Fu Tingye lowered his eyes, "I may leave for a while."
"Leave..." Hua Qingxue was slightly startled, "Did something happen at the border?"
Fu Tingye nodded: "The Liao Kingdom has stationed a large number of troops on the border between the two countries, and the situation is tense."
"But isn't the Crown Prince of Liao still in Shengjing, so he's not afraid of losing his head?" Hua Qingxue found it unbelievable. Now that Xiao Han has become the prince, he will be the future emperor of Liao.
With this move of the Liao Kingdom, is it necessary to abandon the army to protect the commander
"Now that Xiao Han is still in Shengjing, the border is naturally peaceful, but Xiao Han came to buy Zhentian Lei, so there must be a connection." Fu Tingye frowned, anticipating a very dangerous situation.
Hua Qingxue immediately figured it out: "He won't want to use our Sky-shaking Thunder to deal with us, right?"
"Why not?" Fu Tingye asked back: "Based on the current situation in various countries, Zhentian Lei is indeed the most powerful weapon today."
"But it's easy to imitate." Hua Qingxue pursed her lips: "We sold Zhentian Lei to Nanzhao before, and it was spread. The structure of Zhentian Lei is actually relatively simple, and the filling in the middle is nothing more than gunpowder, saltpeter, and iron sand. , these things are extremely easy to obtain in various countries.”
"So... you are saying that Xiao Han is deliberately trying to delay time, and in fact the Liao Kingdom is probably imitating it?" Fu Tingye was slightly startled. This point that Hua Qingxue mentioned inadvertently has a relatively high possibility of being realized.
Hua Qingxue nodded: "The previous hot air balloon was just a poor imitation."
With Xiao Han's invincible spirit, he will definitely keep up his efforts... The same is true for hot air balloons, and the same is true for Zhentian Lei.
"If so, then I will return to Panshui sooner." Fu Tingye groaned, and his breathing became rapid, as if a big battle was right in front of him.
"General, I'm with you!" Hua Qingxue reached out and took Fu Tingye's arm.
Fu Tingye looked at her, and a warm current surged through his heart, but... he couldn't take her with him this time.
"No, you have to stay in Shengjing." Fu Tingye ordered in a deep voice.
"Why..." Hua Qingxue was a little disappointed: "I want to fight side by side with the general. I can also give you advice at critical moments."
"Listen to me, Qingxue." Fu Tingye interrupted her, "If you stay in Shengjing, you will fight alongside me."
Hua Qingxue's eyes widened instantly: "General, you... plan to go back secretly to avoid being noticed?"
Fu Tingye nodded: "With me here, the guards at the border will be more confident, but in Shengjing, the news that I have returned cannot be leaked, so that Xiao Han can relax his vigilance."
Hua Qingxue had to admit that what he said was right, and it was true. She could only nod her head and agree, but she felt a little disappointed.
Since the two met, it seemed that they had never been separated. It was only a few days when they were kidnapped, but if there was a war... they would be completely different.
I was depressed all the way.
When the carriage returned to the entrance of the other courtyard, Hua Qingxue suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the other courtyard was different.
It wasn't until she jumped off the carriage that she realized that it was Li Jingnan who was here!
Li Jingnan strode out in her regular clothes and threw herself into Hua Qingxue's arms: "I miss you so much, Hua Qingxue."
Hua Qingxue also hugged him happily: "Li Jingnan, why haven't you come to see me for so long? You are always busy. Why, you finally found time today?"
Li Jingnan raised his head. He didn't understand what she said. When did he tell Hua Qingxue that he was busy
The two of them separated from each other, but held their hands tightly together, extremely happy.
Hua Qingxue couldn't hold it back, tears slipped out of the corner of her eyes accidentally, which surprised Li Jingnan: "Nothing happened to me, why are you crying! Don't cry, don't cry."
"I'm so happy." Hua Qingxue didn't know what was wrong and couldn't help it.
"Ahem." Fu Tingye jumped off the horse and appeared beside the two of them in a very disharmonious manner. He stretched out his hand and forcibly took one of Hua Qingxue's hands: "It is the fault of this subordinate for keeping the emperor waiting for a long time."
He said he was sorry, but his body language was not like that.
Li Jingnan and Hua Qingxue were both slightly embarrassed and relaxed, "Yes, yes, Li Jingnan, stop standing at the door, let's go in."
Li Jingnan nodded, turned around and walked back, but unexpectedly, a huge figure knelt down in front of several people with a thud: "Your Majesty! I really can't stand it any longer. This is the wife of Si Bing, how can I call the Emperor by his first name? But it’s so disrespectful that you have to punish Si Bing’s wife!”
The person kneeling on the ground was none other than the new father-in-law Xiaodouzi in the palace.
Xiaodouzi is not small in size.
It doesn't matter that Xiaodouzi knelt down like this, it directly shocked the three people who had no psychological precautions. Not only that, what he said also caused some subtle changes in the expressions of those present.
The issue of overstepping one's dignity and calling someone by their first name has existed for a long time, but as the parties involved, neither the Emperor nor Hua Qingxue took this trivial matter to heart.
Hua Qingxue looked at Father-in-law Xiaodouzi's face. She glanced softly at Fu Yanye, who had an indifferent expression next to her, and then turned to Li Jingnan, thinking about what to say to relieve the slightly frozen scene.
Li Jingnan frowned, his face showing a bit of sullenness.
He stood with his hands behind his hands, his chin raised slightly. Although he was wearing ordinary clothes, it could not hide his faint imperial aura.
Father-in-law Xiaodouzi did not dare to raise his head and look directly at the emperor's face, so he only mustered up the courage to take a sneak peek at Li Jingnan. When he saw the anger on Li Jingnan's face, he thought that his words had an effect, and he couldn't help but relax a little.
But then, Li Jingnan's angry voice suddenly sounded above his head -
"Do you see me in your eyes? I haven't accused you of anything yet, but you, a slave, are so brave! How dare you talk nonsense here!"
Xiaodouzi's face was startled, and then he yelled in his heart, "Oh no!" Touched the reverse scale!
He did not dare to continue to worry about whether Hua Qingxue was guilty of disrespect, so he had to defend himself in a hurry to avoid Long Yan's anger!
"Your Majesty! You are wronged! This slave serves you as my lord, so I try my best to avoid being offended by unscrupulous people!"
When the words came out of his mouth, Xiaodouzi realized that he had said the wrong word, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Li Jingnan is the emperor, and if he gets angry, to ordinary people, it would be an ominous thing that would contradict Tian'er.
It stands to reason that when an angry emperor is present, even if there are other terrifying things present at the same time, it will no longer distract people from paying attention.
Xiaodouzi thought so too. He once thought that he was serving the emperor, and as long as he didn't offend Long Yan and become furious, there would be nothing he could be afraid of.
But now... Why does General Fu Yanye look like the person present who makes his hair stand on end the most
Obviously, the general's face looked normal, and he didn't have any frightening weapons on his body. But those eyes staring at his little slave without blinking for a moment made it difficult to breathe.
"puff!"
Somehow, the petite woman sandwiched between the emperor and the general could not hide her presence at this moment, and laughed softly to herself: "This father-in-law is loyal and loyal, isn't it a bit unfair for you to accuse me like this? "
Xiaodouzi looked at Hua Qingxue in a daze. She was letting Fu Yanye hold her hand and smiling at Li Jingnan.
"Hey!" Li Jingnan saw Hua Qingxue smile, and his brows relaxed a bit, but there was still obvious displeasure on his face, "This slave is no big or small, how come he still wants to make the decision for me?"
Xiaodouzi, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to express his anger after hearing these words. He hurriedly leaned down on the ground and pressed his forehead firmly against the ground, for fear that he would look disrespectful in the slightest.
"Oh, are you angry?" If Fu Yanye hadn't grabbed her little hand at this moment, Hua Qingxue would have even gone to pat Li Jingnan's shoulder.
She smiled and continued: "Don't people also confess their sins?"
Having said this, she glanced at Xiaodouzi, who was shivering on the ground, with a look of helplessness on her face. She lowered her voice and continued to say to Li Jingnan: "This will be the same next time."
Xiaodouzi was filled with resentment that he was destined to die, and had even begun to silently regret the few ingots of silver he had received only two days ago.
Unexpectedly, Li Jingnan spoke at this time, and his tone softened a bit: "Since the general and his wife are unwilling to argue with you, a slave, I will let you go. If there is a next time, you will take the blame!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your life!" Xiaodouzi was in a daze for a moment, and immediately kowtowed three times as soon as he came to his senses. Then he kowtowed one more time in the direction of Fu Yanye: "Thank you, General!"
Fu Yanye really frowned now. He didn't speak from the beginning to the end, but that didn't mean that he acquiesced to this slave's right to accuse Hua Qingxue.
It was Hua Qingxue who had just saved this slave's life, but she seemed to be ignored at the moment.
Such a person who has no eyesight can't blame others for saying that he doesn't care about his life.
Fu Yanye's eyes changed immediately, and he wanted to say something immediately. But at this time, Hua Qingxue held his arm and smiled sweetly, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone: "Come in! What's the point of standing outside chatting?"
Although the sound is small, it is quite useful. Fu Yanye's anger that had just risen suddenly subsided by half.
The three of them entered the room, and there was no unnecessary restraint between them.
Li Jingnan sent Xiaodouzi to wait at the gate of the other courtyard, and told no one to enter without permission.
Xiaodouzi had just walked around the gate of hell, and he didn't dare to make any mistakes at this moment, so he hurriedly took orders and ran out.
"Look how scared you are!" Even though she was used to this kind of situation, Hua Qingxue couldn't help but joke: "What's wrong? You've been too busy and stressed lately?"
Li Jingnan was picking up the edge of the teacup, intending to taste the tea, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but put the cup down and raised his eyebrows in confusion.
At this time, Fu Yanye seemed to have casually said from the side: "The emperor is dealing with many things every day, so it is natural for him to be under great pressure. It is dereliction of duty for my subordinates not to be able to share their worries and resolve their doubts."
Li Jingnan, whose attention was still on Hua Qingxue just now, suddenly had a bright light in his eyes after hearing these words. He retracted his hand that was about to pick up the teacup, turned slightly and said: "Speaking of which, I do have something to talk to you about. Negotiate.”