What happened after that was incredibly fast.

Wu Jie was in the harem, and when she heard the news, she felt dizzy.

With the death of Concubine Jingui, Gao Tanyu's own reputation plummeted.

Immediately afterwards, Capital City began to spread strange rumors that the Gao clan colluded with Beidi and lured wolves into the house. There were some traces of this rumor, but the Lingbei Gao clan had fought against the North for decades and made great achievements. No one would believe it. Now that the old story is brought up again at this juncture, it immediately arouses a lot of discussion in Capital City.

Gao Tanyu was so angry that he fell seriously ill, and almost had a relapse of his old injury, so he simply ignored these ghostly tricks.

Prepare troops and horses directly, and prepare to attack northward.

Just in time for the news that Zi Wang Yuanzhe commanded the Donglu army to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Yelan Country, but they retreated step by step, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate. With a decree from the imperial court, Yuan Zhe was relieved of his post as commander-in-chief, and led the group of defeated soldiers to stay where they were.

Gao Tanyu decided to lead the army to attack in person. This time, the target is not only the remnants of the Yelan Country, but also the headquarters of the Di Clan.

In this troubled world, military exploits are the most convincing existence, more practical than any coercion or temptation.

Once the battle is successful, all opposition can be suppressed, and the government can be run for a few more years, and it is reasonable to replace the manpower with one's own staff.

Anyway, the emperor is only less than one year old, so he is not in a hurry, he still has a lot of time.

At the beginning of June, the army was fully assembled. The day before the camp was about to be dismantled, General Gao entered the barracks and ate and lived with the soldiers, which was Gao's usual style.

However, that night, a military riot suddenly broke out in the army.

The civil turmoil lasted for two full days. Although it was suppressed in the end, Gao Tanyu was attacked during the civil turmoil, was seriously injured, and was on the verge of death.

The entire Capital City was under martial law, and several generals under Gao Tanyu supported their troops. Among them, Dong Linwei, commanded by Yin Changqing, and the Northwest elite soldiers brought into Capital City by Gao Tanyu were on the other side, refusing to give up an inch. The Xiyu Guard was even more chaotic and split into several strands. Gao Zimo, the new leader, obviously couldn't suppress this proud soldier.

Yuwang Mansion has become the focus of Capital City's attention. Gao Tanyu's life and death are uncertain, and a crisis is imminent.

A few days later, a strange group of soldiers and horses appeared outside the city.

It was originally rumored that Yuan Zhe, the Prince of Zi, who was encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Yelan Country in the west, fell into a bitter battle and retreated repeatedly, appeared outside the city, and what shocked the world even more was the figure who came back with him.

Emperor Tianzhao Yuan Jing is actually alive!

He not only returned to Capital City, but also brought back news that the remnants of the Northwest had been completely wiped out.

Yuan Jing has been missing for such a long time, and it is known to the public that the commander-in-chief of the army was led into the depths of the desert by the treacherous Yelan Country remnants in the western territory, and lost his way, so he was unable to return for a long time.

The news of the previous death was forged by the gang of Yelan Country remnants in order to attack the morale of the Great Wei army.

It wasn't until last month that Yuan Jing and his party found the right way. At the same time, Zi Wang Yuanzhe led the Dongfu soldiers and horses to reinforce them. The two sides joined forces and succeeded in the first battle. The old lair has captured countless cattle, horses and livestock. It happened that Gao Tanyu's goal of going north was completed ahead of schedule.

This battle was won cleanly, sweeping away the shame of Yuan Jing's previous defeat and death.

On the other side, Gao's prestige is ruined, his subordinates are fighting among themselves, fighting each other...

After that, Yuan Jing returned to the court smoothly, subdued the government, and dealt with the rebellious party, all within reason.

The above is the news sent to Wu Jie's ears. It sounds simple and complete. How many bloody killings there are, she has no way of knowing in the closed palace.

It's just that from the fact that Gao Tanyu originally planned to command the 80,000 elites going north, only half of them remained after Yuan Jing entered the city, so he knew that the military chaos that lasted for several days might be more bloody and cruel than he imagined.

Returning to Capital City, Yuan Jing regained the throne.

The original little emperor naturally became a prince again.

Afterwards, Yuan Jing did not label the Gao clan as a conspiracy as many courtiers expected, and drove them all to extermination.

Yuan Jing went to Prince Yu's mansion in person to visit the dying Gao Tanyu.

Then appease the confronting soldiers and horses. Yin Changqing took the lead to surrender, and gradually, in the following ten days, most of the generals under the Gao clan expressed their submission and surrender.

Wu Jie can probably grasp Yuan Jing's thoughts.

The Northwest Army accounted for more than half of the entire Great Wei's elite soldiers and good generals. He will use his fists in the future, and these people will be indispensable.

Thinking back to his previous life, many of Yuan Jing's later generals who fought in the world were all from the Northwest Army, including Yu Chida, who made repeated military exploits and rose through the ranks.

Of course, at that time, the Gao family did not commit any rebellion, and Gao Tanyu and Yuan Jing's scene of a harmonious relationship between the monarch and his ministers was played to the end, so it is reasonable for the people left by the Gao family to be loyal to him.

In this life, even though Gao's rebellion, Yuan Jing still didn't want to give up this power, so he dealt with Gao's party leniently.

What's more, Gao Tanyu's rebellion and spread of it are also a blow to Great Wei's royal prestige. The benchmark of loyalty that has been built over the years has also embarked on the road of rebellion. Who will be loyal in the future?

For this reason, Gao Tanyu cannot be directly accused of treason, and the off-the-shelf charge just happened to be that a king lost his manners and offended the concubine...

On the third day after Yuan Jing entered the city, news came that Gao Tanyu was seriously injured and died unfortunately.

Yuan Jing reorganized the imperial court vigorously, and Gao Tanyu was still buried as the Duke of Yu. It's just that the positions of king Yu and general were cut off.

At the same time, he ordered his son Gao Zimo to inherit the title of Duke of Yu.

Some officials were dismissed or their homes were ransacked, others were promoted and rewarded, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

After summer, with the hot weather, there is more rain.

At dusk, a light rain fell. Wu Jie was originally reading a book in the room, but remembered that the dishes for feeding the cats in the backyard were still placed in the patio.

She pushed open the door, and a fresh breeze came, sweeping away the sweltering heat of the day.

Walking quickly on the wooden corridor, turning the corner, saw the man squatting on the edge of the corridor, adding dried fish to the small white porcelain plate.

Several kittens meowed and ate around the plate.

Yuan Jing touched Little White Claw's head, raised her head and smiled at her: "Long time no see." He was dressed in a black uniform with a gold-patterned belt around his waist, making his waist line flexible and clear.

Wu Jie stopped in her tracks, feeling a little dazed, as if she had returned to the days when this person had nothing to do all day and was here leisurely feeding the cat.

After a pause, she shrugged: "It's only twenty days, can it be called a long sentence?"

Of course it was a long time, although the parting was only a short 24 days, it seemed like 24 years had passed. During the busy intervals of government affairs, all he could think about was the leisurely and happy days in the backyard of Changqiu Pavilion, and this person who made him miss him so much. Yuan Jing thought silently.

He gave a low laugh: "It sounds like you're doing pretty well these days, so I can rest assured."

"Your majesty is worrying too much. The life in Changqiu Pavilion is ordinary, and it can't compare with the turbulent winds and clouds in the emperor's previous dynasty, which changes three times a day."

"I'm still worried that you will be angry and I will leave without saying goodbye."

"Chenqie is the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation. Although I haven't seen the emperor, but new news is sent every day, and Chenqie is quite happy."

While talking, Wu Jie bowed and saluted, and said solemnly: "My concubine congratulates the emperor on returning to Capital City and returning to the throne."

"There is no need to be so polite between you and me." Yuan Jing stood up straight and sighed, "After all, this trip was not my original intention, the Gao family conspired to shake the foundation of the imperial court, and now there are internal and external troubles, I can only try my best to calm them down. "

Wu Jie hesitated for a while, but still said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generous treatment."

Wu Jie was most gratified by his treatment in the previous court that Gao Zimo's life was spared.

Yuan Jing understood what she meant, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, I won't touch him. Zimo has a gentle temperament, and I don't want to go to this point. I just hope that he can keep his own place, so that the monarch and his subjects will be safe from now on."

Wu Jie bowed her head and remained silent. Political struggles have always been life and death. If Yuan Jing is the one who loses this time, his life will definitely be lost. It is extremely rare to be able to commit to this step now.

Yuan Jing smiled: "Besides, it's just the crime of assaulting the concubine, and it's impossible to kill them all."

Speaking of Concubine Lijin, Wu Jie couldn't help being puzzled.

"Grand Concubine Jingui, she..." In this round, what surprised her the most was the death of Concubine Li Jin. This woman was clearly in love with Hong Chongyue, so why was she willing to die for the emperor?

At first, she thought that it was the child who threatened her, but when she put herself in her shoes, if she was Concubine Lijin, she might as well turn to Gao Tanyu and tell him the whereabouts of Yuan Jing if she was threatened like this.

Yuan Jing sighed: "She is just doing her duty faithfully. Strictly speaking, Mrs. Li is not my concubine."

Wu Jie turned to stare at him in surprise. Don't tell her that because Mrs. Li had an affair with Hong Chongyue, he doesn't even want to recognize his own woman.

Yuan Jing smiled wryly, and said frankly: "Mr. Li is actually the dead soldier of Yin Yiwei."

Wu Jie was really taken aback this time, and it took him a while to wake up. She is also an aristocrat of the clan, and knows that all countries have secret espionage systems, in which young and beautiful girls will be trained to lurk in enemy countries, who may be concubines or courtesans, and carry out intelligence espionage or assassination plans. After all, it is sometimes more convenient for women to collect information than men.

But someone like Yuan Jing who has a spy in his harem... is the first one ever!

"At that time, Wan Chongji reported to me that Chongyue had molested his concubine. Just when he found out the truth about the death of my mother and concubine, I knew that the Hong family was worried about me, so I asked Yinyiwei to arrange for Li's family to enter the palace. Palace." Yuan Jing told the story from the beginning.

Wu Jie's face darkened, that is to say, Concubine Lijin hooked up with Hong Chongyue before she was alive, and Yuan Jing not only knew about it, but was also instructed by him.

No wonder the Empress Dowager Hong and Hong Chongyue wanted to rebel against the king, but they were defeated. Even Concubine Lijin was a member of Yuan Jing, and Yuan Jing knew their actions from beginning to end!

"You don't have to think too much, Mrs. Li has nothing to do with me. She has performed many missions before, and she is a rare talent among Yinyiwei."

Really nothing? Wu Jie's mind moved slightly, and she couldn't help but think of the behavior of that charming woman, and the seemingly unintentional behavior towards herself that time when the assassins fired on the Ghost Festival.

Is it because the acting skills are too skillful and dedicated, or is it really jealous?

And on the day when Capital City was besieged, the two unexpectedly met in the Star Reaching Building. Concubine Li Jin asked with a smile, "Aren't you worried about the emperor?"

What Yuan Jing said was nothing, Wu Jie understood, it meant that he had never met Concubine Lijin, but what about Concubine Lijin?

Even though she was an intelligence agent trained since childhood, she is still a living person with feelings.

Now, for Yuan Jing's big plan, he chooses death in an extremely dishonorable manner. Abandoning the young child, it is her own flesh and blood after all.

"Actually, she could have been immortal." Yuan Jing looked at the fine rain, with a low voice.

Their original plan was to frame Gao Tanyu for the crime of regicide. It happened that the child had contracted a cold and had been ill for a long time. Yinyiwei had given a poison and medicine to make people fake death. Find a suitable opportunity to take it for Prince, died that night, and planted it on Gao Tanyu.

But Concubine Lijin was afraid that the medicine might hurt the child's body too much. Moreover, if things change and the delay is too long before the antidote can be taken, the fake death will become a real death.

After thinking about it, Concubine Li Jin didn't want her son to take risks, so she changed the plan without authorization.

Fortunately, for the matter of framing, the purpose was also achieved.

Thinking of the situation that night, Wu Jie felt a little sad, what kind of mood did Concubine Lijin put the child down, and then calmly chose to die.

She couldn't help asking: "Then that child..."

"Ms. Li has made great achievements, why would I attack her son, not to mention, after all, this is Chongyue's flesh and blood, and the blood of the Hong family." Yuan Jing said flatly. The kindness of the Hong family to him in the past, even if there was an act of regicide and betrayal, it is impossible to completely erase it.

"In the future, I will return this child to the Hong family and arrange it properly."

The Hong family is also his mother's family in name, and they are rich and powerful, so they really don't have to worry about their children's future.

The rain outside the corridor gradually increased.

After the silent mourning for Concubine Lijin, Wu Jie finally asked the question she had been thinking about most these days.

"Now that the government is stable and all the ministers return to their hearts, when will the emperor fulfill his promise and let me go back?"

Yuan Jing's figure trembled slightly, but he didn't answer, and leaned over to stroke Little White Claw's head again.

Wu Jie thought for a while, and the stability of the government seemed a bit exaggerated. She coughed, "The matter of the concubine is just a fast boat and a team of guards. I don't think the emperor needs to worry about it. As long as you tell Mr. Wan or someone else, you can do it for me." Your Majesty will do it well."

Yuan Jing reluctantly moved his hand away from the cat's head, and looked up at Wu Jie, seemingly resentful.

"Are you leaving in such a hurry? Is there nothing here worth your nostalgia?"

Worth nostalgic? Wu Jie thought about it solemnly, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. Originally, she was still worried about Gao Zimo's life and death, but Yuan Jing had already guaranteed his safety before. I have completely lost my worries here.

"Have you finished reading the last book? What do you think? I read about it before, and I think that this guy who thinks about books may not write for a long time, and his writing style seems to have declined."

"Well, the concubine doesn't think so. Maybe it's because she wants to return, so she doesn't care about the quality of the writing." Wu Jie replied with a straight face.

"Do you have to go?" Yuan Jing lowered her head and stroked Little White Claw's back again.

Little White Claw was feasting on a plump dried fish, raised his head and meowed twice.

"You see, this little thing is not willing to part with you."

What nonsense! It's just been interrupted by you several times to eat, not happy, okay! Wu Jie's eyebrows twitched.

"Since I'm not willing to part with it, I'll take it with me when I leave. Zhan Fengpei in Dongyue has plenty of fresh fish, which is much happier than eating dried fish here." Wu Jie said decisively.

"If you want to miss fresh fish, I think the perch in the upper reaches of the Jing River is more delicious. I will take you to try it when I have a chance in the future."

I'm impressed by this guy's abilities, so don't change the subject so bluntly.

"Does the emperor want to break the contract?" Wu Jie said with a cold face. But secretly a little uneasy in my heart.

This guy Yuan Jing has always been arrogant, desperate for face, always sticks to what he says, so he won't ruin his image here.

Yuan Jing sighed, straightened up, and stared at her: "After this incident, Mrs. Gao has already avoided living in the Buddhist hall. Now there is no one to take care of her in the palace. I hope to have a mistress."

Wu Jie trembled slightly, avoiding his gaze, "I invite the emperor to select a day for the draft, and there must be a well-known lady who is well-educated and reasonable to take care of the emperor's harem."

"There's no need for famous ladies. There are too many women in this palace, which makes people physically and mentally exhausted." Yuan Jing smiled, he really didn't want to accept any more concubines. The women in his harem who could be counted on two hands before caused so many troubles for him, it's better to be clean.

"Besides, Little White Claw doesn't mind a change of mistress." He picked up the cat and forced it to make a statement.

Poor little White Claw still had dried fish in his mouth, and he froze in someone's hand with a dazed expression on his face.

It's inhumane to disturb the cat's eating like this!

Wu Jie frowned, and looked at him seriously, "The emperor said that he would not force me. Besides, there are no fragrant grasses anywhere in the world. There are so many famous ladies in Capital City of Wei Dynasty, there will always be someone who will make the emperor fall in love with you."

Yuan Jing's smile finally completely disappeared, he stared at Wu Jie, and said word by word: "Lady from a famous family, how can you compare with Your Highness the Princess."

Wu Jie was about to open her mouth to refute, when she suddenly realized, wait, what did he call herself?

your Highness?

"You... You peeked at my letterhead!" Wu Jie jumped up in an instant, staring at Yuan Jing in shame and anger.

"No, I just sent Yinyiwei's people to Dongyue for a walk." Yuan Jing quickly made a distinction.

He was telling the truth. Wu Jie's various performances since entering the palace were not at all like that of a Princess Yeluzi who was born as a maid. Although he was puzzled before, he didn't pay attention to it.Later, when Gao Tanyu came to Beijing, he stayed in Wu Jie's back house. Naturally, he wanted to eliminate all unstable factors, so he arranged for Yin Yiwei to go south to Dongyue to investigate.

It was easy to get the portrait of Princess Jinning. Although she is a few years younger than Wu Jie now, she can tell her appearance just by looking at it.

"Princess, don't forget, how did I promise to send you back to Dongyue?" Yuan Jing reminded with a smile.

I keep my promise, and when the matter is over, I will send the princess back to his hometown.

At that time, he did promise vowedly.It was the princess Zifen who was promised, not Princess Jinning.

Yuan Jing looked at her with a smile, that smile fell into Wu Jie's eyes, no matter how she looked at her, she was a little proud.