After hearing this, Qu Xiaonan did not dare to stay too long and hurriedly hid aside. When the fourth prince Fu Liang finished speaking, she came out and went in to pay his respects to the emperor.
The emperor had always treated their family well, so Qu Xiaonan had no ill intentions towards the emperor. When this happened, she was also very shocked.
The emperor was carefully repairing his beloved potted plants with delicate scissors. Qu Xiaonan stood beside him, not knowing what to do.
"The marriage between Miss Qu and General Li is truly a match made in heaven." The emperor looked at the exquisite scissors in his hands and asked Qu Xiaonan beside him with a faint smile: "General Li is a talented person with a literary and military skills, and he is the most capable in my heart. General, your father is also my most important minister, and I am very pleased that you two can be together."
The emperor seemed to be unintentional, but every word was full of irony. It was ironic that Qu Xiaonan had insulted the fourth prince before and refused to marry the fourth prince, but now he was fawning over Li Xiuye.
Although Qu Xiaonan is still young, she has been exposed to it since childhood and can naturally understand the irony in the emperor's words, but she can no longer care about it now.
Her mind was filled with thoughts on how to get Li Xiuye through this crisis safely.
"Your Majesty, I want to know when Li Xiuye will be back from this battle?" She asked the emperor in a low voice, hoping to get some news from the emperor.
"General Li has rushed to the border with his troops. This time, I'm afraid there may be some danger." The emperor put down the scissors in his hand and turned to stare at Qu Xiaonan seriously.
Concern was revealed in his eyes: "General Li has been fighting for the country for many years. I am very worried about his safety, but you can rest assured that General Li has never been defeated in many years. I think he will be safe this time."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qu Xiaonan looked at the emperor gratefully. The emperor's words were very reserved, but she could still guess the deep meaning.
When Qu Xiaonan left, the emperor stopped her again and told her: "Miss Qu, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the palace more often and play with the princes and princesses. It is also good."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," she nodded and turned to leave.
Qu Xiaonan was a little depressed, although Li Xiuye was indeed very powerful and there was no need for others to worry.
The enemy couldn't hurt him at all, but if one of his own people stabbed him in the back, that wouldn't necessarily be the case. However, Li Xiuye's expedition was now in danger, and the emperor had already decided to secretly harm him.
Just when she was lost in thought, the fourth prince Fuliang appeared behind her at some point.
Qu Xiaonan was so frightened that she quickly took a few steps back and almost fell down.
She widened her eyes and looked at Fuliang who suddenly appeared with some anger. Fuliang looked at Qu Xiaonan with a smile: "Why, I am really so scary."
Fu Liang smiled heartlessly. Fu Liang looked handsome and unrestrained, looking like a son of an aristocrat, and looked very eye-catching.
In fact, Qu Xiaonan didn't dislike him at all. She just didn't want to marry these vain princes, so she took this trick to embarrass Fu Liang on the spot. Now that she saw him smiling so heartlessly, she felt relieved. tone.
Fu Liang looked at her condescendingly, smiled and looked at her for a while, and then said something: "I have always been confused about one thing. When you don't like me, why do you like Li Xiuye, who is lower than me? ?”
Qu Xiaonan didn't answer him, and just continued to walk forward, but Fu Liang became interested for a while and kept teasing her from behind.
Qu Xiaonan was very annoyed and replied a few words.
The two of them chased each other in the imperial garden for a long time, and finally they gave up. However, Qu Xiaonan didn't want to get entangled with the fourth prince anymore, so he left.
When I got home, I couldn't worry about Li Xiuye no matter how much I thought about it.
She couldn't sit still and walked back and forth in the courtyard every day. After about a month or so, the sunny days turned to cloudy and the rain poured down. Finally, she couldn't help it and decided to go to the border to see if she could
Find some ways.
But the guards in the palace kept stopping her: "Madam, the border is too dangerous, you can't go."
"Your general's life is at stake," Qu Xiaonan said impatiently, but the guard still disagreed, "Madam, the border is too far away, and there are many dangers on the road. You'd better stay at home. What happened, General?
We can't bear the blame."
"I have to go to the border. I have to visit the general," Qu Xiaonan insisted.
In the end, this group of people couldn't defeat her, so they had to send people to protect Qu Xiaonan's safety on the way. Only then did Qu Xiaonan feel a little more relieved.
However, on the way, people sent by Qu Xiaonan received good news from the border, saying that Li Xiuye was injured and missing. War broke out on the border, people were displaced, and the court fell into chaos.
This situation made Qu Xiaonan even more worried, fearing that something might happen to Li Xiuye.
When they found Li Xiuye, they were behind a messy wild mountain. The blood stains on the ground had solidified, which was shocking to anyone who saw it.
The carriage Li Xiuye was riding in overturned and Li Xiuye was pressed to the ground. Qu Xiaonan was just passing by and did not expect to find any trace of Li Xiuye.
At this time, it was raining heavily, and she was soaked all over. She just wanted to rescue Li Xiuye as soon as possible.
Li Xiuye was lying on the ground now, his body already cold and stiff.
Qu Xiaonan reached out and touched Li Xiuye's nose, and found that he was still breathing, and finally felt a lot more relaxed.
She lifted Li Xiuye up from the ground and pushed him into the carriage with all her strength. Then she found the nearest shabby hut and hurriedly put Li Xiuye on the weeds in the house.
I took a basin of rainwater to clean his wounds. His injuries looked serious, there were many scratches on his body, and his clothes were soaked in rain and were in tatters.
Why is he alone in this wilderness?
She worked hard to take care of him all night, and it was not until the next morning that he gradually woke up. When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a pile of broken hay. There was a musty smell everywhere, and the roof
Air leakage.
He frowned and sat up. The wounds on his body made him gasp in pain. He looked at the wounds on his body and his face turned livid.
Qu Xiaonan heard the noise and walked in quickly.
"You're awake," Qu Xiaonan's voice was trembling.
Li Xiuye looked at Qu Xiaonan in disbelief: "Why are you here?"
Qu Xiaonan: "I have always been worried about you, so I just wanted to come find you. I didn't expect to meet you here on the way."
"You bandaged all the wounds on my body?" Li Xiuye looked at Qu Xiaonan in surprise.
Qu Xiaonan nodded, Li Xiuye sighed and rubbed Qu Xiaonan's long hair: "I'm really embarrassing you."
"What should we do now? I think the situation outside is very bad!" Qu Xiaonan asked worriedly.
Li Xiuye's face turned ugly when he mentioned this.