The water pavilions, towers, exquisite carved wood railings and pillars all reveal nobility. There are shallow dark green moss in the gaps in the bluestone bricks, which is slightly vibrant, but the flowers and plants in the courtyard have already withered.

The old emperor walked in front, wearing a nice sable fur and a rosy face. His whole face looked much rosy, and he seemed to look better than in the past few months.

While stepping through the blue bricks, he said, "It's right that the Yang family is bleeding from the Tian family. The one who married me was my sixth aunt. It's a good thing that the Yang family is proud of this. You understand the purpose, and they do have feelings."

Li Xingzhou listened quietly and didn't say anything.

"But those are things from many years ago. I'm separated from you for several generations. You can't remember those love points, because the border is too far away. It takes a year or two to two or three generations to go back and forth. No affection is sad for two or three generations..." The old emperor said this a little vicissitudes.

"Yeah." Li Xingzhou nodded. He knew the old emperor's meaning. The border generals were so fickle. This has always been the case in history. If the wind direction is slightly wrong, it may become a fence-bearer.

The old emperor was worried about him and was worried about the two border generals Yang Wenguan and Zhe Weizhong. If someone turned against him at that time, the blow to him would be fatal.

At this time, it requires some consideration, and there are many lessons in history, but because of this, Li Xingzhou is not afraid. He cannot tell the old emperor the real reason, and it is also a very big advantage for him.

He could not say that the Yang family army and the Zhe family army were loyal in history and sacrificed their lives for the country, so there is a high probability that their loyal ministers will not have any problems now.

"Human hearts are the most unreliable, you must remember this sentence." Speaking of this, the old emperor's face darkened. "The King of Wu and I have been devoted to each other since childhood. Later, I was able to ascend the throne and contributed his efforts. I am also at ease to let him garrison in the south. The result......"

"You brought up the people around you. Yang Hongzhao was originally from the capital, and his family foundation was also in the capital. Wei Chaoren was your future father-in-law. These people have their own personalities, but most of them can believe it. But Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong, you should be more attentive." The old emperor said as he walked.

Lee Sing-cheung nodded: "Yes."

The grandfather and grandson said such slight words, slowly walked through the courtyard forest. After almost the same walk, the emperor stopped to rest and continued: "I have fallen asleep much better than before, and I have thought a lot. I can't do many things you do, such as Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong had a good relationship with them as soon as they entered Beijing. They talked and laughed. If you can believe that they must have found out their details and knew that they were human beings."

"I have been paying attention to these two people for a long time." Li Xingzhou said: "When I thought of fighting Jin, I thought of the western front, and then I thought of them, and they were prepared to get together." He did not hide at all. Li Xingzhou knew that if he didn't say it, the old emperor had some ways to know.

"This is exactly where I am inferior to you..."

"Everyone has its own strengths, and what the emperor is good at is different from what I am good at."

The old emperor shook his head and then looked at him: "I just hope you can go further, my Li family, the country, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in your hands can expand your territory and carry forward it."

"emperor......"

The old emperor did not give him a chance to speak, waved his hand and said to himself: "I heard that the amount of grass and supplies has arrived in Yanshan Mansion?"

Li Xingzhou nodded: "It's almost halfway, and it can be shipped to you by June next year."

"It means you will be ready to start fighting next summer?" the old emperor asked in surprise.

"If the food, supplies and supplies are all available, and the new army's equipment is replaced, the war will begin at that time." Li Xingzhou originally wanted to take more than one year to prepare, but the news that Temujin unified the grassland had already come, and the chaos in the Xia country ended with a fierce man from the sky.

Whether in the north or the northwest, people are in the same position and end the messy state in an instant. Next, they will undoubtedly start to exert force. He cannot wait at this time, the faster the better. Every step slower will fall behind others and lose the opportunity.

So Li Xingzhou didn't dare to wait, and he would advance as early as June next year.

"This is much faster than I thought..." The emperor frowned slightly: "Will it be too urgent? What should I do if there is an omission?"

"If it is inappropriate and postpone it, but if it is done, it will be interrupted, otherwise it will be in trouble. If it is prepared by June next year, I will send troops as soon as possible!" Li Xingzhou said seriously.

Seeing that he insisted, the old emperor just nodded and said no more.

.........

After winter begins, the weather turns cold and there is nothing to do, and conversations with the old emperor will occur from time to time.

Many ministers would go to his mansion to discuss some issues from time to time, and the war preparations for the entire royal mansion did not stop.

In mid-October, the desperate he asked Sun Banzhang to find. Two men in their forties and fifties, one of whom was a refugee, and the other had served as a soldier. After committing a crime, he escaped and became a fugitive.

Have nothing, dare to fight to the death.

Li Xingzhou met two people in the pavilion outside the city and gave them gold and silver. They vowed to do everything for him.

He nodded, and when dealing with the third princess on the grassland, Temujin was right-handed. After thinking about it, he only thought of one way - assassination!

The journey between them is too far and there is really no room or means to operate. It would be better to have a life-and-death gambling. If you win, there will be no third princess in the world from now on. Temujin will not have the right hand in his right hand, and his career development will be greatly affected.

If not, Temujin is so far away, there is a high probability that he will not be able to find him. But the guilt in his heart is lingering. After all, the third princess at this time should be a teenager. It is inevitable that she will not be glorious to use such means to deal with a little girl.

Of course, this matter must be implemented after the beginning of spring next year. In the remaining months, Li Xingzhou will ask someone to teach them the most inconspicuous and fatal assassination method, asking He Xu to teach them how to identify the third princess, and wait until the beginning of spring next year, and then let them mingle in the caravan to go north.

This is a disgraceful thing, so Li Xingzhou rarely talks about it, and even if he doesn't tell He Xu, he only knows about the situation. Only Shiyu, two dead soldiers and other very few people know about it.

.........

In terms of the management of the royal palace, as Shiyu's pregnancy became more and more obvious, Li Xingzhou had to explain more things. After hesitating for a long time, he chose to believe Fang Xin's middle-aged Mr. Fang Xin.

It’s not that he has any evidence to prove it, or why he can speculate that Fang Xin is definitely not a spy from the Ministry of Rites, but a single-handed intuition!

That's right, in the end, he chose to believe in his experience and intuition and handed over a large number of affairs in the royal palace to Fang Xin to manage. This matter was very risky and some people opposed it. However, in the end, Li Xingzhou was reluctant to do so. As for people, he would occasionally be willful.

Fang Xin was very moved. He ran back to the palace to talk a lot to Li Xingzhou, and even cried as he spoke. A big man cried with tears in his face. He must have known that he was suspected and under a lot of pressure.

When he left the next day, he repeatedly promised not to disappoint him. Li Xingzhou nodded and watched his back.

Since that day, the palace has returned to peace, everything is in order, and it is repeated every day. Before we know it, it is December when heavy snow falls and every household is decorated with lights...
Chapter completed!