C66

Three years and seven months later.

Great Yan.

The Fanggu City was a strange city, shaped like a monster. Other cities usually had square buildings. Although there was a square character in the name of the Fanggu City, it was not square at all. From a high vantage point, the Fanggu City looked more like an enormous bull head. There were two walls extending outwards in the shape of semilunar. They were the horns of a cow. The back of the main city was bigger and the front was thinner. Such a strange architectural style was unique even in the entire world.

It was said that the Fanggu City was similar to other cities in the first place, square and well-behaved. However, the second generation king of Great Yan, Yan Wen Wang Mu Yun, who almost unified the sixteen northern kingdoms, had personally designed this place. It had to be said that this style of building, which had abandoned the concept of aesthetics, had a great improvement on defense. The protruding horns on both sides of the city could increase the impact of an assault on the city. In addition, the two sections of the Oxhorn city wall could be cut in half, so even if the enemy attacked, there was no point.

As for the front of the city, it was narrow and the back of the city was wide. This was because the width of the back city was conducive to the deployment and expansion of their forces. As the front of the city was narrow, it was difficult for the forces on the attacking side to be fully unleashed.

Of course, these were all legends. Ordinary citizens did not understand the matters of war. Although the Great Yan had been in a weakened state for dozens of years, there were no signs of people besieging and besieging the capital city. Ten years ago, after Great General Fang Zhiji re-established Tie Liuhuo, the Yan Army's power had increased greatly. Although they were still unable to restore their former glory, they could still protect themselves without a problem.

As there was a super hegemon in the south, none of the smaller empires, including the sixteen Youlan states, dared to call themselves emperors. They could only call themselves kings.

The current King of Yan was none other than the third son of the former emperor, Mu Changyan, who had returned four years ago.

As for the Lady Ye that followed Mu Changyan back, he had already been imprisoned for more than three years.

The Imperial City Tianji Palace was constructed at the back of the Fanggu City and was less than five kilometers away from the north city wall. The north side of the city wall was a branch of the Mount Cangman, which was called Yanshan. North of Yanshan, there was still a piece of land that was floating in Great Yan ? The reason it was called Floating Ground was because it was controlled by the nomadic nomads on the prairie. In name, it belonged to Great Yan, but there weren't many troops stationed on the Great Yan.

Yanshan was dangerous, and nomads were not good at attacking cities, so with this natural chasm, the Great Yan did not really care about the nomadic tribes in the north.

The palace.

Mu Changyan sat on the chair in a daze. In the past few years, he had grown more and more fond of sitting in a daze. The stack of memorials on the table in front of him was two feet high, but he didn't want to read them. In his mind, there was only that girl, the girl that even he could not meet in the secret cell right now.

Ye Yun.

Mu Changyan muttered to himself, "Incompetent, I made you suffer after returning to the Great Yan. Rest assured, if you give me some more time, I will definitely save you. "

Just then, the eunuch, An Chengli, ran in quickly from outside. "The empress dowager is here."

Mu Changyan's face changed, he immediately stood up and quickly went to the door to wait. When the palace dressed beautiful woman appeared, he bent even lower: "childrens pays his respect to Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Su Qing Wen was only thirty-nine years old this year. If not for the fact that her own son had died young due to illness, Mu Changyan would not have been able to return to be the king. And the reason why Mu Changyan was chosen was because he clearly understood Mu Changyan's personality. He looked a little crazy, but he was actually a coward. Furthermore, since Mu Changyan did not have a mind, his own opinions would always be dictated by others.

Such a person was most suited to be a puppet.

The truth proved that Empress Dowager Su's eyesight was indeed great. The thing that Mu Changyan had the most courage in his life did was to go to Fantasy Eternal Residence City to protect Ye Yun. And when he returned, the moment he saw Su Qingnuan, all of this courage vanished.

"Get up."

Su Qing Wen's voice was slightly hoarse, it was not the kind of gentle female voice that would move one's heart. However, this did not affect her beauty. It was a very cold and proud beauty with a very graceful appearance. She was originally a princess of Zhao, so she married the Yan Emperor. Ever since the death of King Yan, the imperial court power had always been in her hands. "If it wasn't for her reputation as a king and the fact that she couldn't afford to offend all the other families, she wouldn't have had to make Mu Changyan her king.

Su Qingnuan maintained his figure very well. He was not even forty years old, but there was not a single spot of fat on his body. There were no wrinkles on her face, but the corners of her eyes still bore traces of time.

Su Qingnuan quickly walked into the East Warm Pavilion, with the two maids behind him following behind. As soon as she turned around, the two little maids went down on their knees to arrange the long hem of her dress for her.

Empress Dowager Su sat down on a chair and looked at the stack of memorials on the table. His expression became even more unfriendly.

"You are the king of the Great Yan, the king of tens of thousands of citizens."

With a "pa" sound, Empress Dowager Su slapped the table heavily with his hands: "But look at yourself now!"

Mu Changyan raised his head, but didn't say anything. He knew that he had been completely and utterly defeated the day he returned. On the way back with Ye Yun, he had thought of ten thousand ways to protect his beloved woman. He even thought that if the empress dowager pressed him too hard, he would resist, truly resist. She would rather not have any throne than to let Ye Yun suffer.

However, when he returned to the Fanggu City, he knew that he had lost the moment he saw the look in Empress Dowager Su's eyes.

"Why? There's no explanation?"

Empress Dowager Su asked.

Mu Changyan lowered his head: "It was childrens who was negligent, and Queen Mother's blame for that. childrens will pay more attention in the future, and definitely will not dare to neglect government affairs. "

Empress Dowager Su coldly said: "I know what you're thinking, and I also know that you can't wait to kill me. But that thing in your heart will never happen unless I die. I have already done my best for her. Back then, I didn't kill her because of me, and I only imprisoned her ? If not for the face of the imperial family, for the face of a King of Yan like you, this woman would have already died hundreds of times. "

"That woman is not yours, she is the previous crown prince's woman!"

Mu Changyan suddenly raised her head. "I know that Big Brother has always been the one she loves in her heart, but ?"

"No buts!"

Empress Dowager Su stood up, and the servants behind him immediately crawled forward.

She walked to Mu Changyan's front, and was less than a foot away from his face. She stared straight into Mu Changyan's eyes, and said word by word. "I already said, as long as I'm alive, you can forget about marrying that woman. Because of her, the previous crown prince had died accidentally. I can't let her ruin my other son again, and she's the king of the Great Yan! When she was seducing the former crown prince, she had caused the former crown prince to be presumptuous in front of the first king. I'm warning you, if you continue to be like this, I'll kill her first. "

"No!"

With a "Putong" sound, Mu Changyan kneeled on the ground, "Queen Mother knows her wrong, childrens will definitely listen to your teachings."

"Great King."

Empress Dowager Su's tone softened as he bent over and helped Mu Changyan up with one hand: "You are Great Yan's hope, and it is only because I have high expectations of you that I have to be strict with you. Thinking back to when the Great Yan was dominating the north, almost unifying, how awe-inspiring was that. You Kingdom, Korea, Forever ? All these arch-enemies have submitted, even my mother, Big Zhao, has sent someone to show his respect. Don't you want to recreate the glory of Great Yan? "

Mu Changyan lowered her head, "childrens will definitely do his best."

"I think you're also tired today."

"Empress Dowager Su's tone became even more relaxed:" Let An Chengli deliver all of these memorials to my palace, I will help the King review them. "However, I cannot do everything for the King. The King will still have to improve himself a little in the future."

Mu Changyan kept his head lowered, not daring to meet Empress Dowager Su's eyes. "childrens understands."

Empress Dowager Su acknowledged him, and looked around: "I heard that Fang Zhiji has been training in the army?"

Mu Changyan replied, "Yes, there is constant friction between the southeastern border and the You Kingdom. The Great General said that he would bring Tie Liuhuo to the southeast direction to intimidate the You Kingdom. Since Tie Liuhuo had been rebuilt, he had not had the experience of fighting a big battle. Although he was brave, he did not have enough experience on the battlefield. "So what the Great General means is that we should train our troops by fighting."

Empress Dowager Su nodded his head: "Regarding the use of troops, there is no need to question Fang Zhiji's methods. Since Tie Liuhuo was given to him, the King could put it down. However, he acted according to his wishes, and led Tie Liuhuo down to the south as the great general himself, what about the big pile of military matters that were thrown at him in the capital? The King couldn't personally train his troops, much less manage the affairs of Ministry of War. So, I was thinking, should we restore the dual generals of the Wise King's era? "

Mu Changyan's face changed. He had expected this day to come, but he never expected it to come so suddenly.

"childrens ? childrens believes that if the imperial government had two great generals, they would inevitably obstruct each other ? "

Before he could finish his words, Empress Dowager Su waved his hand, "You worry too much. Especially military matters. The two Great Generals can even supervise and compare with each other, which is more beneficial to the development of our Great Yan's military and defense. Duke Chong Ming, Su Zong is a humble man who has read a lot of military books, and he is extremely loyal to my Great Yan. I think it will be of great use ? When this matter was brought up in the assembly hall later, the civil and military officials would see whether it was feasible or not. Tie Liuhuo would still take the rest of the military matters to Su Zong. If it's feasible, then it's decided. "

Empress Dowager Su turned around and ordered his men to take away all the memorials and left as fast as the wind.

Mu Changyan stood there in a daze with a miserable look on his face.

"Your Majesty ?" What's the point of doing it? "

he muttered.

The young eunuch, An Chengli, knelt there and looked at the King with a face full of pain. "Your Majesty, the Grand Autumn Ceremony is about to ? It was a selection that happened once every five years. In the imperial court, Prime Minister of the Left was the leader. Originally, the military still had General Fang Zhiji, Zhongzheng, being virtuous and virtuous, but since General Fang Zhiji had left the capital, it was mostly the empress dowager who forced him to leave. If Su Zong were to become a great general again, all of Great Yan's martial arts would be in his hands. "

"metapopsia comes from all of the Zhao Kingdom. On the surface, Zhao Kingdom looks like he's friendly to me, but this action of his clearly means that he doesn't want to use weapons to destroy my Great Yan. King ? This servant mentioned it the last time. The King couldn't bear it any longer. Right now, this old subject was mostly the empress dowager's man, and so was Zhong Jian. In order for the King to accomplish anything, he needed to recruit young talents. No matter what, the Grand Autumn Ceremony King had to go. To recruit a few young talents, one must nurture a loyal heart and wait until the time comes ? "

His words did not continue, because there was no need for him to say it too clearly.

Mu Changyan laughed bitterly: "It's easier said than done... However, Gu Jue wouldn't give up. "You're right. Gu can pretend to be lazy and play around, and take a stroll in the capital. I'll find some talented youngsters in advance."

An Chengli said: "Your Majesty's plans are extremely correct, this servant will arrange it right away. "Young talents from all over the world have almost all entered the capital by now. The king might as well hand over all the government matters to the empress dowager. She thinks that the king can loosen up a little from wasting time."

Mu Changyan said: "Alright, then let's go out of the palace and take a walk. This place is also very depressing."

An Chengli helped Mu Changyan change his clothes, changed into a set of ordinary clothes, and left the Tianji Palace with more than a dozen palace guards.

People were coming and going on the streets, bustling with activity. Many young men wearing fine clothes and horses appeared on the streets, rushing over from various places to participate in the Grand Autumn Ceremony's competition. Once every five years, Grand Autumn Ceremony would recruit virtuous and virtuous men for the imperial government. For the majority of the offspring of the Humble Class, this was the only chance to change their fates.

Mu Changyan did not ride a horse either, he walked and walked, but after leaving the palace, he was in a much better mood.

The station in the city was almost completely filled, and there were no empty inns. There were hopeful young people everywhere.

"My Great Yan is full of talented people."

Mu Changyan's mood became better, and could not help but become a little arrogant: "With such a grand occasion, why would I need to worry about the revival of Great Yan."

As he was speaking, a group of thirty or so carriages arrived in front of him. They looked very imposing. At least hundreds of men in black clothes accompanied them. Although they did not say anything, they still showed their bravery and courage.

"What kind of people are these?"

Mu Changyan asked, and An Chengli immediately sent people to investigate.

However, before he could leave, he saw three words embroidered on the flags that were stuck into the carriages.

Heavenly Awakening Sect