marquis of jingan

Chapter 1446 In-laws
After almost two days of discussion, some details about the expedition against Zhu Lizhen were also agreed upon, and Ling Su formally bid farewell to Shen Yi.

Master Shen was very polite and personally sent him to the city gate. When they parted, Master Shen smiled and said, "The exact time to start the attack will be decided by General Ling and Su Ding. However, we can't delay this matter too much. We must fight before the end of the year."

Ling Su bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, I understand."

Mr. Shen paused and continued, "General Ling will go back today. After a few days, when I have arranged the affairs in Yanjing and have all the food and supplies, I will go to Shanhaiguan to find you."

Ling Su was stunned, then suddenly looked up at Shen Yi, stuttering: "Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen, you..."

Seeing this, Mr. Shen smiled dumbly: "Why? I can't go to supervise the battle?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Ling Su lowered his head slightly, his eyes reddened: "It's just that I and my brothers haven't fought side by side with you, Lord Shen, for too long..."

Over the past ten years, because the Huai'an Army was distributed all over the place, although there were occasional battles, most of the time the focus was on defense. Therefore, Shen Yi basically did not participate in specific military operations and only made decisions on general policies.

It had indeed been a long time since he had fought with his old Huai'an troops.

Shen Yi patted the old general on the shoulder and chuckled, "In the past ten years, I really haven't participated in many wars. It's mainly because I haven't fought many big battles."

"Now that a big battle is about to begin, I will naturally go to the battlefield again."

Ling Su took a deep breath and bowed his head, saying, "With your words, Lord Shen, I feel relieved. To be honest, Lord Shen, I was a little worried about the outcome of this battle. Now that you are going to command it personally, I feel relieved."

Shen Yi smiled dumbly: "Is it because I have to take the responsibility?"

Ling Su did not take the joke, he said seriously: "It is because of the war led by you, Lord Shen, that our Huai'an Army..."

“Never lost.”

Shen Yi was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said silently: "The Huai'an Army has long been gone, and now you are a border army. This kind of taboo..."

"Stop talking."

Huai'an Army was the name used during the Northern Expedition. After the Northern Expedition, this "organization" actually ceased to exist. Some of the imperial guards in the Huai'an Army remained in the Huai'an Army, but most of them returned to Jiankang.

The remaining troops were also divided into several parts, such as the part led by Su Dingling overseas, Xue Wei in Datong Prefecture, and Ling Su in Shanhaiguan.

In fact, the Huai'an Army was split up even more.

After Shaanxi was conquered, the one who led the troops to guard the Shaanxi border was Zhong Ming, a fierce general of the Huai'an Army at that time.

On the sea, there is also the navy led by Liu Mingyuan.

Of course, except that Zhong Ming's troops are not currently under the command of Shen Yi, the rest of the original Huai'an Army is still under the command of Shen Yi's Governor's Office and is subject to the control of the Governor's Office.

This was the result that Emperor Hongde intentionally maintained.

He was also afraid that if Shen Yi's military power was taken away, unstable factors would appear in the north, or the border troops' combat effectiveness would weaken, so he continued to delegate power to Shen Yi.

However, although the Huai'an Army no longer exists, the border troops in the north still regarded themselves as the Huai'an Army for a long time, and Shen Yi would not take the initiative to correct their statements.

The reason why he wanted to correct Ling Su was simply because Ling Su had a special identity, and there were some things he needed to tell his friend in the south through Ling Su.

Or...old leader?
Ling Su was startled, then bowed his head respectfully: "I understand."

"I and the soldiers in the army are here to welcome Lord Shen at Shanhaiguan."

"it is good."

Mr. Shen said with a smile: "I shouldn't be much slower than General Ling. Starting from today, I will definitely reach Shanhaiguan in half a month at the fastest and a month at the slowest."

"Yes."

Ling Su bowed his head and clasped his fists, then jumped on his horse and galloped away with his personal guards.

Master Shen watched Ling Su leave silently. After a long while, he got on his own carriage and returned to the Shen Mansion.

Back at the Shen family's backyard, Lu Ruoxi was talking to her daughter Shen Sangsang. Seeing Shen Yi coming over, she touched her daughter's head and smiled softly, "Go play, mom will talk to your dad."

Shen Sangsang was not afraid of her old father, but was a little afraid of Lu Ruoxi. She nodded obediently when she heard that, got up and left. When she walked to Shen Yi's side, she playfully called out "Dad", and then skipped away.

After Shen Sangsang walked away, Master Shen turned around to look at his wife and said with a smile: "Madam, why do you look unhappy? Who has offended you?"

"Who else in Yanjing City can provoke me?"

Lu Ruoxi sat on the bedside and said in a muffled voice: "Before your precious son left, he entrusted his lover to me and asked me to take good care of her."

"How many days has Yuan'er been gone? She has already tried to escape from home four or five times, and she has climbed over the wall three times."

"This country girl is really unreasonable."

At this point, she looked up at Shen Yi and complained, "It was obviously you, my husband, who took on this task, but in the end you made me do it for you and your son."

Seeing that the good-tempered Madam was angry, Mr. Shen touched his nose, sat down next to Madam, and said with a smile: "It's not me who asked Madam to take care of Miss Su, so Madam, please don't blame me."

In front of outsiders, Lu Ruoxi always acted like a dignified mistress, but now in front of her husband, she also acted like a little girl. She stamped her feet and gritted her teeth and said, "If it doesn't work, just send her back home."

Shen Yi was silent for a while, then shook his head: "Unless the relationship is completely severed, if we let her leave Yanjing, she will be captured in two days at most."

Mr. Shen looked at his wife and said, "Our son is called the Northern Prince outside, and there are many people watching him."

Lu Ruoxi felt a little aggrieved: "But she is too unreasonable."

Mr. Shen laughed: "Since ancient times, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have not been easy to get along with. Madam, do you understand this now?"

Madam Shen acted coquettishly for a while, and then she pulled Shen Yi to whisper a few words, and then she became serious and said, "My husband, Yuan'er and Sangsang are already grown up, do you have any suitable candidates? If you don't have any, I will start looking for them this year..."

Shen Yi hugged Lu Ruoxi's waist and said softly, "I already have a candidate in mind for Yuan'er's marriage, but whether this can be accomplished depends on the specific information sent later."

"As for Sangsang..."

Lord Shen chuckled and said, "She's still young, there's no need to rush."

Lu Ruoxi snorted softly, "When I was Sangsang's age, Yuan'er was already born. How come you didn't think I was still young at that time, my husband?"

Mr. Shen smiled awkwardly and did not respond.

Madam Shen held her husband's hand and asked, "Let's not talk about Sangsang's matter for now. For Yuan'er's marriage, which family's daughter do you have your eyes on?"

She looked at Shen Yi's expression and said, "My husband just came back from Jiankang. She should be a young lady from Jiankang. Is she the granddaughter of Uncle Zhao's family, or the daughter of Brother Zhang's family?"

Madam Shen paused and asked, "Is she a daughter of the royal family?"

"neither."

Shen Yi shook his head and said, "Uncle Zhao's family and Brother Zhang's family are not suitable for marriage."

"Firstly, the relationship is already very good, so there is no need for an alliance. Secondly..."

Lord Shen said silently: "Their roots are in the court, there is no need to be too closely tied to them."

Lu Ruoxi seemed to understand something. She shook Shen Yi's arm and asked, "Whose girl is that? My son, my husband must let me know, right?"

"Not in the south, but in the north."

Mr. Shen looked towards the north and said with a smile, "Su Ding should be helping our family to inquire about this right now."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused and then spoke slowly.

"Once I hear from him, I can start to do this."

(End of this chapter)