In order to show his importance to Princess Yongping, the emperor will send people to southern Xinjiang to send a rich New Year's gift to Princess Yongping before the New Year's Festival.

Yucui followed the New Year's gift team to southern Xinjiang every year, but most of the month ago, the person who went to give the New Year's gift to Princess Yongping came back early, but Yucui did not come back.

People said that Yucui was detained in the palace in southern Xinjiang, and there was nothing she could do.

Qingrong always felt a little abnormal.

Now hearing Yucui's words, Qingrong was shocked and immediately went to get the letter.

In fact, it is a letter, more like a hastily written papyrus. There are a few sentences written on it: the king of southern Xinjiang is dead, Yongping is under house arrest, and the queen mother and Tatar troops are strong......

Qingrong could see how anxious she was when she wrote this letter.

Qingrong asked Yucui carefully, and asked from her about the situation of Princess Yongping, the current situation in southern Xinjiang, how she escaped, etc., and then called Mei Rui to come in and ordered her to personally go to the Liao Wangfu and the Wei Mansion to deliver the letter.

After giving the order, Qingrong got up and went to the palace.

In the next year, the emperor's government affairs were not very busy, and when he heard Qingrong's visit, he immediately summoned him.

After Qingrong entered the door and hurriedly saluted, he immediately presented Princess Yongping's handwritten letter and said, "The princess is now under house arrest in the harem of southern Xinjiang. At that time, the person who met the princess alone was also detained in the harem of southern Xinjiang, and later escaped from the palace by faking his death. At present, southern Xinjiang has been controlled by the power of the Queen Mother, and the Son of Heaven is coerced to order the princes. ”

Qingrong concisely told the emperor about the form of southern Xinjiang that he had learned, and after listening to it, the emperor held back his anger and waved his hand to Qingrong and asked her to retreat.

Qingrong had just walked out of the door of the imperial study, and immediately someone from the imperial front trotted out and said, "You go to the Renguo Mansion, you go to the Tang Bachelor's Mansion......"

and all the important ministers of the court, and finally Qingrong also heard that the King of Liao, Song Ding, Song Zhao and others were all summoned.

Also, if you talk about fighting against Southern Xinjiang and Tatar, the Song army is the most experienced.

Qingrong came out of the palace and went directly to the Liao Palace.

Runrong had already heard that Princess Yongping was under house arrest, and when she saw Qingrong, she couldn't help but sigh and sympathize: "The dignity of the princess is now under house arrest in a foreign country. I don't know if Princess Yongping's temper will be able to withstand such humiliation. ”

Qingrong was also quite embarrassed, and said: "In this world, the unlucky one who suffers will always be a woman in the end." ”

Runrong said: "Since the emperor has called Gorou into the palace, this battle is inevitable." I have nothing but pity for the innocent poor people. When Runrong said this, he immediately said to Qingrong: "Shall we hurry up and find someone to help make the things that we need to use in wartime?" ”

Qingrong said: "Don't worry about this day or two, going to southern Xinjiang is farther than going to Liaozhou." The environment on both sides is very different, southern Xinjiang is hot and humid, and Liaozhou is dry and cold. ”

Runrong was worried: "I don't know if I can go with the prince, if I can, I can also help do some post-war support." ”

Qingrong shook his head and said, "I was in Liaozhou before, but there was no way. Now that you are safe and secure in the capital, how can the King of Liao be willing to take you on adventures again? In fact, you don't need to go in person, you have experience, just pass on the corresponding experience. There's no need to bow down to everything, not to mention that now Zhige can leave you? ”

"Stop, stop, when will it stop." Runrong let out a long sigh thoughtfully.

Qingrong also doesn't like war, who doesn't want world peace? However, southern Xinjiang was originally eyeing Daliang, where it could be eased by a one-time harmony. The shame of the defeat of the Great Liang Army, and the deep blood feud with the greed of southern Xinjiang have been engraved into the bones, and I am afraid that no one will easily forget and give up.

Unless one side completely conquers the other, it is only a matter of time before Daliang and Southern Xinjiang go to war.

Soon the emperor set Marshal Pingnan, and it unexpectedly fell on the head of Song Yu in the second room. Shen Lingrong's uncle was the supervisor of the army, and the King of Liao, Song Zhao and Yuan Heng were the vanguard generals.

In fact, the best candidate for the marshal is, of course, Song Ding. The emperor's choice, in Qingrong's opinion, was still because he was not at ease with the Song family and was jealous, so the supervising army and the vanguard general used two of their own people.

Before the first month, the Pingnan army left the capital and went all the way south.

Because of their experience in fighting against Dajin, the Liao King and Song Zhao first established a logistics support department, and as soon as they arrived in Yanzhou, they immediately began to organize the military and civilians to make the marching equipment that was resistant to heat and moisture after the improvement of Qingrong, and more importantly, they should pay close attention to the production of artillery.

A month later, Daliang engaged troops with southern Xinjiang, and the artillery was put into use, and the first battle was won.

There was such good news from the front, but the emperor was a little worried.

"I'm only afraid that the people of southern Xinjiang will be ruthless and hurt my Yongping." When Princess Yongping was mentioned, the emperor's face was full of worry and melancholy, and he was no longer the monarch who was bound to win, but became the most ordinary father in the world.

Qingrong suggested: "Can you quietly send someone into southern Xinjiang to rescue Princess Yongping?" ”

The emperor couldn't help but feel ridiculous, shook his head and said, "Do you think the palace in southern Xinjiang is so easy to blend into?" When the emperor said this, he beckoned to Qingrong and said, "Come on, you go and see the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother's spiritual head is getting shorter and shorter. ”

Qingrong said yes, got up and went to the Queen Mother's Palace.

The Queen Mother has been lingering on the sickbed since the beginning of winter last year, and it is not a great disease, but the Queen Mother is too old, she is already eighty years old, and people live for seventy years, and the Queen Mother is already very long-lived.

The Queen Mother was lying on the couch with her eyes closed, and when she heard someone come to report that Qingrong was coming, she barely opened her eyes and beckoned to Qingrong: "Come on, come and sit next to the mourning family." ”

Qingrong saluted, walked up to the Queen Mother and said: "Your face has been very good recently, it can be seen that the spring flowers are blooming, and your illness is about to end." ”

The Queen Mother smiled indifferently and said, "I can't count my own body, don't say nice things like them." ”

Qingrong said: "Queen Mother, you just have to relax, guarding a living immortal like Imperial Doctor Zhang, there is nothing bad about any disease." I've heard before that when you get older, you don't grow old anymore, and you see black hair growing on the back of your neck. Maybe you're a living god! ”

The Queen Mother wanted to laugh when Qingrong said, "The mourning family knows that you are the most flamboyant, and the mourning family also knows that what you say is to coax the mourning family, but the mourning family just loves to listen to you." When the Queen Mother said this, she asked Qingrong again: "Is there any news from Yongping?" ”

Qingrong looked at him left and right, "There has been a big victory in the south, and Princess Yongping will come back and re-embrace your knees." ”

The Queen Mother sighed faintly and said, "My granddaughter is a person with a hard life. I can't get what I like, and now I'm suffering from such a catastrophe. ”

Qingrong was a little speechless, and only after a while comforting the Queen Mother said: "When the princess comes back, she can marry Ruyi Langjun again, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor love her, and forget all the bad ones." ”

The Queen Mother still sighed, but her expression eased a lot. However, her eyes seemed to be a little unable to open, she was very tired and sleepy, and Qingrong didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the Queen Mother.

"The mourning family suddenly remembered that there was something for you." The Queen Mother suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Qingrong, "While you still remember it now, I will give it to you, so as to save me from forgetting it in the future." ”

Qingrong thought that the Queen Mother was going to give her something good, and said very respectfully and joyfully: "It's okay to forget, I'll always remember it in the future." ”

The Queen Mother actually took out a roll of red silk the thickness of her little finger from under the pillow, embroidered with auspicious patterns. Qingrong recognized it at a glance, it was the exclusive use of the Queen Mother's decree. Qingrong immediately stepped forward and knelt down, raising his hands above his head to pick it up.

The Queen Mother was not in a hurry, her voice was soft and slow, and she said: "Princess Liao is your own sister, if one day, the emperor wants to be unfavorable to the King of Liao and the queen, you must come up with the edict of the mourning family to protect the queen and the king of Liao." The emperor didn't like their mother and son, so he couldn't see it and let them go back to Liaozhou. ”

Qingrong was so shocked that he couldn't help himself, and said, "For, why ......?"

The Queen Mother closed her eyes and said lightly: "After all, the emperor relied on the Song family to inherit the throne smoothly, and the mourning family can't let the world say that the emperor is an ungrateful and treacherous emperor." As for why I gave this to you, you are so smart that you will figure it out sooner or later. ”

Qingrong can't say what he feels in his heart, the queen mother's self-proclaimed "edict" is simply a thousand pounds.

But she quickly figured out that if the edict was handed over to the queen and Runrong, they would have no more special friendship with the queen mother and would not receive more special love from the queen mother, so the emperor could say that they had forged the queen mother's edict. Others will probably believe that this is the queen and the king of Liao to protect themselves.

handed over this edict to herself because over the years, she has indeed been valued and liked by the Queen Mother. Moreover, Qingrong's reputation in the court is not weak, but he is not less friendly with the wives and ladies of high-ranking officials and nobles. What she said was credible. As long as she spoke up at the right opportunity, she would be able to make the edict take effect.

As for why she didn't hand it over to Mrs. Fengguo, Qingrong guessed, first, the queen mother was not sure when the emperor would start, and she really couldn't guarantee that Mrs. Fengguo would have any accidents, and second, the queen mother understood that taking out this edict was tantamount to offending the emperor, and she couldn't bear to have any unhappiness with Mrs. Fengguo because of these things.

Anyway, all of Qingrong's current support is given by the Queen Mother, and the emperor will not want her life, so she can leave with Runrong.

Such a dangerous thing, for the Queen Mother, Qingrong is simply the best candidate.

Qingrong left the palace with the edict in his arms, and his thoughts were extremely complicated. Although she felt that the Queen Mother was really a bit of a chicken thief by doing this, she thought about it, she curried favor with the Queen Mother and used the Queen Mother, why didn't the Queen Mother use her?

Even if they had a little bit of warmth with each other, for the Queen Mother, she was just a funny person. For her, the Queen Mother is just a backer.

However, as soon as the news of the Queen Mother's drive came out, Qingrong was still a little disappointed and sad.