concubines

As soon as Qi Yunruo saw Li Chen, he forgot that there were two teenagers waiting for him to go back in the small tent where he had just settled down. Sui Yu stood guard at the door and kept asking, "Why haven't you come back?"

Zhou Liang also said sullenly: "I haven't seen him since tonight."

"Me too..."

"Isn't it because I got lost? There are so many tents here, so I can't tell the difference at night, or maybe I went to sleep in someone else's tent."

Sui Yu went back to lie down and said, "It's best like this, I'm so tired today, I'll go to bed first, and when he doesn't come back tomorrow, we'll go find him."

Zhou Liang nodded, "OK."

When Qi Yunruo woke up, his mind was confused for a while, and then he remembered that he had found the prince last night, and he was by Wang Ye's side now, Qi Yunruo smiled, crawled out of Li Chen's arms, and quietly prepared to go out to fetch water wash your face.

"Xiao Qi." Li Chen sat up.

"Lie down, I'll fetch water, it's not far from here."

"Xiao Qi, come here." Li Chen waved.

Qi Yunruo walked over and was held in Li Chen's arms. He heard Li Chen's chest tremble, and Li Chen sighed: "Don't leave me, someone will come later."

"...En." After a long time, Qi Yunruo nodded.

The person who brought the water was a little girl that Qi Yunruo knew, and brought the water in timidly. When she saw Qi Yunruo was obviously taken aback, Qi Yunruo was also a little embarrassed, and said, "I'll help you."

Li Chen and Qi Yunruo washed their faces in the same basin, and the little girl blushed instantly, as if she understood something, before she left, she said softly, "Brother Shui, Sui Yu and Zhou Liangfang were still looking for you."

Qi Yunruo just remembered that they should live in the same tent now, and felt a little apologetic, so he turned to Li Chen and said, "I'll go and tell them."

Li Chen hesitated, Qi Yunruo pointed in a direction and said, "It's in a tent over there, I'll be back soon, the people living around here are all princesses, I'm fine."

Only then did Li Chen nod his head, sighed, hugged Qi Yunruo and said, "Come back soon."

"Ah."

Qi Yunruo went out with the little girl, and the little girl said: "Brother Shui and that prince know each other?"

Qi Yunruo nodded. The little girl was from Xinyuan Kingdom. She thought Qi Yunruo was also from Xinyuan Kingdom. She blinked her eyes, but didn't understand.

Qi Yunruo went to the tent he shared with Sui Yu and Zhou Liang, Sui Yu said angrily, "Where did you go last night? We have been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhou Liang also said, "Are you lost?"

Qi Yunruo couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought that he might be separated from them soon, but he couldn't think of what to say to explain his situation. After hesitating for a long time, he pulled the two of them to sit down and said, "I haven't told you... I'm not Xinyuan. countrymen."

Both teenagers were stunned.

Qi Yunruo said apologetically: "I'm from Dakang. For some reason, I was stranded in Xinyuan Kingdom and could not return, so I came here with Boss Mo She. I found the person I was looking for here."

After a long time, Zhou Liangcai said, "Aren't you with us anymore?"

Qi Yunruo shook his head.

Sui Yu also fell silent. Although they had only been together for a few days, they depended on each other in times of adversity and developed a lot of feelings. There was resentment and sadness in the eyes of Sui Yu and Zhou Liang. Yiliang, if the prince will take the princess out of here, can the princess's slave also follow?Qi Yunruo said: "You wait for my news, and I will come back to you after I have confirmed some things."

Before the two could react, Qi Yunruo trotted back.

Qi Yunruo went back to Li Chen's tent, but saw a familiar figure at the door, Qi Yunruo exclaimed in surprise, "Guard Fang." Yinzi, among Li Chen's many guards, Qi Yunruo is the most familiar with him, the battlefield is changing, Qi Yunruo is also very happy to see him here without injury or pain.

Fang Ge also saw him, his brows were full of astonishment, after a while, he said: "Why are you here, Mr. Qi?"

Qi Yunruo smiled, and replied: "When I arrived in Xinyuan Kingdom, I followed the merchants of Xinyuan Kingdom to come here and met the prince."

Fang Ge has been by the prince's side all this time, and he is clearly aware of the prince's worries and worries. He has a good impression of Qi Yunruo, and he sighed from the heart: "That's really great."

Li Chen heard a voice inside and called out to Xiao Qi.

Fang Ge came to deliver a letter to Li Chen. Li Chen was reading the letter from Ji Huan of the Xinyuan Kingdom. When he saw Qi Yunruo go in, he smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, you have made a great contribution."

Qi Yunruo's eyes widened. Li Chen asked him to sit beside him and read Ji Huan's letter together. Ji Huan said that Cheng Sijie, the lord of the Xinyuan Kingdom, was old and cunning, and he claimed that the supply of military rations was forced by the Qiang people, but Regarding the ambush of Si De, he insisted that it was framed by someone. Xin Yuanguo had never sent anyone out to attack Dakang people. His thick skin was amazing.

Ji Huan also said that he has never been able to get any news from Qi Yunruo. Although he had confronted Cheng Sijie, Cheng Sijie refused to admit it. After all, he and Yuan Rong were inconvenient to move in Xinyuan Kingdom, so they couldn't find someone with great fanfare.

The situation in Xinyuan Kingdom is now tense, Feng Qiang is missing, and the Qiang people who suspect that they have been eavesdropped will not hesitate to find troubles with Cheng Sijie and others every day. Come down—Ji Huan told in detail that the Japanese and Yuan Rong heard the rumbling sound of the underground in the main hall of the Xinyuan King's Palace. They have already asked the Xinyuan people to withdraw all the spies who were stranded in Dakang.

However, the condition of the Xinyuan people is to release all the people Zhao Weidu caught in Yushu pass back.

As for the fact that Cheng Sijie is a descendant of the former emperor, people from both countries now know, but if one doesn't tell the truth, the other just doesn't know.

It is not beneficial to the two countries. For Xin Yuanguo, they still do not have the strength to directly compete with Dakang. What Cheng Sijie is best at is just fanning the flames behind; I know how many old and young people there are in the territory, and I know whether they will go to defect or cause trouble for the Dakang government after they get married and set up a new parliament.

Qi Yunruo knew where he went that day after reading Ji Huan's letter, but Li Chen was afraid for a while. If Xiao Qi hadn't gone out with Feng Qiang at that time, he might be killed by Cheng Sijie, who became angry from embarrassment. He couldn't help but Fortunately, Xiao Qi left the palace and found a way to leave Xinyuan Kingdom.

"I just thought that those Qiang people couldn't find me when they went up, and they would definitely yell and make trouble in the Xinyuan King's Palace. Many people saw and heard them. Unexpectedly, Brother Ji and the others heard all of them. It's really great... "Qi Yunruo was halfway through speaking, seeing that Li Chen's expression was not right, he also understood, leaned over and kissed Li Chen's face flatteringly.

Li Chen felt sensitively that during this period of separation, Xiao Qi had changed a lot. Just now Li Chen heard Xiao Qi talking to Fang Ge outside, and he seemed to have made a lot of new friends, including the change in his attitude towards himself—from before. Xiao Qi is quiet and indifferent, always staying alone in the tent, Li Chen thought that would be good, until now Li Chen realizes that he prefers this lively, frank boy with firm eyes, yes, A boy his age should be like this.

In fact, ever since Xiao Qi rode his horse to Yanluo Valley alone, Xiao Qi took the gun he picked up and killed the Xixiao Yasha who was attacking him, and Xiao Qi rode a red Xun to lead the pursuers away and jumped down the Yunhe... Li Chen Then he understood how cruel it was to confine him to the small world in the backyard.

Uncle Ziyang had imprisoned him for so many years, so he let him out by himself.

Li Chen took Qi Yunruo to meet Princess Changping. If Qi Yunruo had already met the princess, he was calm last time, but this time he felt uneasy. Many of Berg's subordinates watched them along the way, and yesterday ordered Seeing Li Chen holding Qi Yunruo's hand, the Qiang man who arrested Qi Yunruo smiled frivolously and proudly at first, but then frowned.

Li Chen and Qi Yunruo walked into Li Yao's room, Li Yao and Wang'er were already waiting for them, Li Chen smiled, and pushed Qi Yunruo who was shrinking behind him forward, Qi Yunruo was caught off guard, and walked in front of Li Yao—— First Wang'er was stunned, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Qi Yunruo lowered his head, "Princess, it was my fault for not revealing my identity yesterday... I came here with the slaves because I knew the prince would come to see you."

Li Yao was extremely intelligent, with a flash of surprise in her eyes, she smiled and pulled Qi Yunruo to sit beside her, looked at Li Chen and said, "That's great, now you can finally relax."

Wang'er also smiled and said: "So that's the case. I saw that you were not meticulous and absent-minded in your work yesterday. I wondered why I didn't see you last night."

Li Yao said angrily, "Wang'er."

Wang'er covered her mouth with a giggle and stopped talking.

Qi Yunruo's face became more and more red, and Li Chen sat opposite, and said: "But it's still not appropriate to say anything about it, just say that I fell in love with my sister's slave, and take it with me."

Li Yao nodded, and looked at Qi Yunruo again, Li Chen said: "Xiao Qi has suffered a lot, and he has lost a lot of weight recently."

Li Yao turned to Wang'er and said, "Did you hear that? Ask the kitchen to get more meat for lunch, and fresh goat's milk." She said to Qi Yunruo, "Goat's milk is very healthy."

Qi Yunruo nodded and said, "Thank you, Princess."

Li Yao shook her head and said: "You can also call me sister like Brother Chen, the whole family doesn't say 'princess' or 'princess'."

Qi Yunruo's heart was touched, and he felt a heat in his heart. Princess Changping was gentle and gentle, which made him think "it would be great if she was his own sister". The prince must be very happy to have such an elder sister to accompany him when he was young.

Li Yao asked Li Chen, "You didn't talk about peace talks yesterday, how did you and Berg talk about it?"

Li Chen suppressed his smile and said, "Berg is willing to be the leader of my Dakang vassal state, and also agrees to transfer Xixiao and Tumu to Suzhou."

Li Yao nodded, but her expression was a bit worried, "Xi Xiao and Tu Mu are of no use to Berg, but they are also of no benefit to Dakang."

"In the future, Xixiao and Tumu must change their patriarchs. Press down the warlike families, bring up a number of moderate families, and send Dakang officials to manage them." Li Chen was already serious at this time, "in troubled times, use heavy codes. Follow, then kill—one person does not follow one person, one family does not follow one family, one family does not follow one family."

Li Yao nodded slowly.

Wang'er had already closed the door and stood outside, Li Yao said indifferently: "Berg really likes the culture of the Han people. In the future, he will be a vassal to his father, and let him reward him with piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and silk scarves." "," Li Yao looked at the surrounding decorations, "Berg also intends to imitate the Han people and build palaces. I think this is good. Let the emperor send craftsmen. At a glance, the capital is full of Han style and Han sentiment.”

There was some sadness in Li Chen's eyes, "Sister, are you really not going back with me?"

Qi Yunruo's heart skipped a beat.

Li Yao still shook her head, she put her hand on Li Chen's, and said with a smile: "My sister is here now, looking after the Qiang people for you, I will go back one day, right? I never doubted it, Chen Brother... One day, you will personally issue the letter of credence and call your sister back to Beijing to visit her grandmother and relatives. On that day, my sister will go back in a fair manner, sitting in a four-horse carriage and sedan chair, with a hundred retinues, and the gratitude and glory of the Qiang people. , take your great achievements... tell my sister, there will be a day."

Qi Yunruo's heart was deeply shocked, he turned to look at Li Chen, Li Chen's eyes were full of water, he tremblingly said: "I promise you, elder sister, there will be that day, and soon... I will personally come to pick you up."

Li Yao smiled and nodded.

Li Chen's expression turned cold suddenly, and Qi Yunruo also heard Wang'er's impatient voice, "What are you doing here? The princess is talking to the prince! What's the matter with you?!"

Then came a woman's disgusted voice, "I'm from Dakang, can't I please please my lord?"

"You sort of—"

Li Yao said lightly: "Wang'er, please come in."

Qin'er was as proud as if she had won a battle, she flung her sleeves and entered the inner room, Qi Yunruo wanted to stand up, but was held back by Li Yao, after Qin'er came in, she saw Qi Yunruo was also sitting there She was very willing to give Li Yao a blessing, and then saluted Li Chen: "I have seen the prince."

Li Chen frowned and looked at Li Yao, Li Yao signaled him not to be angry, and said to Qin'er, "What's the matter with you here?"

Qin'er smiled at Li Chen: "I heard that the prince is here with the princess, so I came to pay my respects."

Li Yao said "hmm", Qin'er's face became a little stiff, what is she doing here?She is not a fool, she has worked here in Berg for many years, so she naturally understands that the identity of the eldest prince of Berg is different. In the future, he will be the new leader of the Qiang people. I gave birth to three children to Berg, and my honor and favor are not fading. It is only because I was once a slave that I was squeezed out by Berg's other concubines. Now I am the only Han woman who has status and status here. If the prince looks at these In order to save face, I am willing to help myself... After all, I also accompanied the princess to marry outside the Great Wall, and I have contributed to Dakang.

What she wants is a status recognized by Dakang, an honor.

Qin'er hesitated and couldn't say anything clearly, Li Chen frowned, Qin'er said: "I have been away from home for many years, I miss my homeland..."

"Then Wang told Berg to take you back to Dakang."

Qin'er was startled, and forced a smile: "That's not what I mean. Although I miss my homeland, I have married the Qiang people far away. How can I go back? I am willing to never go back to my hometown because of Dakang's relationship with the Qiang people."

Li Chen was silent, Qi Yunruo lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and guessed what this woman meant. After all, her expression was too obvious, and the expression of wanting something but not being able to speak was completely undisguised. Li Chen had already picked up the teacup Now, Li Yao didn't mean to talk, Qi Yunruo felt narrowed, and said: "The prince knows, it's just that the prince and the princess' relatives are together, and there is a lot to say, is there anything else for this madam?"

Qin'er looked over angrily, and Qi Yunruo continued: "This madam is a loyal servant, I hope you will continue to serve the princess in the future, the princess has a noble status, if you do this well, you will contribute more to the relationship between Dakang and the Qiang people It's too." It was also yesterday that Qi Yunruo didn't like Qin'er when he saw her, and he didn't want to see her so proud in front of the princess, so he said some harsh words, and pretended to casually look at Li Chen's reaction.

Li Chen was looking at him with a smile. Qin'er was originally full of anger and was about to express it, but when she saw Li Chen's face, she suddenly fell silent. She gritted her teeth, "The concubine has retired."

Li Yao nodded.

Qin'er lowered her head, turned around and backed out, her fingernails covered in her sleeves were deeply embedded in her flesh, Wang'er at the door gave her a disdainful look, Qin'er whispered: "You beg me when."

Wang'er said leisurely: "I also hope that my former sister will flourish, so she can give me a hand."

Li Chen said: "Is this the maidservant who followed the elder sister to marry?"

Li Yao said indifferently: "Don't worry about these."

Even Qi Yunruo saw what Qin'er meant, let alone Li Chen and Li Yao, Li Yao said: "She has children, but her status is low, it's useless to have Berg's favor."

Li Chen said in a low voice, "If she is disrespectful to elder sister in the future..."

Li Yao looked at him amusedly, and said: "Do you think your sister can't even take care of a maid? It's just completely unnecessary. Among the Qiang people, a slave is a slave, and she can't make waves."

Qi Yunruo thought of his new friend and hesitated for a moment. He was also reluctant to part with the two teenagers, but the Qiang people are still close to their homeland. Would they be willing to go to the distant Dakang capital?Moreover, the two of them are from Xinyuan Kingdom after all, with special identities. If the relationship between Dakang and Xinyuan Kingdom deteriorates in the future, their living in the capital will definitely be affected. Qi Yunruo looked at Li Yao and said, "Princess, I have something to trouble you." .”

Li Yao looked at him gently.

Qi Yunruo blushed and changed his words: "Sister, it's like this... I met two young men on the way here. Just be careful not to let others bully them, they are Sui Yu and Zhou Liang."

Li Yao nodded and said with a smile: "I know, the people who came with you yesterday are all children."

Qi Yunruo felt relieved.

At noon, Li Yao frequently served Qi Yunruo vegetables and asked him to eat more meat. Qi Yunruo drank a big bowl of goat milk. Li Chen also said: "If it is useful, I will also prepare milk goat in the palace. Xiao Qi drinks a bowl every day. .”

Qi Yunruo pursed his lips and said softly, "I'm really not thin."

Li Yao said with a smile: "Do you think goat's milk tastes bad? You can also try milk, and you can also add honey."

Li Chen looked at Qi Yunruo and nodded, "Let's try when we go back."

After the meal, Qi Yunruo and Li Chen went back, Li Chen continued to discuss terms with Berg, Qi Yunruo strolled to find Sui Yu and Zhou Liang, and told about asking the princess to take care of them.

Sui Yu has been freed from the sorrow of parting, and said heartily: "I understand! No matter what, I haven't congratulated you yet, you are reunited with an important person."

Zhou Liang still looked frustrated, Qi Yunruo touched his face, "No one will bully you in the future."

Zhou Liangdao: "Actually, I still want to go back to the Xinyuan Kingdom. I will go back when I have a chance. My mother is buried there. I want to work hard for the princess and earn money. When I grow up and have strength, I'll go back home."

Sui Yu's parents are gone, but after hearing Zhou Liang's words, he also nodded and said: "Yes! I want to go back too, why did those people occupy my parents' houses and fields! I want to take them all back , if they have the ability, they will sell me again!"

Qi Yunruo felt a little relieved when he saw the two young men revived. For Sui Yu and Zhou Liang, the Xinyuan Kingdom was their homeland, and he would definitely go back to the capital.