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Zha He sneered, glanced at Shangguan Yao, and went out by himself.

If Qi Yun sat down next to Shangguan Yao, he looked at Shangguan Yao and couldn't help suspecting that Shangguan Yao had indeed betrayed Cheng Sijie, but yesterday his attitude towards Tan Qiao was not good, and he didn't seem to be afraid of him.

Shangguan Yao noticed his gaze, and said leisurely: "When is it the turn of Dakang Qi's family to worry about my Xinyuan kingdom's ruler?"

Qi Yunruo's heart was shocked, and Shangguan Yao said: "I met your grandfather in Yushuguan in the early years, and you look very similar."

Qi Yunruo said in a daze, "I look a lot like General Qi Ran?"

Shangguan Yao nodded, looked at him carefully and said: "At first you don't look like him, but the more I look at you later, the more I think you look like him."

Qi Yunruo lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he asked, "Since you know my identity, you should understand that I am not a spy of your Xinyuan Kingdom."

Shangguan Yao heard the shouts of killing already outside, said: "No, it's not."

After a while, Qi Yunruo was startled by Zha He's roar from outside the door, and asked, "Are you really not worried about becoming the Lord?"

Shangguan Yao laughed loudly and said: "The lord is in the palace, what can the old man worry about..." The door was cut open with a bang, and Suo Ci looked at the two of them coldly.

Qi Yunruo's heart tightened, Shangguan Yao sighed softly, Suo Ci raised his hand back and said, "Catch it!"

Shangguan Yao drank tea indifferently, while Qi Yunruo was tied up and pushed out the door, Suoci said to Shangguan Yao: "Master Shangguan, you are harboring spies and intending to rebel, you should also come with us."

Shangguan Yao put down his teacup with a calm expression, "Ruo Tanqiao has the confidence to tie me up! If not...you all get out!"

Suo Ci couldn't bear it, kicked his coffee table over, turned and left.

Qi Yunruo was kidnapped, only to find that Zha He escaped successfully and was not caught, so he was taken back to the palace and met Prime Minister Tanqiao Tan again.

Tan Qiao said coldly: "The director of the Qiang nationality?"

Qi Yunruo was silent, and Tan Qiao sneered: "In that case, let us, the director, be sent to the lord of the country, so that their master and servant can catch up on the old days."

Someone came to arrest Qi Yunruo from behind, Qi Yunruo vaguely saw a red figure in the back of the hall, it was a beautiful woman, the woman was lying reclined, with her hands on her lower abdomen.

Cheng Sijie did not expect that his first guest would be Qi Yunruo, the two of them looked at each other, a Qi clan guard pushed Qi Yunruo hard, Qi Yunruo staggered, Cheng Sijie subconsciously helped him, but Qi Yunruo shook off his arm, and arrived Sit on the other side.

The guard left and closed the door tightly. Cheng Sijie waved his folding fan, spread his legs and asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

Qi Yunruo said indifferently: "Isn't it thanks to you?"

Cheng Sijie laughed and said, "I've been staying here for several days, how could I get you here? Let me think about it, you are with Zha He, and Zha He was caught?"

Qi Yunruo said angrily: "No! He escaped, only I was caught!"

"Is that so?"

Qi Yunruo briefly talked about what happened in the past few days, and then stopped talking.

Cheng Sijie closed the folding fan and tapped the palm of his hand lightly, with a thoughtful expression on his face. After a long time, he laughed and said, "Hey, we are all in trouble together. How about it? Don't go back to Dakang when we go out." , follow me!"

Qi Yunruo said: "My lord, let's not talk about this. You are a prisoner, and you have been brought to this point by your concubine and courtiers. You should find a way to get out first."

"Then after you get away, you will follow me?" Cheng Sijie leaned over.

Qi Yunruo couldn't bear it anymore, so he slapped him.

"Actually, I like women. I was just joking. I stay here by myself. No one talks to me. I'm really lonely." Cheng Sijie looked serious, his face full of apology.

Qi Yunruo didn't want to talk to him, when night fell, the Qiang servant girl came to deliver the meal, Cheng Sijie thanked him gently, and ate with Qi Yunruo.

Qi Yunruo couldn't help but said, "Aren't you worried? Maybe Tanqiao will kill you sometime."

Cheng Sijie said, "They won't know it yet."

"why?"

"They still have to wait for the child in Feng Qiang's womb to be born, preferably a boy, before they can send me away with confidence." Speaking of his own life and death, Cheng Sijie's expression was indifferent, showing no trace of fear.

Qi Yunruo recalled what he had seen, frowned and said: "That eldest lady has flesh and blood in her belly for at least three or four months."

"Can you see that?"

When Qi Niqun was pregnant, Qi Yunruo could often see her, so he understood, but he didn't want to tell Cheng Sijie about it, even though they were locked together now, in Qi Yunruo's heart, Cheng Sijie was still an enemy.

At night, Qi Yunruo finally understood what Shangguan Yao said. He said that the lord was in the palace, so he had nothing to worry about—Cheng Sijie closed the door tightly, knocked on the ground, and opened a secret room after a while— — Qi Yunruo looked at him in shock, and Cheng Sijie said lightly: "My grandfather spent decades building the palace, and every palace has secret passages, but except for me and Mr. Shangguan, no one knows that Feng Qiang is here. After being locked up here for a few years, I have been living here honestly for a few years.”

He walked down the secret path, and Qi Yunruo could only follow. On the way, he asked, "Are you leaving the palace?"

Cheng Sijie, who was walking in front, said, "If I had to leave, I would have left long ago."

The tunnel twisted and turned. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Cheng Sijie stopped at one place. He walked up a few steps and opened the upper door a crack. The voices above were clearly audible.

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Tan Qiao said: "Now we don't have any worries. The most important thing is that you give birth to the child and let the child ascend the throne. You and I will assist him."

Feng Qiang sneered: "Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Tan Qiao said: "Those people were dismissed by the lord because they violated the law. What reason do you want to bring them back now?"

Feng Qiang said sharply: "What law? It's your Han people's law! It's nothing to us Qi people!"

Tan Qiao said: "Don't you just want the Qi people to return to the court?"

"So what..."

Cheng Sijie said softly to Yunruo: "I can't even bring down that woman Feng Qiang, let alone Tan Qiao."

Qi Yunruo nodded, the quarrel at the top was still going on, all in all, Feng Qiang wanted to promote the Qi people one by one, both the good and the bad, but Tan Qiao didn't allow it.

Finally, Tan Qiao said coldly: "I'm afraid that in the new Yuan Kingdom in the future, the surname will be Feng."

Feng Qiang has an ambition that even Tanqiao doesn't understand. She knows that if she is the only member of the Qi clan in the court, those Han courtiers will not listen to her. She is from the Qi clan, so her words carry weight!She doesn't want to be a pampered queen mother, what she wants is absolute rights!

On the tenth day after Li Chen besieged the Qiang people's territory and gradually narrowed the encirclement, he received an urgent order from Beijing Zhongbabaili. He took it and tore off the bright yellow mounting paper. He stared unconsciously.

This is not the will of the emperor... This is a letter from the emperor's grandmother!

The imperial grandmother... has left the Ci'an Palace!

Li Chen opened the letter and read it word by word, but the grandmother only said a few words. She heard the news that Li Chen was going out to fight the war, and told him not to be greedy for success, so that he could take care of himself. He doesn't have to worry, she will take care of herself, and she hopes that her grandson will return to Beijing safely.

Li Chen felt a pain in his heart, looked at the Qiang flag erected on the Qiang territory in the distance, and said silently: Grandmother, grandson will return to Beijing safely, and he will bring his sister back with him.

The eight major tribes of the Qiang nationality originally operated independently, and only when they had a common enemy—the Dakang Li family, would they unite under the command of Aguermu. The Xixiao tribe is a war faction that can't stop being a landlord. This time, the Xixiao tribe lost Twelve Yasha and Nubiha, a fierce general. After that, the Dakang soldiers pressed hard, and Aguermu asked the rest of the tribes to come to support , but encountered all kinds of excuses, Aguermu had to start relying on Berg, no matter what method Berg used, he had to make King Chun retreat.

However, Li Chen never got any news about Qi Yunruo, and none of the captured Qiang people said they had seen him.

Li Chen sent many people to search along the Yunhe River, but they never found Qi Yunruo. Every time he thought of the scene when Qi Yunruo rode away on Hongxun, Li Chen felt that his breathing was dull and painful. He was so smart and sensible. Xiao Qi, he has never found someone who loves him, and he lived under the contempt of others until he was 15 years old... Sometimes Li Chen even thought that it would be nice if he hadn't come to the Prince Chun's Mansion, so that he wouldn't come with him Going to Yushu Pass, naturally there will be no danger.

——However, it was Xiao Qi who saved him.

First, he rode his horse out of the customs alone, and the land was vast. Anyone who is alone may not be able to find his way, but Xiao Qi came and stopped him in front of the canal; then the Qiang people chased them, and Xiao Qi resolutely went to lure them away. , without Xiao Qi, he might die.

Xiao Qi... As long as you are safe and sound, and you come back to my side, I will love you well, so that you will not have a trace of sadness in the future.

Beijing.

The gate of the Ci'an Palace was wide open, and the wives in Beijing came to pay their respects one after another.Empresses, noble concubines, etc. also brought princesses, concubines and other royal women to come.

Ci'an Palace has not seen such a grand scene for many years. The Empress Dowager Lan sitting at the top is in good spirits, with a gentle smile on her face. The princesses and concubines I met for the first time were gentle and kind.

The queen stood beside the queen mother, who was talking to Mrs. Wei Guogong, and Mrs. Wei Guogong's heart was trembling—she was afraid of the queen mother Lan, and her husband Wei Guogong was also afraid. When the queen mother was in power, no one dared to say a word in front of the queen mother. Later, their son was accused of marrying Princess Changping, and the palace was also worried that the princess would be as strong as the queen mother rather than happy. Later, the princess married out, and the marriage was invalidated. Wei Guogong was always worried that the queen mother would be angry, but unexpectedly the queen mother closed the palace soon , Don't ask about foreign affairs.

The young daughters-in-law didn't quite understand the past, and they all felt that the Queen Mother was a rare and kind old woman, but they didn't know how much their mother-in-law's generation respected this woman who was at the peak of power.

The Queen Mother Lan looked around and said softly to the Queen, "Sit down quickly, you are the mother of a country, how can you do these things."

The queen respectfully said: "My son is a daughter-in-law, as it should be. I have been full of guilt for not being filial to you in these years. You can let my son serve you."

The Empress Dowager Lan took his hand and said gently: "My good wife, I left the stall alone, thanks to your thoughtfulness and taking care of the emperor for so many years." The Empress Dowager Lan paused, then continued to smile, "You put the two The prince's education is excellent, you are a good mother, and Chen'er's great achievements in the border are all due to you as a mother."