Yuexiang came in and saw that the dinner on the table was untouched. When I walked to the inner room, I saw that Xiyan was holding a book and flipping through it. The side concubine usually said that she had a headache when she saw a book, but after returning from the princess today, she went straight to the study in the palace, rummaged through it and looked around, and didn't come out with a few books until dinner. When he returned to the house, he sat down at the table and studied carefully with a serious expression.

In the past few days, Qiu Ying hugged Lei Zhan over, and she rarely teased the child as affectionately as before, absentmindedly casually looked at it, asked, and let the child be sent back to the nanny to take care of it. That's not all, now I'm actually reading so seriously. The sun is still rising in the east today, she muttered a few words, and then withdrew. During these days, I always felt weak in my body, and according to Qiu Ying's words, I drank the medicine she begged for, and I slept very deeply at night. Fortunately, she is serving the side concubine, and the side concubine is considerate of the subordinates, and basically does not need to accompany the night, otherwise, if she sleeps endlessly like her, sooner or later she will be beaten.

The book that Xiyan read was a topographic map around the border between Anguo and Zhou drawn by a petty official in the early years, and many of them were redrawn later, but Xiyan can find it at present, and this is the only one at present. Thanks to this petty official, although the painting skills are not satisfactory, the annotations are very detailed, and the seasonal climate around the world, and some dense forests and deep ditches that most people will not care about are also mentioned one by one. A layman like Xiyan, if you look at it slowly, you can understand eight or nine points. What can I do if I understand it? First, I don't know how to plan troops, and second, I don't know astronomy and geography, and the more I know, the more anxious I become.

She lay on the table, pressing one of her arms, and kept wondering what to do.

Yan Tianmu took a piece of clothing and gently covered her. She slept lightly and was awakened at once. Seeing that it was Yan Tianmu, she crawled back lazily again, her head so heavy.

"Princess Gong knows?" he deliberately sat down on the side she was facing face.

"What do you know?" said Xiyan frowned.

"Prince Gong is now struggling, not mentioning the use of troops, and he has just been burned a lot of grain and grass by the ghosts in the camp. Yan Tianmu said slowly.

"When?" Xiyan was taken aback, and she sat up.

"Three days ago, to be exact. Yan Tianmu looked at her, reacting so violently, he observed her quietly, and she looked at him suspiciously.

"Your money won't go to the military department. Yan Tianmu smiled, "How much can the eunuchs and palace maids know?"

"Does the king know?" his words made Xiyan gloomy, and she asked again.

"Yes. But he didn't allow the news to be spread. The reputation of the prince is small, and if it shakes the hearts of the people, it will be a big matter. His gaze lingered on her face as he spoke.

Xiyan smiled bitterly and met his gaze and looked him in the eye, "Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm guessing you're wondering. Yan Tianmu smiled, revealing her neat teeth.

"What else?" Xiyan also smiled slightly.

"What do you say?" Yan Tianmu said in a very soft voice, the jumping candlelight was hazy, and only the two of them sat opposite each other so close to each other in the room, the smile on Yan Tianmu's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Xiyan with gentle eyes.

"You say it anyway. Xiyan said lightly. "Don't beat around the bend. ”

"I can help you fulfill your promise to Princess Gong, and you," he said word for word, "stay with me." ”

Xiyan blinked and suddenly smiled, "Is there anything else you don't know?"

"A lot," Yan Tianmu looked at her, "Can I do my conditions?"

"Is there any other choice?" Xiyan's fingers unconsciously tapped around the table.

"Nope. Yan Tianmu replied simply.

Xiyan groaned, hung his head, and struggled inwardly.

"You know very well that you can't have anything to rely on but me. Yan Tianmu poked straight at the origin, "What are you hesitating about?"

Seeing that she still didn't answer, Yan Tianmu paused and said seriously, "I'll give you time to think about it, I hope you can answer me next time." It's best not to let me hear the rejection, I can't guarantee that I will be so gentlemanly next time. ”

Xiyan finally looked up at him, there seemed to be tears flashing in his eyes, and his little face was haggard with a pointed chin, Yan Tianmu looked at it and felt unbearable, "Go and rest," he glanced at the books spread out on the table, "Think about what I said, without me to help you, it's useless for you to read any books." ”

When he pushed the door out, he couldn't help but look back, she was sad, no, she couldn't be soft-hearted, he was ruthless, restrained the pity in his heart, and left coldly.

Jiang Xinyue looked at him carefully, his expression was complicated, he didn't speak, just drank one cup after another. He hadn't been to the Drunken Heart Building for a long time, and today he suddenly came over and ordered her directly. Jiang Xinyue was surprised and delighted, but after he came in, he only let her pour wine quietly on the side.

"Childe?" Jiang Xinyue said softly with a gentle smile, "Wine hurts your body, you can eat some side dishes first." ”

Yan Tianmu ignored her, as if she hadn't heard, put the wine glass on the table, and looked at her.

His star-like eyes make it impossible to look at him. Jiang Xinyue hesitated, but still poured it.

The two of them sat in silence, one pouring, one drinking, until Yan Tianmu left.

Jiang Xinyue looked at his back gloomily, a little bitter but slightly sweet in her heart, as long as he was willing to sit next to her, even if he never spoke, she was content. On the table was the silver he had laid down. She sat at the table, looking at it, thinking about the people who had left.

Lei Xiao is in his own palace. He frowned with a calm face, Zhou Guo's letter came really timely. They proposed a temporary truce. But the truce was signed at the border by concubines of the same rank on both sides. Only two women were allowed to go on their own, and neither was allowed to send anyone to follow. The idea of letting women exchange an agreement is clear, and men can ignore it at any time, and anyone can continue to provoke war as long as they are relieved. But in order to show respect, such a ceremony is also needed.

Lei Xiao considered that the current situation in Anguo is not good, and a temporary truce can ease the imperial court and replenish the border baggage. But when Zhou suddenly put forward such a condition when his country was victorious, would it be deceitful?

"King," Yan Tianmu came in. "There's news. ”

"What's going on?" Lei Xiao perked up when he saw him come in.

"According to the spies, the regent of the State of Zhou, the Empress Dowager, was critically ill. The Zhou dynasty was shaken, so a temporary truce was planned. ”

"Is the message accurate?"

"Exactly. Yan Tianmu said with certainty. "The minister has verified from other sources that this is indeed the case. ”

"Good. Lei Xiao put pen to paper, "Promise them and agree to a temporary truce." ”