Author: Dead branches bloom in spring

Seeing that Ruixue still wanted to persuade her, she continued.

"This matter can't be rushed. My father may not necessarily go to the North. If I really go to the North, I will definitely not refuse if I can help you. Don't mention this now."

"It's only been a few days since Rong Niang left. If you leave this matter to me now, the other sisters will feel uncomfortable."

Ruixue smiled, seeing that Gu Jingjue declined so absolutely, she must have been squeezed out by those noble ladies a while ago.

Gu Jingjue came here and didn't ask Ruixue anything she wanted to know.

Instead, Ruixue talked a lot into her, and after lunch, she said goodbye and left.

The strange thing is that Xiaoliu, who was called to the palace by Ruixue early in the morning to inquire about the news, has not been heard from either.

Li Jiuchen never came back either.

The worry in Ruixue's heart deepened.

Zhao Fengnian seems calm, but he is a little impulsive when it comes to the northern border.

Especially when facing the Holy Emperor and discussing the issue of the Northern Territory, I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart.

If it is as Ruixue thinks, the Holy Emperor doesn't care about Qiqilu's life or death at all.

And because Zhao Fengnian wanted to protect Qi Qilu and did not confront the Holy One, things would become a little difficult to handle.

What's more, Bishui is also involved now, and we don't know what role they played, so the matter is even more complicated.

If Bishui wants to take advantage of this opportunity to collect the debt owed by Dalan more than ten years ago, it is not impossible that he has some connection with Beique.

Zhao Fengnian, the general of the northern border, was caught in the middle, so it should be difficult to deal with it.

Ruixue thought about it briefly, and looking around, it seemed that she was surrounded by enemies.

It seems that just because Zhao Fengnian is not a selfish person who only considers his own interests, he appears to be extraordinarily unique and becomes an opponent of everyone.

The more Ruixue thought about it, the more terrifying she felt, and she felt a little restless.

I hope Zhao Fengnian will not be stubborn and fight with the Holy Master. Even if Qi Qilu has to be sacrificed, Ruixue also hopes that Zhao Fengnian will be safe and sound.

In the old palace in a corner of the imperial city, Zhao Fengnian looked through the book where his father left comments.

On the couch on one side, Qi Qilu was sleeping soundly.

After Zhao Fengnian and Qi Qilu returned to the banquet yesterday evening, the Holy Father had already left.

Zhao Fengnian knew that even if he went to see him again now, the Holy Father would probably not agree to see him.

Then he took Qi Qilu to the old palace where he and Ruixue had been before.

When the Holy Spirit found out, he just nodded in agreement and said nothing more.

It was not that he didn't know that the rebels in Beique wanted Qi Qilu's life. He neither agreed nor opposed this. That was Beique's business.

For the Holy Spirit, who is in power in Beique now has no impact on his plan at all.

The more fierce the internal fighting in Beique is, the greater the cost will be, and the more advantageous it will be when he is ready to take action against Beique.

But his behavior of turning a blind eye and allowing them to take action at his palace banquet undoubtedly fueled the arrogance of those Beique rebels.

I thought that Da Lan was going towards them, hoping that they would overthrow the current Beique regime and replace him with a new Chanyu.

Be confident and unscrupulous.

Ever since Zhao Fengnian and Qi Qilu entered this old palace, Jingfeng, who was on duty outside, had dealt with no fewer than five waves of assassins who had come here to die.

The Holy Emperor was also a little annoyed. These Beique people really didn't know what politeness meant.

They were allowed to feed Qi Qilu poisoned wine, but they were not allowed to blatantly assassinate him in his own imperial city.

This abandoned old palace is also an imperial city. If he did this under his nose, wouldn't he make envoys from other countries laugh at him?

Where the king of a country lives, assassins can come and kill whoever they want. Chunchun is just slapping him in the face.

Being so secretive, he just pretended that he didn't know. With such a big fanfare, how could he still sit idly by and ignore it.

But most people in Beique are single-minded and don't care about that at all.

Anyway, the Holy One promised them that they could attack Qi Qilu. If it doesn't work once, they can do it twice.

Now that it has been noticed, there is nothing to worry about.

The reason why Zhao Fengnian did not go back was because he was afraid of taking these things back to Prince Ning's Mansion.

He knew that the matter was serious and the Holy One could not ignore it. For the sake of face, he would not let these Beique people continue to openly assassinate Qi Qilu.

As long as the Holy One opens his mouth, he can protect Qi Qilu in an upright manner.

Zhao Fengnian was not unaware of the Holy Sage's intention to annex Beique in one go.

But this can only be an idea, and it is not impossible to realize. It is just that it cannot be accomplished overnight.

It is not difficult to swallow it, but the difficult thing is how to digest it.

The Holy Sage's obsession with expanding his territory has reached the level of obsession.

Not thinking about development and only thinking about expansion is not a good thing for Dalan.

Zhao Fengnian knew these things, but the Holy Father didn't like to hear them. He was just a minister and what he could do was limited.

We can only try our best to balance the relationship between Beique and Dalan, guard the northern border, and prevent things from developing into an unmanageable situation too quickly.

The Chanyu of Beique has not ended his rule, so Qi Qilu cannot die, at least not in Dalan now.

Otherwise, sooner or later this will become the reason for Beique to go to war with Dalan, even if Beique replaces Shanyu in the future.

Zhao Fengnian had always felt that he was born to fight.

As for why he was fighting, he thought very little.

Probably to defend the territory or to gain fame?

During these days away from the battlefield, someone gave him some different ideas.

Ruixue once told him that a good general charges and fights on the battlefield so that future generations will not have to do this.

A person who fights for the sake of fighting, no matter how brave he is, is nothing more than a war madman.

Only those who go to the battlefield and fight with the enemy without having to fight and shed blood and sacrifice their lives can be praised as heroes by future generations.

Zhao Fengnian felt that these words were very reasonable. No one wanted to live a peaceful life.

If there is a way to resolve disputes peacefully, who would want to fight every day until their heads are broken and bloodshed?

The northern border has been in war for decades and is already overwhelmed and riddled with holes.

The reason why he was willing to return to Kyoto from the North was because he wanted to find a chance to recuperate in the North.

But he could not persuade His Majesty, nor could he change His Majesty's mind.

When I wanted to leave, I realized that Kyoto already had something to worry about.

Just as Zhao Fengnian was thinking about it, the palace door was pushed open, and Jingfeng entered the room holding a bloody sword.

He stood the sword by the door and washed his hands and face with the water nearby.

He picked up a few pieces of cake and stuffed them into his mouth, took a sip of cold water, and said to Zhao Fengnian.

"It will be better after daybreak. Xiaoliu is watching outside. I will take a rest."

Zhao Fengnian closed the book: "Is there anyone injured? The imperial decree should be coming soon."

Jingfeng shook his head, sat on the floor, and leaned against a pillar to fall asleep.
Chapter completed!