The next morning, he summoned the important ministers of Ning Yuanguo to discuss the establishment of a new king until noon.

Coming out of the council hall, he didn't take a few steps when he heard Cui Jiu ask in a cold tone: "Lu Envoy promised to cook tea for Xia Guan to celebrate, I don't know when he will cash it out?" ”

Lu Zijin looked back at him in surprise.

Before I saw Cui Jiu, I first saw Deng Wei's accusation of "I didn't expect you to want to cheat", and suddenly I had a feeling of being speechless.

It is true that Cui Jiu made a request for roast mutton last night, but he did not say that it could be used as a substitute for cooking tea.

But he also knew that she didn't have good tea.

Could it be that he was hit last night and was ready to turn his face with her?

Lu Zijin looked at his slightly cold smile, and estimated that it might be like this, so he smiled and said calmly: "The tea brought out by the capital has been drunk——"

"It's okay!" Cui Jiu interrupted her, "Xiaguan has some purple bamboo shoots brought from Beijing here!" ”

For a while, everyone looked sideways, and even Lu Zijin was stunned.

"Do you have your own tea and go to the Lu envoy every day?" Deng Wei shouted.

Cui Jiu's face did not change: "Lu Envoy's tea is good, and his tea cooking skills are better." ”

Lu Zijin looked at him for a while, smiled, and said, "Thanks to Vice Envoy Cui's wrong love, then it's afternoon today!" ”

Hearing the word "wrong love", Cui Jiu's eyelids trembled, and he said "good" lightly.

……

Boiling water for tea, elegant and fragrant.

After a year, there is still such a charm, which is really the best grade in the purple bamboo shoots, and it is better than the tea she brought.

Lu Zijin didn't bother to think about his intention to hide the tea, and looked at the fire intently.

Cui Jiu was looking at her, and he was also very attentive.

"After the new king of Ning Yuan succeeds to the throne, what are the plans of the Lu envoy?" He asked suddenly.

The new King of Ningyuan has already discussed the candidates this morning, and then, just wait for the new king to succeed to the throne and send envoys to the Central Plains to worship, and their task in Ningyuan Kingdom will be completed.

In other words, their mission to the Western Regions has been completed.

"Ningyuan's state affairs are over, we can leave and return to China." Lu Zijin said leisurely.

When the discussion came out just now, Deng Wei was smiling, his steps were brisk, and his eyes were full of excitement about going home.

Even Deng Wei knew, how could Cui Jiu not know?

Just ask knowingly.

After receiving the answer, Cui Jiu fell silent again.

After Lu Zijin finished dividing the tea, he raised his eyes and saw him sitting opposite him elegantly, but his lips were white, his eyebrows were lowered, and he was a little sad.

She smiled, pushed the tea bowl in the middle towards him, and said, "This time I returned to Beijing, Vice Envoy Cui will definitely have a bright future, and it will not be in vain for this life and death hardship." ”

Cui Jiu glanced at her and said, "This trip is what I asked for, and it has never been in vain." ”

Lu Zijin squeezed his hand on the edge of the tea bowl and sighed lightly: "Back then, the Taiji Palace was assessed...... Thank you very much. ”

If it weren't for Cui Jiuganju's deputy position and euphemistically expressing support for her, the matter of envoy Kangju might not have gone so smoothly.

Cui Jiu lowered his eyes and drank tea, without saying a word.

Lu Zijin took a sip of tea soup, raised his eyes and asked gently: "After returning to Beijing, where does Deputy Envoy Cui plan to transfer?" ”

After returning to Beijing, she will inevitably be rewarded for her meritorious deeds, if Cui Jiu has any plans for her career, in front of the new emperor, maybe she will speak more effectively than the elders of the Cui family, and it can be regarded as a return for the peach.

However, Cui Jiu shook his head lightly and said in a low voice: "I don't plan to ......"

He only knew that when he returned to the capital, he would be farther away from her......

……

It was not only Cui Jiu who was reluctant to let them go, but also Kang Yuniang.

When she officially resigned, Kang Yuniang cried in front of many palace maids: "Mr. is gone, what should I do if Ning Yuanren calls again?" What to do when the Turks came? The ministers are not convinced of me, I don't know anything! ”

Lu Zijin was also helpless, so he could only persuade them one by one: "Ning Yuan has changed the new king, the old and new regimes have alternated, and he can't make trouble in a short time; If the Turks intervene, they can ask Khotan for help, and the king of Khotan promised me that I would help Kangju Shouwang; The minister is not convinced by you, and if you are not sure, you will entrust all the state affairs to the minister of state; When the children of the royal family are found, someone can inherit the throne, and you can be a princess with peace of mind—" After a pause, he added, "If any of your subordinates cause trouble, you ...... If you can't do what you can, you can flee to Khotan, or go back to the capital......"

Not everyone needs to be strong, and not all of them get good results.

Kang Yuniang really has no talent for governing the country - how can an unfavored princess who has died of the country have the talent to govern the country? The previous experience of fleeing the country made her develop a cautious temperament, and now being a nominal regent princess is a little difficult for her.

But it can't be helped.

Everyone has their own way to go, even if she pities Kang Yuniang, she will not let go of the imperial court's plan to connect to the Western Regions, let alone stay to help her indefinitely.

"If you feel you can't hold it anymore, just give up!" Before leaving, she said to Kang Yuniang.

In June, he set off from Kangju and returned to the capital.

This trip to the Western Regions, a total of 21 countries in the Western Regions surrendered, willing to choose a proton to meet the Central Plains Son of Heaven, far better than she expected, and go back to the new emperor to explain.

So when I went back, almost the entire mission, including her, was overjoyed.

Except that Cui Jiu was too calm.

This side just got out of Kang Yuniang's tears, passing through Khotan, the king of Khotan, who was more than half a hundred years old, heard that they were leaving, and he also howled and cried: "Ningyuan is deeply involved with the Turks, every autumn, the Turks will come to Ningyuan, and now it is almost July, the land envoy has just left, and the Turkic iron horse has arrived, how can we live!" ”

About the king of Khotan, there were some crows' mouths, and not long after he finished speaking, Kangju's request for help was rushed to 100,000.

The Turks are coming!

It was true that as soon as they walked on the front foot, the Turks arrived on the back foot.

By the time Lu Zijin arrived with the Khotanese army and repelled the Turkic soldiers with Kangju, it was already mid-August.

The day of the Turkic retreat happened to be August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Central Plains.

Lu Zijin stood on top of the city tower with his hands in his hands, looking into the sky eroded by the twilight.

The moon shadow had emerged from the ridge, round and complete, yet weak.

Homesick?

Actually, she misses it too.

Although I have traveled abroad all year round, I have never traveled so far, nor have I been away for so long.

My grandmother is old, and she is afraid that heaven and man will be separated forever;

Erlang wanted to take on the responsibility of the family and forced himself too hard, she was afraid that he would be young and ignorant, and he would miss the girl he liked, and he would regret it for the rest of his life;

San Lang didn't want to miss it, but what he was thinking about was the beauty surnamed Zhu, that Zhu girl was concerned about Chi Changting, and no one could see it in his eyes, and he didn't know if San Lang had put it down;

There are also Xiaoqi......

Xiao Qi should be fine, such an open-minded character, no matter what situation he is in, he can live a good life, not to mention the help of the little apprentice.

Thinking of the pair of little girls, Lu Zijin couldn't help but smile.

"What is the envoy thinking?" Cui Jiu's voice suddenly came from beside him.

Lu Zijin smiled again and said, "I'm thinking, I may not go back," paused, still looking into the distance, "As long as we leave, the Turks will make a comeback, the Western Regions is not powerless to fight, but there is no one to command, we can't give up our efforts-"

She turned her face and stared at Cui Jiu.

"The official will not go back for the time being, please ask Deputy Envoy Cui to return to Beijing on behalf of the official to resume his life and play the Son of Heaven!"