The day after Yun Yao and Gu Qingming got married, they entered the palace to thank Shen Che and Lu Yingquan.

Shen Che knew that Gu Qingming had been very busy in the past year, fighting and training, and rarely had time to accompany Yun Yao, so he was extra gracious and let Gu Qingming not have to continue to go to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing during this time, anyway, it was almost the New Year.

As a result, Gu Qingming and Yun Yao were really chic.

Because Yun Yao has been in the palace all these years and is not free, so now that she has become a free body, she seems to have changed as if she has changed from her previous calm and cautious to become lively and active, and asked Gu Qingming to take her to visit all parts of the capital.

Gu Qingming naturally responded to all requests, leaving everything alone, just taking Yun Yao to wander around, eating delicious things, and buying some fun gadgets, eager to make up for all the happiness that Yun Yao lacked in the past at once.

Yun Yao was also enjoying it, she never even thought that one day she would be able to free herself from the cage of the palace and walk the streets openly with her beloved.

In the blink of an eye, it is the Chinese New Year.

This is the first New Year after Shen Che ascended the throne, which is naturally of great significance, although this year's internal war in Daning has serious losses, and the year-end palace banquet is not as luxurious and grand as in previous years, but there should be a lot of processes and steps, but it is much more streamlined than in previous years, and it is not so extravagant and wasteful.

Lu Yingquan originally went out of the Ning Palace, and when he was the imperial front Shangyi by Shen Ze's side in the past, he had also seen a lot of processes for running palace banquets, so this year's palace banquet was also handy, plus Yun Yao helped from the side, and by the time of the Chinese New Year's Eve, everything was ready.

The palace banquet is actually no different, it is nothing more than a big banquet for the ministers, and the monarchs and ministers are just happy.

For Shen Che, this is a good opportunity to stand up, and for Qunchen, this is also a good opportunity to pat on the back. So the whole scene was very lively, there was no shortage of those who sang praises and praised virtues, and wanted to please Shen Che, so they said that he was destined to return, and even those imperial envoys who drank too much took out the former Jingduan Empress Dowager to criticize it, in order to set off Shen Che's nobility and greatness.

Yun Yao sat beside Gu Qingming, and the two of them were silent in unison, looking at the ugliness of the courtiers, they couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems that if the emperor wants to realize the wish of surrendering from all over the world and congratulating all countries, he still needs to spend some more effort. Yun Yao sighed, "I don't know which dynasty and generation of the rule of not killing officials has been passed down from, but it has raised some faint officials who are used to speaking quickly, and there are not many who really dare to speak out and have something to say." ”

"If these courtiers are also as transparent as Ah Yao, why don't Daning have a chance to surrender from all over the world, and all countries come to congratulate?" Gu Qingming also smiled speechlessly, "Look at it, Your Majesty will clean them up sooner or later." ”

"What's the use of me seeing it thoroughly? I can't enter the court as an official, what's more, my identity as the eldest princess is still canonized by His Majesty in the face of Niangniang, where can these imperial historians look up to a woman like me?" Yun Yao smiled a little casually, and did not feel any sadness because of her background.

"That's because they have no eyes. Gu Qingming said with a natural face, "It's okay, I just know A-Yao's goodness, and I don't need others to know......"

When Yun Yao heard this, she was sighing that Gu Qingming had become more and more proficient in this love story after she got married, and before she had time to make a few jokes, she saw a heavy sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the gate of the Wind and Water Pavilion, which made people a little frightened in a hurry-Horses are not allowed to ride horses in the palace, unless there are 100,000 urgent matters.

"Newspaper-" The deep voice penetrated the door of the temple and reached the hall full of the sound of silk and bamboo, and there was silence for a moment.

"Xuan. Shen Che's face was a little ugly.

Outside the hall, a soldier in armor came in with a sealed fold in his hand and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the southern border is eight hundred miles ahead of the urgent battle report, and the high priest of Nanyi led 150,000 soldiers and horses to invade my southern border, and Jianzhou is lost!"

As the words fell, the atmosphere in the hall became even more deadly silent, and even Lord Goshi, who had been drunk and talking nonsense before, was shocked by this sudden news.

Yuan Bao hurriedly took the fold in the soldier's hand and handed it to Shen Che.

Shen Che swept over with a glance, his face was black and terrifying, and his body seemed to be burning with monstrous anger, and even the soldiers who came in to report were trembling with fear.

Yun Yao and Gu Qingming were sitting relatively close to Shen Che, so the moment the fold was opened, they knew that the fold was written by King Rui Shen Chi.

Since that accident in Chaoyangmen, Shen Chi felt that he was not the opponent of his seventh brother in terms of force or resourcefulness, let alone governing the country and the country, so he was very sensible and soft, and like King Jing and King Yu, he handed over the military and political power of Ruiguo, and only put on the name of an idle prince, and waited for death in the fiefdom.

But despite this, Shen Chi still has some right to report, the fief of Rui is the closest to Nanyi, and when the former emperor and King Xiaoyao were in power, they ordered Rui's soldiers and horses and the southern army to assist each other to defend Nanyi. Although Shen Chi has no rights in his hands now, as a descendant of the Shen royal family, he is still obliged to report these things as they are.

"Gu Aiqing, take a look. Shen Che didn't say anything else, handed the fold in his hand to the ingot, and asked him to transfer it to Gu Qingming.

Gu Qingming took the fold and opened it to look at it, and Yun Yao also swept the content of the fold on the side - Chen Qi, the general of the Southern Border Army, defected, part of the defense map of the Southern Army was leaked, and Jianzhou was lost!

Seeing this news, Gu Qingming frowned, and before he could say anything, he heard another sound of horses' hooves outside, which made the hearts of everyone in the hall sink to the bottom.

"Report - Beidi King Bol Bing personally led 150,000 troops to Chicheng, Jingbian General An Huai was assassinated and seriously injured, and Chicheng was in an emergency!"

"Newspaper - the states of West Vietnam formed an alliance and raided the western city of our Daning in batches with 30,000 stragglers, and the Guizhou defenders were killed in battle, and the grain and grass were robbed!"

Nanyi, Beidi, and Xiyue, these small countries and small states around Daning, but at the same time invaded Daning, if this matter is not strange, Shen Che will not believe it.

"Gu Qingjia, what do you think?" Shen Che turned his head and asked Gu Qingming.

"Emperor Qiqi, Weichen thought that this matter was led by Beidi, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that my Daning civil war had just ended, and the foundation was unstable when the troubled waters were fishing, and the reason why I chose this time was because my Daning soldiers were not as adaptable to the climate as they were in these barbarian lands, and it was not good for us to start a war at this time. Gu Qingming thought for a while and said, "There is only one mountain between Beidi and Xiyue, presumably Beidi, Xiyue and Nanyi have opened up channels and communicated with each other, wanting to encroach on my Daning land." ”

Gu Qing was reasonable. Shen Che was furious, "The little barbarian land actually dares to invade our big country, it is really not to be spared! He ordered the general Wang Gu Qingming to go north on the same day, and led the northern army and the Gu family army to break through the Beidi army and protect the Chicheng! Zhenbei general Du Wei went south with a military talisman, led the southwest garrison, took over the position of Chen Qi, the general of the southern border army, and must expel the Nanyi army from Jianzhou! The hussar general Du Jiangheng led 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to march westward, break the alliance of small states in Xiyue, and cut off the back road of Xiyue!"

"Weichen Command!"

"Obey the order!"

"I will live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Gu Qingming, Du Wei and Du Jiangheng got up in unison and clasped their fists towards Shen Che, indicating that they received their orders.

The year-end palace banquet ended in this sudden war, and those Wenchen who had drunk too much were sent home, and Shen Che only left the prime minister and a few generals into the imperial study to discuss matters.

Yun Yao looked at Gu Qingming's back as he turned to leave, a trace of uneasiness flashed in her heart, and as Gu Qingming walked farther and farther, the uneasiness in her heart gradually expanded.

The courtiers had already left with the departure of the emperor, and in an instant, the lively wind and water pavilion became cold, Lu Yingquan walked towards Yun Yao and said:

"You come with me to live in the Hehuan Palace, look at this, the emperor and General Gu have to discuss at least all night, you wait for General Gu to finish the discussion and then go back with him." ”

"Thank you for the kindness of the queen mother, I will go back and wait for him first. He must not have time to prepare anything for this battle report, and I can help him prepare some when I go back. Yun Yao rejected Lu Yingquan, and then left the palace in the company of Su Xin and Hong Xiao and returned to the General's Mansion.

After returning to the General's Mansion, Yun Yao didn't do anything else, only found some of Gu Qingming's commonly worn clothes, neatly received them in the baggage, and took many bottles of pills she had refined herself and put them in them.

Tie the burden in a knot, put it on the table, and then take off the long sword that has followed Gu Qingming for many years, and put it next to the baggage, a simple thing, but it makes people sad for no reason.

Yun Yao knew that Gu Qingming was going to march and fight this time, not to enjoy it, he would definitely not bring a lot of things, clothes were often worn, swords were necessary, and then there were the pills she prepared, although it was not much, but the effect was much better than that in the hands of the border military doctor.

Time passed bit by bit, the night was getting deeper and colder, but Gu Qingming still didn't come back.

Yun Yao didn't feel sleepy, she sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, watching the candles in the room slowly burn, and when they were about to burn out, Su Xin came in from outside and replaced one, and the room became bright again.

"Eldest princess, why don't you rest first, you look like this, the general will be distressed when he comes back. Su Xin persuaded.

"No, now that the war is urgent, the general will definitely leave for the north as soon as he returns, and I am afraid that after I fall asleep, he will not bear to wake me up, and he will leave himself. Yun Yao shook her head lightly, "I have a hunch that this time Nanyi, Beidi and Xiyue will attack at the same time, it will definitely not be so simple, and this battle will be very difficult to fight......"

"The general has always used soldiers like a god, there will definitely be no problem, please relax the eldest princess. Su Xin didn't know how to fight, but she still knew Gu Qingming's prestige, so she opened her mouth to persuade her.

"I hope so. Yun Yao whispered, "Sister Suxin, you go and rest, I want to stay alone for a while." ”

Su Xin opened her mouth and wanted to say something more, but seeing Yun Yao like this, she could only sigh, turn around and walk out. But she didn't dare to go far, and she and Hongxiao stayed at the door, lest Yun Yao couldn't find anyone when she needed it.