A soft, slightly wine-scented hand touched his cheek, and Aao's already hot face was about to burn.

However, when he heard the princess calling out a strange name, a name that had nothing to do with him, his blood that had just boiled slowly cooled down again.

Xiao Chi?

It should be the old friend who made the princess lose control and cry in front of him twice, right?

Including this time, it is already the third time.

Who is this man, and what is so special about him that makes the princess miss him so much?

The boy's eyebrows and lips drooped, and for the first time in his life, he felt intense jealousy towards a stranger he had never met.

"Xiao Chi, Xiao Chi..." Chu Zhao was still murmuring to him, and the thousands of stars in his eyes turned into tears rolling down, "Xiao Chi, I worked so hard to find you..."

A'ao stared at her blankly, feeling all kinds of things in his heart. The teardrops were like poison that turned into bones, turning his heart into a puddle of water.

He thought that the princess was drunk anyway, otherwise he would pretend to be Xiao Chi and give her a little comfort, and when she woke up, she would just think it was a dream.

Thinking like this, he reached out and held Chu Zhao's face, and gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks with his thumb.

"Azhao, it's me, I'm back." He said softly.

Chu Zhao was stunned. After a few breaths, he rubbed and pinched his face with both hands. He looked left and right and said in disbelief: "Really, is it really you?"

"Yes." Ah Ao's face was distorted by her pinching, and he said vaguely, "A Zhao, I'm back to see you. You have worked hard these years."

Chu Zhao still refused to believe it: "Then tell me your favorite thing."

Aao: "..."

Why do you still bring it like this?

How does he know what Xiao Chi loves to say?

Just when he was in trouble, a voice suddenly said quietly from behind him: "What are you doing?"

A'ao was startled, and hurriedly retracted his hand and turned around, only to see Murong Xiao standing behind him at some point, with a chill emanating from his body. Even in the dim moonlight, his extremely angry expression could be clearly seen.

Ah Ao felt guilty and felt helpless about being caught in bed.

Although the princess has made it clear many times that she does not like the prince, the prince is her legitimate husband after all.

As for himself, he was just like an outsider trying to get ahead, so his momentum was three points weaker.

Fortunately, there was a hammer girl sleeping soundly next to him, otherwise he would not have been able to explain clearly.

"The princess was drunk and remembered sad things. I wanted to comfort her..." He explained weakly.

"Is it your turn?" Murong Xiao didn't even bother to listen to his explanation. He bent down and pulled him away, picked up Chu Zhao and held him in his arms. "Stay away from the princess from now on. If you hadn't helped the princess this time, I wouldn't have done anything." The king will definitely chop off your hands."

Aao stood up and wanted to speak, but Murong Xiao had already strode away with Chu Zhao in his arms.

"What a disgusting woman, you won't stop for a moment. I left the mess to this king, but you are here to be happy..."

Murong Xiao gritted his teeth and walked away, while Ah Ao stood there blankly, feeling sour in his heart.

He couldn't remember how many times the prince took the princess away in front of him.

This feeling is really frustrating. When will he be able to stop the person openly and justly say, "You can't take her away."

The princess said before that she would make peace with the prince when she could control the situation, so what he can do now is to work hard to become stronger while assisting the princess to become the leader of the Jingnan Army.

After this battle of Wusul, the princess's prestige in the Jingnan Army will definitely be greatly improved. He believes that the princess's wish will be realized soon.

When the princess gets the letter of peace, he can protect her with confidence and will never let the prince touch her again.

He was lost in thought, sighed, and bent down to hold the hammer. After holding it for a long time, he couldn't help it up, so he had to give up and went outside to ask a few soldiers to carry the man back.

The surroundings became quiet. After a long time, another tall and burly figure walked out of the shadows. Looking at the wine jar rolling to the ground, he took out a peach wood Tai Chi charm from his arms. After looking at the moonlight for a few times, he held it tightly in his hand. Hold on tight.

"Do you care about her too?"

Wu Yunji's question rang in his ears.

He was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and smiled to himself, put the Tai Chi Talisman in his arms, turned around and strode away.

He didn't know if he cared, he only knew that he could be the enemy of the world for her.

……

In the next few days, after much deliberation, Chu Zhao and Murong Xiao selected the most law-abiding among all the sons of King Wusuer as the new king, and asked him to write a letter of surrender to the Dayan court in the name of the king. Expressed his willingness to become a vassal state of Dayan and pay annual tribute to Dayan every year, so that the two countries can coexist peacefully and have good relations from generation to generation.

As the suzerain state, Dayan had the absolute right to appoint and remove the king of Ursuer, and would send officials to garrison in Ursuer to participate in the political decision-making of Ursuer.

After writing the surrender letter, Murong Xiao sent people to rush to the capital at a speed of [-] miles, leaving General Chen and half of the Jingnan Army to deal with the aftermath. He led the other half of the Jingnan Army to return to Yunnan together with Chu Zhao and Zhang Xingzhou. state.

In addition to General Chen and several deputy generals, Chu Zhao also left Lu Junzi in Wusu, asking him to assist General Chen in the finishing work as a military advisor.

Lu Junzi suddenly went from being the second-in-command of the village to being the military advisor of the Jingnan Army, and had the decision-making power over a country. It felt like a dream. Even his hands turned purple and he still couldn't believe it.

In addition to being shocked and excited, I was even more grateful for Chu Zhao's kindness. I repeated the words of loyalty over and over again dozens of times. In the end, I didn't know what I was talking about.

The gang of bandits who followed him to join the Jingnan Army in Lingyun Village were all proud and felt that their lives had reached the peak at this moment.

Chu Zhao corrected them with a smile. They had just started to go up the mountain and were still far from the peak!

Wusul can only be regarded as a small hill at best, and the capital city thousands of miles away is her real battlefield.

King Wusuer, his eldest son and the queen were all imprisoned in the palace prison. Chu Zhao suggested that Murong Xiao write a letter of request and send it to the capital along with the letter of surrender, leaving their life and death to the imperial court. to decide.

Chu Zhao said that this was to give the court some face, lest they say that King Jingnan acted arbitrarily and had no superiority.

Murong Xiao was very disdainful of this.

He has no superiority, and if he had one, he would not rebel.

But after all, he still listened to Chu Zhao and wrote the request letter, just as a formality to silence the court.

To be precise, it was to block the mouths of the Queen Mother and the father and son of the He family.

After everything was arranged, the night before the team set off back to Yunzhou, Chu Zhao was already preparing to rest, but Aao suddenly came to call her, saying that Wu Yunji had heard that she was leaving and wanted to see her again.

Chu Zhao was not a loving person, nor did she feel pity for her enemies, but Wu Yunji was her first real opponent since her rebirth. Out of respect for her opponent, she didn't mind saying goodbye to him.

Wu Yunji was imprisoned in a separate cell because he did not want to be with his father and brothers.

When Chu Zhao passed by, he was standing inside the cell door waiting, as if he was sure that Chu Zhao would definitely come.

The two looked at each other across the iron fence. Chu Zhao was as calm and calm as ever. Although Wu Yunji was reduced to a prisoner, he was not depressed. He was still like a leopard, full of danger.

"I didn't expect to lose to you." He said, "If I had skipped the test and directly led the army to attack Yunzhou, who do you think would win?"

"It's not you or me, it's the Jingnan Army." Chu Zhao said with great certainty, "A direct war will only cause greater casualties to the Jingnan Army, but the final victory will still belong to the Jingnan Army."

"Why?" Wu Yunji asked.

"Because the mission of the Jingnan Army is to defend the territory. Their generals will change, but the mission will not change. They are always ready to fight to defend the territory, and you are just shameful invaders. You were then and you are now. .”

Wu Yunji was silent for a moment, and then said: "In this world, the strong is the king and the capable is the king. Do you dare to say that the founding empress of your country, Dayan, did not conquer this country by invading others?"

Chu Zhao laughed.

She really dared to say that her vast empire was not achieved through aggression.

"The era of Emperor Xihe was a time when the world was in chaos and the heroes were vying for the throne. She first entered the army camp just to make a living. Later, she conquered the world for the sake of peace and peace for the people, not out of ambition to become king and hegemon. , Ambition and killing may make you the overlord of a party, but they will never make you a wise king."

Wu Yunji raised his eyebrows: "You know her so well?"

"Yes, no one in this world knows her better than me." Chu Zhao leaned over and whispered, "Because I am her."

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