Chapter 163 Finale

The Turks were defeated, but Feng Shuo did not stop there. In the next few months, he led his troops to attack the Turkic royal court, forcing the Turks to surrender and sign a treaty that they would not fight again for a hundred years.

In order to control the Turks, Daxuan released Ogusdan, who had no support from his mother's family, to inherit the throne of the Turks.

In order to compete for resources, there have been constant frictions within the Turks. Ogusdan's mother's family was destroyed by the second prince. If he wants to sit on the throne, he can only get support from Daxuan.

Although Jiang Yanyi is in the capital, because her business network is spread throughout Daxuan and even extends to the outside of the pass, she can know what is going on in Xizhou at the first time.

The essence of the outbreak of war in this era is that the basic needs of the people cannot be met.

The Turkic tribes make their living by grazing. After winter, the grasslands are covered with heavy snow. The dry grass stored in summer and autumn can't support too many cattle and sheep. They can't even have enough food, so they can only rob.

It's a pity that transportation was not developed in ancient times, otherwise the tourism industry would be developed on the grasslands, and those nomadic peoples should be able to make a living from it.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, she asked the caravan to go to the grasslands to buy wool, because there are many cattle and sheep on the grasslands, and every household has at least dozens of them. Wool on the grasslands is like nettle cloth in the eyes of the people of Daxuan, and the price is much lower than that in the interior.

Whether the purchased wool is processed into daily clothing or woven into wool blankets, it can at least multiply the original price of wool by dozens of times.

Jiang Yanyi didn't know much about ready-made clothes and cloth, so he only worked as a middleman to supply wool. It

was also an accidental opportunity. After merchants discovered the business opportunity of cheap wool on the grassland, they also swarmed to the grassland to collect wool, directly driving up the price of wool. Wool and wool products became an important source of income for grassland herders.

The Turkic tribes used to attach importance to armed forces in order to deal with wars between tribes and foreign tribes at any time. Now they don't need to fight for survival, and few young people are willing to join the army. After all, isn't it good to raise a few more sheep at home to make money?

The winter in the capital is not as cold as the cold in Xizhou, so winter is gone and spring is coming, and summer is coming in a blink of an eye. Jiang Yanyi didn't feel how much time has passed.

During the past six months, Feng Shuo was busy defeating the foreign tribes. Ruyi Tower in the capital was opened. She was also busy teaching Xue Shi how to deal with some business issues. Now Xue Shi could be independent, and she could finally be a hands-off manager. When she had free time, she

would study some new dishes to make for the Grand Empress Dowager, and occasionally go to the noodle shop to see Qiu Kui and the blacksmith's children.

When Xizhou was attacked, she received a letter from the blacksmith to the capital, so she asked Huo Jianjia to take people to meet them on the road.

Thanks to Huo Jianjia, Qiu Kui had a seizure on the way, and Huo Jianjia drove a horse to a nearby town to catch a doctor and take him to deliver Qiu Kui, and only then were mother and daughter safe.

When Feng Shuo settled down Xizhou, the refugees had already arrived in Yuzhou. Madam An was still in confinement, so they were temporarily settled in Yuzhou. An Yongyuan escaped death and saved his life. When he was able to get out of bed, he rushed to meet Madam An. After

Qiu Kui was out of confinement, he came to the capital with the blacksmith to find Jiang Yanyi. Madam An also wanted to come to the capital to see Jiang Yanyi, but An Yongyuan was injured, so she only asked Huo Jianjia to bring some gifts to Jiang Yanyi.

That night, there were lightning and thunder, and heavy rain.

Jiang Yanyi heard the strong wind blowing the window open while half asleep and half awake, and the window leaves hit the wall with a loud "clang" sound.

Jiang Yanyi called Chenyu several times, but Chenyu, who was sleeping outside, did not respond to her, so she had to get up and close the window.

When she turned around, she found a person standing at the door.

The candle left in the corner of the room might have been blown out by the wind before, and the whole room was dark. Only when lightning struck, it was as bright as day.

Jiang Yanyi had been very indifferent these days, but when she saw the familiar tall figure, her eyes were moist, "Feng Shuo?"

"Did I wake you up?" Feng Shuo took off his cloak that was still dripping with water and hung it on the wall.

Jiang Yanyi thought she was dreaming for a while, and walked over to help him take off his armor. When she touched his cold black iron wristband, she was sure that everything in front of her was real.

She couldn't help hugging his strong waist from behind: "It's really you..."

Feng Shuo turned around, lowered his head slightly and rested it on her forehead, his tall nose rubbed against her delicate nose and asked: "Who else could it be if not your husband?"

Perhaps he remembered some unpleasant memories, he suddenly hugged Jiang Yanyi tightly, as if he was afraid that she would be taken away by someone else.

The chill of the rainy night passed through the cold armor to Jiang Yanyi, and she shivered.

Feng Shuo quickly pushed her away: "It rained heavily tonight, and your body is soaked."

Jiang Yanyi said distressedly: "Why don't you wait until the rain stops before leaving?"

Feng Shuo paused in unbuttoning his wrist guard, and after a moment he sighed and murmured: "I miss you."

Jiang Yanyi's eyes were red, and he stood on tiptoe and kissed her.

The untied black iron wrist guard was thrown to the ground with a crisp sound of metal collision.

Feng Shuo hugged Jiang Yanyi back and quickly took the initiative. His breath was warm, but his lips were slightly cool, but they soon became hot.

A kiss on a rainy night always brings up more things. The desire in the body clamored to wake up. Feng Shuo's hand easily reached into her wide collar of the nightgown, grabbed the soft ball and kneaded it hard.

Jiang Yanyi whimpered in pain, but he had no intention of stopping. Instead, he pressed that point and kneaded it wantonly.

"It hurts..." Jiang Yanyi frowned, her eyes misty and misty, her pajamas were wet from the rain on her body, sticking to her skin, outlining a curve that made one's blood boil.

Feng Shuo looked at her pink lips that were slightly pouting, half in grievance and half in pain, and couldn't help lowering his head to kiss her, the wet kiss spread all the way down, lingering on her chest.

A light cough was heard from outside, and Jiang Yanyi recognized it as Chenyu's voice: "Your Highness, the hot water for bathing is ready."

Feng Shuo held her in his mouth, and did not intend to make a sound, and even tried to use the tip of his tongue to resist. Jiang Yanyi clenched the collar of his shoulders with ten fingers and almost cried out. After recovering from the shock, she replied for him: "I understand, you go down first."

Chenyu blushed and left the outside and closed the door. Jiang Yanyi hit Feng Shuo with all his strength: "You bad bastard!"

Feng Shuo raised his head from her chest and pulled the corner of his mouth lightly, as if to say, what is this? He simply picked the person up and carried him to the clean room: "It's my husband's fault. Now the princess knows how bad my husband is."

When the Grand Empress Dowager heard that Feng Shuo had returned last night, she got up early in the morning and waited in the yard, but until noon, Feng Shuo still hadn't come to pay his respects to her.

The nanny who served the Grand Empress Dowager tried to smooth things over, saying, "I heard that the prince didn't return until the second half of the night. He must have been very tired after traveling all night, so he slept a little longer."

The Grand Empress Dowager looked at the table of delicious delicacies prepared by the kitchen, sighed, and said, "Leave them alone. When they get up, send a bowl of wolfberry and snow frog soup to Ayi. That boy is not a caring person!"

Jiang Yanyi slept until the afternoon. When she woke up, she felt sore all over. She grimaced in pain every time she turned over, and she was hungry.

She looked at the sleeping man with his arm across her waist, and threw his hand away in a bad mood. Just as she struggled to get up, someone grabbed her waist and dragged her back.

Feng Shuo closed his eyes and kissed her on the shoulder. His voice was a little hoarse from just getting up, and it was indescribably seductive: "It's already this hour. Mother knows that we won't go to pay our respects today."

It would have been fine if he didn't mention this. Jiang Yanyi was even more embarrassed when he mentioned it. She pinched the soft flesh on the inside of his arm and said, "How can I see Mother in the future?"

Feng Shuo finally opened his eyelids lazily, and gently stroked the ambiguous red marks on her shoulders with his fingertips: "We are working hard to let Mother hold her grandson as soon as possible, and Mother will only be happy."

Jiang Yanyi found that this guy could always refresh her perception of shamelessness.

She was so hungry that she got up and washed up. Chenyu brought the snow clam soup to her, saying that it was sent by the Grand Concubine. Jiang Yanyi was simply ashamed and angry.

It is said that a short absence is better than a new marriage. During the three days of her wedding to Feng Shuo, perhaps someone was busy during the day and only indulged himself at night.

Now that she has returned, Jiang Yanyi's voice has been hoarse for nearly half a month.

The servants of the palace soon discovered that their wise and brave prince had slept in the study for several days in a row.

Now that the world is pacified and Feng Shuo has made many military achievements, the people's praise for him has long surpassed the previous insults. As the candidate with the final qualifications to ascend the throne, Feng Shuo is almost the people's choice.

It was originally planned to hold the coronation ceremony before the New Year, but later because of the invasion of the Turks, Feng Shuo rushed to the battlefield, which delayed the coronation ceremony.

With this half year to prepare, the old ministers in the capital who wanted to please Feng Shuo naturally put in a lot of effort to plan.

On the day of the coronation, Jiang Yanyi was called up early in the morning to put on her empress's robe. Whether it was her makeup, hair or clothes, it was even more elaborate than the one she wore on her wedding day. The embroidery

was dark in color. It was rare for women to wear dark clothes, and it was difficult to suppress such a deep and majestic color. The embroiderers in the palace spent half a year to embroider the colorful phoenix and tigon patterns on the embroidery. The bi, niu, yue, pendant and shou were all embroidered with the same patterns as those on Feng Shuo's dragon robe, which was solemn and majestic.

When the maid tied up Jiang Yanyi's hair and was about to insert the golden phoenix hairpin, Feng Shuo took the hairpin and inserted it into Jiang Yanyi's hair with his own hands. Looking at her in the mirror, who was fully made up and extremely beautiful, he said slowly, "From today on, you are my empress, Yi."

Jiang Yanyi also looked at him in the bronze mirror and said with a bright smile, "I don't care who you are. I only know that you are my husband."

Feng Shuo also raised the corner of his lip, "Of course."

According to ancestral law and etiquette, the emperor must first offer sacrifices to the ancestral temples of heaven and earth before ascending the throne. The officials of the Ministry of Rites had already arranged everything at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. When Jiang Yanyi and Feng Shuo rode there, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was already filled with civil and military officials in court robes.

At the auspicious time, dozens of drums and chimes sounded in unison in the Taimiao Square. Jiang Yanyi and Feng Shuo walked side by side to the altar. All the officials present hurriedly made way for them and bowed to greet them with their tablets in hand.

There were more than a hundred stone steps leading to the altar from the square. Feng Shuo held Jiang Yanyi's hand and walked up slowly and firmly. The long hems of their gold-embroidered clothes dragged under the stone steps. The gorgeous embroidered patterns seemed to have light and shadows floating in the sunlight.

At this moment, Jiang Yanyi seemed to be able to sense Feng Shuo's thoughts. She was his wife. Whether it was the admiration of the people or the worship of the officials, he wanted to take her with him to accept these honors. When they

arrived at the altar, waiters immediately handed three incense sticks to Jiang Yanyi and Feng Shuo respectively.

The ceremonial officer sang loudly: "Bai——"

Jiang Yanyi followed Feng Shuo and bowed three times to the heaven and earth, and the officials below followed suit and knelt down to worship.

When the ceremonial officer asked them to worship the ancestral temple, Feng Shuo said: "The two foolish and tyrannical emperors are not worthy of my worship."

The ceremonial officer was dumbfounded. He never expected that the new emperor would not cooperate at this time, but he did not dare to say anything, so he skipped this step and hurriedly instructed the waiter beside him to take the incense from their hands and insert it into the incense burner in front.

Feng Shuo then turned around and said to the civil and military officials and the vast world: "At that time, foreign tribes invaded, disturbed our rivers and mountains, and slaughtered our people. Shuo received the mandate of heaven, drove away the barbarians, and repaired our rivers and mountains. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and comforted my ancestors. Therefore, from today on, I must be respectful and self-reflective, diligent and self-disciplined, respect heaven and earth, worship ghosts and gods, protect the country and protect the people, and pray for the eternal prosperity of my great country."①

Civil and military officials knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live our emperor."

It seemed that there was a breeze blowing on his face. Jiang Yanyi slightly tilted his head to look at the man standing beside him. He was more dazzling than the sun.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth, he went to the Golden Palace to hold the last step of the ceremony - enthronement.

Jiang Yanyi and Feng Shuo went there in a sedan chair, while all the officials went from the Jinshui Bridge to the Wumen Square to wait quietly, with the civil and military officials standing on the east and west sides of the corridor.

After the drums sounded to signal the entrance to the hall, all the officials entered in order of their rank, and after the official presiding over the ceremony shouted "salute", they performed the ceremony of five bows and three kowtows.

A phoenix chair was placed next to the dragon chair, and Jiang Yanyi and Feng Shuo received this great gift together, and the coronation ceremony was considered to be completely completed.

Jiang Yanyi was led away from the side chamber by a young eunuch, while Feng Shuo rewarded the meritorious officials according to their merits, completing the rewards that were delayed for more than half a year.

Jiang Yanyi's residence was the Kunning Palace, which had been prepared early by the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Grand Concubine is now the Grand Empress Dowager. Perhaps because she has too many bad memories in the palace, the Grand Empress Dowager does not want to return to the palace. She also said that when everything is settled, she wants to go to Mount Wutai to practice.

Jiang Yanyi is the only mistress in the palace, so naturally the palace people are trying their best to get close to Jiang Yanyi.

Jiang Yanyi went to Kunning Palace for a look and could only sigh that he still underestimated the enjoyment of the ancient royal family. The whole palace is magnificent, and even the most inconspicuous window frame is made of rosewood.

"The chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that all the furnishings in Kunning Palace were re-selected from the warehouse. When you move in, it will be like living in a new house." Chenyu whispered to Jiang Yanyi when no one was around.

Jiang Yanyi suddenly said in a sinister voice: "Tell me, how many people have died just to live in such a magnificent palace, and how many resentful souls are trapped in this palace?"

Chenyu got goosebumps all over her body after hearing what Jiang Yanyi said, and she almost huddled up into a ball.

She said miserably: "My queen, you... don't scare me!" Seeing how scared she was, Jiang Yanyi laughed heartlessly: "Look how scared you are, Chenyu, your little courage won't work in the palace."

Chenyu replied aggrievedly.

On the first day of court, Feng Shuo had a lot of government affairs to deal with, and Jiang Yanyi was the only one to have dinner.

She had frightened Chenyu during the day, and at night, she sat on the phoenix couch reading a book. Because she was not used to being surrounded by a bunch of unfamiliar people, she was the only one left in the hall.

When she was halfway through reading, the candle on the high stand suddenly trembled. The hall was so quiet that she could only hear the sound of turning pages.

But Jiang Yanyi always felt that there was something staring at her in the dark that the candlelight could not reach, and the words she used to scare Chenyu during the day echoed in her mind again and again.

Jiang Yanyi closed the book and said, "Chenyu, go and call a few more palace maids in." Chenyu

asked in confusion, "What's wrong with the queen?"

Jiang Yanyi said uncomfortably, "I... I want a few people to massage my shoulders and legs."

Soon, several palace maids came into the palace, some massaged her shoulders, some massaged her legs, and no other sound was made.

Although she was surrounded by people, Jiang Yanyi still felt scared.

She pretended to read a travel book, but she didn't read a word. She said to the palace maids, "You guys say something, I like lively atmosphere."

The few little palace maids didn't know Jiang Yanyi's temperament yet, so they were too timid to speak.

Jiang Yanyi said, "Just laugh a few times."

She was afraid that she might offend her master by saying something inappropriate, so she couldn't laugh. So the maids all laughed stiffly.

Their hands were still rubbing on her body. Hearing this creepy laughter, Jiang Yanyi felt even more frightened and quickly sent a few maids out.

When Feng Shuo came over, he found that the whole Kunning Palace was brightly lit. Someone was reading a book under the candlelight with a thin quilt on his head in the middle of summer.

Feng Shuo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why don't you rest?"

Basically, when Chenyu saw Feng Shuo coming to find Jiang Yanyi, she would consciously leave, and tonight was no exception.

There were only two of them in the bedroom. Jiang Yanyi ran over and hung herself on Feng Shuo's neck. She looked around anxiously and said, "We've changed places. I'm a little uncomfortable."

It was rare for her to take the initiative. Feng Shuo said with a smile, "What's there to be uncomfortable about? You'll live here from now on."

Jiang Yanyi said subconsciously, "Many people have died in Kunning Palace. Will it be haunted?"

Feng Shuo was stunned for two seconds before he laughed out loud.

Jiang Yanyi also knew that her idea was a bit weird. After all, others said they were trying their best to live here, so she was the only one who was worried about whether it was haunted.

Seeing that Feng Shuo was laughing without any intention of stopping, Jiang Yanyi glared at him angrily: "If you laugh again, go back to your own bedroom!"

Feng Shuo stopped laughing, raised his eyebrows and said: "I don't have a bedroom, I sleep wherever you sleep."

It was embarrassing, but Jiang Yanyi still felt sweet in her heart when she heard him say that.

Feng Shuo saw that she was timid about those things, so he said: "The place where I lived in my childhood is idle. If you don't like Kunning Palace, I will ask someone to repair it tomorrow, and we will live there in the future."

Jiang Yanyi knew that he definitely didn't like the bedroom where emperors of past dynasties lived, so she nodded hurriedly.

Feng Shuo pinched her nose with amusement: "Are you afraid of ghosts?"

Jiang Yanyi said stubbornly: "No."

Feng Shuo hugged her and suddenly said: "Ayi, did you bring our wedding dress as well?"

Jiang Yanyi said blankly: "No."

Feng Shuo frowned: "Why is the dress you wore on your wedding day hanging on the rack over there?"

Jiang Yanyi felt a chill on her back, and her hair was about to stand up. She hugged Feng Shuo's neck tightly with both hands, and rubbed her legs around his waist: "You... don't scare me!"

Feng Shuo laughed, and Jiang Yanyi realized that she was fooled. , and beat him hard: "Get out, get out!

I won't let you scare me!" Feng Shuo said: "Aren't you afraid that I'll leave and be alone?"

Jiang Yanyi said stubbornly: "No! I'll ask Chenyu to sleep with me."

Feng Shuo directly pinched her pink fist and took her into his arms, and said: "On the first day of my accession to the throne, you kicked me out. How can I establish my authority in front of the palace people? It's my fault that I scared you, and I will apologize to you."

Jiang Yanyi snorted: "You sleep on the floor tonight."

At night, Feng Shuo slept on the floor next to the big bed, and suddenly turned over and shook the bedding.

Jiang Yanyi asked him: "What's wrong?"

Feng Shuo said nonsense seriously: "There are rats on the floor."

If there are rats in this Kunning Palace, those people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are probably eating free meals.

Jiang Yanyi turned over and continued to sleep: "I don't think your majesty is afraid of mice."

Feng Shuo squeezed directly onto the bed with a pillow, his tone was extremely serious: "Ayi, you still don't know your husband well enough. Your husband is most afraid of mice."

Jiang Yanyi: "..."

Someone profoundly interpreted what "a shameless person is invincible" means.

She ignored him and continued to sleep with her back to her.

Someone carefully and gently moved her into his arms, and seeing that she didn't stop him, he was about to steal some love.

Jiang Yanyi seemed to have eyes on the back of her head, and immediately said: "If you move your hands and feet again, sleep on the floor."

Feng Shuo kissed her hard on the face, buried his head in her shoulder, and laughed softly: "Your husband moves with his mouth."

Jiang Yanyi was angry, and seeing that he didn't make any other small movements, she let him do it.

Since when, as long as he was beside her, she could sleep extra peacefully. As the night deepened, her breathing gradually became steady.

Feng Shuo, who had been pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, propped up his head with his arms, and looked at her quietly for a while, then kissed her temples and whispered: "Ayi, meeting you is my great honor."