I give the princess a sip

Thinking about the situation of Gu's family, Gu Lian didn't choose too precious things, and asked Sultan to check and choose the most suitable gift, so Gu Lian stopped worrying.

In the afternoon, Qiao Mingyu came back from the palace with a piece of news.

"After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I'm leaving for the frontier." Qiao Mingyu looked serious.

"The battle situation in the North is not good?" Gu Lian asked.

Qiao Mingyu shook her head: "Not bad, not bad."

The Xiongnu directly captured three cities before, but later the veteran came out and barely took back one city, which was actually surrendered by the Huns.The city was ransacked, and the people who remained in the city were brutally killed.

"Massacre?!" Zhuxiang exclaimed.

I have only heard of the slaughter of the city in order to conquer the world during the war in the previous dynasty. How can such a vicious thing happen now!

Qiao Mingyu sighed lightly: "The recovered city is considered good."

When the Xiongnu launched their attack, there was no warning at all, and they directly captured the two cities.The first city was used as a frontier fortress, and there were not many people in it. All the soldiers stationed there died in the battle, but there were more people in the second city.The third city is the one that was taken back. Because of the buffer of the news from the first two cities, the soldiers evacuated most of the people in advance, and only some people stayed behind who refused to leave, so the number of people who died was relatively small.

Now, what everyone is worried about is the people in the second city.

The best guess is that the Xiongnu killed the people in the city because they wanted to abandon the city, not at the beginning.But the military doctor at the border is not a forensic doctor, how can he know how long the corpse has been dead.It was freezing cold and snowing frequently, and many situations were not clear at all.The news from the border also lagged behind, and the military newspaper couldn't explain clearly in a few words. Now even the emperor couldn't tell the specific situation at the border.

"It's too dangerous." Gu Lian frowned slightly, "It only takes half a month, but it's enough to prepare."

The new emperor has just ascended the throne, but now is an eventful time. The national treasury has spent a lot of money because of the drought the year before last, and there are many corrupt officials in the prosperous age. The officials have money, but the treasury may not be full.I am afraid that the money for the war at the moment is also squeezed out through hard work.

Sudan added: "Nowadays the mountains are covered by heavy snow in many places, and medicinal materials are hard to find."

Food and medicinal materials are the most consumed in wars. Bingjia can recycle the swords, guns and armor of the dead on the battlefield, so it is not as stretched as consumables.

"It can't be delayed any longer." Gu Lian pursed her lips, she had to go, otherwise there would be no medical treatment, and there would be no war.

The massacre of the city at the border was suppressed by the authorities, and it was not spread out, for fear of causing panic.Although the frontiers are now at war, with the new emperor's enthronement and the new year's atmosphere, most of the people in Huaijing are still happy.Without the turmoil of competing for the throne, the common people feel that they can have a good year, and it is not easy to let them know that the situation at the border is critical.

When Gu Lian came to the room after taking a bath at night, Qiao Mingyu was already sitting on the bed.

I don't know what she was thinking about, her brows were tightly frowned.

"Don't worry too much." Gu Lian sat down beside her, reached out to hold her hand, "Your brother's enthronement coincides with the New Year, you should be more happy, and the next year will be peaceful and smooth. "

Qiao Mingyu looked at her and said sullenly, "But father just died..."

Gu Lian shook her head: "Are you sad?"

"It seems..." Not so sad.

Ever since she knew the real cause of her mother's death, Qiao Mingyu could no longer regard the old emperor as her closest father.That was the royal father, not the father.

Because of her older brother, Qiao Mingyu could do whatever she wanted without thinking about the difference between her father and her father, and she didn't have to treat the old emperor like her father, but only regarded him as her father.However, I still can't get over this hurdle in my heart.

Gu Lian considered his words for a while, and said slowly: "Your father brought you into this world, and you can hardly get pure family affection from your father. Ming Yu, in fact, you don't owe him anything. But in other aspects , your father feels that he owes you. Because he can't make up for your mother, and he can't make up for the scars you suffered from losing your mother when you were young, so he will try his best to give you the best and pass the throne to your brother. It's his compensation."

People have to pay the price for their actions, the reason is as simple as that.In Gu Lian's view, all behaviors are equivalent exchanges.The kindness Qiao Mingyu returned in exchange for his kindness was a luxury that an emperor could hardly obtain; and the emperor's pampering over the years was nothing but compensation for Qiao Mingyu.

What's more, there is Qiao Mingyu's younger sister who died young because of the harem's secrets, and this is what the emperor owes her.

Qiao Mingyu didn't say anything after listening. She put her arms around Gu Lian, buried her head on Gu Lian's shoulder, and refused to speak or move, just like a child.

"Ming Yu." Gu Lian hugged her back, "Death is not the end, it's a new life. Your father and mother will have a better life in the next life."

It's no wonder that Qiao Mingyu's mother gave birth to a good baby, and the father probably deserved a lot of retribution.

After a long time, Qiao Mingyu let go of her and nodded, "I know."

Even if this matter is overturned.

Qiao Mingyu was obviously in a better mood, and pulled Gu Lian to lie down to sleep, insisting on sharing the same bed with her.

Sudan was afraid that the two of them would be frozen, so they shared a quilt for each of them.Although there was a charcoal fire in the room, it was still stuffy, and the windows were opened to let in air.It was still a bit cold with the cool wind blowing in from outside.However, every time Qiao Mingyu fell asleep, he squeezed into Gu Lian's bed. In the middle of the night, Gu Lian was woken up by her movements, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only let her rub in.

This was Qiao Mingyu's instinctive action. It is estimated that one person is used to sleeping in a big bed, but suddenly she couldn't adapt to sharing half of it with others. She subconsciously squeezed into the middle again, and squeezed into Gu Lian's bed.After entering, he automatically found Gu Lian, hugged him, and slept soundly.

For the first time, Gu Lian struggled with whether to get him back or what to do, but before he could make up his mind, he was hugged, and now he couldn't do anything.Later, Gu Lian learned to be good, and before she entangled herself to death, she tucked the quilt for Qiao Mingyu.The two quilts covered the two of them together, and it was indeed a lot warmer.

Today, Qiao Mingyu asked for a quilt before going to bed. Gu Lian habitually pampered her, so she didn't refuse.Anyway, they still have to sleep under the same blanket at night, so it's better to sleep together directly after such a toss.

Hearing that Gu Lian agreed, Qiao Mingyu was very happy, and took the initiative to tuck the quilt for the two of them, and then entangled Gu Lian like an octopus and did not let go.

"..." Gu Lian broke free with one arm helplessly, and tucked in the quilt again.

Come on, it's better to expect the pampered princess to do these tasks by herself.The gap exposed by the tucked quilt was even bigger, and I don't know how she did it.

After Qiao Mingyu had a heart-to-heart talk with Gu Lian, she obviously opened her heart. She hugged Gu Lian and talked about her childhood.They were all mischievous experiences, such as climbing trees, digging out birds and going into the water to catch fish, which made the living things in the pond of the imperial garden hide when they saw her.

"When I was a child, my mother always joked that I was born with the wrong gender, and worried that I would not be able to marry like a tomboy. The emperor laughed at her and said, 'My princess is golden, why can't I marry'? He also said that if If I can't get married, then I won't marry, and he doesn't want to see other bastards abduct me." Qiao Mingyu said, she didn't know if it was hot or something, she was sweating a little, and hugged Gu Lian The hands are also tight.

Gu Lian pretended not to know, reciprocated and told about her childhood, but it was about her previous life, not about the original owner.

"I was naughty when I was a child, but all the children around me were naughty, and my mother never cared about me." Gu Lian said what he could say, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble with the original owner.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Mingyu suddenly said, "I know you are the same as sister-in-law."

Gu Lian didn't understand why.

"My sister-in-law has a mysterious background. You are the same as her. I guess you are not the lady of the Gu family, but someone else." Qiao Mingyu said softly.

She is not stupid, Gu Lian actually has a lot of violations.A few girls were bewitched by her, automatically ignoring all unreasonable things, but Qiao Mingyu was not bewitched.She didn't care about it before because of the spiritual place.

Lingsu fell onto the third prince's bed suddenly, and the origin could not be found out. The third prince was very wary of him at first, but he stopped being vigilant after discovering Lingsu's funny nature.But Lingsu is indeed a person with no past to him. In comparison, there are many strange things about Gu Lian.

Qiao Mingyu suddenly recalled something: "At the beginning, my sister-in-law mentioned to me that he was sorry for an old friend, and if he had the chance, he would let him have a good pregnancy."

Gu Lian, who didn't have a good pregnancy: ...

"Did Miss Gu's family die of illness? Then my sister-in-law let you reincarnate into her body."

Gu Lian sighed softly: "Ming Yu, you are so smart."

Qiao Mingyu is really smart, but she doesn't like to use her brain when she has nothing to do, and she is really big-hearted.However, it may also be that she has gotten along with the Lingsu a lot, and she has seen a lot of ghosts and ghosts, so she can be so calm.

"I would rather believe that my sister-in-law has these miraculous abilities." Qiao Mingyu said, "In this way, my sister must have had a good pregnancy."

After all, it was Lingsu who sent her sister into reincarnation back then.

Gu Lian looked at Qiao Mingyu with some melancholy, silly girl, how can you believe that stupid Lingsu.You don't even look at the bad situation of the "old friend" after reincarnation. This is what Lingsu said "reincarnate into a good fetus".

Holding the princess who fell asleep while talking, Gu Lian silently sent a message to Lingsu.

"I heard that you were going to give me a good baby. Did I misunderstand the word 'good baby'?"

Lingsu, who was woken up by the system notification sound in the middle of the night, was just about to get angry, but when he saw the news, he broke out in a cold sweat.This... isn't he, he really can't find a suitable body!