I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

On the other side, several people who rushed back to the City Lord's Mansion ran in different directions.

The newly built City Lord's Mansion was very large and the environment was nice, so Li Hu and a few others simply moved in.

Jiang Yuan carefully pushed open the outer door to prevent the cold wind from entering the room, and then walked into the room where Bai Wei and her daughter were.

"Oh, the busy man is back?" Bai Wei looked at the candied haws in Jiang Yuan's hand that he had not finished eating.

This father seems a bit unreliable.

Jiang Yuan looked at Bai Wei with a guilty conscience, then quickly looked at Jiang Luoxue in her arms and handed the candied haws to her.

"Will he eat this?"

Bai Wei's face suddenly darkened: "He doesn't want to eat."

"How do you know he doesn't eat?" Jiang Yuan asked back.

Bai Wei's forehead suddenly showed several black lines: "How old is he? Can he eat it?"

"Are you picky about food at such a young age?" Jiang Yuan asked with blinking eyes.

Bai Wei smiled silently——

After a moment, Jiang Yuan rubbed his head and looked at the closed door, feeling puzzled.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Why hit someone?"

"My Lord, my Lord!"

Chen Qing's voice came from afar. When Jiang Yuan turned around, the other party had appeared behind him.

"Are you in such a hurry? Another barbarian tribe is coming?" Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up instantly.

Chen Qing shook his head helplessly. No matter how powerful the thorn grass was, it was impossible for it to grow so fast in winter.

"No, it's someone from the imperial court. It's said that they came with an imperial edict."

"Where is the man?"

"We've already arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. I guess he's standing outside now." Chen Qing said quickly.

Jiang Yuan quickly waved his hand to signal Chen Qing to follow. A moment later, several carriages were waiting for a long time at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Is this person Lord Jiang Yuanjiang?"

"That's right, please read the imperial edict." Jiang Yuan said carelessly.

The eunuch holding the imperial edict nodded immediately and began to read it out loud. Jiang Yuan had long had the privilege of not bowing, so it was okay for him to stand.

After some polite words, the eunuch's voice suddenly changed: "Appoint Bai Wei as the Queen! Jiang Yuan's son can inherit her title!"

"If there is no son, then his daughter will be given the title..."

"Okay, it's a son. I'll have to wait until I have a daughter next time." Jiang Yuan said as he took the heavy imperial edict with both hands.

To put it simply, Bai Wei's title of Lady of the State is simply a Lady of Imperial Concubine, a first-class Lady of Imperial Concubine, which just corresponds to Jiang Yuan's title, which is quite reasonable.

As for the hereditary succession, it was far beyond Jiang Yuan's expectations.

After all, he was a prince with fiefdoms, and he could recruit soldiers privately.

To put it bluntly, the existence of each of these is a potential crisis for the dynasty.

Duanmu Yuanchen not only did not suspect him, but directly gave him the hereditary title.

Jiang Yuan took the imperial edict, sighed, looked at the eunuch in front of him and said, "Go back and thank His Majesty for me."

"Also, if there is anything I can do for you, I will do my best to help you."

"Lord Jiang, you are too polite. We will go back and report immediately." The eunuch bowed.

Jiang Yuan quickly extended a hand: "Why rush? Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. It will be the same if we go back after dinner."

"Besides, the mountains in Taiping County are closed due to heavy snow, so a day or two later won't be a problem."

Jiang Yuan said this, motioning Chen Qing beside him to help entertain these guys.

After watching the few people leave, Jiang Yuan turned around and returned to the room. Of course, he had to make Bai Wei happy about this kind of thing.

……

Just as everyone in Taiping County was celebrating the New Year, the other half of the territory of Daduan, thousands of miles away.

It is interesting to say that no matter whether it is Duanmu Yuanchen or Duanmu Yuanji, they are actually the two parties in power of Ning Fei.

They all used Daduan as the name of their country, as if declaring their own orthodox status.

"Military advisor, General, is it really necessary to launch a surprise attack during the New Year?" A general looked at Qingzhu who was waving a feather fan in front of him.

Qingzhu nodded solemnly: "Of course it is necessary. It is precisely because it is the New Year that we have to disgust them even if we don't fight them."

Ning Fei, on the other hand, had a defiant look on his face: "Now that Mu Songfeng is dead, Chen Liu and the others can only defend themselves. Who else in the world can stop me?"

"Pass on my orders. Tonight, I will lead a 100,000-man army on a night raid, just in time to give them a great gift for the new year!"

"Yes, I'll go down and arrange it right away!"

On the other side, Qingzhu slowly handed a map to Ning Fei: "General, I have already planned it out. You only need to follow the route on the map and you will be successful."

Ning Fei nodded solemnly, took the map, and then walked towards the main seat, where a woman was sitting, and in his arms was the current emperor of half of the Daduan Dynasty, Duanmu Yuanji.

"Don't worry, sister. In three years at most, I will be able to conquer half of the territory!"

Empress Dowager Ning had a relieved expression on her face, feeling that it was worth it for her to endure in the harem for so long.

Even when the Ning family was in such a mess, they didn't show up, all for this moment!

"Well, Ning Fei, this world will definitely belong to our Ning family from now on."

"But you should also be careful. After all, Chen Liu survived with the late emperor. He is very cunning and shrewd, so we must be on guard against him."

Ning Fei sneered, "Chen Liu? Who is he? If he hadn't followed the late emperor, how could he have gotten to this position?"

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

Ning Fei said this and turned to walk out of the hall. Empress Dowager Ning raised her head slightly and saw that snow was already falling outside the door.

A moment later, Ning Fei, fully armed, stood in front of the three armies with a spear in hand.

This time, all the troops on this trip were cavalry, almost all of his cavalry were gathered together. It can be said that if something unexpected happened on this trip, there would be no need to fight future wars. Even if Ning Fei was a martial arts master, he would never be able to deal with an army of hundreds of thousands.

"Everyone, follow me!"

Ning Fei raised the spear high in his hand and rode away.

It was also snowing heavily. In Jingzhou City, a hundred miles away, Duanmu Yuanchen and Chen Liu came to the majestic city wall together.

"Another year has passed, father, and Daduan is now..." Duanmu Yuanchen was halfway through his words when his voice choked and he could not continue.

After only one year of hard work, only half of the empire was left in his hands.

"Your Majesty, there is still a chance." Chen Liu spoke quickly.

Duanmu Yuanchen turned his head and looked at Chen Liu. Mu Songfeng was dead, and now only Chen Liu could command a large army to fight, but it had to be said that Chen Liu was also old.

"Take care of yourself."

Chen Liu nodded, then looked at the distance with a serious face. There was the remaining half of Daduan's territory.

"Your Majesty, based on my understanding of Ning Fei and Qing Zhu, neither of them will play by the rules."

"what do you mean?"

"I believe these two might launch a surprise attack around the turn of the year."

Duanmu Yuanchen's expression suddenly darkened: "Well, that's a possibility."

"How do you plan to respond, my dear?"

Chen Liu stretched out a hand, then clenched his fists fiercely: "Of course, we must mobilize all our forces and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"