Chapter 230

　　After Pang Jun returned to Yanzhou, Liaodong returned to its previous tranquility. The border defense troops were still confronting the Japanese in Xinzhou, but according to Pang Jun's intelligence, the Japanese were making great progress in the court and plundered a large amount of wealth and food. These military supplies were being transported from the rear continuously. The imperial court had greatly reduced its support for the border defense troops in Liaodong because it was fighting a war with the northern Hu and was wary of the current situation in Liaodong. The soldiers on the front line were living on hunger, and the acting commander of the border defense troops, Ji Yanrao, had no choice but to ask for help from Liaodong.

　　Naturally, the Liaodong side would not agree easily. After a heated debate, the border defense army finally gave up its insistence and allowed a group of Liaodong soldiers to move in, under the pretext of supervising the rational use of military funds. In fact, they were just starting to sow discord among the border defense army.

　　The more than 20,000 Liaodong border garrison troops are the basis for Ji Yanrao to negotiate with all parties. What he lacks now is money and food. The northern court is afraid of Pang Jun. All supplies must pass through Pang Jun's territory. Who can guarantee that Pang Jun will not cut off the supply of funds and make the military expenses of Liaodong a bottomless pit, especially after Ling Buxu developed the intention to kill Pang Jun.

　　However, Ji Yanrao's military nature and Han Chinese mentality would not prompt him to surrender to the Japanese. As for the Jiangnan court in the south and Qi Tiansheng in Xichuan, they were too far apart to allow for the possibility of his surrender. Coming and going, there was only Pang Jun's Liaodong. One lacked people, and the other lacked money. What's more, the strategy Shen Qiong formulated for Pang Jun was to return to Liaodong immediately after obtaining Zhaozhou and Langzhou to deal with the Japanese. So the two hit it off. The border garrison obtained money and food, and Liaodong proposed a rotation, using the garrison troops and the "National Protection Army" from various states in Liaodong to rotate with the border garrison troops, in order to achieve the purpose of training troops and breaking the power of the border garrison troops.

　　After the rotation began, the new border garrison troops immediately launched several attacks on the Japanese. The Japanese did not expect that the Liaodong Governor's Office would be so quickly involved with the Liaodong Border Garrison troops. They were at a disadvantage in the previous attacks and lost dozens of miles of positions before they stabilized.

　　"I... I'd better not go... I'm afraid..." Sitting in the carriage, Tang Yuxian, the hostess of the Duke's Mansion, looked worried and uneasy. A few days ago, Yang Yue, who was far away in Songzhou to take care of her pregnancy, finally gave birth to a lovely little daughter for Pang Jun on an early winter day. She named her Liu Jing (Pang Jing). After a period of rest, her body had recovered a lot, so Pang Jun decided to tell Yang Yue that Tang Yuxian was married and take Tang Yuxian to meet her.

　　Pang Jun grabbed his wife's hand, caressed it gently and said, "Don't worry, I'm here for you. Yue'er is a sensible and good girl."

　　"But, but..." Tang Yuxian wanted to say something.

　　Pang Jun shook his head gently and interrupted, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. We are Yue'er's favorite people. You and I both know Yue'er's temper. Although she may not be able to accept it or feel sad for a while, as long as we work hard to accompany her and let her feel our love for her, she will definitely recover quickly and accept this matter. Besides, she will know about this matter sooner or later. I delayed for so long just to wait for her to feel better."

　　"I hope so." Tang Yuxian knew that Pang Jun was right, so she no longer insisted and gently snuggled in his arms.

　　"Husband!" Although Pang Yue had given birth to a child for Pang Jun, she was only a 15-year-old girl after all. Seeing Pang Jun coming, she was very happy. She jumped into Pang Jun's arms, wrapped her arms around Pang Jun's neck, and said sweetly, "Good brother, Yue'er misses you so much."

　　"I miss Yue'er too." Pang Jun hugged Pang Yue's waist and gently stroked her slender waist. "How is Jing'er now?"

　　"Jing'er is very well behaved," Pang Yue said, and then she added, "As well behaved as Yue'er."

　　The two of them were affectionate for a moment, and Pang Jun finally said, "Hahaha, Yue'er, I'm here today to take you to Yanzhou and tell you something."

　　"Hmm? What's up?"

　　"Yue'er." At this time, Tang Yuxian came out and called Pang Yue.

　　When Pang Yue heard this familiar voice, her face changed drastically. She quickly left Pang Jun's arms and looked at Tang Yuxian, who was already in tears. She shouted in surprise and joy, "Mom!" After that, she threw herself into Tang Yuxian's arms like a young swallow returning to its nest.

　　"My dear Yue'er, my dear Yue'er..." Tang Yuxian had already burst into tears at this time. She hugged Pang Yue tightly, stroked Pang Yue's little head, and kept muttering.

　　"Mom, why...why are you here?"

　　Pang Yue's question made Tang Yuxian's body stiffen for a moment. Pang Jun said, "Yue'er, let's go into the room and talk."

　　The three of them entered the room. Facing the puzzled Pang Yue, Pang Jun finally said, "Yue'er, it's like this. During the time when you were pregnant with Jing'er, many things happened. But because you were pregnant with Jing'er at the time, I didn't tell you everything for your health. So, if you are angry, just blame me."

　　Seeing Pang Jun so solemn, Pang Yue felt a little uneasy. She said, "You are my husband. I know you are doing this for Yue'er's good. Tell me, what happened?"

　　Pang Jun nodded and said, "The first thing is that your uncle and your father have both passed away."

　　"What?!" Pang Yue's face turned pale after hearing this. She couldn't accept it and her breathing became a little disordered. "How, how is it possible? My father...he...why?"

　　Pang Jun replied, "At the beginning of the year, your majesty was assassinated while hunting in Quyang Mountain. At the same time, there were rebels in Tianjing, Quyang Mountain and Jiangnan. Your majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei both died in the rebellion."

　　"Mother...Father, father...wuuuuuu..." Pang Yue cried out, and fell into Tang Yuxian's arms, sobbing bitterly, unable to speak. Pang Jun and Tang Yuxian silently comforted her without saying a word.

　　After an unknown amount of time, Pang Yue finally stopped crying and continued to ask, "Do you know who it is?"

　　Pang Jun nodded and said, "Yes, it was the evil people of the Tianyi Sect in Jiangnan who colluded with the Crown Prince and the Grand Tutor. They used hallucinogens to control your aunt, Princess Shanyin, and asked her to assassinate His Majesty. Before His Majesty died, he passed the throne to the King of Wei, but on his way back to the capital, the King of Wei was assassinated again. The murderer has not been found yet, but it is probably the rebel gang."

　　"Then, then can you, can you find a way to find out who killed my father?" Pang Yue wiped her tears, and after getting Pang Jun's approval, she nodded and said, "Well, what is the second thing?"

　　"The second thing is that after a riot, His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhao proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangnan, and the new emperor in Tianjing was the former His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi. I was no longer the governor of Songzhou. I went to Yanzhou, and I became the Duke of Qin in the court and the Governor-General of Liaodong. But the new emperor did not trust me, so he issued an edict to grant me marriage, and the person he granted me marriage was..." Pang Jun did not finish his words, but raised his head and looked at Tang Yuxian.

　　Pang Yue understood immediately: "W-what?! Husband, you, you mean...he...he gave my mother, my mother, the Queen of Wei to you as...as the Duke's wife?!"

　　Pang Jun and Tang Yuxian both lowered their heads, obviously agreeing.

　　"Haha, haha..." Pang Yue laughed angrily. She pointed at Pang Jun and Tang Yuxian and said, "He...what right did Yang Man have? What right did he have? My father's body is still warm and the murderer has not been caught, but he is so impatient to seize power that he doesn't even let go of a widowed woman, not to mention that this woman is my mother! Is he...is he still a human being? Mother, husband, why, why did you agree to this!?"

　　"Yue'er..." Tang Yuxian said with a sad look on her face, "Because..."

　　"Don't tell me why. I won't listen! You...you all..." Pang Yue interrupted Tang Yuxian's explanation and pointed at Tang Yuxian and Pang Jun, "I, I hate you!" After that, she ran out of the room without looking back.

　　"Yue'er!" Pang Jun hurriedly chased out. He ordered Tang Yuxian, "You stay here first. I will go and persuade Yue'er." Tang Yuxian saw that her daughter was furious at this moment. Her heart was already very sad. She also knew that her daughter was angry with her at this moment, so she did not dare to make trouble. She nodded and let Pang Jun go to chase Pang Yue without worry.

　　Pang Yue ran out not far when Pang Jun grabbed her hand. Pang Yue couldn't break free. In desperation, she opened her mouth and bit Pang Jun's arm. Pang Jun felt pain and had to let go. Pang Yue wanted to take the opportunity to escape again, but this time Pang Jun hugged her directly and held her tightly in his arms: "Yue'er, calm down, listen to me, listen to me..."

　　"I won't listen... You are all liars... You are all bad people... You all bully Yue'er... Yue'er wants to find her father... wuuuuuu... Yue'er wants to find her father... wuuuuuu..." Pang Yue continued to struggle, trying to break free from Pang Jun's arms.

　　"Yue'er, listen to me. Your mother had her own reasons for marrying me... She had no choice but to do this..."

　　Pang Jun held Pang Yue in his arms and explained to Tang Yuxian, "Your aunt Jin was pregnant before your father passed away. It was your father's posthumous child. The emperor knew about this and threatened your mother. If your mother is willing to marry me as a marriage partner, then your father's posthumous child can inherit the title of King of Wei. Otherwise, it would be a double death. Your mother had no choice but to marry me for the sake of the King of Wei's mansion."

　　Pang Yue lowered her head and said nothing, but she was no longer struggling. She was just sobbing softly.

　　Seeing this, Pang Jun continued, "Speaking of which, it's my fault. Many of the women in my palace are mothers and daughters, and the emperor vaguely knows that you are already in Liaodong and are my woman, so he sent your mother to Liaodong as a marriage partner. You also know that I, I am a person who cannot control myself. The princess is as beautiful as a flower, and I am a hot-blooded man, how can I, can..."

　　"That's enough..." Pang Yue spoke at this time, "Your bad habits... bad brother... bad husband... Yue'er hates you to death... I don't know where this bad habit comes from, you just like to be served by mother and daughter..."

　　Hearing Yue'er's tone at this time, Pang Jun also breathed a sigh of relief, and he dared to let Pang Yue go.

　　Pang Yue turned around, glared at Pang Jun, and said hatefully: "You wait here, I... I'm going to see my mother... You, you are not allowed to come over and eavesdrop, and also, go stop the bleeding." After that, she ignored Pang Jun and went back into the room.

　　Looking at Pang Yue's back, Pang Jun sighed and said to himself: "Yue'er, I'm sorry, please forgive us. Some things are better not to let you know for the rest of your life..."