Wei Fufeng brought Xiaoxue with him and led his army to leave Jinzhou and return.

The day after Wei Fufeng left, Amber followed the wishes of the Sisi Niang and set off for Chang'an with her guards to welcome the wedding princess to live in Jinzhou.

Fourteenth Lady agreed to the fourteenth Uncle and his wife to do their best.

Wei Fufeng sent someone to inform Fangzhou Governor Yan Huaiyu on the way, telling Yan Huaiyu that he wanted to go over and reminisce about the past, but the military situation was in urgent need of going there.

When passing through Kuizhou, Wei Fufeng met with Gao Yan, who had received a military order from Jinzhou.

When the two spoke, Gao Yan's attitude was moderate and willing to obey military orders to go to war. He was just resistant to assisting Wei Xiong, worried that Wei Xiong would come to the fore and he would not be able to restrain or report.

Wei Fufeng left Kuizhou and arrived in Fuzhou by boat against the river.

Fuzhou organized a military force to fight north, and the troops went out to two groups, with 20,000 troops coming from Yuzhou, commander Wang Ze, 20,000 troops coming from Fuzhou, and Wei Fufeng personally led the army, totaling 40,000 troops.

The two armies were unstoppable. Wang Ze's army captured Hezhou in two days, Guozhou in four days, and advanced into Langzhou in three days.

There are five thousand Fengxiang troops stationed in Langzhou, and Langzhong City is surrounded by water on three sides, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The guards' military strength was mostly derived from Yang Shouliang's surrendered troops. Faced with the 20,000 troops that were attacking fiercely, the defenders were not strong in fighting spirit, and they caught the city and changed their ownership in a round of siege.

Wang Ze stationed his troops in Langzhong and actively deployed the defense system. Wei Fufeng's military forces conquered Quzhou, Pengzhou, Bazhou and Bizhou to the north.

Tongzhou was captured by the Xifeng Army led by Gao Yan and arrived in Bazhou to meet with Wei Fufeng.

When Wei Fufeng captured Bazhou, his grandfather's request to submit a letter to him and arrived in Chang'an City.

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The prime minister of the court was Wei Zhaodu. He wrote a letter to the prime ministers to see it first. After reading it, Wei Zhaodu frowned, and Li Yan also frowned after reading it.

The letter said that after Fengxiang's army defeated the southern Sichuan army and occupied Xingyuan Prefecture, the southern Sichuan Jiedu and Zhaoxin Jiedu were under tremendous pressure.

In order to prevent Fengxiang's army from pointing to Jinzhou, Jinzhou had no choice but to dispatch 10,000 Xifeng Army and joined forces with 20,000 southern Sichuan troops to capture Bazhong.

Bazhong and Jinzhou formed a horn-like force against Hanzhong in military terms.

The letter of the letter defended that the court was only serving as the governor of Xingyuan Prefecture, and the territory of Bazhong did not belong to the rule of Xingyuan Prefecture, so please set up the governor of Bazhong.

In the letter, I asked to serve as the governor of the Xifeng Army, Wei Xiong Bazhong and the governor of Li Jibazhou.

When Li Yan saw that he recommended his son to serve as the governor of Bazhou, he frowned unexpectedly and wondered if it was Wei Fufeng's meaning.

A group of prime ministers entered Yanying Hall to discuss politics. Zhaozong looked haggard and defeated Li Maozhen. He was sentenced to death by Du Rangneng. The blow to Zhaozong was even worse than the defeat in Hedong. He was depressed for a long time and refused to manage politics.

After reading the book and seeing the words "Xingyuan Mansion", Zhaozong's heart was stinged again. The loyal Sun Kui died, and the Xingyuan Mansion that he had finally obtained was also lost. Zhaozong felt very regretful.

Zhaozong looked up at Wei Zhaodu and asked, "Please set the affairs of the governor of Bazhong. Do you know about the Qing family?"

Wei Zhaodu shook his head and said, "I don't know. I believe that the coalition forces in southern Sichuan and Jinzhou may be sending troops to Bazhong."

Zhaozong looked at Li Ji again, and Li Ji hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have never had any correspondence with foreign ministers. Please reject Li Ji's external office."

Zhaozong lowered his eyes, and after a while, he looked up and asked, "Wei Qing, do you think the coalition forces can capture Bazhong?"

Wei Zhaodu said: "Your Majesty, Bazhong is not as rich as Xichuan and Dongchuan. The main reason is that there is no salt well. The Fengxiang army will not be heavily guarded. The coalition forces are surprised and have a chance of winning. It is hard to say whether they can defend it in the future."

Zhaozong nodded and said, "Authorize the report, let the governor of Jinzhou, Bazhong Jiedu, pay tribute to the court, and Li Ji, send the governor of Bazhou."

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When Li Yan returned home, he immediately called out his two sons, pointed at Li Xian and cursed: "You bastard, the governor of Jinzhou asked Li Ji to be the governor of Bazhou. Did you ask?"

Li Xianzhengrong said: "My father wrongly accused his son. The third brother's foreign position, the Governor of Jinzhou took the initiative to write to inform him."

Li Yan glared at Li Xian, turned his head and asked, "Li Ji, do you know?"

Li Ji shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Li Yi immediately said, "Then I won't go, can you?"

Li Ji hesitated after hearing this, Li Xian hurriedly said, "Dad, the foreign position allowed by His Majesty the Emperor, and his third brother cannot resist the order."

Li Shi looked at Li Ji's hesitation, suddenly smiled bitterly, and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you guys go out."

Li Xian hurriedly gave up the gift and turned away. Li Ji wanted to say something but stopped, so he also went out to say something.

Li Yan sat alone in the room, his expression calm and unrest, and suddenly shook his head helplessly. To this day, as the prime minister, he became more and more boring, and he deeply felt the fate of the court.

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The two brothers went to the hall outside and Li Xian turned around and said, "Third brother, leave Chang'an and go to Jinzhou, and then go to Fangzhou to serve as the governor."

Li Ji was stunned and said, "Aren't you the governor of Bazhou?"

"Bazhou cannot be gone. It is the frontier battlefield between the Southern Sichuan Army and the Fengxiang Army. Your son-in-law will not let you take risks. You just go to Fangzhou to take office and leave Chang'an. The court cannot control you. You can only obey the orders of the governor of Jinzhou." Li Xian explained.

Li Ji nodded, and Li Xian said again: "Let's go all the whole family this time. Chang'an is no longer a good place. Li Maozhen will take over Chang'an sooner or later and will use the emperor to order the princes."

Li Ji was shocked and hurriedly said, "My father, will there be a crisis?"

Li Xian smiled bitterly and said, "I know that it is a good thing for you to go out. At least we can escape and have a foothold."

Li Ji's expression was heavy and the key was that the court army was defeated. Li Maozhen's army forced Chang'an. At that time, there was panic in Chang'an, fearing that the army would enter the city and cause disaster.

If Li Ji had not allowed him, Li Ji would have taken his wife and children to escape to Jinzhou.

Li Ji said goodbye to his second brother, went back to the house, told his wife and children that he had been released from the Fangzhou Governor, and asked his family to clean up and leave tomorrow.

Although Mrs. Li Ji looked hesitant this time, she did not voluntarily stayed. One was that she did not want to leave her husband for a long time again, and the other was that she was still scared.

The next morning, Li Ji went to say goodbye to his father, but Li Yan was gone.

Li Ji set out in helpless and sadness. He walked out of Chang'an City ten miles, met a hundred Fufeng Army, and was escorted to Jinzhou.

When he arrived in Jinzhou City, Li Ji's family was placed in a house near the prefecture yamen. He told him to go to see Duke Yu in two days.

Fourteenth Lady was waiting in the house. When she saw her relatives being well-behaved and apologized for her.

Mrs. Li Ji did not blame her coldly. She asked in the hall with a calm expression, mainly to inquire about information.

The Fourteenth Niang knew not much, only knowing that Wei Fufeng captured Bozhou and established Yelang Mansion. The Fourteenth Niang did not care about military and political information on weekdays.

The Fourteenth Lady told the status of the wife of Yelang Mansion, such as the status of the wife, that she took the imperial edicts and official clothes given by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and handed them over to Mrs. Li Ji.

After reading the document, Mrs. Li Ji looked obviously unhappy after asking.

"Li Jiuniang, your sister is not this name, and there is no such edict." Mrs. Li Ji said in a negative refusal.

Fourteen Niang said timidly: "Mom, my document is Li Fourteen Niang. This is an imperial edict granted by the court, not a false edict."

Mrs. Li Ji raised her eyebrows and wanted to scold her. Li Ji hurriedly said, "Madam, this is Jinzhou, please be careful."

Mrs. Li Ji turned her head to look at her husband, swayed with the document, and whispered annoyed: "What's this? Do you want Jiu Niang to be a concubine?"

Li Ji frowned and silently. Mrs. Li Ji's expression changed to bitterness and dullness, and the atmosphere in the room was depressing and dull.

After a while, Jiu Niang, who was standing beside him, suddenly whispered: "Mom, this is the daughter's fate. Marquis Fufeng asked for the daughter's imperial edict, and the daughter accepted her fate."

Mrs. Li Ji looked at her daughter and said unhappily: "Don't talk nonsense, this kind of imperial edict is an insult to you."

Jiu Niang said, "But this is indeed the imperial edict of the court. If the daughter refuses to accept her fate, she will have a reputation for rebellion and will suffer more troubles in the consequences."

Mrs. Li Ji's face turned gloomy and the room fell into silence again.

Hu Shisi Niang whispered timidly: "Mom, I'll ask my husband to make my sister the wife of Yelang Mansion and sit on the same side as Sister Xue Rou."

Mrs. Li Ji looked at Shisi Niang with gentle eyes and said whispering: "It's great that you can think about your sister."

"Mom, don't let the Fourteenth Lady ask for it. My daughter can accept her fate, but she doesn't want to be despised." Jiu Niang retorted.

Everyone looked at Jiuniang. Jiuniang Zhuang Rong walked to Mrs. Li Ji, reached out to take away the documents and official clothes, calmly greeted Shisi Niang and her two younger brothers, and went to the back house together.

Seeing their children leaving, Li Ji and his wife smiled bitterly, and they had no choice but to do anything about it.

The imperial edict requested by Wei Fufeng became a shackle that Jiu Niang could not get rid of, which was equivalent to giving a marriage. If he did not follow, Jiu Niang would not be able to marry another.

"Yuru, you go too." Mrs. Li Ji waved her hand in frustration, and the birth mother of the Fourteenth Lady nodded silently and left. She could only watch and dare not speak too much.

The couple remained, Li Ji said cautiously: "Madam, Fufeng and the Governor of Jinzhou are becoming more and more powerful now. Please be careful when you speak."

Mrs. Li Ji said helplessly: "Don't worry, Sanlang, don't worry, you should also think about your daughters, and I will be careful."

Li Ji nodded and said, "Fufeng is easy to say, but he can't anger the Governor of Jinzhou."

Mrs. Li Ji frowned slightly and said, "I heard that the Southern Sichuan Army was also defeated by Fengxiang Army, why is it getting stronger and stronger?"

Li Ji said: "You don't understand Fufeng. Fufeng once told me that he did not want to advance to Shu and deliberately indulged Fengxiang's army. What Fufeng wanted was the territory south of the Yangtze River. It is said that he not only captured Tanzhou, but also Guiguan and Fujian."

"Don't want to advance to Shu? You can't. Guiguan and Fujian are both barbarians. How can they compare with Chengdu, Shu?" Mrs. Li Ji said disdainfully.

Li Ji thought about it and felt that there was no need to explain too much to his wife, and said softly: "Fufeng did not have the confidence to seize Shu, but he had enough strength to resist Fengxiang's army."

Mrs. Li Ji nodded and said, "Although most of the captured barbarian lands are bounded, the territory they rule is indeed very large, and there are dozens of states."

Li Ji nodded, heard the change of his wife's mentality, and changed from rejection to recognition. He thought for a moment and said, "We have a relationship with the governor of Jinzhou. As juniors, we should pay our respects. You and my daughter will come with me."

Mrs. Li Ji hesitated and said, "Will the Governor of Jinzhou be familiar with it?"

"It is a shame for the younger generation not to pay homage. After you pay homage, I will let you leave with the excuse of official business." Li Ji said, and Mrs. Li Ji nodded.

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