vrcanaries Chapter 267 The Crown Prince arrives at the border and discovers he has two more rivals in love!
Chapter 267 The Crown Prince arrives at the border and discovers he has two more rivals in love!
Qi Jingyue, dressed in a magnificent robe, stood tall and straight, his expression carrying a hint of arrogance from someone who had long held a high position. He followed Ye Yuwu to the outside of the General's Mansion at a leisurely pace.
Looking at the outline of the buildings against the backdrop of the city wall that stretches for thousands of miles.
At the pass, amidst the bustling and prosperous area, stands a general's mansion.
The mansion was built of thick bluestone, with mottled walls. Qi Jingyue looked up at the plaque, the thick black lacquered gate, and the bronze door knocker, which had been rubbed for a long time, gleamed with a warm light.
"I didn't expect that the General's Mansion would still be unchanged after all these years. With the border regions becoming prosperous, shouldn't the General's Mansion at least have a makeover?"
"Your Highness need not worry about changing the storefront." A clear voice suddenly appeared behind them, and the two turned around to look.
Standing behind them was Su Wangyan, dressed in black.
Su Wangyan stepped forward, clasped his hands in a respectful greeting to Qi Jingyue, and said, "Your Highness has traveled a great distance to come here, why did you not inform me?"
"I was also ordered by the court to 'invite' Lord Ye back to the capital." After saying this, Qi Jingyue turned his head and looked at Ye Yuwu with a half-smile.
Su Wangyan frowned slightly, and followed Qi Jingyue's brief gaze at her.
Ye Yuwu never expected that his trip to the border was for this matter. He kept his mouth shut all the way and never mentioned it to her, so she only found out about it now.
However, even if Qi Jingyue doesn't come to the border to "capture" her and take her back, she still plans to return to Bianjing.
The imperial court sent people several times to urge her to return, but she kept making excuses to stay. However, she felt that these were not excuses at all, but the truth. There were still many things to be done at the border, and she could not desert her post when she had only completed half of her task. She had promised to feed the people at the border, and at the very least, to prevent the border from fighting again.
Fortunately, thanks to her planning, the border began to get back on track, and the Turks were willing to stop harassing the border and cooperate.
Many merchants also came to the border, opening up trade routes in the Western Regions, allowing the goods of Jin Kingdom to be sold to various countries without hindrance.
Even the border post stations attracted caravans from many other countries to trade, and you could buy things from many countries at the border, truly achieving a flourishing of diverse goods.
The border is relatively peaceful now, and she has accomplished everything she wanted to do, so Ye Yuwu has no excuse to stay there any longer.
She can now leave with peace of mind and return to Bianjing to report on her duties.
However, she needed a few more days to handle her affairs before leaving.
So Qi Jingyue stayed at the border with Ye Yuwu for a few more days.
In fact, Ye Yuwu didn't have much on her own; she just wanted to entrust these things to reliable people, such as her businesses on the border: several post stations, teahouses, and bookstores.
She's going back to the capital, so naturally someone needs to stay and manage these things for her. From now on, she only needs to make one trip to the border each year to check the accounts.
Therefore, the person you find must be honest and reliable.
Fortunately, with Su Wangyan's help, they found a trustworthy person and were able to hand over the affairs at hand.
After Qi Jingyue settled into the general's mansion, he was surprised to find that the person he hated most—Bai Zunyue—was also there.
He knew about Bai Zunyue's situation at the border beforehand. The emperor had sent him there to make some plans, but unfortunately, he had disappeared for a period of time before, and no one knew his situation.
Fortunately, the secret agents later discovered that he was in the country of Xing, which is now Mizhou.
He mingled with nobles in the country, deliberately concealing his whereabouts, and even the secret guards he sent out were all wiped out in the country.
The court feared that he had long harbored thoughts of rebelling against Jin Kingdom and wanted to join forces with ? Kingdom to oppose Jin Kingdom, which was different from what they had discussed in court. However, what they feared even more was that Bai Zunyue would reveal all the plans of the court to the people of ? Kingdom.
As Bai Zunyue's brother, Xiao Yulan did not believe that he would betray Jin Kingdom, so he volunteered to go to the border to rescue him.
Seeing that Xiao Yulan seemed to trust him, and with Xiao Yuliang vouching for him with his own head, the court finally allowed him to go to the border.
Therefore, after Ye Yuwu was sent to the border by the emperor, Qi Jingyue reminded her to be careful of Bai Zunyue.
Unexpectedly, Bai Zunyue later devised a way to send a letter to the imperial court, only to discover that this was his counter-espionage scheme.
Xiao Yulan was on the verge of death trying to save him, but fortunately Su Wangyan and his soldiers appeared and rescued them.
Although Xiao Yulan was rescued, he was seriously injured, and everyone thought he would not survive. However, Ye Yuwu saved his life.
Qi Jingyue knew that Bai Zunyue was at the border. The reason he was delaying his departure was because Ye Yuwu was still here. If he didn't have important matters to attend to, he would have rushed to the border long ago. How could Bai Zunyue have been able to get close to him?
However, he did not expect that Bai Zunyue would also be staying at the General's Mansion temporarily!
Moreover, during his stay at the general's mansion these past few days, he had a vague feeling that something was amiss.
For example, when having dinner, Qi Jingyue, as the future heir to the empire, naturally sat in the main seat. Even if Bai Zunyue disliked him, he still had to follow the etiquette of court officials and welcome the Crown Prince.
Inside the main hall, on both sides of the lower part of the hall, there were many low tables, and all the oranges with borders sat at the low tables. The chairs beside the tables, though simple, were neat and orderly.
Ye Yuwu will naturally attend this welcome banquet.
At the banquet, the melodious sounds of string and wind instruments filled the air. Qi Jingyue, sitting at the head of the table, had a very wide view and could see the expressions of everyone below.
Qi Jingyue leaned back lazily in his chair, swirling the wine glass in his hand, and naturally noticed that the eyes of several men were always on Ye Yuwu.
The way they looked at Ye Yuwu was exactly the same way he looked at her! As a fellow man, how could he not know what those looks meant?
He snorted coldly, gripped the wine glass tightly, and the engraving on the glass dug deeply into the flesh of his palm.
It's nothing more than a man's shallow affection; how could they possibly deserve her affection?
He stared intently at the people below, exuding an air of certainty, and downed his drink in one gulp.
No matter how much Qi Jingyue tried to guard against these men, he still couldn't stop them from traveling back to Bianjing together.
On the day we left the city, a large number of people suddenly gathered outside the city.
Ye Yuwu was stunned when she saw some familiar faces among these people.
"Old Zhang, it's you?"
"Lord Ye, we've come to see you off! Your return to the capital will surely bring you great success in your official career. We don't know when we'll be able to meet again, but the people of our border region are very grateful to you. If it weren't for the grain seeds you brought, which taught us how to grow crops well and made our border region better, we probably wouldn't have such a good life."
"Don't say that about Old Man Zhang. It's all thanks to your own hard work."