The east wind suddenly rises, and the stars and moon are dim.

Only then did people realize that the gloomy night above them was not due to the thick smoke from the war covering the stars, but because of a large thick dark cloud covering the sky.

The east wind brings a moist breath and a slight chill, and the water vapor in the air becomes thicker and thicker.

It is going to rain.

Xiping Hou Musheng, named Jingmao, was in his thirties, riding alongside Feng Zhenyue. He was wearing black armor, with a fiery red cloak fluttering in the wind behind him, and his deep eyes shining with divine light, looking full of heroism.

Behind them was a large group of cavalry in a compact formation, with a rough estimate of around 100,000 troops. They marched toward Xu Huizu's camp with thunderous hooves.

Xu Huizu was worthy of the demeanor of a famous general. When he saw Mu Sheng's army appeared, he retreated without chaos. He slowly stabilized his position and retreated to the northeast.

Mu Sheng had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with Xu Huizu here, so he was happy to see him retreat on his own initiative and ordered his soldiers to garrison the camp he left on the lake beach.

Feng Zhenyue dismounted in front of Lan Qiao and the others, took off his helmet, looked at the blood-soaked people and laughed, "I finally caught up, luckily I wasn't too late."

Feng Yeling was extremely happy, but under such violent mood swings, she wanted to laugh but couldn't. She just kept crying and threw herself into Feng Zhenyue's arms, beating his chest desperately.

Feng Zhenyue held his beloved daughter's back and glanced at Lanqiao, Hua Yuxi and Bai Xueyin one by one.

"I've met the Marquis." Hua Yuxi and Bai Xueyin stood at the left and right sides of Lanqiao, folded their lapels together, and bowed to Feng Zhenyue.

Feng Zhenyue narrowed his eyes, smiled playfully at Lan Qiao and said, "Huaiyuan, they are..."

Lan Qiao was a little embarrassed by what he saw. He didn't know whether Feng Zhenyue really didn't know what he was asking, or he was just asking the question. He was speechless.

Feng Yeling buried her pretty face in Feng Zhenyue's arms and said sweetly: "They are all Ling'er's sisters."

Feng Zhenyue was slightly startled, then smiled, shook his head helplessly and laughed: "I originally wanted to support you, but if you are so soft-hearted, this kid will bully you again."

"He doesn't dare." Feng Yeling turned away from Feng Zhenyue's arms and blinked quickly at Lan Qiao, indicating that he would cooperate with her, "Hua'er and Xue'er are also very well-behaved."

Hua Yuxi and Bai Xueyin quickly apologized and acted "well-behaved", while Lan Qiao scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "I don't dare, I don't dare."

"Look, Dad, he is very cowardly." Feng Yeling raised her pretty face as she spoke and pouted, "Whether he is good or bad, it is the husband chosen by Dad anyway."

"Yes, heroes come from young." Feng Zhenyue chuckled, glared at Lan Qiao and said, "I knew this kid had potential, but I didn't expect that he would be so capable."

Lan Qiao felt guilty for a while, and was about to add a few more words when he suddenly felt a chill on his forehead. It turned out to be a raindrop falling: "It's raining, let's go in and talk."

Feng Zhenyue pushed Feng Yeling away slightly and looked at the camp not far away that used to belong to Xu Huizu and is now occupied by Mu Sheng: "I still have something to discuss with Jing Mao. If you are going to fight in a row, it's better to go back to the camp to rest. I

Let Jingmao share some of the military rations with you."

Feng Yeling hugged Feng Zhenyue without letting go, showing a coquettish and naive expression like a little girl, and said coquettishly: "Wherever daddy goes, I will go with him."

Feng Zhenyue had nothing to do with her, and he really missed his beloved daughter and didn't want to be separated from her, so he took Feng Yeling, who was like a gummy candy, to meet Mu Sheng.

After the father and daughter left, Hua Yuxi sighed softly, showing a complex expression of sadness and helplessness. Lan Qiao asked: "Do you also miss Mr. Hongyi?"

"It's okay." Hua Yuxi shook her head, forced out a smile and said, "Let's go back quickly. Your Marshal Lan is standing outside in the rain. Even if the soldiers behind him want to take shelter from the rain, they won't dare to get sick again.

, I am so tired that I am still a little medical fairy."

Lan Qiao thought the same thing, and while ordering the sergeants to go back to their tents to rest, he asked Yun He to contact Mu Shengjun about borrowing military rations.

He and Hua Bai's two daughters returned to Guanlou together. Hua Yuxi looked at the rain outside the window when she went upstairs and said dullly: "I'm a little tired. Let Xue'er accompany you tonight. I'll rest alone for a while."

"

Seeing that her face was indeed full of exhaustion, Lan Qiao nodded and asked her to rest in her room, then went into another room with Bai Xueyin.

Bai Xueyin lit the lamp and was silent for a long time before saying, "Maybe I can understand a little bit of Sister Hua's depression."

"In the final analysis, she saw Sister Feng and Uncle Feng being so affectionate, and Uncle Feng recognized her husband so much, and the family was happy, and then she thought that she could not get her parents' blessing, so she felt sad."

Lan Qiao thought of Li Qi, who was loyal and brave, but regarded himself and others as rebels. He thought that if this knot of fate could not be solved, Hua Yuxi would never be able to accept her parents' blessings in her true colors, which would be detrimental to her marriage.

It is undoubtedly a huge regret.

Bai Xueyin took off her outer robe, casually sat beside the bed, and asked in a low voice: "Senior brother, do you want to practice martial arts?"

Lan Qiao was about to speak when suddenly a bright flash of lightning flashed across the night sky outside the window, followed by a loud thunder that resounded through the mountains, as if the ground was shaking, and people couldn't help but cover their ears.

"Well, junior sister, please wait a moment while I go check on her." As he said that, he hurried out and moved to the next room.

There was still no light in the room. Hua Yuxi sat on the corner of the bed with her legs crossed, staring at the rain outside the window in confusion.

"Are you okay?" Lan Qiao asked worriedly.

"Ah?" Hua Yuxi seemed to have just come back to her senses, "What did you say?"

"I said there was thunder just now. Didn't it scare you?"

"No." Hua Yuxi chuckled, "Since I married someone, I am no longer afraid of thunder."

"It's you, husband." Hua Yuxi smiled slyly, "You and Xue'er are over so soon? Do you want me to give you a prescription to make up for it?"

"What? I'm worried about you, but you're making fun of me." Lan Qiao felt slightly reassured when he saw that Hua Yuxi was fine. After thinking about it, he felt it was not good to leave now, so he sat down by the bed and held her hand.

The cold feet were pressed under her buttocks to keep her warm while she randomly found some topics to talk about.

"Thankfully Uncle Feng and Marquis Xiping arrived in time, otherwise we would have been in great danger today."

Hua Yuxi turned her eyes and said, "What you have to thank is not Mu Sheng, but your brother Lan Feng and my fourth uncle. Because they finally defeated Sheng Yong and took the initiative on the frontal battlefield, we were able to be rescued."

"How do you say this?" Lan Qiao asked in astonishment, "How do you know they have defeated Sheng Yong?"

Hua Yuxi didn't answer and asked instead: "Then you know why Mu Sheng didn't send troops for so long, and why did he send troops now?"

Lan Qiao thought for a moment and understood what she meant: "You mean, Mu Sheng is actually observing the situation in the northern war. He will only come to help us if the king wins."

"That's what I mean." Hua Yuxi nodded and said, "Mu Sheng was hesitant before, mainly because he was afraid that if he got easily involved in the battle and made the wrong bet, he would lose everything in the end."

"In the past two years, my uncle's soldiers have been skilled in fighting, while the Southern Army has absolute advantages in strength and territory. Both sides have won and lost. It is difficult to see who can win the final victory. Mu Sheng is already a very high-status Yunnan soldier.

King, if you don't have the confidence to choose the right side, how can you be willing to take big risks and get involved in the war?"

"He is far away in Yunnan, but he can appear in Xianyue Bay at this time, which means that his army has already passed through Qianling without anyone noticing." Hua Yuxi paused for a moment before saying this, "I guess he is hiding in the

Somewhere near Hongdu, the whole world was paying attention to the decisive battle between Fourth Uncle and Sheng Yong, so no one noticed the actions of his team."

"Mu Sheng stood still and sent out sentries to inquire about the situation in Huaibei and the capital. When he learned that his fourth uncle had defeated Sheng Yong in Huaibei, he immediately judged that his fourth uncle would be the winner of this battle, so he quickly rode

The purpose of marching here is to gain some small merit before my fourth uncle goes to Beijing, so that he can be reused in the future."

Lan Qiao smiled bitterly and said: "So what you are saying is that Mu Sheng came to save us, which means that the king has defeated Sheng Yong. On the other hand, if Sheng Yong defeats the king, Mu Sheng will come to help Xu Huizu."

"That's what I mean. Of course, Uncle Feng should have played a big role in it. On the one hand, he prevented Mu Sheng from sending troops to help Jianwen when the situation was unclear. On the other hand, after learning that his fourth uncle had won, he urged him to quickly

Come to our rescue."

"Hey, it's so warm." She moved her feet that were pressed by Lan Qiao under her buttocks, and said with blurred eyes, "Husband, you have been talking to me for so long, go find Xue'er quickly, she has been waiting very much.

It’s bitter.”

"I'm sleepy and want to sleep first..." Hua Yuxi said softer and quieter, and finally tilted her head and closed her eyes.

Lan Qiao saw that her face was terribly pale and she didn't respond to his calls twice. He thought to himself that she was really exhausted mentally and physically in the past few days, so he just let her sleep, so he laid her down and covered her with a quilt.

At this time, footsteps sounded, Feng Yeling pushed the door open and came in. When he saw Hua Yuxi's appearance, he was suddenly surprised and said: "Sister Jingshu, is this... is the old disease relapsed?"

Lan Qiao was startled by her: "What old disease?"

"When she was a child, she would easily faint suddenly if her mind was too overworked and her energy was exhausted. I saw her once, and her face was so ugly at that time." Feng Yeling came to the bed and slapped Hua Yuxi's face from left to right.

"Sister Jingshu, wake up quickly!"

When Lan Qiao heard what she said, he remembered that Hua Yuxi had also told him about this past incident of hers, and that the smell of sweat on her feet was the result of the medicine Xu Qiuyu gave her at that time.

"This..." When he thought of this possibility, he immediately became uneasy, "How long will she be unconscious?"

"I don't know, it seems like it happened in two, three, six or seven days, but that was when I was a child. It relapsed after such a long time. I always think it's not good news." Feng Yeling said while shaking Hua Yuxi's body, "Jing

Sister Shu, wake up quickly!"

Hua Yuxi never responded.

"I'm...a little scared." Feng Yeling bit her lip and said after struggling for a long time to no avail, "What should I do if she never wakes up?"

"We can't wait any longer." Lan Qiao said decisively, "Let Uncle Feng take a look first. If he feels that Xiao Shu is in danger, he must take her out immediately."

"Let's see if there is a famous doctor in King Yan who can cure it. Either go to the capital, or if it doesn't work, go to Peking. I heard that Master Daoyan also knows some medical skills." Lan Qiao was so anxious that he wished he could grow wings on his back, and finally looked at Hua Yu who was sleeping peacefully.

evening.
Chapter completed!