The next day, Li was worried that her mother's family was sick. For Li, who rarely got sick, this time the illness was quite serious.
Zhulan looked at Li, who looked much more haggard overnight, and said, "You are not the type to hide things. It's hard for you not to mention your parents' home for so long."
The anger that was suppressed in my heart turned into a severe disease, with blisters popping up all night long.
Li's nose was covered with blisters, and her mouth was also damaged. It hurt when she moved. She said pitifully, "Mother is worried about more people. I don't want her to worry about me."
Zhulan really wasn't worried about the war in the Northeast. Alas, knowing too much would make her lonely. She couldn't say anything and felt suffocated. "Don't keep it in your heart in the future. Say whatever you want to say."
Li's eyes were filled with tears. "Yeah."
In the end, my mother-in-law was still worried. It hurt every time I moved my mouth. I wiped my tears and dared not move.
The medicine was brought in, with a pungent smell. A lot of antipyretic medicine was added. Li drank the medicine in pain. The sugar she took did not help to reduce the bitter taste, and she retched repeatedly.
Zhulan reached out and patted Li's back, "Relax, I don't think they will attack Pingzhou."
In order to lure the enemy deeper into the border, the emperor did give up several border states, but he would not give up Pingzhou. If he really took Pingzhou, it would mean giving up half of the states in the northeast. The grain production has already decreased this year, and the court cannot afford such a loss.
Lee: "Yeah."
Zhulan knew that she could not comfort Li. As this concerned the lives of all the members of the Li family, Li would not blindly believe her words, even if they were true.
Li waited for her mother-in-law to leave, then lay motionless on the bed. She really wanted to trust her mother-in-law's words, but there had been no good news from the Northeast. The Li family of more than 40 people were now looking to the Zhou family. As long as no one in the Zhou family left, her parents would not leave.
In the mountain village, Rongchuan's well-hidden whereabouts were exposed, and the assassin was relentless in hunting him, so he could only hide in the mountain village.
It rained heavily last night, covering up all traces. The leader of the death squad came back from inspection and said, "The assassin didn't catch up."
Rong Chuan was relieved and said, "We hid our whereabouts very well, but the assassins still found us. They will not stop until they kill me."
The leader of the death squad said, "I will definitely escort the prince back to the capital safely."
Rong Chuan sighed. During the past two days of pursuit, many of the assassins who escorted him died, and even the leader of the assassins was injured. "Since the small mountain village is safe, we will stay here for a few more days, and you should also take good care of your injuries."
"yes."
Rong Chuan turned back to the house and saw that his wife had only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge. "No appetite?"
Xue Han touched her bulging belly and said, "Well, I don't have much appetite."
Rong Chuan also looked at his wife's belly. After the continuous pursuit, the child was in labor again. "This child is suffering."
Xue Han felt a pang of pain in her heart, "I'm really worried that the baby will be born with a weak body."
She had two miscarriages and bleeding, but the baby was still in her belly. She couldn't bear to let go of her as a mother.
Rongchuan was also feeling bad, "I'll recuperate in the mountain village this time, and then set off again after I'm well."
Xue Han, "Is it safe here?"
"Safety."
Xue Han breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was safe, she and her child couldn't stand the running around anymore.
Rongchuan held his wife's hand and said, "The child will be born safely and will grow up healthy."
Xue Han shook his hand back, "He will grow up healthy."
The next day, something happened in the palace last night. The princess of Yi Banner tried to murder the crown prince, and Princess Aruna's child was stillborn. The emperor was furious and interrogated the princess of Yi Banner overnight. He found out that Yi Banner pretended to surrender and that borrowing troops was a fake to attack the northeastern tribe from both sides.
This time, Aruna discovered that the Yi Banner tribe was plotting to murder the royal heir, and the conspiracy was exposed. The grassland tribes invaded the border and provoked a war. They have evil ambitions and will not be tolerated this time.
Zhou Shuren stood in the hall, listening to the emperor listing the reasons why he would never tolerate any leniency. He didn't know whether the princess of the Yi Banner had brought a mission with her when she entered the palace. He only knew that these were all the emperor's calculations and that the emperor stood on the side of justice.
At the same time, far to the north, the prince of the Yi Banner tribe rode on his horse and looked fiercely at King Liang, "What is the purpose of King Liang surrounding us?"
King Liang played with the whip in his hand. "The Yi Banner tribe pretended to borrow troops, but secretly joined forces with the northeastern tribes to attack me. Why do you think I surrounded you?"
The prince of Yi Banner felt depressed. “Your Highness believed the rumors. My tribe has already surrendered, and my sister is the emperor’s concubine. How could we unite with the northeastern tribes?”
King Liang sneered, "This is a man who won't cry until he sees the coffin. Someone show our prince."
The prince caught the letter and read it page by page. There was no need to say anything. Everything about the Yi Banner was under surveillance. He dropped the letter, drew his sword and shouted, "Kill them all."
King Liang rode back and waved his hand, holding a shield in front of him. The archers tied burning medicine bags to their arrows and waved his hand again, and thousands of arrows were fired, raising thick smoke.
King Liang had already ridden his horse to a high place, and he watched with cold eyes as the soldiers of the Yi Banner tribe fell off their horses one after another. Two quarters of an hour later, the shields were removed, and only the horses of the Yi Banner tribe were left supporting their masters who were lying on the ground. Some had died of poison, and some had been shot by arrows.
When King Liang heard the report that no one was left alive, he gasped. So the most ruthless one is the emperor. This kind of secret medicine cannot be detected after taking it. It will only become highly toxic when it encounters incompatible herbs.
The Yiqi tribe walked slowly and were already deeply poisoned without knowing it. If they had not eaten for a long time, the poison would not have taken effect in just two quarters of an hour.
King Liang took a deep breath and said, "Send the message back to the capital. The Yi Banner tribe has been completely annihilated."
"yes."
"Strip the clothes of the Yi Bannermen and put on their clothes. We will use their tricks against them."
General Qian rubbed his hands and said, "Yes."
This time they can finally kill to their heart's content. The soldiers have been holding back these days in order to act convincingly.
At Zhou's house, Linxi and Ze'er left the palace again. Linxi said, "Grandma Empress wants to recuperate, so she sent us out of the palace to live."
The Empress Dowager is worried about Rongchuan, as he has been in poor health. The Empress needs to take care of her pregnancy, and now something has happened in the palace. The two children will be safer in the Zhou Mansion.
"You and grandma wait together for your parents to come back."
Lin Xi didn't know the reason why the Empress Dowager was sick at first. Although the Empress Dowager ordered not to tell her, she still knew it. In the palace, in order not to make the Empress Dowager worry, she had been holding it in. Now that she was out of the palace and saw her grandmother, she couldn't help but asked, "Grandma, my parents will return to Beijing safely, right?"
Zhu Lan paused for a moment, "Well, your parents will return to Beijing safely, and they will come to pick you and Ze'er up home in person."
Linxi lay in her grandmother's arms. The palace was empty and she was scared. "My parents said they would teach me how to ride a horse."
"I will definitely choose a beautiful pony for Linxi when the time comes."
There were dark circles under Linxi's eyes, she hadn't slept well for a long time.
Zhulan held her granddaughter and patted her rhythmically. When she heard her granddaughter fall asleep, she raised her hand and touched the little girl's hair. Royal children are naturally precocious. This time when Rongchuan got into trouble, Linxi was forced to grow up.
Now the grassland tribe is on the wrong side of the enemy's path. The oncoming cannons are too powerful, which has hit the morale of the grassland tribe's soldiers. In order to boost morale, they will intensify the hunt for Rongchuan. Rongchuan is the best person to sacrifice.
Time flies. As imperial edicts are passed out of the capital, troops quickly gather in the northwest, waiting for the order to charge out of the city. The northwest is waiting, waiting for a great victory in the northeast.
The news of the great victory in the Northeast was sent back to the capital first. The emperor laughed and said, "Good, good."
Although Zhou Shuren was confident, he was still worried about the results. Now he is finally relieved.
All the ministers in the study had happy expressions on their faces.
But the emperor's smile soon disappeared and his eyes were fixed on the good news.
The retired emperor was also there. He took the victory report from the emperor's hand and held it tightly in his hand.