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Xu Shiqiu understood that since his brother-in-law had sent such a message, this matter was not as simple as His Majesty abdicating from the throne.

His Majesty abdicating from the throne sounded like a heavy burden that weighed heavily on His Majesty's old age, but to the princes and court officials below, this was a change of authority.

Who knew how many families would be involved in this change of rights.

Thinking up to here, Xu Shiqiu sighed and muttered: "But everyone clearly knows that this matter is difficult, yet everyone would still throw themselves at it regardless of their own safety." After saying that, Xu Shiqiu turned his gaze to the letter that Dong Shu had someone send over, "Perhaps I can use this matter to find a chance to send them away from the capital?"

This thought was quickly suppressed by Xu Shiqiu.

If he really did so at this moment, not to mention how others would look at him, even Brother-in-law would think that he was looking for a way out.

After he understood this point, Xu Shiqiu continued to understand that the only thing he could do now was to do his best to help his brother-in-law sit on the throne of the royal family.

In addition, he also understood in his heart that if his brother-in-law managed to successfully ascend to the throne, if His Majesty's health wasn't good, then she'd be able to completely ignore political matters. But if it was him, then he'd still interfere …

At that time, even the throne of her brother-in-law would be unsteady.

But the allure of the throne was simply too great. There was no way Brother-in-law was going to give up.

Moreover, if brother-in-law hadn't ascended to the throne, it was hard to say if his Xu Family could have been preserved.

In the matters before, their Xu Family and Third Prince had already reached a situation where there would only be one outcome, so this time, their Xu Family could only advance, and they could not retreat.

Xu Shiqiu thought about these things for a while, and did not spend too much time thinking about it. He destroyed one of the two letters, and put the other one away properly before summoning his four personal guards.

Currently, Xu Shiqiu's personal guards were Ye Shuo, Xu Yanhao, Xu Jie and Zhang Ping. Although Liu Ze was not bad, but he still spent a lot of time studying, and now that Xu Shiqiu had arranged for him to manage the logistics, he could be considered one of Xu Shiqiu's trusted aides.

Seeing the four, Xu Shiqiu signaled Xu Jie and Zhang Ping to wait at the entrance. Then, he told the four of them about the letter Ye Jingxing had delivered to him.

Of course, the most important people were still Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao. It was because Xu Jie and Zhang Ping were both trusted aides that they were assigned to guard the door, so they could listen to the conversation.

After Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao heard what Xu Shiqiu said, they immediately looked at each other.

Then, Ye Shuo, who was a little more lively, spoke out first: "General, do we have to return to the capital as soon as possible?" His father was probably going to fight for the throne. At this point, he definitely had to return.

Just as Ye Shuo finished speaking, Xu Yanhao continued: "The matters here are more or less settled, and there's going to be an emergency at the end of the day to organize everything. We'll be able to leave camp early the next day to return to the capital." If their uncle were to fight for the throne, their Xu Family would definitely be implicated.

Xu Yanhao was slightly older than Ye Shuo, and was a little more stable in handling matters.

Even though he arrived late, his performance during this period of time was extremely good. Xu Shiqiu was also willing to promote himself to be a nephew, because Xu Yanhao's background was also not low.

However, because of his old age, he could manage the affairs of the camp that Ye Shuo was impatient to manage.

Therefore, when Xu Shiqiu revealed the intention to return to the capital, he gave him the exact time to return.

Xu Shiqiu was very satisfied with his nephew and nephew, he liked to charge in and fight outside, but Xu Yanhao was older and more steady, and was better at handling the matters in the army camp.

As for Zhang Ping and Xu Jie, their statuses were not as high as theirs. Most of the soldiers in the army camp were ordinary commoner soldiers, and in normal days, most of the things that they had done to liaise with the soldiers were done by them.

At this time, Xu Shiqiu heard Xu Yanhao's words and nodded in satisfaction. He then looked at Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao and said: "Tomorrow, Ye Shuo and Xu Jie will follow me out. Yanhao and Zhang Ping will stay in the army to settle the military affairs.

Hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, the four of them immediately agreed.

There were still a few more hours before the sky darkened, so the four of them came out of Xu Shiqiu's tent to begin instructing him to prepare to leave camp and return to the capital.

This time, none of the bandits had died, but there were still some who had been accidentally injured.

There were more minor injuries, but there were also a few dozen that were seriously injured.

Xu Shiqiu currently had three thousand people under his command, and only a few tens of them were severely injured.

Only, this result was not what Xu Shiqiu wanted.

Fortunately, the majority of the heavily injured were the ordinary soldiers that had been selected from the Iron Eagle Brigade back then.

Unlike them, many of them panicked when they saw the enemy rush over.

It was precisely because they panicked that so many people were injured.

Although Xu Shiqiu had already said it before, as long as they could recover from their injuries, they would still be able to return to his side and continue being soldiers. However, if they were severely injured the next time, they would be eliminated.

But since they were already chosen under Xu Shiqiu's command, how could these soldiers be willing to go back.

They had been holding their breaths the entire time, wanting to recuperate from their injuries and increase their training as soon as possible.

This time, hearing that they were going back to the capital, it was their group that was the most enthusiastic about it.

Although there were military doctors here, their wounds healed too slowly. They were in a hurry to go back to find a doctor with great medical skills to treat them.

No matter how much money you spend, you have to heal the wound as soon as possible.

Although Xu Shiqiu knew what the soldiers below were thinking, he did not say much. He was willing to give them another chance, but it was only because this was their first time fighting and it was also the first time the recruits had seen blood.

But next time, he would not be so easy to talk to.

Xu Shiqiu had slept rather early tonight, and was preparing to go out to see someone the next day.

Only, he never would have thought that the next day, after bringing Ye Shuo and out of the army camp, and arriving in a small village that wasn't too obvious, he would actually be told that the person he was looking for, had already left.

"When did he leave?"

Xu Shiqiu frowned as he looked at the old man in front of him. They had clearly arranged to return to the capital together with him a few days ago, why was he rushing back to the capital like that?

"It was the night before yesterday. After receiving the letter, he hurriedly packed two sets of clothes and left." As the old man spoke, he thought for a moment before furrowing his brows, "Looking at young master's expression, it should be something important. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left overnight. "

Hearing the old man's words, Xu Shiqiu nodded, although he did not understand, he did not continue asking.

Ever since Da Tong had met Yan Ye, he had made a different guess as to Yan Ye's identity.

He had only felt that Yan Ye's identity was not simple before, and whether or not he had other motives for approaching his clan. However, after what happened during the same time as, he felt that Yan Ye had no ill intentions towards their Xu Family.

He could faintly feel that this Yan Ye was trying to curry favor with him.

The suggestion to return to the capital was also Yan Ye's own initiative, it was just that he did not expect him to leave without saying anything.

After thinking about it, Xu Shiqiu did not continue to think about it. After bidding farewell to the old man, he brought Ye Huan and Xu Jie to ride his horse back.

At this time, Yan Ye, who was being looked for by Xu Shiqiu, was already riding towards the capital.

Since the evening of the previous day when he received the letter written by Yanzhu using a flowery language, his heart had already flown back to the capital.

He really did not expect that on those two occasions, Yanzhu would already be pregnant with his child.

He had never thought that he would have a son before taking revenge, but now that he had a son, he had one that he had longed for for for so many years, Little Sister Yanzhu.

As he thought about what was said in the flowery language letter, Yan Ye also quickly thought about how he would negotiate with Jiang Han after meeting him.

At that time, if it was really impossible, he would have to send Yanzhu out of the capital.

What he wanted to do was truly dangerous. Although the power of his Xu Family in the capital was not weak, he did not want to leave behind such a huge weakness.

If that person found out that he was still alive and that he already had a son, and that he was still inside the stomach of Xu Family Mistress, then his Xu Family would probably not be stable either.

Yan Ye's thoughts flew, and then he remembered his agreement with Xu Shiqiu a while ago.

If he knew that he had caused his niece to fall into such a predicament, would he be able to guard against him again?

At that time, would he be unable to conceal his identity?

Yan Ye thought about it a lot, and in the end, couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, he also understood that he and Yanzhu were just too reckless back then.

Even if he could not be restrained, he should not have done such a thing while Yanzhu was still the young mistress of the Jiang Family.

When he thought about Jiang Han who possessed the Jiang Family, Yan Ye immediately thought about the matter regarding Jiang Han that he had investigated about previously.

Thinking about it, Yan Ye estimated the time he should return to the capital, and decided that before going back to the capital, he would first go to a place.

Xu Shiqiu didn't know that the Yan Ye he was thinking of was the man who caused his first niece to be pregnant, but he didn't know the exact details.

Dong Shu's letter was simple, it only mentioned that Xu Yanzhu was pregnant, but the child's biological father was not Jiang Han. Only when Jiang Han received some benefits did he finally let Xu Yanzhu leave, and he needed to return to discuss these matters.

After going out for a while, Xu Shiqiu packed his luggage as he thought about the men that he had met earlier in August.

In the end, Xu Shiqiu thought about it for a long time before coming to the conclusion that Xu Yanzhu had stayed in the Xu Family.

"In other words, this child exists within the Xu Family." Thinking about that, Xu Shiqiu closed his eyes.

Although there weren't many males in their Xu Family, there were quite a few males that had grown up in his residence.

"Who could it be?" After Xu Shiqiu pondered for a moment, he still did not know what to do, so he opened his eyes and continued packing.

Thinking that the man from the Young Girl would also be interviewing Jiang Han later, Xu Shiqiu decided to temporarily put this matter aside. When he returned to the capital, he would ask Yanzhu about it later.

Thinking about Xu Yanzhu's situation, Xu Shiqiu said angrily, "At that time, I must teach this person a lesson!"

No one heard Xu Shiqiu's words, but he made up his mind that he would not let this man go.

Since he was going back to the capital tomorrow, other than searching for Yan Ye, the reason why Xu Shiqiu went out today was to buy some things that the capital did not have, so that he could bring some for Old Madame Xu, Dong Shu and Yuanxi.

He had reaped quite a good harvest from this bandit mission. Other than handing over the treasury and giving it to the soldiers below, he also had a share as the general.

Originally, Xu Shiqiu was in an extremely good mood because of these spoils of war, but when he thought about the matter of Xu Yanzhu and His Majesty quitting the throne, Xu Shiqiu lost his good mood.

Xu Shiqiu was not in a good mood. The four personal guards now had what Xu Shiqiu had said before, and no longer had the joy that came at the same time as when the emperor was about to abdicate.

The four of them understood that the capital would not be safe for long after they returned to the capital.

The heavens of the capital were about to change.