After Master Ziyun, Di Luoxi, and Di Lingyi set off from the capital, they marched all the way north with almost no rest.
The day after Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai arrived at Yanmen Pass, the three of them arrived.
After the shadow guard learned about it, he immediately reported it to the Empress and Long Chen.
"Queen mother!"
The empress was about to go out to greet her when Di Luoxi opened the door and came in, followed by Di Lingyi and Master Ziyun.
"I was about to pick him up, but you guys arrived first."
The empress was very happy. Miaoyin stood up and saw Master Ziyun. She stepped forward, held hands and said with a smile: "Sister."
Emperor Lingyi came over and worshiped: "Mother."
The empress pulled Di Lingyi over and said with a smile: "It's been a hard day on the road. I haven't had any rest. My body is covered in mud."
The roads in ancient times were not easy to walk on. They were very muddy on snowy days. Under the trampling of horse hooves, your boots and clothes must have been covered with mud.
Di Luoxi asked: "Mother, what happened in the last war? Why were there so many casualties?"
When the battle report arrived in the capital, the three of them were still in seclusion, so the news was not told to them.
Di Yuwei didn't even mention it when he set off in a hurry. Only when he got here did he see the coffins and injured soldiers.
Speaking of the last battle, the smile on the empress's face gradually disappeared.
"It's a long story. We'll talk about it later. You go and change your clothes first."
Master Ziyun and the other three immediately went down to wash up.
Just as the three of them left, Long Chen came in and asked, "Where are the people? I just heard they arrived."
The empress sat on the Kang, and Miaoyin joked: "They are taking a bath, you should go over and catch up."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Okay, I'll go right away."
Miaoyin thought Long Chen was joking, but she didn't expect Long Chen to actually go to the bathroom.
"Sister Empress, is he serious?"
Miaoyin was a little surprised, and the empress said scornfully: "What do you think is a strange thing? It was like this when I was a eunuch in the palace."
Miaoyin then said with disdain: "Shameless, extremely shameless."
The empress smiled and said: "Isn't it like this when you and Ziyun were at Holy Snow Peak?"
When Miaoyin was told about old things, she immediately smiled and said: "What did sister say? Never."
The empress turned around and knocked Miaoyin down, pulled off Miaoyin's coat, and said with a smile: "Ziyun said it was, but you still don't admit it. What is there to be ashamed of at our age? Let's try it together sometime."
Miaoyin was stunned for a moment and joked: "I can do it. It's not that I haven't done it before. It's just that my sister has a special status. Do I want to attack the future prince-in-law?"
The empress sat on Miaoyin, holding on to her hands, and said helplessly: "Sometimes I really envy you, I am timid in doing things, really..."
Miaoyin had long seen that the empress wanted to take action, but it was too embarrassing for the two princesses to do so.
"Sister, if this is not the case, I will invite him to my room, and then the civet cat will be replaced by the prince, and my sister will take my place..."
Saraswati laughed and came up with a good idea.
The empress laughed and scolded: "I am a raccoon cat and you are the prince. How brave and disrespectful!"
Miaoyin smiled and said: "My sister is disrespectful, what do you want me to do?"
The empress untied Miaoyin's bellyband, laughed and cursed: "Send you to the brat's bed and let him deal with you severely!"
Miaoyin smiled and said, "No, sister, I feel comfortable. I should be jealous of my sister."
While the two were quarreling, the shadow guard came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the princess is here."
The shadow guard knew that the empress and Miaoyin were flirting, so he reminded her to avoid being embarrassed by her own daughter.
The two of them immediately sat up, Miaoyin put on her clothes, and saw Long Chen and four others walking in.
"Has it been washed?"
The empress looked at Long Chen and asked.
Long Chen looked back at Di Luoxi and the others, expressing confusion.
Di Luoxi said: "After washing my mother, I changed my clothes."
The empress wanted to ask if Long Chen didn't go to the bathroom to take advantage just now?
However, as a mother, it was difficult for her to ask questions.
Seeing that the empress was about to speak, Miaoyin smiled and asked Master Ziyun: "Did someone mess with my sister when she changed her clothes just now?"
Master Ziyun was about to answer, but found that something was wrong with the question.
Because Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi didn't know about Long Chen, Ziyun, and Miaoyin.
This question is tantamount to exposing the two people's affairs.
Ziyun immediately looked at Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi, then looked at Long Chen, and suddenly smiled and said: "I ruined the two princesses' good deeds."
This explanation is very clever and immediately clears up the suspicion.
What Master Ziyun meant was that because she was present, Long Chen did not enter the bathroom to hang out with the two of them.
This stopped the matter between Long Chen and the two princesses, and did not involve him.
Miaoyin also realized that there was something wrong with her speech, and immediately laughed and said: "I thought King Wu dared to do evil in front of the elders."
The two sang and harmonized, controlling the topic, and Long Chen couldn't help but admire the two of them for their acting skills.
Di Luoxi felt ashamed and said, "What did Aunt Ziyun say..."
Di Lingyi also felt embarrassed and ashamed, and said: "Auntie, don't talk nonsense, we are not like that."
The empress coughed twice and said, "Sit down and talk."
The three of them sat down on the Kang, with the empress sitting at the head in the north, the two princesses on both sides, Ziyun and Miaoyin sitting together, and Long Chen sitting opposite.
"How are you practicing now?"
The empress asked about cultivation, which was the most important thing.
If their cultivation cannot keep up, the empress will not dare to leave Yanmen Pass rashly.
Di Luoxi said: "We are only one step away from breaking through to the true realm. We can feel it just a little bit, but... we just can't get there."
The two of them have good blood, and they have made rapid progress after practicing, but they always feel that they can't break through the paper window of the true realm.
The empress glanced at Long Chen meaningfully, then turned to look at Master Ziyun and asked, "Where is Ziyun?"
Master Ziyun smiled helplessly and said: "I'm even worse. My qualifications are not as good as those of Luo Xi and Ling Yi. I only have a sense of breakthrough, but in reality they are still far behind."
When one reaches the extreme level of cultivation, the gap in bloodline talent becomes apparent.
Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi were of good blood and the last step was quick, but Master Ziyun just felt unable to catch up.
The empress said: "Miaoyin is about to break through."
Master Ziyun looked at Miaoyin and said with envy: "Sure enough, there are many benefits to following King Wu, and your cultivation will improve quickly."
These words were very meaningful. Empress and Miaoyin both understood. Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi did not understand. They simply thought that it was just Long Chen's instructions on the exercises and didn't think much about anything else.
Miaoyin smiled and said: "Now that my sister is here, I can also get some benefits from following King Wu."
The empress listened to the two people talking dirty words, and she cursed in her heart: Two old and crooked foxes, talking dirty words in front of my daughter, how shameless!
Di Luoxi asked: "Queen Mother, what happened during the last battle at Yanmen Pass?"
Just now the empress asked them to change their clothes and come over to talk about the last battle in detail. Now that their clothes were changed, Di Luoxi asked about the matter.
The empress looked at Long Chen and said, "You tell me."
Long Chen nodded and said: "Let me tell you, last time the ghost fetus awakened Wu Sheng's personal guard general Gao Qinhu and led five thousand ghost warriors to invade..."
Long Chen told the story of the last battle in detail, and Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi's eyes widened.
This was the first time they had heard of such a fierce battle.
Since its establishment, the Long Family Army has never experienced such a fierce battle, nor has it suffered such heavy losses.
Emperor Lingyi asked: "The queen asked us to come because she was worried that the ghost fetus would attack again?"
Until now, they don't know why the empress summoned them.
