Seeing Duan Yunxiu, Yang Ziji froze for a few minutes before reacting.
Wasn't this too fast?
It would take a month to get here from the capital on horseback.
It had only been about twenty days. Did the emperor rush over as soon as he received the secret letter?
The Nanman Kingdom princess had never seen the emperor of the Central Plains. Seeing the man who was not inferior to Ye Shaohua, she took a step back vigilantly. "Who are you?"
Duan Yunxiu ignored her.
The Nanman Kingdom princess still wanted to say something, but her brother's expression suddenly changed.
The surrounding area had been surrounded by the troops brought by Duan Yunxiu.
Although commander Xie had been stationed at the border for a long time, he still knew the emperor.
He watched himself turn from a prisoner to a victor, and then looked at the orders Duan Yunxiu issued one by one. He finally realized that he was not dreaming.
"Your Majesty? Why did you suddenly appear? "He half-knelt on the ground. In addition to excitement, there was a strange expression on his face.
Duan Yunxiu waved his hand. "Thank you for your hard work, commander Xie. This is the plan of me and the Military Counselor. Fortunately, we didn't come too late. Otherwise, the loss would be great."
"Isn't that so," commander Xie grinned. "If you came a step later, the Military Counselor would have become the son-in-law of the Nanman Kingdom."
The Military Counselor was well-versed in both literature and martial arts, and was also resourceful. If he was shot by the Nanman Kingdom, their loss would be too great.
Commander Xie had completely forgotten how he had disliked Ye Shaohua in the beginning.
"Is that so?" Duan Yunxiu said lightly.
He didn't know why, but Commander Xie could feel that this light voice was mixed with a bit of biting cold.
However, they had won a great victory. All the lost land had been recovered, and the Nanman Kingdom had surrendered. There would be no more provisions and troops for at least ten years. What was there for the emperor to be dissatisfied with?
Commander Xie felt that he must have sensed wrongly.
Duan Yunxiu looked at the grass on Ye Shaohua's head and couldn't help but reach out to take it down.
"You came quite early," Ye Shaohua patted her sleeves and said slowly, "I thought it would be at least three days later."
Wasn't it too disrespectful to speak to the emperor in this tone?
Commander Xie glanced at Yang Ziji. He knew that Young General Yang was very familiar with the Emperor, but he didn't dare to speak so casually to the Emperor.
However, Yang Ziji was very familiar with Military Counselor Ye. Thinking of this, Commander Xie didn't think too much about it.
That night, the military camp reveled throughout the night.
Two days later, they gathered their troops and returned to the capital.
Ye Shaohua knew that the news of their defeat must have been passed back to Ye Mansion, although she had left a letter for the shopkeeper of Changchun Lou and the people of Xuan Ge to take care of Concubine Mei.
But in the end, he was still worried.
They also did not follow the main army, as the speed of an army of a hundred thousand was too slow.
Ye Shaohua, Duan Yunxiu, and Yang Ziji rushed back with the messenger.
Half a month later.
Ye Mansion, Pear Garden.
"Yiniang, don't go to Old Furen and the others." Over the past month, Liu 'er had seen Mei Yiniang become haggard. "If you move good things to them, they won't help you find news about Fourth Young Master."
Ye Shaohua had been on the expedition for more than a year. Originally, although she and Mei Yiniang were not taken care of in the mansion, they also lived a leisure life.
But since the defeat of the army a month ago, the generals of the three armies were all captured. When the news came, everyone in the capital was in a panic.
Mei Yiniang was a person who lived in a deep house and didn't know the situation of the outside world.
She could only find people everywhere to inquire about Ye Shaohua's news.
Today, people from Ye Shi's maternal family came over. Mei Yiniang gave the last valuable item, which was a beautiful glass lamp that Yang Ziji gave to Mei Yiniang on her birthday.
In the ancient times when technology was backward, glass was a very rare ornament.
Only Xuan Ge would sell this kind of precious item, and they only sold one item a month. It was priceless. Almost every month, that one item was offered to the palace.
Other people couldn't buy it even if they wanted to.
They could only look at the glass object placed in the center of Xuan Ge.
Ye Shi's maternal family's uncle was a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan. He had been in Ye Mansion for more than a month.
Although in this era, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen were at the bottom, rich people could do anything, especially businessmen who had been traveling for a long time. They were much more well-informed than people in the capital.
"Mei Yiniang," the old lady was talking to Ye Shi's uncle. When she saw Mei Yiniang, her eyes flashed with displeasure. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to visit my uncle." Mei Yiniang gave the packaged glass ornament to Ye Shi's uncle.
This month, Mei Yiniang took out too many precious items, which surprised Ye Mansion. They didn't expect Mei Yiniang to take out so many good things.
Now she even took out a glass ornament.
Ye Shi's uncle was surprised for a long time.
"Uncle, about Shaohua, you …" Seeing Uncle take the glass ornament, Mei Yiniang stepped forward and spoke.
"Mei Yiniang," Ye Shi covered the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief. "This matter can't be rushed. After all, my brother needs connections to inquire about information. When the fourth young master was alive, you were still a character, but now I don't know whether he is alive or dead. Mei Yiniang, don't bother my uncle anymore. Find someone else to inquire about the information!"
There had been no other news for more than a month. These people in Ye Shi had no confidence in Ye Shaohua's life.
The old lady was too lazy to care about Mei Yiniang. "What about Shaoming? He was promoted to the seventh grade a few days ago. I haven't seen him yet. "
Ye Shaohua was the top scorer. He had no official position, and both were sent to the frontier.
Looking at the top scorer who came out with Ye Shaohua, he had married the princess and became a fourth-grade official.
When it came to Ye Shaoming, Ye Shi couldn't help but smile.
Several people had a sentence, every sentence was scolding, but Mei Yiniang was quite happy.
A year ago, everyone in Ye Mansion didn't mention the matter of promoting Mei Yiniang to the same wife.
And Ye Jin stood by Ye Shi's side to serve her. He didn't look at her at all.
It's said that adversity shows a person's heart.
Mei Yiniang didn't understand before, but now she understood?
Seeing Mei Yiniang leave, the people sitting in the hall didn't care, and even smiled while eating melon seeds.
Who knew that the top scorer from more than a year ago would become like this?
Uncle finally came back to his senses from the glass ornaments. He raised his head and looked at Ye Shi. "Sister, this Mei Yiniang of your Ye Mansion is not an ordinary person."
Ye Shi and the old lady had never seen glass ornaments, but Uncle had been to so many places.
He really knew the preciousness of this thing.
"Of course not an ordinary person," Ye Shi sneered. "Back then, he came out of the brothel."
Seeing his sister's disdainful tone, Uncle thought about it and didn't say anything more. "I'll ask someone to inquire about it."
A fifteen-year-old top scorer, if the emperor hadn't sent him to the battlefield willfully, must be an amazing person.
These people were still talking.
At this time, the housekeeper outside scrambled in. The housekeeper, who had always been calm, had a flustered face: "Old lady! Old lady! "
Uncle was still there. Old lady put down her teacup and said unhappily, "What are you panicking about? Didn't you see Uncle? "
Hearing the old lady's words, the horror on the housekeeper's face still did not disappear. He just shook his head. Thinking of the fourth young master who was full of chill, he couldn't help but shiver: "Old lady, the fourth young master … The fourth young master is back!"
"What?" The old lady, who was still unhappy, was shocked by this sentence and stood up directly. "Wasn't he defeated and captured?"
In their eyes, Ye Shaohua was just a scholar. A person who had no strength to truss a chicken was captured. How could he survive under the hands of those barbarians?
"The fourth young master not only came back, but he also returned to the capital with His Majesty. The messenger outside said that our army had won a great victory, and the fourth young master recorded the first merit!" The housekeeper said all the news he had inquired without missing a word.
After a moment of surprise, the old lady quickly said, "Let's go to Mei Yiniang!"
And Ye Shi grabbed the housekeeper and asked several times if this was true.
Ye Jin, who was standing beside Ye Shi to serve Ye Shi, heard this sentence, and her body shook.
"Third Miss, the fourth young master is back. Shall we go to Pear Garden to have a look?" Ye Jin's personal maid, Chun 'er, glanced outside the door and said cautiously.
Ye Jin pursed her lips. "Let's go to Pear Garden!"
She was very confused now. Originally, when the news came last month, she thought that her fourth brother must have died. She didn't expect that in the end, not only did he not die, but he also won a great victory!
His Majesty recorded the first merit! Now there were three imperial edicts waiting outside in a row!
Really … Ye Jin never knew that her brother, who had the same mother, had such good luck!
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