As Yanxi expected, one month into the war, the Yinzhou border army began to run out of food and silver and was in urgent need of material support.
However, in recent years, the Li Dynasty had been plagued by serious corruption among officials, and the treasury was empty, so it was impossible to come up with so much money at once.
Some officials proposed to increase taxes and take money from the people.
The news spread like wildfire, and the people who were preparing for spring plowing began to worry, which inevitably caused widespread panic.
When Yan Xi saw that the time was almost right, he ordered someone to deliver the memorial he had prepared in advance to the emperor as quickly as possible.
But he hoped that the emperor would send Li Yancheng to personally collect the silver and deliver it safely to Yinzhou to avoid corruption.
Yan Xi's move was equivalent to solving the urgent problem of the Li Dynasty. At this moment, the emperor did not care about anything else and approved the matter.
Li Yancheng also received Yan Xi's letter. When the emperor's order came down, he had no objection and set off immediately.
But he was more or less angry with Yan Xi.
Why can this person use him with a clear conscience while being affectionate with Lou Jinchuan, without caring about his feelings at all?
However, being angry is one thing, and things still have to be done.
After all, this matter concerns the stability of the people of the Li Dynasty, and it must be done no matter how angry we are.
With Li Yancheng in charge, no one dared to covet the silver and supplies, and they were delivered to Yinzhou as quickly as possible without any loss.
With sufficient material support, the morale of the Yinzhou army was greatly boosted, and they were full of enthusiasm when fighting against the Huns.
At the same time, news of Yan Xi's generous act of defending the country spread quickly, and people all over the country, especially the people of Yinzhou, praised and expressed their gratitude to him. Thanks to him, everyone avoided the tax increase and could focus on spring farming.
Yan Xi's mission progress increased by forty percentage points thanks to this incident.
The task progressed so quickly that Yan Xi was not happy at all, but became even more worried.
Not long after, Yan Xi was transferred back to Lin'an by the court for his contribution in this matter.
On the day of his departure, the people of Yanzhou lined the streets to see him off reluctantly.
The night before arriving in Lin'an, Li Yancheng found the inn where he was staying.
Yan Xi was still sleeping at the time. When she turned over, she suddenly felt a hot body. She was immediately frightened. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the indifferent person with a blank face.
"My Lord, why did you suddenly appear here?"
Li Yancheng looked at him, his expressionless face flickering in the candlelight, his black pupils without a trace of emotion, "Yanxi, in your heart, what am I?"
His tone was very calm, but for no reason, Yan Xi felt a faint chill, and her nerves tensed up. She hurriedly sat up and looked at him, "Of course, in my heart, Your Highness is..."
Yan Xi held his cold gaze for a moment, nervously clutching the quilt, and said shamelessly, "I, I like the prince."
After these words came out, Li Yancheng's deep black eyes finally showed some fluctuations. He reached out and pinched his chin, forcing Yan Xi to look him in the eye at close range, and smiled coldly, "Really? You really like me?"
Yan Xi sensed something was wrong and nodded frantically without caring about anything else.
Seeing this, Li Yancheng chuckled softly, his eyes cold, and asked coldly, "So, what about Lou Jinchuan? Do you like him?"
The handsome man stared at him without moving his eyes.
Yan Xi's heart was pounding. He lowered his eyes, his gaze wandering. He wisely shook his head in denial, "I, I don't like him."
Li Yancheng took in his expression, his heart completely frozen. He pinched his chin with force, "You're lying."
There was a dangerous aura hidden in the low voice. Yan Xi was frightened and shrank his neck. "I didn't."
"Heh..." Li Yancheng sneered and raised his chin. "Look into my eyes, look into my eyes and answer me, do you like him?"
Yan Xi was forced to look up and look at the almost crazy person in front of him. He became more and more panicked. His mind seemed to be controlled by someone. It was blank. He didn't know what to say. He just mechanically repeated the word "I" and couldn't say anything for a long time.
Even so, Li Yancheng knew what he was really thinking. He caressed his chin nonchalantly, curled his lips and smiled strangely, "Yanxi, look into my eyes. It's okay. From now on, no matter who you liked before, I can pretend that I don't know."
Yan Xi stared blankly into his deep eyes, not understanding what he meant when he suddenly snapped his fingers and said in an almost bewitching voice, "Remember, I, Li Yancheng, am the person you love most in this life. Lou Jinchuan is just a junior fellow student with whom you have an ordinary relationship. Moreover, he is your father's illegitimate son. He disregarded ethics and liked you, but you were self-disciplined and never agreed. Remember?"
Yan Xi's pupils were dilated, his expression was dazed and dull, and he nodded mechanically, "I remember."
Li Yancheng curled his lips and said, "Just remember it. Now close your eyes and go to sleep."
"Okay." Yan Xi nodded blankly, lay down obediently, closed his eyes, and fell asleep quickly.
Li Yancheng followed him closely with his gaze, and the smile on his lips gradually deepened.
Lou Jinchuan, Yan Xi will never love you again...
[Warm Tip: This plane is very important. There's another plane where the male protagonist is a prince, a thousand-year-old zombie. Wei Changchang is also very important. Pay special attention to the introduction of this person when he appears. Please read carefully the reason why the system went into hibernation earlier. Don't tell me I wrote something incomprehensible. That's because you didn't read it carefully. Don't blame me.]
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