Ye Qingwan decided to play dead to the end: "Oh, my head hurts, my legs hurt, and my hands hurt."

As she spoke, she pushed a small wound on her hand against his face: "Master, look, it's bleeding. I have to bandage it quickly, otherwise the wound will heal... No, it will be useless."

"Puchi" Liu Sheng finally broke through his defense, grabbed her fingers, and blew them close to his mouth.

Then he cut a piece of clean cloth from his own body and bandaged her: "Okay, this way it won't heal... No, it won't be useless."

Ye Qingwan felt a little embarrassed by him. She had to say it again, the old tutor was a very good person. He accepted such a fake show without blinking an eye.

The troops were withdrawn from the grassland, and everything in the northern border began to slowly recover. The soldiers who had died were all cremated on the spot.

However, the prime minister ordered that the bodies should be collected first. Those who could be identified should be buried separately. For those who could not be identified, a hero's tomb should be dug and they should be buried on the way back to the capital so that they could find their way home.

Ye Qingwan and the others also began to pack their bags and prepare to return to Beijing.

Liu Sheng took advantage of Ning Shaoqing packing his bags alone and blocked him.

Ning Shaoqing was cornered by him. He suddenly crossed his arms and hugged himself, looking terrified: "Master Liu, I don't like men."

"..." Liu Sheng was speechless: "I just want to ask you something."

Ning Shaoqing finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Just ask if you want to, why did you push me against the wall? I thought you were going to force a kiss on me."

Liu Sheng said, you think too much, I am not interested in it.

"What agreement did Ye Qingwan and Hu Li reach that day?"

"Uh..." Ning Shaoqing felt that he was screwed: "I dare not say it, but she said that if I dare to tell anyone, she will beat me up."

"Then guess what? I'm just asking a question, why would I have to push you against the wall?"

The other side of pushing you against the wall and asking you is that if you don’t tell me, I will beat you up.

When Liu Sheng doesn't smile, he is very scary. Not the kind of scary that looks like a ferocious monster. He just looks at you straight with an icy look in his eyes, which makes people inexplicably feel a sense of awe towards him.

Ning Shaoqing finally couldn't hold it in and confessed everything.

He thought that after hearing this, Liu Sheng would be as furious as him and would want to beat Hu Li to the ground, but Liu Sheng actually let him go as if nothing had happened.

"Okay, you can go now."

Ning Shaoqing still didn't quite believe it: "You're letting me go now? You're not going to give me a little warning, like you're going to kill me if I tell anyone about this?"

Liu Sheng glanced at him calmly and said, "If you dare to tell anyone, Ye Qingwan will kill you without me having to do anything."

Ning Shaoqing: ...

So I am no longer a popular person, right?

You are noble and great, you hide the news, but I am the only one who gets beaten.

After the Prime Minister and his men redeployed the defenses of the northern border, they set out for the capital. It took them a month to reach the capital.

The emperor personally went out to greet him, shook the prime minister's hand, and said that he had worked hard.

The Prime Minister became the steady and dignified Prime Minister of the past, always upholding the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.

"Has the Prime Minister ever met the Empress Dowager Xiao Ning?" The emperor pretended to ask casually on his way back. He had heard rumors about Empress Dowager Xiao Ning, saying that she was a princess of the Xibe tribe.

But he didn't quite believe it. After all, he had examined the bodies of all the royal nobles of the Xibe ethnic group one by one.

The Prime Minister naturally knew what he wanted to ask, so he quickly said, "I saw him once in the yamen, and he looks about 70% like Great Khan Tuoba Xiong."

"That's all?" The emperor looked at him appraisingly, as if to see if he was lying.

The Prime Minister pretended not to understand and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think there is anything else you should order?"

The emperor immediately laughed out loud: "I am just curious. If there is nothing else, forget it."

Although he did not fully believe the Prime Minister's words at the moment, looking at the Prime Minister's expression, it seemed that he was indeed unaware of the situation, and the emperor's uneasy heart was slightly relieved.

After the victory at the northern border, the emperor followed the advice of the prime minister and rewarded all the soldiers in the northern border according to their merits.

Liu Sheng took the opportunity to request a general title for Zhan Feng. The emperor read the prime minister's memorial, which also mentioned Zhan Feng as brave and fearless, and a talented general, so he agreed.

"Old Nine, I heard from the Prime Minister that you led the army out of the city alone this time and risked your life to protect the northern border. You were very brave."

Following the private brothel, this was the first time that the emperor specifically praised the Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince immediately knelt down and said: "As the ninth prince of Dayu, I should sacrifice my life for Dayu."

"Good." The emperor was very happy: "What reward do you want? Just tell me."

"I do have something I would like to ask for your grace, father." The Ninth Prince did not say anything but bowed his head first.

When everyone saw this scene, they thought it was no small matter.

The emperor was also curious, so he smiled and said, "Just tell me what you want."

Just as the Ninth Prince was about to speak, Liu Sheng suddenly popped up and said, "Your Majesty, I would also like to take advantage of you and ask for your grace."

"Oh?" The emperor became more interested. Why did these people who usually had no desires or requests in front of him start begging for mercy today?

What kind of grace makes them keep coming forward in such large numbers?

"Lord Liu, please tell me what you have to say."

The Ninth Prince looked at him in confusion. If you want to beg, just beg. Why are you fighting with me for it? Won't it be your turn soon?

Section 132

"Your Majesty, I have a girl I love, and I would like to ask for Your Majesty's favor and grant me marriage."

As soon as Liu Sheng finished speaking, the Ninth Prince interrupted him in a panic and said, "Father, I also have a favorite girl. Please grant me marriage."

No wonder he suddenly appeared to rob, it turned out he wanted to strike first, so insidious.

"Do you two have a girl you like?" The emperor was a little confused by them. Before, if he wanted to grant you a marriage, it would be like digging up your ancestors' graves, and you two had always been unhappy about it. Now after going to the grassland, you are both vying to force each other to get married?

Is there a matchmaker on the grassland?

But the emperor was still very happy. Once he got married, he would have something to worry about and it would be much easier to control him in the future.

"Okay, tell me, which girl do you like?"

"The Prime Minister's daughter, Ye Qingwan." Liu Sheng and the Ninth Prince said in unison.

After saying that, both of them looked at each other with an expression that said, "I knew you did this with bad intentions."

This time it was the turn of the emperor and his ministers to be confused. What did the Ninth Prince just say to Master Liu? He was attracted to the Prime Minister's daughter, Ye Qingwan?

Did you hear that right?!

Did they both lose their tongue?

If they remembered correctly, Ye Qingwan had been trying to marry into the Ninth Prince's Mansion, but was rejected by the Ninth Prince. This matter became known to everyone, and now the Ninth Prince actually said that he liked her?

So what was he doing earlier?

And there is Tutor Liu, who is one of the Three Dukes, young and promising, and actually likes his own student?

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the two of them seem to be about to fight.

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