Nightwatcher

Xu Lingyue didn't have to figure out Mu Nanzhi's identity, it was just that this "elder" who suddenly sneaked into Xu's residence and was brought to the palace showed a nobleness and arrogance that no lady could match.

She is so ordinary, why is she so confident.

Of course Xu Lingyue was also curious.

Anyway, she was quite free at home, making robes and boots for her father and elder brother and second brother, and reading books, so there was nothing else to do.

In the past, there was a little Douding in the family who would pester her. Since the younger sister went to southern Xinjiang, the house has become much cleaner.

Occasionally, I would read Renzong's Daoist scriptures and study Renzong's mentality. When Xu Qi'an entered the Jianghu, in order to cope with her mother's "forced marriage", she used her elder brother's name to successfully worship Renzong and became a Lingbao temple. His registered disciples practiced with a Kun Dao.

She asked her elder brother about it, and he agreed.

When I have nothing to do, I like to find something to do. It just so happened that this woman named Mu Nanzhi came.

"Aunt Mu, let me go with you."

Xu Lingyue then got up and said softly:

"You may not know where the Fengqi Palace is. I have been to the palace once, so I can show you the way."

Mu Nanzhi waved his hand: "No, I'll go by myself."

She said to herself, when my mother was in the harem, you, a girl, hadn't been born yet.

Xu Lingyue reminded:

"Then you must not offend the Queen Mother."

Mu Nanzhi waved his hand again, and walked out while talking:

"Don't worry about it."

She said to herself, the empress dowager was overshadowed by my mother at the age of fourteen, I am still afraid of this old woman?

Xu Lingyue looked at Mu Nanzhi's back, lost in thought.

Half a quarter of an hour later, my aunt came out from the backyard, holding a pot of pocket bamboo in her arms, with a smile on her pretty face.

"Hey, where's Aunt Mu?"

My aunt was about to share this beautiful pot of bamboo with her good sister, but she looked around but saw no one.

"I went to Fengqi Palace to trouble the Queen Mother."

Xu Lingyue said in a weak tone.

My aunt was shocked when she heard the words, and quickly put the bamboo in her arms on the stone table, and said anxiously:

"Trouble with the queen mother? She is a commoner girl, and it would be too long to provoke the queen mother."

Xu Lingyue said softly:

"Mother, is Aunt Mu a fool?"

My aunt was taken aback for a moment, and said angrily:

"Look at what you said, you are the fool, and you are not the same as Lingyin."

She poked Xu Lingyue with her finger.

Xu Lingyue said with aggrieved face:

"Since you're not a fool, then Aunt Mu has a good idea in her heart. Mom, haven't you noticed? Aunt Mu is very familiar with the imperial palace. Those messy official names, such as palm print eunuch and pen eunuch, come as soon as they open their mouths.

"If I'm not mistaken, she is either a member of the royal family or a concubine in the harem."

"Really?" My aunt opened her mouth wide, with a questioning look on her face:

"If she is a concubine in the harem, or a relative of the emperor, what is she doing in our house, you stupid girl, you know how to think wildly."

The stupid girl Xu Lingyue sighed, lost interest in discussing with her mother, rested her chin on one hand, stared at the pocket bamboo in a daze.

Aunt said:

"Mother, go to Fengqi Palace to have a look. I can't let your Aunt Mu offend the Empress Dowager. Now that Mother knows, it turns out that the Empress Dowager would not dare to offend Mother."

As he spoke, he took a look at his daughter's beautiful and refined face, with big and bright eyes, three-dimensional features, a small cherry mouth, delicate white and tender skin, and she was already slim and graceful.

"When the weather gets warmer, Mother will pick a good husband for you. It's time for you to get married," she said.

"Oh, mother, hurry up, slow down, your good sister will be bestowed to death by the queen mother." Xu Lingyue said impatiently.

"Help my mother put the bamboo in the flower garden to bask in the sun." The aunt walked out of the yard with her skirt flying in a hurry.

Xu Lingyue rested her chin and narrowed her aura-filled eyes.

Hearing about the marriage between Eldest Brother and Princess Lin'an, the reaction was so intense, no matter whether this Aunt Mu is a harem concubine or a member of the royal family, her relationship with Eldest Brother is by no means ordinary.

"again."

Xu Lingyue sighed, and looked at the pocket bamboo in front of her with roving eyes.

She waved her sleeves lightly, and a gust of wind dragged the potted plants steadily over a distance of more than ten meters before falling into the flowerbed.

Speaking of which, she has recently learned to drive objects, but she doesn't know what level this is. After all, she hasn't been to Lingbao Temple for a long time, and she is only figuring it out according to the mentality of Renzong.

The Seventh Rank of the Daoist Gate—Food Qi!

The imperial palace is very big, so big that my aunt walked out of breath, sweating all over before rushing to Fengqi Palace.

She entered the harem very easily, and no one stopped her. Now that her status is here, who would dare to offend the people in the harem? Secondly, the harem is a forbidden place for men, but not for women.

Thirdly, since the empress came to the throne, the harem has become less important.

Although men are still not allowed to enter, it has become a place for the concubines to retire.

As soon as she arrived at the gate of Fengqi Palace, my aunt saw Mu Nanzhi pinching her waist and coming out arrogantly, with the appearance of a victorious little hen.

"Lingyue said that you came to Fengqi Palace."

Aunt went up to meet her and said with concern:

"Is there anything wrong?"

"What could happen? When I come here, it's like coming home. Shangguan was not my opponent back then, and he is still not my opponent now." Mu Nanzhi groaned twice.

She came to ask the queen mother to divorce her, but the queen mother disagreed. A domineering, confident and invincible flower god, and a queen mother who has no desires but is not willing to get in, so they quarreled and sneered at each other.

In the end, Mu Nanzhi won.

The flower god has never lost a fight with a woman. Once the bracelet is taken off, it can subdue all the women in the world with a foothold.

Coupled with the vulgar language learned during the trip, the Queen Mother was very angry.

After Mu Nanzhi finished speaking, she suddenly realized that she had lost her composure, she slipped her tongue, and quickly looked at her aunt.

Aunt breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's good, that's good, by the way, who is Shangguan?"

She didn't notice it at all. Mu Nanzhi felt relieved, and felt a sense of resentment for meeting her late, and felt that her aunt was a friend she could confide in.

"It's okay, let's go back." Mu Nanzhi pulled her aunt back.

The smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she looked depressed.

Although the quarrel was won, the goal was not achieved. The Queen Mother did not agree to divorce. Of course, she also knew that with her status and power, she could not influence the Queen Mother's decision at all.

When Xu Ningyan came back, the Flower God made a secret decision, just after walking not far away, he saw Huaiqing who was wearing the emperor's uniform, and came slowly in a big car.

"His Majesty!"

Auntie is a very well-behaved lady, so she saluted quickly.

Huaiqing nodded with a gentle face, said "Yes", and then cast a cold glance at Flower God.

The latter gave her a blank stare.

The two sides brushed past each other, Huaiqing entered Fengqi Palace in a big car, and with the help of the maid, she got out of the big car, without the eunuch's notification, all the way into the house, saw the empress dowager sitting by the desk with a livid face, a look of peace. The look of anger still persists.

"What happened to that woman? Didn't she die in the north?"

Seeing her daughter coming, the Queen Mother asked loudly.

"The queen mother ate the powder keg?"

Huaiqing knew it well, but pretended not to know what was going on, and said lightly:

"She didn't die in the north, she followed Xu Qi'an back to the capital, and became Xu Qi'an's concubine."

The empress lightly said a word, and concluded the coffin of the flower god.

Although the Empress Dowager had already expected it, after hearing her daughter's confirmation, she still found it absurd and unbelievable.

Mu Nanzhi is much younger than her, but also seventeen or eighteen years older than Xu Qi'an, he actually keeps Mu Nanzhi's golden house outside, does he have courtesy, justice and shame in his eyes?

Another reason for the empress dowager's conflict was that Mu Nanzhi was also a concubine in Yuanjing's harem, and she was of the same generation as her, while Xu Qi'an, in the eyes of the empress dowager, was of the child's generation.

This is very uncomfortable.

"So, it's just for the mother to resign the engagement." Huai Qingtu saw it poorly.

"Why are you retiring the engagement!" The Queen Mother said lightly:

"Xu's personal morals are bad, but since she is in love with Lin'an, it's better than handing her over to someone who doesn't love her. Besides, in today's Dafeng, who is more worthy of Lin'an than him."

Huaiqing's face darkened slightly, his tone was a bit cold, and he said:

"I don't know, I thought Lin'an was born by my mother."

The Empress Dowager's tone was equally cold:

"She is a pure person, more pleasing than you."

There is also a very simple reason. She hopes that her lover will get married in the end. Just watching, she is very satisfied, as if it made up for the regrets of the year.

Huaiqing glanced at her, expressionless said:

"I'm not a pure person, so even if I'm very unhappy now, I still want to tell you something!"

The Queen Mother looked at her.

Huaiqing said lightly:

"Yesterday, Duke Wei came back to life. Before he died, he had planned a retreat for himself. In the past five months, Xu Qi'an has been trying to find ways to collect materials, refine magic tools, and recall his soul.

"He won't come to see you for the time being. He said that he hopes to come to see you easily, instead of carrying the hatred of the country and the family like back then."

After speaking, Huaiqing turned and left.

The queen mother sat by the desk in a daze, with no expression on her face, and two lines of tears silently rolled down her cheeks, endlessly.

A mighty heavy cavalry crossed the border of Yuzhou and entered Qingzhou.

Nangong Qianrou was not in a hurry, and ordered the team to put on the Yunzhou flag and advance southward at a moderate speed.

Heavy cavalry cannot run for long distances, only slowing down can last.

But the purpose of Nangong Qianrou ordering the team to slow down was still not to save the stamina of the horses, but to wait for someone.

"General Nangong, it's a long way to go to Yunzhou. Our marching speed is slow, why don't we use the water route instead."

The experienced lieutenant rushed to catch up with Nangong Qianrou and kept pace with him.

At the speed of heavy cavalry, it would take at least half a month's journey from Qingzhou to Yunzhou.

From the border of Yunzhou to Baidi City, it will take another three to five days.

This is not counting the time to capture Baidi City.

Nangong Qianrou said lightly:

"Don't worry, just walk slowly."

The deputy general hesitated to speak, and finally chose to trust Nangong Qianrou and Wei Gong.

Nangong Qianrou stopped talking, and looked at the surrounding environment while walking. Since entering Qingzhou, there has been no trace of people along the way.

In just five months, the Central Plains had become so desolate and miserable, even Nangong Qianrou, who was somewhat cold-tempered, felt a lot of emotion in her heart.

At noon, the slow-moving heavy cavalry suddenly noticed a huge shadow looming over them.

Nangong Qianrou raised her head, squinted her eyes, not flustered, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

The huge Yufeng boat landed in front of the heavy cavalry army, seven people stood on the side of the ship, one of them turned his back to the common people.

Nangong Qianrou looked at the stern and expressionless person, and said with a smile:

"haven't seen you for a long time!"

Yang Yan nodded slightly.

The lieutenant suddenly realized, slapped his head, and said in surprise:

"So you were waiting for help."

Nangong Qianrou twitched the corner of her mouth:

"The mistakes you can think of, Wei Guihui can't think of?"

As long as the heavy cavalry left the abandoned military town and was seen by more than three bystanders, and the technique of shielding the heavenly secrets would relieve them, the adoptive father would remember that he left behind a heavy cavalry.

With the wisdom of his adoptive father, as long as he remembered the heavy cavalry, he would fill in and make up for all the mistakes in the plan.

Such as the lack of siege weapons, such as slow marching speed and so on.

Nangong Qianrou has followed Wei Yuan for so many years, so she still has some confidence in Wei Yuan.

Yang Qianhuan stood with his hands behind his back, with his back to the heavy cavalry, and said calmly:

"10,000 people, scored three times and are expected to arrive in Yunzhou before tomorrow evening. However, we are not going to Baidi City."

Nangong Qianrou frowned and said:

"Not the White Emperor City?"

He had already learned from Huaiqing's chief guard that the lineage five hundred years ago proclaimed themselves emperor in Baidi City when winter came.

Yang Yan is not a talkative person, so he glanced at Chen Ying beside him, who smiled and said:

"It is impossible for Yunzhou to have superpowers, and the main force of the army goes northward to attack, and even if there are many defenders left, there will not be too many. They must have the means to prevent the bottom line. Then, in the case of Yunzhou, What method will it be?"

Nangong Qianrou pondered for a moment, then suddenly said:

"Hiding in the mountains, according to the dangerous pass, according to the terrain, you can resist ten times your own troops."

He looked at Chen Ying, clicked his tongue and said:

"Your brain is quite useful."

Chen Ying grinned:

"It's said in the kit left by Duke Wei. I don't need to use my brain. I will do what Duke Wei says. When we attacked Jingshan City, it was like this. Anyway, I never lost."

He said, patted the side of the boat, and said with a smile:

"Yang Qianhuan is in charge of finding someone. We took advantage of this magic weapon to drop directly into the air, and brought down the rebels' lair in one fell swoop."

Yang Qianhuan took advantage of the situation and said:

"Inviting the moon to pick up the stars, there is no one like me in the world.

"Stop talking nonsense, come up quickly."

His tone was a little eager, wishing he could triumph immediately, and then urged the historians of the Imperial Academy to write this battle into the history books of Dafeng.

Names are all in mind:

"Although Xu is arrogant, Xu must be illusory when he dies——Yang Qianhuan ends the Yunzhou rebellion"

Xu can be either Xu Pingfeng or Xu Qi'an, the word has two meanings.

The next day, the capital.

The sky is bright, and the cold wind is blowing on the face, which is not as cold as half a month ago.

Civil and military officials walked through the Meridian Gate and across the Jinshui Bridge to the sound of drums. They were established according to the official positions and steps in the officialdom, and the princes entered the Jinluan Hall.

The empress did not keep the princes waiting, and soon, wearing a dragon robe and a crown, with a majestic and glamorous demeanor, she slowly ascended the throne with the support of the eunuch.

After playing normally, Huaiqing narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, looked at the princes in the hall, and said:

"Yesterday, I ordered Yang Gong and others to evacuate Yongzhou and retreat to the capital, and I will work together with my love and defense on the defense."

Her tone was cold and slow, as if she was talking about a trivial matter.

It can be heard in the ears of the princes, but it is like a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

In an instant, the panic and anger welling up in their hearts almost engulfed them.

Angry at the empress's arbitrariness and self-willedness.

Retreat to the capital?

But what if the capital cannot be kept!

The huge Yongzhou, let it go?

Isn't this an enemy!

"How could Your Majesty be so confused?" Chief Assistant Qian Qingshu was surprised and angry:

"Tens of thousands of soldiers fought with their lives to defend Yongzhou and wiped out the elite of the enemy. How could they surrender to the rebels?"

"Does Your Majesty want to repeat the events of five hundred years ago?" The radical person spoke more seriously.

"Confused, confused!" professional troll Ge Shizhong said mercilessly, angrily:

"Is Your Majesty going to hand over the inheritance of the ancestors! How can Your Majesty be worthy of the ancestors?"

It is almost necessary to scold such words as the faint king and the generation of women who really can't use them.

It's no wonder that the princes' mentality exploded, because the enemy has already hit the door of the house. In the past, the rebels in Yunzhou were aggressive.

But this is because whether Qingzhou or Yongzhou, after all, they haven't arrived in the capital yet.

But now, there is no way to retreat. Once the capital is broken, everything is over, which is already related to vital interests and life safety.

There are also some people who are annoyed that Huaiqing does not discuss things, and makes such an important decision arbitrarily, which is a disaster for the country!

"My lords, be safe and don't be impatient!"

The empress's eyes were as clear as a pool, and the joke was well hidden. The reason why she concealed it in advance was to let the officials of the capital fight their boats, so as to unite people's hearts and gather financial and material resources.

Of course, the premise is to let the civil and military officials see the hope of victory.

Otherwise, it is playing with fire and setting itself on fire.

In the hall, the noise stopped for a while.

The princes are still full of resentment, fear, or worry. Those who are not conscious have already begun to think about what kind of posture they will take to join the enemy when the general situation is over in the future.

The Empress said lightly:

"I want to introduce an old friend to you gentlemen."

"Recommendation" and "old friend" are contradictory words, which makes you a little puzzled.

The Empress looked at the gate of the Golden Luan Hall and said loudly:

"Xuan, Wei Yuan!"

The prince suddenly looked back, and saw that in the blue sky, he stepped over the high threshold in a green suit. His temples were gray, and his eyes contained the vicissitudes of the years.

He walked through this long carpet, as if he had walked through a long time and came back to the princes.

This man is back!