However, he also used a little trick and changed horses but not people along the way, and he reached Kyoto in just over a day.

Wang Yue did not stay here. He observed the reactions of the local people along the way and found that the people here had no opposition to the Yan family's occupation. He felt relieved.

After all, if the Yan family does not get the support of the local people, they will be like rootless duckweed and will soon disappear into thin air.

But he obviously underestimated the influence of his father Yan Mu, or the power of the Yan family in Youzhou, which made the people here trust Yan Mu more and believe that the Yan family could allow them to live and work in peace and contentment here.

After Wang Yue felt relieved, he rode to Beiping as fast as he could and met Yan Mu.

This was not a big deal. What surprised Wang Yue the most was that his mother, who was supposed to be in Kyoto, was also here and arrived earlier than him.

Seeing Wang Yue's confusion, Father Yan smiled and said, "After you left the capital, your mother was escorted out through a secret passage. However, the emperor may have realized it, and the secret passage is probably no longer in use."

Wang Yue was speechless, so he asked curiously, "Is this Xie Weibu's plan? Do you trust him so much?"

Yan Mu was completely different from the Yan Mu that Wang Yue met in the capital. He said happily, "Of course I believe him, and you should believe him too. He is your cousin Xue Dingfei! Didn't I listen to him and control the entire Youyan area in one fell swoop? Now we have 200,000 soldiers and horses in our hands. Who dares to bully us?"

Wang Yue was also a little surprised. Daqian only had a million soldiers and horses, but they were distributed along the long border. He didn't expect that his father could capture so many of them as soon as he took action. This shows how high Yan Mu's prestige is in the army.

Seeing Yan Mu's proud look, he asked curiously, "Dad, Youzhou is easy to deal with, but this Northeast region is mostly military towns. Where can we get so much money to support more than 100,000 soldiers and horses?"

Yan Mu smiled complacently and said happily, "You may not know that although your cousin has been under the command of King Pingnan for more than ten years, he has already secretly built up his own power. He has connections not only in the northwest, but also in Jiangnan. He said that you have money now, so you only need to go to the Huang family, a big grain merchant in Jinling, and you will definitely be able to buy it."

Wang Yue was even more speechless. He also knew from watching TV that You Fangyin's raw silk business was profitable.

It was only when he learned that Zhou Yinzhi had caught the silk merchant who deliberately damaged the ship that he realized that You Fangyin would soon get the money she had earned.

However, Xie Wei actually knew about it a long time ago, which shows how well-informed he is.

Wang Yue was a little depressed. Not only did he feel like his IQ was being crushed, but his intelligence network also felt crushed.

He said helplessly, "Did Xie Wei say what to do next?"

Father Yan became serious when Wang Yue asked this question. "Your cousin told us to train the troops and wait for the Prince of Pingnan to rebel, and then take the opportunity to march south. If the Prince of Pingnan doesn't move, we can't move either."

Wang Yue sighed. He originally wanted to play some palace fighting and intrigue mode. After all, his TV series were not watched in vain, so he was not afraid of this.

But almost in the blink of an eye, the style of painting changed and turned into a competition mode. It was really too sudden.

Wang Yue understood the matter clearly. Xie Wei not only wanted the lives of the Shen and Xue families, but also the life of King Pingnan.

Moreover, Xie Wei didn't want to have uncontrollable factors around him, and he himself was not very controllable!

He felt that it was too dangerous to cooperate with such a person, and he had to keep the amount of money under his own control.

The emperor in the capital was furious after hearing Zhou Yinzhi's words. He immediately denounced Wang Yue's excessive behavior during the court session and wanted to send troops to attack the Yan family army and bring Wang Yue back for trial.

However, the important officials in the court had just been frightened by the Yan family army and were still terrified. They were even more worried that the other party would cooperate with the Dayue Kingdom, so they hurriedly persuaded the emperor to be patient.

You know, Youzhou's defense line is still in the hands of the Yan family army, and the Yan family army may attack Jingdou at any time. Before the army is deployed, it is better not to anger the Yan family.

Moreover, it was the emperor who was the first to let down the Yan family. Marquis Yongyi was killed by the Xue family, but the emperor did not give a good explanation. He also forced Wang Yue to persuade the rebels, which was simply sending people to their deaths. Wang Yue had no choice but to rebel.

Many court officials advocated marrying Princess Leyang to appease Wang Yue, in order to prevent Wang Yue from becoming desperate and joining the Dayue Kingdom. If that were the case, Daqian would be in danger!

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Chapter 19 You Fangyin is here

This time, the emperor not only wants to marry the eldest princess, but also wants to reward Wang Yue. This will reassure the rebellious Yan army and make it possible to subdue them.

Since the emperor had made up his mind, although Xue Guogong's party opposed it, they were still powerless to stop it. Soon an envoy went to Youzhou to discuss the matter of marrying the princess with Wang Yue. At the same time, he also canonized Wang Yue as the Duke of Yan!

Old Man Yan is still pretending to be dead. On the surface, everything in Youzhou is centered on Wang Yue, so Wang Yue is the only one responsible for receiving the emperor's envoy this time.

However, the Yan family has just controlled Youzhou and Liaodong. If they do not want to commit treason, it would be most appropriate for them to accept the imperial edict. So no matter who comes forward between Wang Yue and Yan Mu, it will be the same.

Although Wang Yue accepted the emperor's reward and prepared to marry Princess Leyang, marrying a princess of the royal family was a cumbersome matter. Moreover, the emperor deliberately slowed down the process in order to buy more time for his army. Therefore, if Wang Yue wanted to get married, how could he not do so until next year?

Wang Yue was not in a hurry about this at all. He prepared for his coming-of-age ceremony step by step. After all, this was an opportunity to stabilize people's hearts.

Fortunately, the Yan family's ancestral home is in Youzhou. When Wang Yue comes here to hold the ceremony of coming of age, he can not only gain the support of the family, but also win over the local noble families.

Therefore, this coming-of-age ceremony was held very grandly, and Wang Yue took the opportunity to meet many important figures, including many important generals from Liaodong and Youzhou.

What Wang Yue most did not expect was that he actually met You Fangyin, whom he had not seen for a long time, during the coming-of-age ceremony.

He took advantage of a break and came to You Fangyin, and asked curiously, "Shouldn't you be in Jinling at this time? Why are you here?"

Seeing that Wang Yue had no intention of rebelling at all, You Fangyin felt that she had made the right decision. It seemed that Wang Yue had already settled down in Youzhou.

She pretended to be helpless and said, "I am like a rootless duckweed in Jinling. Although I have your people to protect me, the business this time is too big, and I am afraid that those people may not be able to protect me. It happened that the last batch of raw silk was shipped to Kyoto, so I took the opportunity to take a boat north. I originally wanted to see if I could use Dengzhou as a foothold, but after I arrived in Dengzhou, I heard that your Yan family occupied Youzhou and Liaodong, so I rushed here specially."

Wang Yue looked at You Fangyin who was very calm. He didn't expect that this woman knew his plan but was still so calm. He looked at her with even greater admiration.

He couldn't help wanting to know more about this woman, and asked abruptly, "What's your original name?"

You Fangyin asked countless questions, but she didn't expect Wang Yue to ask this one. She had nothing to hide, so she said frankly, "My name is Fang Yin. My hometown in the original world is Liaodong, but I work in Peking."

When she said this, she was afraid that Wang Yue would not believe her, so she spoke with a genuine Northeastern accent.

Wang Yue felt a little uncomfortable listening to You Fangyin suddenly speaking with a Northeastern accent. After all, her voice was too mellow and there was no sign of change.

However, he no longer dwelled on these things. Thinking that he would need a lot of money in the future, he quickly asked, "I wonder if you can make soap or something like that."

You Fangyin couldn't help laughing when she saw Wang Yue's serious expression. She said sincerely, "It seems you guessed it. I learned how to make handmade soap and perfume from my grandmother, and I also made fruit wine. I wanted to do these businesses, so I came to Beiping to find a safe place to produce. I can give you 50% of the profits."

After listening to You Fangyin's introduction, Wang Yue couldn't help but twitching his lips. Compared with him, You Fangyin was more fully prepared for the time travel.

He looked at You Fangyin's confident look, as if he would definitely agree, so he couldn't help but add some chips,

"I can mobilize enough manpower to escort the caravans to other state capitals. These people will obey your orders when they go out. However, I want 90% of the profits from your business."

Wang Yue’s psychological price was 70%. The reason why he said that was actually because he wanted You Fangyin to bargain, and he was also afraid of pushing You Fangyin into a corner.

After all, as long as You Fangyin is willing, she can gain a foothold with this recipe, whether she joins Prince Pingnan or the emperor.

But You Fangyin thought differently. She said straightforwardly, "Deal!"

You Fangyin's reaction made Wang Yue feel like he was at a disadvantage, so he asked in surprise, "You're just going to give up so much profit without considering it again?"

You Fangyin thought Wang Yue was testing her, so she said unhappily, "If I don't cooperate with you, once my business starts, I will most likely be taken in by some people, and I won't have much freedom in the future. So, it's only 10% or 20% profit, which is nothing to me. It's quite appropriate to buy my freedom."

Wang Yue finally understood what was going on and was somewhat impressed by the woman's intelligence.

It seemed that You Fangyin had already guessed that Wang Yue's bottom price was 70%, so she simply didn't bargain and directly agreed to the 90% that Wang Yue asked for. Wang Yue felt that he owed her something.

He suddenly felt that this woman was too calculating and would not be so easy to subdue, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't want to, no one can force you."

You Fangyin looked at Wang Yue with a smile and said with satisfaction, "It's enough for you to say this. Then you should arrange some manpower as soon as possible. We can only make money from raw silk this once. We should quickly develop the soap business so that I can achieve financial freedom sooner."

Wang Yue looked at You Fangyin's calm and indifferent expression when she talked about money. Needless to say, he even admired her a little.

This woman seems to have higher IQ and EQ than him, maybe she can compete with Xie Wei. Fortunately, he is a modern man and respects women more. Maybe this is why You Fangyin chose him.

Wang Yue simply ordered Qingfeng to gather the craftsmen and staff and told them to listen directly to You Fangyin and not have to report back on everything.

You Fangyin was very happy to see Wang Yue trust her so much. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly said to Wang Yue, "I'm also in touch with Miss Ning Er. Do you want to write a letter to her?"

Wang Yue was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly, "I'm afraid that writing to her would harm her. How about this? When you write to her, give her a hint that if she needs anything, she can contact you directly."

Seeing Wang Yue being so cautious, You Fangyin asked curiously, "By the way, do you like the eldest princess or your second daughter?"

Wang Yue felt that the gossip about You Fangyin was more real now, so he simply said frankly, "To be honest, I like both of them. They are more beautiful than the other!"

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Chapter 20: Men! Men!

After hearing Wang Yue's answer, You Fangyin couldn't help but roll her eyes and said unhappily, "Men! Men!"

As she muttered this, she turned and walked out the door, as if she didn't want to stay with Wang Yue any longer.

Just looking at her figure, she seemed somewhat lonely.

It was only when You Fangyin's figure was about to disappear that Wang Yue realized belatedly that this girl might be testing him.

Come to think of it, this is really possible!

Both he and Fang Yin are time travelers. If Wang Yue is willing to be together for the rest of his life, You Fangyin might try to fight for it. After all, they both have something to talk about.

But now the answer Wang Yue gave clearly showed that he wanted three wives and four concubines. In addition, Wang Yue had already made an engagement with the eldest princess. If You Fangyin wanted to make do with Wang Yue, she should have become a concubine long ago!

This makes You Fangyin a little disappointed, right?

When Wang Yue took control of Youzhou, although the first step was to eliminate the Xingwu Guards, there were still some that slipped through the net. They also reported the solemnity of Wang Yue's coming-of-age ceremony back to Kyoto.

You should know that almost all the noble families, big and small, in Youzhou participated in this coming-of-age ceremony, and many families brought their female relatives with them. The purpose is self-evident.

Although the emperor was very angry, he did not expect that the Yan family could control Youzhou so easily, but he could not vent his anger on the Yan family. He could not even blame those former Yan party members too much.

Because, after Yan Mu occupied Youzhou and Liaodong, he took advantage of the fact that the imperial court was not yet there and moved all the loyal officials of the Yan family away with their entire families overnight. They were secretly escorted to Youzhou and Liaodong by people sent by Yan Mu.

Although his official position after arriving in Youzhou may be of a lower level, he no longer has to fight with Xue's party every day like before. Instead, his life has become less stressful and easier.

After the coming-of-age ceremony, Wang Yue began to get busy with Youzhou's military and political affairs, and also learned some news about Jiang Xuening.

Jiang Xuening's life in the palace can only be described as full of ups and downs.

Not long after she entered the palace, she encountered the case of three hundred loyal souls caused by the blood-colored jade ruyi, which reminded the empress dowager of the bad things she had done.

The Three Hundred Loyal Souls are actually a case of three hundred eight-year-old children who died because of the current emperor.

Twenty years ago, Prince Pingnan invaded the capital. The emperor was not in Kyoto, so Prince Pingnan wanted to capture the crown prince. However, Empress Dowager Xue took the crown prince and hid in a secret room in the Empress Dowager's palace, so they could not be found for a while.

At that time, Yan Mu was approaching Kyoto with 30,000 soldiers and Duke Xue was approaching with 5,000 reinforcements, and there was no time to search slowly.

Therefore, the Prince of Pingnan captured more than 300 eight-year-old children of nobles and officials in the capital and threatened the prince to come out, otherwise he would kill the children.

However, the Empress Dowager did not let the prince go. Instead, she threatened Yan Lin's aunt, who was married to Xue Yuan, and asked Yan Lin's cousin, who was also eight years old, to replace the prince.

Of course, the King of Pingnan could see that he was not the real prince. He intended to create a rift between the Xue and Yan families, so he took Yan Lin's cousin away and killed all the 300 children.

This time, Gong Yicheng, a subordinate of Prince Pingnan, felt that Yan Lin's cousin, Xie Wei, who had changed his name, was disobedient, so he deliberately wrote the story of the three hundred loyal souls on a blood-red jade ruyi and deliberately sent it to the Queen Mother.

It was originally arranged just to warn Xie Wei, but the Queen Mother had done something bad in the past, so she no longer thought so!

Queen Mother Xue felt that only when the Yan family was wiped out would she not remember the incident in which she had threatened Wang Yue's aunt and cousin.

So she wanted to link this matter to the Yan family, and wanted Jiang Xuening, Wang Yue's childhood sweetheart, to accuse the Yan family of rebellion, so that she would have evidence to take down the Yan family.

What Empress Dowager Xue didn't expect was that her plan was perfect, but the situation in the previous dynasty changed suddenly and the Yan family really rebelled.

Originally, Queen Mother Xue wanted to use this incident to kill Jiang Xuening directly, but what she didn't expect was that the Yan army moved too quickly and easily established a foothold in Youzhou and Liaodong.

At this time, no one dared to really believe that the Yan family was treasonous, and they still needed to give the Yan family an answer. After all, there was solid evidence that Duke Xue ambushed Yan Mu.

As for Jiang Xuening, she was Yan Mu’s childhood sweetheart. In order not to provoke the Yan family army again, she also escaped!

This is so ironic!

When the Yan family did not rebel, the royal family slandered the Yan family for treason and wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible!

But now the Yan family has really rebelled, but the imperial court cannot say that the Yan family is plotting a rebellion, for fear that if the rebellion is confirmed, the Yan family will have no way to retreat and will unite with the Dayue Kingdom!

Of course, Jiang Xuening threatened to commit suicide, forcing the empress dowager to call the people from the Ministry of Justice over. This also bought her time, allowing her to wait until the news that the Yan family had really rebelled reached the palace!

Intelligence showed that the person in charge of the matter at the time was Zhang Zha, an official from the Ministry of Justice. He used a little trick to figure out the matter.

He pretended to check the papers that the princess brought with her to study to determine who might be a suspect and to communicate with the rebel party of Prince Pingnan.

However, a palace maid from the Xue family, unaware that this was a ruse, took the opportunity to steal a piece of paper from Jiang Xuening, hoping to convict her of a crime.

However, all this was within Zhang Zha's calculations. He had all the palace maids searched and immediately found the piece of paper from this palace maid, thus clearing Jiang Xuening's name.

This matter is actually not complicated. It's just that Xue Shu thought that Jiang Xuening had a close relationship with Prince Linzi and wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible.

However, when the truth was investigated, only a small part of the truth was uncovered. It was impossible for Empress Dowager Xue to really punish Xue Shu for this matter. Instead, she helped to cover it up and prevented the investigation from going any further.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was still so shameless, Jiang Xue Ning was not someone who would not fight back. She turned around and asked Princess Leyang to arrange the person that Prince Linzi really liked, her sister Jiang Xuehui, to the palace so that her sister could cultivate feelings with Prince Linzi under Xue Shu's nose.

Speaking of the acquaintance between Jiang Xuehui and Prince Linzi, it was when Jiang Xuening just returned to Beijing four years ago.

It was also at that time that Jiang Xuehui found out that her biological mother was not Madam Jiang at all. If Madam Jiang had not continued to dote on her and not revealed the matter, she might have gone from being a legitimate daughter to a concubine's daughter overnight.

She felt very sorry for Madam Jiang. Although she also wanted to pay tribute to her own mother, she did not dare to provoke Madam Jiang, so she secretly went to the temple outside the city to burn incense for herself and her mother.

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