A few days before Ji Wen's defeat, the news of Zhou Gang's death caused an uproar in the original city of Jingguo.

After the king Ji Xin learned that Zhou Gang had died, he was so grief-stricken that he almost fainted from crying. Although Ji Xin is a little dissatisfied with Zhou Gang's actions on weekdays, Ji Xin knows in his heart that the reason why he can sit back and relax as this king is because Zhou Gang is in charge of the overall situation and presides over the government! As soon as Zhou Gang died, he could no longer be as free as before.

Zhou Ji fainted directly when he heard the news of his father's death, which frightened the Zhou Mansion into a commotion. Fortunately, Zhou Ji is just in a hurry, and it is not a big deal, otherwise the Zhou family will really fall. After Zhou Ji woke up, he immediately entered the palace to meet Ji Xin and asked Ji Xin to send an army to attack Huaiguo.

Ji Xin often disagrees with the consumption of money and food such as war, in his eyes, these money and food are used for his own pleasure, and it is a waste to use it to fight. But this time, Ji Xin knew in his heart that he couldn't stop Zhou Ji from crusading against Huaiguo no matter what, otherwise Zhou Gang's people would have to make a fuss.

So Ji Wen directly allocated Zhou Ji's 100,000 troops and ordered him to personally lead the troops to crusade against Huaiguo and avenge Zhou Gang!

At the same time that Zhou Ji was preparing to go on the expedition, another group of officials led by Prime Minister Sun Yan also took action.

In Sun Yan's view, Zhou Gang's death is a good opportunity for him to ascend to the throne, and he must not let Zhou Ji inherit Zhou Gang's mantle and continue to press himself.

So Sun Yan and Wu You, the imperial historian, and Zongzheng Lu Jin asked to see Ji Xin in an attempt to stop the dispatch of troops. But Ji Xin had made up his mind, so naturally he would not be moved by a few people, so Sun Yan retreated and persuaded Ji Xin to put his son-in-law Lu Qing into Zhou Ji's army as a supervisor.

Zhou Ji could guess some of Sun Yan's thoughts, but he was anxious to avenge his father, so he didn't have time to care about these things. As a result, Zhou Ji mobilized 100,000 troops at a very fast speed and marched towards Huaiguo.

The words were divided into two ends, when Zhou Ji walked on the road with the army, Yang Xue had already returned to Jingguo.

That day, after Yang Xue and Zhang Shumo separated, they rushed all the way north to Jincheng, in order not to make the people of Jingguo suspicious, Yang Xue did not ride a horse, but chose not to. Although Dieling Pass is only sixty miles away from Jincheng, it takes at least one day to walk on your legs.

Yang Xue has suffered a lot along the way, and she has been pampered since she was a child, and she first realized what hardships are. Fortunately, Ma Hua stationed soldiers thirty miles away from the city to prevent the Huaiguo army from pursuing, and this time he just caught Yang Xue.

So Yang Xue was sent all the way back to the Pingnan Mansion in Jincheng by the soldiers.

Ji Wen was a little surprised when he heard the news of Yang Xue's return, obviously he didn't expect Yang Xue to come back. This matter also attracted Hao Yang's attention, so Hao Yang muttered in front of Ji Wen intentionally or unintentionally: "Strange, doesn't Mrs. Yang have a mortal enmity with Zhang Shumo?" How could Zhang Shumo let her come back alive. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Wen also became alert. But he knew in his heart that he had said in front of so many people that as long as Yang Xue came back, he would be rewarded again, so he could never break his word. So Ji Wen ordered his subordinates to prepare for Yang Xue to return home.

Seeing Yang Xue's embarrassed appearance, Ji Wen was a little relieved, but he still asked vigilantly, "Aifei, how did you escape back?" ”

Yang Xue had already prepared, and she threw herself directly into Ji Wen's arms, and then said with a cry: "Lord, the concubine originally planned to repay the favor of the prince with a death. As soon as the prince left, the 5,000 soldiers rebelled, the guards were also killed by them, and the concubine was captured by the enemy alone. In order to humiliate the prince, the hateful Zhang Shumo deliberately let the concubine back, and he also said......"

"What else is he saying?" Ji Wen asked anxiously.

Yang Xue shed two lines of tears: "He also said that let the prince take a good look at his own woman, he can't even protect his own woman, what kind of man is he!" ”

"Zhang Shumo! I will make it hard for you to die! Ji Wen gritted his teeth after hearing this, and had already left his suspicion of Yang Xue behind.

Ji Wen greeted Yang Xue ceremoniously, and canonized her with a dispensable title, which was regarded as fulfilling his promise, and then left Yang Xue alone.

It turns out that Ji Wen has a "new love" again. Ji Wen is an out-and-out womanizer, and the people of Jincheng all know that Ji Wen generally does not favor a woman for more than a year, and after having a new love, those women who have been harmed by him will be sent to the cold palace and ignored.

This made Yang Xue very anxious, she couldn't stay by Ji Wen's side, and she couldn't participate in the attack on Huaiguo, so her plan couldn't be implemented. So Yang Xue tried her best to make Ji Wen fall in love with herself again.

On this day, Yang Xue dressed up and took the initiative to ask to see Ji Wen. When she arrived at Ji Wen's room, Yang Xue learned from the guards that Ji Wen had gone out with her new love, so she had to return helplessly.

At this time, Ji Wen's original wife, Shen Yi, the princess of Pingnan Palace, also came to find Ji Wen, and happened to collide with Yang Xue who returned.

"Hello Mrs. Shen!" Yang Xue and Shen Yi had no contact, so they had to leave after saying hello.

Shen Yi has long been accustomed to the new love that Ji Wen has been looking for over the years, and when she saw Yang Xue coming out of Ji Wen with a depressed face, she thought that Yang Xue was not favored and was blasted out. So he deliberately said: "The prince is just a novelty to you lowly women, play with it, and naturally don't wait to see it if you are tired of it, I advise you to run less here in the future, don't make the prince unhappy!" ”

Yang Xue was stunned for a moment, but laughed instead of being angry, and immediately had an idea in her heart: "Madame's lesson is that Madame knows best if she wants to come to this kind of taste, and I still have to learn more from Madame." ”

"You!" Shen Yi's face immediately darkened: "Bold minion, dare to be rude to Mrs. Ben?" Come on, slap your mouth! ”

The maid behind Shen Yi immediately stood up, but as soon as she raised her hand, she was grabbed by Yang Xue's arm: "You want to hit me?" I've even been on the battlefield, and I'm still afraid of you? I'm afraid you haven't seen the blood of a person getting their head cut off by a sword, right? Why don't I let you see you today? After speaking, Yang Xue put her hand into her sleeve and took out a dagger.

The maid immediately panicked when she saw it, and asked Shen Yi for help while struggling: "Madame save the slave, Yang Xue is crazy!" ”

Shen Yi was also taken aback, but she had also seen the market, and immediately scolded: "Yang Xue, you dare to commit murder in the mansion?" Come on, take her down for me! ”

The soldiers not far away ran over when they heard Shen Yi's words, but they didn't dare to do anything to Yang Xue, they just surrounded Yang Xue.

Seeing this, Yang Xue let go of the maid's arm, raised her head to Shen Yi and said, "Mrs. Shen, is this Pingnan Mansion up to you or the prince?" Want to cure my sins? Unless the prince comes over in person! ”

After speaking, Yang Xue walked away under the eyes of everyone.