Chapter 802
Ten days later, the day of leaving for Chang'an was approaching. The Han Palace became busy early in the morning. Dozens of carriages loaded with supplies lined up in front of the mansion. Tao Zhan had her own considerations because the capital would be moved to Chang'an this fall. Instead of being busy and chaotic at that time, it would be better to take advantage of this opportunity to go to Chang'an and move some of the items first.
Everyone in the mansion was packing up their last personal belongings. Everyone was extremely busy, and the whole palace seemed in chaos. At this time, Liu Jing rode a horse from the government office under the escort of a team of personal soldiers. These days, he also explained the government affairs one by one, and the documents that must be approved by him would be sent to Chang'an in time.
"Have the princess been packed?" Liu Jing turned over and dismounted to ask the housekeeper who came up to him.
"Reporting to Your Highness, it should be almost the same. The princess said that if Your Highness comes back, please go to the inner study."
"I understand!" Liu Jing walked quickly towards the inner house.
In the inner study, Tao Zhan and Sun Shangxiang were packing the documents and packing them. Liu Jing's inner study had many extremely important documents. Except for him, the others could only be Tao Zhan and Sun Shangxiang could enter to clean up. They put the last dozen documents into a special wooden box as Liu Jing ordered. The room was filled with twenty wooden boxes, all of which were book charts and important documents.
At this time, Liu Jing walked into the room and smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, two virtuous wives!"
Sun Shangxiang gave him a blank look and ignored him. Tao Zhan smiled and said, "Look at yourself, what else should I take away? If not, I will let the soldiers move into the car. Now you are the only one who has not moved here yet, everything else is fine."
Liu Jing looked around the room and smiled and said, "It's very well packed and can be moved away."
Tao Zhan quickly greeted the personal soldiers waiting outside. Dozens of personal soldiers entered the house, each of whom moved quickly and quickly moved out more than twenty wooden boxes. At this time, Tao Zhan said again: "Okay, the matter here is over. I'll go and ask the children to get in the car."
She glanced at Sun Shangxiang, smiled, and left quickly. Sun Shangxiang was about to go out, but Liu Jing grabbed her hand and pulled her down. Sun Shangxiang said angrily: "I want to pack up too, why are you pulling me to do?"
Sun Shangxiang's mother, Mrs. Wu, could not survive the illness and died three months ago. Although Sun Shangxiang could not go back to attend the funeral, she had to mourn her mother for at least half a year. She had been depressed during this period.
Liu Jing knew that she was in a bad mood and was not angry. He asked again with a smile: "I'll ask you, why have you ignored me these days?"
"How dare I ignore you? Are you talking to you now?" Sun Shangxiang's face was as deep as water, and there was no smile on her face.
Liu Jing said softly again: "This time I go to Chang'an, I may have to stay for more than a month, and I have to bring all the things, especially the children's things."
"I know, what else?"
Liu Jing looked at her for a moment, and when she saw her face was like cold frost, he suddenly realized that Shang Xiang was not in a bad mood because of her mother's death, but because of Xiao Qiao. He had to sigh helplessly, "Okay! You're ready to go."
Sun Shangxiang ignored him, turned around and walked towards the yard. Liu Jing looked at her quickly walking away, and couldn't help but have a headache. Once it angered Sun Shangxiang, her strong temperament would have angered, and she didn't know how long it would take to recover.
Liu Jing shook his head and walked quickly outside the gate
Sun Shangxiang returned to his yard, and the wet nurse was waiting in the yard with her son Liu Long in her arms. When the little guy saw his mother come back, he quickly opened his hands to hug her, and he was babbling in his mouth. He was eight months old and white and fat, and it was the cutest time.
Sun Shangxiang took her son lovely and put her face on her little face. This is her treasure and her life. If it weren't for her son, she would have returned to Jiangdong in anger.
At this time, Xiao Qiao brought a package out of the small building and smiled and said, "My things are the simplest. One package is enough, not as many bottles and jars as you."
Sun Shangxiang's face immediately turned clear. She was just angry with her husband and still had a deep friendship with Xiao Qiao. She was embarrassed to smile: "It seems that there are not many things in normal times, but my elder sister said to move some of them away first, but she found that there are so many things that I was so scary. I don't know what to do with my precious weapons."
"Move it slowly in the future! Who dares to steal your stuff?"
Xiao Qiao smiled, "When I was in Jiangdong before, I remember you had to go to the weapon room every day, and stayed there for a long time, but this time I have been here for almost two months, but I have never seen you go to the weapon room once. Your maid said that those weapons have become a burden to you."
"It's because of this little guy, after giving birth to him, I've lost all my interests and hobbies, and I've been circling around him all day long."
Sun Shangxiang gently pinched her son's face and smiled and said, "You little thing hurt your mother, do you know?"
At this time, the housekeeper quickly walked to the gate of the courtyard and bowed: "Second Madam, the time for departure is coming."
"I understand, where is the princess, has she gone out?"
"Everyone has gone out, just wait for the second wife."
Sun Shangxiang smiled and said, "It seems that we are dragging us down, let's go!"
The wet nurse had held the child, and more than a dozen maids came out in a row with their carry-on packages. Sun Shangxiang walked to the end with Xiao Qiao's hand and said with a smile: "It's only been two months since I'm going to make you run again."
"I don't care. Just follow the situation. But if you think I'm annoyed, I will go back to Jiangdong tomorrow."
Although Sun Shangxiang was angry with Liu Jing, she also knew that no matter how angry she was, she could not really drive Xiao Qiao away. She held Xiao Qiao's hand tightly and smiled: "Since you entered my door, it's not that easy to leave. Follow me obediently, don't even want to escape from my palm."
Xiao Qiao was sensitive and heard something in Sun Shangxiang's words. Her face turned slightly red. She thought that Liu Jing seemed to be deliberately avoiding herself, and she suddenly felt a little disappointed.
Outside the gate, dozens of carriages had already been parked at the gate. Jia Xu, his family, Zhao Yun's family, Zhang Ren's family, Fa Zheng's family, etc., the families of a squad of senior officials in Chang'an were all accompanying him to Guanzhong. Together with their luggage carriages, this time, there were hundreds of carriages and tens of thousands of soldiers guarding him.
Sun Shangxiang and Xiao Qiao left the door and saw Tao Zhan wave to her in the window of a carriage. Sun Shangxiang walked up and smiled and said, "Do you all take a carriage?"
"During the day, everyone sits together and talks, and then go back to their respective carriages to rest at night. And you are the only one in our house, so everyone is counting on you to introduce the scenery along the way!"
Sun Shangxiang glanced at Liu Jing not far away. Seeing his smug smile, he couldn't help but glared at him fiercely and got on the carriage with Xiao Qiao. Liu Jing watched them get on the carriage, especially Sun Shangxiang glared at him for the last time, which meant that she was just angry, not really resentful to herself. Liu Jing immediately felt relieved and felt better again. He immediately ordered: "Send the order to set off!"
"Let's go!"
The guard shouted, and the carriage led by the leader slowly started. Under the escort of the soldiers, hundreds of carriages left Chengdu in a mighty manner and drove northward.
Just as Liu Jing led his family to Guanzhong, Dong Zhao also ended his mission. On the way back to Yedu, after effective negotiations between him and Sima Yi, both sides were sincere and soon reached an agreement that the Han army suspended the attack on Hefei, removed Chaohu Water Village, and the navy was stationed in Ruxukou. The navy's strength was no more than 5,000, and the warships of Wan County were no more than 10,000. At the same time, the Cao army's garrison in Hefei would also be reduced to 10,000.
As compensation for the armistice, Hefei will bear the grain supply of the Han Navy Army in Ruxukou. The monthly grain was initially proposed by Liu Jing to cut it to 5,000 shi of grain per month. This was the concession of the Han army. At the same time, Cao's army promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of Jiangdong. This was Cao Cao's strategic need. He needed time to prepare for war, which was also Liu Jing's strategic need. He needed time to first resolve the threat of Zahu north of Guanzhong and move the capital to Chang'an.
The armistice was in line with the common strategic needs of both sides, and the war situation in the southeast was eased and no longer became a hot topic of attention. However, the struggle between the Cao brothers for the position of inheritance gradually became fierce.
Hua Xin returned to Yedu at dusk. He entered Yedu City without caring about the fatigue of the journey and rushed to Cao Pi's mansion.
Cao Pi's mansion was the former Prime Minister Cao Cao's mansion. After Cao Cao moved to Tongquetai, he gave the old mansion to his eldest son Cao Pi, which caused controversy this time, because according to Cao Pi's official title, he was not qualified to live in a huge house covering an area of 150 acres. However, as Cao Pi became deputy prime minister and general of the Five-party Central Army, taking charge of government affairs, this dispute gradually subsided.
At this time, Cao Pi had finished his day's official duties and was sitting in the inner study room to read a book, but he seemed a little restless. Just at noon today, the news of Cao Liu's successful negotiations reached Yedu in a 800-mile express. The news was deeply inspired by the government and the people, and Cao Cao personally ordered the commendation of Dong Zhao.
But what made Cao Pi uneasy was that his father summoned his brother Cao Zhi for this and praised him for his contribution to recommending Dong Zhao. This undoubtedly divided half of Dong Zhao's contribution to his brother Cao Zhi, making Cao Zhi proud, but Cao Pi was depressed.
These days, my father has become increasingly biased towards his brothers. Just three days ago, he promoted Wang Jie to Shizhong. Wang Jie was also a backbone of his brother Cao Zhi. Because he was demoted to Jingzhou, he has never been highly valued. This time he was promoted to Shizhong in power and was responsible for reviewing his government approval documents, which undoubtedly hindered his government power.
Cao Pi was worried that his government power was diverted. Although the military supported him, the military was firmly controlled by his father. They had no say. The power of supervision fell into the hands of his brothers. His advantages were surpassed little by little. Did his father really want to make his third brother the heir?
Cao Pi was upset and couldn't read the book. At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and it was his wife Zhen's voice, "General!"
"What's the matter?" Cao Pi asked with some displeasure.
"General, the butler heard from the front yard that Mr. Hua had come and asked for a meeting if there was an urgent matter."
Cao Pi stood up, unable to help but be surprised and happy. Hua Xin finally came back. He repeatedly ordered: "Please ask Mr. Hua to the study room for a while, and I will come soon."
Chapter completed!