Rong Lan

The people in Miaonan Palace were in a state of panic. Yesterday, Nanwang went out of the palace overnight to visit General Rong's injuries in the barracks, but today it was General Rong who was holding the unconscious Nanwang and galloped back all the way.

The atmosphere in the bedroom was solemn, the imperial physician, courtiers and servants knelt on the ground, until Mu Shaolan, who had been asleep for a long time in the middle of the night, slowly opened his eyes, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Shaolan's voice was weak: "You all stand back, I have something to say to General Rong alone..."

"promise!"

For a moment, only Mu Shaolan and Rong Xuan were left in the hall, Mu Shaolan took Rong Xuan's hand: "Brother... I made you worry... I'm sorry..."

Rong Xuan kept looking at Mu Shaolan, and after watching for a long time, he finally gently hugged him into his arms, his movements were as gentle as if the person in his arms would break when touched.

"Brother, I'm sorry!"

Three quarters of an hour after the onset of heart erosion, one's heart would be cut off and one would die. If Yingyi hadn't sent the antidote out of the palace in time, he would have lost Xiaolan by now...

That was something he would never dare to think about!

His father died, the Rong family was gone, and he only had Xiaolan left. Whatever he lost, he couldn't lose Xiaolan!

The Zhong family gave Xiaolan such a vicious poison, why should he insist on the so-called gentleman's way?

So what if Zhongdie is really innocent?Aren't the father and the rest of the Rong family who died in the fire innocent?

Isn't Xiaolan innocent?Do you deserve to suffer like this?

Rong Xuan hugged the person in his arms tightly with his arms: "How do you want to deal with Chongdie, big brother will never stop you!"

Mu Shaolan's body shook slightly, he raised his head, and his tone was full of excitement: "Brother, are you serious?!"

Rong Xuan caressed Mu Shaolan's raised pale face: "But you have to promise elder brother to take the antidote on time every month. After getting Minglian, your body has recovered with great difficulty. Don't be so self-willed to make elder brother worry and fear."

The big hand that caressed her was extremely gentle, the thick calluses on her fingertips scratched her face slightly itchy, no matter how hard her heart throbbed for a long time to control, Mu Shaolan raised his hand to hook Rong Xuan's neck, his eyelashes kept trembling, and slowly moved his face closer , "Rong Xuan...kiss me..."

Rong Xuan froze, "Xiao Lan...you?!" Xiao Lan's hoarse voice was full of bewilderment, and she actually asked herself to kiss him? !

"I've said it before, don't call me Xiaolan." Before Rong Xuan could recover, Mu Shaolan had already used the tip of his tongue to pry his mouth open, "Brother, kiss me! I know you love me!"

Mu Shaolan's passion was high, but Rong Xuan's body became more rigid under his provocation, and he suddenly pushed him away.

"You can step back, and the princess will give this medicine book to Brother Wang!"

At this moment, a person walked into the hall.

Mier came uninvited with a tray, "Brother Wang, the medicine has to be drunk while it's hot, and those people stayed outside the hall for a long time without notifying you. Mier saw it anxiously, so I brought you the medicine!"

Mu Shaolan's interest was disturbed, and he suppressed his displeasure: "Didn't you go to Guanli to persuade the concubine to return to the palace for the New Year, why did you come back alone?"

After Mu Shaolan came to the throne, Mi Er was also granted the title of princess, and the concubine he was talking about was Wu Ziyun who was rescued from the fire by Rong Shen. When reciting scriptures in the temple, you can't see anyone, even your son.

"The imperial concubine refused to go back to the palace. As soon as someone said that Brother Wang was ill, she was anxious to ask me to come back to take care of Brother Wang. I was also worried about Brother Wang's health, so I came back alone!" Mi Er finished explaining, and rushed to the side Rong Xuan Patting his chest, "Brother Xuan, the battle ahead is very important, Brother Wang, you have Mier to give you a hundred hearts!"

Rong Xuan's expression was slightly unnatural: "Then there is Princess Lao! Rong Xuan will leave first."

Mu Shaolan said: "Brother, you are seriously injured, and there are three days before the new year, and mother doesn't want to enter the palace, so you can stay in the palace to recuperate and spend the new year with me, okay? I don't want to be alone..."

Mier blinked and emphasized his own existence: "Brother Wang, why are you alone? Mier will accompany you!"

Rong Xuan frowned: "At the moment, the army's morale is fluctuating, and the Zhou army will rise up to attack at some point. As the general of the whole army, how can I not be in the army, but stay in this palace to enjoy myself?"

Mu Shaolan said anxiously: "With Zhongdie as a hostage, Da Zhou didn't dare to act rashly at all! For about three days, the elder brother refused to stay with me, is it because he didn't dare to face me about what happened just now?"

Rong Xuan frowned even deeper, but when he looked at Mu Shaolan's face, he compromised and said, "I'll come to the palace to accompany you on New Year's Eve, how about that?"

Mu Shaolan immediately smiled and said, "Okay! This is the first New Year since I came to the throne, and there is a banquet in the palace for all the ministers. My eldest brother is the greatest hero in southern Miao for defending the territory of Miao Nan. You must come!"

"Well, big brother will come!" Rong Xuan left, on the bed Mu Shaolan took the medicine bowl from Mi'er's hand, and as he drank the medicine bit by bit, his complexion returned to rosy. A person who has experienced life and death.

Mi'er was not surprised when she saw this, she just stood aside and watched.

Mu Shaolan handed back the medicine bowl, his eyes were stern: "You ruined my good deed just now, why don't you get out of here and wait to be punished here?!"

As soon as Mier heard this, he ran away with the bowl and tray: "Mier resigns!"

Mu Shaolan got up, and ordered in a low voice to the empty hall: "Yingyi, take me to see Chongdie!"

The shadow flashed away, but he didn't move: "Little master, if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess. You will have a chance in the future if you want to kill Princess Chongdie. Now our army has insufficient food and wages, so we can't fight for a long time. Right now, the younger sister of the Great Zhou Emperor is in the middle of nowhere. We have a golden opportunity in our hands, as long as you take Chongdie as a hostage, Dazhou will obediently hand over all the territory belonging to Miaonan!"

Mu Shaolan glared at Yingyi: "Hmph! Even if I want to kill Chongdie, you won't let me succeed if you have this plan. Why are you still here to persuade me?"

Yingyi bowed his head: "You are the king entrusted by the master to assist Yingyi, so Yingyi's actions naturally require the king's consent."

Mu Shaolan sneered: "It's okay not to kill her, but I want to see her!"

In a secret dungeon in Miaonan Palace, Chongdie glared at the person who came by: "Brother Huang will fall in love with a sinister villain like you, I really missed him!"

Chongdie insisted on going to Miaonan as an envoy, Bao Rongxuan did not die, Chongyi couldn't bear his sister's plea, just in case, he sent General Ji Penghe to lead the army to accompany the envoy, and secretly ordered Mo Xuan to bring the secret guards to protect , but the other party actually poisoned the drinks served to the envoys, and even poisoned their own envoys to death. It is impossible to guard against!

Mu Shaolan raised his hand and squeezed Chongdie's jaw: "Do you want to know why this king arrested you?"

There was a sharp pain in the jaw, and Zhong Die's eyes opened wide: "You really lied to the emperor! You even lied to the elder brother who loves you!" The fingers pinched on the jaw, the fingertips were filled with strong inner strength, and Rong Lan actually hid it? !

Mu Shaolan raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, and his hands became more ruthless: "So what?"

Chongdie gritted her teeth in resentment: "Now I'm in your hands, you can kill me or cut me up! I just ask you to give me a good time!"

Hearing this, Mu Shaolan took out a marriage decree from his bosom, and shook his head: "At the beginning, it was expedient, I had to watch Rong Xuan agree to marry you. I originally arrested you to give you a good time, so that you have something to do with him." People who have been married will disappear completely!"

Chongdie turned pale with shock: "You! You actually?!"

Mu Shaolan raised his lips and smiled: "Why are you so surprised, isn't Rong Xuan worthy of love?" He said and threw the imperial decree into the brazier aside: "But it's not so easy for you to want to die now! Chongyi sent you on a mission It is indeed a good strategy to shake our army's morale, but he has calculated thousands of times, and he didn't count that his Lan'er is a vicious person like me, right? You said if I tied you in front of the whole army, what would he do? What is the choice? Is it to protect the territory and watch my sister be killed? Or hand over the mountains and rivers and never offend me in Miaonan again?!"

Chongdie's jaw was pinched by Mu Shaolan, and she couldn't make a sound. She glared angrily, and regretted it in her heart. It's better not to be more careful, and she drank the wine and died, so as not to be the one for these people to threaten the emperor's brother chips!

Mu Shaolan slowly let go, and turned around. The black royal robe made the night even darker: "Send her to the military camp and hand it over to Rong Xuan. Zhong Die, letting you be held hostage by the one you love may be worse than killing you." It can make this king relieve his hatred!"

It was the end of the new year, and Miao Nan was defeated in the battle of Fenghuang Gorge, and even the main general Rong Xuan was seriously injured in this battle.

The morale of the Miao army was low, but Dazhou did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but sent envoys to surrender as promised.This envoy is the wife of the main general, Rong Xuan, who has not yet been married. In Jiang Zhou, Nan Wang actually captured the princess who was on an envoy to Da Zhou and ordered her to be beheaded!

The two armies did not fight each other, not to mention the current situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, the King of the South angered Da Zhou so much that the generals in the camp surrounded Rong Xuan who had just returned from the palace.

"General Rong, King Nan has always trusted you the most. Will you listen to your advice? The current situation is very unfavorable to us. If King Nan really kills Princess Chongdie, once the emperor of the Great Zhou is angered, how can Nan Miao Don't you want to die?!"

"That's right! It's been four months since the war started, and it's the severe winter. Our army is short of food and grass, and the soldiers are exhausted and even more hungry and cold. This battle is impossible to fight again!"

"Why does Nan Wang insist on going his own way?! Originally, Da Zhou intended to cease fighting. We can at least save our strength and wait for the next spring harvest to make a long-term plan! In this way, what should we do?"

"Could it be that Nan Wang doubted the general's loyalty because the princess had a marriage contract with General Rong?!"

Everyone said something to each other, but Rong Xuan remained extremely silent.

Suddenly, a servant came into the tent with Wang Yu in his hand: "General Rong, the King of the South has an order to hand over Princess Zhongdie, the eldest princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to the general. I hope the general will not miss the old love, and make the best use of everything!"

The changes came too fast, and all the generals stood dumbfounded.

Rong Xuan knelt down on one knee: "Rong Xuan respectfully obeys the king's order!"

In the early morning of the next day, Zhongdie was tied to a tall chariot and stood in the cold wind.

At a Hongmen banquet, although Ji Penghe noticed the abnormality earlier, he was weak and could not rescue the princess after all. The urgent report that the princess was captured had just been sent back to the capital. The news spread all over the country.

The people all over the world are in an uproar!

In the capital, the atmosphere of the officials and officials became even more tense, and no one knew how the emperor would deal with this matter in the upcoming early court.

In the Nine Layers Palace, Chong Yi calmly put down the thousand-mile bulletin, dressed in a dragon robe under Zhang De's service, holding a little fox made of withered grass tightly in his hand.

This gift that symbolizes breaking up has been squeezed in his palm so many times, time and time again, he wished to crush it, and finally let go, because he was reluctant to destroy the only gift that Rong Lan gave him before, but from now on Just to keep this thing to remind myself that I can no longer have any illusions about that person.

At the beginning, Rong Lan pretended to fall in love with him in order to restore the country, and cheated him into trusting him. Later, he used his feelings to design Da Zhou to almost lose to Bei Jue. Apart from hating Rong Lan's deceit and indifference, he regretted that he was born Different from Rong Lan's position, the two are destined to become enemies and even enemies, Rong Lan's planning and choice are not unforgivable.

In the case of smuggling salt, Rong Lan turned the Dazhou salt market upside down, and took away countless ill-gotten gains as capital for the restoration of the country. Apart from his growing resentment towards Rong Lan, he was also deeply disappointed, but he still didn't want to. I believe that the man who observed the disaster situation in the snowstorm, the man who made a big move to eradicate corruption, and the man who wrote the words of governing the country and the world is a real villain. Restoring the country needs a lot of money to support it. Rong Lan just did it as a last resort, except for this Reason, he couldn't think of how to excuse Rong Lan.

Zhongdie's mission is an opportunity he gave to his sister, so why not give it to himself?He even thought that if Rong Lan agreed to the truce and surrendered to the Great Zhou, he would recognize the status of the Southern King and give back the territory that once belonged to the Mu family. As long as it belonged to the Great Zhou, he didn't care who ruled Miaonan!

But in order to capture the princess as a hostage, Rong Lan did not hesitate to poison his own subjects. How could he hand over Miao Nan to someone who used such insidious schemes?

In order to achieve his goal, he will do whatever it takes. He can't blame Rong Lan for his schemes, but he can only blame himself for being unable to bear his sister's request, and for still being inseparable to this day!

"The Emperor is here!"

"Long live my emperor, long live!"

Above the early court, all the officials were silent like cicadas.

Zhong Yi sat on the dragon chair, his face unchanged: "I will pass on my will, order Zhennan General Zeng Chukuo to withdraw his troops immediately, and retreat to Qiuhang County to guard the south of Dazhou, in order to prevent the Miao army from invading. Then order General Ji Peng to congratulate him Enter the Miaonan military camp to negotiate, and we must rescue the princess!"

The fast horses delivering the decree galloped all the way from the palace to the south.

On New Year's Eve, Zeng Chukuo led his troops back to Qiuhang County, and Ji Penghe went to the Miaonan military camp to negotiate, exchanging the northern half of Miaonan for the princess.

Rong Xuan released him as promised.

Zhongdie was heartbroken, she didn't understand why Rong Xuan still chose to believe Rong Lan after she had made it so clear.

"Your younger brother has long wanted to restore the country, and it was not the emperor who forced him! You have been used by him, Rong Xuan! Do you know that he knows martial arts?"

"Even if Xiao Lan has the heart to restore the country, so what? Miao Nan should belong to him! Rong Xuan is a Miao, and Rong Xuan can't be used for fighting for the motherland. Back then, his father didn't agree with Xiao Lan learning martial arts, so Xiao Lan I taught you martial arts! Rong Xuan has a different stand than the princess, offended!"

That night, the Miaonan Palace hosted a banquet for all the ministers. The old ministers from the former king’s reign praised the new king, saying that God has eyes, and after waiting for 20 years, the old country has finally been completely restored!

Mier, the princess who was neglected by everyone, took the rice cakes and ran to Miaoguan to look for Wu Ziyun, "Ms. Taifei, Mier knows that you don't want to enter the palace, so I specially brought you rice cakes. You have stayed in the capital of Dazhou for so long. For many years, I must have seldom eaten rice cakes from my hometown!"

Wu Ziyun covered her face with a black veil, and said to the mother beside her: "Nurse Qiu, don't disappoint Princess Mi's good intentions, accept the rice cake, and send the princess back as soon as possible."

Mother Qiu did as she said, but saw Wu Ziyun neatly put the rice cakes on a plate and placed them in front of the enshrined tablet in the alcove.

"Ma'am, don't you want to eat?"

Wu Ziyun shook his head, looking at the memorial tablet, tears in his beautiful eyes exposed outside the veil: "I have practiced Buddhism for 20 years, but I still have to commit such crimes. I am really not qualified to enjoy the delicious food in my hometown."

Mother Qiu persuaded: "You can't blame the princess for all this! If you want to blame it, you can blame the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty for not taking advantage of the country's wealth and power to invade the territory of other countries! Seeking the opportunity for him to restore the country, according to the situation at the time, we can only take this bad policy, now that the son is on the throne, Miao Nan will restore the country, the princess should also think about it."

"Returning the country?" Wu Ziyun chuckled and closed his eyes: "Maybe I really thought about restoring the country back then, so I made this wrong decision, and then I had to make the same mistake again and again!"

On New Year's Eve, all the twelve cities in Miaonan were recovered. In the barracks, the soldiers were jubilant. Apart from having a full meal, they even drank the fine wine bestowed by the king!

Rong Xuan had arranged for the deployment of defenses, but he also went to Miaoguan to visit the concubine.

"General Rong, the concubine is chanting scriptures, you can't go in!"

"Empress Dowager, Rong Xuan has something to ask you!"

Rong Xuan broke into the meditation room, but suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood when he saw the enshrined tablet in the alcove, glared at Wu Ziyun and drew his sword: "You really are lying to me!"

Wu Ziyun closed his eyes: "Kill me."

Qiu Momo stood in front of Wu Ziyun tightly: "General Rong, it's not the princess' fault! All the crimes were committed by the emperor of Da Zhou!"

Rong Xuan's hand holding the sword kept trembling, and finally put the sword back into its sheath: "You are the woman my father loves, and you are Xiaolan's biological mother. I will not kill you today because I want you to watch how I avenge them !"

In the middle of the night, the sound of firecrackers in every household, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new!

Rong Xuan got drunk and went to the palace. In a trance, he seemed to see the scene of him holding Xiaolan and setting off firecrackers in the courtyard of the Rong Mansion during Chinese New Year last year. Xiao Lan smiled so happily in his arms.

Once again, he was already in the palace hall, and a familiar face in front of him shook back and forth, smiling at him.

"Xiao Lan! Don't leave Big Brother!"

He stretched out his hand and held him tightly in his arms!

Mu Shaolan waited for a whole day, the palace banquet had ended for a long time, he finally waited for Rong Xuan, "Brother, you are drunk! Come here, prepare hangover soup!"

"promise!"

"I'm not drunk!" Rong Xuan roared, and pushed Mu Shaolan down on the king's couch, his expression was painful and confused: "Don't you want me to kiss you?"

The scorching breath was accompanied by the smell of alcohol, and Mu Shaolan's body trembled, but his excitement was hard to hide, "Brother...?"

"Brother?" Rong Xuan leaned over and pressed down, his words were low and cold: "Rong Xuan's status is low, and he dare not be the eldest brother of King Nan. In the future, Rong Xuan will obey the king's order and never call Nan Wang Xiaolan again, and Nan Wang will not want to be called again." Condescend to call Rong Xuan the eldest brother."