Mother, I have returned to the throne.

In front of the imperial carriage.

Song Yuan gathered all his men here.

He waved his hand generously and said loudly.

"In view of your performance today, everyone will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver when you return!"

This sounded light-hearted, but even with Song Yuan's generosity, he couldn't help but feel the pain.

After all, it was just a sentence, and two hundred thousand taels of silver were gone.

Fortunately, everyone at the scene cheered.

Looking at Song Yuan again, there was even stronger respect in his eyes.

"Your Highness is really rich. With just one word, he can spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. You are so generous!" Situ Jing on the side felt that Song Yuan was a bit wasteful and complained unhappily.

Song Yuan didn't understand the other party's implication and smiled faintly.

"These people have followed me through thick and thin. If I can't even give them a little money, how can I earn their loyalty?"

Seeing that this blockhead seemed to be unable to make sense, Situ Jing gave him a cold look.

"That's not what I'm talking about. You've only rewarded my men, and I've also come up with quite a few clever ideas. How are you going to thank me?"

From Situ Jing's perspective, she played a huge role in the outcome of this delay.

How could we have broken the impasse if we hadn't had a flash of inspiration and offered suggestions many times?

She subconsciously ignored Song Yuan's reminder and thought it was all her own credit.

While speaking, he did not forget to raise his eyebrows at Song Yuan, with a look of pride in his eyes.

You little bastard, let’s see if you dare to show disrespect to me again in the future!

Although today's martial arts performance was less bloody than on the battlefield, it really made Situ Jing experience a different feeling.

In the past, she just thought about solving everything with violence.

It wasn’t until today that I realized that wisdom can sometimes solve many problems!

Seeing Situ Jing like this, Song Yuan made up his mind to give him a good beating.

He dared to act arrogantly before. If he is given some sunshine now, how will this prince of mine survive in the palace in the future?

"My dear, if you think this way, even I am yours, what good and bad things can there be?"

"Bah!" Situ Jing immediately spat, "Who do you really think cares about you?"

"If all else fails, go and convince His Majesty. I'd love to have nothing to do with you!"

"How about this? I won't talk about any rewards. Just do as I said. How about that?"

"That's a bit embarrassing!" Song Yuan refused with a frown.

Situ Jing also smacked her lips with a bit of bitterness.

indeed.

This thing is easy to say, but how easy is it to actually do it?

Song Yuan represents the reputation of the royal family. How could he divorce the royal family?

"This won't work, and you won't work, so tell me, what are you going to give me?"

Furious and embarrassed, Situ Jing put her hands on her hips and said, "If you don't reward me this time, don't expect me to help you next time!"

"So, what does my beloved want?" Song Yuan blinked and said.

After hearing these words, Situ Jing was speechless.

What do you want?

As for money, I really have no shortage of it.

No matter whether it is the Zhenbei Palace or the current Jingbei Palace, as long as Situ Jing says a word, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be easily taken out.

As for rouge and powder, things that ordinary women like.

In Situ Jing's eyes, it was even more vulgar.

As for weapons… Situ Jing liked them, but he already had the knife Song Yuan had given him.

What's missing?

"How can you ask others for gifts when giving them?"

After frowning and thinking for a long time, Situ Jing still couldn't come up with an answer, so she simply threw this difficult problem to Song Yuan again.

"In short, if you can satisfy me today about what happened last night, we can put it behind us!"

"Otherwise, we won't be able to go back!"

Faced with such intimidation, Song Yuan felt a little aggrieved.

You make me think?

Then I will reward you with a happy life, are you willing?

However, seeing that the other party had a strong fist, Song Yuan couldn't help but take on the matter even though he felt aggrieved.

"Okay, okay, I think so!"

Let's talk about this kind of thing when we get back. Maybe a flash of inspiration will bring us the answer.

As they were talking, the palace appeared before their eyes.

As soon as I stepped over the threshold, my aunt Ye Xuan came over to me.

"how are you today?"

"Aunt, let me tell you..." Situ Jing immediately stepped forward and excitedly began to recount her experience of today's martial arts performance.

Upon hearing about today's great victory, Ye Xuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at Song Yuan.

Then he immediately instructed the maid to celebrate well in the evening.

While the two women were discussing, Song Yuan called Wang Chao and Ma Han aside.

"From today on, you two don't need to follow me for now. Just arrange a few guards. I'll give you a few days off to go back and settle your families!"

In another half a month, Song Yuan will leave the imperial city, and Wang Chao and Ma Han, as Song Yuan's subordinates, will naturally follow him.

If two people are going to start a family, they must make plans in advance.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Seeing Song Yuan being so considerate, the two of them immediately felt grateful.

Song Yuan stretched out his hand to stop him, then took out two silver notes worth one thousand taels from his arms.

"Share this money with the brothers in the mansion. This time we're heading to the border, I can't guarantee I can bring every one of you back alive, but I can tell you, I promise I won't treat you unfairly!"

"Your Highness, don't worry!"

As the saying goes, a gentleman will die for his friend. Song Yuan was so generous.

As they were talking, the two of them had already made up their minds.

So what if I have to go through fire and water?

After seeing the two off, Song Yuan was the only one left in the huge room.

Thinking of Situ Jing's previous difficulties, Song Yuan just felt a headache.

What gift should I give to this lady to please her?

After all, Song Yuan has accepted the reality in his heart and subconsciously regards Situ Jing as his wife.

Gifts are naturally taken seriously.

But unfortunately, as a single man in his previous life, he thought about it for a long time but still couldn't find a definite answer.

"Forget it, I'll ask my aunt later. Maybe she knows Situ Jing's hobbies!"

Song Yuan shook his head with some helplessness. Just as he completed this action, a familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Is the young master here?"

Jinlian had already opened the door before she spoke.

She looked at Song Yuan coquettishly.

The other party was holding an exquisite wooden box in his hand. Noticing this detail, Song Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Are you going to give me a gift?"

"Sir, I originally used this thing as a self-defense weapon, but now that I can no longer use it, I might as well give it to you!"

Jinlian moved forward as she spoke and opened the wooden box in front of Song Yuan.

The item in the box then came into view, and it turned out to be a steel rod as thick as a finger.

The surface of the steel rod is engraved with complex patterns, and there are many holes at one end. The overall production looks extremely delicate.

Just one glance and Song Yuan had a guess in his heart.

"Sir, this is a hidden weapon I made specifically for myself. It's called the Thirteen Deadly Needles!"

At this moment, he slowly opened his mouth and introduced this exquisite object.

This seemingly insignificant thing actually contains a mystery.

The end with a hole carved on it can shoot out poison needles by simply triggering the mechanism.

There are a total of thirteen hidden weapons hidden in the Thirteen Deadly Needles, and each silver needle is soaked in poison.

Even if it only leaves a wound, it can still take someone's life!

Can fire continuously or individually.

It is definitely a must-have item for home travel, killing people and stealing money!

It is no exaggeration to say that with this thing, even a martial arts master may not be able to defend within ten steps.

The reason why he had the confidence to assassinate Song Youji before this year was that these Thirteen Deadly Needles were his biggest reliance!

Damn, isn’t this thing equivalent to a semi-automatic rifle?

Although it is a one-time thing, it is definitely suitable for me.

It’s really good news for the weak!

In just a moment, Song Yuan sensed the sharpness of it, and at the same time, he became even more eager to take action.

"Let me ask you, can you make something like this again?"

"My Lord, although I say this thing was made by me, it was actually made by my master himself. According to my master, most of the parts were made by old friends!"

As the relationship between the two parties became clearer, Song Yuan's true nature was finally understood this year.

He noticed the other party's intention at a glance and did not hide it at the moment.

"It's a pity that my master's benefactor has passed away. This hidden weapon is the only one of its kind in the world!"

Song Yuan couldn't help feeling disappointed when he heard this.

If such a powerful tool could be mass-produced, wouldn’t it be invincible on the battlefield?

However, since things have come to this point this year, Song Yuan naturally won't force anyone.

He raised his head, looked at the beauty in front of him and blinked.

"I remember you said before that if it were possible, you would wish me dead, didn't you?"

"Logically speaking, you should be happy that I'm going to the frontier, so why are you giving me this thing for self-defense?"

"The situation has changed. I suddenly feel that it would be a pity if the young master died!"

Jinlian smiled faintly and suddenly explained the reason.

"Sir, I didn't know your true face before, and I treated you like a piece of trash like everyone else. But after understanding your thoughts, I realized that you are an ambitious person!"

"If my guess is correct, you're going to the border for other purposes, right?"

"With your brave military strategy, you will surely shine in the frontier. This will inevitably lead to suspicion within the dynasty. They will be quite wary of you, and you might even turn against the dynasty!"

"With your talent, even if you can't replace the emperor, you can definitely cause a significant loss of the Qin Dynasty's national strength."

"If you can really do this, I will have avenged my family. Even though I can't do it myself, as long as the outcome is the same, why not?"

This woman... is quite insightful!

After hearing this analysis, Song Yuan couldn't help but look at Jinlian with admiration.

At the same time, I secretly felt a little alert.

Judging from her intelligence, she must be a talented woman.

If the other party really has ulterior motives, you have to be on guard!

For a moment, Song Yuan seemed to nod, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that from today on, he must find someone to keep a close eye on the coming year!

However, just as Song Yuan stood up and prepared to bid farewell to this year.

Ye Xuan's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Your Highness, Young Master Wei is here!"