Xie Ying did not enter the imperial palace like Ruan Yu did, but still handled affairs in one of his private residences.
The forward defense has long been arranged seamlessly. According to Xie Ying's style, he seldom defends the city passively, but always seizes the right time to take the initiative to attack. He had no intention of letting these troops approach the capital at all.
Someone came in and presented something, saying: "My lord, a letter from the Yan family."
Shen Xingliu unfolded the letter paper, read it first, his complexion changed slightly and returned to normal, and said, "Your Majesty, it's Yan Yu'er."
Yan Yu'er had already shown her kindness to the eldest son of his family, and expressed the hope of cooperating with the eldest son. The prince... also agreed. He also gave some instructions to Yan Yu'er, and sent many people to sneak into Jingzhou.
Yan Yu'er really acted according to the order of the son, at least on the surface.
Xie Ying didn't answer the letter, but asked, "What did she say this time?"
"Yan Yu'er asked for the position of imperial concubine on the condition that she lead 50,000 soldiers to join her. She said that she could even try to get rid of Yan Fengqin." Shen Xingliu skipped the redundancy and only talked about the key. "Besides, she wants to see the prince, and wants to discuss with the prince face to face."
All the staff officers and generals around showed subtle expressions. Sheng Ling has always been straightforward: "This kind of poisonous woman, the prince can't bear it!"
Xie Ying narrowed his eyes and snorted lightly.
Han Yunrong said: "It's still a coincidence that Xie Shaocai wrote a letter, willing to support the son as emperor. Yan Yu'er also came to surrender."
Sheng Qing frowned: "When Xie Shao came to Beijing...it's hard not to think that he was in collusion with the Yan family. My son, I don't agree with accepting Yan Yu'er and Xie Shao, that might be to lure wolves into the house."
Xue Chengzhan said: "Yes, neither Yan Yuer nor Xie Shao can be trusted."
Xie Ying finally said: "Send a letter to Xie Shao, if he really submits to me, then let him bring only two hundred relatives to Beijing, and let the rest stay where he is stationed, and hand over to Xue Chengzhan and Nie Zhao to take over. If it happens , I... respect him as a brother and give him the position of prince. Otherwise, we have to fight each other."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, they all knew Xie Ying's indifference towards Xie Shao, but he said that he was willing to "respect each other as brothers", could it be because Xie Shao sacrificed his life to fight Suowuta with the prince last time, and let the prince treat Xie Shao Has Shao changed? Or purely out of political considerations.
"Yes, son." No matter how surprised they were, Xue Chengzhan and Nie Zhao quickly stood up and took orders.
Shen Xingliu asked: "Then how to answer Yan Yu'er?"
"The Yan family, I'll go there by myself."
Most of them were voices of opposition: "Whether Yan Yu'er really turned against Yan Fengqin, or whether the two of them deliberately set up a situation to lure the prince to go, it is not yet known."
Xie Ying tried her best to overcome all opinions and decided on it like this. Started discussing other things.
... When the end came out, it was already a branch on the moon, and it was not far from Gu Taiyan's mansion, so Xie Ying stopped by.
"Teacher and teacher's wife, are you still used to living in Beijing?" Xie Ying thanked Mrs. Gu for the boiled Ganlan water she made herself, and asked after taking two sips.
Sheng Xiao still stayed in Weizhou, while Gu Taiyan went to Beijing to assist Xie Ying in controlling the political situation and let Xie Ying concentrate on winning Jingzhou. Everyone in the court could clearly see that this Gu Taiyan must be the future prime minister.
Both of them answered that they were used to it, and Mrs. Gu added with a smile: "After going to Beijing, Nanci also lived with us, so I feel even more relieved."
When the other party mentioned Gu Nanci, Xie Ying took advantage of the situation and said: "Teacher, there are quite a lot of talented people in Beijing, some of them are not yet married, the teacher can pay attention to it for senior sister."
Gu Taiyan's face remained unchanged, and he nodded to show that he knew. Madam Gu's smile faltered slightly. The meaning is very clear, Xie Ying is asking Gu Taiyan to find a husband for Gu Nanci.
The master and apprentice chatted again, and when Xie Ying left, Mrs. Gu couldn't help but said, "Husband, what is A Ying's intention?... Could it be that he has no plan to let Nanci enter the palace in the future?"
Gu Taiyan said calmly, "I didn't intend to let Nan Ci enter the palace either. A Ying has regarded her as her elder sister since she was a child, can't you see it?"
Mrs. Gu said anxiously: "Yes, but our Nanci..."
Gu Taiyan said: "Okay! She has been so self-willed for so many years, it should be a tail."
Seeing her husband's words and tone revealing his disappointment with his daughter, Mrs. Gu had no choice but to keep silent although she was a little bit unwilling.
When Xie Ying returned to Zhu Yi's mother and son, they were already sound asleep.
The man kissed each of the big and small cheeks, and turned to look at the big one.
Zhu Yi used to be very dishonest when sleeping, but now she is holding the child with her heart, and she can maintain a position without moving. She has never pressed Ah Rong.
Xie Ying looked at Zhu Yi's well-behaved sleeping posture, stroked her fingers, and raised the corners of her mouth.
On the second day, Xie Ying really led the army to Songzhou, where Yan Yuer had agreed to meet in the letter.
Yan Yu'er waited for a few days in Banyuegang, Songzhou, and finally saw the dust flying in the distance, it was the mountains and rivers turbulent by countless cavalry. She knew that the person she had been waiting for for a long time had arrived.
Sure enough, the face of the leader became clearer and clearer, it was Xie Ying.
When Yan Yuer saw Xie Ying until now, she still felt a shivering feeling in her spine, a feeling of fear and excitement at the same time. She watched the dignified figure get off the horse and walk towards her, and said slowly: "Xie Ying, you are finally here."
"Ask me to come here to discuss something, let's just talk about it."
"It's nothing else, it's just what the letter said. I know that you must leave the position of empress to Zhu Yi. Therefore, I only want the position of imperial concubine."
Xie Ying showed a faint smile of unknown meaning: "Yan Yu'er, you use the military power I won for you to ask me for something? I'm not too bad."
Yan Yu'er was furious in her heart, she gave him herself and all her wealth, and she got a word "losing" to describe it. But she didn't show it on her face, she just said: "You helped me win the military power, but I also helped you hold Yan Fengqin and bought you so much time."
The other party disagreed: "Yan Yu'er, you have to make it clear that what you call your military force, they left the Yan family not because they wanted to follow you, but because they wanted to follow Zhu Xiujing. If you want to hold Yan Fengqin back, it is natural Zhu Xiujing's contribution is even greater."
"Nonsense, Zhu Xiujing is just my dog!" Yan Yu'er said contemptuously, "When have you ever seen a dog and can take credit for the master's work?"
As soon as Yan Yu'er finished speaking, her gaze froze behind Xie Ying, her pupils dilated instantly, and before she could make any reaction, the silver light was approaching her eyes. In the next moment, Yan Yu'er was pierced by a cold arrow through her throat.
Standing there was Zhu Xiujing who raised his bow and hadn't put it down yet.
Yan Yu'er raised her hands to hold her neck in pain, and looked at her in disbelief.
"Zhu Xiujing!" She wanted to scold, but she couldn't make a sound, so she could only look at Xie Ying again. "Xie Ying, save me, if you don't save me, you will regret it..."
However, the point of the arrow was too sharp, she moved her lips, but before she could make a sound, she stared and fell towards the dust. Unable to close her eyes, it was obvious her disbelief and unwillingness, but there was a weird smile on the corner of her mouth.
Yan Hao and others, who were more than ten steps away from Yan Yuer, rushed towards Zhu Xiujing angrily. Xie Ying drew out his knife, caught up with Yan Hao, and quickly helped Zhu Xiujing deal with several of them.
Among the blood-soaked corpses, Zhu Xiujing's voice was extremely gloomy: "The Yan family is not a good person. They want to use my name, but they are also afraid that I will get the throne and don't want to give it up... King Jinghai treats me like this, I will let him His sons and daughters both died tragically."
Every word is full of hatred.
Xie Ying had already received a secret report that King Jinghai castrated Zhu Xiujing on the day he made him emperor in Jingzhou. After castration, Zhu Xiujing is neither yin nor yang, so naturally he can't imagine the real dragon position.
But for a man, especially a man who was once a prince, what a pain and shame this is. In order to compete for that position, the dark and bloody side of the human heart was fully revealed.
The idiot Yan Yu'er really thought that Zhu Xiujing was so fascinated by her like Yan Hao, so fascinated by her that he didn't even want a man's self-esteem.
Zhu Xiujing suddenly said: "Thank you for taking Ah Chuo in and not letting her live in the Yan family. Otherwise, King Jinghai might use her to do something."
Xie Ying said: "You don't need to thank me. I am not out of kindness, but selfishness."
No one who is involved in political battles and can gain the upper hand is a kind person. Zhu Xiujing naturally understood, but no matter what purpose Xie Ying had, it was a fact that he treated his sister kindly.
Zhu Xiujing had no threat to the throne and wanted to kill Yan Fengqin, so Xie Ying had to make good use of such a good blade. Xie Ying was well-known for his pity on Weizhou soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he was most happy to see that he could defeat the enemy without losing his soldiers.
Xie Ying took the tokens of Yan Hao and Yan Yu'er, threw them to Zhu Xiujing, and said, "Let's go, let's find Yan Fengqin together."
While still on the way, Xie Ying received an important message - Xie Shao agreed to his request, except for his personal guards, all other troops could be handed over to Xie Ying.
Xie Ying was not surprised by this, Xie Shao took the initiative to have a long talk with him before leaving Weizhou to go south, and he had already seen the clues of today, so he could safely let Xue Chengzhan and Nie Zhao deal with Xie Shao.
So far, Xie Shao has surrendered to Xie Ying. Another army of the Yan family, led by Zhu Xiujing, also turned against each other. Xie Ying intentionally passed these news to Yan's army to shake the morale of the other side.
To the south of Yan Fengqin's army, Huzhou chief envoy Li Jingzong had been taken by Xie Yingping for his own use long ago, and the important town of Huzhou Yongheng was stationed early with troops led by Weizhou Nie Sheng, and now they launched an attack in one fell swoop.
And Xie Ying led an army of 100,000 to advance from the north.
There is almost no suspense for the Yan family army to be attacked by the three armies.
Xie Ying has been a little restless for the past two days, always thinking that something will happen. He always remembered Yan Yu'er's weird smile before she died, and her mouth shape—the word "Zhu Yi". Xie Ying thought over and over again, handed over the general power to Sheng Qing, and returned to the capital.
Xie Ying only brought his personal companions, and hurried on. When I arrived in Zhou County, not far from Beijing, it rained heavily at night, so I stayed in an inn. Just when he was about to take a rest, someone reported to him: "My lord, there is Miss Nanci's carriage outside."
When Xie Ying heard this, she decided to go out to say hello: "Nanci? Such a coincidence, where are you going out of Beijing?"
Gu Nanci just walked up to the second floor, and she didn't expect to meet Xie Ying in Zhou County. She looked at the man standing by the fence, with Ye Yudenghui behind him, talking to herself.
Gu Nanci stared blankly at Xie Ying's handsome facial features coated with a layer of soft halo by the light of the lantern, and the thought that had been shut down in her heart for many years finally broke out irresistibly, she said softly: "I was going to find you. I'm not at ease if you want to conscript Yan Fengqin yourself."
As soon as the woman opened her mouth, Xie Ying realized that what she said was wrong. The other party had always been indifferent, and had never expressed concern for him so bluntly, let alone being so gentle. Not even the right look.
Thank you for frowning. The reason why he kept in touch with Gu Nanci was not only because of his friendship since he was a child, but also because he was very calm, and he never felt from Gu Nanci that she had any affection for him. Maybe they are too familiar, if Gu Nanci didn't express it too clearly, he wouldn't notice it either.
Xie Ying thought for a while, then said in a slightly calm tone, "There is nothing to worry about, I used to go out often."
Gu Nanci seemed to be lost in her own thoughts, and said: "Xie Ying, a god once entrusted me with a dream. Between you and Yan Fengqin, Zhu Yi's love is actually Yan Fengqin. She has already poisoned you. This time you Go out to fight Yan Fengqin, and you will be killed by her."
With Xie Ying's desire to monopolize Zhu Yi, how could he hear that the man Zhu Yi loves is actually Yan Fengqin. Not to mention that he knows that Zhu Yi loves only himself, even if Zhu Yi really has something else in his heart, he will not allow others to say it.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't been poisoned before." Xie Ying's complexion was no longer pretty. Looking at Gu Nanci's sleepy expression, she realized that something was wrong with her mind. This is the second time Gu Nanci has talked about Tuomeng. But wasn't Zhu Youshi killed by him last time? Is there anyone else doing evil
Gu Nanci was tortured by repeated dreams for more than a year, and she was weak-willed. She said anxiously: "You have been poisoned, but you don't know it. I also used medicine on her to control her because I wanted to save you. At that time, I will negotiate terms with Yan Fengqin..."
Before she finished speaking this time, Xie Ying had already tightly grasped her wrist. The man's suspicion and scrutiny eyes were so fierce that she felt chills from the bottom of her heart. "What did you say? You drugged Joey?"
Gu Nanci frowned, Xie Ying had never been rude to her before, let alone grabbed her so roughly that her wrist hurt like it was about to break.
Xie Ying suppressed the violence gushing from the bottom of her heart, and said impatiently: "What did you give her? Give me the antidote."
"Don't worry, it won't hurt your body."
"I said give me the antidote." Xie Ying emphasized every word in a deep voice, and finally her hand was stuck on Gu Nanci's slender neck, and she tightened her grip.
Looking at Xie Ying's murderous eyes, Gu Nanci had no doubt that if she kept not telling the truth, Xie Ying would really kill her.
Tears rolled down the woman's cheeks, and she said with difficulty: "I lied to you! I wanted to drug her, but I thought she was still feeding the child... I didn't!"
Sang Qing who was on the side hurriedly said: "Senior, it's true. Miss Nanci hasn't seen Shizi at all recently."
It was a girl from the women's battalion who was in charge of guarding Gu Nanci who spoke, Xie Ying believed it a little bit.
He let go of Gu Nanci, and said to Shen Xingliu, who looked at him in a daze, "Take Gu Nanci and go back to Beijing overnight!" He had roughly guessed that Yan Yu'er's reaction before her death might have something to do with Gu Nanci.
Shen Xingliu hurriedly answered yes. He knew that even if Gu Nanci really did nothing, Shi Zi and her would never be the same again.
A group of people braved the heavy rain and rushed to the capital overnight.
When Xie Ying arrived at home, Zhu Yi was holding Ah Rong's cradle, talking with Zhu Ning and Zhu Chuo in the yard. Behind the three sisters was a cloud of begonias, with good flowers and good people, and bursts of laughter.
Ah Rong's appearance has slowly changed in the past few months, and he is already a small person of jade, so beautiful that people can't help but look at it carefully after seeing it at first sight.
The little white and pink face was fleshy, and the black crystal eyes under the long eyelashes blinked occasionally, curiously chasing after the things he was interested in. He also wore a small wreath on his head, which Zhu Chuo made for him.
Ah Rong has known people since he was a child, and he doesn't smile when other people tease him.
Seeing such a scene, Xie Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but she still couldn't feel completely at ease. He had to take Zhu Yi's pulse well, and he would only know after the check, so he stepped forward, ignoring Zhu Ning and Zhu Chuo's presence, he took Zhu Yi's hand and said, "Yi come in with me."
Seeing the disappearance of the two figures, Zhu Chuo said with a grin: "Take the third child to the house as soon as you come back, and see if the brother-in-law is in a hurry!"
"A Chuo!" Zhu Ning glared at her lightly.
After being asked a lot of physical questions by Xie Ying, Zhu Yi asked in confusion: "You, the coach, came back before the war is over?"
After confirming that Zhu Yi is fine, Xie Ying said slowly, "Why should I be there for a battle that must be won. Let them earn their military merits."
The disparity in military strength is indeed a battle that must be won.
After Jingzhou was defeated, Yan Fengqin, the eldest son of King Jinghai, was protected by the Heavy Armored Battalion.
On May 3rd of the same year, Xie Ying, the eldest son of Prince Wei Ning, ascended the throne, offered sacrifices to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple, and entered the imperial city with a car gun crown, and changed the name of the country to Ning.
On July 16th of the first year of Taijia, a ceremony for the Empress Lieutenant was held.
Ordinarily, it shouldn't take so long to stand up, but Xie Ying has two considerations. One is to protect Zhu Yi from the scorching sun after the early autumn due to the weather. The second reason is that Zhu Yi has been making this phoenix robe for a long time.
On the day of the grand pawn, all the officials stood in silence, drums and music rang together, and the sound shook the sky.
The red sun rises from the mist of the mountains, the sun flows through the double eaves of the palaces, sprinkles on the golden tiles of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and shines on the white face lit with bright red flowers.
The white pearly silk satin of the phoenix robe is interlaced with red threads and gold and silver to form phoenix feathers, decorated with peony shoulders. No matter which direction you look from, the queen's figure looks like a new lotus, graceful and elegant.
The young new emperor stood in front of the hall, with a smile on his face, watching the queen's red skirt spread over layers of Danbi, walking towards him...