When Yan Cheng received the new letter, Leng Yan happened to be next to him.
Leng Yan saw the look of surprise and joy on Yan Cheng's face and couldn't help but ask, "Whose letter is it?"
Yan Cheng was so excited that he couldn't contain himself. He still held the letter tightly in his hand and ran over impatiently, excitedly grabbing Leng Yan's arm.
His voice trembled slightly with excitement: "It's a letter from my brother! My brother is still alive!"
"elder brother?"
Leng Yan's heart moved, and he realized almost instantly that the "brother" Yan Cheng was referring to was Prince Ding.
He reached back and gently half-hugged Yan Cheng, silently comforting her and waiting quietly for Yan Cheng to calm down.
In fact, Yan Cheng hadn't even finished reading the letter at this point. Just seeing the beginning and knowing who the writer was, he could no longer suppress his inner excitement.
After gradually calming down, Yan Cheng began to continue reading the letter.
As his gaze slowly moved across the letter, surprise gradually filled his eyes.
After reading the end of the letter, he leaned against Leng Yan gently, with a look of expected meaning in his expression, and muttered to himself:
"It really has to be my brother..."
After all, that was Prince Ding who lived to the later period in the book and led his troops to rebel and attack the capital.
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In the third year of Yongyao, the morning court of Daxia was spent in a noisy atmosphere as usual.
The ministers each held their own views, and the arguments continued, causing a headache.
After leaving court, Yan Cheng received news from the southwest border.
Under the continuous increase in taxes and oppression by Emperor Nanyou over the years, the lower-class people finally couldn't bear the burden and rose up in anger.
Yan Cheng had anticipated this news, but it still stirred ripples in his heart.
A few days later, Yan Cheng was concentrating on handling government affairs in the Palace of Heavenly Purity when Li Bixian came to report to him:
"Your Majesty, Nanyou's hostage Tangxi Lu requests an audience."
Over the years, Tang Xilu has been staying in Daxia as a hostage.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to return to his homeland of Nanyou, but his brother, the Emperor of Nanyou, never allows him to go back.
All this is because the situation in the court of Nanyou has become increasingly complicated, like a mess. As an elder brother, he is worried that his younger brother will encounter an accident after returning to the country.
This time, upon hearing that Nanyou was in chaos due to the turmoil of various forces, Tangxi Lu could no longer sit still.
He decided to act first and report later, without informing his brother, and returned directly to Nanyou.
After hearing this, Yan Cheng did not choose to summon Tang Xilu, but just said calmly: "Let him go."
To be honest, Tangxi Lu's presence in Daxia has been very low in recent years.
Yan Cheng secretly guessed that perhaps it was because Tang Xilu had offended him, the new emperor, so he was cautious in everything, fearing that he would get into trouble.
But Yan Cheng did not intend to detain Tang Xilu, as this would be meaningless.
Today, Daxia has a strong army and its national strength is growing, while Nanyou is in chaos.
The national strength of the two countries is incomparable, and Nanyou is currently preoccupied with its own affairs and has neither the time nor the energy to target Daxia.
Yan Cheng was not afraid of any substantial impact Tang Xilu would have on Daxia after returning to China.
When Tangxi Lu was about to set off, a military general named Kang came to ask to see Yan Cheng.
This person was none other than Kang Jing, a close friend of Yan Cheng in his early years.
At that time, Kang Jing resolutely went to the southwestern border to join the army, and with his bravery he repeatedly made military achievements in that war-torn land.
As time went by, his official position rose steadily.
Later, due to his outstanding military achievements, Kang Jing was transferred to the capital to serve.
Time passed slowly, and Yan Cheng, Xie Guangling and Kang Jing finally reunited after going through the baptism of many years.
But things are different now. The identities of the three people have changed drastically compared to before.
At the beginning, the three of them had made a pact to pass the imperial examination together and pursue a bright future together.
However, fate is a very strange thing.
In the end, only Xie Guangling embarked on the road to imperial examinations.
This time, Kang Jing came to meet Yan Cheng, actually to request to take the task of escorting Tang Xilu to Nanyou.
He said sincerely, "Your Majesty, since I came to the capital with my wife, my wife has not seen her family for a long time."
"This time we are heading to Nanyou, passing through the southwestern border. I would like to take this opportunity to bring her to meet her father-in-law and mother-in-law."
Yan Cheng understood that Kang Jing cared about his wife, so he naturally would not refuse his request.
After that, news about the war situation in Nanyou continued to reach Daxia.
First, a certain rebel army was suppressed, and then another rebel army occupied a certain city.
Among these messy news, what Yan Cheng was most concerned about was an uprising led by a mountain stronghold.
The village is called Hanjiazhai. The village chief has only one daughter. Many years ago, the village chief found a handsome husband for his daughter by the river.
This uprising army, under the banner of "feeding the world", was led by the village chief's son-in-law.
Every time there was news about the rebel army, Yan Cheng would listen attentively.
In the fifth year of Yongyao, the situation in Nanyou had become as shaky as a dangerous building in the wind and rain, on the verge of collapse.
Everyone in the court was hoping that a person who could turn the tide would emerge and save Nanyou from the dire situation.
However, it did not come as they wished.
In that year, the Han family army, which had integrated the forces of countless rebel forces, marched forward with unstoppable force and marched straight to the capital of Nanyou.
That day, the deafening shouts and cries of killing were like the death knell of fate, announcing the end of Nanyou.
Under the heavy pressure of the Han army at the gates of the city, the last emperor of Nanyou committed suicide on the city wall.
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