Chapter 1: The Rebels Are Betrayed
The victory at the border pass, although the victory of this battle is not just bright and bright, and there is a suspicion of taking advantage of people's danger, but in the hearts of the people in the city, this battle was caused by the assassination of Ning Guo, and it can be regarded as a tooth for a tooth.
When the good news came, Cocoon breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly found Jiong to discuss the next countermeasures, he knew very well that this war against Ning Guo was far from over, and the next news would be very likely to be unfavorable to him, so he must take advantage of this gap to seize the opportunity to make a move, and the war between himself and Yan must end before the war with Ning Guo.
Dye sat in the courtyard of Liuyunxuan, and was also reading this good news, which was sent by Ling'er to Yao alone, in addition to detailing the war, the letter also added a few words of private words from her daughter's family, thinking that after this great victory, Ling'er and General Yi's good things are also close.
"Ling'er also got what she wanted, and she was persuaded to boldly court, but she didn't expect to have a result so soon." Yao watched from the sidelines, and was also happy for Ling'er.
"Yes, Ling'er is also lucky, she has identified a master, a lover, and she is determined, so she has less troubles and entanglements, and she saves herself from hurting others." Dye thought of his own speechless uncertainty again.
"Girl, what does Wan Niang mean, we don't need to take care of it anymore, it is enough for King Jiong to make a move, Yan Xiang is now at the end of the strong crossbow, and if there are one or two heavy blows, there will be no more usable forces in the court, and then he will be an empty shell, and the girl can take revenge at any time." Dye has not been in a good mood lately, and Yao thinks that this is finally good news, and he is happy to say it.
"Yes, it's so fast, his family has accumulated in two lifetimes, and we have been shaken in two years, this world of rights is really not long-lasting, it is nothing more than taking what each needs it, after the riveting family broke with him, he knew that his defeat was decided, but he didn't expect the decline to be so fast." It's a little ridiculous to think about it, they can get to this point, in fact, it's just taking advantage of his lack of self and cocoon.
"By the way, I asked you to check before, has there been any progress in the relationship between King Jiong and the Imperial Doctor?" Dye always remembers Jiong and Cocoon's strange look that night.
"No, several imperial doctors have checked it, and they have nothing to do with Prince Jiong." Yao was curious why she wanted to check this, but when she thought of her lost child, she didn't dare to ask.
If he knew, then everything made sense, but did he really know?
"Jing, all the guards outside Liuyun Xuan have withdrawn, right?" Zhong Zhengdian buried himself in the cocoon of the official document, and suddenly asked.
"Your Majesty, after you gave your orders early that morning, the slaves had already ordered them to go down." Jing replied.
That night, Cocoon didn't know how to dye, he really had no sleep all night, and he had been pondering, what was the reason for the sudden cold and alienation of dyeing, and this was the only reason for thinking about it, so early the next morning, as soon as Dye left, he ordered Jing, but after the order, he was contradictory. He was too scared, not only afraid that the dye would find out that he had arranged such a resentment, but also afraid that the man would enter the dyed dormitory at night again, swaying for a long time, but he couldn't make a decision, but fortunately, the man suddenly called himself sick for some reason, and threw all the official documents directly to himself for processing, and he was busy reading the codex day and night for a few days, approving and revising, and he didn't have time to think about it for a while, until he approved the codex of General Yi's request for marriage, and then he became troubled again.
"You go to the General's Mansion first, declare Lone's will, give General Yi and Ling'er, and Liuyunxuan's matter, I have to think about it again." After that, he handed the stamped will to Jing, Jing took it with both hands, just turned around to leave, turned back again, arched his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, although Mrs. Enchanting is the same as the king, she has a grudge against that person, but people's hearts are unpredictable, especially this matter of love between men and women, how she views that person in her heart, how she views the king, you still have to take care of it, the slave doesn't want to see the king difficult for himself." Then he departed.
Cocoon was stunned for a moment, frowned and shook his head, and threw himself into the codex more than one person high.
"He is dealing with official documents day and night now, and he shouldn't have time to come back to the idea of the original picture, what are the movements of the people in the court these days?" Yan Xiang sat in his study and listened to the report of the official book: "Xiangye, recently, more and more officials in the court want the king to personally approve the codex, and they think that the king's reply is sincere, which is very different from Xiangye's strictness. ”
"Humph! It's not because they're not doing things well, the person himself doesn't understand anything, and of course he's humble. Yan Xiang's expression was solemn.
"Xiangye, the old minister thinks that you still have to envelop these people, above this court, people's hearts are the key to victory or defeat, not real talent." After many years of loyalty, the officials were sincere in their words.
"I don't believe that he, a useless person who has been trapped in the harem for many years, can really shake the hearts of two generations of my family with a few good words." Although Yan Xiang knew the kindness of the old minister in front of him, the pride in his bones did not allow him to bow his head.
"Alas~ the sky has changed." Master Shangshu, who walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, shook his head, turned around and got into the sedan chair, and ran to King Jiong's Mansion.
More than half a month, the general's mansion has a happy event, although Ling'er is from a humble background, but he has served the daughter of the riveting family for many years, and then followed General Yi's side, accompanied him to find the general, to fight in Ningguo, plus the king's marriage, this happy event is also full of pomp, not only the number of dignitaries and dignitaries in the city are all there, even the king attended the wedding banquet in the evening, of course, except for Yan Xiang, but now, it is not very important whether this person appears or not.
The old general sat on the main seat in good spirits, and it seemed that he had come out of the pain of losing his daughter, next to him was the king, two old sons-in-law, and now they have the intimacy they should have, General Yi sat at the bottom, accompanied by today's bride Ling'er, a military family, there is a lot less red tape, and the two of them whispered sweetly from time to time as if no one was around, and they responded to the toasts of the guests, and the scene was extremely warm.
"Now that the general trend of Yan Xiang is gone, what is the king's plan?" The old general asked in a low voice, although he didn't care about political affairs at all on the surface, he hadn't let go of it in his heart, not to mention that his son was still an official in the court.
"Gu is now gradually taking over the major affairs of the court, but Yan Xiang's residual power is not exhausted, in order to avoid his dangerous military actions, it is better to stay still for now." Cocoon replied calmly.
"Well, yes. Don't rush it. The old general now appreciates the king a little more, "Prince Jiong has helped the king a lot over the years, and now his actions are becoming more and more high-profile, so it's better to mention it." When he came back this time, he found that the prodigal prince had been planning how to fight against Yan Xiang for so many years, not to mention Yan Xiang, even he who claimed to know people and gods had been deceived in the past, and he was really a talent.
"Don't worry, the old general will remind him, he is just afraid that the person will be unfavorable to Gu." Cocoon knew that the old general was somewhat taboo about Jiong.
"Well, eh, why don't you see that bewitching lady today?" After the old general learned that Mrs. Enchanting had begged the king to pay tribute to his daughter, he was also much relieved about this former thorn in his side.
"She, she has been feeling a little unwell recently, and she doesn't want her to work, not to mention that she is afraid that she will come, which will make the old general feel sad." The cocoon thought of dyeing, and his chest flushed with irritation.
"The king is too worried, the old minister has now seen everything, that bewitching lady may be more suitable as a queen than Lian'er, Lian'er, she, she doesn't have this blessing." said that he could see it, but when he thought of his daughter who left in the mood for love, his eyes couldn't help but moisten.
Seeing the old general wiping his tears with his sleeve, Cocoon also remembered the ever-bright smiling face, and couldn't help but drink a few more glasses.
"Mrs. Enchanting is polite, I wish the two newcomers a good reunion for a hundred years~" Liuyunxuan's internal official held a brocade box, walked into the wedding banquet, stood at General Yi's table, and bowed down to offer a gift.
"Mrs. Xie is worried." Yi got up and took the brocade box, and was about to ask the maid to put it away, when the king spoke: "Won't the general open it and see what kind of treasure it is?" Lone is also very curious. As he spoke, he staggered to his feet, and approached to see clearly. When they heard what the king said, everyone became curious and gathered around.
"Then, the subordinate obeys the order." Yi was a little embarrassed, after all, he had not passed through the king many times before, and this time he was afraid that there would be any important military reports or the like in it, but the king asked in public, and he had no way to refuse, so he had to slowly open the box.
"Wow~" saw the contents of the box clearly, and everyone who was used to seeing all kinds of treasures was also amazed. Lying in the box turned out to be a scimitar, the scimitar is small and exquisite, decorated with rare moonlight-colored gems, and there is a pink pearl half a fist on the handle of the scimitar, General Yi pulled out the scimitar, the blade is sharp, the hair can be broken, and the blade is also engraved with the names of General Yi and Ling'er in a rare font, and the two words are circled with patterns and entangled with each other.
"It seems that this is a bell sent by Mrs. Enchanting, and Mrs. Ling'er has not thanked Mrs. General Yi took back the scimitar and handed it to Ling'er, "Yes, please ask the internal official to thank Mrs. on your behalf, just say, Ling'er likes it very much, and she will definitely carry it with her in the future, and she will never leave an inch." After Ling'er finished speaking, she leaned over slightly and saluted, and the internal official also replied: "Miss Ling'er doesn't need to be polite, Mrs. said, Miss Ling'er doesn't let her eyebrows go, and follows the general many times into dangerous places, so give this scimitar and the girl, you can kill the enemy at the critical moment to protect yourself, and protect the girl thoroughly." With that, he bowed and withdrew.
The feast soon resumed its liveliness and continued into the night, when everyone was drunk.
In Liuyun Xuan, Dye just fell asleep, and the palace ladies also went back to sleep, only Yao stayed outside the dye hall, suddenly, Yao heard a rush of footsteps, and before she could run out of the hall to check, she was pushed open by someone who came to open the door, and hit Yao, after seeing the person who came, Yao hurriedly leaned over and saluted, "Stand down." Cocoon was full of alcohol, and Yao wanted to say something, but was pulled away by the internal officials who rushed in after the cocoon, and after sending away Yao and the internal officials, Cocoon strode into the dyed dormitory and lifted the curtains.
Ran, who was woken up by the movement outside, was still in a fog, and was suppressed by a cocoon of alcohol, if he hadn't heard him muttering his name, the voice seemed to have the temperature of the past, and Dye almost thought that the person was coming again.
Yes, like that person, the drunken cocoon is not half gentle, just domineering possession, pinching so hard that it hurts to dye the heart, Dye does not resist, nor shouts, just bites his lip and endures, as if something in his heart is dying little by little.
The sky was bright, and she felt the person behind her tiptoe out of bed, she didn't get up, and waited until the man cautiously walked out of the hall and closed the door, she opened her eyes, sat up, looked at the paper and pen on the desk, and was in a daze, before she opened her mouth and called Yao in to help her freshen up.
After a long bath, Dye found Wan Niang, yes, it's time to make up your mind.
In the evening of the same day, Wan Niang disguised herself and rode to the woods on the border of the city, where a man in black like her was waiting for her.