I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

If it were in the past, Chen Qingyun would definitely have had Jiang Zuo's eyes dug out, then castrated him, and thrown him into the palace to be a eunuch.

But now, Chen Qingyun couldn't think of how to punish Jiang Zuo.

"Siyue, you and I are going to get married in the future anyway, so just treat what happened just now as..."

Jiang Zuo said rather shamelessly.

"Shut up!"

Chen Qingyun grumbled twice, but she was not as talkative as Jiang Zuo.

I wanted to refute him, but I didn't know how to do it.

Should I use the majesty of the empress, or Chen Siyue's...

"Siyue, you promised me before that as long as I achieved fame, you would accept my proposal."

Jiang Zuo slowly approached Chen Qingyun.

Chen Qingyun turned his head and said, "Then wait until you have achieved fame!"

Jiang Zuo said, "I just won a battle, so I think I have made some achievements, right?"

Chen Qingyun was furious: "No! Wait until you completely pacify Mobei!"

Now she is feeling both excited and nervous.

What we are looking forward to is that Jiang Zuo can lead such an invincible army and repeatedly defeat the attacks of the barbarians in Mobei. If more troops can be given to him, it may not be difficult to pacify the north.

But the tense point is that after pacifying the north, Jiang Zuo might really propose to "Miss Siyue", and then Chen Qingyun's identity could no longer be hidden.

If Jiang Zuo knew that she was the empress, with Jiang Zuo's personality, he would definitely be angry about being deceived, and might even turn against Chen Qingyun.

The empress doesn't want to lose such a capable minister as Jiang Zuo!

"It's not difficult to pacify Mobei..."

The situation in Jiangzuo is quite calm and peaceful.

Chen Qingyun calmed down his anger and asked in a low voice, "Not difficult? Then what are your plans?"

In today's battle at the city gate, Chen Qingyun had fully witnessed the true strength of the Anding Army led by Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo winked towards the window, indicating that there seemed to be someone outside.

Chen Qingyun understood and ordered loudly: "Qiuyue, wait for me outside the mansion."

Qiuyue had been standing not far from the wing room at this time. After hearing the empress's order, she replied, "Yes, Miss."

In fact, Qiuyue was a little confused now. She seemed to hear the empress mumbling something in the room just now.

Is there someone else in the room?

After confirming that Qiuyue had left, Jiang Zuo began to talk freely: "My next plan is to negotiate with the tribes in Mobei, do business with them, and use economic warfare to slowly disintegrate the Mobei tribal alliance."

"Peace talks?"

Chen Qingyun's face changed, and his eyes were full of confusion.

I have never heard of anyone who, after winning a battle, would take the initiative to negotiate with the loser.

At this point, shouldn't we press on to seize the opportunity and pursue the victory?

What's more, Jiang Zuo has such powerful weapons in his hands!

"The Northern Barbarians should be seriously injured now. Shouldn't we send troops to wipe them out? If we do this at this time, wouldn't it give the Mobei people time to recover?"

Chen Qingyun didn't understand Jiang Zuo's actions.

Jiang Zuo shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it's just that I don't want to fight anymore. Fighting and killing is not good. Besides, Siyue, you are also in Anding County, and you know how dangerous it is today. How about this, you go back to Guanzhong first, and when the situation here stabilizes, I will send someone to inform you..."

Being besieged by the Northern Barbarians today, Jiang Zuo was still very worried about Chen Qingyun's safety.

But Chen Qingyun was fearless and said, "You don't have to worry about me. As long as you can handle the affairs of Mobei, that's enough..."

Jiang Zuo nodded slightly and sighed again: "Oh, today is really tiring."

Having said that, Jiang Zuo unceremoniously lay down on Chen Qingyun's bed.

There seemed to be a faint fragrance of Chen Qingyun still on the bedding.

"Jiang Zuo."

Empress Chen Qingyun had a grim expression on her face.

"what's wrong?"

Jiang Zuo closed his eyes.

"Please get out of here."

Chen Qingyun said coldly.

Not immediately ordering people to drag Jiang Zuo away and behead him was already the greatest mercy the empress had shown.

"Good."

Jiang Zuo stood up shamelessly and left the room reluctantly.

Looking at Jiang Zuo's departing figure, a meaningful look appeared in Chen Qingyun's sharp eyes.

The next day.

Jiang Zuo woke up at noon. Just after breakfast, Yang Feng brought him an important news.

"Sir, several tribes in Mobei have agreed to negotiate with us in Anding County, but they said that you need to go to the grassland in person this afternoon. I think it's better not to do that. If they are sincere about the negotiations, they should send envoys to Anding County."

After hearing these words, Jiang Zuo said calmly: "It doesn't matter if I go in person. As long as they are sincere, everything can be discussed."

Jiang Zuo didn't care at all whether this trip was a Hongmen Banquet or not.

"My lord, beware of fraud!"

Yang Feng was quite worried.

"It doesn't matter. Take a few dozen people and go to the grassland."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

Yang Feng was still a little worried, but it was not easy for him to persuade Jiang Zuo, so he could only nod.

"Remember, prepare a little more of that..."

Jiang Zuo made a gesture.

Yang Feng quickly understood and went to prepare.

Jiang Zuo made some preparations and went out, about to go to the barracks to meet Yang Feng.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the mansion, I ran into Miss Siyue.

At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous clothes was standing in front of her.

They seemed to be discussing something.

Jiang Zuo was slightly puzzled and walked forward to ask, "Good morning, Siyue. May I ask who this person is..."

Chen Qingyun turned around and smiled: "This is Mr. Zhang from Guanzhong. He came to Anding County to do some business."

"Welcome, welcome. I am the magistrate of Anding County, Jiangzuo. Nice to meet Mr. Zhang."

Jiang Zuo stepped forward and bowed.

"Are you Lord Jiang? I've heard of you for a long time!"

Mr. Zhang looked peaceful and spoke respectfully.

At this time, Chen Qingyun introduced again: "Mr. Zhang has been our Chen family's partner for many years. After my introduction, he also came to Anding County to purchase fabrics and other goods."

"Yes, very good!"

Jiang Zuo was overjoyed when he heard this, not only because there was money to be made, but more importantly, the appearance of this person completely dispelled his inner doubts.

The appearance of this person can prove that Siyue is the daughter of the cloth merchant family...

Misunderstanding resolved.

"I have something to do later. I'm sorry for not welcoming you well. Mr. Zhang, please forgive me."

Jiang Zuo said with a little regret.

"It's okay, Lord Jiang, you go ahead and do your work, I'll do as I please." Mr. Zhang said with a smile.

Chen Qingyun stared into Jiang Zuo's eyes and asked softly, "Where are you going?"

Jiang Zuo answered truthfully: "Grassland."

"Why?" Chen Qingyun didn't understand. After all, the grassland was full of northern barbarian cavalry.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Jiang Zuo didn't explain too much, just because he was afraid that Chen Qingyun would worry, so he left.

Chen Qingyun looked at Jiang Zuo's back, then suddenly shook his head helplessly and smiled.

"This Jiang Zuo actually still doubts me..."

Poor little Jiang Zuo, he didn't know that he was already in the hands of the empress...