General Shi's letterhead has been sent, but no matter who the emperor sends over, it will take some time to arrive, and whether General Shi can stay or not, he needs to temporarily manage these city-states.

After discussing with Pei Yuan, General Shi first arranged two teams of men and horses to go to the city-state outside the capital, and separately assisted the commander over there to manage the city-state.

There is a vast grassland at the junction of the capital of the Qin clan and the Jintai clan, and this season is a good time for the grassland to be lush, and the scenery is pleasant, which is very suitable for playing.

After Pei Yuan helped General Shi to complete the distribution of management personnel, after learning about the situation in the grassland from Shi Yuhua, he had the idea of taking Shen Jiahe around, and learned that the capital of the Jintai clan was not far away, so he planned to visit Jintai's father after playing in the grassland.

He deliberately didn't tell Shen Jiahe in advance, but called her directly early the next morning: "Haven't you been going out to play, I'll take you around today." ”

Shen Jiahe raised his hand and stretched his waist, and said with a smile: "I can finally sneak out to play in the open, you don't know that every time we sneak out, our hearts are all up and down, and we are afraid of being caught by you." ”

Pei Yuan tied her clothes, hugged the person down and put her on the stool next to her to put on her shoes: "It's not that I'm worried about your safety, but some people still don't appreciate it." ”

After breakfast, the two went to the camp to ask for two fast horses, and when they were about to go out of the city gate, they saw Liuliuyu and Yuan Yang and Yuan Xu chasing after them on horseback.

"Why are you here?" Pei Yuan rode his horse and stopped at a secluded place at the gate of the city before asking.

Liuyu said with a smile: "I got up early in the morning to have breakfast, and met the captain of the city, and I heard him say that the prince inquired about the interesting places nearby yesterday, and I guessed that you were going out today, so we followed." ”

Shen Jiahe looked at his smug look and smiled: "As long as you are shrewd, you are indispensable, so let's go together." ”

Liuyu smiled and patted the basket on his body: "I also brought good things to the princess." ”

Shen Jiahe was curious about what Liuyu was carrying from the beginning, and when he saw him, he was even more curious: "Don't sell it, what good things did you bring?" Food? ”

Liuyu shook his head, lifted the lid of the basket, and an eagle came out with a little effort inside, fluttered its wings, and landed firmly on Shen Jiahe's shoulder.

The wounds on its wings have healed, and it can try to fly in the past two days, Shen Jiahe looked at it in surprise: "You actually brought Xiao Hei." ”

"Isn't the princess going to train it, I think there is no good place in the city, I heard that I am going to the grassland, and the sky is wide enough to let it fly to the fullest." Liuyu showed her basket to Shen Jiahe, "It didn't want to stand on my shoulder, I threw some food in it to trick it in, and sure enough, the princess took care of it personally." ”

"Then take it with you, and let's go now." Shen Jiahe patted the eagle's talons on his shoulder and instructed it: "Xiao Hei, you have to hold on steadily, let's go." ”

An hour later, several people stood on the vast prairie and felt extremely comfortable, and a gust of wind brought up, bringing up layers of green waves on the grass, and it looked like a sea of green from a distance.

Xiao Hei was hovering low in the sky, and Shen Jiahe looked sideways at Pei Yuan: "What do you say you can do with the eagle after training it?" ”

Pei Yuan also looked sideways at her: "Don't want to feed it?" However, such a large bird of prey is brought back to the capital except for making a thing to raise, and there is really no practical use. ”

Shen Jiahe looked up at Xiao Hei again: "I didn't say anything, you know that I want to release it, you are a roundworm in my stomach!" ”

Pei Yuan looked at her, his eyes were full of pampering: "Didn't I say it, I know you better than yourself." ”

Shen Jiahe beckoned to Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei swooped down and landed on Shen Jiahe's arm, Shen Jiahe touched its wings, and was a little reluctant in her heart, she took care of it day and night for several days, but in the end, she cleaned up her mood and put her face on its head: "Go, go back to your own home, let's say goodbye." ”

She sent her arm up, Xiao Hei flapped her wings and soared in the sky, as if she could understand, she felt something in her heart, and circled around Shen Jiahe for a while before flying in the direction of Eagle's Beak Peak, Shen Jiahe watched from a distance, until the black dot disappeared in the sky.

"What a pity, I look at Xiao Hei quite humane." Liuyu held his mouth.

Shen Jiahe shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "When I return to the capital, I don't have such a large place for it to play, so it's best to let it stay here." ”

It was noon, Pei Yuan took them to the grassland to find the nomadic herdsmen to ask for a bite to eat, and after learning that it was Pei's people, the herdsmen's family was very enthusiastic about Pei Yuan.

The head of the family instructed his wife to make mutton rice, and he gave a few people fresh milk tea: "There are no good things here, these are all produced by themselves, and I hope you are welcome." ”

During the meal, the group chatted together, and when talking about the war just past, the herdsman's face was a little gloomy: "For us ordinary people, it really doesn't matter who is the leader, as long as we can graze in peace, can earn a bite to eat, and live a good life." ”

Shen Jiahe took a bite of yogurt cake, and raised his head when he heard this: "How were you doing before the war?" ”

"It's okay," the herdsman's wife walked in with her pilaf in her hand, "but we have to make offerings every year, and if the Qin family makes offerings to the Pei family, we have to make offerings to the Qin family, otherwise where will the Qin family get so many offerings." ”

"It's not that I'm saying that your Pei family is not good, it's just that the Qin royal family eats and drinks spicy food by itself, but exploits it from our herdsmen, hey, don't say it, don't say it." Herders waved their hands.

Pei Yuan swallowed the milk in his mouth, put down the bowl and said softly: "It will be fine in the future, when I came over, I saw that the generals in the previous cities were very protective of the local people, even if the Pei family changed to a new person to manage it in the future, it will definitely not treat you herdsmen harshly, don't worry." ”

After eating and drinking, Pei Yuan left with the three of them, Shen Jiahe looked back at the herdsmen who were still waving at them, and felt a little uncomfortable: "Why do you give them hope, the royal family of the Qin family is unscrupulous, but the Pei family is not much better." In the future, Pei Shu will sit on the emperor, and he may not be able to govern. ”

Liuyu also echoed on the side: "That is, although it is said that he should not speak for the Qin family, Qin Xiaoshuang was indeed forced to death by the prince, dare not do it, and finally blame it on the woman's head, such a person will be the emperor in the future, how much can he love the people." If ......"

"Shut up!" Pei Yuan looked at Liuyu coldly, for fear that he would say the next words, "Can the royal family be something you can discuss casually?" Uncle intends to stay here, if the emperor can agree, as long as the uncle is there, they will definitely not live like before in the future. ”

Liuyu opened his mouth and chose to shut up under Shen Jiahe's eyes, although Pei Yuan had mentioned to him once that he wanted to compete for the throne, but he had not made a decision completely.

How can it be so easy to take the position, Shen Jiahe knows the entanglement in his heart, and he doesn't want to influence his choice.

Shen Jiahe stepped forward and shook his hand: "Didn't you say that you were going to visit Jintai's father?" Let's go now. ”

When Pei Yuan took Shen Jiahe and them to the Jintai clan, the emperor who was far away in the capital also received the good news from General Shi, and he looked at the letterhead in his hand and was a little embarrassed for a while.

"General Shi wants to stay at the border, what do you think of this?" The emperor couldn't figure it out, so he had to find his new secret guard commander to discuss, "If this is a conspiracy between General Shi and Pei Yuan, I'm afraid they still have a backhand." ”

The secret guard pondered for a moment and actually smiled: "They have a backhand, we naturally have it, without the emperor's permission, Mrs. Shi can't get out of the capital, and besides, the prince won't live long." ”

Speaking of which, there is anything that the emperor doesn't understand, no matter whether Pei Yuan wants to do anything at the border or not, when he becomes a dead man, nothing will matter at that time.

Besides, if there is one more General Shi on the road, there will be more trouble for them to do it, leaving General Shi at the border, which is a good thing for him, and the emperor also laughed: "Then meet General Shi's wish, leave him at the border, and send a civil minister and a military minister to each of the remaining cities to assist together." ”

The emperor was happy for a while, and he set up a banquet in the palace without waiting for the army to come back, and the ladies of all palaces and courtyards came to celebrate, but the queen was nowhere to be seen.

On such an important day, the mother of a country was absent, and some people had already gossiped during the banquet, and many newly promoted concubines had long been unaccustomed to the queen, so they naturally seized the opportunity to discredit the queen.

"The queen didn't come, is it because she can't see us winning, or is it because she is dissatisfied with the emperor." Concubine Li looked at Mr. Xu angrily.

Manager Xu glared at her before replying: "Concubine Li's words are bad, our queen mother is not feeling well, and she doesn't want everyone at this celebration banquet to be disappointed, so she won't come." You'd better be cautious. ”

"You, you are a minion......" Concubine Li was so choked by Manager Xu, where could she sit still, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was stopped by a look from the emperor.

Then the emperor looked coldly at Mr. Xu, who came to speak in front of him: "Is the queen really sick?" ”

In the face of the emperor, Mr. Xu naturally lost the hardness he had to treat Concubine Li before, and at this time there was a layer of sweat on his body, but he still had to bite the bullet and said: "Back to the emperor, the queen mother is really sick, and she is weak in the morning and even has no breakfast. ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of the emperor's mouth, but after a while, he disappeared: "Go back and tell the queen to have a good life." ”

Chief Manager Xu breathed a sigh of relief and went back to reply, and the chief manager looked at the emperor's face was not very good, so he had to speak for the queen and said: "This Imperial Doctor Liu has said it, presumably the queen is really sick." ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "Imperial Doctor Liu is her person, it's not up to her to say anything, don't you know what she thinks after many years of husband and wife, Pei Yuan has come back with military merits, I'm afraid that she is now restless in Qiwu Palace, how can she still be willing to come to this celebration banquet." "In the end, the voice was a little muffled.

The queen did become anxious after knowing the border victory, Pei Yuan was about to come back, but Shen Jiahe had no news at all, she had guessed what the emperor would do, but she tried it a few times, but she couldn't find anything, even the chief manager around the emperor was very tight-mouthed.

The queen became more and more anxious because of this, if she waited for Pei Yuan to come back with Shen Jiahe, Shen Jiahe would not be able to get rid of her no matter what. She really didn't eat well because of this matter, and where was she still in the mood to go to the celebration banquet, so she naturally said that she couldn't go.

The queen can say that she is sick and can't go, but the crown prince Pei Shu can't, she never believes that Shen Jiahe went to the border Pei Shu also began to be in a trance after she couldn't find her, even at the banquet, he was repeatedly distracted, and several times the courtiers talked to him, he either answered the question or simply didn't hear it, and kept his mouth shut.

The emperor sat on the top and saw all these in his eyes, and suppressed the anger in his heart and reminded him several times, before Pei Shu brushed away the troubles in his heart and patiently wrestled with the ministers.