"Sure enough, the person is no longer in the royal city of Northern Frontier!" Pei Yuanjun said lazily after reading the letter, then put the letter down, turned around and walked to the desk, looking at a large map placed on the desk. This is a map of Northern Frontier, which is basically complete, but there are still some places that need to be clarified. Now he is mainly looking at the place where the two armies are facing each other.
He gestured with his hand, and the corners of his thin lips curled up, revealing a cold smile, "I have been here for so long, but I have only received letters."
"They... left?" Ji Hai followed, eyes wide in surprise, "Didn't they say there's actually no conclusion yet? After all, they're still parent-child!"
“Under such circumstances, the Second Prince can still achieve this. It is not simple to say. It is indeed not simple. No wonder he has been stirring up trouble in the Northern Frontier for so many years, causing unrest and making the court turbulent from time to time.” Pei Yuanjun smiled gracefully without a trace of anger, but looking at him made people feel scared, as if the next moment, this coldness would pierce the heart like a sharp dagger.
"What do you mean, sir?" Ji Hai asked cautiously.
Because he knew more, he became more careful. This matter had been plaguing the dynasty for decades, and countless people were implicated, from the Empress to ordinary people, and it happened more than once. It was obvious that the actions over there were not something that ordinary people could compare to.
"Just let him go and stay safe outside. Let Duke Xing help him when necessary. Since he came from Duke Xing, there may be more to come." Pei Yuanjun said leisurely, sitting down on the chair in the middle, pressing his hand between his eyebrows, his handsome eyes full of coldness.
The sharpness carries a bit of bloodthirstiness. Border soldiers who have truly seen blood will more or less have this temperament, but there are very few who have it as accumulated on their eyebrows as Pei Yuanjun, so sharp that it almost condenses into momentum. It can be seen that many people have died in his hands. That kind of hostility is usually hidden behind his elegance and luxury, covered up by the nobility that comes from his bones.
Only at times like this can you see the real him.
"Isn't it too easy for him to just let it go like this?" Ji Hai thought for a moment and asked.
"Of course I can't let him off so easily. He has been hiding it from me, so I have to let him know. I already know something about this matter, so he has to pay more." Pei Yuanjun said with a smile.
“But he… in his current situation… he probably doesn’t have much blood left, right?” Ji Hai said hesitantly. He had already escaped, so how much energy would he have left
"If he doesn't have it, isn't there still a Northern Frontier?" Pei Yuanjun said indifferently.
Ji Hai didn't understand at first, but then he came to his senses and clapped his hands vigorously, "Yes, I was wrong. Don't we have the entire Northern Frontier? Even if we don't have it now, we still have it in the future. What's more, we may not have it now. After all, it's our own!"
"That's right, sir!" Ji Hai said with a smile.
"Tell Liu Xiangshan that I will be returning to Beijing soon. I have been here for some time and the emperor has come to urge me." Pei Yuanjun said lazily.
"Master, what should we do about Miss Liu?" Ji Hai asked implicitly. This Miss Liu really refused to give up. When she met her master with the General Fuguo before, her master didn't treat her well, and didn't pay any attention to her. But she refused to give up and kept coming to give her gifts and show her concern.
For the sake of his position as General Auxiliary to the State, he cannot go too far.
The relationship between comrades-in-arms is much closer than that between ordinary court officials.
"Does it have anything to do with me?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and said indifferently. There was a sense of dignity between his eyebrows, but also a bit of noble coldness.
"It has nothing to do with the prince, but what if Miss Liu wants to go to Beijing again this time?" Ji Hai asked more carefully.
In fact, this matter was not groundless. The emperor had asked about this matter before, asking about the relationship between his master and Miss Liu. It seems that he was intentionally trying to bring them together.
"If she wants to go to the capital, then she can go to the capital. But this is a one-time thing for me." Pei Yuanjun raised his lips, handsome and elegant, but his words were more sarcastic. "If she wants to go to the capital, then make some trouble for her. What the emperor does is his business. If the emperor likes her, he can take her into the harem."
“Master… I think it’s possible that the Emperor…” Ji Hai glanced at his master’s expression hesitantly, not knowing whether he should say this or not.
He always felt that this Miss Liu was not so easy to deal with, and there was a high possibility that she would follow him to Beijing this time.
"If the emperor wants to summon her to the capital, then do it. What does it have to do with me? I still have to visit my second brother, and it would not be convenient for a woman like her to follow him." Pei Yuanjun said leisurely.
"Yes, that's what my master said!" Ji Hai nodded repeatedly. He had already understood in his heart that there was no hope for this Miss Liu. No matter how good her reputation was here at the border, it was rumored that her eye injury was related to her master. It was said that she was injured while protecting her master. Now that his master said so, all these methods were useless.
Ji Hai had been serving his master since he was a child. He had seen his master disobey the emperor many times. Although he felt that disobeying the emperor was not good, the emperor didn't say anything. As a servant, he certainly wouldn't think anything of it.
After thinking about it, I realized that except for this Miss Qu Si, this master has never been lenient with any other woman.
So what if this Fourth Miss Qu entered the palace as a concubine
My master will not give in. This girl is the only one who can enter the Prince of Yun's Mansion, and no one can surpass her. My master is a very protective person. If he really cares about her, he will never let her suffer any grievance. What the future will be like is still up to me. Even if His Majesty likes her, it will be in vain if I don't agree.
If you push me too far, and let Miss Liu enter the palace, I will tell you even in front of the emperor...
The Fuguo General's Mansion is one of the two largest mansions in the city, and the other one is used as a temporary palace for the Prince of Yun.
The back garden of the general's mansion has everything. Even though this is a remote area with a shortage of supplies, it has everything and is not much worse than the big families in the capital.
All the pavilions and towers in the garden are exquisite, and the cost is naturally greater than that in the capital.
After all, places like this are short of everything. If you want something, you have to spend a lot of money to get it here. Some of the things may even be from the Jiangnan area. Not to mention the cost, just the shipping fee is not something that ordinary people can afford.
Two women were sitting on the second floor of a pavilion in the garden.
One was Miss Liu Lanxin, who had been going to the Prince of Yun's palace. Her bandage had been removed at this time. Her eyes had indeed been injured before, but the reason for the injury was an accident and had nothing to do with Pei Yuanjun. The only reason was that she was following Pei Yuanjun out at that time.
Unexpectedly, they encountered the enemy and a stray arrow flew over and injured her in the sedan. The arrow grazed her eyelid and her vision in one eye became blurred. Even after being treated for some time, it is still not so clear.
Sometimes she would apply some medicine. Liu Lanxin always felt that since one of her eyes was injured, the size of her two eyes were different. So before her eye healed, she always tied her eyes with a bandage when she went out. Later, she found that she looked even more pitiful with this bandage. In addition, if the news got out, her reputation would be even better when she was seen with the bandage.
After all, she was a woman who went to the battlefield to save Prince Yun, which was worthy of respect.
The general's daughter is worthy of a thumbs-up and is called a heroine. She is different from those spoiled young ladies raised in the capital.
Opposite her sat a beautiful woman who looked to be around twenty years old. Compared to Liu Lanxin, who was known as the most beautiful woman in the border area, her appearance was not only outstanding, but also had a more mature charm. Her every move revealed the tenderness of a woman, and when she raised her eyes slightly, she was full of infinite charm and captivating.
The two of them sat there playing chess, and as soon as a move was made, Liu Lanxin frowned.
"What's wrong? Are you upset?" The woman opposite asked with a soft smile and also made a move.
"How could it be like this? I've done so much, why is it still... still like this? Is it really impossible to get used to it?" Liu Lanxin said angrily. She pressed her brow with her hand and put the chess piece in the chess box with a worried look on her face. She really liked Prince Yun and wanted to marry into his mansion.
She has done everything she can now, so why is there still no effect
"That just means that the Prince of Yun doesn't fancy you." The woman opposite smiled slightly, revealing a bit of coquettishness, and said softly, "I haven't seen the Prince of Yun for several years, but the Prince of Yun at that time was still quite good, and he wasn't so aloof, or maybe... something made the Prince of Yun angry."
"What's the matter?" Liu Lanxin said angrily. Although she believed the woman opposite her, she felt embarrassed at this moment.
"This... I'm really not sure. I only remember that the Prince of Yun at that time was just a gentle and noble young man. He doesn't seem to be the same person as the Prince of Yun in your words." The woman giggled and looked towards a certain point outside the window. She seemed to remember something, and seemed to see something. The smile on the corners of her lips became more gentle.
It makes people feel inexplicably sweet.
"Was the Prince of Yun really different back then? Aren't those just appearances?" Liu Lanxin said doubtfully. She didn't believe it.
"Of course it's different. The Prince of Yun back then actually hadn't been in charge of the army for long, and he didn't have that much evil aura, or... his heart wasn't as real as it is now." The woman retracted her gaze and turned to Liu Lanxin's face, her smile becoming more and more seductive, "Don't be anxious, take your time, you have to make him accept you. If he accepts you, everything else won't be a problem."
"But he doesn't even see me!" Liu Lanxin said angrily.
"So what? It will always impress him. Didn't your father submit a memorial to the capital, implicitly mentioning the matter between you and Prince Yun? An imperial decree should be issued soon." The woman said in a delicate voice, pushing the chess set to Liu Lanxin, "Don't be angry. People like Prince Yun should be treated gently. No one has entered the heart of this prince for so many years, because those people can't keep their composure!"
Liu Lanxin picked up a chess piece and put it down. The woman also put down a piece casually. "To overcome strength with softness is an old saying. Why do you need to rush? This time you follow him to the capital, you can't act rashly. Just follow him if you are ready. You can still have the opportunity to spend time with him privately along the way. Just prepare well."
Liu Lanxin's eyes lit up, she nodded repeatedly, and threw the chess pieces aside: "I'll go get ready now."
"That's fine. Prepare more. It'll take quite a while to get to Beijing!" The woman watched Liu Lanxin leave and gave her a few more instructions. Liu Lanxin nodded repeatedly, then left with her people without hesitation to prepare things for Beijing.
The woman watched her leave with a smile on her face. She was gentle and beautiful, exactly the kind of beauty that was most admired in the capital. If she were in the capital, the title of the most beautiful woman would probably go to her.
Seeing that Liu Lanxin had left, she muttered to herself with a certain amount of complacency, and whispered in a voice that only she could hear, "Pei Yuanjun is not the kind of person who is easily transferred to others. So what if he is gentle and clingy?"