Although Zhao Kuo didn't meet Ye Qing many times, and the two of them were not even familiar with each other, even so, in the only few meetings, Ye Qing still left an indelible image in Zhao Kuo's heart.

His tall and majestic figure and calm manner, especially the majesty that faintly exudes from Ye Qing's body, always reminds Zhao Kuo of the four words of looking down on the world.

Even now, Zhao Kuo has a lot of dissatisfaction and hostility towards Ye Qing, even Zhao Kuo has to admit that deep down in his heart, he hopes to become the domineering look like Ye Qing, who is talented and magnanimous, and is arrogant.

In my young mind, I would also fantasize how great it would be if I was as chaotic as Ye Qing, standing firmly and calmly in the court to command the ministers.

The night was as bright as water, and the lights in Qinzheng Hall were slowly decreasing under the quiet night, but Zhao Kuo was not sleepy at all. He had already known Ye Qing's career path, and he was even almost memorized.

From a small imperial guard to a high position step by step to today's high position, Zhao Kuo believes that this is definitely not achieved by luck. After all, from Ye Qing's beginning to the sight of Emperor Gaozong to Zhao Kuo ascending the throne last year, Ye Qing's career path in recent years was not only with the luck of rising to the top, but also with all kinds of disasters that were a lifetime of death.

Zhao Kuo was very curious about how Ye Qing came through this journey, especially about the Guanshan battle, the first mission to Jin Guang, and the time when Prince Xin was encircled and suppressed, what could Ye Qing escape this disaster and another disaster?

Legendary experiences always make people admire them. Every step taken in the face of difficulties and difficulties will make people full of curiosity and exploration.

No matter which field you are in, once this person's experience is rich and colorful and thrilling, he will definitely unconsciously attract a group of worshippers to himself.

If it weren't for his emperor's identity, Zhao Kuo's little heart would have become a member of Ye Qing's believers because of Ye Qing's legendary and thrilling experience.

Ye Qing, who returned to the mansion, looked a little worried. Zhong Qing, who had reconciled last night, glanced at Ye Qing's faint worry between his eyebrows. After Ye Qing sat down on the chair, she sat down opposite Ye Qing.

A gentle voice that had been away for a long time sounded: "Is it... something happened?"

Ye Qing smiled and shook his head, then sighed slightly. Now his thoughts are becoming increasingly difficult to escape the eyes of the beauty Zhong, and his emotions can often be clearly seen by Zhong Qing.

"The matter of Liudu is almost settled." Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing and finally said, "But I'm afraid some things are beyond my expectations."

"Are you talking about King Qing?" Zhong Qing's heart sank slightly. As Ye Qing said, the first thing she thought of was whether King Qing had already stood completely on the side of the court, which made Ye Qing feel the pressure from the court.

"It's Zhao Kuo." Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing's bright eyes and said calmly. "He... Master? Is it the Master..." Hearing Ye Qing say the word Zhao Kuo, Zhong Qing stood up from the chair.

When she was in Lin'an, she was a little worried about the disagreement between Ye Qing and Zhao Kuo's monarch and ministers. Whether Ye Qing was not involved in the advice of the Supreme Emperor to abdicate, or when Zhao Kuo ascended the throne later, Ye Qing still did not participate. These two things were always considered a huge hidden danger in Zhong Qing's heart.

Other ministers may not participate, but may not be important in the eyes of the few kings this year, but a high-ranking minister like Ye Qing does not advise the emperor or participates in Zhao Kuo's ascension ceremony, which will always make people wonder from the standpoint whether Ye Qing does not want Zhao Kuo to ascend the throne to the throne.

Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing, whose expression suddenly became a little panicked, and smiled bitterly: "I underestimated him. Zhao Kuo has been hiding his weakness. I am afraid that even Li Fengniang has not noticed it. In fact, Zhao Kuo... may be smarter than Zhao Kuo in her eyes. However... all this is my guess. As for what the truth is, it will take some time to observe."

"Before Lin'an Zhao Kuo ascended the throne, you summoned you once. You talked with him for a long time. Didn't you find out?" Zhong Qing recalled the incident of Ye Qing going to the palace in Lin'an.

"It was precisely because of that time that I relaxed my vigilance towards Zhao Kuo. I thought I was just a little boy. With Li Fengniang's love for Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo should not be so smart, but the letter Li Lifang gave me forced me to wonder if I had misjudged Zhao Kuo in the first place." Ye Qing handed Li Lifang's letter today to Zhong Qing.

Seeing Zhong Qing unable to wait to open and examine, Ye Qing sighed with regret. He relied too much on the evaluation and records of people and things on the original historical trajectory, and ignored many details that had long been separated from the original historical trajectory.

Zhao Kuo is interested in learning, but it is true that he is incompetent in governing the country, and it is also true that he is very principled. Therefore, it is precisely this evaluation that made Ye Qing ignore that Zhao Kuo at this time is no longer Zhao Kuo in history, with his name and identity, but in the end, some things have already made mistakes, which makes a person absolutely not reappear in history.

Ye Qing sighed slightly, and after Zhong Qing read the letter Li Lifang gave him, he said: "In the Lin'an Palace, Zhao Kuo summoned me. In Yujin Garden, Zhao Kuo once told me an interesting thing. Because he was afraid of eating raw and cold food, he had realized that when he was about to ascend the throne in a short time, there would always be some ministers coming to visit him, or waiting for him in a place where he would pass this day."

"And these ministers would try their best to get close to him after meeting Zhao Kuo. So in order not to waste verbal and time on those ministers who please him, he ordered the two eunuchs in front of him to hold a small screen in their hands every time they went out. Whenever a minister advised him to drink some wine or eat some heat relief food, he would signal the eunuch to turn the small screen to the ministers, and the screen said: Drink less alcohol, be afraid of vomiting, eat less raw and cold food, and be afraid of pain. In this way, if the ministers who want to persuade him, they would embarrass themselves to put down the fine wine or cold food they used to get close to, and they would be able to live up to each other."

"It's indeed a good way to get both of you to come to Taiwan. In this way, Zhao Kuo's cunning is definitely not as simple as he imagined." Zhong Qing's mouth was involuntarily smiling.

Ye Qing met Zhao Kuo at a few times, but Zhong Qing met Zhao Kuo many times. Before Ye Qing returned to Lin'an, she entered the palace many times. From time to time, she would meet Zhao Kuo in Li Fengniang's palace. Her obedient appearance made people happy, and she could not tell at all. She would be a teenager full of heart.

"Li Lifang reminds you that this does not represent Zhao Kuo's hostility towards you..." Zhong Qing looked down at the letter in her hand. In her heart, Li Lifang clearly described the conversation between him and Zhao Kuo. Of course, the fact that Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Xiaozong failed to kill Ye Qing repeatedly was even more clearly described.

But even so, Zhong Qing still didn't think that Zhao Kuo's methods were really smart, and he deliberately wanted to use Li Lifang's hands to test Ye Qing. If this was the case, Zhong Qing would be shocked. After all, such a means of power struggle should not be the hands of a thirteen-year-old boy.

"Look, even you don't think that this is Zhao Kuo's method of using Li Lifang to test me, so you won't think about it. If this is true, what would be the consequences?" Ye Qing took the letter and between Li Lifang's lines, he seemed to be able to see Zhao Kuo's "uninformed worldly" face.

"But what's the point of tempting you? Why did he do this? Are you really afraid that you will be independent in the north?" Zhong Qing frowned, her heart was in a mess. She still couldn't figure out the purpose of Zhao Kuo doing this quickly.

"His purpose is actually very simple. Even if he doesn't test me through Li Lifang, he has already regarded me as an enemy. But the reason for testing me is actually to see how much time he has to plan feasible strategies. After all, King Qing is the one who made the suggestion of Liudu, so if I move King Qing in the north, or make things difficult for King Qing, then Zhao Kuo will realize that he does not have enough time to plan how to deal with me. This may force him to seek Shi Miyuan in the court, or Liu Zheng and others to restrain and suppress me. And if I don't touch King Qing, Zhao Kuo may feel that there is relatively plenty of time to let him plan how to deal with me in the future. In short, through Li Lifang's letter, even if he is testing me, he is reminding me that he, the king of last year, was not so easy to bully." Ye Qing said at the end, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"If you don't move King Qing, don't make things difficult for King Qing, then... if you want to greedy for the Ministry of Revenue, will it be a failure?" Zhong Qing grasped the essence of some problems. After all, since Ye Qing took the initiative to rebuild Kaifeng and the palace, and now the emperor has also entrusted King Qing with full power to deal with it, if Ye Qing is still greedy for the rebuilding Kaifeng and the palace, it is a big deal to be disobeyed by Zhao Kuo, and it is a disobeying the imperial edict, and it is a small deal to make things difficult for King Qing, the person in charge.

"Building a plank road openly and secretly travels to Chen Cang. Now we have to see how much trust Zhao Kuo will give him after Li Lifang serves as the Minister of Revenue, and whether Li Lifang can gain a foothold in the Ministry of Revenue. After all, Shi Miyuan has been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for many years. Li Lifang wants to take full control of the Ministry of Revenue as soon as he takes office, which is tantamount to dreams. So there are opportunities that can be taken advantage of, but it requires careful planning. Moreover, this matter must be dragged into the water. I cannot be suspicious of Zhao Kuo alone. Even if he is in the Lin'an court and is very close to Zhao Kuo, the Ministry of Revenue has now entered Zhao Kuo's sight. Let's see whose methods are more sinister." Ye Qing said biting his lips.

Zhao Kuo doubted himself and was wary of himself, which would inevitably make Shi Miyuan's fisherman benefit. Even though Ye Qing had set up a fight for him with Liu Zheng and Xie Shenfu robbed the Minister of Justice, now when Zhao Kuo targeted him Ye Qing, Shi Miyuan's opponent in the court was obviously much less pressure than Ye Qing's face to Zhao Kuo.

Therefore, Lord Ye would never let Shi Miyuan be in the court easily. While fighting with Liu Zheng and Xie Shenfu was very happy, he could also watch Zhao Kuo suppress his good show. So no matter what, he would have to pull Shi Miyuan into this muddy water. Let's all fight together in the court.

The knock on the door sounded outside. Fangfei slowly walked in, looked at Ye Qing and his wife, then looked back at the study door behind him, and said, "Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can are waiting for you in the hall, saying that there is something important to report."

Ye Qing nodded, then rubbed Zhong Qing's bright hair scattered behind her before going to bed. As Zhong Qing slapped Ye Qing's hand dissatisfied, Lord Ye walked out of the study.

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit solemn, even a little depressing. In addition to Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can, Xin Qiji and Jia She were also there. The four of them looked serious. After Ye Qing came in, they were about to get up and were stopped by Ye Qing and said, "What's the matter? You four of you got together?"

"The movements of the Mongolians are not right." Zhong Can stood up first and said, "There are two other yards in the inn. There were more than 2,000 Mongolian envoys living this time. However, shortly after Changfenglou came back, many of the Mongolians have left the city secretly, and they have not left the city in groups, but have not even returned to the inn until now."

"Where is Borshu and Mu Huali? What's wrong with King Qing and Duke Chong?" Ye Qing raised his eyebrows. Borshu and Mu Hua were about to return tomorrow, but they secretly asked most people to leave the city tonight. This is obviously a bit illogical.

"There is nothing unusual between Borshu and Mu Huali. And I just sent someone to explore the eight thousand cattle, sheep and horses sent by the Mongolians, but no abnormalities were found, and our people did not see any Mongolians going there again." Zhong Can replied.

"The Mongols may have bad intentions and will set off tomorrow. Tonight, it should be to replenish their energy and prepare for the next journey. But there are abnormalities everywhere, which is enough to prove that the Mongols do not want to be stable tonight. In my opinion, it is better to dispatch a large army to guard the outside and inside the city just in case." Xin Qiji also nodded solemnly and said.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to mobilize the army. First of all, we must figure out what the Mongols want to do. After all, they are envoys. Although they have never formed an alliance,... if they break up and start a conflict, it will not be of any benefit to us." Ye Qing became cautious.

At present, he really doesn't want to have a conflict with the Mongols. Moreover, after receiving Li Lifang's letter today, Zhao Kuo in the court also put a lot of pressure on him invisibly. So Ye Qing now only wants the entire northern region to be able to maintain his energy for a few years. Everything should be decided after another Northern Expedition.

"Will the Mongolians run back to their Mongolian overnight tonight?" Jia She looked at the other four people's eyes and instantly moved to him. She waved her hands in a panic and said, "Mo Jiang...Mo Jiang is also talking nonsense, it's just speculation."

Ye Qing shook his head and then said, "It's not impossible. I didn't expect that your guess is quite like that."

After making a little joke by Jia She, Ye Qing had to admit in his heart that if the Mongolians had any unspeakable purpose, they would probably go at night. After all, they would leave early tomorrow morning. So according to common sense, everyone relaxed their vigilance and focused on tomorrow morning. Therefore, for the Mongolians, no matter what they did, they should be much safer and smoother than other times.

It is even possible that after achieving their goals, they can leave the city overnight and return to Mongolia. Then, in the early morning of the next day, they will leave Ye Qing and the others an empty inn, which will make them confused, or it will be a foregone conclusion that they can't even sleep even if they jump into the Yellow River...

"Jia She, immediately lead a team of Huahua Planting Army to the Jinren Inn." Ye Qing's expression suddenly changed, and he pointed to Jia She with a shocked look and said anxiously: "If Wanyan Yongji and the Jinren have a few shortcomings tonight, I will cut off your brain."

"Yes, sir, I'll go right now." Jia She was startled by Ye Qing's nervous expression, hurriedly jumped out of the chair, and immediately ran out.

"Zhong Can, immediately lead a team of people to the inn of King Qing and Duke Chong until tomorrow morning." Ye Qing said to Zhong Can without waiting for Jia She to finish speaking, and then looked back at Xin Qiji and said, "There are three thousand kinds of Hua family troops outside the city for your dispatch. Immediately, I will arrive at the eight thousand cattle, sheep and horses that the Mongols sent us until I order you back."

"Mo Xiaobao protects the mansion. If something happens, you can take it down and send it to me." Ye Qing said to Mo Xiaobao, who had just stood up, and then walked out with Xin Qiji.

Zhong Can, Mo Xiaobao and Xin Qiji were a little confused for a while, and they didn't understand why Ye Qing's expression suddenly changed.

Ye Qing led the three of them out, and said hurriedly: "The Mongols showed such sincerity this time, just to form an alliance with us and to prevent us from forming an alliance with the Jin people. Now that their wishes are disappointed, they will definitely not watch us forming an alliance with the Jin people. So at this time, if Wanyan Yongji makes any mistakes, then the account will be settled on us, and in this way, the alliance we just made with the Jin people will be broken down."

After Ye Qing took the three of them out of the mansion, Ye Qing also took the Yanling Knife handed over by his personal guard.

"But sir, there is no one around you... where are you going?" Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Can and Xin Qiji hurriedly grabbed Ye Qing and asked.
Chapter completed!