Wang Qinruo returned home without a trace. His beautiful concubine felt very strange when she saw that his mind was not in a state of confusion, but she did not dare to say anything. She just whispered to her slaves to prepare fragrant tea.
Wang Qinruo walked to the chair and sat down, dazed for a while, then noticed the concubine standing beside him, and couldn't help but ask: "Do you think this world will eventually belong to Yan Yun?" The concubine suddenly heard He was very surprised by these words. He hesitated and said: "This is a national matter. How dare I talk nonsense!" Wang Qinruo said: "The pink-headed courtesan in the brothel and the red house have frequent contacts with you. You can learn from their What message did you hear from your mouth? What do the people think of Yang Peng?" Seeing the concubine hesitating and hesitating, he naturally understood her scruples and said angrily: "There is no need to scruple in front of me, there is no harm in speaking out. !”
The concubine glanced at Wang Qinruo and said, "Since the master asked me, how dare I hide my identity!" At this time, the maid came in with fragrant tea, put it on the small table beside Wang Qinruo, and then retreated to the concubine's body. beside. The concubine turned to the maid and said, "Go out and wait." The maid responded and then left the room.
The concubine said: "Since the master asked about this matter, I will speak frankly!" After a pause, "There are already legends among the people, saying that the world will soon change dynasties! It is also said that King Yan Yang Peng is the reincarnation of Buddha , who is here to save all sentient beings, those who obey will prosper and those who disobey will perish!"
Wang Qinruo frowned and said angrily: "What kind of nonsense are these? They are clearly deceiving people!" The concubine said quickly: "I am just paraphrasing folk words!"
Wang Qinruo raised his head and glanced at his concubine, "What do you think? Do you also think that Yang Peng will eventually dominate the world?"
The concubine thought for a while and frowned, "I don't have much knowledge, but I just feel that King Yan is like a fierce tiger. As soon as he appears, he will fight all kinds of beasts! It seems that no one can resist him! Maybe, maybe It’s not certain that King Yan will really be able to dominate the world in the end!”
Wang Qinruo lowered his head and began to think deeply. The concubine looked at Wang Qinruo and had something on her mind.
At this moment, a Yuhou came in and reported: "Sir, Master Confucius wants to see you!" Wang Qinruo was very surprised: "What is he doing here in the middle of the night?" Wang Qinruo has a bad reputation among the people. As a direct descendant of Confucius, Wang Qinruo Kong Yida had always kept a distance from him, so Wang Qinruo was very surprised by his sudden visit tonight. Wang Qinruo hesitated for a moment, feeling that he had to see Kong Yida when he came to visit him. In addition, he also wanted to see what the old master wanted from him, so he said to Marquis Yu: "Take the old master to the study, I will be there soon!" Marquis Yu responded and retreated.
Wang Qinruo stood up, smiled and said to the concubine: "You rest first, I will accompany you later." The concubine smiled sweetly, "I will make the bed and wait for the master to come back." Wang Qinruo walked out of the room with a feeling in his heart.
When Wang Qinruo came to the study, he saw Kong Yida pacing back and forth in the study restlessly, so he walked forward, cupped his fists and smiled and said: "It's a rare visitor. I didn't know that the old master is coming here. I'm sorry for missing you from a distance." Sin!" As soon as Kong Yida saw Wang Qinruo, he hurriedly came forward to salute: "I'm bothering you late at night, I hope the prime minister will forgive me!" Wang Qinruo laughed, "Where is the old master's light in the humble abode, and the humble abode is filled with green peppers and radiance!" Kong Yida Seeing Wang Qinruo's enthusiasm, he couldn't help but feel greatly benefited. Thinking of his intention, he said with a serious expression: "I came to visit late at night. I really have a big matter to discuss with the Prime Minister!"
Wang Qinruo asked Kong Yida to sit down, and the two of them sat down separately. Then the maid brought tea and retreated.
Kong Yida ignored the tea and asked anxiously: "I heard a piece of news at home that made me restless, so I came here to ask the Prime Minister! Just now, I heard the news that Yanyun defeated Liao in succession. Is this the case between the Xixia Army and the Xixia Army?"
Wang Qinruo sighed and nodded: "It is true! I received the news tonight that King Yan Yang Peng took the initiative to attack at Yanmen Pass and defeated the 700,000 Khitan army in Yeqihu City. The Khitan army was defeated for hundreds of miles. They retreated to Hongzhou! But Li Zongdao’s 300,000 Xixia elites encountered Yang Yanzhao’s ambush, were defeated and retreated to Xiazhou!”
Kong Yida looked pale and said: "In other words, Yan Yun won another victory?"
Wang Qinruo nodded and said, "You can say that."
Kong Yida sighed heavily and said angrily: "How come no one can deal with Yang Peng! If this scourge is allowed to develop like this, the people will suffer!" Wang Qinruo asked in confusion: "Where did the old master come from? That's what you said?" Kong Yida glanced at Wang Qinruo angrily and said angrily: "Don't the Prime Minister think that this villain who does not obey Confucius and Mencius and is immoral is a threat to the world?" Wang Qinruo understood Kong Yida What I mean is that Kong Yida hates the de-Confucian policy that Yang Peng has always implemented. Under Yang Peng's administration, the status of Confucianism has plummeted. In many cases, it is worse than the lowest traffickers and pawns. Those who are engaged in low-level industries are similar to Blacksmiths, carpenters, and merchants could all enter the academy to teach, but the Confucian scholars who had always been superior were excluded. Regarding this, Confucian scholars all over the world hated it, and denounced Yang Peng and his Yan Yunjun as demon-like beings. It is precisely because of the propaganda of the Confucian scholars that the people of Bianjing were prejudiced against Yang Peng. They really regarded Yang Peng and his Yanyun Army as savage beasts. Of course, some clear-minded people saw it. The truth of the matter.
Wang Qinruo nodded and said: "What the old master said is absolutely true!"
Kong Yida frowned and said: "If this villain really takes over the world, it will be the biggest disaster in the history of our Chinese clan! The etiquette system that the predecessors finally established with great difficulty will disappear, and the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period will collapse. The bad scene will reappear!" Kong Yida said this, his face gradually turned pale, as if he had seen some terrible scene. Are Confucian scholars like Kong Yida really worried about the country and the people? I'm afraid it's not necessarily true. Underneath the high-sounding words, they are just worried that they, Confucian scholars who originally enjoyed a high status, will lose all the privileges they originally had in the storm caused by Yang Peng. It is a world that no longer belongs to Confucianism. Therefore, They were very frightened.
Wang Qinruo disagreed with what Kong Yida said and said: "What the old master said is absolutely true. But I'm afraid we can't control this kind of thing, right?"
Kong Yida looked at Wang Qinruo and said categorically: "We cannot do nothing, we must find ways to eliminate Yang Peng and save the world! The prime minister is an important minister of the country and must bear this responsibility!"
Wang Qinruo clasped his fists and nodded: "That's what I taught you!" He paused and said, "To be honest, not long ago, I prompted Your Majesty to decide to send troops to Jiangbei to attack Yang Peng with the Liao and Xixia companies!..." Kong Yida didn't know yet. Upon hearing this, his eyes lit up, "Oh, Your Majesty has already decided, that's great!"
Wang Qinruo sighed, "But God is not as good as man! Just tonight, the news of the defeat of Daliao and Xixia came, and your Majesty revoked the decision to send troops!" Kong Yida was very dissatisfied, "How could your Majesty go back on his word? ?" Wang Qinruo said: "I can't blame your Majesty! Hey, the Protector King of Daliao is such a powerful figure, but an army of 700,000 was defeated by Yang Peng outside Yanmen Pass. That Li Zongdao is not a fuel saver, but he was also able to do so in an instant He was defeated and returned to Xiazhou! In such a situation, how dare your Majesty to act rashly, not to mention that if we take action now, it will be our court alone facing Yan Yun's situation. I must also know what the outcome will be!!"
Kong Yida knew nothing, but he was anxious and angry in his heart. He couldn't help shouting: "Confucius said Chengren, Mencius said righteousness! You can't back down just because things are difficult!"
Wang Qinruo cursed secretly: "You old boy knows nothing. If you want to be benevolent and righteous, just go ahead, but don't drag me with you!" 'Thinking like this in my heart, he echoed on his face: "That's what the old master taught me!" Then he said awkwardly: "It's just that I have tried my best, but I really can't change your majesty's mind! Why don't you go and say it, your majesty will definitely listen to my advice. !" Kong Yida thought and nodded.
His eyes turned to Shuiyun Temple. Zhao You sat under the lamp and did his homework seriously, while the stunningly beautiful Concubine Mu sat beside him and stared blankly at him, obviously absent-minded, as if her heart had already flown to Yanjing.
There were footsteps on the stairs. Concubine Mu took her thoughts back and turned to look at the stairs, only to see Yan Ji coming up in armor. Yan Ji glanced at Zhao You who was not distracted at all, then walked gently to Concubine Mu, bent down and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, there is news about King Yan." Concubine Mu immediately became radiant and glanced at Zhao You , winked at Yanji and stood up. The two women walked quietly to the far window. Concubine Mu asked anxiously: "How is the situation? He, is he okay?"
Yan Ji smiled and teased: "I wonder who the empress is asking about?"
Concubine Mu's pretty face turned red, she lowered her head and smoothed her hair, "No, it's King Yan." Then she became worried and asked anxiously: "How is he?"
Yan Ji stopped teasing her and said: "I just received news from the palace that King Yan led his hundreds of thousands of elites to defeat the 700,000-strong army of Yeqihu City at Yanmen Pass. Yeqihu City has retreated to Hongzhou! In addition, general Yang Yanzhao also defeated Li Zongdao's 300,000 elite troops north of Yinzhou, and Xixia has also become discouraged!"
After Concubine Mu heard this, a big stone hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground. She couldn't help but clasped her hands together and thanked the Bodhisattva: "Thank you Bodhisattva for your blessing! Thank you Bodhisattva for your blessing!" Yan Ji said: "I also heard that Princess Li Qingxia of Xixia came to the palace not long ago and used evil words to confuse the public, and the emperor was also said by her. Moved, decided to send troops to Jianghuai!..." Concubine Mu immediately became nervous again: "Why does the emperor want to use troops against Yan Yun?"
Yan Ji smiled and said, "Don't worry, your Majesty! I heard that not long after the emperor made this decision, news of the defeat of Liao and Xixia came. The emperor and everyone present were greatly frightened, and the plan to send troops was He died young!"
"The empress knows the emperor well. With his character, how dare he act rashly now!" Yan Ji said half mockingly, half teasingly.
Concubine Mu felt relieved, turned around and stared at the beautiful night scene outside the window and became stunned.
"Mother!" Zhao You's voice suddenly came, breaking Concubine Mu's thoughts. Concubine Mu turned around and saw Zhao You looking at her with a smile. She couldn't help but feel panicked. Two blushes suddenly appeared on her cheeks. Against the bright moon outside the window, she was really a bright moon, so beautiful. Concubine Mu glared at Zhao You and said angrily: "Have you finished your homework?" Zhao You nodded vigorously, "It's done!"
Murong Feihua and Yan Ji walked next to Zhao You. Zhao You quickly picked up his homework and stood up, handing it to his mother with both hands. Concubine Mu took over the homework and read it. She saw that Zhao You had given detailed answers to all the questions listed by Yang Peng. After looking at them carefully, she didn't quite understand the reason, and she didn't know whether Zhao You's answers were correct. Incorrect.
Yan Ji saw Concubine Mu's difficulty and asked Zhao You with a smile: "Your Highness, you might as well deduce the current war situation between your master and the Liao Kingdom Xixia and see if your inference is correct or not!" Concubine Mu also showed curiosity. Colorful, looking at Xiaodou'er.
Zhao You lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and looked at his mother and Yan Ji for a moment. Yan Ji joked: "Is this question too difficult to answer?"
Zhao You shook his head with a smile, "What's so rare about this? It's too simple!" He rolled his eyes, "Both Liao and Xixia must have been defeated by the master!"
The two women were very surprised and couldn't help but look at each other. Yan Ji's heart moved, and she said with a smile: "You must have heard what I said to the empress just now!" After hearing this, Zhao You immediately became anxious, "No! I was doing my homework just now, and I didn't know Yan Ji at all. Sister is coming up!" Yan Ji asked curiously: "Then how did you guess it?"
Zhao You wrinkled his nose, "What's so difficult about this? Master's ability can naturally deal with the Khitans and Dangxiang people!"
The two women pursed their lips and smiled, and Yan Ji said angrily: "I thought how His Highness made the judgment? It turns out that's how it is!" Zhao You nodded, looked at his mother and Yan Ji, and said with a smile: "There is one more thing. , Sister Yan Ji and mother are so happy, how can the master have any problems? He must have defeated the enemy!" Yan Ji sighed: "Your Highness is so smart, I'm afraid you will be as powerful as King Yan when you grow up! "
Zhao You shook his head vigorously and said seriously: "I can't surpass the master! The master is a great hero who will not appear in a thousand years!" After hearing this, Concubine Mu couldn't help but change her expression. Extremely gentle. Yan Ji snorted and said unconvinced: "King Yan is great, but I don't believe that there is no one like him in this thousand years! Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period, Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty , Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, are these figures not as good as him?"
Zhao You shook his head seriously, and the two girls couldn't help but feel amused when they saw that he looked like a little adult. Just listen to him say: "These people that Sister Yan Ji mentioned are indeed great, but their achievements are just to replace an old dynasty with a new dynasty, and nothing else. What's so strange about the replacement of dynasties over and over again?" ! But the master is different." The two women clearly saw that when the little guy talked about Yang Peng, his eyes actually radiated with a look of great admiration, "What the master has to do is an unprecedented feat. A ground-breaking event! If this happens, the characters Sister Yan Ji just mentioned will not even be worthy of carrying the master's shoes!" The two women were very surprised, and then they began to think deeply.
Zhao You patted his belly, raised his head and said, "Mom, I'm hungry!" At this time, Zhao You really looked like a child of his age. The two women smiled, and Yan Ji said: "I'm going to prepare something to eat. What would Your Highness want to eat?" Zhao You swallowed his saliva and said with a longing look on his face: "The mung bean cake that Sister Xiang'er made last time was the most delicious. I I still want to eat!" Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay, I'll let her do it right now!" Then she said to Concubine Mu: "Madam, I'm going." Concubine Mu nodded, and Yan Ji quickly walked downstairs. As I walked, I heard voices and busy sounds downstairs.
Concubine Mu sat down next to Zhao You, put down Zhao You's homework, hugged Zhao You into her arms, and couldn't help but said: "I don't know when I can see your master?" Zhao You rolled his eyes, hehe He smiled. Concubine Mu raised her head and asked with a blushing face, "Why are you laughing?" Zhao You shook his head quickly, "No, I'm not smiling!" Then he frowned, "I miss Master so much! "
Zhao You's words aroused Concubine Mu's emotions. She sighed quietly and said worriedly: "We are not going to stay here forever, are we?"
Zhao You shook his head and said resolutely: "No! When master goes south in a big way in the future, we can stay with him!"
Concubine Mu was startled. She was suddenly afraid that that day would come. When Yan Yun's army marched southward, what would it be like?
His eyes turned to Xixia.
Li Qingxia hurried back to Xixia. As soon as she came back, she heard the news she least wanted to hear: Marshal Li Zongdao was defeated in Shenduiyi! The news she heard in Lin'an was true!
Li Qingxia hurried to the palace and met her father. She was shocked to find that his father seemed to be dozens of years older than when she left, looking dejected and exhausted. Concubine Lan, who was as charming as ever, was comforting him with soft words.
"Father,..." Li Qingxia saluted.
The emperor glared at Li Qingxia, raised his trembling finger and pointed at her, and then said angrily: "You, you, it's all your fault! Otherwise, how could our Daxia, our Daxia, have suffered such a disastrous defeat!" Li Qingxia was helpless. She was right. Although she firmly believed that her view was correct and she had to concentrate her efforts to eliminate the scourge of Yanyun while there was still a chance in order to achieve long-term peace and stability in Daxia, after all, it was because of her persistence that Xixia sent troops. , just because Xixia sent troops, it suffered such a major defeat. Xixia had already suffered heavy losses in the war with Yanyun before, and now it has suffered such heavy losses. I am afraid that Xixia has less than 200,000 elite soldiers at its disposal. It can be said that Xixia is in a state of turmoil!
Concubine Lan glanced at Li Qingxia triumphantly and complained: "Originally, nothing happened in our Daxia and Yanyun peace. Isn't it great? But some people are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, so they insist on making trouble! Now it's good Well, our Daxia suffered a disastrous defeat, turned against Yan Yun, and I’m afraid we won’t have peace in the future!”
Li Qingxia was so ashamed that she said to the emperor: "I cannot take the blame for this, please punish me!"
The emperor snorted, "From now on, you stay in the princess's mansion, don't go anywhere, and don't do anything!"
Li Qingxia felt heavy and replied: "Yes!" The emperor did not want to see this daughter again and shouted: "Get out of here. You are not allowed to enter the palace without a summons!" Li Qingxia felt a pain in her heart and almost cried. She tried to hold it back. He didn't shed tears, he bowed in response, and then withdrew.
The emperor was so angry that he kept breathing heavily. Concubine Lan hurriedly bent down, stroked the emperor's back and comforted her: "Your Majesty, don't be too angry! As the saying goes, it's never too late to mend a situation before it's too late. Now it's only right to repair the relationship with Yan Yun quickly!" The emperor said with deep approval. nodded.
When Li Qingxia came out of the palace, she finally couldn't bear it any longer, and tears welled up from her eyes like spring water. When the maids and guards saw this, they were horrified and at a loss. Li Qingxia is a woman with a strong personality. After being sad for a while, she controlled her emotions, wiped the tears on her cheeks, got on the carriage, and said loudly: "Go home!" Her voice was trembling. The guards and maids escorted the carriage out of the palace gate and headed towards the princess's residence.
Li Qingxia felt exhausted both physically and mentally, leaning against the car wall. Looking back on her experiences during this period, she wanted to find where she had made mistakes. However, after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't find my problem. From beginning to end, although I can't say it was perfect, I did a very good job, which created a very favorable situation for Yan Yun in the early stage of the war. But why is the final result not what I expected?
Li Qingxia frowned, and she suddenly felt that the problem lay with King Yan. Speaking of it, I still don't know him very well. I only know some legends and rumors about King Yan, but I don't know the specific situation at all. I don't know anything about his personality, hobbies, etc. Li Qingxia's heart suddenly became enlightened, and she knew what she should do next!
Snapped! Suddenly there was a loud noise from the car wall, as if a stone or something was hitting the car wall, and Li Qingxia was startled. There were shouts and curses outside the car, and then there were sounds of fighting. Li Qingxia felt something had happened, so she quickly opened the curtain and got out of the carriage. I saw the guards holding two fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys behind their backs and forcing them to kneel on the ground.
Li Qingxia stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"
The guard captain pointed at the two teenagers and said angrily: "These two commoners attacked Her Royal Highness's car with rocks!"
Li Qingxia frowned, and a thought came to her mind: 'Could it be that my political enemies sent them to assassinate me? 'Looking at the two teenagers, I saw that they were young and in ragged clothes. I couldn't help but feel suspicious and asked, "Why do you want to assassinate me?"
The two teenagers raised their heads and stared at Li Qingxia with extremely angry expressions. Li Qingxia was stunned and frowned: "I have never seen you, why do you hate me so much?" The older boy shouted: "It is because of you that our father died in the hands of the Yanyun people! I I want to avenge my father!" The boy next to him nodded vigorously.
What happened after all? Let’s hear the explanation next time.
