The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

Xue Mingyue naturally would not refuse Ling Su's request.

In other words, this relationship was truly established when he acknowledged in front of Xie Lang that they were sworn brothers and sisters.

Xue Mingyue didn't know what he experienced during his trip out, which made her change her mind.

But this is undoubtedly a good thing. It can greatly ease the relationship between him and Xie Lang, and also allow him to not have to worry about being strangled by Xie Lang from behind in the Dingyuan Army.

When Ling Su hurriedly left the manor, Xue Mingyue was still a little dazed.

If there hadn't been an extra bowl on the table, she would have almost thought that seeing Ling Su just now was an illusion, but she quickly reacted, turned her head and looked at Xie Lang intently, and asked, "Is Ling Su the leader of this forced march?"

"He has just joined the Dingyuan Army. Will this move cause criticism?"

There was some worry in her tone.

Xie Lang chuckled and said, "Why do you think so? This candidate was not chosen by me, but was chosen by Suzhou."

Although he was behind the scenes pushing the barbarians to invade the border, it still required a large number of troops to stop them at the gates of the city.

Therefore, all the generals are not allowed to leave this place at will.

However, it was also an extremely important matter to lead the troops to the capital city to cooperate with Xie Lang. In order not to arouse suspicion, they could only choose the candidate from the young generals. It was at this time that Ling Su caught their attention.

He is a man of great martial arts skills and was personally recommended by Marquis Dingyuan.

After leading him to fight against the barbarians several times, the generals garrisoned in Suzhou felt that he was capable of leading the forced march, so they simply handed the matter over to him, but they also asked for Xie Lang's opinion.

The letter from Suzhou arrived earlier than Ling Su and his friends.

So Xie Lang knew about this matter. After estimating the date of arrival of this forced march army, he also ordered someone to give Ling Su a letter halfway according to the time. The letter talked about Lou Xuan's reburial.

I thought Ling Su would make it, but I didn't expect him to be half a step late.

After hearing this, Xue Mingyue pondered for a moment, pursed her lips, and then said: "The external force you want has arrived, so are you going to take the next step immediately?"

This Dingyuan Army was the external force prepared by Xie Lang.

In his plan, the arrival of this army made up for the shortage of troops in the capital. Now that they have arrived, the follow-up plan will naturally be put on the agenda.

Although the snow outside has stopped, the north wind is still howling.

At this moment, it was impossible for Xue Mingyue to say that she was not nervous, but she couldn't stop Xie Lang from doing this, nor would she stop him from doing this. She was just worried.

He even had spies among the Royal Guards and the Imperial Guards.

But even so, there are still uncontrollable risks.

Xie Lang held her hand, and wrapped her slightly cold hand with his big hand that remained warm in the winter, trying to transfer his body temperature to her, and whispered, "Don't worry."

"I have made sufficient preparations for this day."

He looked into her eyes seriously, lowered his eyes and said, "Both the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion and this farm are very safe. I will order people to protect you properly before I act. If everything goes well, you will wait until I come to pick you up."

"If things don't go well..."

Before he could finish his words, Xue Mingyue immediately covered his mouth.

Xie Lang smiled, took her hand away, and continued: "Mingyue, you have to listen to this."

"If this doesn't go well, the people protecting you will escort you to a safe place through a secret passage and then send you to Suzhou. Of course, I have confidence in myself and will not fail."

"But we always have to be careful about what might happen. If I fail, you will be the only commander of this team."

Xue Mingyue looked at him silently.

Seeing that he still had a smile on his face, she felt even more depressed. It seemed like she had never had this feeling before, but it also seemed like she had heard of it before.

In a trance, she remembered the sister-in-law who taught her how to slaughter pigs in her previous life.

My eldest sister-in-law was not originally a butcher, slaughtering pigs and selling meat. Instead, the man she married did that. She was just assisting and collecting money at that time, but later, when the imperial court recruited soldiers, he went to the battlefield.

But the family business could not be neglected, so she gritted her teeth and took on the task.

Xue Mingyue and the others stayed in the county town for a while because of some reasons. She also got to know the elder sister-in-law. After listening to the elder sister-in-law's story, she asked, "Is the elder brother back now?"

The answer is, of course, no.

This elder brother died on the battlefield.

When the sister-in-law talked to her about this, her expression was calm but also a little emotional. She said: I want him to go, but I also don't want him to go, but I know he wants to go, and I also know I can't stop him from going.

This sounds a bit confusing.

But it explained her conflicting feelings very well.

Xue Mingyue now felt that the same explanation could be applied to her. She pursed her lips, knowing that she should agree to him at this moment.

but……

"I want to be with you."

After saying this, Xue Mingyue's mind suddenly relaxed, and even her frowning brows relaxed. She stared at Xie Lang intently and said word by word: "I want to be with you, not hide and wait for you to find me."

Xie Lang showed a look of surprise.

But Xue Mingyue had already thought it through. She held Xie Lang's hand and said calmly, "Don't think I'm acting on impulse. You must cooperate with Queen Lu in this matter, so you need someone to look after her."

“And the only person who can do this is me.”

It was impossible for Xie Lang to use his maids or female generals to cooperate with Queen Lu.

Old Princess Cen is old, and it is not possible to let her take this risk.

But Xie Lang absolutely could not give up staring at Queen Lu.

The reason given by Xue Mingyue made Xie Lang unable to say no, and he was speechless for a moment. Facing Xue Mingyue's firm attitude, no matter how fully prepared Xie Lang was, he never thought of putting her in such a dangerous place.

He said with a headache: "Mingyue, no, that's too dangerous."

Empress Lu’s attitude is still unknown. Even if she agrees to cooperate with him, her bottom line may be to save Emperor Jingping’s life.

In this way, the other party is very likely to turn against you in an emergency.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, Xue Mingyue's face showed a half-smile. Even though she didn't say anything, this expression was obvious enough.

She is saying, you also know that this is dangerous.

Xie Lang choked suddenly.

When Xue Mingyue saw his expression, she couldn't help but snort twice, and directly lifted the sleeve of her right arm, revealing the small sleeve arrow tied to her arm, and raised her chin to look at him.

“I have never forgotten this.”