The war in the north was fought in a very incongruous manner. For several days, the front line was playing Kai, and the city was captured almost every day, and the army of the Eastern King's army marching north was growing every day, but the criticism of this army was also increasing day by day.

At first, the people in the court were dissatisfied with this, and then this dissatisfaction spread to the people, first some students came out to protest, and then developed into the people. Of course, ordinary people don't dare to come out casually to make trouble with the government, the reason why some people dare to come out is that some people deliberately want to put pressure on the imperial court and put pressure on the Eastern Palace.

Ning Yuan's persuasion of officials was not as smooth as he imagined.

After all, Ning Yuan is a court official, and what he represents is the interests of the court officials, and these court officials, all of them are from the landlord class, who is an official who does not have a large piece of land waiting to collect rent? Because this time, Su Tingxia's troops burned and looted all the way to the north, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the local landlord class, and the officials in the capital were in danger, so few people really went to join Ning Yuan. However, Lin Ke may have felt the crisis that Han Jian had formed for himself by reusing Ning Yuan, but he was enthusiastic about this matter and persuaded the court more.

Ning Yuan's appearance out of thin air shook the status of Lin Ke's first assistant, and with the fact that Han Jian took the little daughter of the Ning family back to Ning Mansion, everyone saw that Han Jian's intention to reuse Ning Yuan was already very clear. In this case, Lin Ke also tried his best to show his ability, instead of adding chaos and helping people to go against the court and protest against Su Tingxia's affairs.

Han Jian has been busy with military affairs, but because Yang Rui is back, Han Jian will mostly go to the palace or go back to the house to accompany the women around him at night. Sometimes they will stay in the military station overnight and get busy. It was a little dark, and when Han Jian looked in the mirror today, he found that he was even more haggard in the mirror, and he almost couldn't recognize himself.

By the end of March, Su Tingxia's department had crossed more than 400 miles of the Yellow River, and these more than 400 miles of cities. There are thirty or forty seats, large and small, and most of them have been taken down. The resistance of the Beiwangfu side was not very active, there was a fiasco in the previous battle of Luoyang, and then there was a large-scale invasion of the Xiwangfu, which had caused the originally militarily powerful Beiwangfu to be in a state of malaise. However, Han Jian felt that this was a sign of weakness in the Northern Palace, although Yang Ke was a fledgling and had just become a family, but he had already shown his old scheming in some things, that is, in terms of balancing the Xianbei people, Han Jian had already felt the threat brought to him by this Yang Ke.

The Xianbei people were originally eyeing the Central Plains. But when it came to the end, when Beichuan was really in chaos, the Xianbei people stood aside with the Beiwangfu, and even sent war horses and weapons over to express their affinity. Han Jian guessed that the minds of the Xianbei people should be similar to those of the Nanqi people, they all wanted to see the chaos in the Central Plains, and then take advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters. However, the Xianbei people were more low-key, and they did not send envoys with as much fanfare as the Qi Dynasty people. Constantly reconcile with Luoyang.

Xiao Zhan, the princess of Yongdan in the Southern Dynasty, temporarily lived in Luoyang, and the repair was also delayed again and again. Originally, Yang Rui came back. The credentials can be signed, but what Han Jian wants is to keep Xiao Zhan as a hostage. The people of the Southern Dynasties could detain Yang Xi, but why couldn't the Northern Dynasties detain Xiao Zhan?

Han Jian's meaning has also been supported by Yang Rui, and in Yang Rui's opinion, it is naturally a good thing to have the opportunity to exchange for Yang Xi. Yang Rui had also sent many people to try to save his younger brother before. After all, she blamed herself for Yang Xi's involvement in the Southern Dynasty, and she also thought that Han Jian was also at fault. Seeing Xiao Zhan's "accomplice" in kidnapping his younger brother like this, it was not easy for Yang Rui to maintain restraint and treat him with courtesy.

The last day of March, the evening of March 30. Yang Rui held a banquet in the palace to entertain the envoys of the Southern Dynasty.

This time, Yang Rui did not invite many people, except for her own personal attendance, the Wei Dynasty attended, with the East King and the South King being the most respected, Lin Ke and other ministers of Shangshutai were not invited, but under Han Jianjian, the newly promoted minister Shang Shu Ningyuan was invited to the banquet, and there were also several ministers of the Ministry of Rites.

There were more people attending this banquet on the Southern Dynasties side, in addition to Xiao Zhan, there were many accompanying officials, and some of them were sent to repair later. Han Jian's definition of the banquet in western Zhejiang is very simple, either take food to exchange people, or people stay and wait to be disposed of, anyway, Han Jian is not ready to let Xiao Zhan go back safely.

Xiao Zhan didn't seem to notice that Wei Chao had such a meaning, so she happily went to the banquet, and she thought it was okay when she brought more people.

However, when she arrived at the palace gate, she saw that there was a lot of security inside and outside the Wu'an Palace, and she probably felt a little worried, after all, she still had the most basic political insight and knew what other people's attitudes towards her were. Although the two countries have temporarily repaired each other, there is no doubt that sooner or later they will meet each other.

"Her Royal Highness the princess has come from afar, and she has been waiting for a long time again."

Just when Xiao Zhan was in a somewhat complicated mood and wanted to try to leave, Han Jian appeared in front of her. Han Jian came alone, and there were only a few little eunuchs accompanying him, after all, it was in the palace, and Han Jian didn't need to bring too many people to protect himself in such a heavily guarded place. However, the two "little eunuchs" after Han Fitness are not simple, one is Song Zhier, and the other is Song Zhier's senior sister, both of whom are first-class and first-class masters.

When Xiao Zhan saw Han Jian, she felt that she was in danger, and she probably expected that Han Jian's appearance might mean that her safety was not guaranteed. At this moment, she even had the idea of killing Han Jian and ending up together, but thinking of the previous information, Han Jian had a master from the Shangqing Palace to teach martial arts, so she didn't dare to act rashly. What's more, there is no real action on the side of the Northern Dynasty to force her to stay at her now, and she does not distinguish between priority and priority when she makes the first move.

"The East King is polite." Xiao Zhantingting's salute looks very charming and moving.

Han Jian smiled, pointed to the inside of the Wu'an Palace, and said, "Please." ”

Xiao Zhan smiled slightly, and said with a little unharmonious ease in his smile: "This time, is it another family banquet?" ”

"It seems that the princess still remembers the last time." Han Jian said, "I was also thoughtful last time, and I heard that the princess was unwell for a few days after that, and I was too anxious to be courteous in front of such a beautiful woman as the princess, but I added to it." ”

Xiao Zhan frowned slightly, she always felt that something was wrong when she heard this, and she realized when she entered the door that she was "molested".

Han Jian said that what a beautiful woman was, it was a very abrupt remark, and anyone who dared to talk like this in front of her on weekdays had to be hooked on the tongue. That is, on today's occasion, she was unexpectedly teased by herself, and she didn't react until afterwards, mainly because she didn't realize that Han Jian would have such a nondescript tone when she said something.

"King Dong, what did you say before?" Xiao Zhan still turned around very domineeringly and questioned Han Jiandao.

Han Jian said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the princess doesn't take anything to heart, it's just casual nonsense, forgive me, forgive me." ”

Xiao Zhan nodded, and just turned around, as if accepting Han Jian's apology. But think about it again, what kind of apology is this? On the contrary, it is even more unbearable than the words of teasing.

Xiao Zhan didn't react again this time, she had already realized that she had been eaten thoroughly. Han Jian can speak so easily in front of her without taking into account diplomatic occasions, which also shows that Han Jian is unscrupulous, and the more so, the more dangerous her situation becomes.

Han Jian didn't think about Xiao Zhan's thoughts at this time, and when he met him on the second day of Xiao Zhan's arrival in Luoyang, Han Jian realized that Xiao Zhan was sent to the Northern Dynasty as an envoy because he was not allowed to accept the political environment of the Southern Dynasty. Xiao Zhan's tempering in the court of the Southern Dynasty is not enough, not enough to be qualified for the important task of an envoy of any country, after all, Xiao Zhan does not know how to obtain bargaining chips at the negotiation table. Now that Xiao Zhan was sent over, and the Empress Dowager He of the Southern Dynasty had given up this daughter, Xie Rumo naturally did not want Xiao Zhan to pose a threat to the core of power, in this case, Zhu Tongjing wanted to protect Xiao Zhan, and he had to agree to let Xiao Zhan come as an envoy due to the pressure of the other two parties.

In this way, Xiao Zhan's last support in the Southern Dynasty was also lost, and even if he went back like this, I am afraid that he would not end up well. Han Jian thought to himself, but it was the best choice to let Xiao Zhan stay in Luoyang.

When they arrived in the Wu'an Palace, there were not many people coming, Yang Luochuan, the king of the south, had not yet arrived, and Yang Rui had not yet come out of the inner garden. Only Ning Yuan was already seated, but he was sitting alone, a little alone. Ning Yuan only knew about this at first, and he was entertaining the envoys of the Southern Dynasty for a banquet, and entered the palace according to the time, but he didn't expect that he was the only official waiting in the huge hall.

"Ning Shangshu came early." Han Jian greeted Ning Yuandao with a smile.

Ning Yuan saw Han Jian coming in with a woman with a lot of manners, and he didn't have to guess that he knew that it was Princess Yongdan, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, so he hurriedly got up and saluted. Before Xiao Zhan could speak, Han Jian introduced enthusiastically: "Introduce Ning Shangshu, this is Her Royal Highness Princess Yongdan of the Southern Dynasty, Her Royal Highness the Princess, this is Ning Shangshu, the official of my dynasty." ”

Xiao Zhan looked at Ning Yuan, but he didn't think about this person in his heart, but thought about what kind of daughter such a seemingly ordinary old guy would give birth to. Why would the king of the east bring a woman from a foreign house back to the house with such fanfare, making the city full of storms.

"Ning Shangshu? It's better to see than to hear, and to admire the name for a long time. Xiao Zhan arched his hand, as if he were saluting like a man, and complimented him greatly.

Ning Yuan smiled reluctantly, but he also knew that he was just a long-term worker in the emperor's family, and even the emperor of his own family couldn't look at him, let alone the princess of the Southern Dynasty. He naturally knew how wrong Xiao Zhan was when he said this.

"The princess is overly praised." Ning Yuan didn't speak, but Han Jian interjected, "Princess, please take a seat here, I will come over in person soon." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Zhan nodded, just sat down, but stood up again, with a little resentment in his eyes. (To be continued......)