She thought that the wedding date was getting closer.

According to her own calculations, as well as the stargazing results of the fifth Langya of the Taiwei, the ceremonial officials set the date of the emperor's welcome should be on the three dates of May 29, the 3rd day of June and the 3rd day of June in the third year of Yinchu.

If the Son of Heaven does not have a personal welcome ceremony, the son of the clan will be ordered to welcome the bride into the palace and carry out the big wedding ceremony.

Then, this long, more than a year of the emperor's wedding will be announced.

In this way, she only had at least six months to settle the Wu Chongyi party in the court and solve the threat to the dynasty from the four Yi people in the north and the Di tribe in the southwest.

Thinking like this, Lu Zhaoyi's mood became heavier and heavier, and he casually put together the name of the clan and handed it over to Hua Zhi along with the edict of the queen.

This time, Lu Zhaoyi has entered the famous spy of the clan, and she will have a close relationship with the royal family in the future, and she will never be able to get rid of it, so she can only act more cautiously.

All the way back to Luojing City and into Yongpingli, not long after, the carriage stopped.

The plaque on the door had been changed two months ago, from the original "Lu Mansion" to the "Honglu Cheng Mansion" written by the emperor himself.

Correspondingly, at this moment, her official position in the court has been promoted from the original Taiqu Pavilion Chief Shi to Sipin, the deputy of Jiuqing, and Da Honglucheng.

This position originally belonged to Zhao Zifang of Shangluo.

It turned out that Qi Yun, Hongluqing, was replaced from the position of real power in this great exchange of blood between the DPRK and China, and Qi Yun finally got the idle position of Doctor of the Five Classics, and the new Hongluqing was held by the original Honglu Cheng Zhao Zifang.

On the surface, Lu Zhaoyi is Zhao Zifang's deputy, but in fact, Zhao Zifang obeys Lu Zhaoyi, so that Honglu, one of the nine Qings, is completely controlled by her.

As soon as she entered the mansion gate, she was greeted by three people waiting for her, including Wei Meng and Qu Zhiyun, and the other was Bai Yan, who was captured and locked in the cellar after the battle of Mengjin a few months ago.

Looking at Bai Yan's complexion and this posture of standing like a pine, she smiled lightly and asked him, "The recovery is quite fast, it's been two months, it's been two months, it's so easy to move, it seems to be all right."

Bai Yan replied respectfully, "Thanks to you, if it weren't for your superb medical skills, Bai wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

"Presumably, Qi Guogong also set off back to Jinyang? Bai Zijin, the prince of Qi, should also go to Luojing?"

"Lady Huilu, yes!"

Three months ago, he and Qi Guogong were captured by the shadow guards, and since then they have been locked in the cellar, and after several days of torture, they were finally released from the cellar after half a month, and they were left in the house to recover from their injuries.

During the half month they were imprisoned, both Qi Guogong and Bai Yan gave everything they knew, including the plan of the conspiracy between Wu Chong and Nanling Gong.

But because there is no evidence, in order to save his life, Qi Guogong frankly admitted that he had a great friendship with the Huyan family of the Southern Xiongnu, and if he was allowed to return to the state, he would definitely persuade the Huyan family to hand over the ironclad evidence of Wu Chong's conspiracy with Nanling Gong.

Lu Zhaoyi released them suspiciously, but also agreed to let Bai Zi, the prince of Qi Guo, enter Beijing, as a proton, so as not to make him worry about the safety of the prince, and promised to let Bai Yan stay and take care of him.

With hostages, Lu Zhaoyi is not afraid to let the tiger return to the mountain.

And she believed that Qi Guogong would never dare to disobey the holy will and help Wu Chong to confront the emperor, and he didn't have the courage.

Otherwise, with Qi Guogong's family background, he may not be able to live until now.

This time, Qi Guogong and Bai Yan are both in danger.

With their confessions, coupled with Qi Guogong's promise to win over and provoke trouble in the north, and shake Wu Chong's power in the north, after getting the list of emperors, he began a large-scale adjustment of power in the court.

After returning to the backyard, she washed up first, then changed into a pale green dress, sat in front of the dresser, and let the flower branch pull her hair.

The technique of the flower branch is excellent, and it only took a short stick of incense to tie the hair into a high bun, insert a jade hairpin, and fix it with a silver-white inlaid pearl step.

looked at the woman in the mirror, her eyebrows were delicate and her face was delicate, which made Hua Zhi admire.

"Qi Niang, look, you are more than ever

It's beautiful!"

Lu Zhaoyi chuckled, but ignored Hua Zhi's praise, then got up and was about to go out the door.

First, I visited Lu Zhaowen, who had a bulging lower abdomen and was nearly halfway pregnant, and then went to check the homework of Chu Nian and Fifth Lingsi, her two disciples, and then went to the front yard.

In the hall, the people in the room seemed to be discussing something, and when they saw Lu Zhaoyi coming in, they stopped talking, arched their hands, and saluted respectfully to the comer.

Sitting at the head of the hall, Lu Zhaoyi adjusted his sitting posture, cleared his throat, and slowly spoke, "I just heard you talk about the transfer of military orders, how is it going now?". z.br>

has been promoted to a loose cavalry attendant to the shadow wind in the matter, raised his eyes and responded, "Hui Qi Niang, according to your plan, General Sima has not until recently firmly locked up the Luojing Eight Passes and increased his troops......

"The Qingzhou army stayed in Luojing to defend two of them, with a total of 30,000 horses, and the remaining 70,000 people returned to Qingzhou before spring sowing and continued to cultivate the fields."

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi shook his head, if he only guarded the eight passes of Luojing, it was still far from enough.

It's not her character to be passive and defensive, it's to be proactive.

For her, the use of force is not the goal, but in all her plans, she is forced to use it as the last resort after all methods have been exhausted.

But then, Shadow Wind continued, "Your Majesty's will has been issued, and the left general Xia Yuanfeng has been ordered to lead 60,000 military troops to Lingzhou Jiameng Pass and garrison the frontier to prevent the Di tribe from taking the opportunity to invade the north."

After listening to the report of the shadow wind, Lu Zhaoyi nodded, 60,000 troops stationed in Lingzhou are enough.

In addition to the Di people, the Southern Xiongnu in the north belong to the territory of Dayuan, and the county Taishou can still control them, as for Xianbei, Qian and Qiang, just after a year, the battle with the Xianbei tribes, as long as the Southern Xiongnu do not rebel, Qianqiang does not dare to raise troops easily.

Then, as long as Wu Chong can't communicate with the outside world, she can unscrupulously remove his minions in Luo Jing and confront Wu Chong directly.

Such a result is in line with her wishes.

In this situation, she doesn't have to be impatient, and the rest should be gradual.

She believed that with Wu Chong's cleverness, he would be able to guess her thoughts.

And she's ready for a confrontation.

"Qi Niang, what should we do now?"

Lu Zhaoyi hooked her lips, "Wait!"

"Wait?" Everyone else looked at each other, "However, if we can't wait for the Huyan family of the Southern Xiongnu to surrender, once Wu Chong's conspiracy succeeds, and the north and the four Yi go south, won't our efforts be in vain?"

It's not that she doesn't know how deep Wu Chong's scheming is, the only change is in Qi Guogong's body, whether she can convince the Huyan family depends on Qi Guogong's ability.

Lu Zhaoyi smiled slightly, "We just have to wait, and they will come to the door."

The discussion gradually came to an end, and everyone else was ready to get up and retreat, just at this time, someone outside reported that Xia Sheng, the king of Han, was already outside the mansion and wanted to see her.

Since the imperial doctor ordered Lin Xingzhi to remove the Gu poison for Xia Sheng, he fell into a coma for nearly two months, and it was not until the beginning of last month that he gradually woke up.

In the past month, Xia Sheng has often come here, but she has been turned away, just because her marriage with Xia Pei has been finalized, and it is no longer appropriate to see him again.

She couldn't help but lower her head, looked at Hua Zhi with indifferent eyes, and asked her to go out as usual, telling Xia Sheng that she refused to meet.

Huazhi understood, nodded, and turned and walked out.

Maybe she also knows that Qi Niang has a regret in her heart, but she blames the fate for being too shallow, and Xia Sheng, after all, it is difficult to disobey the destiny.

After Hua Zhi left, Lu Zhaoyi sat alone in the chair, silent for a long time, got up, slowly walked out of the door, and walked out of the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the winter sun is slightly warmer, shining on the withered, hoarfrost-covered flowers and branches in the courtyard, which looks even more depressed and lonely.

Lu Zhaoyi walked slowly all the way and looked at the pavilion not far away.

At this time, Hua Zhi just rushed over out of breath, "Qi Niang...... His Royal Highness the King of Han is still standing

What should I do if I refuse to leave outside the house?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help but pause, and asked sideways, "Don't you want to go?"

Hua Zhi nodded, "Yes, His Royal Highness King Han is sticking to Qi Niang like a kraft candy, and Hua Zhi really can't resist it."

This made Lu Zhaoyi a little embarrassed.

Come every few days, Xia Sheng's move will go on for a long time, where can he avoid the gossip of the people in Beijing?

She sighed and frowned, as if she had made a difficult decision in her heart, "You bring him in."

After hearing this, Hua Zhi hurriedly agreed, and then left in a hurry, and after a while, a sound of footsteps sounded from far and near.

Lu Zhaoyi raised his eyes and saw Xia Sheng standing in the midst of the hoarfrost and snow.

"Seven Ladies, we...... Are they still allies?"

At this moment, he looked a little haggard, his brocade robe was stained with a lot of snow, his hair was messy, and his face was a little dirty.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help but laugh, "The third uncle and brother have come to Honglu Mansion several times, just to talk about it?"

That third uncle made Xia Sheng's body stiffen for a moment, his face darkened unconsciously, and he lowered his gaze, like a child who had made a big mistake, and he looked extremely self-blaming.

"Seven Niangzi, since Sheng woke up, after listening to what the queen mother said about what Sheng did in those days, I am very remorseful, Sheng actually ...... to you."

While remorseful, he slowly walked towards her, until he was a few steps closer, and she immediately interrupted and stopped, "I have been ordained by His Majesty, the famous spy of the clan, in terms of name, I am your sister-in-law at this time, and you respect yourself!"

These words fell on Xia Sheng's heart, like a sharp thorn, piercing his chest.

His eyes dimmed a little, and his face turned a little pale, "Qi Niang...... Sister-in-law, Sheng...... It's rude."

His voice trembled, and she was stunned when she heard it.

Lu Zhaoyi frowned slightly, the trace of indifference in his heart gradually decreased, and then changed to a soft look.

"I have forgiven you for what you did before, I don't think I will mention it again, the third uncle and brother should also let go early, as the eldest sister-in-law, I will find a more suitable family for you and live a good life, right?"

After listening to this paragraph, Xia Sheng's lips squirmed several times, but he didn't say a word after all.

After a while, he raised his head and looked into her eyes, which seemed to be frozen, giving her the illusion of cardiac arrest.

She knew that he needed some time to adjust his mind, and that many things could not be changed.

What's more, in her heart, she can only pretend to be the people of the world, and with one more Xia Pei, she will no longer be able to tolerate anyone.

"Sheng, there is something to ask my sister-in-law, can you promise Sheng?"