At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

Early the next morning.

Weiyang Palace, Linde Hall.

When all the ministers and officials heard the news that Ren Hao was not dead, their expressions were as ugly as if they had eaten a fly.

Especially Zhao Ping'an, his old face was so gloomy as if someone had died in his family.

He thought that Ren Hao had died in the belly of the fish in the Wei River long ago, but unfortunately, things did not go as planned, and this guy actually drifted along the Wei River to the Western Regions.

As the saying goes, when some people are sad, others are happy.

The people who were happiest about the news that Ren Hao was not dead were Wen Yan, Li Shiji and Shen He.

Since Ren Hao disappeared, Wen Yan could only entrust the task of reform to Li Shiji and Shen He. However, no matter what they did or what reform suggestions they put forward, they not only failed to get the emperor's approval, but were also scolded.

But now it’s good, Ren Hao is still alive, and the two of them can be said to have breathed a sigh of relief, finally they don’t have to be scolded anymore.

"What do you think about forming an alliance with the Western Regions to fight against the Northern Hu Wudun Chanyu and opening the official market?" Wen Yan asked, looking down at the officials.

Zhao Ping'an immediately winked at the student behind him, who immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Ren Sikong has instigated the general to form an alliance with the Western Regions on your behalf, which is a serious crime of treason."

"Opening official markets to the Western Regions is like raising a tiger to cause trouble, which is an even greater crime."

"I think that Ren Sikong must have ulterior motives and he should be killed as soon as possible!"

After several ministers came out to echo the voice, Zhao Ping'an also took this opportunity to come out and said that the countries in the Western Regions were far away from ancient Han Dynasty and could not send troops to help fight against Wudun Chanyu. As for the opening of the official market, it would undoubtedly be a disaster.

Zhao Ping'an refused His Majesty's request to send troops to aid Minglan Kingdom because he hoped that Ren Hao would die under the 100,000 cavalry of Wudun Chanyu and that he would never return to Han territory.

As for opening the official market, the money would not go into his pocket, so naturally he had to find an excuse to refuse.

The other ministers also echoed this, which caused Li Shiji and Shen He to immediately speak out in retaliation, angrily accusing them of being a group of treacherous villains who had no regard for the Han Dynasty.

Once Wudun Chanyu unified the countries in the Western Regions, the land west of Qin would be in danger everywhere.

Sending troops to aid the Western Regions countries in their fight against Udon Chanyu is actually helping oneself.

As for opening the official market, it can also quickly fill the national treasury to cope with the subsequent compensation and the upcoming war.

As for the destruction of the Wei River, although it lifted the siege of the War God Pass, it was a natural disaster and man-made calamity for the surrounding Han people. The Wei River not only flooded large tracts of crops, but also flooded a large number of residential land, leaving a large number of refugees homeless.

The cost of rebuilding the God of War Pass and helping the people resettle was already overwhelming the national treasury, and now they had to pay for the flooded fields. The national treasury simply couldn't come up with so much money.

Ask them to donate some money to the national treasury, but they all just cry poor.

The opening of the official market now can just solve the urgent problem.

Faced with the two parties in the court who held different opinions, Wen Yan was so annoyed by the quarrel.

She slammed the imperial desk and shouted, "That's enough, shut up!"

The ministers stopped arguing and knelt on the ground and whispered, "Your Majesty, please think twice before making your decision."

"I have decided to send troops to aid Minglan Kingdom immediately. As for the opening of the official market, we will make a decision after Sikong Ren returns to the court." Wen Yan announced to the ministers.

"Your Majesty, we must not help Minglan Kingdom."

"Minglan Kingdom is too far away from the Han Dynasty. If Your Majesty sends a large army to support Minglan Kingdom, what should we do if Ancient Wei takes advantage of this opportunity to launch a large-scale invasion?" Zhao Ping'an quickly brought up the ancient Wei and dissuaded the emperor from sending troops to aid Minglan Kingdom.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order."

The other ministers all echoed the sentiment, hoping that Ren Hao would die quickly at the hands of the Northern Hu cavalry.

"You... you..."

Just when Wen Yan was about to fly into a rage, a guard outside the palace ran in in a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, there is news of a great victory!!!"

Great victory?

Not only Wen Yan was confused, but even the ministers in the court were confused.

Now that the ancient Wei has not launched a large-scale invasion, how can there be news of victory?

Just as everyone was puzzled, a dusty and smelly knight ran into the hall and reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Ren Sikong led the reinforcements of the Western Regions Alliance and 5,000 light cavalry from Hanjing to defeat the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of Wudun Chanyu."

"Hundreds of thousands of Wudun Chanyu's cavalry were all killed in Minglan Mountain..."

Before the knight could excitedly say the word "Zhong", he completely lost consciousness.

"what!!!"

All the ministers widened their eyes in disbelief, especially Zhao Ping'an, who ran up to the knight to confirm whether it was true or not.

He didn't believe that only 5,000 Hanjing light cavalry and the miscellaneous soldiers and generals gathered from the small countries in the Western Regions could defeat the hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry of Wudun Chanyu.

But no matter how Zhao Ping'an shook him, the tired knight did not wake up.

"Quickly call the imperial physician!!!" Wen Yan came to his senses, stood up and shouted.

He didn't believe that Hao could destroy the 100,000 iron cavalry of Wudun Chanyu with only 5,000 Hanjing light cavalry and the people gathered from the small countries in the Western Regions.

Now the only way to find out how Ren Hao did it is to rescue this knight.

When the imperial physician rushed to the palace and treated the knight for a period of time, he could only shake his head to the emperor, indicating that the knight was already at the end of his rope and could not be saved.

He ran in with his last breath.

"Give him a proper burial." Wen Yan sighed and walked away from the imperial presence.

"Farewell to Your Majesty."

All the ministers and officials knelt down and respectfully escorted the emperor out of the palace.

……

On the other side, in Minglan Kingdom, inside the palace.

Ren Hao was drunk last night. Even when he woke up this morning, he only felt dizzy, dry mouth and extremely uncomfortable.

"Water, give... give me water."

Ren Hao shouted twice, but no maid came in to bring water. Instead, he woke up Princess Rouyue who was sleeping next to him.

"Lord Sikong, you're awake..." Princess Rouyue opened her eyes and called softly.

"Wait, you...why are you on my bed!!!" Ren Hao turned around in surprise.

"I...why can't I stay in your bed? Didn't you make a fuss last night and ask me to stay with you?"

"How can a weak woman like me be your opponent? I... I can only..." Princess Rouyue pretended to be aggrieved.

"Why don't I have any recollection of it?" Ren Hao tried to recall what happened last night carefully, but his mind was blank and he couldn't remember anything.

"Master Sikong, you don't want to be responsible for me, do you?"

"If you don't want to be responsible for me, I... I won't force you. I just hope you will forget about me in the future..." Princess Rouyue said aggrievedly, as if it was all her fault.