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

Bai Jingyu entered the house and saw Qin Shengrui sitting on the Arhat bed in front of the west window fighting with crickets. She said that this man was mud. Mud was still useful, but he was of no use at all.

"Your Highness is not going to the Yamen today?" Bai Jingyu asked.

Because of the incident at Shan Nian Camp, the emperor severely reprimanded him and punished him to be locked up in the palace. Less than half a month passed, and the queen begged for mercy, and then he was released from his tight locks. After all, he was his biological son. The emperor was afraid that he would become more and more useless, so he asked him to take a casual position in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"There's nothing going on at the Yamen, what should I do?" Qin Shengrui said without raising his head.

"It's not appropriate to stay at home all the time, right?"

"It doesn't matter whether he is suitable or not, Yun Ying is right. At present, the imperial court is facing serious factional disputes and internal and external troubles. As the legitimate son, the throne will be mine sooner or later. It is better to sit back and watch, so as not to make more mistakes."

"Did Concubine Jiang say that?"

"Well, she's much smarter than you."

Bai Jingyu lowered her eyes and thought. It was obvious that Qin Shengrui was very helpful to Jiang Yunying's suggestion. But the emperor wanted him to do something, so he put him in the household department, but Jiang Yunying left him idle, which was tantamount to making him more and more useless.

But this is good, as it saves him from getting into trouble when he goes out.

After another ten days, it was the Qianqiu Festival.

The day before, Lu Changan rushed back to Shengjing, and brought back the Princess of Xiyue who had been rescued from the bandits, and arranged to live in the palace directly.

At night, just as Liu Yunxiang was going to sleep, Yan Mu sneaked in.

Seeing his strong skills, Liu Yunxiang knew that his injuries were almost healed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Tomorrow is the Qianqiu Festival, and the emperor will definitely grant a marriage." Yan Mu sat on the bed and held Liu Yunxiang in his arms, "I will resist the decree then. The emperor will definitely be furious, but considering the military strength of Zhenbei, he will not What will they do to me? Tomorrow morning, Xue Changfeng will come over. You take your two children and leave the capital with him, and he will escort you all the way to Zhenbei."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he couldn't help but hold on to Yan Mu's lapel, "What about you?"

"I will leave after I have taken care of the affairs in Jingzhong."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to leave if you want to then."

"Don't worry, I'm ready."

Liu Yunxiang lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and said: "Early tomorrow morning, I will invite the old prince to the palace to persuade the emperor."

"Can you please touch this old guy?"

It is said that after the New Year, he left Shengjing and continued to travel around. In the past few days, many people had sent greetings, but he had not seen anyone.

"He owes me, and he will definitely help me, but..." But he may not be able to persuade me, "I know you are betting that even if you resist the decree, the emperor will not break up with you. Once you come, the emperor will kneel down. There are only two sons, you and His Highness Fourth Highness. Secondly, in the eyes of the political parties in the court, the emperor has to use your power to consolidate his power and force you to rebel, which will not do him any good."

This is the rational analysis, but there is another point that needs to be considered, that is, the emperor is fatuous and may not be willing to take the overall situation into consideration.

"Anyway, you must leave Beijing with Xue Changfeng before noon tomorrow. If there are changes here, I will send people to chase you."

Liu Yunxiang looked up at Yan Mu and saw his brows furrowed with worry on his face. She knew he was worried about her and the children, not himself.

She turned around and hugged Yan Mu's waist, "I listen to you, but you must also promise not to let yourself take risks."

Hearing Liu Yunxiang's words, Yan Mu's expression tightened, "I can't, I don't dare..."

Liu Yunxiang burst into laughter, put his hands on Yan Mu's shoulders, and kissed his chin, "I know you don't dare."

Yan Mu blushed and snorted: "Who told you to always threaten to leave me? Of course I'm afraid."

Yan Mu pestered her for so long that night that when she got up the next day, it was already close to noon. Yan Mu entered the palace, and Xue Changfeng was waiting outside. After Liu Yunxiang washed up, he went to the old prince's place first.

The old prince still gave her face and promised her to go to the palace to persuade the emperor.

"It's just that the emperor never listens to advice, and because of my close relationship with Mingyong, he is very wary of me." The old prince said, stroking his beard.

Liu Yunxiang was silent for a moment and said: "Suping Wang Lu Changan, Anqing Wang Qin Fei, please ask the emperor, if there is no Yan Mu, who will check and balance them."

The old prince frowned, "Prince Anqing is also a member of the Qin family. Yan Mu and him should not be enemies."

"You say this because you haven't seen clearly what kind of person he is."

"He is Mingyong's son, he won't be any worse."

Liu Yunxiang shook his head and laughed, "In short, with the current situation in the court, if we cannot check and balance each other, the emperor's position may not be secure."

The old prince's eyes widened, "I owe you money, but I don't owe you my life. Why did you let me say these life-threatening words in front of the emperor!"

Liu Yunxiang said flatteringly: "That's the truth, please be more tactful."

After returning from the old prince's place, Liu Yunxiang was thinking about returning home, so he took his two children out of the capital with Xue Changfeng. But when I returned home, I saw Xue Changfeng frowning. The house was empty, and the two children, Jin Yanzijin and the others were not seen.

"Someone from Feifeng Palace conveyed the Queen's order to let you enter the palace. If you were not at home, they took away the two children first, and your two maids followed." Xue Changfeng sighed.

Liu Yunxiang took a deep breath and said, "The Queen has already planned that she will not let our mother-in-law leave the city. In this case, I will enter the palace as well. Our family of four is together, and we are not afraid of anything else."

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly packed up and entered the palace. The Qianqiu Festival banquet was in the evening, and the palace was already decorated with lights and colors, and everything was festive.

After noon, hundreds of officials and their family members lined up to enter the palace.

After getting off the carriage, Liu Yunxiang walked towards the palace gate and saw the Duke of Zhenguo and the eldest princess in front. She was not in the mood to quarrel with them, but by chance the eldest princess glanced towards her and saw her. There was no other way, so Liu Yunxiang had to take a few steps quickly and salute the eldest princess.

The Duke of Zhenguo's wife saluted her, and the three of them bowed to each other.

"In order to prevent the seventh child from marrying a concubine, you ran away from home. Now it's good that the whole capital knows that you are a jealous woman."

As an elder, the eldest princess scolded Liu Yunxiang like an elder.

"What other people think is their business and I can't control it." Liu Yunxiang replied calmly.

"You have lost all royal dignity!"

"Respect belongs to everyone. No matter who loses the most, it's definitely not me."

"Hmph, you are sharp-tongued and have the ability. The emperor decreed a marriage, but you resist the decree in public!" the eldest princess said, flicking her sleeves.

"Although you say so, Princess, I don't dare."

"you!"

Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two, Mrs. Zhenguo hurriedly said, "Today is the Qianqiu Festival. You two have prepared a birthday gift for the queen. I have prepared a pair of Ruyi jade. The queen lacks nothing, so she used this jade Ruyi , please seek good luck."

Liu Yunxiang had no choice but to give her face to the Duke of Zhenguo, so she said nothing more at that moment.

The eldest princess didn't say anything more, and the three of them walked in awkwardly.

The man entered the house from the other side of the palace gate. Liu Yunxiang looked over there casually and saw Lu Changan at a glance. Naturally, he also saw General Wuwei who was walking with him.

Lu Changan and General Wuwei, Lu Changan and Murong Lingyi...