On the afternoon of March 28th, Gongyang Jiezhen, Gongyang Jieying and the envoys of Lengyue Kingdom, under the supervision of Tianji, left the city of Youzhou and headed towards Lengyue Kingdom in the northeast.
After a tireless journey, Gongyang Jiezhen and his entourage arrived at a small town in eastern Youzhou that evening. Tianji had the soldiers stop at the entrance of an inn and booked the entire place.
After the carriage stopped, Tianji bowed to the people in the carriage and said, "Princess Gongyang, His Royal Highness Prince Luo, it is getting late today. We will rest here for the night and set out again tomorrow morning."
Gongyang Jieying, aboard the carriage, merely glanced outside without a word. In her mind, Tianji was merely the commander of a non-commissioned force, unworthy of speaking to her.
In order to avoid a rift in their relationship, Gongyang Jiezhen finally lifted the veil, nodded towards Tianji and said, "In that case, I'll have to trouble General Tian."
Tianji didn't take Gongyang Jieying's arrogance to heart, believing she was merely a defeated opponent. He bowed to Gongyang Jieying and said, "Prince Luo, you are very polite. It is my duty to escort you all safely out of the border."
With that, Tianji led the soldiers into the inn for dinner. After all, his duty was to expel these people from the territory of Laifeng, not to serve them as servants. As for how the envoys from Lengyue Kingdom regarded themselves as princesses or Luo Wang, that was their own business.
"Your Highness the Crown Princess, Prince Luo, please come in." Prime Minister Wen Chengyuan personally walked to the carriage and welcomed the Gongyang sisters out.
However, upon getting off the carriage, Gongyang Jieying looked at the extremely simple small town inn in front of her and immediately frowned, "The people of Laifeng Country are so stingy! They actually let me live in such a shabby place!"
Gongyang Jiezhen, standing by, heard this and revealed an undisguised look of disdain on her face. She rolled her eyes speechlessly, but then she said sarcastically, "Oh, my princess, have you forgotten your current status? You are just a redeemed prisoner, not a VIP. It is even more impossible for anyone to line the streets to welcome you or see you off!"
It was obvious that Gongyang Jiezhen, who had always been at odds with Gongyang Jieying, was quite displeased with this arrogant princess.
Especially at this moment, she suddenly realized that for quite a long time in the past, she had actually regarded such a conceited, high-minded, and weak woman as a competitor. This was simply a great insult to herself...
Those who shared the same sentiment naturally included Wen Chengyuan and several other envoys.
However, Wen Chengyuan was a person who knew how to endure. Whenever Gongyang Jieying deliberately made things difficult for her, she would secretly remind herself: Just be patient a little longer. As long as we can successfully enter the borders of Lengyue Kingdom, everything will be fine...
The next morning, the sun shone through the clouds onto the earth. After a night's rest, Tianji led the soldiers to escort Gongyang Jiezhen and others out of the inn and continued to move towards the northeast.
Although Lengyue Kingdom had ceded eight cities, they were relatively small compared to the vast and abundant Laifeng Kingdom. Therefore, Hua Qingcheng decisively decided to merge these cities into a prefecture with eight counties under its jurisdiction, naming it "Yuheng." Thus, the original Youzhou was replaced by the new Yuheng County, becoming the border region between Laifeng Kingdom and Lengyue Kingdom.
As for the future governance of this new territory, until the official governor sent by the imperial court arrives, it will be temporarily handed over to Hua Qingcheng's pre-selected candidate—the fearless Tianji. Furthermore, the 60,000 private soldiers Hua Qingcheng had originally obtained from Nalan Qiudi will now be naturally incorporated into the Yuheng Commandery.
The reason why Yuheng County was named so was not only to commemorate the deceased Bai Yuheng, but also to warn the future new monarch of Lengyue Kingdom, Gongyang Jiezhen, to remind her to always remember this painful historical lesson and never repeat the same mistakes as Gongyang Yingyi, who blindly pursued foreign aggression and expansion and tried to strengthen her own strength by occupying other countries' territories.
After a day of tiring journey, at the end of the Shen period on March 29th, Tianji and his party arrived at the border between Yuheng County and Lengyue Kingdom.
Tianji raised his hand to stop the carriage, and bowed to the people in the carriage and said, "Princess Gongyang, Your Highness Prince Luo, the new entry point to your country is ahead. I will stop here."
"Thank you, General Tian." Gongyang Jiezhen also lifted the carriage curtain to talk to Tianji. As for Gongyang Jieying, she still maintained an aloof and arrogant look of indifference.
Tianji watched the Gongyang sisters and the Lengyue envoys' carriages enter the territory of Lengyue before turning around and leading his men away.
"General Tian, should we stay in Yuheng County now, or return to Youzhou?" a soldier asked Tianji in confusion.
Tianji tilted his head to gaze southwest toward Youzhou, his expression enigmatic. "As the saying goes, 'sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood.' Although the political and military affairs of Yuheng Commandery must be taken over as soon as possible, this general still has some matters to discuss with Her Highness the Princess. We will rest here for one night and depart for Youzhou tomorrow."
"Yes, General Tian."
Meanwhile, Gongyang Jiezhen and the others had just entered Lengyu territory when Prime Minister Wen Chengyuan issued an order to his accompanying guards: "Come here! Gongyang Jieying, ambitious and ambitious, has secretly led an attack on Laifeng, resulting in the deaths of 420,000 soldiers, the capture of 80,000, and the humiliating loss of eight cities. She is truly a sinner for Lengyue! Capture Gongyang Jieying for me now!"
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
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