General Raiders

Together with Hao, the two quickly dug out the coffin and opened the coffin nails in front of Yunxi.

Yun Xi's breathing was stagnant, as expected, a set of robes that Li Cheng often wore as a teacher was neatly placed in the coffin, inside the robe was wrapped a jasper box, and a brass lock was hung on the top of the jade box.

Yun Xi knelt down, kowtowed to Li Cheng's clothes, got up and took out the jasper box, only to see the word Xi engraved on the box cover.Yun Xi's spirits lifted, it seemed that Li Cheng really left something for him.

The brass lock is nothing to martial arts practitioners, and it has been buried in the ground for a long time, so it is a little rusty. Yunxi pulled the lid of the jasper box and pulled it to both sides, and the brass lock shattered into several pieces. Yun Xi opened the box very smoothly.

Unexpectedly, there was an embroidered handkerchief in the box, which was almost well preserved because of the protection of the jade box.The embroidered pattern on the handkerchief looks familiar, it seems to be an old item of the eldest princess.

He took out the veil and looked over it over and over again, but there was not a word on it.After thinking for a while, he looked into the coffin again and saw a few smoke balls scattered in the corner. Yunxi thought of Li Cheng's good use of smoke balls, so he asked Aze Chenghao to cover his mouth and nose. In the mood to try it out, I took a smoke ball out and burned it, and put the handkerchief on top of the white smoke.

The dense teeny-headed lowercase gradually took shape in the smoke.Yun Xi recognized the delicate handwriting, it was written by the eldest princess herself.

Since the jade box was engraved with his name, the things inside should have been reserved for him, including this embroidered handkerchief. Li Cheng probably thought that he would open the coffin one day, so he put the jade box in.

It's just the princess's handkerchief, how could it be in Li Cheng's hands?

Thinking that it was most likely that the eldest princess had left him a letter through Li Cheng, Yun Xi's hands trembled uncontrollably.

Mu Chenghao noticed his strangeness, and wanted to take a look at him, but Mu Chengze twisted his neck and turned his head back.Mu Chengze straightened his back, protecting him like a solid shield.

Yun Xi silently read the words on the handkerchief, and slowly pieced together a piece of the past about the eldest princess.

In the winter of the 12th year of Chenwu, Great Chu was defeated by Nanzhao. One month later, Princess Rong'an was married by order and married Prince Li Rui of Nanzhao as his concubine.

The royal princesses couldn't be more sober about their marriage. One day they will bid farewell to the palace, marry a strange man, bear children for him, and take care of the fate of the backyard.No matter how many poems and books they read, they are full of talents, and possess wisdom that is better than that of the prince, they will still be unable to avoid the popularity.

King Jing was not willing to marry Rong An and his relatives far away, but his opposition alone could not shake the emperor's determination, and Rong An wanted to comfort King Jing in turn, anyway, sooner or later he would have to marry, and the other party was not Li Rui, or someone else, if she If your marriage can quell the war, why not do it?

In fact, as far as she is concerned, she is an adopted princess, and marriage is inevitable, but marrying from one royal family to another is far more complicated than marrying an ordinary person.

As the eldest princess, she knew the emperor's plan very well. Li Rui was the Nanzhao crown prince, and there was a high probability that he would ascend to the throne in the future. It happened that his concubine died many years ago, leaving only a pair of daughters.If she becomes a concubine, she will have a bright future if she gives birth to a son.Mu Ziyue didn't stop thinking about Nanzhao for a moment. Since he couldn't beat Nanzhao, he let the Nanzhao royal family mix with the blood of the Great Chu royal family, and slowly, bit by bit, he surrendered without fighting.

Mu Ziyue had Mu Ziyue's ambitions, so didn't Li Rui agree to get married just out of love for her?of course not.In addition to the marriage, Da Chu also promised many benefits to Nanzhao and Li Rui. Li Rui is a peacemaker in the country, and he also wants to use Da Chu to consolidate his power, secure the position of prince, and marry Da Chu The honorable eldest princess, what a beautiful thing.

Her marriage was settled like this.

When it was time to depart, an elder in the palace drew phoenix wings on her forehead, King Jing personally carried her onto the sedan chair, the Shaohua Palace was filled with beaming red, and the servants in the palace were all smiles, sending off the eldest princess in groups Marriage, this is what she specifically confessed, and she doesn't want to see anyone's meaningless tears on the day of marriage.

The bridal sedan carried her away gradually, and suddenly someone behind her let out a heart-piercing cry, she hesitated for a moment, and looked back, it was a young guard of Shaohua Palace, every time she passed by, she lowered her head nervously , calling her "Your Highness" softly, not daring to look at her, let alone say unnecessary words to her, only dare to secretly stare at her from a distance, bright eyes full of youthful thoughts.

She is such an intelligent woman, how can she not understand the humble attachment in the eyes of the young man, but as the eldest princess of Chu, she does not need extra tenderness.She sat upright in the sedan chair, holding Ruyi and Apple in her arms, and never looked back at the guard.

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She remembered the names of everyone around her, including the young guard naturally.But she didn't know that on the night she left the palace, he didn't abide by the palace rules and chased away the sedan chair. He was caught by the chief guard, beaten half to death, and expelled from the palace.

After walking for two full months, the sedan chair left Dachu and entered the territory of Nanzhao.Going to the country to do as the Romans do, she was asked by the bride who came to welcome her to take off all her big Chu clothes and put on Nanzhao wedding clothes again.People in Nanzhao don't have the custom of Biyi makeup, and Li Rui will not draw wings for her alone. Xi Niang thinks that it is not auspicious to be alone with Biyi makeup, so she wants to wipe it off and reapply makeup for her. She thinks about it and refuses. Taking a pen dipped in cinnabar, he filled his forehead with a dazzling other half.

The bridal sedan carried her into the Nanzhao Imperial Court alone. Li Rui took off the hijab for her, her eyes were full of surprises, and she also carefully looked at the tall and tall young man in front of her. From then on, she became the Prince of Nanzhao from the eldest princess of Chu concubine.

Li Rui treated her very well, and like most married women, she raised eyebrows with him.There are many concubines and concubines for the Crown Prince of Nanzhao, and Li Rui is a sentimental person. The little tenderness on the wedding night will soon be submerged in more and more charming and tender feelings.Fortunately, there is Da Chu behind her, no amount of beauty can take away the position of concubine, so why worry?She could see clearly and wanted to see, but occasionally she would rub the center of her brows, worrying that she still had no children.

After five years of marriage, nothing happened.In the sixth year, Great Chu fought against Nanzhao again. Before Li Rui ascended the throne, Mu Ziyue couldn't wait any longer. In a short period of time, he was directly smashed into the imperial city.Since the start of the war, she has been constantly questioned by many parties. The identity of the eldest princess of Chu has made her directly labeled as a spy. Even if the Nanzhao army is not useful, she must be blamed.Li Rui watched coldly. He had been married to her for many years, but he had become strangers to her overnight. On the day of the siege, he even imprisoned her in the inner room, and left a paper of divorce at her feet.

She ushered in the destruction of the city while she was dying, and everyone was running for their lives. Two Nanzhao soldiers who were fleeing found her, fearing that she would be rescued by Da Chu in the end, they released her first and then killed her.Just when she was in despair, a sharp arrow flew across the sky and shot one of the soldiers to death, while the other fled in panic.A young general who rushed into the palace first, holding a bow and arrow, walked towards her step by step with the light behind his back.

At this time, she was like a frightened bird, with ragged clothes, yellow and thin face, and she could no longer see the beauty of the past, but the general knelt down in front of her with tears in his eyes.

"Your Highness..."

After hearing this sound for a long time, the general raised his head, his bright eyes still full of thoughts.It reminded her of the boy who dreamed back to Shaohua Palace in the middle of the night, crying bitterly in a corner deep in her memory.

A married woman is like poured water. She should draw her sword in front of him like those princesses and concubines, and die for Nanzhao. But Li Rui has given her the letter of divorce, and the people of Nanzhao will kill her , How could she be willing to die for such a Nanzhao, she was obviously still from the Great Chu, and the person standing in front of her was already a general of the Great Chu.

It's just that Da Chu, who gave birth to her and raised her, can allow her to go back again?

The general knelt down and stretched out a hand to her, choking with sobs, said: "Don't be afraid, Your Highness, I will take Your Highness home."

The word "family" quickly made her eyes red. She looked at the dilapidated gate of the Nanzhao Imperial Palace, gritted her teeth and held the general's hand. If she could really escape through this gate, who would be willing to die?

The big Chu army entered the palace, and the general had already taken the eldest princess away.

From Nanzhao to Dachu, the return journey is long.It would take more than a month to walk with chariots and horses, not to mention that they had to hide everywhere in order to avoid Nanzhao soldiers along the way.

Yun Zhong is a man of few words. Even on the way to escape, he still tries his best to serve her as he did when he was a teenager. He has a pair of bright and melancholy eyes. He never looks at her, and rarely says unnecessary words to her. The one who won the most is still "His Royal Highness".

Not long after leaving Nanzhao Palace, she found out that she was pregnant.Sometimes people are like this, the time they are looking forward to does not come, and it appears again when they are discouraged.This was the child she had been looking forward to for a long time, connected by her blood, and she decided to keep him almost without thinking about it.

With selfish intentions, she tried to hide the truth from Yun Zhong, until one day the changes in her body could no longer be concealed, Yun Zhong's probing eyes fell on her slightly protruding belly, and she felt a strange feeling in her heart, she was afraid of being around her. The only support left her, and felt that even if there was no way out, she should not deceive him.

She finally confessed to him that Yun Zhong didn't say anything, but just wanted her to have a good rest, and the pace of her journey slowed down, as if she was deliberately taking care of her and the baby in her belly.

He never felt that she and the child were a burden.Sometimes they would stop for a while in the passing villages, and he would chop firewood and fetch water for her, wash and cook for her, and even invite a nearby doctor to check her pulse.