"The mourning family is very grateful to you Ye family for these things for the Chu country, no matter what, before I escape into the empty door, I have to come to thank you Ye family, so as not to feel guilty and make the six roots unclean", the queen mother said earnestly while sitting in a sedan chair.

"Queen Mother, Ye Jiasheng is a native of Chu State, and it is his duty to be loyal to the country, if you are grateful, it will break me, and I will thank the royal family for their kindness on behalf of the Ye family." Ye Yunyi didn't believe in the words of the Queen Mother, and there was no need to say thank you at this time, in such a place.

"The mourning family is waiting for you here, in addition to thanks, there is something to be handed over to you, he may be able to help you", said the queen mother handed out a scroll through the curtain, Ye Yunyi reached out to catch it, I don't know why.

"This was given to me when Gaozu was about to die, and two months before Gaozu died, the eunuch in the palace came to Jining Temple and handed over this thing to me," said the Empress Dowager.

Ye Yunyi unfolded the scroll, and the first thing that caught his eye was the big imperial seal on the yellow silk, and then it was, "Nian Ye family is loyal for generations, allow Ye Beijiang to return to the imperial capital to reunite with his family, and not take back the military power, and the rest of the border army guards will be treated the same, and the Ye family has a hereditary title, and the same life as the Chu State, the emperor. Chu Tiankuo".

After reading the content of the holy decree, Ye Yunyi was speechless for a long time.

"The mourning family knows that it is the Chu State that can't stand your Ye family, when Gaozu knew that his life was short, so he sent someone to send this holy decree and a sentence, if he dies and I want to return to the throne, he hopes that I will be kind to your Ye family, so as to get the support of your Ye family."

"Aren't you curious why I didn't do what Gaozu wanted," the Empress Dowager continued.

"Back then, I pacified the civil strife of the princes, and I thought that I would not lose to any man, so I was not convinced to give way to Gaozu, but since I received this holy decree, I knew that I was wrong, and I was inferior to him in terms of the strength of the king."

"After that, I also broke this thought, I believe that even without me, the state of Chu will be better, this time, what you have done, once again confirmed my previous expectations."

"The biggest problem in Chu is the problem of the old faction, but when I was in power, I could only rely on their strength, the old faction was deeply rooted in the Chu country, and I could only turn a blind eye to their evil behavior."

"But that day, you let me see that the old school problem will be solved without blood, and I see in you the farther future of the Chu State."

"Seeing that you are going to the border today, I believe that this gift of mine is very helpful to you, after suffering the border army all these years, the Chu Emperor died, you and your father alone can't be suppressed, even if your father is the commander of the border army."

After listening to the Queen Mother's words, Ye Yunyi saluted the Queen Mother again, but from the heart, from now on, Ye Yunyi respects the Queen Mother from the bottom of her heart, although she is a woman, she has such a heart.

If the Empress Dowager was selfish and didn't take out this secret decree, no one would know about it, and Ye Yunyi's father could only be stationed on the frontier from now on, and it would never be possible to return to Chudu.

For Ye Yunyi, a junior, the Queen Mother really likes it, what Ye Yunyi is doing now is what she wanted to do but didn't dare to do, but Ye Yunyi did it very boldly.

Seeing Ye Yunyi's happy appearance, the Queen Mother's originally gloomy face also showed a slight smile, which was an expectation for the future.

"Just now this is a gift from Gaozu, and the next one here is a gift from the mourning family," I saw the queen mother slowly take off a jade wrench that she had been wearing on her hand.

Then he looked at it in detail for a long time, remembering something, and then handed the wrench to Ye Yunyi with red eyes, it stands to reason that a person like the Queen Mother, who has experienced ups and downs for half a life, rarely can cause her heart to fluctuate.

Ye Yunyi took it solemnly, turned his finger and saw that the word "iron" inlaid on the jade was extremely conspicuous.

Ye Yunyi hurriedly handed the wrench back, this gift was a little unusual.

"I gave it to you, you continue, I know that your identity can only be in the dark now, this wrench can help you do a lot of things in the dark, and now I don't need it."

"This is the dowry that my father prepared for me when I got married, more than 20 years ago, I used it to calm the civil strife in the Chu State, and in the more than ten years since then, I have let it be dusty, I hope you will use it well."

"Okay, it's almost time to explain, and the mourning family should also go back to Jining Temple to repair well", after the queen mother finished speaking, the maid of the Taoist boy next to her beckoned a few palanquin men in the distance to come over and prepare to leave.

Seeing that the sedan chair was about to leave, Ye Yunyi hurriedly stopped.

"Queen Mother, Yunyi has a doubt, I want to ask the Queen Mother to solve it", Ye Yunyi shouted.

The sedan chair, which had walked a few steps, stopped, and it seemed that the Queen Mother agreed.

"Queen Mother, if it wasn't for the Dark Pavilion, if it wasn't for my Ye family, you could have created the history of the Chu State, and the current Chu Emperor wouldn't be like this, do you hate the Dark Pavilion and the Ye family?" Ye Yunyi asked what he had been wondering about.

After Ye Yunyi finished speaking, the sedan chair continued to walk forward, Ye Yunyi would not get an answer, but then, the voice of the queen mother came in the wind: "I can't help myself."

Ye Yunyi, who was originally disappointed, heard "I can't help myself", and felt that the things that had accumulated in my heart before were smoothed out, and the whole person was a lot lighter.

"Yes, Queen Mother, we are all involuntarily, but only you can really see through", Ye Yunyi stood in place and watched the Queen Mother's sedan chair go away, and said silently in his heart.

After sending off the Empress Dowager, Ye Yunyi continued on the road, more than 1,000 kilometers from the imperial city to the frontier, passing through several states and counties, if he did not march quickly, he would have to walk for a month or two.

Ye Yunyi was very busy along the way, and he didn't know if he didn't check, the Chu Emperor had been deaf all these years, and he didn't care about the affairs of the border army at all, and the funds for maintaining and transmitting the military newspaper were almost embezzled, and many post stations of all sizes were deserted.

The post that was demarcated fifty miles ago can only be seen when it is a hundred miles away.

There are only a few post stations, and the officials in charge are even more slack, just Ye Yunyi has a few post stations, and even the letter horses he raises are old, weak, sick and disabled, and a few small officials even leave the post station directly to desert.

If there is really an urgent military report, it is difficult to say whether it can be transmitted to the imperial city, and even if it does, it is estimated that the people of the world will know about it, and the court of Chu will know.

For these situations, Ye Yunyi had no choice but to give Xie Shuran a piece of music, some things can't all be solved with the power of the Dark Pavilion, it should be a matter of the imperial court, and the Dark Pavilion will not interfere indiscriminately.

Now Xie Shuran has become a powerful minister of Chu State, and now many major affairs are under his control, which should have been in charge of the Commander, but the current Commander's Division is better than nothing, so military affairs are also under Xie Shuran's management for the time being.

Fortunately, when he left, Ye Yunyi brought enough letter officials, went all the way directly, investigated all the way, and then replaced the previous post station letter officer. This is only a temporary measure, the entire military intelligence transmission system has been necrotic, and only the imperial court can change it.

In this way, Ye Yunyi has seen most of the customs of Chu along the way, even if he has traveled most of the world before, it is only acting in secret, and it is impossible to look at the scenery like now.