Princess Yu'an took Queen Yunlan's jade pendant and took her personal guards with her, preparing to rush to the south. Before leaving, Queen Yunlan held her arm tightly: "Yu'an, promise your mother that you will take your royal brother with you."
return."
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I will definitely do my best to bring the Emperor's brother back."
"It's not with all your strength, but with certainty!" Queen Yunlan's eyes were sharp and undeniably cold: "No matter what method you use, I only want your royal brother to come back safe and sound, do you understand?"
Princess Yu'an was so stared at by Queen Yunlan that her spine trembled. She suddenly asked: "If it was her daughter who was detained by Nanduan today, would the queen mother also go to great lengths to save her daughter?
Queen Yunlan's eyes suddenly flashed, and she nodded after only a moment: "Yu'an, you are my biological daughter, of course I will save you."
Princess Yu'an's true thoughts were as clear as a mirror. She, as a princess, was just the icing on the cake for Queen Yunlan, staying by her side to kill time.
"Mother, the emperor has loved his son since he was a child, and he and his brother have become brothers. And without the support of the emperor, the situation of the son and the mother will be very difficult in the future." Princess Yu'an comforted Queen Yunlan: "This time
My son and I will also take the crown prince with us, and if we have more people there, we might be able to contribute more."
Queen Yunlan was relieved and said, "Okay, don't delay on the way. Go back as soon as possible."
"yes!"
Under the gaze of Queen Yunlan, Princess Yu'an got on the carriage.
Ten days later
Chu Yunning received a handwritten letter from Queen Yunlan, which contained a series of reconciliation conditions, including money, soldiers and horses, food and grass, whatever she wanted.
"Queen Yunlan has really worked hard for such a useless prince."
She could only say that Queen Yunlan also played an important role in making the deposed prince what he is today. She pampered him to the point of being spoiled step by step.
"Even if the deposed prince goes back, Emperor Yunlan will never forgive him." Eunuch Mo was puzzled: "Didn't the queen trick the deposed prince? It's better to remain anonymous from now on and be an ordinary person."
Even if Emperor Yunlan could forgive him, Yunlan's civil and military officials and the common people would not tolerate such a master who was careless about human life and had no means.
Chu Yunning smiled and said, "I will not reply to the letter for the time being. As for the deposed prince, I will feed him well and feed him well, and no one will be allowed to touch him."
"Don't worry, Chu Shang Palace, I will definitely do it."
At this time, Beibei was holding Emperor Mingwen in one hand and holding a vegetable basket in the other hand. He was coming with cheerful steps. He grinned at him and shouted sweetly: "Mother, we picked today."
There are a lot of cucumbers, tomatoes, and small fruits, which are really sweet.”
When Chu Yunning saw him coming, her mood improved unconsciously, and she also laughed: "No wonder I didn't see anyone so early in the morning. It turned out that I went to pick, and my little nose was still stained with mud."
"Mother, I brought this fruit for you." Beibei raised the vegetable basket in his hand and muttered mysteriously in Chu Yunning's ear: "Mother, I also did you a big favor."
Curiosity aroused by Beibei's expression, Chu Yunning followed the words and asked, "What's the big deal? Please tell mother quickly."
"I smelled a very strange fragrance in the vegetable shed, and found that many fruits had been smeared with medicine, which is a chronic poison."
After saying this, Chu Yunning's face changed slightly, and there was a fierce look in his eyes. If this was really the case, it should be because there was a trick in the military camp.
"Mother, these are not poisonous." Beibei has been following Chu Yunning to identify poisons since he was a child. He has a keen sense of smell, so he will never smell the wrong thing.
Chu Yunning reached out and touched Beibei's little head: "Beibei, you are great. You really helped me a lot. How should I reward you?"
Beibei tilted his head seriously and thought for a while: "It would be better if I could have a little sister. If I really don't have one, then let's sew a beautiful doll."
Chu Yunning couldn't refuse these words, it was like he had dug a big hole for himself and buried himself in it.
The atmosphere was awkward for a while, and then Beibei grabbed Chu Yunning's hand and said, "Mother, let me take you to see the greenhouse."
"good!"
"Don't worry, it won't be too late to go after Beibei has finished his breakfast." However, Emperor Mingwen took his time and pulled Beibei to sit down. He rolled up his sleeves for him and did not forget to lay out the table for him.
He took the bowl and chopsticks and carefully filled a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of Beibei.
Beibei thanked him politely; "Thank you, Uncle Huang."
"You're welcome."
Sitting next to each other, one large and one small, each had their breakfast quietly with their heads lowered, while Eunuch Mo was waiting on the side. The two of them had a calm temperament and seemed not to be in a hurry at all.
Chu Yunning laughed, but she was careless and almost forgot that Beibei hadn't had breakfast yet, so she sat aside and gave Beibei his favorite food from time to time.
Beibei is very easy to take care of. Except for a few people who don't like to eat, he is basically not picky about food and will eat whatever is given to him.
"Mom, Uncle Huang likes purple potato cake and shrimp dumplings. I can't reach them. Please give me a piece for Uncle Huang. Is this what Master said, it's rude to come and go without reciprocating?" Beibei blinked his innocent eyes.
, looking confused.
If Chu Yunning didn't know his son well, he would definitely have been deceived by Beibei's appearance.
Emperor Mingwen raised his eyes and squinted at Chu Yunning.
This was the first time she had ever done grinding and picking up vegetables for the emperor, so she looked at Eunuch Mo. Eunuch Mo suddenly felt a chill coming from the soles of his feet. He wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, so he could only lower his head.
Pretending not to see Chu Yunning's eyes.
Act like a deaf or blind person honestly.
In desperation, Chu Yunning had no choice but to use her chopsticks to pick up a purple shrimp dumpling and put it in Emperor Mingwen's bowl: "Your Majesty, these shrimp dumplings taste really good, please try it."
"Okay!" Emperor Mingwen was not polite, lowered his head and bit into it.
When Chu Yunning saw this, her face turned red.
"It tastes really good. It's even better than the one in the imperial kitchen. It's something I've never tasted before." Emperor Mingwen praised it without hesitation.
Beibei nodded: "Yes, there is also pumpkin cake, which is made from pumpkins grown in greenhouses. It is soft, glutinous and delicious, and not greasy at all. Mother, give it to Uncle Huang!"
Chu Yunning winked at his son, and it was almost done, but Beibei seemed not to notice and continued to direct things out of his reach.
Emperor Mingwen cooperated with a smile, and Chu Yunning ate whatever he put in his hands. After this meal, his stomach was full. Seeing this, Eunuch Mo quickly asked someone to prepare hot tea to relieve his tiredness.
The breakfast was spent in a very strange atmosphere. Beibei laughed heartily, holding hands one by one and rushed to the greenhouse.
Perhaps due to lack of concentration and the slippery mud and snow, Chu Yunning almost slipped and fell. Emperor Mingwen quickly supported her slender waist.
Suddenly, the sweet fragrance of his daughter's house reached his nose. Emperor Mingwen's heart beat rapidly and his face looked slightly unnatural.
Chu Yunning even blushed, and straightened up immediately after standing firm: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"You're welcome, please watch your step."
"yes!"
The three of them entered the greenhouse one after another, and when the curtains were raised, Chu Yunning noticed something was wrong, and the air was filled with a faint weird fragrance.
I picked a tomato at random, opened it and looked inside. There was nothing unusual about ordinary tomatoes. Most people wouldn't be able to notice it at all. Only people with medical skills could be keenly aware of it.
Fortunately, Beibei was clever, otherwise all the vegetables in the greenhouse would have been ruined.
"Beibei, are all sheds like this?"
Beibei shook his head: "No, I have only found five large sheds like this so far, and the rest have not been affected yet."
There are a total of 300 greenhouses at the border, which shows that those people haven't had time to start yet.
The vegetables that he had worked so hard to grow were destroyed like this. Chu Yunning felt a ball of anger in her heart. Destruction of food would be punished by God!
"Go and call the people in charge of these sheds. Also, ask all the people in charge of the greenhouses to stand outside the greenhouses and not to enter the greenhouses!" Chu Yunning ordered with a cold face.
She must find out the person behind the scenes today!
Chu Yunning started to check the first shed to see if only five sheds were affected by rice seedlings. After the final inspection, it was indeed as Beibei said, there were only five sheds.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Yunning entered the greenhouse and began to search for the source. She wanted to know where the poison was. Beibei suddenly raised his head and pointed at the hole where a few eyes were leaking from above: "Mother, could it be moved from above?
hands and feet?”
Looking along the line of sight, Chu Yunning was also a little unsure. She wanted to go up and check it herself, but unfortunately she didn't know martial arts.
Upon seeing this, Emperor Mingwen suddenly hugged her waist, jumped into the air, and landed on the roof of the house. Chu Yunning was so frightened that he tightly held onto Emperor Mingwen's arm and did not let go. It took him a while to stabilize his expression before his expression softened.
Seeing this, Beibei covered his mouth and smiled secretly: "Eunuch Mo, is my mother a good match for the emperor's uncle?"
"It's a perfect match, it's a perfect match. The little prince is really discerning. There is no one in this world who is a better match for your mother and the emperor." Eunuch Mo said with a smile.
He had served Emperor Mingwen for many years and had seen all kinds of fragility and helplessness of Emperor Mingwen. This was definitely Emperor Mingwen's sincerity.
Besides, Chu Yunning is worth it!
"It is true that the medicine was administered from here. There are still residual medicines on it." Chu Yunning said with a cold face. The medicine is not strong. As long as you take it continuously for about half a month, the medicine will take effect, and after seeing blood,
He began to twitch involuntarily, fainted, fell into a hallucination, and engaged in self-mutilation.
"These medicines are not cheap to make, and the people behind the scenes have spent a lot of money." Chu Yunning said, and winked at Emperor Mingwen, indicating that he wanted to go.
Emperor Mingwen hugged Chu Yunning's waist again and jumped down. After his toes landed on the ground, Chu Yunning's heart completely returned to his stomach.
"Needless to say, Dongling must have done it behind the scenes." Emperor Mingwen guessed it at a glance.
Chu Yunning then said: "Donngling is coming to attack the southern end, so he drugged the vegetables and took the time to attack. By then our soldiers will not be able to resist at all, so they will have to be defeated."
Needless to say, it must have been Shen Bi's idea.
She is getting more and more upset now. She should not have helped Shen Bi leave the harem in the first place, but should have left her alone in the harem until she grew old.
"Since it has been discovered, Dongling will definitely receive the news." Emperor Mingwen did not intend to wait any longer, and ordered people to urge Huilu. If there is no news within three days, he would directly lead his troops to attack.
Aventurine.
Chu Yunning nodded, and then said: "Send someone quickly to check the food and grass, don't let the horse be frightened."
"yes!"
By the time she discovered it, it was already too late. Tens of thousands of horses had been lost. Emperor Mingwen's face was livid: "The prince of Nancheng is so blind that he would leave such a scourge around."
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Nancheng Palace has been ransacked by Emperor Dongling, and more than a hundred people have died." Even Eunuch Mo was lamenting. The Nancheng Palace is the first family in Dongling, and has accumulated merits of several generations.
In the end, they were all defeated by Shen Bi.
What a shame!
Chu Yunning suddenly fell silent, remembering Shen Bi's prophecy. According to this rhythm, Emperor Dongling would never be the crown prince of Nancheng.
In terms of strength, Prince Nancheng is not the most advantageous. In terms of geographical location, Prince Nancheng is even more embarrassed.
As long as the battle front drags on for longer, Prince Nancheng's side simply won't be able to endure it.
"I heard that the Prince of Nancheng is also imitating cats and trying to grow vegetables in greenhouses with us." Eunuch Mo curled his lips. These are all the methods that Chu Shang Palace came up with. Others are just imitating them.
"Shen Bi should not be underestimated." Chu Yunning no longer believed Shen Bi's words. She was not sure what Shen Bi did before, but he actually started researching gunpowder.
But don’t take it lightly, and it’s definitely right to be cautious.
"Who is Shen Bi?" Emperor Mingwen was a little suspicious now. Could it be that the Prime Minister taught her something in private?
Moreover, he found that Shen Bi seemed to have a great influence on Chu Yunning. After knowing Chu Yunning for so long, he had never seen her afraid of anyone.
Shen Bi is definitely the first.
"Shen Bi..." Chu Yun Ning choked, how should she explain it.
Emperor Mingwen suddenly waved his hand: "That's all, since it's inconvenient to say it, let's not say it. I only know that there must be an expert behind the scenes to give guidance."
It must have been that the Prime Minister of the Palace hired a very powerful master for Shen Bi to advise behind the scenes.
Hearing this, Chu Yunning did not refute.
"The most important thing now is to throw away all the vegetables in these five big sheds. The soil here needs to be turned over again." Chu Yunning looked at the numerous fruits on the branches and felt bad. It costs a lot to grow these vegetables.
It is a pity that there are so few manpower and material resources.
"Mom, don't be sad. If you run out of vegetables, just plant them again." Beibei held Chu Yunning's hand to comfort her.
Chu Yunning smiled: "Well, mother is not sad. Mother is happy when Beibei is by her side."
After comforting Beibei, Emperor Mingwen held Beibei's hand and said, "It's better not to stay too long here because it's poisonous. If you have anything to say, let's go out and talk about it."
Chu Yunning suddenly discovered that Emperor Mingwen's meticulous care for Beibei did not seem to be fake, but was hidden in subtle details. Sometimes even her biological mother might not have thought of it.