Xu Qinghuan didn't know if Prince Cheng had taken any concubines recently, but he knew that when Prince Cheng's mansion was sealed off, there were a lot of women in the mansion, which made Prince Ning envious.
After she came to Nuerqian, the prince of Shunyang County sent her a letter saying that Prince Cheng came to the Beishan tribe on behalf of the court to grant rewards. He had some friendship with the Beishan tribe. He would try his best to ask Prince Cheng to write a letter and send it to the Beishan tribe.
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Could this be the friendship that Prince Shunyang was talking about?
Thinking about it this way, the clothes Mrs. Feng is wearing and the exquisite five-blessing and longevity pattern were chosen by Prince Cheng himself, right? Prince Cheng is really good at making women happy.
Xu Qinghuan suddenly thought of Song Chengxuan again. He held her tightly and insisted on her kissing him. His behavior was somewhat similar to that of Prince Cheng.
The men of their Qi family still have such a foundation in their ancestors. If they treat her like this now, will they use it on other women in the future?
Xu Qinghuan felt a little sour from nowhere.
Mrs. Feng was still waiting there, so Xu Qinghuan told the truth: "I don't know much about this, but Prince Cheng's palace suffered a disaster a while ago, and I know that there are many concubines in the palace."
Mrs. Feng snorted coldly: "I knew he couldn't change. It seems I was right back then. Some people just can't believe it."
After Mrs. Feng left the courtyard, Xu Qinghuan sat down again. She didn't know how Prince Shunyang persuaded Prince Cheng to write this letter.
"Eternal Night."
Xu Qinghuan called out, and Yong Ye immediately flashed into the house.
Without waiting for Xu Qinghuan to speak, Yong Ye hurriedly said: "Grandma, our young master is not similar to Prince Cheng. Although in his younger years, when he was killing pirates on the ship, he was spotted by a merchant and wanted to marry him, but the young master firmly refused. Then
The young lady of my family would send gifts to the Quanzhou Guard Station every year, but the young master would not accept them. When he was at the Quanzhou Guard Station, some old generals also took a fancy to the young master, but he all declined.
The only thing the young master accepted was the gift from the eldest lady. Although the clothes were not very suitable and the boots were made a little strange, one foot was a little big and the other was a little small, but it still fit. The young master might be looking at it now.
The boots look like things and miss people."
Xu Qinghuan listened carefully in the first half, but wanted to cover Yong Ye's mouth in the second half.
"I understand," Xu Qinghuan said, "Go ahead!"
Yong Ye breathed a sigh of relief, he must have added glory to his master.
"Alas, the young master is out fighting, and he still misses his mistress in his heart. You can imagine the hardship involved. I really hope that this war will end soon."
Xu Qinghuan thought that her carriage had gone a long way, but she could still see Song Chengxuan's figure looking out, and her heart softened. If she had time, she should make another pair of boots for Song Chengxuan.
Think boots.
Xu Qinghuan suddenly looked at Yong Ye: "Why do you know that one foot of the boots is big and the other is a little small?"
Yongye felt a chill in his heart. He had forgotten that his mistress was thoughtful. He spoke so cheerfully that he forgot about this: "I...I found it when I looked at the shoe prints."
Xu Qinghuan shook his head: "No, I cut the soles just like the drawings. There will never be any problem with the size. Maybe when making the uppers, they were sewn tight on one side and loose on the other. What happened?
"
Yongye swallowed: "It was Master Zhang who put his hand in and tried it while the young master was changing his bath."
Xu Qinghuan opened his eyes wide.
Yongye took the opportunity to sneak out, and Master Zhang made a bet with him that the boots were not neatly embroidered and must not fit properly, so he wanted to find out.
As a result, the young master naturally discovered it. The last time he saw Master Zhang, the soles of Master Zhang’s boots had been worn out...
Although he was not wearing small shoes, his shoes were gone.
Yong Ye smacked his lips. It was indeed not easy to be the most trusted person for the young master. He had to be more careful.
…
Li Xu sat on a chair and listened to Zhang Hu report to him the situation outside.
"Then Yu Jiang is really powerful," Zhang Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "We found a lot of people to send the message out. Now the guards heading to the capital are all leading troops to the checkpoint to block us.
To Yongping Mansion."
Li Xu knew that Yu Jiang was difficult to deal with. At the critical moment, Yu Jiang could risk his life, regardless of gains and losses, as long as he could send the message back.
Nuergan should have waited a little longer, but now it seems that there is not much time left. In less than three days, the imperial troops will tentatively come to Yongping Mansion.
The guard quickly walked in and reported: "Sir, Mr. Lu went north with a few people."
Li Xu frowned when he heard this. He asked people to stare at Mr. Lu, but he didn't expect that Mr. Lu would run away at this time.
Mr. Lu's departure might alarm the soldiers in the camp. Secondly, what he was really afraid of was that Mr. Lu would see the clues and inform the Tatars.
"Come down," Li Xu looked at Zhang Hu, "after daybreak, the army will go to Nuerqian immediately."
Zhang Hu responded: "I will follow the young master to capture Mr. Lu."
"No need," Li Xu narrowed his eyes, "You stay and carefully supervise the food, grass and baggage, so as not to miss the military situation."
After speaking, Li Xu walked out quickly, got on his horse with a few guards, and went directly to the official road to the north.
Mr. Lu left Yongping Mansion and headed north without any delay. As long as Li Xu didn't catch up with him before dawn, he would be safe.
Ever since he was reminded, he had a knot in his heart. He always felt that there were a few pairs of eyes behind him staring at him. Earlier today, he discovered that the captain who told him about Li Xu was missing.
He always felt that the captain was secretly harmed by Li Xu, and he would be the next to die if he didn't leave.
"Sir, hurry up."
The attendant shouted, and Mr. Lu's heart trembled. Then he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him coming from far away.
Li Xu is here.
Mr. Lu couldn't help but panic and urged the horse again, but he was a scribe after all, and his riding skills were very ordinary. He was soon surrounded by Li Xu.
"Where are you going, Mr. Lu?" Li Xu's body seemed to be immersed in darkness, and his voice was calm without any emotion.
"I want to go to Shanhaiwei to recruit people for the young master." Mr. Lu tightened his grip on the reins and tried to calm his mind.
"Shanhaiwei?" Li Xu said, "Sir, why didn't you let someone inform you beforehand on such a long journey?"
"Young master is busy preparing for war, how can I disturb him for a trivial matter."
As soon as Mr. Lu finished speaking, he felt Li Xu driving his horse forward, and he immediately controlled the horse to retreat.
Li Xu said: "Sir seems to be very afraid of me."
"I...no," Mr. Lu didn't know what to say, "Young master, you'd better go back. I will come back as soon as possible."
Li Xu did not move, but said calmly: "Sir, there is no need to go. Come back with me. We will break camp and go to Nuerqian tomorrow."
As soon as Li Xu finished speaking, the guard immediately came forward to meet him. The attendant beside Mr. Lu stretched out his hand to stop him. The guard did not hesitate and chopped off the attendant with a knife.
Seeing someone fall off his horse and die, Mr. Lu became even more panicked and immediately changed his tone: "Li Xu, what are you going to do? I have been with you for many years, taught you how to read and write, and helped you gather people from northern Xinjiang. How could you do this?
Treat me?"
Li Xu raised his head, his eyes without any warmth, looking at Mr. Lu quietly like this, which made Mr. Lu tremble.
"Then you have to ask yourself, sir," Li Xu said, "Sir, you never wanted to help me achieve my great cause from the beginning, right? If you have second thoughts about me, how can you talk about kindness in front of me?"
Mr. Lu's face became even more ugly. Li Xu really knew everything: "This is all what Prince Jian meant."
Li Xu's calm eyes flashed with a smile: "Didn't my father ask me to inherit his great cause?"
Mr. Lu bit his lip, not knowing how to continue. While hesitating, he saw Li Xu raise his hand, and immediately the guards around him raised their knives to slash at his followers.
There were shouts and sounds of fighting, and the horse under Mr. Lu's legs began to tap its hooves uneasily.
"Stop," Mr. Lu said in a panic, "Stop it quickly... you can't do this..."
Li Xu was like a sculpture, standing there motionless.
"Stop it," Mr. Lu said loudly, "You are a concubine, how can you compete with the legitimate son? This is all the prince's will."