After hearing what his eldest grandson said, Lu Lanqing hesitated for a moment. He looked at Lu Minghan, but Lu Minghan didn't look at him.

Lu Lanqing felt a little uncomfortable at this moment. Seeing Lu Minghan's eyes looking away, he couldn't help but blame Lu Minghan for being too heartless. No matter what, they were blood relatives. How could he not even tolerate a few children?

After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay then! After your father's funeral is over, you can follow your grandfather to the other courtyard!"

Lu Minghan sneered in his heart after hearing this, "It seems that Father, you still know what to do?"

After leaving Lu Minghong's house, the father and son each took a carriage to the Duke's Mansion.

What Lu Lanqing didn't know was that after they left, the three Lu Zihai brothers and Yan, who had been burning paper and keeping vigil for Lu Minghan, went straight to the backyard.

"Mother, it seems that old man is now useless and can't make decisions anymore. He doesn't even have the power to let us return to the Duke's Mansion. What should we do? If he asks us to go to the other courtyard with him, then why would I go there?"

Yan had never expected that the old Duke was so incompetent. Over the years, he had allowed Lu Minghan to control the entire Duke's Mansion. Now he couldn't even let his sons return to the Duke's Mansion. So when could he take back the title?

Yes, take it back. Yan and Lu Minghong have always believed that if the emperor had not supported Lu Minghan, just because Lu Minghong secretly won the heart of the old Duke, the title of Duke would definitely be theirs, and there would be no need for that sickly Lu Minghan!

Of course, this is all Lu Minghong and Yan's own thinking. Is it really so? I guess even Lu Lanqing herself doesn't know!

After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Lu Lanqing ignored Lu Minghan and went straight back to her own yard. Not wanting to see Kang, she went straight to the study and sat there alone, mourning the death of her youngest son.

Thinking back to the pinch marks on his son's neck today, he thought, "Who else in the world can crush a neck with just two fingers? That's bone. Most people would just crush the throat at the neck, but this is the first time I've seen someone crush the bones at the same time."

Lu Zifeng in the military camp west of the city didn't know that he had broken Lu Minghong's neck, and he never thought that he would cause trouble to Lu Lanqing.

Lu Zifeng had just contacted Chang Lin and learned that his family was doing well these days. He then sent another letter to his family, asking them to come to Beijing after the New Year. He also said that he had already had contact with the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion here, and that the Lu family here might be his father's biological parents.

Early in the morning of the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, the entire capital was already busy, and joy was on the faces of many people. Although the weather was cold, it could not stop the enthusiastic mood of the people in the capital.

Because today is the day when King Jing's army returns to the court, and it is also the day when King Jing presents prisoners to the emperor.

Last year, the Tatars invaded the three prefectures of Bingzhou, Kunzhou and Suzhou in the northern part of Dayu Dynasty. The emperor sent Shen Laiqing from Xichang Marquisate to repel the enemy, but ended up losing 100,000 soldiers. If it weren't for the Suzhou prefect who turned the tide, Suzhou would probably have fallen completely.

At the beginning of this year, His Royal Highness Prince Jing returned to the court from southern Xinjiang. He was ordered to lead the army and General Murong Min to attack in two directions in the direction of Suzhou Prefecture and Bingzhou Prefecture. Only then did he repel the Tatars in one fell swoop. Moreover, Prince Jing even captured the third prince of the Tatars and the young master of a tribe.

This time, the Dayu Dynasty completely conquered the Tatars. Before King Jing returned to the court, the Tatars' letter of surrender had already arrived.

Now we just have to wait for King Jing to return to the court before we can start negotiations.

Lu Zifeng had been waiting for His Royal Highness Prince Jing's arrival in the military camp early in the morning. When he got up this morning, it was already snowing. The snowflakes were not heavy, just some snow particles.

Until he saw King Jing's army coming towards him in a mighty force, Lu Zifeng, with more than 200 soldiers behind him, riding horses, wearing silver armor, and holding spears, was waiting at the intersection.

"Father, Zifeng is waiting up ahead! But it looks like nearly half of their group of 500 people are missing. I imagine they must have had a very difficult journey!"

King Jing smiled and shook his head.

"Look at your useless appearance. You should know why kindness is not suitable for commanding an army. When you have thought it through, come and talk to me again."

Situ Yi curled his lips when he heard King Jing's words.

"My son is only suitable to be a general who charges into battle. I cannot be a commander-in-chief." The reason why Situ Yi said this was simply because he was afraid that he would be outshined by his legitimate younger brother.

King Jing rolled his eyes when he heard this.

"Go tell your uncle the Emperor about this, and he'll break your legs. Men of the imperial family are supposed to be marshals planning strategies, not generals charging into battle, understand?"

As he was speaking, Situ Yi saw Lu Zifeng and his men walking to the carriage.

"Hey, Feng brother, we are back. It's been so long since we last met. Did you miss me?"

Lu Zifeng smiled and said nothing, but saluted King Jing.

"Greetings, Marshal. The Third Prince of Tatar has been safely delivered to General Lan's camp."

King Jing laughed.

"Good boy, Lu Zifeng listens to my orders. I now order you to go to General Lan's camp and bring the Third Prince of Tatar here. Follow me to the capital and present the captive to the emperor."

"As you command."

After Lu Zifeng finished speaking, he saluted and took more than 200 of his men to General Lan's camp. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the camp, he met General Lan and explained King Jing's intention to him.

General Lan did not make things difficult for them. He directly asked Lu Zifeng and others to personally escort the third prince of Tatar out.

It didn't take long for Lu Zifeng and his team to catch up with King Jing's army. They joined the army and marched towards the capital.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, slowly turning from snowflakes into big snowflakes, which were blown away by the north wind. The weather became colder, but the soldiers were in a good mood. They were finally home. After more than half a year, they finally drove the Tatars out of the Dayu Dynasty.

The west gate of the capital city was seen from afar. At this time, many people were standing at the gate, including officials from six ministries and ordinary people. They were all gathered outside the gate to welcome King Jing and his family back to the court.

When the army was one mile away from the city gate, King Jing ordered the army to stop moving forward and got off the carriage. Instead, he put on armor, carried a long sword, and rode on a tall horse.

He looked at the army behind him.

"My fellow soldiers, please wait here for the arrival of the imperial court. I will be leaving now. Your bravery in killing the enemy has been recorded. I will reward you accordingly. Please wait patiently."

The generals and soldiers shouted thank you to His Royal Highness King Jing.

After saying that, he looked at Situ Yi and Lu Zifeng who were ready to go.

"Let's go and present the prisoners."

King Jing led Lu Zifeng and others towards the city gate, with hundreds of people following behind them, surrounding the carriage of the third prince of Tatar.