I am a cat in the palace

Rourou had never been sick for such a long time, nor had he taken so many medicines. When he finally recovered slowly, it was already late summer and early autumn.

During the days when he was recuperating from illness, the second prince had already led the Nanyun Army with [-] troops to formally declare war against the false emperor based on Jingzhou, and King Shun, who was far away in Changhai, also led his troops all the way to the capital in the name of strengthening the body and eliminating the falsehood. At the same time, he issued a call for rebellion, categorically stating that he would support the second prince, and asked the false emperor to kill the treacherous concubine and the courtiers to go to the tomb of the late emperor to apologize.

Ha, how is it possible?

Of course, during this period of time, Ling Wuzheng and Wei Yin were not idle either. The late emperor's last edict had been announced to the world, and no one cared what the false emperor said. Ling Wuzheng directly sent his lieutenant general to order eighty thousand Yanwei The army, state by state, went to inform the local officials with imperial edicts, telling them that the four states in Lingbei had been allocated by the former emperor to King Zhen Shangxin as a fief, and that King Zhen, also known as King Lingbei, would take over next spring. Please invite the officials of the four states Prepare the booklets of farmland, population, taxation, warehouse, etc. in the state, and send them to His Royal Highness Zhen Wang for review.

The so-called North of Ling refers to the north of Dongling. Dongling starts from Changzhou in the west, connects to the end of the Cangjun Mountains in the distance, and goes straight to the sea in the southeast. It stretches for thousands of miles and spans several states and counties. The four states and counties in the south, Changzhou, Tongzhou, Daizhou, and Rongzhou, are collectively referred to as the four states of Lingbei. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Xia, eight thousand warriors were gathered from here to grant seals and set up troops, and finally arrived in the world.

In a historical sense, the four prefectures in Lingbei can be said to be the foundation of the Daxia ancestors.

After disposing of a few vacillating officials from the four states, the matter of Rourou Lingbei becoming king is a certainty.Before the winter solstice, the population, land registers, and tax and bank accounts of the four states were boxed and delivered to Rourou.

From then on, the jurisdiction of the four prefectures will be changed from the imperial court to the name of Lingbei King, and no taxes will be paid to the imperial court except for fixed tribute.

Of course, as far as the current imperial court is concerned, the four states must not even hand in tribute.

Under the joint discussion of everyone, the location of the Lingbei Palace was set in Tongzhou, which is close to the southeast of Cangzhou, and then Ling Wuzheng sent his supervisor who knew about fortifications to find officials from the four prefectures to discuss the construction of the Lingbei Palace. thing.

Busy and busy, under the protection of Ling Wuzheng, no matter whether it is the false emperor, the second prince, or other forces, they did not come to disturb the peace of the border town, and the fleshy life seemed to be stable again.However, when the Lantern Festival came again, I suddenly remembered that a year had passed.

According to the Xia Law, in the event of a national funeral, marriage is prohibited for three months, and entertainment is prohibited for one year.

Therefore, this year is very dull no matter where it is. There are no firecrackers exploding, and there are no lanterns all over the city. The Lantern Festival has really become the Lantern Festival.

The winter in Cangzhou is far colder than that in Beijing, but here——Shengyuguan, which is located in the Cangjun Mountains, it has been snowing heavily in early August, and at the end of the year, it snowed overnight, and the thick snow Can bury people.

It was only after arriving in Cangzhou that Ling Wuzheng celebrated the New Year at Shengyuguan every year, because this commander who has led the army for more than ten years has a firm belief that those who serve as generals must work together with the soldiers under his command. Through thick and thin, we share weal and woe.

In fact, according to what his generals said, before Rourou came, General Ling actually stayed at Shengyuguan for most of the year, and the city lord's mansion in Jinjiang City could not stay for a few months, that is, he would meet with him every year. When the imperial court comes to envoys, they will only go back when dealing with some important affairs of the state and county.

Sensing movement around me, I subconsciously reached out my paws and grabbed the figure who was about to get up early again. I didn't bother to open my eyes, but murmured twice in my mouth: Don't go, the quilt will get colder if you leave, and I will can't sleep.

Rourou patted my head, leaned down and kissed my forehead, "Hey, I agreed to go patrolling the city with my uncle this morning, you can continue to sleep, and I will have breakfast with you when I come back from the tour."

I rubbed against the palm of his hand a little unwillingly, but I still wanted to sleep, so I shrank even more into the quilt that was still warm with flesh, and rolled myself into a ball.

After a while, Rourou was fully dressed and ready to go out, and came to the bed again and touched my head, "I'll let someone burn the kang again, and you can sleep for a while." Then he tucked the quilt for me Just turned around and left.

I fell asleep again in a daze.

until--

"Tut duk." There was a knock on the door.

I looked up at the east window, and it turned white, but when I thought of the ice and snow outside, I didn't want to get out of the warm blanket at all.

"Your Highness, are you there?" The voice outside was a gentle woman, it was Miss Yanyu.

It is reasonable to say that a woman should not appear in Shengyuguan where there are all men, but this year she insisted on coming together, Ling Wuzheng didn't know what she was thinking, but since she insisted, Ling Wuzheng also felt that there was nothing wrong with it, She is his adopted daughter. Her biological father was once the deputy guard of Shengyu Pass. Although he brought her to live in Jinjiang City, she actually lived in a small town near Shengyu Pass until she was ten years old. Shengyuguan is very familiar.

"Meow~" I didn't bother to answer.

"Is the only one here?" Yan Yu whispered to himself outside the door, then turned and left.

I crawled out of the bed and stretched, rolled on the warm kang, looked at the gradually brighter sky outside, and became a little impatient, why didn't Rourou come back?I am hungry.

After a lot of work, probably half the time has passed, Rourou finally opened the door and came in. I flew directly from the big kang and rushed towards him. He quickly caught me, but the next moment he hurried Put me back on the kang.

"It's cold, wait for me to change my clothes." While talking, Rourou took off the big fur shawl that was covered with a thick layer of snow powder, changed the leather boots that were already covered with snow mud, and walked towards the edge of the kang.

I turned around him, and unexpectedly smelled a faint smell of blood on his body, "What happened?"

"During the inspection outside the customs, I met the spies of Yu State and had some conflicts with them."

I raised my beard, and nervously walked around the flesh again, "Are you out of customs?"

Rourou patted Zhen's head, and gave Zhen a faint smile as if comforting: "Well, it's just a little conflict when I go out with my uncle, don't worry."

"Why did you suddenly go out of the pass? Didn't it mean that Yu Guo has been acting frequently recently, as if he is plotting something? What if there are assassins? General Ling is too careless, how can he take you outside the pass?" I didn't accept his comfort, and complained dissatisfiedly.

"I'm the one who wants to go with me," Rourou said suddenly.

I was taken aback.

"Have you forgotten what Wei Yin told you to copy two hundred times? The son of a thousand gold can't sit still!" Zhen jumped.

"I can't be a son of a thousand gold anymore." Rourou suddenly stood up.

I am slightly taken aback.

"I will definitely go back, no matter if it is the fourth child or the traitorous concubine, I must make them pay for the evil they have done." The fleshy hands clenched into fists, and the knuckles were so hard that they turned blue.

I frowned and raised my face to look at him. I wanted to say something, but suddenly I was suffocated. At this moment, I suddenly felt a little panic. Looking at the tall and handsome young man in front of me, I felt a little strange. When did it start? , Rourou's chubby little face already has handsome edges and corners?Since when did those once clear black pupils hide in a haze that even I can't see clearly?

Probably because he noticed my daze, Rourou quickly relaxed his body, sat down on the side of the bed again, hugged me, with a little apologetic smile on his face: "Did I scare you?"

I shook my head slowly, looking at the smile that was forced on his lips, it seemed that I hadn't seen his truly happy smile for a long time.

"Miss Yanyu came to see you when I got up early." I suddenly remembered Yanyu's visit in the morning, so I changed the subject.

"Sister Yanyu?" Rourou was really surprised, "What's the matter?"

I shook my head, could it be that Miss Yanyu would tell a cat what she was doing to find His Royal Highness King Zhen?She has never seen my real body.

"Forget it, let's go eat first, I almost forgot, when I came back, uncle and Mr. Wei said they would wait for me to have dinner together." Rourou got up and hugged me, "I'll go to Sister Yanyu's place to ask after dinner, Let's see what she wants from me."

Had breakfast too early, because it was already very late, so this breakfast was relatively simple. After eating, Ling Wuzheng took Wei Yin to discuss military affairs together, and Rourou told Ling Wuzheng to leave Go to Miss Yanyu's room.

Because of the harsh climate in Shengyuguan, most of the houses in the pass are made of stone, and the arrangement of the barracks is mainly for the convenience of stationing troops. Even the place where the main generals live is not designated as a particularly large courtyard. They are all courtyards one by one. , the house is at most slightly larger than ordinary barracks.After all, Yanyu is a woman, one is for the sake of her reputation, and the other is for her safety, so instead of arranging a courtyard for her alone, she and her brother's room are arranged together in Ling Wuzheng's courtyard. east wing.

Because Ling Wuzheng came to Rourou's yard very frequently before, either looking for Rourou or Wei Yin, so Rourou seldom had the opportunity to come to Ling Wuzheng's residence. It is the first time to enter the courtyard without dispute.

Rourou carried me into Ling Wuzheng's courtyard, and as soon as he opened the courtyard door, he smelled a faint fragrance.

"Huh? There are actually plum blossoms in Uncle's courtyard!" Rourou looked in surprise at the old red plum tree in the corner, which was in full bloom in the wind and snow at the moment.

But at this moment, there is someone under the plum tree, who is standing under the plum tree and looking up at the branches. He is wearing a scarlet bell jar that is ankle-length and covered with white fox fur. night beads.

A little red plum petal was blown off by the cold wind, and it happened to land on the girl's forehead. At this moment, the 17-year-old girl was brighter than the red plum covered with snow.