The sycamore has withered and yellowed, and occasionally the wind blows, and the leaves swirl in the air, falling on the surface of the lake, on the stone bridge, on the stairs and in the cloister, and the maidservants who sweep tirelessly shuttle through the palace. Maosheng faced the cold wind and came through the palace.

Emperor Yuanyou was sitting under the window of the palace at the moment writing something, unaware of Maosheng's arrival.

"Your Majesty, the oracle has arrived, and the spring and the east palace will come immediately."

Seeing that the ink was about to dry, Mao Sheng stepped over and rolled up his sleeves to grind. Emperor Yuanyou put down his pen and looked out the window, his brows were slightly locked, his eyes were narrowed, as if he was thinking about something, and he ignored Maosheng's performance.

Mao Sheng hesitated and raised his face from behind his sleeve, and saw that the emperor's eyes had been staring out the window, and he couldn't help but be curious.

Looking out along the line of sight, on the shore of the lake with wicker brushes, the young gentleman in flamboyant clothes kept bending down and standing, throwing stones towards the middle of the lake, and the attendant in black clothes was on standby not far away, motionless, afraid that the young gentleman would not speak, and there was no doubt about standing for a day.

A shrill cry suddenly reached the hall from the other side of the lake, and it was clearly audible in the direction of the wind.

"You are the monarch of the world, but not my monarch, you say that I am reckless and ignorant, I will leave for Baling, and I don't want to pass me back again...... I'm gone, I'm really gone! ”

Directly opposite, the young gentleman who was howling loudly in the window was aggrieved and stubborn, but patient, as if waiting for someone to stay.

For some reason, Mao Sheng always felt that her round and immature face showed a sense of vicissitudes that only came after the wind and rain, which was not in line with her youthful nature at all. Mao Sheng's deep eyes flashed, trying his best to hide the fear from his heart.

"Rebel, rebel. The ignorant child actually said that the people of the Southern Dynasty were not afraid of war, and they should force the Yue clan to submit by force, and welcome back the princess. Ignorant children, skin-like opinions. Emperor Yuan You sneered, pushed the pen and inkstone aside, and brushed his sleeves.

Mao Sheng, who came back to his senses, smiled in a low voice, and then gathered his face and followed the past, "Shaojun is still young, and it is understandable that he does not understand the twists and turns. Mao Sheng exonerated Yuan Lingjun.

"It's almost fourteen years old...... Seeing her, she didn't come, I didn't want to see her come every day to disturb her, I thought before, every time I wanted to summon her, you were afraid that she would not come, and then annoy me to be punished, secretly arranged for a chamberlain to go with her, and then ordered the chamberlain to carry her into the palace gate, I knew this very well, just turned a blind eye and connived at her misdeeds, you look at it now, how arrogant and domineering, simply bowing down. ”

"Your Majesty is angry. Shaojun just has such a temperament, but his nature is not bad. ”

"Nature is not bad! You can say it. Emperor Yuanyou glared at Mao Sheng suspiciously, and reproached without a trace of emotion, "Old thing, why do you keep talking to her." ”

Recently, due to the delay in the war, the court seems to be in the cold.

A move of the Yue Gao King made the people of the Jin Kingdom extremely angry, the first king and queen of the Yue family - the Wuyang princess of the Jin Kingdom who was married far away showed her homesickness, please give her to return to her homeland with the vassals of the Great Jin Dynasty, and wish to accompany the green light for a long time, the Gao King categorically did not allow it, and sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom on the grounds of treason, and sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, saying that the next war in the south is inevitable, if you want to welcome back the princess, the Jin court needs to cut the land and pay tribute, and the King of Jin bows to the King of the Yue and calls him the emperor.

Back then, Princess Wuyang sacrificed herself for the righteousness of the country and went to the north, married the Qin and Jin dynasties with the Yue family, and maintained peace between the two countries for more than 40 years under the relaxation of the political marriage, and her merits were comparable to any famous general in history. Today, I value affection and righteousness, and I feel that the princess has worked hard and made great achievements, and she can't do the first emperor's ruthless move to abandon the princess, so she didn't sleep well for a few nights, and the Chang Dynasty was also very heavy and depressed because of the king's worries, so for several days in a row, the courtiers were all trembling, and they were careful to deal with it, and there was a dark cloud hanging over the government and the opposition.

Even so, there is one person who is not afraid of power.

Yuan Lingjun felt bored, stopped the childish behavior of throwing stones, motioned for Jiuwan to follow, and glanced back at the open screen door of the Changji Palace, pursed his lips, and strode away.

Emperor Yuan You leaned and sat down. The maid removed the ashes and re-placed the spices, the smoke billowed, and another maid stepped inside with hot tea.

Mao Sheng was puzzled, "Your Majesty is still worried about Shaojun's affairs?" ”

"Hmph, if I deal with an ignorant child, it seems that I am very immeasurable, otherwise, I would have made her angry to death."

Mao Sheng didn't understand what he meant, if Fang Cai's father and daughter didn't say a word, they would be angry at this time, at most they would drive Shaojun out, why bother to be angry, if it was because of Yue's wanton provocation to anger Shaojun, there was no need.

The corners of Emperor Yuanyou's mouth twitched, his eyelids couldn't stop jumping, he faintly felt that something bad was happening, what was it? She had just gone out and said that the fiery horse had taken it with her. She is used to cutting first and then playing. "Emperor Yuanyou always felt that something was not quite right.

"Is it the fiery horse sent by Beisai?" Mao Sheng was dumbfounded, and then covered his sleeves and chuckled, Shaojun quietly told him a while ago that he wanted to tame the so-called fierce horse of the Yue Clan. Whoever says that the wind wants the rain is like more.

It is said to be a fierce horse, but it is actually a crazy and sick old horse. The real purpose of the Yue clan is self-evident, which is intended to refer to the fact that the Jin country is no longer what it used to be, and the brave and invincible soldiers who once charged into battle have died of illness and old age, and the Jin court has reached a dangerous situation where there are no generals available, and the Yue clan has countless young fierce horses that cannot be surrendered, these fierce horses have strong physique and abundant energy, galloping and roaring on the land of Jin, fearless. King Gao of the Yue Clan blatantly insulted the Jin Kingdom and challenged the final bottom line of the King of Jin and the veterans.

However, the veterans laughed at this, and did not fight back as the Yue clan imagined, but sent the children and grandchildren of the sect to the Beisai battlefield with righteous indignation.

Now that winter has arrived, the first snow has already fallen in the north, but it has only rained a bleak winter rain in the south, and everything is still green, only the leaves of the sycamore have withered early.

Yuan Lingjun came out of the palace with anger on his face.

Ninety thousand folded a bare willow branch handed to the eyes, Yuan Lingjun held it in his hand as a sword and waved it left and right, suddenly, the wicker desperately cut towards the vibrant flowers and plants in the garden, and the flowers and leaves suddenly fell scattered all over the ground.

At this moment, there was a sound of stepping on broken dead leaves among the bushes of grass and trees, and Yuan Lingjun strode over suspiciously, and a young man in blue clothes crashed into sight.

Yuan Lingjun suddenly showed a surprised and strange smile, and shouted, "Fourth brother-in-law! ”

As soon as he shouted, the young man suddenly paused his steps, looked at the overly colorful girl in front of him, and tentatively said, "Are you......?" Liudi? "I haven't seen each other for a long time, I almost can't recognize each other, she is very different from three years ago.

"My brother-in-law is in such a hurry, is he going to Changji Hall to see my father?" Yuan Ling put his hands behind his back without a trace, thought about it, and felt strange, "It's not spring yet." "The Spring Pilgrimage is about politics, the practice of the Jin Kingdom, although she doesn't care about court affairs, she still remembers this very clearly.

Hui Yan dusted off the residual leaves, took a step forward, and arched his hand, "After receiving the edict, I rushed back with the East Palace Pegasus, and I don't know what the matter is. ”

"The fourth sister is also here! Where is she? Yuan Lingjun crossed Hui Yan's shoulder and tiptoed to look in the direction behind him, but there was no one to be seen.

"She is in the palace today, and she must have received an order to go to the Changji Palace...... Ahem, it's going to be late. At this time, it is inconvenient to talk in detail, let me talk to Liudi after the government. After saying that, Hui Yan hurriedly gave a salute and wanted to hurry to the Changji Hall to face the king.

"Brother-in-law, wait a minute." Yuan Lingjun suddenly remembered something.

"Is there anything else going on with Liudi?" Hui Yan stopped, his eyes revealing a little anxiety.

"Just ask, when my brother-in-law was serving in the East China Sea, did he go to the mansion of the overseer Xu Chao?" Seeing that Hui Yan was puzzled, Yuan Lingjun shook the wicker carelessly and said, "Complain to my brother-in-law." Xu Chao didn't say anything, he said that he would give me three pearls from the East China Sea, and on the day he left, he regretted it again, and he really couldn't take out so many pearls, but I saw more than three pearls in his house...... It's a shame that those pearls are big and round, and it's really rare. If my brother-in-law still goes to work in the East China Sea, and he helps me ask for it again, Lingjun is grateful. ”

Yuan Lingjun slightly bowed his hand to show his gratitude, and saw that Hui Yan was still confused, and did not understand what she meant, and did not say much, just left. said that it was enough to say that only three Huzhu beads were enough, but he sued himself first...... Thinking of this, he sighed twice with deep regret and shook his head as he walked.

At this moment, the lady and his wife had also arrived from the East Palace, entered the Purple Forbidden Land through the corridor of the building, and arrived at the Changji Palace, where the couple bowed and greeted one after the other.

Emperor Yuanyou motioned to take a seat, and as soon as the two sat down, they opened their mouths to inquire about the harvest of the trip to the East Palace.

The East Palace's concubine Mu Liangzuo had already prepared, so he made all the gains he had seen and heard. How vast and beautiful the scenery of the East China Sea is, how the magistrates are loyal to their duties, and how strict and convincing the Wu'an Houzhi army is.

However, the climate of the East China Sea is unimaginable in the territory, the foreigners who first arrived there can not adapt quickly, complaining bitterly, the East China Sea is a mixture of various ethnic groups, the local language is quite complicated, and the travel must have an interpreter to follow every step of the way, what is even more unbearable is that Wu Anhou, who guards the East China Sea, was born in the Huo family of the Wu clan, and has always been unaccustomed to the arrogance and procrastination of the emperor's son-in-law, and every time he goes to patrol and go to sea, he is simply left on board.

How could Emperor Yuanyou not know, and in a few words turned to Xu Chao, the overseer of the East China Sea, the princess who had always been afraid of things, was immediately dumbfounded, fooled a few words, and presented the Dongzhu and red coral carvings brought back from the East China Sea to the emperor, trying to divert attention to expose the matter, but Emperor Yuanyou always cleverly led the topic to the top, and every time he asked Mu Liangzuo's heart was heavy, in the face of the emperor's forced questioning, he flickered, and answered what he didn't ask, as if he was deliberately avoiding something.

The princess didn't know the truth, and her face turned blue with anger, but she said that the concubine had something to do with those officials who were fighting against the wind, and she was picketed and impeached by some direct officials without knowing how to restrain her.

Emperor Yuan You's face was always smiling, but the back of his muscular hand exposed his anger and forbearance. "It's hard work, the middle palace will prepare a feast for you to wash the dust, first go to the queen with the princess, and then go back to the East Palace to rest." Emperor Yuanyou seemed to understand Mu Liangzuo's hard work and ordered him to go back to the palace to rest.

Mao Sheng knew very well that His Majesty only cared about the face of the princess and refused to blame the concubine in person. But soon, His Majesty may come up with a diametrically opposite answer in the mouth of another.

Peace and tranquility seemed to be getting farther and farther away from them.