Everyone was pondering what the old prince Dexian said to Zhao Pu just now, and after Jiang Chen and Wei Chide heard this sentence, the two of them had the feeling of waking up the person in their dreams with a word, and there was silence in the box. Savoring the words of the virtuous old prince, it is true that if the ideals are different, no matter what happened between people before, they will only go further and further in the future. This sentence touched Jiang Chen even more, thinking that after Yue Wujing returned many years later, he would still be like this, and he would be more and more unable to keep up with her pace, and at that time, the two of them would not be like strangers.

I only heard Wei Chi Zhongming say with a smile: "It turns out that this is the reason why your kid has not come back for so many years, but Puye, you are indeed a gentleman, and you can last for so many years, we still bet how long you can stay in the eastern realm, let me lose a lot of good wine to these two guys." ”

Zhao Pu picked up his glass and said: "Don't mention the past, it's enough for me Zhao Pu to know you in this life! As he spoke, he raised his glasses, and everyone lifted their glasses and drank all the wine in the glasses.

Jiang Chen and Wei Chide looked at each other, and both of them knew each other's thoughts from each other's eyes. After the reception banquet was over, the group followed Zhao Pu to the Dexian Palace, which is located in the northwest of the capital.

Over the years, Zhao Qin'er and several people have often come to the palace to greet him, and they have long been familiar with the changes in the palace. And Zhao Pu looked at the place where he had been born and raised for more than 20 years, and he felt strange. And Hua Yunrong's expression was a little nervous at the moment, Zhao Qin'er and the others were comforting her, while Zhao Yongting was being dragged by Jiang Chen and Wei Chide, who were curiously looking at the surrounding furnishings, seeing that everything was strange, and at the same time asking Jiang Chen and Wei Chide something.

A few people had just entered the main courtyard of the palace, but they saw a woman who looked to be about fifty years old, with slightly gray sideburns, a kind and amiable face, wearing a purple large-sleeved blouse and a blue gilt dress. Without waiting for Zhao Qin'er and a few people to salute and say hello, seeing that Zhao Pu was already in tears, he stepped forward to hug Zhao Pu, and said in a choked voice: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Everyone watched Zhao Pu's mother and son hugging each other, until Shangguan Yu noticed Hua Yunrong standing beside Zhao Pu and Zhao Yongting who was being led by Hua Yunrong, then let go of Zhao Pu and asked, "This is the Yunrong and Ting'er you mentioned in the letter!"

Hua Yunrong took Zhao Yongting and hurriedly saluted Shangguan Yu, Shangguan Yu helped Hua Yunrong to prevent his daughter-in-law and his eldest grandson from giving him a big salute, Hua Yunrong hurriedly called Zhao Yongting "grandma", Zhao Yongting called "grandma" softly, Shangguan Yu leaned down and responded happily, took Zhao Yongting in his arms, and beckoned everyone into the main hall, during which Zhao Pu asked: "Mother, is my father not there?" Everyone was already aware, Zhao Pu smiled helplessly at Hua Yunrong, and explained to Hua Yunrong in a low voice.

Several people entered the main hall of the palace one after another, but saw the virtuous old prince Zhao Dun wearing a white robe sitting on the main hall and waiting for a few people, a few years for Zhao Dun, it seems that there is no impact, as before, the eyes are introverted, looking at the son who has not seen for many years, and his appearance has changed greatly, there are not many waves in his eyes. Looking at Zhao Yongting, who was held in Shangguan Yu's arms, his eyes leaked with joy, but he was not in a hurry to talk about the feelings of his ancestors and grandchildren, restrained his emotions, and let everyone sit down.

Zhao Pu suddenly knelt down in front of Zhao Dun, and Hua Yunrong next to him also hurriedly knelt on the ground, Zhao Qin'er and the others saw this situation, they were all silent, and then got up and took Jiang Chen and the two out of the main hall of the palace, leaving the space for Zhao Pu's family to reunite, and came to the main courtyard of the palace, but they did not leave, Yue Qianming and the three of them still had important matters to discuss with Zhao Pu, and came to a stone table in the main courtyard, and several people sat around and chatted about Zhao Pu's changes over the years.

Jiang Chen and Wei Chide came to a remote place. Wei Chide asked, "Do you think the same way?" Although Wei Chide asked without a clue, Jiang Chen already knew what he was talking about. Jiang Chen asked directly: "How can we talk to the family? What I'm most worried about now is that my mother doesn't agree, and I have to ask the teacher's opinion to do it, how are you going to talk to Aunt Dan and Uncle Wei Chi." ”

Wei Chide scratched his head and said: "I still want you to help me come up with ideas, seeing that your situation is more complicated than me, I should figure it out myself!"

The two fell into silence again, thinking about how to tell the elders in the family about their ideals, only to hear Wei Chide suddenly sigh, looked at Jiang Chen, who was still pondering next to him, and did not speak. In his eyes, he lost focus again, thinking that his father had passed the pass, and the difficulty was on his mother's side. I already imagined how sad my mother would be when she knew she was going to join the army.

Yu Chide suddenly felt a slap on his head, and instantly got up and his whole body's spiritual power had been mobilized, but he saw that it was his mother and Aunt Qin who were standing beside him, and it was his mother who patted his head, so he was puzzled for a while, only to hear Xue Dan say with a little anger: "Stinky boy, look at the good things you have done." When he looked at the ground that his mother was pointing to, there were remnants of flowers and leaves. turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, but saw that Jiang Chen was also being reprimanded by Aunt Qin. I only listened to Zhao Qin'er and said: "You two stinky boys, make Grandma Shangguan's favorite bonsai like this, and I'll see how Grandma Shangguan cleans up the two of you." ”

Jiang Chen glanced at Wei Chide angrily, it was this dead fat man who didn't know what to think just now, his two hands didn't stop, pulling the bonsai branches and leaves in front of him, calling him twice, but he didn't react. But it attracted the attention of Zhao Qin'er and Xue Dan, but Jiang Chen didn't say anything, only listened to Zhao Qin'er reprimand him.

At this time, Zhao Pu's family happened to be out of the main hall, Shangguan Yu also saw the situation here, stopped Zhao Qin'er and Xue Dan, held Zhao Yongting in his arms, his face was full of smiles, and after glancing at Zhao Yongting in his arms, he looked at the torn bonsai and said: "It's okay, if it's broken, it's broken! There will be no time to take care of it in the future." After finishing speaking, he asked Jiang Chen and the two to come to him, put Zhao Yongting down, and said, "Chen'er, the two of you will take Ting'er to the garden to play first, and grandma will prepare food for you." ”

Jiang Chen and Wei Chide picked up Zhao Yongting and fled from the main courtyard. At this time, a servant suddenly reported: "Lord Wang, the king sent someone to pass on the little prince, the two god generals, and the commander of Wei Chi into the palace." Immediately, after Yue Qianming and the others said goodbye to Zhao Dun, they followed the servant out of the gate of the palace, only to see that there was already a car waiting outside the door, and several people immediately got into the car and drove all the way to the imperial city.

On the car, Zhao Pu asked: "I just came back, and the king immediately passed me into the palace, but what happened recently?" Qin Kongyu said: "It should be that Jin and Xia sent envoys to discuss the border and the upcoming Lingshi mine. ”

Zhao Pu said: "Actually, I don't want to come back, it's really because Ting'er has reached the age when it should go to school, and my father and mother are too old to come back." I, a person who can only spend money, how can I be in charge of the household department, and I don't know what Brother Lingyun thinks. Yue Qianming said with a smile: "When did Pu Ye become so modest. Since the king has asked you to take up the vacant position of the head of the household, he must have his own considerations, and he will naturally know when he meets the king. ”

A few people were gossiping, Zhao Pu inadvertently glanced out, and said in surprise, "Huh", and said, "How did we get here, this is the way to Tanyuan!" When he was about to pull up the curtain and call the coachman, he was stopped by Yue Qianming and the others, and asked him to follow honestly. After a few people came to Tanyuan, Zhao Pu got out of the car with everyone in confusion. This Danyuan is only separated by a wall from the mourning courtyard in the imperial city, and has always been a public place open to the outside world.

But he was rejected by the first monarch of the Zhao Xin family, and Taizu said: "I want to be able to hear the voice of the people at any time." Those officials had to give up, so this Tan Garden has been preserved to this day, just open the door of the park to the street, people who are not familiar with Feng'an City, will never think of this garden that is full of people in the spring and autumn, and the imperial city of Zhao Xin's country is located across the wall.

Zhao Pumo was silent and followed Yue Qianming and a few people into the Tan Garden, Yue Qianming and a few people walked and watched, really like tourists, but unconsciously a few people came to the wall of the imperial city. I don't know when a small door opened at the wall, Zhao Pu was even more surprised, these three people were sneaky, they didn't go through the gate, but they wanted to enter the imperial city through this gate. I saw Yue Qianming step forward and tap a few times rhythmically, and the door was opened with a squeak. A leading eunuch had been waiting here for a long time, and he took Yue Qianming and a few people to walk on an inaccessible corridor, but the scenery along the way was slightly deserted. Zhao Pu looked around in surprise, he didn't know that there was such a place in the imperial city. But seeing that Yue Qianming and the three of them looked as usual, it was obvious that it was not the first time to take this road, although Zhao Pu was full of doubts, he didn't ask anything more, and the answer might be known after meeting Zhao Lingyun.

When Yue Qianming and the others followed the eunuch to the imperial study, they saw that there were already two people sitting in the study, it was Prime Minister Bai Zhi and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Xiao Liang, and they saw that the two of them frowned, and they didn't know what to think about. Yue Qianming and a few people saluted, and Zhao Lingyun asked a few people to sit down before he spoke, first joking with Zhao Pu and saying, "You kid is finally willing to come back, let's talk about it later." Now let's get down to business. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the two folds on the bookcase and handed them to the eunuch waiting next to him, and said, "Prime Minister Bai and Xiao Shangshu have already seen it, and you can also take a look." After Yue Qianming finished circulating the excerpt, he handed it back to the waiting eunuch. It is the general meaning of the national letters of Jin and Xia: Jin and Xia are willing to use 30% of the annual income of the border field to invest in the spirit stone mine newly surveyed by Zhao Xin's country until the spirit stone mining is completed.

Zhao Pu saw that Yue Qianming and the others didn't mean to speak, and said directly: "Your Majesty, how can this spirit stone mine be compared with ordinary trade, the spirit stone veins in my Jiunao Prefecture are already scarce compared to the rest of the states. Now this Jin and Xia dare to make such an unreasonable request, and say that the spirit stone was originally given to the world by Emperor Hao, and it belongs to the common wealth of the world, which is really shameless. What's there to talk about, it's really not good, let's just start fighting them directly, it's not that we can't beat them. ”

Zhao Lingyun pressed his hand, signaled Zhao Pu not to be excited, and then said: "I think thirty percent is a bit less, if you use fifty percent of the annual income of the field to invest in the spirit stone mine, you can also consider it." The few people sitting in the audience all looked at Zhao Lingyun in surprise. Yue Qianming looked at the smile on Zhao Lingyun's face and instantly understood, and only said: "I agree with the king's opinion, but I can only give one share to each of the two countries, and the mining rights are in our hands, and they can only send officials to supervise them." Qin Kongyu next to him also smiled and agreed. Wei Chi Zhongming, who was next to him, saw Yue Qianming and Qin Kongyu say this, and then fell into deep thought, and then nodded and agreed: "I agree." ”

Zhao Pu looked at the three old friends in surprise, what happened to these three people, when did they become such soft eggs, Zhao Pu was still shocked. Xiao Liang next to him heard that Yue Qianming and the three of them actually agreed to Zhao Lingyun's ridiculous proposal, seeing that his expression was already suppressing the anger in his heart, he said, "Your Excellency, please think twice."

After finishing speaking, he pointed the finger at Yue Qianming, who was the first to speak and agreed, and sneered: "Qianming Divine General, you have been pampered all these years, and your heroic courage should have been worn out long ago! A few of you should also know that spirit stones are the most important war reserve resources of all countries, all spirit cannons need spirit stones to start, my country's spirit stone deposits are scarce, and every year you need to exchange a large number of spirit stones through Wanbao Pavilion to be enough, in recent years, the spirit stone reserves have been consumed faster, I don't know where the king used those spirit stones, and I shouldn't ask. But now that I have finally discovered a spiritual stone deposit in my territory, you have agreed to the enemy country with wolf ambitions to take a piece of the pie, do you know how much the annual dividend of that share is? As he spoke, he took out a secret fold from his arms and presented it to Zhao Lingyun, before he spoke again: "This is the latest inspection report that has been transmitted back, this spiritual stone deposit is very amazing, but because it was buried deep underground about 10,000 meters in the past, it has not been discovered." Wei Chen just made a rough estimate based on the data above, if he agrees to the requests of the two countries of Jin and Xia, my Zhao Xin clan will lose about 30 million spirit stones every year. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not something that can make up for our country's losses with fifty percent of the income from the border between the two countries. Yue Qianming and the others were also shocked, they had made such a decision only after the initial exploration report, and they all frowned for a while and stopped talking.

I saw that after Zhao Lingyun read the excerpt, he also pondered for a moment before saying: "That's it! Raise it to eighty percent in exchange for one share, and you can only exchange one share, and this report will be kept secret first, and it will not be passed on to the outside world." ”

Bai Zhi and Xiao Liang were shocked when they heard this, and were about to dissuade them, but they heard Zhao Lingyun say: "Prime Minister Bai and Xiao Shangshu, you are discussing redrafting a negotiation treaty and submitting it to me as soon as possible. And Bai Zhi looked at Yue Qianming and the others, including Zhao Pu, who had just returned, were silent. glanced at a few people thoughtfully, although he still couldn't understand why Zhao Lingyun was abnormal today, but his years of political career still made him faintly perceive something. pulled Xiao Liang, who was still ready to advise, to retire together. After Zhao Lingyun asked the eunuch who had been waiting to go down, only a few of Zhao Lingyun's former friends were left in the room.

Zhao Lingyun looked at Zhao Pu, who wanted to speak and stopped, and said with a smile: "Brother Pu, if you have anything to say, you have changed so much, how can your personality become hesitant, but it doesn't match the rumors that came back from the eastern border!"

Only then did Zhao Pu speak: "Your Majesty, why do you want to give profits to Najin and Xia, are you really afraid of them? But they only suffered a defeat eight years ago, how dare they be so arrogant?"

Zhao Lingyun said flatly: "If you want to take it first, you must give it first." And Yue Qianming continued Zhao Lingyun's words and said: "Soldiers, treacherous ways, lure them, show the enemy weakness, and attack him unprepared." Qin Kongyu said: "I just want to make them think that I, the Zhao Xin clan, have been afraid of the union of their two countries, and I am humble and arrogant." Wei Chi Zhongming saw that Zhao Pu still looked confused, patted him on the shoulder and said, "These two guys deliberately tease you." Looking at Zhao Lingyun again, Zhao Lingyun nodded, and Wei Chi Zhongming said: "In fact, this is a means used to confuse the two countries of Jin and Xia, and after two years, we will take back from these two countries that are insatiable and have been corrupted to the bones a hundredfold and thousandfold." ”