When Chu Ling woke up, she found that she was lying on the bed, and the quilt was covered on her body. She looked up at the outside, and the clear and bright ones that could be seen through the window meant that it was getting late. She quickly got off the bed and flirted with her hair and walked outside. However, she stopped when she passed by the table in the outside room.

The food boxes placed on the table last night were taken away, and there was only a flat piece of paper on the empty table. There were only a few words of farewell on the letter. It was obvious that Jun Wuhuan did not leave this morning but left last night. Chu Ling's eyes fell firmly on the last few words.

I lived in Cangyun City and waited quietly for Ah Ling.

Chu Ling's slender fingers gently stroked the paper in his hand, and his heart suddenly became a little empty.

"Xiaowu, Xiaowu! Are you awake?" Ye Erniang's voice came from outside the door. Chu Ling quickly put away the letter and walked to the door and opened the door: "Second sister, you're up. Is there anything urgent?" Ye Erniang shook her head and said, "It's not an urgent matter, but... Mr. Changli and Mr. Yun left last night."

Chu Ling nodded and smiled, "They still have something important to do. They stayed here for so long because they were worried about the situation in Shinju. He said goodbye to me last night."

Ye Erniang felt relieved. Mr. Changli said goodbye to them yesterday evening, but Xiaowu had no time to spare and didn't know if he had seen Mr. Changli. This morning, the people below came to report that Mr. Changli and Mr. Yun had both left. Ye Erniang was a little worried. Although they all felt that it was a bit unkind to be kidnapped by Jun Wuhuan at such a young age, it was also obvious that Jun Wuhuan was sincere to Xiaowu these days. In this world, it was not easy to have such a sincere and outstanding man. Ye Erniang really didn't want to miss Xiaowu's life because of the Jingbei Army.

After looking at Chu Ling a few times, Ye Erniang asked in a low voice: "Young Master Changli is gone, isn't Xiaowu sad?"

Chu Ling smiled faintly and said, "I feel a little disappointed, but... we are all young. He has what he wants to do, and I have what I want to do. Don't worry."

Ye Erniang said, "You are still young, but...Young Master Changli is not young anymore."

In the eyes of the world, even if Jun Wuhuan is a young and promising talent, Jun Wuhuan, who is already twenty-six years old, is no longer young. Even though people are not harsh on men, even men over thirty or even second-marriage can still marry young girls in their teens, but Jun Wuhuan still has a problem of physical weakness.

Ye Erniang thought about it and waited. What if the Changli Young Master is wrong... it won’t delay Xiao Wu.

Of course this idea is a bit selfish, but people are selfish. As Chu Ling's second sister, Ye Erniang naturally considers everything for her own girl.

Of course, Chu Ling didn't know what Ye Erniang was thinking about, so she pushed Ye Erniang with a smile and said, "Okay, I won't talk about Jun Wuhuan for now. I'll go to breakfast when I change my clothes."

Ye Erniang turned around obediently, and said, "What kind of breakfast is all time, it's time to have lunch now. Thank you for your hard work these days, so take a good rest."

Chu Ling closed the door, looked down at the paper in her hand and couldn't help but bit the corner of her lips.

It seems... I don't feel anything in normal times, but now I really miss Jun Wuhuan a little.

The news that the Jingbei Army occupied Xinzhou was like a tornado swept across the entire north, and even reached the Southern Dynasty, which was separated by a river. The heroes in the north were unwilling to be suppressed by the Clan, and many even took action. Although they were cruelly suppressed by the Clan, some of them were still struggling to continue to fight against the Clan. For a moment, the rule of the northern land that the Northern Jin originally thought was under control seemed to be a little shaky again. The Jingbei Army even divided part of the court's attention to Cangyun City. The Northern Jin court began to argue in the court whether to destroy the Jingbei Army or send troops to Cangyun City first.

At this moment, Yan Ling of Cangyun City took the lead in attacking Runzhou, annihilated tens of thousands of Southern Army and the Clan cavalry along the way. He was only one step away and almost occupied Runyang, the imperial city of Runzhou. The Northern Jin Emperor was furious on the spot. The Northern Jin court officials and generals who had their own opinions also shut up. There was a unified caliber in the court and attacked Cangyun City first. As for the Jingbei Army, of course, they could not let them go. They sent people to directly cut off the road from Xinzhou to various parts of the north, hoping to trap the Jingbei Army in it.

And the Southern Dynasty was also not calm at this time.

Pingdu of the Southern Dynasty.

The imperial palace in Pingdu is not weak in the magnificent and majestic capital, but it is still carved beams, painted buildings and palaces. It has a bit of delicate and graceful southern land, and the gorgeousness has a bit of extravagance and powdery atmosphere.

Emperor Yongjia is forty-two this year, but even though he is in the royal family, enjoying the offerings of all people, his food and clothing are extremely fine, he still looks much older than his real age. There are already a few strands of white hair that are faintly visible on his temples, and he is always carefully hidden under his black hair by the eunuchs, but if he looks closer, he can see clearly. There are also frowns on his face, and his eyes are slightly drooping, making him look a little handsome and unscrupulous, and less the grace and domineering of the royal family. He looks like he is over 50 years old, but someone is afraid that someone will believe it.

At this time, Emperor Yongjia was sitting in the imperial garden and looking at a plum blossom not far away. The eunuchs and palace maids beside him lowered their heads and did not dare to show up, nor did they dare to remind him that there were many ministers waiting in the imperial study.

I don’t know how long it took, Emperor Yongjia gradually came to his senses and said, “Chen Gong, how many years have we been to Pingding?”

Standing beside him, an eunuch who seemed to be almost the same age as him quickly replied respectfully: "Return...Return to Your Majesty, thirteen years."

"It's been thirteen years." Emperor Yongjia's eyes fell on the branches with red plum blossoms, and murmured: "If Qing'er is still alive, she should be sixteen years old."

The eunuch who called Chen Gong quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the little princess is very happy, and there will definitely be no trouble."

Emperor Yongjia lowered his eyes and smiled mockingly, "Hongfu Qitian... What is this Hongfu Qitian? Poor her little man was born in the royal family..."

"Your Majesty." Chen Gong looked at Emperor Yongjia who was about to fall into deep thought again, and reminded carefully: "All sirs are still waiting in the imperial study, Your Majesty..."

Emperor Yongjia stood up from the stool with the table, waved his hand and refused Chen Gong to help him, saying, "Let's go and see what they have to say."

"Yes, your Majesty."

In the imperial study, seven or eight ministers in official uniforms were waiting. But the emperor had no choice but to come, so they simply started to discuss it themselves, but all parties disagree and started to argue. As soon as Emperor Yongjia walked to the door, he heard someone whispering loudly inside: "I am also thinking about my apocalypse country and country. If Duke Xiangguo feels that he is selling his country and seeking honor, he might as well run to death in front of His Majesty in court to prove his innocence!"

"Who sells the country and seeks honor? Who wants to kill him in court?" Emperor Yongjia walked into the imperial study room and said lightly.

The originally noisy imperial study room suddenly became quiet, and everyone quickly stood up to greet him, "Your Majesty, Saint."

Emperor Yongjia waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."

Everyone thanked each other and sat back again. Emperor Yongjia sat down behind the imperial case, glanced at everyone and said lightly: "The ministers hurried into the palace to ask for a meeting, what's the matter?"

An official sitting in the forefront stood up and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the Northern Jin Dynasty has sent an envoy to come."

Emperor Yongjia was too lazy to lift his eyelids and asked, "What are they going to want this time? Money or food cloth?"

It is not a big mistake for Emperor Yongjia to ask this question. Basically, in the past ten years, whether the Northern Jin envoys came to the Apocalypse or the Apocalypse envoys went to the Northern Jin Dynasty, the Apocalypse would inevitably have to bleeding.

The old minister shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's not."

"Oh?" Emperor Yongjia raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do they want this time?"

The old minister said: "Go back to Your Majesty, the people of Northern Jin are preparing to send troops to Cangyun City, hoping that we will cooperate. After the event is completed, Northern Jin is willing to cut the annual offer for next year by half and put it back to all the royal relatives and nobles of the Tianqi in Shangjing."

Emperor Yongjia frowned and looked at Xiangguo justice who was sitting silently on the side, saying, "Don't Xiangguo Gong and Prime Minister Shangguan talked about this before going to Northern Jin? What are the dissatisfactions of the people of Northern Jin?"

Duke Xiangguo stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the situation in Northern Jin has changed recently. Not only did Cangyun City take the initiative to attack Runzhou, but there was also a sudden rise in the Jingbei Army in Xinzhou, which occupied most of Xinzhou in just one month. Now the people of the Clan are eager to pacify the north, so they sent envoys to me to reveal good things."

Emperor Yongjia said: "In this way, how do you think of Duke Xiangguo?"

Duke Xiangguo said decisively: "Of course, we cannot respond."

"Oh?" Emperor Yongjia raised his eyebrows slightly, and the Duke of Xiangguo raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Yongjia and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although Cangyun City and Jingbei Army are both from grass-roots, they are famous. If Your Majesty really cooperates with the people of Northern Jin, they will cause any losses to Cangyun City and Jingbei Army. I am afraid that... the people will be disintegrated." Some things are fine if they do it secretly. It is really crazy to tell the people of the world that Tianqi can't tolerate Cangyun City!

The old man who spoke before said, "The Duke of Xiangguo is too sensational! The Lord of Cangyun City is not a loyal and patriotic person. I have been secretly showing goodwill to Cangyun City several times, but he also ignores it. It is obvious that he has hidden ambitions. This kind of guy... How can he bear the Duke of Xiangguo to make the people feel disintegrated by the people?"

Duke Xiangguo sneered and said, "Oh? Gao Xiang means we just follow the words of the Cangyun people and join forces with them to capture Cangyun City? What are the benefits of this for the Apocalypse? Are the Cang people your biological father or your ancestor!"

"You...you!" The old man was so angry that his face turned red, he pointed at Xiangguo with trembling fingers and said, "You are simply...sincerely insulting your kindness!"

Another middle-aged man glanced at Duke Xiangguo and said, "Duke Xiangguo, don't forget that the people of Northern Jin not only agreed to send the royal nobles back to Tianqi, but also agreed to send the dead body back. Could it be that Duke Xiangguo was unwilling to welcome the royal family and the remains of the empress?"

Duke Xiangguo's eyes turned cold and his face turned pale in an instant.

The remains of the Queen... How did the Queen die?! And the royal nobles who were left in Shangjing... That was not only a shame for the Duan family, but also a shame for the entire Apocalypse.

The Duan family was loyal to the royal family for generations. When the regent was in power, the powerful families of various families were as scorpions as snakes and scorpions to Emperor Yongjia, fearing that his daughter would be married to Emperor Yongjia and would be implicated in the future. The Duan family sent the eldest daughter to the palace as the queen. Empress Duan originally gave birth to a son and a daughter, but was plotted to be weak when she gave birth to a son. Not long after, the prince died and Empress Duan became even more ill. Before the queen passed away, she begged her sister of the same mother to enter the palace to take care of her daughter.

After Xiao Duan entered the palace, he did not grant the title of queen, but was named the imperial concubine to rule the six palaces. A few years later, he gave birth to the little princess. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. However, a few years after the Feng tribe entered the pass, Xiao Duan and the two princesses were captured by the Feng tribe. After Emperor Yongjia crossed the south, he added Xiao Duan as the queen. But what is the use of this? The Duke of Xiangguo knew in his heart that this was the result of Emperor Yongjia fighting against the powerful people who wanted to win over the Duan family and to make his daughter the queen. Every time it was late at night, Duke of Xiangguo couldn't help but ask himself in his heart that it would be fine to compensate a sister, but later he paid another one. Look at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne. Is this really meaningful?

The Duke of Xiangguo looked bad, and Emperor Yongjia’s face was also not good-looking.

"Enough!" Emperor Yongjia said in a deep voice, "I am not here to listen to your quarrels. If you can't come up with a charter, we will discuss it at the grand dynasty meeting tomorrow."

The men and women on both sides had their own positions and naturally no one could convince each other, but Emperor Yongjia made it clear that they did not help each other and had to glar fiercely at each other for a while.

The Duke of Xiangguo closed his eyes slightly, feeling sad and angry.

Let’s discuss it again?! Such a ridiculous thing should not even be mentioned!

After the ministers stepped back, they came out of the imperial study room. An eunuch quickly caught up with Duke Xiangguo who was walking out with a calm face and said, "Duke Xiangguo, your Majesty summoned him."

Duke Xiangguo paused, but he still held back his anger and said, "Thank you."

Looking at Duke Xiangguo's back as he left, several ministers also stopped and whispered: "What should you do to summon Duke Xiangguo?"

"After all, they are royal relatives, so what's strange about summoning them?"

"Relative relatives? Haha..." Someone smiled disdainfully. It is true that the two queens of the Duan family gave birth to three children for His Majesty. Unfortunately, both died. The remaining one said they were missing. Who knows what was going on? An old minister sighed and said, "Your Majesty has never been out of nothing for years and the country has no crown prince. How can you be stable?"

Emperor Yongjia made a living under the regent in his early years, and his life was difficult. Although he had several children around, not many survived. Later, the clan entered the pass and Emperor Yongjia fled in a hurry. Fortunately, both princes were with him. Who knew that one little prince was impatient with the journey and died halfway. Although the other arrived in Pingdu, he was too scared and seriously ill and died within a few years. Since he arrived in Pingdu, Emperor Yongjia also took several concubines, but he never came out of the harem. The ministers in the court were worried about the imperial heir all day long, but it was useless.

No way... in the end, I can only adopt a royal heir from the royal family.

Duke Xiangguo walked into the imperial study again and saw Emperor Yongjia sitting behind the desk and tragically. Duke Xiangguo frowned slightly and bowed, "Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongjia looked up at Duke Xiangguo and sighed, "I know that I have always dreamed of the queen recently."

Duke Xiangguo frowned, not knowing which queen he was talking about. Emperor Yongjia continued, "The Queen... told me that she was leaving, Qing'er was still young, so I wanted me to take good care of her..." Duke Xiangguo lowered his eyes, and a trace of mockery flashed in his eyes. When the queen died, she didn't see you dreaming of her. It's been several years since then, but I suddenly remembered it.

Just as he was about to speak a few words of comfort, Duke Xiangguo suddenly paused and a familiar face flashed through his mind. If... if the little princess was still alive, he would probably be about the same age as that girl? Thinking of Jun Wuhuan's warning to him before leaving the capital, Duke Zeng Xiangguo shook his head. Forget it, he is a princess of the Northern Jin Dynasty and is protected by a master like Tuoba Xingye, but his life is much better than the little princess.

"I know?" Emperor Yongjia looked at him standing in the hall, obviously in the trance of Xiangguo Duke, a little confused.

The Duke of Xiangguo came to his senses and bowed: "Your Majesty must have missed the First Queen too much. The First Queen has a spirit in the sky, so he will definitely understand the difficulties of Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongjia looked at Xiangguo and said, "Do you know if you want to trade with Northern Jin for what happened just now?"

The Duke of Xiangguo looked up and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty think twice. Everyone can do this, but you must not do it. Cangyun City has been sticking to the north for so many years, which is the last hope in the hearts of the people in the north. If you really want to break it by Your Majesty, your Majesty... I am afraid that the north will never be taken back." Even if the people of the Clan are really driven away in the future, and if they take back their hometown, they will probably not be named Chu.

Emperor Yongjia lowered his eyes and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, but unfortunately, my ministers don't think so."

Emperor Yongjia was not strong enough, nor was he wise enough, but it did not mean that he really didn't know what was right or what was wrong. It was just that he was always bullied by the court officials around him and it was always difficult to stick to his opinions. Over time, even the ministers who were loyal to him could not help but be disappointed.

Even people like Duke Xiangguo who have been loyal to orthodox for generations sometimes can't help but wonder, if the regent was the one who came to power, wouldn't the situation be better now?

Unfortunately... Duke Xiangguo knew that because of his personality, Emperor Yongjia would never become a real emperor who was decisive and decisive.

"Your Majesty, you must not let go of this matter. I hope your Majesty is very cautious, and don't hurt the hearts of the aspiring people in the world." Duke Xiangguo advised in a deep voice.

Emperor Yongjia nodded and said tiredly: "If I know, then I know... the person looking for Qing'er has any news?"

Duke Xiangguo shook his head and said, "No, since the young princess disappeared in Huayiyuan, there has been no news about her."

Emperor Yongjia was a little disappointed and waved his hand for a while, "Let me retreat."

"I'm leaving."

In a blink of an eye, it had been two months since the Jingbei Army entered Xinzhou City. During this period, the Jingbei Army and the Northern Jin soldiers who came to test the battles were fought several times. Both sides had their own victories and losses, but the Jingbei Army still steadily occupied the Xinzhou area. These days, many people came to Xinzhou to surrender. However, what made Chu Ling laugh and cry was that many people retreated when they saw that the leader of the Jingbei Army was actually a child of only fifteen or sixteen years old. In the end, not many people stayed.

Chu Ling was a little depressed. Fortunately, those people didn’t know that she was a girl, otherwise wouldn’t even be able to keep any of them? It’s really annoying to judge people by their appearance!

Chu Ling's depression pleased Di Jun and others. Yun Yi even suggested that Chu Ling should put on makeup, put on a beard or something, and Chu Ling kicked it out directly.
To be continued...