Jiaochu

"Princess, have you ever heard of reviving a dead body?"

Murong Ze's eyes were narrow, and there was a trace of amusement in the corner of his mouth.

Hearing those four words, He He and Ling Dang were startled, feeling a gust of wind blowing behind them.

After Ye Lingxi stood there for a second, he turned around and waved his hands: "It is unlucky to say these things on New Year's Day. My father will be angry if he hears this."

Murong Ze raised his eyebrows slightly, as if to say, "I thought you were not afraid of anything."

"Don't you want to know anything else, princess?" he said with interest.

Ye Lingxi thought about it and said, "Concubine is still waiting for me to come back. Let's talk about it another day." After saying that, she left with He He and the bell.

I don’t want to know, I’ll choke you to death.

Coming out of the house, Ye Lingxi saw Hongxing guarding the door, but did not see Jingzhe. She was probably enjoying the snow on the roof.

"Princess is going back?" Hongxing saluted.

Lingdang said indifferently: "Do I need to tell you where the princess is going?"

Hongxing bowed and went into the house and closed the door.

Ling Dang was so angry that he knocked on the door to argue, but was pulled away by He He.

"Princess, why don't you give her a hint, otherwise she will think we are easy to bully." Lingdang complained.

Ye Lingxi nodded and said: "In a moment, I will have her arrested and sent to the Yeting Division to be tortured. We will see if she dares to bully us in the future."

Hehe and Lingdang looked at each other, thinking that there was no need to torture them...

When they were about to reach Weiyang Palace, Lingdang asked hesitantly: "Princess, do you really want someone to arrest her and imprison her in Yetingsi?"

"Who should be locked up?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Bell: "..., princess, have you forgotten?"

Hehe pursed his lips and smiled, saying: "Princess just fooled us." Lingdang felt that she had been deceived, and her weak heart was hurt. Ye Lingxi took out a golden candied date from her small purse, and her weak heart Renewed with infinite vitality.

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As the Lantern Festival approaches, people in both the government and the public are in panic.

Because the Yue clan officially declared war on Da Hui.

The new king Wu Yue personally led a hundred thousand cavalry to attack the northern border, and the Zhenbei King led [-] elite cavalry to meet them head-on. After a bloody fight, the two sides were now in a confrontation. The Zhenbei King sent eight hundred miles of dead soldiers to rush to the north. Send a secret letter requesting the imperial court to send reinforcements.

In the past two days, Ye Lanchen successively summoned Prime Minister Zhou and Su Shangshu, Minister of War Zheng Mian, General Yan, Yancheng and Yanjiang father and son. Finally, it was decided that General Yan would lead an army of [-] people to the north, with Yancheng as the vanguard. , the army set off on the eve of the Lantern Festival.

The next day, the Lantern Festival.

The streets were decorated with lanterns and colorful, and it was very lively. There were naughty children chasing and playing with lanterns. They were carefree and had no idea that there was a war in the north.

Ye Lingxi checked all the seats and confirmed that no one was present at the General's Mansion. She had heard before that the new king of the Yue clan led the cavalry to the north and formally declared war with Da Hui. She had a hunch that Yan Fei would follow him this time. When she went to the battlefield, she knew that he would definitely return safely. She had not had dreams about dead people recently, nor had she had any similar strange dreams... like seeing someone put something in their purse.This time King Pingnan did not catch up with the Lantern Festival dinner, and the vassal kings and military envoys from various places had not yet arrived in Beijing.

A guard hurriedly entered the palace. Ye Lingxi glanced behind the guard, but did not see the tall and mighty figure of King Pingnan, nor Meng Jingxiu's bright maroon dress, nor the sparkling Wearing a gold cape, she saw the guard walking towards Commander Wu to report a few words and hand over a secret letter. Commander Wu then presented the secret letter to Ye Lanchen and reported something in a low voice.

Ye Lanchen's face darkened slightly, and his brows tightened a bit. After reading the secret letter, his expression became darker again.

Upon seeing this, some ministers who were very perceptive were drinking and drinking each other one second, and the next they were so silent that they didn't even dare to stretch out their chopsticks to pick up food.

Could it be that the war was lost? Ye Ling thought to herself. Thinking of this, she couldn't eat anymore. She had witnessed with her own eyes how tragic the consequences would be if the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. Even if there was only a slight possibility of defeat, she always felt in her heart. She felt uneasy, and was afraid that when she opened her eyes the next day, she would become that homeless ghost again, watching people leave one after another but unable to do anything...

"Lingxi?" came Concubine Lan's gentle voice, and she recovered from the cold and desperate scene. After blinking her big, astringent eyes, she smiled to show that she was fine.Concubine Lan gently stroked her little head, her gentle and soft eyes filled with pity and distress.

"Concubine, look, there are fireworks outside~"

Fireworks bloomed in the night sky with brilliant brilliance, lighting up most of the night sky.

When everyone went out to watch the fireworks, Eunuch De walked to Prime Minister Zhou and Su Shangshu, whispered a word, and then led them away quietly.

Ye Lanchen took Ye Lingjue and left first.

Ye Lingxi noticed that they were all heading towards the royal study, and thought that they were going to discuss countermeasures. She didn't know what the difficult matter was in the letter. Was it an ambush or a spy inside and outside?

She was silently listing various possibilities when she saw a gentle figure watching fireworks alone. When she was about to walk over, she saw another graceful and slender figure slowly walking over.She thought about it and decided not to go through with it.

A firework bloomed in the night sky, and colorful rays of light fell on that gentle face, like a fleeting glimpse of light, which would not change a bit.

The graceful and slender figure walked slowly behind her, her lips slightly parted, as if she was breathing out a soft breath. No sound came out of her throat, but her face was already red. When she saw someone coming, she quickly lowered her head and walked away. .

"Which girl is that from?" Hu Yuhan looked at the back of the figure who was leaving in a hurry, and spoke to Su Shi with a smile, "Did I come to see you? Why didn't you even look at her?"

Su Shi awkwardly but politely raised his hand in greeting.

"I think that girl is pretty. How about I go and ask you which family she belongs to?" Hu Yuhan said.

Su Shi felt a little more embarrassed.

At this time, Ye Xingye came over to interrupt and enthusiastically invited the two of them to release the sky lanterns together.When the three of them passed by, Ye Qingran, Ye Lingxi and Zhao Ce were already here.

Hu Yuhan said that she should write her wish on a lantern and take it to the gods in the sky. Maybe when she opens her eyes the next day, her wish will come true.Zhao Ce thought it was fun, so he wrote his wish on the lantern, covered it with his hand and put it in the sky. However, it fell down before it flew very far.

"What did the prince write?"

"nothing."

"Then why did it fall? There must be some hidden words written on it. No wonder even the gods can't stand it."

"Who wrote something ulterior? There's something wrong with the lantern."

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