"Prince Xiang Meng Jing Yeran, the country to the people Lu Lixun, hard work, then no complaints, the language is not the public, especially since the examination office, for the bowl of water is flat, not without blame, is the model of the rest of the country, the model of the eye, the style of the rest of the country; More respected by the people, now migrated to the king of Wu, gave ten thousand families, led the cabinet, migrated to the envoys of the Daning country, and lived in his community. ”

"Changsha princess Lu Wanyu, is a clan relative of the Daxuan family, the only daughter of the deceased King of Xiang, a standing military, not to resign for hard work, known as the national interest, pray for the people, Daxuan Su is not limited to female officials, Ran Wan is the clan relatives do not seek officials, Gu clan and clan relatives, relatives and nobles, pray for the people; Hard work and resentment, do not seek to see, is the teacher of the son of man, Li Cheng Hou Su Qing recommended, Begonia, the cabinet test, thought that Wanyu can be appointed, so Jin named Lu Wan as the princess of Nanyang, plus 5,000 households, 5,000 gifts, Sifu, Shi Ce Yuanren, not to restore Wu's affection, Wanyu is the official of the record office; The eldest son, Yu, established the position of the prince of Chu Marquis, expressed Wanyu Gong, and the second son Huo Chong was promoted to the Marquis of Wuyang County. ”

Meng Jingye and Lu Wanyu stood side by side at the newly replaced door, building the Wu Wangfu, the brother and sister could not hide their excitement, but there was a trace of sorrow in their eyes.

"Brother, Your Majesty is still kind to our family!" Lu Wanyu sighed.

"Yes! Your Majesty never snubbed our brothers and sisters because of the dispute between my father and him, King Wu, this is the prince second only to King Yong, King Qin and King Shu, and he is still above Uncle Su, it's too thick! Meng Jingye was quite uneasy in his heart.

"So! Brother, you must be cautious in Jinling for my Daxuan envoys, your words and deeds represent the face of our Daxuan! ”

Meng Jingye nodded solemnly and said, "I understand!" This envoy is not easy to do, His Majesty summoned me into the palace yesterday, and appointed three hundred Bai Ze internal guards to accompany him, this is the supreme glory, but there is a good saying, 'If you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight.' ’！ ”

"Sister's side, in fact, I prefer to work under Chenghou, and I don't have such a heavy responsibility." Lu Wanyu smiled bitterly.

Meng Jingye shook his head and said: "You are deeply valued by Your Majesty and the Empress, you must not have such a mind, Your Majesty often says that from the crown prince down, almost all the children and sons of the royal family are brought out by you, King Yong's temperament is arrogant enough, when I see me, I just call me a royal brother, but in the face of you, I am all smiling 'Imperial Sister', let alone others." ”

Speaking of this, Meng Jingye actually had a trace of jealousy, the royal family of the Great Xuan Dynasty, including the prince, respected this sister far more than others, the prince and others publicly called her "imperial sister", Lu Wanyu's occasion even the prince had to wait for her to sit down first, the princess of Allure's favorite respect for her sister was almost on the same level as the queen, people often said that the king of Shu was afraid of the princess of Changsha, and he did not know that the king of Shu was the respect and awe of Lu Wanyu.

As for the younger generations, Huo Yu and Huo Chong naturally don't need to talk about it, after Zhou Ce and Princess Baoqing were killed, Zhou Nan has been raised under Lu Wanyu's knees, and now it is even more difficult that Meng Weiyang, the only son of the crown prince and the crown princess, was also raised by Lu Wanyu after he was three years old, and Lu Wanyu's reputation was also irritated.

After a holy decree, Lu Wanyu was directly promoted to the title of Nanyang princess, and the title of the princess in the Daxuan Dynasty was named after the city with the word "Yang", such as Princess Baoqing posthumously named Princess Shaoyang, the name of Princess Allure is actually Princess Hengyang, and Princess Nanyang is second only to Princess Jinyang, Daxuan does not have Princess Jinyang, so this Princess Nanyang is now the eldest princess of Daxuan.

"Brother! You said it yourself, you know how hard it is right now, right? I can't take this hat with me! Lu Wanyu felt more and more that the burden on her shoulders was heavier.

"By the way, Qingqing still lives in your mansion?" Meng Jingye suddenly asked about the eldest grandson Qingqing.

Lu Wanyu was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Meng Jingye puzzled, but still replied: "The young man opened the mansion after he was first named the lord of Yingchuan County, but if the Marquis of Long does not come back, she will still live in my mansion." ”

"You persuade her, it's not appropriate to live in your mansion all the time, she is already married to Long Tingfei, although His Majesty agrees that she will not follow the army, but you can't let her continue to mess around like this, Long Hou is older than her and spoils her, you can't spoil her anymore!" Meng Jingye warned Lu Wanyu.

"I know, I've told her many times, and I have something to tell you about her today, and I've already said it, this time, big brother, take her with you when you go on an envoy and send someone to send her to Songjiang, Your Majesty and Niangniang will naturally be told by me."

Two new years have passed in an instant, and the third year of the peace agreement has passed, and everyone seems to have forgotten that the Central Plains is a state of coexistence of two countries.

King Wu of Daning wanted to apprentice many times in Hanyang, and was even willing to give up the identity of Prince Daning, which was transferred back to Jinling by Xiao Yu under the pretext of the beginning of the second year he was an envoy, according to rumors, Xiao Mu was almost not killed by Xiao Yu in Chongde Hall after returning to Jinling.

After Xiao Mu left, Daning sent Xiao Han as an envoy, and since Xiao Han became an envoy, the relationship between the two sides has actually become ossified.

Xiao Han moved around Hanyang City to make friends with Daxuan courtiers, and at the same time seduced some young scribes of Daxuan with lures and other conditions.

As a reciprocal response, Meng Jingye is also recruiting the children of the Han family who yearn for Daxuan in Daning, and making friends with courtiers is even more exerted, and the good people of Daning have assassinated Meng Jingye many times, but the Bai Ze internal guards around Meng Jingye have been resolved one by one.

In the end, the two sides sent military attaches to each other in the embassy when they couldn't do it, and Daxuan specially sent the diehard Tao Fei as the military attaché, and Daning's side did not show weakness, and directly let Yan Que go as a military attaché.

In this way, although the lower class people did not feel it, but the contradiction between the upper classes of the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, and it is already very rigid, Emperor Xuan Mengyan and Emperor Ning Xiao Yu did not stop it, and in the face of Daning's provocation, Mengyan, who has always been peace-loving, gave a resolute response, and almost all official trade between the two sides was interrupted by the third year of peace.

"Your Majesty, there is an abnormal movement in the Ning army, Gan Ming forcibly entered the Western Regions without our consent, and allied with Baiyan and other small countries in the Western Regions, completely ignoring our dynasty's control over the Western Regions!" Shen Yu, who came back from the northwest inspection, said angrily.

Shen Yu since the "April 1st Agreement" gradually walked into Meng Yan's sight, Meng Yan specially summoned him into the pivotal platform and personally gave the cabinet to walk, as if he had become Meng Yan's personal entourage, Qin King Meng Huan wrote to say that the Western Regions were uneasy After Meng Yan let Shen Jue go to check the situation.

"Humph! He couldn't hold it back! After three years of peace and stability, his strength has almost recovered, and his restless heart has begun to be restless again. Meng Yan said coldly.

"Your Majesty, Qin King Tuoweichen asked us how to deal with it?" Shen Yu arched his hand.

The corners of Meng Yan's mouth rose slightly, but his eyes were very sharp, and he said: "Do the order, so that the King of Qin doesn't have to care about the agreement, and according to the strategy of our dynasty, it will be dealt with according to the enemy's invasion!" ”

Shen Yu's body trembled, he originally thought that His Majesty would at most give a strong response to make Ning Jun retreat, but he never thought that His Majesty would directly conclude that the enemy army had invaded the territory, which would cause bloodshed, and even war.

King Qin's temperament Shen Jue knew that once the army was mobilized, it would be thousands of troops, and Gan Ming was a military leader with high prestige in Daning, and once the two of them moved, it would not be an exaggeration to fall apart.

Shen Jue recalled that in the past three years, he felt more and more that His Majesty's anger was getting heavier and heavier, especially after the queen mother had a serious illness in the second year after the "April 1st Agreement", His Majesty's anger did not go well.

After Shen Jue withdrew from the order, he saw someone carrying a soft sedan chair not far away, and he didn't need to see that only Chen Zhiqing was the only one who could have this treatment in the palace.

"Xiaguan pays a visit to Yan Guogong." Shen Jue respectfully bowed.

"Ahem, cough, is Your Majesty in the bookstore or in the main hall?" Chen Zhiqing's words were almost said in his throat, it was two years ago, and now Chen Zhiqing is as thin as firewood, and his eyes are bloodshot, as if coughing twice will kill him.

After the queen mother fell ill, His Majesty sometimes couldn't even listen to the words of the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Chu, only Chen Zhiqing and Princess Nanyang could still say a few words, and even the prince was reprimanded many times.

"Back to Yanguo's official words, Your Majesty was still in the bookstore just now, and it won't be clear at this time." Shen Jue replied cautiously.

Chen Zhiqing nodded and said, "But there is a will to pass on to His Royal Highness King Qin?" ”

"Uh, this..." Shen Jue was a little embarrassed.

Chen Zhiqing waved his hand with difficulty and said: "In the past two years, the decree has become more and more frequent, in this way, you have to go back to polish the words, and it will not be too late for me to leave the palace, and your majesty will blame the old man for it." ”

After saying that, Chen Zhiqing ordered someone to walk to the inner bookstore, Shen Jue looked at Chen Zhiqing's back and said, "Maybe the war or not is today." ”

Seeing Chen Zhiqing being carried in, Meng Yan frowned, his expression was very bad, and said, "What are you doing, come here!" Something's all I need to do! You have to come here in person! ”

Chen Zhiqing replied with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, if the minister doesn't come again, you will give an order to go to war!" The old minister is almost at the end, and it will be too late if he doesn't say anything. ”

Meng Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking of the will just now, and was a little dissatisfied with Shen Jue.

"Your Majesty, don't blame Shen Jue, I stopped him just now, and he didn't dare to be disrespectful to me, which is also a loss of His Majesty's love for his ministers."

Meng Yan only relieved himself after hearing the explanation, and said, "Are you trying to persuade me to just respond?" And not to strike? ”

"Your Majesty, our dynasty and Daning will inevitably go to war, but not now, Tan Ji Chen Bing has already formed a confrontation with Xiao Ye in Nanyang, and our dynasty has gradually withdrawn the people on the border of Nanyang inside, at this time, if we make the first move, for the world, we will tear up the peace agreement first, and the reputation we have managed to operate will be ruined, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Meng Yan took a deep breath and said: "Senior brother, you are not unclear about the situation in the Western Regions, we have endured enough, and if we continue like this, the Western Regions will be completely delivered to Gan Ming, the Western Regions are our important business routes, and we cannot afford to lose!" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that the bandits be used to block Qingyang Pass!"

Meng Yan looked at Chen Zhiqing and said helplessly: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that the blockade of Qingyang Pass can only alleviate it for a while, and it can't solve the disaster from Gan Ming and Ming Yu. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a plan to let Xiao Yu take the initiative to attack us!" Chen Zhiqing supported his body with difficulty and arched his hand.

"Senior brother, you say."

"Luoxuan County! Luoxuan County is located in Xiao Zhan's Luzhou camp under the jurisdiction of the handover with our Yuhou Department, when the peace agreement was signed, Xiao Zhan's army was stationed outside Luoxuan County with the intention of attacking our army, and later after the agreement was signed, Yuhou's subordinates were stationed in Luoxuan County, and Yuhou's camp is now Ronghua Town, Luoxuan County is only thirty miles, if we take the initiative to withdraw the soldiers and horses of Luoxuan County, supplemented by rumors of using troops to the north, Xiao Zhan's temperament will definitely take the initiative to attack! ”

"Senior brother, doing this is actually like taking the initiative to provoke." Meng Yan smiled.

"It's not a provocation, it's just an opportunity, otherwise when Xiao Yu is ready, it will be a full-scale attack on us, instead of sitting still, it is better to take the initiative to pierce the window paper, and besides, you have been pretending for two years, enough!"

Meng Yan was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "Well, senior brother, I pretended to show 'Zhu Yan' and Senior Brother Ye." ”

Chen Zhiqing gasped and said: "It's almost, it's time to close the net, 'Zhu Yan' is too much, and it has begun to infiltrate the upper layer." ”

Meng Yan's expression suddenly darkened, and he said, "Maybe he's too old to wait." ”

Chen Zhiqing shook his head and didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of sorrow.

In April of the twelfth year of the Great Xuan Dynasty, Gu Ning, the Marquis of the Yu State of the Great Xuan, adjusted the defense and defense, and on April 14, it was rumored that the Great Xuan intended to gather troops to the north.

On the evening of 17 April, Xiao Zhan, the king of Daning Hebei, suddenly sent troops to occupy Luoxuan County, which was temporarily empty, and at the same time sent a small force to attack the camp of Ronghua Town, Marquis of Daxuan Yuguo, but the Ronghua camp was well defended, although it was a little caught off guard at first, but it was quickly adjusted and annihilated the 3,000 men and horses of the Ning army that sneaked into the attack.

On April 18, Xiao Zhan, the king of Daning Hebei, mobilized more than 30,000 people to surround Ronghua Town on the pretext that Gu Ning had killed the soldiers of the Ning army.

Because of the signal of changing guards and mobilizing, Gu Ning's Ronghua battalion only had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were changing guards in various places and did not return.

On April 19, His Majesty the Emperor Daxuan urgently summoned Xiao Han, the envoy stationed in Daxuan, to question, but Xiao Han was speechless and could not answer for a while.

On 20 April, Xiao Han secretly left the country with the Daning envoys and returned to Daning, and on the same day, Sergeant Daning was ordered to expel the Daxuan envoys in Jinling, and the Daxuan envoys quickly left Jinling without any response.

In the early morning of 21 April, Daning declared war on the grounds that the Xuan army had taken the initiative to kill 3,000 soldiers of the Ning army, regardless of the real situation and the opposition of the soldiers, and the peace agreement was torn apart.

On the afternoon of April 21, Meng Yan summoned the courtiers at the Hanyang Palace, showed Daning that he could not bear it, and then responded to the battle.