Xue Yuan remained calm, "What did Mrs. Xue say?"
"Your mother told you not to do such rogue and bandit things. You forcibly treat others as your sweetheart, and they don't necessarily care about you." General Xue looked at Xue Yuan suspiciously, and put the wine glass on the table, "You are Didn't you use force on other girls?"
Xue Yuan sneered when he heard this.
How can Gu Yuanbai's body use strength
If he can't use it, if he dares to use it, he should die.
Hearing this, Madam Xue was just making things up, or at best she had some guesses in her heart. But can his mother really guess who the person in his heart is? Xue Yuan's expression became lazy, he circled the mouth of the pot with his fingers of condensed green jade, rubbed the mouth of the cup with his fingertips, and drank the wine himself, ignoring General Xue's words.
But halfway through the drinking process, Xue Yuan suddenly remembered that Mrs. Xue had sent him a letter a few years ago. It's just that the letter was put together with what the sage returned to him, because it was too thin, Xue Yuan ignored it.
He wrote down this matter, and after the celebration was over, he returned to the tent, and after searching for a long time, he found the letter Mrs. Xue sent him.
The letter paper was thin, and I thought it was no big deal. But when he opened it, Mrs. Xue was anxious, and she was talking about the fact that after Sheng Shang entered his house, the jade hidden under the bed disappeared.
Xue Yuan squeezed Xin's fingers tightly, his eyes turned to the jade wrench in his hand, he breathed low, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
I see.
Xue Yuan finally understood that Gu Yuanbai was probably so angry because of the jade situation. But the conscience of the world can be learned from the sun and the moon. Xue Yuan just used the jade power to practice his hands. He was afraid that Gu Yuanbai would become red when he pinched it. After all, the little emperor was very tender and became red when he touched it. If Xue Yuan wanted to Touching Gu Yuanbai, how could he not practice
Why didn't the little emperor think about it, how could he be willing to touch him with jade pieces
Xue Yuan frowned, regretting why he didn't see this letter in time. If he had seen this letter before catching up with the messenger of the post station, he could have explained the reason for the jade situation in another way.
Xue Yuan put away the letter and paced back and forth in the room for a long time. Finally, he finally calmed down and thought about the words that he had entrusted to the post office officials to spread to the capital. direction of explanation.
Only when the post station resends the letter in the next year, can he explain the reason for his private collection of jade in the letter.
*
When the officials of the post station came to Beijiang to receive the letter after the new year, it was already after the fifth day of the first lunar month.
Xue Yuan had already prepared a letter and handed it over to him. The officials who came to the station this time changed their faces. They should have been instructed by the previous station officials. After seeing Xue Yuan, his attitude was even more respectful, which can be said to be sincere and fearful: " The small will deliver the general's letter safely to the capital."
Xue Yuan smiled amiably, and said politely, "Then please, sir."
This letter has to travel thousands of miles away, and perhaps Xue Yuan will not get a response even if he reaches the capital. Looking at the back of the station official leaving, Xue Yuan stood upright in the snow, his black hair flying with his hairband, and he was scrambling around.
He turned his gaze to a place further north, if he was faster, if he was faster, would he be able to return to Beijing in the spring breeze in February
*
The Spring Festival in the frontier was lively and lively, and the saint in the capital welcomed back the eunuch sent to the palace before the New Year's Eve.
The eunuch presented the letter written by Concubine Wan on the saint. Gu Yuanbai put the letter aside and asked earnestly, "How is Concubine Wan's health?"
If it wasn't for Gu Yuanbai's poor health, and because of last year's serious illness, he would definitely go to the Summer Palace in person and spend a good year with Concubine Wan.
The eunuch said: "Reporting to the concubine, the concubine's body is still healthy. I just really miss the saint. When the little one arrived at the palace, he saw the concubine looking at a stack of plum cakes in a trance. The aunt beside the concubine said, that was when the saint was young. Favorite pastry."
Gu Yuanbai sighed and smiled: "Indeed, I like it very much now."
The eunuch detailed the trivial matters of Concubine Wan one by one.
Gu Yuanbai listened very carefully, asking a few words from time to time, how many times Concubine Wan eats a day now, and how much she can eat at one time. He didn't bother to ask, and the person who answered didn't dare to respond at all. An hour passed between the question and the answer.
Gu Yuanbai came back to his senses and made people retreat. Then he unfolded the letter in his hand and read the contents above word by word.
Concubine Wan also missed Gu Yuanbai very much, but she took the trouble to say it many times, and asked Gu Yuanbai not to come to see her in the cold winter. She was fine in the palace, eating well and living well. Unfortunately, that means the emperor is not around.
It's just that if the emperor is by his side, Concubine Wan will not meet with Gu Yuanbai too much, lest Gu Yuanbai's body will not be able to bear such grief on that day.
After Gu Yuanbai read the letter, the thoughts in the letter were still lingering in his mind. He suddenly had people put on fox fur and leather gloves, and accompanied by everyone, he walked into the imperial garden.
There is a field of plum blossoms in the imperial garden, a little reddish between the snow, and as you get closer, the fragrance also strikes with a chilling air. Gu Yuanbai came to this place and picked up a plum that was dripping with snow.
The red plum blossoms were crushed on his hands, Gu Yuanbai said: "Bring some handkerchiefs here, I will pick some plum blossoms and make a plum blossom cake."
*
On New Year's Eve, there was supposed to be a palace banquet in the palace, but the sage, on the grounds that he was tired, only asked the clan and ministers to reunite with their families and not to accompany him.
There are no concubines and no children in the Shengshang Palace. I never felt anything in the past, and Nian He always felt lonely. Gu Yuanbai also noticed the silence in the palace, he thought about it, and asked Tian Fusheng to select a few children of the clan with good character and liveliness, and send them to the palace after the new year to accompany Mrs. Wan Concubine.
Tian Fusheng answered, and asked another question, "Your Majesty, do you want to summon a few young sons to play in front of the palace?"
"No," Gu Yuanbai couldn't help laughing and crying, "if you put it by my side, the palace will not be peaceful."
This year in the palace passed so smoothly. After the end of the winter vacation after the new year, officials up and down the Daheng Dynasty returned to the government, and the first thing the imperial court had to start preparing for was the military exercise in March.
Wu Ju is held every five years, and this time is the next year of Wen Ju. The grand occasion of martial arts in the Daheng Dynasty was also not inferior to that of Wenju. Gu Yuanbai went down to the court and went through the papers, and took out the papers of the previous champions of martial arts.
Martial arts is not just about martial arts. In addition to physical fitness, you also need to have military thinking, have studied military books, know how to arrange troops, and how to find a place to set up camp.
Gu Yuanbai reworked the previous scoring method of martial arts, and changed the way to test his physical fitness to another method.
When he thought about these ways to torment Wu Jusheng, there was a relaxed smile between the corners of his eyes and his brows.
If your own health is not good, it is really not fun to toss others.
After His Majesty the Emperor satisfied his own bad tastes, time quickly moved towards February.
The memorials from the northern Xinjiang began to fly into the capital like snowflakes. Since the beginning of February, the border soldiers have frequently clashed with the nomads. After being attacked by Daheng soldiers in batches, they finally wanted to abandon their previous grudges and plan to fight Daheng together.
At this time, only four of the eight Khitan tribes still survived.
After the nomads condense into one rope, their threat to Daheng will be greatly increased. The soldiers were prepared for this, and when they were preparing to propose a peace at the right time, something unexpected happened among the Khitan tribe.
The chief leader of the Khitan was seriously ill and died.
The Khitan tribes that originally planned to unite are surging, and there is no need for Daheng's people to do it, and they have faint signs of hostile separation.
In mid-February, the Khitan people took the initiative to seek peace with the Daheng people under the unease inside and outside.
General Xue was both surprised and felt that this matter was reasonable. He had a good discussion with the Khitan people on the matter of reconciliation, and secretly buried a lead in the idea of assimilation that the sage had thought.
When most of the nomads can get food, tea, seasoning and silk without war or plunder, when what they want can only be exchanged for Daheng coins in the merchant market, they are still willing to start a war.
People will not want to.
They will gradually settle for the status quo, and eventually they will become Daheng's horse farms.
From August to February, the six-month border standoff finally ended at this moment. In the memorial written by General Xue, he will stay in place to oversee the construction of the Shang Road, and General Xue Yuan, who is responsible for transporting military provisions and troops, has already returned to Beijing with his troops.
After thinking about it day and night, I flew back to Beijing.
Gu Yuanbai read this memorial several times, and the blood in his body seemed to boil with General Xue's brief words. His face was flushed with thin red, his eyes were bright, and he said loudly: "Okay!"
Six months, it's finally over!
Gu Yuanbai couldn't help standing up and wanted to sing a song, but in the end he just calmed down the turmoil in his chest. , saw the thousands of troops on the frontier.
Happy, so happy, so happy that I just want to laugh.
The right time and place seemed to be on Gu Yuanbai's side. The Khitan people's civil strife was destined to cause a stir that could stir up their entire clan. Such civil strife, if no strong leader was born, might even be possible. will last for more than a few years.
Gu Yuanbai only noticed this thing in his head, and only thought about this thing. When the night was a little dark, and when it was time for dinner, he remembered what General Xue said in the memorial that Xue Jiuyao was coming back.
Xue Jiuyao.
Gu Yuanbai was a little dazed, and in an instant, Xue Yuan tickled the corner of his mouth suddenly flashed in front of him, pretending to be smiling.
Slender, tall and straight, polite.
What did the sage think of, he turned around and asked Tian Fusheng, "Did Xue Jiuyao send me a letter some time ago?"
Tian Fusheng nodded and replied respectfully, "Yes."
Gu Yuanbai hadn't read the letter yet, but after thinking about it, he should probably thank him for his kindness in sending flowers, so he casually said, "Go and get it and let me see it."