In a blink of an eye, we entered the palace, and it was already the seventh day. For more up-to-date chapters, visit: ШЩЩ.(7)(9)XS.сОМ.

For the fate of the dynasty and the general trend of the world, seven days is just a blink of an eye, but these seven days are like years for all the people in the world, for everyone in the imperial city, for me, for Han Zitong and them, and even for Pei Yuanxiu himself.

But finally, on the seventh day, the last trace of blood in the imperial city was washed away.

The sun, peeking out of the 'yin' clouds that had accumulated for many days, illuminated the glazed blue tiles on the roofs of the palaces in the imperial city, as if it was also heralding a new beginning.

Soon, there were more people walking in the palace.

In the first few days, the palace 'female' eunuchs who had experienced a slaughter and were frightened like frightened birds were all hiding in all corners of the palace, just like the 'female' children I rescued before, and when everything calmed down, they were reconvened, because I interceded with Pei Yuanxiu, and these people were all spared 'life' and could choose to leave, or continue to stay in the palace to serve.

Of course, there are some people who can't wait to leave.

And some, who were originally homeless, or who had lost a place to return to during the war, had no choice but to continue to live within these high walls.

Then, it was time to start repairing the palace, reorganizing the imperial court, and issuing decrees......

This is what I can see in front of my eyes, and I know that all this is just a microcosm of the whole world.

All war-torn areas must be rebuilt, all people who have left their homes and lost their land because of the war must find a place and a livelihood to survive, there needs to be pedestrians on empty streets, restaurants with many doors need to attract customers, and empty shelves need to be stocked with goods.

But how easy is that said?

As far as Cangzhou and Tianjin, the two cities closest to the capital, are concerned, all the common people are almost gone, and the ten rooms are empty, and now the imperial court, it should be said that the capital, has not yet had a clear attitude, where can the ordinary people who have left their homeland and become displaced people dare to come back easily.

The situation in Beijing is better than the previous two cities, but it is not optimistic.

The reconstruction after the war will take about a year or two years, but it will take at least ten years to appease the psychology of the people, but now, Pei Yuanxiu is facing more than just the people to be appeased.

It was this morning that I heard Evil Hou Qi talking to him outside, and neither of them had a very good attitude.

"Why are you hiding this from us!"

"What did I hide from you?"

"Yangzhou, as well as Huai'an, several places in Jiangnan were all occupied after you left!"

“……”

"And it's not just these two places, they are now blocking the river, Pei Yuanxiu, your base camp has been taken away, and Jinling has now become a lonely city!"

I couldn't sleep well for the past few days, so the night before, he had someone bring me a calming soup 'medicine', and I finally had a slightly more peaceful sleep, but I was awakened by the voice of Evil Hou Qi early in the morning, I opened my eyes, and when I turned my head, I saw outside the curtain, and the two of them were standing there outside the 'door' with a slight opening of the line.

The sunlight also cast the figures of the two people on the window paper, and I could see that when Evil Hou Qi spoke, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he seemed to be very anxious, but Pei Yuanxiu, who he was facing, heard these words, and was so quiet that there was no movement at all.

Evil Hou Qi was even more anxious: "You already knew about these things, why did you keep hiding it from us!"

"Am I hiding it from you?" he seemed to raise his eyebrows, and was silent for a while before he said slowly: "When I knew the news, we were already preparing to head to the capital. ”

“……”

"Do you want me to make this public at that time?"

“……”

"Don't you know what will happen if you disturb the morale of the army?"

Evil Hou Qi was stiffened by what he said.

Pei Yuanxiu's words, of course, make sense, although the people on the side of the evil Hou Qi are all cavalry of Shengjing, one by one like wolves and tigers, they go south to make money through war, but Pei Yuanxiu's people are different, most of his army is brought out from Jinling, although these people are fighting in the south and the north, but their hometown is still in the south, if they know that their hometown has been occupied and they can't go back when they fight the most important battle, how shocked they will be, this can be imagined.

Evil Hou Qi was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his tone was a little calmer: "Then what should I do now?"

Pei Yuanxiu looked at him: "Huh?"

"Do you just let them occupy Yangzhou and Huai'an like this, and cut off Jinling, and don't care?"

“……”

"Pei Yuanxiu, have you forgotten that when you asked us to send troops before, you promised Shengjing what conditions!"

“……”

"More than seventy percent of the taxes in Jiangnan will be sent to Shengjing, haven't you forgotten?"

“……”

"Why did the emperor turn his face with Shengjing in the first place, I think you know very well, if he hadn't gone back on his word and ruined the agreement with Shengjing for so many years, we wouldn't have the leisure time to take care of your business. But now, our soldiers are out, and the battle has been fought, do you want us to go back empty-handed?!"

“……”

"Pei Yuanxiu, don't forget, several Heavenly Kings in Shengjing didn't agree to us sending troops before, but I tried my best to persuade them and made that promise, so they agreed to send troops. If you're going to go back on your word now—"

By the end of his speech, his tone had already revealed a hint of danger.

Pei Yuanxiu looked at him quietly, his side face reflected on the window paper looked extraordinarily calm, and even the long eyelashes were motionless, and after a long while, he said slowly: "Prince, why are you so unbreathable?"

“……”

"I have taken the capital, and the world is already mine, even if they occupy Yangzhou and Huai'an, what can they do?"

“……”

"These two places have isolated Jinling into a lonely city, but if you look at it, won't these two places be isolated cities?"

“……”

"When we have our hands free, what's the difficulty of taking these two places?"

Evil Hou Qi immediately said: "Free your hands, what are you busy doing now? What else is more important than taking down these two hard bones? Pei Yuanxiu, Shengjing's people are not so patient, and they have been waiting for your verbal promise. If you can't see anything real—"

At this time, Pei Yuanxiu glanced up at him.

Although there was a 'door' and a window in the middle, I couldn't see his expression at all, but the chill that seemed to come from the ice and snow suddenly pierced into my heart through that 'door' and window.

Evil Hou Qi's words also stopped.