I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Peiyu, who was so complacent during the day, paid a heavy price for it at night.

When Song Peiyu woke up, it was already the middle of the night the next day, but she was very dry, and Chong Yi was beside him.

It's just that the lower body doesn't move, so I don't feel it, and it moves...

Song Peiyu took a deep breath, and raised her hand to touch Chong Yi's neck.

Unsurprisingly, he was grabbed by the wrist, followed by a moist touch between his fingers.

Song Peiyu withdrew her hand violently, turned her back to Chong Yi, with her eyes closed, she still felt that many images flashed before her eyes.

Suddenly there was a deep chuckle in the darkness, followed by hands clasped around his waist.

Chong Yi knowingly asked, "Are you awake?"

"Not awake, sleepwalking." Song Peiyu replied calmly.

Feeling the hand on the waist sticking to the skin, and there was a downward trend, Song Peiyu struggled immediately.

No!

Everyone is going to be useless!

Moist hot air was sprayed on the pinna, "Are you awake?"

Song Peiyu grabbed Chong Yi's hand, making the two of them clasp their fingers together, and refused to answer Chong Yi's question.

After a long while, Song Peiyu, who tried to fall asleep but failed, shook off Chong Yi's hand, raised her upper body and passed Chong Yi to open the curtain of Ba Bu's bed.

Very good, it was darker than the inside of the Babu bed, and it really was the middle of the night.

Chong Yi, whose eyes were also full of clarity, kindly helped Song Peiyu's waist, obviously wanting to save Song Peiyu some energy, but unknowingly focused on other aspects.

"Thin."

"Really?" Song Peiyu put down the curtain, kept one hand on the other side of Chong Yi, and unceremoniously put most of her body weight on Chong Yi's waist.

Whether it was in the previous life or in this life, Song Peiyu never worried about being fat or thin. Hearing Chong Yi say that he lost weight, he didn't have any special feelings.

After all, it was a time of war, and everyone wanted to take as many counties as possible in the country of Yan before Luoxue ceased fighting. The counties that had already been taken should also try their best to stabilize them in the shortest possible time.

Otherwise, after the road is blocked by heavy snow, a long truce is more likely to cause conflicts.

Even if Song Peiyu passed through the county several times without stopping in order to chase Chong Yi, she still had to spare time every day to deal with a large amount of paperwork.

In such a busy situation, it is reasonable to be thinner.

Chong Yi supported Song Peiyu's waist with one hand, and the index finger of the other hand was on the waist, swipe across the front from top to bottom, "The soft flesh is gone."

Song Peiyu laughed angrily, and grabbed Chong Yi's hand that wanted to move his belly with his free hand, "Are you quite sorry?"

Chong Yi thought about this question seriously, and the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly enlarged, "How about eating pot tomorrow? I heard from the Yan army guarding the city that there are bison and sika deer in the forest to the north. I will bring them back at dawn."

Song Peiyu loves beef the most.

It's a pity that killing cattle is illegal in this era.

Even if Song Peiyu came from a family, he himself was an official in the court and had the quota to kill cattle.

As the crown prince, Chong Yi also has the quota to kill cattle.

But there is a rule that killing cows is against the law. Song Peiyu would feel guilty every time he ate beef, and he never voluntarily revealed that he likes to eat beef.

When Song Peiyu really wanted to hide something, almost no one could detect it.

Except that Song Jinyu always asked Song Peiyu to eat beef, even Jin Bao and Yin Bao, who had served Song Peiyu for many years, thought that Chong Yi liked to eat beef after Chong Yi often went out hunting buffalo, so Song Peiyu followed suit.

Hearing the bison, Song Peiyu's eyes immediately flashed brightly, but her tone was still hesitant, "It has just snowed heavily, and there are bison to hide, you..."

Chong Yi shook the hand that the two of them clasped together, "Do you want to eat?"

"Eat!" In the cold weather, I huddled in a room with a charcoal basin and ate a hot hot pot. Just thinking about it made my stomach feel empty.

The two happily reached a consensus, and Song Peiyu couldn't sleep anymore.

After being half pushed and half pushed by Chong Yi, Song Peiyu crawled to the corner of Babu's big bed out of breath, and planted her head on the soft cushion waiting to calm down.

Chong Yi stared at Song Peiyu for a long time, turned over and got out of bed, and heard the sound that he went to the cubicle.

Listening to the pattering water in the compartment, Song Peiyu let out a long breath, feeling as if she had escaped a catastrophe.

After a long time, there was some light in Ba Bu's bed, and Chong Yi opened the curtain in a chilly body, obediently took out a neatly stacked thin quilt from under the bed to wrap around his body, and leaned lazily beside Song Peiyu .

He is not cold, but Song Peiyu is afraid of cold, if he is aroused by the cold air on his body, he may have to drink medicine for a few days.

Song Peiyu originally thought that it would be dawn when the two of them had a conversation, so he would simply wash up and deal with the delayed documents first.

Although the war started almost two months ago, Zhao Guo and Yan Guo never broke their faces, and even the siege of the city went to the end.

Chong Yi attacked the city too fast, often before General Yan could react, he would be able to completely take down the city.

Most of the generals of Yan understood that the merger of Yan State and Zhao State was the general trend, and they were unwilling to offend Chong Yi to the death, so that they even guarded the city with fear.

In the last few county towns that Chong Yi broke through, the Yan generals who defended the city simply closed the gates, and no matter how Zhao Jun outside shouted and scolded, Yan Jun firmly acted like a turtle.

This method of not responding to the war really slowed down Chongyi's progress towards the hinterland of Yan State by mistake. Otherwise, Zhao State would not have taken only [-] counties of Yan State before the armistice.

With the road blocked by heavy snow, Zhao Guo must choose to cease fighting, and this is the only chance for Yan Guo to breathe.

The officials of Yan didn't want to be the surrenders of the defeated country. From then on, they were inferior to Zhao Chen, so they had to seize the opportunity of the truce to make Zhao Guo change his mind about going all the way to Luoyang.

I think the number of letters coming from the country of Yan must be at least double that of before.

There is also a letter from Zhao Guo...

As for Chong Yi and Song Peiyu, not only will they not be able to return to Xianyang this year, they may not be able to return to Xianyang within two or three years.

Apart from Chongyi, the people who are least willing to accept the reality are Emperor Yonghe and King Su.

According to the news Song Peiyu received, Emperor Yonghe and King Su were cheating on each other behind their backs, and they both wanted to blame each other for the matter of Xianyang, and then brought the little princes to find Chongyi.

Too bad they were doomed not to succeed.

Song Jinyu, Shang Shuling and other important ministers, including Murong Jing who returned to defend Xianyang, were secretly watching Emperor Yonghe and King Su, and would never give them a chance to run away.

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi chatted about Xianyang's affairs, unknowingly, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep again leaning on Chong Yi's arms.

Chong Yi put the thin quilt that was originally wrapped around his body on Song Peiyu's body, changed into a comfortable position for both of them, and closed his eyes.

When the two woke up again, it was already Sishi, but they got up later than usual.

Snowflakes were drifting outside, and the road that had just been cleared in the yard turned white again.

Chong Yi was still thinking about hunting cattle for Song Peiyu, so after breakfast he asked Laifu to find his riding outfit.

Song Peiyu's persuasion, not only did not work, but made Chong Yi feel that Song Peiyu's hand stove still lacked a good fur, and planned to look for the white fox again.

After finishing speaking, Chong Yi suddenly thought of the red fox cloak that had been sent to be washed, and changed his words, "The red fox is also good."

Song Peiyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, these beasts were unlucky to meet Chong Yi.

He knew he couldn't persuade Chong Yi, so he didn't say any more.

They just asked people to invite Pingzhang, and told Chong Yi to bring more guards and come back early.

Watching Chong Yi's back completely disappear at the gate of the courtyard, Song Peiyu held her nose and drank a cup of ginger tea to prevent problems before going to the study to deal with the paperwork.

Sure enough, the wooden box used to put the documents was already stuffed to the brim, even overflowing, but the document on the top was beyond Song Peiyu's expectation.

Neither from Luoyang nor from Xianyang, but from Li.

In the past two months, Zhao State and Yan State fought like a raging fire, and Li State was not stable.

The forces of all parties in the Li country were too balanced, and until the old Li emperor was completely buried, a new emperor who could convince everyone was not elected.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, no matter how unwilling the many forces in the Li country are, they also understand that the candidate for the new Li Huang cannot continue to be delayed.

Just when Li Guo overcame all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally selected a candidate that everyone could barely accept as the new emperor, and started preparing for the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, news of Yan Guo began to spread to Li Guo.

Emperor Xiaodi of the Yan Kingdom passed away, and many princes passed away. The five princes of Emperor Xiaodi inherited the throne and changed their reign name to Mingzheng.

The State of Zhao suddenly sent troops to the State of Yan and quickly captured the seven counties on the border of the State of Yan.

Zhao Guoyonghe, the former traitor of Yan State, held the imperial edict left by Emperor Qing of Yan State in his hand, and instead became a loyal and brave man who set things right.

Even the act of Zhao Guo sending troops to Yan Guo without saying hello was the order of Emperor Zhao to avenge the old lord.

……

In Li Guo's perception, it was Yan Guo and Zhao Guo who suddenly fought, and Yan Guo was helpless no matter what aspect it was.

As soon as the people of Li Guo opened their mouths, they realized that they laughed too early.

On the tenth day when Zhao State sent troops to Yan State without warning, Chen State also sent troops to Li State without warning.

Chen Jun did not have the imperial edict of the first emperor of Li, but had the support of many families of Li, the speed of conquering Li was no slower than the speed of Zhao conquering Yan, and it was even better.

Thanks to Li's internal ghosts not only from Chen, but also from Zhao, Li was able to breathe.

Song Peiyu immediately mobilized all the people in Li State after hearing of Li State's change, which only slowed down Chen State's speed of breaking through Li State's defense line.

Again.

Zhao Guo discovered that the time for Li Guo to take advantage of it was too short.

Moreover, all Zhao Guo's energy was put on Yan Guo, and he had no time to take care of Li Guo at all.

It is not impossible to fight on two fronts, but the risk is too great.

At any time, Chen, Li, and Yan may suddenly form an alliance to jointly resist Zhao.

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Guo only increased troops on the border of Zhao Li, but did not plan to send troops.

A very small number of Li country's aristocratic families who are labeled as Zhao country have already evacuated from Li country one after another, temporarily settling in Wei County.

They will not decide where to move until the turmoil in Li country subsides completely.

Those who are still in Li country, pass on the latest news of Li country to Song Peiyu.

Someone discovered that apart from contacting Chen Guo and Zhao Guo, the family of Li Guo also secretly contacted Chu State, and had successfully established contact with Chu State.

Surprise flashed in Song Peiyu's eyes.

He didn't doubt that the contents of the letter might be false, but he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

At that time, Chu State was not far away, and brought Princess Lingyun and rare treasures to Zhao State on its own initiative, and was willing to share with Zhao State the trade routes that Chu State had already established in the Western Regions.

It was because he realized that the relationship between Chen Guo and Li Guo was extraordinary, and he was afraid that Chen Guoguo and Li Guo would suddenly attack Chu State.

Now that many years have passed, it was Chen Guo who attacked Li Guo, and Chu State was regarded as a life-saving straw by Li Guo's aristocratic family.

Song Peiyu refolded the letters he had browsed and put them back into the envelopes, picked up the wax from the corner of the table to heat them, and buckled them into the shape of a vermilion bird with a special badge, and then put the sealed letters into the letter box that was going to be sent back to Xianyang.

It would be a good thing for Zhao if Chu State could allow Chen State to take longer to completely break through Li State.

I'm afraid...the request from Li Guo's family will fuel Chu's ambitions.

Song Peiyu shook her head, putting this matter behind her.

At least Chu State will not turn against Zhao State in a short time.

Sure enough, the snow falling all over the sky did not become an obstacle for Chong Yi's hunting.

Not only did he bring back the planned bison, sika deer, and red fox, but he also brought back a small wolf cub, intending to raise it for Song Peiyu to relieve boredom.

Song Peiyu immediately thought of the things that Chong Yi brought back to relieve his boredom.

The White Tiger Ice King raised in the East Palace.

This little snow wolf, who saved his life in Chong Yi's hands only because of its special color, was named Snow King as a matter of course.

The state of Zhao completely ceased fighting to recuperate, but the flames of war in the state of Li did not stop.

After the heavy snowfall, Chen Guo sent a letter of credence to Li Guo again, asking Li Guo to open the city gate to Chen Jun, otherwise he would fight all the way to Li Jing.

Although most of the aristocratic families of Li State have long favored Chen State, and even unknowingly did many things that benefit Chen State but not Li State in recent years, they still hope that Li State can exist.

Because they knew very well that being a family of Chen country would definitely not be as comfortable as being a family of Li country.

Many aristocratic families have already begun to secretly regret why they sought skins from tigers in the first place.

It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world. On the tenth day after issuing the letter of credence to Li Jing, Chen Guo's army stepped on the muddy ground and set off towards Li Jing again.

They don't plan to have a truce this winter, but instead want to take advantage of the time when the northern Zhao State has to truce, and take Li State completely before next year's spring plowing.

If luck is good enough, when Chen Guo completely took Li Guo, Zhao Jun hadn't entered Luoyang, Chen Jun might be able to participate in the war between Zhao Guo and Yan Guo, and add some unhappiness to Zhao Guo.

Xianyang gradually fell into hesitation amid the more and more earnest requests from the Li family.

Zhao Guo gave up Li Guo at the beginning because he was not sure how 'resolute' the attitude of the few aristocratic families in Li Guo who resolutely resisted Chen Guo could be.

In case Zhao Jun had just arrived in Li State, these aristocratic families were persuaded by their old friends or Chen Guo to change their minds, and instead united with Chen Jun to attack Zhao Jun who entered Li State.

Has Zhao Guo become a joke?

Today's Li country is on the verge of national collapse, some are unwilling to join forces with Chen country, or they have already offended Chen country to the Li country's aristocratic family that has no room for maneuver, and took away the royal family of Li country and fled all the way west.

They are willing to dedicate the land west of Li State to Zhao State in exchange for Zhao State's asylum.

Not only can the land be harvested, but it can also cause Chen Guo to lose. It is hard for Emperor Yonghe not to be moved by this.

It's a pity that Zhao Guo was a step late.

King Jia of Chu State dispatched troops before Zhao State, and occupied all three counties bordering Li State and Zhao State Wei County within a short period of time, blocking the way for Zhao Jun to go to Li State's territory.

No one would believe that this kind of behavior was not intentional to guard against Zhao Guo.

Emperor Yonghe was furious because of this, and for the first time when he swiped his brush and ink, his thoughts flowed like a fountain, and he wrote five pages of questioning words eloquently.

It's a pity that this letter was torn to pieces by Emperor Yonghe after it was put into the envelope, and it was never sent to Chu State.

Even if Emperor Yonghe was so angry that he lost his mind, there were still many people who remained rational in Zhao Guochao.

The State of Chu did not attack the territory of the State of Zhao, and it was the State of Li that they attacked.

It was half a step too late when everyone relied on their own abilities. What position can Zhao Guo take to question others?

The many changes that happened between the Li Kingdom, the Chu Kingdom, and the Zhao Kingdom did not reach Song Peiyu's ears until the end of the year, along with Emperor Yonghe's festival rewards.

At that time, Song Peiyu had been preparing for the New Year for a long time.

This is not the first time he and Chong Yi spent New Years outside.

When they were exiled to Qizhen, they lived in Qizhen for a year.

Later Weiguo was conquered. In order to make Weiguo peacefully transition to Weijun, Song Peiyu and Chong Yi spent a year in the former capital of Weiguo.

The experience of these two Chinese New Years has been quite different from usual, and this Chinese New Year has even more significance.

In addition to showing the prestige of Zhao with the prince's ostentation, Chong Yi also had to balance Zhao Chen who came from afar and Yan Chen from thirty counties at the annual banquet.

Of course Chong Yi would not bother about such matters.

Perhaps in his opinion, no matter whether it is Zhao Chen or Yan Chen, the only difference is that he can be hacked to death with a single knife and he can't be killed with a single knife.

Song Peiyu has been preparing for the annual banquet since two months ago when she planned to settle down in Qiu County until next year's spring plowing.

A month ago, Song Peiyu specially sent a secret letter to Xianyang, drawing up a list of rewards and rituals.

Now this New Year's reward from Xianyang is based on the list drawn up by Song Peiyu, with a lot of things added.

Song Peiyu was thinking about the affairs of Zhao, Li, and Chu, and glanced over the list in a hurry. After confirming that there was no difference in the important things, she asked Jin Bao to send the list to Eunuch An.

Eunuch An, please store the registers and registers of things separately, so as not to be in a hurry on the day of the New Year's banquet.

Just when only Song Peiyu and Emperor Yonghe's confidants were left in the room, Chong Yi opened the curtain and came in.

After glancing at Song Peiyu, he went straight to the brazier, nodded casually, "sit"

Jin Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed respectfully, got up and returned to his original position to sit down.

After the cold was gone from his body, Chong Yi held up a chair and sat down next to Song Peiyu, "Father is good, have you suffered from cough this winter?"

Jin Ji's gaze was drawn all the way down from Chongyi's skirt, and the red and black robes were always intertwined. It was not until his gaze fell on Chongyi's toe of the shoe that was still dripping with water, that Jinji found a place that could bear his gaze. place, the shoulders and neck are almost invisibly relaxed a lot.

"Your Majesty coughed for a few days when the snow just fell, and it was much easier than last year. The imperial physician said that maybe next year he would not cough again." Jin Ji deliberately recited the imperial physician's words to Chong Yi verbatim.

"The quack doctor said last year that he won't cough again this year." Chong Yi shook his head, but there was no anger on his face, and asked how the eldest princess and King Su were doing.

It was not until the end that Chong Yi reluctantly cared about the little demon stars in Xiasu Palace.

When Jin Ji heard this, he immediately regained his spirits, "It's fine for the little princes, but they always say that they miss the crown prince and brother Song in their spare time. Even Uncle Yunyang is very popular among the little princes..."

He wished he could tell Chong Yi all the interesting things that happened to the little princes, even the little princes secretly cut the beards of Emperor Yonghe and King Su with scissors while Emperor Yonghe and King Su were taking a nap.

Song Peiyu touched the temperature of the outer wall of the teapot, and continued to serve Jinji tea.

Even the bed-wetting of the little county kings was so clear about framing each other. Presumably, before Jinji left Xianyang, someone had specifically instructed him to talk more to the little county kings in Chongyi's Tisu palace.

Ever since Jin Ji started talking about the little princes, Chong Yi's expression became more and more weird, neither happy nor bored.He reached out and took the hazelnut plate on the other side of Song Peiyu's small table to his lap, and randomly stuffed the peeled nuts into Song Peiyu's or his own mouth.

Song Peiyu glanced sideways at Chong Yi's expression, and knew that Chong Yi already knew what he cared about, and at this moment he was treating Jin Ji as a storyteller who could pass the time.

At the beginning, Song Peiyu was too embarrassed to eat the hazelnut that Chong Yi put in his mouth.

After discovering that no matter what Jin Ji said, no matter how his tone changed, he would not raise his head to guess Chong Yi's expression, Song Peiyu gave up struggling and acquiesced, Jin Ji would not find him eating hazelnuts from Chong Yi's hand if he didn't raise his head.

However, as soon as Chong Yi finished peeling the three plates of nuts that could be peeled on the table, Jin Ji immediately finished the "Little County King's Biography" and said seriously, "Your Majesty told me to spend more time talking with Suzaku about my younger brothers." , let him and Li Nu don’t forget to prepare New Year’s gifts for the younger brothers.”

Song Peiyu's face froze for a moment, and she silently covered her face.

As long as he didn't see Jin Ji, Jin Ji would not know that he was eating hazelnuts in Chong Yi's hands!

Chong Yi was amused by Song Peiyu's actions, and wanted to make a few jokes, but suddenly remembered that he had not been able to sleep with Song Peiyu for two consecutive days because of what he said wrongly, his face stiffened almost invisible, and immediately moved Topic, "What else do you have?"

Fortunately, Jin Jineng was sent by Emperor Yonghe to Qiu County to deliver things and deliver news to Chongyi and Song Peiyu. Naturally, he has his advantages, and his eyesight is one of them.

Jin Ji pretended not to notice Song Peiyu's embarrassment, stared at Chong Yi's boots without squinting, and told Chong Yi what happened in Zhao Guo, Li Guo, and Chu Guo.

Chong Yi leaned back on the chair, and answered casually, "You want to send troops?"

Father was annoyed that the duck from his mouth flew away, so he just grabbed it back.

"Your Majesty reminds His Majesty to be careful of the chaotic situation in Li State, which may affect Yan State." Jin Ji kept in mind Emperor Yonghe's instructions, and said to Chong Yi first, "In any case, we must wait until the end of spring plowing next year. Send troops to Yan again."

Even if Chen Guo took Li Guo earlier and started to stumbling Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo would have to hold back.

In Emperor Yonghe's heart, there is nothing more important in the world than spring plowing.

"Your Majesty is loving," Song Peiyu admired from the bottom of her heart.

Emperor Yonghe was willing to bring Yan into his territory in a way that was more troublesome and prone to accidents for the court, but would cause less loss to the people of Yan.

Chong Yi nodded, affirming Song Peiyu's words.

There are at least three months before the spring plowing, so far away, there is no need to start thinking about it now.

Seeing that Chong Yi had nothing to ask, Song Peiyu asked Jin Ji seriously about the inside story about the sudden consensus reached between some aristocratic families of Chu State and Li State.

The people of Chu State would know that Chu State accepted the request of Li State's family for help, and deliberately occupied the border between Li State and Zhao State before Zhao State sent troops, which would offend Zhao State.

Song Peiyu wanted to know why the state of Chu suddenly changed its style of doing things that had always been indifferent to the world.

The reason was beyond Song Peiyu's expectations, but it was in line with the situation in Chu State.

Half a year ago, the nearly 70-year-old old prince of Chu State suddenly fell ill. Although he didn't die because of this illness, his health was not very good all the time, and it would last until the next year at most.

However, the father of the old prince of Chu, the nearly hundred-year-old Emperor Chu is still in good health, and even got a little princess at the beginning of the year.

The Emperor of Chu was still joking in the letter with Emperor Yonghe, asking Emperor Yonghe to send a little county king to the palace of Chu State to be a consort of the little princess.

As the days of the old prince dwindled, the state of Chu had to face difficulties.

After the death of the prince, should the son of the prince be made the grandson, or should the other sons of the emperor of Chu be made the prince?

Since ancient times, all grandchildren who have uncles have no good endings in the end.The son of the prince of Chu is not the same as the grandson of the history.

The old princes of Chu State are nearly 42 years old, and the eldest grandson is just [-] years old.

Compared with the weak grandsons and uncles who are in their prime of life recorded in history.

Compared with his old and frail uncles, the eldest grandson of Emperor Chu is the one in his prime.

The problem of the Chu State is that the Chu Emperor's successor queen gave birth to the Chu Emperor's second son who was the same year as the emperor's eldest grandson, that is, Chu Guojia, who led troops to quickly occupy the Li State's territory after Chu State agreed to the request of the Li State Family's request. king.

If Emperor Chu died first, even if Emperor Chu and the Crown Prince of Chu died at the same time, King Jia would not have the desire to compete with the eldest grandson of the Emperor.

But it happened so coincidentally that the old prince of Chu State was about to die, but the Emperor Chu could hold on for at least a few more years.

As long as the old prince of Chu State passed away, King Jia would be the only son of the Emperor Chu. His mother was the empress, and his grandfather was the Marquis of Cheng En. His status was even superior to that of the emperor's eldest grandson.

One is the eldest grandson who once devoted hope, and the other is the youngest son born to the step queen.

Emperor Chu, who should have made up his mind immediately, fell into hesitation.

According to his thoughts, he actually valued King Jia more.

After all, he had so many grandsons, the eldest grandson was nothing special except being the eldest grandson, but the only direct sons were the crown prince and King Jia.

Emperor Chu also thought that King Jia was smart and smart, but unfortunately he was born late. He wanted to make up for King Jia, so he resisted all opinions and made King Jia's mother and concubine the queen.

But... the person lying on the bed who was so angry was the prince who had placed all his expectations on him. Even though they had quarreled a lot in recent years, Emperor Chu never thought that the prince would let him send a white-haired man to a black-haired one.

When the prince was dying, the person who felt most worried and ashamed was the eldest grandson of the emperor. How could the emperor bear to see the prince die with regret.

The Emperor of Chu hesitated in choosing between the palm and the back of the hand, and he took advantage of the situation to get rid of the courtiers' disputes.

Even when the old crown prince fell ill and had no time to deal with government affairs, the Emperor Chu asked the eldest grandson of the emperor to negotiate with King Jia.

The result of the negotiation was naturally that the eldest grandson of the emperor felt aggrieved, and King Jia felt aggrieved.

The two people's affection for each other plummeted, and they quickly changed from good uncles and nephews to tit-for-tat political enemies.

It was at this time that the Li family asked Chu for help, and promised to open the city gates to welcome the Chu army into Li's county.

The eldest grandson of the emperor was brought up by the old prince, and his thoughts are in the same line as the emperor Chu and the old prince.

Stand aloof from the world and strive to be safe.

After hesitating for a while, he rejected the Li Guo family.

He didn't want to create a estrangement between Li Guo's family and Zhao Guo.

King Jia's thinking is different from that of the eldest grandson of the emperor.

The eldest grandson of the emperor was born as the eldest grandson of the emperor, and the future crown prince has the qualifications to pursue security.

However, because he was born several decades late, he could only be a prince, and finally waited until the crown prince was critically ill before the emperor of Chu, giving him a chance.

King Jia understood very well that it was deviant for him to dare to secretly think about the position of the Crown Prince when he was the eldest son and eldest brother.

If he wanted to seize the opportunity to replace his eldest brother as the crown prince, he had to be even more deviant.

No one knew what King Jia and Emperor Chu had said.

Judging from the results, King Jia successfully persuaded Chu Huang, obtained the military power from Chu Huang, hurried to the border of Chu and Li, and captured the five counties of Li in a very short period of time.

King Jia's performance made Chu Chen overjoyed.

They have already had the Emperor Chu who has been pursuing stability for decades, and they really don't want a new monarch with a personality similar to the Emperor Chu.

They want a monarch like King Jia who can make the state of Chu go further.

In the contest with the emperor's eldest grandson, King Jia, who had always been at a disadvantage, immediately counterattacked and won the support of most of the courtiers.

Even the elder uncles of the emperor's eldest grandson chose King Jia one after another.

According to the current situation, unless the old prince of Chu passed away and the Emperor of Chu temporarily suppressed the matter of establishing a new crown prince, the new prince of Chu would definitely be King Jia.

Due to the advanced age of Emperor Chu and the increasingly fierce conflict between the eldest grandson of the emperor and King Jia.

The more the emperor of Chu delays the establishment of the reserve, the more likely it is that the state of Chu will fall into chaos.

After learning from Jin Ji about Chu's change in the past, Song Peiyu always felt that in the future Chu and Zhao might not be able to maintain their former friendship.

He began to empty out Zhao State's various shops and other businesses in Chu State quietly, leaving some "surprises" for Chu State by the way.

If Chu State wants to turn against Zhao State suddenly, he will receive a 'surprise'.

After making arrangements for Chu, it will be the New Year.

Yan Guo County, which has been captured by Zhao Guo, will send at least one Zhao Chen and one Yan Chen to greet Chong Yi.

Lu Jihe, Song Jingjue and others also rushed over.

Qiu County immediately became lively.

On New Year's Eve, Chong Yi wore the prince's court clothes and led all the officials to offer sacrifices.

Song Peiyu stood at the head of Zhao Chen, easily aware of the subtleties between Zhao Chen and Yan Chen.

He just pretended he didn't find anything, and meticulously followed the ritual officer's reminder to complete the sacrifice.

When the sacrifice is over, it is the annual feast.

There are many people and miscellaneous, and the time of the banquet is uncertain.

Except for a few dishes with special meanings, in front of everyone is a fragrant broth, as well as various meat and vegetables.

At least hot pot will not waste food.

Before the banquet began, everyone got up from their seats one after another, stood in place, and listened to Mr. An's recitation of Emperor Yonghe's favor and annual gift.

Song Peiyu didn't need to pay special attention, she could see all the changes in Zhao Chen's and Yan Chen's expressions.

Thanks to Emperor Yonghe's generosity and money, Song Peiyu made a list in advance and sent it back to Xianyang.

With such sufficient preparation, Zhao Chen and Yan Chen did not repel each other more, but secretly felt that Emperor Yonghe valued himself more than the other, and the smile on his face became brighter.

"Guest of the Prince of the East Palace Song Peiyu" Eunuch An's voice suddenly became passionate.

Song Peiyu took a step forward, and said to Mr. An, who was holding the imperial decree, "The minister is here"

Since Zhao State officially sent troops to Yan State, Xianyang appointed another Dali Temple Minister, and Song Peiyu only had the vain title of Prince's guest.

"...a first-rank young master, court clothes, python clothes twelve, and..."

Song Peiyu, who was still bowing his head, had a strange look on his face. He may be the only person who has been promoted from the false rank of the third rank to the false rank of the first rank without a real job.

When officials are promoted, it is customary to give court clothes.

What happened to the python suit?

As a rule, only clan members can wear python suits.

Although there are also precedents for emperors to bestow python clothes on their subjects to show their favor, Song Peiyu was also given python clothes in the past.

But twelve python suits?

Song Peiyu suspected that Eunuch An was too tired and mispronounced the number.

However, when Lai Fu displayed all the rewards given to Song Peiyu by Emperor Yonghe, there were exactly twelve boa robes lined up.

Unlike the python robe Song Peiyu had seen before, there was only a single piece of clothing that was different.

The boa robe that was awarded to Song Peiyu also had a corresponding crown and various accessories, and even a purse that matched the color of the boa robe.

Not only did Song Peiyu have a strange expression, but the expressions of Zhao Chen and Yan Chen who were present also became more subtle.

Compared with the bright envy on the faces of the Yan officials, the expression on Zhao Chen's face seemed a little meaningful.

Song Peiyu didn't have time to think about it too much, and thanked him loudly again.

After Chong Yi also received the reward from Emperor Yonghe, the New Year Banquet officially started.

After drinking for three rounds, all the ministers flocked to Chong Yi and toasted Chong Yi.

Song Peiyu had already asked Chong Yi by his ear several times, mainly because Song Peiyu promised him that he would deal with these courtiers well today, and try his new brochure when he is free in two days.

Therefore, today's Chong Yi has a very good temper, no matter who is toasting him, he will always come to him, so that people who were not afraid to come to Chong Yi's side also squeezed past him.

Except around Chongyi, the place with the most people is around Song Peiyu.

Although the false title is not as good as the real one, Song Peiyu's false title is from Yipin.

Even the second-rank officials in Xianyang will not give Song Peiyu face, let alone most of them who can only condescend to the fifth and sixth ranks in Xianyang.

It's not shameful to flatter a first-rank official.

Even if she just drank the fruit wine with the lowest alcohol content, Song Peiyu's face was slightly red when she broke away from the crowd.

Seeing that there was no one around Lu Jihe, he walked over slowly.

Song Peiyu wanted to ask Lu Jihe if he knew why Emperor Yonghe gave him twelve python suits, but if he asked Lu Jihe this question intuitively, he would regret it.

Lu Jihe looked up and saw Song Peiyu standing behind him with a tangled expression, the perfunctory smile on his mouth suddenly became more sincere, "Congratulations, Young Master Song."

Song Peiyu returned the gift, "Lu Shangshu is also happy."

Song Peiyu decided to trust her intuition and gave up asking Lu Jihe about the twelve python suits.

However, Lu Jihe refused to let Song Peiyu go. He raised the corner of his mouth meaningfully, as if gossiping, "Your elder brother received a special annual gift this year."

"What?" Song Peiyu subconsciously asked.

There was a cunning flash in the corner of Lu Jihe's eyes, and he said with a smile, "Uncle Yunyang received a jade pendant with a pearl in the dragon's mouth."

Big brother... the dragon holds the pearl?

Why is this again?

The bewilderment on Song Peiyu's face was even worse.

The jade pendant with dragon title and pearl can be divided into dragon and pearl.

The married prince Peilong and the prince concubine Peizhu.

Except for the prince and concubine, only the mother's family of the concubine will be rewarded with the dragon's pearl and jade pendant.

This is the meaning that the emperor will reward his mother's family only when he is very satisfied with the prince and concubine.

A flash of light flashed in Song Peiyu's mind.

Every year, the Emperor Yonghe bestowed twelve phoenix robes and twelve pairs of heads and masks on the bridesmaids.

This……