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It seems that Shen Dongsu used the trick of "Korean siege" to prevent Ling Moxiao from returning to Chang'an. The emperor was really angry.

He was so angry that he no longer favored Youzhou and gave Ling Moxiao a task that seemed absolutely impossible to accomplish to outsiders.

Within a year, he destroyed the Goryeo Kingdom and turned it into a county of Bactria.

Shen Dongsu raised her eyebrows slightly. Does the emperor want to wait for a year for Ling Moxiao, holding her and their two children, and the four of them to kneel before the emperor and beg for forgiveness?

An attitude of 'Since you don't want to come back, I'll make you come back crying.'

This is really, you are the emperor, can you be more generous? Can you remember your grand plan, aren't you determined to eradicate the nobles?

Ling Moxiao is obviously more useful in Youzhou, but you have to let him come under your nose to fight for power with those brothers and kill each other. Will you be happy then?

Shen Dongsu began to understand why the emperor seemed to be making great progress in eradicating the aristocratic families for so many years, but in fact had made no progress at all.

The real suppression of the gentry came after she entered the capital, when she first eliminated the Lu family and then the Chen family. Then she went to Youzhou and suppressed some of the century-old prosperous families in the northern border so that they no longer dared to make a fuss.

This was considered to have stimulated the flow of energy among the gentry. Looking at the two imperial examinations, the passing rate for children from poor families was significantly increased.

What the Emperor did was to nominate the King of Wu to compete with the Crown Prince, but the King of Wu also had a group of nobles supporting him!

If the King of Wu wins, it may seem that the aristocracy behind the Crown Prince has been suppressed, but a new group of aristocratic upstarts will rise up. What difference will that make?

She thought the emperor wanted to reform, but now she realized that all he wanted was balance and the consolidation of imperial power.

No matter how great your contribution is, if you go against his ideas in the slightest, he will immediately turn against you.

He had a narrow vision and only cared about immediate interests. He had seen the prosperity of maritime trade and realized the importance of the navy.

But when it comes to building a navy, he is still very stingy.

It's so disappointing. She used to think that the emperor was a rare wise ruler and a good father!

Yue Jian discovered that the princess had been angry about the emperor's decree to Prince Ling, and completely ignored the group of beauties sent by the queen mother.

Remind: "Princess, compared to the emperor's decree, I think those beauties are more infuriating!"

Shen Dongsu asked with a smile: "Do you think we should arrange this group of beauties?"

Yue Jianyi clenched his fist and said, "Send them all back to Chang'an and return them to the Queen Mother. Our Prince Ling does not need concubines or wives."

Shen Dongsu laughed: "I dare not refuse the gift from the elders. Isn't this a slap in the face of the Queen Mother?"

"What should we do then? Should we really obey the Queen Mother and place them all in the palace? These people, without any consideration for the Princess's years of hard work at the border, will find ways to disgust us."

Yue Jian was really angry because the Queen Mother said that the prince had few children, but our princess gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl!

The prince went on an expedition to the northern border, and the princess defended the city for two years, and even encountered an enemy attack when giving birth. The princess not only did not let Youzhou City lose an inch of land, but also made Youzhou City increasingly prosperous.

But in the eyes of the emperor, it seemed as if the princess had no merit at all. He only gave the twins a royal jade plate, as if it was a gift to the princess of great wealth.

How ridiculous! Don't all those nobles in Chang'an have eyes?

The emperor is disgusting, and the queen mother is even more disgusting! How could a grandmother do such a thing as putting someone in the prince's backyard?

Yue Jian knew very well that they did this because they looked down on the princess. In their eyes, the princess's status as a peasant girl was not worthy of King Ling.

Seeing Yuejian so indignant and standing up for herself, Shen Dongsu felt warm in her heart. To be honest, wasn't she angry?

How is that possible? She is so angry that she is about to explode, okay?

But then I thought, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are not my close relatives, so why should I be angry about what they do?

I can even tolerate the bad things done by my own mother Jiang, let alone you, my in-laws!

As long as Ling Moxiao and I are of one mind, no matter how many stupid things you outsiders do, it will only add some humor to our lives.

"Although we in Youzhou are not short of people now, there is no reason to drive away the talents who come to our door. Just accept them when they come. Why are you angry?" Shen Dongsu said calmly.

Yue Jian was startled and asked in a low voice: "Should I ask the prince?"

Shen Dongsu smiled and said, "Sure! Send someone to ask what to do with these beauties from Chang'an?"

Yue Jian was unwilling to send anyone else, she wanted to ask in person! If the prince dared to do anything to let the princess down, she would definitely stand up for the princess!

When she ran to the military, Ling Moxiao was looking at the model of the battleship with Li Nianyu. When he heard that Yue Jian was coming, Ling Moxiao panicked, thinking that something had happened to Dong Su and the two babies.

Everyone knew that Yue Jian was the princess' most trusted lady-in-waiting, and she rarely left her side unless necessary.

When he hurried out to see Yue Jian, he heard Yue Jian ask solemnly: "My Lord, how should we arrange for the concubines and wives that the Queen Mother has bestowed upon you?"

Ling Moxiao looked at Yue Jian with resentment and slight anger. Are you going to leave the princess and babies just because of such a small matter?

And, what kind of question is this?

"Let the refugees take care of the resettlement. Do you still want me to teach you this trivial matter?"

Tsukimi:……

Refugees? That was the beauty bestowed by the Queen Mother!

She returned to the palace and told Ling Moxiao what he had said. Shen Dongsu said with a smile, "Now you are not worried that the prince will be deceived by beauty, right?"

Ling Moxiao now only has warships and maps in his eyes. The only woman he looks at affectionately is, well, not himself, but Xiaobao.

Every day when he came home, he would hold Xiaobao in his arms and let her call him daddy. Every time she called him that, he would be as happy as if he had picked up silver.

Yue Jian blushed: "I'm just angry, they are too bullying!"

Shen Dongsu thought of something and asked with a smile: "I heard that many recruits in the recruit camp called you a female devil behind your back because your training was too hard. Are you angry?"

Yue Jian didn't care: "It only means that they are afraid of me and can't beat me. What's there to be angry about?"

And the first person who called her a female devil was Chen Xingyao. Yue Jian had been waiting for an opportunity to give that guy a good beating.

Shen Dongsu smiled and said, "It's the same reason. Why should I be angry about what people do to me who don't care?"

"There's no one in Chang'an who can make me angry."

"For all outsiders who come to Youzhou and want to obtain Youzhou household registration, there are only three ways to go. The first is to pass the examinations of various colleges in the city, the second is to join the army, and the third is to complete basic work points from the refugee office."

"Go ask these beauties which one they choose. By the way, Imperial Envoy Chen has completed his mission. Send him back to Chang'an."

Yue Jian took the order and left, while Shen Dongsu summoned officials to prepare to welcome the expeditionary army back to Youzhou.

Ling Moxiao came back first with his personal guards, and the army and captured slaves followed behind. They all returned in a few days.

A grand celebration had to be prepared to welcome the heroes back. She planned to invite the whole city to participate, because only when the people saw the honor brought back by the soldiers would they want their children and grandchildren to join the army.

Moreover, she felt that the soldiers who returned victorious from the expedition deserved any grand celebration or any generous reward.

Furthermore, she planned to prepare a grand sacrifice for the sacrificed soldiers at the cemetery after the celebration, build a martial temple, and erect a martyrs' shrine and a hero monument.

Regardless of the size of the official position, even if he is a small soldier, his name will be listed on the monument.

She also wants to fight for a new festival for Youzhou people who love to celebrate festivals, the Martyrs Memorial Day. Different from the Qingming Festival, this day is dedicated to remembering and paying tribute to heroes.

Only when those in power value soldiers will they risk their lives to protect their country and expand territory.

If those in power are worried about the harm caused by soldiers, and value civil officials over military officials, and demote soldiers to the level of soldiers, then don't expect the soldiers to fight for the country.

She had too much to do, and it was completely impossible for the Queen Mother to cause trouble for her by rewarding her with beauties.

However, Yue Jian looked unhappy when she came back, saying that this group of beauties were much more difficult to deal with than the beauties sent by the northern states before.

Relying on the Queen Mother's decree, they ignored Yue Jian and the Youzhou officials and acted directly as the concubines of Prince Ling.

She said that no one could command them except King Ling.

Yue Jian was extremely angry and did not even give them the right to choose. She sent all of them, along with their guards and maids, to the refugee office.

In order not to cause trouble for Xie Qingzhi, Yue Jian sent another team of royal guards to keep an eye on this group of people. If they didn't work, they wouldn't even get any food!

Also, Chen Xingyao was very annoying. He actually cried in public and said that he didn't want to go back to Chang'an. He would rather stay in the refugee office and earn work points to become a citizen of Youzhou.

As for the imperial envoy who brought the beautiful woman as a reward, he was smarter than Chen Xingyao and Imperial Envoy Huang.

People knew that Youzhou was a quagmire and that nothing good would come of it if they got stuck in it, so after delivering the things and meeting King Ling, they immediately returned to Chang'an.

He didn't even give Prince Ling a chance to react and take the beauty away.

Of course, he only found out afterwards that it was impossible to take away people, let alone dogs passing through Youzhou!

Other women would be angry when they see the beauties that come to their doorsteps.

And our Princess Ling sees beauty, that is talent! How could she let go!

That evening, Ling Moxiao returned home and immediately started coaxing and taking care of the child, then went into the study to look at the map.

He seemed to never get tired of looking at that map. He would just point to a place and chat with Dongsu for half a day.

Dong Su did not ask in a disappointing manner, "Your Majesty, don't you want to go and see the beauty?" Such temptations were boring.

Why would you say something to spoil the fun when the family is having a happy time together?

It was even more impossible for her to be sulking with Ling Moxiao because of what the Queen Mother did.

However, during dinner, she asked about the emperor's decree: how did he plan to pacify Goryeo within a year?

Although Ling Moxiao had a smile on his face, there was still some sadness in his eyes. It seemed that he had also recognized the fact that the emperor had always treated him as a knife instead of a son.

Shen Dongsu held his hand and said, "We will definitely destroy Goryeo!"

Ling Moxiao chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I won't ignore the lives of my soldiers and send untrained navy troops into battle to kill the enemy just to fulfill the imperial decree."

Shen Dongsu was stunned: "After that year, the prince will return to Chang'an to plead guilty?"

Ling Moxiao took Xiaobao's hand and scratched her nose, then threw the imperial edict in front of Dongsu as if it were an ordinary book.

Dong Su curled his lips and said, "Fortunately there is no censor in the family, otherwise the censor would report you for your behavior."

Other families treat imperial edicts as sacred objects, but we can circulate them freely in our family.

She read the extremely short imperial edict carefully, breaking it into pieces and crumpling it up to savor every word.

At the same time, put yourself in her shoes. If there was no Ling Moxiao, and she had to complete the task of destroying Goryeo in one year, what should she do?

The warships have not been built, the navy has not been trained, the situation in Goryeo is unclear, and the civil war that has been instigated has not yet fully broken out, which is extremely disadvantageous to us.

If we force an expedition to Goryeo within a year, the several princes in Goryeo who are in civil strife will surely stop fighting among themselves and attack the foreign enemy first. Then our army will have to sacrifice the lives of batches of soldiers and use a tug-of-war to consume Goryeo.

Goryeo is different from Northern Xinjiang. The people of Northern Xinjiang will run away if they can’t win, and they don’t have any cities.

Goryeo will not run away. They are defending the city while our army is attacking it. Many people will die.

Shen Dongsu looked at it for a long time with a heavy heart, and her eyes finally fell on the word "Goryeo". Suddenly, she reacted.

He looked at Ling Moxiao with a look of joy: "The emperor only said to destroy Goryeo. If Silla and Japan also participate in this war within a year, then the time will inevitably be extended."

Ling Moxiao chuckled and nodded: "My wife is smart! That's right, Your Majesty doesn't know the situation in Goryeo. As long as we drag Silla and Japan into the war within this year, I can't destroy Goryeo, but it won't be considered a defeat."

Shen Dongsu said happily: "Then proceed according to the original plan. Jia Si and Chen Li's mission is to drag Silla and Japan into the battlefield. The prince can go to Dandong to train the troops first, but the reward to Chang'an is to send troops to Goryeo."

The smile in Ling Moxiao's eyes disappeared. He really didn't want to lie to the emperor, but now that things had come to this, the weak relationship between father and son seemed so powerless and insignificant in the face of imperial power.

He gently held Dong Su's hand, looked at Xiao Bao in his arms, then looked at Da Bao who was eating steamed eggs in the baby chair, and said in a firm voice:

"I will never let you and your two children worry and be afraid again. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

"I'm responsible for everything" was too devastating to Shen Dongsu, a man who had been responsible for the safety of Youzhou for two years.

She could sleep till dawn next to Ling Moxiao.

There was no need to put on clothes properly when you heard hurried footsteps outside. You could just put on a coat in a hurry and go out to meet people.

Without hearing the sound of the bugle, he immediately arranged for the nanny to take Dabao and Xiaobao to hide in the basement...

Most importantly, she had someone she could talk to.

There are some things she can't tell Yuejian, can't tell her eldest brother, and she can't let Mr. Pang and others worry.

But now, she can tell Ling Moxiao.

It had been a long time since she had researched new dishes, designed new clothes and bags, or given guidance on Xie Qingzhi's magazine.

She even only gave a few simple recipes for the complementary food for her two babies.

Now she can finally take a vacation!

"It's great that you're back!"

Ling Moxiao laughed: "You have said this many times."

Shen Dongsu smiled and shook her head: "It's different. I said it as a wife before, and this time I said it as a subordinate."

Ling Moxiao frowned: "My wife is not my subordinate."

Shen Dongsu's face fell: "Don't do that. Being a boss doesn't give you any days off."

After coaxing the babies to sleep, they could finally enjoy their own world. With the layers of red curtains falling down, Shen Dongsu, leaning on Ling Moxiao's fiery body, started playing the scar counting game.

Her fingers gently stroked his skin inch by inch, and then it was Ling Moxiao's turn to return the gesture.

After giving birth, Dong Su became more sensitive, truly as soft as cotton and as delicate as water.

Ling Moxiao wished that the two of them could merge into one and let her gentleness completely envelope him.

The emperor's edict and the empress dowager's beauties, go to hell!

No matter whether it is God or Buddha, no one can destroy the lives of our family of four.