After months of torture, Li Jianguo finally returned to the capital of Northern Xia safely.

On the morning of the first day after returning to Beijing, Li Jianguo lost face in front of his ministers.

"Emperor Chao, Weichen thinks that you have done a really good job on this expedition!" Li Xiao snorted and smiled, and did not shy away from looking at Li Jianguo in a sarcastic tone.

Li Jianguo turned his head sideways, embarrassed and didn't dare to say more.

Suddenly, Li Xiao took a step forward domineeringly, shook his body and said: "Weichen was taken off by the emperor, and sincerely attributed the military power to you." But what about you, not only did you not take half of the enemy's city on your first expedition, but even the million-strong Beilin Army led by yourself was almost wiped out, which is ridiculous! ”

Li Jianguo's cheeks turned red instantly, he gasped for breath, and kept shaking his body: "I, I ......"

Li Xiao glared and forced to ask: "Why did the emperor move, do you think there is something wrong with what Weichen said?" ”

Li Jianguo kept swallowing his breath and shaking his head.

Li Xiao shook his head bitterly, then crossed his eyebrows, and looked at it with dissatisfied eyes: The emperor please forgive the ministers bluntly, I have established my own dynasty in Great Xia, and every defeat I have fought has never been so miserable. And in this battle, the million-strong army led by the Son of Heaven was beaten and fled by a small city general of the enemy, which is a great shame for us! So the emperor and the ministers want to ask, what kind of face do you have to face the first emperor! After that, he also held his hands to show his loyalty to Great Xia.

Li Jianguo hesitated for a while, and finally stood up vigorously, clasped his fists with both hands, and bowed and apologized in front of the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor's decree is right, this expedition is Shun's fault, Shun's fault is too arrogant, and Shun's fault is too ignorant, Shun has indeed borne the trust of the previous emperor, so today I will express my shame in front of the ministers, and Shun will also issue an edict to make a special edict for his behavior this time, and tell the world, Qin this!" ”

The courtiers all looked at each other with embarrassed faces, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Li Xiao gradually calmed his tone, but his words still contained a bit of sarcasm: "The emperor and the ministers have to say that you are really disappointed this time, and it really chills the hearts of the ministers!" After that, he sighed bitterly, and it seemed that tears were going to be left in his eyes.

Seeing this, Li Jianguo forcibly held back the anger in his heart, stood up, walked slowly in front of him, and held his shoulders with a kind face, "The emperor's order!" After that, he carefully took out the talisman from his sleeve and held it in Li Xiao's hand in person: "The emperor's order, Shun thinks that this talisman is more suitable in your hands!" ”

Li Xiao deliberately excused himself, "The emperor and the ministers are clearly distinguished, although you lost the battle, but after all, this soldier Fu Weichen was given to you by the microminister, how can you go back now?" ”

Li Jianguo pushed the talisman into Li Xiao's side again, and smiled: "No, the emperor's order, this talisman is not something you want to go back to, but it was given to you voluntarily, and Shun feels that although he is getting older, he still needs a lot of imperial orders to govern a country." ”

Li Xiao deliberately pretended to be sad and miserable, and lowered his head: "But this talisman was originally holy, and Weichen also promised the emperor to hand over the military power to the saint, and now how can you make a mistake and snatch the talisman back, doesn't this put Weichen into disloyalty and injustice?" ”

Li Jianguo held Li Xiao's shoulder and smiled: "What is the emperor's order to say this, although this talisman is nominally the Son of Heaven, it is actually Da Xia, so for the sake of Da Xia Shun, he must be handed over to a capable person, isn't it?" ”

Li Xiao hesitated for a while, then slowly took the talisman, then breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed respectfully: "Since the emperor trusts Weichen so much, then Weichen is better to obey his orders than to be respectful!" ”

Li Jianguo's eyes lit up, and he showed a smile that seemed to be gratifying: "The emperor's order is like this, Shun can finally rest assured." I think that the first emperor and the successive spirits in the sky will also be happy about this! After that, Li Jianguo held his sleeves and returned to the dragon chair: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you remember what Shun said before?" Shun is the son of the Great Summer, but the emperor's decree is the crutch of the Son of Heaven, you say that if the Son of Heaven leaves the crutch, how can this Great Xia last long? After speaking, he also sneered to himself to show his dependence on Li Xiao.

When the courtiers heard this, no one was convinced, and they returned to the ground on their knees: "Emperor Shengming, Emperor Shengming!" ”

After retiring from the dynasty, Li Jianguo returned to the Hall of Virtue.

Gao Yang Yanxin saw that he could stand in front of him safely, and a wry smile appeared in his mouth, when he walked beside him, Gao Yang Yanxin hugged him tightly in his arms without hesitation, and couldn't help but leave tears of emotion: "Jianguo, you don't know how I have come these days, since the day you left the palace." I'm worried about you all the time, I'm worried about your safety, I'm afraid that you won't be able to come back, I really, really haven't had a good night's sleep these days! ”

Li Jianguo patted Gao Yang Yanxin's back, "Okay, Sister Xin'er, don't cry, didn't I come back safely now?" ”

Gao Yang Yanxin swallowed, cautiously stretched out from Li Jianguo's arms, and then held Li Jianguo's cheek, revealing a bitter smile, and looked at him carefully with a sad look and longing eyes: "Come, let Sister Xin'er see if you have changed?" ”

Li Jianguo was wrapped in bitter and sad tears, and kissed her lips with his heart for half a moment: "Fool, how can I change?" The founding of the country will always be your founding of the country! ”

Gao Yang Yanxin gasped and laughed out loud: "It's good that it hasn't changed, it's good that it hasn't changed!" ”

The two of them helped each other greedily and slowly sat down on the bed. Then Gao Yang Yanxin warmed her hands, leaned on Li Jianguo's thigh, and whispered: "Jianguo, I'll tell you something, but you promise you that you must, you must hold on!" ”

Li Jianguo was already panicked when he heard this, but he pretended to be very rigid on the surface: "If Sister Xin'er has something, then speak out boldly!" ”

Gao Yang Yanxin took a long breath and cried: "When you set out on the expedition, Xuanchun's mother-in-law is Zhang Xue's mother, she, she, she died!" After speaking, a few sour tears dripped from the corners of her eyes again, and the bitter face made her beauty "disappear a little"

At this time, Li Jianguo stood up, and Gao Yang Yanxin hurriedly grabbed him when she saw it, and said in a caring tone, "Jianguo, where are you going." ”

"I'm going to see Xuanchun!"

"Okay, then I'll go with you!" After saying that, she took Li Jianguo's hand and ran towards Princess Sanssouci's mansion.

When he arrived here, Li Jianguo saw Zhang Xue and Xuanchun leading everyone in the mansion to kneel in front of Zhang Mu's mourning hall and guard the spirit.

Standing in front of the door, Li Jianguo's heart was in a trance, so he and his wife, he stayed outside the door for a while before stepping into the threshold.

After the salute, Li Xuanchun also dragged bitter tears, and expressed her apologies to the imperial brother for the first time: "Imperial brother, because my sister is busy with my mother's funeral, so the imperial brother did not come to visit in time after returning to Beijing, and I ask the imperial brother and sister-in-law to understand!" ”

Li Jianguo caressed the shoulders of the imperial sister, looked at her face seriously, and let out a touching breath: "Xuanchun, you have finally grown up!" ”

At this moment, Gao Yang Yanxin looked at Xuanchun's big belly and said with concern: "Sister, you see that you are pregnant, so you must pay more attention to your body, and don't tire your body out because of the vigilance." ”

Li Xuanchun sighed bitterly and nodded slowly: "Thank you for your concern, I will!" After speaking, he respectfully made a gesture of please.

Li Jianguo and his wife walked in front of the mourning hall, and then looked at the name of the monument, and said firmly: "This time we are coming to see you as juniors!" Then he fell to his knees.

Li Jianguo v.: Senior, Jianguo knew that your Zhang family was kind to our Li family back then, and also knew that it was not easy for you to support a family by yourself after Uncle Ziyi left, so although Jianguo is the Son of Heaven, but really, really admire you very much, in fact, since I first came to your house, you have given me too many things, but Jianguo has not had time to reciprocate, but you have already left this open world and left us forever! ”

Gao Yang Yanxin complained: Senior, my mood is the same as Jianguo at this moment, in fact, Xin'er knows that you are most at ease with Axue and Xuanchun, but you can rest assured, we will take care of them for you! But senior, since you are gone, you must let go of your obsession, and when you get there, you must reunite with Uncle Yi, live happily, and don't leave too much for this world, it's really ......"

Transfer to the Qingjun Palace.

"Zeng Jie, since the Holy Lord handed over the talisman to the widow, has there been any inappropriate behavior?" Li Xiao asked fiercely.

"There's nothing wrong with that, because he hasn't done anything else except to visit the deceased Mrs. Zhang!"

"Mrs. Zhang is Xuanchun's mother-in-law after all, so naturally there is nothing strange, by the way, how did the recruitment entrusted to you by the widow go?"

Zeng Jie held his hands and replied respectfully: "If you return to the emperor's order, the edict is going very smoothly, and now there are nearly 300,000 people from all over the country to sign up, this scale can be described as very powerful!" After saying that, he laughed happily for himself.

Li Xiao sighed and said happily: "Very good, we must speed up the recruitment process from tomorrow." So that it will fill the Beilin army as soon as possible, understand? ”

"Understood!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Longyu walked in with a letter, "Father's spy sent an urgent secret letter, and I also ask my father to read it quickly!" ”

Li Xiao hurriedly took the letter, quickly opened it and looked at it, revealing a surprised face: "The widow really didn't expect that our saint would be so smart!" With that, he snorted angrily and threw the letter to the ground.

Zeng Jie was also puzzled when he saw the emperor's move, and he asked anxiously: "What's wrong with the emperor's order, why did your expression suddenly change, what did this secret letter say!" ”

Li Longyu, who is usually steady, is also anxious today: "Yes, father, what did this secret letter say?" ”