Half a month later, news came from the border of Beixiao that the Donghua army had returned in defeat, and that King Donghua had been captured by Beixiao.
The sun was very good that day, and it had been raining continuously for several days. The day the news came back, the sky turned sunny.
Xuanhuang was sitting in the garden drinking tea, and there was an uninvited guest opposite.
Speaking of which, it had been five or six days since I saw Chu Linfeng. He seemed to be in a very good mood today, with a faint smile on his face.
The tea was good tea, but the people who drank tea with her were not good people, so the pleasure of drinking tea was greatly reduced.
Dun Sheng stood not far away and reported the battle situation to Chu Linfeng, with a meticulous expression on his face, "Your Majesty made a wrong decision, which resulted in the defeat of Baili Slope by one hundred thousand of our army. The Northern Xiao Army outnumbered the enemy, with one against ten, and it was indeed worthy of its name."
Brave and good at fighting."
"How many casualties?"
"More than 10,000 prisoners were taken, and more than 80,000 were killed or injured."
With a smile on his lips, Chu Linfeng nodded and said, "How is the king's current situation?"
"The spies sent by my subordinates haven't come to report yet. Perhaps the Northern Xiao Army has detained the king very severely and cannot get close to him."
Chu Linfeng said "Yes", nodded while holding the cup, "With only ten thousand troops, we defeated our hundred thousand Donghua Army. Who is the leader?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty was captured alive by King Xin who went into battle personally."
Chu Linfeng shook his finger, "Your Majesty, you are so unlucky. How could you be so unlucky to meet Xiao Guo's Assistant King? I really... I really don't know what to say about him."
Dunsheng smiled and said, "The king never expected that on his first expedition, he would encounter Xiao Yunxin, who has always been rigorous in running the army, and is extremely smart and courageous."
"That's right, it seems that the king is really unlucky. Now tell me, what should I do about this matter?"
Xuanhuang curled his small mouth and snorted disdainfully, "Isn't the defeat of your Majesty in line with the prince's wishes? Isn't it the good show that the prince wants to see now?"
"Hehehe." Chu Linfeng was not angry, and smiled happily, "By the way, Huang'er, you sent someone over yesterday to say that you have something important to discuss with me. Tell me whatever it is."
"Your Majesty, can you return all my space containers to me?"
Chu Linfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, but before he spoke, Xuanhuang continued, "Sitting here every day is very boring. I want to make medicine, but I lack the materials, so I have no choice but to speak to you, Prince."
"Are you going to use it against me?"
"My lord, are you afraid?" Xuanhuang asked with a smile.
Chu Linfeng glanced at her, laughed loudly, waved his hand and said to Dunsheng, "Give all the things back to the girl, and the herbs she will need in the future, except for the ones the teacher said I won't give.
Get it done for her."
"Your Majesty." Dunsheng felt that the Prince was a bit exaggerated this time.
Chu Linfeng waved his hand, hooked Xuanhuang's chin, and said with a smile, "I'm not afraid of you turning the world upside down, I just want to see what tricks you can come up with."
Xuanhuang pried his fingers apart with all his strength, backed away unhappily, and glared at him fiercely with his big eyes.
Chu Linfeng continued to laugh.
The little eunuch who was shuffling slowly ran in, knelt down and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is making a lot of noise outside. I hope that Your Majesty can see her."
Chu Linfeng folded his slender legs, slowly rubbed the cup body with his fingers, and smiled coldly, "Then let her come over."
Xuanhuang suddenly stood up and turned around to leave.
"Where to go?"
"Go back to the house and sleep."
Chu Linfeng walked around to her, smiled and clasped her slender waist with one hand, "You are rude and have an arrogant and domineering attitude. Who on earth pampered you like this?"
Dunsheng looked at the sky and rolled his eyes, thinking to himself: When it comes to doting on her, you, my lord, must have contributed a lot!
Xuanhuang bit her small mouth and struggled, unable to escape from his control, feeling unhappy.
Over there, the little eunuch led Wang Guifei all the way in a hurry.
As soon as Wang Guifei saw Chu Linfeng, she stepped forward anxiously and said with tears in her eyes, "Prince Regent, I wonder if you have received the news that the king was captured by the Northern Xiao Army?"
Chu Linfeng pretended to be angry and glanced around, "Who is so talkative that he revealed this news to the Queen Mother?"
Everyone knelt down and shouted death.
Concubine Wang was so anxious that she didn't care about her sense of propriety, so she went up and grabbed Chu Linfeng's wrist, "Prince Regent, such a big thing has happened, why do you want to hide it from the Ai family?"
"I also don't want the Queen Mother to worry too much." Chu Linfeng looked at her pityingly, let go of Xuanhuang's slim waist, then patted the back of Wang Guifei's hand and said, "Even if the Queen Mother knows, what can she do? Apart from doing it
Being anxious will not help matters at all."
"Prince Regent, have you thought of a way to rescue the king?" Wang Guifei asked urgently, "Why don't you send two generals Cheng and Guan to Tianbo City with an army of 200,000 to ask for him."
Chu Linfeng, a treacherous and cunning man, pretended to think about it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, no, absolutely not."
"Why?" Wang Guifei was furious and pointed at Chu Linfeng and asked, "What peace of mind do you have? If you don't rescue the king? Do you want the king to die in Tianbo City?"
Chu Linfeng, who belongs to the first-class acting school, immediately showed expressions of shock, depression, disbelief and heartache when he heard what Wang Guifei said.
Xuanhuang watched his heartfelt performance and suddenly admired this person.
This expression is really captured just right! The connection and transfer of various expressions is called a natural expression, and all the emotions in the heart are accurately written on the face.
"The Queen Mother is so unreasonable! I am worried that sending troops to Tianbo City rashly will not only fail to save the king, but will also anger Bei Xiao. If I kill the king then, I will regret it."
Concubine Wang was frightened for a moment, her face turned green and white, "Prince Regent, are you telling the truth?"
"How could I deceive the Queen Mother?" Chu Linfeng pretended to be righteous, while Xuanhuang kept rolling his eyes aside.
"Then what should we do now?"
"Your Majesty, Xiao Guo sent someone to deliver a letter."
The urgent letter from Qianli was quickly handed to Chu Linfeng. He shook it open and read it from beginning to end with a frown.
Concubine Wang asked anxiously, "What did Beixiao say? What are they going to do before they are willing to let the king go?"
"The letter said that we should use the five cities north of Huai Ling in exchange for the king's return."
Wang Guifei took a deep breath and said, "Five cities?"
"Aren't those the five cities of Anyi, Yangzhai, Shanwu, Dongba, and Huichuan?" Dunsheng's eyes widened and he couldn't help but cursed, "The Xiao people really dare to speak like a lion!"