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With the death of Li Zhiying, the greatest hidden danger of the Southern Dynasties also disappeared.

But at the beginning of Li Zhiyuan's ascension to the throne, the most powerful Donghu tribe in the northern wilderness was ready to move. For several days, Li Zhiyuan frowned to suppress the Donghu turmoil.

The current regime in the Southern Dynasties is not completely stable, and it is by no means the best time to use force.

Cai Zhuo took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Donghu to negotiate, and Li Zhiyuan agreed, and Donghu sent a letter saying that he would send envoys to the Southern Dynasties to seek development with Li Zhiyuan in the next hundred years.

It is good to have room to talk, and Li Zhiyuan is also prepared for the worst.

If the negotiation fails, the only option is to use force.

In less than half a month, Donghu's envoys entered the territory of the Southern Dynasty.

Along with the envoys of Donghu, Li Yun, the general who was stationed in Beihuang.

Chen Jingyu has heard a little about Li Yun, the son of Shangshu, a young general, looks like Pan'an, brave and good at fighting, three years ago, when the Huns invaded the country, he led [-] elite soldiers to the northern wilderness day and night, killed countless enemies, and defeated him in less than five days. The Xiongnu, who have been stationed in Beihuang so far, will return today.

Back then, Li Zhiying tried to win over Li Yun, but Li Yun devoted himself to serving the country and turned a blind eye to Li Zhiying's overtures.

Chen Jingyu once used this month to collect Li Yun's whereabouts. He has an extremely regular schedule, doesn't like drinking, sex, and money.

This time, with Li Yun sitting in charge, it would not be too much of a mistake to negotiate.

Li Zhiyuan's brows finally dropped a little.

However, Cai Yi has not been as active as before these few days, and she also looks depressed when she comes to see Chen Jingyu.

Chen Jingyu had known her for more than a month, and he had never seen her so sad, so he couldn't help asking.

Cai Yi's beautiful face drooped, and she said without beginning or end, "Li Yun is coming back."

Chen Jingyu thought she was worried about Donghu's affairs, and comforted her, "Yes, Donghu came here this time, with General Li around, they wouldn't dare to do anything wrong."

But Cai Yi was still sullen, and repeated, "Li Yun is coming back."

Chen Jingyu had an intuition that something was wrong between Cai Yi and Li Yun, but he didn't dare to ask rashly for fear of touching something taboo.

It was Li Zhiyuan who inadvertently mentioned that Cai Zhuo didn't like Li Yun very much.

Chen Jingyu paused while eating, and looked at Li Zhiyuan inexplicably.

Li Zhiyuan stretched out his hand and made a slashing movement, expressing his intention, "It's the same for beating Yuanyang General Cai with a stick."

Chen Jingyu was surprised and didn't answer.

Since ancient times, the words of matchmakers, the orders of parents, and women are the sorrow of the times. They have never had a choice. Thinking about it now, Cai Yi doesn't care about the twists and turns between herself and Li Zhiyuan. It turns out that it is not because of generosity, but because of her heart. It's not on Li Zhiyuan.

Then what Li Zhiyuan said about mutual love is...

Chen Jingyu's eyebrows twitched, and he quickly discarded those thoughts that he shouldn't have. If it wasn't Cai Yi, it could be someone else, but it couldn't be him.

Li Zhiyuan was busy with Donghu affairs these days, afraid that those corrupt old men in the court would bother him again, and worried that they would point their finger at Chen Jingyu, so he never stayed at Taiji Palace at night.

He said that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty could do anything, but he knew better than anyone in his heart that even if he was an emperor, his words and deeds were recorded in history books. He was not afraid of being written as a masculine fool, but he was afraid that history books would demonize Chen Jingyu , writing him as a goblin in troubled palace circles.

When Dong Hu's affairs are over, he will definitely handle his matter with Chen Jingyu well.

Donghu sent three envoys this time, besides that, Tuobaling, the second prince of Donghu, accompanied him.

Seven years ago, Donghu was defeated in the Great War and thus became a vassal state of the Southern Dynasty—and in that war, the 21-year-old Li Zhiying led the troops.

Tuobaling and Li Zhiying were old friends, they were both enemies and friends, and they cherished each other very much. Li Zhiying fought for the throne, and Tuobaling made a lot of efforts in secret, but unexpectedly, it was Li Zhiyuan who finally ascended the throne.

Chen Jingyu was faintly worried that Tuobaling's visit this time was not in good faith.

But the disputes in the court have nothing to do with him, so he no longer thinks about it.

Li Zhiyuan hosted a banquet in the main hall to entertain the Donghu envoys, while Cai Yi slipped to the Taiji Palace to drag Chen Jingyu out.

Chen Jingyu was not grounded, it was just in order not to cause unnecessary disputes, since he lived in the Taiji Palace, he has never been out of the palace gate, and this time when Cai Yi invited him, he was not in the mood.

Cai Yi pulled his sleeve, "Don't you want to see what the Donghu people look like? I heard that their eyes are different from ours. Some are blue and some are brown. Are you really not curious?"

Chen Jingyu was indeed curious, but not as bold as Cai Yi, who wanted to sneak into the hall.

"Empress, if you are really bored, I will play chess with you. As for the Donghu people, it's better to ask His Majesty to take you to meet them some other day, rather than sneaking a look by yourself."

Cai Yi hesitated, "But the banquet is only lively, besides..."

Chen Jingyu could hear something in her words, "Besides what?"

Cai Yi's smile was extremely unnatural, she tried her best to pretend to be curious, but her twinkling eyes betrayed her, "Besides, General Li Yunli is also here, I heard people say that he is very good at fighting, I think... ..."

She seemed to realize that something was wrong in her words, so she quickly stopped talking.

Chen Jingyu came to a realization, it turned out that the drunken man didn't want to drink, he saw that the Donghu people were fake, and the old lover was real.

He couldn't help feeling sorry for Cai Yi, now that she has sat on the throne, no matter how many thoughts she has in her heart, it is impossible for her to come true.

In Cai Yi, he found a shadow of himself.

They are all involuntary and at the mercy of others.

"Chen Jingyu," Cai Yi thought over and over again, her eyes were slightly circled, and she choked up, "I'm in this palace, so I'll make friends with you. I can't trust others, so I beg you to accompany me this trip, I promise. , just look at it from afar, and won’t be noticed by anyone.”

Chen Jingyu didn't like to see the girl cry, but asking him to accompany Li Zhiyuan's queen to meet her old lover was really a bit out of bounds.

If Li Zhiyuan knew about it, he might be furious.

Seeing that Chen Jingyu refused to agree for a long time, Cai Yi rolled her eyes and forced a smile, "Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you, I will go by myself."

Saying that, she turned to leave.

Chen Jingyu held her back, hesitated again and again, but still agreed, "It's too eye-catching for you to go like this."

Cai Yi had tears in her eyes.

"Find two eunuch uniforms and put them on." Chen Jingyu said with a smile.

Cai Yi looked as if she was about to cry but also seemed to be laughing, she said solemnly, "I will remember you as a favor."

Chen Jingyu sighed in his heart. He didn't know whether it was good or bad for him to do so, but he really couldn't look at Cai Yi's weeping appearance... He always saw Xiaoyu's shadow in Cai Yi, and at the same time It's the general bluffing innocent and cute, he couldn't keep Xiaoyu, so he put all the pity for Xiaoyu on Cai Yi.

We are also poor people in the world, why should we think so much?

Cai Yi is the mother of the country, and if she wants to take Chen Jingyu away, no one in Tai Chi Palace will dare to stop her.

The two changed into gray eunuch uniforms in the dormitory, tied their hair back, and slipped quietly into the night.

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Fahai in charge: Cai Zhuo