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The cold spring air in February was so chilly that a few peach trees in the imperial garden were covered in flowers. The trees were white and pink, making them unbearably beautiful.

Yuwen Xiao covered himself with a cloak and stood at the bottom of the porch. The incoming wind was wrapped with the scent of flowers and cold air.

"Chi!"

The beauty of the Imperial Palace was indeed beautiful, but it was a pity that he did not have this life to appreciate it.

Yuwen Xiao rubbed his nose and turned back.

If only Yuwen He and his sister-in-law were here.

Unfortunately, they didn't know where they were.

's body gradually recovered as well, and there were no further news of him. He wondered if Yuwen He had found a beautiful place to rest and wait for his sister-in-law to give birth.

He wondered how their child would look like. If not for Yuwen He's irresponsible escape, he might have been able to live a carefree life.

"Regent, you're here. Please let this servant search for you." Fang Weiyong came over from the direction of the imperial study room, and couldn't help but be overjoyed upon seeing Yuwen Xiao.

The Regent shook his wide sleeves and asked indifferently, "Who's house is on fire again?"

Fang Weiyong said helplessly, "It was Yue Xiang who entered the palace to seek an audience, and also the eight hundred miles of urgent documents that the General Yang sent people to send over from the Yanzhou had just been delivered into the palace."

The matter of the country was of utmost importance, but the Regent had slipped away as soon as he turned his head. He was nowhere to be seen, so it was really easy to find him.

~ Could it be that Tang Waner has news of the urgent eight hundred li that Yanzhou has come?

Yuwen Xiao became excited, immediately becoming spirited and quickly headed towards the Imperial Study.

Fang Weiyong quickly followed.

In the Southern Wilderness, thousands of miles away.

In the rear palace of the King of the Southern Wilderness Palace, a delicate and pretty young girl woke up from her unique bed. She rubbed her swollen head in a daze as if she had thought of something, but that thought quickly disappeared.

Her mind was blank, unable to grasp anything.

She wanted to chase that blank space again to think of something, but her head felt as if it was being ruthlessly ripped apart, and she was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe.

She couldn't help rolling on the bed with her head in her hands. She wanted to smash it into the bed.

The palace maid, who was serving closely, came in with hot water and saw her rolling on the bed with her head in her hands. She was so scared that she knocked over the water basin and shouted in panic: "Princess, Princess, what's wrong!"

"My head, it hurts!"

"Princess, what's wrong with your head? Have you gotten sick again? "

"No, I don't know pain!" "My head hurts!" The girl cried out in pain as her body was covered in sweat. She was in so much pain that she crashed into the wall!

"Princess!" The maid was frightened as she rushed over: "Come!" Hurry up and call him the Witch Doctor! "

Yuwen Xiao and Fang Weiyong returned to the royal study room. Yue Yang was already waiting there, but he was not alone.

"Greetings, Regent."

When the two masters saw Yuwen Xiao, they both bowed in unison.

Yuwen Xiao was used to being a Great General, he was not someone who was accustomed to the customs, and was not interested in the matter of kowtowing nine times. He casually waved his hand to have them stand up and reply, he could not wait to look at the paper on top of the table.

From that time on, Tang Waner bid farewell to him in the Yanzhou City, and said that she would go to the Southern Wilderness to settle her unfinished business, and there was no further news of her.

He sent a letter to ask the great-uncle of the Tang Clan, and the Tang Clan members also said that Tang Waner did not return. Now that her whereabouts were unknown, he had already sent a letter to let Yang Junda inspect the situation at the border.

But, when Yuwen Xiao flipped through the documents, there was no news about Tang Waner, what Yang Junda reported was news from the Southern Wilderness.

Yang Junda said on the documents that the people of the Southern Wilderness wanted to repair it and wanted to open up a place for free trade.

However, he also raised doubts. He said that the Southern Wilderness had always been a small and sealed off country and was unwilling to interact with outsiders.

Previously, Weng Dai had colluded with Yuwen Jue and caused such a huge ruckus, why would they suddenly ask for it to be fixed so suddenly?

"Regent?" Yue Xiaosu frowned at his words and remained silent for a while. She could not help but call out to him.

Only then did Yuwen Xiao regain his senses, "Why is Yue Yang in such a hurry to enter the palace?"

Yue Yang said solemnly, "Regent, last year before leaving the capital, His Majesty had an imperial edict to build schools in every corner of the capital so that poor children could enter the school and be baptized by the Ancestral Saints to train more talents for the future of the country. However, after a great war, manpower and material resources were damaged, and the treasury was damaged. This old official, together with the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue, have discussed and concluded that this matter should not be delayed. However, I fear that the treasury will be overspent, so I ask the Regent to advise me. "

"Although the battle with the Tatar Family ended in our victory in the Da Xia Empire, the loss of manpower and material resources is not something that can be recovered in a short period of time. Now that we are able to suspend the war, it is a time when everything is just waiting for the right moment. Minister Yue, you and the Ministry of Work and the Ministry of Revenue will discuss further, see if you can make the best use of your existing manpower and resources to recruit talents. First, push ahead with the first batch of schools, and then gradually open them up. "

Yuwen He said that one must have knowledge in order to be able to save as much as possible. stinginess was also a secret skill that must be grasped by those who were in a position of power.

Yue Xiang seemed to have thought of something, and he was overjoyed, "The Regent's words have enlightened this old official, this old official accepts the decree!"

Wang Shangshu glanced at Yue Xiang, and said, "Your subject will definitely give it his all."

The two lords exchanged a look, tacit understanding.

Yuwen Xiao's attention was once again on the document in his hands, "Wang Shangshu will be leaving first, Yue Yang will stay behind."

Once the Wang Shangshu had ordered to leave, only Yuwen Xiao, Fang Weiyong and Yue Xiang remained in the imperial study.

Yuwen Xiao walked down from his seat and handed over the documents to Yue Yang: "Look at this."

Yue Yang was skeptical. He took the letter and skimmed through it, his face suddenly showing a strange expression, "Regent, why did the people of the Southern Wilderness suddenly ask for peace and repair?"

"This King wants to know this as well. Although their territory is not big, it is still a country that outsiders do not dare to covet. Although our Da Xia Empire's territory is several times larger than the Southern Wilderness', we have no connections with the Southern Wilderness. How could they come and find us so easily to fix it? "

Yuwen Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, and for some reason, a trace of unease arose in his heart.

"…" Yue Xiang fell silent for a moment.

After a long while, he said, "Since the Southern Wilderness has been in contact with General Yang, and General Yang also said that the Southern Wilderness would send a diplomatic mission to meet them in the future, does the Regent want to consider the matter of receiving a diplomatic mission from the Southern Wilderness?"

"Forget it, let This King consider this matter again. However, Yue Xiang will remember that this matter cannot be spread out. "

"This old official understands."

The prime minister quickly left as well.

Yuwen Xiao sat on his seat holding the piece of paper, he did not say anything for a long time.

His expression was as solemn as the dark clouds in the sky.

In the past, he was a great general. Other than leading his troops to war, he didn't think about anything else.

Now that there was no one to support him, he was heaven.

As expected, it was not easy to be an emperor.

It was all thanks to his quick reaction that the throne was removed, otherwise things would have gone even further.

Yuwen Xiao could not help but sigh, and started wandering around by himself.

Fang Weiyong was not sure what the Regent was thinking, so he asked after some thought, "Regent, it's getting late, do you want to return to the Duke Palace, or do you need to call someone over for lunch before returning?"

Yuwen Xiao suddenly paused, "Fang Weiyong, clean up Ningde Hall, I want to move in with you."

Fang Weiyong: "Ah?!"

Yuwen Xiao said that it was true that moving into the palace on a whim, but as the Regent, his words were as good as gold and jade.

He could not take back the words he said.

Fang Weiyong immediately ordered some people to clean up Ningde Hall, and then arranged for people to go to the Residence of Regent, which was the original General's Residence, to pack up the Regent's things and send them to the palace.

Such an earth-shattering decision had been made just like that.

When the entire imperial court found out about this, it was so noisy that it caused the sky to turn upside down. There were people pointing at Yuwen Xiao and saying that he had gone overboard, and that he was bold, and dared to live in the palace.

However, the Regent's skin was rough and thick, and he did not know how to write the word 'shame'. After listening to them curse for a long time, he picked his ears and announced his resignation, ignoring everything else.

However, this matter did not cool down just because Yuwen Xiao ignored him. It was still from time to time, someone would report him, the Regent, as someone who had the guts to cover the sky.

Of course, when he saw this kind of imperial report, the Regent would carefully read and transcribe the curses from the higher-ups. Then, he would pass it to Fang Weiyong and say: "Keep it, maybe it will be useful in the future."

Eunuch Fang thought to himself: This Regent's style of doing things and His Majesty are very different.

Worthy of being born from a mother's womb.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of March.

The Regent stood under the peach tree and sneezed one after the other, but he refused to leave.

Fang Weiyong had already understood his personality, so he came to look for him the moment he was unable to find him, but he was afraid that his berserk sneeze would affect him, so he followed him from a distance: "Regent, there are also a few Masters who wrote that you should not live in the palace, as the Regent, you should live in the palace. If you move into the inner palace, that would be stepping out of line.

"Don't bother with them, these sour old men are getting more and more bored. Previously, they couldn't persuade This King to ascend to the throne, but now, they are using This King's place to settle matters. They are truly bored to death." Although Yuwen He likes peace and quiet, he also hates cold and cheerless. When he and Sister-in-law aren't here, this king will help them look after the house, and is still living in the palace. This king will accompany his own grandmother and the others, where does that come from? "

Fang Weiyong could only smile and reply: "Yes, the Regent said so."