Looking up at the sky, the clouds were thick and dark.
Li Huaiyu: "..."
Squinting her eyes, she asked, "Is there something you're hiding from me?"
Pulling off her loose tie and re-tying a beautiful bow, Jiang Xuanjin smiled lightly: "Why do you think so?"
Grabbing his hand, Huai Yu raised her eyebrows: "People's intuition is very accurate, let alone there are two of us now."
Letting her grab him, Jiang Xuanjin stretched out his other hand, touched her head, then her stomach, and nodded: "There is something that I kept from you for a long time."
"What?" Li Huaiyu sullenly looked at him seriously.
Jiang Xuanjin lowered his head and looked back. Confession softly: "As early as the first time you jumped into my carriage, I was a little moved."
Oh, the first time I hopped in his wagon...
Wait a minute, what? !
Huaiyu was stunned, his eyes were bigger than copper bells, and he stared blankly at the person in front of him: "You..."
How could you be moved so early? All she could think about at the time was how to kill him!
"I really feel guilty for lying to you for so long." Jiang Xuanjin said apologetically, "Apologize to Madam, and let Madam deal with it?"
Li Huaiyu was dumbfounded, for a moment she forgot what she was suspicious of, and only had this gentle smiling face in her eyes and mind, swallowed, and stammered: "I, I... I also have guilt. "
Taking a deep look at her, Jiang Xuanjin brushed her hair behind her ears, half-closed her eyes and said, "I don't blame you."
Like the spring breeze blowing across the face, the lake water rippled, Li Huaiyu's heart was slightly sour, and he felt hot again, he held his hand tightly and looked at him for a while, then softly said: "Let me embroider a robe for you."
"Um?"
"I can't do anything else." Scratching her head, she said, "Lately, I saw that Chu Niang has been embroidering and knotting all the time. After learning a few things, I can give you a spring coat."
The light in his eyes flowed, Jiang Xuanjin curled his lips, and quickly pressed them down again.
"Okay." He said gently.
Chengxu and Yufeng squatted behind the rockery and watched, with complicated expressions.
"The master didn't know how to say these words before, why is it so smooth now?"
Yufeng sighed and shook his head: "Those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black."
Madame must not have thought of that. One day, she will be deceived by the king, see, the babbler will be fooled by the king directly, and she will embroider a robe for him.
It's a turmoil outside, but this place is good, the spring breeze blows and the flowers are in full bloom!
Seeing that Qingsi came to help his wife drink the medicine. Chengxu finally seized the gap, went out and cupped his hands to report: "Master, the three lords of Changlin, Pingling, and Nanping have letters."
Jiang Xuanjin turned her head, and her face, which was still extremely gentle just now, suddenly returned to indifference: "The reply letter has been placed in the secret compartment of the study, just send it out."
What else can Cheng Xu say if he is ready to reply without looking at what he said? I can only admire my master, bowed deeply and took the order to leave.
After laying the groundwork for so long, these three people finally have the intention to help him. Since they are willing to write to him, the next thing will be much easier.
Jiang Xuanjin smiled again.
Lord Pingling's biggest headache is the target of the Holy One, so he can protect him under his wings, and even solve the problem of lack of salt in Pingling for him; Lord Changlin is a cautious person who likes a smooth life. If you want to lock him in, you have to make a lot of money and make use of it; as for Mr. Nanping... this person should be made because of Huaiyu.
Li Huaiyu received a lot of infamy before, but to be honest, there are also many people who treat her sincerely. Xu Xianyun and Lanqing are now in the main city of Danyang. Seizing power for her and consolidating Danyang's power, Wu and the others went through life and death without a single complaint. As for Mr. Nanping, I heard that he had received favors from the eldest princess many years ago, and he has helped her many times since then. Last time, he asked Mr. Changlin to send congratulatory gifts, and this time he helped her even more out of righteousness.
Such a person has to be sincere.
The first-tier city was robbed this time, and there were no casualties. Jia Liang condoned his subordinates to smash, smash and loot. The notoriety has spread, giving Mr. Changlin and others ample reason to besiege the city. He and Huaiyu just sit here and reap the benefits.
"So generous?!" When Changlin Jun received the reply, he was in the barracks thirty miles southeast of the first-tier city, holding the letter paper, his eyes lit up, "Thirty thousand feather arrows, armored soldiers Six thousand, three hundred good horses... What a great deal!"
The staff smiled and cupped their hands: "The villain is not wrong. This Lord Ziyang is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. If your lord helps, he will repay you. No matter what you count, it is not a loss."
Changlin lacks armor and weapons the most, while Ziyang happens to have countless iron mines, and many cities are rich in blade armor. Mr. Chang Lin made up his mind to buy it, but he didn't find the right opportunity to ask. Right now it is good, Ziyang Jun sent him such a large number directly.
Feeling hot in his heart, Mr. Changlin clapped the case and said: "What else is there to say? The justice of the first-tier city, we have to get it back for Mr. Ziyang!"
"Yes!" The staff responded with a smile.
So, when Jingdu received the news, Jia Liang was already in dire straits.
"It's really the opposite!" Qi Han yelled angrily in the court hall, "The first-tier urban areas and small towns belong to neither Ziyang nor Danyang. What reason do they have to prevent the imperial court from controlling them?"
"What the Prime Minister said is true." Liu Yunlie frowned, "The last time the lords wrote a letter to coerce you to reduce taxes, it was already extremely rude. Your Majesty is generous and doesn't care about it. I thought they would change their ways, but who would have thought that they would actually get worse. If the imperial court does not move again, I am afraid that the Northern Wei Dynasty will be unstable!"
Li Huailin's face was very ugly, he sat on the top and glanced at all the officials, his eyes fell on Bai Dezhong: "What do you think, Lord Yushi?"
Bai Dezhong is now doing nothing except going to court, and the position of censor is already equivalent to a vacant position, but he still stands upright, with a righteous look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, my humble opinion, Lord Ziyang and Danyang The lord seems to have not come forward, but the other lords have objections to the matter of the first-tier city, Your Majesty might as well ask someone to ask the ins and outs before making a decision."
"How else to ask? The soldiers of the fiefdom have already trapped the imperial envoy in the first-tier cities!" Situ Jing said angrily, "The imperial envoy represents His Majesty. They don't take the imperial envoy seriously, but they don't take His Majesty seriously. This is disrespect, and the crime is convincing!"
Bai De shut his mouth again and remained silent.
Li Huailin frowned and glanced at Situ Jing, and suddenly felt a little annoyed: "You can't let someone finish the sentence? A few words and a few words have settled the matter, so should I send troops to the fief to inquire about the crime now?"
"Your Majesty, I think this should be the case." Situ Jing cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Pingling refused to accept the imperial edict, and Lord Changlin and Lord Nanping besieged the imperial envoys. If Your Majesty endured all these actions, then they must be even more arrogant and treat imperial power as nothing. !"
"What Master Situ said is very true." Qi Han seconded. "There must be some punishment."
Liu Yunlie also said: "My minister agrees with what Sir Situ said."
Li Huailin sat high on the dragon seat, his brows were cold.
After the next court, he went to the harem.
Concubine Ning waited for him in the palace with hot soup, and when she saw him coming back, she smiled and greeted him, then welcomed him into the palace, scooped the soup into the imperial bowl with a spoon, and served it in front of him.
"Is Your Majesty unhappy again?" She asked softly.
The door of the palace was closed, and there was no one else around, Li Huailin's hostility was revealed without any concealment, and he smashed the soup bowl on the ground with a "pop" sound.
If it was another concubine, he would definitely be frightened by him, but Concubine Ning was not surprised, she took a spare bowl to refill the soup, put it in front of him and said: "I can only throw this bowl again, my minister The concubine only boiled three bowls in total."
Looking at her with eyes full of anger, Li Huailin said: "Am I destined to be manipulated by others?!"
Her white and soft fingers squeezed the spoon, scooped it up and handed it to his lips. Concubine Ning said with a smile: "Your Majesty is extremely intelligent, resourceful, and has already seized the power from the Eldest Princess at such a young age. It is an extraordinary people."
"You didn't see it!" Li Huailin said in a low voice, "Those old thieves Situ Jing seem to be the only place where they can speak in the court. Now the voices I can hear are getting less and less, and they are still not satisfied. I only listen to them!"
"I also want to be a good emperor who speaks widely and accepts advice, but the current ruling and opposition parties. I can't change..."
With red eyes, Li Huailin looked at Concubine Ning and asked, "Did I make a mistake from the beginning?"
Seeing him like this, Concubine Ning was very distressed, she softly coaxed him to drink two spoonfuls of soup, and sighed: "People in the royal family can't help themselves, everything you do has your own reasons, you can't justify it wrong."
Pursing his lips tightly, Li Huailin looked stubborn, but his eyes were still a little guilty.
After a long while, he came back to his senses and wanted to say something, but saw Concubine Ning Guifei's red and swollen back of her hand.
"What's going on?" His face darkened, and he asked while grabbing her hand.
Concubine Ning Gui smiled lightly: "I accidentally burned the soup while boiling it."
"Why do you boil it yourself? There are so many people in the palace who are not just for nothing!" He said angrily, "Next time you make it like this, I will make all the maids in your palace kneel and go to Huangquan Road!"
The roar grew louder, and the maids guarding the palace gate were so frightened that they all knelt down, and those who were timid covered their mouths and cried.
Concubine Ning stopped laughing, she stretched out her hand to tug on his dragon robe, frowning slightly.
This man has always been so fierce, since the eldest princess left. The hostility became more and more severe, and many times they wanted to take people's lives indiscriminately, as if they didn't take human lives seriously.
Seeing her expression, Li Huailin raised his chin: "Do you have a problem with me?"
She has always supported him, protected him like the eldest princess, and treated him well, so the emperor dotes on her the most, and she is the most favored among the six palaces, and even the Ning family is prosperous.
But she didn't insist on being rich and famous, what she was more afraid of was that he would be doomed.
"Don't talk?" Feeling anxious, Li Huailin squeezed the dragon robe tightly, "Even you don't want to talk to me anymore."
"Your Majesty..."
Waving his sleeves and getting up, Li Huailin seemed to be angry with someone, and said coldly: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. If you think I am wrong, then I will stay in another place."
After finishing speaking, he got up and left Hexi Palace.
Ning Wanwei sat on the couch, stared blankly at his back for a long time, suddenly remembered the etiquette, gathered her palace skirt, stood up and knelt down towards the door.
At the end of the year, Kyoto is known for selecting the forbidden army. Send 30,000 troops to press down on Pingling. Jiang Xuanjin had already expected that, together with Changlin and Nanping, they would gather 40,000 troops to guard the border town for Pingling.
Jia Liang quickly retreated from the first-tier city, and before leaving Pingling, he died at the hands of unknown assassins. Between the fiefdom and the imperial court. Immediately there was a big conflict.
Mr. Changlin just wanted to help take back the first-tier cities, but Mr. Ziyang's attitude was really good, and the benefits were huge. He hesitated for half a month, but he still stood in line, delaying the payment of taxes to the court, and delaying At the end of the year, I went to Beijing to report on my work.
He won't go. It is impossible for Lord Pingling to go, and Lord Nanping also claimed that he would not go to Beijing due to illness, let alone Ziyang and Danyang.
"Why did it suddenly happen?" When Li Huaiyu received the news, she was leaning on the soft couch with her seven-month-old belly, staring round at Jiang Xuanjin with a pair of almond eyes, "What did you do?"
I thought that going to Beijing at the end of the year would be another game, but who knew that these lords would not even want to go to Beijing. She raised the fetus smoothly and had no idea what was going on.
Jiang Xuanjin said innocently: "I have been with you all this time, why have I ever done anything?"
Thinking about it, this person stayed with her all day, looked at her stomach, and was more nervous than her, so he probably didn't have time to deal with Huai Lin. But…
"Have we been in Ziyang Border City for a month? When will we be able to return to the first-tier city?" She wondered, "If it's okay in a day or two, how can there be no news from the first-tier city after I've been away for so long?"
Jiang Xuanjin said calmly: "If you want to go back, I will have someone prepare the carriage in the afternoon."
It just so happened that all the people from the imperial court in the first-tier cities had retreated. In order to please him, Lord Pingling compensated him with a lot of money.
"That's good." Huaiyu said with pouting, "I want to go back and have a look, and it happened that Chu Niang was also talking about it, saying that her net was finally finished, and she wanted to take it back and find a shop to exchange for something."
"Can Luozi exchange things?" Jiang Xuanjin was puzzled.
Li Huaiyu nodded and sighed: "She played so complicatedly and spent a lot of energy. I think the shopkeeper should give her a treasure."
After thinking about it, Jiang Xuanjin asked, "How is your robe embroidered?"
Mentioning this, Li Huaiyu scratched the back of his head embarrassingly: "It's still early, I chose the simplest pattern, and I'm asking Chuniang to teach me."
"Okay." The person in front of him nodded and said seriously, "When you finish embroidering, bring it to me as a treasure."
Um? Huaiyu was speechless, and looked at him unexpectedly: "The first brewing is a good craft, and the shopkeeper will exchange it for her. What do you want to exchange for me?"
This question is very serious, Jiang Xuanjin thought about it seriously, and then said: "Just think that I am fascinated by beauty."