On the same day, Zhao Hongrun took Que'er and Zongwei Changwei Jiao, and took a carriage straight to the mansion of his younger brother Huan King Zhao Hongxuan, and after knocking on the door of the mansion, he broke into the mansion directly.

At this time, Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, and Zhou Yu, a staff member and general of the Northern First Army, as well as several Zongwei, were in the study against a "casualty list" of the Northern First Army, preparing a charter for compensating the wounded soldiers, after all, although the Northern First Army became famous through a "Battle of Yongqiu", the number of casualties was really severe, and it could be called one of the armies with the largest casualties in this war.

Therefore, for the settlement of the families of the fallen soldiers and the settlement of the wounded and disabled soldiers, this needs to be carefully considered and discussed by King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and his henchmen - after all, the Northern First Army is the family of the Huan Wang Party, and the only family background at present.

And just when Zhao Hongxuan was discussing this matter with Zhou Yu and several Zongwei, he suddenly saw his brother Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, break into the mansion with Qi'er and Zongwei Changwei Weijiao, and go straight to his study, Zhao Hongxuan couldn't help but be confused.

"Brother, aren't you preparing for a marriage in the palace? Why do you have the leisure to come to me? Zhao Hongxuan greeted him with a smile: "It can't be that you want to be lazy, right?" ”

Looking at his younger brother's usual expression, Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said, "I heard that a ......princess from South Korea stayed in the post house in the city today."

Hearing this, the smile on Zhao Hongxuan's face froze for a moment, and after glancing at his brother's serious expression, he said with a forced smile: "Brother, have you ever sent someone to investigate?" It is said that this woman is quite beautiful......"

Zhao Hongrun took a deep look at his younger brother and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Yu, you wait and retreat first, this king has something to say to Hongxuan in private." ”

He is Zhao Hongxuan's brother, Zhou Yu and Zhao Hongxuan's guards naturally did not dare to disobey, and after bowing to Zhao Hongrun, they withdrew from the study one after another, and Que'er and Wei Jiao also retreated from the study, so that only Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan were left in the study.

Turning around and watching everyone retreat to the courtyard outside the study, Zhao Hongrun closed the door and said to his younger brother, "What's going on?" ”

Zhao Hongxuan sneered, stood at the desk, still looking at the several casualty lists of the Northern First Army spread out on the desk, and said lightly: "What else can it be?" As you guessed, that's what happened. ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked, "That Korean princess, is your marriage partner?" ”

"Huh, isn't that unusual?" Zhao Hongxuan glanced up at his brother and said self-deprecatingly: "A while ago, when Korea was begging for peace, I wanted to marry a princess from South Korea to my Great Wei...... Brother, you already have a marriage partner, and if you want to come to South Korea, you don't have the face to shoehorn their princess into your brother as a concubine, so this is a good thing, brother, you can't take your turn. …… So it was on me. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

I remember that a while ago, when he took Mi Jiang, Qin Shaojun, Miss Su and other daughters to Ningxiang Palace for dinner, he bumped into the younger brother in front of him, at that time, Zhao Hongrun felt that this younger brother's expression was different, as if he was smiling strongly, but at that time, he was full of the dispute between Mi Jiang and Ying Ying because of the "Princess Su", and he had no time to carefully consider the different color on his brother's face.

It wasn't until today that he learned that another group of Korean envoys had arrived in Daliang, and there was also a Korean princess among them, that Zhao Hongrun realized what the reason was for the discoloration on his brother's face that day.

"Why didn't you tell me that day?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a frown.

Zhao Hongxuan chuckled lightly and said jokingly: "On that day, brother, you were anxious because of the matter of the two sisters-in-law, why did you block my brother again?" Actually, it's not a big deal, after all, isn't your marriage also a marriage? ”

"Is this comparable?!"

Zhao Hongrun frowned.

You must know that although his marriage with Mi Jiang and Ying Ying is indeed a marriage, they have a relationship foundation for several years.

He is willing to marry Mi Jiang and marry Ying Ying - although his relationship with Ying Ying has changed from a former friend to a couple, which is indeed a little awkward.

But the younger brother in front of him and the Korean princess did not have the slightest emotional foundation, but they just forcibly got together.

This kind of marriage is something that the brothers once tried to resist.

"Actually, it's nothing." Looking at his brother's changing face, Zhao Hongxuan smiled and said with relief: "In comparison, the Korean princess is more unlucky...... As you said that day, that princess will marry me in the future, and she will be unlucky. ”

If you think about it carefully, South Korea tried its best to improve the current tension between Wei and Han through marriage, and married a princess to Wei, but it didn't want to pick Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan.

King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, in a sense, is the person who inherited the wish of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli to "expedition to Korea", and the Northern First Army under his command is called the "First Army of the Northern Xinjiang Expedition" - who is the object of the expedition? Exactly South Korea!

In a sense, the long-cherished wish of Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, is more ambitious than that of Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan: the latter is only stationed at the gate of northern Xinjiang for the country, while the former is looking forward to one day an expedition to South Korea and step on the feet of this great power that once served as a prestige on the head of Wei.

But such a prince with such lofty ambitions wants to marry a princess from South Korea.

It can be expected that the relationship between His Royal Highness King Huan and his Princess Huan in the future may not be much better.

Unless the princess Huan understands the righteousness in the future and is willing to disregard the safety of her mother country for the sake of her husband's ambitions.

Of course, this is not impossible, but in all fairness, this possibility is indeed not very likely, contemporary women, there is no so-called concept of marrying and obeying the husband, between the husband's family and the mother's family, often choose the latter. "Note: This is the origin of the allusion to the phrase "man is as good as he can", and the earliest explanation is that "everyone in the world can be a husband (but there is only one father)". The woman in the allusion betrayed her husband in order to protect her father's life, resulting in her husband being killed by the woman's father. At that time, the woman's behavior was regarded as "filial piety", not as it is understood in modern times, referring to a woman's inappropriate lifestyle."

"Xiao Xuan, with the current state of my Great Wei, there is no need for you to force yourself to marry a Korean woman, if your father forces you, I will go and say it for you." Looking at his younger brother, Zhao Hongrun said.

Zhao Hongxuan looked at his brother, shook his head and said, "Brother, don't always treat me as a child. …… In fact, my father didn't force me, he just told me that there was such a thing, and it was me who finally made the decision. Whether it's a Wei girl or a Han girl, who is not to marry? After all, the princess of Huan Wangfu in the future will still be the princess of South Korea...... At least in this regard, I am not much inferior to you. ”

"Is this something that can be compared?" Zhao Hongrun shook his head with a smile.

He wanted his younger brother to think about it again, but he also understood that since the Korean envoy had sent his princess to Daliang, this matter was already a sure thing—if Wei temporarily repented of the marriage, then it would be a great humiliation for Korea to come.

What's more, the younger brother in front of him doesn't seem to care about this matter, as if he just wants to get married as soon as possible and get the fief of Anyi as soon as possible to support the Northern First Army.

Since his younger brother insisted on doing so, Zhao Hongrun didn't have much to persuade him, after all, he also knew that when it came to stubbornness, the brothers were on par.

"I hope you won't regret it in the future."

After taking a deep look at Zhao Hongxuan, Zhao Hongrun left a little melancholy.

At the moment when he stepped into the Huan Palace, Zhao Hongrun suddenly found that this younger brother seemed to have really grown up, and he had his own considerations, and he no longer thought about discussing with his brother about such a big matter as marriage.

But if you think about it carefully, when Zhao Hongxuan privately took over the Northern First Army from the eldest prince Zhao Hongli two years ago, he did not discuss with him, who was the elder brother.

"Because you're getting older, even if you're brothers, you're a little more estranged, and you're no longer as close as you were when you were younger?"

Thinking back on the past two years, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan gradually became polite to himself, and Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Once the two of them, how could they have had all this red tape? It's always been a big and small fight.

However, it seems that there used to be no big or small fights, and I believe that there will be fewer and fewer in the future.

Perhaps, this is the price of growing up.

"Go back to the palace." Zhao Hongrun commanded with emotion.

The next day, Zhao Hongrun made a special trip to inquire and learned that the envoys of the Chu State had asked to see Wei Tianzi and brought the Korean princess into the palace.

Since then, the Korean princess has temporarily lived in Concubine Shen's Ningxiang Palace.

Another day, on the evening of June 9, Zhao Hongrun received a summons from Concubine Shen Shu, summoning him to lead the women to Ningxiang Palace for dinner.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun guessed that Concubine Shen Shufei was probably planning to introduce the Korean princess to them.

Sure enough, at that family banquet, Zhao Hongrun saw the Korean princess, as the rumors said, she was indeed born with a beautiful face and a dignified beauty.

But Zhao Hongrun felt that because this woman was born in South Korea, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan obviously had some bitterness about her.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun can only secretly hope that the future couple can get along in harmony.

As for the marriage date of his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, it is not surprising that it will be after Zhao Hongrun got married around September and October this year, probably at the beginning of spring next year, or in spring and summer.

A few days later, Zhao Hongrun's younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan led his staff Zhou Yu and several Zongwei to leave Daliang and go to Anyi.

If there is no accident, Hedong Anyi will be the fiefdom of Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, in the future, and will be the general stronghold of the Northern First Army.

At the same time that his younger brother went to Anyi, Zhao Hongrun also received relevant news and learned that Wei Tianzi instructed the Vertical Arch Hall to give Zhao Hongxuan the title of Hedong Anyi.

In May and June, many of the people Zhao Hongrun knew left Daliang one after another, such as Sima An went to Hexi to serve as Hexi Shou, Lintao Jun Wei Ji went to Hedong to serve as Hedong Shou, Shang Shuijun, Yan Ling Army, and Youma Army also returned to Shangshui Station, Jiang Di and Yan King Zhao Hongjiang also went to Shangdang County and Hanoi County respectively.

Generally speaking, at present, the frontier of Wei State is guarded by famous commanders and fierce generals, and I believe that in a year or two, the state of Wei will become more and more powerful.

It's just that while Wei is strong, other countries are also growing.

"Forget it, let's go to the Smelting Bureau tomorrow and see if they have come up with anything new."

may be because the acquaintances have left Daliang one after another, and Zhao Hongrun, who has been idle in Suwangfu for a few days, suddenly felt a little bored.