I am a ruler in troubled times

Before departure from Xianyang, Emperor Yonghe not only prepared a brand new guard of honor for Chong Yi, but also carefully selected the people who came to Yan Kingdom with Chong Yi.

The entire team of envoys consisted of almost 600 people, among which there were five hundred cavalrymen in the rank of ten. Other people and the neatly parked carriages were surrounded in the middle.

In contrast, Chen Yanzhou who came out from Qian County and the dozen or so accompanying people behind him were like lambs accidentally strayed into a pack of wolves.

Chong Yi was wearing a black uniform embroidered with dragon patterns, standing on a high frame, condescendingly looking down at Chen Yanzhou who declared himself to be his family, and immediately looked away at the city gate of Qian County with just one glance.

Qian County can also be regarded as the military fortress of Yan State, especially in the confrontation between Yan State and Zhao State.

Compared with the tall and majestic city walls in Moxian County, it suddenly became 'simple'.

Song Peiyu, who was riding a horse and standing next to the frame, took time to look at the embarrassment on Chen Yanzhou's face.

Chong Yi is the prince of Zhao State, and he came to Yan State only at the invitation of Yan State.

Emperor Xiaodi of the Yan Kingdom, who has a lot of brothers and sons, actually only let a second-rank general protecting the country to welcome Chong Yi.

In Song Peiyu's opinion, when Chen Yanzhou received this job, he should be prepared to be embarrassed.

In fact, when Chen Yanzhou took this job, he was really not ready to be embarrassed.

He was even instructed by his grandmother, Princess Zhaohe, not to let the people from the Song family have a good time in the country of Yan.

Only when Song's visit is not happy, the queen mother will be happy, and because of this, she will value him more.

After hearing the words of Princess Zhaohe, Chen Yanzhou took it for granted that even the prince of Zhao Guo would restrain his behavior when he came to Yan Kingdom, to see Yan Guo's face, let alone someone from the Song family.

Besides, grandma didn't ask him to kill the people of the Song family directly, but only asked him to make the people of the Song family unhappy, and it would be better if they were injured.

People of their background know best what to do in order to make people feel unspeakably aggrieved.

Chen Yanzhou never expected that as soon as the two sides met each other, he was so uncomfortable that he couldn't even speak.

He thought that Prince Zhao, who would act in a low-key manner, was more ostentatious than Emperor Xiao in Luoyang, so he never thought of restraining himself.

Chen Yanzhou had to admit that with only a dozen people behind him, he was even more nervous than facing Emperor Xiaoxing when facing more than 500 Zhao Jun cavalry and the crown prince of Zhao Guo who was standing on a gorgeous frame looking down.

Chen Yanzhou was afraid that if the two sides disagreed, Prince Zhao would directly order someone to do it.

The cold sweat on his head became more and more unknowingly, Chen Yanzhou finally lost his composure after Chong Yi patted on the frame impatiently, and looked around the gorgeous frame, trying to Someone who can rescue him.

Song Peiyu, who was wearing the court clothes of the prince's guests, naturally became Chen Yanzhou's target.

Song Peiyu was very talkative, and when he found that Chen Yanzhou was looking at him without blinking, he immediately smiled kindly, and immediately bowed his hands to Chen Yanzhou, "General Chen, I'm Song Shi Peiyu, a guest of the East Palace Prince. By the emperor's order, at the invitation of Emperor Yan, come to congratulate Emperor Yan on his birthday."

Chen Yanzhou immediately took a few steps forward, stopped in front of Song Peiyu's horse, and said enthusiastically, "It turns out to be Uncle Song. I saw you before Song left Luoyang."

"Really?" Song Peiyu shook her head, "Maybe when I was young, I didn't remember you anymore."

Chen Yanzhou glanced at Chong Yi, after all, he didn't dare to bet on whether Chong Yi would continue to ignore him, and he still said to Song Peiyu, "I rushed to Qian County as soon as I received the news that His Royal Highness Prince Zhao was leaving in Xianyang. , to prepare a temporary place for His Highness the Crown Prince. I didn’t expect to wait so long for His Highness the Crown Prince of Zhao. Uncle Shi quickly send these guards back to Zhao, so that we can enter the city earlier, and I will welcome His Highness the Crown Prince. After washing the dust, go to Xianyang. Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time."

Song Peiyu looked at Chen Yanzhou with a half-smile, "Who said these guards will be sent back to Zhao?"

Chen Yanzhou was stunned, his eyes quickly swept over the guards who were looking at him in unison, subconsciously took two steps back, his voice became sharp, "Are you going to take all these people to Luoyang?!"

Song Peiyu smiled and remained silent.

Ping Zhang didn't have Song Peiyu's good temper, he pulled out a long knife from his waist, and shouted, "Why are you being rude and making noise for no reason in front of His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Song Peiyu reached out to stop Pingzhang, "General Ping, don't worry, Yan has no crown prince yet, and General Chen has never seen the crown prince's ceremonial guard, that's why he made such a fuss."

"Don't coax me!" Ping Zhang flicked Song Peiyu's hand away, his gaze was still on Chen Yanzhou fiercely, "There is no prince in Yan, and there is no emperor yet? Could it be that Emperor Yan didn't even have 500 guards when he went out? ?”

Following Ping Zhang's words, a loud voice suddenly came from behind the tenth cavalry, "Yan is not as rich as Zhao, who knows if their emperor has the prestige of our crown prince?"

The brawny men on the tall horses immediately roared with laughter.

Song Peiyu shook her head helplessly amidst many mocking voices.

He took the initiative to ride his horse close to Chen Yanzhou, who was already livid, and the hot air exhaled from the horse's nose sprayed directly on Chen Yanzhou's face.

Chen Yanzhou's mind has been completely occupied by the ten cavalry who are pointing at him.

He even felt that Song Peiyu, who had always been kind to him, took the initiative to ride close to him, which brought him a sense of peace of mind.

Chen Yanzhou not only didn't care about the horse's breath sprayed on his face, but also moved his steps almost invisibly, taking the initiative to get closer to Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu pretended not to notice Chen Yanzhou's little tricks, and stretched out his hand to count one by one for Chen Yanzhou the role of the people in Zhao Guo's envoy team.

Chong Yi's guard of honor.

There are 64 people who are responsible for raising horse carriages. Some people can be replaced at any time when they are not acclimatized.

There are 32 people who are responsible for carrying the flag. There are [-] groups of two people. Each group has the same height, weight and even appearance. As long as one person feels uncomfortable, the whole group will have to take turns again.

There are also special trumpeters in the guard of honor.

Chen Yanzhou followed Song Peiyu's gesture with dull eyes and turned his head.

More than a dozen strong men riding on tall steeds walked out of the team and took out horns of different standards as if by magic.

……

After Song Peiyu's explanation, among the nearly 600 envoys of the Zhao Kingdom, more than 500 were members of the Prince Zhao's guard of honor.

Song Peiyu bent down slightly, half lying on the horse's back, looked down at Chen Yanzhou whose face was getting uglier, and said slowly, "There are less than 600 people, so could it still pose a threat to Luoyang? You..."

Song Peiyu didn't say the rest of the sentence, but Chen Yanzhou knew that Song Peiyu, like those people just now, was also laughing at Yan Guo for being "stingy".

Seeing the resolute attitude of Zhao Guo's envoys, Chen Yanzhou didn't dare to say more.

He lowered his eyes and remembered today's humiliation in his heart.

Chen Yanzhou was not a stupid person either. After leaving the atmosphere of being led by the nose by Zhao Guo's envoys, he immediately figured out the source of the embarrassment at this time.

Zhao Guo's envoys were dissatisfied. The person who came to welcome Zhao Guo's prince was just a second-rank general protecting the country, or he was dissatisfied with his contemptuous attitude.

If he heard that the envoy of the State of Zhao set off from Mo County, he immediately took people out to greet him, instead of waiting in Qian County to wait for the envoy to arrive outside the gate of Qian County, and then slowly came out to greet him, maybe the result would be different.

While Chen Yanzhou was secretly regretting, he also felt extremely dissatisfied with Princess Showa who was far away in Luoyang.

Grandmother only wanted to please the Queen Mother, so she took the initiative to ask him for this job, and told him "don't let people surnamed Song have a better life", and don't worry too much about Prince Zhao.

So much so that he even forgot that Prince Zhao was not only famous for his bad temper, but also a fierce general who took down Wei Guo within a month.

Otherwise, he would never have done such an outrageous task!

Chen Yanzhou discovered the source of his embarrassing situation, but he was unable to remedy it.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and go all the way to Hei, continue to talk about Uncle Shi, and get close to Song Peiyu, hoping that Song Peiyu can help him persuade Prince Zhao to calm down and go to the city with him earlier.

After welcoming all Zhao Guo's envoys into Qian County, he will slowly find a way to appease Zhao Guo's prince.

You must not continue to annoy the prince of Zhao, if the prince of Zhao wants to return to Zhao directly in anger, wouldn't he be blamed for death.

Song Peiyu was still willing to deal with Chen Yanzhou for a while, and speculate on the character of Princess Showa by talking with this golden grandson who was raised under Princess Zhaohe's lap since she was a child.

Apart from the arrogance engraved in his bones, Chen Yanzhou is very in line with the requirements of this era for eldest sons and grandchildren.

He will despise Chong Yi because of negligence and arrogance, and will try his best to remedy it immediately after discovering something is wrong.

Song Peiyu could sense Chen Yanzhou's vague malice towards him.

Even though Chen Yanzhou harbored malice towards him, he still kept his mouth low and a friendly 'Uncle Shi' called him, treating him as a life-saving straw.

It can be said to embody thick skin to the extreme.

People who don't know people might think that he and Chen Yanzhou are really close family friends.

In the case of an absolute disadvantage, he can still distinguish the priorities, and he is very forbearing.

If Princess Showa also has this kind of personality...

No wonder the Empress Dowager Yan would be played around, for the sake of someone else's son, she gave up her own son, and treated others as close as sisters.

Little did they know, they were 'sisters'.

When Chong Yi saw that Chen Yanzhou was about to stick to Song Peiyu, he completely lost his patience, and finally willing to speak up, "There is no one in Yan Country to welcome you, so it can be seen that Gu is not welcome, so I'm coming back."

As soon as Chong Yi finished speaking, Ping Zhang steered his horse straight towards Chen Yanzhou.

Thanks to the quick response of the people around Chen Yanzhou, who pulled him in time, and Ping Zhang's horse was not fast, Chen Yanzhou was not injured.

Ping Zhang didn't even notice that Chen Yanzhou, who was dragged into disheveled clothes, went straight to the front of the line, and shouted to the cavalry to prepare to return the same way.

Chen Yanzhou's face went from blushing with anger to livid, and finally pale.

Prince Zhao cannot just leave like this.

If Prince Zhao just leaves like this, his errands will be completely ruined, even the grandmother and the queen mother will not be able to protect him.

Chen Yanzhou gritted his teeth fiercely, and after tasting the increasingly strong smell of blood in his mouth, he suddenly knelt down straight.

At that moment, he felt as if he heard the sound of bones breaking.

But he knew that his leg was fine, and the broken part was elsewhere.

"Chen Yanzhou, General Protector of the State of Yan, welcomes the crown prince of Zhao State, and invites His Royal Highness to enter the city." Chen Yanzhou lowered his head deeply, but his voice was generous and loud without any reconciliation.

It seemed that he originally planned to greet Chong Yi with such a big gift first after exchanging greetings with Song Peiyu.

Following behind Chen Yanzhou, everyone who dared not show their breath also knelt down one after another.

After a few breaths, everyone heard Chong Yi's lazy voice, "Get up"

Song Peiyu's superficial smile was much more sincere, and she was about to dismount from the horse and help Chen Yanzhou get up personally, by the way, to see how much Chen Yanzhou had endured, but Ping Zhang took the lead.

Ping Zhang picked up the thin Chen Yanzhou like a chick, and said in a loud voice, "So you are the person from Yan Kingdom who came to welcome His Highness, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Chen Yanzhou's complexion, which had gradually returned to normal, turned pale again.

Didn't he say it earlier?

He just went out of the city and saw Prince Zhao Guo.He said that he would welcome Zhao people into the city

Just now, he also explicitly hinted at Song Peiyu countless times, and begged Song Peiyu to help him talk, so that Zhao Guoren could enter the city as soon as possible.

These bandits...Chen Yanzhou raised his hand to cover his heart, and showed an extremely weak smile, "It's my fault, I was too excited after seeing Uncle Shi, and even ignored His Highness the Crown Prince."

Song Peiyu couldn't help laughing out loud, raised her hand to touch the hairpin on her head, and used the wide cuffs to hide the expression on her face.

He could understand what Chen Yanzhou meant.

Probably after finding out that Chong Yi is quite temperamental, he wanted to use this to provoke the relationship between him and Chong Yi.

When they were on a mission to other countries, the officials of other countries ignored the prince and only cared about the prince's accompanying officials.

Unless the prince is extraordinarily generous, he will feel uncomfortable.

Chong Yi did indeed undergo a change of mood just as Chen Yanzhou expected.

His eyes that had already moved away focused on Chen Yanzhou's face again, his eyes changed from impatient to cold.

Song Peiyu coughed lightly, looked up at Chong Yi, "It's getting late, why don't we go into the city quickly?"

Hearing Song Peiyu's words, Chong Yi's condensed expression immediately eased a lot, and there was a smile in his eyes, "There are still 73 days until Emperor Yan's birthday, and it happens to be able to travel in Yan Country for a while, and then rush to Luoyang."

Out of the corner of Song Peiyu's eyes, she caught a glimpse of Chen Yanzhou who had covered his chest with one hand and now covered his chest with two hands. The small smile in his eyes became more and more obvious, but he refused to respond to Chongyi's words.

Unless Emperor Xiao of Yan State suddenly lost his mind, he would never allow Chong Yi to lead nearly [-] cavalry around Yan State.

According to Chen Yanzhou's original plan, Prince Zhao would bring more than 200 people at most.

He only borrowed the other courtyard of the county magistrate of Qianxian County, decorated the main courtyard a little bit, and only asked people to prepare food for 250 people.

The number of Zhao Guo's envoys was almost three times what Chen Yanzhou had imagined, and the other courtyard of Qianxian county magistrate was no longer enough, so Chen Yanzhou could only send someone to borrow the courtyard.

When Pingzhang heard that Chen Yanzhou said that the other half of the people would be arranged elsewhere, he immediately waved his hands, and said in a strange way, "I didn't expect that the country of Yan couldn't even afford a place to live, it can be seen that the population is getting more and more prosperous. "

Chen Yanzhou didn't want to say a word with Pingzhang at all, no matter how Pingzhang satirized him, he accepted it all with a smile on his face, his temper was so good that Pingzhang felt a little embarrassed.

Song Peiyu had seen enough excitement, reached out and patted Ping Zhang's shoulder, and said reproachfully, "Your Highness is wise, you have already made all the preparations, why do you bother to make things difficult for General Chen?"

Pingzhang snorted unconvinced, deliberately passed by Chen Yanzhou, knocked Chen Yanzhou staggered, and loudly asked the cavalry to take out the tent from the carriage.

Song Peiyu's footsteps moved slightly, not letting Chen Yanzhou bump into him.

After Chen Yanzhou stretched out his scratched hands to support the wall and stood firm, Song Peiyu bent down to look at Chen Yanzhou's face, "General Chen, are you alright?"

Chen Yanzhou reluctantly curled the corner of his mouth, showing an extremely distorted smile but he didn't know it, "It's nothing, I was negligent, and please don't be offended."

"Don't worry, Your Highness has long expected that going out is not as convenient as at home. When we set off from Xianyang, we brought a lot of gold and silver. If the country of Yan has no time to take care of it, we can afford the basic necessities of the journey by ourselves." Song Peiyu will Hands folded together, looking very happy that the preparations made in advance will come in handy.

However, Chen Yanzhou felt that Song Peiyu's hidden needles were far more suffocating than the straightforward humiliation and provocation.

The envoys of the Zhao State settled their own food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way?

This is not pointing at his nose and calling him incompetent!

Since leaving the city to meet the envoys of Zhao State, all kinds of gaps, being caught off guard, anxiety, worry, depression... shame and other emotions have completely exploded, and my heart is constantly surging.

Chen Yanzhou suddenly felt black in front of his eyes, and before he completely lost consciousness, he saw Song Peiyu's face full of concern.

"Ok?"

Seeing that the person in front of him was going limp without warning, Song Peiyu stretched out his hand subconsciously.

It wasn't until Chen Yanzhou's weight came up that Song Peiyu remembered who he was supporting, and his hands suddenly lost strength.

Chen Yanzhou fell to the ground and slammed his head on the decorative stones beside the gazebo.

Song Peiyu felt a dull pain in her head when she heard this muffled sound, and finally squatted down to check Chen Yanzhou's situation a little bit.

People who can read in this era are more or less proficient in Qihuang, and Song Peiyu is no exception.

He quickly concluded that Chen Yanzhou passed out because he was too emotional. Although there was a big bump on the back of his head, he didn't bleed...it shouldn't be a serious problem?

Just when Song Peiyu was rubbing his chin and looking at the unconscious Chen Yanzhou lost in thought, Chong Yi just changed out of his dusty clothes and came out to look for Song Peiyu.

Without changing his face, Chong Yi stepped over Chen Yanzhou's waist and stood beside Song Peiyu.

"I went to bury him?"

He could feel that Song Peiyu didn't like Chen Yanzhou.

dislike it very much.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have talked so much nonsense with Chen Yanzhou outside the city walls of Qian County.

Song Peiyu laughed, and angrily slapped Chong Yi on the shoulder, "He hasn't died yet."

Chong Yi suddenly hooked the corner of his mouth, and picked up Song Peiyu's hand to play with.

Song Peiyu immediately understood what Chong Yi meant.

Is it not easy to die?

Chen Yanzhou didn't know at all, what he thought was just fainted from anger, but actually walked through the gate of hell.

On the way from Qian County to Luoyang, Chen Yanzhou showed a good temper that he had never imagined himself, and tried his best to please Chong Yi.

He even found out that Chong Yi believed in Song Peiyu very much, and temporarily put aside the confession of Princess Showa. Not only did he not secretly embarrass Song Peiyu, but he carefully flattered Song Peiyu, hoping that Song Peiyu would speak well for him in front of Chongyi. A few words.

He was afraid that after Chongyi arrived in Luoyang, he would mention in public that he had neglected Chongyi outside the gate of Qian County.

Chen Yanzhou deeply understood that given the importance that Lord Chaotang and Emperor Xiao attached to Zhao Guo, if Chong Yi publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with him, and he did have some unexcusable faults.

He will definitely become the cannon fodder for Yan Guo to express his sincerity to Zhao Guo.

All the honors and favors on him and his grandmother came from the former emperor and the empress dowager.

Since the death of the first emperor, although the grandmother's status in Luoyang has not declined, the status of the Dachang Princess' Mansion has gone from bad to worse.

If you accidentally lose the title of the second-rank general protecting the country, you don't know if you can get it back in your life.

He didn't dare to gamble.

Song Peiyu is the best talker among Zhao Guo's envoys, whenever Chen Yanzhou can make him happy, he will immediately speak good things about Chen Yanzhou to Chong Yi.

The result is...not quite as expected.

Repeated failures made Chen Yanzhou firm, and Chong Yi was a moody and vindictive person.

As the team got closer and closer to Luoyang, Chen Yanzhou never got Chong Yi's favor, which made Chen Yanzhou unknowingly become more and more anxious.

A month later, Chen Yanzhou and Zhao Guo's envoys finally arrived outside Luoyang City. Chen Yanzhou had already lost a lot of weight visible to the naked eye, and depression was added to his brows for no reason, and he became more and more taciturn.

I don't know if it was Chen Yanzhou who mentioned Chong Yi's ostentation and "preoccupation" in the letter sent to Luoyang, or the people in Luoyang paid more attention to Chong Yi's arrival than Chen Yanzhou.

There are still ten miles away from Luoyang, and there is a row of people who can't lose to Chongyi.

Ping Zhang rode his horse to Chen Yanzhou's side, and said in a voice that everyone could hear, "I thought that the rules of your country of Yan, even if you don't like extravagance, you won't welcome envoys from far away. Now it seems that only General Chen likes it." Keep everything simple?"

If it was Chen Yanzhou who had just traveled with Pingzhang a month ago, he would have listened to Pingzhang's words calmly, and then naturally said something that would divert the topic just right and make both parties not embarrassed.

But now...Chen Yanzhou silently clenched the dagger at his waist, exhausted all his strength to hold back the hostility in his chest, and did not immediately pull out the dagger and insert it into Pingzhang's chest.

Fortunately he didn't.

Ping Zhang practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he often used Chong Yi as a sandbag.

How could Chen Yanzhou be Pingzhang's opponent?

Song Peiyu immediately sensed something was wrong, looked in the direction of Pingzhang and Chen Yanzhou, and moved the horse to Chongyi's carriage.

Ever since she found out that Chen Yanzhou's mood was getting more and more wrong, Song Peiyu has been calmly alienating Chen Yanzhou, and kindly reminded Pingzhang that Chen Yanzhou may act aggressively at any time.

Ping Zhang is bold and skilled, and he is more keen on making troubles for Chen Yanzhou when he is free.

After Chong Yi noticed Song Peiyu's movements, he also looked in Chen Yanzhou's direction.

The reason why he kept Chen Yanzhou until now is because so far, Chen Yanzhou's killing intent was directed at him and Pingzhang.

Whenever Chen Yanzhou showed any intention of killing Song Peiyu, he would immediately deal with him.

Chen Yanzhou, who was being affected by all kinds of turbulent emotions and almost lost his mind, suddenly felt a chill rise up his spine that made his hair stand on end.

It wasn't until he woke up from the verge of suffocation and began to gasp for breath that Chen Yanzhou realized that he almost passed out because he forgot to breathe again.

Deep bewilderment and fear flashed in Chen Yanzhou's eyes.

who is it?

This feeling that made him forget everything and just beg for mercy has been haunting him for more than half a month.

He even tried Song Peiyu and Pingzhang, suspecting that they had used witchcraft on him, but found nothing.

Finally going back to Luoyang.

After returning to Luoyang, he will close the door for half a month, no, he will close the door until the envoys of Zhao State leave Yan State completely.

He never wanted to see these people again!

The person waiting to meet Chong Yi outside the city is the fifth prince of Emperor Xiao.

According to the news Song Peiyu received, this is also the crown prince that Emperor Xiao intends to register on his birthday.

On the day of Emperor Xiao's birthday, the will of the crown prince will be officially announced.

Ten days later, another big ceremony will be held.

The Fifth Prince of Yan Kingdom seemed to be in his early twenties.

Although it can be seen that he is trying his best not to show timidity in front of Chong Yi.

But Song Peiyu was far from the only one who saw this, which proved how failed the fifth prince's efforts were.

Many courtiers of the Yan Kingdom who followed the fifth prince of the Yan Kingdom had turned ugly.

An old official of the Yan Kingdom couldn't stand it anymore, so he deliberately brought the topic to Song Peiyu.

"Is this the youngest son of Duke Zhou?"

Song Peiyu looked at the speaker.

Her hair and beard are all gray, and in terms of age alone, she is indeed about the same as Song Liangci.

Looking at the accessories on the waist, Song Peiyu could already guess the identity of this person.

An old friend of Song Liangci.

Yan Guo Da Situ, Wu Jinfei.

Song Peiyu took the initiative to salute, "The guest of the Prince of the Eastern Palace, Song Shi Peiyu."

Wu Jinfei stroked his beard and nodded with a smile on his face, "Your brother should have mentioned this old man to you."

Song Peiyu's eyes flashed obvious intimacy, and he took the initiative to take a few steps closer to Wu Jinfei, but his smile was a little shy, "Brother told me, if you encounter difficulties in Luoyang, just come to Shibo."

The Song family was able to successfully escape from Luoyang back then, thanks to Wu Jinfei's provision of convenience for the Song family.

The pride on Wu Jinfei's face was undisguised, and he even winked flamboyantly at the elders beside him.

After meeting many people with Wu Jinfei and realizing that although he had never met these people before, he had heard of these people's names and even knew them well, Song Peiyu suddenly understood those who hoped that Zhao Guo and Yan Guo would restore the old good. Country veteran.

He was weak and sick since he was a child. Although he was born in Luoyang, he hardly saw outsiders when he grew up in Luoyang.

Besides, after he was born, it was the time when the Song family became more and more difficult.

Even if there were people like Wu Jinfei who were willing to drag the Song family, in order not to attract Emperor Qing's eyes, they cut off contact with the Song family in the open.

Song Peiyu had never seen these people before.

But at this moment, surrounded by people who had heard about Song Jinyu long ago, listening to these people talking about Song's past, or interesting stories about Song Peiyu's brothers, Song Peiyu would not feel disobedient.

He will soften his attitude because of these people who are only famous and have not met, let alone the bosses of Zhao Guo who have been with these people for many years.

Thinking of this, Song Peiyu's heart skipped a beat.

Veterans of the State of Zhao have special feelings for the State of Yan, and believe that Zhao and Yan belong to the same origin.

What about the old official of Yan State?

When the imperial edict left by Emperor Qing was found, everyone in the world knew that Emperor Xiao's throne was not in the right path, and the National Assembly of Yan inevitably became chaotic.

Song Peiyu didn't believe how much loyalty these old fritters from aristocratic families really had to the royal family of the Yan Kingdom. Would Emperor Yonghe, who could obviously bring them greater benefits, have a chance to be recognized by them?

With this thought in mind, Song Peiyu felt that the behavior of these veteran officials, who would accompany the Fifth Prince out of the city to meet Chong Yi, became more subtle.

It is enough for the Fifth Prince to welcome Chong Yi.

At most, Wu Jinfei, who had a good relationship with the Song family, would be added.

The rest of the elders came here on purpose, didn't they really want to compare the Fifth Prince of Yan Kingdom with Chong Yi?

Maybe they just want to compare and have no other ideas for the time being.

But who can tell what will happen in the future?

There are still some days before Emperor Qing's birthday.

Qingshan Palace has been abandoned for many years, and it will not open until it is repaired.

Originally, the State of Yan planned to arrange the envoys of the State of Zhao to be near the Honglu Temple in the State of Yan to receive envoys from other countries.

But Chong Yi brought too many people, and Yan Guo paid special attention to Emperor Xiao's birthday, and not only sent invitations to Zhao Guo.

If Zhao's envoys were arranged near Honglu Temple, envoys from other countries would face the dilemma of having no place to live when they arrived.

After weighing various factors, Yan Guo Honglu Temple asked Emperor Xiao for instructions while Chong Yi was still on the road, and first repaired a side hall in Qingshan Palace to house Zhao Guo's envoys.

On the first day Song Peiyu and Chong Yi arrived in Luoyang, they lived in Qingshan Palace without any effort.

After the five princes of Yan State sent the envoys of Zhao State to the Qingshan Palace, they left under the pretext that Emperor Xiao still had orders.

Although the excuse he made was decent, but when he left, he walked in a hurry, as if there was a ghost chasing after him, it was a bit...

The bosses of the Yan Kingdom who came to the Qingshan Palace like to join in the fun all turned black.

As Chen Yanzhou approached Luoyang, without warning, he once again forgot all the feeling that he only wanted to ask the unknown people or gods to spare his life, and then indirectly immersed himself in his own world.

Even the Fifth Prince winked at Chen Yanzhou, implying that Chen Yanzhou would leave the Qingshan Palace with him, but Chen Yanzhou didn't notice.

Even so, after Chen Yanzhou found out that the Fifth Prince had left the Qingshan Palace, he immediately left the crowd quietly and hurried back to Luoyang.

He was not chasing the fifth prince, but the desire to go home was so urgent that he could no longer hold back.

It was as if a voice kept telling him to go home quickly, so that he could avoid the envoys of Zhao Guo and the feeling that was about to torture him crazy.

Seeing the plaque of the Grand Princess Mansion from a distance, Chen Yanzhou showed the happiest smile in a month.

After entering the mansion, Chen Yanzhou didn't want to see anyone, so he ran back to his yard and kicked out all the servants.

During this period, the female officials around Princess Zhaohe and the servants around Chen Yanzhou's parents sent Chen Yanzhou to answer several times, but most of them never saw Chen Yanzhou's face.

The only person who saw Chen Yanzhou's noodles was smashed in the head by Chen Yanzhou with a teacup.

After half a stick of incense, Princess Zhaohe came to Chen Yanzhou's door in person.

She first persuaded Chen's father, who came to beat his son in shock and anger after hearing that her son had beaten someone close to her mother, to leave, and then she reached out and knocked on Chen Yanzhou's door.

After a few breaths, Chen Yanzhou still chose to open the door for Princess Showa.

"Grandmother" Chen Yanzhou lowered his head deeply, deep remorse flashed in his eyes.

No matter how irritable he is, he shouldn't hit the people around grandma.

Princess Zhaohe didn't mention the female officer who returned to her yard with her face covered in blood. After she sat down, she immediately asked, "Zhouer, what lesson did you teach Song Peiyu on the way? Did you leave any wounds on him?"

The guilt in Chen Yanzhou's eyes gradually dissipated, turning into deep irritability.

Why did he have to deal with Song Peiyu?

If it weren't for Song Peiyu, he didn't even know if he would survive to return to Luoyang alive under the hands of Prince Zhao and Heping Zhang.

Chen Yanzhou didn't want to answer this question, but Princess Zhaohe didn't allow him to escape.

Seeing that Chen Yanzhou refused to speak, Princess Zhaohe asked again, this time the tone was far from the kindness and expectation just now, and already implied dissatisfaction.

Chen Yanzhou bent down deeply, buried his face in the center of his palms, and said in a muffled voice, "The Empress Dowager lives in the harem and cannot interfere with the court, and His Majesty is not her own son, but you are His Majesty's own aunt, why are you trying to please... ..."

Princess Zhaohe suddenly clenched her fist, slammed it heavily on the table, and snapped, "What are you talking about? I ask you if you have completed my explanation!"

With Chen Yanzhou's tense spirit now, he really couldn't bear this kind of fright.

After he shivered suddenly, his eyes were a little straight.

Princess Zhaohe thought that Chen Yanzhou not only failed to complete her confession, but also refused to admit her mistakes, and was fighting her with a silent attitude.

How could Princess Zhaohe endure being contradicted by her juniors like this, and judging from Chen Yanzhou's performance that Chen Yanzhou hadn't completed her confession at all, she was even more angry.

waste!

It was a waste of her waiting in Luoyang for so long.

She thought she hadn't heard the rumors of troubles among Zhao Guo's envoys, but Chen Yanzhou's tricks made Zhao Guo's envoys suffer.

What a waste!

Princess Showa stood up from her seat suddenly, pointed at Chen Yanzhou's face and cursed.

"Things in the nest, those cousins ​​who bully you so much on weekdays, why don't you have the guts to face outsiders?"

"On the territory of Yan State, so what if it's the Prince Zhao? Besides, I didn't let the Prince Zhao be attacked, and I didn't even force you to take Song Peiyu's life. I just wanted him to suffer some dark losses and make me happy. Why didn't you come out... ah!"

Chen Yanzhou suddenly raised his foot and kicked Princess Zhaohe in the stomach, and with a frenzied expression, he picked up the chair and smashed Princess Zhaohe on the head who had fallen to the ground.

"Are you trying to hurt me?"

"They all want to kill me!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"Smash you to death!"

……

The old eunuch guarding the door scrambled and crawled to take the beatings for Princess Showa. After only two blows, she lost her breath and fell limply on Princess Showa.

Song Peiyu knew nothing about the chaos that happened to Princess Showa.

After the Fifth Prince ignored the elders who came to welcome Chong Yi with him and left alone, the elders simply stayed and wanted to have lunch with Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu could tell that the elders wanted Chong Yi to stay.

But Chong Yi obviously didn't have this idea.

Song Peiyu didn't intend to persuade her either.

The less easy it is to understand, the more people will miss it.

Song Peiyu felt from the bottom of her heart that the elders of the Yan Kingdom only knew about Chong Yi's tough record, and it was best not to get to know Chong Yi deeply.

The elders have to go to court tomorrow, so they can't stay in Qingshan Palace for a long time, and leave together before the sun goes down.

Wu Jinfei stayed here on purpose, really treated Song Peiyu as his own nephew, carefully broke down the situation in Luoyang to Song Peiyu, and would rather rush back to Luoyang overnight.

Wu Jinfei didn't leave Qingshan Palace until the moon rose to the top of the branch.

Song Peiyu specially asked Ping Zhang to send Wu Jinfei back to Luoyang in person, and also specially gave Wu Jinfei a Zhao Guoda carriage with a lot of connotations.

Back at the residence, the room was lit with dim candles, and only Jin Bao was guarding the door.

When Song Peiyu entered the door, he happened to see Chong Yi who was only wearing obscene trousers, wiping the water droplets on his head and pushing the door out of the cubicle.

He waved to Chongyi, and stood on the rocking chair beside the bed, waiting for Chongyi to come over.

Chong Yi never allowed anyone except Song Peiyu to wipe his hair. If he wiped it himself, the water would still be dripping, even if it was finished.

Chong Yi raised the corners of his mouth, and his steps became bigger and bigger. He sat down in front of Song Peiyu very consciously, and handed the sweat towel in his hand to Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu stretched out her finger angrily, poked the corner of Chong Yi's mouth lightly, covered Chong Yi's face with the wet sweat towel, and went to find a new sweat towel.

As for Chongyi's thick and long black hair, it takes at least five sweat towels to dry it completely.

Chong Yi only took a sweat towel, clearly planning to fool things.

It was only when Song Peiyu put the newly brought sweat towel on the table beside the recliner that there was a rectangular wooden box tightly wrapped in black fine cloth on the table.

"What is this?" Song Peiyu asked casually.

It wasn't something important, otherwise it wouldn't be half on the table and half hanging in the air, looking like it might fall off the table at any time. .

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