The Splendid Medical Concubine: The Journey of a Concubine

Chapter 431 Extra 22 Faith

Qin Yao is back!

Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen came to their senses and looked at each other. They had the same expression and raised their eyebrows.

No one expected Qin Yao to come back from Nanhao so soon.

Shen Qianchen stood up and wanted to see Qin Yao, but was held back by Gu Jue.

"Your hair is messed up. Let me comb it for you." Gu Jue pulled Shen Qianchen to sit down in front of the dressing table. He personally took a mahogany comb to comb her hair, and then called Jiang Yuan in and asked her to tell her. Qin Yao.

So, Jiang Yuan went to the banquet hall of Qianqing Palace to see Qin Yao, and conveyed the message seriously: "Your Majesty, the Emperor asked you to wait while he combs the Queen's hair first."

Qin Yao: "..."

Qin Yao opened his eyes slightly and squirted out half of the tea in his mouth.

Jiang Yuan dodged nimbly without getting any tea on his body, but the little waiter behind him was not spared, and his robe was sprayed with tea stains.

Qin Yao wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and asked him to serve him a pot of sherbet without any politeness.

When he drank only half the jug of sherbet, Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen belatedly appeared in the banquet hall.

"Brother Ninth, Sister-in-law Ninth!"

Qin Yao showed a big smile to the two of them and looked at Shen Qianchen's hair strangely. Shen Qianchen had a simple bun at the moment, and there was no other headdress except a pink silk flower on the temples.

Qin Yao thought to himself: The bun that Brother Ninth gave the little girl is not bad.

Shen Qianchen thought Qin Yao's eyes were strange and was confused, so he ordered Amber to serve the iced lotus brew.

Lotus fermented wine is a good wine! Qin Yao's attention was suddenly diverted.

When he first met Shen Qianchen last year, he was seriously injured and his legs were almost useless. At that time, Shen Qianchen did not allow him to drink. This spring, Gu Jue has been taking medicine since the surgery. Shen Qianchen did not allow Gu Jue to drink. It was not until today that she finally lifted the ban for them both.

Qin Yao cheerfully added: "It's too slow to drink pots and pots. Let's just have a pot. Brother Jiu and I will be drunk today!"

"No." Gu Jue didn't give Qin Yao any face and smiled faintly, "I'm different from you..."

As he spoke, his smiling eyes swept over Shen Qianchen, and his expression seemed to say that he was a family man.

Qin Yao almost choked on his saliva and teased meaningfully: "Brother Ninth, you have changed!"

When he was in the northwest, Ninth Brother was still thinking of breaking off the engagement, but now he has become a strict wife.

Qin Yao couldn't stop laughing. This feeling of knowing everything between heaven and earth and myself made him feel wonderful.

He smiled and said again: "One cup won't do it, Ninth Brother, you can have three drinks with me, no problem, right?"

"Sister-in-law Jiu, what did you say?" Qin Yao turned around and asked Shen Qianchen deliberately. He expected to see Shen Qianchen's shy expression, but Shen Qianchen's expression remained unchanged and he raised his hand to sign "five", which meant no. It can be more than five cups.

When the three of them sat together and drank wine, Qin Yao finally started talking about business: "Brother Ninth, that old boy Wuhaduluo has agreed to cede Shuzhou to Daqi."

"I heard that Pumixi, the vassal king of Haozhou, went to see the monk that day, and the vassal princes from Ningzhou, Jiaozhou and other places also went to Haozhou to join him..."

"When I crossed the river from Nanhao, the monk had already captured one-third of the territory of Hao Kingdom."

"Now with the Pearl River as the boundary, the monks are constantly moving north, and Wuhaduluo is already in dire straits."

"Before I came back, Wuhaduluo even bribed me."

Speaking of this matter, Qin Yao got excited and took out a pair of luminous pearls the size of a baby's fist from his sleeves to offer treasures, which were full of brilliance.

He casually threw the pair of priceless pearls to Gu Jue, carelessly and without any nostalgia.

Gu Jue caught the pair of pearls and held them in his hand like playing with walnuts. He played with them casually and said, "These are the national treasure of the Hao Kingdom, the Moon Pearl. I heard that putting this pearl in your mouth can protect your body." It can illuminate a hundred steps at night, it is a rare treasure, Uhaduluo is very generous!"

"I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf," Qin Yao raised his head and drank half a cup of lotus wine, and said with a playful smile, "He wants you, Brother Ninth, to be his son-in-law, can you not be generous?!"

Wuhaduluo did not hesitate to give this kind of treasure to Qin Yao, just to let Qin Yao help promote the reconciliation between the two countries. The ultimate goal is of course to make the two countries alliance. For Wuhaduluo, only in this way can he Feel free to use your full strength to deal with Uhagalou.

Gu Jue: "..."

Shen Qianchen: "..."

Qin Yao went to see Shen Qianchen again and said with a playful smile: "Uhaduluo also promised his eighth princess. I heard that she is the most beautiful woman in the Hao Kingdom. She is the most beautiful woman in the country."

"I also met her once. The eighth princess is really good-looking, and she looks nothing like that rough guy like Uhaduluo!"

"Eh? Brother Ninth, why don't you drink anymore!" Qin Yao kept chattering and had time to add wine to Gu Jue. He winked and teased, "Brother Ninth, Wuhaduluo is so bold. He dares to covet Jiu Jue." Brother you!"

Qin Yao felt that this Wuhaduluo was really indifferent, wouldn't he know how to inquire? Who in Daqi doesn’t know that his ninth brother refused to have a concubine for his ninth sister-in-law!

Shen Qianchen thought Qin Yao was too annoying, so he took a peach from the fruit plate and threw it at Qin Yao: "Eat more and talk less."

Qin Yao reacted very quickly, caught the peach with ease, took a bite immediately, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Sister-in-law Jiu!"

The word "Sister-in-law Nine" was always spoken by him with a hint of ridicule.

Qin Yao was soft-spoken and became more honest after that. He didn't dare to tease Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen anymore. He smiled deeper and said, "I saw these pair of bright moon beads, which I could use to apologize to Sister-in-law Jiu."

Qin Yao directly took the bribe Wuhaduluo gave him to bribe Shen Qianchen.

Shen Qianchen was not polite at all. He took one of the bright moon beads from Gu Jue's hand and said with a smile: "That's fine, let my Yueying play with it!"

"Meow?" The elusive black cat heard the sound and jumped up to the window sill. Its green cat eyes looked at the three people in the room, meaning, what do you want from me?

Shen Qianchen casually dropped the moon bead on the ground. The ground was as smooth as a mirror, and the moon bead rolled out on the ground.

"Meow!" The black cat became excited as soon as he saw the "ball", his cry became soft, and he flew down from the window sill and flew towards the bright moon bead.

The cat's paws slapped on the beads, and the beads rolled back and forth on the ground. The cat also followed it and flew around, with "meow" sounds coming from time to time.

"Hahaha…"

Seeing this, Qin Yao raised his head and laughed so loudly that he was out of breath and even had tears in his eyes.

Amber couldn't help but secretly thought: King Nanyang's smile is too low!

Looking at the heartless Qin Yao in front of him, Shen Qianchen smiled faintly, picked up the white porcelain wine glass, and sipped the wine. His mind couldn't help but think of the sinister Qin Yao in his previous life.

Great, now this Qin Yao is what this guy should be like.

After Qin Yao finished laughing, he added another drink, and then returned to the topic: "Brother Ninth, the country of Hao is in chaos now, do we want to fight?"

Shen Qianchen: "..."

Shen Qianchen paused while drinking, and then felt that Qin Yao had not changed. He was the most belligerent general in Daqi in his past and present life.

Qin Yao actually just said casually that the Hao Kingdom is in chaos now, but Daqi is not much better, especially because the army is seriously short of soldiers due to the problem of empty pay.

At this time, if Da Qi went to war with Hao State, it would be a huge gamble.

If he wins, Gu Jue can unify the north and south and become an emperor for eternity; if he loses, the mountains and rivers will be ruined, countless people will be displaced, and it may even give foreigners a chance to take advantage of the situation.

Gu Jue is not one of those people who resorts to military means, nor is he one of those people who will do whatever it takes to pursue his own selfish desires. He will not risk the people of the country in order to achieve his so-called grand cause.

Qin Yao naturally knows this. Therefore, Qin Yao immediately changed the topic: "Brother Ninth, when I went to Hao Kingdom this time, I found these Hao people interesting. Most of them are content with the status quo, believe in past and present lives, cause and effect reincarnation, and think that Wuhejial Tower is the practice of ten lives. The holy monk respects him especially."

"After Wuhe Duluo ascended the throne, in order to eradicate the remnant forces of the late emperor Wuhe Beizhen, and to fear the missing Wuhe Jialou, he went too far and implicated many innocent people. In the past year, Nanhao's domestic affairs The rumblings of the wind made the people complain, and they all thought that Uhaduluo was cruel and arbitrary, and they all missed the benevolence and righteousness of the late emperor and his son. "

"Now that Wuhejialou has won the hearts and minds of the people, and with the support of several vassal kings in the south, it is estimated that the Hao Kingdom will be pacified soon."

Of course, the pacification of the Hao Kingdom does not mean that the Hao Kingdom is stable. Just imagine that the Hao Kingdom has experienced two changes in throne and political power in a short period of time. The country is bound to be riddled with holes.

Next, Wuhejialou still needs to spend a lot of energy and time to let Haoguo recuperate.

It is easy to destroy a country, and it may only take a few months, or even less, but it takes more time to repair a dilapidated country and return it to its former glory.

Gu Jue's eyes fell on the black cat in front who was still playing with beads. The cat and the beads ran from one corner of the banquet hall to the other, and the cat's claws almost slipped on the ground.

"What do you think of Uhagalou?" Gu Jue's eyes flashed and he asked suddenly.

Qin Yao thought for a while while drinking, and said, "Wuhajalou is a man of foresight and foresight, and he does have the talent to govern the country."

"Now the Hao Kingdom is divided into north and south with the Pearl River as the boundary. Wuhe Duluo is recruiting troops on a large scale, but Wuhe Jialou is not in a hurry to recruit troops. Instead, it promised to never increase taxes on the four states under its command."

The Hao Kingdom was different from Da Qi. In the Hao Kingdom, the vassal kings of each state governed their respective vassal territories, and the troops within the territory also belonged to each vassal king. Only the Imperial Forest Army belonged directly to Emperor Hao.

The Yulin Army under Wuhaduluo also evolved from the Fanzhou Army in his former vassal territory of Yangzhou. Now that the north and south of Hao Kingdom are at war, other feudal kings may not be willing to let their Fanzhou Army die.

Therefore, there are not many soldiers that Uhaduluo can really use.

Qin Yao touched his nose and said, "Brother Ninth, do you think Wuhaduluo is recruiting troops at this time because of you?"

"Maybe." Gu Jue smiled and said nothing more.

Gu Jue is recruiting troops. He is recruiting troops to fill the holes in Da Qi's army. Only Da Qi's imperial army and the troops in various state guards are strong enough to deter the barbarians from all directions and the Xiao Xiao within the territory.

Unlike Gu Jue, Wuhaduluo's starting point for recruiting troops was to deal with Wuhejialou, and he simply sought medical treatment in a hurry.

Those newly recruited recruits have not undergone systematic training and have no fighting ability at all. Even if they go to the battlefield, they will just be mermaids and die in vain.

When Uhaduluo conscripted troops, many people in the territory were frightened so much that they fled south with their families, making the people of Hao Kingdom more and more feel that Uhejialou was the benevolent king.

This civil war in the Hao Kingdom was more of a psychological warfare.

Seeing that they were talking enthusiastically, Hu Bo hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward to ask Shen Qianchen if he would serve a meal.

Her voice was very low, but Gu Jue heard it and changed the subject: "Xiguang, please stay and have dinner with us, while we wash your hands."

Qin Yao readily agreed and ordered a series of his favorite dishes, such as soy sauce bones, cumin grilled pork ribs, minced pork, etc. In short, every dish was meat.

Although it was for Qin Yao to receive the wind, the reception banquet was just for them to eat together. There was no serious palace banquet. They just added a few more meat dishes according to Qin Yao's taste.

Qin Yao ate with a mouth full of oil and was very satisfied. He repeatedly praised the imperial chef's skills as being much better than those in the northwest, and even asked for recipes for several meat dishes.

That night, Qin Yao didn't leave the palace until the palace door was about to be locked. He had been a hostage in the capital for many years and had a residence in the capital, so he returned to the Nanyang Palace in the capital to rest.

Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen were also full of wine and food. Seeing that the weather was cool now, the couple simply went for a walk in the Imperial Garden hand in hand.

The night wind was gusting and cool, and occasionally a few fallen leaves and petals flew in the wind and fell gently on them.

Shen Qianchen was so lazy now that he didn't even bother to brush the petals off his shoulders, and said casually: "Jiuxia, how much longer do you think the monk will need?"

"About half a year." Gu Jue pondered for a moment and estimated the time.

"So fast?" Shen Qianchen raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

The current situation in the Hao Kingdom is that the north and the south are divided. Although Wuhe has risen strongly, he only occupies one-third of the territory now, and Wuhe Duluo is not weak either.

Then she took back her preamble: "It's not too fast."

After all, Gu Jue helped Wuhe Jialou from behind.

Gu Jue smiled slightly, raised his chin slightly, and looked at the southern night sky.

There were stars in the night sky, and an almost round silver moon hung in the sky.

Shen Qianchen shook the hands held by the two of them and asked, "Will there be a tough battle over there?"

"No." Gu Jue shook his head decisively.

Shen Qianchen stopped and looked at Gu Jue with a crooked face, waiting for him to continue.

Gu Jue said: "As long as Wuhejialou returns to secular life."

Shen Qianchen was confused and blinked.

Gu Jue bent down and kissed the corner of her eyes, held her hand and continued walking forward, and continued: "When Wu Hebeizhen was alive in the past, it was not that he didn't want Wu Hejialou to return to secular life. He had been waiting for an opportunity."

Nanhao, like Daqi, had many domestic problems. Wuhebei was really determined to correct the long-standing shortcomings and wanted to pass it on to Wuhejialou as a better Hao country, so he waited year after year. Wuhe Jialou had already reminded Wuhe Beizhen that Wuhe Duluo was ambitious, but Wu Hebeizhen trusted this younger brother, which gave Wuhe Duluo an opportunity to take advantage of.

"And now is the perfect time."

"Uhagalou's return to the secular world represents his entry into the world. For the sake of the people and the country, he walked from the Buddha's throne into the mortal world in order to save the world."

The people of the Hao Kingdom all believe in Buddhism. As long as the news of Wuhajialou's return to secular life spreads, and appropriate momentum is built among the people, it will become the aspiration of the people.

After a pause, Gu Jue asked Shen Qianchen with a smile: "How powerful do you think the power of faith is?"

His original intention was to say that the power of faith could make the people of Hao Kingdom vote for Uhagalou and strengthen Uhagalou's power.

But in Shen Qianchen's ears, the only person she thought of was Gu Jue.

Gu Jue is her belief.

There is no one else but him.

For him, she can move forward bravely.

"It can destroy everything." Shen Qianchen said with a smile, his clear phoenix eyes rippling like water under the silver moonlight, "Faith can destroy people."

When Gu Jue looked at the little girl's vow, he always felt that she seemed to be saying some love words to him, and his heart was so soft.

He touched her cheek tenderly and asked, "I'll take you for a walk in Jiangnan next year, okay?"

"Okay!" Shen Qianchen nodded vigorously, happy, with a smile as bright as spring, "I have never been to Jiangnan!"

She has lived two lives and has been to many places in her previous life, but she has never crossed the river or been to the south of the river.

The night breeze was blowing, and the swaying flowers and trees around seemed to be eavesdropping on their conversation, and then whispering for a while.

This is bound to be an uneventful night.

(End of chapter)