Yuxi City.
After the temperature dropped sharply for several days, this year's first snow finally arrived quietly in one night.
In the early hours of the morning, He Yue, the chief assistant of the interior affairs of Yuxi City, came out of the house to wash as usual, and sneezed from the cold as soon as he opened the door. She rubbed her nose, and the last bit of drowsiness was gone. She glanced at the yard covered with a thin layer of snow, closed the door and bought an extra winter coat.
When going out again, He Yue, who was obviously thicker, rubbed her hands and muttered to herself:
"It's almost the end of the year again."
Recalling last year's Chinese New Year, Li De, their hands-off shopkeeper who was used to being a shopkeeper, left for the capital after hosting a dinner party. Three hundred and sixty-five days passed in the blink of an eye, and this year's Spring Festival this guy was still running around outside, leaving He Yue with no place to report the year-end summary.
He fetched water to wash, the cold water stimulated his mind to clear up, and also made the dark circles on her face more obvious.
At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard, and after He Yue answered, an unexpected visitor came in—
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Ye.
After joining Yuxi City, this young girl quickly took over the diplomatic affairs of Yuxi City. She first dealt with the diplomatic issues between Prince Huai's territory and Qiming's territory, and then went to various territories to start forming alliances, and then returned to the city. In the territory of Yunyang, I secretly met many young masters of Yunyang who had already been entrusted.
She has big ambitions. Yuxi City has now accumulated a lot of power. After the temporary peace in the northwest and south, it is not difficult to conquer Yunyang in the east. But it's not the best time to show your edge here, not to mention that Lide's identity as the fourth son of Yunyang is a secular restriction after all. So Yun Ye proposed a way in the middle, which is to support other Yunyang princes to "seek to usurp the throne".
This is not an impossible thing. Especially now that the reputation of Mr. Yunyang Liyi has already fallen to the bottom, many city lords who also flowed with the blood of the lords have long been unable to hold back, and only one person is needed to take the lead. Lobbying them is not a difficult task in Yun Ye's view.
While wiping her water-stained hands with a towel, He Yue raised her eyebrows in surprise and asked:
"You're back?"
Yun Ye looked a little dusty, probably didn't drink today, and was a little timid when she saw He Yue. When Li De was away, Heyue, Fang Shisan and Shuang jointly took care of Yuxi City, but Heyue, who was in charge of internal affairs, would still occupy a dominant position in it. Yun Ye, an "outsider", punches hard when she is outside, but she is a little submissive inside. She nodded nervously and said:
"Well. The matter is almost done, and there is no need to stay any longer, so I came back early."
He Yue smiled and said:
"You did a good job. Come back this time and take a good rest. I don't think there is anything to be busy in the past few years. It doesn't matter if you sleep until the sun rises every day these few days."
Yun Ye was silent for a moment, then said:
"About one-third of the Yunyang City Lords who are on this mission are willing to accept our assistance, but with the recent rumors, the situation has changed again... people from other territories heading north have returned , do you know about this?"
He Yue nodded and replied:
"I know."
Yun Ye was silent for a while. He Yue glanced at her, put the towel on the wooden bucket, then poured the water in the basin into the sink, and said gently:
"This is probably the first time you have encountered this situation, but we have already experienced it. You will gradually get used to it in the future. Lide gave us the power to ensure that Yuxi City will not be in chaos when he is away. Standing position. Don't worry, judging from the news, the lord of Lingwu has not returned to Lingwu, which means that the matter in the north is not over yet. Although we don't know what happened there, we must have confidence in our city lord .”
He Yue joked:
"Maybe next time we meet again, he can abduct Lord Lingwu to Yuxi City."
Yun Ye chuckled twice and said:
"Then I'm relieved. In fact, after hearing the news that Li De didn't come back, there are a lot more young masters of Yunyang who are willing to cooperate with us, and we have already reached about half of them. I always feel that it is difficult to explain. Lord Yunyang probably never thought that one day he would cooperate with us." Will face such a situation. Father and son cannibalism... It makes people a little sad."
Yun Ye didn't finish speaking, and sighed softly.
Li De is also the fourth son of Yunyang, although he has already been expelled from the family. It is difficult for Yunye to guess his thoughts, so Yunye sincerely hopes that the city lords can give some strength, and take the time to sing the black face before Lide returns, so that Lide can avenge his father when he returns. The name took over Yunyang's power logically, and the whole process was done without any fumes.
This point, He Yue deeply agrees.
"You said that the number of people who are willing to cooperate will not decrease but increase..."
He Yue thought for a while, and then understood the meaning of Yun Ye's words. Under the rule of the monarchy, everyone still has a strong concept of bloodlines. When rebelling, one must find a royal bloodline to serve as a banner, and this small-scale chaos is naturally no exception. In the eyes of most people, no matter how noisy they are, the descendants of the lord of Yunyang must ultimately manage Yunyang.
When Lide was alive, Yuxi City was a contender for the lordship; when Lide was not around, Yuxi City was a sword. Heyue Fang Shisan has a great ability, can he suppress the rejection of Yunyang people? Can it convince other territories and royal families to recognize their rule
impossible. Therefore, in the eyes of Lord Yunyang's sons, the two sides no longer have any competitive relationship, and the current Yuxi City will eventually be attached to a certain city lord.
After thinking about it, He Yue shook her head and said to Yun Ye:
"No matter what they think, we will come as planned. Since they have such an idea, it is estimated that they will come to our place during the Spring Festival, and then we can listen to them again. I will go to Fang Shisan later. Discuss the situation with Shuang again, you should hurry up and get a good sleep."
Yun Ye hummed, turned around and left He Yue's residence, walked to the door, and suddenly turned around and asked cautiously:
"Well, Lord City Master...is he really all right?"
"Don't worry. Nothing will happen. He hasn't made any mistakes at critical times."
He Yue showed a reassuring smile, and Yun Ye felt relieved a little, and dragged her tired body back to rest. In order to be able to send out all the city lords as soon as possible a year ago, her average sleep time per day in the past half month was only about four to five hours.
After she left, He Yue put away her smile and sighed softly.
Those city lords in Yunyang were willing to cooperate with Yuxi City, probably because they felt that Li De would not come back, and planned to use this time to take Yuxi City into their own hands. Judging from the intelligence brought back by Shuang, the views of the outside world are mostly the same.
As the chief minister of internal affairs, He Yue must have confidence in the fact that Lide will come back soon.
Therefore, he can only express his concern for Lied when no one is around.