Song Jinyu finally found the "Yunzi Military Manual". It was brought back from the blessed land by Cheng Song last year. She made an extra copy and then let Cheng Song learn from it on his own.
Now, Zhongli Mingye might go to war again. They had to make some preparations.
"My love... What's this?"
Flipping through the "Yunzi Military Manual", the elegant handwriting clearly showed that it was copied by Song Jinyu herself.
"Cheng Song found it. I should have given it to you earlier. But there were too many things going on later, so I forgot about it." Song Jinyu felt a bit embarrassed. Her memory had been really bad lately.
"So the legend is true." Yunzi, the valiant general of the Great Xia Dynasty back then, had really left behind a military strategy.
Countless people had been desperately searching for this military strategy throughout history, and now it was right in front of him. He looked up at Song Jinyu. It seemed that she didn't know the importance of this military strategy.
He exclaimed, "You're really lucky!"
"Of course. Otherwise, how could you have met me?" Song Jinyu smiled proudly.
Zhongli Mingye looked at her amusingly. "I'm talking about you!"
"..."
Song Jinyu vaguely felt that Zhongli Mingye had the ambition to compete for the crown prince position. Although she hadn't received a definite answer, as his wife,
they would either rise and fall together.
She understood him. Some things didn't need to be said clearly. Just as Zhongli Mingye silently supported her in seeking revenge, now Song Jinyu would also fully support him.
Whether it was life or death, they would share weal and woe.
"I'm leaving first!"
"Where are you going?"
Zhongli Mingye was a bit dissatisfied. It was his rare day off, but Song Jinyu had made an appointment with someone else.
She stroked his head and said with a smile, "Rong Shuang'er invited me today. He Yi is bored in the palace, so the three of us are going to get together."
Seeing her excited eyes, Zhongli Mingye also felt happy. Fortunately, she was living well in the capital. Now, she had even walked out of her past hatred.
He pulled her slender waist and carefully instructed, "Come back early!"
Rong Shuang'er thanked Song Jinyu on behalf of Shen Shulan. "Shulan said that if it weren't for the princess's great help, she might have been dead by now."
"It's okay. I just happened to meet her. It's also a kind of fate." Actually, Song Jinyu wanted to ask Shen Shulan whether she had aborted the child or not.
But then she thought that it was Shen Shulan's freedom. Whether she had an abortion or kept the child, Shen Shulan was not wrong.
He Yi was feasting heartily. Seeing the two of them chatting happily, she said, "By the way, Shuang'er, what's going on between you and Uncle Huang?"
Rong Shuang'er was suddenly choked and felt a bit embarrassed. Song Jinyu, on the other hand, had a gossiping look on her face. "Tell us!"
"I... Your servant girl..."
After she confessed her feelings to Ming Ruyi that day, she waited for a few days. But she didn't wait for the Zhongzhou Prince's Mansion to come to propose marriage. She knew that maybe she had been being sentimental.
She felt a bit bitter, but she wasn't a delicate person. So she let go quickly.
After hearing the whole story, Song Jinyu said with a smile, "It's hard for a man to chase a woman, but it's easy for a woman to chase a man."
"Shuang'er and he are a perfect match made in heaven."
He Yi joked, "Did Brother Four have to climb a mountain to chase you?"
It was a mountain, Tianmen Mountain!
Song Jinyu drank a cup of wine. The smile leaking from the corner of her lips made the other two women extremely envious.
"Shuang'er, don't give up. Uncle Huang may seem unreliable, but he rarely treats girls well.
You're the second girl he has taken a fancy to."
Song Jinyu and Rong Shuang'er looked at He Yi. "Who's the first one?" He Yi gave Song Jinyu a strange look. "He once saved a girl!"
People with a perceptive mind could understand immediately. Song Jinyu remained silent. Wasn't the girl he saved herself?
Rong Shuang'er didn't care who that girl was. She was just hesitating whether she should continue to show her feelings for Ming Ruyi.
The three women drank until it was getting late before saying goodbye and leaving.
After a good chat, Song Jinyu really liked Rong Shuang'er. She was such a lovely girl. Ming Ruyi was really lucky.
In the court, there were two factions regarding the expedition to Yanqiu, the war faction and the peace faction.
For several days in a row, they had been arguing endlessly. The emperor was exhausted, so he just asked Prime Minister Ling and others to come up with a strategy. Recently, Concubine Xue in the palace had been neglected by the emperor.
Seeing that the queen had been released from house arrest again, she became even more anxious.
But that person had warned her not to cause any trouble. She should lie low and wait for the opportunity. The emperor was staring at the people on the stage. His eyes seemed to see someone else through the stage makeup.
It was Concubine Xue!
"Your Majesty... You rarely come to see Shishi... I can only see you like this to relieve my lovesickness." The emperor was very happy to be coaxed by her and directly granted her a seat beside him.
The queen and others who were accompanying him looked cold. Concubine Xue was really a fox who seduced the emperor!
"Sister Concubine Xue is really versatile. There's no one in the whole palace who can compare with you." As soon as the queen said this, the concubines looked at each other in surprise. What was the queen up to?
The emperor's interest was disturbed, and he looked unhappy.
Concubine Xue smiled brightly. "I only need to make the emperor happy..."
The queen then saw Concubine Shu. "Sister Shu, you're looking very well lately. You even seem a few years younger." This was a mockery of Concubine Shu's old age.
"Indeed. Prince Yu and his wife are very filial. Concubine Shu must be very relieved." Concubine Jia couldn't stand the queen's provocation.
As soon as she said this, the queen's face darkened. The Shen family had been exterminated. The crown prince's wife had been seriously ill and couldn't bear the stimulation, so she died a few days ago.
Since the crown prince was under house arrest, although the emperor had shown mercy, the funeral of the crown prince's wife couldn't be grand.
The emperor was pestered by Concubine Xue and didn't pay attention to the queen. After the play was over, the emperor and the concubine left hand in hand.
The queen's eyes were venomous, but only for a moment.
Filial piety, huh? A harmonious couple, huh? If there's no peace in my son's mansion, you won't have a good time either!
After returning to the palace, the queen's jealousy was like a maggot attached to the bone.
She sent someone to Liuzhou City to invite those two concubines back to the capital.
Concubine Xue looked at the sleeping emperor beside her and clenched her hands tightly. Her younger sister had entered the palace as a maid, but there had been no news of her for many years.
Later, after much investigation, she found out that her sister had been taken a fancy to by the crown prince and was insulted to death.
With the help of Tingran Pavilion, she entered the palace. Only then did she discover that the queen was the real murderer who had killed her sister, just to protect the crown prince's reputation.
Touching her belly, Concubine Xue seemed to be deep in thought.
Xiao Xueyi had forbidden her to act on her own, lest it would ruin the big plan. But since Concubine Xue had heard about her sister's tragic death, she had been extremely heartbroken. She only hated herself for being weak.
Her sister had a lover eunuch in the palace, so she managed to find out.
Queen, I will surely make you pay for my sister's life!