The waiting time was the longest. After a long time, the guards sent news that the poison had been cured.
Song Yan frowned, and glanced at Song Rui on the city wall, "Get out!"
Seeing that Song Yan really withdrew his troops, Song Rui heaved a sigh of relief, and led his troops back to Eastern Chu overnight. Although Song Yan spent a lot of money and manpower this time, the casualties were very small, and taking back a few cities was considered a victory.
This is the agreement between Song Yan and the right minister. To reduce the strength of Eastern Chu and let Eastern Chu survive in the cracks, now is not the best time to get rid of Eastern Chu. Besides, there is not enough food and grass in West Vietnam. After many years of fighting, it is exactly what is needed. When recuperating.
And Song Yan was thinking about one person, who hadn't seen him for so many days, and he didn't know what to do, so he wanted to solve the matter as soon as possible, and went to find Miss Xiao.
In a daze, Song Yan raised his eyes as if he saw a familiar figure in the crowd, Song Yan was overjoyed, and followed his gaze to find that person, who soon disappeared again.
Song Yan narrowed his eyes, could it be an illusion, no, no.
At this moment, Zhao Qisong sent a letter to Song Yan.
Song Yan took it and looked at it, his face was completely dark, Rong Yue really came to Xiyue with Xiao Concubine, that was just that moment...
"Immediately send someone to investigate around the Rong family!"
Zhao Qi nodded upon hearing the words, "This subordinate takes orders."
Song Yan quickly found Song Zhan, and presented the jade seal and soldier talisman, "Since you are safe now, I should return the crown prince. I still have some important things to do, so you should rest well."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Song Zhan was still weak, but his complexion looked much better, and he should be fine after a few more days of recuperation.
The smile on Song Yan's face was much gentler, and he didn't hide the touch of pampering. Song Zhan smiled when he saw this, "You are not young anymore, it's time to start a family and start a business. I'm here with father and queen. You Do not worry."
Song Yan nodded, "If there is a chance, I will naturally come to see you."
Saying that, Song Yan put on half of the mask, changed into a green shirt, and covered himself up with all his brilliance.
Song Zhan put on a suit of Chinese clothes, and became that gentle and refined prince of Xiyue again.
On the other side, Xiao Yu and Rong Yue came to Xiyue through mountains and rivers. The journey was full of adventures and ups and downs. The two almost fell into danger many times, and they encountered Eastern Chu Qiangzheng again. Fortunately, Xiao Yu was clever and escaped.
Concubine Xiao was thinking about Zhao Zun wholeheartedly. On the way, she heard that the prince of Xiyue had returned from the dead and was brave and fearless. He reversed the situation and rescued the entire Xiyue people from danger.
Concubine Xiao was more curious about this prince, but Rong Yue looked at Concubine Xiao with a strange expression, "Xiao Jiu, to be honest, I have met Lord Zhao Hou a few times, and I always think he looks like a person, but Not sure until that portrait a few days ago."
Xiao Yu's eyelids twitched, "What's the matter?"
Rong Yue sighed, "Don't worry, now that you have arrived in Xiyue, don't worry about it for a while, whether it is true or not, you will know in the afternoon."
Rong Yue hoped that her guess was right, otherwise it would be a waste of a trip to Xiyue, she would rather be Zhao Zun who lied to Xiao Concubine.
Concubine Xiao nodded, feeling a little uneasy.
The two sat by the window and waited. The next moment, a charming voice suddenly came from the box next to her ears. Rong Yue's pupils shrank sharply. She was very familiar with this voice.
It's Rong Ling!
"Cousin, congratulations first. Auntie has a good eye. She let Rong Yue and her relatives replace the fifth princess and her relative Dongming. This time, the right minister was able to abandon Dong Chu to help Xiyue. Most of the credit was due to Rong Yue. This time, Rong Yue Family rewards are indispensable."
A woman in the room was humble to another woman, full of flattering smiles.
The woman is Rong Ling, and Rong Ling covered her mouth and smiled lightly, "What else can I do, but just like her mother, she's just like her mother, a coquettish girl who tried her best to seduce the right minister, but it's okay , it helped the Rong family."
Rong Ling was not jealous of Rong Yue, but her tone became more arrogant, arrogant.
"This time it can't be all due to Rong Yue's contribution. In the final analysis, it is the crown prince who is both wise and courageous. Otherwise, with a right minister, how can Xiyue defeat Dongchu?"
When Rong Ling mentioned the prince, her face was shy and her cheeks were pink.
The woman immediately flattered, "What my cousin said is very true. The prince is not too young now, and the empress has long wanted to choose a concubine for the prince. In my opinion, my cousin is the daughter of a dignified general, and she will be named princess in a few days." , the identity and the crown prince are the most suitable, and the position of the crown princess must be a cousin."
Rong Ling's face flushed when she heard the words, but she didn't refute, instead she seemed to swear.
"I don't know what's going on with Rong Yue in Dongming. I heard that they are all living in other people's homes. Prime Minister You didn't intend to marry her, so he just left it alone. He loved the deceased wife very much. Rong Yue also had a thick skin. Post it upside down, it's completely embarrassing for my uncle."
The woman flattered Rong Ling, knowing that Rong Long hated Rong Yue the most, so she tricked herself into inquiring about Rong Yue and told Rong Ling that Rong Ling would be very happy every time.
Rong Ling smiled, "It's not a little girl from the 13th and 14th years, and she has such a reputation in Shengjing, no one dares to marry, and it's not enough to carry shoes for people in Dongming, and she is alone and helpless, without a background , what good will happen."
The woman nodded her head repeatedly when she heard the words, and then she looked at Rong Ling as if she remembered something.
"Cousin, if Rong Yue really falls in the eyes of Prime Minister, come back to Xiyue, and tell Uncle about this, then you and Aunt..."
This matter touched Rong Yue's heart, and Rong Yue's heart was tightly clenched, and the cup in his hand was tightly clenched.
Rong Ling covered her mouth and smiled, "Cousin, do you really think that father doesn't know anything? Without father's permission, how dare mother send her out for marriage?"
With a bang, Rong Yue's whole brain exploded, and she was in a daze for a long time before returning to her senses.
Xiao Yu was also shocked when she heard that, how could such a thing happen to the Rong family, I heard that General Rong is a man who distinguishes between public and private, now it seems that the rumors are not entirely credible.
"Rong Yue has done a good deed for the Rong family. The Rong family has raised her for so many years, so it is worth the money."
Rong Ling's voice was as pleasant as a silver bell, but what she said made people frown unconsciously.
"It's still my aunt who is kind-hearted and can treat Rong Yue magnanimously. If it were someone else's daughter, she would have dismissed it hastily, so it's up to her to point fingers!"
The woman flattered a few more words, and then she had a gossipy face, "Cousin, I don't know if I should say something or not."
Rong Ling glanced at the woman casually, and said angrily, "Do you still need to hide between us? If you have anything to say, feel free to mention it."
The woman smiled coyly, "I heard that the old lady has been weak recently, and she can't do without medicine. If she dies in a few days, she must be a filial piety. The position of the princess..."
The meaning of the woman is self-evident, if that is the case, Rong Ling will never have the chance to be a crown princess.
Rong Ling's small face changed instantly when she heard the words, and the woman quickly explained, "I just said it casually for you, don't take it to heart."
Rong Ling glanced at the woman, "I would also like to thank you for reminding me that since Rong Yue left, my good grandmother was so sad that she collapsed within a few days, and was lingering on the sick bed every day. When my mother went to visit her, she Lose your temper and drive your mother away..."
She stopped talking halfway, Rong Ling bit her lip, her expression became gloomy, her flowery face was gloomy, and she seemed a bit mean and ruthless at the moment.
"Cousin, then you and your aunt should make plans early."
The woman looked at Rong Ling hesitantly, and Rong Ling raised her eyebrows, "Cousin, if there is any good way, why don't you tell me."
The woman looked around, then stood up and whispered a few words in Rong Ling's ear, the voice was too low for Rong Yue to hear at all, but at this moment, she was already furious, if it wasn't for Xiao Concubine's strong pull, she would have rushed to In the past, I taught those two people a lesson.
"Thank you for reminding me today, my cousin will go to the Jewelry Pavilion to pick it up later, and I will remember it all."
Rong Ling smiled suddenly, and the woman was overjoyed when she heard the words, "Thank you cousin, you and I are sisters, so it is right to share your worries and problems."
Rong Yue was trembling with anger, "This bitch doesn't stop for a moment, he's all thinking of himself, what can an old man do to get in the way?"
Don't think about it, the words you didn't hear in the end are definitely not good words, and you are planning something.
Xiao Concubine glanced at Rong Yue, "I understand your feelings, since we have come to Xiyue, we will not stand by and watch, and you should not listen to Rong Ling's nonsense, you have to figure it out."
Rong Yue raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Concubine, feeling a little guilty and guilty. Another important reason she encouraged Xiao Concubine to come to Xiyue was to go home to see her grandmother, and to find out some things by the way, so that she could not be calculated for nothing.
Concubine Xiao didn't care either, she grabbed Rong Yue's hand, and said firmly, "As long as you can take me back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will be fine, otherwise father will definitely break my leg."
Rong Yue smiled, "Naturally, I would never let you go out alone."
After a while, there was a shout from downstairs, "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"
Rong Ling immediately looked out of the window, her face was flushed, and her eyes were fixed on the most dazzling person in the crowd. In terms of status, he was the most valuable in Xiyue, and in terms of appearance, he was even more difficult to find in Xiyue. Come up with something comparable to it.
The people greeted them with cheers, and saw a person sitting on a black horse, with a head of black and thick hair pulled up high by a golden crown, and a pair of slender peach eyes under a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows, which were slightly narrowed, revealing star-studded eyes. , making people unconsciously attracted.
But that face was very familiar to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan gasped in surprise, that face was exactly the same as Zhao Zun.
With this delicate face, profound facial features, and noble temperament exuding from the whole body, there is less arrogance and unruliness in the brows, and more gentleness...
"He is Song Zhan, the prince of Xiyue!" Rong Yue said suddenly, "When I saw the portrait of Lord Zhao Hou, I was also taken aback. How could there be two men who look so similar in the world? Moreover, according to me As far as we know, the crown prince has never left Xiyue, so it cannot be Lord Zhao Hou."
This is what Rong Yue didn't want to understand.
Concubine Xiao felt cold all over, and suddenly remembered the figure from the back that she saw through the crowd in the morning, it just passed away in a flash, and was dispersed by the crowd before she could see clearly.
Who is that person
Xiao Concubine suddenly had a bold guess, how could there be people in this world who look the same, their every move is surprisingly similar, the difference is that the temperament of the two, one is gentle and elegant, the other is arrogant and uninhibited.
Xiao Concubine suddenly remembered a wild history record. There was a wife of a rich family who gave birth to two boys. It was considered unknown, so the local villagers regarded the wife as a girl and sank into the pond alive. Even the two children died. I didn't let it go. Coincidentally, that family gradually declined later.
Later, whenever a person gave birth to two baby boys, one of them must be removed according to the custom, which would cause chaos at home, or confuse the court if it was severe.
Coincidentally, Empress Zhao of Xiyue gave birth to a pair of dragons and phoenixes, a prince of Xiyue and a princess of Chaoqing.
"Xiao Jiu, are you okay?" Rong Yue said softly.
The smile on Xiao Concubine's face was a little cold, she shook her head, her eyes were fixed on that familiar yet unfamiliar face.
If she guessed it right, concubine Xiao's heart would burst into anger, and she would never spare him!
"His Royal Highness is indeed handsome and unrestrained, very comparable to others. My cousin is really lucky."
The woman couldn't help but her heart fluttered, she shyly looked at the man walking by slowly, her heart pounding like a deer.
Rong Ling blushed, looked at the woman, thinking about the incident just now, "It's getting late, I should go back."