Master Wu was in a dilemma at the moment: "Tell me, do you want to tell the prince about this matter?"
The female guard under her command, who was heroic and neat in her actions, looked at each other for a moment, but also hesitated: "This... Ordinarily, such a big matter should not be hidden from the prince. But the current situation in Western Xinjiang is extremely critical. On this occasion, if the report is made, it disturbs the king's mood and causes the great achievements to fall short... "
"Then we won't talk about it?" Master Wu said with a headache, "But that damn place in Northern Xinjiang! It's Meng Boqin's territory again! Even if General Huaihua, the son of Lao Shizi, is the direct uncle of the county king, it seems that the two uncles and nephews have never taken care of him until now. Who knows how much affection he has for the princess, and whether he will try his best to protect the princess?! If something goes wrong, the prince will investigate... "
"Why don't you just tell me?" a female guard said nonchalantly, "Choose a suitable opportunity to talk to the sir and the others in advance. If the county king gets angry or something after hearing the news, can the sir and the others give some advice?"
"Can you find a suitable opportunity?" Her companion reminded, "The purpose of the king is not just to make Ruru retreat, but to win a beautiful battle! Letting Na Fuzhen return to the grassland is only a crucial step. The next step There are still many crucial steps, and those of us who are following orders are very busy and don’t dare to slack off at all, let alone the county king who makes plans and makes decisions?"
"But the princess of the county is just an ordinary girl, very delicate! If something goes wrong in Northern Xinjiang, let alone the investigation of the county king, the Feng family behind her, the Feng family, is not a fuel-saving lamp? We will find out by then If you received a secret message from Northern Xinjiang but didn't report it, you might misunderstand our intentions!"
"If you ask me, let's just seal the secret message back to it as it is, let the falcon rest, and let it continue flying towards Yizhou! Don't worry about who else in the Wuyi Camp received it then. Let them have a headache!"
"We have only been in Wuyi Camp for a short time, and we haven't learned all the techniques for sealing secret letters. This secret letter is a private matter related to the prince, so the sealing techniques are different from those for official matters. Do you know how? Furthermore, why should we? Are you going to whistle to make this falcon come down? Aren't Saili's people like crazy looking for traces of Fuzhen all over the grassland, fearing that if it flies forward, it will hit Ruru and shoot it down?! After all, this flat-haired beast is It's always a direct flight, if you tell it to go around in a circle, will it understand?"
"Besides, the prince has already planned to abandon Yizhou. He is flying to Yizhou now. Can he find anyone? Don't take advantage of some random people and make a pot of soup!"
Listening to the quarrels among his men, Master Wu put his hand on his forehead and felt like he had a headache!
... It's a long story: Master Wu originally thought that after the Jishan pirates defected to Rong Suihe, other than marriage, they would just accompany Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yu Feng.
But not long ago, they accidentally learned that there are women in Wuyi Camp, and they are not vases, nor are they in the nature of domestic servants. They are responsible for substantial errands, similar to those in secret rooms.
Master Wu then tentatively asked Rong Suihe if he could admit her and her men into the Wuyi Camp
She had no other purpose, she just felt that she was born different from ordinary women. When they were learning how to be a female worker, she was dancing with swords and guns. When they were learning how to be diligent and thrifty, she was learning how to rob, burn, kill and plunder. She was learning how to get along with her future husband's family. When she was young, she was learning the art of imperial control... After so many years, if Rong Suihe was a man who refused to use women, it would be fine. Since he was willing to give women a chance to show their strengths, Master Wu felt why he and his A group of sisters should be like ordinary women, waiting to get married, and end up being the same husband and godson
They can definitely make contributions and make a career just like men!
Even if you can't get a direct reward, it's still better than being idle all day long!
Rong Suihe refused at first, not because he didn't trust their ability and loyalty, but because Master Wu was originally the leader of the Jishan bandits, and the Jishan bandits have now become Jishan camp. The old boss of Jishan camp has fallen into the Wuyi camp. I'm afraid It is not conducive to harmonious coexistence between the two camps.
However, after being repeatedly pestered by Master Wu, he asked Le Yangwen to help in private, and finally agreed, asking Yi Liu to train them in Wuyi Camp's secret methods, and at the same time led them to subdue Na Fuzhen... Well , the latter made Master Wu and others very excited.
They are all still young girls who still have their energy. Due to the environment in which they grew up, they are more interested in the battlefield than in love.
After personally witnessing and participating in Rong Suihe's persuasion to surrender Nafuzhen, his interest became even higher.
Everyone was very excited to take on the task of "hunting down" Na Fuzhen this time.
As a result, the time was just counting, and it was already time to return. I said goodbye to Na Fuzhen and returned to Western Xinjiang. On the way, I disturbed a falcon that had landed temporarily to rest. Seeing it fluttering its wings, a female guard recognized it as Wu Yiying. He was busy blowing the whistle he learned during training to lure it down, so as not to get hurt by the people from Sai Li.
Seeing that the letter it carried was so confidential that he could read it, he opened it excitedly, thinking that there was another chance to take action. Who knew that Sheng Weiqiao and Xuanyu Feng did not go to Chang'an, but instead News about going to Northern Xinjiang!
Now that it was over, the female guards were suddenly worried and couldn't raise their eyebrows: According to the rules, Wuyiying must report such a secret message to Rong Suihe immediately, but this kind of clear information will mess up Rong Suihe's state of mind. , can you tell with this eye socket
"Didn't the king ask us to put safety first and rather go in a big circle than take risks?" After looking at each other for a long time, an older female guard sighed and said, "I think, why don't we just go around in a circle?" A particularly large circle. After a few days, wait until the situation has eased before meeting up with the prince! At that time, report them as soon as they meet. This way, you can avoid upsetting the prince's mood at the moment, and you don't violate the rules... Well, I should. No violation?"
Master Wu thought about it but couldn't think of a better way, so he nodded: "That's it!"
"Then where are we going now?" But a female guard immediately asked, "When we came out, we didn't expect to encounter such a hot potato, so we didn't bring much luggage at all. We planned to go around for three or two days at most. Let’s meet up with the prince and retreat towards the southwest together. The situation is going to ease now, it’s unlikely to take less than ten days and a half, right? For such a long time, we have to find a place to stay.”
Someone asked: "How about going to sir?"
"No!" The female guard shook her head, "Sir, he has a heavy responsibility and is in a dangerous situation. Once Ruru catches up, according to the prince's instructions, Ni Jidao will fight to the end. If he refuses to fight and escape, the responsibility will be entirely his. , in short, sir, we must leave immediately to avoid injury! If we go, if we happen to get into trouble at such a time, wouldn't this cause trouble to sir?"
Master Wu did not agree to go to Le Yangwen: "The camp has sent Ni Yanying to follow Ni Jidao to supervise him. We suddenly ran over. What if Ni Yanying thought that the king did not trust her? After all, we are all in the same camp. Yes, she went in before us, and she was appointed by the prince himself... why should we offend her?"
"What do you want me to say, let's just go to Northern Xinjiang and protect the princess?" A female guard joked, "This way the prince can feel relieved if he knows about it later."
"Your prince is easy to fool!" Master Wu sighed, "Do you believe that as soon as we reported that we were going to Northern Xinjiang, he would be able to guess right?!"
In the end, they reluctantly discussed an idea, which was to use the excuse of not worrying about Le Yangwen and plan to follow Le Yangwen secretly after returning to Western Xinjiang to prepare for any unexpected events.
... About the same time, Chang'an, the Imperial City, and Anfu Palace.
Seeing Emperor Xuan Jing fall asleep in a drunken state, the Shu sisters all breathed a sigh of relief and ordered their confidants to stay and take care of him while they dragged their tired bodies to the side hall to tidy up.
"It's just like that if you drink too much mash." This side hall is where bathing takes place. A large pool is built with white marble on the walls and carved with patterns of tangled florets and continuous melons.
The two sisters had been fooling around with Emperor Xuan Jing for most of the day. Even for people of this age, it was inevitable that they would find it too much. At this moment, they took off their clothes, revealing their skin that was as smooth as snow. They stepped in and had already injected hot spring water and goat's milk. , rose petals and other skin-nourishing things, the confidant maids knelt by the pool to help wash them, and talked lazily, "Next time, I'd better switch to honey bar. Well, white jade plump ones are also fine."
Concubine Shu advised: "You should let His Majesty drink more in the future, and take a few sips yourself. Look at how blushing you are now..."
There was a hint of sadness in his tone, "After all, it wasn't just when I entered the palace."
"It's nothing. After all, you are younger than His Majesty, right?" Zhaoyi was obviously still a little drunk. She chuckled and said with hazy eyes, "Oh, the patterns around this pool have been around for many years. , I’m tired of looking at it, so I’ll turn around and ask someone to come over and change it!”
The imperial concubine didn't pay attention at first. After hearing this, she glanced at the tangled sage flowers, but the continuous melons made her feel uncomfortable. Speaking of which, Zhaoyi picked this pond herself when she was given the opportunity to live in Anfu Palace. Patterns and styles.
As a result, after so many years, the continuation of melons, which symbolizes the continuous succession of offspring, has always been here, but the sisters have never moved.
"Ruru invaded Western Xinjiang. It is said that Yizhou has been besieged for several days." Concubine Shu bit her lip and ordered everyone in the palace to leave, then whispered to Zhaoyi, "Everyone inside and outside is saying that Mi Zhen has been killed." The odds are stacked against him, but Meng Guiyu believes that Mi Zhen is cunning and will not easily put himself in a desperate situation. So either he has a back-up plan, or he plans to escape Yizhou at a critical moment."
Zhaoyi turned her face sideways, and a strand of untied hair fell into the pool against her cheek. Her skin became more and more like snow, but her face was still like that of a girl, but the tiredness in her eyes was the helplessness of a middle-aged woman: " Even if he is safe and sound, if he wins this battle, he will definitely use the Western Frontier as his territory. He will not return to Chang'an until he is strong enough to aspire for the throne! If he loses, he will be taken back to Chang'an to face charges, but his future will be slim. . When the time comes, it won’t make much sense for us to ask him to be the biological father of the child. After all, the King of Gaomi and the Meng family are both eyeing him, and without enough power and support, what’s the use of the child no matter how smart he is, but he won’t grow up?”
"..." The imperial concubine was silent for a while and asked softly, "What do you mean?"
Zhaoyi narrowed her eyes: "Anyway, as long as you are of the clan's bloodline and your Majesty's close relative, you can recognize your relatives through blood."
"Your Majesty, King Gaomi and King Guangling are all old. However, the two kings Gaomi and Guangling don't all have only one or two heirs!"
The imperial concubine muttered: "It's just that we never interacted with them before, now..."
"Didn't Dad say that he hired someone to train our nieces?" Shu Zhaoyi reminded, "Before, because I knew that Mi Zhen loved the princess, even though I had someone ready, I didn't intend to force them on him. But now, We can use the excuse that the Princess of Mi Zhen County is pregnant and are afraid that Mi Zhen will have no one to take care of her, and send her two nieces to be his concubines! Mi Zhen will most likely refuse, so we can pretend to be forcing him to agree before contacting him again Those brothers, who would doubt it?”
She sneered, "After all, except for Meng Guiyu, who doesn't think that we treat Mi Zhen as our biological son?"
The imperial concubine said: "But Mi Zhen is still in Yizhou City. I heard that the situation there is very critical. Maybe the city will be destroyed at this moment. Who knows where Mi Zhen has gone? Will this letter be delivered in time?"
"Sister, we are not short of so many days, your Majesty is still here!" Zhaoyi comforted, "Especially now that the New Year is approaching, there are a lot of things to be busy with!"
At the same time, in the Chongxin Hou Mansion, Meng Guiyu was also discussing with Meng Guihan: "The Shu sisters are really cunning. Although they are very tempted to rely on their own flesh and blood for the future, they have never taken that step yet! They have always If we don't betray Your Majesty, we won't be able to get a handle, and we will have to kneel under Danqi and endure their arrogance!"
Meng Guihan wondered: "Those two have a high status in the palace, and even our aunt can't do anything about it. The queen hides in Wangchun Palace all day long, for fear that they will cause trouble! This situation... Unless they are willing, otherwise What can we do?"
"..." Meng Guiyu was silent for a while and said, "Just give it a try. How will you know if you don't try?"