The Sickly Beauty Substitute Called It Quits

Tan's expression said it all.

King Yue seemed to be thrown high into the sky and fell into an invisible abyss. The coldness rose from the bottom of his heart and spread throughout his body.

The hot blood just now cooled down instantly.

King Yue refused to accept the facts in front of him. When he thought he saw the dawn, someone closed the window heavily and told him that it was all fake.

No one can accept it.

King Yue unconsciously exerted force on the hand holding Mr. Tan's shoulder. Mr. Tan felt pain and pushed his hand away: "Let them retreat first, close the city gate, quick!"

It wasn't that they wanted to retreat, but that the huge army forced them to retreat and find another way out.

King Yue gritted his teeth, he didn't want to just give up.

"We can't shrink back. If we are trapped in the city again this time, we won't have any chance. We must make a quick decision and use the fastest speed to break out of the encirclement."

Mr. Tan thought about it for a while, and felt that what King Yue said was reasonable. They couldn't be trapped in Hanzhou forever, otherwise they might be trapped here to death. Right now is the only chance.

The effort of speaking, the people below also found something wrong.

"Is someone coming?"

"Our people? Or... from the imperial court?"

The same doubt spread not only among the soldiers under King Yue, but also among the troops sent by the imperial court.

At the beginning of the battle, although they knew that the king of Yue had a backup, they didn't know that the opponent's strength would exceed them by so much. The general had already written a letter of help to the court. They waited desperately until now, just to hold back the king of Yue. Wait for the rescue.

After fighting with a force much higher than their own for so long, they could hardly hold on any longer. If the imperial court hadn't sent people to come, the king of Yue might break out of the encirclement today.

"General, a large number of traces of people and horses have been found not far away."

The man who was called the general quickly grabbed the sword in his hand: "Is it ours, or the King of Yue's?"

The voice fell, and the people around held their breath. Many times before, after they heard such a report, the power of the King of Yue would grow. It took less than a month.

How much they wished that they could hear a completely different answer from before.

"If you go back to the general, this time it's the imperial army!" Xiaobing couldn't hide his excitement on his face.

The others breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone looked at the general, but they saw that the general did not relax at all, and his brows were also tightly knit.

"General?"

"Don't take it lightly, carefully determine the identity of the other party."

"Yes!"

The general's words made them clear their minds. They remembered what happened not long ago. The people of King Yue approached them in disguise as the imperial army. If the general hadn't reacted in time, they might have become the souls of the enemy's sword.

Gu Huai led people closer, and everyone saw the flag they held high, which was the symbol of Dahuan.

"The people sent by His Majesty have arrived!"

Gu Huai's arrival completely reversed the situation on the battlefield.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and the dark clouds hanging over Hanzhou finally dispersed on this day.

Before the new year, the imperial court received the news that the traitor was executed.

King Yue fled under the cover of his confidants, but before they could go far, Gu Huai sent someone to catch up and catch them back.

In this battle, Gu Huai once again made great contributions.

As one of the coaches, when returning to Beijing, Gu Huai rode at the forefront.

People in the capital lined the road to welcome them. They had already received the news of King Yue's defeat from the public newspaper. King Yue, Mr. Tan and others were locked in a prison car, attracting countless rotten eggs and rotten leaves.

The King of Yue looked at everything in front of him dumbly, and finally escaped from the capital, but came back in the most embarrassing posture. His heart was too far apart, and the King of Yue didn't know what expression to show.

A rotten egg hit his head with a "bang" and shattered, and a disgusting stench overflowed instantly.

At the beginning, King Yue would still be dissatisfied and frown, but now, facing these, he no longer showed unnecessary expressions.

Along the way, all he heard was contempt for himself.

The [-] soldiers and horses that Gu Huai brought back from Subei were responsible for escorting King Yue and others back to Beijing. The soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court to Hanzhou stayed there temporarily to deal with follow-up matters.

When the meritorious officials return to Beijing, in order to show their importance, the imperial court will send special officials to welcome them. If the meritorious service is large enough, His Majesty will personally go there to welcome them.

This time, Gu Huai made meritorious deeds twice, and even made every effort to turn the tide and seize the King of Yue. It was both emotional and reasonable, and the court needed to pay attention to it.

On the day Gu Huai brought people back, Shen Yu and Shang Junlin changed into casual clothes and left the palace.

In the restaurant and teahouse, all the talk was about the King of Yue. Shen Yu and Shang Junlin did not choose Yingxinglou this time, but chose another teahouse, and asked for a private room on the second floor by the window, so that they could watch the movement outside.

They chose the place that Gu Huai and his party must pass through after entering Beijing.

Shen Yu poured tea for himself, and pushed a cup in front of Shang Junlin: "The tea here is good, Your Majesty, try it."

This teahouse was recommended by Jiang Huaiqing when he wrote a letter with him. For a long time before, Shang Junlin was busy with government affairs and was unable to leave the palace. Today, he was free and came out with him at the invitation of Shen Yu.

Shang Junlin picked up the teacup and took a sip: "I still prefer Ayu's craftsmanship."

There are many things in Shen Yuhui. Tea has accompanied him for two lifetimes. In his previous life, he was alone and liked to make tea for himself. In this life, there is an extra Shang Junlin, so he cooks for Shang Junlin.

Being used to drinking tea made by depression, Shang Junlin can't accept other people's tea anymore.

Shen Yu glanced at the sky, there was still time, and asked the waiter to bring the tea set.

"I'm just saying, Ah Yu doesn't have to do it himself." Shang Junlin saw him and hurriedly pressed his hand.

"It's nothing, it's just right, I also prefer to drink the tea I made myself." Shen Yu's words were not to appease Shang Junlin, he really thought so. When he was in the palace, he liked to do it himself.

Seeing that he was interested, Shang Junlin asked Eunuch Meng to pick out some rare tea sets and send them to Yuzhang Palace.

The melancholy movements are smooth and flowing, the light blue clothes dance with his movements, his eyes are drooping, and he is focused on the white porcelain teacup in his hand.

Shang Junlin's eyes fell on him, unable to move away.

Worried that Shen Yu was hungry, Shang Junlin ordered a lot of snacks, all of which were sweeter than Shen Yu's favorite.

Shang Junlin took a piece of pastry and fed it to Shen Yu's mouth. Shen Yu took a bite, and the faint tea fragrance spread in his mouth. He was surprised: "Is there tea added to this pastry?"

It has the fragrance of tea but does not have the bitterness of tea. Instead, it is sweet in the mouth and leaves a fragrance on the lips and teeth.

"Using a special method to keep the fragrance of tea in the pastry and filter out the bitterness, it is a very famous special dessert here."

The sun was gradually setting to the west, and more and more people gathered on the street. Shen Yu and the others chose a good location, with a wide view, and they could see everything below.

"Is it almost there?" Shen Yu put down his teacup and looked outside.

As soon as the words fell, he heard the sound of horseshoes not far away, and he leaned over gloomily, looking in the direction of the sound.

Soldiers in armor came in unison, and the common people stood by the side of the road to make way for them.

Shen Yu could hear the voices of discussion and cheers from below. They rejoiced for Dahuan's victory and shouted for the brave and skilled soldiers.

Shen Yu smiled subconsciously, and sat back in his seat.

Gu Huai and the others were very fast. In less than a moment, they had already arrived at the downstairs of the teahouse. They gloomily saw Gu Huai sitting high on the horseback.

The current Gu Huai is a little more resolute than Wuguan before leaving, and his eyes are closer to the person in Shen Yu's memory. Shen Yu can't help but think of his previous life. What happened to Gu Huai before he met him?

His gloomy eyes fell on Gu Huai for a while, Shang Junlin pinched his chin in dissatisfaction, and saw the sadness in his eyes that was too late to put away.

"What is Ah Yu thinking?" Shang Junlin's finger strength increased uncontrollably, and his voice carried a hostility that the master hadn't noticed yet.

Depressedly withdrawn from the memory of his previous life, he felt a little pain in his jaw.

"Your Majesty, you are hurting me."

Shang Junlin let go of his gloomy chin as if he had just woken up from a dream. Not surprisingly, two shocking red marks were left on his gloomy chin.

"Does it hurt?" The hostility in his heart dissipated instantly, Shang Junlin carefully raised his gloomy chin, and touched it with his fingertips.

Shaking his head glumly, out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of King Yue who was imprisoned in a prison car.

"This time, if His Majesty wants to deal with the King of Yue, no one will jump out and say that the late emperor has orders, right?"

As if sensing something, the person in the prison car looked up and glanced this way, then looked away hastily as if being stabbed.

"The King of Yue's rebellion is a certainty, they dare not."

Seeing the scene he wanted to see, he was depressed and satisfied.

King Yue was arrested, Shang Junlin still had a lot to do, packed some snacks, and the two got up and went back to the palace.

Getting used to it is really a terrible thing. It took Shen Yu more than ten years to get used to being alone, but now he got used to the existence of another person around him in just one year.

After staying with Shen Yu in Yuzhang Palace for a while, Shang Junlin went to see Gu Huai and others.

After a brief wash, Gu Huai needed to go to the palace to face the saint. He was with him, and there were several other generals who went to Beijing with him this time. to Hanzhou.

King Yue and his accomplices were imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The king of Yue has already rebelled, even if there is the last emperor's will, this time, no one in the court dares to intercede for the king of Yue.

That is a serious crime of treason, and their lives are not enough to pay for it.

No one would joke about the fate of himself and his family, committing a felony, but it would be infamous forever.

The palace held a small reception banquet for Gu Huai and others, and there were also important officials from the court. At the banquet, Shang Junlin rewarded those who made meritorious deeds this time.

Gu Huai jumped to become a second-rank general, a higher official position than before.

This time, no one raised an objection.

"I order you to capture the remnants of the traitors as quickly as possible." While awarding the reward, Shang Junlin issued a new task.

"The minister obeys the order!"

After receiving the decree, Gu Huai returned to his seat. During this period, many ministers came to seek connections. They had already seen the future of this newly promoted general from Shang Junlin's attitude.

Being able to be reused by His Majesty must have a bright future. Besides, Gu Huai does not belong to any faction of the imperial court at present. At this time, of course, he can make good friends if he can. It is best to draw people to his own camp.

After the small banquet, Shang Junlin did not return to Yuzhang Palace immediately, but went to the Imperial Study Room.

The leader of Yinlongwei quietly appeared in the imperial study room.

"I need to know all the information about Gu Huai, every detail."

He couldn't ignore the gloomy look in his eyes during the day.