Ten days later, Lin Qingwan returned to the capital safely, and the fourth prince and Gonggong Liu personally greeted each other at the city gate, "The third sister has worked hard all the way. ”

Lin Qingwan saluted and said with a smile: "I still wanted to freshen up and then enter the palace to ask for a meeting, but I didn't expect His Highness and Gonggong Liu to wait here." ”

Gonggong Liu bowed down and said: "Your Majesty read it two days ago, if it weren't for the adults to stop you, Your Majesty would have personally come to greet the county lord today." ”

He respectfully stepped aside, bent over and said, "County Lord, let's get ready to enter the palace." ”

The fourth prince smiled and said, "I am in the same car as my third sister." ”

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to Lin Qingwan, Lin Qingwan smiled slightly, helped his hand to get into the carriage, and Gonggong Liu went to the carriage behind.

The Northeast Army that escorted them back was arranged to go to the forbidden army camp, and only the guards brought by the four princes and the people brought back by Lin Qingwan were left on both sides of the carriage.

The fourth prince opened the curtain and glanced outside, then lowered the curtain and said, "Thanks to the third sister this time, I thank my sister on behalf of the big beam." ”

After saying that, it was a salute, Lin Qingwan hurriedly supported him and said, "Why is the fourth brother like this? ”

The fourth prince withdrew his hand and said: "I didn't expect the third sister to really be able to convince Wen Dihan, you don't know, my father was so excited when he heard the news that he didn't sleep all night, if it weren't for the fact that the two states of Youyun still needed you to stay and preside, he would have called you back as early as after the peace treaty was signed." ”

"That's also thanks to the cooperation of the Northeast Army and Wu Shilang, and if Your Majesty hadn't given me so much power, this peace treaty would not have been negotiated."

Not to mention anything else, if she talked about it in front, but the capital was stuck and unwilling to admit it, Wen Dihan would be able to turn her face.

Not to mention that she transported grain to the border in batches, if the Northeast Army couldn't hold it, these grains would eventually fatten the Liao Army.

However, no checkpoints were set up in any department, and all the caravans with the banner of the Lin family arrived in Dingzhou safely.

"It's a pity that the war in the west is stalemate, and we can't take advantage of the victory to pursue." The Four Princes sighed.

Lin Qingwan also knew that because Xiang Shan took over the Chu army, Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin suffered several losses in a row, although Lu Zhen did not suffer losses, but he did not get a favor from Xiang Shan.

Lin Qingwan asked curiously, "Xiang Shan is so talented, why didn't Emperor Chu use it before?" ”

"I have never seen him, the old ministers in the court said that Xiang Shan was too upright, and he offended Emperor Chu several times when he was a general, and he was drunk and misbehaved, so Emperor Chu dismissed him."

Lin Qingwan nodded.

The fourth prince paused, glanced outside again and then whispered: "Third sister, after a while, you will try to say as many good things as possible when you see your father, don't mention the war with Chu." ”

Lin Qingwan was surprised, "Why is this?" ”

The fourth prince's face was ugly for a moment, and then he said: "Father, the emperor, his health is not very good, and the second brother has made a big mistake and is now being locked up in the prison." ”

Lin Qingwan opened her mouth wide, "Second, hasn't the second prince been under house arrest in the prince's mansion, what mistake can he make?" ”

The fourth prince was also quite helpless, and said: "Five days ago, the Chu State sent an envoy over, saying that it was found out that the mastermind behind my assassination in Jiangling last year was found......

Lin Qingwan was in the north, and she didn't know that the war between Shu, Chu and Liang had become white-hot.

After the spring ploughing, Shu began to advance eastward again, although because of the reaction of Chu, the progress was a little slow, but Shu was obviously a posture that would not give up until Chu was captured.

Since Shu has moved, Liang, as an ally, will naturally not sit idly by, so it also began to move westward.

But now it is Xiang Shan, Lu Zhen, Zhong Ruying and Lin Xin who are guarding the eastern front of Chu State, and the battle is stalemate, and the open fight begins to develop into a dark fight.

It is said that the Chu side has sent envoys to Shu to persuade the Shu Emperor to withdraw his troops, and at the same time, he has brought a large number of gold, silver and jewelry.

One news is open, and the second news is secretly circulating, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

Naturally, the state of Chu also sent envoys to the state of Liang, but the envoys did not come to make peace, but to submit evidence.

This time, the reason why Liang attacked Chu was that Chu assassinated the four princes of Liang and took the initiative to tear up the peace treaty just signed between the two countries.

This time, the envoys of the state of Chu took sufficient evidence to show that it was not their state of Chu that assassinated the four princes, but the second prince of the state of Liao and their state of Liang.

No one knows how the state of Chu found out about the second prince, but the evidence is really conclusive.

The emperor was still stable in the court, questioned the evidence, and then asked the courtiers to verify it, but when he turned around and returned to the apse, he vomited a mouthful of blood and fell ill directly.

Regardless of whether this matter was done by the second prince or not, in short, it can't be done by him now, so Liang Guo has been dragging it out.

But Emperor Liang was sad and angry, so he brought the second prince into the palace for interrogation, no one knew what the father and son said, anyway, after the end Emperor Liang sent someone to secretly put the second prince into the prison.

Today, there are no more than 10 people in the DPRK who know about this.

The fourth prince said in a low voice: "My father fell ill after that, and canceled all the court meetings, if you didn't return to Beijing today, he was afraid that he would not go to the court." ”

Lin Qingwan's heart was a little worried, and asked, "Then Your Majesty's body ......?"

The four princes lowered their eyes and were silent.

Lin Qingwan's face changed.

She didn't want Emperor Liang to have an accident at this time, even if she was a member of the four princes, and the four princes could ascend the throne after the emperor died.

Can......

Lin Qingwan glanced at the four princes, regardless of talent, prestige, and open-mindedness, the four princes are not as good as Emperor Liang, and at this time, it is a critical moment in the war between Liang, Chu and Shu, and Emperor Liang's accident will be a heavy blow to Liang.

Even from an emotional point of view, Lin Qingwan didn't want anything to happen to him.

The two of them entered the palace in silence all the way, changed into a sedan chair and arrived at the Qinzheng Palace.

Lin Qingwan stood in front of the hall, looked up at the plaque of the Qinzheng Palace, pulled the corners of her mouth, tried to relax her expression, and squeezed out a three-point smile on her face, and then followed the four princes into the hall.

The emperor was chatting with the ministers, and when he saw the fourth prince leading Lin Qingwan in, he immediately smiled and said, "Sister Wan is back, come over and let me take a look." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled for three points, stepped forward and curtsied, "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Hurry up!" Emperor Liang looked her up and down, and said with a smile: "Not only is she not thin, but she is more energetic, it seems that the north is raising people." ”

"Yes, I feel like I've gained weight when I eat meat over there."

Emperor Liang looked at her carefully, laughed and shook his head, "Not fat, not fat, but still as young and beautiful as a sixteen-year-old girl." ”

Everyone only thinks that the emperor is Quarin Qingwan, who will treat her as a sixteen-year-old girl now?

But women seem to like people to praise their youth, so the ministers have responded one after another.

Xie Hong stood between the ministers, raised his head and looked at Lin Qingwan, this is his granddaughter-in-law, left seven years ago, who would have thought that she would have today?

Emperor Liang asked people to set up a seat next to the four princes and let Lin Qingwan sit down, and then asked, "What is the situation in Youzhou and Yunzhou?" ”

Lin Qingwan hurriedly reported in detail, suppressing the hidden worries she was thinking about on the road.

Emperor Liang nodded again and again when he listened, touched his beard and said with a smile: "I can see Youzhou and Yunzhou recovered in my lifetime, and I have no regrets in this life." ”

He sighed and said, "If you can see the unification of Chu again......"

He shook his head and didn't say any more, and the ministers immediately said, "Your Majesty is blessed with Qitian, you will definitely be able to see it." ”

Emperor Liang shook his head, his body knew by himself, and the imperial doctor had also hinted that he glanced at the four princes, if he didn't move, it might be okay to hold on for another year or two, but now......

The emperor lowered his eyes, lowered his slightly trembling hand, let his sleeves cover his fingertips, and when he looked up again, he was already smiling, "You are waiting for the ministers to be there, and you don't have to worry about the world not being unified, Lin Qing, you are not under Haoyu, are you willing to stay and assist me?" ”

Lin Qingwan was stunned for a moment, got up and said deeply: "Wish!" ”

The smile on the emperor's face deepened, and he bowed his head and said, "Good! You will continue to be the secretary of the Imperial Academy, and I will entrust the relationship between the Great Liang and the countries to you. ”

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's expectations."

This time, no courtiers stood up to oppose it, and they all acquiesced to Lin Qingwan's appointment.

When the eldest prince and Qi Luan died in battle, the imperial court wanted to collect the Zhong family's army, but they didn't expect Zhong Ruying, who happened to escort grain and grass to Hongzhou, to take the Zhong family's army to collect the Zhong family's army, and before the emperor's new letter arrived, he took the Zhong family's army to beat back the Chu army that invaded Liang.

When Zhong Ruying was only eighteen years old.

Although she grew up in the army, to be honest, no one knows what her ability is, after all, in the past, it was her father who led the Zhong family, and later it was her husband Qi Luan.

Therefore, the courtiers had a lot of opinions about her holding military power, and they attacked her many times because she was a woman.

If Emperor Liang had made Lin Qingwan an official two years earlier, let alone a scholar of the Li Fan Yuan, or a small secretary of the Li Fan Yuan, the ministers would not have agreed.

But this person just killed an emperor and two princes of Liao, and also recovered Youzhou and Yunzhou, so he was able to stabilize Liao under this situation......

The courtiers couldn't do it even if they asked themselves, so in the face of this order, they thought very shamefully, anyway, there is already a female general, and it is nothing to have another female scholar.

What's more, Lin Qingwan has long been the scholar of the Li Fan Academy, and at this time it is just more formal.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, the emperor nodded with satisfaction, got up and let everyone retreat, leaving only the four princes and Lin Qingwan.

The two stepped forward and helped him away.

The emperor pushed the four princes away and said with a smile: "I am not old enough yet. ”

He let Lin Qingwan help her, turned his head and said to her: "The queen and Yuanhua both want to see you, most of them have prepared meals in the harem at this moment, you have worked hard all the way, just to rest and recuperate." ”

Lin Qingwan responded with a smile: "Yes." ”

"You said you wanted to go back to Jiangnan?"

"Yes," Lin Qingwan said, "Yubin is about to give birth, and the minister wants to go back and take a look." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Then I will give you a month's leave, and since you have become a scholar, you can no longer be as comfortable as before." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the duties of the Lifan Yuan are different from those of the other six departments, in fact, I can handle it anywhere, and it is only a little more convenient in the capital." ”

"What, you want to move the Imperial Court to Jiangnan?"

"That's not it, the minister just wants to say that the minister has gone to Jiangnan, and the affairs of the Lifan Yuan can be handled as usual."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I thought you were going to be like your father, when your father was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he led the people of the Ministry of Industry to run all over the world, and wherever he went, he would do business and build water conservancy." ”

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but smile.