The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 313 The beast is out of the cage

The urgent report of the barbarian invasion was sent to the imperial city.

But at this time, all the officials were still stranded in the Circular Mound outside the city with the emperor.

"What should we do? Who can make the decision?"

"Go and report to His Majesty!"

"You know, His Majesty has just mobilized the Dragon and Tiger Army under the Duke of Zhao and the Tianxing Army under General Huaihua. I'm afraid something big has happened..."

"Then what should we do about the barbarian invasion? We can't just ignore it! Do you know how big the invasion is?"

"How big?"

"Some remaining tribes have raised the banner of the remnants of the Beidi royal family, and have won over the Xirong and Nanman countries to attack our border cities together!"

"That's really life-threatening..."

There are not many officials left in the imperial city, and they dare not make decisions on their own. At this time, they feel terrified after hearing the military report, and they dare not make decisions on their own.

"... Let the Xuanwu Army go." Suddenly someone suggested.

"What? How dare you and I command the army so easily? This requires the order from His Majesty himself."

"The Xuanwu Army followed King Xuan in his campaigns in the past. No one is better than them at dealing with these barbarians."

"Who doesn't know this? But the question is, how can we get His Majesty's order?"

"Well." The man pondered for a moment and said, "Go find Lord Ning."

"What?"

"He is an upright person and a close minister of the emperor. Now he is the only one left in the capital who can make the decision."

"But this is against the rules after all..."

"If we stick to the rules and miss the opportunity to fight, causing countless deaths and injuries to the people in the border city, and damaging the reputation of Daliang and bringing shame to our face, who will bear the blame? Is it you? Or me?"

After a private conversation, the two finally went to find Lord Ning.

"It's not my turn to be on duty today. What do you want to do?" Ning Que lifted the heavy curtain and walked out.

Behind the curtain, Xu Zhi stood and clenched her hands nervously.

If someone finds out... what will it look like?

"Mr. Ning, help me!" the man shouted, and without waiting to enter the door, he hurriedly explained the whole story.

"Please make a decision quickly, Mr. Ning, and stabilize the situation."

"What? Your Majesty is in danger at the Circular Mound? The barbarians are invading again?"

"Yes, Mr. Ning, don't you know? The Xue family has been arrested in the past two days, and it has caused a lot of uproar."

"I know about this, but I don't know why the Xue family was arrested."

"It's because they are traitors... Hey, but you and I don't have to worry about these things. Duke Zhao and General Zu will deal with it. But now that the barbarians are invading, what should we do?"

"Xuanwu Army." Ning Que spit out three words.

The man was shocked: "Does Mr. Ning think so too?"

"I will take the blame." Ning Que said in a steady tone.

Of course, the man was eager to do so, and said happily: "Ning Gong is righteous!"

Ning Que wrote a handwritten order and gave it to the man: "Go to the Xuanwu Army."

The man hurriedly rode his horse.

After the people had completely gone far away, Ning Que turned around and went back behind the curtain.

Xu Zhi hurriedly asked: "What happened again? There are so many things happening in the capital..."

Ning Que was silent for a while, and said firmly: "Nothing happened."

Xu Zhi stared at him: "Such a big commotion is still nothing? You shouldn't fool me like this..."

Ning Que smiled gently and said: "Nothing happened to the King Xuan. Isn't this what the lady is most concerned about?"

Xu Zhi blushed: "Yes, but how can you be sure that the King Xuan is fine?"

Ning Que's face was slightly condensed: "Because all the things now... are done by the King Xuan. Maybe it will be clear in a few days."

"How to be clear?" Xu Zhi didn't quite understand.

At this time, someone whispered outside the tent: "Master."

Ning Que walked over and hung up the curtain halfway, so that Xu Zhi inside could still be covered.

The man said in horror: "There is news from outside the city, saying that... Princess Xuan was killed by the rebels."

Ning Que's face suddenly changed, and he turned around suddenly, and saw Xu Zhi fell straight on her back.

He hurriedly hugged Xu Zhi: "Madam, Madam, I'm afraid this matter cannot be confirmed..."

"Didn't you say... nothing happened?" Xu Zhi's limbs were cold, and she could only squeeze out a few sounds.

She couldn't maintain her expression any longer, and buried her head in his chest and cried in suppressed pain: "Qingyin, Qingyin... That bastard! Bastard! It's my mother's fault. My mother shouldn't have raised a tiger to harm her! Why didn't my mother be smarter and discover his true face early..."

"Qingyin..."

Xu Zhi couldn't hold on for a breath and fainted in Ning Que's arms.

At that time, the Xuanwu Army camp quickly received Ning Que's hand order.

"Is this issued by the Secretariat?" General Yunhui held the order in surprise.

Ning Que was the Right Prime Minister and the Secretary of the Secretariat. This thing issued from his hand almost represented the entire Secretariat.

The Secretariat was responsible for military and national affairs and followed the will of the emperor. It was used to issue orders.

It was quite important!

General Yunhui hesitated: "Don't we have to wait for your majesty's order?"

"Your majesty is temporarily trapped in Yuanqiu, fearing that the barbarians will invade. In fact, they are conspiring to rebel with internal and external support! The Duke of Zhao and King Xuan are protecting you... It's up to you to deal with the barbarians!" The man urged.

General Yunhui thought so.

The more times like this, the more you should make a decision!

Only in the future can you stand out and be truly valued by your majesty.

You should know that although the Xuanwu Army is no longer under the command of King Xuan, they still believe in King Xuan more in their hearts, and are somewhat dissatisfied with him as the main general. To put it bluntly, they have never fought together.

Seeing the truth on the battlefield, they will naturally be able to tame these people!

General Yunhui immediately stopped hesitating: "Call the soldiers immediately, I will lead the army to fight!"

After King Xuan left, the Xuanwu Army also sat on the bench for a while. Now that they were called up, everyone was excited.

General Yunhui quickly led his men out of the city.

But when they ran halfway, they saw a group of people coming up from a distance.

"Who dares to block the way of my Xuanwu Army?" General Yunhui said coldly.

The leading young man rode forward and smiled evilly: "Ye Wei from King Xuan's Mansion!"

"Brother Ye." Someone in the Xuanwu Army immediately called him affectionately.

Ye Wei responded, "Hey."

General Yunhui wondered, "But what did the king order?"

Ye Wei nodded, walked closer, drew his sword, and killed people in one go.

General Yunhui's deputy general's face changed drastically, "You are so brave..."

The Xuanwu Army immediately followed suit and cut off the horse's hoof. The deputy general fell down with a snap, and then the knife cut into his abdomen.

Blood gushed out of the deputy general's mouth, and he closed his eyes.

"All good men, follow me to the Circular Mound to see His Highness." Ye Wei's smile became brighter, and he asked, "How?"

The Xuanwu Army responded in unison, "Okay!"

In the cave.

It was already the second day.

Xue Qingyin was still waiting.

She could only leave when the wind and snow became smaller, otherwise it would be bad if she slipped and fell!

In fact, this time was much easier than the previous time when the Meng tribe escaped. They just had to wait for the snow to stop.

Because hunters were never allowed to enter the mountains near this palace. Naturally, there were no traps for hunting on the mountain, so she didn't have to worry about accidental injuries.

Xue Qingyin exhaled and wrapped her cloak tighter.

Fortunately, it wasn't very cold.

Ever since she got pregnant, she always felt hot easily. I don't know if it was because she had a baby in her belly and had to carry its body temperature.

A wolf howl suddenly sounded in the mountains.

There are wolves on this mountain?

The instinctive fear of wild beasts suddenly jumped out of her bones.

Xue Qingyin shrank back without thinking.

She even thought about it, this cave should not be the habitat of any animal, right?

She smelled it carefully when she came here, and there was no smell of feces in it. It was very dry.

The wolf's howl sounded again.

It spread all over the mountain again.

Xue Qingyin instinctively shuddered, wait... why does this sound a little familiar?

Is it a little wolf cub?

Xue Qingyin immediately came to the cave entrance and carefully poked her head out to look.

It was all white, stinging her eyes, and she couldn't see anything else.

Well, the wolf's voice could be heard far away... She'd better sit and wait.

Xue Qingyin rubbed her eyes, endured the hunger in her stomach, and sat back down.

"Deputy General Fang, it's snowing heavily, and the smell is covered... I'm afraid it's not easy to find." The trainer said in embarrassment.

Fang Chengzhong said coldly: "It's hard to find. Do you understand?"

While speaking, someone shouted: "Where's the wolf?"

Fang Chengzhong turned around and looked again.

There was only a rope left, still in the trainer's hand.

The wolf... disappeared.

The trainer rubbed his eyes: "It's over, it's really hard to find it in this white..."

Another group of people, led by Chai Peng, walked through the mountains and forests with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"This damn snow has covered all the footprints."

"Don't complain, the master said, turn the whole mountain over first."

"Why do we have to carry a sedan chair when we are looking for someone? Without the sedan chair, we will definitely move faster."

Chai Peng sneered: "Are you tired of carrying a sedan chair? You still want to fight with King Xuan?"

They immediately fell silent.

"Hurry up! That person is very delicate, don't die in the mountains." Chai Peng caught someone and kicked him.

The man didn't dare to get angry.

They all hoped that after today, they would be able to avoid death and rise to prominence again!

Fang Chengzhong looked unhappy, but he soon remembered: "...We still have something!"

"What?"

"Eagle... No, eagle! Let that thing fly over the forest to find the whereabouts of the princess."

Although it took a while, the eagle that had recovered from its wounds and was tamed was still brought over.

The person in charge of training the eagle was a prisoner in the Xuan Palace, the former king of Guirong.

This man had a scruffy beard, but his eyes were bright.

He knew it was time for him to make a contribution!

"Go!" The man released the eagle.

"Mr. Chai, I think I saw someone flying over my head." Someone said.

Chai Peng said unhappily: "If you keep saying these nonsense, I will twist your head off. ... Is there a hole there?"

"Go and take a look!"

They rolled and crawled towards the cave entrance.

Xue Qingyin also heard the voice at this time.

She walked out without thinking.

Chai Peng and his group saw a stunning beauty suddenly appearing at the cave entrance, which was out of place with the mossy rocks behind her. In winter, it seemed to pierce people's eyes.

"Xuan, Princess Xuan?" Chai Peng shouted excitedly.

The two sides looked at each other.

But only an eagle's cry was heard.

A huge, human-like monster eagle swooped down, flapped its wings, and slapped Chai Peng.

The force was so great that Chai Peng was caught off guard, lost his balance, and rolled down the slope.

"..."

For a moment, the forest was very quiet.

Some people took the bow and arrow from their backs without thinking.

When the eagle saw the bow and arrow, it seemed to be reminded of some terrible memories. It let out a long whistle and turned around and flew away.

Xue Qingyin: "......?"

She recognized it.

That was when King Xuan gave her a betrothal gift. Others shot wild geese, but he shot the eagle...

Why is he so cowardly?