After the poetry meeting, Ji Qingchen has been staying in the palace, the reason why he did not rush back to Caozhou immediately is because he still has to marry Princess Meng, this is the will of Emperor Yan, he dare not disobey, but Mingyan is still in Caozhou, this time Ji Qingchen did not bring Mingyan back to King's Landing, stayed in the mansion and did not play the piano for him, he was alone in the garden to play the piano. Fortunately, with Guo Xiang by his side, he will not be bored.

On this day, he was taking a walk in the back garden when he saw Guo Xiang gently walking to his side.

Under normal circumstances, Guo Xiang is the freest person in the palace, but Guo Xiang has always felt that Ji Qingchen has a great favor to their brothers and sisters, so he asked Guo Xiang to join the "Iron Suit", and because Guo Xiang is outstanding in martial arts, and the "Iron Suit" has not been trained into an elite person until now, and some difficult tasks are not good enough for them to complete, which makes Guo Xiang basically not in King's Landing City during this time, but outside to carry out the tasks arranged for her by Guo Quan.

This time, as soon as she completed her mission, she heard that Ji Qingchen had returned to King's Landing, so she immediately rushed back.

For Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao, who is in real power, others are afraid and afraid, but Guo Xiang has an indescribable emotion in his heart, feeling that Ji Qingchen is not only like a brother who loves and cares for himself, but also like a man who can be relied on for a lifetime. When Guo Xiang walked into the garden, he saw Ji Qingchen in a daze by the lake that had already frozen, so he stepped forward and asked softly, "Brother Jiu, what are you thinking?" ”

"Oh-" Ji Qingchen turned around and found that it was Guo Xiang, he was stunned for a moment, then asked with a slight smile, "It's Xiang'er, when did you come back?" ”

"I just came back today!" Guo Xiang replied, but she obviously didn't let go of the first question, and continued to ask, "Brother Jiu, you haven't answered Xiang'er's question yet, what are you thinking about sitting here silently alone?" ”

But Ji Qingchen still didn't answer her, but chose to be silent. After half a ring, he said, "This king should persuade Guo, don't let you go on another mission in the future, it's too dangerous outside." You said that if you have three long and two short, how do you let this king face your brothers and sisters? Since this king treats you brothers and sisters as his own brothers and sisters, you should enjoy the treatment of the county lord, not be a secret guard. ”

"Brother Jiu, it was Xiang'er's voluntary, and it has nothing to do with the eldest brother." Guo Xiang said sweetly in her heart, "Hehe, but Brother Jiu doesn't say it, Xiang'er also knows what Brother Jiu is thinking, do you want Sister Shu'er?"

Guo Xiang was very naïve when he asked this.

And in the entire Northern Liao Palace, Guo Quan's brother and sister and Zhang Rang are all Ji Qingchen's descendants, and the three of them are very clear about the relationship between Ji Qingchen and Princess Shu'er, who left the country.

"What do you little girl know!" Ji Qingchen smiled sadly.

He was really thinking about Shu'er, because he was very worried that if he let Shu'er know that he was going to marry the princess of the Baiyan clan in Lingnan in the future, what would Shu'er think in his heart, Shu'er would definitely be very sad, Shu'er would definitely be very disappointed in himself, and Shu'er would definitely hate himself, right?

"Humph! Even if Brother Jiu doesn't say it, I also know that you are thinking about Sister Shu'er! Guo Xiang said, thought about it again, and said in a low voice, "But, isn't there any other way for Brother Jiu?" ”

Guo Xiang's other meaning is the wedding between Princess Meng, at first she didn't have Guo Quan and Zhang Rang for Ji Qingchen's career, and felt that Ji Qingchen should refuse this marriage contract and propose marriage to leave the country. But after Guo persuaded and explained many times, she understood what it meant to refuse marriage, and only then did she understand Ji Qingchen's pain.

"This king doesn't have any extravagant hopes now, I just want to be able to think about it when the king wants to get married after the year, don't look for a short look!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said.

He still knows Shu'er very well, seeing that she is indeed a very unruly princess, but she is very strong, and she will stick to what she has decided to the end. Otherwise, she would not have agreed with him to grow old together under the obstruction of the Empress Dowager Xiao.

Guo Xiang was also silent.

Usually looks like she is very big and arrogant, but Xiao Nizi is very delicate. Otherwise, she wouldn't have seen what Ji Qingchen was thinking.

Just silent for a moment, Guo Xiang seemed to have made up his mind and said to Ji Qingchen, "Brother Jiu, why don't you go to leave the country for Xiang'er?" ”

"Why are you leaving the country?" Ji Qingchen looked back at Guo Xiang and asked.

"I'm going to see Sister Shu'er!" Guo Xiang replied, "By the way, tell her that you have no choice but to marry Princess Meng, let her not be angry with you, let her wait for you, and wait for you to leave the country to marry her." ”

"No need, you are a weak woman who left the country alone, how can this king be relieved?" Ji Qingchen refused, "Besides, you won't be able to see Shu'er even if you leave the country." Don't take the risk. ”

He said this, but he had an intention in his heart, and he began to think about whether he should send someone to leave the country to contact Shu'er? However, after thinking about it, he gave up this ridiculous idea, because he didn't have a henchman around him who was worth taking the risk, so he could send it to leave the country to contact Shu'er, Guo persuaded no, and Zhang Rang couldn't either.

As for Xiang'er, he definitely won't let this somewhat naïve, sometimes very shrewd girl take risks, he knows very well what the role of the Empress Dowager Xiao is, this is an old devil who kills people without blinking.

"If you don't let you go, you won't let you go! Hmph-" Guo Xiang seemed to be very angry, muttering and pouting at Bu Li Ji Qingchen. Ji Qingchen was amused by Guo Xiang's appearance, he said with a smile, "You are the sister of this king, this king is worried about your safety!" Okay, after the New Year, you can go to Caozhou with this king! ”

"What's interesting in Caozhou, I just want to leave the country." Xiang'er muttered.

Tang Ji Qingchen shook his head when he said this.

This conversation with Guo Xiang Ji Qingchen thought that it was just an occasional exchange, but Guo Xiang's actions really surprised Ji Qingchen.

The next day, Ji Qingchen was reading in the study, and saw Guo Quan, who hurriedly walked into the study. Seeing Ji Qingchen, he couldn't salute and said, "Your Highness, Xiang'er has gone to leave the country, this is the letter she left." ”

As he spoke, he put a letter on Ji Qingchen's bookcase.

"What?" Ji Qingchen exclaimed, immediately got up, took the letter and took a closer look, only to realize that Guo Xiang really went to leave the country, this is the letter she wrote to Ji Qingchen and Guo Quan when she left.

"Your assignment?" Ji Qingchen asked Guo to persuade.

"Nope." Guo persuaded shook his head.

"Yesterday, when King Nemoto was chatting in the garden, she said that she wanted to leave the country, and at that time the king thought she was just talking about playing, but she didn't expect to go." Ji Qingchen said, with a look of remorse, he knew very well what Guo Xiang's purpose was to leave the country, so he persuaded Guo Xiang, "Can you still stop him back now?" ”

"I'm afraid not. Xiang'er left King's Landing last night, and at her speed, it is estimated that she has now passed Bridge Mountain. Guo persuaded him, "Moreover, we don't know her walking route, it is difficult to find her halfway, this girl is too ghostly." ”

"You immediately discuss with Zhang Rang, send someone to bring him back, if it really doesn't work, a few more people will go to the country to protect her secretly, and she must not be allowed to have any mistakes." Ji Qingchen ordered.

"No!" Guo persuaded to take orders and strode away.

Just like Guo persuaded to say, he really knew his sister, Guo Quan, and Zhang Rang sent a team of nearly 100 people, but they still didn't find Guo Xiang's shadow on the way to leave the country.

Guo Quan and Zhang Rang's answers made Ji Qingchen very disappointed, and he knew that he couldn't stop Guo Xiang, who was bent on leaving the country. can only let Guo Quan and Zhang Rang send a few more masters to lurk in Shangjing, which has left the country, and if Guo Xiang's figure is discovered, they will secretly protect her safety.

And Guo Xiang's departure is just an episode in Ji Qingchen's life. I just returned to the house early in the morning and was drinking tea in the hall. I saw Zhang Rang coming in a hurry, with indescribable surprise or sadness on his face, but his steps were much lighter than usual.

Zhang Rang walked quickly to Ji Qingchen's side and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, the Lingnan Yi clan has sent troops. ”

"Lingnan sent troops? Do you mean the White Rocks? Ji Qingchen asked.

"It's not the Baiyan clan, it seems that all the eight Yi clans in Lingnan have sent troops to kill Yizhou." Zhang Rang replied, seeing that Ji Qingchen was silent, he explained, "This is the news sent by the godfather, saying that it was sent to King's Landing City by eight hundred miles just now." ”

"Lingnan still chose to stand opposite Dayan!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said.

"yes." Zhang Rang echoed.

"So this military information has just reached my father's imperial study?" Ji Qingchen asked.

"Yes." Zhang Rang nodded.

"It seems that this king is going to prepare, and maybe the palace will send someone out to announce the decree later, so that this king can enter the palace to face the saint!" Ji Qingchen said with a smile, in the face of the Lingnan Yi tribe's large-scale invasion of Yizhou, his performance was very calm, and he seemed to feel a little relaxed.

Zhang Rang didn't speak, but watched Ji Qingchen stride out of the hall, the expression on his face changed several times, and then he turned around and walked out of the hall.

Sure enough, just as Ji Qingchen said, as soon as he was dressed neatly under the service of the maid, Emperor Yan sent a chamberlain to the palace to announce the decree, saying that he should go to the imperial study to discuss matters.

"Let's go!" After listening to the words of the chamberlain, Ji Qingchen said very simply, and strode out of the palace, and the chamberlain followed him carefully. Now it's him, it's not the same as before, now in addition to being the governor of Northern Liao, he is also the Privy Council's Tongzhi Privy Council, equivalent to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, the Lingnan Yi clan openly raised troops to kill Yizhou, as the second person in the Privy Council, he will definitely participate in this military discussion.

Just hurriedly came to the imperial study with the chamberlain, and he found that Prime Minister Pei Wenju and Liubu Shangshu, Privy Council Bai Jin and others had begun to discuss the military situation, and everyone's faces were solemn, obviously the eight-hundred-mile expedited military situation transmitted from Yizhou to King's Landing was very serious.

Emperor Yan saw Ji Qingchen stop him from saluting, "Look at this report!" ”

Wei Zhongxian received the order and immediately handed a copy of the report to Ji Qingchen, and Ji Qingchen took the report and hurriedly read the content of the interview, his face became very ugly.

Because he saw that it was written: The Lingnan Yi tribe sent 200,000 troops, and the army had invaded Yizhou and killed Yizhou City, the seat of Yizhou, Li Muzhi and the eighth prince Ji Qian asked the imperial court to send troops south.