The secret guard shook his head.
"There is no news about General Qin yet."
Chu Ruofeng waved his hand: "General Qin has been dealing with us for decades, and I know him very well.
With him around, Southern Jin won't get any advantage.
You guys should go down and rest too. You've been busy all night and must be tired."
Chu Ruofeng was right.
As soon as General Qin and his soldiers arrived at the border of Southern Jin, the Southern Jin army, which had been constantly provoking and showing off its military power, was completely silenced.
Zheng Yicai, the chief commander of Southern Jin, stood on a high place and looked towards the camp of Western Yue. When he saw the military tents everywhere, he began to feel uneasy.
"Shouldn't this Qin be confronting Chu Ruofeng at the border of Dongling? Why did he end up here?
When he fights, he's like a madman who doesn't care about his life. We can't gain any advantage by fighting him."
Zheng Yicai's personal guard hurriedly said, "General, perhaps the situation in Xiyue has changed. Let's go back first and see if there's any new news."
Zheng Yicai had no choice but to return to the military tent and spend the whole day in restlessness.
Finally, shortly after dawn the next day, a small bloody scroll arrived.
"General, here's the news from over there!"
Zheng Yicai took the scroll and unfolded it. There were only a few words on it.
"The royal family of Xiyue has died out, and Xiyue has surrendered to Dongling, which is protected by the gods.
Withdraw your troops as soon as possible and make peace with Dongling, remember this!"
Zheng Yicai looked solemn.
"I see, no wonder someone named Qin would appear here.
It seems that our people must have encountered an accident and risked their lives to send back this news.
What are you waiting for? Send the order down, pack up your bags immediately and go back to where you came from."
"Yes!" The guard hurried away to pass on the message.
General Qin's military tent.
The guard came forward and reported, "General, you guessed correctly. The spy got the chance and released the pigeon."
“Well, that’s good!
If I had not considered that Xiyue was in a state of disrepair and that war was costly and tedious, I would have definitely met Zheng Yicai, that villain who took advantage of others' misfortune.
Relying on the fact that he is the uncle of the emperor of Southern Jin, he dares to instigate the emperor of Southern Jin to send troops to divide up our Western Yue.
Come on, our Xiyue is no longer what it used to be, unless he wants to follow in the footsteps of the Xiyue royal family."
At three quarters past noon, a scout delivered urgent intelligence.
"General, Zheng Yicai and his troops have withdrawn, leaving only the previous guards at the border."
Qin Jinsong laughed heartily: "This coward has some self-awareness.
It's a pity that Ben will lose an opportunity to compete with him.
Pass the order down, rest here and see how the situation develops in two days."
Liu Hao's residence in Xizhou City.
The news from the border was soon delivered to Liu Hao.
Nangong Yunxue cooked a few side dishes herself.
Liu Hao and General Chu drank happily together.
"Your Highness, now that the border is stable, we have enough energy to stabilize the country."
"Well, eliminating the spies, rectifying the official style, and returning a clean and prosperous era to the people are the top priorities at the moment.
However, there is another private matter that needs to be prepared.
Jiu'er will be one year old in a few days. I want to hold a birthday party for her, invite all the officials to celebrate, and then introduce Xue'er to everyone."
General Chu nodded and smiled, "I originally thought that it would be nice for us to just have some fun.
Since His Highness is preparing to host a banquet for all officials, we must start arranging this matter now.
How about I send a letter back to the border town, asking Ruofeng's wife and the others to come and help?"
Liu Hao smiled and shook his head: "No need, we are short of manpower and have many things to do, we can just find a restaurant to fully host the first birthday party.
The restaurant we went to last time was very good, but we had to finalize the guest list ourselves.
I'll discuss this matter with Xue'er again."
The little man hiding outside the door and eavesdropping had a delighted look on his face.
"Holding a first birthday party, I have a feast to eat!"
Xiao Wang complained: "Your Majesty, you have delicious food to eat every day, it makes no difference whether you eat at the banquet or not."
"How can it be the same? There's a huge difference. Eating with so many people makes it feel different.
In the past, when I attended palace banquets, I didn’t have any teeth, so I could only swallow my saliva while watching others eat with relish. Now I have twelve teeth and can finally enjoy the feast.
Then you and Xiaoxing can go eat too."
"Really? We can both go too?"
"Sure! Oh, that's not right. Didn't you just say it made no difference whether I ate it or not?"
"Xiaoxian is wrong!"
Nangong Jiu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "That's about right, if you follow me, you will definitely have food to eat.
Let's go to where the ministers are working and see who's cheating."
"Are you going there openly like this?"
"Stupid, you have to go incognito! How can you see their other side if you go openly?"
"That's right!"
Nangong Jiu rode on Xiao Wang and disappeared from the spot with a "whoosh".
Ah Bing and her sisters could only spread their hands and go back to report.
Ministry of Works government office.
Nangong Jiu and Xiao Wang Xiaoxing sneaked into the government office of the Ministry of Works.
Because the imperial palace was razed to the ground overnight, this greatly reduced the burden of building the house.
The land for building the house has been marked out, and they are now busy drawing the blueprints of the house and preparing materials and manpower.
Lin Feng, the former Minister of Works, was busy discussing specific details with his subordinates.
Former Minister of Works Xiao Honghai complained.
"The palace is so big that it's not big enough for them to live in, yet they have to show off by destroying it and rebuilding it? This god is so ignorant of the suffering of the human world."
Chen Feng became famous.
"Shut up! Are you so bold as to tell lies about the gods?
Put yourself in their shoes. If you were His Highness and the Princess, would you be willing to live there?
The Xiyue royal family no longer exists, so what's the point of keeping the palace?"
"I just think it's a waste, I don't mean anything else." Xiao Honghai defended.
Nangong Jiu sneered and separated a wisp of spiritual consciousness, quietly probing into his sea of consciousness, and his face turned cold after a moment.
Haha, it’s hidden quite deeply!
Whatever he thought of, he checked the consciousness of every official present.
With a clear idea in mind, he went to the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Revenue one by one...
After half a day, I went through all the sections.
At this time, ministers came out of the government office in groups of three or four.
Nangong Jiu playfully directed Xiao Wang, moving among the ministers and eavesdropping on what they were saying.
"I heard that His Highness is in his twenties and still hasn't married a princess. I wonder which noble lady has this blessing?"
"That's not our business."
"I wonder who is the lady who came with His Highness and the Princess?"
"It seems to be the princess's mother."
"Even if she is the princess's mother, there is a difference between men and women, and it is inappropriate for her to travel with His Highness, and now they live in the same house."
"Taifu, why are you so worried? Could it be that you want to marry your daughter to His Highness?"
The person whose thoughts were spoken about quickly waved his hands.
"Although my daughter is quite good-looking and excels in poetry and song, His Highness is a prince after all, so I'm afraid I'm not up to the task."
"Your daughter is the most beautiful woman in Xiyue."
"Think of a way. Maybe His Highness will look at her differently?"
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