Zeng Er led a group of guards to stand at a distance. According to the princess's instructions, they were not allowed to step into the room without being summoned. However, when he heard all kinds of weird noises coming from the room, Zeng Er couldn't help it anymore.
Fearing that something might happen to the princess, he drew his sword and rushed towards the door first. The door was still locked, Zeng Er pushed it but did not push it open, and couldn't help but call out in fear: "Empress?"
There was no answer from inside, only three loud "bang bang bang" sounds were heard. Zeng Er was horrified. He raised his leg and kicked it. The door bolt was broken by his kick, and a burst of dust floated down from the top of the door. Zeng Er was shocked.
After calming down, he saw the situation in the room.
Xia Xun sat on a chair, holding a cup of tea in his hand. He sat there calmly and took a sip of tea, as if he was sitting in a small pavilion in the dense forest, listening to the wind and relaxing in the pines. And the princess, the empress,
Her face was as red as a little hen laying eggs, and her hair was a little messy. She was holding a stool in her hand. The table next to Xia Xun had been hit hard many times and was shaking slowly.
It fell down and then shattered into pieces with a "crash" on the ground.
The room was in a mess. The paintings on the walls, the bottles on the table, everything that could be smashed except for the stool Xia Xun was sitting on and the teacup in his hand had been smashed. The door curtain of the back room was still hanging.
Then, a pool of clear water was slowly flowing out from under the door. Zeng Er held the knife and looked at Shan Ning in surprise, then at Xia Xun, wondering what had happened.
Shan Ning put down the stool, sat down gracefully and elegantly, raised his orchid-like fingers, gently brushed the messy hair on the temples, and told Zeng Er: "Go out, close the door, and pick up some firewood. After a while,
, burn this house down for me!”
"Oh, ah? Oh!"
What Shan Ning said was calm and gentle, without a trace of anger, but Zeng Er saw the princess's towering breasts rising and falling together, and it seemed that her clothes could burst when she stood up. People often said that her lungs would explode with anger.
Only now did Zeng Er understand how wise this metaphor was. He didn't dare to touch Shan Ning's troubles. He hurriedly agreed, gently closed the door that had been kicked in, and glared at the guards behind him.
He yelled: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Go pick up the firewood!" All the guards immediately dispersed.
Shan Ning's beautiful eyes looked at Xia Xun. Xia Xun was sitting upright, not squinting. He stretched out his little finger and picked up a tea leaf on the water in the cup. Like a priest giving holy water, he flicked it into the air.
She shook her head gracefully and blew on the water, then took a sip. A surge of anger surged from Shaning's heart to the top of her forehead. Her hands were eager to jump up and pick up the stool under her butt.
He hit Xia Xun hard on the head and smashed his head into a rotten watermelon.
Thinking about the rotten watermelon, Shan Ning felt a little better. She took a few breaths, sat upright, looked forward, and said firmly: "Your Highness Prince Ning can join the army with Prince Yan."
.We...can get the help of Fuyu, Taining, and Duoyan. In addition, His Highness is sure to recall his three guards. If...Chen Heng and Liu Zhen can be removed, His Highness is still sure to bring back the big guards.
Ning Dusi’s 80,000 cavalry are all under his command!”
Xia Xun said happily: "In this way, our strength will be doubled, one will decrease and the other will increase, making it more difficult for the imperial court to win."
Shan Ning was still looking forward. The two of them were sitting side by side, with more than two feet between them. They were both sitting upright, looking straight ahead, but they were talking to each other about important matters at stake. The situation was indescribably weird.
Ning said: "However, there is one thing that needs to be done by you first, otherwise, everything will be in vain."
"Mother, please speak."
Shan Ning took a long breath and calmed down a little: "Your Highness needs King Yan to rescue His Highness first. The court... is about to take action against His Highness. His Highness is now trapped in Daning City by Zhu Jian. Soon,
Governor Chen Heng and General Liu Zhen will bring more troops to defend Daning City. My three guards, Duoyan, Taining, and Fuyu, are not good at attacking and defending the city. The troops and horses of the three guards are also in Liu Dynasty.
In real hands, even if they can be mobilized and the evidence is revealed, Zhu Jian can immediately attack His Highness, so it will be difficult for him to be effective. Do you have a way to rescue His Highness? His Highness can only play his role if he regains his freedom."
After hearing this, Xia Xun frowned deeply: "Damn Xipi, history books are harmful to people! What do you mean, King Yan rode into Prince Ning's Mansion alone, hugged Prince Ning and cried, lingering for a few days, Prince Ning sent him out of the city.
, King Yan ambushed people outside the city and tied up King Ning, so the family members who accompanied King Ning to see him off, as well as the three guards of Duoyan and the three guards of the palace, all bowed their heads and took refuge in King Yan. The guard Zhu Jian rose up to resist.
Die in battle..."
The three guards of Duoyan had their own pasture territory, so why did they suddenly appear in Daning and bring all the soldiers here? The three guards of the palace have been taken away by Liu Zhen, so where can Prince Ning still have soldiers?
Even King Ning himself became the subject of the strict supervision of Zhu Jian, the commander of the Daning Guards. Once King Yan, a treason announced by the court, should have been beaten by Zhu Jian, he would have waited for King Yan to be sent out of Daning City by King Ning. It would be silly.
Bajidi followed him out to see him off. Is it too strong for King Yan to attack him first? King Ning didn't want to follow King Yan to rebel, so he would entertain, stay overnight, and pick up the so-called Yan Ni? What's the difference between this kind of behavior and rebellion? And he also brought with him
Will his wife, children and extended family send him out of the city?
What a fairy tale! The people who compiled this history are fools. They treat us readers as idiots. I actually became an idiot. I didn't think of this. I came to Daning this time, thinking that I could just use hard and soft persuasion.
Prince Ning, I can easily complete my mission. I never thought there would be such a problem for me to solve...
Shan Ning didn't see his answer for a while, so she couldn't help turning her head to look at him. She saw Xia Xun's eyebrows were furrowed and he was silent in thought. She couldn't help but worry, and said: "Why, there's nothing you can do? You can't have red lips and white teeth.
He just said, "Just point to our Highness and come to help us. If we weren't in a difficult situation, would we be on such a path of no return?"
Xia Xun said: "My dear, don't be impatient, let me think about it carefully."
Xia Xun stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked among a pile of tattered furniture. Shan Ning's eyes followed him for a while, and sighed: "Alas! His Highness originally wanted to gather together on his birthday.
The leaders of the three guards demonstrated in the imperial court. Unexpectedly, the imperial court could not hold back and wanted to attack us first. Once the opportunity was lost..."
Xia Xun's heart moved, and he suddenly stopped and said thoughtfully: "Madam, I have thought of a way."
Shan Ning's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "Say it!"
Xia Xun said: "His Royal Highness King Yan can rescue His Highness King Ning, but he has to avoid the imperial army. Otherwise, if they get entangled, it will be difficult to use the magic weapon. All the passes in Yanshan Mountain are heavily guarded. His Highness King Yan can't figure out what's going on."
The troops came to Daning City unprepared and caught him off guard, so we can't attack hard. Songting Pass cannot be attacked easily. I think Liujiakou is a big loophole. If His Highness King Yan passes through Liujiakou, he will definitely be able to attack it.
When we arrived at Daning City, we were still not noticed by the imperial border troops."
Shan Ning was stunned for a moment and said in astonishment: "Liujiakou?" Then he became happy and said: "That's no problem. The guard general of Liujiakou is... my sworn brother Liu Kui. As long as I tell him, he will definitely be on my side.
!”
Xia Xun said: "Originally... it is not impossible to attack Liujiakou forcefully. There are not many defenders there, so it can be defeated. However... I am afraid that if the defenders light beacon fire, the officers and soldiers along the border will know the news immediately.
Now that Prince Ning's situation has reached this point, once he is alerted, there is no guarantee that Zhu Jian will not kidnap Prince Ning and flee to Songting Pass. So it would be best if the empress can persuade the general guarding the gate to take the initiative to switch the switch. Is the empress really sure?"
Shan Ning said confidently: "It's absolutely no problem, he... will never betray me. But..."
Shan Ning frowned: "The King of Yan was surprised and trapped Daning. Can it be done? With Daning in Zhu Jian's hands, will he be in a hurry..."
Xia Xun said firmly: "No! The imperial edict has not been issued, and the crime has not been determined. How dare he Zhu Jian do anything to a prince? Then you just close the door tightly and don't come out. It is Zhu Jian's responsibility to defend the city. He can't escape.
If you can't escape, what can you do to Prince Ning's Mansion? At least there are some guards in Prince Ning's Mansion. If you stick to Prince Ning's Mansion, you should be able to survive for a while.
If the empress is still not at ease, she can tell the leaders of Duoyan's three guards secretly that they will soon move to Daning and live in the palace in the name of birthday wishes. How can each leader of the three guards bring one or two hundred retinues, plus the guards of the palace?
, Defending the palace is not a problem. Of course, people’s hearts are unpredictable, so it’s hard to guarantee that Zhu Jian won’t go crazy..."
He suddenly turned his head and asked: "His Royal Highness Prince Ning has been stationed in Daning for so long. There should be someone available among the local guards, right?"
Shan Ning's eyes flickered for a step and replied: "Your Highness never thought that one day relatives would kill each other, so how could he secretly bribe his confidants?"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "How is it possible? Qin Hui still has three friends."
Shan Ning said angrily: "What kind of metaphor do you call this? Are you asking His Highness Prince Ning if he has anyone available... for what?"
"Break the city gate!"
Xia Xun solemnly said: "If His Highness King Yan breaks into the city as quickly as possible, even if Zhu Jian wants to wait for the imperial edict and drags him directly to Ning Prince's Mansion to burn them all, he will not have time."
After hearing this, Shan Ning lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said slowly: "I... am not completely sure, but I can give it a try."
Xia Xun said: "That's good. Now it's a situation of life and death. No one can guarantee that they are fully sure. When it's time to fight, you have to fight. The more you hesitate, the more likely you will be.
Harm yourself."
Shan Ning sighed softly and whispered: "If Your Highness can think like you do, why would you..."
Xia Xun didn't hear clearly and asked: "What?"
Shan Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xia Xun: "It's nothing. The Liu family will handle it for me. I will try my best to handle the gate of Daning City. However, all this is done in secret. After you solve my problem, Ning
Before the siege of the palace, all your actions have nothing to do with our Ning Palace. If you fail, I will not admit that I have anything to do with you."
Xia Xun smiled and said: "I understand!"
Shan Ning stood up, dusted off his clothes, and took two steps forward. When he suddenly turned back to glare at Xia Xun, his eyes were ignited again: "Although we are allies now, I can't bear the humiliation you have done to me."
I have not forgotten it. My surname is Xia, please remember that I, Shaning, will definitely retrieve the personal grudge between you and me once I have the chance!"
Xia Xun pretended to be surprised and said: "Is this considered a humiliation to the empress? Her Highness, the princess, is not really enamored with Xia, so she has the heart to commit herself to her, right?"
"You bastard!"
Shan Ning felt ashamed and embarrassed, but facing a man she had just seen naked, no matter how ferocious her personality was, she could no longer act domineering. She raised her hands, but in the end she could only
Venting his anger on the battered door, Shaning kicked the door angrily and walked out.
Xia Xun looked at the crumbling door panel and suddenly sighed softly...
Probably... I feel a little bit regretful in my heart.
Such a beautiful body and such a noble status are a great attraction to any man who is physically and mentally healthy.
However, a man who never uses his lower body to think is not a man; a man who always uses his lower body to think is a beast.
When the big head should be the master of the house, the small head has to take a back seat. How to balance desire and reason is a problem that men have been busy solving throughout their lives.
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The fire crackled and started to burn. Before Xia Xun could leave the house, the hut that was full of shame and humiliation was set on fire.
When Xia Xun walked out, Shan Ning and her guards had already ridden away. There was only one horse left for him in front of the door, tied to a horse post. The horse was uneasy when he saw the fire in the hut.
Paving his hooves, Xia Xun untied the horse's reins, got on the horse, lifted the reins and looked at the hut that was about to be reduced to ashes, then suddenly turned the horse's head and galloped away into the distance.
Xia Xun and Saihazhi agreed to meet at a tribe, but starting from this mountain col, he didn't know the way, so Xia Xun chased after Shaning and the others and rushed towards Daning City first, arriving on the spacious official road.
, identified the direction, and then rushed towards the location of the tribe.
After walking for about half a day, when it was almost dusk, Xia Xun rode up to a hillside. He gently stroked his sweaty horse mane and looked down the hillside. Dozens of white yurts were placed like flowers on the hillside.
On the grassland where winter is about to come.
The horses came, as far away as clouds, and soon they were close. Because it was early winter and the grassland had withered, the horses' hooves splashed up large amounts of dust, and the ground trembled. The horses were as unstoppable as the flood that burst the embankment, rumbling.
The sound of hoofbeats, the neighing of the horses, and the shouts of the shepherds combine into a special song.
These horses are black, maroon, brown, and a few white horses. Their shiny fur shines with golden light in the sunset, and their long manes and tails are fluttering in the wind, which further highlights their beauty.
A majestic horse and a tall man with a horse riding pole came over on horseback. When he saw the horse standing on the hillside, Xia Xun, who was also wearing a Mongolian leather robe and fur hat, whistled to him in a friendly manner, and then
Then he followed the torrent of horses and ran forward with a roar.
Xia Xun waited until the horses passed by and the dust gradually dispersed, then he kicked his horses and galloped towards the yurt.
This tribe is called Batlen. Saihazhi and Xia Xun passed by here when they went to Daning. They agreed to meet here. Xia Xun rode his horse to the yurt room and was about to find someone to ask about Saihazhi's whereabouts.
Suddenly, I saw someone bending down to slaughter a sheep by the river in front of me, and standing next to me was a girl wearing a fur robe and fur hat.
Xia Xun recognized the man at a glance as Sai Hazhi and quickly kicked his horse and ran over.
"Aha, the adults are here!"
When Sehazhi heard the sound of horse hooves, he looked up and immediately smiled happily. Half of the sheep had been slaughtered with a small knife. The technique was very neat, and there was not even a drop of sheep blood on his body and hands. He took the knife
He handed it to the girl next to him who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old and had a round face like a red apple. He murmured a few words with her in Mongolian and then greeted Xia Xun.
Xia Xun glanced at the lovely girl and said with a smile: "I was worried that you might not be there, or that you might have nowhere to stay when you arrive. It seems that you are doing well here. How many days have you been here?"
Saihazhi laughed and said: "My subordinates only arrived here last night. Isn't it easy to find a place to settle down?" He pulled Xia Xun forward: "Your Excellency, you haven't noticed. The tribes on the grassland have felt-covered doors on the door.
They are all tied with a leather rope, and the door is not closed. Regardless of whether you recognize the owner of the felt bag or not, if you come here at night, you don’t need to wake the owner, you can just open the door and go in to rest."
"Don't close your house at night?" Xia Xun didn't expect that the barbaric and backward ethnic group in the eyes of Guan Nei people would have such a custom, and couldn't help but sigh.
Sehazhi walked to a tent, opened the door and went in. There was a couple inside. Sehazhi said hello to them, and then took Xia Xun and introduced them to the male host.
With a warm smile on his face, he rushed up and gave Xia Xun a big hug. This man was tall, burly, and looked to be in his forties, with a dark and red face.
Sehazhi took Xia Xun and sat down without anyone noticing, and said to him in Chinese: "His name is Wu Enqi, and his wife was originally from another tribe. Because the man lost money to him and could not pay back, he gave his daughter-in-law as a debt."
I gave it to him. I brought a daughter with me when I came. It was more than ten years ago. Now she is grown up and married. The girl you saw just now was born between the two of them. Oh, there is also a third girl.
, I have gone to herd sheep, and I will be back in a while. Let’s stay here for one night and leave early tomorrow morning. Sir, is the matter done?”
Xia Xun smiled and said: "It's done. They have agreed to follow King Yan to carry out the incident. We must rush back as soon as possible to tell His Highness the news."
"It actually happened?"
Sehazhi's eyes widened: "We can't even say that. Just drop a letter, sir?"
Xia Xun smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I said that if used wisely, sometimes one sentence can solve a problem that can only be solved by thousands of troops."
"Tsk, tut, tut..."
Saihazhi was amazed. His big head still couldn't understand these things, but he felt the power of wisdom. People are always full of awe for the unknown, so the straight-headed Saihazhi looked at Xia Xun's
At that time, my heart was filled with awe.
Wu Enqi was very hospitable, and his daughter quickly brought back the skinned lamb. The lamb was cut into large pieces and thrown into the pot, where it was cooked until the meat was fragrant. For dinner, there was fragrant milk tea.
Hot meat, deep-fried fruits, sweet and sour milky milk, plus the spirits brought by Sehaji, it was a feast for this family to entertain their guests.
The hostess and her daughter also drink, and their drinking capacity is quite good. Wuenqi’s youngest daughter is only one year younger than her elder sister. Her elder sister is called Sobud, and her younger sister is called Uzhina. Compared with her elder sister, Uzhina has a slender frame.
Although her facial features are tougher than those of women from the Central Plains, she is very beautiful, with prairie red cheeks, handsome facial features, and more lively than her sister. When her father walked up to Xia Xun to persuade her to drink, and sang a toast song
, she was sitting not far away, with a pair of cute big eyes, smiling sweetly at Xia Xun, who could not help but laugh, but still had to be serious.
Xia Xun was forced to drink a bowl of wine, and when he fell back to the table in a daze, Sehazhi turned his arm and smiled quietly: "Hey, sir, Uzhina likes you very much."
"Ahem, don't talk nonsense!" Xia Xun held his position, fearing that the owner would hear and be unhappy. He glanced secretly and saw that Wu Enqi was drinking happily and did not hear Sehazhi's voice at all, so he felt relieved.
"Come on, sir, eat this, it's good for men." Sehazhi thoughtfully took a round thing into Xia Xun's bowl. Xia Xun asked curiously: "What is this?"
Sai Hazhi said: "Yangdanzi, it is very nourishing."
"Uh..., I...don't need to make up for it, right?"
Sai Hazhi said: "You need to make up for it, you need to make up for it, man..."
It was hard to refuse such kindness, so Xia Xun took a bite, well..., he was a little angry. Sobud, Uzhina and their mothers couldn't help but giggle when they saw Xia Xun's grimace.
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When sleeping at night, Wuenqi and his wife slept on the right side of the felt bag, while Saihazhi and Xia Xun were placed on the left side near the door. If there were guests passing by at night, they would sleep in this position after entering the door.
If someone comes, everyone will have to squeeze together. Xia Xun sighed secretly, tonight he will have to endure Lao Ha's earth-shattering snoring again.
According to tribal customs, unmarried girls in the family must also sleep on the left side, so a little further inside is where the little sisters Sobud and Uzhina sleep. Sehazhi is next to Xia Xun.
, winked at him and whispered: "Sir, Sobud slept with my husband last night. I originally wanted to taste Uzhina tonight. Since I'm here, I'll give it to you.
, after a while the lights are turned off, and you can go over."
Xia Xun was surprised and said: "What? What did you say?"
Sehazhi chuckled and said, "Don't you know, sir? If the master has an unmarried girl, you can sleep with her if you like. No one will interfere, not even the girl's father."
Xia Xun's eyes almost popped out: "What? This is unreasonable. Don't bluff me. How is it possible!"
Sai Hazhi said: "How is it impossible? This is the rule we have here for generations."
I don't know whether it's because life on the grassland is hard and the survival rate of children is low, or because the relationship between men and women on the grassland has always maintained the relatively ancient free habits. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Xia Xun believed it, but he couldn't accept it.
Such a custom, he shook his head repeatedly and said: "Forget it, I don't want it, I'd better sleep well, I have to go on the road tomorrow morning."
Sai Hazhi said happily: "If you don't want it, my lord, I will ask for it. Hahaha, I want both girls!"
Xia Xun: "..."
That night, Xia Xun found that he didn't hear Sehazhi's snoring that night, but he couldn't sleep at all. There were sounds of snoring, laughter, thick and thin breathing, and he didn't even know what it was in the darkness.
The older one or the younger one ran over naked and boldly tried to get into his bed. He was so afraid of being violated that he could only wrap a quilt tightly around his body and spent his time in "horror"
A sleepless night.
Sad Xia Xun...
p: I didn’t make that custom up. Until recent decades, it was still practiced in some areas on the grassland~~
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Become a prince in the Ming Dynasty" That's it.
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