Tang Dynasty Palace, Huaqing Palace.

Yang Yuhuan was sewing clothes again, humming a self-written song. Her gorgeous face was full of motherly tenderness.

Her abdomen was already bulging, and she felt tired after sitting for a while, so she could only get up and walk, and move her swollen legs and feet.

In a corner of the palace not far away, Gao Lishi was holding a whisk in his hand. Seeing this, he quickly stepped forward and carefully supported him.

"Empress, I beg you, okay? Take a break, don't be so tired."

"Especially the trivial matters of needlework, you can let the palace maid do it. The old slave can guarantee that no one is lazy and will definitely sew it carefully."

"Empress, take a break."

"In fact, children don't need too much clothing. Just keep ten or eight pieces for replacement. There is an old saying among the folks that new clothes are not as good as old clothes. They are talking about children's clothing. The more they wear, the more comfortable they are..."

I have to say that the eunuch Gao Lishi is still good.

Unfortunately, after he persuaded him for a long time, Yang Yuhuan didn't listen at all. Instead, he suddenly asked: "What's wrong with Shandong?"

I asked about Shandong, which seemed to be a place name, but Gao Lishi was so smart that he immediately knew that he was asking someone.

So the old eunuch said without thinking, "Congratulations, I am about to report back to you. Mr. Guo is really a capable person and has already gained a foothold there. He gave 120,000 acres of land to the people, recreating the equal-land system in the Zhenguan era. Now the people of the county regard him as a parent of food and clothing, and Mr. Guo's prestige is rising day by day."

Yang Yuhuan nodded and asked again: "Is there any?"

Gao Lishi suddenly looked around carefully and lowered his voice: "I heard that the inspection in Lanling County is a bit special. Not only are everyone wearing iron armor, but they are also equipped with horses."

As he said that, he stopped slightly and said in a low voice: "In addition, weapons are also powerful. Everyone has a tung oil spear and a hardwood long bow. What shocked the old slave the most was that Mr. Guo actually made someone to build armor for the horses... My God, do you know what this means?"

Yang Yuhuan smiled faintly and pretended not to understand, "What does it mean?"

Gao Lishi looked around carefully again, and then said softly: "The Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry, this is the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry that was only available at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Both people and horses are heavy armored, carrying hard bows, can ride and shoot, have long spears in their hands, and keep charging. If you encounter close combat, you can pull out the horizontal knife from your waist and chop."

Yang Yuhuan seemed to be tired of walking, so he rested under a flower tree and smiled and said, "Isn't this a special forces soldier? That guy's old job."

Gao Lishi was obviously stunned and confused: "Special Force?"

Yang Yuhuan did not explain, but asked again: "How many troops are he now?"

Gao Lishi seemed to have been recalling for a moment, and then replied carefully, "At the beginning, there were only two hundred soldiers. The autumn harvest ended a while ago, and there was a harvest in the county, so Mr. Guo recruited another two hundred new recruits, but the newly recruited two hundred were not cavalry."

"There's no way, horses are too expensive."

"Besides, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy a war horse."

"So now, there are 400 soldiers under Mr. Guo's command. Two hundred are cavalry and two hundred are infantry."

Yang Yuhuan frowned and said, "There are only four hundred soldiers in total?"

Gao Lishi smiled bitterly and said, "Empress, you may not know that raising soldiers is the most expensive thing. Although Mr. Guo received 50,000 stagnant money, it was already very difficult to raise 400 tan soldiers. Especially the one he raised was not ordinary tan soldiers, and 200 of them were Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry."

As he said that, he stopped and said, "Empress, don't think that two hundred iron cavalry are too few. The combat power of such soldiers is very scary. It is said that when the Tang Dynasty was founded, Emperor Taizong was still the King of Qin at that time, and he had a total of three thousand iron cavalry under his command. However, he dared to rush forward in the face of a hundred thousand troops. The key is that he won after rushing in. Cutting melons and vegetables is like cutting people, killing people is like cutting grass."

"Three thousand iron cavalry can fight 100,000, but two hundred can fight 60,000 or 70,000? Even the old slave dared to guess that he dared to fight 10,000 invaders."

Yang Yuhuan looked at him and suddenly asked, "You said just now that you may not be able to buy war horses if you have money? So where did he get two hundred horses?"

Gao Lishi hesitated and was obviously inconvenient to answer. It took a long time to go through and he never said anything.

However, Yang Yuhuan was so smart that he thought of some possibility in an instant, and smiled slightly and said, "It seems that my man is a hot commodity. Some girls are willing to pay him money. If I guess correctly, those two hundred war horses were given by that little girl, right?"

Gao Lishi carefully observed her expression and whispered: "You are not angry, are you?"

Yang Yuhuan smiled leisurely, stretched out his hand to moisten his belly, and said meaningfully: "I have a hostage in my hand, so he can't escape my palm. Instead, that little girl is very good. She can even give him two hundred war horses. Tsk tsk, I don't know if I have fallen asleep. I'm afraid my man's essence has been sucked a lot by her..."

Gao Lishi couldn't hear her tone and she subconsciously wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

Suddenly, the old eunuch remembered something and quickly reminded him in a low voice: "Empress, there is something that I have to mention. Anyone with a discerning eye knows what Mr. Guo has done. This is the road to the rise of the vassal states and is easily targeted."

Yang Yuhuan's eyes were full of emotion, but her expression remained calm. She slowly raised her head and said, "Are you talking about Li Linfu?"

Gao Lishi wandered and whispered: "It's not just Li Linfu, but I'm worried about Zhang Jiuling, too. The two prime ministers have different ideas. However, this time, they seem to have signs of joining forces, and they all seem to be alert to Mr. Guo's rise."

Yang Yuhuan continued to look up at the sky, staring at a white cloud, and murmured: "Li Linfu is because of his personal grudge and Zhang Jiuling is because of his public heart. However, regardless of his personal grudge or public heart, it is very threatening to take action when the two slaughter is the same."

Gao Lishi hurriedly said, "No, I feel a little abnormal recently. Especially in the court today, Li Linfu proposed to start martial arts, and the time was set at the beginning of the year, almost with the Lantern Festival. Although Zhang Jiuling hesitated for a while, he quickly made a decision and stood up to support Li Linfu's memorial."

Yang Yuhuan frowned slightly and said with a deep meaning: "On Lantern Festival, officials from all over the world gather in Chang'an..."

Gao Lishi followed up and whispered: "At that time, once martial arts department was opened, they would definitely have a way to encourage Mr. Guo to participate. Since ancient times, there have been no sight of swords and guns, and there may not be fewer martial artists who died in the competition than in the battlefield."

Yang Yuhuan stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice: "Send someone to Shandong quickly and convey a sentence to me and tell him not to come."

However, Gao Lishi's face turned bitter and said embarrassedly: "Empress, I want to sue you. This matter is probably not easy to deal with. You asked me to send you a baby to me, and asked Mr. Guo a word. Mr. Guo did it according to your thoughts, but it ended up sinking into the sea. I don't know which link was wrong, but Mr. Guo didn't reply from beginning to end..."

As he said that, he wandered around and said carefully: "Maybe, maybe Mr. Guo is not willing to pay attention to you. Otherwise, why didn't he hear any news?"

Yang Yuhuan let out a sigh of relief and said slowly: "Don't worry, he is not stupid. After sending that small cradle, he already knew what I mean."

"As for the words I asked you to ask, I actually didn't plan to ask him to answer. I understand the metaphor in it, and he understands it too."

"If there is really Mawei Slope in the world, would he be willing to cut off the rope? Since I asked this, he would definitely keep it in his heart. So whether he replied or not, he had already answered me."

When Yang Yuhuan said this, Fenghuan's peerless face was full of softness and murmured softly: "He understands."

However, Gao Lishi was still wandering and couldn't help but say again: "Are you not afraid of the change of human hearts?"

Yang Yuhuan's pretty face was still gentle, and she said leisurely: "He is different, and I am different. Even if it takes a thousand years, love cannot be worn away."

Gao Lishi had no choice but to bow and said, "I will leave, and I will send someone to Shandong."

Yang Yuhuan nodded and reminded: "I must tell him, don't come. Just say, I'm very good."

Gao Lishi sighed deeply and turned around and walked outside.

When he walked a long way, he couldn't help but look back, but found that under the flower tree, a peerless woman was standing alone.

With a big belly, she looks so lonely and miserable!

...

It's dusty, there's always a way back.

The sun rises and the sun sets, and there will always be dawn.

Don’t let down your love, don’t let down your true love.

Time goes by, when will it take?

She obviously missed him very much, but she didn't want him to come.

It's just because she doesn't want something to happen to him.

...

Ten days later, Langya, Shandong.

Governor Li Boran looked serious and slowly handed a small cradle to Guo Ziyi.

Then, the governor sighed softly and said, "I have been hesitating for a long time and have never handed this thing to you, but I have figured it out recently that some things can't be suppressed..."

As he stopped, he looked at the little cradle with a deep meaning and said, "This thing comes from Chang'an, to be precise, from the palace. By the way, there is another saying that the owner of the little cradle wants to ask you."

"If there is really Mawei Slope in the world, would you like to cut off that rope?"

"I have checked the Datang County Chronicles of Mawei Slope and found that there is indeed this place, but I can't understand what's special about this place."

"Guo Ziyi, can you tell me what the place is related to, and what does that rope mean?"

Obviously, Li Boran is testing.

However, Guo Ziyi seemed to have not heard of it, and just slowly put the small swaddle in his arms.

Seeing that he had no expression on his face, Li Boran waved his hand and said, "You go, I won't ask about this matter anymore. But I have another sentence, which was also told to you from Chang'an."

Guo Ziyi looked at Li Boran and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"

Li Boran spoke slowly and said almost word by word: "I'm fine, not to use it, especially the Lantern Festival. Never come here."

After saying that, Li Boran did not wait for Guo Ziyi to speak, and then said: "I think this sentence makes sense. If you go to the Lantern Festival in Chang'an, there will be dangers."

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