Wife's Guide
"Your Highness, it seems that all the goals of Prince Ning in the past few months should be to seize Jiangdong!" Fengwen Doctor Bai Jinjing gave the conclusion after summarizing all the intelligence!
Judging from the news from the Victory Tavern, most of the families of the Jingzhou soldiers suddenly appeared in Jiangdong! It was obvious that King Ning had already made preparations to give up Jingzhou!
"Oh! He wants to take over Jingzhou and Jiangdong. If tens of thousands of garrisons hadn't suddenly appeared, King Ning would probably own half of the country south of the Yangtze River!" Liu Buqi, who was standing outside the door, felt a little emotional. The so-called hero really deserved the title!
Of course, the people in Youzhou don’t know yet that what really hindered Prince Ning’s plan was precisely the “horizontal knife” that unintentionally helped him when he left Beijing!
Yue Lingxi thought for a moment before summarizing it briefly. "Soon, Prince Ning and the Crown Prince should sit down and talk. He doesn't have the strength to defeat the Crown Prince yet, and Jiangdong still needs to be appeased. It's also difficult for the Crown Prince to mobilize more troops for a siege!"
"To the southwest are Nanyue and Yelang. For a period of time in the future, Prince Ning will probably be like us in Youzhou, staying away from the chaos in the Central Plains and focusing on external attacks!"
"This way, we can not only extend our strategic depth, but also enhance Prince Ning's weakest reputation!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. The current situation is most favorable for Youzhou!
Except for the confrontation between Guannei Hou and the Crown Prince in the Central Plains, the entire Taiyue can still maintain overall stability!
In this way, Youzhou can easily attract refugees to enter and expand its own strength.
Being able to continue the policy of emphasizing and promoting commerce in a relatively stable environment also ensures that Youzhou can have a favorable opportunity for development!
The matter of Prince Ning came to an end, and the next piece of news from Bai Jinjing really made everyone overjoyed!
Crown Prince Yue Chengqiu has sent an envoy of Xuan'en to Youzhou to directly appoint the officials requested by King Yan!
The matter of bestowing the title of King of Yan was a golden word spoken by Yue Hua in public. After the matter in the capital was settled, Yue Chengqiu sent a letter to the world to acknowledge the matter.
But according to etiquette, there should be a ceremony to crown him king, but it is simply unrealistic to let Yue Lingxi return to the capital now, and the prince naturally will not embarrass himself.
Sending the Xuan En envoy could be regarded as once again clarifying the authority of the King of Yan among the Youzhou officials, regardless of the actual situation of Yue Lingxi and Youzhou.
But the court's declaration of favor must be carried out, which can be regarded as a fig leaf for the Taiyue court!
Although everyone knew that whether there was an envoy of Xuan'en or not, Yue Lingxi had already actually controlled the power of Youzhou.
But it is also a happy thing that the self-proclaimed official ranks of this group of people can be recognized by the Taiyue court.
As for the Xuan En envoy who will arrive in ten days, we naturally have to make etiquette preparations!
Although Youzhou has no experience in these matters, Zhu Caicai is the undisputed choice. His title of "God of Wealth" in Youzhou is now an internal consensus, and he will definitely be the one to handle the business that costs money to attract attention!
Liu Buqi still stood at the door and listened quietly to everyone's discussion. Although Youzhou still had many problems that needed to be solved, it had gradually begun to operate in a healthy manner under the new official system.
She also began to no longer need to do everything by herself, especially when she was pregnant. She was afraid that she would participate in such daily meetings less and less in the future.
Some sense of loss is unavoidable, but when I see the situation that I have contributed to, I also feel a sense of relief!
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In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Envoy Xuan En arrived in Yanjing. In the past few days, an altar had been built outside the Yanjing Martyrs' Shrine, and this time Envoy Xuan En would perform his sacrifice here!
The news of the court's grace had spread throughout Youzhou by now. Many people came to Yanjing with their families just to catch a glimpse of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. At this moment, the altar was already crowded with onlookers.
In order not to miss the time agreed in advance, the Xuan En envoy arrived at the altar first with a small entourage. The large group of entourage and rewards were still slowly arriving from thirty miles outside the city.
All the people from Youzhou, wearing official uniforms of their respective ranks, stood on the left and right of the altar. On the altar were only Envoy Xuan En standing on the high ground and Yue Lingxi below him!
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims!" As per usual practice, the Emperor prepared to read out the imperial edict. However, the envoy felt that the surroundings were unusually quiet, and there were no cheers of "Long live the Emperor!"
He raised his head in confusion and looked around, only to see His Majesty the Prince of Yan standing upright and bowing respectfully. The Youzhou officials at the front of the line were also bowing to him, but they were bowing their bodies!
On the contrary, some low-ranking officials at the back were standing and bowing, some were already kneeling, and some were getting up from their kneeling positions!
As for the common people around him, apart from not making any noise and staring at him intently as if he were watching a play, they were doing what they were supposed to do.
"What's going on? Is the King of Yan going to stand and receive the imperial edict?" Envoy Xuan En was a little confused, but Yue Lingxi was getting a little impatient waiting.
"Sir, please continue reading! Haha! Are there any words you don't know? Do you want me to send someone from Youzhou to read it on your behalf?" As he spoke, he straightened his back and didn't even bow.
Such a crime of disrespect really made Envoy Xuan En want to call his men to arrest him immediately! But don't say you don't have the courage.
Even if he had this courage, the soldiers and generals around him who were waiting for him to read the imperial edict with military salute would probably throw him off the stage first! Thinking that he still had a special mission, he would never let others read the imperial edict for him!
The envoy Xuan En could only continue to read the imperial edict helplessly! The first half basically repeated the statement when bestowing the title of Prince of Yan, and the second half was the content of bestowing the title of First-Rank Lady Anguo on Liu Buqi and the core officials of Youzhou.
After the imperial edict was read, Yue Lingxi was ready to bow and express his gratitude, but he heard the envoy of the imperial edict quickly announce a piece of news that caught everyone off guard!
"Princess Yixiang, Yue Hanxin, has a virtuous character and dignified demeanor. She is now granted marriage to the Prince of Yan as his consort!"
Yue Lingxi's body tensed up, and a frightening cold light flashed in his eyes, causing Xuan En to subconsciously take two steps back.
"Hmph..." Yue Lingxi was about to say something when Liu Buqi caught up with him and suppressed it!
"We accept the imperial decree and express our gratitude." Liu Buqi had a blank expression on his face as he thanked Yue Lingxi word by word, but he had no intention of accepting the imperial decree at all!
Envoy Xuan En dared not say any more nonsense at this time, and could only bite the bullet and state the truth, "Your Highness Prince of Yan, Madam Anguo, the princess's carriage has arrived thirty miles outside the city. I have been ordered to escort her, and now I can say that I have fulfilled my mission!"
The core officials of Youzhou looked at each other in bewilderment. How could this be considered a wedding? It was clearly just forcing a princess into their place!
What's more, when the princess married, it was said that she was only the wife of Prince Yan, but Yue Lingxi had a legally married wife, Liu Buqi, who was given the title of Lady Anguo by the emperor!
What is Crown Prince Yue Chengqiu going to do?
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