mtl008 Chapter 933 The person she likes is you.
Chapter 933 The person she likes is you.
As the year drew to a close, Zong Que finally settled all matters in Yanjing and set off to return to the capital.
Jiang Zhiyi was appointed as the Prefect of Yanjing, responsible for all matters related to the post-war reconstruction of Yanjing.
The fourth prince, Zong Shuo, was appointed as the commander of the Yanbei Army, with 200,000 troops stationed in Yanjing.
Huo Lin was appointed as the commander of Qin Prefecture, leading an army of 100,000 to be responsible for the safety of several prefectures north of Qin Prefecture.
Cheng Qianli was appointed as the commander of Yingzhou, responsible for the safety of Yingzhou and other areas.
General Cheng, the former General Who Guards the North, returned to the capital with Zong Que.
General Cheng had been stationed in the north for many years since Rong Che's death, and rarely had the opportunity to return to the capital. Now, with the great victory in the north, he was finally able to leave the north and return to the capital.
As the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, Sheng Junyao could not leave the Northwest for long, so he had to part ways with everyone temporarily and set off back to the Northwest.
The negotiations between Lu Yangyang and the Nalan tribe, as well as the trade transactions between many grassland tribes, required Sheng Junyao to return and oversee them.
After much deliberation, Li Duan decided to return to the capital with Lu Yangyang first.
Back then, she was hastily married into a foreign land and didn't even have time to burn incense for her mother. Now that she has finally regained her freedom, the first thing she wants to do is tell her mother the news.
Yin Yueling had always longed for the bustling capital of Da Zhao, so she left her Yuechuan royal army with Mingruo, who had finally made it to the north after settling Yuechuan, and boarded the carriage back to the capital with Lu Yangyang.
Mingxiu stayed in Yanjing to help Jiang with his clothes.
As for Rong Xin and Wen Yu, Rong Xin had resolved her inner conflict and was not in a hurry to return to the capital. There were still many wounded people lying in the clinic in Yanjing, so Lu Yangyang shamelessly handed over Huang Sumu, her direct disciple, to Rong Xin and Wen Yu, asking them to train her as an apprentice.
The brief farewell and settling everything in took a lot of effort. By the time they finally returned to the capital with the triumphant army, it was already the Lantern Festival.
When news of the army's entry into the city reached the palace, the emperor accidentally broke the cup he was holding.
He sent everyone out and went to the Taiji Hall alone.
Sitting on the dragon throne in the Taiji Hall, the emperor gazed at the empty hall and sat there until sunset.
The doors of the Taiji Hall were pushed open, and the emperor suddenly looked up and saw Zong Huai stepping in from outside the door, walking towards him step by step.
The two stood in the center of the hall, one on the dragon throne, facing each other against the light of the setting sun.
The emperor looked at the person standing in the light and subconsciously raised his hand to shield his eyes.
Zong Huai took a step forward.
The emperor instinctively wanted to retreat, but sitting on the dragon throne, he had nowhere to go.
"Don't come any closer!" The emperor stared intently at Zong Huai's face. Twenty-five years had passed, and everything had changed, but seeing Zong Huai's face still made him tremble uncontrollably, his heart pounding.
"Ah Lin, I'm back." Zong Huai didn't step forward again, but calmly looked at Emperor Zong Lin sitting on the dragon throne.
Since Zong Lin ascended the throne, it has been a very, very long time since anyone has called his name.
So long ago, he couldn't even remember the last time someone called his name.
Zong Lin stared intently at Zong Huai, the elder brother he had feared his entire life.
He's back. He finally came back.
The thing he feared most when he received news of the great victory in Yanjing still happened.
In just over a month, he seemed to have aged suddenly. His hair turned white faster, he had trouble sleeping at night, his health deteriorated, and he lacked the energy to even attend court.
He had nightmares day and night, dreaming that Zong Huai had returned.
So, is today's news true or false?
Zong Lin was somewhat dazed. He got up from the dragon throne and took a few steps forward, trying to see more clearly. However, when he saw Zong Huai's face clearly, he couldn't help but step back and slump back onto the dragon throne.
“Brother,” Zong Lin gripped the armrests of the dragon throne tightly, leaning forward slightly, “I have waited for this day for twenty-five years, and I have been waiting for you to return.”
"Back then, during the peace talks between the two countries, the proposal to make me a hostage was something you and Empress Dowager Dugu planned together, wasn't it?" Zong Huai asked.
"I don't understand what you're saying, Your Majesty," Zong Lin said in a deep voice.
Zong Huai did not take any further steps, but calmly said, "I suspected this matter back then, so I left Lu Jibai behind to investigate it."
“After I left, you could no longer rely on the Lu family, so you found a pretext to confiscate their property and exile them. Ji Bai escaped by hiding his identity. It wasn’t until the Lu family’s spy in the palace was exposed that you realized Lu Ji Bai was still alive and began to hunt him down.”
"You held Lu Jibai's life in your hands, and through those spies in the Lu family, you contacted the remnants of the previous dynasty, thinking you could control them and use them to help you get rid of many people."
"Including A-Yue."
“Ah Lin, Ah Yue and I have never had any romantic feelings for each other. The person she has always loved has always been you.”
“Before I went north, we had already decided to call off the engagement. She told me herself that the person she liked was you.”
"When she and Ah Jing went north to rescue me, she told me that if one day we really became enemies, she was willing to share joys and sorrows with me, and even wander the world together."
"But you killed her."