Cui Xueer was stunned when she looked at the blooming crabapple flowers in the royal palace.

Her mother had already returned from Qingzhou two days ago, and she also brought her back an imperial edict to enter the palace to become a concubine.

Although her father and mother were both happy, she was not happy at all. It was not worthy of her to go to a distant and unfamiliar place to marry a man she had never met before.

It was just the order of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, not to mention that she was the daughter of a vassal king, she had no choice at all.

"Xue'er, what are you thinking?" At this time, a loud voice sounded, and a handsome and strong man in gorgeous clothes walked towards her.

Seeing the visitor, Cui Xueer's eyes smiled into a crescent moon, and she said, "Father, why are you here?"

"Father comes to see you. After all, my daughter is going to become the imperial concubine of the Great Yu Kingdom." The King of Huainan said loudly.

When Cui Xueer heard this, she suddenly pursed her mouth and looked like she was about to cry. She said, "My daughter is going to Qingzhou. The father not only doesn't feel sorry for her, but is so happy. It seems that the father doesn't feel sorry for her daughter at all."

The King of Huainan was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Xue'er, you are so happy because you are about to become the imperial concubine, because in the heart of the father, the only one who can match you in the world is the current emperor."

"Yes, yes, in the four years of the emperor, he first defeated the barbarians in Cangzhou, and then defeated the barbarians in Jizhou. His daughter's ears were almost alive." Cui Xueer covered her ears.

Seeing his daughter's appearance, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger. He said, "However, the emperor made his father look at him with admiration. Just a few days ago, the three kings' coalition forces were defeated. The position of the emperor was unshakable. After destroying the King of Yan, Liang and Zhao, the north of the Great Yu Kingdom will be stable."

Cui Xueer just rolled her eyes when she heard this, so she wouldn't care about these things.

Seeing that his daughter was not interested, King Huainan's eyes turned around and came to the main topic, "The nanny who accompanied you into the palace has been selected for you. If you have them in the palace in the future, you will not be wronged."

Cui Xueer nodded. At this moment, she was only nervous because she didn't know who she would face.

As if seeing his daughter's concern, the King of Huainan comforted him: "If there is a great chaos today, the Emperor attaches great importance to us. Even if the Emperor is in a good position, he will treat you in the face of his father. You can feel at ease."

Cui Xueer heard her father's reluctance in her words, and she smiled, "Don't worry, father, you must join the royal family, it is my daughter's honor. My daughter just can't bear to leave her father and mother."

The King of Huainan felt sad. The marriage between the daughter of the vassal king and the royal family was a tradition of the Great Yu Kingdom, for the long-term peace and stability of the Great Yu Kingdom.

While the two were talking, a young man wearing armor and holding sharp edges came over and saw the King of Huainan. The young man said, "Father, the army has gathered and can be sent to Yingzhou at any time."

Cui Xueer was shocked when she heard this. She said nervously: "Father, are you going to fight again?"

The King of Huainan looked solemn, and he said, "The Emperor has issued an order. One is to let you enter the capital in the past two days, and the other is to capture Yingzhou and destroy the King of Chu's troops."

Cui Shangan also looked at Cui Xueer and said, "Sister, don't worry, the King of Yan is at the end of his strength. This time he captured Yingzhou is also a contribution given to us by the emperor for free. If the war is over, I may also go to Qingzhou as a general, and I will meet my sister from time to time."

Cui Xueer felt relieved and she said, "If my brother is there, I won't be worried."

...

Qingzhou.

Just five days after the Battle of Yunzhou, another battle was reported to Xiao Ming's study.

On the day of the Battle of Yunzhou, Xiao Sa led the remaining Liang army to hurried back to Qingzhou to serve the king, and was successfully ambushed by the coalition forces of Qi Guangyi and Chen Xinran on the way.

"Xiao Sa is dead!" Looking at the contents of the battle report, Xiao Ming was slightly surprised.

"The second prince was shot by muskets. When Qi Guangyi found him, he was speechless." This battle report was sent back by Niu Ben himself.

When the war in Yunzhou ended, he had no need to stay in Yunzhou. The remaining war was left to Lu Fei, Luo Hong and others.

Xiao Ming was silent for a while. The prince was dead and the second prince was dead now. The death rate of the princes of the feudal dynasty was indeed high.

However, Xiao Ming was only slightly surprised when he heard that the second prince died, because the prince had little contact with him and had always wanted to kill him. He was unfamiliar with this person, and he would die if he died.

"Emperor, all the elite Liang army were killed, and the Liang Kingdom was already an empty shell. We should take this opportunity to take down the Liang Kingdom, especially Juyong Pass, so as not to destroy the pass by the King of Liang." Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded, "You ask Qi Guangyi to continue to cooperate with the Yong army to attack Liang State. If you take Juyong Pass, you must take the pass into your own hands."

"Yes, the emperor." Niu Ben replied.

He already knew about King Yong's surrender, but even so, they could not fully believe King Yong. After all, King Yong was still one of the vassal kings.

In their national policy, they still had to reduce the vassal states, but they had to endure it temporarily for the sake of the unification of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

I picked up the battle report and continued to read it. There was also news that Kaizhou and Bianzhou were conquered on the battle report, "Kaizhou? This is a treasure land."

Kaizhou in the Great Yu Kingdom is Puyang County in modern Henan. This Puyang County is located in the northeast of Henan Province, on the shore of the Yellow River and at the junction of Shandong and Anhui provinces. It is known in modern times as the hometown of Emperor Shun and the Longdu of China.

According to the data in the science and technology database, Puyang County has rich product resources, and domestic oil and natural gas production accounts for 70% and 90% of the total output of the Central Plains Oilfield.

In addition, Kaizhou has abundant underground salt mine resources, with proven reserves of 140 billion tons.

Thinking of this information, what Xiao Ming is most sensitive is naturally oil, which is a must for internal combustion engines in the future. Moreover, this place is very close to Qingzhou, but the only difficulty is that the ore layer is too deep and requires extremely high drilling technology.

"The three kings' coalition forces were defeated, and they should take this opportunity to quickly capture the former royal prefectures and counties. In addition to the accidents of garrisoning in Kaizhou and Bianzhou, when Lu Fei and Ye Qingyun wait for an opportunity to continue to capture nearby prefectures and counties, control more land, and compress the sphere of influence of King Zhao."

After pausing, he continued, "I have issued an order to the King of Huainan to send troops to attack Yingzhou. All the matters of Yan State can be handed over to him."

"King of Huainan?" Niu Ben was a little surprised, "Your Highness, is the King of Huainan reliable?"
Chapter completed!