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In response to Yue Jian's worries, Mo Xiujin gave the answer: "His Majesty has no grudge against you. You have been the Empress's personal bodyguard for many years and have risked your life for her many times. His Majesty remembers all of this."

This made Yue Jian even more confused: "So, why did His Majesty look unhappy when I entered the harem?"

Mo Xiujing was embarrassed to elaborate on this. He couldn't say that our Majesty was actually a jealous person who was not only jealous of men but also women, right?

But the Empress treats you differently from others, she treats you even better than her own sisters.

Mo Xiujin waved the feather fan in his hand and said affirmatively: "After you get married and enter the harem, His Majesty will naturally have no grudges."

He had tried this trick on Chen Xingyao. Sure enough, after Chen Xingyao got married, His Majesty immediately entrusted him with important tasks.

Instead of just sending him to Chang'an and leaving him there alone like before.

Yue Jian and Jia Si looked at each other, but soon looked away with red faces. If they didn't know that Mr. Mo was not that kind of person, they would have thought that Mr. Mo was here to match them up.

Mo Xiujin invited the two of them to have dinner at his house. Coincidentally, A Yuan also came back and cooked a sumptuous dinner herself.

Jia Shiba, who heard the news, also rushed over with wine. They ate until the moon was at its highest point. After the meal, Jia Si sent Yue Jian home.

They were obviously talking and laughing at the banquet, but now that they were alone, they were unexpectedly silent.

When Yuejian's residence was in sight, Jia Si suddenly stopped and said solemnly and affectionately:

"Yuejian, will you marry me?"

Without waiting for Yue Jian's answer, he continued to talk to himself:

"If I must marry, of all the women in this world, I am only willing to marry you."

"I wanted to say this to you a long time ago, but I know you have lofty ambitions and no romantic feelings, so I feel that as long as I can be by your side and be your confidant, I will be satisfied."

"You don't have to answer me so quickly. We all drank too much tonight. You can answer carefully tomorrow when you sober up..."

Before she could even utter the word "consider", she heard Yue Jian answer in a very affirmative tone:

"I am willing."

"If I must marry, of all the men in this world, I am only willing to marry you."

If they were two normal young men and women, even if they didn't hug each other, they would hold hands and look at each other with tenderness.

But under the early summer moonlight, the breeze gently blew the hems of their skirts and long hair, and the bright lights on the long street lengthened and overlapped their shadows.

The scent of roadside gardenias surrounded the two of them, not to mention the cheeks that were slightly flushed from the alcohol, the eyes like autumn water, and the lips like rose petals.

In such a romantic atmosphere, the two of them just looked at each other affectionately, and then raised their hands in salute, as if the generals of the two countries had agreed before the war.

"Tomorrow I will ask His Majesty for permission to marry me."

"Okay! Since your majesty intends to use military force against India, our wedding must be held as soon as possible. However, if this is the case, I cannot accompany you to India."

She became the wife of General Jia, and when General Jia led his troops to war, she naturally had to stay in the capital.

Jia Si smiled, but his smile was not as carefree and unrestrained as when he was young, but rather like a clear spring, truly captivating.

When Yuejian felt her heartbeat getting faster and faster, she heard him say, "Did you see that map?"

Yue Jian nodded. It was because the queen showed her the picture that His Majesty gave her a cold look.

Jia Si said as if he was making a promise:

"The world overseas is much bigger than we imagined. When I conquer India and the world is at peace, we can travel around the world together."

Yue Jian smiled at him and said, "Okay, it's settled. I won't accompany you to Tianzhu. I will stay in the capital and wait for your triumphant return."

When Dong Su heard that Jia Si asked Ling Moxiao for a marriage, she was shocked.

The day before yesterday, Yue Jian entered the palace, and I didn't tell at all that she was planning to get married!

How come two people who have been ambiguous for so many years decided to get married just after going to Xiao Pan's house for dinner?

Could it be that Brother Xiao Pan is the Minister of Agriculture in public, but is actually the reincarnation of Yue Lao in secret?

Dong Su hurriedly invited Yue Jian to the palace. She knew that unless Yue Jian herself was willing, no one and nothing could force her to marry.

And she has always been happy that Yue Jian and Jia Si have achieved a happy ending! She wants to congratulate Yue Jian and then personally prepare her dowry.

Like Jiasi, Yuejian had lost his family long ago. Jiasi's house was occupied by his personal guards, while Yuejian's house was also occupied by a group of female subordinates.

The wedding of these two people was entirely arranged by the Ministry of Rites. Yuejian didn't care about material things, so the betrothal gifts and dowry were arranged in a hurry, so she had to help Yuejian take care of them.

Dong Su also invited Chen Luoxue and Sister A Yuan, as well as several female officials, to come to the palace. Yue Jian was once the instructor of these female officials, and they respected Yue Jian very much.

Ling Moxiao said with a smile: "I haven't even issued the decree to grant the marriage yet, and the Queen is already busy with the wedding?"

Dong Su immediately said seriously: "Your Majesty, do you think my Yue Jian is not worthy of your General Jia?"

Ling Moxiao said hurriedly: "How could it be! To be honest, it should be that Jia Si is marrying up. I know that you have always regarded Yue Jian as your sister."

"In addition to protecting you and the child, Yuejian has also made great contributions on the battlefield of the Japanese island. It's just that I can't reward her openly for those achievements."

"How about this, let the Shen family adopt her as their adopted daughter, you acknowledge her as your adopted sister, and I will confer her the title of county lady."

Dongsu was overjoyed, as she and Yuejian would now truly become a family.

But it also shows that the emperor still does not intend to allow the secret agents under Yue Jian's jurisdiction to become a formal court agency.

This is also a good thing. As Daxia's territory grows larger and its industrial development speed accelerates, the court really needs an agency to secretly provide intelligence work for the emperor and empress.

Not being public means that it is not under the jurisdiction of the six ministries of the imperial court, and this secret agency obeys the orders of the emperor and empress.

Yue Jian was naturally very happy that she could become the Queen's adopted sister. She looked at the list with "Shen Yue Jian" on it and said happily to Da Bao and Xiao Bao:

"From now on, Aunt Yue will be your real aunt."

Xiao Bao tilted his head and said in confusion: "Aunt Yue has always been our dear aunt!"

The innocent words of children are the most touching. Yuejian, who is always strong, couldn't help but have tears in her eyes at this moment.

Dong Su held her hand and said, "Do you remember when we came to Youzhou and encountered rebels on the road, you put on my clothes to lead the enemy away."

Dabao and Xiaobao listened with their eyes wide open, not daring to utter a word, for fear that their mother would stop talking if they spoke.

Yue Jian nodded: "That is what a subordinate should do."

Dong Su looked at her and recalled: "And when we were in the Chang'an restricted area and encountered an assassin, you saved me regardless of your own life. By the way, Chen Xingyao's hand was broken at that time."

"When I gave birth to Dabao and Xiaobao, the Tartars were attacking the city and there was civil unrest. It was you who held my hand and comforted me the whole time."

"We have been through so much together. In my heart, you have long been my biological sister. From now on, don't call yourself a subordinate anymore."

Xiaobao was already crying. She had never heard of these past events. It turned out that her mother had experienced so many dangerous things in her life!

Only the naive Dabao kept asking, "What else? What else? What else did the Queen Mother and Aunt Yue encounter?"

I don’t know whether Sanbao understood or not, but he opened his eyes wide, sucked his thumb, and listened attentively.

Ling Moxiao felt sad as he listened to this, and slowly reached out and held Dong Su's other hand.

When he looked at Yue Jian again at this time, he no longer had any grudges against her.

Well, as long as Yuejian no longer sleeps in the same bed with Dongsu and no longer takes a hot spring bath in the same pool with her, I will no longer be prejudiced against her.

Yue Jian was officially named a county princess by the emperor, and the queen considered her her sister, so the next step was to hold the wedding.

The wedding was chosen for the nearest auspicious date, June 26th. Time was a bit tight, but Yuejian and Jiasi were not picky about gifts.

Jia Si also knew that His Majesty wanted to use military force against India as soon as possible, and to send troops in three directions: to attack Jiaozhi and Baiyue in Lingnan, to fight the Tibetans with General Xie, and then the army would go directly to the Western Regions and head straight for India.

He was the main force fighting against India, and his navy had reached the Indian waters. Therefore, he had to rush to Lingnan this year and wait for the favorable wind season to officially dispatch troops from the Lingnan port.

All in all, he would only stay in the capital for two or three months, so the wedding had to be held as soon as possible so that he and Yuejian would have more time to celebrate their honeymoon.

The Ministry of Rites was very dedicated in organizing the wedding of the general and the county princess, not to mention that the emperor and empress both attached great importance to this wedding.

Even though the emperor is busy with the war in Liangzhou every day, he will still take the time to ask the Ministry of Rites about the progress of the wedding arrangements.

Not to mention the Queen, who took the little princess to the General's Mansion twice to see the progress of the wedding decoration with her own eyes.

Some of the things purchased by the Ministry of Rites were not what the Empress liked, so she picked them directly from her private warehouse and sent them to her.

Many outsiders don’t know the past of the Queen and the County Princess. They only know that the County Princess was a female official before.

Looking at the Queen's sister-in-law, she was also a female official. Xie Qingzhi, who got married during the period of national mourning for the Empress Dowager, was also a female official. This shows how much importance the Queen attached to female officials.

Women of status at the time were more and more proud of being able to pass the examination and become a court lady. In the past, they were afraid that it would be difficult to get married if their daughters became court ladies.

Nowadays, they support their daughters to be female officials for a few years. After working in the female official agency for a few years, after marriage, they will be the wife of the clan and it will be easy to manage a large clan.

Xie Qingzhi and Chen Xingyao's wedding was not a grand one because it was held during a period of national mourning.

Jiasi and Yuejian's wedding was much more grand.

Yue Jian was married from the palace. Dong Su did her makeup herself, and Zhong Yang carried her to the bridal sedan. All the civil and military officials in the capital attended the wedding banquet.

The route of the wedding procession, arranged by the Ministry of Rites, went not only around the imperial city, but also around the outer city. It is no exaggeration to say that 90% of the people in the city watched this grand wedding.

Yue Jian thought she would not be nervous, but when they arrived at the bridal chamber, when Jia Si lifted her veil and drank the wedding wine, she could not control her heartbeat.

After knowing each other for ten years, she had regarded him as an opponent, a comrade-in-arms, and a confidant. Now, their identities have changed again. He will be her husband and she will be his wife.

A lifetime, a pair.

Dong Su never expected that the grand wedding held for Yue Jian and Jia Si would inspire women all over the world to be proud to be female officials.

Because Liangzhou was still conquering the barbarians, the navy had just defeated Goryeo and then fought Japan, and the naval wars over the past few years consumed too much military expenditure.

Ling Moxiao knew that if he brought up the idea of ​​attacking India again, it would definitely cause opposition among the ministers.

Moreover, India is far away from Daxia. In the eyes of all officials, what is the point of conquering that place?

Therefore, Ling Moxiao had to wait for an opportunity before he could propose the idea of ​​attacking Tianzhu in the court.

But before that, he sent Jia Si to the base to train the navy with Shen Linzhong and practice the newly developed weapons of Mo Men.

At the same time, Sister Yuan also needs to train a group of female medical staff to accompany the army. Before, women were not allowed to accompany the army, but now.

It was no longer the case that the food and fodder were sent before the army moved. Instead, the female medical staff entered the barracks before the army was settled.

As a result, the lower-level soldiers did not feel at ease when they saw the team delivering food and military pay, but felt at ease when they saw the female medical staff in white clothes and blue hats.

In addition, Ling Moxiao's plan to attack Tianzhu was just the beginning after he looked at the world map.

He felt that an emperor who did not have the ambition to plant the Great Xia military flag across all of his territory was not worthy of being called an emperor.

Dong Su had told him about the colonial policy, which showed that Daxia did not need to send too many officials and troops, and that the conquered territories could be used by Daxia.

Ling Moxiao was very interested, but he felt that most of the officials in the court today were complacent, content with the status quo, and unwilling to make progress.

They were afraid of war, especially overseas wars, like the war with Japan. Even though shiploads of silver were being shipped back to Daxia, those officials still felt that Japan was too far away.

What's the point of sending so many soldiers and officials there every year?

The people who supported the imperial court's use of military force at sea the most were the rich and powerful and the merchants, because it was in their interest! As for the common people, it was hard to say whether they supported or opposed it.

Because the court no longer collected more taxes from the people when fighting wars, and the more troops the court needed, the more young and strong people would be able to join the army, which the people actually welcomed.

Ling Moxiao was waiting for an opportunity. After the royal family held a grand sacrifice on the Ghost Festival in July, perhaps it was God's will that this opportunity came.

First, the barbarians requested peace. This was the fastest battle between Daxia and the barbarians to end when the other side requested peace.

The imperial court had already made preparations and knew that this war would last at least one or two years. Who would have thought that after only a few months, the barbarians would already be negotiating peace?

All the officials were overjoyed and immediately began to prepare for the peace talks. The talks could not be presided over by General Xie alone, but the court had to send an imperial envoy.

Dong Su had read the secret memorial written by General Xie and Chen Xingyao to Ling Moxiao, in which he highly praised the powerful weapons of Momen. He said that the battle was so smooth thanks to Momen's new weapons.

That is the musket. Although five out of ten shots from the musket are ineffective, the five effective shots are more lethal than bows and crossbows.

In addition, the improved chariots were able to travel on the Gobi Desert, and the artillery that was originally used to defend the city was pushed by Mo Men to the main battlefield.

This was a dimensionality reduction blow to the barbarians who were armed with swords and light bows. The barbarians had always been like this towards Daxia, fighting if they could win, and surrendering quickly if they couldn't.

But this time, Ling Moxiao was not going to let them surrender so easily. He planned to let the barbarians take the lead and conquer the entire Western Regions.

At the same time, the foreign peoples were required to learn Chinese and follow Chinese etiquette.

The surrender of the foreigners threw the entire capital into a frenzy.

What’s funny is that when the barbarians wanted to present a beautiful woman to the Emperor of Daxia, they were directly rejected by General Xie.

They also wanted the Princess of Da Xia to marry, which made Chen Xingyao so angry that he almost opened fire again. My Princess of Da Xia is only a few years old, and, are you worthy of her?

The court had been tense for several months over the war in Liang Province, but they did not expect to win so soon. The military officers all stood up straight, and the attitudes of the civil officials also changed.

Even ordinary people began to think that since Your Majesty ascended the throne, our military strength has been getting stronger day by day!

The new weapons of Mo Men have completely changed the appearance of traditional warfare, and artillery is destined to dominate the world in the future.

However, only we in Da Xia have artillery, which means that in the future, Da Xia will once again dominate the world and the grand occasion of attracting all dynasties will reappear.

Just as the whole city was celebrating, a piece of bad news arrived, which made the merchants and dignitaries in the city indignant, but let Ling Moxiao know that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come.

The bad news is that several merchant ships were robbed by pirates again. The escort fleet later found out that the man behind the pirates was Tianzhu.

What’s even more hateful is that the pirates killed many crew members and hung their bodies on the sails.

This is a naked provocation and a complete disregard for our Great Xia Navy.

Even without Ling Moxiao mentioning it, there were military officers who proposed to pacify the four seas and kill all these pirates and the people behind them.

Although there were still many civil servants who opposed naval warfare, their opposition was quickly drowned out.

Ling Moxiao discussed the naval war with the front court, while Dong Su mentioned the concept of "insurance" among businessmen and dignitaries.

Whether it is a ship or a seaman, insurance must be purchased before going out to sea.

She knew that she couldn't use coercive means at the beginning, as this force would make many businessmen choose not to return to Daxia Port and do business overseas.

Therefore, she first proposed the concept, and then the bank launched the insurance business, and it was up to the businessmen to choose whether to do it or not.

She used these robbed ships as examples, explaining in detail what kind of insurance they should buy and how much silver coins they would need.

And after the accident, how much silver coins will the bank compensate? Many businessmen were tempted.

Because compared to the profit, the cost of this insurance is not high.

Although it is possible that your insurance premium is wasted, if something really happens, this money will be very important.

Besides, this insurance was bought from the bank. Everyone knows that the bank is managed by the Queen, so just consider this as a gift to the Queen.

Dong Su didn't expect that the insurance business would be promoted so quickly and that businessmen would be so receptive!

Major chambers of commerce immediately stated that they would purchase the service as long as the bank launched it.