After looking around, I went home. A group of people are walking on the forest path, green and cloudy, and there is a crisp birdsong from time to time, which is even more quiet. Because Yang Yan has been stuffy at home for several days, the tassel is also difficult to come out once, and this time he finally went out to breathe, and the interest of both of them was high. The two talked and laughed through the window of the carriage. Yang Yan felt that he could bring more tassels out for a walk in the future, anyway, now he has time.

Suddenly, two official-looking people walked out of the woods next to them and stopped Yang Yan's team. One of them crossed his hand and saluted: "May I ask if the Ma Jun Division is waiting for General Yang?"

Yang Yancui immediately took two steps forward and said, "I'm Yang Yan, do you have anything to do with me?"

The man immediately walked up to Yang Yanma and said, "We are the royal officials of the Xinwang Mansion, and now Princess Yongning is in the woods in front of us, and I heard that General Yang was passing by here, so I specially called the villain to invite General Yang to come over and see him." ”

Yang Yan didn't expect to meet Zhao Qianru here, and after returning to Lin'an, the two had never met, and they were very concerned about her. In fact, there have not been many opportunities for the princess and the concubine to meet before the marriage, and they have not even met at all, and they can only see each other's appearance when they are in the cave room. However, Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru got to know each other in the Shangwu Academy, and they were almost inseparable in this expedition, so after returning to Lin'an, they didn't see each other for a long time, so they seemed a little uncomfortable.

Yang Yan immediately dismounted, said a word to Tassel and Yang Quan, and then walked into the woods with the two royal officials.

I saw Zhao Qianru standing in front of a carriage on the right, she was wearing a red-purple slanted collar and a floral gown today, covered with a pink long-sleeved gown, and wearing a pleated skirt of water and lake-colored Ruicao Yunhe, with a goose-yellow waist around her waist, outlining her slender figure. Compared with her previous dress in military uniform, it shows the luxurious temperament of Yonghe.

This time, Zhao Qianru came out and brought a lot of guards with her, but they were all scattered around at this time, and the nearest one was three or four feet away.

Yang Yan said, "Why are you here?"

Zhao Qianru smiled slightly: "Actually, today is a coincidence, I happened to go to Jing'anzhuang to check the fields in the palace, but I didn't expect to meet you here." How did you get here? ”

Yang Yan said: "The land property given to me by the emperor is also in Jing'an Village, I happened to come over today to take a look, do you also have land in your palace here?"

Both of them were stunned for a moment, and then they both laughed again. also understood what Zhao Tuan meant, when the two got married, according to the convention, Zhao Qianru would definitely bring a part of the land property as a dowry, so the land property given to Yang Yan was also in Jing'anzhuang, and it happened to be directly together in the future.

Thinking of this, Yang Yan also felt a little uncomfortable, Zhao Qianru's face also turned red, and the two of them stopped talking for a while. Zhao Yueru looked sideways at the outside of the forest, and saw that there was still a carriage in Yang Yan's party, and said in her heart: "Who is sitting in the carriage, could it be your tassel sister?" ”

Yang Yan suddenly felt embarrassed, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. Seeing Yang Yan's embarrassment for a long time, Zhao Qianru couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, and said, "So it's really her." Her face flushed slightly, "Even if I came with you, I should also meet her, anyway, we will always be together in the future." ”

What else could Yang Yan say, so he had to smile bitterly and call it tassels in the past.

As soon as she heard that Zhao Qian wanted to see herself, Tassel was also startled, ashamed and shocked, and a little uneasy. She still hid in the room when Wan Ruju died, and secretly watched Zhao Qianru who came to mourn once, to her, this princess is like a celestial person. She followed Yang Yan into the woods in a panic, and saw a woman in costume standing in the forest, with her hair in a bun, like ink, her face was like a crescent moon, her eyebrows were shallowly painted, and the autumn water was her eyes.

When she got closer, Tassel was about to kneel down and salute, Zhao Qianru stepped forward early, grabbed her, and said with a smile: "You are Sister Tassel, right?" I've often heard him talk about you, but I didn't expect to see you here today. ”

Tassel didn't expect Zhao Qianru to call herself "sister" as soon as they met, and she was also startled, and said: "Princess, I don't dare to be it." ”

Zhao Qianru hurriedly said: "Sister Tassel, don't say that, don't call me a princess in the future." She glanced at Yang Yan, who was standing on the side, "My name is Zhao Qianru, didn't he tell you my name?" Sooner or later, we will be a family, so let's be called sisters in the future! As he spoke, his face couldn't help but blush again, and he pursed his lips and smiled slightly.

The tassel listened, and his face also showed a flush. However, his heart has settled down a lot, since Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru got engaged, they didn't dare to have the idea of becoming Yang Yan's wife. At one time, he only planned to be a girl by Yang Yan's side. But Tassel feels that his identity is too far from Zhao Qianru, although Yang Yan loves him, but I don't know if the princess will reject him after getting married. Later, although Yang Yan told her that he would definitely marry her as his official wife, and told her that Zhao Qianru was generous and would not embarrass her. But Tassel still can't rest assured in his heart.

As for her worries, Yang Yan didn't notice it. She was afraid of Yang Yan's troubles, and she didn't want to say too much to Yang Yan, and there was no one close to her, even if she had this heart, she didn't know who to talk to. But when I saw Zhao Qianru today, I saw that Zhao Qianru was very kind to herself, and the burden in my heart was completely let go.

Zhao Qianru asked her some things about her daily life, and the more the two girls talked, the more speculative they became, and they returned to leave Yang Yanjian aside.

Yang Yan stood aside, watching the two of them talk intimately, one was gentle and obedient, like a small jasper, and the other had an elegant temperament, showing Yongrong and luxury. There was also a sudden tenderness and secret in my heart, I only felt that if I had a wife like this, what could my husband ask for. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but show a smile on my face.

At this time, Zhao Qianru just turned her head and saw Yang Yan looking at them and smiling, and she couldn't guess Yang Yan's thoughts. I can't help but have another flying glow on my face. Said: "Yang Yan, I'm going back now." My mother has always wanted to see you, can you come to the palace the day after tomorrow to see my mother? ”

Yang Yan naturally couldn't refuse this kind of invitation, and now he didn't have much to do, so he said, "Okay, the morning after tomorrow, I will definitely come." ”

Zhao Qianru took off a jade bracelet carved with jasper from her jade wrist, handed it to the tassel and said: "It's really exciting to meet today, and there is nothing suitable for it, so please accept this jade bracelet from Sister Tassel." As she spoke, she took the tassel's hand and shoved the jade bracelet into her hand. Then turn around and get in the car. Don't forget to turn around and tell Yang Yan: "Don't forget, you must come the day after tomorrow!"

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"Minister Tang Si retreats to see the emperor." On the 28th of July, Tang Siwei and Lu Zhongxian returned to Lin'an with the peace letter agreed with Jin and met Zhao Tuan.

I saw Zhao Tuan wrinkling his face, his expression was extremely ugly, and the ministers rarely saw Zhao Tuan show such an ugly face. However, the ministers all know that a few days ago, Han Yanzhi's letter was handed to Zhao Tuan, and he explained all what Tang Si had done in Jiankang Mansion, and bluntly said that the loss of Pizhou, Shouzhou and other places was entirely the result of Tang Siwei's order to disperse the army. After Zhao Tuan saw it, he was naturally extremely angry in his heart.

"Tang Siwei, how did you get it, I ordered you to be the envoy of the imperial camp and the governor of Jianghuai, and now the Jin army has taken Pizhou and Shouzhou, and they have all hit Dingyuan City, what are you doing in Jiankang Mansion?" Tang Siwei is also an old minister of the two dynasties, Zhao Tuan was very polite to him before, and he was called "Tang Qing", but this time he called him by his name, obviously angry.

However, Tang Siwei also expected that Han Yanzhi would sue him in front of the emperor, and he was already prepared in his heart, so he said unhurriedly: "The minister was appointed by the emperor to be the envoy of the imperial camp and the guard, to supervise the affairs of Jianghuai, and to negotiate peace with the Jin State, but since the minister arrived in Jiankang, he ordered all armies to guard the border and not to clash with the Jin army, but there are still some local defenders who do not respect the commandment, and Nong Jiu and the Jin army are constantly in conflict. In desperation, the minister had to order some people to be sent back, also for fear of the major event of the peace negotiation. Who knew that the Jin army would take advantage of the situation and occupy Pizhou and Shouzhou instead. But this is not a matter of concern, as long as the Song and Jin negotiations are successful, the Jin army will scatter the army. ”

Zhao Tuan's face softened a little, and said, "Then how is the matter of peace negotiations?"

Hearing that Zhao Tuan asked about peace, Lu Zhongxian tried his best to calm his voice and said: "The minister has agreed on a peace treaty with the Jin State, please take a look at it." As he spoke, he raised the peace book above his head with both hands, but his heart was "thumping", and he didn't know how the emperor would react after reading this peace book.

At this time, Yi Younei came over and took over the peace book and presented it to Zhao Tuan. Zhao Tuan took the peace book and opened it to watch, after reading a few pages, Zhao Tuan "Teng" stood up from the dragon chair, threw down the peace book with a "snap", pointed at Lu Zhongxian and said sharply: "Lu Zhongxian, you have done a good thing, how did I order you to come, is this how you agreed with the Jin State?" You... You—" were so angry that they couldn't speak. Lu Zhongxian was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a "grunt", and he didn't plead anymore. I only thought in my heart: Tang Xianggong, it's all up to you now.

Since Zhao Tuan received Zen, he has always appeared in front of the minister with a relatively gentle face, and this is the first time that the hall has such a big fire. For a while, all the ministers couldn't help but feel nervous, staring at the peace book that was thrown to the ground, thinking about what was in the peace book, and making the emperor angry like this. If the hall was unusually quiet, only Zhao Tuan alone had a heavy gasp.

After a while, Zhao Tuan said: "Lu Zhongxian, you yourself read this peace agreement to all Aiqing, and let everyone know how you negotiated peace with Jin Guo." ”

Lu Zhongxian's hands trembled and picked up the peace book from the ground, and read it tremblingly: "...... First, the Jin and Song dynasties are the countries of uncles and nephews, the Jin country is the uncle, and the Song country is the nephew. Second, the Song State compensated the Jin State with 10 million yuan to compensate for the loss, and the Song State paid 500,000 taels of silver and 500,000 horses of silk to the Jin State every year. Third, the state capital occupied by the Song State was returned to the Jin State, and the five places of Haizhou, Chuzhou, Gaoyou Army, Xuyi Army, and Haozhou were ceded to the Jin State. Fourth......

"Stay." Before Lu Zhongxian finished reading, Chen Junqing couldn't help it, and immediately came out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, this peace document is absolutely unacceptable." He took the lead, Hu Quan, Jiang Fu, Ye Hao, Ye Heng, etc., and even the Liang Ke family, who had never advocated the use of troops against Jin, all came out one after another, and they all advocated that this peace document should not be accepted. Only a few ministers of the Lord and Peace, such as Qian Duanli, Yin Sui, and Wang Zhiwang, did not make a sound, looking at Tang Siwei?

At this time, Zhao Tuan said coldly: "Tang Siwei, what's going on with this peace book?"

Tang Siwei said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is also forced to do it, now the Jin army is strong, and the vanguard has hit the city of Dingyuan, which is only two hundred miles away from Jiankang, and the past is coming." The ministers gathered 500,000 troops to find the Jin State, and only waited for the peace to be unsuccessful, and then invaded the south on a large scale. Our Great Song Dynasty was newly defeated in Qixian County, and at present the defenders in the Jianghuai area are only 150,000 people, and I am afraid it will be difficult to resist. The only way to do this is to first agree to all the conditions of the Jin State and complete the peace. So that the Jin army did not invade Song Koushi, and temporarily relieved this urgent need. Then he glanced at Lu Zhongxian, who was still kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said in his heart: What are you in a hurry, I let you do this, naturally there is a way.

Zhao Tuan was taken aback, the news of Jin Guoxing's invasion of the Song Dynasty by 500,000 soldiers had indeed circulated in Lin'an for a long time, and I didn't know if it was true or not. He calmed down, what if this was true? Is the situation really as critical as Tang Siwei said?

At this time, Qian Duanli came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Tang Xianggong's words are extremely true, and we must not hesitate at this moment, otherwise once the Jin army breaks through Jiankang, we will not even have the capital to negotiate peace." ”

Yin Sui, Wang Zhiwang and others also spoke at this time, and Fu and Tang Siwei asked to accept the conditions of the Jin State and negotiate peace with the Jin State. Lu Zhongxian, who was kneeling on the ground, was a lot more relieved, and he admired Tang Si very much in his heart.

The more Chen Junqing listened to it on the side, the more he didn't feel good, and he couldn't help but say: "You are all misleading words, kneeling to accept the edict, and doing things with money, since ancient times, how can the Son of Heaven use the courtesy of his subordinates to serve the enemy country?" Could it be that you are waiting for the emperor to go to school, and Shi Jingtang back then can't succeed. ”

Hu Quan also came out and said: "The cutting of land and the currency is the Jin people's exhaustion of the national strength of our Great Song Dynasty, the hatred of our people against the sky, and the hope of despairing our China and the Han, how can I agree to such a condition." ”

Tang Siwei said unhurriedly: "The gold is just a literal title, and there is no loss to my Great Song Dynasty." And kneeling to receive the edict can be followed by the prime minister of the Emperor Taishang back then, and the edict on behalf of the Son of Heaven! As for the cession of land and currency, I can't help myself, and when I say that the country is strong after the Great Song Dynasty, I can naturally take it back. Lord Chen, Lord Hu, you are naturally easy to say, if the 500,000 troops of the Jin Army break through Jiankang and hit the city of Lin'an, do you have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy? In my opinion, you are inviting a false name and putting the emperor and the country in danger. You say that I am a miscountry, but I think you are a miscountry. ”

Chen Junqing pointed at Tang Sihui: "You... You—" but couldn't say a word. Hu Quan was helpless when he stomped his feet and beat his chest on the side. Both of them are not very proficient in military affairs, and they will never be able to come up with a strategy for returning the gold army.

Tang Sihui saw that the two of them were speechless, and he ignored them anymore, turned his head and said to Zhao Tuan: "Your Majesty, the only way to plan today is to agree to the conditions of the Jin State and negotiate peace with the Jin State as soon as possible. Please also ask the emperor to think twice." But in his heart, he thought that if Zhao Tuan did not make a decision in the palace, then after leaving the palace, he would go to meet Zhao Gou and ask Zhao Gou to come forward to persuade Zhao Tuan to agree to peace.

Zhao Tuan looked at Tang Siwei, who looked proud, and then at Chen Junqing and Hu Quan, who were dejected, and suddenly felt a sense of desolation in his heart. Do you really have to accept this humiliating condition? But if you don't accept it, what can you do to resist the Jin army? If the Jin army really crossed the Yangtze River, then the Great Song Dynasty would indeed not even have the capital to negotiate peace, and it would be better to agree to it first, so as to solve this urgent need. ”

At this moment, a yellow gate hurriedly walked up to the palace: "Your Majesty, the existing Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, and the same Privy Council affairs Yu Yunwen is waiting for the decree outside the palace, and I ask to see the emperor." ”

"Yu Yunwen is back." Zhao Tuan was overjoyed in his heart and said, "Announce him to see him." ”

Tang Siwei trembled in his heart: Why did Yu Yunwen come back now, he estimated that he would not be able to return to Beijing in a month at the earliest, and now it will only be twenty-six days to be full.

Chen Junqing and Hu Quan are both thinking: Yu Yunwen is back, can he change the current situation?"

In the midst of everyone's thoughts, Yu Yunwen's tall figure had already walked in from outside the hall.