After I was reborn, I became the queen mother by fortune telling

Chapter 257

Let's say goodbye today, I don't know when we will meet again.

A gust of wind blew up Jiang Yu's temple hair.

She brushed her hair lightly, and suddenly found that Mu Qingyuan had already stood by her side at some point.

It's been a while since they've spoken properly.

But Jiang Yu didn't know what to say on this occasion.

Mu Qingyuan just stood beside her, and didn't intend to talk to her.

There was the sound of a carriage coming from far to near, and Han Yaoqin's carriage drove over.

When passing by Jiang Yu and Mu Qingyuan, the carriage stopped.

Han Yaoqin, who was wearing the clothes for going out, jumped off the carriage and threw herself into Jiang Yu's arms.

"Sister!" Her tears rolled down again.

Jiang Yu patted her on the back, and she murmured again and said, "Brother Emperor."

"Go back and take good care of your mother. Don't forget to ask someone to remove the medicinal materials in the car."

"Yes."

After reluctantly leaving for a while, Han Yaoqin got into the carriage again, waved to Jiang Yu and Mu Qingyuan, and closed the door.

"After Yaoqin leaves, she may never return to the capital again." After Han Yaoqin's carriage disappeared from their sight, Mu Qingyuan said suddenly.

Jiang Yu was taken aback.

She didn't care about the previous things, and asked: "If the eldest princess recovers from her illness, she can just take Yaoqin into the palace to play. Her princess mansion is already built, why won't she go back to the capital?"

"The northern border... the wind is blowing."

A gust of cold wind blew up and scattered the fallen leaves on the big tree nearby. Jiang Yu slightly turned her body to avoid the wind. When she turned her head, she saw Mu Qingyuan standing beside her, shielding her from the wind.

Jiang Yu's heart moved, she moved a step away from Mu Qingyuan's side.

"King of Zhenbei, Han You, I'm afraid there will be some action."

"Someone from the northern border sent back news that Han You has privately forged weapons in the past few years, trained dead soldiers in the mansion, and raised many of his own retainers and staff."

"Now the Han family took Yaoqin back and used the reason that Yaoqin's mother was seriously ill to make Yaoqin have to go back to the north. I guess, once Yaoqin returns, Han You will have no worries at all."

Jiang Yu's heart suddenly sank.

What Mu Qingyuan said meant that Han You wanted to rebel?

To the north of Daxia Kingdom is Beijing State, and further north is Beiao Country. Prince Zhenbei inherited his father's business, and two generations are responsible for the safety of the northern border of Daxia Kingdom.

After the old town's northern king passed away, Han You stayed in the northern border and never left except for a few visits to the capital.

The several times of Beiao country's rebellion, it was the old Zhen Beiwang and his son who fought hard to defend against the enemy beyond the border.

The Northern King of Old Town also died on the battlefield during the last Beiao Kingdom invasion.

Therefore, the first emperor was also extraordinarily generous to Zhenbei Wang's lineage.

King Zhenbei only needs to pay [-]% of the taxes collected in the northern border, and the rest stays locally.

The source of soldiers in the northern border is also all locals, and everyone is vying to be a soldier, which is both honorable and well paid.

Because of years of snowstorms, earthquakes, plagues, and infighting among several princes in the country, the national strength of Beiao Kingdom has been declining day by day, people's hearts are lax, and the people are poor.

But the northern border state is getting richer and richer, and even the surrounding residents are trying to move to the northern border state.

If this is a small country, it can really be regarded as "the country is rich and the people are strong".

Since two years ago, Mu Qingyuan wanted to reduce the number of troops in the northern border. In addition, the preferential tax conditions should be restored to the same as other state capitals.

However, the thorn of Ningqiu country is here, and Mu Qingyuan has been carefully maintaining the balance of the northern border.

His plan has always been to pacify the south first, and then the north.

However, Han You didn't seem to understand Mu Qingyuan's wishes, and wanted to get ahead of Ningqiu.

Because, no matter who it is, if they act first, there is another side to contain the Great Xia Kingdom.

Otherwise, once the predicament of one side settles down, it will be difficult for the other side to resist the mighty Great Xia.

Jiang Yu asked softly in the twilight: "It is true that Yaoqin will not be seen for a while."

"Originally, I should have kept her, or even detained her."

Jiang Yu was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it, if Mu Qingyuan did this, he would be taking Han Yaoqin as a hostage.

Once the king of Zhenbei is in trouble, it is better to have a hostage than none.

"However, in the end, I let her go."

"Perhaps sister Yaoqin will regret it in the future, she should stay in the palace and not go back."

"That's for later."

After Mu Qingyuan finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Yu.

"My sister is gone, you have no companion, are you lonely?"

"Lonely?" Jiang Yu smiled slightly, "The concubine is very busy."

The corner of Mu Qingyuan's mouth twitched: "What is Jiang Meiren busy with?"

"Renovate the house, dig lotus ponds, and plant trees. By the way, I also learned how to cook. Chenqie's tamales are doing very well now."

"Really!"

Mu Qingyuan originally wanted to say "then I don't see you bringing it to me to eat", but because of the estrangement in the past few months, she didn't say it.

"Of course! Even Feng Ling has improved a lot!"

Jiang Yu smiled halfway, and then slowly put away her smile.

"The concubine resigns." She restrained herself.

Mu Qingyuan watched her slender figure disappear into the night, and shook his head slightly.

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The fact that Northern Border State turned against it, no one took it for real at first.

Maozhou is adjacent to Daxia Kingdom in the north.

It was not uncommon for soldiers in Maozhou to like to go to the bustling northern border to drink and have fun.

However, in the winter of this year, something not big or small happened.

There were three Maozhou soldiers who went to a tavern in the north to drink, and not only refused to pay when they got drunk, but also injured the tavern owner.

It would be fine if they only wounded someone, but they also insulted the northern soldiers who happened to be patrolling and passed by here, and accidentally hacked a northern soldier to death with a sword.

Zhizhou in Maozhou happened to be a relative of the murderer, and faced with the iron-clad facts, he was acquitted and released.

This can poke a hornet's nest.

Everyone in the northern border, from scholars to ordinary people, said that the imperial court did not take the northern border state seriously.

Guarding the border requires the northern border, but when something happens, it is inferior.

Scholars in the northern border wrote countless articles, demanding justice from the imperial court.

These were all detained by the prefects of the northern border and Maozhou.

Just when the common people shouted that the sky was dark, finally, someone raised their arms and called for the common people in the northern border to stand up, solve their own affairs and manage their own land by themselves.

This person is none other than Han You, King of Zhenbei who is highly regarded in the northern border.

Han You sent someone to secretly assassinate the murderer.

At the same time, all the troops deployed on the northern border were transferred to the border between the northern border and Maozhou.

After a ten-day effort, they have already achieved solid walls and cleared the fields, and built a solid defense line.

In the study of Chaoyang Palace in the imperial palace of the capital, Mu Qingyuan couldn't help laughing angrily while holding the call to arms under the banner of "Qing Emperor's Side".

(End of this chapter)