This question really stumped Yan Yan a bit.

Because Yan Yan also knew that the Great Zhou in this life was different from the Northern Song Dynasty in the previous life, and the strength of the Great Zhou was artillery and gunpowder enough to help the Great Zhou stop the Jurchen or Mongolian iron cavalry, after all, the terrain of the Great Zhou was dominated by cities, and the advantages of artillery were much more obvious than in the grassland.

But Yan Yan really wanted to help Zhou Lu, not only because of Zhou Lu's identity as a traveling companion, but also because she really didn't want to see so many innocent people die under the atrocities of the invaders.

It's just that Yan Yan has always had a question that can't figure it out, what is the origin of this Zhou Lu's last life, why can she, a rookie in science and engineering, help research the artillery, Zhou Lu came much earlier than her, and he is a boy, why didn't he make these preparations in advance when he knew that he would take over Western Xia sooner or later?

There is another point, Yan Yan guessed that Li Cong was ambitious, but he was afraid that he took a fancy to the land in eastern and western Liaoning, and wanted to take the opportunity to share a piece of the pie with the Jurchens, after all, the current Da Zhou is not the same as the Da Zhou a few years ago, and he has the strength and confidence.

In fact, Yan Yan also knew that the Ming Dynasty in the previous generation expanded its territory to the three eastern provinces, and even some places in Western Xia and Tubo were included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, the Great Zhou Dynasty was not without this possibility.

"Uncle Hui, can I make a request first?" Yan Yan asked rhetorically.

"Exactly." Li Cong happily agreed.

"No matter what Uncle Emperor wants to do, but there is one thing, I don't want Uncle Emperor to form an alliance with the Jurchens at this time, you can strike later, you might as well take a look at the next step of Jurchen and Mongolia."

In fact, Yan Yan also has a sentence, she wants to fund Zhou Lu with some more grain, grass or other daily necessities in her own name, no matter whether Zhou Lu can win this war or not, Yan Yan wants to help him.

But seeing that there were so many people present, Yan Yan couldn't say these words, for fear that it would not have a good impact if they were spread.

Besides, she didn't know much about the current battle situation, and she didn't know anything about Zhou Lu's strength, so there was no need for her to be in such a hurry, she could wait until she got home and agreed with Lu You.

"What do you mean by that?" Li Cong sensitively sensed that his mind might have been seen through by Yan Yan, so he asked.

Yan Yan smiled silently.

"Girl, you're not kind." Li Cong buttoned Yan Yan with a hat.

"Back to Uncle Emperor, we should go back, our family Lu Zhi is only afraid that he will be hungry, and he will talk about something later." Yan Yan got up and said goodbye.

Lu You also wanted to leave for a long time, and rushed back all the way, what he wanted to do most was to hold Yan Yan's soft body and sleep well.

"Go ahead, it's time to go back and wash." Li Cong looked at Lu You's clothes with disgust, there was still a lot of muddy water on them, and he must have suffered a lot along the way.

"Sister Yan'er, I'll take our princess to see you another day. Do you have any other plans for these days? Li Sui suddenly shouted when Yan Yan walked to the door.

"Little Liu, shouldn't you both want to eat?" Li Sui quipped.

"I will go to the Lu family in the morning, and it will definitely be fine in the afternoon, if not, I will hold a banquet at home to entertain the four highnesses and the four princesses two days later." Yan Yan turned around and said.

One pair is invited, and four pairs are also invited, it makes no sense that she only invites Li Sui's family.

"Huh?" Li Cong doesn't like to listen to it.

"Okay, I'm going to find the Queen Mother and the Empress, I haven't invited this year's New Year's wine, so I should invite the New Year's wine, and invite the emperor's uncle to come in person, and the courtiers are grateful." Yan Yan curtsied to Li Cong as he spoke, and when he got up, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Li Cong's big black face.

"Girl, are you called pampered and arrogant?" Li Cong saw Yan Yan smiling, but he didn't hold back, and laughed.

"Don't dare, the courtiers have always been trembling and walking on thin ice, I didn't see that the courtiers didn't dare to invite the emperor's uncle at the beginning, I was afraid that the emperor's uncle would not give face, you said that if you were swept up in front of so many people, my daughter's family, with such thin skin, how will everyone meet in the future?" Yan Yan was busy with a straight face, making a sincere panic.

"Alright, don't pretend." Li Cong gave Yan Yan a look of contempt.

"Okay, don't pretend, who told Uncle Emperor to hurt me. I also asked the emperor's uncle to move in person, and the courtiers must welcome him. ”

"Boy, hurry up and take your daughter-in-law away, I don't know who I learned from, I'm getting poorer and poorer." Li Cong waved his hand.

In fact, he was indeed a little dissatisfied with Yan Yan today, not because Yan Yan didn't take the initiative to invite him to this meal, but because Yan Yan didn't tell him the truth, or rather, didn't open his heart.

Also, Yan Yan's request was obviously biased towards the Liao State, judging from the previous incident of Yan Yan subsidizing grain and grass for the Liao State in his own name, Li Cong guessed that Yan Yan wanted to help Zhou Lu win the war.

For this reason, the question that had plagued Li Cong many times resurfaced, what is the relationship between Yan Yan and Zhou Lu.

At this time, Li Cong even suspected that the reason why Zhou Lu agreed to return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was probably largely due to Yan Yan's face, and this time Yan Yan also ignored his suspicions and proposed to fund Zhou Lu, obviously repaying Zhou Lu.

What exactly is the relationship?

Two people who have nothing to do with each other and decide that each other is their confidant just because of a song?

It doesn't seem right to say this, after all, Zhou Lu's identity was discovered by Yan Yan, if it weren't for Yan Yan's insistence, he Li Cong would never have imagined that the Zhou family in Bingzhou would have betrayed him.

Also, in the later war, Yan Yan also tried his best to help him, which shows that Yan Yan did not take Zhou Lu as a confidant at that time, and she still had righteousness in her heart.

It was precisely because he knew this that Li Cong acquiesced to Yan Yan's help to Zhou Lu, but what he didn't understand was what the relationship between the two was.

Yan Yan didn't know that Li Cong was suspicious of her again, and came out of the south study, and the two went to Cining Palace, just when the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother were there, and when they learned that Yan Yan invited everyone to eat New Year's wine, the Queen Mother was a little displeased.

Because she had seen Yan Peng two days ago, she knew that Yan Yu's situation was very bad, and the Yan Mansion was not much worse if it was not a mess, at this time, Yan Yan actually had the heart to invite him to eat New Year's wine, which showed that there was really no Yan family in his heart.

Yan Yan also guessed some of the queen mother's thoughts, and had to explain a few words, saying that it was because Li Sui wanted to bring the new princess to the door to recognize her relatives, and she invited Li Ji, Li Sui and Li Zhi to accompany her, and the emperor was also interested when she heard it, so she thought that she couldn't just leave the queen mother and the queen behind, so she thought about simply inviting the Yun family and Yan Zhangyan Bin to have a New Year's wine.

Seeing this, the queen also hurriedly put the responsibility on Li Sui, saying that it must be Li Sui's hunger for Yan Yan's food, so she found such a reason.

At this point, the Queen Mother's face has only slightly improved.