The incident happened so suddenly that Luo Qingzhi was completely unprepared and even forgot to resist.
It started to rain outside the tent, and Luo Qingzhi listened to the slightly chaotic footsteps outside the tent.
The person on his body was dissipating his own warmth regardless of it, the ointment on his chest had been rubbed off, and Luo Qingzhi touched the sticky blood.
She came back to her senses instantly and started pushing, "Injury, you are injured."
As if he was on drugs, Gao Zhen pressed Luo Qingzhi's hand above his head and continued to explore new territory.
Luo Qingzhi said sternly: "Erlang, stop."
Gao Zhen came back to his senses, stopped what he was doing, and stared at Luo Qingzhi innocently with the end of his scarlet eyes.
Luo Qingzhi coughed lightly and looked at Gao Zhen's bleeding wound.
"The wound is open."
Gao Zhen sighed, sat up and remained silent.
Luo Qingzhi also stood up, pulled up her open clothes, picked up the medicine box, and treated Gao Zhen's wounds again.
Gao Zhen pressed his palms on the bed and lowered his head.
Luo Qingzhi didn't speak, she just treated the wound silently.
The wound was re-bandaged, Luo Qingzhi pressed her hands on the edge of the bed, looked up at Gao Zhen, "You...be patient for a while."
Gao Zhen didn't expect that this was what Luo Qingzhi said, and he couldn't help laughing.
"I thought you would be angry."
Luo Qingzhi asked, "Why do you always think that I will be angry? Do you think I am so easy to get angry?"
Gao Zhen said: "I'm afraid you'll be angry."
The rain outside the house happened to stop, and Luo Qingzhi's subtle sigh could be heard in the quiet house.
"It's too late, go to sleep." Luo Qingzhi said softly.
Luo Qingzhi put on her clothes and slept on the outside, leaving the inside to Gao Zhen.
Early the next morning, what woke Luo Qingzhi was the dazzling sunshine.
She was in such a hurry last night that she didn't even close the window, so the sun shone uncontrollably on her face.
She turned around, and there was no one on the other side of the bed.
During the day, she had no problem with her vision. Remembering the note she had hurriedly placed under her pillow last night, she reached out and took out the note.
She looked very quickly and finally understood the reason behind Gao Zhen's series of events last night.
Luo Qingzhi arranged her clothes and opened the tent. To her surprise, there was no one guarding the camp.
She walked out of the camp and began to look for the whereabouts of the southbound route.
According to the general camp layout, the east side is the main tent and the west side is the corporal tent. She walked towards the west side, avoiding patrols along the way.
When he arrived at the cell where he was briefly detained, he found that it was the place with the most guards.
She observed the terrain and guessed that the southbound person was being held on the west side of the cell.
Luo Qingzhi walked around the back of the tent and listened, but didn't hear any sound.
Just when she thought she might have made a mistake in judgment and was about to leave, a voice came from the camp.
"General Nan, you are so seriously injured, why don't we just bow our heads?"
"No, General Mu and the Young Marshal cannot die in vain."
"General Mu is dead?" Luo Qingzhi was a little surprised.
Voices continued to come from the camp, "But general, if you die, no one will know the truth."
There was a moment of silence, as if Nanxing was thinking.
Luo Qingzhi guessed that there were no guards in the camp. She looked at the guards around and returned to the camp along the original route.
Back at the camp, Gao Zhen had not returned yet. She breathed steadily and sat on the desk, thinking about her next move.
"Dong-dong-dong-dong!"
"Princess, I have brought you something to eat."
Luo Qingzhi said: "Come in."
With Luo Qingzhi's permission, a stooped man came in.
After the man came in, he first put the food box on the desk, glanced around, and asked, "Isn't the commander in chief here?"
Luo Qingzhi was wondering about this person's question. She was a little happy when she saw the black mole on that person's hand.
, asked tentatively: "Qin Shu?"
The man chuckled and said, "Master recognized me so quickly."
Qin Shu said and slowly straightened up.
"How did you get in?" Luo Qingzhi said.
"It sounds complicated," Qin Shu said, "Let me focus on the key points. Your Majesty asked me to tell you that in seven days, the Pingbei Army will be ordered to attack."
Luo Qingzhi frowned, "Your Majesty..."
She originally wanted to persuade Gao Zhen to surrender, but she forgot that Gao Yan was the emperor and could not let her waste time.
"Okay, I understand." Luo Qingzhi said.
Qin Shu said: "Someone is here and I have to go out. If there is any news that needs to be conveyed, just say you want to eat hibiscus cake and I will come in."
"Okay, leave quickly."
As soon as Qin Shu left with his front foot, Gao Zhen came in with his rear foot.
Seeing Luo Qingzhi eating slowly, she smiled and said, "Does it suit your appetite?"
"Not bad." Luo Qingzhi said.
Luo Qingzhi raised her head, glanced at the location of his wound, and asked, "How is the wound?"
Gao Zhen said: "It's okay."
The two sat opposite each other, silent for a while.
The sound of tapping bowls and chopsticks was unusually loud in the quiet space.
"Arlo, I must win this battle."
Listening to Gao Zhen's affirmative voice, Luo Qingzhi put down the bowl and chopsticks.
"You can't win this battle."
Gao Zhen also put down his bowls and chopsticks.
"I'll find someone to take you back later."
Luo Qingzhi sighed, "I won't leave."
Gao Zhen also sighed, "Aluo, I won't hurt you, but I won't betray my mother-in-law either."
Luo Qingzhi remembered that when she was in Ningzhou, Gao Zhen firmly chose herself when faced with this question. She asked: "When we were in Ningzhou, you said that you chose me."
"Just think that I have failed you." Gao Zhen turned away.
Luo Qingzhi said: "I'll give you a chance to live up to me."
Gao Zhen turned around and looked at Luo Qingzhi.
"Come back with me and I will protect you." Luo Qingzhi said seriously and firmly.
"..."
Gao Zhen shook his head, "Aluo, do you know where I went just now?"
Luo Qingzhi shook her head.
Gao Zhen said: "Yesterday, I drove Ouyang Hong away. This morning, half of the garrison fled."
Luo Qingzhi finally understood why there were no guards outside the account today.
Gao Zhen continued: "The Mu family's army did not completely obey orders. They traveled south here and could neither kill nor let go."
He smiled and said: "The only ones I can mobilize are less than a thousand secret guards."
"Then why are you still like this?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Gao Zhen first sighed, and then said slowly: "Although my mother-in-law is radical, Gao Yan failed her first and killed my father. As a human son, if I can still live peacefully under your protection,
Next..." He shook his head, "Arlo, I can't do it."
Luo Qingzhi was a witness to what happened back then, so naturally she couldn't excuse Gao Yan. She thought about it and said, "You, take me to see your mother and concubine."
"..."
Luo Qingzhi explained: "Don't worry, she won't kill me now, and I won't touch her."
"good."
When Gao Zhen took Luo Qingzhi into Shu Yuan's tent, she was not surprised at all.
Luo Qingzhi saluted respectfully, "I have met the concubine."
Shu Yuan smiled and looked at Gao Zhen, "Zhen, get out."
Gao Zhen was unwilling, so Luo Qingzhi also turned around and said, "Nothing, just go ahead."
The two sat opposite each other, and Luo Qingzhi got straight to the point.
"Empress, I want to make a deal with you."
Shu Yuan smiled and nodded, "It seems that we are on the same page. Princess, I also want to make a deal with you."
"Then, the queen will speak first."
Shu Yuan was not polite and said directly: "My son must be the emperor."
Luo Qingzhi asked: "What do you want to give in exchange?"
Shu Yuan stared at Luo Qingzhi, "Anything is fine."
"..."
Shu Yuan continued: "Princess, you are so smart, why haven't you thought about why it is today?"
Luo Qingzhi didn't understand and asked: "What do you mean?"
Shu Yuan smiled, but there was blood at the corner of her mouth.
"Empress!"
Luo Qingzhi's shout made Gao Zhen rush in from outside the tent.
He ran to Shu Yuan and held her outstretched hand.
"Ah, Ah Zhen, from now on, you will be alone...alone..."
Gao Zhen hugged her and started to panic, "Concubine, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I'm going to fight, I'm going to fight for the throne, Concubine, I'm going..."
Shu Yuan smiled, turned her head to look at Luo Qingzhi with difficulty, and slowly closed her eyes.
"Mother concubine!"
Luo Qingzhi felt nervous, worried that Gao Zhen would misunderstand that he had hurt her mother-in-law.
Before she could continue to worry, news came from outside the account.
"The call is coming, the call is coming."
Luo Qingzhi came out of the camp and asked, "What's going on?"
"The Pingbei Army is coming."
Luo Qingzhi returned to the camp and met Gao Zhen's eyes. She couldn't explain the emotion expressed in Gao Zhen's eyes. There was no anger or sadness, but an indifferent look.
Gao Zhen put Shu Yuan down gently and walked towards Luo Qingzhi step by step. It was obvious that he had no murderous intention, but she actually felt like running away.
Could it be the oppression unique to the Gao family royal family? In the end, Luo Qingzhi could only stand there blankly.
Gao Zhen had already approached, "Aluo, I have no relatives anymore."
Luo Qingzhi comforted softly, "You have me."
Gao Zhen cautiously stretched out his hand, but then retracted it.
Luo Qingzhi said: "You stay in the camp, I will solve this matter."
"No." Gao Zhen refused and pulled her sleeve. Now he seemed to be back to the way he was in Jinling, so clingy.
Luo Qingzhi thought for a while, maybe it was not safe to leave him here alone, and stretched out her hand, "Then, let's go."
The two of them walked out of the tent. There was already a mess outside the tent. Luo Qingzhi got on the horse and pulled Gao Zhen onto the horse.
She shouted: "You stay where you are."
Luo Qingzhi's voice was like a life-saving charm. Everyone stopped panicking and watched the two of them ride away.
As soon as she walked out of the camp, she encountered a team with the banner "Luo". She reined up her horse and looked around, but saw no familiar figures, so she asked: "Who is leading the troops?"
The vanguard stepped forward and said, "My subordinate Yizhou General Wang Guo has come to see the princess."
"Yizhou?"
Luo Qingzhi thought for a while and said: "The remaining soldiers have surrendered and their lives are not allowed."
Wang Mang was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty's order is total annihilation."
"I'm going to meet His Majesty." After Luo Qingzhi finished speaking, she rode her horse forward.
Gao Zhen put his arm around Luo Qingzhi's waist and leaned on her back.
Returning to the Pingbei Army camp, Feng Zinan was a little shocked, "Young Master, why are you back?"
Luo Qingzhi asked: "You didn't receive the order to attack?"
"Of course not."
Luo Qingzhi snorted coldly, "Where is your Majesty?"
Feng Zinan was even more confused, "Your Majesty has already set off to return to the palace. Didn't you know that he left this morning?"