The queen is charming, but powerful ministers lure her to seize power and usurp the throne

Chapter 224: Storing Troops and Food (Part )
"The city of Cang has been decided. The Prime Minister asked me to tell you: 'You are worried and your mind will be troubled. Please relax and put your body first.'"

The good news came faster than Zhe Sang expected.

"Where's the Prime Minister?"

"The Prime Minister is afraid that you will be worried, so he will send the little horse back to announce the good news when everything is done. Cangcheng needs to be redeployed. The Prime Minister said that the food will be ready in three days and he will come to pick you up personally."

Zhe Sang asked about what happened in detail, and when he learned that the magistrate Qian's envoys had tricked Gu Heng into killing him, he still broke out in a cold sweat and felt scared.

"Is the Prime Minister injured?"

"The Prime Minister's armor is stained red with blood, and I'm not sure what he's doing. But he's agile and energetic, so there should be no serious problems."

Zhe Sang felt relieved and Ling Chongqing rewarded him with silver and let him go down to rest.

In the next three days, Chongqing and others packed their bags, while Zhesang began to plan the next move.

Liu Zhihe has already followed.

Fucheng and Nanchuan are adjacent to each other, and these two cities have been captured.

Since we have decided to use Cangcheng as our base, it is best to connect the three cities.

Zhe Sang's eyes fell on the two small cities sandwiched between Cangcheng and Nanchuan - Mincheng and Suicheng.

*
On the third day, Zhe Sang woke up before dawn.

I went to the tower early to wait.

Also going with her was Mrs. Liu, Chen Ruolan.

After what happened last time, Chen Ruolan became respectful to Zhe Sang and no longer made trouble.

Instead, Zhe Sang became more interested in her and asked her if she could come in. No matter what the reason was, Liu Zhihe was doing things for himself, so his wife had no reason to care about anything.

There was no need to care about it - she and Chen Ruolan had no grudges at all, it was just a trivial matter, and it was over.

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Ruolan suddenly asked, "Has Madam Su been to the capital?"

"I've been there."

"In the capital, do people like me have a very low profile?" Chen Ruolan asked, "Madam Su, please tell the truth... don't coax me."

Zhe Sang was surprised, "Why do you ask that?"

"Although my husband has never told me, I know that he is not willing to stay here. He wants to return to the capital."

"A few days before the trip, he was very happy. It was as if he had come back to life. I don't know what he and the Prime Minister are going to do this time."

Chen Ruolan met Zhe Sang's gaze and asked, "He is going back to the capital, right?"

Zhe Sang concluded, "You are afraid."

A pair of willow-leaf eyebrows were slightly frowned, and there was confusion and uneasiness about the uncertain future in his eyes.

She felt a little uncomfortable when she was told the truth and said reluctantly, "There are so many beauties in the capital, and there are so many famous families. I, I am just the daughter of a small official in a small place like Xucheng... you don't understand..."

"When Mr. Liu married you, didn't he know your origin? Since he knew your origin, he still wanted to marry you, which shows that he had abandoned the idea of ​​​​family status a long time ago." Zhe Sang said.

Chen Ruolan opened her mouth, but finally said nothing.

She used to use "Liu Zhihe's fight against his family to marry her" as proof of their unwavering love. Which noble lady in Fu City would not be convinced by her and cast an envious gaze on her.

But this good story was embellished by her.

Going back to the beginning of the story, she did make Liu Zhihe, the noble son of the capital, fall in love with her, but Liu Zhihe never agreed to marry her - he wanted her to be his concubine.

She refused.

Liu Zhihe returned to the capital.

A few months later, he suddenly appeared in Xucheng and married her in a glamorous manner. The two lived in Fucheng and never returned to the capital.

She weaves sweet dreams for her life, knowing that one day she will wake up from her dreams, but what exactly is waiting for her? She was a little scared.

"Madam is no worse than others, there is no need to belittle yourself. Besides, Mr. Liu has never taken a concubine in these years of marriage to you, right? He has you in his heart, no matter where he goes, it's the same."

Chen Ruolan suddenly understood why she confided her worries to the woman in front of her.

If anyone else was listening, most of them would be laughing at the joke, or else they would have that kind of sympathetic and pitiful look, as if to say - this is the end of climbing up to a high school.

She is in a league of her own, neither humble nor arrogant towards anyone, neither flattering nor humiliating, and she never seems to care about the outside world's gaze.

Even at first, when she brought up the issue of her status, she was just indifferent. At first she thought it was her disguise, but now she realized that she really didn't care.

*
After noon, the avenue at the city gate was still empty, with only the dazzling sunlight falling on it. It seemed that it was open and quiet to begin with and would not change in the future.

Chen Ruolan came in from outside for the tenth time, feeling worried.

Zhe Sang remembered that when Fu Rong went into battle for the first time, he was like this. Countless scenes were going on in his mind every moment. He felt uneasy and unbearable, as if there were countless ants gnawing at him.

"You are so calm." Chen Ruolan said enviously.

It was obvious that the two of them were together, but he seemed to have endured it for a year, but the woman opposite was just a snap of his fingers.

I saw her playing with the tea set, her movements were skillful and smooth, and she didn't seem to be worried at all.

"Try it?" Zhe Sang pushed the new tea towards her. Chen Ruolan took it and took a sip, but couldn't taste it.

Zhe Sang poured a glass each for Chong Qing and Shui Ba.

The two looked at each other with troubled expressions.

Shui Po whispered, "Eighteen cups."

Chongqing was obedient, drank as soon as he picked it up, and went to the toilet after drinking.

Chen Ruolan obviously heard Shui Bo's words, and saw Chongqing rushing out, and burst into laughter.

It's so sad.

Finally, I put away the tea set and started reading.

The longer you wait, the more you need to find something to do.

Affected by her, Chen Ruolan did not run out, but asked the maid to get an embroidery cloth, and embroidered a few stitches with all her strength.

Until dusk, Zhe Sang suddenly raised his head and said, "Back!"

Chen Ruolan threw down her things and ran out, only to see the dusk scene of mulberry trees, with only the setting sun shining on the avenue, and no one in sight.

Just as he was about to ask questions, he saw that Zhe Sang had already led people down the city gate.

"Ms. Su?"

"I'll go meet him—"

There were only echoes and no one in sight.

If it weren't for his physical inconvenience, Zhe Sang would have really wanted to ride out of the city.

She heard the sound of horse hooves. Although she didn't reach her eyes, she already heard it.

Chen Ruolan chased down, panting. She was not as agile as a pregnant woman.

First there was the clatter of horse hooves.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people appeared under the setting sun, coming against the light. Because they were riding on horses, their shadows cast diagonally on the ground looked even taller.

Gu Heng saw Zhe Sang at a glance and rushed over without caring about anything.

He jumped off the horse, "Why are you waiting here?"

Although the tone was disapproval, his eyes were full of smiles, and he only stared at Zhe Sang, forgetting that there were other people.

He was running all the way, his eyebrows slightly tired.

Zhe Sang looked up and down, "Nothing hurt, right? It's just that I didn't think well. I didn't expect Magistrate Qian to do something like this..."

Gu Heng stopped the person in his arms.

"It's just a flesh wound."

Zhe Sang was relieved and heard him mumble again in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I just miss you so much."

While he was talking, Liu Zhihe and others caught up. When he saw Chen Ruolan, he smiled slightly, but did not dismount. He only said, "Go back home and wait for me."

Chen Ruolan felt relieved when she saw that he was no different from when he traveled. Although she was a little disappointed, she nodded meekly and went back home.

Zhe Sang and Gu Heng walked in the sunset.

There is the smell of vegetation in the breeze, tired birds return to the forest, and cicadas chirp from the treetops next to the clouds.

"Why are you back so late?"

"waited for so long?"

"Soon, only five days."

"From the moment you left the house, I wanted to see what you would look like when you came back."

"Then what did you see just now?"

"Here, like it."

Gu Heng followed the direction of Zhe Sang's finger - a bird carrying an insect in its mouth hurriedly flew through the dusk and disappeared into the woods.

Zhe Sang heard Gu Heng laugh, and then heard him say, "On the way back, I stopped by Min and Sui."

Zhe Sang stopped.

Gu Heng carefully tucked her broken hair behind her ears and looked at her tenderly, "Now, they are yours too."

"How to reward me?"

Seeing that she didn't come back to her senses, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "Huh?"

Come on, come on.

Good night, babies~