"Can't you take me there? I can pretend to be a man and be your bodyguard." Zhu Yi looked at him beggingly.
"I can't." Xie Ying couldn't stand Zhu Yi's eyes like this, and touched the top of her head. Fighting is no child's play, how can he take care of her when he is fighting.
"But, I can't bear you." Zhu Yi's words stopped Xie Ying from trying to comfort her.
He held her a little higher, and kissed her eyes: "I don't want to part with Yiyi either."
The two snuggled together for a while, Zhu Yi saw that there was no hope of following her, so she had to say: "Then you have to protect yourself. I will check you when you come back. You must not be injured. Otherwise, I won't let you... touch me." She felt that this should be the most unacceptable thing for Xie Ying.
There was a smile in Xie Ying's eyes, the little thing actually learned to threaten him with this. Said: "It doesn't count what Yiyi said." He pressed his lips behind her ear, and said in a tone full of hints: "When I come back, don't even think about getting out of bed the next day."
Zhu Yi's face turned red in an instant, and she felt that she was also stupid, and she took the initiative to mention such things to him. Then he began to ask others: "Then how long are you going?" Weizhou is adjacent to Wacha, so it doesn't take long-distance travel time.
"As soon as possible." Xie Ying didn't dare to promise time casually, for fear that she would be disappointed if she couldn't wait.
Zhu Yi wanted to ask about the approximate time, but after thinking about it, the battlefield is changing rapidly, so what if Xie Ying promised her.
"Oh." She sighed, "We don't even have dolls yet."
"Don't worry." It's a good thing to have no children now, so that he won't worry even more. Xie Ying said: "According to me, it doesn't matter if you think about having a baby again in three years."
When Zhu Yi heard this, she became anxious: "If I have nothing to do for three years, do you know what people will say about me? Grandma and mother might let you take a concubine."
"Yiyi, what I mean is, it doesn't matter how long you have the baby." Xie Ying put her arms around her and said, "It's not that you really have to wait three years before giving birth, and I won't take concubines either. You just need to rest assured about that."
Zhu Yi looked into each other's eyes and nodded.
Xie Ying immediately called Mianfeng and asked her to dress Zhu Yi, while he went to the North Courtyard to bid farewell to the elders.
King Wei Ning and Concubine Lian were waiting for Xie Ying at Old Princess Mu's place. His eyes slowly passed over the three of them, his eyes were real and oppressive.
He finally looked at Old Princess Mu and said, "Grandmother, my grandson will fight for the Xie family in Wacha. Apart from thinking about all the elders, the one who misses me the most is my wife Zhu Yi. During my absence, I would like to ask my grandmother to represent you." I take care of her."
Xie Ying did not mention the word "princess" again, but called "my wife". Old Princess Mu understood Xie Ying's meaning. She respected Zhu Yi as a princess in order to show her dignity. But the princess belongs to the royal family after all, and the wife belongs to him. Xie Ying is emphasizing this.
The princess is just a superficial honor. In Weizhou and in the palace, after all, it is Xie Ying that everyone really respects, not the Zhu dynasty.
"If someone dares to offend my wife, I ask my grandmother to send him directly. Otherwise, even if my grandmother is kind and refuses to release him, I will definitely pay back ten times or a hundred times when I come back." Xie Ying's tone was a bit dark at the end feeling.
Rao is the old Princess Mu who is so experienced and knowledgeable at this age, she also has a chill down her spine. Everyone knows who this ten-fold, hundred-fold repayment is for. It's too much to intimidate an elder for a woman. King Wei Ning blushed and almost cursed on the spot.
Old Princess Mu stopped King Wei Ning, pulled the corner of her mouth and said with a smile: "That's natural, Ah Ying just go at ease. Xizhen is so cute, your mother and I will take good care of her."
Xie Ying nodded: "With my grandmother's words, I feel relieved."
Back at Lushiyuan, the sun was high, and Zhu Yi was waiting for him with better clothes. Xie Ying took Zhu Yi's hand and came to the front yard of Lushiyuan.
Seeing the line of soldiers neatly lined up in the wide courtyard, Zhu Yi was slightly taken aback. Seeing Han Yunrong standing at the front of the line, he was even more stunned.
Xie Ying said to Zhu Yi: "These are the six hundred elite soldiers I selected from the Shurui Battalion. From today onwards, they will all be your subordinates, and they will be on duty in Lushiyuan in two batches."
Han Yunrong walked forward two steps forward, clasped his fists, and said: "By order of your son, Han Yunrong will lead the 600 people in the Shurui camp to be dispatched by your concubine at any time." The concubine dispatches!"
Only then did Zhu Yi come to his senses, and looked at Xie Ying in surprise: "They... listen to my command?"
Xie Ying said: "That's right. They don't have to obey the orders of the father and the military mansion, but only the orders of the Crown Princess."
Zhu Yi stared blankly at Xie Ying for a while, and then realized how worried he was about her. Thinking of reassuring him, he said, "Don't worry, I will definitely wait for you to come back."
Xie Ying did not allow Zhu Yi to go out of the city to see him off.
After arriving in the army, Xie Ying's gentle smile faded away, and what remained was the coldness of the blade licking blood, and the solemn dignity cultivated by long-term command of strong soldiers. And in front of Zhu Yi is already another person. His rule is extremely strict, and he will never show a little tenderness in front of the soldiers to shake the morale of the soldiers.
He pressed his tender yearning for his little girl to the bottom of his heart, and ordered his troops to set off north.
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Xie Ying's intentional beating before leaving was naturally effective. Although I don't know how long it will be effective, at least the last few days, Zhu Yi has passed without any waves. She is studying pharmacology in the Wangfu Pharmacy almost every day. This morning, Zhu Yi always felt that something special was going to happen, and her heart pounded. pounding.
Sure enough, the premonition came true. Near noon, she and Han Yunrong were talking in the front yard, and someone came to report: "There is someone outside asking to see, saying that it is the princess's aunt."
"My aunt?" Zhu Yi and Han Yunrong looked at each other. She said: "Could it be the concubine mother? But she always calls herself my mother, why did she suddenly change her name to aunt?"
Han Yunrong thought for a while and said, "Let her in."
After a while, a woman was brought in with light makeup on her face. The brocade clothes and hairpins on her body were all in an ordinary and elegant style. She really didn't look like Concubine Tong, but that face was indeed familiar to Zhu Yi. .
"Mother Concubine, it's really you! I thought..." Zhu Yi said pleasantly, "It's great that you're still alive." Only after experiencing the threat of life and death for a moment can you understand the value of life better. For her aunt who raised her since she was a child, despite her impure thoughts, Zhu Yi couldn't forget the kindness of her upbringing.
"Yiyi, you are indeed here!" Concubine Tong held Zhu Yi's arm: "Where is A Li, is A Li with you?"
Zhu Yi nodded: "Mother, don't worry, Ali is fine now."
Concubine Tong was relieved when she heard the words, looked warily at Han Yunrong, and said to Zhu Yi, "Let this man go out, Auntie has something to tell you."
Han Yunrong frowned, and seeing his brother's expression, Zhu Yi knew that he didn't want to go out, so he said, "Concubine Mu, he belongs to me, not Xie Ying. If you have something to say, you can say it in front of him. "
Upon hearing this, Noble Concubine Tong thought that Han Yunrong was Zhu Yi's loyal servant, and said, "Yiyi, hurry up, go and bring Ali, follow me."
Zhu Yi was slightly taken aback, she thought that Concubine Tong had traveled thousands of miles to Weizhou to join her. She said: "Come with you? Where are you going? Concubine Mu, this... I'm afraid it won't work."
Han Yunrong said: "The imperial concubine is married to the eldest son, how can she leave Wei Ning's mansion."
"Yiyi, don't you want to see your father? That's my brother-in-law. I escaped from the dead this time to come to Weizhou to find you and Ali. I have experienced a lot, but the most unexpected harvest is that I met him. Brother-in-law, that is, your biological father Pei Qingrang!"
Zhu Yi and Han Yunrong froze for a moment when they heard the words, and Zhu Yi asked, "Mother and Concubine, what do you mean by that? Didn't my father die in Rongfeng a long time ago?"
"I thought so too... So, I thought I met a ghost..." Concubine Tong had a strange brilliance on her face: "But my brother-in-law is really not dead. You have also heard about the now famous Xuanchu Army, right? The leader is brother-in-law. Otherwise, you think that apart from brother-in-law, who else can make a refugee army face the local army without losing a single defeat."
Xuanchu Army... Han Yunrong frowned. It was the Xuanchu Army who defeated Jinzhou steadily and made Jinzhou ask Weizhou for help? On the day Xie Ying set off for the expedition, Xie Shao had already led the army.
Zhu Yi also thought of this, so could it be that Xie Shao met her father? But... Zhu Yi said: "If my father is still alive, why hasn't he come to see me for so many years?"
"Because he was imprisoned by the old Yongnan King when he was seriously injured. Now that the Ruan family has taken over the capital and asked someone to bring him into the capital, he seized the opportunity to escape from death."
Both Zhu Yi and Han Yunrong fell silent... If Concubine Tong's words were true, could it be that their father had been living in prison for more than ten years and was suffering a living crime.
Zhu Yi slowly turned her head to look at Han Yunrong, she didn't know whether she should believe what Concubine Tong said.
Han Yunrong also looked at Zhu Yi, took a deep breath, and said, "General Pei is the only one who can help the tomb to return to the capital. It is possible. The crown prince will just see it." Zhu Yi and Han Yunrong looked at each other and understood. What the other party meant, if it was really Pei Qingrang, they should be able to recognize his six-year-old son when they parted.
Zhu Yidao: "Then, where is General Pei now? Jinzhou?"
Guifei Tong said: "No, it's in a restaurant not far from the palace."
As she said so, the two brothers and sisters Zhu Yi would naturally go to see her.
Riding a carriage to an ordinary restaurant, Zhu Yi lowered his head and followed Concubine Tong up to the second floor. But seeing a figure at the door, he was slightly stunned: "Rong Xiao?"
"Rong Xiao pays homage to the princess." Seeing Rong Xiao salute, Zhu Yi quickly excused herself, she looked at him, her delicate face was still familiar, but she always felt that Rong Xiao was different from before. In the past, the boy's demeanor was clear, but now, Zhu Yi always feels that Rong Xiao's body is more and more like a heavy fog, which makes her unable to understand.
Han Yunrong looked at Rong Xiao and frowned. Rong Xiao's aura was much thicker than before. It can be seen that his skill has improved by leaps and bounds. The speed of his progress is so fast, it may not be the right way to go.
Zhu Yi couldn't see this, and only asked Rong Xiao: "Are you not with the Rong family army?"
"Well. I'm following General Pei now."
Zhu Yi asked suspiciously, "Why do you know him?"
"Princess, have you forgotten, did I contact General Pei's old subordinates for you? They took the initiative to contact me." Rong Xiao stared at Zhu Yi. At that time, there was no Xie Ying, nor Yan Fengqin. He is the only outsider who can contact Zhu Yi and the man she trusts the most, so she asks him to help investigate her father.
It was Xie Ying who made him lose her completely. Rong Xiao clenched his fists tightly... But now, he wants to take Zhu Yi back slowly. General Pei appreciates him very much, this is the opportunity God gave him.