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No matter how he persuaded him just now, Pei Zhaoqing's career is actually risky after all. After all, he is going to a war zone.

Pei Zhaoqing naturally knew this very well, so from his perspective, he would never agree to Liu Zhaoran going with him.

"Yeah, that fool won't agree." Liu Zhaoran smiled bitterly.

His eyes continued to the official road extending far outside the city, "My Lady, I will accompany you back to the palace. If possible during this period, I hope you can allow me to live in the palace."

After all, the news in the palace is much better informed than that in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Chu Huanyan nodded, "Okay, let's go."

After returning to the palace, not much new news came in the following days.

Danyue failed to attack Jinyue City several times, so he surrounded the city and faced off with Beimo and Tianyi's reinforcements.

Liu Zhaoran lived in the palace, and during the day there was almost nothing to do except drink tea with Chu Huanyan, take a walk, and inspect the business with her.

Chu Huanyan simply asked her to help with the accounting, hoping to distract her attention, but Liu Zhaoran's mind was not on the accounting, so it didn't have much effect.

When Xiao Jinzhi went to court in the morning, Chu Huanyan had just seen her daughter, and when she saw Xiao Jinzhi coming in with a frown, her heart suddenly thumped.

"Is there any new news this morning?"

Xiao Jinzhi was silent for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"Then why do you look like this? It really scares me to death." Chu Huanyan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just now, Feng Hanyi stopped me on the way to leave the court." Xiao Jinzhi paused and sat down at the table. There was more helplessness in his tone, "He refused to be our Ning'er's teacher, and look at that look. It looks like, if there were not other courtiers present, they would probably point their fingers at me and scold me."

"Why?" Chu Huanyan asked curiously.

"He thinks I'm fooling around." Xiao Jinzhi glanced at Chu Huanyan, "Because at the court this morning, I made a decree to designate Ning'er as the crown princess."

Chu Huanyan frowned, "Did you give the order? Why didn't you tell me in advance? Besides, this was too hasty."

Although Xiao Jinzhi mentioned this point more than once, it was just a joke between the two of them. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinzhi would actually give the order directly now.

"Aren't I afraid of long nights and many dreams?" Xiao Jinzhi laughed.

"Even if you are afraid of long nights and dreams, you still have to wait for Ning'er to grow a few years older. How could the courtiers not find it ridiculous to be a baby and a princess who is only a few months old?"

Even for Bei Mo, who once produced an empress, it would be extremely difficult for Feng Sixi to ascend to that position, let alone their Tianyi.

Moreover, if their daughter grows up and has no interest in the throne at all, is it possible to frame her with the title of Crown Princess and force her to sit in that position?

"Feng Hanyi also meant this, so he rejected me directly on the palace road just now. It was originally decided that he and several other courtiers would teach Ning'er together in the future, but now it seems that he is still It’s going to take some work.”

Xiao Jinzhi opened his mouth with a smile, but there was a seriousness in his smile.

Chu Huanyan looked at Xiao Jinzhi seriously, "Is there something you didn't say to me?"

"No, don't ask for more..."

"Xiao Jinzhi, did something go wrong during the war?" Chu Huanyan interrupted Xiao Jinzhi, "You'd better not lie to me, I can see it."

Xiao Jinzhi looked at Chu Huanyan helplessly. The next moment, he raised his hands and surrendered, "Okay, I can't hide anything from Yan Yan. Although there was no new military intelligence report in the morning, I received a message from Yun Chen before the morning. According to the secret message passed over, the situation in Jinyue City is not optimistic."

"How could it be?" Chu Huanyan frowned and was slightly shocked, "The news that came back before said that everything was stable. Dan Yue attacked the city again and again, but failed every time."

Xiao Jinzhi said: "The Bei Mo army guarding the city did something clever. They took advantage of the patrolling soldiers' unpreparedness and burned all the grain stored in the city."

Chu Huanyan took a breath of cold air. Although she had never been to Jinyue City in Beimo, she knew that the city was prosperous, with tens of thousands of people settling there, and with the soldiers guarding the city, the consumption of food and grass must be huge.

"I've seen the map before. Beimo City behind Jinyue City shouldn't be too far away. If we send troops to adjust food supplies, can it take three days?"

"If we seize the time and act quickly, we may be able to have food and grass arrive within two days, but the problem is that several other cities have just supplied a batch of food and grass to Jinyue City, and now there is not much food and grass that can be sent."

The scope of Jinyue City is limited. Although the reinforcements they sent arrived at Jinyue City, only 10,000 people were left to defend the city. The rest were stationed in the rear to reinforce at any time, and some of them were marching. He wanted to try to get behind Danyue and catch them off guard.

But coupled with the original soldiers and horses in Jinyue City and the people, the newly sent food and grass were simply not enough. Once the food and grass are gone, Jinyue City will inevitably be in chaos, and it will be difficult to defend the city.

"One more thing..." Xiao Jinzhi looked at Chu Huanyan, "Yan Yan, according to the news from Yun Chen, the day before Pei Zhaoqing arrived at Jinyue City, Marquis Zhongyong died of his injuries and passed away."

"The day before..." Chu Huanyan felt a pain in her heart.

Pei Zhaoqing had obviously rushed over, but he hadn't even seen him for the last time, and it happened to be only one day away...

"Did Yunchen say in the letter what Pei Zhaoqing will do next?"

"No." Xiao Jinzhi shook his head, "But I guess he won't come back before the war is over."

Marquis Zhongyong died in the hands of the Danyue people, and now Jinyue City is in crisis again. Under this situation, according to his understanding of Pei Zhaoqing, it is impossible for the other party to choose to return to the imperial city.

Chu Huanyan was silent. She agreed with Xiao Jinzhi's words. After all, if it were her, she would not leave Jinyue City at this time.

But when she thought of Liu Zhaoran, who was still waiting for news about Pei Zhaoqing, Chu Huanyan's heart ached. It won't be long before the official news will come back, and Liu Zhaoran will definitely know about it.

After gathering her thoughts, Chu Huanyan looked at Xiao Jinzhi again, "If Jinyue City is destroyed, what will happen to Beimo?"

"Beimo has always been weak in defense after losing Cangwu Mountain. Once Jinyue City is defeated, Danyue's morale will greatly increase. If they march straight in, the next few cities may not be able to defend it."

Chu Huanyan frowned sharply, "So what are you going to do?"

"Yanyan..."

"Xiao Jinzhi." Chu Huanyan interrupted him and stared into his eyes, "You...do you want to surround Wei and save Zhao?"