Liu Yun's eyes lingered on Yang Shu's face. She knew he could endure it, but she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
"Yun'er Qian'er sent ten carts of meat over. It should be all used up by now." Liu Yun whispered.
"Would you like to help us improve things?"
Liu Yun picked up the rattle on the side and asked Yang Ning to hold it to prevent her from holding on to her clothes.
"Your Majesty, you think I'm not popular enough? I can at most secretly send you some food."
"You just came from Huanheyuan, did Yun'er say anything?"
Yang Shu sniffed and said, "He's not here."
"I want to patrol the river." Liu Yun was not surprised. When Yang Shu was in the mansion, Lu Yun helped share the government affairs. Now that he is in the military camp, Lu Yun has to worry more.
Today I will watch the river, and tomorrow I will deliver food to the homes of lonely elderly people.
Fortunately, she was out of confinement and could help with matters in the house. Otherwise, Liu Yun was really worried that Lu Yun would not be able to turn around.
"We were chatting while we were having dinner last night. The government still has plenty of money. We can spend one hundred thousand taels on food for the soldiers every year. There is no problem."
"In order to avoid corruption, the account books are made public, and a dedicated person is responsible for purchasing, and they are sent to the military camp every few days."
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Yang Shu felt warm in his heart, "I think I should stay away from the river. After marrying such a good wife, the water ghost might be jealous and break the rules and jump on the shore to pull someone away."
Liu Yun pursed her lips and smiled, "Not serious."
"Madam, are Ning'er hungry?" Yang Shu took the rattle out of Yang Ning's mouth again and asked casually.
"I just fed her. She just won't be idle for a moment." Seeing Yang Ning smiling at her, Liu Yun softened her eyebrows and tapped her nose.
"Leaving after dinner?" Liu Yun looked at Yang Shu.
"My wife, if you keep someone, you have to eat even if you're not hungry. It's a pity that you can't eat anything else." Yang Shu sighed.
"Sex baby." Liu Yun said angrily, handed her daughter to Yang Shu, and got up to arrange lunch.
"Ning'er, let me tell you, my father is recognized as a gentleman. It's all because of your mother's beauty."
Liu Yun heard Yang Shu's muttering at the door, her eyes were eager and the corners of her lips were raised. She was indeed a recognized "gentleman".
After eating and staying for a while, Yang Shu left.
At a private house three miles away from Prince Qin's residence, a secret guard came up to greet him, "Your Majesty, I am completely shattered. Answer whatever you ask."
Yang Shu walked into the room. The black cloth hadn't been taken off yet, and he couldn't see his fingers in the room.
The secret guard blew the fire tune and walked towards the person tied to the chair in the middle.
If Xie Xuxu is here, he will be surprised. After all, Qin Wangwei broke into Cao's house and killed the groom with a knife.
"what is it call?"
Yang Shu lifted up his clothes and sat down on the chair brought by the secret guard.
"Qiu, Shan." The man said vaguely with a dull expression.
"What's your master's name?"
The man shook his head.
"How do you keep in touch on weekdays?"
"If red soil appears under the cypress trees, go to East Street and someone will give you the next step."
"What does this horizontal line represent?" Yang Shu unfolded a piece of paper and showed it to the man.
"The operation is suspended." The man answered word by word.
"How long have you been with them?"
"Three years."
"Which country?"
"Yan Kingdom."
"Where are my wife and children?"
The man's eyes moved, he raised his head sharply, and shut his mouth tightly.
Yang Shu took the fire folder from the secret guard's hand and lit the note, "I've said it all, it's too late to wake up now."
"Don't worry, in their eyes, you are already dead."
"Tell me everything you know, and I won't escort you to the streets."
The man looked at Yang Shu and lowered his shoulders.
"It's all right. I won't kill you in a short period of time. The information must be wrong. You should know the consequences. I don't know where your wife and children are, but they must know."
After saying that, Yang Shu went out, and the secret guards brought the food. After eating, his mind would be clear, so that he would not miss anything.
Before returning to the military camp, Yang Shu went to the river.
Unfortunately, he arrived just as Lu Yun left.
"No surprises next time, I won't even see you here."
After looking around, Yang Shu gently pulled the reins and rode away.
…
"She thinks I don't dare!"
Emperor Ye's chest heaved violently, he raised his hand and waved the fold on the imperial case, "Non-nu!"
"The decree is that Cui Ye is dull, has no talent and no virtue, loves happiness, and is building a lot of construction projects. Now his title is cut off and he will never return!"
"Your Majesty?" The eunuch's eyes widened. With this decree, the relationship between father and son would be severed.
"Isn't she very capable? I don't care about the kindness of the king, so I will let her know what it means to be a king and a minister!"
"What I give, I receive even more!" Emperor Ye said with stern eyes.
The eunuch opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to persuade him.
In just half a day, everyone in Jincheng knew that Cui Ye had been demoted to a commoner and had no chance of becoming the emperor.
"This emperor's heart..." the speaker clicked his tongue, "it's more biased than us. I also like the clever younger son, but I will not drive the eldest son out of the house."
“It’s common for a bowl of water to be uneven, but something like this is really rare.”
"Stop talking. You don't know what's going on recently. I'll arrest you carefully and take you to jail."
"The people up there don't know what it means to be blinded. They haven't noticed the prosperity of Wuzhou at all. How can King Cheng be a good thing if he is stained with the blood of the Zhou family?"
"Just wait and see, Ye Guo will lose to them sooner or later."
Everyone cursed a few words to relieve their depression and dispersed.
When the news reached Wuzhou, Meng Po carefully looked at Cui Tingyu's face. The emperor was really confused. His behavior would only make things more irreversible.
"Princess." Meng Po called.
Cui Tingyu sipped her tea quietly, "Spread word outside that the emperor is haunted by evil spirits and has confused his mind. Wait until he wakes up before issuing an order to Wuzhou."
"Princess, the emperor is afraid that he will send a large army..."
Cui Tingyu raised the corners of his lips, "With his current reputation, sending a large army to capture Ye'er will only make the people's disdain even worse."
"The Zhou family has done a lot of good things in the past few years. The national treasury has long been unable to make ends meet. The weakness inside can be seen at the slightest move."
"If this were not the case, how could Emperor Ye tolerate Yan Guo's beard-pulling behavior?"
"He knew that the Zhou family was useless, but for Cui Sheng, he had to grit his teeth and endure it. Thinking about it, it's quite pitiful." Cui Tingyu seemed to be talking about other people's family affairs.
"I hope he sends a large army to surround Wuzhou for a few months to see who consumes more energy."
"If he wants to show off his imperial prestige, I have to be willing." Cui Tingyu's eyes were filled with coldness.
"Send the heads of those people to Jincheng, and leave them at the entrance of the palace early in the morning, so that they can talk about multiple topics."
"Do you really think you are still in Jincheng, assassinating me in Xuanyang City? Even Yang Shu, I can make him never come back."
…
"Ah sneeze!"
Yang Shu rubbed his nose and said, "The dust is really too big."
It had only been a few days, but the mountain had already left them stranded.
"Fang Zhuang, is it fifteen today?"
Fang Zhuang wiped the ashes from his face and sighed, "Your Majesty, it's fifteen."
"It's finally time to go home. Let Sun Hu keep an eye on me while I go wash up." Yang Shu untied his heavy-duty bag and walked toward the tent while humming a tune.
