Soon, Ji Jiaying was supported by someone and walked in. She had been riding a horse at full speed all the way back. Because of the cold wind, her face was no longer as smooth as before, but turned red with bloodshot eyes. Her hands were also covered with frostbite. She had been crying since she entered the room. When she saw Pei Yuan, she was overjoyed. She fell at his feet and cried loudly, "Prince, please save me. I don't want to betray my country, and I don't want to die! I know that I was disrespectful to you and treated my sister badly. I already know that I was wrong. I am a fool who changes with the wind. I kowtow to you here to apologize, but please save me! Pei Xiao must not ascend the throne. He is a demon with a human face and a beast's heart. If he succeeds, the Great Zhou will be finished!"

Pei Yuan frowned, Let someone help her up: "Please give me a seat. Have some tea and talk slowly."

Pei Yuan originally just disliked Ji Jiaying. Her past behavior was not very pleasing, but it was not vicious. Bao Ning valued family affection. She did not like this sister, but she did not have the intention to entangle with her and put her to death. What's more, they were able to get married because of Ji Jiaying's troubles at that time. Therefore, Pei Yuan's attitude towards Ji Jiaying seemed indifferent. He was neither close nor resistant, just like a stranger.

This attitude made Ji Jiaying panic. She didn't dare to stand up and kept kowtowing to apologize: "Prince, please forgive me. I know I was wrong and I won't do it again. From now on, I will call Baoning sister, okay? I will return all the things I owe her over the years. I am just a little stupid, but I am really not that bad... Please, Prince, save me, save the Great Zhou!"

Pei Yuan and Su Wei looked at each other and couldn't believe it.

They all knew that Ji Jiaying was arrogant in the past. What changed her now and made her such a timid person?

Su Wei personally went to help Ji Jiaying up and said gently: "Madam Ji, you don't have to be afraid, just say whatever you want to say."

Ji Jiaying sat on the stool, covered her face and cried: "My lord, Pei Xiao, he poisoned me and asked me to seduce General Feng and have sex with him. This poison is called Twin Lotus, if it is planted in a woman, if this woman is with another man, the poison will be passed on. This poison is fatal! Pei Xiao threatened me that if I didn't do as he said, he would not give me the antidote, and he sent me to the general's mansion. I pretended to go to seek refuge, General Feng liked me and didn't reject me... and I made a mistake!"

She cried even harder: "But I'm afraid, I regret it... I know it's wrong, I dare not see Pei Xiao again, I'm afraid he will kill me, or let me do something more dirty. I saw someone asking about the situation near the general's mansion, I thought I should take a gamble, so I went to find that person, I told him who I was, and then came here..."

Su Wei asked anxiously: "How is General Feng now?"

"I don't know." Ji Jiaying said woodenly, "Maybe, just like me. General Feng refused to agree to form a party with Pei Xiao, and Pei Xiao would not let him go."

She rolled up her sleeves, revealing her arms full of scars, with large patches of red spots and herpes, many of which had already rotted and festering, looking horrible and abnormal. Su Wei gasped when he saw it.

"Find Doctor Le, take her down for treatment and rest well." Pei Yuan gave the order and turned the wheelchair to go out the door, "General Su, come with me to see His Highness."

...

On the day Pei Yuan woke up, he sent someone to go with Le Xu to pick up Pei Che.

At that time, she was strongly opposed by Achou. She had always stubbornly believed that it was Pei Yuan who sent troops to massacre the people of Qilian Mountain that day. She thought he had ulterior motives and almost died with the small team that went to pick him up. Later, Pei Che heard the commotion outside and came out in person. After listening to the persuasion of Le Xu and Su Wei, he agreed to go back to Dai County with them.

Pei Che's health has improved a lot. He lost his right arm, but his left hand slowly recovered strength and he was learning to write with his left hand.

He was smart and patient. In just half a month, he had already written quite well.

Pei Yuan ignored Achou's hostile eyes, was pushed by Su Wei to Pei Che's side, and quietly watched him finish writing the entire poem "Spring Dawn".

Pei Yuan asked, "It's still winter, why did you think of this poem?"

Pei Che smiled gently and replied, "The New Year is coming soon, and after the New Year it will be spring. The river ice will melt, and the swallows will fly back. Spring is not far away."

Pei Yuan nodded. He is actually a man of few words, even to his brother who grew up with him. Bao Ning once taught him how to greet people when he met them, but he couldn't learn it.

After a moment of silence, they both spoke at the same time.

Pei Yuan asked, "Do you miss your mother?"

Pei Che asked, "How is the war going?"

Pei Yuan relaxed and leaned back in his chair, and answered first, "It's still a stalemate now, but there should be movement soon. The people Chunyu Luan sent to borrow troops will be back soon, and whether to withdraw or not will only take two or three days. By then, it will either be a tough battle, or we will go back to our own homes and pretend nothing happened."

Pei Che smiled and said, "Which one do you hope for?"

"I hope this battle can be won." Pei Yuan stared at him solemnly, "Chun Yu Luan made me hit by two arrows and almost died in the snowy mountains. He also made me away from home for so long. If I don't teach him a lesson, all the blood and sweat I shed during this period will be in vain. I have to cut off his head and destroy his army to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

Pei Che asked, "Aren't you afraid of losing?"

Pei Yuan said, "No, because I will definitely win."

Pei Che saw the wolf nature and confidence in his eyes. Even though he was sitting down now, his majesty was not diminished at all.

"Why did you ask about my mother just now?" Pei Che put down his pen. After talking for a while, the ink on the paper dried up. He slowly rolled up the paper and said, "I have been in Dai County for so long, and you have never mentioned my mother. Why did you suddenly ask me about this? Did something happen in the capital?"

"Yes." Pei Yuan stopped talking and told the truth, "Your Majesty is critically ill and will soon die. Pei Xiao and Dong Yushu have joined forces to seize the throne. General Feng Huchang was plotted against and is now bedridden and unable to take charge. The queen is weak. Although the Shen family has five marquises, their real power was gradually stripped away in the early years. Now they are just in name only and will not last long..."

Pei Yuan looked at Pei Che's increasingly serious expression, leaned over and put his hand on his shoulder: "Brother, you are the prince, you have to go back."

Pei Che was silent for a long time, closed his eyes and said: "What can I do if I go back? I am just a useless person now."

"If you say so, your mother will be so sad." Pei Yuan held his left hand and said word by word, "She has been waiting for you. Now she is isolated and helpless. Do you have the heart to shrink in a corner of Dai County and watch Pei Xiao defeat her and eat up all the silkworms in the Shen family? You are the real prince. You have been raised as a prince since you were a child and are loved by everyone. How can you hand over the country to treacherous ministers and thieves!"

Pei Che's eyes gradually became moist: "Fourth son, I can't convince myself. For the past year, I have stayed on Qilian Mountain like a useless person, leaving all the rotten stalls to you. I was not here when you were walking on thin ice, and I was not here when you were attacked from all sides. But now, the throne is in front of you, but I suddenly appeared. What's the difference between me and a bandit? You also have the talent to govern the country, this position should not belong to me, it It should be yours."

Pei Yuan suddenly laughed: "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't know you were such a fussy person before."

Pei Che said: "Every word I said just now came from my heart..."

Pei Yuan interrupted him: "I am not shirking my responsibility with you. To be honest, I once thought about that position, but now, I don't want to think about it anymore."

Pei Che was puzzled: "Why did you change your mind?"

Pei Yuan said: "Because chickens cannot be raised in the palace."

"..." Pei Che looked at him at a loss, "Huh?"

...

Pei Che still set out. On the morning of the second day, he was escorted by a team of nearly a thousand people and accompanied by Achou.

Pei Yuan wrote a letter to Concubine Zhao who stayed in Linfen to borrow troops from her.

Concubine Zhao always had a self-centered attitude, so she asked Emperor Zhou for permission early on to take Pei Yang to her fiefdom. She was not interested in prosperity, but only wanted to spend her old age in peace. But now it seems that this idea is just a luxury. Pei Yang went to the capital to serve the sick and was in danger. If Concubine Zhao still did nothing, Pei Yang would surely die. She is a smart person and should understand this truth. She will definitely support Pei Che with all her strength.

Pei Yuan can imagine Pei Xiao's expression at that time. He should think that Pei Che is already dead, right? That's why he dared to set up such a situation, thinking it was foolproof.

When Pei Che showed up in the capital with the guards of Linfen, the real show will begin.

Pei Yuan watched Pei Che leave from the tower until the team disappeared from his sight, then he turned and left.

As soon as he stepped onto the ground, he saw Su Wei rushing over, looking nervous and excited: "Your Majesty, the scouts ahead sent news that the Xiongnu reinforcements are coming, with great momentum, from the east, and it is estimated that they will arrive at Fengxian City tonight and meet Chunyu Luan."

His eyes were bright: "Your Majesty, guess who is the leader of the team?"

Pei Yuan immediately had the answer in his heart when he spoke in this tone, but he didn't say it out loud, and asked: "Who is it?"

"Nazhu Chanyu's trusted general Meng Jia, and Wei Meng, the general of Wei."