I am a ruler in troubled times

"Since Li Nu and His Royal Highness began to walk the six ceremonies, there has been a lot of good news from Da Zhao." Song Jinyu first responded to Emperor Yonghe's words, but when Emperor Yonghe relaxed his vigilance and showed a comfortable smile, the conversation suddenly changed, "In my opinion, it is better Carefully consider the wedding date between Li Nu and His Highness the Crown Prince, and discuss it a few more times, maybe..."

Everyone present understood Song Jinyu's unfinished words, and most of them showed their approval.

Prolong the wedding, maybe you can hear more good news!

Even if there are no more good news, there is no loss for them.

Emperor Yonghe turned his head stiffly, madly winking at the matchmakers he brought him, but found that the matchmakers were full of hesitation, and they were actually moved by Song Jinyu.

Kyushu can be unified by obeying God's will, so why do we need to be strong and strong?

Emperor Yonghe wished to lift the ears of the matchmakers to wake them up.

In the silence, the Eldest Princess took the initiative to speak, "Uncle Yunyang's words are wrong. The happy event is the kindness of heaven. How can you rely on God's favor and actively seek more favors. Even if Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, Suzaku will become The son of heaven, there is no reason to use the son to seek the father, and letting nature take its course is the long-term way."

Song Jinyu quickly changed his words, and changed the reason for postponing the marriage to that Mrs. Song was reluctant to part with Song Peiyu.

He just wanted to refute Emperor Yonghe with the reasons of Emperor Yonghe, to prevent the raccoon slaves from being taken away easily, but he did not expect that the succession of happy events would immerse the elders who have been up and down for many years in the court. The luxury of Kyushu.

Ridiculous, deplorable.

Mrs. Song, who had been ready for a long time, immediately covered her chest, took the hand of the eldest princess, and complained to the eldest princess.

Since the third year of Yonghe, Song Peiyu followed Chongyi to Mount Hua to offer sacrifices, and has been traveling with Chongyi all these years, rarely staying in Xianyang.

Even if you stay in Xianyang, you have to be busy with official duties.

Mrs. Song tightly held the eldest princess's hand, and the more she said, the more sad she became, "After the raccoon slave gets married, he must live in the East Palace with His Highness forever. Wouldn't it be more difficult to meet each other in the future? The old man's spirit is not as good as it is today, I don't know how much more I can see him..."

"Mother!"

Song Peiyu got up from the last seat, strode to Mrs. Song's side, and grabbed Mrs. Song's hand on her lap.

He knew that Mrs. Song didn't mean to blame him when she said these words, and he didn't want to hear Mrs. Song say that his time was short.

Mrs. Song held Song Peiyu's hand instead, and said with a smile, "It's useless for you to beg for mercy yourself."

Chong Yi, who silently followed Song Peiyu, suddenly said, "I can stay in Tianhuju with Li slave for a long time."

The courtiers had already sensed their gaffe from the princess's words and Song Jinyu's easy retreat, and they were reflecting on themselves when they suddenly heard Chong Yi's words in a flat tone but with surprising content.

After the prince got married, he lived with Yuan Jun in Song Mansion?

The courtiers looked blankly at Emperor Yonghe and Song Jinyu who were seated at the top. Both of them were surprised, but the colors in their eyes were completely opposite.

After being surprised, Song Jinyu was deeply satisfied, and the gaze she looked at the prince could even be called loving.

Emperor Yonghe... the courtiers couldn't help touching their faces.

The fathers all over the world probably have this expression when they look down on their sons.

The courtiers silently shut up, some lowered their heads to admire the latest style of glazed teacups, some raised their heads to look at the authentic works of famous artists on the wall, wishing to minimize their sense of presence.

Mrs. Song and Princess Chang were also stunned by Chong Yi's sudden words.

After making sure that she wasn't too old to mishear what Chong Yi said, Mrs. Song immediately pushed Song Peiyu away, and instead held Chong Yi's hand tightly with both hands.

At this time, Mrs. Song's face was not even half sad and depressed, she smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, and said repeatedly, "My good boy, as long as you and Li Nu can come back for a ten-day stay every month, I will give it to you." Make the decision, the wedding date is set on September nineteenth!"

Song Jinyu turned to look at Emperor Yonghe beside him, the smile on his face was many times more sincere than when he welcomed Emperor Yonghe and others to enter the door, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Emperor Yonghe looked at Chong Yi, who had already sold himself out, wishing he could call Mrs. Song his mother now, and gritted his teeth, "The wedding date should be sooner rather than later, September [-]th is just right!"

As many days as Suzaku and Li Nu went to the Song Mansion, they had to come to Qinzheng Hall to accompany him to eat.

Otherwise... Emperor Yonghe turned his head, turned his eyes on Chong Yi to Song Jinyu, and smiled at Song Jinyu.

Otherwise, he will let Song Jinyu out!

The courtiers all felt that with the indifferent attitude of the Song family during the previous Six Ceremonies, they had not asked for a date three or five times, so they would definitely not be able to set a wedding date.

There were even courtiers who were acquainted with each other, betting on Chong Yi and Song Peiyu's wedding date.

Most of them are betting on half a year later.

Qin Tianjian presented the calculated auspicious day to the Empress Yonghe, and the longest time between now and now would be half a year later.

When the courtiers discussed this matter, there were tacit smiles on their faces.

When someone's family is negotiating marriage, the date of marriage to be selected does not vary from two months to one year.

The people of Qin Tianjian also quietly counted the wedding dates for the younger generations of the courtiers' families. There is absolutely no such thing as unfamiliar with common sense. It is clear that His Majesty is in a hurry to get His Highness married and hides more than half a year.

The courtiers did not expect that His Majesty has made so many preparations for His Highness to get married as soon as possible.

In the end, His Highness chose the nearest date for the wedding by his own ability.

Please period ends unexpectedly.

The Ministry of Rites, Qin Tianjian, Taichang Temple, Zongren Mansion and Zhan Shi Mansion will prepare for the wedding within two months.

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi only need to complete the wedding on the wedding day under the witness of relatives, friends, colleagues and common people throughout Xianyang.

Before the official wedding, Song Peiyu took time off from her busy schedule to follow up the whole process of Zhao Guo accepting the surrender of Chu State.

Emperor Yonghe had no intention of embarrassing the Emperor Chu, who had already buried half of his body in the ground. He agreed to King Xiang's request in the letter of surrender, and formally accepted the surrender of the Kingdom of Chu after the Emperor Chu's death.

King Xiang's acting style was as neat as before. After receiving the reply from Emperor Yonghe, he immediately took the tiger amulet that Emperor Chu had just given him, and rushed to the northern pass of Jingzhou in person, trying his best to get Zhao Jun and Zhao Chen to enter Jingzhou. , without any mistakes.

Emperor Yonghe was not in a hurry to let people enter Jingzhou, he wanted Zhao Jun to enter Chucheng, Yuzhou as soon as possible.

In order to successfully capture Chucheng in Yuzhou, Murong Jing deliberately led people to attack Chencheng in Yuzhou so that Chen Guo would not have extra energy to interfere with Zhao Jun and Zhao Chen's entry into Chucheng in Yuzhou.

No one expected that Murong Jing, who just launched a feigned attack on Chencheng in Yuzhou, would take down three Chencheng unimpeded.

As a seasoned veteran on the battlefield, Murong Jing had no clue about what happened to Chen Cheng in Yuzhou.

After much deliberation, Murong Jing chose not to move forward, and searched the three cities of Yuzhou that had already been captured.

It's a pity that Murong Jing dug three feet into the ground and found nothing, except for the Chen Guo forces hidden in the inner city, nothing was found.

This is a city that has been occupied by Chen Guo for more than three years. How could it be possible that there is no Chen Guo power?

Murong Jing went to the city wall again to contemplate what went wrong.

Billows of smoke and dust suddenly rose in the distance, and they very quickly approached the city wall where Murong Jing was.

The messenger came to report that when Murong Jing ordered his men to dig three feet in the already occupied Yuzhou Chencheng, Chen Jun suddenly launched an attack on the three Yuzhou Chu cities in the center of Yuzhou, and successfully captured these three Yuzhou Chu cities. .

Murong Jing hammered on the city wall in resentment, immediately mobilized his troops, and launched an attack on Chencheng, Yuzhou, which was closest to him.

It's a pity that it was too late. Although the garrison in this Yuzhou Chencheng was not many, it was far from empty. It was completely different from the three Yuzhou Chencheng that Murong Jing accidentally occupied after the feint attack.

Song Peiyu studied for a long time the confession paper Murong Jing sent back to Xianyang.

Bai County, Cheng County, Feng County

No matter how hard he racked his brains to recall, even tried to test the head of Huiyang County, or checked the information collected from Yuzhou over the years, trying to find clues, he never thought that there was anything special about these three counties that was worth Chen Guo giving up his management Chencheng, Yuzhou for a long time.

He would rather let Chencheng of Yuzhou be so empty that Murong Jing could take advantage of it, but also muster his forces, just to take down these three cities.

"Maybe there are gold or silver mines?" Lu Jihe, who had already rushed back from Yanzhou, sat on the rocking chair and said lazily.

Sheng Tairan, who is most sensitive to gold and silver, immediately shook his head, "When the Li Kingdom was still alive and the regime was stable, I never heard that the aristocratic families in these three places were rich in gold and silver."

Bo Yang raised his folding fan and tapped Sheng Tairan on the head, and said with a smile, "Ji He didn't say that it was a gold ore or silver mine, or a jade ore or iron mine. The Chu army has been stationed in these three counties for three years without finding any clues. , I am afraid that it is a mineral that has not yet been mined."

Luo Yong lay on the kang table, looking even more weary than Lu Jihe who hurried back to Xianyang, and said, "Three Chu cities in Yuzhou that have not yet been controlled by the Chu army, and three Chen cities in Yuzhou that Chen Guo carefully managed. It's not a loss, and it's worth it when General Murong sends someone to send a pleading note."

Ping Zhang glanced at Chong Yi, who was concentrating on playing Jiulianhuan, and Song Peiyu, who was still flipping through Yuzhou's old news, and couldn't help but follow Luo Yong's words to plead with Murong Jing, "General Murong, as the chief general, should be more cautious... ..."

There was a loud 'crack', which interrupted Ping Zhang's words.

Everyone looked at the door with dissatisfaction, and even Chong Yi raised his head from Jiulianhuan.

Only Song Peiyu was still concentrating on flipping through the seven or eight inches high stack of papers in front of her.

After Wei Zhiyuan entered the door, he immediately rushed in front of Chong Yi, and almost bumped into Chong Yi because he lost his strength, thanks to Chong Yi raising his hand to grab his shoulder.

But he didn't care about the sudden pain in his shoulder, and his voice was dull and loud, "Your Highness, look what this is!"

Except for Bo Yang who went to close the door, everyone else surrounded Chong Yi and Wei Zhiyuan, staring intently at the particularly pot-bellied porcelain vase in Wei Zhiyuan's hand.

Chong Yi let go of Wei Zhiyuan's shoulders, took the porcelain bottle, first sniffed at the mouth of the bottle, and then poured the small pills inside, which were as thick as a little finger, into the palm of his hand.

After observing carefully for a while, Chong Yi suddenly picked up a pill and brought it to his mouth, biting off a third of it.

"Rice sachets, a quick and addictive amount."

Everyone who was looking at Chong Yi's palm curiously changed their countenance when they heard Chong Yi's words.

"Rice sac?!"

"Spit it out!"

"Why didn't I smell it?"

……

Song Peiyu, who was flipping through the paper full of handwriting, was finally brought back to his senses by successive exclamations.

He raised his head and looked blankly at the crowd who didn't know when they got together.

Song Peiyu picked up the paperweight, pressed down the two stacks of papers in front of her, and got up to see why everyone was surprised.

The first thing that catches the eye is Chong Yi surrounded by the crowd, he is holding a black pill with only two-thirds left.

When Song Peiyu walked to Chong Yi's side, he could smell the medicine from Chong Yi's mouth.

He took advantage of the situation and pulled Chong Yi's wrist holding the pill to his nose, and asked, "What is this?"

"Rice sac, fast to addictive." Chong Yi calmly repeated what he just said.

Song Jinyu's tired and curious eyes froze for a moment, and he quickly raised his head, staring at Chong Yi's mouth.

The rice sac is similar to the poppy that Song Peiyu once knew, and it is a medicinal material with an unusual taste.

Even if it is occasionally used in medicine, it is still a medicine for tigers and wolves. Unless it is absolutely necessary, no one will use rice capsules as medicine.

As early as 200 years ago, someone discovered the addictive properties and toxicity of rice capsules.

Chong Yi took Song Peiyu's cold hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's fine."

With Chongyi's physical condition, there is really no need to worry about whether the pills mixed with one-third of rice capsules will be addictive.

Song Peiyu listened to Chong Yi's words, silently clenched Chong Yi's hand, and said in a muffled voice, "You can't eat it! You can't even try poison!"

He believed that Chong Yi was telling the truth, but this kind of thing... just listening to it made his hair stand on end.

Song Peiyu didn't want anyone he knew to have any connection with this kind of thing.