Chapter 1108 New courtyard
Peng Yuqi's plan to leave Beijing actually has something to do with the Zhou family.
The Duke of Zhenguo was seriously ill. The eldest son of General Zhou wrote a letter to the new king, asking several brothers stationed outside to go home to serve the old father, and revealed the Zhou family's intention to give up some of the border troops to vacant. Even if the new king wants to retain the sons of Zhenguo Duke, it is impossible for him to not let anyone go back to fulfill his filial piety to Zhenguo Duke. In this way, the border army needs to add several high-ranking and powerful generals.
This is also the best opportunity for the imperial generals to take control of the power of the northwest border army.
Originally, Tu Rong was the best candidate for the military power of the late emperor to take over the northwest army. Unfortunately, when the late emperor was seriously ill, in order to ensure the smooth transition of the throne, he was specially recalled to the capital and joined the Hou of Yingchuan and General Thursday to take charge of the 26 guards of the personal army, so as not to make any mistakes in the crown prince's succession ceremony. Tu Rong could only leave behind the newly sorted military affairs of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Police and return to the capital. Now that the situation in Beijing has stabilized, the royal family seems to be able to send another confidant general to continue the plans that were not completed during the late emperor. It is best not to put the power of the northwest border troops in the hands of the Zhou family, and the court also needs to speak well.
However, Tu Rong is now in charge of the imperial guards, while Yingchuan Hou holds the military power of the Shangzhi personal army outside the capital. The two of them join forces, cooperate with each other, and check and balance each other, and they are in peace. If any of them were drawn to the northwest at this time, it might have a negative impact on the situation in the capital that had just settled down.
The new king cannot send General Thursday out. General Thursday was originally a member of the Zhou family. He went to Beijing to protect the new king's succession, but also to be a qualitative person. If he was sent back to the northwest at this time, what would be the point of everything the late emperor did before?
Under such circumstances, the Marquis of Yingchuan decided to send his eldest son to the northwest border town for training. The Prince of the Yingchuan Hou had been practicing in Shanxi for several years and was able to stand alone. Even if he could not take charge of the army, he was still competent as the chief general stationed on the side. If he could make a few military achievements on the frontier, his future would be brighter when he returned to Beijing in the future.
Furthermore, due to the fire in the Sun family and the little granddaughter who had come to Yingchuan Hou Mansion to see the prince before setting the fire, he was turned away, and there were many rumors outside. Yingchuan Hou Mansion can only thank guests in close contact, but it is not a long-term solution after all. After the annual leave, the prince has to go back to perform his military duties and deal with people every day. How can he avoid other people's gossip? It’s better to take this opportunity to stay in the border for two years. When he returns to Beijing after two or three years, who else can remember the rumors now?
The couple of Yingchuan Hou asked for a new position for their eldest son. The news has not spread yet. However, as the daughter of the Northwest general who came from the frontier, Peng Yuqi must take office with her husband. She also shoulders the heavy responsibility of introducing her husband's family connections and helping him quickly gain a foothold in the border town. While taking her family to pack her luggage, she delivered a letter to her friend Zhou Wenjun. She not only apologized to her friend and apologized to her friend for having to lose her appointment, but also wanted to get help from the Zhou family to help her husband open up the situation as soon as possible in the northwest.
Zhou Wenjun has agreed and will write a letter to his family to help the prince of Yingchuan get used to it as soon as possible in the border town. However, she also believed that Peng Yuqi had grown up in Ganzhou since childhood. Even without her own help, the other party would soon help her husband adapt to life in the border town. But she has just arrived in Beijing for a short time. She is still with her husband and has been stationed in the capital for a long time. The friend who has just met again has to go back to the northwest with her husband. It is really a pity that the two sisters are destined to be together for a few more times.
Haitang sighed when he heard this, but soon cheered up and smiled at Zhou Wenjun, "Sister Wenjun, don't worry, Mr. Wenjun, Yingchuan Houzi's home is in the capital. Now he has only been to go to the border town to experience it for a few years, avoiding the limelight, and will come back in a few years. At that time, his future is promising, and Sister Peng will also rise with the water. Sister Wenjun has been in the capital. Are you still afraid that there will be no time to meet her again?" Zhou Wenjun smiled and said, "I will meet her again, but I just thought that we had just met again, and we would be separated for several years. I couldn't help feeling a little sad."
As she said that, she looked at Zhou Xuejun again: "But this is inevitable. Our daughters who are born in the family must always stay with their husbands after getting married. Even if they get close to each other when they are in the boudoir, they always have to be separated from each other after marriage. This is a fate that we cannot escape. Fortunately, Sister Xuejun doesn't have to suffer this. If you marry into the palace in the future, when will I miss you? You can still hand in a sign to meet you."
Zhou Xuejun wanted to say something but stopped, but in the end she didn't say anything and just held her cousin's hand and smiled.
As a foreign wife, Zhou Wenjun could indeed hand over a sign to meet the queen, but there were also many inconveniences in and outside the palace. Compared with the fact that ordinary sisters would visit relatives and reunite again after they got married, it was incomparable. But at least the two sisters are within the capital, which is much more convenient than Zhou Wenjun and Peng Yuqi being thousands of miles apart in the future. Therefore, Zhou Xuejun will not reject Zhou Wenjun's words. If she wants to meet her parents' sister, there will always be a way.
They chatted for a while, and then Zhou Xuejun wanted to lead her sisters and besties to visit her new yard. Haitang and others followed her with great enthusiasm.
The banquet for the female guests is placed in the main courtyard near the garden. There is a passage on the side of the main courtyard that directly leads to the garden. Zhou Xuejun's new courtyard is right next to the garden, which is very spacious and exquisite. She lives here, and you can see the beautiful scenery in the garden by opening the window. She can reach the lush land of flowers and trees in the garden by walking a few steps. She likes it very much at first sight and is anxious to share this joy with her sisters.
Haitang and Wu Qiong walked around the yard together, and they all admired each other. Wu Qiong said enviously: "This garden is carefully cared for by someone at first glance, and it is not much worse than the scenery in the Cining Palace. Unfortunately, our house has been in decline for a long time. Although the courtyard arranged by my cousin is not far from the garden, the houses in the garden are in decline and flowers are scattered. I don't know how much effort it takes to organize and see people. I am afraid I don't have the blessing to live at home on the day when the garden was rebuilt. I just hope that the garden of Prince Kang's Mansion will have a good view, so I can also taste it in the future and live next to the garden."
Haitang smiled and said to her, "There is no big garden, and the small garden is also very good. I live in a small courtyard at home, and I place potted plants outside the window. When the flowers bloom in spring, you can see the beautiful scenery when you open the window, and it is not bad."
Wu Qiong couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard this. She couldn't decide the progress of the reconstruction project of her home garden, and knew that it was not the point, but it wouldn't be difficult if she just put a few pots of flowers outside the window of the room where she lived and pretended that she was living in the garden. Not to mention being at her own home, even the guest house of Chengen Hou Mansion where she is currently living, or the room in Cining Palace, can be done!
Wu Qiong pulled the begonia and whispered to find out what good flowers are suitable for potted plants at this time. Just as Haitang whispered to her, Zhou Wenjun had already walked around the inside and outside of the yard. When she came back, she asked her cousin Zhou Xuejun with confusion: "You go out to the north at the entrance of the yard, and is connected to the Yuedong Gate in the garden. The big yard behind the yard is decorated in a very neat and elegant manner. It is not bad compared to the main hall of the Duke's Mansion. It looks like you can move in at any time. Who is that yard prepared for? The fourth uncle and aunt will never leave the main courtyard and move to the backyard, right?"