Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, envoys from Northern Liang arrived in Yong'an City.

When they entered the city, the activity of distributing money to the people because of the eldest prince's hundred-day banquet was still going on.

Yong'an City has a population of nearly one million. Even if there are a hundred outlets to distribute money to the people, it will not be completed in three to five days.

When the envoys from Northern Liang entered the city, they saw so many people queuing up to receive money, so out of curiosity they went to inquire about what was going on.

I know that it was an event organized by the Emperor and the Queen Mother of Daxi to celebrate the 100th day of the Emperor's eldest grandson.

"Humph, a prince's hundred-day banquet has such a big scene, aren't you afraid that he won't be able to bear this blessing and will die young?"

A young man in his twenties in the delegation snorted with disdain after hearing this.

He was a member of the Northern Liang royal family, known as Prince Ya, and had a very arrogant temperament.

Upon learning that Northern Liang was going to send envoys to Daxi for peace talks, he somehow persuaded the king of Northern Liang to join the delegation.

In his eyes, the overall national strength of Daxi is much inferior to that of Beiliang.

The reason why Da Xi was able to win this battle was entirely because there was a problem with Bei Liang's information, which allowed Da Xi to take advantage of the opportunity. He was very dissatisfied with this.

"Prince Ya, this is not our Beiliang territory, but the capital of Daxi.

If you speak without restraint like you did in Beiliang and criticize their prince and state affairs, you will be in big trouble if someone hears you."

The leader of the delegation, Yi Fenghua, the prime minister of Beiliang, frowned and gave a warning.

"I say, Prime Minister Yi, we are here to negotiate, not to pay tribute. Do you need to be so cautious and humble?" Prince Ya glanced at him disapprovingly.

"Prince Ya, I have warned you before. If you do not listen and continue to act recklessly, you will be beaten or even killed. I will not be able to seek justice for you."

Yi Fenghua obviously had no intention of engaging in a verbal battle with him, so after saying this, he turned around and left.

He was quite dissatisfied with Emperor Liang's insistence on forcing this arrogant and conceited playboy into the delegation.

Since we are coming to negotiate after being defeated, we have to act like a defeated country.

Otherwise, as a defeated country, you are still so arrogant. Who are you showing off to?

The fact that Da Xi was able to defeat Bei Liang's 300,000-strong army with such a powerful force, even though they had the advantage in information, was enough to show that they were not a soft persimmon that could be bullied by anyone.

Being arrogant and domineering in other people's territory is simply because you have nothing to do and are making yourself uncomfortable.

"Bah, if you don't know, you would think he is a minister of Daxi. He is such a slave. I really don't know why the emperor's uncle sent him as an envoy." Prince Ya obviously did not understand his painstaking efforts and spat fiercely at his back.

On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor summoned the envoys from Northern Liang to hear their terms for peace talks.

After entering the court hall and completing the formalities, the first person to speak was still Prince Lang.

He looked up at the emperor on the throne and spoke with a bit of arrogance:

"Emperor Daxi, we, the Beiliang people, are kind-hearted and cannot bear to see the flames of war escalate and cause suffering to the people of the world, so we have sent us to negotiate peace.

As long as Da Xi returns the two occupied cities to us, Bei Liang is willing to shake hands with Da Xi, never wage war again, and allow the two countries to trade with each other. "

"Prince Ya's words are absurd and ridiculous. You, Beiliang, gathered 300,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on Daxi without any reason, and you still have the nerve to say that you can't bear to see the people of the world suffer?

Now that they have been defeated, they don't even want to pay the price, and they are still trying to take back the two cities under the pretext of being shameless. Where is their shame?"

Upon hearing this, the newly appointed Minister of War Zhang Xun raised his eyebrows, stepped forward, and stood up to angrily confront Prince Ya.

“Emperor Daxi, we came here with sincerity, but your ministers do not seem to have any intention of peace talks.

What? Do you want to reignite the war? " Prince Ya was furious.

"What a joke, you were the ones who started the war, you were the ones who lost the war, and you were the ones who took the initiative to seek peace.

In the end, when people arrived in Yong'an, it was still you who showed no sincerity at all.

What's the matter? You people from Beiliang have bigger faces than others?

You are threatening to start a war. So what? If you want to start a war, then go ahead. Do you think I, Da Xi, am afraid of you?

Your Majesty, in my opinion, these people have no sincerity in peace talks, just kick them out."

Xiao Hu, the Minister of Rites, stood up and stared at the Prince of Langya expressionlessly, then turned his attention to the Emperor.

"Master Yi, is this your condition?

If this is the condition, there is no point in negotiating. You can leave now."

The emperor ignored the Prince of Langya who was jumping around, and instead fixed his gaze on the mastermind Yi Fenghua, and spoke with dignity.

"Your Majesty, negotiations between countries are all about giving and taking, and each party presents its own conditions. How can we abandon the talks just because of a disagreement?

The two cities on the east bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River are of great significance to our Beiliang. If your country is willing to return them, we can compensate them with money.

If you are unwilling to return them, we will not force you. After all, those two cities were captured by your army with their own ability.

We did come here to negotiate with sincerity.

Before the mission, His Majesty the Northern Liang Emperor not only asked us to convey the news about the two cities, but also expressed his willingness to establish friendly relations with Daxi.

After the New Year, we will send a princess to Daxi to marry the two countries, so that the two countries will become relatives, and from then on, the two countries will be as close as one family, and the war will never end. "The mastermind Yi Fenghua finally stood up.

As soon as he said this, the huge court suddenly fell silent, and all the ministers of Daxi stared at him with suspicion.

The voluntary cession of the two cities was within everyone's expectations.

You've already taken it down, and you still want to go back? You're dreaming.

What's the point of just sending a princess to marry?

Although Northern Liang was defeated, its overall national strength was not seriously damaged, and it did not reach the point where it had to offer the princess as a marriage alliance.

Are they trying to send a spy into Daxi?

While he was speculating, Princess Ronghua, who had heard some news from Zhaoping, stood up and said, "May I ask which princess your country is going to send to marry in Daxi?"

"In order to show his sincerity, His Majesty Beiliang is willing to marry his most beloved Princess Yanshan to Daxi." Yi Fenghua replied.

It was indeed Yanshan. Zhaoping and the Queen Mother guessed it right. Ronghua narrowed his eyes slightly.

After meeting with the envoys, the emperor immediately summoned several ministers to the imperial study, and Ronghua was also among them.

"My dear ministers, tell me, what is the intention of the Emperor of Northern Liang?" The emperor did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"I think I might know." Ronghua said.

"Aunt, let me tell you."

"This Princess Yanshan is the leader of the spies sent by Northern Liang to Jiangnan. She is extremely cunning. In order to gather information, she was willing to transform herself into an Oiran and stayed in a brothel for more than a year.

Their purpose is to instigate the clans of Jiangnan to confront the imperial court. If the Queen Mother had not happened to go to Jiangnan and exposed their conspiracy in time, our Daxi would be in danger. "

When she said this, everyone except Lin Haoming who already knew the inside story was stunned.

"They sent such a princess to marry, I'm afraid they have bad intentions." The Minister of Personnel frowned.

"How about we refuse the marriage?" a minister suggested.

"How can we refuse? They have already picked out the candidates for the marriage, but we don't dare to accept them. Wouldn't that be showing our cowardice for no reason?" Prime Minister Gu frowned.

"Minister Gu is right. If they dare to give it to our relatives, we should accept it.

Since we know the identity of Princess Yanshan very well, we don't believe she can play any tricks on our territory." Minister of Revenue Cui Zhiqing nodded.

"Let me tell you, this Princess Yanshan is not only good at martial arts and scheming, but also very beautiful. She has the title of the most beautiful woman in Beiliang.

I wonder if Your Majesty can bear it by then." Ronghua joked to the emperor.

emperor……

As the New Year is approaching, the Daxi court will be closed for holiday soon, and the formal peace talks between the two countries can only be held after the New Year.

During this period, an interesting thing happened. The former Minister of the Imperial Academy, now the Minister of Justice, Lin Haoming.

Upon learning that Ruan Qing was looking for a temporary teacher for a child he brought back from Jiangnan, he ran over and offered himself.

Because Qiao Jun adopted Shao Ming, Qiao Ze didn't want to leave his sister, so the two siblings decided to find a temporary husband for Qiao Ze and Shao Ming.

The two children studied with the teacher for a year or so, and when Qiao Jun returned to Jiangnan to take up her post, the two children followed her back to Jiangnan to go to school.

However, as they were unfamiliar with the place, it was impossible for them to find a gentleman on their own, so they had to ask the empress dowager for help.

"We're just looking for a temporary teacher for two kids under ten years old. You're recommending yourself. Isn't that a bit of a waste of your talent?" Ruan Qing looked at him with a puzzled look on his face.

"The queen wants to make use of this child's elder sister, and she certainly doesn't want this child to hold his elder sister back in the future.

If I become their teacher, it will be difficult for him to hold his sister back in the future.

I have examined them, and both of them are very smart and have good comprehension, so I am not wronged to accept them as my disciples." Lin Haoming said.

In this way, Qiao Ze and Shao Ming, the two children, became the disciples of Lin Shangshu, the most talented minister in Daxi.

After Ronghua learned about this, he deliberately came to tease Ruan Qing: "Empress Dowager, it seems that our top scholar Shangshu has other intentions.

To be honest, I watched Lin Haoming grow up, and I have never seen him treat anyone as well as he treats you.

Although he is not young, his appearance is really outstanding. If you like him..."

"What's the matter? Are you trying to get me to marry your brother?" Ruan Qing glanced at her speechlessly.

"If my brother were alive, you would have a talented person outside to make fun of him. He has been gone for so many years. As the queen mother of a country, what's wrong with you having someone you like?" Ronghua retorted righteously.

Ruan Qing...

Well, she was narrow-minded.

At the beginning of the new year, Daxi and Beiliang officially went to the negotiation table. After several days of verbal sparring, the two sides finally signed a peace treaty.

The army that had gone to the north began to return to the capital. As soon as Jiang Yuanyi, who had led his troops to defeat the main force of Northern Liang, returned to the court, he was promoted to the rank of General Xuanwu, a third-rank official, and commanded the city guards of Kyoto.

This time no one stood up to oppose. With his absolute strength, Jiang Yuan silenced all the patriarchal groups that discriminated against women.

In mid-March, the results of the Spring Examination were announced.

He Yunhua, who was engaged to Jiang Yuan, passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.

On April 16, he officially married General Xuanwu Jiang Yuan.

The wedding was held at the Jiang family, and He Yunhua became a daughter-in-law of the Jiang family.

When many people heard the news, they secretly said that He Yunhua was attracted by the Jiang family and wanted to live off them.

He Yunhua turned a deaf ear to them. He didn't care about other people's eyes at all. He was willing and happily married Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan's appearance did not conform to the aesthetic standards of most men, but he admired her mind, bearing, vision and ability from the bottom of his heart.

Ruan Qing personally came to the Jiang family to attend their wedding.

At the moment when the newlyweds were married, she couldn't help but smile and said to the old lady of the Jiang family: "Old lady, I finally lived up to the promise I made."

"Your Majesty is so kind. The husband you chose for Yuan is a thousand times better than we thought. We in the Jiang family are extremely grateful." Old Madam Jiang said with gratitude on her face.