Ning Wanwei initially gained his favor by association with her imperial sister.

  That was a day two years ago, Jiang Xuanjin was still teaching him the emperor's strategy in the imperial study, just as he said "not to harm hands and feet, not to destroy blood vessels", Li Huairou raised his eyes and asked: "How should the princess be counted for killing Pingling Jun?"

  "So she was despised by everyone, and it's only right."

  Li Huailian was well aware that his own sister was hiding in the dark, watching him, and he deliberately asked this to ease the hatred in his heart that couldn't be dispelled.

  It's a pity, seeing Huang sister really hurt his heart, he walked away dejectedly, and he felt uncomfortable again.

  This discomfort found a solution when I saw Ning Yuwei.

  Ning Wanwei looked a bit like the Empress, and he picked her out from among a hundred people. He asked her softly: "What would it take for you to be happy?"

  She was frightened by him at that time, staring blankly at him, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

  However, after calming down and regaining her composure, she knelt before him and said: "Being able to accompany you is all that brings me joy."

  Good, Li Huailian responded to her, took her into the harem, gave her the title of Guifei, and stayed in her palace every night, asking her to learn from the Empress to hum a tune to lull him to sleep. He framed the Empress and went to reward Ning Yuwei with gifts, setting traps to harm the Empress, and even more favored Ning Yuwei. After the Empress's death, he favored her even more, surpassing all six palaces.

  But Ning Wanwei had never been complacent.

  She seemed to know very clearly where his favor came from, serving him with a sense of propriety, comforting him, and never asking for anything excessive.

  Gradually, Li Huailian found that when he looked at her, it was already very difficult to see the shadow of his imperial sister. The person in front of him was her, a person who wholeheartedly treated him well.

  He just doesn't quite understand what's so good about someone like him, worth her doing this.

  It's not that I don't believe her feelings, it's just that I'm really scared she'll leave. Really afraid that the ones I like the most will eventually leave me too.

  Li Huailin got up, walked to her side, pinched the medicinal wine she had just used, dipped it with a handkerchief, and gently wiped her forehead wound.

  Ning Wanwei's pupils contracted for a moment, and then relaxed again.

  Your Majesty always does this, after throwing a tantrum, you'll be nice to her again, I'm used to it.

  As long as he doesn't drive her away again, everything will be fine.

  "Yu Yunlie has a second heart." He carefully applied medicine for her and said in a low voice, "I must find a way to keep both of our lives safe."

  Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and Ning Yuwei reached out to grab his sleeve.

  "Wherever Your Majesty goes, I will follow."

  He lowered his head and stared at her for a long time, Li Huailin suddenly smiled, revealing two small tiger teeth, with a rare hint of childishness between his eyebrows.

  "Good," he said.

  Western Liang troops poured into the border in large numbers, and the frontier passes were in urgent need of defense. However, without an imperial order, they could not take any rash action. Jiang Xuanjin received the news with a grave expression.

  "As expected." He said, "Liu Yunlie is a man from Western Liang."

  When he learned that Mei Mei was married to General Xi Liang, he had suspected it. After all, Liu Yunlie was a steady and cautious person, and at this critical moment, he would not have gotten involved with Xi Liang unless there was something fishy going on. If there were no other reasons, according to his calculations, he should not have taken the risk of seeking death.

  At present, he has an army but does not fight, and yielding Kyoto is not enough. He even allows the Western Liang soldiers to enter Northern Wei. If it weren't for the people of Western Liang, he would have no reason to make such a decision.

  Li Huaiyu leaned against the headboard and couldn't help but blurt out a crude remark: "Bastard! Lurking in the imperial court for so many years, just to open the door for Western Liang!"

  "Don't get agitated." Putting down the documents, Jiang Xuanjin furrowed his brow, "Qi Jin said so, you need to rest quietly."

  It's better not to mention it, but mentioning Li Huaiyu is simply laughable and tearful. Since giving birth to the two little ones, Jiang Xuanjin has been treating her like a porcelain doll, not allowing her to stand or move, feeding her food to her mouth, and even wiping her body for her. She really couldn't bear it and wanted to move around, but he would turn his face coldly and carry her around the house for two steps.

  That's right, it was her back, and she wasn't even allowed to get off the ground.

  "Are you taking revenge on me?" Huai Yu stretched out her finger to hook his hand, "Revenge for scaring you that day in Linpen?"

  Jiang Xuanjin gently stroked her temples: "How could that be."

  It's obvious! Look at his eyes! Hua Yu dared to be angry but didn't dare speak, her eyes rolled and she smiled: "Shouldn't you have said that today?"

  The day before giving birth, he promised her, and every day he told her those three words.

  His expression somewhat uneasy, Jiang Xuanjin furrowed his brow and said: "It's been almost a month since we last spoke, aren't you tired of hearing it?"

  "It's music to my ears!" Li Huaiyu waved her hand, laughing with sparkling eyes, "My greatest pleasure every day is listening to you talk about this."

  "Don't you think you're being a bit shameless?" Jiang Xuanjin said with slight anger, "At this point in time, you still dare to deceive people."

  Rubbing his chin thoughtfully, Li Huaiyu nodded: "Yeah, I also think I'm quite shameless myself, so you mustn't learn from me! What needs to be said has got to be said, come on!"

  Jiang Xueming: "I don't know"

  He really understood why this person chose to be a bad guy, because being a bad guy is truly carefree, you don't have to worry about your reputation, you can do whatever makes you happy, unlike him, who was almost suffocated by his own promises.

  His hand was held in hers, his face stared at her tightly, Jiang Xuanjin's face was tense, and he whispered a soft voice.

  "Huh?" Yu Yu dug her ear, "Didn't hear clearly."

  Jiang Xuanjin glared: "You did it on purpose!"

  "Are you going to bully me?" Hua Yu blinked twice, pulled the bed curtain and put on a wronged expression, "You're bullying me!"

  Jiang Xuanjin asked: "Whose house is this?"

  "It's just that other people are other people!" She pinched her throat and pouted, Hua Yu twisted her waist and threw him a flirtatious glance.

  Jiang Xuanjin stood up and quickly turned his head to leave.

  "Hey, hey, don't go!" Huai Yu reached out and grabbed him, grinning mischievously. "I won't cause any more trouble."

  He sat back on the edge of the bed, she climbed onto his body and kissed him on the lips, holding his face.

  "Body." He furrowed his brow and caught her waist suspended in mid-air.

  "Hmm?" Stretching out her small tongue to lightly lick his lower lip, Huai Yu smiled. "Then you can hold me steady."

  After finishing speaking, he surprisingly let go of his hand.

  The weight in his hands suddenly increased, Jiang Xuanjin grunted, and found that this shameless person was actually using his support to kiss him. However, he still couldn't let go, or she would fall off the bed.

  He was both angry and amused at "you".

  With his lips lightly rubbing against hers. Li Huaiyu said openly: "I rely on favoritism and am arrogant, with reliance there is no fear!"

  How dare you say that? It's absolutely outrageous!

  Taking a light breath, Jiang Xuanjin closed his eyes and, in line with the good quality of the Jiang family always finding reasons for themselves, finally came to the conclusion: it was all his fault, he deserved it!

  Endure it, what can you do about her anyway?

  The atmosphere in the house is very good, so good that even the wind and the door god want to pretend to be an incense burner.

  Don't they take them seriously at all? Ah? Two big living people are stuck here, and these two have the ability to get close while discussing serious matters?

  What's going on with Liu Yunlie? Is there anything else to say about it?

  He's really arrogant! He thinks that his salary and that of the Imperial Envoy should be increased, otherwise this job can't be done!

  The king looked at him with his eyes and asked: retreat or stay?

  Nonsense, of course it's going to be left! With a sly and flirtatious expression: Are you still waiting for the master to make a decision before spreading the news?

  The old man nodded calmly and then unexpectedly kicked his buttocks with one foot.

  One of them lost their footing and stumbled two steps, colliding with a nearby purple sandalwood round table, knocking over the candelabra, making a loud "thud" sound!

  Jiang Xuanjin was shocked and quickly pinched Huaiyu's waist, pushing her back onto the bed.

  Then he turned back and looked at the person by the table with a cool gaze.

  "Master, master." Cheng Yun's body hair stood on end, and he hastily waved his hand, "No, no, I'm not a subordinate!"

  He glanced at the fallen candle holder on his desk and then looked at the person closest to the table, Jiang Xuanjin's smile was insincere.

  He wiped his forehead with a cold sweat and stared at Yufeng with an almost desperate attitude.

  Other people's good brothers are treacherous and will stab you in the back, this damn knife is specifically designed to be inserted into his ribs!

  He watched with an air of detachment, his eyes, nose and mouth a picture of indifference.

  He gritted his teeth and stepped forward, asking, "May I ask, sir, how did you issue the order?"

  The army of King's Guard has already reached 200,000 men. If they pursue the Emperor all the way, they will surely capture him alive. However, this would leave the borders unguarded, and the Western Liang army would continue to wreak havoc. But if they divide their forces, it would be a case of being attacked from both front and back, with the Western Liang army in front and Liu Yunlie behind, and neither side could predict the outcome.

  "In the name of Princess Chang, issue a decree to the border, ordering the border guards to resist Liang with all their might." Jiang Xuanjin took up his brush and paper, "Also, divide the troops from Changlin and Nanping into two groups to support the border, while the rest will quell the internal chaos."

  While speaking, he carefully wrote down the distribution and deployment of troops on paper, and after finishing, put it in his sleeve: "Go and present it to General Lin."

  "Yes!" Cheng Xū accepted the letter and felt that he had narrowly escaped disaster, so he let out a breath of relief and wanted to run.

  But just as he was about to step out of the door, his master's voice came from behind.

  "After sending the letter, go and sweep the stable twice."

  Ride the void: "Nothing"

  What is destined to come will come, and what is destined to flee cannot escape.

  Murong Qi received news and ran to find Jiang Xuanjin and Li Huaiyu.

  "Everyone knows to seek help from neighboring countries, how come you two can't think of it?" She frowned and looked at them, saying, "My Eastern Jin is powerful, much more powerful than that Western Liang. I'm willing to support you two, and I'll make sure to overthrow the throne."

  Jiang Xuanjin said in a soft voice, "No need."

  Li Huaiyu rarely echoed: "Indeed, it's not necessary."

  "Can't you see how tense the situation is outside?" Murong Qi raised an eyebrow, "With Xi Liang getting involved, your chances of winning are slim. If one day the army collapses like a mountain, it'll be all over."

  Jiang Xuanjin said quietly: "I'll handle my own affairs, Ba Hua Jun doesn't need to worry."

  Li Huaiyu smiled and said straightforwardly, "Hualin is young and easily deceived, inviting wolves into the house. I've lived for almost fifty years, how could I fall for this? Winning or losing is my Northern Wei's business. You have too much idle energy, why not go out for a walk?"

  One clever person is not to be feared, but two clever people together are formidable. Murong Qi was very unwilling, having waited for so long in Northern Wei, yet still unable to find an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Just as Western Liang was about to join in and share the spoils, her Eastern Jin army was unable to gain a foothold.

  It's okay, looking at the situation of Northern Wei, chaos is certain, and the status of Eastern Jin will not be shaken again within ten years.

  He relaxed his body and Murong Yi also didn't bother to tell them these things, turning his head and saying: "I just went out for a walk and came back, I don't know why, but there were many people following behind me."

  Li Huaiyu rolled her eyes: "With this face of yours flashing on the street, what's surprising about having many people following behind?"

  "No, the ones that usually follow me are quite gentle and will even blush, but today this group is fierce and menacing, holding pitchforks and hoes, it seems like they want to hit me." Murong Qi shrugged, "But I stood there and let them come at me. They didn't move, it's very strange."

  Li Huaiyu was shocked: "What did you go out on the street for?"

  "I didn't do anything." Murong Yi gazed at the beam, reminiscing, "Just accidentally kicked over two small stalls, snatched a girl's handkerchief, and drank another pot of wine."

  Jiang Xuanjin and Li Huaiyu: "The Legend of Deification"

  Murong Qi thought for a moment and felt that something was off, so he asked them: "Do you have to pay money to drink here?"

  "Cut the nonsense!" Hua Yu slapped the bed frame, "Not giving money is called robbery!"

  "Oh." Murong Qi nodded and counted on his fingers, "Then I just kicked over two small stalls, snatched a handkerchief and a jar of wine."

  This tone of pride is as if counting one's own good deeds.

  Jiang Xuanjin turned his head and instructed Yu Feng: "Go out and compensate the owner for the money."

  "Ah, what's the point of paying?" Murong Qi sneered, "I was like this in Eastern Jin too, never gave money."

  She bowed her fist at him: "You're such a scoundrel and yet you can still win people's praise, I really admire you."

  "It's too much of an honor." Murong Qi stood up, "You two won't fall for my trick anyway, so I'll just go out and take a stroll again."

  Jiang Xuanjin saw her off at the door and thought for a moment before saying to Yu Feng, "Find someone else to guide Bai Hua Jun along the way, she's not very familiar with the first line of the city yet."

  When looting, you have to choose a good store, such as Lu's in First-tier City, which is very easy to loot.

  Understood the master's intention, Yu Feng cupped his hands and responded: "Yes."

  The Northern Wei Dynasty began to be in internal chaos, with the capital as the boundary. All the fiefs on the west side were under the leadership of Prince Zi Yang and no longer subject to the court's control. On the east side, there were the emperor's cavalry roaming around, and also the Western Liang army was rampaging. The difference between the two sides was that Liu Yunlie led his troops to defend himself, while Jiang Xuanjin divided his men to guard the border and resist the Western Liang.

  Mr. Jiang knelt for a whole day in the Jiang family ancestral hall.

  "Grandfather." Jiang Yan softly advised him, "You should understand that Young Master is not at fault, the one who erred this time is Your Majesty."

  In any case, foreign troops cannot be introduced into the territory of Northern Wei, this is the ancestral teachings, and the emperor has completely violated them.

  Old Jiang didn't make a sound, he just stared at the words on the memorial tablet.

  The Jiang family has been loyal and honest for generations, always supporting the emperor, even if they encounter an unwise ruler, they still adhere to their duties and serve the country with integrity.

  Jiang Xuanjin was his most beloved youngest son, the most promising one in the Jiang family, but now he personally drove the Emperor out of Kyoto.

  Even if he has a bitter heart, wrong is wrong, he should kneel here and apologize to his ancestors on his behalf.

  Also asking ancestors for protection, bless this unfilial son, let him return safely.