[Three Kingdoms] Heroine Cultivation Manual

After saying goodbye to Xun Yu and following the boy servant out of the small courtyard, Ah Chu realized that Xun Shuang had known she was coming.

However, after learning that she had talked with Xun Yu, this great Confucian thoughtfully did not appear in front of her, and then sent two servants over to ask her if she needed to go back in the carriage of Xun Yu.

Achu readily agreed, and entrusted a servant to convey his thanks to Xun Shuang, saying that he would come to thank Mr. Ciming in person next time.

She is still a little dizzy.

Getting to know Cai Yan today was a surprise.But no matter how talented Cai Yan is, he is not the person involved after all. If Ah Chu took the liberty to bother her with his own problems, causing the Cai family to step into troubled waters and being hated by the eunuch, it would be his own fault.Therefore, before solving this messy marriage, she didn't think about going to Cai Yan.

But Xun Yu is different.She got out of the car ahead of time and went to the Xun Mansion specifically, hoping to detect some traces of wind direction from the Xun family's attitude towards Gao Wang, so as to find out Fu Gongming's real intention to discuss marriage with the Fu family.

After all, the gentry is declining now. Although she doesn't know the official titles of the members of the Fu family and whether they have been imprisoned by the party like the Xun family, she can be sure that the Fu family and the Xun family are a community of interests bound by their positions.

For Gao Wang, the eunuch who lives deep in the palace, Xun Yu is Fu Gongming's "affordable replacement".

Therefore, it was a great surprise to meet Xun Yu.It was not surprising that Ah Chu failed to persuade Xun Yu to directly make the same choice as himself.

After all, Xun Yu was Xun Yu, who had been educated by a family since he was a child, and had a keen political eye.The snobbery of various factions in Luoyang is intricate, and he may have seen some clues.

Ah Chu doesn't care, she just wants to flip the chessboard now.She also knew that a person like Xun Yu probably had more plans in his heart, and the promise was definitely not just because of his own few words.But no matter what, he said "we can discuss it and help each other as much as we can", which is still rain from heaven to her——

Even the young version of Wang Zuozhi is a real counselor!

After that, at least I won't be blinded by everything, and I have hope in life.

After reviewing the ups and downs of more than an hour, Ah Chu felt that the ending was good, so he relaxed.

She was so happy now that she couldn't help humming a little tune. Since she was the only one in the carriage and she was wearing a long skirt, she unconsciously began to tap the ground with her toes regularly.

Now, even returning home to face parents who forgot their appearance, and a bunch of brothers who have never met before, doesn't seem so boring!

Now that we have reached the residential area, it is not far from Fufu.Ah Chu lifted the curtain, and glanced at the retreating street scene, only seeing the double-opening doors passing by, and didn't know which one belonged to his own.

After waiting for a while, the carriage gradually slowed down.The sound of someone talking outside, Ah Chu knew in his heart that this was home.

Once home, there are new things to do.

She didn't wait for anyone to remind her, she quickly got out of the car, and before she had time to take a closer look at this unworthy mansion, she felt a figure push away the crowd and stride forward in front of her: "Qiniang!"

Qiniang?

Ah Chu was taken aback.She had never heard such a name before, and she was not sure if it was calling her, and raised her head a little woodenly.

Soon, a white and soft lady's hand touched her cheek.

Princess Yang'an wore a purple curly train, her long jet-black hair was tied up in a bun, and she also wore a golden arse-colored rose bud, showing the demeanor of a typical aristocratic woman.

Probably because she doesn't have the task of giving birth, and she doesn't need to raise children. She looks very young. If it weren't for the dark clothes that weigh down her temperament, Ah Chu could almost call her sister.

She did not have any sense of identity with her parents in this life.

Princess Yang'an squatted down and looked at her little daughter.

When Ah Chu was born, she and Fu Wan were wary of public opinion, and even more worried that eunuchs would attack their daughters—just like Gao Wang’s treatment of Fu and Xun’s family—so they had no choice but to ask people to bring the best medical staff in the mansion. Send this kid away.

Ah Chu was only a few days old back then, his face was still wrinkled, only a pair of eyes were green, so that people could recognize him.Back then, she was worried about her daughter's fever, and she insisted on going out of the city before her body recovered after giving birth.Unexpectedly, it will be eight years in a flash, when we meet again, this child...

There were tears in her eyes again.

Ah Chu was startled when he saw his mother's appearance of crying, he didn't know what happened, so he stretched out his hands cautiously, held his mother's hand on his cheek, and tried to comfort her:

"Mother, go back first, we will talk slowly later."

Liu Hua nodded, couldn't help touching her face again, and pinned the broken hair on the side of Ah Chu's cheek behind his ear, and said softly, "Qiniang has really grown up."

She gracefully wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, stood up, held Ah Chu, and led her slowly towards the house.

Unexpectedly, there are [-] households in Shiyi, and he is married to Liu Hua, the current princess of Yang'an. His family status can be said to be extremely prominent.Ah Chu walked all the way, saw that in addition to the small bridge and flowing water, there were also pink, purple and white peonies planted in the courtyard, and also saw a very high watchtower in the distance, which was used to watch the enemy and watch the sentry, so he roughly felt himself. family conditions.

Is Fu Gongming's proposal of marriage to her also related to this?

Ah Chu didn't know.Now she is just being held by her mother, feeling the soft and warm touch of her right hand.

"Mother, isn't father here?"

Liu Hua said: "He has important matters to discuss with the court officials today, and he is now at Yuan Ciyang's residence."

"Who is Yuan Ciyang?"

"Yuan Ciyang is the Grand Tutor, and his name is Yuan Kai."

"The Grand Tutor is Sangong. He is the elder of the Yuan family in Runan, right?"

"Qiniang is intelligent. The fourth generation and third princes of the Yuan family in Runan, Situ Yuanfeng and Grand Tutor Yuan Kui are currently in power." Princess Yang'an did not deliberately shy away from her previous affairs in front of her.

She doesn't seem to care much about the rule of "women don't discuss politics" in this day and age. Not only does she know it well, but she is also willing to teach Ah Chu:

"Just like the Xun family that Ah Chu visited just now, they are all famous families, they are 'clear streams'."

Qingliu is opposite to the corrupt eunuch regime, and refers to the upright and honest wise scholar-bureaucrats.

She nodded, but felt something was wrong again, and after taking two steps, she suddenly realized, her eyes widened:

"Wait a minute, how did mother know that I went to the Xun family?"

Achu remembered that she had specifically told Xun's family servants to measure the commonly used cars without special marks, and not to mention Xun's family to the servants of Fufu.

Liu Hua laughed.

"The smell on Qiniang's body is the agarwood commonly used in the Xun family. You went to visit the Xun family without telling anyone else, and you were received by Xun Ciming?"

Liu Hua led her into a bedroom, where the layout of the screens, table cases, and small cabinets was similar to the one he had in Tobu.Ah Chu was surprised for a moment, and couldn't help sighing at the efficiency of the servants in the big families in the feudal society.

She found a wooden couch and sat down familiarly, while answering her mother's question:

"I met Mr. Xun Yu in front of the Xun Mansion, and I became his guest."

Princess Yang'an seemed a little surprised, but she didn't comment.She sat opposite Ah Chu, picked up the teapot, poured two cups gracefully, and pushed one of them towards Ah Chu.

This is the posture for a long talk.

Through the brief communication along the way, Ah Chu could feel the specialness of his mother.There are not many women she really comes into contact with in this world, strictly speaking, there are only three: her grandmother, Mrs. Wu, and her mother, Princess Yang'an.

Ah Chu didn't have much communication with the first two, but this did not prevent her from seeing the typical lifestyle of women in the Eastern Han Dynasty from their words and deeds: they can have their own personalities and do things they want to do, but this is not the case. is limited.

No matter how strong the matrilineal legacy of the Han Dynasty was, and no matter how high the status of women was, they could not compare to men.Just like Sun Jian would never take Mrs. Wu to capture Dian Wei, even if Mrs. Wu's horsemanship is ten thousand times better than that of five-year-old Sun Ce.

Women don't discuss politics, but mother...Ah Chu doesn't know if this doesn't apply to the eldest princess, or because mother simply doesn't want to abide by it?

However, no matter which one it is because of, it is a good thing for Ah Chu now.

She felt that at this time, there were more important things to ask than talking about what she had seen and heard in the Xun Mansion.

She bowed her head and thought for a while, then asked:

"My mother told me about the 'Qingliu' faction just now, so there is a corresponding group. Are those people eunuchs?"

"Nowadays eunuchs are powerful, so Qiniang understands well. Those eunuchs," the mother sneered, picked up the water glass from the table, and took a sip. In the hall, they only pick out the virtuous ministers who oppose them."

"Do eunuchs only serve the emperor?"

"Your Majesty...that's right. They used to make a fuss with the Empress Dowager, but it's a pity that the Dou Clan was defeated back then, and General Dou Wu Dou Youping was decapitated because of this...Now even the Empress Dowager is forced to move to Nangong Yuntai."

In the Han Dynasty, between the north and south palaces of Luoyang, there was a stretch of Luoshui.The residences of the emperors of the past dynasties have been constantly changing between the north and south palaces. By the time of Lingdi Liu Hong, the Nangong had become the main residence of the harem concubines, and the Nangong Yuntai was even more isolated from the world.

Ah Chu noticed that when his mother mentioned the emperor, a trace of disdain briefly appeared on her face.

She knows why.The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty had always been short-lived, and many of them died at the age of 30 or [-]. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty only lived to be in his [-]s, and died before leaving any heirs.

The mother is the eldest daughter of Emperor Huan, and she couldn't be more clear about this.Back then Emperor Huan passed away without leaving any heirs, and Empress Dowager Dou Miao was not favored, so she discussed with her father, Dou Wu, and adopted a young and stupid son from the clan, who was the current Holy Majesty, Liu Hong.

Of course, Liu Hua, the princess who really has the blood of the Tian family, looks down on Liu Hong, the adopted puppet.

It's just that although Liu Hong is stupid, he's not really so stupid that he can't see anything.The Dou family wants to support the puppet emperor and become a relative in power, it depends on whether the puppet is happy or not.

So, shouting "Zhang Rang is my father, Zhao Zhong is my mother", the current emperor, who regards eunuchs as relatives, gradually took back some of his power through eunuchs.

However, Dou Wu, the well-known auxiliary general, had long made up his mind to kill the eunuchs.

He negotiated with his daughter Dou Miao to abolish the eunuch as soon as possible, but Empress Dowager Dou was hesitant, and finally the eunuch took the opportunity to hold Emperor Ling hostage and issued an edict to kill Dou Wu and his cronies.

The struggle between the relatives and the eunuchs ended, and the hesitant queen mother was finally imprisoned in Nangong, where she was not allowed to see anyone.

As the eldest daughter of the first emperor, my mother stayed away from the royal struggle because of her early marriage. Now she watched the farce end with cold eyes, and the eunuchs, relatives, and aristocratic families came on stage after singing, and finally could only sneer.

After Ah Chu listened, there was only one sentence in his mind:

This situation... the Han Dynasty is really coming to an end.