On that day, the princess took Ning Niang and her men to live in the palace and returned to the palace where she once lived.

Looking at the towering palace, Ning Niang was amazed: "Have the princess lived in such a palace forever?"

Although the princess grew up in the deep palace since childhood and had long been tired of everything in the palace, she still enjoyed her arousing and longing expression when she looked at Ning Niang's marvelous look and said with some satisfaction: "Is it much better than Zhou Hu's broken house?"

"this……"

Although Ning Niang was willing to favor her Erhu Brother, the facts in front of her could not be argued.

Her second tiger mansion is indeed difficult to compare with the palace where the princess once lived.

Of course, the princess had no malice. She just expressed her opinion: "According to my words, Zhou Hu's house should have been repaired long ago. In the East Garden where I live, the wood in the pavilion next to the pond had been crippled by insects..."

Her expression seemed to be saying that her dignified princess could barely live in such a house, all depends on someone's face.

"Brother Erhu doesn't have the money to build such a house..."

Ning Niang explained weakly for her Erhu Brother.

She was not very clear about her second brother Hu's family, but she knew that Zhao Yu treated his soldiers very well. Therefore, not to mention the salary of the "2,000-stone" as the Yingchuan Chief Commander, even if the merchants in Yingchuan County respected him every year, Zhao Yu would take out a large part of it to his subordinates. Although this made Zhao Yu firmly grasp the hearts of the Black Tiger people and even the Yingchuan County Army, it also made the family not accumulate much money - at least it was far from enough to renovate the mansion.

But when he heard Ning Niang, the princess hummed indifferently.

Zhou Hu had no money, she had it. Her private money was more wealthy than the Hou family in Yecheng. Not to mention renovating the Zhou Mansion of the Duwei, even if it was more than enough to build a small city, although she didn't know the specific amount, her brother Li Feng had been taking care of her forever.

The two girls chatted and came all the way to the palace where the princess used to live. As the original owner of this place, the princess took Ning Niang to visit every part of the palace without bothering.

The princess' attitude towards Ning Niang made the group of palace maids who were following the princess at this moment both puzzled and envious.

They secretly asked Yin'er: "Yin'er, who is the little girl the princess is?"

Yin'er smiled and explained: "That is the sister of Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan."

So the palace maids suddenly realized: feelings are the princess's sister-in-law in the future, no wonder the princess is so polite to her.

Of course, the palace maids did not envy Ning Niang - they wanted to envy Xin'er. Once upon a time, Xin'er was also the palace maids in the palace. Who would have thought that when he followed the princess to Yingchuan County, the former "good" sister turned into the concubine of Zhou Duwei.

That Zhou Duwei is one of the five tigers of the Chen family!

Behind these palace maids who were discussing privately, Chu Yan also followed dozens of black tigers, just like the people of the palace guard Gaomu.

To be honest, let alone those people of Gao Mu, even Chu Yan is not qualified to enter the palace. But the same thing is said, the rules in the palace are not applicable to that princess. As long as the princess admits that Chu Yan and Gao Mu and others are his personal guards, no one will stop Chu Yan and others.

As dusk approached, when the princess was taking Ning Niang one by one to visit the palace where she once lived, she suddenly heard that Zou Zan, the general of the Hu Ben, came to meet the princess.

I have to say that when I received the notice, the princess was really stunned.

After all, she had no interaction with Zou Zan before, and Zou Zan had never asked to see her in the future.

Confused, she asked Ning Niang and Chu Yan, and Gao Mu and the other two said, "Zou Zan... is Zhou Hu's righteous brother?"

"Yes."

Chu Yan smiled and nodded, and there was already a guess in her heart.

He guessed that Zou Zan was probably here for him.

"Since it is Zhou Hu's righteous brother..." The princess blinked and ordered someone to lead Zou Zan into the hall.

A moment later, Zou Zan, the general of the Hu Ben, walked into the hall like a dragon and tiger step by step under the guidance of two palace maids with flushed faces, and saluted respectfully to the princess: "My minister, Zou Zan, pay homage to the princess."

Once upon a time, the princess had a prejudice against Grandmaster Chen and had a considerable hostility towards the five tigers of the Chen family. However, the relationship between the two sides is no longer the same as before. Even for Zhou Hu's sake, the princess was quite polite to Zou Zan.

"General Zou...what is there any important thing to do?"

"That's right." Zou Zan turned his head and looked at Chu Yan, then said with a smile: "I heard that Ju Zheng's subordinates escorted the princess back to Handan. I am worried that it would be inconvenient for him to stay in the palace..."

"oh."

The princess nodded suddenly.

She had been patronizing her visit to her former residence before, but she had never considered where Chu Yan's group lived tonight.

Of course, in her opinion, this was a big deal. At worst, she ordered someone to free up a side palace for Chu Yan and others to live in - she obviously had not considered other factors, or other people's opinions, including Chu Yan herself.

"Chu Yan, what do you think?" the princess asked Chu Yan.

Chu Yan naturally chose Zou Zan. After all, he was not as unsense as the princess. He naturally knew what inconvenience it would be to stay in the palace. If he caused trouble, it would be bad.

"Oh, then you can follow Zou Zan... Well, follow General Zou. Takagi, then you can go home too."

"Thank you, Princess." Takagi looked happy.

I have to say that since I followed this person on a trip to Yingchuan in the past two years, Takagi really has no chance to go home to see him.

So Zou Zan took Chu Yan and Gao Mu and his group to leave.

On the way out of the palace, Zou Zan rarely joked with Chu Yan: "Brother Chu, don't blame Zou for ruining the good things you are waiting for, right?"

Seeing Chu Yan's face full of confusion, Zou Zansui made the joke clearer, pointed to the direction of the palace and smiled: "This is the place where men in the world dream of..."

Chu Yan suddenly realized and said with a strange expression: "I always thought General Zou didn't look like a joke like this, only General Xue..."

"Haha." Zou Zan laughed.

To be honest, Zou Zan and Xue Ao and Zhang Jing are similar in age, and are not the kind of stubborn and old-fashioned person, but he is the Brother Zhang of Chen Men Wuhu, so in front of outsiders, he naturally has to be more steady.

In fact, why doesn’t Zou Zan want to be as casual as his second brother Xue Ao?

But unfortunately, he is the eldest brother of Chen Men Wuhu, and he must be steady.

After laughing, he said to Chu Yan and Gao Mu, "I have ordered someone to prepare wine and food to welcome you. I will get together later."

"I feel deeply honored."

Not to mention Chu Yan, even Gao Mu, who summoned him home, was reluctant to refuse Zou Zan's invitation.

About half an hour later, Zou Zan brought Chu Yan, Gao Mu and his group to his mansion in Handan - Zou Mansion, the General of the Hu Ben.

What was somewhat beyond Chu Yan's surprise was that Zou Zan's mansion was not big, nor was it magnificent. At first glance, it was almost not much different from Zhao Yu's mansion in Xuchang, and it was even worse than the mansion in Yecheng Hou's family in Handan. It is hard to imagine that it was the mansion of the general of the Hu Ben.

You should know that Zou Zan is a small group of people who are almost the most powerful ministers in the court. At least in the category of generals, no one can compare with him, so it is hard to imagine that this person is so low-key.

Of course, considering that Zou Zan is the adopted son of Tai Shi Chen, and his personality and temperament are quite similar to Tai Shi Chen, it is not surprising.

A moment later, Zou Zan invited Chu Yan and Gao Mu to the side hall of the main house in the mansion. While instructing people to serve wine and food, he said to Chu Yan: "If you don't dislike it, Brother Chu and your subordinates can temporarily live in Zou's mansion. After all, Chu will be inconvenient for brothers to stay in the palace..."

"Yes." Chu Yan hugged her fists, with a look of thought on her face.

As if he had guessed Chu Yan’s thoughts, Zou Zan smiled faintly: “Brother Chu doesn’t have to worry about the safety of the princess. At least Zou is still in Handan for this period. I think some people dare not attack the princess…” After a pause, he added: “Let me do this, I can give Brother Chu a token to enter and exit the palace gate for a while. With this token, Brother Chu can enter and exit the palace freely during the day, but before the curfew is imposed in the palace, Brother Chu should leave the palace early, so that it can avoid many troubles.”

Seeing that Zou Zan's arrangement was so appropriate, Chu Yan naturally had no objection.

After raising Zou Zan's arrangement with his fists, he asked curiously: "Today I will listen to what Pan Mao and Brother Pan said. Will the Central Army General lead his troops to the war in the next year?"

Zou Zan said with a smile: "You are Ju Zheng's confidant, so you don't have to meet me."

After a pause, he also answered Chu Yan's inquiry: "Ah, after the New Year, Zou will lead his army to Shandong to help his father eliminate the bandits of Mount Tai, and then lead his army to fight against Zhao Bohu... Before that, Zou was preparing for this matter in the military camp outside the city, and suddenly received news from Pan Mao sent someone to send him, and then returned to the city to see the situation..."

"It's a matter of trouble for the general." Chu Yan quickly expressed guilt.

Zou Zan smiled and waved his hand: "What's the trouble with this? Originally, Zou had to go back to Handan every few days. Speaking of which..."

Speaking of this, he changed his subject and began to slander Chu Yan: "When I say that, why did the princess suddenly remember to return to Handan? Is it the princess' meaning, or what is Ju Zheng's...thinking?"

In the last two words, he deliberately emphasized his tone.

I have to say that when Zou Zan mentioned the brother "Zhou Hu", he felt a headache.

The six brothers were good at everything. Whether they were able to lead troops to fight or deal with people, they all satisfied Zou Zan. The only drawback was that these six brothers, like his second brother Xue Ao, were all brave guys. Do you dare to imagine a Yingchuan commander who dared to take revenge on the East Palace and the third prince Li Qian?

Considering the current energy of the six brothers, Zou Zan was also a little vigilant, fearing that the Xiangrui princess would be instigated by his brother Zhou Hu when she returned to Handan this time. If it was just the princess's idea, it would be fine. Anyway, the stupid princess had no scheming or scheming. He was afraid that the instigation of his brother Zhou Hu was actually behind this matter, so it would be troublesome.

Although the two were righteous brothers, Zou Zan couldn't say anything, but he knew very well that his sixth brother Zhou Hu's scheming and scheming were all the best choices. Now that this brother has more princess Xiangrui "to be accomplices for the tiger", it might be possible that the East Palace will really teach the third prince a heavy lesson.

He had heard about the princess' energy—he had already learned the news when he returned to Handan, and learned that his sixth brother Zhou Hu had squeezed Wang Lang, the clan brother of the Grand Master Wang Ying, and was about to be promoted to General Left.

This news really made Zou Zan mixed joys and sorrows.

What was happy was that Wang Lang was finally squeezed down - this idiot who was in corpse, whether it was his father, Tai Shi Chen or him, who had long wanted to persuade the emperor to dismiss him, but because Tai Shi Wang's disruption failed to achieve his goal.

Who would have thought that when the princess returned to Handan, she gave them a heavy gift, "Teacher Chen's One Group", squeezed out Wang Lang, and helped his sixth brother Zhou Hu up. This undoubtedly meant that his "Teacher Chen's One Group" was becoming more and more profitable in the court.

What is worried is that his sixth brother Zhou Hu has now obtained the "weapon" of Princess Xiangrui. If he really wants to take revenge on the East Palace and the third prince Li Qian, it may not be impossible.

But in this way, there will inevitably be major changes in Handan, which Zou Zan never wants to see.

Therefore, he summoned his return to Handan today. In addition to resolving Chu Yan, he also wanted to ask some truth from Chu Yan's mouth to see what the deep meaning is behind the incident of "Princess Returning to the Capital" and whether it was his sixth brother Zhou Hu's secret command.

Of course, even if he really asked the truth, he actually had no choice. He couldn't send someone to tie his sixth brother Zhou Hu to Handan to ask for guilt, right?

At most, he tried to send the princess back first, and then sent someone to advise his sixth brother to take charge of the overall situation at the same time, so as to avoid his sixth brother from making any tricks. As the elder brother, he had to prevent his brother from making trouble on purpose, and Zou Zan felt very tired.

Unfortunately, he asked the wrong partner.

Although Chu Yan is Zhao Yu's confidant, even if he is a confidant, Zhao Yu will not tell Chu Yan everything in detail - Zhao Yu did not tell Zhang Ji about the incident of the bandits of Mount Tai at the beginning.

Not to mention that Zhao Yu didn’t reveal it to Chu Yan, even if he revealed it, how could Chu Yan betray the former?

Then, Chu Yan said confidently: "This time the princess returned to Handan was her own intention. She wanted to go back to Handan to visit the emperor... At that time, the lieutenant was busy encircling and suppressing the thieves in Woniu Mountain."

"oh."

After hearing this, Zou Zan felt a little relieved: As long as it was not his sixth brother Zhou Hu who was behind this, it would be fine.
To be continued...