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The engagement ceremony was presided over by Tu Mingda, another brother of His Majesty the Emperor, who was not young, but elegant and graceful, and was in charge of the work of the Tianhua Palace, that is, the collation of royal books and archives, and never participated in the government affairs, but won the respect of the ministers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as the engagement ceremony ended, Ji Jun, the deputy minister of imperial administration in Beijing, announced the second decree of His Majesty the Emperor, ordering Li Wufeng to return to the northwest as soon as possible, stabilize the situation in the northwest, and repel the invasion of the Kamans on Taixuanfu and Jiayuguan.

Lying comfortably on the easy chair in the study, letting the aftertaste of coffee linger in his mouth, Wu Feng squinted his eyes lightly, sorting out his thoughts.

I was finally able to go back to the northwest, but I didn't seem to be very happy, what was the reason? Is that worried about the situation in the northwest? It's not exactly, even if Xiao Tang and their tricks don't report themselves in advance, they also know that the loyalty and obedience of the Gao Yue people to themselves may not be replaced, as for the crisis in Taixuanfu, the Kaman people really made up their minds, and they used an army of this size, they must have already had a conspiracy, even if they rush back now, I am afraid it will be difficult to turn things around, just strive to avoid greater losses, but it has also created a good excuse for themselves to return to the northwest.

So what are you worried about? Wu Feng sorted out the ideas in his mind one by one and analyzed the crux of the current situation that was unfavorable to him. The power of the Taiping Sect in the two northern counties has been deeply entrenched, and it has also developed rapidly in the western two counties of Kansai and Heshuo, especially in the western part of the country, and at present, the imperial garrison in the west is extremely weak, and once the riot breaks out, I am afraid that it will spread into an uncontrollable fire.

So is this good or bad for his own development? Wu Feng finally found the reason that affected his mood. Since Gu Dengyun led people to Kansai in February, the intelligence system in the Kansai region was quickly established with the efforts of a few people, and Gu Dengyun's ability has been fully manifested; although the intelligence organization is not completely sound yet, it has begun to play an important role in many aspects, especially in the collection of intelligence on the Taiping sect.

The Taiping Sect, with Hanzhong Prefecture as the center of development, significantly strengthened its military preparations, and the prices of materials related to military affairs in the entire Guanxi County continued to rise, especially in iron (weapons), leather (armor), horses (war horses), grain (military food reserves), etc., which also caused the prices of these materials to rise in several nearby county capitals, which shows the great strength of its war preparations, but these information did not attract the attention of the local local government.

According to the intelligence of Longdong and Hanzhong, the Taiping Sect in these two places has trained a considerable number of horse infantry troops, and in Xikang, it has focused on the development of cavalry troops, and the number of infantry troops in Jincheng and Bashan has also increased rapidly. However, the development of Lujiang was not smooth, and the local government adopted a strict system of protecting the armor and taking strict measures to deal with the non-governmental organizations that had not been reported to the local government, which greatly inhibited the development of all non-governmental organizations, and the government consciously adopted various means against the Taiping Sect, which had a greater impact on the Taiping Sect, so the development of the Taiping Sect in Lujiang Prefecture was not smooth, but it also achieved certain results.

In just a few months, Wu Feng was pleased that the intelligence system in the Kansai region had achieved such results, but the information reflected made Wu Feng happy and worried. The growth of the Taiping Sect's power in the Kansai region is very likely to lead to a major rebellion in the near future, and the two counties of Beiyuan and Yanyun in the north and the adjacent Heshuo County will inevitably be involved.

First of all, the Taiping Sect is far from being comparable to the sloppy peasant rebels that it dealt with in the past few years, but it is an extremely cautious and huge organization, once it is launched, the latent forces are difficult to estimate; secondly, the current military strength of the Taiping Sect is expanding rapidly, and there must be help from foreign forces, the purpose of these foreign forces is not only to aid the Taiping Sect, they must be rewarded, so once the rebellion breaks out, these forces will inevitably surface and directly join the action against the empire, Wu Feng is sure that the Kaman people must have intervened here, as for which other countries, Wu Feng does not dare to assert。

What makes Wu Feng feel the most headache is that the empire's army in the Western Military Region is now quite weak, once the rebellion breaks out, can it cope with this severe test, Wu Feng is very skeptical, if the situation deteriorates again, I am afraid that the evil neighbors around the empire may pounce viciously, whether the empire can survive this catastrophe, it is indeed difficult to say.

But now his own strength may be more than enough to protect himself, but it is obviously not enough to deal with the attacks of several forces, but once these jackal-like enemies defeat the empire, he himself is not very sure whether he can survive under the claws of the wolves. The map of the geographical situation in the north of the empire flashed in my mind, and the Kamans, Sithroes, and Poul people, what role would they play in the future changes?

The biggest variable is how much power the Taiping Sect has behind it, and whether it can crush the Empire's forces in the north and west in one fell swoop? Will they be able to stand up in the face of the double attack of the northern wolf-like Kamans and the Empire? This is not only very important to the Empire, but also has a decisive impact on Wufeng's future actions.

This series of questions made Wu Feng dizzy, and finally Wu Feng had to give up thinking helplessly, after all, there are still many things that have not happened, and he has calculated the next steps so early, and it is indeed too difficult for himself, the car has its own road in front of the mountain, and the boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and in the end, Wu Feng only uses these two ancient sayings to comfort himself.

Just when Wu Feng couldn't sleep for the future development, the other protagonist at today's engagement ceremony was also surging a few blocks away, tossing and turning, the old figure of his father, his eyes full of sorrow, ambiguous words, and the serious and cautious and expectant attitude of the Minister of War, all made her feel a little younger.

She did not regret that she agreed to her father's proposal to marry Li Wufeng, after all, Li Wufeng has become a legendary figure in the empire, whether he is a big careerist with evil intentions or a national hero who defends the honor of the empire, at least he is not a simple and mediocre character, he would rather be a heroic concubine than an ordinary woman, this is the assertion of Situ Yutang's view of marriage for himself.

What's more, she is engaged to Li Wufeng as an eldest woman, no matter how many women he has in the future, at least her identity will not change. In addition, her father's entrustment and the expectations of important ministers fell on her, and behind the feeling of pride, she also felt more aware of the complex surname of her special identity and position.

A few families are happy and a few are sad, the dark sky is just like her mood, although it is the height of summer, Situ Yuzhen can still feel the coldness emanating from the depths of his soul. At this moment, she felt that he had never hated someone so much, hated the sister who was only a month older than her own father. Originally, his hopes were shattered again because of her, and he lost an opportunity to change his fate at hand.

When the news of her father's possible marriage spread in the capital, she was already secretly making preparations. The thirteenth sister has an independent marriage, and has made it clear that she is extremely disgusted with Li Wufeng and will never marry him, but the seventeenth sister is the object of the third prince of the Doton Kingdom for a long time, and the ministers of the court and even the father and the emperor are inclined to this marriage, seeing that this thread can only be pulled to herself, how can this not surprise her who has been digging out her mind to find an opportunity?

No one can understand the feelings of a girl like herself, who is nominally noble, but in private is looked down upon by those nobles and even subordinates, and she hates this family that has caused her to live in humiliation for a long time, and even more hates the so-called mother who gave birth to herself but has been branded from birth. For more than ten years, the indifference of her father, the cold eyes of her brothers and sisters, the contempt of the nobles, and the contempt of the subordinates, all of which made her increasingly sensible swear in secret that one day, she would let these people who had hurt her prostrate at her feet, wagging their tails and begging for mercy, begging for her forgiveness, and for this goal, she was willing to give everything she had, even her life.

Li Wufeng's appearance made her feel that a good opportunity had come, she could see that this was an extraordinary guy, but there was an undying ambition hidden under the handsome appearance, as the thirteenth sister said, no one can suppress this guy's ambition, and she doesn't want to suppress, but to promote the realization of his ambition, only by firmly relying on him, his wishes can be realized, in this male-inferior society, if you want to realize your wishes, you can only do whatever it takes.

However, seeing that the opportunity that belongs to him passed by, all because of her, Situ Yuzhen's resentment in his heart reached the extreme, is he really much worse than her? Or is it just because she has a good mother?!

Lifting the silk quilt on his body, his white skin exuded a faint flush in the bright candlelight. Situ Yuzhen was immersed in the loss, untied the belt of his small clothes, revealing a pale pink belly pocket, a black and shiny hair on his smooth and smooth back swayed gently, his fingers were finely dissolved, and his belly pocket slipped quietly, a small jade navel on the smooth and delicate lower abdomen, a pair of tall and strong jade feng faintly fainted, and his body was spinning with self-pity, but Situ Yu's heart was burning with an unyielding flame.

They are still just engaged, even if they get married, I still have a chance, I will not admit defeat, wantonly show my beautiful and proud body, Situ Yuzhen looked at the vast night sky, squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, I will not give up, never!

No one sleeps tonight, and the strong man has no regrets tonight.

On the same night, Claudia, the commander of the Kaman army, who had firmly surrounded Jiayuguan, set off the most frantic offensive storm from the north and south after receiving information from the Zhongzhou intelligence department that Li Wufeng was about to return to the northwest.