Zheshu

Chapter 81 Cooperation
When Shen Qing woke up, she was in an unfamiliar room. The maids serving on the left and right were all strangers. The room was not big, and the maids stood stiffly, without any emotion on their faces. Stepping forward: "Your Majesty, you're awake." While the maid who was talking back and forth was speaking, she immediately ordered the other maid to call the doctor, without giving her a chance to speak.

Shen Qing reluctantly sat up, but found that her body was extremely soft, recalling what happened before Xuanyuan Li knocked herself out that day, she frowned slightly and asked, "Where is the emperor?"

"Today the Great Wei made a surprise attack, and the emperor is commanding the army. Maybe he won't come back until dark." After the maid finished speaking, she handed over tea.

Shen Qing looked at the teacup, then looked at the stick of incense that had been burning in the room, took a sip, felt the warm tea flow down her dry throat, and then said: "The emperor rests at night. where?"

The servant girl seemed to understand what she was thinking, but smiled a little instead: "The emperor just comes back for dinner every day, and usually stays in the barracks. This is Jincheng, not far from Nanzhao, but this is a fortress. If this city Being captured, with Wei's current aura, Nanzhao might be in danger, so the emperor has been in a state of undress for several days."

Only then did Shen Qing's heart sink: "Did anyone be caught in the raid on the posthouse a few days ago?"

"The posthouse?" The girl obviously didn't know what happened that day, Shen Qing knew that she couldn't ask anything, so she didn't ask again: "What's your name?"

"Slave Bai Shao, ordered by the emperor, to serve the empress together with Lu Luo." Bai Shao saluted immediately.

Shen Qing looked at her, her appearance was exquisite, but her demeanor did not look like a little maid.

Just as she was thinking, another maid named Luluo came in, followed by an old doctor hurriedly carrying a medicine box.

The old doctor asked first, then took his pulse, and only said that he was recuperating, and left. Shen Qing looked at the closed window, then at the burning incense, and said, "Open the window, I want to get some air. .”

Luluo looked at Bai Shao inquisitively, saw Bai Shao nodding, then went to open the window, and Shen Qing saw where she was.

She probably lived in a tall building facing the street, and there was white snow flying outside the building. When the window was just opened, a strong wind poured in, mixed with white snow, and the white snow flew towards her, but Bai Shao neatly took the cloak on the side and rolled it up, Knock all the white snow to the ground and watch it quickly turn into a puddle of water.

Shen Qing was surprised by Bai Shao's kung fu, and then smiled lightly: "Good kung fu."

Bai Shao gritted her teeth slightly, stood with her head down and did not speak.

Luluo was more lively, hurriedly came over and asked: "Your Majesty, it's cold outside, servant girl should close the window."

"No need." Shen Qing got up personally, took out the cloak and put it on, then walked to the window and looked at the scenery in the city.

Seeing her like this, Bai Shao and Lu Luo were both a little anxious, one was worried about her health, and the other was that spies had infiltrated the city, they were worried that Shen Qing would be discovered.

"My lady..."

"You have already given off the fragrance that makes people soft-handed and soft-footed, and I'm completely lost inside, and I can't run away." Shen Qing said lightly, but she didn't have the slightest intention to leave.

Bai Shao and Bai Shao looked at each other, they didn't say any more, they just stood behind her.

In the city, pedestrians were only occasionally seen passing through the alleys quickly. Except for Nanzhao officers and soldiers, there were almost no people on the avenue, but there were still vigilant people who spotted Shen Qing by the bedside on the third floor and quietly went back to report.

When Xuanyuanli came back at night, Shen Qing had already changed clothes and sat on the warm couch, as if waiting for him to say something.

Xuanyuanli saw her wearing the red dress specially prepared by him, a little smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Are you awake?"

Shen Qing didn't respond to him, but asked indifferently: "Where are those people?"

Xuanyuanli's palms tightened slightly, and his eyes turned cold: "You still want to leave?"

"I'm not your canary, so naturally I don't want to stay in your cage, even if it's resplendent and magnificent." Shen Qing said lightly.

Xuanyuan Li's complexion changed, but he didn't say anything. He ordered someone to close the door, sat down on the opposite side of the couch, and asked someone to add bowls and chopsticks: "The people who came to chase are all dead, but don't worry, Neither Ji Wuhuan nor An An are inside."

Shen Qing looked at him, long time no see, this person seemed to be not as good as Zhilan Yushu before, he was much rougher, his chin was covered with black and black stubble, and his facial features were much tougher.

Seeing that her gaze was on his face, Xuanyuanli's heart moved, and the coldness from his body was relieved a lot: "I've been busy recently, so I haven't had time to take care of it, is it ugly?"

"No." Shen Qing lightly lowered her eyes, looked at her hands that couldn't be warmed up, and slowly clenched the hand warmer in her arms.

"If Nanzhao is defeated, what do you want?" Shen Qing asked again.

Xuanyuanli paused Shengtang's hand slightly, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Do you think that even if I let you go back to Dawei, will the emperor of Dawei let you go? Even if you can go to Dayan, will Dayan accommodate you?" ? Yu Dawei, you are a good chess piece to blackmail me and Ji Wuhuan, but to Dayan, you are just a useless chess piece."

"What about waste chess?" Shen Qing smiled: "In your hands, am I still alive?"

"That's because I love you!" Xuanyuanli blurted out, and immediately saw Shen Qing's still indifferent eyes, as if he had received the greatest mockery, ridiculing his wishful thinking and recklessness.

Xuanyuanli put the soup in front of her: "Drink some soup first, it's cold outside."

Shen Qing picked up the bowl of soup as she said, and took a sip. She didn't want to become a soft-legged shrimp. Even if she lost her internal strength, she still wanted to be able to run.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Xuanyuanli was angry, but seeing her eat obediently, his mood improved a lot, and he brought her a lot of food, and at least she didn't refuse anything after the meal, which made him feel good Quite a lot.

After the meal, Xuanyuanli was about to leave again, but before he left, he sent everyone away, then looked at her who was slowly drinking scented tea, and said with a slight smile: "If I have time later, I will come back and talk to you .I know you are very bored here, when this battle is over, I will take you out to relax."

Shen Qing's eyes brightened slightly, but she didn't make it too obvious: "Okay."

Seeing that she was obedient, Xuanyuanli felt better, specially rewarded the two sisters Bai Shao, and then left.

Luluo was very happy, and when she brought her dessert, she still said: "The emperor is in a good mood today, and maybe he will win the battle tomorrow."

Shen Qing remained silent, since Wu Huan had already started to act, how could Xuanyuanli win the battle?
"I want to see the snow." Shen Qing said.

Bai Shao and Bai Shao looked at each other, and said: "My maidservant, go down and buy some for you." After finishing speaking, they left Lu Luo to watch over them, and then left.

Shen Qing knew that the two of them would not take half a step away from her, and she would not allow herself to leave the house, so the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "The emperor just said that he would take me out to play. Is there a place near the river here? I like it." water."

"River?" Lu Luo was not as defensive as Bai Shao, she immediately said: "There is a river in the city, it is said to be a tributary of the Yangtze River, and it directly connects to the outside of the city." After finishing speaking, she paused and quickly covered her mouth.

Shen Qing smiled, but didn't ask any more questions, just in time Bai Shao came up with Bai Xue in her arms.

Shen Qing looked at Bai Xue with deep eyes.

At this time, Ji Wuhuan had already taken her seat in Prince Xiaoyao's mansion. King Xiaoyao was only twenty years old, but he was already very calm and careful in his actions.

In the study, looking at Ji Wuhuan, he politely let him sit in the first seat, and then said: "I heard the name of King Huainan a long time ago, and I thought that this time the Great Wei and Nanzhao will fight, the prince will also take action."

Listening to his temptation, Ji Wuhuan's eyes were indifferent: "This time, compared to King Xiaoyao, he knows about my wife's captivity."

"There is such a thing?" Zhao Xunyan pretended to be surprised, but how could he not know, Dayan, if he wants to be a fisherman, he must watch and fight.

Ji Wuhuan raised her phoenix eyes lightly: "It seems that King Xiaoyao is not suitable." He stood up and wanted to leave, Zhao Xunyan also stood up, looked at the stern man in front of him, and said: "My lord, come here, do you think you can leave easily? "

"You think you can't?" After Ji Wuhuan said, news came from outside that the eldest prince had come over suddenly.The eldest prince is the empress's son, he has always been a child, and he only regards Zhao Xunyan as his vassal, if he finds out that Zhao Xunyan is meeting Ji Wuhuan in private, he will be suspicious.

Seeing this, Zhao Xunyan no longer pretended to be confused: "Your Majesty is a good trick."

"It's a good method of King Xiaoyao. You checked this king, how could this king not check you? Even, he knows you better than your eldest prince of Dayan." Ji Wuhuan said indifferently.

Zhao Xunyan raised his thin lips, looked at the man in front of him lightly, and said in his heart that it would be a lie if he didn't admire him, but if such a powerful man is not eliminated, he will be his enemy in the future...

"You don't have to think too much. After this battle, Great Wei will not be able to recover within ten years." Ji Wuhuan guessed what he was thinking. Although he was calm and meticulous, he was only 20 years old, but his forbearance and intelligence Well, in a few years, it won't be difficult to achieve big things. What's more, according to what he found out, this man is used to conspiracy and is vicious enough.

Zhao Xunyan looked at the young man who seemed to be answering, and said: "Talk to the eldest prince, and he said that the eighth prince just married the side concubine. He should go over and congratulate him. The eighth prince's side concubine is Su Guifei's natal family. It looks like a fairy, the eldest prince will definitely want to see it."

The eldest prince is not much different in age from Zhao Xunyan, he is the eldest son of the emperor, and Zhao Xunyan is the emperor's youngest younger brother, and usually likes to be with Zhao Xunyan the most, because in his opinion, this uncle is not only not interested in power, And help him wholeheartedly.

At this moment, the little servant went to pass on the message, and the eldest prince Zhao You soon went to the Eighth Prince's Mansion with great interest.

In the room, Zhao Xunyan looked at Ji Wuhuan again: "I just don't know what benefits I can get from helping Huainan King this time?"

Ji Wuhuan smiled: "If you take Nanzhao, Wei will not take a single bit, and give it all to Dayan."

"You can call the shots?"

"I can help you take Nanzhao, as long as you can get Emperor Dayan to send troops." Ji Wuhuan knew that Zhao Xunyan had this ability: "King Xiaoyao has been plotting for so many years, if he doesn't even have the ability to persuade the emperor, he must won't come out to see me."

Zhao Xunyan's eyes became dark, but he knew that Ji Wuhuan had fought on the battlefield all year round and had killed countless people. He would not show his killing intent in front of him: "Let me consider this matter."

"Okay." Ji Wuhuan was not in a hurry, otherwise he would be at a disadvantage and would be threatened by him.

After he finished speaking, he left conveniently. Zhao Xunyan looked at his back, remembering that he seemed to have a murderous aura just now, and slowly clenched his hands behind his back: "Come here, go and invite Prime Minister Chu!"

Ji Wuhuan went out and got into the carriage. The carriage stopped after a while, and there was a noise from the front.

"what happened?"

Yuan Ye went to inquire about it, and came back soon: "It's okay, the daughter of Prime Minister Dayan was going to move to the nunnery, and there was an accident in the car halfway, the lady in the carriage was knocked out, and her veil was ripped off. .”

As soon as Ji Wuhuan heard it, he knew that someone was scheming, but it had nothing to do with him. Even if he wanted to win Prime Minister Chu, it was Zhao Xunyan who had to do it, not him. Emperor Dayan, who is so shrewd, would not want to see him Appeared in Dayan Capital City.

"Let's go."

"Yes."

The carriage detoured another way and stopped after entering an inn, but Zhao Xunyan followed behind, so he didn't take it seriously.

Xia Rao came in from the outside, holding a carrier pigeon in her hand: "My lord, there is news from Di Yun."

"Say."

"They have already infiltrated into Jincheng, but now Nanzhao is still fighting to the death, I don't know how long it can last." Xia Rao said.

Ji Wuhuan has already quickly analyzed the current situation in Nanzhao in his mind. The Mongols withdrew their troops, and the Wei soldiers were divided into two groups. Most of them stayed outside Jincheng, and a small part went directly to the border of Dayan to attack Nanzhao. If Xuanyuanli continued to defend, Nanzhao must have something to lose.The only difficult thing to deal with this time is that Mongolia may take advantage of the chaos and go northward to attack Wei, who has no army on the border. Even if he keeps Ji Rui to defend, he may not last long in the face of Mongolia's elite soldiers. The best way is to let Dayan send troops to attack Huanglong, destroy Nanzhao, and force Wei to withdraw quickly, so that even Mongolia dare not do it easily.

"Is Qing'er all right?"

Xia Rao chuckled: "They saw the princess, and the princess is fine."

"That's good." Ji Wuhuan breathed a sigh of relief, he believed that his Qing'er must still be waiting for him to save her.

When An An heard Ji Wuhuan's voice, she blinked her small eyes, stopped drinking milk, and started babbling with her little hands open.The nanny had no choice but to carry him out of the room.

Ji Wuhuan looked at An An, who was getting more and more stocky, and frowned slightly: "Too fat."

An An couldn't understand what this meant, and still waved the chubby hand for a hug.

Xia Rao smiled: "It's better to be fatter, and you will be stronger in the future."

An An couldn't understand, she giggled, there seemed to be a small dimple on her small face, her big eyes followed Shen Qing's, bright and energetic, her small mouth was open in a smirk, and the haha ​​was about to flow out.

Ji Wuhuan became more and more unwilling to reach out to hug her. At any rate, Yuan couldn't see it, so she stepped forward to take it, but An An couldn't hold back her fart, and gave him a bag of boy urine. The atmosphere here is also a lot more relaxed.

Ji Wuhuan stood by the window, looking at the snow outside the window, her heart slowly cooled down again.

"Master, when are you going to see Miss Ling'er?" Yuan Ye came over and asked.

Ji Wuhuan frowned steadily: "Go and change clothes."

Yuan Ye was dumbfounded, and murmured in his heart: "This is a good thing your son did, and you still despise me." Of course, he didn't dare to say this directly, but obediently went back and changed his clothes, but when he came back, he was no longer there. up.

Ling'er got up early in the morning, and let her mother help her to walk slowly in the yard. She was dressed in a snow-white dress and a cloak with a silver-white fur trim, like an elf. She stepped on the soft snow, her lips raised: "Is it snowing in Dawei?"

"Naturally." Mammy smiled lightly.

"So Qingqing's sister-in-law and elder brother are also watching the snow now?" Ling'er asked again.

Mammy's expression froze, and she wanted to laugh but couldn't: "Girl, it's cold, let's go back to the house. Today, Xiao Che found another kind of mung bean cake from outside. It tastes very good. Would you like to try it?"

Ling'er nodded slightly, opened her mouth to ask where Xiao Che was, her face turned red again, Wei Wei followed her mother into the room.

The eldest prince leaning against the door looked at Ling'er's back, smiled slightly, and his mood became extremely calm. After Ling'er entered the room, he said: "Are you finally willing to come and see her?"

"Xiao Che?" Ji Wuhuan came out from the corner, and gave the eldest prince Ji Che a meaningful look, but very few people knew his name, because he didn't usually appear in front of people.

Ji Che smiled: "If I married Ling'er, wouldn't I want to call you Brother Wuhuan?"

As soon as Ji Che's "Brother Wuhuan" came out, the two felt a little disgusted in their hearts, and they agreed not to bring up this topic.

"How is Dawei?" Ji Che spoke first.

Ji Wuhuan knew that he was asking the Queen Mother, and said calmly, "Very good."

Ji Che smiled: "If you say that, I know it's not good." With an unfilial son like herself, how could she say 'yes'?Ji Wuhuan's mouth is good, but it's not good.

"Then do you want to go back?"

"I don't want to." Ji Che shook his head: "The purgatory of power, what should I do when I go back? Use my remaining life to add firewood or light a fire?"

Ji Wuhuan didn't say much, just looked at Ling'er's room for a long time, then turned and left. Ling'er will be safe here, as long as he doesn't come.

The wind and snow were getting stronger again, which blinded people's eyes and made them unable to see how long the road ahead was.

Shen Qing didn't fall asleep until midnight, the room was always lit with candles, Bai Shao and Lu Luo also stayed in the room and fell asleep, but as long as Shen Qing made a slight noise, both of them would open their eyes vigilantly, seeing this , Shen Qing rested her mind and fell into a deep sleep.

In this way, after a few days, the situation in Jincheng did not improve at all. Jincheng could not be attacked for a long time, so the Great Wei simply surrounded the small Jincheng and cut off the food and grass.

In the morning, Shen Qing's porridge was still the same as before, with exquisite workmanship, as if there were endless good things in Jincheng, but when she saw Lu Luo's uncontrollable gaze, she knew that was not the case.

"Take it." Shen Qing pushed the plate of pastries to them.

Luluo was about to reach out to grab it, but Bai Shao knocked her on the head: "The emperor doesn't even have to eat, you are so bold."

Has it reached the time when the emperor can't even eat?

Shen Qing was puzzled, but Bai Shao knew that he had slipped his tongue, so he said: "Mother, don't worry, a group of soldiers has already rushed out, Jincheng's food is enough for a month, the emperor didn't eat it in the morning, because Things are urgent and there is no time to eat."

Shen Qing didn't speak, she finished her porridge silently, and went to stand by the window again. This time, she saw the same person guarding the alley last time, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly.

"How far is the small river in the city from here?" Shen Qing asked suddenly.

Lu Luota: "It's not far, just go through the alley in front, and then two streets away."

Bai Shao glanced at her, and became vigilant: "It's cold today, the river is frozen, I heard that there was a woman who went to wash clothes by the river, after she fell in, it only took half a cup of tea to scoop it up. When I came up, I breathed a sigh of relief."

"En." Shen Qing responded lightly, there was a slight change in her face, which caused Bai Shao to be puzzled, didn't she want to escape through that small river?

"What river are you talking about?" Xuanyuanli came in suddenly.

Bai Shao and Lu Luo hurriedly saluted, retreating to one side, Shen Qing turned around to look at him lightly, there was white snow on his shoulders, and he was wearing armor, it could be seen that he came in a hurry.

"what happened?"

"Didn't I tell you to take you out for a walk?"

"Now?" Shen Qing was puzzled, looking at Xuanyuanli's dark eyes, she always felt something was wrong, and then looked at his hand holding the long sword, there was a small mole on the tiger's mouth, but she recognized it, The real Xuanyuanli does not have this mole.

But something is still wrong, Bai Shao and Lu Luo are so vigilant, could they not have noticed, or maybe the person in front of them was found by themselves to test themselves?

"You are not Xuanyuanli." Shen Qing said directly.

Bai Shao raised her eyebrows slightly, straightened up, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the Emperor, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing what she said, Shen Qing became more and more sure that this person was not Xuanyuanli, Lu Luo raised her head and looked up and down, then frowned: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that you can't come here today..."

Luluo didn't finish her sentence, but Bai Shao, who was staring at Shen Qing, had a trace of helplessness, she just straightened up and said, "Come here!"

Immediately, a large group of people rushed out of the room, surrounding the false Xuanyuanli.

"How dare you pretend to be the Holy One, take me away!" Bai Shao shouted, but the person didn't even resist, and was taken away like this.But their purpose, Shen Qing is also very clear.Bai Shao probably found this fake Xuanyuan Lilai, and didn't get angry with Luluo, so it was exposed. They did this just to learn the story of "Wolf is coming", so that they don't leave easily with others, or Yes, the real Xuanyuanli is about to leave Jincheng, they want to use the fake one to test whether they can tell the difference?
"Your Majesty is frightened." Bai Shao hurried forward.

Shen Qing lowered her eyes, she didn't say anything, she just said: "Did the emperor say that he would come to have dinner with me at night?"

"Maybe the emperor has to deal with official business at night..." Bai Shao hesitated.

There was an almost invisible smile on the corner of Shen Qing's mouth, he must have left.

"I see." After Shen Qing said, she looked out of the window with a smile in her eyes.

Lu Luo still didn't understand what happened, seeing Bai Shao glared at her, she hurriedly lowered her head and dared not speak.

Today the wind and snow seem to be exceptionally strong. The strong wind blows up the snow on the ground, making people unable to see clearly what is ten meters away. Bai Shao also asked people to close the doors and windows early, and let everyone take turns guarding at night. She was not allowed to sleep. On the contrary, Shen Qing slept soundly, went to bed early and got up early, and didn't say a word, until the few people thought she hadn't noticed anything and relaxed their vigilance, and she disappeared.

(End of this chapter)