In the next few days, Li Ling was very busy.

Because of the arrival of the officials appointed by the court, Li Ling needed to hand over the many affairs at hand to them one by one. In addition to the relevant detailed accounts, the more important thing is his complete set of effective rules and regulations. Only by fully understanding and mastering this thing can it run accurately and smoothly. Now Xunyang's stability depends on this management system.

So Li Ling had to spend a lot of thought and verbal to teach the officials to master the rules and regulations. Finally, these people were very smart and willing to accept Li Ling's guidance. They only managed everything seven or eight days later, so Li Ling took off the burden. But after careful calculation, Li Ling's busyness these days was even more difficult than the previous two months, and he almost had no time to take care of other things.

It was not until after the Chinese Valentine's Day that Li Ling finally relaxed, and then remembered Sun Bi's situation and hurriedly looked for it. However, he found that he had already taken care of his luggage and planned to return to the capital.

"You... are leaving so urgently, don't you plan to say apart to the Marquis?" After knowing that the other party was planning to set off tomorrow, Li Ling was even more surprised and asked with concern.

Sun Bi no longer had the freedom and freedom she had before, and there was always a hint of gloom in her expression. At this moment, she only forced a smile and shook her head and said, "I was very unfilial to not be with me when my mother passed away. I really didn't want to delay any more. If there weren't many things on hand that needed to be handed over, I would have set off that day."

In the past few days, like Li Ling, he has been busy handling government affairs and handing them over to the successor officials, so he has been delayed until now. Now that the matter has been handed over, he doesn't want to wait for a moment.

Li Ling could understand his thoughts, so he sighed, "It's better for me to go back with you, so that I can take care of you on the road."

"You plan to return to the capital now?"

"I only filed for half a year off in the yamen. It's already overdue today. Now the errands and other responsibilities have been handed over, and it's time to go back." Li Ling said with a smile, "What's more, we can still walk together and take care of each other."

Sun Bi knew that he was worried about the dangers on his way. After all, the chaos in Qianzhou stopped, and his identity was here... So he nodded to him with some gratitude: "Since that's the case, let's go back together. I will leave a letter to Bai Xianyang for him to hand it over to him. And I believe that since my uncle asked him to send me a letter, he would have prepared."

Li Ling nodded: "That's it, let's set off tomorrow morning."

"Where will we go to leave?" As soon as he said this, the door was pushed open. Xiao Chengzhi asked curiously.

"We plan to go back to Beijing now. Everything here is done, and there is no need to keep it." Li Ling was not surprised. After all, the relationship between the three of them is good enough, so they answered casually.

"Oh." Xiao Chengzhi nodded casually, as if he had known this was the case, "That's right, I'll go back to Beijing with you."

"You... go back to the capital with us?" Li Ling was a little uneasy and asked in surprise. Although Sun Bi had not spoken, he looked at Xiao Chengzhi with surprise. Obviously, he didn't know that his cousin would make such a decision.

Xiao Chengzhi looked serious: "What's strange? My aunt passed away, as a junior, I always have to go over to pay tribute? If my father hadn't had a special status, he would have planned to go this trip himself."

Li Ling immediately grabbed the hidden meaning in his words: "So this is what the marquis meant?"

"Yes, he also sent me a letter saying that if my cousin decides to go back this time, let me go with you."

These words warmed Sun Bi's heart again and said sincerely: "Uncle..." Obviously, Xiao Ding also guessed what decision he would make after learning the bad news. For his safety reasons, he actually asked Xiao Chengzhi to accompany him all the way.

This arrangement was exactly Xiao Ding's kindness and painstaking efforts. Sun Bi naturally would not refuse. He smiled again: "Since that's the case, the three of us can still walk together and go back to Beijing together."

"Not only can you walk with your classmates, but you can also work together to deal with possible dangers." Li Ling said with a smile.

"But as long as the three of us work together, we will not be afraid of any danger!" Xiao Chengzhi also said, "We are good brothers, and we are not different from our family!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand.

"No, we are a family!" Sun Bi was excited, and the sadness on her face was reduced. She finally had a sincere smile. She immediately reached out and held her cousin tightly. Then both of them looked at Li Ling.

Li Ling also nodded vigorously: "Brothers are united, and they are able to cut off gold, not to mention just danger!" After saying that, he also reached out to hold them together.

Three people held tightly, and the faces of the three young people were filled with enthusiasm and longing for the future!

The three young people were just doing things simply. Since they had made up their minds today, they did not delay any delay. Early the next morning, they quickly left Xunyang under the gaze of some surprise by Bai Xianyang and others, and embarked on the road to head north.

Although logic is to say, as a prince and a little marquis, since you have to go to Beijing from the southwest, you have to take hundreds or thousands of people to escort this thousand miles away. But in fact, when you really set off, there were only a dozen followers. Even if you add the Yang brothers who were protecting Li Ling all the way, they were less than twenty together. Of course, this is what Xiao Chengzhi and Sun Bi meant.

Because in their opinion, fewer people are safer. After all, more people will reveal their identity, but these only ten people are no different from ordinary travelers' caravans. This naturally leads to a lot of trouble while ensuring safety.

...

The capital Luoyang, in the imperial palace.

The current emperor Sun Yong stood silently in front of a coffin, with a little sadness in his eyes. The woman lying in the coffin was the one who had not been favored by him for so many years, and had not even won the title of concubine. Although she also added a descendant to the royal family.

The woman who was over 40 years old and died of illness looked beautiful and charming at this time, which could vaguely remind the emperor of the scene when she first entered the palace and first met her. At that time, she was really moved by her beautiful and wild side and loved her very much.

But……

"You still haven't changed even if you change a little. Even after so many years, you still never think that the emperor is your god, so you are unscrupulous, so you always make me angry and the empress dowager angry, forcing me to throw you into the cold palace and forget you and your son..." The emperor stroked the coffin in front of him, as if he was stroking the woman inside. At this moment, he thought of the past that seemed to have been forgotten long ago.

"So you never give in until you die, and you never even beg me to let your son come to see you for the last time... You are too stubborn and too unwilling to take me as the emperor seriously. And now, I can no longer make you bow your head to me and give in.

"But what about your son? Sun Bi has been away from Jing for many years. Will he come back after knowing your news this time? And if he comes back, will he still be as tough and nonsense as before? Just like you, he never takes the rules that my royal family should have seriously.

"But I won't indulge him. Leaving him in the southwest is the last bit of care I give him as my father. If he hasn't made any progress this time, don't blame me for ignoring family affection!"

His tone went from "I" to "I", and his tone also went from soft to hard, from memorizing the past to facing him. Sun Yong, now he turned back to the emperor who was above him, even though the woman he had loved deeply lies in the coffin in front of him.

"If you really have a spirit after death, please send a dream to your son, so that he will not be fooled anymore. Since he is a royal son, he should abide by those rules and set an example for his subjects in the world!"

The emperor's nagging words were interrupted by the soft knock on the door. He didn't even look back and said, "Wei Tang, come in."

At this time, the only one who dared to come over to disturb the emperor was Wei Tang, the boss who had been with him for decades. The old eunuch gently entered the side hall where he was stopped and whispered: "I would like to mourn the saint. Don't hurt the dragon body because of Rongpin's affairs. This is not what Rongpin hopes to see."

"Haha, she may not be so considerate... If you have anything to do, just say it." After many years of master and servant, the emperor was naturally familiar with Wei Tang's words and deeds, and he could see that he had something else to say.

"It was Prime Minister Lu who reported something that he said that the Marquis of Dingxi, southwest, was urgently reported."

"Well? The good news that the rebellion in Qianzhou has been put down before was delivered. The court sent officials to Xunyang. Could it be that something went wrong?" The emperor frowned slightly. He still had to put major events first, so he turned around and walked out. "There will be seventy-seven years after tomorrow. Let's bury Rongpin, and bury it to the west of the tomb I selected, and arrange it with the ceremony of the imperial concubine."

"I will ask someone to arrange it later." Wei Tang naturally knew the past between the emperor and Rongpin, and knew even more that if it weren't for the character of this master, he would have been a concubine today.

On the way out of this side palace and to the front palace to see the ministers, Sun Yong could no longer see any sadness he had before, but he was still energetic and looked like a wise ruler.

A moment later, he saw Lu Zhen. After the ceremony, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, great joy, the situation in the southwest has improved. It is reported that Qianzhou has agreed to repair the roads, so that the official road from the Central Plains to the southwest can be completely opened within one or two years! In addition, there are many merchants in southern Yunnan jointly requesting to increase the commercial tax. From then on, the taxes in southern Yunnan will be several times higher than before!"

When he heard Lu Zhen’s good news, the emperor was a little dazed and thought that he was dreaming that the situation in the southwest could have suddenly improved to such a point?

But after he took the report and looked carefully, he knew that all this was true. This made him very happy and said a few good words. Finally, his eyes settled on the name mentioned many times in the report - Li Ling.
Chapter completed!