After the Battle of Guirenpu, the Guangnan Pacification Commissioner's Office had already reported to the imperial court.

  Indeed, over the past year, Guangnan has gone from a skin disease to a heart-wrenching illness. From officials to nobles, everyone should be worried about this matter. Moreover, there is also the Crown Prince's personal expedition.

  After the victory was won, the Anfu Si (the office of the Grand Councilor) reported it.

  For your sake, I didn't mention anything about jumping off the high platform... Old Yu Jing is indeed a good person.

  When the whole of Yongzhou was in a state of chaos, an imperial edict arrived.

  The court did not discuss merits and rewards before the end of the war, but only made some arrangements for the current chaos in Guangnan.

  For example, Su Jinyu knew about the Yongzhou case, and for another example, Zhao Xie didn't want to hear that... The East Palace spent 200,000 guan to rebuild Guangnan!

  This has already pained Zhao Xi greatly, and unexpectedly there was even more.

  His parents were in Bianliang, and from a distance, they arranged for him to be married, directly making Su Yan the Crown Prince's consort.

  Zhao Xi was speechless as he looked at this imperial edict.

  Zhao Qinglan was made a princess, she could understand and even agreed. But this Su Yan... who manipulated this matter?

  This isn't, originally a carefree girl, after the imperial edict arrived, she became bashful and hid, directly hiding at Su Song's place. It makes sense, Su Song is her brother.

  Zhao Qinglan directly changed her tone and stopped calling him "Your Highness", hesitantly calling out "brother"... Is it that if there wasn't the saying "those with the same surname cannot get married", she would suddenly have two more?

  Her mind was in a whirl, thinking wildly. What Zhao Xi thought most about was... who instigated this matter?

  These days, Zhao Xi looked at everyone with a suspicious gaze.

  Di Qing is impossible, he shouldn't have that kind of idea. So, from Yu Jing downwards, each and every one of them is possible.

  "Your Highness, don't be like this. Su family's daughter has accompanied you for many days, and your reputation is already at stake..."

  Who says Yu Jing is a good guy? As soon as this was said, Zhao Xi understood. Yu Jing was in charge!

  Xuanfu sent his daughter over, and Jing had already exchanged letters with her to ask about it. Apart from Your Highness, only Zirong and the Su family's servant girl know about this matter.

  "Your Highness, isn't Su Yu's appearance similar to that of East Zhi without makeup?"

  This Zhao Xi's denial, the girl is not ugly, quite pretty. Made an effort to shake her head, but this matter...

  "Isn't it because of the Su family's lack of guidance that the Su family's daughter has poor morals?"

  This is not it either, except for being a bit garrulous, there's no other problem. But that can't be good if the girl herself has already rejected him, right?

  "Do not hurt people's feelings, and do not mislead people's lives."

  It's okay... Actually, Zhao Xi wasn't really opposed to it either, just going through the motions.

  "Third Brother, I am not a jealous wife!"

  This is the first sentence of Tao Nian's letter.

  "Father, Mother, because Su's daughter asked about it to Tuo Niang, she already knew and gave her consent. Tuo Niang didn't dare to speak rashly."

  "After hearing about what Su Jia Taigong did and seeing the words in your letter, Tao Yan thinks that Su Jia's younger sister is not a bad person."

  "Sanlang goes on a distant expedition, there should be attendants by his side. Since the imperial court has made such arrangements, Tuo Niang doesn't need to worry about it either..."

  Tao Niang talked for half a day before starting to talk about her own son...

  After all, it's still about taking advantage of oneself, and Zhao Xi can't even do that. But there is one thing that has suffered a great loss.

  Two hundred thousand yuan! I must get it back no matter what...

  "Zi Rong..."

  Uh, this title character knows if it's right or not. Anyway, in Gao Jingxian's place, Zhao Xi has always been the title character. In Zhao Xi's eyes, Wenwu is the same.

  "Father-in-law..."

  This title needs to be changed, and as for what to call himself after ascending the throne, that can be discussed later. For now, he is still the crown prince, and in Zhao Xi's eyes, he should be called Father-in-law.

  "Where did your father-in-law originally find manganese ore?"

  Manganese ore and manganese stone are named by Zhao Xi, the name Su Song is very suitable. Since adding this mineral when smelting steel, it's really fierce.

  Zhao Xi has some preparations, and later it's likely that a large amount of manganese ore will be needed.

  "Mingyin Prefecture is one hundred and ten li away from Hu'e Cave and Guangyuan."

  This matter is more worrying for Su Song than Zhao Xi. He had inquired about it a long time ago and also knew that the place was originally under the jurisdiction of Jiezhou, an area where the imperial court's power could not reach.

  This time, the troops also came from there. Life and death grievances, if you still want to mine manganese in the local area, Su Song dare not think about it.

  ……

  "Your Highness, the Anfu Temple is interrogating the surrendered minister. Zhao Zhan and Zhao Liming are loudly proclaiming that they have shocking secrets to reveal, but will only confess if Your Highness is present in person. The scholar requests that you take a step forward."

  Zhao Kan Zhao Liming... Oh, I remember now, it's that instructor who always finds fault in everything.

  Assigned to a remote area, isn't Guangnan considered remote?

  Surrender? Given his temperament, it's not surprising that he would surrender. Zhao Xi was curious what shocking secrets he might have.

  The yamen was gone, and there wasn't a ready-made place to hold court, so they symbolically arranged the tables and chairs in a semblance of order... it's actually somewhat similar to the trials of later generations.

  "Your Highness, I... I..."

  Seeing Zhao Xi come in, Zhao Zhanwu still hadn't spoken of the main matter after half a day.

  What's wrong with you? I'm busy making plans for the development of manganese mines, no time to chat with you.

  He thought so, but Zhao Xi didn't make a sound, only looking at Zhao Zhan with great disdain.

  "Your Highness, you... You are wise but not dead yet! Wear this cloak and it will be your substitute!"

  Zhao Jin thought that saying this would be shocking, but as a result, neither Zhao Xi nor Yu Jing, including Di Qing and Sun Wan, all of whom were sitting upright, showed any surprise.

  "Zhao Zhan, if it's about this matter, don't say any more."

  "Wait, I heard that Huang Xiang...Huang Shihe said that Annan was a rebellion led by Nong Zhigao, and he sent 2,000 elite soldiers to be driven..."

  This is interesting! At least everyone present has action and expression now.

  There is understanding, there is also sudden realization, and even more so, mutual gaze.

  Zhao Kan has arrived.

  "Except for the 2,000 elite soldiers, Annan Nofen Zhigao was made King of Beijiang, governing Guangnan and Guangyuan. After Nofen Zhigao occupied Yongzhou, he was also given an additional 5,000 elite soldiers to help him solidify his hold on Yongzhou."

  "However, the King's army defeated the enemy too quickly, and before reinforcements arrived from Annan, they suffered losses in troops and generals..."

  Look at this kid, he seems quite regretful.

  "How did you know?"

  "Scholar, I was born of a jinshi family, so...so Huang Shigong still thinks me acceptable. I haven't surrendered, I'm just socializing...just socializing with the enemy!"

  What's all the shouting about? Is there any other news you'd like to share at the same time? As for you...

  "Nong Zhigao's determination to rebel is unwavering, aside from his promise to An Nam, the Duan clan should take responsibility. If Nong Zhigao's rebellion fails, he will hand over the land of Yuan Jiang to the Nong clan and let them govern it for generations."

  In these circumstances, the entire Southern Expeditionary Army and the Anfu Governor's Office had suspicions more than once.

  The defeat of the Guangnan army is a fact, but it is absolutely impossible for them to be defeated several times by the mountain people and lose several cities in a row.

  What Zhao Zhan said... Alas, there is still no conclusive evidence that can be used to discuss the matter. It's still useless.

  However, for the civil officials of the Anfu Temple, Zhao Zhen's words were like nothing was said, and they didn't even think about investigating.

  "How to prove?"

  It seems like Zhao Zhan has been waiting for Zhao Xi to ask questions all along.

  "Your Highness, I have seen one of the letters. When you fled, you did not burn them, but instead took them with you to Guangyuan..."

  You're clever and not foolish. If what Zhao Zhan said is true, those are his future credentials for survival; how can he casually burn them away?

  What's next, I won't say for now. Probably Zhao Cen has no more surprising news.

  Zhao Xi waved his hand...