Chen Xi led his troops from Guilin Prefecture to Nanning Prefecture and needed to return to Maping, Liuzhou Prefecture City.

Then go south from Liuzhou Prefecture City, cross Laibin, enter the Yongchun County of Nanning Prefecture, and then turn west, along the north bank of the Yujiang River to Xuanhua, Nanning Prefecture City. This journey will be very difficult... There are many mountains, rivers, hills and valleys in central and southern Guangxi, especially after passing through the Penzhou County official roads, all of which are undeveloped forests. At night, in addition to guarding against sneak attacks between Jiaozhi soldiers and horses, you must also be alert to jackals, tigers and leopards.

In this era, many areas in central and southern Guangxi were simply primitive jungles. When marching here, any strange thing could happen.

Chen Xi thought he would arrive in Nanning Prefecture at the end of November. Even Chen Xi himself had no conclusion on how long the war would last. However, he judged that around the beginning of spring next year, Jiaozhi's troops invaded the border would be expelled. As for whether to lead troops into Jiaozhi in the future, it depends on the specific situation.

Logically speaking, without the approval of the court, it is unlikely that Chen Xi will lead troops to attack Jiaozhi, because this involves many problems. For example, once the simplest state prefecture setting and a large number of supporting officials are restored, he will not be able to solve it. Chen Xi is now waiting for the court's arrangements. According to his judgment, the emperor should hope to fight a war.

All the kings under the sky are the kings, and all the kings and ministers are the kings. Although the emperor's will cannot suppress the ministers in the court in a short period of time, as time goes by, everything is possible. Even if the emperor passes the cabinet and directly issues an order to let him equate with Jiaozhi, the ministers in the court cannot speak out.

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When Chen Xi led his troops south, the Shen family in Ninghua just completed a round of family merger.

Several major branches of the Shen family decided to reintegrate the Shen family. Although they did not live under the same roof, they completed the seniority of several generations of descendants. Chen Xi was originally a Qilang in the Shen family, but after such integration, they became the fourteenth lord. Chen Xi had many younger brothers and sisters. However, these people were separated from Chen Xi for two generations, but everyone's surname was Chen.

Zhou was busy with this matter, but in Xie Yuner's eyes, her mother-in-law was just busy with her work and she couldn't see any results.

The interests of the Shen family were obviously not as important as those of Shen Xi. Xie Yuner persuaded the Zhou family to leave several times, but the Zhou family was keen on being the patriarch of a large family that could be passed down for hundreds of years, a woman with feudal thoughts, who had gone from being oppressed to being the superior, and her mentality could not be changed for a while. She was bullied at the beginning, but now she had to make up for it. The Zhou family was determined to put the Shen family together and then realize her "ambition" of being the head of the family.

However, after several major branches of the Shen family re-arranged the Shen family's seniority, they seemed to be less interested in the subsequent family integration because they did not want to support idle people like Shen Mingwen.

In terms of status, the Li family of the Shen family is superior, but if the economic situation is not good now, it is said that they owe a lot of foreign debts and even mortgage the house. There is no place to live. Everyone integrates the family property and will inevitably be confiscated. Each family is used to living their own lives, so they are obviously unwilling to hand over the economic power.

But Zhou didn't understand this principle, so she kept discussing with the leaders of several major branches of the Shen family, hoping that the Shen family would get along quickly and accept her leadership.

Unfortunately, the people from other branches just blindly slander and perfunctory. Over time, even Zhou, who had little knowledge, found that the problem was wrong and knew that he had been exploited.

That day she discussed with Xie Yuner, and came up and cried: "...ah, tell me, will you treat the Shen family badly together for your mother? They asked the Shen family to merge, but now it's better. Half of the merger, there's no more. Why do you think I'm easy to bully and they're playing with it, right..."

Zhou has always been good to her daughter-in-law, and this time she lost her temper, she didn't mean to target Xie Yun'er, but when she got angry, she said nothing and complained. From the big family of Shen to the Li family, and then to the backyard of Chenxi, she told everyone who could criticize her.

As a junior, Xie Yuner naturally would not argue with Zhou. When Zhou scolded her almost the same, her temper would naturally disappear.

When Zhou Shi'an was born, Xie Yun'er asked, "Mom, I wonder when will we set off for Wuchang Mansion?"

This question stopped Zhou. She thought for a while and said, "You have forgotten even if you don't say it. We are going to see Hanwaer. In recent years, when Hanwaer's grandmother left, the Shen family felt like a mess... Humph, even if his uncle likes to come out to cause trouble, otherwise the Shen family would not be disintegrated in the end."

"Good daughter-in-law, why don't we leave after the New Year?"

Xie Yuner was amused and crying: "Mom, didn't you agree to roughly deal with the Shen family's affairs before leaving for Wuchang Mansion! It's already winter, and the weather is getting colder and colder. In a few days, I'm afraid the road will be difficult... In the winter, there are many bandits. We will be home with our family and have a lot of luggage. What if we encounter an accident on the road?"

It was okay if the bandits didn't say it, but when they heard this, Zhou's face changed.

She had met a bandit, but because she was too talkative, she was almost arrested as the "Madam of the Village". Fortunately, Chen Xi's reputation was shocked, so that she could escape the disaster, but she was still scared.

Zhou said: "There are many bandits after the beginning of winter? Then we can't leave, we just wait... Didn't the silly man say before that he is still fighting in Guangxi and will not be able to return to Wuchang Mansion for a while. What are our whole family doing in the past? We are not familiar with the place over there, and at least we have family members here."

"I think this is not the case. Good daughter-in-law, if you have time to go back to Tingzhou Prefecture, you will be allowed to go back to your parents' home and see your parents and brothers and sisters... Oh, by the way, you don't have a sister, but you can always see your younger brothers and sisters. You don't have to worry about this at home..."

Xie Yuner thought to herself, what happened to her mother-in-law? Don’t she know that her married daughter can’t easily go back to her parents’ home? The more she has a status, the more she should understand the truth. Those scandals of women in the market quarrel with her husband and then return to her parents’ homes, but as the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, how can I be ashamed of my husband’s face?

My mother-in-law also said that she could handle the family affairs well. I saw that I was not here and she couldn't do anything. The Shen family was obviously trying to be slandered at her, and she didn't know yet... No, I have to stay and remind her to pay more attention and go together!

Xie Yuner made up her mind and said, "Mom, what did you say? Since I am a wife of the Shen family, I naturally cannot go back to the Xie family easily. You should understand this principle."

"Besides, the rest of the Shen family now have the fame of the husband and uncle. They want to rely on fame and fortune to make the land in their family legally avoid paying taxes and avoiding labor service. As for other things, they will definitely not follow their mother's wishes, so why doesn't mother understand?"

Although Zhou usually loves his daughter-in-law, Xie Yuner pointed out the problem and felt that he couldn't bear to worry about his face, and his tone suddenly became different:

"Daughter-in-law, some things are not what you younger generations should say... You know how to do it yourself, just take care of your own affairs!"

Of course, Xie Yuner heard that her mother-in-law had an objection to her. If it were normal, Xie Yuner would not cause trouble and chose to remain silent. But at this time, with the attitude of being responsible to the Shen family, Xie Yuner persuaded:

"Mom, some things are unpleasant, but the daughter-in-law still wants to say them. People from other branches of the Shen family have never really thought about putting their families together to live. Now, after ranking seniority, they have nominally been included in the Shen family. Every year, just paying less land taxes and exempting corvee can save a lot of money, and the purpose has been achieved."

"I guess the merger of the Shen family will only end here. The other branches will never push forward, but will instead pull back. But if my husband and uncle revived in the future, they would say that we were a family long time ago and could just be together... They would not suffer any loss, so why wouldn't my mother understand?"

Zhou looked at his daughter-in-law coldly: "Yun'er, how can you think of the Shen family as such a philanthropic? Is there no good people in our Shen family in your eyes?"

When I came up with a "our Shen family", I actually wanted to isolate Xie Yun'er away.

Xie Yun'er knew that she had offended her mother-in-law, which was not a good thing. Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been an unsolvable problem. She always felt that she had done a good job in dealing with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but now because of her argument, the mother-in-law has prejudice against herself, and she felt very wronged for a moment.

Xie Yuner could only resist the urge to cry and patiently explained: "Mom, this has nothing to do with good people and bad people. Isn't this the world all for your own good life? My husband is now an official outside. As long as we can go out with him, we don't have to worry about everything. Even if my husband is away, he will send someone to deal with the housework. No need to worry too much..."

"But if we choose to stay, we have to take care of the food, drink, defecation and urination at home, and it is thankless. The Shen family will think that we are too strong, which is a huge burden for them... Mom, let's go. When we arrive in Wuchang Mansion, no matter whether our husband comes back or not, it is the place where our husband's yamen is. Everyone has to give us face. Why bother to compete for the strengths and weaknesses in this small place?"

Zhou stood up and waved his hand impatiently: "I don't want to listen to you for the sake of the Shen family for now. You are worried about your husband, just leave. The Shen family insists on taking care of their mother... Humph, I said it well before, what is the merger of the Shen family? In the end, it's just like this merger?"

"If anyone thinks I'm easy to bully, I'll let them know how powerful I am..."

At this moment, Zhou was completely shrewd. When Xie Yuner saw her mother-in-law's persistent look, she knew that things were difficult to turn around.
Chapter completed!