It's late at night and everyone is asleep.
Zhu'er was practicing flying knives in the courtyard when Qiu'er pulled her into the room.
The three little girls were lying in the quilt, whispering.
Qiu'er was worried. After talking to them for a while, she got dressed, got out of bed, and waited at the door of the room.
Not long after, a cough was suddenly heard in the room.
Qiu Er was startled and wanted to push the door open, but she held back and could only lean against the door and whisper, "Sir, is the young lady sick again?"
It became quiet inside.
After a while, Luo Qingzhou's voice sounded: "No, go and rest, don't worry about it."
"oh."
Qiu'er agreed and had to retreat back to her room.
She doesn't need to worry, because her brother-in-law loves her so much that he won't force it if it really doesn't work.
In the room, Luo Qingzhou helped Miss Qin change her clothes and bed sheets.
The two of them hugged each other, Miss Qin Er breathed slightly, and soon fell into a tired sleep.
Luo Qingzhou looked at her charming and flushed face and sighed secretly.
Still no use, we haven’t even reached the final step yet.
The medicine can only temporarily stabilize the condition. Before the disease is completely cured, the couple probably won’t be able to proceed to the final step and can only comfort each other.
He was not in a hurry, but he felt a little sorry for her because he had to enter the palace the day after tomorrow.
Why…
After thinking about it for a while, he took out the message.
Just now, when I was playing with Miss Qin Er's two slender feet and talking to her mouth, the communication token on my body vibrated a few times. I didn't know who sent the message.
The first message was from the Saint Liuli of Xianyun Pavilion: "Brother Chu, congratulations, I heard that you will marry the eldest princess. Sure enough, you rejected me at the beginning, in addition to the reason of your wife, but also because I was not beautiful and excellent enough.
Luo Qingzhou replied: The situation forced me to do this.
The second message was actually from Master Zixia Fairy: Feiyang, come to the mountain tomorrow. My uncle-master asked Uncle Wu to teach you how to make pills, starting with the most basic pills. Once you learn how to make pills, you will benefit a lot in the future.
Luo Qingzhou thought to himself: Didn’t Uncle Master tell Master
When he was about to reply, he secretly said: Why not go and have a look tomorrow, I wonder what the difference is between other alchemists and Sister Yue's alchemy. Anyway, I have to practice tomorrow, so I might as well go and watch.
Thinking of this, he replied: "Okay, thank you, Master. Please thank my uncle for me."
One last message left.
After clicking it, he was stunned. It was a message from Xiaoyue: Nothing, is there something wrong
Hmm? This tone... doesn't sound like the tone of a good sister.
Luo Qingzhou thought for a while and replied: It’s okay, just asking, good night
Unexpectedly, Xiaoyue replied quickly: What are you doing
Luo Qingzhou: Sleeping
Xiaoyue: With your wife
Luo Qingzhou: Yeah
Xiaoyue: How many together
Luo Qingzhou: ... No more chatting, good night
at the same time.
The Imperial Palace, Yaohua Palace, in the study.
A young girl in a fiery red dress, with a pair of bare snow-white feet, was sitting at the table, frowning and in a daze.
On the table, there was a message.
"He probably doesn't know yet... He definitely doesn't know... I will never allow him to know!"
Another long while passed.
She suddenly lost her mind, picked up the message on the table, and replied with a message: "My dear brother, many big things have happened in Kyoto recently. They are so scary. My sister is scared. When will you come to accompany me?"
The message came back quickly: Don't worry, I will move into the inner city soon.
Xiaoyue: Brother, that's great. Are you going to move to the inner city? By the way, brother, do you know where my sister lives
Luo Qingzhou looked at the message, his eyes flashed, and replied: I don't know, I only know that in the inner city
Xiaoyue: Then when brother comes to the inner city, Xiaoyue will invite him to visit my home, okay
Luo Qingzhou: OK
Xiaoyue: Brother, can you please bring your sister-in-law along with you when the time comes
Luo Qingzhou: OK
"He really doesn't know yet..."
In the study room of Yaohua Palace, Xiaoyue finally breathed a sigh of relief, then gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "Despicable and shameless woman, not all good things are yours, I want a share too... Bah! I want to take him away! You will regret it forever!"
She didn't reply, her mind returned to her senses.
After a moment, the first queen of Dayan slowly opened her cold and majestic eyes.
She picked up the communication certificate from the table, looked at the message on it, and fixed her eyes on the two glaring words. She gritted her teeth and threw the communication certificate away: "Bah! A dog licker, disgusting!"
Then he clenched his fists again, and said with a cold face: "Damn it! Just wait for me! The day after tomorrow I will make you kneel in the bridal chamber, crying and begging me to kneel and lick you!"
"Hmm? Something seems wrong?"
Suddenly there were footsteps outside the door.
Yueying's voice rang out outside: "Your Majesty, news has come from the Fire Moon Nation. They have taken the initiative to attack and have lured the coalition forces of the seven nations to change direction and attack the Fire Moon Nation."
Nangong Huoyue's eyes fell on the map on the table. The expression on his face and his temperament instantly restored the calmness and composure of a commander of ten thousand armies. He said, "Let them guard it well, no need to attack. Where is the Thai king's army?"
Yueying said, "King Tai originally led his army to follow the Seven Nations Coalition, hoping to take advantage of the situation in Kyoto. But when he saw the Seven Nations Coalition turned around and headed for Fire Moon Country, he immediately stopped where he was and did not move his troops."
Nangong Huoyue narrowed her eyes and snorted coldly: "He is indeed an old fox. He dares not come over even with 100,000 soldiers and horses?"
Yueying said, "He must have noticed that there are our people in the army, and he is afraid that he will be attacked from both sides if he goes too deep into the enemy's territory alone."
Nangong Huoyue looked at the map for a moment and said, "Then let him wait there. If he waits one more day, his army will be in chaos. The teacher once said..."
She suddenly stopped talking.
After a moment, he continued, "The first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted... His army is at its peak now, but he is hesitating. Once his army gradually loses its fighting spirit, even if he wants to move forward, it will be useless."
Yueying said, "Your Majesty, are we just going to wait like this? The Fire Moon Nation's military might not be able to hold out for too long. If the Fire Moon Nation is destroyed by then, and the Seven Nations coalition joins forces with King Thailand, I'm afraid Kyoto... will be in danger."
Nangong Huoyue pondered for a moment and said, "The Huoyue Kingdom has strong fortifications and sufficient food and grass. They can hold out for at least a month. Let them wear down the Seven Nations' coalition forces first, and then send troops to rescue them."
After a moment of silence, she continued, "I have just ascended the throne, so I cannot go to war personally, nor can I mobilize too many troops, and Kyoto has not really stabilized. So we must be more than 70% sure before we go to fight. I ascended the throne as a daughter, so I cannot fail even once. If I fail even once, it will be like a landslide, and I will never be able to stand up again."
Yueying was silent for a while, hesitant to speak: "Your Majesty, Fire Moon Country..."
Nangong Huoyue looked grim and said in a deep voice: "To do great things, there must be sacrifices. Now that I have ascended the throne, I must naturally put the overall situation first. As long as we can win, what does it matter if all the 30,000 soldiers of Huoyue Kingdom are sacrificed?"
Yueying said nothing more and retreated silently.
Nangong Huoyue looked at the map on the table, at the city that was once her fiefdom, and was silent for a long time, then said: "Yuewu, who do you think would be a better commander?"
Yuewu's voice came from the door: "Your Majesty, if we take the initiative, we will only have one chance. If we fail, we will have nothing. Only by defeating the Seven-Nation Alliance and the Thai king's army, will the entire Great Yan be completely silent about your Majesty's accession to the throne. Therefore, who we choose as the commander this time is related to our life and death. I really..."
Nangong Huoyue said coldly: "If you have a candidate in mind, just tell me."
After a pause, he continued, "I pardon you."
Yue Wu was silent for a moment, then said respectfully, "I think Young Master Luo should be able to do the job."
There was silence in the room for a moment, and then someone asked, "Is that the young master Luo who dared to break into the palace and kill the emperor?"
Yuewu knelt on the ground, lowered her head and said nothing.
Nangong Huoyue was silent for a while, and said: "Get up, he has no experience in leading troops, and he may only be able to talk about war on paper. I am worried about leaving all the troops to him. The candidate in my mind is Yuchi Ling, but unfortunately, he is old and stubborn, and still refuses to obey me..."
Yuewu stood up and lowered her head without saying anything else.
Nangong Huoyue's eyes flickered, and she continued, "Yuewu, after I get married the day after tomorrow, tell Meijiao to invite the Qin family to the palace the day after tomorrow. I want to have a good talk with Mr. Luo."
Yuewu said respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Nangong Huoyue slowly clenched her fists, and after a moment, she slowly loosened them. The expression on her face became extremely complicated again.
Outside the window, the night passes quietly.
The moonlight is cold and clear by the misty river.
Luo Qingzhou's soul left his body and explored the surroundings for a while. After finding nothing unusual, he entered the Dragon Palace.
After talking with Long'er for a while, Sister Yue came.
Luo Qingzhou followed him into the stone chamber and continued to learn alchemy.
After refining three batches of pills on his own in succession, he finally mastered the tricks of temperature, dosage, spirit power and so on.
After the last batch of pills was opened, the pills inside were finally successful.
The three pills were round and smooth, with a fragrant aroma, of average size, and full of luster, and looked of very good quality.
The moon-white figure then praised calmly, "Just passing."
However, when he came here before, Long Er told Luo Qingzhou that it would take at least half a year for an alchemist to truly refine a furnace of the most common pills, and it also requires talent.
Therefore, Luo Qingzhou was a little dissatisfied with Sister Yue's light praise and asked, "Sister Yue, how long did it take you to learn alchemy from the beginning to refine the first batch of pills?"
The white figure lowered his head to wipe the alchemy furnace, and said in a calm tone: "One hour."
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
The white figure put away the alchemy furnace, turned around, looked at him and said, "To be precise, it's half an hour. There is still another half an hour. I am refining tools nearby and don't have time to open the furnace."
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
"Sister Yue... Sister Yue, are you a pervert?"
The moon-white figure walked towards the door expressionlessly and said, "Practice well, I will teach you how to refine weapons tomorrow night."
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and said quickly, "Sister Yue, I have something to do tomorrow night, so I can't..."
Before he could finish his words, the moon-white figure had already walked out the door and disappeared.