After hearing Xiao Wu's words, Li Chengshang was filled with helplessness: "The current situation is that forces from all over the country support themselves, and everyone is waiting and watching. Who is willing to be the leader? It is better to think about how to save ourselves than to think about foreign aid."
Although the emperor has already issued an imperial edict to soldiers and horses in various places, there is a saying that military orders from abroad will not be tolerated.
In troubled times, everyone wants to preserve their own strength. Who would be stupid enough to let his soldiers die when they know that reinforcements to the capital are a loss-making business?
"Then how do you think we can save ourselves?"
Very good, Xiaowu stupidly threw the question back.
Xia Jing felt funny in her heart, and looked at her 'eldest son' with a calm face: "Yes, boss, we can't just wander around in the wild all the time."
Li Chengshang clenched his fingers in his sleeves. In the end, he still had to make the decision. He just hoped that his father, wife and children would not blame him.
"Well, of course, wandering in the wild is not a long-term solution after all. I have an idea here. Let's work together to give advice."
What Prince Li Chengshang meant is that in the wilderness, there are now either refugees or rebels. They may encounter Beidi soldiers in the near future. Instead of exposing everyone's safety to the wild and unable to return to the capital, it is better to go
The nearby cities will stay away for a while, and they will wait until there is definite news from the capital before making any plans.
Xia Jing has no objection to this. She has no sense of belonging in Prince Qian's Mansion. She has never even met the people in the Prince's Mansion, let alone feelings. It doesn't matter where she goes, as long as she can survive.
The other two sons saw that Xia Jing had no objection, and they wanted to go to a nearby city to at least have a place to live without starving, so they would be fools not to go.
After the matter was agreed upon, everyone took the time to rest. Although they fled in a hurry last night, fortunately Xia Jing asked the kitchen to prepare dry food and distribute it in advance.
At this time, those who obeyed the order honestly had brought dry rations, but those diehards felt that Xia Jing was being alarmist, and they did not accept the dry rations when they were distributed. They felt that there was no need to bring dry rations as they could reach the capital within an hour the next day.
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People with this kind of luck mentality can only ask for rations from brothers who have them. When we work together, no one is willing to part with the rations in their hands.
Xia Jing entered the space with her mind and opened the lid of the steamer she brought in last night. The steamer really contained a lot of unfinished sesame cakes.
There were probably more than a hundred of them, which gave her a huge advantage.
Everyone hurriedly filled their stomachs and stood up with difficulty. Those with horses rode, while those without horses could only rely on their two legs to keep measuring.
Xia Jing couldn't bear the fact that she didn't have the skills to control a horse, so she asked herself to go on the road alone with one horse.
"Concubine, can you do it? Otherwise, should I take care of you?"
The fifth boy, Li Chengmu, was really worried about letting Xia Jing ride a horse alone. If the horse was frightened by some unexpected situation, he was afraid that she would fall off the horse.
Xia Jing took the reins and patted the shoulder taller than herself with her other hand: "Xiao Wu, I know you are worried about me, but it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. It is not easy for any of us to survive in troubled times, let alone
I am a woman."
Li Chengmu pursed his lips and remained silent. It was obvious that he still disapproved of his mother riding a horse alone and wanted to protect her.
But Xia Jing has a strong temper, how can she compromise?
Everyone was ready to set off, and time was running out. After asking some questions about what they should pay attention to when riding a horse, Xia Jing followed the guards' mounting postures and successfully sat on the horse.
Others who noticed her getting on the horse raised their eyebrows in surprise. It was hard to see how the delicate princess had the courage to climb onto the horse alone.
"I just don't know if it will hold me back on the road later?" Fourth Master Li Chengyi turned around and asked in a low voice.
Uncle Li Chengshang looked away and snorted coldly: "Let's go and watch."
He, a grown man, can't bear it. How can she, a housewife, ride to the next city alone?
If she does it, he will call her ancestor!
Xia Jing noticed the looks on her stepsons' faces, but she was too lazy to pay attention to them. Facts speak louder than words. When she persisted to the next city, their jaws would be shocked!
Traveling in dry weather is a torment for both humans and horses. The royal family's funeral procession only had less than fifty real guards, and the rest were made up of servants from the palace.
Not everyone is qualified to ride a horse. Only those with important positions in the government, that is, stewards with high status, are equipped with horses.
Therefore, there are less than seventy horses in this team, and the rest are on foot.
Not worrying about the rebels chasing behind them, the team slowed down its advance.
The servants who were on foot still had to jog to catch up with the team and not fall behind.
The team meandered along the mountain road for several hours. The weather in late spring was not too hot, but it was unbearable and it had not rained in this area of Gyeonggi for more than a year.
People who brought water bags could withstand the high temperature, but the horses that carried people couldn't stand it. They were like fish out of water, and their eyes were almost dead.
The housekeeper felt sorry for the horse under his buttocks. He turned around and shouted to the masters who were guarding the team: "Princess, gentlemen, please take a rest. These horses have been running all night and all morning, and they can hardly move anymore."
Uncle Li Chengshang wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced at Xia Jing. He saw that her lips were pursed and her face was red, obviously from the sun.
"Find a place with shade to rest in front. I've been walking all morning and haven't encountered any water. Please save the water in your water bags and don't open them to drink."
Zeng Yan responded and shouted to the team at the top of his lungs to convey Li Chengshang's message.
Arriving under the shade of the resting tree, Xia Jing gritted her teeth and slid off the horse. Her inner thighs were burning with pain, and she limped trying to find a place to sit down and rest.
Xia Jing didn't know much about Xiaowu Li Chengmu in other aspects, but he really had nothing to say about filial piety. He jumped off the horse first, trotted to Xia Jing's side and helped her sit under a big tree.
"Concubine, drink some water."
Xia Jing pushed away his water bag: "I have water myself."
As he spoke, he took off the water bag hanging from his waist and impatiently drank a few sips to relieve his thirsty throat.
Hongmei and Baimei got off the horse with difficulty and limped over like Xia Jing. They wanted to fan her, but Xia Jing waved them away.
"I can take care of myself, and you should take some time to rest."
The thing she couldn't adapt to the most after traveling through time was that she had to be waited on for everything she did.
The two maids took a step back and exchanged a calm look. The strange feeling came back. The previous princess would not be so polite to them.
But their wealth and life are tied to their master, and these changes in his master are something they only think of as if they have died once. It makes sense for them to have some changes in their personalities.
Xia Jing had no interest in connecting mother and son, nor maintaining the relationship between master and servant. After drinking water, she leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes to rest.
In fact, her mental power had already spread. Seeing that everyone in the team was seizing the time to rest, she continued to spread out.
The current mental strength is not comparable to that of the apocalypse, it is only a little stronger than when she first awakened her powers.
You can tell by looking at her space returning to its original space that her mental power has also returned to before liberation.
Nowadays, the spread of spiritual power to a radius of ten meters is the limit.
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