When Xiao Jinghe was reasoning with Zhou Guo with his weapon and fist at the border of Qiongzhou, Yang Yanqing, who received the news, thought about it, packed up some things and lived in the palace in a dignified manner.

The general is away, although Yang Yanqing is not in the court now, but there is a way to stabilize the little emperor's heart.

Xiao Yun seemed to feel that he had returned to the days when he was just accepted as a student by his husband, and was stared at by those eyes that were always smiling. More head-scratching after-dinner entertainment.

As the situation at the border became more and more tense, Black Hawk's delivery speed gradually changed from one letter per day to three days, five days, and ten days. "Missing you" is too late to fill in the back.

But Yang Yanqing didn't dislike it at all, just made a note in his heart, put the note into the box that he brought into the palace, and prepared to wait for someone who kept saying that he missed him to come back and settle the score after autumn.

"Sir...do you want to read the script for a while?" Xiao Yun squatted on the edge of the recliner with the wide sleeves of the dragon robe in his arms, and tentatively handed the script in his hand to Yang Yanqing who was nestled in the recliner.

"Have all your majesty's papers been approved?" Yang Yanqing glanced over.

"The approval is over!" Xiao Yun was shocked, and subconsciously raised his hand to his ear, "Really!"

"Then go and write something." Yang Yanqing raised Xiao Yun's notebook and stuffed it into his hand, looked at the name on the cover, and found that he hadn't read it, so he couldn't help being a little surprised.

"...What to write?" Xiao Yun didn't respond.

Yang Yanqing opened a brand-new notebook against the gentle afternoon sun, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty can write whatever you want to know and ask."

Xiao Yun squatted beside Yang Yanqing, leaned back and simply sat on the ground, lightly resting his head on Yang Yanqing's knee, and said in a low voice: "I want to ask Mr., isn't it possible at any time?"

Why must it be now.

Yang Yanqing's hands flicked through the script for a moment, and he didn't say anything, just turned another page.

In silence, Xiao Yun closed his eyes and leaned against Yang Yanqing's knee.I don't know how long it took before I finally stood up supporting the ground, walked a little slowly to the table and sat down, and after a long pause, I gradually picked up the pen and began to write on the silk paper.

After losing that weight around his knees, Yang Yanqing paused for a while in turning the pages of the script, and finally folded the script in his hand upside down on his chest and closed his eyes.

***

The confrontation between Xiao Jinghe and Zhou Guo lasted for more than a month. If the confrontation was about arrogance at the beginning, then in the later stage, it was almost not military strength, but financial resources.

When Yan Xiuyun encouraged many ministers to go to the court, peace should be the most important thing. Zhou Guo has been a subordinate country for many years. This time, he must have some difficulties in raising troops. Now he retreats first and has a tendency to be soft. At this time, the country should show tolerance and tolerance for the weak.What's more, such a loss of grain and silver is unnecessary expenditure. Now that Daqing has just survived the disaster, it is really inappropriate to go to war to consume silver.

On weekdays, Xiao Yun, who has always followed the path of benevolent government, would not embarrass these ministers at most to smooth things over and postpone it. Xiao Yun, who was about to add to the embarrassment, couldn't bear the boredom, and finally lost his temper in an early meeting.To put it bluntly, if you want to show the majesty of a great country, then you don't need to be so confrontational, just fight over and include Zhou Guo into the territory of Daqing. As the emperor of Daqing, he will naturally treat his people magnanimously.

Yang Yanqing said that he had been ill for a long time and didn't know what the scene was like, but according to the eunuch Zhao Liang who came back from the next court, he beamed and reported that not only the civil servants were too frightened to vent their anger, but even those who were blowing their beards and staring at each other wanted to quarrel. All the generals were stunned by His Majesty's aura and were speechless for a long time, even Zhao Liang took the opportunity to sing and retreat obediently and walked out without any fuss.

Have you grown up...

Yang Yanqing pursed his lips, thinking of the little emperor who asked him two years ago why the border wars cost money and could not seek peace like the previous dynasty, he felt mixed feelings.

In fact, if Zhou Guo really fought with Daqing, then Xiao Jinghe would definitely not play in such an arrogant and domineering way. After all, Zhou Guo is indeed excellent in weapon manufacturing.

But because of the limited population and limited living land of the people of Zhou State, they will appear more cautious and hesitant in war.After all, for Daqing, Qiongzhou is just a state, and the 15 army in front of it is just a part of the army, but for Zhou State, the limited population and army are all fed by real money, and every inch of effort is bleeding, Daqing The amount of military rations that can be consumed is affordable, and the arable land is scarce, but Zhou Guo, whose people are not good at farming, cannot afford it.

Zhou Guo is like a big mouse waiting for an opportunity, he is only suitable for taking advantage of the situation to pick up the leaks, and cannot be brought to the stage to be a real frontman.

Sure enough, after another half month of stalemate, Zhou Guo submitted the letter of surrender, and decided to send the eldest prince and the first emperor's daughter to Daqing as hostages with the letter of surrender in hand.

The prince was indeed sent here as a proton, but his identity was obviously unusual. Now what the emperor's daughter, who is only two years older than Xiao Yun, sent here for, was kept secret by both civil and military courts.

Now, His Majesty has never married a royal concubine in the palace. If Zhou's daughter really enters the palace, and even finally gives birth to the eldest son...

Yang Yanqing didn't take this matter to heart, but Xiao Yun frowned for several days in a row.

This woman is also really difficult to deal with, she doesn't want to accept it, and it's hard to retreat. Now there is not even a concubine in Xiao Yun's harem. Although the daughter of the Zhou Dynasty will definitely not be able to take power when she comes in, it is still like a loach in the mud. I'm afraid it will be a joy to drill holes everywhere.

Now that Zhou Guo has submitted the letter of surrender, the 15 troops that Xiao Jinghe brought out this time also returned to their respective prefectures after withdrawing from Qiongzhou. Only the soldiers and horses that Xiao Jinghe brought out of the capital returned to Beijing with him.

Yang Yanqing poured a cup of tea and handed it to Xiao Yun who was sulking, and said with a smile: "Look at Your Majesty, his face is swollen a lot. But it's not a big deal to be a woman."

"Sir, I used to teach me not to underestimate women, but now I'm underestimating them!" Xiao Yun held the teacup and blew it repeatedly, but didn't drink it, obviously still depressed, "There is no one in the capital who can do it!" The clan who bestowed the marriage..."

Back then, Yang Yanqing's methods were indeed to wipe out the grass and roots, and those who were alive were also expelled from the royal family's jade certificate. He didn't say the reason why he was given the jade certificate again because of marrying a woman from the state of Zhou. Now he really wants to find a brother to take over this hot potato. Instead, Xiao Yun couldn't get out.

Uncle Wang's age and identity are suitable, but Xiao Yun, who has already given a marriage once, has reason to believe that if it happens again, Uncle Wang may have to put a long knife directly on his slender neck to force him to withdraw his will.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun let out another long sigh.

"Your Majesty, it might not be a bad thing for a woman from the state of Zhou to enter the palace." Yang Yanqing said, "Your Majesty's harem is too clean, which is not beautiful for those courtiers. It must not be that the State of Zhou woman enters the palace that worries your majesty, but After Zhou Guonv entered the palace, the family dominated the harem."

"The palace power and the emperor's heir, the purpose of the daughter of the Zhou Dynasty to enter the palace is nothing more than two. The decision of the latter is in the hands of His Majesty, and the former only needs a person who is reliable enough to share His majesty's worries." Speaking of this, Yang Yanqing Smiling slightly, "Ruochen guessed right, there should be a familiar face who came with Zhou Guo brothers and sisters this time."

"Sir, you mean..." Xiao Yun immediately realized, "Young Master Shen? He's back?"

Yang Yanqing said slowly: "Feng Jingwei is dead, of course he should come back."

Such an opportunity to return to Daqing in a fair and honest manner is once in a thousand years. If he does not come back, some smart people will react and figure out the context of the matter, and he will probably stay in Zhou Kingdom forever.

"The Prime Minister of the Zhou Kingdom died?!" Xiao Yun raised his voice, but he didn't hear any news, "Did Shen Xiangliu do it?"

Yang Yanqing, who received the letter from Flying Pigeon this morning, was also a little shocked by the speed and toxicity of Shen Xiangliu, a beautiful snake: "He has done more than this. But now it's just my guess. Inquire carefully about the reason for the stilt.”

While the two were talking, they saw Zhao Liang trot in from outside the hall in a hurry, even staggered and almost knelt on the ground when he crossed the threshold.

Xiao Yun frowned: "What's the point of being so flustered?!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Zhao Liang came in and knelt down in front of Xiao Yun, without even daring to take a breath, he said, "Your Majesty, please see me outside the Palace of the Dark Guard of King Jingbei!"

Yang Yanqing's eyes suddenly became sharp like knives, piercing Zhao Liang who came forward to report.

Xiao Yun hurriedly said: "Why are you dawdling and why don't you announce it quickly?!"

After speaking, when he looked back at Yang Yanqing, he found that the gentleman who had been boneless these days had sat up straight, and his face was solemn and solemn that he had never seen in the past few days.

Yang Yanqing saw that Xiao Yun's eyes were gloomy, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, King Jingbei only brought three secret guards with him this time, and one of them was sent to Qingzhou. No matter which one is here today, it represents The border has changed."

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the hidden guard to pass over the steward of the Jingbei Palace and directly bring the token to ask Yang Yanqing who is far away in the palace.

The dark guards Yang Yanqing and Xiao Yun who were brought in behind Zhao Liang were very familiar with each other, and they were An Yi who basically followed Xiao Jinghe's side every step of the way without orders.

At this time, the dark clothes on An Yi's body were cut several times by a sharp weapon, and blood was still oozing from the opened openings, and his whole body was in a state of embarrassment as if he had just happened to be surprised and rushed all the way.

The dark guard leader, who had always been taciturn, knelt straight in front of Yang Yanqing, and said word by word: "Young master, the prince received an order, Qingzhou was attacked, the Jingbei Army suffered heavy casualties, and General Jiang Qing was seriously injured. A group of light cavalry crossed Jizhou Yunzhou and rushed to Qingzhou at the fastest speed, but they were attacked in the Jizhou Canyon on the way, and their whereabouts are unknown!"

"The subordinates are not effective in protecting the master, please punish the young master!"

Yang Yanqing's eyes were deep, and he said slowly: "Who passed the news to the prince's Jingbei army?"

An Yi was taken aback: "It's the secret guard sent by the prince to follow General Jiang Qing to report back..."

Yang Yanqing shouted: "Qingzhou is thousands of miles away from Qiongzhou, even if the Jingbei Army is attacked, it should be the Yunzhou Army or the Jizhou Army who ask for help at the first time, why would they go far and wide to find the prince who is already on the way back to Beijing! As an army The commander-in-chief, the leader of the army was away, he didn't use his brain to speculate on the news reported by the dark guards, and left the army without authorization, did Xiao Jinghe's brains be opened and eaten by monkeys?!"

Not only was An Yi stunned by the scolding, even Xiao Yun, who was originally dissatisfied, was stunned for a moment without Yang Yanqing's merciless scolding.

Yang Yanqing stared at An Yi again with cold and stern eyes: "After the incident, has the prince never sent a vanguard to Qingzhou to find out?"

An Yi remained silent.

"Idiot!!" Yang Yanqing flicked his sleeves and left the imperial study room, leaving only An Yi and Xiao Yun who were kneeling on the ground in the hall, and Zhao Liang who was trying to reduce the sense of presence beside him.

After a long time, Xiao Yun coughed lightly, and said to An: "You go back to the palace first, I know about this."

An Yi silently kowtowed heavily towards Xiao Yun, silently led out of the palace by Zhao Liang.

Xiao Yun stood in the imperial study room and thought for a long while, then walked out of the palace gate, and was led by the maid to the palace where Yang Yanqing was.

Yang Yanqing was writing something at his desk, but the handwriting was very scribbled, Xiao Yun walked over and looked at it for a long time but couldn't make out Yang Yanqing's handwriting, maybe Yang Yanqing himself didn't know what he was writing.

"Mister wants to leave the palace, right?" Xiao Yun asked, paused, and added, "Or, Mister wants to leave."

Yang Yanqing stopped the movements in his hands, put the pen on the pen rest next to him, and looked up at Xiao Yun.

This situation happened to be exactly the same as the scene where Xiao Jinghe confronted the teacher and the students on the eve of the expedition, but the position before and after the case changed direction.

Xiao Yun's face showed no joy or anger: "Sir, I just want to ask, Uncle Wang...or Qingzhou, did something really happen?"

Yang Yanqing looked deeply into the depths of Xiao Yun's eyes, and slowly replied: "I don't know."

Xiao Yun sneered: "Is there anything in this world that is not under Mr.'s control?"

"Of course." Yang Yanqing replied, "I want to leave, but it's not in this way to involve the Jingbei Army that he cares about."

Xiao Yun took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "It must be...do you want to leave?"

"Your Majesty," Yang Yanqing walked out around the table, half-kneeling in front of Xiao Yun, looked up at the sad young emperor, and said in a gentle voice, "The capital has trapped me for too long, even if I really can't fly freely as I want, I I am more willing to die in an embarrassed but free attitude outside the turmoil."

"I originally belonged there, but now, I just choose to go back regardless of my own safety. Your Majesty, you have grown up, so let me go."

Xiao Yun looked down at the smile on Yang Yanqing's face and the light in his eyes, and was silent for a long time. Finally, he tugged on Yang Yanqing's cuff as if compromising and pleaded softly: "Okay... I can grant what you ask, sir. But let my husband Alive... okay?"

***

When Yang Yanqing returned to Jingbei Palace, Huai Zhou and An Yi, who had treated his wounds, had already been waiting for a long time.

"What's the specific situation in Qingzhou?"

An Yi no longer concealed anything at this time, and said directly: "My lord executed two veterans of the Jingbei Army who were convicted of collaborating with the enemy. The news was not blocked and was sent back to Qingzhou. Those veterans of the Jingbei Army General Jiang Qing was caught off guard by being instigated in the name of self-reliance. Although General Jiang Qing was injured, he was not fatal, but..."

"But his weight can't stabilize Qingzhou, and can't stabilize the Jingbei Army." Yang Yan said coldly.

An Yi fell to his knees again: "...Yes. The lord has left an order to his subordinates. If something happens to him, all affairs in the Wangfu army will be taken over by the young master with the token."

What a Yan Xiuyun, he calculated layer after layer, and the final fatal blow still fell on the Qingzhou Jingbei Army!And that guy Xiao Jinghe... Why does this tone seem to have been prepared for a long time?

Yang Yanqing intuitively felt that Xiao Jinghe's disappearance was definitely not as simple as being ambushed and attacked, but during the period, he had to go to the place to find out clearly, so he immediately said to Huai Zhou who was waiting next to him: "Tell our people, except for the shop and basic eyeliner, the rest People will be evacuated from the capital one after another from today. Send a message back to the villa, transfer a group of people to Qingzhou and Jizhou respectively, and search the whole state for traces of the prince before I arrive in Jizhou."

"Yes!"

Huai Zhou took the order to leave, and Yang Yanqing looked at An Yi who was kneeling silently again: "Get up, and tell me in detail what you know about the situation of the Jingbei Army."

***

The next day, just as Yang Yanqing was about to leave, Zhao Liang, who was driven out of the palace, hurriedly stopped Yang Yanqing's carriage with his robes in his hands, sweating profusely and panting, and the little eunuchs behind him were also out of breath. Angrily: "Hey, sir! Your actions are too swift and decisive, my lord, and I almost can't keep up with you!"

"Your Majesty ordered you to take this with you. Your Majesty ordered you to take care of yourself when you go to Qingzhou."

The lightly dressed and simple carriage drove out of the capital slowly. Yang Yanqing sat in the carriage and rubbed the wooden box without any engravings on it. It was so plain that it didn't look like a palace item for a long time, and finally opened it slowly.

The bottom of the small box was covered with soft brocade, and a dark brown elixir and half a gold token in the shape of a crouching tiger lay quietly in it.

"An Yi, stop the car."

The carriage stopped, Yang Yanqing opened the curtain to look around, jumped off the carriage and walked into a pawn shop not far away.

The shopkeeper of the pawnshop obviously recognized Yang Yanqing, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Please, please!"

Detouring the back hall, the shopkeeper put away the flattering expression on his face, and saluted Yang Yanqing: "Master!"

Yang Yanqing said directly: "Notify the people in the villa to evacuate quickly, leaving only the deepest hidden stake in each place, no need to sweep the tail, the sooner the better."

The shopkeeper was taken aback, the news he received yesterday was still slowly evacuated in batches, why today...

"This... If the speed is too fast, I'm afraid that the wind will not be able to hide it." The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed.

So many hidden piles disappeared at the same time within a few days, but anyone who is well-informed will know that something is wrong, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of turmoil in the clan of the senior executives in the capital by then.

"You don't need to hide it." Yang Yanqing stood with his back to the shopkeeper, "I just want to let these people in the capital know how many hidden piles and nails there are in their houses, and I see all the things they do on weekdays." In the eyes, in the heart."

"Even if I, Yang Yanqing, have left the capital, my eyes... are still looking at them."

The love entrusted by the antidote and the tiger talisman, I'm afraid it's just owed - favors are really hard to repay, and I'm afraid it will be troublesome in the future.

The author has something to say:

The amount of information in this chapter is relatively large, and you can guess and deliberate, but there will be explanations later!

I originally wanted to finish writing the first volume today, but the result was almost blah blah blah, why is my hand so slow QAQ

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Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of Gu Yan;

Tie Tie Baby~ Than Xin Xin!

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