A month later, Xiao Zhen erected a tomb for these dark warriors who died while performing their missions.

All the shadow warriors gathered at Emperor Mountain that night. The shadow warriors were cremated when they died, in order not to leave any discovery for the enemy, so there were only their ashes here.

After two years of development, there are over a hundred shadow warriors in the village. Now they are all dressed in black, with grimace masks on their faces, standing in front of the rows of ashes, with solemn expressions.

And standing in front of them were the children from the school department who were preparing to join the Shadow Guard Camp.

Xiao Zhen looked at these children with childish faces, but there was no trace of fear on their faces. These children were left behind after the village was massacred last time. Most of them had witnessed the murder of their relatives.

, so he determined to join the Shadow Guard Battalion and protect the village in the future.

It was already midnight when I came back from the cemetery.

Han Ziran was not asleep yet and was reading a book. When he saw Xiao Zhen coming back, he went to bring her the porridge that had been prepared and asked softly: "Are you tired? Drink this bowl of hot porridge."

"Did you make this porridge?" It was so late, Aunt Cui, Aunt Su, and Xi Ya had gone to bed long ago, and this bowl of porridge looked like it had just been cooked.

Han Ziran nodded and smiled softly: "I see that you have been coming back late every day these days, so you put some rice on the stove and a lot of water. In fact, cooking porridge is quite easy."

Xiao Zhen smelled the porridge, and the aroma of the porridge was astonishing. However, no one drinks porridge at night. It is a good time to sleep at night. If you drink porridge, you may have to run to the toilet. But seeing Ziran's look of expectation, Xiao Zhen

Eat the porridge into your belly bit by bit.

"I heard Zhao Jie talk about Xi Ya, but I didn't expect that this girl has changed so much now."

Speaking of Xi Ya, Xiao Zhen said with a smile: "This girl is very positive. She was sad for two or three days, and then she started actively looking for her future husband. I heard that she even pestered Wu Yin and Zhao Jie to marry her, so this

When the two of them saw Xi Ya, they were so frightened that they disappeared in a flash."

"It can be said that you brought Xiya out of your own hands. If she were to marry outside, no one would be able to serve you so caringly." Han Ziran was more worried about this.

"Then we can't delay him. If she really likes someone, you have to be the matchmaker."

"Whatever Madam says is what it is." Han Ziran brought a footbath in and placed it beside the bed, then brought another one over: "We don't have time to soak our feet these days."

"Don't you come back very early these days?"

"I want to hang out with you."

Xiao Zhen put his feet into the basin, rested his head comfortably on Han Ziran's shoulder, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Seeing her expression of enjoyment, Han Ziran pinched her face gently and kissed her forehead.

"By the way, the internal affairs of our village, Zhang and Liu were all handed over to Ouyang Dian, Dian's ability, I really can't tell." Xiao Zhen narrowed his eyes and enjoyed Han Ziran's intimacy.

"Ouyang Dian'er took charge of all the affairs of the Ouyang family when she was thirteen years old. Although she is a commoner, she is deeply loved by Mr. Ouyang. Even though she is married now, Mr. Ouyang will come to her whenever something happens."

Xiao Zhen opened his eyes, looked at him and said with a smile, "When did you go to check?"

"It was the day when Situ Lai was drunk. Seeing that he was in so much pain, I went to check."

Xiao Zhen nodded: "Zhang Liu has investigated all the affairs of the Ouyang family within the fifth generation. He wants Dian to enter the film department and leave the internal affairs of the village to her."

Han Ziran thought for a while: "It's a good candidate. It will make it much easier for you."

"yes."

The next day, when Xiao Zhen woke up, Han Ziran had already gone to court.

Aunt Cui and Aunt Su are serving the three young masters for breakfast.

Because Si Qiji had more food, Little Ax and Xiaohua also proposed to have the same breakfast as Si Qi in order to make Si Qi eat breakfast happily. In order to make the three of them eat, Cui Su and the two sisters

Okay, it can be said that I have racked my brains and made breakfast in different ways.

Xiao Zhen is also blessed with three children, so he can have a hearty breakfast every day.

Just when Xiao Zhen finished her breakfast and went to take a look at the village as usual, Wei Mu appeared in front of her and said, "Madam, someone is here from the palace. It's the imperial concubine's personal nanny, so-called Aunt Chen.

"

"Aunt Chen?" Xiao Zhen's eyes flickered. Lu Qingyu's personal nanny, isn't that Xiya's aunt? Then he asked with a smile: "Has Xiya already gone to see this Aunt Chen?"

"How does Madam know?"

"She is Xiya's aunt."

"No wonder, but what does this Nanny Chen do to see Madam?"

"Maybe they are here to see Xiya?" Even if they are people from the palace, there is no need to think too complicatedly.

Xiao Zhen's guess was right. Aunt Chen was indeed here to see her niece Xiya. When Xiao Zhen went to the living room, the aunt and nephew were holding each other's arms and crying. Although they were both in the capital, they were not alone.

Xi Ya never went back after following Xiao Zhen, and the two of them never met each other.

Xiao Zhen waited for the two of them to renew their friendship before he stepped forward. After bowing, Grandma Chen said gratefully to Xiao Zhen: "Xi Ya, thanks to Madam's teachings in the past few years, the servants don't even dare to see Xi Ya.

I can't believe that this girl has become so sensible." After saying that, the palace maid who was ordered to accompany her brought up some of the gifts that Concubine Lu had brought and said, "These are the gifts from our neighbors.

The imperial concubine specially asked her servants to bring the fruit to the lady as tribute from the country, so she can try it. The lady also said that if the lady is free one day, she can go to the palace to chat with her."

"Please, mama, thank you for me. How are you doing?"

"Your Majesty is very kind, and your Majesty is very considerate to her."

Xiao Zhen said with a smile: "To be disrespectful, my wife is still a child in my opinion, but I didn't expect that she is now a noble concubine."

"Isn't that right? I feel a little dazed right now. However, the empress has quickly adapted to the life in the palace. Now she is on good terms with the empress and the concubine Jin."

Xiao Zhen's eyes moved. It was not easy for the Queen and Concubine Jin to be at odds with each other, but Lu's daughter-in-law was able to make friends with both of them at the same time. Although she also knew that this child was not as young as she looked on the inside, she was still a little surprised.

After dinner, Xi Ya took Grandma Chen for a walk around the village.

Xiao Zhen went to deal with daily affairs.

In the evening, after seeing off Nanny Chen, Xi Ya walked into the room where Xiao Zhen was handling matters with a thoughtful look on her face, and stood quietly beside Xiao Zhen. When Xiao Zhen finished handling the matter, she asked.

"Madam, when my aunt left, she asked me about your relationship with Concubine Jin."

Xiao Zhen looked at the recently received mission and asked, "Then what did you say?"

"I just said that Madam is only looking after the affairs of the village now."

"That's a good answer."

Xi Ya sighed and said, "I feel that the ladies in the palace are really tired."

Seeing Xiya's sad look, Xiao Zhen laughed and said, "We can say that they are working hard for their future."

"struggle?"

"Wherever there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. If you want to survive, you must always try your best to make yourself live a better life. Tiredness is inevitable."

Xi Ya nodded, feeling that what Madam said made sense: "By the way, Madam, Wei Mu and Li Huai have taken a fancy to two girls in the village and plan to come to get married in the next few days."

"Why do you suddenly want to get married?" Xiao Zhen asked curiously: "No matter how hard I pressed in the past two years, they didn't make any move."

"Perhaps they are afraid that I will pester them to get married again."

Xiao Zhen: "..." He coughed a few times and said, "Wu Yin and Zhao Jie, do you want to stay with them for a few days?"

Xi Ya sighed: "Madam, at first I pestered them and they avoided me, but now they have become thick-skinned and I want to go around when I see them."

Xiao Zhen: "..."

In the past six months, women in the village had become pregnant two or three times in a row. From the time the women were diagnosed with the child, the village began to provide them with child support. For a while, the village was filled with pregnancy joys.

When Xiao Zhen occasionally thought of going to the village gate to check the registration book of people entering and leaving the village, he unexpectedly saw that the most strangers entering and leaving the village during this period were matchmakers.

The shadow guard guarding the gate said that there were many girls from other villages who wanted to marry into the village. At the busiest time, more than a dozen matchmakers came into the village a day.

Xiao Zhen was really dumbfounded after hearing this, but she didn't stop him.

One leaf falls and one knows autumn.

On the day of the Beginning of Autumn, Ren DaShi wrote a letter to return to his hometown, and the emperor approved it. Two months later, the emperor personally named Lu Xun, the future Duke of Lu, as the new grand scholar. This edict can be seen from this edict:
Chapter completed!