I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

Xue Yuan remained calm, "What did Mrs. Xue say?"

"Your mother told you not to do such things as gangsters and bandits. You force him to be your sweetheart, and he still doesn't care about you." General Xue looked at Xue Yuan suspiciously, and put the wine glass on the table, "Are you Didn't you use force on other girls?"

Xue Yuan laughed when he heard this.

How can Gu Yuanbai's body be strong?

If it can't be used, if he dares to use it, he should die.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xue was just making up, at most she was just guessing.But can his mother really guess who is in his heart?Xue Yuan's expression became languid, he circled the mouth of the pot with his green jade fingers, and rubbed the mouth of the cup with his fingertips, drinking the wine by himself, ignoring General Xue's words.

But halfway through the drink, Xue Yuan suddenly remembered that Mrs. Xue had sent him a letter years ago.It's just that the letter was put together with the things returned to him by the sage, because it was too thin, Xue Yuan ignored it.

He made a note of this matter, and after the celebration was over, he returned to the tent, and after searching for a long time, he finally found the letter Mrs. Xue sent him.

The letter paper is thin, so I thought it was nothing serious.But when she opened it, Madam Xue spoke anxiously, saying that after the Holy Majesty entered his house, the jade he had hidden under the bed disappeared.

Xue Yuan squeezed Xin's fingers tightly, his eyes turned to the jadeite finger in his hand, he took a low breath, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

It turned out to be the case.

Xue Yuan finally understood that Gu Yuanbai was probably so angry because of Yushi.But the conscience of heaven and earth can be learned from the sun and the moon, Xue Yuan just used that jade posture to practice his hands, he was afraid that he would make Gu Yuanbai red if he pinched it, after all, the little emperor is very tender, he will become red when he touches it, if Xue Yuan wants to Touch Gu Yuanbai, how could he not practice?

Why didn't the little emperor think about it, why was he willing to touch him with jade pieces?

Xue Yuan frowned, regretting why he didn't read the letter in time.If he had seen this letter before catching up with the envoy at the post station, he could have used another explanation to explain the reason for Yushi's incident.

Xue Yuan put away the letter paper, paced back and forth in the room for a long time, and finally calmed down, thinking about the words entrusted to the officials of the post station to pass to the capital, the Holy Majesty would not be moved by it, because he made a mistake. direction of explanation.

Only when the post station resends the letter after the next year can he explain the reason for his private possession of jade in the letter.

It was already after the fifth day of the first lunar month when the officials from the post station came to Beijiang to receive the letter as scheduled.

Xue Yuan had already prepared the letter for him. The officials who came to the post station changed their faces this time, probably because of the exhortations of the previous post station officials. After seeing Xue Yuan, his attitude was more respectful, and it could be said that he was sincere and fearful: " The little one will deliver the general's letter to the capital safely."

Xue Yuan smiled kindly and politely, "Then I will leave it to you, my lord."

This letter has to travel thousands of miles away, perhaps even if it reaches the capital, Xue Yuan will not get a reply.Seeing the back of the post station officials leaving, Xue Yuan stood straight in the snow, his black hair fluttering with his hair, and the flags and drums fluttered around him.

He turned his attention to a place further north. If he was quicker, if he was quicker, would he be able to return to Beijing in the spring and February?

The Spring Festival in the frontier was lively and lively, and the holy majesty in the capital welcomed back the eunuchs sent to the palace before the New Year's Eve.

The eunuch presented Concubine Wan's letter to the Holy Majesty, Gu Yuanbai put the letter aside, and asked seriously, "How is Concubine Wan?"

If it wasn't for Gu Yuanbai's poor health, and because of last year's serious illness, he had a crush on Dongri, he would definitely go to the summer palace in person to spend a good new year with Concubine Wan.

The eunuch said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the concubine is still in good health. I just really miss the majesty. When I arrived at the palace, I saw the concubine looking at a stack of plum cakes in a daze. The aunt next to the concubine said that it was the time when the majesty was young." Favorite pastry."

Gu Yuanbai sighed with emotion, and said with a smile: "Indeed, I like it very much now."

The eunuch then told Concubine Wan's trivial matters one by one.

Gu Yuanbai listened very carefully, asking a few words aloud from time to time, how many times do Concubine Wan eats a day now, and how much can she eat at a time.He was not too annoying to ask, and the person who answered did not dare to respond in the slightest. Between the question and the answer, an hour passed.

Gu Yuanbai came back to his senses and made people retreat.Then he unfolded the letter in his hand and read the above content word by word.

Concubine Wan also missed Gu Yuanbai very much, but she took the trouble to say it many times, telling Gu Yuanbai not to brave the cold winter to come to see her, everything is fine in the palace, she eats well and lives well, the only one It's a pity that the emperor is not around.

It's just that if the emperor is around, Concubine Wan will not meet Gu Yuanbai too much, lest Gu Yuanbai's body will not be able to hold on to such sadness on the day between heaven and man.

After Gu Yuanbai finished reading the letter, the thoughts in the letter were still lingering in his heart.He suddenly had someone present him with a fox fur, put on leather gloves, and walked into the imperial garden accompanied by everyone.

There is a field of plum blossoms in the imperial garden, a little reddish in between the snow, and when you get closer, the fragrance also hits with a icy cold air.Gu Yuanbai came here, and picked off a petal of plum that was dripping with melting snow.

The red color of plum blossoms was crushed on his hands, Gu Yuanbai said: "Bring some handkerchiefs here, I will pick some plum blossoms and make plum blossom cakes."

On New Year's Eve, there was supposed to be a palace banquet in the palace, but the Holy Majesty only let the clan ministers and ministers reunite with their families on the grounds of being tired, not to accompany him.

There are no concubines or children in the Holy Palace.In the past, I never felt anything, but I always felt lonely when I was young.Gu Yuanbai also noticed the silence in the palace, he thought for a while, and asked Tian Fusheng to pick a few good-natured and lively clan children, and send them to the palace to accompany Wan Tai concubine.

Tian Fusheng said yes, and asked again, "Your Majesty, do you want the palace to invite a few young masters to have fun in front of the palace?"

"No need," Gu Yuanbai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Put it by Zhen's side, and the palace will not be peaceful."

This year in the palace passed by like this.After the winter vacation ended in the next year, the officials from top to bottom of the Daheng Dynasty returned to the government. The first thing the court had to start preparing for was the martial arts in March.

Wuju is held every five years, and this time it happens to be the next year of Wenju.The grandeur of martial arts in the Daheng Dynasty was also not inferior to that of the Wenju. After Gu Yuanbai came down to the court, he went to look through the files, and took out the papers of the previous champions in the martial arts.

Martial arts is not just a test of martial arts. In addition to physical fitness, one also needs to have military thinking, have studied military books, know how to arrange troops, how to find places to set up camps, and so on.

Gu Yuanbai reformulated the previous martial arts scoring method, and changed the method of testing physical fitness to another method.

When he was thinking about these ways to torment Wu Jusheng, there was a relaxed smile between the corners of his eyes and brows.

If one's own health is not good, it is really not fun to torment others.

After His Majesty satisfied his bad taste, the time soon moved towards February.

The memorials from northern Xinjiang began to fly into the capital like snowflakes. Since the beginning of February, soldiers at the border have frequently clashed with nomads. After enduring the attacks of Daheng's soldiers in batches, they finally wanted to put aside their past suspicions and plan to fight against Daheng together.

At this time, only four of the eight Khitan tribes remained intact.

After the nomads condense into one rope, their threat to Daheng will be greatly increased.The soldiers were prepared for this, and when they were about to propose a peace at the right time, something happened among the Khitan tribe that no one expected.

The great leader of the Khitan was seriously ill and died.

The Khitan tribes that originally planned to unite were undercurrents. Without the help of Daheng's people, they had faint signs of hostility and separation.

In mid-February, the Khitan people, under internal and external unease, even took the initiative to ask the Daheng people for peace.

Old General Xue was both surprised and felt that the matter was reasonable.He had a good discussion with the Khitan people on the matter of seeking peace, and secretly planted a lead for the idea of ​​assimilating them that the Holy Majesty had thought.

When most nomads can get food, tea, spices and silks without war or plunder, and when what they want can be exchanged for Daheng coins in the market, they are still willing to start a war ?

The people will not be willing.

They will gradually be content with the status quo, and will eventually become Daheng's horse farm.

From August to February, the six-month standoff at the border has finally come to an end.In the memorial written by General Xue, he will stay in place to take care of the construction of the trade route, while General Xue Yuan, who is in charge of transporting the rations and troops, has already returned to Beijing with his troops.

Thinking day and night, I galloped back to Beijing like flying.

Gu Yuanbai read this memorial several times, and the blood in his body seemed to boil following Old General Xue's short words.His face was flushed, his eyes were bright, and he said loudly: "Okay!"

Six months, finally over!

Gu Yuanbai couldn't help standing up, wanting to sing a song, but after all, he just calmed down the agitation in his chest, put his hands behind his back, stood in front of the temple and looked at the scenery outside, his eyes seemed to pass through thousands of mountains and rivers , saw the thousands of horses and thousands of troops in the frontier.

Happy, very happy, so happy that I just want to laugh.

The right time, place and people seem to be on Gu Yuanbai's side. The civil strife of the Khitan people is destined to cause a big commotion that can stir up the entire tribe. If such a civil strife does not turn out to be a strong leader, it is even possible Will last for more than a few years.

Gu Yuanbai only noticed and thought about this matter in his mind.It wasn't until the night became darker and it was time for dinner that he remembered what Old General Xue said in his memorial that Xue Jiuyao was coming back.

Xue Jiuyao.

Gu Yuanbai was in a daze, and in an instant, Xue Yuan hooked the corner of his mouth with a false smile flashed before his eyes.

Slender and straight, polite.

The Holy Majesty remembered something, and turned back to Tian Fusheng and asked, "Did Xue Jiuyao send me a letter a few days ago?"

Tian Fusheng nodded and replied respectfully: "Yes."

Gu Yuanbai hadn't read the letter yet, but when he thought about it, he probably thanked him for his kindness in sending flowers, so he said casually, "Go get it and let me see it."