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A flower-viewing banquet was held to decide the candidate for the princess.

On the way home, Zhou Qiong sent Yun Ling back, and the two finally found time to talk.

"The closer we get to our wedding, the harder it becomes for me to see you."

When Zhou Qiong said this, she looked a bit spoiled, and Yun Ling couldn't help laughing: "Who told Ruidu to have so many rules!"

Ruidu has many rules when it comes to marriage. A noble family like the Zhenxi Marquis's Mansion is even more of a spotlight. As the couple's wedding is approaching, Zhou Qiong can no longer visit them as frequently as before, as it will attract criticism from others.

Zhou Qiong asked, "Do you really want to stay with me in Qingzhou in the future? The climate there is not good. It is very cold half of the year."

The two had mentioned it briefly once before and had discovered that they had some differences in their future plans.

Yun Ling nodded, "Of course. As the old saying goes, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. I will go wherever you go."

Nowadays, many couples live apart for a long time, and many of them eventually divorce.

And no matter in the past or now, since she is willing to marry this man, it is for the purpose of living a good life and spending the rest of her life together.

It's not okay to live apart for a long time.

Seeing her say the decision so naturally, Zhou Qiong felt relieved. Just as he was about to hold her hand to comfort her pain of missing him, the carriage suddenly jolted, causing the two people who were already very close to each other to bump into each other.

Zhou Qiong readily took his sweetheart into his arms and felt instantly satisfied.

Smelling the cold pine scent on the other person's clothes, Yun Ling was a little dazed, but she still did not forget the purpose of today.

"You haven't told me yet why you are in such a hurry to marry me? Are you leaving? Why are you leaving? Did His Majesty secretly order a transfer?"

Zhou Qiong shook his head, "It's not your majesty, it's Prince Ding."

"Prince Ding has your money to pave the way this time, and with the secret surrender of the leaders of the garrisons in the neighboring states, he has more than the 15,000 remnants of Prince Xiang. Now the Dingbei Army has 40,000 soldiers. Excluding the 15,000 soldiers in the open, the remaining 25,000 soldiers are all stationed in Yuezhou."

Yun Ling's eyes widened. "Aren't you supposed to take it slow? Why are you making such a big move all of a sudden?"

They had discussed before that they would earn more money, then recruit more soldiers in Qingzhou and incorporate them into the camp of the Zhenxi Army, and then assign them to go out on missions. The number of people coming and going would be so great that ordinary people would not be able to count them unless they were specifically called upon.

The sudden appearance of so many people in Yuezhou would easily arouse suspicion from others, and they would definitely be discovered if things continued for a long time.

If Liu's followers knew that Prince Ding had secretly stationed troops on a large scale, they would certainly report it to Your Majesty, and the charges would be severe.

Zhou Qiong knew her concerns, and whispered in her ear, "Your Majesty's body... is now like a tree whose inner strength has been exhausted. No one knows when it will fall. To be on the safe side, we can only take risks. Besides..."

As he spoke, his eyes were filled with admiration and gratitude. "Do you know how much help the waterways of Lingzhu Island and Lake County have given to Prince Ding this time?"

"You have transferred all the people to Lingzhu Island?"

After Yun Ling finished speaking, she immediately realized the flaw. "It's just a Lingzhu Island. I believe you can barely squeeze in 10,000 people, but if it's 25,000 people, it's almost impossible, unless some people choose to take a boat and float on the sea."

She frowned slightly, "Military Advisor Wen shouldn't have built that many ships yet, right?"

Based on the income and expenditure of the past two years, the fleet only has about thirty ships for trade, and there is no time to build warships.

Zhou Qiong also smiled, "It's enough as a transfer point."

Seeing her puzzled face, he explained one by one: "It is also the good fortune of Prince Ding himself. The Sun Chasing Island where he accidentally entered when he was stranded in the open sea last time, still practices slavery. Half of the commoners and nobles call themselves the Changhe clan, and the rest are all slaves. These people do not treat slaves as human beings. Not only do they wantonly torture and kill them, but they also use living people for sacrifice. Prince Ding originally wanted to find time to punish them."

"So, you just took these 25,000 people to Sun Chaser Island?"

"Well, we can use it as a deterrent and borrow some land on the island to resettle them. That's the best of both worlds."

Hearing this, Yun Ling was shocked and a little impressed.

Prince Ding must be a star sent from heaven, as he had unknowingly done what people in later generations most wanted to do.

According to Zhou Qiong's description, this Zhuri Island and the Changhe tribe are obviously the country that the Chinese people hate the most.

When she thought of this, Yun Ling wished she could go on board and watch the battle.

Seeing that she seemed very excited, Zhou Qiong couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so happy?"

He was a man, and he came from a family that was soon to be granted the title of nobility. Naturally, he felt that the law of the jungle was a very common thing. But Yun Ling was a woman, and she was also so excited, which really puzzled him.

If it were an ordinary Ruidu woman, wouldn’t she say “war is bloody” in a coquettish voice?

Yun Ling didn't know how to explain to Zhou Qiong this hatred engraved in his blood, so he had to change the subject and said, "So, you want to find an excuse to leave Ruidu and go to Zhuri Island to lead the army?"

Zhou Qiong was already used to Yun Ling's sharpness, and immediately admitted: "Yes, although the landing on the Sun Chaser Island was smooth this time, those Changhe people are not easy to deal with. We can't kill them all. Besides, the original slaves have long been accustomed to being exploited, and they are still a little uncomfortable when they are rescued suddenly."

In order not to make Yun Ling worry, Zhou Qiong did not tell her that those slave warriors were still fighting desperately for the nobles.

It turned out that Gu Qianqi was in charge of the Sun-Chasing Island matter.

But Gu Qianqi had never been in a military camp, so he didn't handle many things well.

All the useful people under Prince Ding's command were arranged in other places, and Zhuri Island was such a confidential place, so Prince Ding was a little worried and had to send Zhou Qiong to make the trip.

By the way, we also found the route from Sun Chaser Island to the north along the coastline, in preparation for taking action at any opportunity.

Once there is any movement in Ruidu, in addition to the 50,000 Zhenxi troops in the west, the 50,000 Zhenxi troops secretly guarding the Yanzhou and Ruidu checkpoints, and the 15,000 Dingbei troops that Prince Ding brought back openly, there is also this 25,000-strong army that can be used as a secret bargaining chip.

Yun Ling felt a little emotional. Prince Ding was truly a military genius.

Although the army on the Sun-Chasing Island is not a true navy, it has some prototypes.

However, if this happened, Zhou Qiong and herself would lose their "secret weapon".

However, this was also unexpected.

Who would have thought that the person rescued by the Oceangoing Ship on its first voyage would be the former eldest prince, now His Royal Highness Prince Ding?

I can only say that this is all fate.

"Since His Royal Highness Prince Ding has used Lingzhu Island and Zhuri Island, why don't we keep the newly built secret docks in Ningzhou and Dianzhou for our own use?"