Han Lingfu hugged Bai Muxiao tightly, his heart full of tenderness and sweetness. These days, his empty heart seemed to be settled again, and his whole body relaxed.
"Your Highness," Bai Muxiao raised her head and looked at Han Lingfu, she bit her lower lip with her white teeth, lowered her eyes halfway before speaking, and said slowly, "Xiao'er just heard from Xiao Lizi that His Highness's mood recently. Not good... Your Highness is angry with Xiaoer?"
"How could it be?" Han Lingfu said hastily, "Xiao'er, why am I willing to blame you..."
"Your Highness..." Bai Muxiao smiled slightly, pretending to be deeply touched, and sneered in her heart, "Your Highness, that day Xiao'er was also confused because she suddenly heard that the princess was pregnant... Xiao'er I thought His Highness would not want Xiao'er and his mother if he had the son of the concubine's womb..." She lowered her eyes a little uneasily.
Han Lingfu hurriedly grabbed Bai Muxiao's hand and promised, "Xiao'er, trust me, I don't care about that child at all," it just represented his shame and helplessness.
"Xiao'er, only you and my child are the only heirs in my heart!" Han Lingfu said solemnly, wishing to open his heart and let Bai Muxiao know his intentions.
Bai Muxiao's heart was still calm, and a sarcastic smile appeared in her heart: the only heir, but not the only child! Her standards are different from his after all!
"Your Highness, Xiao'er naturally believes in His Highness." Bai Muxiao bit her lower lip, "It's just... because of His Highness's love for Xiao'er, the princess has always disliked Xiao'er..." She reluctantly revealed a somewhat pale look. Smiling, "Your Highness, the princess is always His Royal Highness's main concubine, and it's all because of Xiao'er's fault. Don't worry, Your Highness, Xiao'er will try her best to please the prince and concubine in the future..."
Seeing Bai Muxiao's uneasy but pretending to be strong, Han Lingfu's heart ached. He blamed himself for being too weak and needed to rely on the strength of the Cui family, so that his beloved woman had to bow down to that woman Cui Yanyan. That's right, Cui Yanyan didn't like Xiao'er in the past, and made things difficult for Xiao'er everywhere, but now that Cui Yanyan is pregnant, she thinks she has something to rely on, so she may be even more confident!
Xiao'er and the child in Xiao'er's womb don't know how they will be ruined...
He couldn't help feeling irritable.
"It would be great if the concubine could give birth to the eldest son for His Highness." Bai Muxiao stroked her abdomen with her right hand, and murmured, "It is best for Xiaoer to have a daughter in her womb. In this case, the prince The concubine will be able to accommodate our mother and daughter in the future..." As she spoke, there was a bit of sadness in her tone.
Han Lingfu was startled, his eyes darkened.
Yes, he was almost negligent, what if Cui Yanyan gave birth to a boy.
Even if Xiao'er is pregnant with a son, the age gap between the concubine and the concubine is too small, and it will be a big problem in the future. What's more, if Xiao'er gave birth to a daughter, Cui Yanyan's womb would be the eldest son. In the future, even if he wanted Xiao'er's child to inherit everything, it might not be so easy.
Moreover, with Cui Yanyan's temperament, once she is allowed to give birth to her eldest son, she doesn't know where she will go insane! Will she be able to accommodate Xiao'er and Xiao'er's children in the future
The more Han Lingfu thought about it, the more dignified his face became, and he clenched his fists unpretentiously. Cui Yanyan's child came at the wrong time.
Bai Muxiao leaned her head on Han Lingfu's chest docilely, and did not speak, but Han Lingfu's expression remained in the corner of her eyes, seeing that Han Lingfu seemed to have made up her mind, she raised her voice, "Come on!"
Xiao Lizi immediately walked in quickly, bowed and saluted: "What orders does Your Highness have?"
"Xiao Lizi, go and prepare some Baizhuoxiang for this palace..."
When Xiao Lizi heard this, he was startled. This hundred Zhuo incense is the secret incense in the palace, and it can be called the king of incense. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "one inch of incense, one inch of gold". One reason is that it is difficult for women to get pregnant if they hear too much; and the other reason is that it is easy to cause miscarriage for pregnant women. Now the pregnant women in the prince's mansion are the side concubine Bai and the concubine Cui Yanyan, and the side concubine Bai is here. Who does His Highness want to use? This Baizhuoxiang is self-evident.
Xiao Lizi didn't dare to say anything, so he could only accept orders to retreat.
Bai Muxiao's mouth curled into a slight smile...
Xiao Lizi left in a hurry and returned in a hurry.
Of course there is no such thing in the Baizhuoxiang Mansion. Just as Xiao Lizi told someone to report to the House of Internal Affairs with the token of the Third Prince’s Mansion, the incident office handed over a letter of worship, so Xiao Lizi hurried back to report, saying: "Your Highness, it's His Majesty's post." Along with the post, there was also a secret letter sealed with wax, and the secret letter was handed to him by the visitor himself.
Han Lingfu quickly opened the letter, looked at ten lines at a glance, his expression relaxed, and said with a smile: "Xiao'er, Brother Dahuang asked me to go to Taibai Tower, saying that the matter is settled... I will come back soon!"
"Then Xiao'er is waiting for His Royal Highness at the Xinghui Courtyard." Bai Muxiao nodded meekly, sent Han Lingfu out in person, and then returned to the Xinghui Courtyard.
Han Lingfu left and didn't come back until midnight.
And on the next day, Lu Huaining, the commander of Jinyiwei who was ordered to investigate the assassination of the fifth prince, hurried into the palace after the morning court to see the emperor, and stayed in the imperial study for an entire hour before coming out.
Then, a storm that shook the entire capital came!
Lu Huaining led Jinyiwei and other cadres to surround Ning Wang's mansion with lightning speed.
On that day, King Ning and his son were imprisoned, and the entire Prince Ning Mansion was sealed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.
Immediately afterwards, boxes of letters and books were carried out from Prince Ning's mansion by Jin Yiwei...
The whole king's capital was full of turmoil, as if it had returned to the time when King Yan and Marquis Yongding forced the palace to rebel a few years ago. At that time, the emperor was furious and blood flowed. In addition to the family of King Yan and Marquis Yongding who were ransacked and beheaded, many officials in the capital were involved, and there were no bones left. The execution lasted for three full days. On the 1st, the bloody smell at the entrance of the vegetable market has not dissipated for nearly a month.
But now... in the royal capital, some keen honorable families seem to smell the breath of the past again, and more and more mansions have learned from Nangong Mansion to thank guests behind closed doors, hoping to escape this wave of turmoil.
Even the mansions of several princes are no exception.
As if even God felt the oppressive and tense atmosphere in the city, the originally clear sky suddenly turned gloomy in the afternoon, and a thick layer of dark clouds shrouded the capital, so heavy that it was almost breathless...
But thousands of miles away in southern Xinjiang, thousands of miles are still like clouds, and the scorching sun at noon is as hot as midsummer.
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi hurriedly galloped towards Yanding City.
At this moment, the faces of the two young people couldn't hide the joy.
Since the task of picking up corpses around Yanding City was completed, Xiao Yi gave everyone a new task. Because of his poor performance before, Qiao Shenyu was sent to build urn city to work as a coolie. As for Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi, they got Xiao Yi's approval and asked them to split up with several other teams to explore the terrain near Yanding City in order to draw a more complete map.
If it was before, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi probably felt that exploring the terrain was boring and boring, but after picking up those rotting and smelly corpses in various shapes and sizes, this new task is simply too relaxing and enjoyable!
This task has been carried out for several days, every day they leave the city at sunrise and return to the city at sunset, their work and rest are very regular, but today is different. The two made an unexpected discovery, so they immediately went back to the city to report to Xiao Yi.
Maybe, that would be a great achievement! Their trip to Yanding City was not in vain!
Thinking about it, both of them were very excited.
Tread Tread...
The high walls of Yanding City appeared in front of them. The two of them clamped the horse's belly, lowered their bodies, and the horse galloped even faster.
The two men and two horses were getting closer and closer to the city wall. Yu Xiufan was about to declare his identity and let the soldiers on the city wall open the city gate, but he saw the heavy city gate in front of him creaking slowly open...
Yu Xiufan looked up at the city wall, and a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Brother, you came just in time! We just have something to report to you!" He waved his hands at Xiao Yi on the city wall with all his might, and shouted at the top of his voice. This is great, there is no need to go to the defense mansion to find the eldest brother! It seems that he and Xiao Xizi's luck is really good today!
On the city wall, apart from Xiao Yi in a purple brocade robe, there were Li Shoubei and Mr. Jing Qian, who were accompanying Xiao Yi to patrol the city defense.
Xiao Yi looked down at the two on horseback from the city wall, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked.
In just a few days, these two young gentlemen who were once delicate have been sunburned like charcoal, and they have become thinner. They don't look haggard, but they are full of energy.
As soon as the two entered the city, they immediately dismounted from their horses and hurried up the stone steps leading to the top of the city wall.
At the same time, several guards worked together to close the city gate below, and the heavy city gate made a creaking noise.
"Big brother!" Yu Xiufan was so excited, three steps turned into two steps, he came to Xiao Yi and clasped his fists, "Big brother, Xiao Xizi and I have something important to report!"
Yu Xiufan spoke enthusiastically, but Chang Huaixi, who was two steps behind him, frowned. If Xiao Yi and Li Shoubei were not here, he really wanted to shout out, who is Xiao Xizi!
Yu Xiufan didn't notice this, and looked at Xiao Yi expectantly.
Xiao Yi waved his hand, and everyone obeyed the order to step back ten steps away, and then Xiao Yi said, "Let's talk."
Yu Xiufan hurriedly said: "Brother, Xiao Xizi and I accidentally discovered a small path among the thorns in the northwest of the swamp today. We checked the map carefully and found that this path was indeed not marked. We walked along the path One mile, but I didn't dare to go far. Looking at its direction, maybe I can bypass the swamp... "
The swamp that Yu Xiufan mentioned is located in the southwest of Yanding City, about a dozen miles away. It is densely covered with miasma, and people and animals are not allowed to set foot there. go to.
Every team that goes out to explore has a map in their hands, in order to better compare and complete. And at this location on the map, there is only one swamp clearly marked.
The swamp was surrounded by dense thorns, and the intersection of the path they saw was submerged in thorns. If they didn't observe carefully, they would never be able to find it.
A new road represents a new possibility. Maybe they can find a new marching route and take back Dengli City by surprise.
Xiao Yi's eyes flashed, and after pondering for a moment, he said slowly: "Xiao Fanzi, Xiao Xizi, do you dare to check?"
At this time, Chang Huaixi couldn't care less about the name Xiao Xizi, and was even a little happy. As far as he knew, only those who were familiar with the son of the world would call him by nicknames, just like Captain Fu of the God Arm Camp. !
Chang Huaixi restrained his excitement, turned his head and exchanged glances with Yu Xiufan beside him, both of them saw each other's intentions, the two young men clasped fists at Xiao Yi in unison, and responded in unison: "My lord Lord, this subordinate is willing to give it a try!"
Every word is sonorous and powerful, and the sun-tanned face is filled with a dazzling look!
Xiao Yi laughed loudly, "Go. Remember, although exploring the road is important, it is not as important as your life. The lives of the two of you are the first. If there is any danger, return immediately."
"Yes! Master Shizi."
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi hurried down the city wall, and then Li Shoubei and others stepped forward, and surrounded Xiao Yi as before.
From the city wall, Xiao Yi looked down at the two of them galloping out of the city gate, further and further away, and then looked away.
Just as he was about to continue talking with Li Shoubei, a sentry in armor trotted over in a hurry from the direction of the sentry tower. As he walked, the armor pieces collided with each other, making a thumping sound, obviously something urgent.
"My lord," the sentinel approached, solemnly clasped his fists and said, "There are seven or eight people coming here on horseback from two miles away. Judging by their clothes, they should be from Nanliang."
A word made the city wall quiet for a moment, the atmosphere suddenly became dignified, and everyone's expressions were solemn. Xiao Yi stretched out his right hand, and Zhuzi immediately handed him a clairvoyance cleverly.
Xiao Yi looked in the direction pointed by the sentinel, and adjusted the distance of the clairvoyance with one hand. Wherever the clairvoyance could reach, he could see seven or eight men wearing Nanliang robes and Nanliang scimitars riding tall horses towards this side. Coming, where the horseshoes are flying, a cloud of dust is rolled up...
There were only seven or eight people who came, and now it was broad daylight, it was obvious that they definitely did not come to attack.
It's not a sneak attack, that's...
Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, and ordered loudly: "Mr. Jing Qian, put the archer on standby!"
"Yes, my son!"
Mr. Jing Qian cupped his fists and accepted the order.
When the seven or eight people from Nanliang approached the gate of Yanding City, they immediately found that hundreds of feathered arrows on the city wall were aimed at them, and they were a little dazzled by the scorching sun. Cold, sharp arrows...
A few people from Nanliang subconsciously slowed down their horses, and when they were several tens of feet away, a young school captain said in a loud voice, "Who is coming, please report your identity quickly!"
The leader from Nanliang was a dark-skinned, lean man with a little stubble on his face in Chinese characters. Being pointed at by these hundreds of feathered arrows, he felt a little lack of confidence, and hurriedly cupped his fists to show his identity: "I am Tu Wugu, an envoy under the command of Nanliang Marshal Ikaluo, and I came here to see the son of Zhennan Prince at the order of my commander. !"
The young captain didn't reply immediately, but turned to look at Xiao Yi, Mr. Jing Qian and others behind him.
When the two countries are at war, the envoys will not be beheaded.
This has been a rule for thousands of years. This group of eight people came to Yanding City as envoys, and they should be given good placement and hospitality. The faces of all the generals on the city wall were like water, waiting for Xiao Yi to speak and open the city gate to let them in.
"Except for surrendering and returning the city, Nanjiang does not accept any negotiations." Xiao Yi's face was stern, and he paused every word: "Within ten breaths, retreat or die!"
Everyone was shocked, Mr. Jing Qian and Li Shoubei looked at each other, both of them felt something was wrong.
Mr. Jing Qian clasped his fists to persuade him: "My lord, this...isn't that good?" Although what my lord did for a while, it will inevitably be criticized by others, and the gain outweighs the loss. ,…”
Xiao Yi raised his right arm, signaling him not to continue, and said with cold eyes: "Nanliang people occupy my city and kill my people, and now they dare to come to the door ostentatiously. I really think that our Southern Border Army is easy to bully. !"
Xiao Yi's voice resounded on the city wall, and the soldiers couldn't help but burst into excitement, secretly feeling happy in their hearts.
The young lieutenant was even more excited, and he couldn't wait to turn to the envoys from Nanliang in front of the city gate, and said sharply: "My son has a life, ten breaths, retreat or die!"
Those feathered arrows adjusted their directions slightly, and the sharp arrows pointed directly at the leader Tu Wugu.
Tu Wugu couldn't help being startled, he is now an envoy of Nanliang, as the saying goes, "If two countries are at war, envoys will not be beheaded". Don't Dayu people always value the so-called rules and face? Why doesn't this grandson play cards according to common sense!
Thinking of this, Tu Wugu hurriedly said loudly: "Marshal Ikaluo ordered me to come and discuss with the prince of Zhennan about exchanging the Nine Kings!"
As soon as his words fell, there was a sound of piercing through the air, and a black feathered arrow pierced through the air, shooting at the ground in front of him with lightning speed, only a few inches away from the horse's iron hoof.
The horse neighed in shock, raised its front hooves high, and kicked in mid-air...
Fortunately, Tu Wugu's riding skills were not bad, and he quickly hugged the horse's neck to comfort the black horse under his crotch.
The black horse calmed down quickly, but Tu Wugu himself couldn't calm down for a long time, how could this be? ! These Dayu people actually dare to take action against themselves
"one!… "
The young captain started counting in a cold voice, and the soldiers on the city gate also counted in unison: "Two! Three!... Five!..."
Hundreds of voices overlapped together, and the shouts shook the sky. Coupled with the hundreds of arrows ready to go, the murderous aura made people shudder.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the arrow that was only a few inches away from his horse just now, Tuwu frowned, and finally said loudly to his companion, "Let's go!"
Today I can only return without success!
Everything can only be discussed in the long term after the marshal is reported.
"… eight!"
Tu Wugu didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurried away with his people on horseback, drifting away...
On the city wall, Xiao Yi watched them go away, his beautiful peach eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a hint of sharpness in the eyes.
Jiuwang Langma is indeed in Yanding City now, after capturing him alive, Xiao Yi ordered him to be spared for the time being. Although the Nine Kings are useless, he has a special status in Nanliang. On that day, "thanks" to having him, Yikaluo was in a mess, and they were able to easily take down the two cities of Yongjia and Yanding.
Such a person, even if he wants to die, he has to display his greater value before he dies!
The corner of Xiao Yi's mouth twitched, and he asked suddenly: "Li Shoubei, is Langma still alive?"
Li Shoubei on the side showed a strange expression on his face. He took half a step forward, clasped his fists and replied, "According to your order, Mr. Lang Ma is still moving bricks, and he won't die for a while."
Li Shoubei felt from the bottom of his heart that his eldest son was really creative and unique! The captured prisoners were either locked up or killed. After they were shackled, they all rushed to work.
The son of the world said, even if the people of Dayu need to support themselves, we can't keep these Nanliang captives in vain and eat up their southern border army's military pay!
If you want to eat, you have to work!
Even the majestic Nine Kings of Nanliang are no exception.
This is really... so relieved!
Thinking about it, Li Shoubei's eyes flashed righteous indignation.
When Nanliang captured Yanding City, the city was massacred for three days, and 70% to 80% of the young and middle-aged people in the city had already been killed or injured. Li Shoubei was worried that it would be difficult to rebuild, but now that there are so many more prisoners, everything is progressing It went very well.
The Nine Kings of Nanliang had long since lost their aloof appearance as before. After these days of exposure to the scorching sun and continuous days of hard work, the original skin and tender flesh became dark and rough, and the whole person lost a lot of weight. It is estimated that the King of Nanliang will not recognize this younger brother when he sees it!
Everyone on the city wall also felt happy, looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere became relaxed again.
Afterwards, Xiao Yi went back to the Defense Mansion. This was his daily itinerary. The cock crowed to practice martial arts, and then he patrolled the city. At around noon, he returned to the Defense Mansion to deal with those trivial matters.
This is the case every day, tirelessly.
A few more days passed like this. In the afternoon of this day, Xiao Yi had just finished reading a stack of official documents in the study, and stretched a long waist. Suddenly, there was a faint cry of an eagle coming from outside the window...
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