go into the inner house to do something. Walking to the gate tower of the back garden, I found Bai Xiangu, who was in charge of the account, and said, "You go to Jing Niang, and just say that I am waiting to see her at the mansion."

At the end of last year, when Guo Shao left Beijing to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty, Mrs. Gao was pregnant, so he asked Jing Niang to take care of Mrs. Gao, and Lu Xiaoniang, who was very skilled in medicine, was also there. But Lu Xiaoniang didn't know Gao's identity.

Guo Shao entered the gatehouse, intending to wait at the place where he originally lived...just in time to meet Zhou Xian and others. The last time he ordered someone to come back to pick up his wife and concubine, Lu Chengyong didn't even bring Zhou Xian into the palace.

He saw that the door of the living room was open, and when he walked to the door, Zhou Xian and her sister were playing cards at the table.

Zhou Xian noticed that someone was there, and when she turned her head to look, she was suddenly surprised. Guo Shaodao: "Ehuang, are you still used to staying here?"

Only then did Zhou Xian come back to his senses, and pulled Jiamin away from the stool, she knelt down on the ground, then pulled the little girl, knelt on the ground together, and said: "The concubine kowtows to Your Majesty."

Guo Shao stepped forward and grabbed her arm: "Get up, there is no audience, so many red tapes are needed?"

When Zhou Xian met his younger sister, his arm was grabbed by Guo Shao, and his face blushed suddenly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Jiamin muttered: "Look at how accurate I am..."

Guo Shao happened to be free, and seeing that the little girl was beautiful and cute, with sparkling and innocent eyes, he asked her what she was measuring. So Zhou Jiamin told about the leaf brand.

This little girl speaks clearly, with a Nantang accent that is very mellow and pleasant. Although Guo Shao didn't take what she said seriously, he liked listening to her talk. But when she said that people start from ignorance and want to return to the basics, Guo Shao let out a "huh" and was immediately very interested.

He excitedly asked Zhou Jiamin to perform on the spot, watching her expression and movements, Guo Shao couldn't help laughing. Originally, after the Liao army entered the bandits, Guo Shao's heart was heavy, but at this moment, unconsciously, he became more relaxed.

The three of them played for a long time before Jing Niang came to the door. Zhou Jiamin, who was full of laughter, turned to look at the tall woman with a cold face, her smile froze on her face, and she glared at Jingniang.

Jing Niang remained expressionless and stood there for a while, then kowtowed. Guo Shao stepped forward to help her up, then turned around and said, "Ehuang, Jingniang and I have to leave a bit earlier. We will send someone to send you into the palace in a while."

The two left the house and walked towards the gatehouse. Jing Niang silently followed behind, Guo Shao tilted his head and said, "I know you and Zhou Xian are not on the right track..."

Jing Niang said: "I dare not."

Guo Shao said again: "We haven't seen each other for several months, and I asked you to take care of the pregnant woman again, thank you for your hard work."

"Your Majesty speaks like this, and I'm ashamed." Jing Niang finally softened her tone, "Now that you are the emperor, you have nothing to say when you snatch the queen of the enemy country back. But Mrs. Gao, her son is already a general in the army, so let's not talk about it. Isn't she Your Majesty's righteous sister..."

Guo Shao was speechless. The two passed through the gatehouse, he stopped and said: "There is a small gate here, you go out through the small gate, hire a carriage, don't need a groom. Come and pick me up to that yard later."

Jing Niang clasped her fists in response, turned around and wanted to leave without saying anything.

Guo Shao looked at her writhing waist and uneven outline when she turned around, feeling a little flustered. Guo Shao doesn't necessarily like plump and plump women, but some of Jingniang's feminine features are extra prominent, such as breasts, buttocks, etc., which makes it easy for Guo Shao to think of that.

He immediately thought about it, the other women were brought into the palace, so they could be close; but Jing Niang still had to stay outside to take care of Gao Shi, and he didn't know when they would be able to be together. After meeting today, it is normal not to see each other for a month or two.

"Jing Niang." Guo Shao stepped forward and grabbed her wrist.

Jing Niang turned around, looked down at her hand being pulled, with a slightly embarrassed face, and glanced left and right: "What else is there for Your Majesty."

Seeing a side room next to it, Guo Shao pulled her to go there: "Let's talk in the room."

She was timid, and it was not easy to reject Guo Shao. After all, he was the emperor... But in Guo Shao's view, after he became the emperor, most people's attitudes changed obviously. Only Jingniang's superficial etiquette was a little different.

Walking into the room, Guo Shao closed the door casually, but saw that there was no bed in the room, and there were few household items, only an old chair placed abruptly in the room. There are still many houses in this mansion, and Guo Shao doesn't know what this house is used for in his own house.

He didn't care much anymore, he pulled Jing Niang to the chair, sat on it first, then dragged her back to him to sit on his lap, and started to stand up. Jingniang's neck was red, and she whispered: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do, it's sunny and bright...you can see it from the door and window."

Guo Shaodao: "Isn't it closed?"

Jingniang struggled feebly, and tremblingly said: "It's too... empty, you can see our scandals at a glance..."

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