I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Peiyu and Chongyi stayed in Yanzhou until the end of the year, and then accepted the invitation of the King of Qingzhou to go to Qingzhou to celebrate the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, familiar edicts, familiar rewards.

Before Song Peiyu's [-] python suits from last year were all upper body, she got [-] brand new python suits, also matching tiaras, jade hairpins, shoes and accessories.

After accepting the reward full of complexity, he looked up at King Qing and Prince Qing's son with envious and jealous eyes.

Song Peiyu subconsciously grasped the imperial decree in her hand.

Prince Qing and Prince Qing's son also have python robes that were rewarded by Emperor Yonghe, what do you envy him for?

Years later, King Qing took his family and many Qingzhou royal families and lords who were reluctant to give up their titles to Xianyang, accompanied by [-] Qingzhou troops.

After reaching a consensus with Xianyang, King Qing ordered all places to sort out the roster of garrisons, leaving only half of the necessary garrisons, and leaving half of the positions for Zhao Jun.

In addition, there will be another 20 Qingzhou troops that can be mobilized at any time.

The 20 Qingzhou Army.

King Qing took away [-] troops. After arriving in Qingzhou, the [-] Qingzhou army will transfer to Liang County and stay in Liang County for at least three years.

The remaining [-] Qingzhou Army stayed in Qingzhou, and the tiger talisman that mobilized the [-] Qingzhou Army was divided into two parts, half of which was handed over to Chong Yi, and the other half was kept by Prince Qing.

King Liang is rushing here with the Xiliang army in Yizhou, and the vacant military defenses in Qingzhou are filled by soldiers from Xiliang and Dongliang.

The territory is getting bigger and bigger. After the Zhao flag is planted on the city walls of Yanzhou and Qingzhou, the whole northern land is under the control of Zhao State.

It is impossible to use only Youzhou officials and Zhao Jun to manage and guard all places.

In comparison, the exchange of garrisons in various places is the most effective way to prevent riots without affecting public order.

Song Peiyu also adopted this method in the transfer of civil servants in Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

In the past, whether it was Wei, Shuangliang or Yan, the appointment of civil servants was a combination of local officials and Zhao officials.

Now it's the turn of Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and the civil servants Zhao Guo has cultivated over the years have almost been exhausted.

Moreover, compared with the civil servants of Wei, Shuangliang and Yan, the civil officials of Yanzhou and Qingzhou have a strong but obvious rejection of Zhao Guo's civil officials.

At this time, Yanzhou and Qingzhou not only lacked a large number of civil servants who could keep the two states basically functioning, but also lacked people who could act as a buffer between the civil servants of Zhao State and the local civil servants.

If someone can make bad faces to the civil officials of Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and make the civil officials of Zhao State red-faced, the tension between the civil officials of Zhao State and Yanzhou and Qingzhou civil officials can be quickly eased.

Song Peiyu combined with what he saw in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and sent Xianyang a lot of notebooks and secret letters in one go.

Xianyang quickly responded.

Emperor Yonghe not only agreed to all of Song Peiyu's proposals, but also specifically allowed Chongyi to set up a small court in Qingzhou, and he could freely arrange among Yizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, without having to ask Xianyang for everything.

"Is this for me?" Song Peiyu pointed to the box in front of her, with hesitation on her face.

It was not surprising that Emperor Yonghe rewarded him with things, but it was strange to only reward one thing, which was given to him instead of Chong Yi.

Hao Shi, who had long since resigned from the Ten Commandments of the Eastern Palace and returned to Emperor Yonghe, nodded affirmatively, "Your Majesty specifically told me to hand over this box to you."

Since Hao Shi was so sure, Song Peiyu no longer worried, and directly lifted the lid of the carved wooden box.

Song Peiyu quickly raised her head and looked at Hao Shi with doubts in her eyes, "Is this really for me?"

Hao Shi nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said repeatedly, "That's right, that's right!"

After turning his gaze to the opened box, Hao Shi made a doubtful voice, "See if there is anything at the bottom of the box."

Hearing this, Song Peiyu looked down at the carved wooden box again.

Inside is a square seal made of ruby, and above it is a fire bird spreading its wings, which is exactly the same as the fire bird on Chong Yi's Suzaku flag.

In terms of size alone, this square seal is on par with Emperor Yonghe's jade seal, which is far beyond the scope of private seals.

Based on Emperor Yonghe's pampering and pampering for Chongyi, it is very likely that Emperor Yonghe specially ordered him to make a prince's seal for Chongyi.

Although when the prince was canonized, there were so-called gold seals, gold treasures and gold books.

But the golden seal is just a small gold seal, which can only represent the identity of the prince and is used to order people in Zhan Shifu.

If you really want to use the golden seal when you canonize the prince to command the courtiers, it depends on whether the owner of the golden seal has the ability to make the courtiers willing to buy it.

Big seal and small seal have completely different meanings.

From ancient times to the present, the number of princes with great seals does not exceed one hand.

The king is willing to let the prince make a big seal, which means to let the prince help the king to govern the country.

Officials shrugged off the Eastern Palace documents with the prince's small seal, and at most received a comment of "too cautious". Later, the prince or people from the Eastern Palace faction wore small shoes.

If you delay the Eastern Palace document with the prince's seal, it is the same crime as violating the imperial edict.

If someone received the imperial decree with the jade seal and the East Palace document with the prince's seal at the same time, and found that the two orders were contradictory, they could even suspend the execution of the imperial decree and ask the emperor again.

How can the emperor's couch allow others to snore?

Not even if it's his own son!

It is precisely because of the unusual significance of the prince's seal that there have been so few prince's seals since ancient times.

Not only was the emperor unwilling to see someone threatening his status, but the courtiers were also unwilling to serve two 'emperors' at the same time.

Even if the emperor is willing to create a prince's seal for his son, the courtiers will do their best to dissuade him.

In case the imperial decree and the Eastern Palace document with the Eastern Palace seal were received at the same time, the content on it would be completely different.

Wouldn't it be bad luck for eight lifetimes?

Is it to offend the king on the throne, or to offend the future king who is about to sit on the throne.

The biggest possibility is that both sides are not pleasing.

Even the few princes with great seals, the reason why they have great seals is not that they are deeply trusted by the monarch and loved by courtiers.

It was because the reigning emperor had reached the point where he could not govern, but he was unwilling to hand over all the power to the young and powerful prince. In order to keep the jade seal, he took a half step back and asked someone to create the prince's seal.

Obviously, Emperor Yonghe and Chongyi did not fit this situation.

Moreover, Hao Shi, who brought the great seal, also repeatedly emphasized that Emperor Yonghe asked him to bring the carved box to Song Peiyu, not to Chongyi.

Song Peiyu took out the big seal made of red jade, and when he looked at the bottom of the box, he couldn't help but look at the traces carved under the big seal of Suzaku first.

Even the handwriting and dark lines on it are exactly the same as Emperor Yonghe's jade seal, except for the word 'dong' in the lower right corner.

Song Peiyu didn't even believe that it wasn't the seal of the prince.

His gaze was always on the bottom of the big red jade seal, and he completely forgot to take out the big red jade seal to see if there was anything hidden by the big red jade seal in the corner of the box.

"I found it!" Hao Shi let out a sigh of relief, only to find that Song Peiyu was looking up at the big seal above his head in a daze.

He patted Song Peiyu on the shoulder, and was about to remind Song Peiyu to look into the depths of the box, but suddenly felt that the hand outstretched in mid-air was cold.

Hao Shi suddenly forgot what he wanted to say, and turned his head subconsciously.

Chong Yi was striding over from the door.

Chong Yi first saw the ruby ​​firebird Song Peiyu was holding, and asked casually, "What is this?"

Song Peiyu cast a sideways glance at Chong Yi, his eyes were filled with condemnation of Chong Yi's 'ignorance'.

He grabbed Chong Yi's hand to touch the handwriting on the bottom of the ruby, and said slowly, "Prince's big seal."

Chong Yi raised his eyebrows, and moved the words 'What is this? Swallowing back, he turned his head to look at Hao Shi, but in the process of turning his head, he caught something that interested him very much out of the corner of his eye.

The slender fingers took out a snow-white dumpling from the carved wooden box. It was a kitten with the same carving style as the Ruby Suzaku, but only a quarter of the size of the Ruby Suzaku.

The kitten is in a half-huddled posture, obviously looking cute, but its expression is very serious, making people laugh even more.

From the front, this is a serious cute dumpling.

From the back, it looks like a snowball.

As a master of carving through self-study, Chong Yi immediately discovered that besides the shape and expression of the jade-carved kitten, there are other interesting aspects.

The limbs of the jade carving kitten are not restrained under the belly, but placed in a lazy arc in a naturally relaxed posture.

What makes Chong Yi feel strange is not the kitten's limbs, but the kitten's claws that seem to have different degrees of wear and tear.

This is a hidden buckle.

Chong Yi suddenly became very interested in Ruby Suzaku, whom he had no interest in before.

Following Chong Yi's movements, Song Peiyu saw a white jade kitten that was carved in exactly the same style as the red jade Suzaku.

Feeling Hao Shi's gaze, Song Peiyu looked over subconsciously, but after seeing the narrow smile in Hao Shi's eyes, she suddenly turned her head.

When she could ignore the increasingly hot temperature behind her ears, Song Peiyu returned to her original posture as if nothing had happened.

With just one glance, Song Peiyu wished she could turn her head away again.

After Chong Yi took away the Red Jade Suzaku, he even carefully caressed the gap on the Red Jade Suzaku, apparently he wanted to put the white jade kitten on it?

This is the seal of the prince!

Emperor Yonghe would put a white jade kitten in the box that was extremely similar to the carver style of the red jade Suzaku, which was already beyond Song Peiyu's expectations.

how is this possible……?

Song Peiyu silently squeezed her knuckles, reminding herself that "Hao Shi is still here, so I have to save face for Chong Yi." '

He lowered his voice and said quietly, "This is the seal of the prince."

"Hmm," Chong Yi, who was carefully looking for the hidden button, responded casually.

Song Peiyu was so angry that Chong Yi laughed, "Don't you know what the prince's big seal means?"

When he told Chong Yi for the first time that this was the prince's seal, he actually thought that Chong Yi understood.

Chong Yi's hand stopped, and he looked at Song Peiyu seriously, "Prince's seal"

If Hao Shi hadn't been there, Song Peiyu would have liked to bump his head on Chong Yi's seemingly smart forehead, and then boast, 'You are such a clever little ghost. '

Chong Yi let out a deep laugh from his throat, squinted his eyes and turned his gaze back to Ruby Suzaku, and ran his fingers all the way down Ruby Suzaku's neck.

Obviously since Chong Yi entered the door, Hao Shi didn't say anything except to greet Chong Yi.

However, Song Peiyu felt that Hao Shi's sense of presence was getting stronger and stronger, especially Hao Shi's increasingly strange gaze and expression, even if he was not aggressive, Song Peiyu was still on pins and needles.

He coughed lightly, choosing the latter between asking Hao Shi to leave and preventing Chong Yi from continuing to be stupid.

Because he still wanted to ask Hao Shi again, what is the meaning of the great seal of the red jade and vermilion bird.

Emperor Yonghe asked Hao Shi to hand over the red jade seal to him by name, did he acquiesce, and he could use the crown prince's seal privately in a 'fair and honest' manner without leaking the news.

Although this idea was contrary to common sense, and could even be called deviant, the more Song Peiyu thought about it, the more he felt that this was something that Emperor Yonghe could do.

"Jiang Xiao..." Song Peiyu paused, "Show me the white jade carving."

He put away the white jade carving directly, thinking how stupid Yi Yi was.

Chong Yi, who had always been obedient to Song Peiyu, did not act immediately, "Wait a minute, let me see where it is placed."

Seeing that Chong Yi is still obsessed with obsession, Song Peiyu's anger rushed up, "What are you looking at? It's impossible..."

'click'

The crisp sound came from the Ruby Vermillion Bird in Chong Yi's hand, Song Peiyu's expression changed drastically immediately, she leaned against Chong Yi's shoulder, and stretched her head to look at the Ruby Vermilion Bird.

He thought Chong Yi was too strong and broke Suzaku.

Chong Yi thoughtfully put Ruby Suzaku back on the table so that Song Peiyu could see it more clearly.

The underside of the Ruby Vermillion Bird's wings was covered with white, and it was looking at Song Peiyu with a serious face.

Song Peiyu stretched out his hand with a blank expression, and touched the position where the white jade kitten and the red jade Suzaku were connected. He moved carefully, for fear that if his hand shook, the white jade kitten would fall down, revealing the hole in the red jade Suzaku's wings.

Even though he saw Chong Yi fix the white jade kitten on the red jade vermilion bird's wings with his own eyes, Song Peiyu still couldn't believe that Emperor Yonghe would let someone make the prince's seal like this.

However, no matter how Song Peiyu touched it, or even tugged it lightly with some force, the white jade kitten nestled under the red jade Suzaku remained motionless.

Perhaps because of the change in the angle of the white jade kitten, Song Peiyu always felt that the corners of the white jade kitten's mouth suddenly turned up, as if it was laughing at him.

Song Peiyu's research was fruitless, so she wanted to put Ruby Suzaku down.

He no longer wanted to know what Emperor Yonghe was thinking, and he just wanted to find an excuse to get rid of Hao Shi, who was smiling more and more glaringly.

Before Song Peiyu could speak, she suddenly extended a pair of beautiful and familiar hands from behind, covered his hands, and took his hands to touch the groove between the white jade kitten and the red jade Suzaku.

Song Peiyu followed the force in his hand and exerted lightly.

With the same "click" sound as before, the white jade kitten suddenly separated from the red jade Suzaku and fell into Song Peiyu's hands.

Song Peiyu took advantage of the opportunity to touch the position where the white jade kitten was just now.

Only then did I discover the groove under the Ruby Suzaku's wings, not to mention the naked eye, even if I touched it carefully, I couldn't find it easily.

Lowering her eyelids to look at the white jade kitten in her palm, Song Peiyu curled her lips, but her eyes were full of emptiness. Instead of being satisfied as expected, they were a little empty.

He exerted a little force with his fingers, and suddenly felt an urge to push back the white jade kitten in his palm.

The big hand that was still covering Song Peiyu moved again, grabbed Song Peiyu's hand and turned the white jade kitten half a circle, and then sent it under the other wing of the red jade Suzaku.

The already familiar 'click' sounded again.

The white jade kitten was fixed under the red jade Suzaku's wings again.

Because of the change of one wing, the kitten also changes from facing outwards to facing inwards.

No matter how you look at it, there is a white dumpling under the wings of Ruby Suzaku.

No one would find out that Baiyutuanzi was actually a cat if they hadn't pulled the Baiyutuanzi out from under the red jade Suzaku's wings.

Not to mention the materials, carving and meaning of this big seal, just such ingenuity is amazing.

Hao Shi, who had been completely forgotten by Song Peiyu, carefully remembered all the reactions of Song Peiyu and Chong Yi in his heart, waiting to go back and talk to Emperor Yonghe in detail.

His Highness and adults like it very much, His Majesty's thoughts are not in vain.

"Your Majesty said that this big seal was supposed to be sent along with the annual gift during the Chinese New Year. It was delayed for a long time because it was taken to rework. It is considered as compensation for letting His Highness stay in Qingzhou for a year. When you return to Xianyang next year, Your Majesty still has a great reward."

Song Peiyu blinked and looked away from Ruby Suzaku for a long time, lowered her eyelashes to cover her shyness and unconcealable smile, and said softly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chong Yi, however, lost the good mood just now visible to the naked eye. He looked at Hao Shi with fixed eyes, "Are you going to stay in Qingzhou this year?"

Facing the oppressive feeling on Chong Yi's body, the smile on Hao Shi's face suddenly froze.

Before fleeing, Hao Shizhuang bravely conveyed Emperor Yonghe's last words.

'Family has a high hall, private marriage is a big unfilial. '

Seeing Song Peiyu grabbing Chongyi's arm with loyalty, Hao Shi turned around and ran away, as if there was a ghost chasing him behind him.

Chong Yi didn't pay attention to Hao Shi at all, he bent down and rested his forehead on Song Peiyu's shoulder and neck, "He won't let me go back, he wants to fool me with this thing."

Although it was a sentence with no change in tone, Song Peiyu felt that he heard a deep grievance.

This is also a matter of no choice. When Weiguo was taken down, they also deliberately stayed in Weiguo for a year, and only returned to Xianyang after Weiguo was completely stabilized.

Today's Yanzhou and Qingzhou are more complicated than Weiguo back then.

Song Peiyu couldn't bear to tell Chong Yi that staying for one year might not be enough.

With Emperor Yonghe's verbal order to 'send the wooden box to the raccoon slave', Song Peiyu used the prince's seal without hesitation, and quickly mobilized a large number of middle-level officials in Yizhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou according to the roster sorted out. .

Compared with Yanzhou officials and Qingzhou officials, Yizhou officials have become trustworthy existences.

It happened that Yizhou officials came to Yanzhou and Qingzhou to act as white faces.

The stabbing officials of Yanzhou and Qingzhou went to Yizhou to suffer.

It took half a year in this way to stabilize all places.

At the same time as the mobilization of officials, the decree also implemented Zhao's taxation methods in the three places, and changed the measurement and laws according to Zhao's standards.

The easiest thing to do is to implement Zhao's taxation method.

There is no other reason, and the people have received real benefits, so how could they not be proactive?

Just canceling various taxes that did not exist in Zhao State made Zhao State's reputation in Yanzhou and Qingzhou very good, and some people even spontaneously kowtowed in the direction of Xianyang to thank Emperor Yonghe for his kindness.

The joy and anger of the people are as simple as that.

They resent anyone who has the potential to make their day worse.

They love and support whoever makes their lives better.

After abolishing various taxes that did not exist in Zhao State, Song Peiyu was not in a hurry to change other heavy taxes to Zhao State's standard. Instead, he first collected civilian husbands and women to build roads, and changed the measurement and laws according to Zhao State's standard.

When they heard that they were going to be drafted, the people's goodwill towards Zhao Guo immediately returned to the original point.

For them, conscription means saying goodbye to loved ones forever.

For many years, there are very few people who come back after serving in the military, especially the people in Yanzhou.

The people of Yanzhou didn't make a fuss directly, except that Zhao Guo had reduced their taxes, and thanks to the stability of Yanzhou, Zhao Jun released all the captured Yanzhou troops back home.

For the people of Yanzhou, it is equivalent to Zhao Guo still wanting to kill the prisoners, but before killing the prisoners, he is willing to let the prisoners say their final farewell to their relatives.

It can only be said that the people of Yanzhou have compromised too many times when they were asking for life in the hands of the King of Yanzhou. Compromise has long been unknowingly and has become a habit in their bones.

The people of Yanzhou not only chose to accept it after misunderstood the meaning of Zhao Guo's conscription husband, but even persuaded each other and took the initiative to find reasons for Zhao Guo.

They didn't need Zhao Guo to appease them, they could figure it out by themselves.

Zhao Guo is willing to let the captives return home, and let them reunite with their families first.

Before executing captives, give them time to share their last words with their families.

It is already a great mercy.

The returning soldiers, full of sorrow and joy, even took the initiative to comfort their family members when they thought their death was approaching, saying that they deserved to die. Zhao Guoyong and Emperor were willing to reduce so many taxes. Be loyal to Emperor Yonghe, and don't resent Emperor Yonghe for this.

Of course, there are people who accept their fate, and there are those who don't.

When most of the returning soldiers comforted their families with sorrow and joy, they were ready to die generously.

There are also those who are not reconciled, and the returnee soldiers who finally got their lives back and died of exhaustion escaped overnight, regardless of the decades-old rules in Yanzhou. Conscripts are based on account numbers. It must be topped, and it must be topped several times.

As soon as these people escaped, they were arrested by Zhao Jun, who was waiting for a rabbit.

It is also a disaster to stay at home, and it is very likely to become a bandit after escaping.

It is really cheap for them to send them directly to the official mine Chaomao Wanwan to apply for renovation for five years, and they can still get money.

Dozens of days after the cloud of sorrow hung over the people of Yanzhou, Zhao Jun, beating gongs and drums, went to the alleys and villages of the county town to explain in detail the rules of Zhao's conscription.

This conscript is for road construction, and the principle of proximity is adopted. The farthest service distance will not exceed the neighboring county.

Each household has a quota for service, which can be either a civilian husband or a civilian woman.

Civilian husbands and civilian women will be arranged in different places, and they will hardly see each other during their service, let alone work or eat and live together.

After each household is recruited, it will recruit again if there are insufficient manpower.

The service period is three months, just in time to avoid the busy farming season.

All the civilian men and women who served in the military had to eat and live in places arranged by the government. When they returned home, each of them could receive five taels of silver, or exchange them for grain that could be bought with five taels of silver in Xianyang.

After Zhao Jun enthusiastically introduced the rules of conscription, the people in Yanzhou who were choking up or chatting in low voices fell silent. They all stared at Zhao Jun with wide eyes and adjusted their necks as Zhao Jun moved. The point of view is that no one is willing to speak.

In the strange atmosphere, Zhao Jun suddenly felt a little cold, and approached each other in unison.

Some people even turned pale and their hands were shaking.

They would rather go to the battlefield to fight for their lives than face such weird people in Yanzhou.

The two sides stood in a stalemate for a long time, and when Zhao Jun couldn't help but draw his sword, the people of Yanzhou finally reacted and rushed towards Zhao Jun.

"The three brothers in my family are all in their prime, can we let all three of us go?"

"Is it too late to separate now?"

"Really give five taels of silver?"

……

Poor Zhao Jun, who had never flinched from killing the enemy on the battlefield, was chased by the people of Yanzhou until he lost his helmet and armor, and even his boots disappeared.

But like an innocent lamb surrounded by hungry wolves, he desperately grabbed his skirt and belt, begging the people of Yanzhou to step back first.

The three months of road construction are also the three months of slack in farming.

The process of unifying various measurements with Zhao's standard was carried out quietly in Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Yizhou.

At the same time, people from Zhao Guo who teach people to read and write for free appear in alleys and village entrances everywhere.

These Zhao people will also give the students a free book called '[Zhao] Common Laws', and the teachers will teach the students to read from the first page.

After the 'national collapse', people from all over the world who survived the winter with various thoughts felt fullness and hope in the spring and summer.

When the tax was collected in the autumn, the common people could already warmly greet Zhao Jun, who had terrified them, and communicate without any grievances.

It wasn't until this time that people from all over the world knew how "amazing" the agricultural tax that the people in Youzhou had to pay was.

After they paid their taxes, they left three times as much food as in previous years!

Not only do you not have to tighten your belt and endure hunger to survive the cold winter, but you can also have surplus food for some money, and add meat and vegetables during the Chinese New Year.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

On the ridge of the field suddenly sounded one after another crying and howling.

Zhao Jun silently looked at the people who were crying bitterly, and felt as if he had returned to 14 years ago.

In the autumn of the first tax cut in Zhao State, there were also such cries everywhere.

With the accumulation of this year, the next spring plowing, when the yamen asked the people if they wanted to change the planting.

After hesitation, people from all over the country changed some of Zhao Guo's good seeds, which were much more expensive than the seeds they were using now, and waited hopefully for the seeds to germinate and break through the ground.

The people of Yanzhou, who were originally the most hostile to Zhao Jun, firmly believed that they were Zhao people.

Fortunately, when the corpses of the Yanzhou royal family were collected, they were buried hastily and no monument was erected.

Otherwise, the Yanzhou royal family would have to be dug up and whipped by the Yanzhou people who hated the Yanzhou royal family and realized their ignorance after seeing the world.

Song Peiyu and Chongyi kept rotating between Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and they stayed for two years after all.

It was not until the second year that the Zhao Guoliang seeds planted by the people of Qingzhou and Yanzhou had good results, and Song Peiyu was completely relieved.

It was not in vain that he bought many Zhuangzi in Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the first year to test whether the fine varieties suitable for planting in Zhao State were also suitable for planting in Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

It took a lot of manpower and material resources to find the most suitable varieties for the people of Yanzhou and Qingzhou to grow.

After the autumn harvest, Chong Yi switched defenses for Yizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, deliberately blurring the boundaries between the three states.

Lu Jihe and Murong Jing who came from Xianyang also rushed to Ke County where Song Peiyu and Chong Yi were located.

They will replace Song Peiyu and Chong Yi, and will sit in Yanzhou and Qingzhou for at least three years.

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi left Yanzhou, so naturally they would not leave quietly.

Chongyi's luxurious prince's guard of honor came in handy again.

After boarding the prince's guard of honor, Chong Yi waved to Song Peiyu who was looking at him.

Song Peiyu thought that Chong Yi had something to say to him, so she walked over immediately.

But he didn't expect that after walking over, he would be detained on the crown prince's guard of honor.

Song Peiyu stiffened her body and whispered, "Let go!"

The prince's guard of honor is all about ostentation, not to mention two people standing on the frame, even if there are seven or eight people standing on it, it won't look crowded, but Song Peiyu felt a little suffocated.

With the strength that Song Peiyu couldn't resist, Chong Yi pulled Song Peiyu to his side again, and said lazily, "Don't let go."

Song Peiyu was about to speak, but was interrupted by Ping Zhang who came from nowhere, "Everything is ready, when does Your Highness think we should leave?"

"I'll go down first!" Song Peiyu said immediately.

While Song Peiyu was speaking, Chong Yi turned to look at Ping Zhang, "Let's go now."

Ping Zhang scratched the back of his head, answered 'yes' in a low voice, turned around and left, as if there was a ghost chasing him behind him.

I don't know to whom Heishaki's "yes" is meant.

Song Peiyu soon knew the answer.

A deep and long horn sounded, and the frame under him began to move slowly, and then the speed became faster and faster.

Chong Yi's hand holding Song Peiyu's arm went down, and he held Song Peiyu's wet hand with his fingers interlocked.

The people of Yanzhou came out of their homes spontaneously, knelt silently beside the guard of honor, and sent away the person who changed their lives.

Two months ago, when Song Peiyu and Chong Yi left Qingzhou, the people of Qingzhou did the same.

At that time, Song Peiyu was not on the frame, but riding a horse beside the frame, looking at Chong Yi who looked like a god on the frame with the people.

Now he is also on the frame, beside him is Chong Yi who is holding his hand tightly, and in the corner of his eyes, there are people passing by in a blink of an eye.

They are male or female, old or young, even tall, short, fat, and thin.

The expressions on their faces were almost the same.

After leaving Kedu, Song Peiyu and Chongyi had to travel all over Yanzhou before going to Yizhou.

Ever since she fell for Chong Yi in Kedu, Song Peiyu began to hide from Chong Yi, especially when the convoy was about to set off, she even deliberately led people around the roadside woods.

It's a pity that no matter how Song Peiyu dodges, he can't dodge Chong Yi too much.

Moreover, Song Peiyu didn't want to get on the frame because he didn't want to be too "public", so every time Chong Yi came to catch him, the more everyone was watching, the less Song Peiyu would struggle.

As time passed, when Song Peiyu deliberately hid Chong Yi before departure, someone would always remind Song Peiyu, "Master Song, come back quickly, or His Highness will look for you again."

Walking through several cities like a 'cat catching a mouse', Song Peiyu suddenly realized.

Although he tried his best to avoid Chong Yi every time, but so far, he has never succeeded.

That being the case, what is he wasting all this time for?

So, before the next departure, instead of continuing to hide from Chong Yi, Song Peiyu actively appeared beside the frame, stretched out his hand to Chong Yi, and waited for Chong Yi to drag him up.

Song Peiyu was sure that at a certain moment, he saw deep disappointment in Chong Yi's eyes.

Emotional Chongyi also regards 'cat catching mice' as a game?

After a short period of contemplation, Song Peiyu decided to satisfy Chong Yi's little hobby.

Before the next departure, he took his guards to wander around again, because Song Peiyu became extremely inattentive from 'intentionally avoiding' to 'coaxing the children', and didn't even leave Zhao Jun's temporary recuperation area.

Sure enough, Chong Yi unexpectedly appeared in front of Song Peiyu before leaving.

Although Chong Yi's expression was no different from the past.

But in Song Peiyu's eyes, Chong Yi was more excited than yesterday.

"Childish" Song Peiyu took advantage of the fact that no one dared to look directly at Chong Yi, stretched out his index finger and scratched Chong Yi's face.

Chong Yi's face was full of bewilderment, as if he really didn't react, "What?"

Song Peiyu raised the corners of her lips and shook her head, but she paid more attention to avoiding Chong Yi before the next departure.

This feeling of tacitly doing things only with each other in the midst of thousands of people... is quite new.

Unknowingly, Song Peiyu completely forgot about the fact that he had ridiculed Chongyi as 'childish'.

Because he has become as childish as Chong Yi.

On the day she left Yanzhou and stepped into Yizhou, Song Peiyu received a letter from Luoyang.

Song Peiyu has always been able to receive letters from Luoyang since she first received a letter from Zhao Jun entrusted by Luoyang.

At the beginning, the person who wrote the letter was still in the mood to greet Song Peiyu slowly, reminding Song Peiyu cryptically, "Master Song and His Highness are in Luoyang, and they can also take care of the situation in Yanzhou and Qingzhou." '

Even if it is really inseparable from Yanzhou and Qingzhou, it is best for Chong Yi to come to Luoyang first, and then return to Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

Later, as Song Peiyu changed several small boxes to put the letter in, and simply replaced it with a large box, the content of Luoyang's letter became more and more straightforward.

After the autumn harvest this year, all the letters Song Peiyu received came from Emperor Mingzheng.

In fact, Emperor Mingzheng's letter was sent to Chong Yi, but Chong Yi didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Song Peiyu opened the letter from Emperor Mingzheng because of her friendship with many Yan officials.

From 'I drop, come quickly. '

To' I heard that you have passed [-] years of age and have not married a wife or had children. Is it okay? '

Then to 'I beg you to come quickly, can you, do you know what I have been living for the past three years?I……'

Song Peiyu looked at less than a third of the letter paper in her hand, and the creases between her brows deepened a little.

The man who sent the letter accidentally fell into the river while on the road, and the contents of the letter were only left in his hand.

What kind of life did Emperor Mingzheng live?

Emperor Yonghe clearly ordered that sufficient supplies be sent to Luoyang on a regular basis to support Emperor Mingzheng according to the regulations of King Anping.For Emperor Yonghe, it is simply not too profitable to be a prince in exchange for a good reputation.

Emperor Yonghe also gave preferential treatment to the Yan officials in Luoyang, and would regularly send half of Yan officials' grades to their residence. Zhao Chen was dissatisfied.

Could it be that someone is so bold as to covet the things sent to Luoyang?

Although he was skeptical, Song Peiyu did not persuade Chong Yi to speed up the march.

Their route back to Zhao State was the result of countless painstaking efforts of many people, and it should not be changed just because of Emperor Ming Zheng's few words.

Moreover, Luoyang has been blocked for more than two years, Emperor Mingzheng did not starve to death, and Luoyang has never had any major disturbances.

Thinking about it, even if someone had the guts of a bear and dared to reach out to the things sent to Luoyang, they would not dare to go too far.

Maybe Emperor Mingzheng had a lack of heart, that's why he complained so much.

Even if Emperor Mingzheng's life is really hard...Emperor Mingzheng has suffered for a long time, and it is not short of Zhao Jun's time to hurry.

According to the original marching speed, Chongyi's guard of honor arrived in Luoyang one month before the New Year.

Emperor Mingzheng personally took the courtiers of Yan Kingdom ten miles out of the city to greet him.

Song Peiyu, who was already used to holding hands with Chongyi in the frame of Chongyi, was far away, and could see many... round balls.

Song Peiyu suddenly remembered the letter he received from Emperor Mingzheng when he entered Yizhou.

'I beg you to come quickly, can you, do you know what I've been living for the past three years?I……'

Song Peiyu tried to complete this sentence.

'I beg you to come quickly, can you, do you know what I've been living for the past three years?I'm so fat! '

Hey, Luoyang has no government affairs to deal with, and Emperor Yonghe is still willing to provide delicious food and drink for Emperor Mingzheng and Yan Chen.

It doesn't seem strange that Emperor Ming Zheng and Yan Chen ate into a ball in a particularly comfortable and idle environment?

Song Peiyu was immediately overjoyed, and all her weight fell on Chong Yi.

They are not always on the carriages at the front of the team, except when they are in the city and when they are about to enter the city or just out of the city, they mostly pass the time in the carriage.

So when everyone else has a thin layer of snow, the cloaks on Song Peiyu and Chong Yi look very refreshing.

The dry plush cloak was stuck together, and Song Peiyu, who was shy from the cold, felt warm immediately.

While talking to Chong Yi about the reason for his sudden wild laughter, he unconsciously leaned against Chong Yi again.

Luoyang waited for Chongyi for nearly three years.

At the beginning, everyone from Ming Zhengdi to Yan Chen had all kinds of small thoughts.

The officials of Yan even had a special discussion on how to surrender to Zhao Guo in order to show that he