After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

After waiting for another half a month, Da Rong's messenger arrived.

A palace banquet was held in the palace, and the emperor sent someone to pick up Yan Mu and Liu Yunxiang. After entering the palace and at the palace banquet, the two of them saw the envoy, not wanting to be an old acquaintance.

Wei Tian, ​​the chief eunuch of Darong!

Wei Tian looked at them with a smile, surprise, and cruelty in his eyes. He stepped forward and saluted Yan Mu: "Your Majesty, Seventh Highness, I never thought that we could meet again."

Yan Mu twitched the corner of his mouth, "You really didn't expect it, otherwise you would have slapped me in the face."

Wei Tian smiled, "Your Majesty, the Seventh Highness, is joking. How dare you, this slave?"

"Wei Tian, ​​no matter how many tricks you use, you will still be a slave in the end."

Wei Tian's smile froze. He looked up at Yan Mu with cold eyes. After a long time, he laughed again, "Old Qi, it's you, you can survive being thrown into a wolf's den, but here I am... "

Wei Tian leaned closer and whispered: "I'm here to kill you!"

Yan Mu sneered: "Then it depends on whether you have the ability."

The emperor came, glanced at Yan Mu and Wei Tian, ​​and ordered all the ministers to take their seats. Yan Mu and Liu Yunxiang sat under the emperor's head, and Wei Tian sat under Yan Mu.

The palace banquet began. After three rounds of wine, the two parties began to discuss matters.

Wei Tian stood up, saluted Leng Yuxie, and then said: "Our Holy Lord sincerely cooperates with your country and is willing to cede the three states in the north of the town to show our sincerity."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers here in Da Rong were shocked at first, then some were happy, some were deep in thought, and some were worried, but after all, it was meat and bones that were delivered to their door, and no one was willing to push them away.

"However, the three states in Zhenbei have been separated from your court. You can send them away as long as you want. Does the King of Zhenbei agree?" A minister glanced at Yan Mu, "There are also [-] troops in Zhenbei. Are they willing to surrender?"

Wei Tian stood up and turned to look at Yan Mu, "Your Highness, Seventh Highness, you are in charge of Zhenbei's military, yet you proclaim yourself king and confront the imperial court. How is this behavior any different from treason? Your Seventh Highness, in the hearts of your great honor, ministers and the people, , you have long been a traitor and a traitor, and your crime cannot be pardoned. If you still have a trace of shame, you should immediately hand over the military power of Zhenbei and promote the alliance between Da Rong and Bei Jin, and you will die to apologize!"

After hearing this, Yan Mu laughed loudly and stopped after a long time. "You have lost your power and humiliated the country. You are so majestic as you said. You are really shameless!"

"you!"

"Extremely shameless!" Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but add.

Wei Tian looked at Liu Yunxiang and narrowed his eyes, "Third Madam, why are you a woman interfering in men's affairs? The palace has spoken out and asked me to take your head back."

"As a woman, I am not a traitor, but you men, oh, forget it. But out of respect, I treat you as a man, so please have some face and don't say such shameless things in a high-sounding way. Also, The people in Da Rong have clear eyes and minds, Yan Mu is the real hero, and you people are just treacherous villains."

Wei Tian snorted coldly, turned around and saluted Leng Yuxie, "Our court has only one request, and that is for the heads of these two people."

Leng Yuxie glanced at the reactions of the ministers below. It was obvious that they were all very moved. As long as he refused, they would all swarm with advice. Even the monarch could not have his own way.

Leng Yuxie raised his eyebrows, "Three cities in exchange for the heads of these two people?"

Wei Tian solemnly said: "Exactly."

"Oh, it turns out your court is so afraid of them."

Wei Tian's heart turned, "If Your Majesty doesn't want to take action, then we..."

"But you don't have anyone left in Beirong? Why send a eunuch as an envoy? Doesn't he look down on us in Beijin?"

Wei Tian's face turned even greener, and he could only sit back in frustration.

He was actually a little confused. Logically speaking, the conditions offered by Da Rong were too tempting, and the Emperor of Beijin had no reason not to agree. However, judging from his attitude, it seemed that he wanted to protect Yan Mu and Liu Yunxiang.

"Today's palace banquet will not discuss political affairs." Leng Yuxie said.

When a minister wanted to get up, Leng Yuxie motioned for him to sit down, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so this is not a hurry."

When the minister heard what the emperor said, he guessed that he might have other plans, so he sat back. Seeing this, the other ministers could only drop the matter.

After Wei Tian sat back, he saw Yan Mu handing him a glass of wine, "Privately, I like to call you third brother, but this is the last time. I'll toast you with this glass of wine."

Wei Tian twitched the corner of his mouth and turned to catch the glass of wine, "I don't dare to take this call as third brother. You betrayed your adoptive father, so we will work on our own. Either you die or I die, so don't blame me."

As he spoke, Wei Tian drank the glass of wine.

Yan Mu also drank, and then smiled, "But you seem to be very impatient, impatient enough to trade three states, impatient enough for you to come to Beijin in person and send me to my death in person. I guess something happened to the court."

Wei Tian's expression tensed, "Everyone will feel at ease if you die."

"Oh, I'm sorry to worry you."

When entering the palace this time, Liu Yunxiang wanted to take this opportunity to see the Queen Mother. She told Leng Yuxie, and he frowned, thought for a while, and finally nodded.

A eunuch led her to the gate of the Queen Mother's Palace, and the eunuch went inside to report. After a while, Aunt Bai came out. When she saw her coming, her eyes turned red.

"Mommy, is it the Queen Mother..."

Mammy shook her head hastily, "No, it's just that I didn't expect that the girl is still thinking about the Queen Mother, so I was moved."

Liu Yunxiang breathed a sigh of relief, "I heard that the Queen Mother is ill. How is she doing now?"

"Not bad."

"I want to go see her."

Mammy sighed, "The Queen Mother has already fallen asleep. She knows what the girl means. Now that we have said goodbye, we will not see each other again. It only adds to the sadness. If the girl is interested, she can kowtow to her three times in front of the palace gate. She has accepted your filial piety."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Is the Queen Mother seriously ill?"

Aunt Bai smiled and said, "Young lady, you are joking. The Queen Mother has a distinguished status and is being nursed back to health by the doctors from the Imperial Hospital. She is just a little bit of typhoid and has already recovered. The girl also knows that the Queen Mother has such a temper."

Hearing what Aunt Bai said, Liu Yunxiang felt relieved. Thinking that it would be difficult to see the Queen Mother again in the future, she knelt down and kowtowed three times.

"Godmother, please take care of yourself, I will definitely come to see you again!"

She shouted inside.

Aunt Bai couldn't help but wiped away her tears again. After pulling Liu Yunxiang up, she whispered: "The Queen Mother saw that the Emperor was unwilling to let you leave, so she has already revealed the will to him."

Liu Yunxiang was shocked, "Your Majesty, does he know that he is in my hands?"

"Well, you can use this threat to ask him to let you leave as soon as possible. The Queen Mother said that the situation has changed very quickly. If you can't leave a year ago, you will never be able to leave again."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "I see."

After leaving the Queen Mother's palace, Liu Yunxiang followed the eunuch and walked forward. As he walked, Liu Yunxiang realized that the road was wrong. He looked up and found a small pavilion in front of him, and the emperor was standing in the pavilion.

"Miss Liu, please, the emperor is waiting for you." said the little eunuch.