Just as Yong'an Palace and Yongle Palace were about to have a heart-to-heart talk with Liu Hua, Liu Hua and Liu Yu had already driven their carriage out of the city, escorted by guards.
"Your Highness, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to leave Jingsheng and the others behind and come out alone like this?"
Liu Huasheng dragged Liu Yu out of the city with him, but did not invite Liu Biao and Liu Zhang.
As for the brothers Liu Yao and Liu Dai, they went to visit relatives early in the morning and were not at home.
Liu Yu frowned.
How could a dignified and respected member of the imperial clan go out of the city to pick up a junior? That's a bit unreasonable!
"Your Excellency, you are overthinking it. Liu Wei is also a member of our royal family. There is no problem with you taking me out of the city to greet him."
"As for Liu Jingsheng and his group, although they agree that our royal family should unite as one, they all have their own ulterior motives."
“Especially Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, Zongzheng, didn’t you notice that they were being very perfunctory?”
"Therefore, it is impossible for them to come and greet the King of the Clouds!"
Liu Yu looked worried: "Our royal family has finally managed to become governors of a province. If we cannot unite, we will surely be overtaken by the maternal relatives and eunuchs."
"But there are only two of us leaving the city. Won't the Yong'an Palace and Yongle Palace accuse us of forming cliques and factions?"
"You can rest assured, Your Majesty, trust me this time!"
"Believe it or not, an imperial edict will be sent immediately, and my royal brother will definitely send you to represent the royal family to welcome the King of Yunzhong!"
Liu Hua, however, was very certain.
"Your Highness, why would His Majesty still care about this matter!"
Liu Yu didn't believe it. "If there really is an imperial edict, I will fully consider your opinion on matters concerning the royal family in the future."
"Hehe, Zongzheng, you said it yourself!"
Liu Hua smiled charmingly.
The eldest princess, who is nearly 40 years old and has given birth to seven children, maintains an excellent figure and shows no signs of aging on her face.
When she smiled like that, she looked like a girl in her early twenties.
"Although the King of Yunzhong was a prince born out of wedlock, his contributions in the border regions are undeniable."
"He drove out foreign tribes and expanded the territory. Shouldn't Your Majesty value him highly?"
"If he returns to the capital and no one comes to greet him, not just him, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers on the border."
"Although my elder brother is ill, he is not confused."
Perhaps only the eldest princess in the world can speak so recklessly.
Liu Yu remained silent.
The carriage bumped along the official road, having already crossed the moat.
"We've already gone four or five miles out of the city, almost to the farewell pavilion, but there's no sign of any eunuchs coming."
Liu Yu peeked out of the carriage and looked around. Finding no one behind him, he muttered to himself.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the rapid clatter of hooves sounded.
Four or five riders came galloping from the direction of the city gate.
The leader, however, was dressed as a eunuch.
"Zongzheng, look, isn't that it?" Liu Hua clapped his hands and laughed.
"You actually guessed right!"
Liu Yu shook his head. "Alright, I'll discuss any matters within the royal family with you in the future."
The two got off the carriage and stood by the roadside waiting for the eunuch and his party to approach.
The young eunuch dismounted from a distance from Liu Yu, took small steps over, and loudly proclaimed:
"His Majesty has decreed that the Imperial Clan Minister and Liu Yu, the Governor of Youzhou, must go to ten miles outside the city to meet with the King of Yunzhong and his entourage. There must be no mistakes!"
Liu Yu bowed and saluted in the direction of the imperial city of Luoyang, thus responding to the emperor's verbal order.
"Thank you for your hard work, Father-in-law. Please go back now!"
"Your Majesty, I also have His Majesty's oral decree that needs to be conveyed to the King of Yunzhong in person," the eunuch said respectfully.
"Oh, I see. Let's do it together then!"
Liu Yu nodded, presumably because the emperor had other matters to instruct Liu Wei on.
So the two groups joined forces and headed west along the official road to Luoyang.
They hadn't gone far when they heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance.
A troop of cavalrymen in black armor charged towards us.
They appeared to be at most a hundred or so riders, yet they galloped with the imposing presence of a thousand troops.
The dozen or so guards who came with Liu Hua and Liu Yu turned pale, as if facing a formidable enemy.
They stood there trying to appear calm, but their calves were trembling.
The enemy charged in with a roar; a single charge would be enough to crush them into a bloody pulp.
The eunuch was already in a panic, hiding behind Liu Yu, not daring to look around.
Liu Hua showed some courage and stood still, though she was actually panicking inside.
Only Liu Yu remained expressionless, but inwardly he was secretly amazed.
If the Han Dynasty had five thousand such mighty cavalry, why would it worry about not destroying the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes north of Liaodong and Youzhou?
During the few months he served in Youzhou, there was indeed an elite cavalry force within the territory.
The group numbered approximately two thousand, all riding white horses, and were known as the White Horse Righteous Guard.
However, they only obeyed the orders of Gongsun Zan, the local warlord of Youzhou.
Liu Yu wanted Gongsun Zan to send troops to drive the foreign tribes in Youzhou out of the Great Wall, but Gongsun Zan didn't pay much attention to him.
Liu Yu could only recruit soldiers in the Dai and Shanggu counties of Youzhou.
Fortunately, with the help of local powerful figures such as Yan Rou and Xianyu Yin, the situation was stabilized somewhat.
Now, seeing the approaching cavalry, their armor gleaming and their menacing aura palpable, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel envious.
More than a hundred cavalrymen rode their horses at breakneck speed, kicking up clouds of dust.
The black armor appeared and disappeared amidst the yellow dust, creating a powerful visual impact and explosive force!
They saw people waiting ahead, and the leader raised his sword.
Whoa!
One hundred cavalrymen reined in their horses and stopped twenty paces away from Liu Yu and his men.
In the instant they stopped, the hundred cavalrymen had already formed a column of four ranks, with 25 riders in each rank.
Therefore, the cavalry were perfectly synchronized, and apart from the snorting of their warhorses, they were completely silent.
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