March 5th.

On this day, Xue Zhaoyi of Wu State brought only five followers and quietly left the Wu State Palace.

The carriage drove out of Dongxu City and stopped beside the official road two miles outside Dongxu City.

Xue Shuishu got off the carriage.

She looked at the towering city walls in the distance, with a hint of nostalgia and a hint of sadness in her eyes.

After all, this is where she has lived for thirty-nine years!

When I came here, I was still an innocent and lively girl. When I left, I had a few strands of silver threads between my black hair.

When he came, the emperor was able to pee three feet in the wind, but when he left... the emperor secretly peed last night, but only three feet!

Time makes everyone grow old without trace.

She withdrew her gaze and landed on a peach tree next to the official road.

The peach blossoms are blooming again.

Peach blossoms bloom every year. People only see the beauty of the flowers, but no one notices that the bark of the peach tree has traces of withering.

It will die sooner or later.

The same goes for people.

I originally thought that I would die in the Yixing Palace at some point in the future, but now I have to change my mind.

Because of the words of the owner of the garden.

It’s also because of Duke Xia’s words!

I am not willing to die, but I cannot let my son die!

You can't let your son die all over the family!

Some things must be done, but some people can only give up!

"Goodbye, Master!"

She looked at the city wall deeply again, turned around and came to the carriage.

The person driving was an old man wearing a black suit and a hat.

"Grandma, it's time to set off."

“…Let’s go!”

She got on the carriage.

The old man waved the whip in his hand and a group of three carriages rolled away.

Not long after the carriage left, two more carriages came to the place.

An old man got out of one of the carriages.

He was holding a bird cage in his hand, and there was a very beautiful thrush in the bird cage.

He is Xia Mochou, Duke of Xia!

He looked at the disappeared carriage in the distance and suddenly grinned: "Chu Tianji drives! He is really Xue Zhaoyi's man!"

A woman's voice came from another carriage: "Do you believe what I say now?"

"Chu Tianji's surname is Chu!"

"He is originally from Nan Chu!"

"It's still a member of the Southern Chu royal family!"

"Xue Manzi dared to marry his daughter to Emperor Wu. First, of course, he wanted peace for Nan Chu, and second,... Emperor Nan Chu certainly hoped that the future monarch of Wu would be Xue Sisi's son!"

"Only in this way, the two countries can get along well and Nanchu can truly rest assured!"

"Then Prince Ping Wu Hui, if he becomes the emperor of Wu, this will be a great good thing for the male Chu, and it will be for you, Duke Xia's mansion..."

"You are old. Even if you send Xia Li to Xiayuanzhou and become the general of Zhenbei, do you think that after you and Emperor Wu die, the Crown Prince Wu Qian ascends the throne as emperor, will you let Duke Xia's mansion go?"

"Don't forget that Xia Hua likes Li Chen'an! And Wu Qian regards Li Chen'an as his lifelong enemy!"

Duke Xia pondered for three breaths and asked: "You have been low-key for more than twenty years. In my memory, you have always been a person who does not care about the world and only asks money."

"I don't understand why you suddenly felt at ease with Li Chen! You are not worried that Emperor Wu will find out, and burn your Guiyuan and Lita together with a fire?"

The woman in the carriage is Lu Ruyi, the owner of the return garden!

Duke Xia did not see a hint of joy on her face:

"I didn't need to tell you about the future monarch of Wu."

"But I still have to tell you after thinking about it."

"Li Chenan, it's my son!"

"Xiahua...is one of my future daughter-in-law!"

Duke Xia suddenly widened his eyes. He looked at the curtains hanging from the carriage. After a moment, he suddenly laughed:

"I see!"

"Then you won't be able to shout at me in the future!"

"Xia Hua is my granddaughter! When you see me in the future, you have to say..."

"Stop!"

Lu Ruyi lifted the curtain of the car and said, "Get in the car, aren't you getting married yet? Do the serious business first!"

"……good!"

The two carriages did not go back to the garden, but went to the shore of Acacia Lake.

There is a Xiangsi residence by the lake.

There is a Li Xiangsi in Acacia Curie.

In addition to Li Xiangsi, there are four more people here today.

Four old men!

They are:

Dongfang Hong, the head of Songshan Sword Academy.

The master of Mushan Daoshan is Lu Chuqi.

Wu Wen, the head of the Tianyin Pavilion.

Another one is the front yard of Bailu Academy, the Qiuchen!

Today I won’t eat snow vegetables to simmer deer antlers.

I ate a pot of dog meat stewed by Lu Chuqi!

...

...

On the evening of the fifth day of the March 2018, Wu Qian, the prince of Wu, went to Xingyun Pavilion.

Emperor Wu was sitting in front of a stone table under a peach tree, holding a cup of tea and looking at the peach blossoms in the tree.

The eunuch in charge of the main institution, Zhang Jingzhong, stood respectfully beside Emperor Wu, and was talking to Emperor Wu:

"...There are 10,000 people in the Divine Guard Army, led by Yuan Su himself. They have got rid of the Divine Eagle Army and are probably now entering the Jianshan Mountains."

"in addition……"

Zhang Jingzhong turned his head and saw Wu Qian walking in. He closed his mouth and said nothing.

Emperor Wu frowned slightly between his eyebrows, took a sip of tea, and looked up at Wu Qian, with a smile on his face.

"Father... I am here to pay my respects to my father!"

Wu Qian knelt down as he lifted his clothes.

Emperor Wu put down the teacup and said lightly: "Get up."

"Thank you, Father!"

Wu Qian stood up and bowed to stand on the other side. He was about to say something, but Emperor Wu looked at Zhang Jingzhong again, "Stop talking!"

"The old slave obeys the order."

"The forces entering our Wu Kingdom from Ningguo are a bit complicated."

"In addition to the Divine Guards who came blatantly from Xiayuanzhou... there is also the Five Hundred Xuanjia Camp that became famous in the Battle of Wufanyuan in Ningguo!"

"This Xuanjia Camp, judging from the news from the first room of the Jishu Room, it was indeed secretly established by Jinghong, the Changsun, the Situ Sergeant of the Imperial City of Ningguo."

"When Li Chen'an became the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department, Changsun Jinghong handed over the Xuanjia Camp to Li Chen'an... Therefore, this Xuanjia Camp is Li Chen'an's true confidant!"

"The other is the three thousand Fengyu Guards that the Imperial City Department has always had."
To be continued...