Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

"Your Majesty, I am a servant and a woman, I am short-sighted and shouldn't have said that. But I feel bad seeing the Queen Mother like this. The Ninth Prince has only been with the Queen Mother for a few days and he has never led troops to fight. He should first be filial to the Queen Mother."

"Aunt, I won't go in. Please serve mother well."

"Yes." Aunt Ning Ru knew that she had said something wrong. The harem was not allowed to interfere in government affairs, not to mention that she was just a servant. She knelt down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I spoke out of turn. Please punish me."

Gu Xingcheng turned and left.

"Get up, he knows what you are going to say. Don't blame him, and don't blame Xiao Jiuer. They are men, and men have men's responsibilities and men's things to do. The world of Daliang still depends on these two brothers." Although the Queen Mother was still looking out the window, she said this lightly.

"Queen Mother, do you know that the Emperor has come to see you?"

"It's better not to let him go to me, a mother, to apologize. They have their own things to do, so why should they always stay with an old woman like me? Cheng'er has just ascended the throne, and there is no one else in the court who can be used. If Xiao Jiu'er wants to go, let him go."

……

Gu Xingyan and Gu Xingsheng changed into the uniforms of the Yongwei Camp, painted their faces darker, and went to the Yongwei Camp while it was getting dark.

The Yongwei Battalion was reorganized from the Four Guard Battalions during the previous emperor's time. Although it is currently called the Twenty-Fourth Battalion, there are actually only Twenty-One Guard Battalions left.

The Yongwei Camp received instructions from Chen Shouye in the afternoon. At this moment, the commander Fu Sheng was whispering with a group of deputy generals in the tent.

The two of them sneaked in and listened to the general idea. They didn't dare to listen for too long. After they had a general understanding, they came out.

When they got outside, Gu Xingsheng patted Gu Xingyan on the shoulder and said, "Xiaojiu, these 60,000 people are not easy to lead."

Gu Xingyan smiled coldly: "It's not easy to lead him. Tomorrow, he must hand over these 60,000 people to me, otherwise it will be disobeying my order."

After leaving the Yongwei Camp, Gu Xingyan did not return to the palace immediately, but went to Duke Shu's Mansion again, where he wrote a letter and gave it to Duke Shu, asking him to help send someone to deliver it to Shu Wenbo.

Twenty days have passed, she should have been in Moushan by now.

If she returns to Sijiu City and finds out that I have left, I wonder if she will be angry.

Gu Xingyan thought of the girl with two eyes as bright as black diamonds. She looked so cute when she was angry that the corners of her mouth curled up slightly without her even noticing.

Mo Lin touched Jia Cheng's arm: "Hey, I've been following the master for a month, right? Have you ever seen him smile?"

Jia Cheng rolled his eyes at him.

"Hey, what's that expression on your face? Tsk tsk, the master looks so good when he smiles. If the girls in the city see this, I wonder how many of them will be fascinated. Jia Cheng, who do you think of? Could it be that thin-waisted girl from that day? Strange, I don't know where that thin-waisted girl has gone."

When Jia Cheng heard the words "thin-waisted girl", his legs trembled immediately. Just because he said that the girl's waist was very thin and it seemed like it could be broken by pinching, his master punished him to squat in horse stance for two hours.

"If you want to die, don't drag me with you." Jia Cheng silently distanced himself from Mo Lin.

……

At this moment, in Moushan, the sky was just getting light and Li Shuangwan set out lightly. The place where the "Blue Moon Sophora japonica" herbs were planted was not far away and could be reached by crossing two hills.

She didn't want to let her elder brother and Hongshuang know, but when she reached the foot of the mountain, she saw them leaning against a tree on the left and right waiting for her.

Li Shuangwan took two quick steps: "Brother, Sister Hongshuang, why are you here?"

Humph, Shu Wenbo snorted coldly: "Why, you want to abandon me, your big brother, so soon? Do you think we are troublesome?"

"That's right, A'Yan, you are so disloyal. How could you leave us behind when you were going to collect herbs? It seems like you don't want to treat me as your sister anymore."

"It's not what you think. There are hundreds of poisonous snakes there. It's very dangerous. I can't let you take risks. You and Sister Hongshuang should go back. Master said that this Blue Moon Spirit Sophora japonica, plus the other three herbs, can make an antidote that can cure the poison in ten people."

"So, you are going to go alone? In order to understand the poison in the three of us grown men, you are going to take the risk by yourself? Shu Yanyan, do you still recognize me as your big brother?"

"Brother, what are you talking about? You call me Shu Yanyan, so how can I not be your little sister? I just..."

Shu Wenbo waved his hand and said, "Okay, since you admit it, let's go."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Shuangwan to speak, Shu Wenbo and Hong Shuang turned around and walked forward.

Li Shuangwan knew that he couldn't beat them, so he had to follow them.

Climbing two mountains was not a big deal for Li Shuangwan, who had climbed the thorny mountain road for twenty days.

Shu Wenbo was better off. After all, he had been trained as a secret guard for ten years and had a solid physical foundation.

Hongshuang was so exhausted that when she arrived at the place, she was so tired that she could hardly get up.

However, about a hundred meters away from the top of the mountain, it becomes a vertical steep slope.

The three of them looked up and saw the Blue Moon Locust tree emitting a faint blue light in the sunlight.

Less than a hundred meters away, there were densely packed venomous snakes with red tongues, making creepy hissing sounds.

At the very top, a giant snake as big as a bowl was coiled with its body. He rested his head on the snake with his eyes closed, lazily basking in the sun.

It seems that this is the snake king named Red Flame Snake that Master mentioned. Only by dealing with it can we get the Blue Moon Spiritual Locust Tree.

The other snakes faced it, as if in worship.

Shu Wenbo took two steps back unconsciously. If he was asked to take the Blue Moon Spiritual Sophora japonica, he felt that he would rather have the poison from the secret guard take effect and die from a ruptured stomach.

Hong Shuang was so frightened that her face turned pale, and her body couldn't help but tremble, with goose bumps all over her body: "Ah, A Yan, Yan, are you sure you want to pick that grass?"

Li Shuangwan put his hands on his waist, looked at Lan Yue Linghuai, and nodded firmly: "OK."

As if it could understand human language, the snake king lazily opened its eyes, glanced coldly at Li Shuangwan, closed its eyes again, turned its head and continued to bask in the sun, as if mocking her arrogance.

"Hey, it actually looks down on me!" Li Shuangwan tightened his package and was about to climb the steep mountain.

Shu Wenbo and Hong Shuang grabbed her legs from the left and right and pulled her down: "Little sister, please think about it again."

"Yes, this is too scary. We should think long-term."

Li Shuangwan looked at the two of them without any interest: "Think about it again? Take a long-term view? Oh, brother, don't forget that you are still poisoned! Although Yang Luo has prescribed medicine for you, which can guarantee that you will not have an attack every six months, if the poison in your body is not eliminated, you will still not live past forty."

"If you can't live past 40, then you can't live past 40. I think it's better to die from poison than to be bitten by a snake."

"Heh, it breaks out every six months. Big brother, haven't you seen what the secret guard in Prince Heng's mansion looked like when he was disobedient and Ling Heng cut off his medicine for poison?"