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Zheng Yun had been pardoned by Emperor Huining as early as the winter solstice, and was no longer imprisoned for the cultivation of the Wangji Temple, and returned to the princess's mansion. Yuan Cixian went straight to Anxingfang, feeling a little nervous.

After all, on this first day of the first lunar month, Zheng Yun is more likely to be in the Daming Palace. If Anxingfang is empty and wants to enter the palace, it will take a little time to delay, but he is afraid that people like King Ping who have bad intentions towards the Yuan family will be disturbed. Then the news will leak out, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no trouble.

She was worried all the way, but fortunately when she handed over the famous post, she heard the servants of the princess's mansion reply that Zheng Yun was sick today and had not gone out, but was in the mansion.

Yuan Cixian breathed a sigh of relief and followed the servant to the central hall.

Zheng Yun came soon, looking pretty good, and did not look so ill. She held a small wooden box in her hand, and as soon as she saw Yuan Cixian, she opened the door and said lightly: "The county's main jade ring."

Yuan Cixian was really stunned. She didn't say anything.

She reached out to take the box, opened the lid and saw that it was really a ring ring with flawless jade, color and texture. She looked up and asked in confusion: "How can you know my purpose today?" After she said that, she quickly reacted and asked again, "Do you mean to be sick in the house and wait for me here?"

Zheng Yun smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Cixian knew that the time was urgent, so she saw that she did not answer, so she handed the box to pick branches behind her and said concisely: "Eight hundred miles in a hurry, and send it to southern Yunnan."

This jade ring was played before Lu Shiqing arrived in southern Yunnan, so she could not deliver it herself. It was more than 3,000 miles from Chang'an to the border, and it was too slow to rely on one person's foot. Lu Shiqing had been walking for a day and a night, and no matter how powerful she was in the horse, she could not come from behind. The only way was to send messages from the post station, change people and horses all the way, and go day and night, without slacking off for a moment.

After picking the branch and leaving, Yuan Cixian looked at Zheng Yun and couldn't help but feel confused.

As the legitimate princess, Zheng Yun should be more informed than her in the palace. She should have known about Lu Shiqing's journey south long ago. Since that's the case, why are she so passive and waiting for her here?

Although this question was a bit awkward, she felt uncomfortable without asking, and said bluntly: "Since you have known that this jade ring is useful to him for a long time, why didn't you hand it over to him before he left Beijing?"

Zheng Yun lowered his eyes and smiled, and said softly: "You will come anyway, aren't you?"

Yuan Cixian frowned. In her opinion, Zheng Yun's approach was really inconsistent with the usual feelings. Because she had been expected that the rival of love would come to pick up the jade ring and help her lover, she gave up this opportunity to others? What is this called cause and effect.

What's more, even if this is barely explained as Zheng Yun's inconvenience and generosity, it still cannot be explained. After all, she thought that the unconventional jade came out by accident and did not plan it early, so how could Zheng Yun be sure that she would come?

She suddenly remembered the secret letter that was sent to Shuzhou last time to remind Lu Shiqing to be careful when he returned home. At that time, Zheng Yun seemed to have learned some news early through some channels. Although the journey back was calm, she did not think the news was fake. Perhaps it was because the other party discovered that the plan was exposed and seeing that Lu Shiqing was already prepared, she temporarily gave up the assassination.

Yuan Cixian became more and more curious about Zheng Yun, but it was very obvious that she could not speak out from her at the moment. If she intertwined and interrogated, it would seem a bit rude and boring.

She had no choice but to laugh: "Anyway, thank you for yourselves this time, I will say goodbye first."

Zheng Yun nodded and took someone to send her out of the house.

A big rock in Yuan Cixian's heart fell halfway, and it was finally easier than last night. As soon as she returned to the mansion, she went to report the progress to her father. When she came out of Yuan Yizhi's study and met Yuan Yu, she asked in surprise: "My good sister, you just looked like a ghost and went to the princess's house to meet her rival?"

Ghostly look? Yuan Cixian pinched her face strangely.

Yuan Yu couldn't bear to look at it and said, "It's not here, but his eyes are swollen like walnuts and his hair is as messy as a candle... Oh, that's all, he's born with beauty, and he doesn't care about these things anymore."

Yuan Cixian touched her hair and laughed dryly, but she didn't mind these trivial matters too much. As long as the matter was done, anything would do. She turned to him, "Brother, are you here to find my father?"

Yuan Yu mysteriously pulled her to the distance and whispered: "It was my father who asked me to come. I guess I'm going to ask me again about you and Lu Zishu."

As a miserable child who had just been separated from him, he had only received a few words of comfort from his parents these days, and was asked about Yuan Cixian and Lu Zishu. It was a pity that he had to say good things about that guy for his sister's lifelong happiness, saying how the two of them shared weal and woe and were in love.

Yuan Cixian quickly said, "Then you have to hide it from it. If you are asked about my feelings, don't let me talk, saying that I pursue Lu Shiqing because I want to find him as a backer." After finally getting to this point, if my father knew that her original intention was to save the Yuan family, the marriage would probably be a silence.

Yuan Yu glanced at her: "Dad asked me about Lu Zishu and asked you what you want to do? Our Yuan family, who can't see your intentions if you are not blind?"

Yuan Cixian was stunned: "Ah?"

Yuan Yu looked at her like a fool and patted her on the shoulder: "Silly sister, the authorities are so crazy, you should be careful, don't be kidnapped without knowing it."

Yuan Cixian looked at his back as he turned around and blinked three times, and his heart was beating for a moment.

*

Ten days later, the Nanzhao military camp on the southern border of Yunnan was suddenly attacked.

Over the past few days, the local army of the Great Zhou Dynasty had a low morale due to the lack of strong backbone. Nanzhao marched almost had an absolute advantage. He headed north and moved towards Yizhou, conquering most of Jiannan Road. The defenders, including Prince Xiju, stayed in the rear to ensure the retreat of the vanguard troops.

But the day before yesterday, the food and grass transported here from Nanzhao was accidentally intercepted. Several generals in the military camp received news that they proposed to transfer their positions on the grounds that the location of the military camp might have been exposed, but Seiju never responded.

His meaning is very simple: the position of the guardian camp is not exposed.

This batch of food and grass is not a supply to the front line, but only the food provided by the defenders. Due to the small number, few soldiers were sent to escort it, and it was not impossible for someone to get a leak.

But the other party's purpose was obviously not to this small batch of food and grass that was irrelevant to Nanzhao, but to try to make them mistakenly think that the location of the military camp had been exposed, and to induce them to evacuate urgently, thereby spy on the movements of the defenders.

This is the other party's plan to lead the snake out of the hole. If they keep their troops in motion, they may be calm, and on the contrary, they will truly expose themselves.

But the problem was that the generals under him could not see clearly the plan, and they argued with him for most of the time. Seeing that he refused, the general immediately sent the report back to the capital of Nanzhao to seek the opinions of the King of Nanzhao.

The day after the food and grass were cut off, that is, yesterday, the King of Nanzhao ordered the defenders to move immediately, and Xiju had to obey the orders. The night after the transfer was completed, he was attacked by a Great Zhou army as he expected.

The guards were in chaos. When they were in an emergency confrontation with this night attack army, they were in the huge golden tent in the middle, and they were in a dark armor and issued a military order: cease to fight.

The shouts of killing outside stopped suddenly. It was obvious that the Great Zhou army saw that he chose to truce, so they also gave up the attack.

He sighed, after a long silence, he took out his tent and saw a man wearing a crane cloak standing tall outside the camp gate. He saw him seemingly smiling and said lightly: "I have been away from Shangzhou Post Station and haven't seen you for many days. How can you be so good?"

It was Lu Shiqing who intercepted the food and grass of Nanzhao the day before yesterday.

Xiju did not deny it, and answered in a not-so-fluent Chinese language: "I was always very good when I didn't meet Mr. Lu."

"Lu feels deeply regretful when he heard Your Highness's words. In fact, Lu is also surprised, why did he fight and kill like this when he saw Your Highness."

He smiled and showed a shiny white teeth in the night: "You Han people have a word called 'bad fate'."

Lu Shiqing seemed a little surprised and said softly: "I don't want your highness to be so knowledgeable. So I think you must have heard the saying "Turn swords into jade and silk" by us Han people."

Xiju smiled loudly: "It's too difficult to understand."

Lu Shiqing reached out to the golden tent and pointed it out: "In this way, you might as well allow Lu to enter and listen to Lu's explanation to you."

Upon hearing this, Xiju glanced at the 3,000 elite cavalry team behind him.

He naturally understood his concerns and turned around with a smile, saying, "Retreat a hundred feet, and I must not order you not to get close."

This cavalry team was a local army in Chongzhou, Qianzhong. In order to avoid being out of the scourge, Lu Shiqing did not lead his army out of the capital. When passing by Chongzhou, which had relatively elite garrison combat power, he mobilized the cavalry with the military talismans handed over to him by Emperor Huining in advance.

As early as the beginning of the war, Guizhou and Lingnan, adjacent to southern Yunnan, had sent troops to support it, but due to improper tactics, they were frequently blocked by Xiaoju outside southern Yunnan. It was not until Lu Shiqing led these 3,000 people to attack and intercept the Nanzhao army newspaper that he broke through his defense line in silence.

It is also because of this that when Xiju heard that the food and grass were suddenly intercepted, he knew that the person coming must be a powerful enemy. He just encountered a night attack, so he simply gave up the confrontation to avoid unnecessary damage.

After all, he guessed that Lu Shiqing's purpose was not to conquer the defending military camp, but to negotiate with him, because he received something in advance.

A few days ago, the Nanzhao soldiers on the southern border of Yunnan handed over a jade ring to the camp, saying that it was sent from Chang'an. He saw the cause and effect clearly, and knew that the person who sent the jade ring was showing kindness to him, so he used this to remind him of the fire in his backyard.

However, he did not understand the reason for the other party's showing goodwill at that time. It was not until he combined Lu Shiqing's night attack that he remembered that this sincere jade ring was a sign of friendship from the envoys from the Great Zhou Dynasty, hoping to avoid confrontation between the two sides.

Since he didn't want to fight, why should he fight this battle?

Lu Shiqing lived alone in the golden tent, showing his sincerity in peace talks, sat down and dusted the dirty mud on his clothes and asked, "Can you borrow a clean handkerchief from Lu first?"

Xiju asked someone to take him a brocade handkerchief and said seriously: "It doesn't matter if you don't wipe it. Your current clothes are much more appropriate than those at Shangzhou Station."

Lu Shiqing choked and remembered the good things Yuan Cixian did. He bit his back teeth and opened his eyes and said lies: "Oh, Lu's fiancée is indeed a bit naughty. When she was unhappy, she burned my outer clothes."

This time I changed my life and got choked.

Although he forced his marriage only for political purposes, not for Yuan Cixian, he failed and failed to get rid of Shangzhou. Therefore, Lu Shiqing's words seemed to sprinkle enough salt on his scars.

Xiju suddenly looked at the jade ring on the table and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the person who gave me this jade ring was Mr. Lu's fiancée."

Influenced from outside the realm, the Great Zhou Dynasty had the custom of using the jade ring as a token of love between men and women. Lu Shiqing raised his eyelids and frowned. This skin was so dark that he couldn't see his face at night. What was he saying?

Xiju put the jade ring on his little finger, and seemed to feel that he was wearing it well, so he stopped taking it off and said, "Mr. Lu, please start your explanation."

Lu Shiqing sneered in his heart, and lost the patience of going around with him to fight the official voice, and said bluntly: "What Lu wants to say is very simple. If Your Highness continues to attack the north, there are two disadvantages. The first is for you - you will lose the morale of the army, the people and the king one after another. I don't have to say you know that the generals around you will not be completely in love with you, otherwise you will not be able to fall into the trap I set."

"And except for them, the people in your country and your father do not support the war you launched very much. The reason is that Nanzhao can no longer bear such a long-lasting war."

"You have frequently confronted the Great Zhou Dynasty in recent years. The wars and conscripts have caused the population to drop sharply and the people cannot farm normally. At the same time, the food, weapons, and horses required for war have continued to surge, and the treasury of Nanzhao has become increasingly empty. If this continues, your prince may be the back of the people, and your father will choose a more suitable person to replace you."

"The second is for Nanzhao - you will make a wedding dress for Tubo, and you will eventually lose yourself. You are very clear that the main force of this battle was your Nanzhao army. The reason why Tubo, who was originally acquainted with the Great Zhou Dynasty was bewitched by you and agreed to cooperate with you was to use your hand to attack the north, and to get a pie in Hexi, which he had been greedy for a long time, and get a share of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"But you must remember that Tubo is not only close to Dazhou, but also to you. The Tubo generals who got Hexi became increasingly prosperous, and when Tubo flourished, Nanzhao declined. In order to save enough strength to compete with Dazhou, the powerful Tubo would sooner or later aim the troops at Nanzhao. At that time, Dazhou would be very happy to see a snipe and clam fighting to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"After talking about the disadvantages, I will talk about your two gains in this battle. First, attack the King of Southern Yunnan. Second, occupy Jiannan. But this small profit is really not worth mentioning compared to what Lu said. And you might as well ask yourself whether your subjects can understand the great sacrifice you made for a prince of a different surname and a mere little land."

"Finally, I want to tell you the benefits of withdrawing troops. You only need to ask Tubo to give up the alliance with you first, so that you can gain a long-term advantage in this cooperation and even the political exchanges with it in the future, so as to gain a steady stream of benefits - grain, gold, silver, labor, and even land. Even if you are defeated, you can use these interests that can be seen, accepted and understood by the people to appease the whole country. The Great Zhou is willing to give you this opportunity to gain profits and recuperate. Lu can go to Tubo for you after tonight and lure him to withdraw his troops, as long as you agree to this peace talk."

"Of course, if you still insist on resigning after hearing these words..." Lu Shiqing smiled faintly, "Lu is not afraid of being your soul, but according to your domestic situation, I'm afraid you will meet me in the underworld soon and regain your bad relationship. You also said that you are always good when you haven't seen me."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the jade ring on Xiaoju’s little finger: “Your Highness is quite satisfied with Lu’s explanation tonight?”

*

Five days later, Tubo broke his promise to withdraw his troops, and the Great Zhou was able to breathe a breath of rest and force his retreat to Nanzhao, driving the enemy out of the country. At this point, the war, which lasted for only 20 days, was concluded.

The news reached Chang'an, and the court was shocked. Yuan Cixian was so excited that she almost carried her bag and went south to pick up Lu Shiqing, but was stopped by Yuan Yi with an axe.

She had to wait for him every day with her fingers, never leaving the mansion, and asked each time if she had received the news from the south. As a result, Lu Shiqing was really good, and she didn't bring her a sure message from beginning to end. She was so angry that she lost her patience until she lost her patience later, so she simply stopped asking.

As the first month approaches the end of the year, February is the day when red apricots bloom outside the wall. Do he love to come or not?

On the eighth day of the second month, Yuan Cixian pulled her brother and her grandmother to Furong Garden, and took a step on the green that had not yet appeared and relaxed. She had originally planned to never think of Lu Shiqing, but after walking around the garden, she unknowingly climbed into the bamboo building she had visited.

At that time, she came here to see Zheng Zhuo. When she arrived at the top, she saw Lu Shiqing, who was eye-catching and vermilion-colored.

She suddenly was very curious. She called Zheng Zhuo to eat lychees that day and was in the boat with Zheng Zhuo. What would Lu Shiqing think if he remembered these things now.

She sat secretly beside the long table in the small room, imagining his mood with a little joy, while giggling silly. When she came to her senses, A Niang and A-brother who had been accompanying her to the bamboo house were missing.

She is so powerful.

Yuan Cixian was stunned and quickly got up and looked around, but saw a person standing outside the door of the small room and pavilion, with his hands standing at the end of the long walkway, as if he had been looking at her for a long time.

Seeing her coming, the man pulled the corner of his mouth and asked proudly and arrogantly: "Yuan Cixian, why are you sitting here alone and smiling?"
Chapter completed!