The prince is more stable

Chapter 350: Strategy and Appeasement
When it comes to topics related to men and women, Di Ying is still too naive. Even though she is Zhao Xiaoqian's legal wife, it does not prevent her from being a blank slate.

Looking at Jiang Miaoxian, her face flushed and her heart beating fast with laughter, it is obvious that she has become much more sensible.

"The emperor will issue an edict soon. I, your Excellency, will be taking up my post in Zhending Prefecture soon. In a few days, you will move to live with my mother and serve her on my behalf." Zhao Xiaoqian said tiredly as he lay on the bed with his eyes closed.

Di Ying had already known that Zhao Xiaoqian was about to leave Beijing, and she agreed reluctantly. She no longer resisted the absurdity of two women sleeping in the same bed. She lay on Zhao Xiaoqian's chest, quietly listening to his strong and steady heartbeat.

Jiang Miaoxian on the other side also came over and hugged his arms tightly. Both women wanted to keep him, but they knew it was impossible to keep him, so they simply kept silent.

"How long will it take you to take up your post in Zhending?" Di Ying asked.

"That's unclear. We'll have to wait and see how the situation develops. Right now, the border between Song and Liao is unstable, and Zhending Prefecture is full of dangers, so I can't bring you along."

Di Ying hugged his neck and said, "Then my lord, please quickly restore peace on the border and send someone to pick us up. How can a couple live apart for so long? My lord, you are all alone in Zhending, with no one to take care of you and take care of your daily needs..."

Zhao Xiaoqian said softly, "Don't worry, Madam. The first thing I will do after arriving in Zhending is to find some beautiful women to serve me. I will ensure that I have good food and warm clothes, so that my wives, who are thousands of miles away, won't worry about me."

Di Ying was stunned, and then she was completely numb with anger.

She had originally hugged his neck intimately, but instantly changed to strangling his neck.

"Asshole! You are not going to hide this kind of thing from me at all now, right? Just say it openly. If I don't agree, the beauty you found will never be able to enter our house!" Di Ying said viciously.

Seeing that she was irritated, Zhao Xiaoqian quickly hugged her and comforted her, "Okay, okay, we won't let them in. I'll just keep them outside secretly..."

"You! Zhao Xiaoqian, I... I will fight you!" Di Ying jumped on the horse and pinched his neck with both hands.

Jiang Miaoxian was overjoyed and came over to add to the trouble, helping Di Ying hold down Zhao Xiaoqian's legs as they thrashed around.

The three of them were fighting in a brutal scene.

In the end, for some unknown reason, although they were supposed to be sleeping in a normal state, after the three of them scuffled, they inexplicably fell into a sexual state...

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Under Wei Jie's order, the Bian Jing Imperial City Administration began to take action to investigate and arrest the murderer who assassinated the Prince of Suining.

The capital was in chaos. The Imperial City Administration started with Zhao Ji's interpersonal relationships and screened all of his social circles in recent years.

Relatives, good friends, officials of the Prince's Mansion who had close relations with Zhao Ji, and even the Jiaofang Bureau and brothel dancers who had had interactions with Zhao Ji, all went to his house to inquire as per custom.

The assassination caused a big stir, and the Imperial City Bureau made an even bigger move to hunt for the murderer. After a few days, the murderer had not been found, but many officials in Bianliang were dissatisfied with the actions of the Imperial City Bureau, and they submitted memorials to impeach the Imperial City Bureau for its misconduct and excessive involvement.

What Wei Jie did not expect was that Zhao Ji actually personally submitted a memorial, requesting the emperor not to let his own affairs affect the court and the people, causing unrest among the subjects.

Zhao Ji's memorial was written with earnest words, and every word was for the country and the people. He looked as if he had suffered a great loss and had to endure humiliation and frustration for the sake of the overall situation.

Only then did Wei Jie believe what Zhao Xiaoqian said. As expected, Zhao Ji did not want to make things worse. He was more anxious to settle the case than Zhao Xiaoqian.

Wei Jie has been working in the Imperial City Office for many years and is very experienced, having seen a lot of dark sides.

Now Wei Jie knew that there must be something going on between Zhao Xiaoqian and Zhao Ji, and that this matter was so serious that the two hostile people had to tacitly hope to quickly close the case and put this matter to rest.

The reason Zhao Xiaoqian wanted to close the case was simple: he was the one who assassinated Zhao Ji, so he certainly didn't want to delve deeper. But what about Zhao Ji? Why was he, a victim, so eager to close the case?

Wei Jie had many questions, and his mind was vaguely touched upon some taboo speculations. In the absence of evidence, speculations were just speculations, and Wei Jie did not dare to think too deeply about them.

Fortunately, while the Imperial City Division was pretending to investigate the assassination murderer, Wei Jie also secretly met with Zhang Xiaoyi.

In order to investigate Zhao Ji, Wei Jie bypassed the Imperial City Division and secretly set up a network through a separate line, Zhang Xiaoyi.

The truth will always come out one day. Wei Jie really wants to find out the truth about the grudge between Zhao Xiaoqian and Zhao Ji.

Pretending to be confused and being truly confused are two different things.

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The weather is getting cooler and it is early autumn.

Early in the morning, the side door of the Prince of Chu's mansion had just opened, and the servants were about to sweep the fallen leaves in front of the door when they saw someone coming from the palace, holding an imperial edict high in his hands.

The servants hurried inside to pass on the message, and soon Zhao Xiaoqian appeared in the front courtyard of the palace with a sleepy face to receive the order.

The imperial edict did not come suddenly, as Zhao Xu had already discussed it with him.

The imperial edict ordered Zhao Xiaoqian, the Duke of Anle County, to be the secretary of the Privy Council, and to be the governor of Zhending Prefecture. At the same time, Zhao Xiaoqian was appointed as the governor of the western route of Hebei. All the border generals and troops under the jurisdiction of Zhending Prefecture, as well as the military and civilians in all prefectures, counties and cities, were under the control of the governor.

"Prefect" is a civil servant who is in charge of the local government of a prefecture, but Zhao Xu was also appointed "Escort General and Pacification Envoy", a position of much higher value than that of prefect.

Simply put, the General Manager and Pacifier has military power, especially the General Manager and Pacifier in border areas, who has the power to start a war with a single word.

For example, during the Song-Xia War, Zhang Yu not only served as the prefect of Qingzhou, but he was also the governor of Huanqing Road. Others usually addressed him as "General Zhang", a typical frontier military commander who held the seal of commanding troops.

Today, Zhao Xiaoqian holds the same official position as Zhang Qie, both of them are prefects and general managers, and of course their powers are the same.

The border between Song and Liao was not peaceful. The meaning of Zhao Xu's imperial edict was very clear. After Zhao Xiaoqian took office, if the Liao people attacked the border, he could decide on his own whether to mobilize troops to fight against the Liao invasion.

At this point, the Treaty of Chanyuan signed by Song and Liao decades ago was already on the verge of crumbling. With Zhao Xiaoqian's appointment to an official position, the peace between the two countries that had maintained for decades would also turn a page and enter the next stage.

After receiving the imperial edict, Zhao Xiaoqian politely sent away the palace maid who announced the edict. Before seeing her off, he slipped a piece of silver into the maid's hand. The maid smiled and said goodbye with many thanks.

Returning to the front courtyard, Zhao Hao came to greet him and sighed, "Are you finally leaving the capital?"

Zhao Xiaoqian smiled and said, "It's already been decided, and it can't be changed."

Zhao Hao hummed and said, "I can't help you with other things. You've grown up and have your own ideas. You decide how to govern the place. But the border town is too chaotic, so I must protect you. Before you leave, I will arrange for someone to protect you closely."

"Father, I have Chen Shou and his brothers with me."

"Not enough. This matter is not negotiable. Listen to me."

(End of this chapter)