The huge inner hall was silent, only the cold wind whizzed by outside the window. The man closed his eyes and said nothing. In the darkness, the sharp-edged outline was slightly tense. Perhaps no political affairs had ever given him such a headache.
Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Liu Yin curled her lips and couldn't help but softly said: "Does my cousin think I'm annoying?"
After finishing speaking, another person started talking to himself, "Actually, I know I'm making trouble for no reason. After all, my cousin will always be drafted in the future. Without He Xin, there will be other people, but... But I just feel very uncomfortable. What should I do. "
In the end, her voice was choked with sobs. Liu Yin knew that her thoughts were alien, disrespectful, and shocking in the eyes of others. After all, how could an emperor only have her as a woman? They will also be urged to fill the harem by those old-fashioned censors.
But from the very beginning, didn't he know this was the ending
Looking at the sad man in his arms, the corners of Qin Yan's lips curled up helplessly, his gaze was like a torch, "I don't need a harem to balance the government, do you understand?"
It turns out that this little girl has so many things in her heart, no wonder she has such a big temper.
The more Liu Yin thought about it, the more it became difficult to breathe, but when she heard the voice next to her ear, her whole body froze. After a long time, she raised her head slightly. In the darkness, even though she couldn't see anything clearly, her gaze remained the same. Bright and focused.
"But... when the time comes, those ministers will say it's against the rules again..." There was disbelief in her voice.
The man frowned slightly: "What I'm talking about is the rules."
From the moment he rejected the draft, he thought she should understand, but he didn't know that a person had thought so much.
As if there was a ripple in his heart, Liu Yin couldn't help lowering his head with red eyes, never thinking that he would really not be drafted.
Unable to suppress the curvature of the corner of her mouth, she leaned her head over and kissed him on the chin, her little face flushed unconsciously, "I like Brother Emperor too!"
Eyelids drooping slightly, Qin Yan patted the head of a sycophant, with a low voice, "Just like it?"
Covering her head, Liu Yin blinked, and suddenly leaned over and said softly: "What's the name of the one I like?"
The eyebrows moved slightly, Qin Yan immediately pressed her head, with a smile in his eyes, "Slick tongue."
Cursing her lips, Liu Yin lowered her head and didn't say anything else, as if she had gotten used to the man's temperament. Although the man's promise was unreliable, she was willing to believe that the man would not lie to her, and there was no need to lie to herself. It's true that there is no draft, and her mood is like the warmth of spring, and she is in a good mood.
Originally, she wanted to ask about her elder brother's expedition, but she found that he was indeed very tired, so she didn't bother him to rest for a while.
In fact, think about it, sitting in his position must bear a lot of burdens, not only to balance the forces among the countries, but also to guard against the wolf ambition of King Zhennan. But she was still arguing for him to rest just now, thinking of this, Liu Yin felt that she was indeed very ignorant, never put herself in consideration of other people's situation, but he was still coaxing herself patiently.
She didn't speak any more, even her breathing was much lighter, for fear of disturbing the rest of the people next to her.
I don't know when she fell asleep, but when she woke up the next day, she heard the news from the court that her elder brother was appointed to go to Zhou Kingdom.
She didn't know what to say, even though she was very worried, she couldn't interfere with other people's ambitions, besides, Qin Yan must have his reasons for choosing his brother, and she couldn't figure out the affairs of the court.
But her mother didn't come to the palace to complain, because her elder brother was about to get married, but she couldn't go to the big wedding because Qin Yan didn't let her out of the palace, saying that there were many people in the big wedding who were dangerous, perhaps She had expected it a long time ago, and she was not surprised.
On the other hand, her elder brother led the army on the second day of his marriage. Liu Yin felt a little sympathetic to her new sister-in-law, but this decision was caused by many factors, so I can only pray that her elder brother will not have any accidents this time.
Just five days before the new year, the first snow of this winter suddenly fell, the whole palace was covered in a blanket of silver, even the courtyard was full of snow, Liu Yin wanted to go out to build a snowman, but soon made a snowman. It was strongly opposed by Nanny Liu.
Sitting by the window, she could only look at the palace servants outside the window, while raising her finger and saying: "This one is too small, I want a big one!"
The palace servants in the snow outside immediately responded respectfully: "Yes."
Looking at the person who looked like a child, Nanny Liu walked in with a bowl of medicinal food, she couldn't help shaking her head slightly, "I'm going to be a mother, when will you be more stable?"
Liu Yin: "..."
In this palace, what she most wanted to hear was a compliment from Nanny Liu.
Looking back, she sat on the soft couch and said solemnly: "The imperial doctor has said that only when you are in a happy mood can it be conducive to confinement. If I suffer every day, I will be fine, don't you think so?"
Knowing that the Empress has a lot of reasons, Madam Liu didn't say anything, put down the medicinal food and left.
After Liu Yin finished drinking the medicinal food, the snowman outside was also piled up. She immediately went out to inspect the finished product. The facial features of the snowman hadn't come out yet. Thinking of Qin Yan's appearance, she cut out an outline and inserted a carrot to make it nose.
"Is this the master you engraved?" Xiyun said solemnly while holding an umbrella for her.
Liu Yin: "..."
Glancing at the people next to her, she didn't make any excuses. She didn't go to Qianqing Palace until the imperial dining room brought bird's nest porridge. It seems that the court has been very busy these days, and Qin Yan hasn't had dinner with her for a long time. , Xiao Luzi also said that he usually just deal with it casually, and it will definitely not work if this continues.
Royal study.
The entire inner room was silent, and everyone's expression became solemn after hearing the soldier's words. After a while, Prime Minister Lu asked in a rough voice: "Didn't you say that the fifth princess is favored by the Turkic Khan, and you haven't contacted the princess? "
After saying that, the soldier's face was a bit complicated, and he didn't dare to raise his head, so he just knelt on the ground and said: "The fifth princess is indeed favored by the Turkic Khan, and she also has contact with us on weekdays, but until this time when the Turks invaded, General Zhang has sent someone to contact the princess immediately, but... but the person has been killed."
"And... and according to the report from the spies, the fifth princess... also provided a road map for the Turkic invasion this time, otherwise our army would not have retreated to garrison behind the city."
In an instant, everyone's expressions changed drastically. They never thought that the five princesses would rebel and even sell their own land!
Qin Yan sat at the desk and didn't speak, his expression remained the same, as if he wasn't surprised at all, he just lowered his head and wrote something, but other people suddenly started discussing, in the past, the Turks used to make small troubles to harass the border, The large-scale attack this time, and when they attacked Zhou Kingdom, they took advantage of others. The most abominable thing is that the fifth princess is actually a traitor!
"Your Majesty, the current border situation is not optimistic. I think it's better to discuss with Dongguo, temporarily suppress the plan to attack Zhouguo, and resolve the turmoil at the border first." A minister said straightly.
Hearing this, Prime Minister Lu on the side immediately retorted: "Now that the arrow is on the string, why don't you let it go? If you let Concubine Li go to the border gate, I think you can persuade the fifth princess."
Speaking of this, Liu Guozheng sneered, "A royal princess actually betrayed her own country, this is simply a disgrace to our Jin country! In the end, we must clean up the family! Besides, our great country is afraid of a soldier!" Can't the Diye clan succeed?!"
Everyone insisted on their own words, and their faces were red when they were arguing. Qin Yan handed the written letter to the soldier, "Give it to General Zhang."
Immediately went forward to take it, the soldier quickly knelt down on one knee, waited for a salute before retreating immediately.
The others also gradually stopped arguing, because they found that the emperor seemed to have his own opinion.
"Rongdi's food and grass are not stored much this winter, and it won't last long. Heishui City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Just drag and exhaust the opponent's food and grass." His voice was calm.
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of a group of people suddenly lit up, and they all flattered, "It's still the emperor's foresight, let's wait for work, wait until the other party's food and grass are exhausted, then we will counterattack, beat him to a rout, and then capture the fifth princess alive. Clean up the royal door!"
Hearing the flattery of a group of people, Qin Yan frowned slightly, and glanced at the crowd indifferently, "Then do you think that the Turkic invasion at this time will not have such concerns?"
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed again, and Liu Guozheng's expression was also a little complicated. He naturally understood the meaning of the emperor, and he was afraid that the Turkic King would be backed by the King of Zhennan. It's really unimaginable.
"Yu Shangshu stay."
Seeing this, everyone just paused, and immediately said in a respectful voice: "I will take my leave."
As the others retreated, the whole study was suddenly silent, and Yu Shangshu lowered his head with a serious expression, "I wonder what the emperor ordered?"
Qin Yan's eyes darkened, "Immediately block all cities leading to the border gate under martial law."
After finishing the words, he suddenly said: "The garrison route is changed every seven days around the southwest area."
As Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Mu certainly knew what the emperor meant, so he nodded solemnly at the moment, "I take orders!"
He didn't know what to think of, but he suddenly raised his head hesitantly, "Then... what about the few granaries that were found around the southwest?"
He didn't expect that Zhennan King would be so ambitious. Judging from the reserves of those granaries, they would definitely be available overnight. It seemed that the other party had clearly premeditated.
Qin Yan put down the wolf hair in his hand casually, and said in a calm voice, "There are many bandits in the surrounding area, and it is normal to rob a few granaries."
Hearing this, Yu Shangshu couldn't help but twitched his brows, and suddenly understood why the emperor hadn't killed all the horse bandits in that area, even if the other party had doubts.
After he also retreated, leaving Qin Yan sitting there alone looking at the table full of books, he suddenly got up and walked outside the room after thinking of something.
It was snowing heavily, even though the palace people were clearing the snow all the time, a layer of silvery white still fell on the palace road very quickly. Liu Yin held an umbrella and stepped into the snow step by step, as if it was fun, this snowy road slippery, she did not dare to sit in a sedan chair.
Goose feathers and heavy snow fell like catkins, and as a long ceremonial car came up the palace road, the palace people on both sides immediately knelt down on the ground, not even daring to lift their heads, and the people who were caught by the dragon just frowned. Looking at the woman in the heavy snow ahead.
"Niang Niang..." Xi Yun suddenly called out with a slightly changed expression.
Liu Yin was looking at the snow under his feet, walking very steadily with every step, fearing that he might fall, when he heard Xiyun's voice, he only slowly raised his head, but suddenly saw a mighty dragon approaching him drive out.
Xiao Luzi coughed lightly, and immediately waved for someone to stop the sedan chair.
Looking at the woman in plain fox fur with only half of her face outside, Qin Yan couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, while Liu Yin immediately walked over with Xiyun, holding up the food box in his hand , "I just wanted to deliver food to my cousin. I don't know if this is called a tacit understanding."
The surrounding palace people hurriedly lowered their heads, and only the empress in this palace had just talked to the emperor like this.
Seeing this sycophant, Qin Yan could only walk down Long Chuan, took the umbrella in her hand, and walked in front of her with that cool little hand.
Naturally, Xiao Luzi knew that the road was slippery in this snowy day, and the Empress would not be able to get rid of it in a sedan chair, so she immediately waved for people to retreat, while she followed behind with a big drop.
Taking off her fox fur hat, a gust of cold wind suddenly blows in front of her, Liu Yin shrank her neck, stretched out her palm, let the snowflakes fall to her palm, then smiled and handed it to the people next to her.
"This snow is so beautiful, if I give birth to a princess, how about calling it Chuxue?" Her face was full of expectation.
Glancing from the corner of his eyes, the man's eyebrows moved slightly, "I want you to study more on weekdays."