Lin Wang's Mansion.

In the main hall, King Lin Liyuan was sitting at the table, teasing the caged bird, with great interest.

Butler Pang Mo waited respectfully.

"You've already returned to the capital from Anhou, right?"

After a while, Li Yuanchi asked casually.

"Back to the prince, I arrived not long ago, and I should be in the Hou Mansion at this moment."

"I heard that the battle was not small at that time, and even His Royal Highness Taiqing personally went to the city gate to greet him, and the whole capital spread."

Pang Mo nodded and said slowly.

"He always seems to be so high-profile, and there have been no rumors of him in the capital for so long, but people are really a little unaccustomed to it."

Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud and said meaningfully.

"Yes, now that he's back, it's time for the capital to start being lively again, and since he's been gone for a month, those idlers in the market have nothing to talk about."

Pang Mo smiled and echoed.

"After running around for a month, he has worked hard enough, in the name of this king, send some ginseng and deer antler velvet over, so that he can make up for his body."

"After this trip to the north, his status in the capital is probably going to rise again, so we have to take a good look at this upstart."

Li Yuan said with a smile while teasing the bird with the branch in his hand.

"Yes, lord."

Pang Mo agreed and respectfully withdrew.

"Not in the court, not bowing down, but you can stand in this capital, and you are highly sought after, and you are the only one who leaves the country."

Li Yuan raised his head, and while pondering, he couldn't help but sigh.

…

Cloud Palace.

"Is the matter of the northern frontier really as it is said in the report?"

The empress sat on the couch and looked at Leng Yue, who was kneeling below, with a majestic expression, and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is true, Weichen did find traces of Pang Xun's old department in the Windy City, but the other party was very cunning, so he had no choice but to let them escape."

"Later, Li'anhou discovered the whereabouts of the other party, and Li'anhou personally led people out of the city to chase and wiped out that group."

Leng Yue said respectfully.

"You have been in charge of the Five Elements Division for many years, but you have not been effective in acting with Anhou, I really don't know if you are too capable from Anhou, or you are too useless!"

The empress snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly.

"Wechen's incompetence and indebtedness to His Majesty's cultivation is indeed the fault of Wechen."

"But Weichen is in the light, and Anhou is in the dark, not that Weichen is slacking, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins."

Leng Yue shrunk her neck and said nervously.

"Don't you think your excuses are too many?!"

The empress frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"Weichen knows his mistake!"

"But Your Majesty, Weichen has found a suspicious point, I don't know if to talk about it or not?"

Leng Yue hurriedly kowtowed and said tremblingly.

"Say!"

The empress said impatiently with a straight face.

"When Li Anhou was chasing and killing that group of Pang Xun's old troops, Wei Chen was secretly accompanying him, but Li Anhou suddenly disappeared."

"By the time Weichen arrived, the group had already been killed by Li'anhou, and all of them were beheaded, and their heads were buried in the fire."

"Afterwards, Wei Chen thought about it, and always felt a little strange, that group of people was probably not Pang Xun's old department!"

Leng Yue hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

"Is there any evidence?!"

The empress frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"No... Nope..."

Leng Yue hesitated, shook her head and said.

"What do I want you for?!"

The empress looked majestic and shouted loudly.

Leng Yue couldn't help but feel shocked, and hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to say anything more.

She knew in her heart that it was all a foregone conclusion.

"Is there anything else you're hiding from me?"

But the empress didn't stop there, and then asked coldly.

Leng Yue shivered, her face was solemn, and her back was already soaked with cold sweat.

"Did you say it yourself or did I say it for you?!"

The empress asked coldly.

"On the way to track down Anhou, the envoy of the water line suddenly disappeared, and his whereabouts are still unknown, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's already a lot of bad luck..."

Leng Yue's lips trembled and he said hesitantly.

"Rubbish!"

The empress shouted angrily, grabbed an inkstone on the table, and smashed it directly, almost wiping Leng Yue's forehead in a flash!

Leng Yue lowered her head deeply, not daring to say anything more, and couldn't help but tremble.

After a long time, the empress gradually calmed down her emotions, glanced at the shivering cold moon in disappointment, and took a sip of the teacup slowly.

"I have always had clear rewards and punishments, and on the trip to the north, not only did you not benefit, but you also let Anhou take the lead, and you also lost a Five Elements envoy, you must not be punished!"

"From now on, you are not allowed to take half a step out of the Yamen of the Five Elements Division, and you will think about it for ten days! Half a year of confiscation! Let's see the after-effects! ”

The empress hesitated for a moment and said coldly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!"

Leng Yue bowed respectfully, her face full of piety.

"Let's go down!"

"I don't want to see you again!"

The empress waved her hand and said impatiently.

"Wechen retires!"

Leng Yue agreed, and slowly got up to leave.

"Come here, spread my will, announce that Anhou will enter the palace tomorrow to meet and accept the reward!"

Immediately afterwards, the empress looked up at the outside of the hall and said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Leng Yue was slowly walking outside, and when she heard that the empress was going to reward Li Anhou, she couldn't help but clench her fists, her eyes full of resentment.

…

The Lord's Mansion of Yong'an County.

"What are you still doing here?!"

Xia Qiu opened his arms and stopped in front of the county lord's mansion, staring at Li Wuji, who was already dark but suddenly came to visit, and asked loudly in dissatisfaction.

"Come and make amends to your lord."

"What, don't let me see you?"

Li Wuji was now on the steps, looking at the menacing Xia Qiu, and asked with a smile.

"Nope! You're not welcome here, and you won't have to come in the future! ”

Xia Qiu pouted and said impatiently.

"Is this what you mean, or is that what your lord means?"

Li Wuji smiled helplessly and asked slowly.

"I..."

"It's just not going to be seen anyway! Let's go! ”

Xia Qiu hesitated for a moment and said with a straight face.

"Qiu'er! Messing around again! ”

At this moment, Ling Yuyan, accompanied by Bi Luo, walked out of the mansion quickly, reproaching Xia Qiu dissatisfiedly.

The news of Li Wuji's visit was told to her by Bi Luo, compared to Xia Qiu, Bi Luo was more calm, and she also knew that Li Anhou was not a character to be messed with, once she really neglected, who knew what would happen.

Hearing Ling Yuyan's words, Xia Qiu was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked, stepped aside unwillingly, and glanced at Bi Luo complainingly.

"I've seen Master Hou."

Ling Yuyan walked quickly to the front and respectfully saluted Li Wuji.

"Between you and me, why do you need so much courtesy?"

Li Wuji suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Ling Yuyan's hand, and said affectionately.

Faced with Li Wuji's sudden move, Ling Yuyan was obviously a little caught off guard, stunned for a moment, hurriedly retreated, and withdrew her hand.

She didn't react for a while, obviously she didn't look at her much before from Wuji, obviously she didn't want to have anything to do with her, why was she so close now.

"Please respect yourself."

Although her heart was beating fast and even a little surprised, she still said with a straight face, without revealing the slightest flaw.

"Are you mad at me?"

Li Wuji sighed, looked at Ling Yuyan, and asked softly.

"Do you know how worried the county lord was about you these days when you were away from the capital? I don't think about tea all day long, I can't sleep at night, I'm worried about what will happen to you! ”

"I heard that you were coming back, so I ran to the city gate early to wait for you, looking forward to you, who knew that after you saw Taiqing, you left her behind, and didn't even bother to say hello!"

"Do you think that Taiqing's identity is more noble than that of my county lord, so you start to pay attention to Taiqing?! Men don't have a good thing! ”

"Qiu'er! Shut up! ”

Hearing Li Wuji's words, without waiting for Lin Yuyan to speak, Xia Qiu on the side fell angrily, almost without holding back, Lin Yuyan's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly stopped it angrily!

"You're getting more and more unruly! Do you really want me to punish you so hard that you can remember for a long time?! ”

Lin Yuyan turned to stare at Xia Qiu and asked reproachfully.

In the face of Lin Yuyan's scolding, Xia Qiu felt aggrieved, not only for himself but also for Ling Yuyan, so angry that tears kept rolling in her eyes, biting her lip and forcibly not speaking.

"Okay, don't blame her, she also feels sorry for you."

"Everything is my fault, that's why I came here to make amends, go in first, and I'll explain it to you slowly."

He took a step forward from Wuji, stopped Ling Yuyan, and said softly.

Ling Yuyan also felt that this was not the place to speak, after all, people came and went, and it was inevitable that the wall would have ears, so she invited Li Wuji to walk towards the house...