The crane in the cloud couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart.

"What's the matter?" the Emperor asked, "Have you heard of this woman's murderous name?"

The crane in the cloud looked at the row of human heads on the ground, there were more than a dozen in total.

The emperor said: "These heads are all high-ranking officials, we sent a total of four waves of messengers, adding up to more than 300 people, all of them were killed, and each time she only left a few chauffeurs to bring the heads back." ”

Killed more than 300 people?Is Jing Zhongyue so crazy?

The emperor said: "This woman used to be a secret agent of our Great Zhou Black Ice Platform, so on two occasions, the Black Ice Platform went to see her. As a result, they were also killed, and the people of the Black Ice Platform were killed especially miserably, and even a few people from the Black Ice Platform were skinned. ”

The crane in the clouds grinned.

The emperor said: "When we deal with each other, we are not afraid of each other's greed, nor are we afraid of each other's fierceness, and we are not afraid of each other's viciousness, but we are afraid of each other...... Crazy. In the face of a madman, there is really nothing to be done. Before, when Yan Qiqi was there, he could still restrain the moon in the well, but after Yan Qiqi died, there was no one in the world who could restrain the moon in the well. ”

The emperor beckoned, "You come, you come and see." ”

The crane in the cloud followed, and a map was laid out on the table.

"This is the western desert, bordering the Xiliang Kingdom in the west, the countries of the Western Regions, the Great Win Empire in the north, our Great Zhou Empire in the south, and the borderless land in the east. The emperor said: "Most of the places here are the Gobi Desert, and there are deserts, but the area is very large. ”

Looking at the map, the entire Western Desert is indeed very large, and there are about two or three more than one Borderland.

"Do you know how powerful Jing Zhongyue is now?" the emperor said, "She has almost dominated the entire Western Desert, and even more than that, her horse bandits have already gone to attack some small countries in the Western Regions, so this area is all her territory." ”

The crane in the cloud couldn't help but gasp. This...... That's a whole 1.5 million square kilometers, right?

That's crazy, isn't it?

Yun Zhonghe knows about Jing Zhongyue, she has no ambition at all, she has to get by, and even has the mentality of breaking the jar.

When she was in Splitwind City, she was restrained by Yan Qi, and she still had a mission to do.

As a result, she, the Splitting Wind City Lord, actually did a very aggrieved job, at first Yan Qi restrained her, and later it was the crane in the clouds that restrained her.

I didn't expect that after she completely let go of herself, she would ...... So crazy.

In less than two years, you've conquered 1.5 million square kilometers of the Western Desert......? How did you do that?

"You haven't seen her, this woman is insane, almost invincible on the battlefield, probably your father can compare to her. The emperor said, "But your father is not as crazy as her, and her body is full of a kind of destructive jade hope." ”

No one knows this better than the crane in the clouds.

The emperor said: "The first time I sent an envoy, it was in a commanding tone, because after all, she was a spy of the Black Ice Platform of my Great Zhou Empire, and as a result, the first batch of envoys were all killed, with their heads cut off and their skins peeled off. ”

"Then I sent a messenger for the second time to canonize Jing Zhongyue as a marquis, but his head was cut off. ”

So I sent a third wave of envoys to canonize Jing Zhongyue as a duke, but ...... Or was his head cut off. ”

"This is a madman, who doesn't give a chance to speak at all, cuts off his head as soon as he meets, and accepts all the gifts he sends. Even her horse bandits came three times and twice to raid the borders of our Great Zhou. ”

The crane in the clouds can imagine what a situation it is.

The emperor said: "So I have almost given up hope, and I don't plan to subdue her, just let her expand." Because she is certainly the trouble of our Great Zhou Empire, but also the trouble of the Great Win Empire and the Xiliang Kingdom, the number of times she has plundered these two countries far exceeds our plundering of the Great Zhou. ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "She even plundered the Great Win Empire?"

The emperor said, "Is there anything strange about this?"

Yun Zhonghe said: "She is the wife of Yun Zhonghe, and Yun Zhonghe is the person from the Black Dragon Platform of the Great Win Empire." ”

The emperor said: "Not only that, when the horse bandit coalition army in the western desert besieged Roulan City before, the Black Dragon Terrace of the Great Win Empire also sent a warrior army to help, and there were even rumors that at that time, Jing Zhongyue had a difficult birth, and it was the best female doctor sent by the Great Win Empire to deliver the baby." But even so, in recent months, the horse bandits in the well have robbed the empire hundreds of times, burning and looting countless times. ”

I...... What do you want to do?

The emperor said: "So the person who has the most headache in Jing Zhongyue now is not our Great Zhou, but the Great Win Empire, as well as the Xiliang Kingdom." ”

The crane in the cloud looked at the map, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, this is the Xiliang Kingdom?"

The Emperor said, "Yes. ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "So big, the territory of this Xiliang Kingdom is larger than our Great Zhou and Daying Empire, and even the territory of the two countries combined." ”

Judging from the map, the Xiliang Kingdom is really a super behemoth, although there is no intercontinental saying in this world, but this Xiliang Kingdom is indeed a super empire spanning two continents.

The emperor said: "The Xiliang Kingdom is actually a contemptuous name for it in our Eastern Empire, because the place where it originated was once the Liangzhou of the Great Yan Dynasty, we call it the Xiliang Kingdom." And when it interacts with our Eastern Empire, it calls itself the Great Western Empire, and calls itself the king of kings, and juxtaposes Great West and Great Xia, and does not pay much attention to the Great Win Empire and our Great Zhou. ”

The crane in the cloud instinctively remembered that a few decades ago, when the soldiers of the Xiliang Kingdom were approaching the city, the Southern Zhou Empire had to marry Princess Lanxi to the Xiliang King as a side concubine, and had to pay tribute to gold, silver and silk cloth every year, that period of history was really a great shame.

After that, Emperor Tianyan made great efforts to govern the country, and the Southern Zhou Dynasty was prosperous, and it took several decades to build the Great Wall in the west to defend against the iron cavalry of the Xiliang Kingdom. Since then, the war between Southern Zhou and Western Liang has gradually subsided.

Even in the last twenty or thirty years, countless people in the Great Zhou have forgotten the Xiliang Kingdom.

The emperor said: "When my father was implementing the strategy of going south, the Xiliang Kingdom was also implementing the strategy of going west, destroying countless small countries in the Western Regions, doubling the territory and more than doubling the population. Therefore, the center of gravity of the entire Xiliang Kingdom has gone west, and it is generally safe with our Great Zhou. ”

During the whole process, the emperor Dì Dū was kind and pleasant, as if every word was in the heart of Ao Yu.

"The examination and the palace examination are about to begin, and with your talent, you must be in high school, so soon you will become my humerus minister. The emperor said: "In addition, your identity is special, so you will be indispensable in my Great Zhou Dynasty in the future." Your father, Ao Xin, was invincible on the battlefield, and even when he was the protector of the southern border, he did a very good job. But he was too straight to deal with the complicated struggles of the court. You're different, you're amazing in all aspects, so I have great expectations for you. ”

The crane in the cloud bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, student, is very important." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Speaking of Jing Zhongyue, this is a madman, but it is more of a trouble for the Xiliang Kingdom and the Great Win Empire. Originally, I had given up, but ...... Your father's illness has been delayed. ”

"Alas......" the emperor sighed, "Your father has made immortal contributions to my Great Zhou, he is the Optimus Jade Pillar of the Empire, and he is also in the prime of life, how can I bear him to leave us like this." This tuberculosis is a terminal disease with no cure. But the amazing genius of the crane in the clouds has researched a miracle medicine, which can just cure this tuberculosis. I told you before that I had negotiated with the Great Win Empire more than once, and I was even willing to exchange the Four Princes for the formula of that magic medicine. And the Emperor of the Great Win Empire also wrote to me personally, saying that he also admired Ao Xin's handsome heroes, but after the death of the crane in the clouds, this prescription was indeed lost. Even if the prescription is still there, it is useless, and it still cannot be developed. ”

The Emperor continued: "In fact, the whole world knows that that the magic medicine was extracted from rotten watermelons. But how to refine it? There is no way to find a way at all, and it took us two years for hundreds of people in the Great Zhoutai Hospital to fail, and we don't see the slightest hope of success. In the whole world now, only Jing Zhongyue still has some magic medicine left. So the only hope to save your father is in the well moon, but she's a madman. ”

The crane in the cloud said: "Your Majesty, I'll go!"

The emperor said: "This is a crazy woman, I really don't want to send you, hundreds of people I sent have been killed by him, if you go, she doesn't say a word, and kills you directly, so what should I do? ”

Of course not, Da Zhou ruled the country with filial piety, and in order to save his father, he had to go even if he was broken. If you don't go to Ao Yu, then what kind of face will you have to become the dream of the emperor?

So the emperor is also a yang conspiracy.

Emperor Wanyun took out a key, opened a drawer, and took out a holy decree from inside.

"Open it and take a look. ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "Your Majesty, is this suitable for the student?"

Emperor Wan Yun said: "There is nothing inappropriate. ”

The crane in the cloud opened the holy decree, and the content on it was very simple:

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and canonized the king of Zhenxi of the Great Zhou Empire in the well, and admired this.

The crane in the clouds was stunned and looked at the emperor.

Canonized Jing Zhongyue as the King of Zhenxi?! At that time, in the Borderland, the Great Win Empire only canonized Jing Zhongyue as the Marquis of Splitting Wind.

There is only one king with a different surname in the entire Great Zhou Empire, that is Shi Bian, the king of Zhenhai, is he going to seal the second one now?

The emperor sighed and said: "The king with a different surname has always been the source of trouble, and it is really fate, my Great Zhou Empire's two kings with different surnames are related to your Ao family." ”

Yun Zhonghe hurriedly bowed down and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, you must not, you must not, the student's family can't bear the emperor's grace." ”

The emperor said: "What can be done about this? I gave Jing Zhongyue the title of duke before, but she killed the mission without saying a word." Now the king can always satisfy her. ”

The crane in the cloud sobbed and said: "Your Majesty, please take back your life, and the minister's father will naturally be treated by the minister." The minister is willing to go to Roulan to see Jing Zhongyue, but His Majesty canonizes her as a duke, and the act of sealing the king is absolutely impossible. ”

The emperor said: "This move is of course to save your father, but it is also for the benefit of my Great Zhou Empire. Jing Zhongyue's sphere of influence is equivalent to two or three borderlands, and once she is loyal to my Great Zhou Empire, it will be like a tiger with wings. Even nominal allegiance is of great benefit, so the matter is decided. ”

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty. ”

The emperor said, "Then what are you doing next on this errand?"

The crane in the cloud said: "The minister is next." ”

"Good. The emperor said: "At the court meeting tomorrow, this matter will be decided." ”

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The next day, at the court meeting, Ao Yu was in the court once, and the civil and military officials were slightly surprised.

Ao Yu, what are you going to do? Yesterday you showed your might, persecuted the emperor and issued another edict, and today you are here again?

At the beginning, the court meeting was discussing the disaster relief in Langzhou.

It's all about silver, but there's no money.

The household department roughly estimated that at least two million people were homeless during the two major disasters in Langzhou, and at least four million taels of silver were needed to resettle these victims.

And if you want to rebuild Langzhou, rebuild your home, and build Langzhou Wharf, you need millions of taels of silver.

And the treasury is already empty, and the emperor's inner treasury has no money after taking out millions of dollars last time.

The emperor was furious and roared: "Can we just watch these two million victims starve to death? Do you die of illness? That is, Zhou Li has won the hearts of the people, and the situation over there can still be sustained? When it can't hold on, these millions of disaster victims will disperse, won't it cause a civil uprising?"

"I'm thrifty here, other major events in the empire can be temporarily stopped, and now the most important thing is disaster relief, no matter what method you use, in short, within a month, you will raise five million taels of silver for me, and ten million taels within five months. ”

Suddenly, Hubu Shangshu knelt down and wept silently: "Your Majesty, even if you kill your ministers, you can't take out so much silver." Even if you kill all the household officials, you won't be able to take it out. ”

The emperor looked at Prince Su and said, "Great Zongzheng, your Zongzheng Mansion was originally only in charge of the imperial family and the institution of the nobles. But in the twenty-fifth year of Tianyan, my father and the emperor also allocated the city department and part of the weaving department to your Zongzheng government. You control most of the royal estate, and raising money is not only a matter for the household, but also for you. ”

Prince Zhengsu of Dazong came out and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor Taishang is incomparably wise, so in the past few decades, he has indeed saved a rich family foundation, and His Majesty's inner treasury has more than 50 million taels when it is the most. But after the big war with the big win empire, coupled with the construction of the Jinzhou defense line, in the past two years, I have recruited more than 400,000 troops in the Great Zhou, and General Fu Yantu's 200,000 troops went south, and then allocated to Langzhou for disaster relief. ”

"Can't even my inner library make ends meet?" said the Emperor in a cold voice.

Prince Su said: "Since the forty years of Tianyan, the military expenses of the Praetorian Guard, as well as the expenses of the Imperial Palace, and part of the military expenses of the Praetorian Army, have all been spent from His Majesty's inner treasury. In the past, when the trade of Langzhou Port was normal, it was able to balance the expenditure and have a slight surplus. But all the income of Langzhou Port was cut off, and it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. ”

The whole morning was spent discussing how to raise funds, but to no avail.

This is a huge amount of tens of millions of taels, and I really can't take it out.

After arguing for several hours, there was no result. And I believe that this kind of thing will not have a result in a short period of time at all.

But this meeting gave the crane in the clouds a more dangerous and important message.

The imperial court is desperately short of money, where will this money come from?

When he was about to go to court, the emperor said: "There is one more thing today, which is about the moon in the well. ”

As soon as these words came out, many imperial historians were immediately angry, and they came out one after another, filled with righteous indignation.

"This rebellious minister and thief is obviously my minister of the Great Zhou, not only did he not swear allegiance to obedience, but killed my Great Zhou mission. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty will immediately send a large army to conquer it. ”

"This rebel and thief, killing my mission, is like going to war. ”

When the emperor listened to the impeachment of these imperial histories, he just kept sneering and sent a large army to fight against him? Is this a brain in water?

The treasury has no money, and the private treasury has no money, and the top priority is disaster relief.

However, there are only some imperial histories jumping up and down, they make a living by spraying people, and the ministers are still very calm.

The emperor said: "Do you know that the prince of the Xiliang Kingdom is proposing to Jing Zhongyue, and that Xiliang Emperor is also going to canonize Jing Zhongyue as the queen of Roulan?"

Suddenly, Yu Shi Zhongcheng knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, it is the King of Xiliang, not the Emperor of Xiliang." ”

Emperor Wanyun said: "Don't deceive yourself anymore, the Xiliang Kingdom has destroyed countless countries in the west, and it has already destroyed the Barun Empire ten years ago and is officially called the emperor." Today's land is twice as large as our Great Zhou Empire. If you call others the King of Xiliang, and then deliberately dwarf others, we will become sitting in a well and watching the sky. ”

Emperor Wanyun continued: "Emperor Taishang is a great talent, it took decades to build thousands of miles of the Great Wall in the west, and since then, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can no longer easily invade my Great Zhou, and my people of Great Zhou have finally gained peace for decades. But don't forget, we also have hundreds of miles of bordering the Western Desert, if Jing Zhongyue really marries the prince of the Great Western Empire and becomes the queen of Roulan, then when necessary, the Xiliang Iron Horse can drive straight in, and we haven't built the Great Wall in these hundreds of miles. ”

The ministers were silent.

Emperor Wan Yun said: "So, Jing Zhongyue still has to fight for it." Who is willing to send an envoy to Roulan to persuade Jing Zhongyue to return to my Great Zhou Empire. ”

The court is still silent, and the three waves of missions sent to Jing Zhongyue before have all been killed, isn't it looking for death if you go again?

"Who wants to go?" the Emperor asked again.

Ao Yu came out and said, "Your Majesty, the student is willing to go!"

Everyone held their breath and shrank their eyes, this ...... How does this look like His Majesty the Emperor's plan to kill people with a knife, why did Ao Yu agree?

The emperor said: "Ao Yu, you can't go, you are the person who is entrusted by the emperor to dream, how can you take risks?"

Prince Zhengsu also came out and said: "Ao Yujuren, you must not go, this well moon is crazy and brutal, the previous three waves of envoys had no chance to speak, and they were directly killed by the well moon, and even skinned and cramped." You are not an ordinary lifter, you are the person who holds the dream of the Emperor, and you can't risk your life. ”

Yun Zhonghe bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Xie Dazong is concerned, but the student has to go, because Jing Zhongyue has a miracle medicine for tuberculosis in his hand." As a son of man, in order to save his father, he did not hesitate to break his bones. ”

The emperor said: "I rule the country with filial piety in the Great Zhou, you have such filial piety, I am very relieved, but it is not easy to stop you." ”

"Proposed purpose, canonized Ao Yu as the main book of Honglu Temple, sent Roulan, and persuaded Jing Zhongyue to return to Shun. ”

The crane in the cloud bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order!"

The emperor said, "Ao Yu, when are you going to leave?"

The crane in the clouds said: "Three days later." ”

The emperor said: "Okay, Nangong is wrong." ”

The Governor of the Black Ice Terrace, Nangong, bowed down and said, "The minister is here." ”

The emperor said: "You allocate an elite team to escort Ao Yu to Roulan City, if there is any damage on the way, you are the only one who asks." ”

The Black Ice Tainan Palace kowtowed and said, "The minister obeys the order!"

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That night, the crane in the clouds came outside the Shangqing Palace.

The palace gate still hasn't opened, and the crane in the clouds has still not been able to enter the Shangqing Palace.

is still the Ao Yu who the ancestral eunuch Hou Chen came to see.

Every time Ao Yu saw Hou Chen, he felt that this person would be blown away by a gust of wind, because he was too thin, and the folds on his face were layered, and he was really too old to tell how old he was.

"Father-in-law, I'm going to Jolan City. "Crane in the clouds.

Hou Chen said: "The road will be safe, enter Roulan City, if Jing Zhongyue wants to kill you, no one can protect you." ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "Don't worry, I have a way to deal with her, is the emperor okay?"

Hou Chen said: "Langzhou was affected by the disaster, and the Emperor Taishang begged for the sin of Shangcang and prayed for the blessings of millions of people in Langzhou, so he had to retreat for 7749 days, do you know what this means?"

Yun Zhonghe said: "I understand, this means that in these forty-nine days, the Emperor Taishang will not make any sound. I can't make any noise on behalf of the Emperor. ”

"Yes. Hou Chen said: "Yesterday, you did a very good job, and the Emperor Taishang said that you are a rare genius." ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "The emperor is too badly praised, does his old man have anything else to order?"

Hou Chen said: "He wants you to remember that any struggle must have a degree and must not harm the interests of the Great Zhou Empire." ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "Yes, students have always kept this bottom line in mind, but they have been destroying the bottom line. ”

Hou Chen said: "Therefore, the Emperor Taishang will be angry, and he will make you a rope to tie the heads of these people, so that they will not go on a rampage, let them have scruples, and do not do things that subvert the country." ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "Students will definitely remember the teachings of the Emperor. ”

Hou Chen said: "Then you can go, I still say the same thing, there is no need to worry about safety on the road." But after entering Roulan City, especially after entering Roulan Palace, life or death depends on your own creation. Thousands of miles away, Jing Zhongyue wants to kill you, even if my Great Zhou Empire wants to protect you, it will be beyond the reach of the whip. ”

"Yes, student farewell!"

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Three days later!

Yun Zhonghe led the Great Zhou mission, under the protection of hundreds of Black Ice Terrace warriors, and left the capital and headed northwest.

Of course, the so-called mission was only a few people, and most of them were protective samurai.

After a few days and nights, he hurried without sleep, and after seven days, he left the territory of the Great Zhou Empire and entered the western desert.

It's really desolate, it's not a desert, it's the Gobi.

Basically, you can't see any green, there is loess everywhere, and the plants on the ground are also some thorns.

Most of the places are flat and flat, and the war horses can run wild with their eyes closed.

The real sky is vast, wild, and boundless.

However, there is no wind to see cattle and sheep in the grass, there are very few cattle and sheep here, and occasionally there are wild sheep, bison and the like.

Coming here, the world is really wide, and the whole person seems to have become heroic.

Basically, you can only see a small hill every 100 miles, but there are many ravines, and some ravines are even bottomless.

A few more days in the Western Desert.

"My lord, we have to change our costume next, we can't use the identity of the Great Zhou Mission, we have to use the identity of a caravan. A Qianhu of the Black Ice Platform said: "Because Jing Zhongyue has ordered, all the officials of the Great Win Empire, the Great Zhou Empire, and the Xiliang Kingdom, regardless of civil and military, once they appear in her territory, they will be killed." ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "Can the caravan pass safely?"

Hei Bingtai Qianhu said: "The caravan can ensure safety by paying taxes, and the value of the goods is fifteen percent." ”

Damn, it's more profitable than robbery.

Although it was desolate, it was the golden route for trade between the Eastern Empire and the West, and it is unknown how many caravans there were along the way.

Each caravan had to pay 15 percent of the protection fee in the well month, and it was a big deal.

It seems that Jing Zhongyue still has the talent to be a horse bandit, and she has done such a grievance in Split Wind City, and she is like a fish in water here.

The closer he got to Roulan City, the more horse bandits he saw in the clouds, often in groups, whistling by.

And when they saw the caravan, they did not plunder, but only inquired, and then inspected the goods of the crane in the clouds, and made a list for him.

"Your goods are worth 80,000 taels, pay 15,000 taxes, go to Roulan City to pay taxes, if you don't pay, kill them all!"

"Yes!"

Next, Yun Zhonghe found that countless horse bandits were gathering towards Roulan City.

The closer you get to Jolan City, the more the army of horse bandits, and these horse bandits all carry one banner: the well.

Jing Zhongyue is gathering a large army, what is she going to do? Could it be that there is some big war?

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After a few days of long journey, almost at night, I finally came to Roulan City, the pearl of the western desert.

This is also the base camp of the well moon.

When they arrived at Roulan City, the cranes in the clouds were stunned.

Is it so prosperous? It's so crowded. And in the western desert, there is such a big city? Although it is a little dilapidated and vicissitudes, it is bustling, and it really makes people feel that this is not a wild place.

Not only that, but inside and outside the city, there were dense armies of horse bandits everywhere, and there were countless of them.

In less than two years, the foundation of Jing Zhongyue is so big?

"You can only go to the Queen's Palace to pay taxes alone, and the rest of you will all disarm and stay in the designated place, and you can't leave!" said a cavalry general in a cold voice.

Suddenly, the hundreds of Black Ice Terrace warriors brought by the crane in the clouds all laid down their weapons, and they stayed in a certain courtyard, unable to leave a step.

"These weapons will be handed over to us for safekeeping, and we will return them to you when you have paid your taxes and left. ”

All the caravans that entered Roulan City had to be disarmed, and they had to be disarmed, because there were tens of thousands of troops in the city.

"Follow me. The general of Roulan City said.

Then, the crane in the clouds followed him to the center of Roulan City.

The plaque really says Queen's Palace, is Jing Zhongyue actually king? Is it so majestic and domineering?

Moreover, this Queen's Mansion has just been expanded, and it is really magnificent, much more domineering than the previous Splitting Wind City Lord's Mansion.

This scale is no less than the palace of the Great Zhou Empire, and inside and outside the entire palace, there are heavily armed warriors everywhere, almost tens of thousands of people.

Moreover, the palace guards are not like horse bandits at all, they are all well-armored and extremely elite.

This pomp and circumstance is much bigger than the previous Windbreaker City, and it really looks like a queen.

Entering the palace, there is a large courtyard with hundreds of people queuing up.

"Let's line up here, call the number in a moment, and you'll be in. The scale of your caravan is not small, and if you are lucky, Lord Zuo Xiang will meet you. The general said.

Left phase?!

Yun Zhonghe suddenly bowed down and said, "My lord, please go in and report it, and say that Ao Yu, the son of Ao Xin, has come to meet the queen!"

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