She thought that the wedding date was getting closer.

According to her own calculations and the judgment of the star-gazing results of the fifth Langya of the Taiwei, the emperor's welcome date should be on the 29th day of May, the third day of June and the 3rd day of June in the third year of the Yin Dynasty.

If the emperor had no relatives to welcome the bride, the royal family members would be ordered to welcome the bride into the palace and hold a wedding ceremony.

Then, this long wedding of the emperor and empress, which lasted more than a year, will be announced to be completed.

In this way, she would only have to settle the Wu Chong party in the court for at least six months and solve the threat from the four northern Yi Jia and the southwest Di tribes to the dynasty.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhaoyi felt more and more heavy. He casually combined the famous spies of the royal family and handed them over to Huazhi with the edict of enthroning the queen.

This time, Lu Zhaoyi has become a famous spy in the royal family. She will have a close relationship with the royal family in the future and will never be able to get rid of it. Therefore, she can only be more cautious when she acts.

I returned to Luojing City and entered Yongpingli. Not long after, the carriage stopped.

The plaque on the door was changed two months ago, from "Lu Zhai" to "Honglu Chengfu" written by the emperor.

Correspondingly, her official position in the court has been promoted from the original Chief of Taiqu Pavilion to the fourth rank, deputy of the Nine Ministers, and the Grand Chief of the Great Honglu.

This position originally belonged to Zhao Zifang, a native of Shangluo.

It turned out that the Hongluo Minister Qi Yun was replaced from his real power position during this major change in the court. Qi Yun finally had to get the idle position of Doctor of the Five Classics, and the new Hongluo Minister Zhao Zifang was the former Hongluo Minister.

On the surface, Lu Zhaoyi was Zhao Zifang's deputy, but in fact, Zhao Zifang obeyed Lu Zhaoyi. In this way, the Honglu, one of the nine ministers, was completely controlled by her.

As soon as I entered the mansion, three people were waiting for her, including Wei Meng and Qu Zhiyun, and the other was Bai Yan who was captured after the battle in Mengjin several months ago.

Looking at Bai Yan's complexion and standing like pine, she smiled and asked him, "It's been a fast recovery for two months, and it seems that it's so convenient to move."

Bai Yan answered respectfully, "Thanks to you, if you hadn't been your superb medical skills, Bai wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

"That's what I think is that Duke Qi has set out to return to Jinyang? Should Duke Qi's prince Bai Zijin also arrive in Luojing?"

"Back to Madam Lu, yes!"

Three months ago, he and Duke Qi were captured by the Shadow Guard, and since then they have been locked in the cellar. After several days of torture, they finally released the two from the cellar half a month later and stayed in the mansion to recover from their injuries.

During the half month of detention, Duke Qi and Bai Yan both revealed everything they knew, including the conspiracy between Wu Chong and Duke Nanling.

But due to the lack of evidence, in order to save his life, Duke Qi admitted that he had a close friendship with the Huyan family of the Southern Xiongnu. If he was asked to return to Bingzhou, he would persuade the Huyan family to surrender the evidence to conspire Wu Chong and Duke Nanling.

Lu Zhaoyi released them half-believingly, but also agreed to ask Duke Qi, Bai Zijin, to enter the capital as a hostage. In order to avoid worrying about the safety of the prince, he promised to let Bai Yan stay and take care of him.

With hostages, Lu Zhaoyi is not afraid of letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

Moreover, she believed that Duke Qi would never dare to disobey the holy will and helped Wu Chonglai fight against the emperor, and he did not have the courage to do so.

Otherwise, with Duke Qi's family background, he might not be able to survive until now.

This time, Duke Qi and Bai Yan were both shocked and safe.

With their confession and Duke Qi's promise to win over and challenge Wu Chong's power in the north, he began to adjust his power in the court on a large scale after obtaining the list of emperors.

After returning to the backyard, she washed up first, then changed into a light green dress, sat in front of the dressing table, and asked Huazhi to tie her hair for her.

Huazhi has excellent technique. In just one stick of incense, he tied his hair upwards, inserted an jade hairpin, and fixed it with a silver-white pearl-inlaid.

Looking at the woman in the mirror, she had delicate eyebrows and beautiful face, which made Huazhi admire her.

"Qianniang, look, you are more than before

It's so beautiful!"

Lu Zhaoyi chuckled, but ignored Huazhi's praise, then stood up and headed out of the door.

First, I visited Lu Zhaohua, who had been bulging in his lower abdomen and had nearly half of his pregnancy, and then went to check on Chu Nian and the fifth Lingsi, the two disciples, who were her two disciples, and then went to the front yard.

In the hall, the crowd seemed to be discussing something. When Lu Zhaoyi came in, they stopped talking, bowed and saluted respectfully at the visitor.

Sitting at the head of the hall, Lu Zhaoyi adjusted her sitting posture, cleared her throat, and spoke slowly, "I just heard you talk about the transfer of military orders. How is the progress now?".z.br

Ying Feng, who has been promoted to the sanqi attendant, raised his eyes and responded, "Return to Qi Niang, General Sima, according to your plan, it was not until recently that he locked the eight gates of Luojing and increased his troops..."

"The Qingzhou army stayed at Luojing for two of them, with a total of 30,000 troops, and the remaining 70,000 returned to Qingzhou before the spring sowing to continue to plow the fields."

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi shook her head. It would be far from enough to guard the eight gates of Luojing.

Passive defense is not her character, she is the only one who takes the initiative to attack.

For her, using force is not the purpose, but her plan is forced to use the ultimate solution after all the methods are used up.

But then, Yingfeng continued, "Your Majesty's order has been issued, and the left general Xia Yuanfeng ordered 60,000 Wu to march to Jiameng Pass in Lingzhou to guard the border to prevent the Di people from taking the opportunity to invade the north."

After listening to Ying Feng’s report, Lu Zhaoyi nodded. Sixty thousand troops were stationed in Lingzhou, which was enough.

In addition to the Di people, the Southern Xiongnu in the north were within the territory of Dayuan, and the prefects of the Bingzhou counties could also control them. As for the Xianbei, Jie and Qiang, after just one year of battle with the Xianbei tribes, as long as the Southern Xiongnu did not rebel, the Jie Qiang would not dare to raise troops easily.

Next, as long as Wu Chong cannot contact the outside world, she can cut off her minions in Luojing without restraint and face Wu Chong directly with her.

This result is in line with her wishes.

Under this situation, she no longer has to be impatient, and the rest should be progressed step by step.

She believed that with Wu Chong's intelligence, she would be able to guess her thoughts.

And she is also ready for a confrontation.

"Qianniang, what should we do now?"

Lu Zhaoyi curled her lips, "Wait!"

"Wait?" Everyone else looked at each other, "But if we can't wait for the Huyan family of the Southern Xiongnu to surrender, once Wu Chong's conspiracy succeeds, the four barbarians from the north move south, wouldn't we be in vain?"

It’s not that she knew how deep Wu Chong was in his scheming, but the only change was in Duke Qi. Whether he could convince the Huyan family was all up to him, it depends on Duke Qi’s ability.

Lu Zhaoyi smiled slightly, "We just need to wait, they will come to us."

The discussion was coming to an end, and everyone else was ready to get up and leave. Just then, someone else reported that King Han Xia Sheng was already outside the mansion and wanted to see her.

Since the imperial physician Ling Lin Xingzhi removed the poison of the Gu Sheng, he fell into a coma for nearly two months, and it was not until the beginning of last month that he gradually woke up.

Over the past month, Xia Sheng has been here often and has been turned away by her, just because her marriage with Xia Pei was definitely a matter of course. It was no longer appropriate to see him again.

She couldn't help but lower her head, looked at Huazhi with cold eyes, and asked her to go out and tell Xia Sheng as usual, refusing to meet.

Huazhi understood, nodded, then turned around and walked out.

Maybe she also knew that Qi Niang had a regret in her heart, but she was just because her fate was too shallow, and she could not disobey Xia Sheng's destiny.

After Huazhi left, Lu Zhaoyi sat alone in the chair, silent for a long time before getting up, slowly walked out of the door and walked out of the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the winter sun is slightly warmer, shining on the withered flowers, plants, branches and trees in the courtyard, which are covered with white frost, appearing even more desolate.

Lu Zhaoyi walked slowly along the way and looked at the pavilion not far away.

At this time, Huazhi rushed over panting, "Qi Niang... His Highness Han King is still standing

What should I do if I refuse to leave outside the mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help but pause, and asked, "Don't you want to leave?"

Huazhi nodded, "Yes, Your Highness Han King sticks to Qi Niang like a candy, Huazhi really can't stand it."

This made Lu Zhaoyi a little embarrassed.

Once every few days, Xia Sheng's move continues to be like this. How can he avoid gossip of the people in the capital?

She sighed and frowned, as if she had made a difficult decision in her heart, "You bring him in."

After hearing this, Huazhi quickly agreed and then left in a hurry. After a while, a sound of footsteps sounded from far to near.

Lu Zhaoyi raised her eyes and saw Xia Sheng standing in the white frost, wind and snow.

"Seventh Lady, are we... still allies?"

At this moment, he looked a little haggard, his brocade robe was stained with snow, his hair was messy, and his face was a little dirty.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help laughing, "My third uncle came to the Honglu Cheng Mansion several times, just to talk about this?"

The third uncle brother made Xia Sheng's body stiff for a moment, his face became dim and he lowered his eyes, as if he had made a big mistake, and he saw extremely self-blame.

"Seventh Lady, since Sheng woke up, she heard what Sheng had done in those days and was very regretful. Sheng actually treated you..."

While he regretted, he slowly walked towards her. Until a few steps closer, she immediately interrupted and stopped her, "I have been granted an edict from His Majesty, and I am your sister-in-law at this time, so you respect yourself!"

These words fell into Xia Sheng's heart, like a sharp thorn, piercing into his chest.

His eyes dimmed a little, and his face turned pale, "Qi Niang...As a sister-in-law, Sheng... is rude."

His voice was trembling, which made her stunned.

Lu Zhaoyi frowned slightly, the indifference in her heart gradually decreased, and then she changed into a soft look.

"I have forgiven you for your actions before, and I don't think I will mention it again. Third uncle and brother should also let go early. As the eldest sister-in-law, I will find a marriage that is more suitable for you and live a good life, right?"

After hearing this passage, Xia Sheng's lips squirmed several times, but he didn't say a word after all.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at her eyes. At this moment, it seemed like it was frozen, giving her the illusion of a sudden heartbeat.

She understood that he needed some time to adjust his mood, and the situation was done. In short, many things could not be changed long ago.

What's more, her heart can only pretend to be the people of the world, and with Xia Pei, she can no longer tolerate anyone.
Chapter completed!