The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

The urgent announcement to arrive in Beijing from 800 miles away interrupted the excitement of the people preparing for the New Year.

Emperor Jingping was furious. The grassland envoys were still in the capital, so the barbarians from the grasslands dared to gather troops to invade the border. This was because they did not take the Jin Dynasty seriously!

Not only Prince Yelu and Princess Yelu were given the cold shoulder, but the fourth prince, who had been tremblingly trying to please Emperor Jingping these days, was also thrown out of office. Many people in the fourth prince's group were fired from their official positions.

So Xie Lang became busy again and failed to find Xue Mingyue for several days.

Xue Mingyue was immediately happy when she heard the news. She immediately asked the kitchen to prepare a table of good wine and food. Not only did she eat it herself, but she also ordered people to send the wine and food to Wangxi Courtyard to eat with Princess Cen.

Princess Cen looked at her hiding and carefree look and smiled helplessly.

Jinglan had annoyed her a few days ago. Even she had heard about the fact that she couldn't even get close to the main house all day long. Although she didn't know what it was about, she knew it was Jinglan just looking at that guy approaching him eagerly. His fault.

Since it was a matter between the young couple, she didn't interfere.

Just for fun.

Hearing her mention that Emperor Jingping was angry because of Grassland's intrusion, he smiled lightly and said, "It's the end of the year, and the affairs of the DPRK and Central Government are already complicated. The food negotiation with Grassland has not yet been resolved. His Majesty must have wanted to dry them out."

"But I didn't expect that the barbarians wanted to use force to threaten His Majesty in making a decision."

Xue Mingyue put down her wine glass and couldn't help but sigh.

Princess Cen had intended to raise something. When she heard what she said, she smiled and said, "Yes, it can be seen that the barbarians have also suffered a serious disaster this time and are short of food. Otherwise, they would not have come up with this strategy."

Xue Mingyue nodded immediately.

Perhaps it was because he saw that the people in the clan could not be appeased that he diverted his attention by attacking the Jin invaders and plundering them.

In this way, they can not only put pressure on Jin to provide food as soon as possible, but also temporarily alleviate the food crisis within the clan. After all, if they can grab a city's food, they will have more time.

"But His Majesty is angry for more than just that."

Princess Cen took a sip of warm wine, met her confused eyes and explained: "It's because the border officers have repeatedly been defeated."

Xue Mingyue was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Subconsciously said: "But the ones guarding the border are the Dingyuan Army..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw the meaningful expression on the old Princess Cen's face. She understood something in an instant. Her heart skipped a beat and she lowered her voice and asked, "Are you saying that the Marquis ordered this matter?"

"exactly."

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Xue Mingyue didn't understand.

The grassland was approaching menacingly, but in the previous life, the Dingyuan Army stationed at the border could hold out for a long time. After the New Year passed peacefully in Beijing, Emperor Jingping sent Tang Kun to take over the Dingyuan Army.

In this life, Tang Kun was almost destroyed by Xie Lang.

There are not many generals in the court who can lead troops in battle, so the general sent by Emperor Jingping to the border must be Xie Lang.

Then why would he bother?

Moreover, the Dingyuan Army was defeated repeatedly, so how innocent were the people who were plundered by the grassland barbarians because of this.

Xue Mingyue frowned slightly. Xie Lang couldn't be such a person. That was what he wanted to achieve with this. She had a vague suspicion in her heart, but she couldn't be sure.

Princess Cen looked at her deeply.

Then he sighed: "This matter is very involved. You are Jinglan's wife, and I should have told you. But I thought that you and Jinglan would also be reconciled soon, so it would be better for you to know. If it’s not a good thing, I won’t be able to tell you anymore.”

Xue Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously nodded and said, "That's exactly it."

After the words were spoken, she stopped thinking about asking further. Princess Cen was right. It was really inappropriate to ask these questions based on the current relationship between her and Xie Lang, not to mention that she was determined to reconcile.

Thinking like this, he suppressed the strange emotions in his heart.

She couldn't help but lower her eyes, hiding the complicated expression on her face with the action of drinking.

Princess Cen looked at her with a smile.

After drinking all the warm rice wine on the stove, Xue Mingyue stood up and left. After she left, Grandma Wang asked: "Master, why did you say those words to the young lady just now?"

The young lady has not mentioned the matter of divorce for some time.

At this time, old things are brought up again, wouldn't there be some trouble next?

Princess Cen smiled and shook her head: "I don't want to interfere with the affairs between the younger generations. If there is really no fate between the two of them, then that's it. It's not easy to force it."

"But Jinglan came to see me that day and said it so sincerely, saying that he had been sorry to her a lot before. Only today did he realize that the things he did were all bad in her eyes. He didn't know what to do. Please let me teach him.”

She stopped here and sighed again.

Only then did Grandma Wang remember, and it suddenly dawned on her that this was what the young Marquis was talking about that night when he went and came back to talk to his master.

She was a little puzzled.

She had watched the young Marquis grow up. In her eyes, the young Marquis was the best son in the whole capital and the whole world. She really couldn't figure out how he and the young lady could make trouble after they had been married for less than half a year. To this point.

"Jinglan said it was all his fault, but how could I be right?"

Princess Cen's expression calmed down.

It was she who made the decision to select people from Dingyuan’s old tribe to be brought into the Marquis’ Mansion and take care of her. She was also the one who chose the daughter of Deputy General Bai’s family. It was also she who proposed the idea of ​​a kiss after discovering Bai Zhenzhen’s thoughts about Jinglan. statement.

Even after Xue Mingyue married into the Hou family, she felt she was in debt to Bai Zhenzhen, so she still favored her more.

But she never thought that it was her actions that fostered the thoughts of those former subordinates.

"I thought I had taken care of the Marquis Mansion as well as an iron barrel, but I didn't expect that the old people in the manor had already had other thoughts when they saw Jing Lan being young. Zhao Cheng is one of them, and so is Butler Zhang."

"I have lived for such a long time, but in the end I almost fell into the hands of someone I trusted."

Whether it's Bai Zhenzhen, whom she regards as her granddaughter, or the doctor and housekeeper she trusts.

Their betrayal was hard for her to accept for a long time.

Princess Cen shook her head mockingly.

Grandma Wang said without thinking: "Master, don't say that, it's because they don't know how to repay their kindness. What you've done is good enough!"

"You worked hard to help the Marquis grow up, and when His Majesty was afraid of suppressing the Marquis's mansion, you tried every means to protect the Marquis's mansion. Even if the prince and the old prince are alive, they can't say a word against you."

Thinking of those people, Grandma Wang grinded her teeth with hatred.

Seeing her such an angry look, Princess Cen laughed instead: "Things are over, and I should have left the matters in my hands to Jinglan long ago. Now that he can take charge of his own affairs, I can rest assured."

She had more important things to do than grieve over the past.

Princess Cen asked: "Have you contacted the palace?"

"Go back to the master, I have informed you of your instructions."

"That's good."

She always wants to find out what happened ten years ago.