In the past few days, Ruan Ningxiang took Yan Ziyu to study the defense map every day.

Ruan Ningxiang also asked Yan Ziyu to make some contents into independent booklets.

Yan Ziyu was a little confused, wondering what Ruan Ningxiang wanted to do?

Ruan Ningxiang clapped her head, bent her eyes, and said with a smile: "I just think your husband looks so handsome and charming like this."

Yan Ziyu ignored her, but he vaguely guessed what she wanted to do.

It's just that he couldn't figure out why Ruan Ningxiang would let him participate again if it was what he thought.

Every time I feel like I've almost seen this person through, I suddenly realize that it doesn't seem that way.

Yan Ziyu has always believed that he can understand people's hearts, but the person beside him who stays with him day and night makes him completely unable to understand.

Being pestered by Ruan Ningxiang recently, Yan Ziyu had no chance to go down the mountain, and she didn't know what the situation in the capital was like now.

Unable to go down the mountain, he could only re-examine the new defenses in the mountain, trying to find any loopholes.

Yan Ziyu stood at the viewing pavilion and could see at a glance that the entire Yundu Mountain was at his feet, and each house was hidden among the clouds and mist deep in the mountain.

Just a fire can destroy everything here.

As for how to set the fire, he had already thought of another strategy.

The mountain wind blew through the bare branches, and Ruan Ningxiang saw Yan Ziyu standing on the edge of the cliff from a distance.

His back was still so desolate and lonely.

Ruan Ningxiang walked over slowly and stood beside Yan Ziyu.

"Tzuyu, have you heard the echo?" Ruan Ningxiang turned to look at Yan Ziyu's handsome face painted by the sun, "It's very interesting."

Yan Ziyu ignored her.

"Yan Ziyu~"

Ruan Ningxiang shouted loudly.

The smart voice seemed to be alive, echoing in the valley, one after another.

Yan Ziyu frowned slightly, and finally condescended to give her a favor and rolled his eyes, saying: "You are so stupid."

"Are you stupid?" Ruan Ningxiang said with a smile, "Some people say that life is like an echo. You get back what you give out, you reap what you sow, and you get what you give out."

"Yan Ziyu." Ruan Ningxiang followed his gaze, looked into the distance, and said softly to him alone, "I'm glad to meet you."

The sun was warm, the breeze was gentle, and Yan Ziyu's cold, jade-like eyes reflected the soft light.

The two of them stood like this for who knows how long.

…

That day, the sky was foggy, with scattered snowflakes flying.

Ruan Ningxiang was dressed in black, still carrying her spring snow knife behind her back, her thin body shivering in the cold wind.

Ruan Ningxiang rubbed her fingers that were almost numb with anger, and looked at the gray sky.

Today, she made an appointment with Song Ji from Langya Village and the stewards from Black Tiger Village and Bald Eagle Village to discuss matters in the city.

It just happened to be such a bad weather.

The date has been decided in advance and it is difficult to change the time. We can only set off according to the original plan.

Yan Ziyu rode a tall horse and wore a dark red cloak, following Ruan Ningxiang.

Behind him were Qi Haolin and dozens of carefully selected guards.

A large group of people crossed Yundu Bridge and went to Yunxi City.

The snow in the city has become heavier again, and there is a thin layer on the ground.

I don’t know if it’s because the weather is too cold, but Yunxi City, which used to be a mess, is extremely quiet today.

There were only a few scattered figures hurriedly walking on the street. On the way into the city, an old man wearing a tattered cotton coat curled up half-dead under a big tree.

This person is Yan Ziyu's shadow brought from the capital.

He brought a total of two people, and one was the manager of the drug store.

Yan Ziyu received the old man's hint and came to Ruan Ningxiang's side.

Snowflakes fell on Ruan Ningxiang's shoulders, and her long eyelashes were condensed into frost flowers by the heat she exhaled, making her face so pale that there was no blood at all.

"Madam is afraid of the cold in the palace, so she needs to be extra careful in winter. I'll go to the drugstore to grab some more medicine to nurse Madam back to her health. Wherever you want to stay, I'll find you later."

Yan Ziyu reached out and gently wiped away the frost on her eyelashes.

Ruan Ningxiang's heart beat uncontrollably, she pursed her lower lip and said, "Wait for me for a while."

After saying that, Ruan Ningxiang turned her horse's head, walked towards Qi Haolin, and whispered something to him.

Qi Haolin nodded and left first with a small group of people.

Ruan Ningxiang turned the horse's head and came back, "Let's go, I'll accompany you."

The two went to the drug store first.

Ruan Ningxiang took the opportunity to sit down and drink hot tea to warm herself up.

Yan Ziyu had difficulty speaking, so he could only say in code: "Is the black dragon bone I mentioned last time available?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Ruan Ningxiang and said secretly, "In these troubled times, I'm afraid it's hard to find it even in the imperial city."

Yan Ziyu's face darkened, he said it was hard to find, not that it was only available to the one in the imperial city, it meant that something had happened to the imperial city.

"What about the deer antler?" Yan Ziyu asked impatiently.

"This..." The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment and took out a list from under the counter. There was a letter under the list, "I have some deer antlers, but they were bought by another druggist from out of town."

Following this long sound, Yan Ziyu's heart hung in the air, and he quickly put the letter quietly into his sleeve.

At the same time, he glanced at the drug dealer's list. There was also a secret message on the list, saying that the goods he ordered before had arrived.

However, his current plan is not going smoothly and he can only wait for an opportunity.

Ruan Ningxiang felt a little warmer and walked over, "There's nothing left. Do you want to go to another store?"

"Deer antler is not a rare thing. Let's go and have a look at the next store." Yan Ziyu just took two steps and stopped again. "Madam, why don't you go buy it for me? This is a prescription.

I have three urgent needs and I want to go to the hut."

"Forget it, it's the same if I ask others to buy it." Ruan Ningxiang didn't want anything to go wrong with her plan, "I'd better wait for my husband."

Yan Ziyu didn't care either.

While he was on his way to the latrine, he opened the letter and read it quickly.

Changes did occur in the capital, the fighting on the front line was tense, and his father suddenly contracted a cold, and his condition worsened.

Everyone in the imperial city who was peeking at the crown prince's position was ready to make a move. Among them, the one who could compete with the crown prince the most was Chu Ci, the sixth prince of the current dynasty.

Chu Ci's uncle was once the general of Zhenyuan. More than four years ago, he died in the hands of the people from the Northern Territory because of a defeat.

Chuci's party was also quiet for two years because of the death of General Zhenyuan.

It was at that time that Chu Yi, the eldest son of the current dynasty, took the throne as prince.

In the past two years, General Xiao Shen joined the army for his father, but he did not expect to win several battles in a row, and all the lost cities in northern Xinjiang were recovered.

The sixth prince Chu Ci became the biggest rival of the prince Chu Yi again.

Civil strife was rising in the capital, and if anything happened to his father, his mother and concubines would inevitably be buried with him.

What should he do?

The letter was crumpled, torn and thrown into the pit.

Yan Ziyu walked out with his clothes stretched out.

His face was still calm, and there was no trace of the irritable expression just now.

He said: "Madam, let's go."

Ruan Ningxiang made an appointment with Song Ji, the current manager of Black Tiger Village and Vulture Village.

The meeting place was Yunxi City, Tu San’s Jucai Fang.

Ruan Ningxiang had already met them once last time.
Chapter completed!