Yan Yan was on the twenty-first day of the lunar month, and the officials went to the palace to give New Year's gifts on the first day after the holiday, originally wanted to see if they could inquire about Zhou Lu and Liu Yu from the emperor, but unfortunately, the secret guard sent by the emperor had no news after Jining, maybe the weather was bad and delayed, or it may have been discovered by the other party.

If it's the former, it's okay, but if it's the latter, it's a big problem.

Therefore, the emperor was also uncertain in the past two days.

Coming out of Cining Palace, Yan Yan was not in a good mood, Yan Tong's family affairs were still not settled, and there were several families on Yunshang's side who were interested, so Ma begged the Queen Mother again.

The Queen Mother is in the truth, Wang Zheng, the grandson of the right minister Wang Shixiu, Wang Zheng is the Xie Yuan of the last autumn season, and he is very famous, but he has always rarely interacted with the children of these families, so everyone is not very familiar with him.

But no matter how familiar you are, the other party's reputation is here, so there are many people who come to the door to propose marriage, but the other party released a word, saying that he wants to learn wholeheartedly, and then talk about family affairs after the spring.

Originally, this was not a big deal, Yan Tong will only be a new year next year, it's not that he can't afford to wait, but Ma's trustee inquired, this Wang Zheng has a twin brother who is a fool, and Ma is afraid that it will affect Wang Zheng or Yan Tong's children in the future.

For this reason, the Queen Mother was also worried.

Yan Yan remembered another thing from this, she remembered that Zhou Wan mentioned one thing to her, saying that when her father had an accident, her mother had asked for a certain adult, and the other party's condition was that Zhou Wan wanted Zhou Wan to marry a fool in his family.

After doing it for a long time, it turned out that this big man was the right minister Wang Shixiu, although this matter did not work out in the end, but this Wang Shixiu's character made Yan Yan dare not compliment, so she did not agree with this matter.

The next day, Yan Yan originally planned to go to Yan's house to give a New Year's gift, and by the way, she asked Yan Tong what she meant, but when she was about to go out, someone from the Lu family came to pick them up, saying that there was an urgent matter for them to hurry back.

Yan Yan couldn't care about anything else when he heard this, he hurriedly pulled Lu You into the carriage with the child, and went to the upper room of the Lu family to take a look, except for Lu Zhu, who was out of the house, and Lu Xing and Lu Zhao, who were out of the pavilion, the rest of the people were all gathered in the upper room, and even Lu Han came, and they all looked solemn.

"What's wrong?" Yan Yan didn't care about greetings, so he asked first.

"There's an accident at the border, and your father and second brother are going on a campaign." Zhu said with red eyes.

"What?" Yan Yan was taken aback, there was no news about her entering the palace yesterday, why did she say that the fight started in less than a day.

"The emperor just received an urgent report of 800 miles in the morning, and the Khitan and Western Xia teamed up to catch us off guard." Lu Duan said.

"No, the prince of Khitan is not in our hands?" Yan Yan asked.

Lu Duan couldn't figure it out either, not only couldn't figure it out, but the emperor couldn't figure it out either.

In fact, the Khitans not only made a move, but also quickly took a city in the Great Zhou, and what people ran for was the unpreparedness of the Great Zhou.

"What about the Jurchens?" Yan Yan asked.

Lu Duan shook his head, although he reached a preliminary alliance agreement with the Jurchens on behalf of the Great Zhou, he couldn't easily reveal the specific content, and besides, the capital and the Jurchens were separated by thousands of miles, who knows what the situation is over there now.

At present, it is imperative that he lead his troops north, and only when he gets to the front line can he know the real battle situation.

Therefore, he hurriedly called Yan Yan and Lu You to meet, and at the same time asked them to help take care of the family's major affairs during this period, because Lu Ming also had to leave with him.

"This is in response to that sentence, blessings and misfortunes depend on it, if you don't arrest the Khitan prince back, won't there be today's trouble?" Zhu said in pieces.

Yan Yan heard that the other party was blaming her for not lending Qingyu Qingyun, and was about to reply, only to see Lu Duanxun say: "What do you know about the woman's opinion, if we don't arrest the Khitan prince, we don't know what will happen?" ”

Zhu saw that her husband was angry, so she had to shut up.

In this case, Yan Yan couldn't say anything more.

"Father, we have something to say to you alone." Yan Yan suddenly thought of something.

When Lu Duan went to the front line to inspect, she opened a firecracker shop, and has been looking for someone to study powerful explosives, although it is not up to the level of later generations, but it should be slightly stronger than ordinary explosives, but this thing has been carried out very secretly, and she is making firecrackers to the outside world.

As soon as Lu Duan heard what Yan Yan had to say, he quickly guessed what Yan Yan had a good plan, his face was happy, and he took Yan Yan and Lu You into the study.

In addition to dedicating the explosives, Yan Yan also explained one thing to Lu Duan, that is, he must prevent the Jurchen from forming an alliance with the Khitan, and if someone provokes something here, or there is some internal strife in the Khitan, otherwise, it is impossible to even care about the life of their prince.

Actually, Yan Yan really has a suspicious candidate in his heart, and that is Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu was in such a hurry when he left Beijing that day, and not long after he left, Li Ji and Lu Duan were arrested by the Khitan, and I am afraid that Liu Yu also has a problem, an ordinary folk girl, seeing that Yan Yan did not kneel down and did not speak, she actually asked Yan Yan to play the piano for her, can this be a woman from an ordinary family?

It's a pity that even though Yan Yan suspected her identity, the emperor's secret guard was not powerful, not only did he not find anything, but he was also very likely to be discovered by the other party.

Thinking of this, Yan Yan couldn't sit still, she wanted to enter the palace to see the emperor.

Because the identity of the Zhou family is a secret, she can't tell Lu Duan at will, but she can tell the emperor and ask the emperor to send someone to carefully investigate if the Zhou family has any secrets that can't be spoken to the outside world over the years.

Half an hour later, Yan Yan sat in the wing of the south study, because the emperor was meeting with the minister, Yan Yan did not dare to disturb him.

After more than half an hour, the emperor ordered someone to call her in.

Li Cong looked at Yan Yan's face, and without waiting for Yan Yan to salute, he first pointed to the opposite position, "Sit down, you know everything?" ”

Yan Yan knelt down, "The courtiers have caused trouble to the emperor." ”

In fact, she couldn't say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that the Khitan prince was arrested, so she didn't know whether the emperor meant to blame her.

But strictly speaking, it was Li Ji's idea to arrest the Khitan prince at that time, but Yan Yan didn't dare to shake the pot and take care of the matter first, she wanted to see if the other party was a Ming Jun.

Fortunately, Li Cong did not disappoint her, "Get up, it has nothing to do with you, you came to see me, not just for this, right?" ”

I have to say that Li Cong still knows Yan Yan well, and Yan Yan didn't take Qiao, and told Li Cong about his practices and ideas, including the explosives she contributed, including her suspicions about Zhou Lu and Liu Yu.

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