Once the Crown Prince Joins In

Grandma She shook her head, "No news has come out yet."

Su Xinyi chuckled and said, "Our Highness, King Wu, is really an infatuated person."

Hearing the sarcasm in the Crown Princess's words, Grandma She also sighed: "You just need to know about Prince Wu. The Queen and Concubine Ruan Ming are here, so just wait for the news."

Su Xinyi nodded, "Yes, we really can't do anything except wait."

Su Xinyi would not do anything that could be easily manipulated.

Mammy She felt relieved. She knew that the Crown Princess had always had a temperament when it came to injustice. She was able to ignore it this time. It was really thanks to the feud between Princess Wu and the Crown Princess. Otherwise, how could the Crown Princess just ignore it.

After summer, it became hotter day by day, and Su Xinyi's clothes were changed into light summer shirts. Yan Heng had a worry-free temperament. He ate and slept, and rarely made any noise. when.

Yan Junchu would tease his son every day when he came back. When the two men smiled, the corners of their mouths would have the same arc. Su Xinyi always felt like he was dreaming as he watched.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of August, when the summer heat was gradually fading, and Mu Xing returned to Beijing.

Su Xinyi was sitting on the edge of the couch, stopping her son from learning to roll over. The boy was about to turn three months old, and this morning he suddenly turned over, startling everyone in the room.

Grandma She laughed so hard that she couldn't even close her mouth, "The emperor's eldest grandson really looks like the Crown Princess. The princess has good kung fu and even has the emperor's eldest grandson's small body. I haven't seen any children who can turn over in less than three months. of."

Su Xinyi felt ashamed and said from the side: "It will be three months in a few days. It's not surprising if it's a few days earlier."

Grandma She didn't think so. For such a young child, it would be a big deal if it happened one day early.

Yan Heng turned over and lay on his back again, looking at the room full of people laughing, his big eyes blinking, obviously not knowing what the adults were laughing at.

Su Xinyi's heart softened when she saw it, and she picked up her son. Just as she was about to take him to the yard for a walk, Delphinium walked in quickly.

Su Xinyi looked up at her and asked, "What's the matter in a hurry?"

"Princess, Lord Mu Xingmu has returned to the capital. He is meeting with His Highness the Crown Prince in front. Manager Zhang has come to deliver a message. Lord Mu is coming to greet you."

Su Xinyi was startled to see that Mu Xing was back, and then he was overjoyed. Is there something about Duo Gan's affairs?

"Let him come." Su Xinyi said immediately.

She thought that Mu Xing was still replying to His Highness at this moment, and she happened to go to change clothes first and tidy up a little, because she didn't go out much with her children, so she dressed more comfortably, but it was not allowed to meet people.

Su Xinyi asked the wet nurse to take care of the child and went into the inner hall to change clothes. Forsythia and the palace attendants immediately followed to serve.

After changing clothes, Su Xinyi went directly to the main hall, where Mu Xing was already waiting.

"My subordinates pay their respects to the Crown Princess."

After Su Xinyi sat down and looked at Mu Xing, the first thing he felt was that he had lost weight.

"Get up, sit down and talk." Su Xinyi said with a smile, "This trip is very hard, isn't it? When you returned to Beijing, you came directly to the East Palace?"

Mu Xing shook his head and said, "I went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first."

Su Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief. Mu Xing's temperament was different from that of ordinary people. Unexpectedly, he became more respectable after entering the officialdom. "What did Duogan find out? Is your journey going smoothly?"

After Mu Xing sat down, he saw that the Crown Princess looked very good, and then he said, "I haven't congratulated the Crown Princess on giving birth to the emperor's eldest grandson."

Su Xinyi glanced at Mu Xing and said, "Hey, our Lord Mu will be different after we become an official. We will all use official accent."

Mu Xing:......

I just knew I couldn't talk serious words to her.

Looking at Mu Xing's serious face, Su Xinyi laughed.

Mu Xing listened to the Crown Princess's laughter and helplessly smiled along with her.

"When I went to Duogan this time, I did find out some things about King Yi's sale of official grain. However, after the food flowed into Duogan, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. It is difficult to find out where it ended up."

Su Xinyi nodded slightly after hearing this, "This is something that can be expected. After all, Duogan is not the territory of Southern Qi. It is really difficult to do something in other countries. But you have only come back now, so you must continue to investigate. ”

Mu Xing's lips curled up, "That's natural."

Su Xinyi knew that Mu Xing was not someone who gave up easily. Otherwise, how could he be an assassin who was good at hidden assassinations? "What did you find out later?"

Mu Xing hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Su Xinyi, "I'm not sure whose hands the food ended up in, but there are signs that some of the food went to the Tatar tribe."

Su Xinyi's face darkened, and he said thoughtfully: "There have been no large-scale incursions by Tatars this year. As for the small-scale frictions among several border guards, is it related to these grains?"

"I don't dare to lie, but the Tatar tribes are not sheep. Even if they have food, they will not really keep their peace. So I followed the route I found from Duogan through the Tubo tribes and passed through the three tribes of Yuxi. The journey reached Oara, and finally we returned home from Tartar."

Su Xinyi was shocked. In half a year, Mu Xing actually went to so many places. You can imagine the hard work along the way. No wonder he became so thin.

Seeing the shock on the Crown Princess's face, Mu Xing coughed lightly and took out a cowhide from his arms, "This is my journey along the way, all drawn on the cowhide."

Su Xinyi saw that the edges of the roll of cowhide were slightly curled, which showed that Mu Xing often used them. When Mu Xing was in the caravan, she asked him to go to one place to complete the map. This time he went Duogan didn't mention this matter himself, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative.

Forsythia stepped forward and took the cowhide map, turned around and handed it to the Crown Princess.

Su Xinyi stretched out his hand and opened it. The grassland tribes like to use cowhide to draw pictures because it is durable and good at preservation. This habit was later learned by the border guards and gradually spread in Southern Qi.

Especially during marches and battles, maps made of paper are easily damaged during the march, but maps made of cowhide are different.

At this time, the map in Su Xinyi's hand was even more different. She could see that some parts of the map were drawn very hastily, and some parts were scrawled, which was obviously written in a hurry during the journey.

"Is this the original manuscript?"

Mul I came back and copied it."

Su Xinyi took a long breath and said, "Don't tell anyone about this matter. It will not be a good thing for you if others hear about it."

Mu Xing was not stupid. He looked at Su Xinyi and said: "The harvest on the grassland this year is not bad. I guess there will be no big problem in winter, but it will be hard to say next spring." He paused here and looked up. Su Xinyi, "Tatars are internally unbalanced. Internal strife has been serious in the past two years. Several tribes have been annexed. By next spring, if the Tatars can unify all the tribes, this will not be a good thing."

Su Xinyi felt a little heavy, then looked at Mu Xing and said, "Did that batch of grain finally reach Tatar?"

"There is no concrete evidence. The caravan transporting grain encountered a pack of wolves on the grassland."

Su Xinyi:......

Her first thought was to kill and silence her. She and Mu Xing looked at each other.

After Mu Xing said what he needed to say, he stood up, looked at Su Xinyi and said, "The Crown Princess had better make preparations early, and it's time for my subordinates to return to the guard post."

Su Xinyi looked at Mu Xing, "What about you, what are your plans?"

Mu Xing paused, looked back at Su Xinyi, and then smiled nonchalantly, "That depends on His Majesty's will and the commander's arrangements."

Su Xinyi was angry and laughed when hearing such an official answer. It must have been a mess given to him by Zeng Liang, but it was indeed something he needed to learn to be able to mix well in the officialdom.

"Then go ahead and take good care of yourself."

Mu Xing smiled and left.

Su Xinyi took the map to the study room and spread it on the table to look at it carefully. Mu Xing was a very serious person, and the map he drew was very careful. As long as it was a place he passed, not to mention a small river, even a fork in the road would be clearly marked. Clearly.

There are also marked places on the top and small prints on the bottom, which may be where the caravan passed.

"Mu Xing handed it over?"

Su Xinyi was so engrossed in what he was watching that he suddenly jumped when he heard His Highness's voice. He raised his head and looked at the person, "Why is there no movement at all?"

She was so frightened that her little heart was pounding.

Yan Junchu laughed, "You are too serious. Usually you will know it as soon as I approach the study."

Su Xinyi's face heated up, and he pulled His Highness to stand beside him. He pointed at the map and said softly: "This is the first map drawn by Mu Xing himself. Let's take a closer look. There are many places on it that are not on our original map. ."

Yan Junchu nodded, turned around and took out the original map from the shelf. Comparing the two maps, you can find the differences.

The two people's fingertips coincidentally landed on the boundary of Yuxi Sanbu. Su Xinyi was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to see His Highness.

Yan Junchu didn't expect it, so he couldn't help but smile when he met Xin Yi's eyes, "A Yuan and I really have the same mind."

Su Xinyi's face suddenly turned red, and when she was about to stop her hand, His Highness held her fingertips.

"Are you also worried about Yuxi Sanbu joining forces with Duogan and Tatar?" Yan Junchu asked, gently squeezing Xin Yi's fingertips.

Su Xinyi felt a little uncomfortable, coughed lightly, calmed down, and withdrew his finger, and then said: "Yes, speaking of the relationship between Yuxi Sanbu and Nanqi, it has always been unclear, but with Duo Gan and Tatar are not close, so it is really worrying that Dogan can take the opportunity to go to Tatar this time."

Yan Junchu nodded slightly, "This concern is indeed justified. I am going to report back to my father and send someone to the third part of Yuxi."

Su Xinyi felt that His Highness's decision was a good one and said softly: "Then be careful. If the three Yuxi tribes alliance with the Tatars and Tibetans, our people will be in danger."

The two of them discussed the map while looking at it. Although King Yi had arrived, he still left many hidden dangers, and it would take a lot of effort to completely eliminate them.

Just like the consequences of those grains.

"Qu Xianbu has always been on good terms with Nan Qi. Let's send someone there first to test it out." Yan Junchu said.

"Then the other two parts of Yuxi have a bad relationship with us?"

"It can't be said that it's not good, but it can't be said that it's good either. Naturally, they will fall in favor of whoever provides the greater benefits. These tribes have always been like this and have no integrity at all." Yan Junchu said lightly, obviously disgusted with this.

Unless Southern Qi has enough troops to completely defeat them, this situation will continue.

But at present, it is very difficult to conquer the national power of Southern Qi.

The money in the treasury is limited, and the past two years in Southern Qi have not been very peaceful. There were floods in the south and drought in the north. The court had to provide disaster relief, resettle the refugees, and reclaim the land, and each item cost money.

It was only after she became the Crown Princess that she realized that running a country involves so much money. It is hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. At this time, Her Highness always had to discuss matters with the Minister of Household Affairs until midnight, trying to find ways to raise money.

Su Xinyi looked at His Highness and said softly: "It would be great if the border can be self-financed."

Yan Junchu was stunned when he heard this, "Self-funded?"

Su Xinyi sighed, "It's like when we formed the caravan, the first purpose was to find out news about the Tatars, and the second point was to make some money? The caravan did make a lot of money when it returned from a long trip. Bar?"

Yan Jun thought deeply when he first heard the words.

Su Xinyi thought about it and said, "What do you think if we allow the Border Guard Station to form its own caravan?"

"No, if that's the case, wouldn't it be a mess?" Yan Junchu objected.

Su Xinyi sighed, "There is no good way. The only way left is to open a mutual market, but my father will definitely not agree."

Opening an account in the market will also involve great risks. Not to mention that the father and emperor will not agree, nor will the courtiers.

Su Xinyi spread her hands, "Then there's nothing I can do."

Yan Junchu was amused by Su Xinyi's expression, "The imperial court has raised so many ministers, how can it be that it can't come up with a good idea?"

Su Xinyi curled her lips, "That's not necessarily the case."

Yan Junchu was angry and laughed, then reached out and pinched Su Xinyi's cheek.

Su Xinyi:......

She's not a three-year-old.

Although there are many courtiers in the six tribes, there are also many factions. People do not work together and are holding each other back. Under such circumstances, it is extremely difficult to accomplish something.

Moreover, mutual trading is a very sensitive matter. At least five or six people would be killed in this matter, and no one would dare to start it again easily.

However, it all depends on man-made efforts, so there is no chance at all.

Su Xinyi's worried look made Yan Junchu's heart warm. He held her in his arms and said in her ear: "Don't worry, I have a way, but the time is not ripe yet to bring it up."

Su Xinyi's eyes suddenly lit up. Since His Highness said there was a way, he must have a plan.

She breathed a long sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed. Since it was difficult to bring it up now, Su Xinyi did not pursue the question and changed the subject: "Brother Heng's hundred days, what are your plans for His Highness?"

Yan Junchu spread his hands helplessly, "It depends on what Father wants to do. Brother Heng is going to have his 100th day, and Father will definitely see him on that day."

Su Xinyi's heart tightened when she heard this. She had always been worried that her son looked like his father. She didn't know what would happen if His Majesty saw him.

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