A few days later, Qin Rushuang received the imperial edict from Kyoto.
The general content of the imperial edict consists of two points.
One is to commend Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun for their meritorious service in leading troops at the border and for their meritorious service in capturing Da Wanlie alive. They will wait for rewards after returning to Beijing;
The other one is to ask Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun to immediately send people to take over the three cities ceded by Dayan.
Interestingly, the imperial edict also mentioned that Da Qi had not achieved such a major victory for a long time. The three cities were crucial and needed to be visited by Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang in person.
And Dayan State also made a request.
The people in the three ceded cities did not evacuate. King Yan threatened that if these people evacuated, they would have no land to settle down, so he kept them in the cities.
If Emperor Qi is kind-hearted and can leave a small area of residence for them, that would be great. If he is unwilling to keep these people of Dayan, then it will only depend on their fate.
To sum it up, it was up to him to kill or to stay. He didn't care about the lives of these people.
When Xie Yang got the news, he was so happy!
If these are three empty cities, then we only need to move some people from the border gates there, and that's it.
But if there were people from Dayan among them, Emperor Qi would not kill them all according to his temperament, but he would not let the people of Dayan live there either. So what is the difference between ceding and not ceding?
The final solution must be to let the people of Da Qi and the people of Da Yan live together, and wait until the number of people in the three cities reaches a balance before the matter is over.
But the residents of the two countries live together. Is it as simple as a few numbers say?
No one can tell how much trouble it will cause and how much expected friction it will bring!
As soon as Qin Rushuang saw this imperial edict, she knew that Xie Yang must have tampered with it, or at least went to Emperor Qi's side to blow the evil wind.
But they had no choice. The imperial edict had been issued and they could only follow Emperor Qi's request.
Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang received the decree together. In order to express caution, Emperor Qi even sent a personal eunuch to rush to the border day and night to announce the decree in person.
After the eunuch who announced the edict read out the imperial edict, he handed it to Xie Xun with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the princess has made great achievements this time? Your Majesty is looking forward to your return!"
Xie Xun nodded slightly and signaled Ying Er to bring a bag of silver and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand.
"Thank you, father-in-law. I will send someone to escort you on your way back."
The eunuch shook the silver coins in his hand and glanced at several large banknotes exposed, and felt a little satisfied.
Since he was about to leave, he did not hesitate to give Xie Xun some news, so he said tactfully, "Your Majesty misses you, and the fourth prince misses you too. The fourth prince has been serving your majesty closely these days. It has been very hard. If the prince can
It would be best if we settle the border issues early and return to Beijing to help."
Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang looked at each other.
Sure enough, Xie Yang was responsible for this matter. It seemed that Emperor Qi's health was getting worse and he wanted to drag them at the border.
"I understand. Thank you very much, father-in-law. Please go slowly."
After sending the eunuch away, Xie Xun couldn't wait to put forward his idea.
"There are people from Dayan in those three cities, so the situation must be chaotic. I have been in good health these days. I will go with you."
Qin Rushuang refused without thinking.
"No need."
Xie Xun was a little anxious and quickly explained, "If you are worried about my health, my health is almost in good condition! Besides, I am not leading troops to fight, it is just some management work, I can also help you...
…”
Xie Xun said, taking a few steps closer to Qin Rushuang. Qin Rushuang noticed it and stepped back a little.
"Your Majesty, you think too much. As for your health, you can just weigh it yourself. If your Majesty's health is really well, there are three cities in total. Then I'll go to one of the three cities alone, and I'll go to another one and send someone reliable."
Lieutenant General, go over there, I think it will be settled soon."
"Besides... the prince also heard what the father-in-law just said. Xie Yang must be in the limelight these days around His Majesty. My father's heart is filled with warmth. The prince should resolve the border issues earlier, otherwise something will happen...
…I’m afraid it’s too late.”
What Qin Rushuang meant was the matter of seizing the throne.
Xie Xun can naturally understand it.
Xie Xun's face turned pale.
"Do you think I want to conquer the border quickly just to go back and compete for the throne? No, I have no interest in that position. If possible, I just want to live happily in the border with you for the rest of my life."
Qin Rushuang glanced at him and said calmly, "The days when I was with the prince, I never had anything to do with the word "free and happy".
"It's my own idea to return to Kyoto as soon as possible. I use my family's resources to take care of matters here for my own sake. I hope the prince can understand my mood of wanting to return to Kyoto as soon as possible."
Xie Xun looked at Qin Rushuang's unmoved look and felt sad.
Why is she anxious to return to Beijing? Is it all because her father agreed to her request...?
At this point, even if he wanted to lie to himself, he couldn't lie to himself anymore.
He could almost imagine that the request Qin Rushuang, who was full of achievements after returning to Beijing, would make to his father must be...
Xie Xun felt sad...
"If you want to return to Kyoto as soon as possible, then I will definitely satisfy you. I still have a few lieutenants on hand. If you want to go back so much, you can go back now."
Qin Rushuang frowned, looked at Xie Xun and said, "Since I promised Your Majesty that I will handle the border affairs beautifully, I will naturally not leave a mess for you to clean up. In this regard, you are looking down on me too much. Could it be that you
Do you think I’m the kind of person who just pats my butt and leaves after receiving the merits?”
Xie Xun quickly explained, "No! No...I didn't, I never thought about you like this! I just...I just..."
He didn't know what to say. He wanted to stay at the border with Qin Rushuang, but Qin Rushuang said that she wanted the border to be calmed down quickly, but he asked Qin Rushuang to go back early, and Qin Rushang misunderstood him again.
Now he could hardly explain his thoughts despite opening his mouth three times, and waves of annoyance flashed through his heart.
It turns out that when a person no longer trusts the other person, no matter what he says or does, the other person will interpret his intentions with another layer of meaning.
This kind of speculation... is even malicious.
Did you think about Qin Rushuang like this before?
Xie Xun wanted to defend himself again, but nothing came out when he opened his mouth. In the end, he could only lower his head dejectedly.
"I know now that you think I have ulterior motives for whatever I say. If you want to return to Beijing as soon as possible, then I will definitely cooperate with you. Just... follow the arrangements you said."
