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Outside Zhangjiakou, Chahar Department.

Eight-year-old Abu Nai has just married his widowed sister-in-law Makata. According to the ethical relationship, he and his former widow, who is now his wife, belong to a less serious sibling relationship.

Because Abu Nai is the posthumous son of Lin Dan Khan, his biological mother was captured by Huang Taiji, and his mother became Huang Taiji's Duoluo Dafujin (the empress dowager). Since then, Huang Taiji has become Abney's stepfather, and his widowed wife is Huang Taiji's biological daughter.

To straighten things out a bit, Abner married his stepfather's daughter and his brother's widow.

His stepfather, Huang Taiji, led troops to conquer his biological father. And he fought three times, from Zhangjiakou to Qinghai, his biological father Lin Danhan died of illness on the way to escape.

Not only that, but his biological father, Lin Danhan, had a total of eight Fujins. Huang Taiji himself married two, and gave one to his elder brother, one to his cousin, and one to his son.

The one given to the cousin was the biological mother of Brother Abney.

In other words, Huang Taiji married Abu Nai's biological mother, asked his cousin to marry the biological mother of Abu Nai's elder brother, Huang Taiji married his daughter to Ab Nai's elder brother, and now this daughter remarried to Ab Nai.

In addition, Abu Nai's half-brother was said to have been cuckolded by Shunzhi. Simply put, it was the adultery of his uncle and sister-in-law Shunzhi robbed his brother's wife, that is, the concubine Dong E, and killed him. Of course, it is just a legend and cannot be verified.

Then, after going around in a circle, Abnai, the leader of the Chahar tribe, and the Shunzhi Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty belonged to half-brothers!

"Sister, I want to eat vegetables." Abnai looked at the dairy products, but couldn't whet his appetite.

As Abu Nai’s former widowed wife and now wife, Makata, the eldest princess of Gulun Wenzhuang, sighed: “If I want to eat vegetables, I send people to Zhangjiakou to buy them, and I can eat them in a few days. There is not enough food this year, mutton, etc. Eat it in winter, you can eat these first and make a living."

"oh."

With tea, Abney swallowed various dairy products with difficulty.

There are goat's milk and horse's milk. It's okay to eat once or twice, but it's disgusting to eat every day, Abnay really can't stand this kind of diet.

He is only eight years old this year. He had been living in Shenyang before, and was later taken to Beijing. He grew up with his biological mother and ate like Huang Taiji's other sons. His elder brother, E Zhe, the lord of Chahar, died of illness a few years ago, and now that the Chahar tribe is unstable, he was rushed to marry his widowed wife.

Huang Taiji's stepson and daughter got married and jointly ruled the Chahar tribe. In Dorgon's mind, nothing would happen.

Of course, something happened in history. Abnai did not go to see the emperor for a long time, and was arrested by Kangxi to cut the noble and put him under house arrest. When the two sons of Abunai and Makata grew up, the two brothers rebelled directly, trying to rescue their father.

Seeing his younger brother, husband and brother-in-law finish the food, Makata couldn't help but sigh.

As the eldest princess of the Qing Dynasty, she was married to the grassland at the age of twelve, and she is only nineteen now. The original husband treated her very badly. After all, although he and her husband had sibling status, her father had indirectly killed her husband's father and robbed him of his position and territory.

Her husband passed away two years ago. They have been married for many years, but they have not given birth to a son and a half. The husband doesn't even want to touch her.

Now this husband is only an eight-year-old child. Although he has a good relationship, he is not so much a husband and wife as a sibling, mother and son.

Because it is close to Zhangjiakou, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty gained power, the material conditions of Makata were not bad. They can eat white rice and flour products every meal, as well as vegetables and fruits. This is the treatment of the great nobles in the grasslands.

But now, the situation in the Qing Dynasty is declining, and Li Zicheng controls the grain trade.

Most of the grain sold from Zhangjiakou was bought by the Qing Dynasty, and the Chahar Department could only buy the rest. The leaders and elders in the tribe gradually became disobedient, and even grabbed the grain with the eldest princess Makata, and bought the grain first.

Makata has not eaten fruits and vegetables for three months and relies on tea for vitamin supplements.

"There are Han merchants coming!"

Just as Makata was looking at the sky in a daze, cheers suddenly came from afar.

Makata got on his horse immediately, and the maid ran along, running up the small slope in front of him, and sure enough, he saw a caravan coming.

At some point, eight-year-old Abu Nai also stood beside her and asked, "Sister, will these Han merchants bring fruits and vegetables?"

"I only know after asking." Makata replied.

As the caravan moved from far to near, Makata automatically ignored the rest of the humans and set his sights on Zuo Xiaocheng.

What a handsome man, wearing a beautiful crown hat, with a hosta stuck in it. Dressed in beautiful silk, sitting upright on the horse's back, he is so dignified.

And he is very gentle, unlike the grassland men, all of them are very rude.

The nineteen-year-old Princess Manqing suddenly had her heart beating wildly, and she boldly looked at Zuo Xiaocheng with a blushing face.

Maybe because he noticed the strange gaze, Zuo Xiaocheng also turned his head to look at it, and locked on the Makata on horseback at a glance. The clothes are more gorgeous and clean, and the skin is fairer than the grassland women. It is difficult not to attract attention in this poor place.

It must be a Mongolian lady, Zuo Xiaocheng smiled brightly at her with a heart of friendship.

Makata seemed to be melted by that smile, and then approached with a horse, and took the initiative to chat: "Are you coming to my tribe to sell goods?"

Zuo Xiaocheng said: "I come from Jiangnan, and I have good Suzhou products."

Makata said: "My tribe still has some horses and sheep that can be exchanged. We need food. If we don't have rice and wheat, we can also ask for sorghum."

"I just want wool." Zuo Xiaocheng said.

Makata replied: "There is a lot of wool."

Zuo Xiaocheng said: "The wool from the Chahar department can be sold to Zhangjiakou in the future. We have a workshop there, which can make wool, felt and woolen cloth, and transport them to the south to sell to the Han people."

Makata liked him more and more, and felt that he was beautiful from head to toe. She said, "Dear guest, please come to my tent to discuss business."

The two came to the king's account.

Ten years ago, this was the tent of the Mongolian Khan. Two years ago, this was the royal tent of Prince Chahar of the Qing Dynasty. Now, the eight-year-old Abu Nai is not qualified to be a knight, but because of the need to rule the grassland, he was temporarily appointed a captain of cavalry.

Ma Kata poured tea for Zuo Xiaocheng himself, and instead of talking about business, he asked, "Is your honored guest a scholar?"

Zuo Xiaocheng replied: "Ashamed, Daming was wiped out by the intruders just before he was admitted to the scholar."

Makata became more and more happy: "Sure enough, I am a scholar. I lived in Shengjing (Shenyang) before I was twelve years old, and I also read books when I was a child. My father invited Mr. Han people to teach me to recognize many characters. I can also recite Han people. poetry."

Zuo Xiaocheng said: "No wonder you speak Chinese so fluently. Who is your father?"

Makata said: "My father is Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty."

Huang Taiji's daughter?

Zuo Xiaocheng was amazed immediately, and through the Fan family's information, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that Your Excellency is Her Royal Highness, Princess Chahar."

Makata said: "My husband, Prince Chahar, is dead. I am not the princess now. But your Excellency, a dignified scholar, why do you go to the grassland to do business in person?"

"It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books." Zuo Xiaocheng answered ambiguously.

When Makata heard this sentence for the first time, he immediately admired: "Mr. is really knowledgeable!"

Did Zuo Xiao grow up handsome?

He only looks Zhouzheng, but he has fair skin, is in his thirties, and looks like he is only in his early twenties. What's more, he has read books and worked as a spy for several years, so he looks quite temperamental in pretending.

As for the Chahar Grassland, they are all rough men.

Even if Makata has been to Zhangjiakou and knows a few more dudes, he will not regard Zuo Xiaocheng as a handsome guy.

What's more, Makata really misses a man. Married at the age of twelve, she was neglected by her husband for a long time, even hated by her husband. She hadn't met any man in these years, and now she remarried to an eight-year-old child.

She is now stepping on the tail of her girlhood, and of course she will be pregnant when she sees a man she likes.

Zuo Xiaocheng said casually: "Is the Chahar tribe short of food? I saw many hungry herdsmen along the way. Before arriving here, most of the food was bought on the way."

Afraid of being misunderstood as cruel, Makata explained: "The weather these years has been bad. There are often droughts in summer and snowstorms in winter. Droughts can't feed too many livestock, and snowstorms will freeze a lot of livestock. In the past, you can still buy food, but now you can buy food. It’s not easy to buy either. The people who bought grain with my husband on the way are all the little leaders of the Chahar Department. Clansmen are not allowed to trade privately."

Although Makata is a princess of the Qing Dynasty, she has no political acumen. Historically, her husband and two biological sons, who were raised by her own hands, were all involved in the rebellion during the Kangxi Dynasty.

This princess is more like a daughter of the south, with romance in her mind.

Makata said: "When I was in Shengjing, I heard a play called "The Romance of the West Chamber". Have you seen this kind of play, sir?"

"Naturally." Zuo Xiaocheng felt something was wrong.

He didn't intend to seduce Princess Manqing, but Princess Manqing seemed to be seducing him.

This Manchu princess was considered a great beauty on the prairie, but in the south of the Yangtze River she could only be considered pretty.

Do you want to sacrifice your life for your country?

For His Majesty, Zuo Xiaocheng decided to go all out!

Cao Fengji had already returned to Liaodong, but he didn't know the situation for the time being, so Zuo Xiaocheng stayed in Zhangjiakou and came to the grassland to see what was going on.

Unexpectedly, when I went out for the first time, I met Princess Manqing and the mistress of the Chahar Department.

Immediately, he stopped talking about business, Zuo Xiaocheng asked: "Did the lady learn how to play the piano?"

Makata said happily: "I can play the dragon head qin."

Longtouqin is Matouqin, which Han people call Huqin, or spoon-shaped Huqin.

Before the Republic of China, matouqin rarely had horse heads, but were divided into human heads, skeletons, crocodile heads, turtle shells, dragon heads and so on. There is also a kind of Matel head, which looks like a dragon and has a face like a monkey, which belongs to the demon-suppressing thing.

Zuo Xiaocheng said: "I can only play the qin of the Han family, and I am going to ask for advice on how to play the huqin."

Makata asked the maid to bring the faucet, and the two seriously discussed the art of music.

When Zuo Xiaocheng practiced, Makata taught with his hands, and the lonely men and widows almost hugged each other.

Thinking about the identity of this woman, Zuo Xiaocheng felt particularly exciting, and suddenly enjoyed this mission, which was much more interesting than staying in the south!