When Meng Zu came to pay his respects to Yan, he saw that Yan, who had her makeup before, could not hide her fatigue and worry, was particularly radiant today and looked very energetic. He couldn't help but ask: "What's the happy event for my mother? You look so good."

Yan's face showed a light smile and said, "Your second brother is coming back soon."

Meng Zhi's heart burst, and a happy smile immediately appeared on his face, and said in a slightly raised tone: "Really? When will the second brother go home? Then I will go out of the city to welcome the second brother!"

Yan smiled and said, "Zhi'er is intent, but your second brother didn't say when he would arrive in the capital in his letter. Now he should be on the way. Please send someone to inquire."

Meng Chu lowered his eyes and replied, "Yes, mother, son will send someone to inquire now."

After Meng Chuan came out of Yan's yard, he paused slightly, looked back at the yard with a expressionless face, and then left.

Although he was dissatisfied with Yan's instructing him to inquire about Meng Yuanjia's whereabouts, he still needs to inquire about what he should do.

I thought Meng Yuanjia would either die in the battlefield like his father and elder brother, or he would have been in a stalemate for several years and not be allowed to return home.

He had at least several years of development, but he didn't expect that the war would end so soon after only half a year. Meng Yuanjia's return early had a great impact on his plan.

Meng Chuan looked at Meng Yuanjia's march route that his subordinates had inquired about, frowned and murmured to himself: "It seems that we have to prepare early."

On the day Yuanjia returned to Beijing, Meng Chu personally took the butler of Zhenbei Gongfu to greet him.

The sound of horse hooves rang wildly, and a group of neatly arranged cavalry rushed towards the city gate. The young general led by the army was majestic in armor. When he approached the city gate, the horse speed slowed down. The line was not messy at all, neatly and orderly, and thousands of people were as one.

When Meng Chuan, who was waiting at the gate of the city, his face changed slightly. The elite soldiers and powerful generals who had fallen from the battlefield rushed towards him. He was not scared to retreat and his legs were weak. He was determined to have firm willpower.

Other ordinary people waiting to enter the city were already scared to avoid them on both sides of the road.

"Wow——" Yuan Jia tightened the reins and stopped the horse. He sat on the horse's back and looked down at Meng Chuan and the butler of Zhenbei Duke Mansion, and said with a cold face: "I want to enter the palace to meet the saint, you can go back to the mansion first!"

Meng Chu subconsciously lowered his head and responded, "Yes!" Then he reacted, and a sense of shame and anger rose in his heart.

Yuan Jia was not in the mood to pay attention to his younger brother's glass heart. He waved his hand and rode his horse and whipped it. All the personal guards and cavalry behind him quickly followed.

The eunuch sent by the emperor also arrived soon and announced the eunuch to come to the palace to meet the saint.

Yuan Jia received the order and turned to his personal guards and said, "You go back to Zhenbei Gong Mansion first." He asked the personal guards to go back and protect the original owner's family first. When he entered the palace to meet the emperor, he would be fine alone.

In terms of strength, he dared to kill seven in and seven out in the palace alone, so he was naturally not afraid of the emperor setting up an ambush in the palace.

Yuan Jia followed the eunuch to enter the palace together, and the emperor met him in the imperial study.

Yuan Jia saluted to the emperor and said, "I am paying homage to Your Majesty!"

In addition to important occasions or when apologizing for guilt, the ministers of this dynasty do not need to bow to the emperor, but only bow slightly to salute.

But at this time, the emperor saw that Yuan Jia did not kneel, and various thoughts flashed through his mind: "Will he have long been rebellious when he saw that I did not kneel?"

"Is he only respectful to me?"

"He is not thinking in his heart how to pull me off the dragon throne and take up his position by himself?"

The emperor's thoughts were constantly browsing like barrage.

After a while, the emperor came to his senses and said to Yuan Jia: "Meng Aiqing doesn't have to be too polite, someone will give him a seat!"

Yuan Jia sat down calmly and calmly reported to the emperor about the general process of retreating to the enemy at the border.

The emperor did not listen very seriously. He felt that Yuan Jia would definitely not tell the truth to him, it was nothing more than some open clichés.

However, he is now trying to appease Yuan Jia so as not to mutiny from the 200,000 elite troops stationed outside the capital, so even if he didn't listen carefully, he would occasionally nod and look like he had listened.

After Yuan Jia finished speaking, not long after he finished speaking, the emperor couldn't wait: "Meng Aiqing, the 300,000 Zhenbei Army should have been on the border to guard against the barbarians going south to rob. Why did you only stayed at the 100,000 Zhenbei Army and brought the remaining 200,000 Zhenbei Army to the capital without authorization?"

Why? Of course it is to threaten you!

Yuan Jia sneered in his heart, but the peace on the surface must be maintained, so he said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Gaozu once had an order that 300,000 Zhenbei Army were sent by our Zhenbei Duke's Mansion, and the Hu people must be blocked outside Queyu Pass. Therefore, the Weichen did not make any decisions, but was told by Emperor Gaozu. As for the Hu people, it would be enough to have 100,000 Zhenbei Army guarded Queyu Pass. If there is any mistake, Weichen is willing to bear it with all his strength."

Why was the emperor so afraid of Zhenbei Army? It was not because the military power was not in his hands. The Meng family had been in control of this army for too long, so Zhenbei Army could be renamed the Meng family Army.

In addition, during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, the barbarians caused chaos and ravaged the border. Emperor Gaozu had great trust in the Zhenbeigong at that time, and even promised in public that 300,000 Zhenbei troops were sent by Zhenbeigong.

Of course, Emperor Gaozu would say this to avoid someone intervening in the Zhenbei army, which would lead to the defeat of Zhenbei Gong. After all, the most taboo thing in the war is to someone point fingers behind the scenes.

That generation of Zhenbeigong did not disappoint Emperor Gaozu's expectations and led 300,000 Zhenbei troops to guard Queyu Pass, blocking the barbarians who were rampant on the border outside Queyu Pass.

However, as time passed, the subsequent emperor did not trust Zhenbei Gongfu as Gaozu.

In fact, if Yuanjia stands from the emperor's perspective, he will be afraid of the Zhenbei Duke Mansion, which is not under his control.

It is normal for the emperor to take military power from his ministers, and any emperor with an IQ online will think so.

But the problem is that the emperor's method of regaining military power is too disgusting. Not to mention that the Zhenbei Duke Mansion is loyal to the royal family, it is said that Zhenbei Duke is still needed to resist foreign enemies now, but the emperor sent someone to assassinate his ministers when he was loyal to him to resist foreign enemies. Is this a person doing things?

If you remove the mill and kill the donkey, then wait until the donkey removes the mill and then talk about it! When the donkey is still pulling the mill for the owner, the owner can't wait to wave the butcher knife. Whoever is put on it will not be disheartened?

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When the emperor heard Yuan Jia bringing out Emperor Gaozu to suppress him, his face turned slightly blue, and he even forced himself to smile: "It's good that Meng Aiqing is sure, I'm just worried that the 100,000 troops in the North Town cannot defend Queyu Pass."

In fact, no matter what Emperor Gaozu's oral orders were made, if the emperor now had enough troops to suppress the 200,000 Zhenbei Army stationed outside the capital, he would have ordered Yuan Jia to be arrested long ago.

However, he did not. He only had more than 10,000 imperial guards in his hands. These ten thousand imperial guards did not kill the enemy bloodily. The combat power was ordinary. Even the Zhenbei Army might not be able to defeat them, let alone 10,000 enemies with 200,000.

The emperor could count on the troops stationed in various places, but most of them were mixed with fish and dragons, and they were all empty wages all year round, and there was no problem in fighting against bandits. The emperor was not sure about fighting against Zhenbei Army, which had been fighting on the border with the fierce barbarians all year round.

The emperor was worried that the question he had just asked would make Yuan Jia suspicious, so he quickly comforted him: "Meng Aiqing made great contributions this time. I will reward you well. The throne of Duke of Zhenbei should be inherited by Meng Aiqing. I will reward you with a thousand acres of good land and ten thousand taels of gold..."

Yuan Jia listened to the emperor's generous reward, and this wave of rewards alone was enough to make people get rich overnight. He was calm and stood up and bowed: "I thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

After Yuan Jia came out of the palace, he went back to Zhenbei Gong Mansion directly.

At this time, the old lady and Yan, the Duke of Zhenbei, had already looked forward to it. When Yuanjia came back, they were so happy that they burst into tears: "It's good to come back! It's good to come back!"

The old lady held Yuan Jia's hand tremblingly, looked at him carefully, and asked hurriedly: "Are you injured? There is no eyebrow on the battlefield. Don't hide it if you are injured. Treat it quickly. If it is severe, it will damage your body!"

Yuan Jia smiled and shook the old lady's hand and replied, "Thank you for your concern. My grandson is not injured. If my grandmother doesn't believe me, I will ask the doctor to take my pulse later and guarantee that I didn't lie to you."

When the old lady saw him say this, she felt relieved and smiled with relief: "It's fine, it's fine." Then she turned to Yan and said, "I'll use my post to invite an imperial physician to come to the mansion to ask Yuan Jia for a peace pulse."

Yan quickly responded.

Yuan Jia: "..." I still don't believe his words in my relationship, so I specially asked the imperial physician to take his pulse. Are you afraid that he will buy the doctor in his house and tell lies?

Yuan Jia went to take a shower and change his clothes, and his body was covered in dust and it was really not very comfortable.

Take off your armor and put on soft satin clothes, and go from a young general with unparalleled power to a handsome young man in the wind.

"Second Young Master, the old lady sent me to invite you to have dinner."

It was already afternoon when Yuan Jia returned home. He delayed his bath and changed his clothes. It was almost time for dinner.

Yuan Jia went to the old lady's yard and saw that the old lady Yan and Meng Chu were there. He walked over to pay tribute to the old lady and Yan.

The old lady hurriedly said, "Yuan Jia, sit down." Then she told people to serve the food quickly and not let her good grandson be hungry.

Yuan Jia could feel the strong concern and love of the old lady and Yan. Meng Chu sat there, watching the old lady and Yan caring for Yuan Jia very much, and felt quite uncomfortable, and felt like she was being excluded.

It's true that they are either biological or different.

Meng Chu smiled self-deprecatingly.

But he never thought that Yuan Jia had just returned from the battlefield. After experiencing the bad news that the Duke of Zhenbei and the eldest son died in the hearts of the old lady and Yan, Yuan Jia returned safely from the battlefield, which was to escape from death. Such exciting care was reasonable.

As Meng Yuanjia's younger brother, he was sitting in his own position and was indifferent. He didn't even have a word of concern, which really made people feel heartbroken.

Fortunately, Yuan Jia had already known Meng Chuan's true face and had no expectations for him. Naturally, he would not care about Meng Chuan's feelings as much as the original owner Meng Yuanjia.

Meng Chu likes to sit there alone and exclude himself. He is too lazy to pay attention to it. He only concentrates on talking to the old lady and Yan about fighting on the border. He specializes in picking good news and telling a few jokes occasionally, which makes both the old lady and Yan happy.
Chapter completed!