At night, Ji Qingchen and Shu'er lived in the cemetery, of course, there were three thousand five hundred elite horsemen outside the cemetery, they also stayed outside the cemetery for one night, which was nothing to them, like them, the cavalry of the dead battalion like them, it was no problem to rest on horseback during a long march, not to mention that there was still a solid earth to sleep on?

In the early morning of the next day, Ji Qingchen and Shu'er once again incensed Li Qingyi, and then left the cemetery to lead the army to the capital. As soon as they went up, they met Xiao Qianyuan, who had been at the bottom of the mountain all night. Xiao Qianyuan didn't want to go home and sleep at night, but he didn't dare to disobey Empress Dowager Xiao's orders, and he didn't dare to fight with Ji Qingchen's personal guards in Zongshan, so he could only be wronged at the bottom of the mountain for one night.

At this time, when he saw Ji Qingchen coming down the mountain, he wanted to step forward and scold a few words, so as to vent the sin he suffered last night. But as soon as he met Ji Qingchen's knife-like eyes, his body was cold, and he was stared at by Ji Qingchen's cold gaze, and he swallowed the indecent words that were about to rush out, bowed and saluted, "Xiao Qianyuan see the king of Northern Liao, see the princess." ”

"Did Empress Dowager Xiao send you?" Ji Qingchen asked coldly.

"The Queen Mother will ...... for the safety of the King and Princess of Northern Liao," Xiao Qianyuan said, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ji Qingchen, "You go back and tell the Queen Mother now, just say that since Ji Qingchen has arrived in Shangjing, how can he secretly leave if he doesn't marry Shu'er Mingmei back to Yan Kingdom?" Let her set up a banquet in the palace, and the king will arrive soon. ”

This sentence is too domineering! Even Xiao Qianyuan was angry when he stopped in his ears, but he had already understood Ji Qingchen's power just now, and he didn't dare to show any emotions to Ji Qingchen anymore, so he could only accept the order in a low voice, and led the 10,000 army to leave.

When Xiao Qianyuan returned to the palace and conveyed Ji Qingchen's words to the Empress Dowager Xiao, this woman with power comparable to Li Changchuan was furious, and in anger, she smashed the teacup on the table and scolded, "Shaft, this shaft, the mourning family will definitely not let him go." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao was angry, Xiao Qianyuan was so frightened that she didn't dare to talk, only the eunuch Li Lianying, who had served Empress Dowager Xiao for decades, said in a low voice, "Empress Dowager, please calm your anger!" This Ji Qingchen is a son, since he has arrived in Shangjing, he is the fish and meat in the hands of the Queen Mother, and it is already impossible to escape, why should the Queen Mother be angry with him? ”

"Yes!" Empress Dowager Xiao was persuaded by Li Lianying to do this, and most of her anger disappeared, and she asked in a cold tone, "What did the emperor say over there?" ”

"Didn't say anything." Li Lianying replied.

"His childhood playmate returned to Shangjing again, didn't he say anything?" Empress Dowager Xiao's face was indifferent, pondered for a while, and then continued, "Didn't he Ji Qingchen want the mourning family to prepare a banquet for him?" Since the emperor has nothing to say, the mourning family will fulfill him. ”

"You go and order the imperial dining room to set up the banquet in Qionglin Garden." Empress Dowager Xiao said gloomily.

"Qionglin Yuan?" Li Lianying asked? Qionglin Yuan is the place where the emperor left the country to hunt, and the banquet is set here, doesn't it mean that the queen mother wants to give Ji Qingchen a dismount?

"Yes, in Qionglin Garden, you also go to inform the emperor, just say that this is the idea of the mourning family." Empress Dowager Xiao said.

"Yes." Li Lianying bowed down and said the order and exited the main hall.

"You said that Ji Qingchen's guards were very arrogant?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked Xiao Qianyuan.

"Yes." Xiao Qianyuan nodded and said, and told the Empress Dowager Xiao about the dispute at the entrance of the cemetery.

"Isn't your 10,000 elite horsemen as good as his more than 3,000?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked in surprise, a little suspicious that Ji Qingchen could train such an elite cavalry in just one year after returning to Yan Kingdom.

"10,000 elite horsemen defeated Ji Qingchen's 3,000 people, but we still lost!" Xiao Qianyuan smiled bitterly. If his side defeated Ji Qingchen's 3,000 men with 10,000 people, it would be a victory and a humiliating victory, he Xiao Qianyuan could afford to lose this person, but could he afford to lose this person when he left the country? Leaving the country boasts that the cavalry is unparalleled in the world, if you really win more and use 10,000 to defeat Ji Qingchen's 3,000 people, it is estimated that you will be scolded to death by the people of the world.

"But—" Xiao Qianyuan had an idea in his heart, but he just stopped talking.

"But what, say it quickly!" Empress Dowager Xiao said.

"There are still two cavalry in Shangjing that can deal with Ji Qingchen's personal guards, but there is no reason to target Ji Qingchen." Xiao Qianyuan said.

"You don't have to think about the tiger and leopard ride, they don't listen to the orders of the mourning family, and the mourning family can't mobilize them." Empress Dowager Xiao said a little unwillingly. If you want to say who is the elite of the elite of the light cavalry in the world, and the king of the cavalry, it is the tiger and leopard who guards the emperor who has left the country.

"Also, Xiao Xiangguo's white horse righteous servants, although they are small in number, their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of tigers and leopards, and they can fight with Ji Qingchen's guards." Xiao Qianyuan said.

In his mouth, Xiao Xiangguo is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Xiao, the grandson of Xiao Wangguo who left the country. Xiao Wangsun also had a cavalry in his hand, which was formed in accordance with the orders of the Empress Dowager Xiao, a cavalry similar to the tiger and leopard cavalry.

The reason why Empress Dowager Xiao dared to compete with Li Qingyi in Shangjing City and wanted to set up a new army was that in addition to the support of his younger brother Xiao Wangsun and many ministers, this cavalry with a number of 5,000 also played an immeasurable role.

"This-" Empress Dowager Xiao muttered, reluctant to take out this cavalry to fight with Ji Qingchen! However, thinking of the grievances with Ji Qingchen and Ji Qingchen's insult to her, Empress Dowager Xiao still gritted her teeth and said, "If you openly challenge, I'm afraid the emperor will stop it, what can you do?" ”

Li Changchuan didn't want to embarrass Ji Qingchen and Empress Dowager Xiao openly challenged Ji Qingchen, which was equivalent to not giving Li Changchuan face, and Li Changchuan would definitely stop it, which Empress Dowager Xiao didn't want to see.

"Isn't Ji Qingchen returning to the capital this time just for Her Royal Highness the Princess? As long as the Queen Mother said at the banquet that if the guards around Ji Qingchen could win the White Horse Yisu, they would agree to their marriage, and Ji Qingchen would definitely not refuse at that time, and His Majesty would not object. Xiao Qianyuan came up with a snack.

"This can kill two birds with one stone, not only can prevent His Majesty from marrying the princess to Ji Qingchen, but also weaken Ji Qingchen's strength and kill him in Shangjing." Xiao Qianyuan said eloquently.

He believed very much in the strength of the white horse.

thinks that even if there are twice as many guards around Ji Qingchen, it is not an opponent, because the white horse is comparable to the existence of the tiger and leopard horse!

"Okay, the mourning family knows the way, you go down!" Empress Dowager Xiao said and did not say anything more.

"No!" Xiao Qianyuan bowed and exited the main hall.

Li Changchuan was reviewing the recital, and saw Li Lianying walk into the imperial study and report to him that the queen mother had chosen the venue for the banquet in Qionglin Garden.

Li Changchuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood his mother's thoughts, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't want to argue with his mother on such a small issue, so he nodded slightly and said, "I know that I have said, you can go down!" ”

"No!" Li Lianying saw that His Majesty's expression had not changed, and he agreed so happily, he was a little adapted, but he was overjoyed in his heart, at least he had completed the task assigned by the Queen Mother.

And just when he just exited the imperial study, he saw Princess An Le and Ji Qingchen coming towards the imperial study from a distance, and the two walked to the door of the imperial study, just glanced at him, and strode into the imperial study.

Li Lianying knew that a small role like herself couldn't get into Ji Qingchen's eyes at all. But when Ji Qingchen's gaze swept over him, his body couldn't help but tremble.

"Brother Ji, we're meeting again!" After Ji Qingchen's strength was finished, Li Changchuan said with a smile.

"Yes, but I don't want to see Your Majesty!" Ji Qingchen said.

"Brother Ji is still angry with me?" Li Changchuan asked.

"No, I'm not so stingy as to get angry until now." Ji Qingchen said, and said in a cold tone, "However, today I just want to ask Your Majesty the next sentence, how did the teacher die?" ”

"Teacher?" Li Changchuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the teacher in Ji Qingchen's mouth was Li Qingyi, and said with a painful face, "Li Qing died of illness." ”

He suddenly moved his gaze to Ji Qingchen and asked, "Do you suspect the cause of Li Qing's death?" ”

"The teacher has always been in good health and rarely gets sick, but why can't he afford to die this time?" Ji Qingchen said expressionlessly, "Don't your majesty feel strange?" ”

"But—" Li Changchuan muttered, "I visited Li Qing in his house more than once, and he was very sober at the time, and he didn't tell me anything strange about his condition?" ”

"Your Majesty laughed, if the teacher knew that the cause of his illness was strange, would he still die?" Ji Qingchen sneered, and when he saw that Li Changchuan was stunned, he said loudly, "I don't know if His Majesty is really unaware of the cause of the teacher's death, but I am a disciple of the teacher, as long as I have a breath, I will definitely find out the cause of the teacher's death and avenge the teacher." ”

Seeing Li Changchuan staring at him in disbelief, Ji Qingchen continued, "Also, I don't care who His Majesty married Shu'er to, it's just that Shu'er is my Ji Qingchen's woman, whoever dares to have thoughts about her, don't blame me Ji Qingchen for being unkind!" ”

Li Changchuan also vaguely heard that Dayan sent an envoy to propose marriage to the country, but before Dayan's mission arrived in Shangjing, he didn't know the whole story. Now hearing Ji Qingchen say this, he asked a little puzzled, "What did Brother Ji say this?" ”

Seeing Li Changchuan's confused expression, Ji Qingchen knew that he was being kept in the dark by Empress Dowager Xiao, so he told him about Jiang Rou's conspiration on behalf of the departure mission in King's Landing City to instigate Wang You's father and son to ask for a marriage for Ji Qian.

After a long time, he glanced at Ji Qingchen, then at his sister, and said loudly, "Shu'er is my own sister, I won't watch her being pushed into the fire pit, please rest assured Brother Ji, I will definitely give you and Shu'er an explanation." ”

"No need!" Ji Qingchen said coldly, "I am ready to propose to His Majesty at today's banquet, as long as His Majesty agrees at that time." ”

"Uh-" Li Changchuan was stunned by Ji Qingchen's words, but immediately came back to his senses and said without thinking, "Please rest assured, Brother Ji, I will not embarrass you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, then I will take my leave!" Ji Qingchen said, and exited the imperial study.

Actually, it's not that he doesn't want to talk to Li Changchuan about brotherhood, it's just that he doesn't want to persecute Li Changchuan in turn.

The two have a deep friendship, and if they talk about brotherhood with Li Changchuan, it will make Li Changchuan very difficult in some things. He didn't want his friend to be embarrassed like this, so he would show that he was a stranger. Li Changchuan also understood Ji Qingchen, so he didn't keep Ji Qingchen, and he was very indifferent to Ji Qingchen like Ji Qingchen.

Because the identities of the two have changed!

The two of them can't talk to each other the same way they used to!