The maids outside were arguing endlessly, revealing each other's secrets, and in the end, no one was ashamed to stay, and scattered in all directions angrily. The two of them had seen enough of the show and went back to their houses.
As soon as Huai Yu stepped into the threshold of the main house, he heard a hoarse voice from the door: "Where did you go?"
Startled, she turned her head, covered her heart and said, "It's right at the gate of the mansion, where can you go? Why are you here? You don't even light the lamp."
Jiang Xuanjin looked her around carefully, and made sure she was fine, so she relaxed and said, "I just finished reading the official document, so I stopped by to have a look."
It's about time. Just finished watching? Huaiyu frowned, reached out and pinched his sleeves.
A refreshing chill seeped into his clothes, obviously he had been outside for a long time.
"You." Li Huaiyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're lying and you don't know how to change your clothes?"
Jiang Xuanjin was taken aback for a moment, then looked down, as if she didn't know what happened to her clothes. Just as I was about to reach out to look, my fingers were held by the person in front of me.
The temperature came from her palm, warming him so much that Jiang Xuanjin realized that his whole body was cold, and subconsciously withdrew his hand and took half a step back.
The person in front of him didn't seem to be afraid of the cold, he retreated closer to her, came up and pulled the tie of his coat, opened his skirt, and then stretched out his arms to hug her in.
"Cold." Jiang Xuanjin struggled.
Li Huaiyu hugged and did not let go, and said with a smile: "I know you are cold, so I warm you up."
"I'm afraid you'll be cold."
"I'm not cold. There's a charcoal fire in the room, and I still have my hands when I go out. The wind can't blow at all. It's you." Huaiyu looked up at him. In the dark room, this man's eyes shone slightly, " What are you doing with the cool breeze blowing outside for so long?"
Half-supporting her waist, Jiang Xuanjin didn't answer. He was slightly distracted for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Will you come with me to the border city of Ziyang?"
"Huh?" Huaiyu was puzzled, "What are you doing there all of a sudden?"
"It's close to the first-tier city. And it's lively." He said without changing his expression, "After all, there's nothing to do here, so let's go sightseeing."
Huaiyu was a little embarrassed: "Is it okay to just leave like this? The imperial envoy will come sooner or later, right?"
"It's okay." He said, "It's not too late to deal with him when he comes soon."
Hearing his relaxed tone, Li Huaiyu felt that it was no big deal for a while, and nodded after thinking for a while: "It's okay. They have suffered with me in the first-tier city for so long, and they should be relaxed."
"Then it's settled." Jiang Xuanjin said, "Let someone prepare it tomorrow."
"Okay." Huaiyu nodded obediently, followed his strength and sat down on the edge of the bed. Seeing that he was about to leave, she grabbed him with her claws and did not let go.
Jiang Xuanjin looked at her suspiciously, and the moonlight came in from the carved window next to her, shining brightly in her eyes.
"You sleep with me." She said half coquettishly half shamelessly.
Body slightly stiff, Jiang Xuanjin shook his head: "Your stomach."
With such a big one, if he were to share the bed with her, what should he do if he gets squeezed
"Because of this stomach, I can't sleep well no matter what." Huaiyu said with aggrieved lips, "You are by my side, maybe I can feel better."
Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips and stared at her stomach: "Why can't I sleep well?"
"It's not easy to put it on." She pointed to her swollen belly, "It's too high to put a pillow on, and it's empty if you don't put it on."
Pulling off his outer robe and hanging it on the screen next to him, he motioned her to go to bed, and then lay beside her.
Huaiyu hugged his arm with a smile: "Mr. Ziyang is really easy to talk about now."
With a cold look, he said, "I was not good at talking before?"
Huaiyu's eyes widened: "You used to be not only difficult to talk to, but you were not allowed to talk to you at all! Do you still remember the time when Lord Baihua came to the Northern Wei Dynasty in the fifth year of Daxing? The court discussed the etiquette to greet you. I just started With a mouthful, you blocked me back."
Recalling what she said, Jiang Xuanjin said: "You said at the time that you should welcome him with the highest courtesy."
"yes!"
The eldest princess who used to be dressed in the peony palace costume of Yaochi sat high beside the emperor, and said with a smile: "Eastern Jin Baihua Lord has an outstanding status, and I in the Northern Wei Dynasty should also have the demeanor of a great country. Only with tens of cars and hundreds of horses and hundreds of horses, can we welcome each other with open doors..."
"Your Highness." Jun Ziyang on the lower right interrupted her with a cold face, "No matter how high the status of Lord Baihua is, he is only a feudal monarch, not the king of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Come, how should I welcome him?"
Li Huaiyu clearly remembered Jiang Xuanjin's tone at that time, it was callous and heartless, it didn't give her face at all.
Thinking of that scene, Jiang Xuanjin smiled slightly: "I didn't know at the time."
"Don't know what?" Huaiyu pinched his arm resentfully, pretending to be angry.
The man turned his head sideways, naturally put his hand under her stomach, and slightly parted his thin lips: "I don't know that Mrs. Future Jun is sitting on top, sorry."
With a sound of "boom", a firework exploded in the heart, drawing out the sky full of brilliance, Huaiyu stared at him stupidly, after confirming that the words came from his mouth, the corner of his mouth moved to his ears little by little. The roots are cracked.
The reserved and elegant Mr. Ziyang... have you talked to her? Is there anything to keep this word? She wants to tell the whole world with drums and gongs!
"Say it again." She said with bright eyes.
Jiang Xuanjin seemed to have reacted, pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "Go to sleep, it's getting late."
"I'll sleep if you say so!" She cheated.
Covering her eyes with a headache, he was slightly annoyed: "If you keep messing around, I'll go back to my room."
With a flat mouth, Li Huaiyu couldn't stop laughing, eyes blinking, eyelashes scratching his palms, originally trying to tease him, who knew that after a while, she was tired first and yawned long.
Perhaps it was because Jiang Xuanjin was beside her, she always felt that sleeping on her side today was more comfortable than usual, her stomach was not empty, and her nostrils were filled with the reassuring fragrance of Brahma.
After a while, Huaiyu fell into a deep sleep.
Not daring to move the hand under her stomach, Jiang Xuanjin breathed lightly and looked sideways at her face.
Recently, she has taken good care of her and didn't have too many worries. This little face is finally rounded. Qi Jin said that by raising her up until the time of childbirth in this way, her body will recover a bit, and the danger will be reduced by two points.
That being the case, Jiang Xuanjin thought. Then let her have a good childbirth, and anything that would disturb her childbearing should be kept out of her sight.
In the past, he didn't know how offended she was his wife, but now he has a lot of opportunities, and he can slowly make up for her.
Huaiyu slept very well this time. When she woke up, Jiang Xuanjin had disappeared, and Qingsi stood beside her bed and said respectfully: "Master, everyone has already started packing their luggage."
"Huh? We all know we're going to the border town of Ziyang?" Huaiyu asked, yawning.
Qingsi nodded: "Your Majesty told the people in the mansion early in the morning that Qing Xian and Bai Ai will leave later, and the rest will leave as soon as noon passes."
In such a hurry? Huaiyu nodded, didn't ask any further questions, and then got up to wash and see what he was going to take with him.
There is peace in the princess mansion. The entire first-tier city is panicked.
A large number of officers and soldiers poured into the city and escorted the old and weak, women and children to the border city of Ziyang. Among the middle-aged men who were willing, they put on armor and joined the army to help, and those who were unwilling also evacuated after the women and children. Everyone knows that the imperial court has sent troops to the first-tier cities, and if they don't leave, Chi Yu will not be affected.
Jiang Xuanjin sent letters to Pingling, Changlin, Nanping, Gongyi and other places, warning them that the emperor intended to forcibly cut the land. Everyone tensed up, watching the situation here from a distance.
Just after the battle in Wuzi Canyon, he was leading his troops to retreat, and now he met the tail army of Jia Liang's group, and together with the guards in the first-line city, they were in a pincer attack.
Jia Liang panicked! With His Majesty's will, he didn't even enter the gate of the first-tier city, so he wanted to fight first? But Mr. Ziyang's murderous intentions have been nakedly revealed, and it is useless for him to seek peace. If he cannot break into the first-tier city, he will be besieged to death outside the city gate.
After thinking for a long time, Jia Liang still ordered the army to enter the city. At least break the deadlock first and save your own life.
"Kill—" the voices outside the city gate shook the sky, Jiang Xuanjin stood on the tower, and asked the people next to him in a low voice while watching: "Do you see clearly?"
The spy was sweating coldly, and he cupped his hands again and again: "I'm going to report back to my lords."
The court made the first move, and the facts were right in front of our eyes! The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, if even Ziyang Jun and the eldest princess can't keep this first-tier city. How can the princes of various places keep their fiefs
The people in the first-tier city fled and scattered into the surrounding areas, so the news that the imperial court sent troops to attack the first-tier city quickly spread throughout half of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
But Jia Liang didn't know anything, he just felt that the city was too easy to enter, and there seemed to be very few people in the city, so he started to search for Lord Ziyang's whereabouts, only to find that he was not in the city, but the Princess Mansion in the city. Also empty.
"I always feel a little weird." He muttered to himself, "Didn't someone say before that there are so many defenders in the city?"
"It must be that our people are too mighty, and they ran away in fright!" Someone next to him flattered with a smile.
"No." Jia Liang shook his head, "It's okay for others to say, but Mr. Ziyang has no reason to be afraid of us."
Even if they entered the city, they didn't dare to do anything to Jiang Xuanjin. He was ready to plead guilty early in the morning. The result is good now, it is an empty city, and Lord Ziyang disappeared directly.
Jia Liang was apprehensive, but his subordinates were overjoyed as soon as they entered the city. Taking advantage of the fact that their superiors were not in charge, they led the officials and started smashing houses in the city. Looting property.
"It's too much!" Mr. Changlin said angrily after hearing the news, "The first-tier city is an isolated city. If it weren't for the princess and Mr. Ziyang, the people there would have died. Now there is a turning point. The court thought well and sent troops. Come to take over, it is clear that it is a robbery!"
"Isn't it? His Majesty agreed to our request a while ago, saying it was a tax reduction, but the salt tax was reduced and added elsewhere. It doesn't change at all. What a grace." The staff sighed, " Forgive me for speaking bluntly, our Majesty is really greedy."
"What about Pingling?"
"Mr. Pingling is suffering. The emperor dispatched troops from him to deal with Lord Ziyang. He is absolutely unwilling and is trying to find a way to resist." Last time, I could sell Ziyang Jun as a favor."
"Oh?" Changlin Jun asked. "How to sell it?"
"Mr. Ziyang is now the one with the strongest military strength. It's not that he can't fight, but he doesn't dare to fight the imperial court for this first-tier city, for fear of giving some pretext for rebellion." Together, let’s stand up for Lord Ziyang. Suppress Pingling’s troops. In this way, it not only gives Lord Pingling a step down, but also helps Lord Ziyang. There are favors on both sides. Why don't you give Changlin a favor because of your temper?"
Makes sense! Mr. Chang Lin twirled his beard and considered it carefully for a long time, then nodded: "You can try it."
It happened that Mr. Nanping also wanted to help the eldest princess, so he hid behind Mr. Nanping to show his face. With favors gained, nothing can fall on him.
Just do what you say, Changlin Jun wrote a letter to Nanping, and gathered more than 3,000 people. After joining the army of Nanping, they all went to the first-tier city.
There was nothing wrong with this decision, and Jiang Xuanjin did prepare a generous thank you to Mr. Chang Lin, but since the troops of these two lords reached the first-tier city, they became the real "Ziyang Lord's accomplices" in the eyes of the emperor.
Li Huailin is thousands of miles away, so he doesn't know whether they are here to persuade peace or what they are here for. He only knows that these lords not only jointly petitioned for tax cuts, but also protect Ziyang Lord in every move, and completely ignore him as the emperor. Put it in your eyes.
The courtiers were all nervous, everyone knew what it would mean to the court if the emperor made trouble. If one entrusts the emperor to cause chaos, there is still room for relaxation. So many people join forces to cause chaos, maybe they will overthrow the Northern Wei Dynasty
Li Huailin was also a little panicked, he just wanted to bring Huang Jie back, who knew how he got involved with Lord Ziyang, and brought out so many people
If they retreat, the imperial court will lose face. If they don't retreat, they can only use soft and hard tactics to give this group of people some color.
Li Huailin still wanted to use people from Pingling, but Mr. Pingling pretended to be dead and stopped listening to his orders. It's fine if it's someone else, even Lord Pingling helped Jiang Xuanjin, Li Huailin was really angry.
"Preach my order, Lord Pingling refuses to obey the order and violates the laws of the country. Immediately arrest him and bring him back to the capital to wait for his punishment!"
If he didn't dare to use Jiang Xuanjin's knife, he could only kill others from Li Fangwu. Huai Lin's thinking was simple. After all, he was a brother. He couldn't really deal with Li Fangwu. He just wanted to arrest him and ask him. What the hell does it mean
However, what he didn't know was that Jiang Xuanjin had sent a letter to Pingling early before his imperial decree, reminding Lord Pingling to be careful and to be with you like a tiger.
Li Fangwu was still hesitating whether to go to seek favor with Lord Ziyang like Lord Changlin, but he didn't hesitate any longer when he heard the imperial decree asking for guilt. He immediately blocked the border city of Pingling and contacted Lord Changlin.
"What are you laughing at?" Huaiyu stood in the courtyard, looked sideways at Jiang Xuanjin beside him, and shivered, "Why are you laughing so weirdly all of a sudden?"
Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips, and stretched out her hand to wrap up the cloak for her: "I just think the weather is good today."