It is the 11th, the winter moon, Chang'an.

It was still one month before New Year's Eve. The huge city streets and alleys were brightly lit, as if the stars were densely covered in the sky. The market was not yet curfew. The vendors shouted vigorously. The prostitutes in the brothels looked at the streets on the railings, waved their handkerchiefs at the passing man below, and made a delicate voice, which made people couldn't help but look up.

Occasionally, in the Huyin sound on the street, the carriage drove through the lively night market and stopped in front of a shop. The cold wind blew, and the woman with a squid scarf on her shoulder led a child out of the car. Geng Nian shouted and bought some desserts and dried fruits.

The store owner also liked it very much when he saw the three-year-old man out. When he sent the mother and son out, he grabbed a handful of dried fruits and stuffed them into the child's hands.

The store owner likes Geng Nian. Some of the scholars are from Geng Qing. He is an old man under Dou Wei. He has lived in Yong'anfang. Now he has settled in the city. With a child, he no longer kills all day long. Dou Wei gave him some money to help him pack the shop, open the store, and sometimes help him convey some news.

"Madam, there is news from Mr. Geng."

He sent Bai Yunxiang and Geng Nian back to the carriage, rubbed his cold hands, and said through the curtains in a voice that only two people could hear:

"Mr. said everything is fine, and the lady doesn't need to worry about it. She may come back to Chang'an by the end of the year."

"You didn't tell the truth..." Bai Yunxiang's smart female shopkeeper looked at the store owner and noticed something was wrong. The man lowered his head and smiled awkwardly. When he was exposed, he had to tell the matter in Longzhou honestly.

However, the words were short, but Bai Yunxiang opened her mouth slightly and it was difficult to close her. She didn't know much. She knew that she had dealt with the yellow thief and plotted against the late emperor, but these were like telling stories, and she didn't have a very intuitive feeling.

At present, when he heard Geng Qing killing a Jiedushi from the other person, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He didn't know when he would put down the curtain and let the coachman drive away.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Geng Nian took a small sweet cake and ate it in her mouth, her cheeks bulged, and her head tilted to look at her mother. Bai Yunxiang came to her senses, touched his little head, and smiled.

"Mom is fine."

"I'm thinking about Daddy. Is that uncle just now talking about Daddy?"

"Well, your father is a man with great ability. He is very powerful outside. He can keep bad guys' armor when sitting on a chair." Bai Yunxiang hugged her son, gently rubbed her hair with her chin, smelled the faint fragrance of soap horns, and said with a smile: "Nian'er, you have to read more and read more, so that you can be a man with great ability like Dad. Only those who are others respect you and listen to you."

"Like Daddy, isn't you not studying?"

Bai Yunxiang was stunned, "Who told you?"

"Dad. When he was at home, he told Nian'er that he had never read a book..."

"Nonsense, your father didn't have the conditions at that time, and he learned it himself later."

Bai Yunxiang pushed her son's forehead with her finger. No wonder Geng Nian hasn't been very attentive recently. It turned out that her own man was doing something bad at the back.

Wait for you to come back and see how I deal with you.

The woman blushed and thought, and the carriage slowly passed through the long street and disappeared into the noise of the market.

Soon, the sound of drums on the Jing Street of the Bell and Drum Tower sounded, and it seemed like the lights of thousands of houses in the Milky Way gradually became quiet and went out one by one.

The huge imperial city to the north of the city is still brightly lit. In the Zichen Hall, bronze lamp posts are surrounded by small copper furnaces, and warm heat is surrounded by warm air.

The emperor, sitting behind the Dragon Case, held the news from Shu in his hand. One month before New Year's Eve, was about to come. Finally, there was something to show off to tell thousands of people about his achievements as the emperor.

At this time, he was in a good mood and looked back and forth the battle report. This was a comfort that he had never felt since he ascended the throne.

'The only shortcoming is that Wei Zhaodu...... It is really difficult to take a great responsibility. I asked you to promote you for the commander, let you lead the Shen Ce Army to fight and train soldiers. This is great. All the credit was taken away by the Yongping Jiedushi Wang Jian.'

If he had known this situation, he would have simply asked Li Shunjie to lead the troops. Unfortunately, he looked up to Wei Zhaodu so much that the whole plan was somewhat regrettable.

‘But it doesn’t matter… Xichuan returned to my feet, and the next step was to Longyou in the rear. In addition to war horses, the land was barren and the people were sparse. Even if Li Maozhen had ambitions, he had to kneel down on the ground in the end.’

In the hall, Li Ye put down the battle report and walked outside, stood on the stone steps, quietly looking at Gong Yu around him. Behind him, the personal guard took a cloak and put it on him, and told the emperor to return to the hall earlier to avoid the wind and cold.

As the winter moon began to flow, the night wind was already cold, but Li Ye didn't care. He let the cold wind blow on his face, but instead felt refreshed.

"A few years of layout, I finally saw the sun. How could some cold wind hurt me?" He didn't like eunuchs. Most of the people around him were personal guards. Now he was talking to them, "When the New Year's Eve is over, it will be a purge next year," he said.

He was not worried that these words would be spread. The guards around him were all brought by him and King Shou. Li Ye took a breath and was about to speak. Someone came up from the stone steps below, "Report to Your Majesty, the general is here."

The general mentioned by the guards was naturally Li Shunjie. After he took over the Northern Camp Shence Army, he almost stayed in the military camp. He regained Zhang Huaiyi's past subordinates, but the progress was not smooth. One of the commanders, Yang Huaixiong, had a high martial arts skills and aphrodisiacs, which made Li Shunjie difficult for him to deal with.

Now that Li Ye frowned, he entered the palace late at night, it was probably an urgent matter.

"Has the military camp changed?"

Soon, a figure walking quickly came over in his sight, climbed the stone steps and half-kneeled to greet him. Li Ye asked him to get up.

"At the same time, but the thorns in the North Envoy want to make you rebellious?"

Li Shunjie was tall and tall. When he stood up, he stood in front of the emperor like a hill. He bent slightly and lowered his head. This way, the gap was not that big, and it was also a compliment to the emperor.

He shook his head, looked around, and quickly took out a letter to submit it, "Longyou's letter... was blocked for half a month before it was delivered in a hurry."

Longyou?

When Li Ye heard these two words, his first reaction was that Li Maozhen and Geng Qing and his face suddenly became happy. He was confident in his plans, especially after taking over Xichuan, he probably saw the changes that will happen in Longyou next year.

I didn't expect it to be so fast now.

He quickly opened the letter and spread it in his hand, his eyes moving along with him, and his face gradually became colder. Before he could finish reading it, he felt dizzy and his feet were floating. He staggered to the stone railing beside him, holding the letter paper slightly trembling.

“…when did it happen?”

Li Shunjie looked at the emperor's expression and knelt down half-killed in fear and fear: "Go back to your Majesty, October... Li Jiji killed Li Maozhen and Li Jipeng, and killed the two families at Caishikou. The news could have arrived at the end of October, but it was suppressed. It was only three days before it arrived."

"Li Jiji...he is Li Maozhen's adopted son...how dare he?!How dare he do this-"

The plan to formulate Longyou was suddenly overturned. The plan toward Li Maozhen would even implicate him in the next year to eliminate the eunuchs. How could Li Ye not be angry?

He tore the letter paper to pieces and spilled it on the ground, asked Li Shunjie to get up and return to the hall, and discussed overnight how to continue his previous plan. As for the Geng Qing who appeared in his mind, he had a heavy stroke in his heart at this time.

A adopted son killed his adoptive father, seized the military power and occupied Longyou.

If no one comes up with such a move, Li Ye would not believe it if he beaten to death.

The plan he set up ended before it even started. Li Ye almost stayed up late to re-arrange the plan. However, he and Li Shunjie were only halfway through, and guards came over outside the palace.

It was a letter from Fengxiang. It should have been sent again a few days after the previous letter was sent away. The emperor opened the envelope and his eyes fell on the paper, only a short vertical.

——Li Jiji appointed his aide Geng Qing as his deputy envoy, Shao Yin, and the secretary, and led 20,000 troops to advance to Feng Xiang.

A short handwriting, which was seen in his eyes, was a few short words: I'm back.

"ah!!"

In the hall, Li Ye roared, waved his hand and swept the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, and the memorials of the documents and memorials. The lamp posts that hit the side were shaking slightly.

On this day, Li Maozhen was killed, and the news that Li Jiji had sent Fengxiang spread. The name that had not appeared for a long time was heard in the ears of familiar people again.

That was a shocking feeling.
Chapter completed!