Cao Bian went to overseas islands to pick up the princes, ministers and people back to the imperial city.

Yan Cai'er and Zhou Geng went to order the cook to cook a sumptuous dinner, and then went back to the palace to wait for news.

As soon as the general Xiao Cheng entered the imperial city, he couldn't wait to replace the guards of the city and replace them with the men and horses he brought back.

As for the soldiers who were replaced, most of them went back to their respective departments, those from the six departments went back to the six departments, and those who were in the department of the yamen returned to the department of the yamen.

Only the 3,000 forbidden troops in the palace were dismantled and divided into his own troops by Xiao Cheng on the spot, and he was equivalent to devouring the 3,000 forbidden troops and using them to strengthen his strength.

The palace guards, including the street patrol guards, were also replaced by Xiao Cheng's own soldiers, and the fourteen large and small cities outside the imperial city were also under his control, and it could be said that the entire Yan Kingdom was controlled by him alone.

Even if Xiao Yan does not ascend the throne and become the emperor, he can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and whoever disobeys him can directly order him to be dragged out and beheaded.

With Xiao Yan's current realm cultivation and the military power in his hands, no one in the entire Yan Kingdom can compete with him, whether it is soldiers and horses, or strength.

It took Cao Bian about half a day, before the sun went down, to successfully bring back the princes, ministers and people on the overseas islands, and the imperial city quickly regained popularity, and people could be seen walking around on the streets.

This should have been a happy thing, but Cao Bian had a grim expression, as if he had encountered some trouble, he was walking quickly towards the Yaohua Palace, and noticed that there were two maids at the door, but they were very faceless and had never seen them.

When the two maids saw Cao Bian, a strange light flashed in their eyes, and they bowed and did not stop him much, allowing him to enter the Yaohua Palace.

Cao Bian is a cultivator, although the two maids lowered their heads slightly, they still couldn't hide his sensitive sense, and they noticed that there was something wrong with these two people, and after a little guess, they immediately thought that it was the general who sent them to monitor Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

Hurriedly passing the two maids, Cao Bian walked to Yan Cai'er, who was drinking tea and chatting with Zhou Geng, and bent down to salute, in order to prevent the second daughter at the door from eavesdropping, he chose to secretly communicate with each other.

"Back to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the prince is indeed on the island, but just now, the prince was taken away by the general's people, no matter how the summer vacation stopped, they forcibly took the prince away, saying that it was the general's order, and they were just acting on orders, and their subordinates had to come back to report to the eldest princess. ”

Yan Cai'er was also silent, her hand made a rude gesture, and Shen Nian said: "It seems that Xiao Cheng wants to use the prince to blackmail me and force me to comply, so as to be at his mercy." ”

Zhou Geng tasted it and said: "He dares to rob the prince in public, which means that he is also fully prepared, even if he has a showdown with you, he wants to be the king of Yan Kingdom, you can't help him." ”

Yan Cai'er looked bitter, the enemy had been secretly planning for a long time, and she was pinched to death, at this moment, she had no hole cards to compete with the other party, and she didn't know what to do next.

"Let's go, go to the General's Mansion to ask for someone, even if Xiao Cheng controls the power of the entire Yan Kingdom, but you are still the eldest princess, bring the prince back in the name of your sister, and he will not dare not let go. Zhou Geng put down the teacup in his hand and stood up.

"If he doesn't let go, then won't we be sheep in the mouth of a tiger?" Cao Bian was worried about whether the other party would take off his disguise and destroy them behind closed doors.

"Xiao Cheng won't do that, he is a very ambitious person, the reason why he didn't immediately enter the palace to seize the throne must be because he is afraid of reputation, and he is probably waiting for an opportunity, a justifiable opportunity. Unless he doesn't have a choice, he won't rush it. ”

Through Xiao Yan's cautious and cautious character, Zhou even felt that this person should be a perfectionist, even if he ascended the throne and became emperor, he should establish the image of a good emperor or a great emperor in front of the people.

"You have a point, we're going to ask for someone now!"

The three of them immediately left the palace and went to the General's Mansion, and when they arrived at the General's Mansion, there was already someone waiting at the door, and this person was the General's deputy general Gu Tian.

Gu Tian showed a faint smile on his face, and saluted very respectfully: "The general knows that you are coming, and he has been waiting inside for a long time, so you come with me." ”

Gu Tian made an inviting gesture and led the three of them to the hall where the guests were meeting, and on the way, they saw strange stones dotted and flowers trimmed neatly and orderly in the morning, like a team ready to go.

They arrived after a while, and when they entered the hall of the reception, the three of them saw Xiao Cheng feeding Prince Yanwen candied dates.

Gu Tian saluted Xiao Cheng and said, "General, people have come!"

Xiao Yan touched the hair of the prince Yanwen, if this action is placed in the people, it is the love of the elders for the younger generations, but if it is placed in the king's family, the general touches the prince's hair, it means great disrespect, there is a sense of transgression, it can be said that the following is committed.

"So it's the eldest princess here......! Come on, serve tea ......" Xiao Cheng at this moment is very different from the appearance he showed when he first entered the city, it is simply like two people, to be precise, the original form is revealed.

Xiao Cheng knew that Yan Cai'er was coming, and touched the prince's hair in front of her, and when she saw her, the eldest princess, she didn't get up and saluted, and asked her to sit down very casually.

Even if ordinary people go to other people's homes as guests, the host will get up to greet them, otherwise they will be light guests, properly neglected and underestimated.

"Xiao Yan, you are so bold that you dare to kidnap the prince in public! Yan Cai'er scolded loudly.

"Eldest princess, you misunderstood, the prince is the lord of the Ninety-Five, how dare his subordinates hijack it! The princess should not slander his subordinates, his subordinates can't afford this crime, his subordinates just invited the prince to come to the mansion as a guest, and by the way, give the prince a taste of the big basket of country's special dates!" Xiao Yan still didn't stand up, and even played with the prince's round cheeks, without meaning to put the prince in his eyes at all.

Yan Cai'er was very angry by the other party's actions, knowing that her identity was difficult to suppress, she couldn't say anything about the other party, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

Zhou Geng was standing next to him, and it was estimated that he had to use his three-inch incorruptible tongue to have a verbal fight with the other party.

But now that he has lost his memory, his personality has changed a lot, and he has become more direct in doing things, he didn't say a word, he stepped forward and hugged the prince, and regardless of whether Xiao Yan agreed or not, he turned around and left.

Zhou Geng's actions completely blinded Xiao Cheng, and he was thinking in his heart who this person was? Without saying a word, he hugged the person and left, did he treat him as an ornament?

Not only Xiao Yan was stunned, but the others also had the same expression, and Zhou even opened his mouth to remind: "Why are you still stunned? The prince is tired and wants to go back to rest, why don't you hurry up and call a carriage to send us back!"