For five hours, Emperor Liang stood on the Skylark Platform and never looked away from the direction of Jinchuan Gate. Yun Xuan kept accompanying him. The two of them stood on the platform and looked into each other without talking to each other, and the palace people in the distance did not dare to disturb them at all.

Until the sky began to flush, Emperor Liang suddenly became excited. He pointed to the flames in the direction of Jinchuan Gate and shouted: "It's on fire! It's on fire! Yunxuan, you see, the ship of the Navy of the Tang Dynasty must have been burned, and the plan was successful!"

Yun Xuan's face turned slightly red by the rays of the sky, and she looked at Emperor Liang with a rare smile. This Nine Five Lord, his fifth brother, had never seen him so happy since he ascended the throne. Yes, he had never seen him so happy in the past year, even though he won the counterattack in the capital.

Emperor Liang almost danced his hands and feet. He couldn't help but yelled at the palace people: "Go to the palace gate to welcome the messenger, I want to go to the Mingyuan Palace to meet the meritorious officials immediately!" After walking two steps, Emperor Liang turned around and grabbed Yun Xuan's hand and said, "This time Yan Keran has made great contributions. I have to think carefully about how to reward him!"

Yun Xuan took a palace ceremony and watched Emperor Liang leave and returned to her bedroom. It was only two days since she heard about Ke Ran’s plan. When he walked out of the mansion that day, Yun Xuan was anxious and worried. The anxiety and worry did not decrease at all because of the victory of the battle. Neither of the two people came back yet. Yun Xuan could truly feel at ease when they came back. But at the same time, she didn’t want to see them come back alive at the same time. What happened that night was surging in Yun Xuan’s mind all day. Yun Xuan stroked her lower abdomen, and her tears rolled down again, like a originally full jade that broke into countless pieces.

Yan Keran finally came back. When he appeared in the Mingyuan Palace in a mess, he had noticed the change of the eyes of Emperor Liang and the officials looking at him. This was an extremely obvious change. Anyone who had been in the court for a while could understand it. There was envy, jealousy, resentment, and disdain. However, Yan Keran didn't care. After experiencing this round of intrigue battles, he had already understood a truth: as long as he had the trust and favor of Emperor Liang, he could get everything he wanted.

Following Yan Keran were Yang Zhong and Gu Hongxuan, and Xuan Shaoning naturally could not appear here. When the three of them walked into the hall, Emperor Liang couldn't wait to jump up from the dragon throne and ran to Yan Keran with his hand in his hand to express his gratitude to Yan Keran and others. The general idea was that their bravery and fearlessness not only saved the capital but also saved the people of Daliang, and made great contributions.

Yan Keran explained the whole process of the battle in detail, especially emphasizing the results of the war: the most threatening naval army in Xia Tang can be said to have been almost wiped out in this battle. Not only were nearly 100 ships burned, but the navy army carefully trained by Xia Tang also lost more than half of the navy army. Even the navy commander Yong Wuya had disappeared.

At this time, what is the loss of Huazhou? This battle directly wiped out the Tang navy, and it was only a matter of a moment. At this time, Yang Zhong put forward the opportunity to recover Bingzhou. Emperor Liang agreed on the spot to order Yang Zhong to lead Guangyuan army to Bingzhou immediately and strive to recover it in one battle.

Yan Keran originally planned to go with Yang Zhong, but he was stopped by Emperor Liang. He was the princess of the current princess and could no longer take risks again. Moreover, at this time, Guangyuan Army should take advantage of the victory to pursue the situation. Emperor Liang needed Yan Keran to return home quickly.

After returning to the mansion, Yan Keran did not change his clothes or do any washing up. He walked directly into the bedroom. When the door was pushed open, it was already the hour of the night. There was no candlelight in the bedroom. Fortunately, the moonlight today was particularly bright, and Yan Keran saw Yun Xuan sitting upright on the bed at a glance.

"Where is the snow ring?" Yun Xuan's first question was after getting up.

Ke Ran had long expected this. He lowered his head and walked to Yun Xuan's side, held her already cold palm, and said with infinite regret: "Xuehuan is no longer here to save me."

A crystal tears overflowed from Yun Xuan's eyes. She looked at Yan Keran and couldn't say anything for a moment. Yan Keran looked at Yun Xuan's pitiful appearance and immediately hugged Yun Xuan in his arms. He could not explain more, and he didn't want to explain more. Xuehuan was just a maid. Even if she was the princess's personal maid, her life was not worthy of her. He must treat Yun Xuan well at the moment.

"I'm sorry, sorry, Yunxuan, I promised you to protect the snow ring, but I didn't do it."

Yun Xuan lay on Yan Keran's shoulder. She couldn't see Yan Keran's expression, but she could know his mood from his sobs. Yun Xuan stretched out her hand and placed it on Yan Keran's back with difficulty, and then said, "Snow Huan is for me, and it is worthy of the court. She has no regrets when she dies."

"Yun Xuan, after experiencing this separation of life and death, I understand more about your importance to me. In the future, I just want to be by your side."

"This time you make great contributions, the emperor will definitely promote you. As an important minister of the court, you must naturally put your family and country first."

"Yunxuan, family and country are important, you are equally important. In my heart, you are even more important than family and country. You are my heart and my guardian saint."

"Do I believe you?"

"You must believe it! I know that the Xuehuan incident has disappointed you, but I can swear that I will never hurt you again in the future!"

Yun Xuan smiled bitterly. She let go of her hand and touched her lower abdomen. After hesitating for a while, she still planned to speak, "I have something to tell you."

"Okay, but wait for me!" Yan Keran let go of Yun Xuan and pointed at his body and said, "I'm dirty, I'll go wash up first, you'll wait for me here."

Yun Xuan watched Yan Keran leave again, and no smile could be squeezed out on her face. She used her hand to feel her palm that was held by Yan Keran. It seemed that his warmth still remained on it. The remaining warmth was deceiving her and weaving a seemingly beautiful lie for her. Unfortunately, she already knew everything.

Yang Zhong took advantage of the victory to pursue the battle and achieved good results quickly. In fact, since the ship of Xia Tang Navy was burned down by a fire, the Xia Tang army, which was originally guarding Bingzhou City, evacuated immediately. Not long after they left, Yang Zhong arrived with his men and horses. The two armies did not fight. It can be said that they took back Bingzhou City without spending one soldier and one soldier.

Emperor Liang was quite satisfied with this turnaround battle. He rewarded those who made military achievements in this battle: Yan Keran was named the lord of the mission, Yang Zhong's merits and demerits were compared to maintain his original military rank, and he gave double pensions to the soldiers who died in the Guangyuan army, and those who survived were like Yang Zhong.

What else can Yang Zhong say about such a treatment? However, he looked at Yan Keran with envy. The person who proposed this whole set of strategies was himself. Of course, Yang Zhong asked himself that there was another person who proposed the strategy. He just retelled it and further improved it. In the end, the real beneficiary became Yan Keran. Yang Zhong was anxious and could not say anything even if he was not very comfortable. Huazhou City was flooded, and he still had the opportunity to participate in the battle was entirely due to Yan Keran. He should be content with his merits and demerits.

Emperor Liang did not punish Yang Zhong, but still ordered Yang Zhong to return to Huazhou to restore the city and be responsible for guarding it. After all, there are ten states in the hands of the twelve Central Plains in the hands of the Tang people, and the location of Huazhou City is still important. On the way back to the city, Yang Zhong kept savoring the conversation between everyone and himself, including Emperor Liang, Yan Keran, Shen Qianji, and Cai Yan. Their expressions are different, but their intentions can be roughly divided into two types: one to win over and the other to speak out.

Yang Zhong's origin in the army does not mean that he does not understand how deep the imperial court is. There have always been people who can discuss his father before, but no one can discuss it now. He must rely on himself for every step he takes. When he thinks of this, a name emerges in Yang Zhong's heart.

"Xuan Shaoning!"

"The last general will meet General Yang!"

"This time, you are the one who truly made contributions. You are the real person behind the scenes. Unfortunately, your identity does not give you the opportunity to go to the palace to receive rewards like a prince consort."

"General, when he came to Huazhou City on the first day, the general had already explained his purpose. Rewards were not what the general cares about now. Now the matter has come to an end. The general is ready to leave now, and he will say goodbye to the general."
Chapter completed!