The crossbowman retired with his ministers.

Outside the main hall, countless officials greeted him.

The crossbowmen all returned with a salute.

Yang Li followed behind a middle-aged man in a python robe, and after a brief introduction, the crossbow man knew that this was the generalissimo of Zhengxi, Yang Quan, the king of Pingxi.

Yang Quan is the uncle of King Yan, the uncle of King Yan, and the only brother of the first king.

At that time, Yang Quan, as the eldest son of the family of the Son of Heaven, did not inherit the throne because he was born to a concubine, but he had a relationship with the former king like a mother, and the two later fell in love with a pair of sisters who traveled to Yanli in East Lake Huayu City, and married their wives.

The eldest sister married Yang Quan, and the younger sister married the first king, which can be regarded as a good story of Yan Li at that time.

It was only later, for some reason, Yang Quan went to the border of Xichuan and became the king of Pingxi, and the first king contracted the disease and died.

Yang Quan's family played an important role in inheriting the throne for Yang Fengneng.

After Yang Feng succeeded to the throne, the king of Pingxi was given a heavy responsibility, and he succeeded in rebelling against the capital, setting a precedent that the vassal king was not allowed to serve in the capital.

Nominally, Yang Quan is the king of Pingxi, but in fact, he can be regarded as a regent.

It can be said that there is really one person under and above ten thousand.

Yang Feng, who succeeded to the throne as a young man, also assisted by Yang Quan, step by step to achieve what the people of Yanli see today.

The crossbow man walked with the father and son of the king of Pingxi, and was followed by the two assassins of Bazhou and Beishan Taishou who he knew, as well as a few important ministers of the court who he didn't know.

There is another person who surprised the crossbowman, that is Liu Yucheng, who has had a drink in Luohe City, and it is natural for the two to say goodbye.

Liu Yucheng should be said to be Yang Yucheng, but now the fourth brother of King Yan, His Royal Highness King Zhen'an, the new official.

Although after knowing Liu Yucheng's true identity, ordinary people should have done everything they could, but except for that brief surprise, the crossbow man had no intention of becoming true friends with this person.

It is not because of Yang Yucheng's deliberate concealment, but because of intuition.

A group of people walked slowly down the thousand steps, each talking happily, but no one had any opinion on what had happened today.

The crossbow man didn't say too much, except for a few simple words of invitation, and followed behind Yang Quan side by side with Yang Li.

The crowd stood at the entrance of the palace.

King Pingxi invited everyone to the palace for a gathering, and everyone excused themselves and left.

In the end, only the crossbowman and the father and son were left.

After Yang Quan said a few words to the crossbow man with a questioning face, he got into the carriage back to the house and waited for Yang Li.

The crossbowman saw that Yang Quan and those officials were strange, but it was not easy to ask each other.

Yang Li stood in front of the Taoist, his face was also embarrassed, his father didn't mean to invite him to go to the house with him, so he couldn't make this decision.

After giving the Taoist a look, Yang Li followed and got into the carriage.

For a time, outside the palace, the carriages and horses were scattered, leaving only the helpless Taoist.

The crossbowman wanted to pac away, and his thoughts were surging.

He knew that he might have taken this seemingly grand, but ordinary pilgrimage too simply.

King Yan made such a big move, but it ended hastily, and the ministers did not have any dissatisfaction.

If you want to say that the Son of Heaven does things, others dare to say anything, but after all, it is the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, is it just for him an insignificant way.

Besides, afterwards, the attitude of the ministers, on the surface, seemed to be trying their best to befriend themselves, but they wanted to avoid themselves as much as possible.

The crossbow man is only regarded as a temple scholar, and outsiders don't know the reason, so they can't manage too much.

Just as he turned around, his mind was decided.

I don't know when there was a little brother in a male official's costume standing in front of him.

"Brother He Sheng, why are you?" The crossbowman blurted out.

He Sheng reversed the appearance of the inn guy, and said with a smile: "The general's son, the queen mother is invited, and she comes with me." ”

The crossbowman suddenly understood that this little brother He Sheng was really as he guessed, and he was not an ordinary person.

Without waiting for himself to ask, He Sheng was already walking forward.

The crossbowman followed behind him, sighing in his heart, "It's really a wave of injustice, and a wave of injustice." ”

In the imperial study of the palace, Yang Feng has long been here.

A few people under the bookcase were waiting for him to speak.

Yang Feng closed a book in his hand, let the old eunuch spread out a scroll of calligraphy and paintings, and said in his mouth: "A few Aiqing, what do you think of the crossbowman." ”

The old official, who had spoken at the court meeting earlier, replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this son's character still needs to be examined, and it is difficult to determine whether it is as he said. ”

A person beside the old official chimed in, "Your Majesty, what the prime minister said is good. ”

"The subordinates are bold, after this court meeting, this son can let it go, and he doesn't have to pay attention to it." A middle-aged man said respectfully after the two finished speaking.

"Uncle Guo should not forget the previous departure from the abyss, and excuse this son." The man next to the old officer questioned.

The man sneered, "Who has been holding on to this matter, the Prime Minister knows in his heart." ”

"Let a few people come alone, I believe in your strategy, and don't mention the old things." Yang Feng looked at the picture scroll on the case and asked, "What's the best of both worlds?" ”

King Yan interrupted the argument between the two, and the uncle and the prime minister were willing to give up.

The old official, who was the prime minister, smiled and said, "The king's previous decree to the world is the best way, as long as you have a little plan here, this matter will pass, and you don't even need to do more useless things." ”

Yang Feng nodded, "This matter is mainly handled by the empty elders, and the rest are supplemented, and most of them are lonely and worried." ”

The old officials thanked them and went out of the imperial study.

A little eunuch ran in in a panic after a few people left, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother invited the son of the general over, I don't know what to do." ”

After Yang Feng heard the announcement, a rare smile appeared on his face.

In the queen mother's bedroom, in the main hall, the woman with the phoenix crown was looking at the path standing in the hall, and there was a smile in her eyes.

The crossbow man was a little uncomfortable, and only heard the palace maid next to the woman's seat say, "Niangniang, please sit down with the general's son." ”

Then, at the table facing the woman in the hall, the Taoist sat down uneasily.

The woman on the other side lost the amorous posture in the inn, but it was difficult to hide her casualness.

The woman got up, walked up to the crossbowman, and asked with a smile, "You bastard, why didn't you even say hello when you saw the mourning family?" ”

The crossbowman couldn't sit still anymore at the moment, stood up, and said respectfully: "The courtier, the crossbowman, has seen the queen mother, and the mother is blessed with Jin'an." ”

The woman chuckled, "Come on, come on, the mourning family will play a joke on you, see if you are in a hurry." ”

The crossbow man is full of innocence, this queen mother is still really hard to understand.

"Do you know why the mourning family asked you to come?" The Queen Mother looked at the Taoist carefully, with a playful expression on her face.

The crossbowman shook his head, "Niangniang, please say, is Xiaodao doing something wrong." ”

"It's really a stupid bullnose who doesn't open his mind, and he is still snickering in his heart." The Queen Mother's phoenix eyes widened slightly.

The crossbow man really can't stand it, you are a mother of the world, the queen mother of the world, you would actually say such things, and lamented: "The queen mother, don't be embarrassed anymore, please say anything clearly, otherwise where will the trail know." ”

The Queen Mother said angrily: "Bai'er is really blind, and she will actually take a fancy to you." ”

The crossbow man suddenly realized, but pretended to be even more innocent, "Niangniang, Xiaodao and Lord Yu are just friends, don't mess with mandarin ducks." ”

The queen of heaven was speechless.

The palace maid in the palace hid her face and snickered, but the two of them didn't know it.

He Sheng reminded beside the crossbowman: "It's time for the mother to get down to business, the little one has to hurry out of the palace." ”

The Queen Mother looked at He Sheng with a roll of eyes, turned around and sat back again.

Several palace maids poured tea for the two.

The Queen Mother said solemnly: "Crossbowman, the mourning family no longer asks you what your relationship with Yuluobai is, but there are some things that you can't help you, such as your capital palace today, such as the fate of your parents, you know this." ”

When the crossbowman heard this, he felt very uncomfortable, as if his parents should have ended up like that, and he should enter your palace full of intrigues and tricks.

But he still tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said calmly: "Xiaodao doesn't want to be turned up again for what happened in the past, it's good to be alive now, please have mercy on the queen." ”

The Queen Mother was obviously surprised by the words of the Taoist, and her tone softened, "I don't know what you have experienced, whether you will become so peaceful, or hide deeply, these don't matter for the time being, then what do you think next, what are you going to do, you can really do it without scruples, according to your heart." ”

Having said that, the crossbow man has a good impression of the queen mother, perhaps due to the long-term lack of maternal love, he replied: "Niangniang's words, woke up Xiaodao, Xiaodao thinks that he is not afraid of shadows, what will happen, what he wants to do, and see what the destiny is, do not rush to make up his mind at this moment, when the time comes, he will end up disregarding, and the dismal end, then he must not force Xiaodao to complain." ”

The Queen Mother seemed to have a little emotion to the little Taoist, "Maybe as you said, resigned to fate and waiting for the wind to come is the best way to deal with it, aunt hopes that you can really get what you want, and you will live up to such innocence." ”

The crossbowman saluted and thanked him.

"However, there are some things that you must give your aunt an explanation now." The Queen Mother continued: "Let's tell you this, it's not that you give an explanation, but that you want to do it." ”

"I don't know what the Queen Mother wants Xiaodao to do?" The crossbow man was puzzled.

The Queen Mother stared at the movements of the little Taoist, and said coldly: "King Yan issued a decree to find a wife for you, and this wife can only be the county lord Yu Luobai, if you end up with someone else, what kind of consequences will you suffer, leave it for you to think." ”

"Why?" The crossbowman asked in surprise.

The Queen Mother smiled: "This is in line with the time, just like you said, it is not that the mourning family is alarmist, so then you just wait quietly in the capital, don't ask more, don't do more other things, when the time comes, after Bai'er gets married, all the things that will be unfavorable to you will turn into smoke, and it is also the best result, the mourning family hopes that you will relax your mind at the moment." ”

After speaking, the Queen Mother began to drink tea and said no more.

The crossbow man is naturally not a fool, knowing that the Queen Mother has said this, she can be regarded as picking out the matter, and after a simple thanks, she hurriedly left the Queen Mother's bedroom.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, for fear that in the end, something more unexpected would come out of the Queen Mother's mouth.

The crossbow man and He Sheng went out of the queen mother's bedroom together, speechless on the road, and those who know know it.

There was a white-clothed boy beside the Queen Mother behind him, watching the figure of the trail gradually disappear from sight, and said slowly: "Why is my aunt so persecuted, if he doesn't want to, Bai'er will feed the dog with sincerity." ”

The Queen Mother's face was full of coldness, "If you dare to lose the mourning family, my aunt will definitely dismantle him." ”

The man in white had no intention of saying more, leaning on the arms of the woman beside him, not knowing whether he was happy or worried.

In the end, the crossbow man also failed to give a clear answer, presumably there are some things in his heart that he is not willing to, and it is natural that there are many mustards.

Besides, who can be so confused that he will hand over his life's affairs to others.