Just as An Guogong and others were preparing to use troops against the northwest, the Great Wei harem far away in the capital was full of laughter and peace.

Since becoming the emperor, Emperor He'an Zhao Yu'an, who has gained weight for two full laps, is leisurely eating the fresh fruits of Shanggong while happily enjoying the service of several new beauties.

Since An Guogong and the others left the capital, it was the first time he had lived so easily.

He hoped that Anguo and the others would not come back, so that he could continue to enjoy it.

Although he is the Emperor of Great Wei, everyone knows that he is just a chess piece in the hands of the Xie family.

What do people outside say about him, does he really not know?

No, of course he does, and knows better than anyone else.

But so what, do you want his cousin Zhao Yufeng to fight to the death against the Xie family?

What happened to Zhao Yufeng, almost everyone can see it clearly.

Less than a year after he ascended the throne, he died in a foreign land, and his bones have not even been found. He didn't want to end up in the same situation.

He was originally an idle prince with no name and power, and he never dreamed that he would one day become the emperor of Great Wei.

As long as the Xie family does not abolish the emperor for a day, he can continue to be his emperor with peace of mind.

Perhaps because he was so obedient, the Xie family was quite tolerant of him.

As long as it is not related to the affairs of the court, whether it is to recruit beauties or collect treasures from all over the world, the Xie family will not interfere.

For the current life, He Andi is very satisfied and does not want to change.

As for rebelling against the Xie family or something, he didn't even dare to think about it.

At this moment, a eunuch suddenly came over and spread the word that Princess Yanfang had come and was asking to see His Majesty.

Hearing that his cousin Zhao Yufang wanted to see him, He An Di immediately frowned.

For this dead remnant of the Zhao family's long house, He An Di didn't want to see her at all.

But after all, the other party is his cousin, and he is the only bloodline of Emperor Jing'an, the emperor's uncle, if he doesn't see it behind closed doors, it won't be good for him to spread it.

After thinking about it for a while, He An finally agreed to meet her.

After coming to the side hall, Emperor He Soon met his cousin Zhao Yufang, who had not appeared for a long time.

After many years, Zhao Yufang, who has been married to a wife, has matured a lot, and her facial features have grown, and it can be seen that she is indeed a beauty.

It's just that the whole person is filled with a kind of depression, and in addition to wearing dark-colored clothes, it looks like a cultivator from a distance, and there is a feeling of lifelessness.

"Yan Fang, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?" He asked with an appearance of concern.

"Thank you for the emperor's concern, my sister is doing well.

Because of the filial piety at home, the courtiers have not asked the emperor for several years to ask for forgiveness. After Princess Yanfang finished speaking, she respectfully bowed to him and bowed completely.

Seeing her take the initiative to kneel down and salute him, He An Di's mood suddenly improved a lot.

As Yan Fang, she knelt down to show that she was willing to surrender to him, the new emperor, which was equivalent to recognizing the legitimacy of his throne, which is not a small significance.

"It's all your own people, why bother with such a big gift, get up quickly." He Andi obviously said a lot more sincerely this time.

Only then did Princess Yan Fang stand up and return to her seat.

"Is there anything wrong with Yan Fang entering the palace to find me this time?"

Princess Yanfang said in a low voice: "Back to the emperor, in a few days it will be the death day of my father and queen mother, and my sister wants to implore the emperor to allow my sister to enter the imperial mausoleum to worship in order to fulfill her filial piety." ”

"I see. That's as it should be, and I'm done. ”

"Thank you, your sister is grateful." Princess Yanfang once again made a big gift to him.

looked at the respectful cousin, and An Di was in a good mood.

Who would have thought that this proud girl of the sky, who once collected thousands of favors, would also have the day when she knelt down and begged him.

Because Princess Yanfang's hands were covered by sleeves, Emperor He didn't see it, and Princess Yanfang, who was kneeling in front of him, was clenching her fists so hard that she almost pinched her fists until they turned white.

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After returning to the princess's mansion, Princess Yanfang waved off all the subordinates, and then stayed alone in the room for most of the day without coming out.

Until the evening, when Xie Changting came back from outside, Princess Yanfang came out to greet him as if nothing had happened.

"Yan Fang, guess what I found today?" After entering the mansion, Xie Changting couldn't wait to ask.

Princess Yanfang covered her mouth and smiled: "I'm not Mr. Divination, how do I know what my husband has found." ”

Xie Changting said excitedly: "You must not guess that I found an out-of-print copy of Mr. Yu'an's "Yunxi Essays" in an old bookstore.

This book is so rare that I bought it as soon as I saw it, and I'll show it to you later. ”

"No matter how good the book is, you have to eat. Husband, I've already asked someone to prepare a meal, so go and use it. ”

"Okay, I'll go to dinner. I'll show you the book when I'm done eating. Xie Changting said as he walked away excitedly.

In the middle of the night, Princess Yanfang, who was originally lying on the bed, suddenly sat up quietly, and then looked at her husband who was sleeping next to her with a complicated expression by the dim candlelight.

Husband Xie Changting is an outlier in the Xie family, and he doesn't even look like a member of the Xie family at all.

He is not as good at horseback riding and archery as other children of the Xie family, he only likes to collect all kinds of books, especially old books that have been out of print, which is his favorite, and he can be said to be a real bookworm.

Moreover, he has always regarded himself as a scholar, likes to socialize with other literati, and mostly talks about poetry and songs, and has almost no interest in military and political affairs.

In order to facilitate his interaction with other scholars, he even concealed his identity as a child of the Xie family, and only blended into the literati as an ordinary Confucian student.

Because he rarely shows his face in public, even many of his classmates and friends do not know that he is the second grandson of An Guogong.

Perhaps because of Xie Changting's "repeated teachings", including An Guogong, the Xie family has basically given up on him.

If it weren't for the identity of the second son, it is estimated that his status in the Xie family would plummet.

The Anguo Guild chose him as a colt who could not participate in politics, but also under the idea of making the best use of things.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, this Xie Changting is a useless scholar, but it is precisely because of him, Princess Yanfang, that she was not pursued by the Xie family after the Jing'an Mutiny.

After all, the two sides had already visited the church at that time, and legally she was already the wife of Xie Changting, the second grandson of Duke Anguo, there is no doubt about this.

After Emperor Shuntian Zhao Yufeng usurped the throne, for the sake of his cousin Xie Changting, he felt that although Princess Yanfang was the sister of the eldest prince Zhao Yuyu, she was just a female streamer and a married woman, so she was not troubled, so she was not connected.

What's even more rare is that Xie Changting is quite good to her, the princess wife. Especially after knowing that she also likes to read, he even introduced her as a confidant, and often showed her the out-of-print books in his collection.

The two of them went on in a daze, and it really tasted like they were raising their eyebrows.

Princess Yanfang later found out after a trial that her husband did not know anything about the mutiny. As a child of the Xie family, no one told him the truth.

She speculated that it was probably because An Guogong didn't like this grandson, so he ordered everyone not to tell him the truth of the matter.

But no matter what, thanks to her husband Xie Changting, Princess Yanfang was able to live a stable and peaceful life as a princess after the Jing'an Mutiny.

Although she was also grateful to her husband for his care, Princess Yanfang was never able to give him her sincerity.

Usually when the two get along, she is almost always playing the image of a gentle and virtuous wife.

The reason is because her husband is from the Xie family, and he is a child of the Xie family who has a deep blood feud with her.

Her father, mother, and eldest brother all died at the hands of the Xie family.

As the only bloodline of the Heavenly Family, how could she forget such a blood feud.

If she could, she would definitely take revenge on the Xie family, no matter what the price was.

But it's a pity that she has no soldiers and no power now, and it's not easy to get revenge.

She is not afraid of death, she is only afraid of dying worthless.

When she entered the palace today and begged her cousin Zhao Zhuoan to let her go to worship her father and queen mother, she almost used all her strength to restrain her anger and humiliation, so she didn't break out on the spot.

Who would have thought that a villain like Zhao Yu'an would one day be able to sit on his father's dragon chair and show off his might, it was really blindless.

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After almost a month's rest, the army under the command of An Guogong himself finally set out from Jiangxi and went to the northwest to kill it.

An Guogong is a veteran who has fought on the battlefield for many years, and he knows very well the strength of the Northwest Army, and he knows that if he is one-on-one, he is definitely not an opponent.

The only advantage of the Wei army today is that it is several times the strength and number of its opponents.

There is a law in the art of war, and the odd is in harmony.

In the case of having such a large army, some small means such as sneak attacks and ambushes will fall to the inferior, and it is better to directly crush the past with superior forces.

Therefore, he did not intend to divide his troops into two routes, but to concentrate all his forces and pull out the cities in the northwest one by one like pulling nails, until the entire northwest was occupied.

As long as the army is not dispersed, even if you have to fight to the death with the opponent's elite soldiers, you have a good chance of winning.

The northwest is the foundation of the Ning family, Ning Zhiyuan will never let the army crush all the way, sooner or later there will be a decisive battle.

Otherwise, it would be useless to just occupy the city but fail to destroy the Northwest Army, and as soon as the army retreated, they would still take it back.

What An Guogong is waiting for is the moment when the two sides have a decisive battle.

Moreover, he also has a backhand.

As long as this back hand comes out, it will definitely be able to put the Ning family and the Northwest Army to death.

In this way, together with hundreds of thousands of people who were responsible for building fortifications and transporting grain and grass materials, an army of more than one million entered the northwest territory with great momentum under the leadership of An Guogong.

Along the way, the army did not encounter any soldiers from the northwest, not even a single civilian.

Not only were all the villages in the route empty, but all the livestock and goods such as cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, beds, quilts, hoes, and iron pots were gone, leaving only an empty village.

Obviously, the local people have been transferred to other places by the Northwest Army.

Even some small county towns have been completely emptied, leaving no usable supplies.

It can be said that this is a strategy in another sense.

Evacuate all the personnel and materials, and then abandon the villages and small county towns that have little defensive role, and concentrate the forces in relatively large cities.

For the Northwest Army, which has relatively few troops, this is indeed the only way.

A few days later, when the army approached Huiyang City, they finally saw the Northwest Army defending the city and the banner fluttering in the wind at the head of the city.

The moment the people on both sides met, they both broke out with a strong fighting spirit.

The great war between Great Wei and the Northwest is finally about to begin.

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