The Pearl on the Emperor’s Crown

Xie Ying did not enter the palace like Ruan Yu, and still handled affairs in his private house.

The front arming has long been arranged tightly. According to Xie Ying's style, he rarely defended the city passively, and took the initiative to attack on the right time. He didn't plan to let these men and horses approach the capital at all.

Someone came in and presented something, saying: "Shizi, a letter from the Yan family."

Shen Xingliu unfolded the letter paper, read it again, his complexion changed a little and then returned to normal, saying: "Shizi, it is Yan Yuer."

Yan Yu'er had shown good wishes to his family's son a long time ago, and expressed the hope that he could cooperate with his son. Shizi... also agreed. He also gave some advice to Yan Yuer and sent many people to sneak into Jingzhou.

Yan Yuer really followed the instructions of the son, at least on the surface.

Xie Ying did not answer the letter, only asked: "What did she say this time."

"Yan Yu'er asked for a noble concubine on the condition that she led 50,000 soldiers. She said that she could even get rid of Yan Fengqin." Shen Xingliu skipped the redundancy and only said the key. "Furthermore, she wants to see Shizi, and wants to talk with Shizi face to face."

All the staff and generals around showed subtle expressions. Sheng Ling has always been outspoken: "Such a poisonous woman, the elder son can't afford it!"

Xie Ying squinted and snorted.

Han Yunrong said: "This is a coincidence. Xie Shao wrote a letter and was willing to support the elder son as the emperor. Yan Yuer followed suit."

Sheng Qing frowned: "The time Xie Shao came to Beijing...it's hard not to think that he was in collusion with the Yan family. Shizi, I do not agree to accept Yan Yuer and Xie Shao, it is likely to lead a wolf into the room."

Xue Chengzhan said: "Yes, neither Yan Yuer nor Xie Shao can be trusted."

Xie Ying finally said: "Through the letter to Xie Shao, if he really submits to me, then let him bring only two hundred relatives into Beijing, and the rest will stay where he is based, and will be taken over by Xue Chengzhan and Nie Zhao. If it happens. , I...respect him as a brother and give him the position of prince. Otherwise, I have to meet each other in battle."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, all knowing that Xie Ying was indifferent to Xie Shao, but he said that he was willing to "respect each other as his brother". Could it be that Xie Shao gave up his life last time to face Suowu Tower with his son and let his son thank you Shao has changed? It is still purely out of technical considerations.

"Yes, my son." No matter how surprised, Xue Chengzhan and Nie Zhao quickly got up and took their orders.

Shen Xingliu asked: "Then how do I reply to Yan Yuer?"

"Yan's side, I'll go there by myself."

Most of the voices of opposition: "Whether Yan Yuer really turned against Yan Fengqin, or whether the two brothers and sisters have deliberately set up a situation to lure the world's son to go, it is still unknown."

Xie Yingli rejected all opinions and settled like this. Started to discuss other things again.

...When it came out, it was already on the branch of the moon, not far from Gu Taiyan's residence, Xie Ying stopped by.

"Are teachers and mothers accustomed to living in Beijing?" Xie Ying thanked Mrs. Gu for the cooked Ganlan water, and asked after drinking two mouthfuls.

Sheng Xiao still stayed in Weizhou, and Gu Taiyan went to Beijing to assist Xie Ying to control the political situation, allowing Xie Ying to concentrate on taking down Jingzhou. Everyone in the DPRK could understand that Gu Taiyan must be the future Zaifu.

Both answered that they were accustomed, and Mrs. Gu also added with a smile: "After going to Beijing, Nanci also lived with us, so I feel even more relieved."

When the other party talked about Gu Nanci, Xie Ying said: "Teacher, there are many talents in Beijing, and some are not yet married. The teacher can pay attention to the senior sister."

Gu Taiyan's face did not change, and he nodded to indicate that he knew it. Mrs. Gu's smile was slightly stagnant. The meaning is clear. Xie Ying asked Gu Taiyan to find a husband-in-law for Gu Nanci.

The two masters and disciples spoke again, and when Xie Ying left, Mrs. Gu couldn't help but said: "Husband, what does A Ying mean?... Isn't he planning to let Nan Ci enter the palace in the future?"

Gu Taiyan calmly said, "I didn't plan to let Nan Ci enter the palace. A Ying has always been her sister since she was a child, can't you tell?"

Mrs. Gu said anxiously: "Yes, but our Nanci..."

Gu Taiyan said: "Okay! She has been so self-willed for so many years, she should be a tail."

Seeing her husband's speech and tone all revealing her disappointment with her daughter, even though Mrs. Gu was a little unwilling, she had to stop talking.

When Xie Ying returned to Zhu Yi's mother and son, the two were already asleep.

The man kissed each of the big and the small on the cheek, then turned to look at the big one.

Zhu Yi was originally extremely dishonest when he slept, but now he is holding the child with his heart, and he can actually maintain a position motionless, and has never pressed Arong.

Xie Ying looked at Zhu Yi's well-behaved sleeping position, stroked her fingers, and curled up the corners of her mouth.

On the second day, Xie Ying led the army to Songzhou where Yan Yuer's letter had agreed to meet.

Yan Yuer waited for a few days in Banyuegang, Songzhou, and finally saw the dust flying in the distance, and countless iron horses stepped on the mountains and rivers turbulently. She knew that the person she had been looking forward to for a long time had arrived.

Sure enough, the face of the leader became clearer and clearer, and it was Xie Ying.

Yan Yu'er still sees Xie Ying and still has a shudder from his spine, a feeling of both fear and excitement. She watched the Xuan Ang figure dismount and walk towards herself, and slowly said, "Xie Ying, you are finally here."

"Ask me here to discuss something, just talk about it."

"It's nothing else, it's what the letter says. I know that you must leave the position of queen to Zhu Yi. Therefore, I only want the position of concubine."

Xie Ying smiled unclearly: "Yan Yu'er, you ask me to change things with the military power I won for you? Am I too bad."

Yan Yu'er was so angry that she gave him herself and all her wealth, and she actually got the word "losing" to describe it. But she didn't show it on her face, only said: "You helped me win the military power, but I also helped you hold Yan Fengqin and bought you so much time."

The other party did not agree: "Yan Yu'er, you have to make it clear that what you call belongs to your military strength. They did not leave the Yan family because they wanted to follow you, but to follow Zhu Xiujing. If you say that you can hold Yan Fengqin, it is of course. Zhu Xiujing's contribution is even greater."

"Nonsense, Zhu Xiujing is just a dog of mine!" Yan Yuer said contemptuously: "How long have you seen a dog that can grab the master's credit."

As soon as Yan Yu'er finished speaking, she glanced at Xie Ying's eyes behind her, her pupils instantly expanded, and before she could make any response, the silver light was already in front of her eyes. In the next instant, Yan Yu'er was pierced by a cold arrow through her throat.

Standing there was Zhu Xiujing who had not put down his bow.

Yan Yuer raised her hand to hold her neck in pain, and looked at each other in disbelief.

"Zhu Xiujing!" She wanted to scold, but she couldn't make a sound, so she could only look at Xie Ying again. "Xie Ying, save me, you will regret it if you don't save me..."

However, the arrow was so sharp that she moved her lips, staring round her eyes and falling towards the dust without making a sound. Unable to close her eyes, she clearly showed her unbelief and unwillingness, but there was a strange smile on the corner of her mouth.

Yan Hao and others, who were more than ten steps away from Yan Yuer, rushed towards Zhu Xiujing angrily, Xie Ying drew out the knife and caught up with Yan Hao, and Lisuo helped Zhu Xiujing solve several problems.

Among the **** corpses, Zhu Xiujing's voice was extremely gloomy: "The Yan family is not a good thing. I want to use my name, and I am afraid that I will be unwilling to give up the throne... King Jinghai treats me like this, I will let him Both his sons and daughters died tragically."

Every word is full of hatred.

Xie Ying had long received a secret report, and Jinghai King asked Zhu Xiujing to cast him off on the day when Jingzhou became emperor. After the castration, Zhu Xiujing is neither yin nor yang, so naturally he can't think of the real dragon position.

But for a man, especially a man who was once a prince, what pain and shame this is. In order to compete for that position, the dark and **** side of the human heart was revealed.

Yan Yuer, a idiot, actually thought that Zhu Xiujing was so fascinated by her like Yan Hao, so fascinated that he didn't even have a man's self-esteem.

Zhu Xiujing said suddenly: "Thank you for taking in A Chuo, for not letting her live in Yan's house. Otherwise, King Jing Hai might use her to do something."

Xie Ying said: "You don't have to thank me. I am not out of kindness, but selfishness."

None of those who are involved in political battles and have the upper hand are good people. Zhu Xiujing understands naturally, but no matter what Xie Ying's purpose is, it is a fact to treat his sister kindly.

Zhu Xiujing no longer threatened the throne and wanted to kill Yan Fengqin. With such a good blade, Xie Ying would naturally use it well. Xie Ying was famous for being compassionate to Weizhou soldiers in Da Zhou. He was most pleased to see that he could defeat the enemy without letting his soldiers be damaged.

Xie Ying took away Yan Hao and Yan Yu'er's tokens, threw them to Zhu Xiujing, and said, "Let's go, let's find Yan Fengqin together."

While still on the way, Xie Ying received an important news-Xie Shao agreed to his request, except for his guards, other troops can be handed over to Xie Ying.

Xie Ying was not surprised by this. Before Xie Shao left Weizhou and went south, he took the initiative to talk to him for a long time. At that time, he had a glimpse of today's clues, so he could rest assured that only Xue Chengzhan and Nie Zhao would respond to Xie Shao.

So far, Xie Shao has returned to Xie Ying. The other army of the Yan family, led by Zhu Xiujing, also turned to each other. Xie Ying deliberately passed these news to the Yan family army to shake the morale of the other party.

To the south of Yan Fengqin's army, Li Jingzong, the chief ambassador of Huzhou, had already been used by him when he was Xie Yingping. The important town of Yongheng in Huzhou was stationed early in the town of Nie Sheng, Weizhou, and launched an offensive at this moment.

Another Xie Yingqin led an army of 100,000 and advanced from the north.

Yan Jiajun was attacked by a three-way army, and there was almost no suspense.

Xie Ying has been a little restless in the past two days, always feeling that something will happen. He always remembered Yan Yuer's weird smile before he died, and her mouth—the word "Zhu Yi". Xie Ying thought over and over again, handing over the military power to Sheng Qing and returning to the capital.

Xie Ying only brought a pro and accompaniment, and quickly increased his whip. When I arrived at Zhou County, not far from Beijing, it rained heavily at night and checked into an inn. Just about to take a break, someone reported to him: "My son, there is a carriage of a Nanci girl outside."

When Xie Ying heard this, he wanted to go out and say hello: "Nanci? By such a coincidence, where are you going out of Beijing?"

Gu Nanci just walked up to the second floor. She didn't expect to meet Xie Ying in Zhou County. She watched the man standing by the railing, with Ye Yu Denghui behind her, speaking to herself.

Gu Nanci stared at Xie Ying's handsome facial features, which had been dazzled by the lantern light. The thoughts that had been in her heart for many years finally broke out irresistibly. She whispered: "I was going to find you. You want to recruit Yan Fengqin personally, I'm not relieved."

As soon as the woman spoke, Xie Ying realized that what she said was wrong. The other party has always been indifferent and has never expressed concern for him so bluntly, and has never been so gentle. Even the eyes are not right.

Thanks for frowning. The reason why he maintains contact with Gu Nanci is not only because of his childhood friendship, but also because he is very calm and has never felt her affection for him in Gu Nanci. Maybe they are too familiar, if Gu Nanci didn't express it too clearly, he wouldn't notice it either.

Xie Ying thought for a while, her tone was deliberately weak, and said: "If you don't worry about it, I used to go on expeditions a lot."

Gu Nanci seemed to fall into his own thoughts, and said: "Xie Ying, a **** once entrusted me with a dream. Between you and Yan Fengqin, Zhu Yi actually loves Yan Fengqin. She has already used poison for you, this time you Going to fight with Yan Fengqin will be harmed by her."

Based on Xie Ying’s exclusivity towards Zhu Yi, the man who heard Zhu Yi’s love is actually Yan Fengqin. Don't say that he knows that Zhu Yi loves only himself, even if Zhu Yi really has something else in his heart, he will not allow others to say it.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have not been poisoned." Xie Ying's expression was not so good anymore. Looking at Gu Nanci's dreamlike expression, she realized that her sanity was something wrong. This is Gu Nanci's second talk about supporting dreams. But didn't that Zhu Youshi have been killed by him last time? Could there be other people doing evil?

Gu Nanci was weak-willed by the repeated dreams for more than a year, and said eagerly: "You have been poisoned, but you don't know. I want to save you, so I also used medicine on her to control her. I will negotiate terms with Yan Fengqin at that time..."

She hadn't finished speaking this time, her wrist was clasped tightly by Xie Ying, and the man's suspicious and scrutinizing eyes made her chill from the bottom of her heart. "What did you say? Did you use medicine on Zhu Yi?"

Gu Nanci frowned, Xie Ying had never been rude to her, let alone grabbed her so roughly, causing her wrist to be so painful that she was about to break.

Xie Ying suppressed the violence that came out of her heart, and said impatiently: "What did you give her? Give me the antidote."

"You don't need to worry, it doesn't hurt your body."

"I said give me the antidote." Xie Ying solemnly emphasized word by word, his hand finally caught Gu Nanci's slender neck, and he tightened.

Gu Nanci looked at Xie Ying's already murderous eyes, and had no doubt that if she kept not telling the truth, Xie Ying would really kill her.

The woman’s tears slid down her cheeks, and she said with difficulty: "I lied to you! I wanted to drug her, but thinking that she was still feeding the child...I didn't!"

Sang Qing hurriedly said, "Shizi, it's true. The Nanci girl has never seen the concubine Shizi recently."

Xie Ying believed the girl from the female camp who was responsible for guarding Gu Nanci.

He let go of Gu Nanci, and said to Shen Xingliu, who was already a little stunned, "Bring Gu Nanci and return to Beijing overnight!" He had roughly guessed that Yan Yuer's reaction before his death was probably related to Gu Nanci.

Shen Xingliu quickly answered yes. He knew that even if Gu Nanci really didn't do anything, the elder son and her would never be the same.

The group braved the heavy rain to rush to the capital overnight.

When Xie Ying arrived home, Zhu Yi was holding Arong's cradle and talking with Zhu Ning and Zhu Chuo in the yard. Behind the three sisters is a misty begonia, the flowers are nice and the people are kind, making bursts of laughter.

Ah Rong's appearance has slowly changed in the past few months. He is already a jade-shaped little person, so beautiful that after the first sight, he can't help but look at it carefully.

His small white face was fleshy, and the black crystal eyes under his long eyelashes blinked occasionally, curiously chasing after what he was interested in. He also wore a small wreath on his head, which Zhu Chuo had made for him.

A Rong has recognized people since he was a child. He usually doesn't smile when other people make him. His small face is cool, and he grinned happily when his mother fiddled with him a little bit.

Xie Ying breathed a sigh of relief when she saw such a scene, but still couldn't rest assured. He had to get Zhu Yi's pulse well, and he could know it after checking, so he stepped forward, ignoring Zhu Ning and Zhu Chuo's presence, and took Zhu Yi's hand and said, "Yi Yi come in with me."

Zhu Chuo watched the two disappear, and said with a grin: "As soon as you come back, take the youngest man into the house and see if your brother-in-law is anxious!"

"A Chuo!" Zhu Ning glared at her lightly.

After Zhu Yi was asked a lot of physical problems by Xie Ying, he wondered: "The war is not over yet, are you the coach coming back first?"

Confirming that Zhu Yi is in no trouble, Xie Ying said slowly: "Why should I be there in a battle that must be won. Military merit is left for them to earn."

The disparity in military strength is indeed a battle that must be won.

After Jingzhou was defeated, Yan Fengqin, the son of Jinghai king, was covered by the heavy armor battalion.

On May 3 of the same year, Xie Ying, the son of Wei Ning, ascended the throne and worshipped the ancestral temple of the heaven and earth, and the chariots arrived in the imperial city and changed the country's name to Ning.

On July 16th of the first year of Taijia, the Lihou Ceremony was held.

Ordinarily, it shouldn't be such a long time before the establishment, but Xie Ying has two considerations. One is to protect Zhu Yi from the scorching sun after the early fall due to the weather. The second reason is that Zhu Yi has made this phoenix gown for a long time.

On the day of the big pawn, hundreds of officials stood upright, drums rang, and the sound shook the sky.

The red sun rises from the mist of the peaks and mountains, the sunlight flows through the corridors and the palaces, the golden glazed tiles that are scattered on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the white face of Yinhonghuatian is shining on the new queen.

The white pearly silk satin of the phoenix robe is interlaced with red thread and gold and silver to form a phoenix feather. It is decorated with peony shoulders. No matter which direction it is viewed from, the queen's posture is as beautiful and elegant as a new lotus.

The young new emperor stood in front of the hall with a smile, watching the queen's red Luo skirt spread over the layers of pill, walking towards him...