Qi Yuning and Lu Ze packed their luggage with the army. Lingling clung to Lu Ze's arms, sometimes letting Lu Ze hold her, and sometimes letting Qi Yuning hold her, making a fuss. After packing their luggage, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze went to the dining hall. Today's Dragon Boat Festival, the food in Prince Qi's Mansion was very good. When the third master and third wife of the Lu family learned that their two daughters had not listened to the advice and were going to the battlefield, they were so angry that they didn't even have a good look at the dinner table. A Ping's face was also full of worry. During today's dinner, Lu Yun was the only one who could eat without hesitation. Even Lingling lost her appetite when she saw the turtle legs and the big chicken legs. Lu Yun was eating the mutton alone, and when he saw that everyone was not moving his chopsticks, he said, "Why don't you eat? Pingping, you can eat both of your bodies now. Don't worry. I will take good care of you after King Qi leaves." of!" Lu Ze looked at Lu Yun and said, "You won't come with us?" Lu Yun was so frightened that he dropped the mutton in his chopsticks, "Should I go to the battlefield with you?"
Lu Ze nodded and said: "Zhao Di and Hui Di who are younger than you are going, and Baoshuang Baoxue is also going, but you won't go?" Lu Yun walked up to Princess Pingrou and said, "Mom, you only have two sons. Don't you have to worry about dying if both of your sons go to the battlefield? Besides, who will take care of Pingping when I leave?" Princess Pingrou looked at Lu Ze and said, "Ze'er, your brother..." "He has to go!" Lu Ze said, "He was a monk regardless of the consequences. He is seventeen years old and has no responsibility. He has to go to the battlefield and let him endure hardships and experience!" Lu Yun touched a piece of his hair unconvinced, "Brother, don't burn bridges by crossing the river. If I hadn't become a monk at that time, Qi Yuning would be my princess, and your sister-in-law, Lingling." My daughter..." Before he could say the word "son", he received the knife-like looks from Qi Yuan, Lu Ze, and Qi Yuning. Lu Baozhu kicked Lu Yun and said, "Go if you are told! If you don't pick up the pot, they have to deal with you, right? This is Qi Yuning's territory!" Lu Yun said: "But if I leave, who will take care of Pingping?" Although Princess Pingrou was also worried that swords on the battlefield were weak, she felt reassured about Lu Ze because Lu Ze had been brought up by the old prince since he was a child, and he was also calm. However, she was really worried about Lu Yun, but what Lu Ze said was true. , Lu Yun needs to practice hard. "I will take care of your aunt." Lu Yun said: "So Pingping is my aunt. She is just my goddaughter recognized by my grandfather, so she is not my aunt." Qi Yuan glanced at A Ping and said, "Didn't you tell him that you were his aunt?" A Ping said: "I told you, but he didn't believe me." Lu Yun looked at everyone's expressions and asked Lu Ze, "Brother, is Pingping really my aunt?" Lu Ze nodded and said: "Yes." Lu Yun covered his heart and looked at A Ping, full of disbelief, "How can you be my biological aunt?" A Ping nodded and said: "I am your aunt. Prince, please take care of him outside." Qi Yu'an patted A Ping's hand and said: "You can wait for the birth with peace of mind. If you are not far from Beicheng at that time, I will try my best to come back and accompany you to give birth..." A Ping shook her head and said: "No, no, you should just worry about the big things. I'll be fine. With Princess Pingrou here, I will give birth to the child well. You don't have to worry too much about me."
After dinner, it was finally time to say goodbye. Qi Yuning changed into a neat riding outfit and got on the red horse. She looked at the little Lingling at the door of Prince Qi's Mansion with reluctance. The little Lingling holding the lantern was about to cry. Lu Ze stretched out his hand and took Qi Yuning's hand, "Let's go." Qi Yuning rode his horse and followed the team in front of him, not daring to look back to see if Lingling was crying. Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze: "I used to hate my mother when I was a child. Why do other mothers stay at home to raise their children, but my mother has to go to the battlefield when she is pregnant with my sister? Why can't she stay? Stay with me?" Qi Yuning pursed her lips and said, "I have heard many people say at banquets before that Concubine Qi Shizi is a fierce girl from a small family. How could a noble lady from a noble family follow her husband to the battlefield and be so reluctant to leave him? You can even give up the two children at home?" Lu Ze said: "That's not the case." Qi Yuning said in a calm voice: "Some people say that my mother does not follow the rules of women, is not a good mother, and is not a good wife. As a woman, she should manage the household affairs at home, and should not be in public with men. Going to the military camp for the eldest concubine of Prince Qi, eating and living with male soldiers is simply a disgrace to the eldest concubine." Lu Ze said: "You don't have to listen to their nonsense." Qi Yuning said: "I hated my mother for this when I was a child. Later, when I became more sensible, I realized that my mother was a hero among women and a hero of the Great Sheng Dynasty. My mother has a heart for the world and a chivalrous heart for the people." "My mother left me to go to the battlefield. I believe her. She must be as reluctant to part with Lingling as I am now, and she must be extremely reluctant to part with me, but the Northern Desert is coming fiercely, and she needs to go to the battlefield to defend my Dasheng River! My mother has great love in her heart and cares about the country and the people. It’s not that my brother and I are unimportant. Yuan Yuning, my parents have always wanted peace in the world. " Seeing the tears in the corners of Qi Yuning's eyes, Lu Ze interlocked with her and said, "Well, General Liu must have been extremely reluctant to let you go at that time. She would be even more reluctant to let you go than you are now, because she has suffered so many hardships." The pain of pregnancy and the pain of being with you for four years." Qi Yuning gritted her teeth and held back tears. She looked at the stars in the sky, "I have always been proud of my mother, and I also want Lingling to be proud of me." Lu Ze said: "Lingling is proud of you." From Beicheng to Shengjing, the only road that the army can take passes through seven state capitals, namely Liangzhou, Longzhou, Qinzhou, Qinzhou, Shanzhou, Chang'an, Shangzhou, and then to Shengjing. This road is nearly 2,000 meters long. Dori. Unlike before when they could ride on horseback day and night, there were so many soldiers along the way, and they didn't know if these state officers and soldiers would stop them. It might take several months to reach Shengjing all the way. Liangzhou borders Beicheng, and the people of Liangzhou are extremely welcoming to the soldiers and horses of Prince Qi's Mansion. It can be said that without Prince Qi's Mansion seizing the territory of the Northern Desert as Beicheng, Liangzhou would not have enjoyed the good days of the past fifteen years. Liangzhou officials did not dare to stop him and even provided a lot of military supplies. After leaving Liangzhou City and arriving at Longzhou, the Qi family's soldiers and horses were stopped outside the city. Qi Yuan ordered the camp to be set up. Qi Yuning took stock of the army rations and went into Qi Yuan's military tent to look for Qi Yuan and said, "I remember, is the governor of Longzhou a member of the Qin family?" Lu Ze said from the side: "Yes, not only the governor of Longzhou has a close relationship with the Qin family, but also the governor of Longyou is the son-in-law of Qin Guojiu. Longzhou will not be able to pass easily." Qi Yu'an laid out the map of Longzhou and said: "Longyou has always been a heavy military base for Dasheng, with 80,000 soldiers. We can mobilize a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses. We can fight if we want to, but we are afraid of Shuofang's soldiers and horses." Come to help, if this happens, we may be attacked from both sides." The terrain in Qi Yuning's map also marked the location of Longyou Road soldiers, and said: "There are so many troops in Longzhou City. It seems like it will be a tough battle." Qi Yuning shook the beads she wore on her wrist. She prayed for peace, but she also knew that only by reaching Shengjing as soon as possible would the Qin family, who was plotting chaos, not allow the world to continue to be in chaos. Qi Yu'an ordered Zhong Ming beside him: "Call Zhu Feng and Zhu Yang, your brother, to discuss the attack on the city." When Qi Yuning heard about the siege, he came out of the military tent and looked at Longzhou City in the distance. The siege would definitely turn into a river of blood. But if the Qin family succeeds in their rebellion, I don’t know how many people will die in Shengjing City.
What's more, the Qin family has killed countless people, fed the housekeeper and Nanny Qin's daughter to dogs, and tortured the ten-year-old Princess Shan to death. Such things are worse than animals. Once the Qin family is made emperor, the whole country will be affected. The misfortune of the people. "The county lord." A spy from Longzhou City came to the military camp and saluted Qi Yuning when he saw him. Qi Yuning asked: "Is there any important news in Longzhou City?" "I don't know whether it is important or not. The eldest son of Huang Tao, the governor of Longyou Dao, died suddenly. Everyone in the Huang family was devastated. They all said that Mrs. Huang had committed adultery. Young Master Huang saw it. Young Master Huang was extremely angry. He died suddenly on the spot.” Qi Yuning was thinking about the young lady of the Jiedushi family of Longyou Road, and she always felt familiar, so he asked: "The young lady of the Jiedushi family of Longyou Road looks very familiar to her. Do you know whose daughter she is?" "She is Mrs. Ning's adopted daughter Shen Nian. Speaking of which, she used to be the daughter of Prince Qi's palace." Qi Yuning suddenly remembered that she, her brother, and her fourth aunt were not the only ones left in the Qi family back then. As soon as the news of the death of the fourth uncle came, the fetus that was six months old in the fourth aunt's belly was aborted. Therefore, the fourth aunt adopted a girl from the Qi family army who had no father or mother as her adopted daughter. The girl was older than Qi Yuning. When he was one year old, he was named Qin Nian. The fourth aunt stayed at the Qi family for three years and could hardly leave the house. Three years after the fourth aunt's mourning, the fourth aunt's family took her back to the Ning family and betrothed the fourth aunt to the husband of the Shen family of the powerful Shuofang family. The fourth aunt also took her adopted daughter away and changed her name to Shen Nian. The fourth aunt was not in Shengjing City, and Qi Yuning rarely heard from them. However, he heard about Shen Nian's marriage two years ago. The Shen family did not send good news invitations to Prince Qi's Mansion. At that time, Qi Yuning just listened and did not dare to send gifts. After all, the fourth aunt had married another woman, and Prince Qi's palace was worried about the Shen family's displeasure when it came to give gifts to her adopted daughter. I never thought that this sister would do such a thing...