A cold dream is not a dream come true

At the beginning of the second year of Yong'an, the southern savage tribe sneaked into the southernmost city of the Great Southern Kingdom and started burning, killing and looting.Danan Wang had a premonition that the situation was not good, so he ordered Li Yu to recruit soldiers and train soldiers.However, due to the deficit in the national treasury of the Great Southern Kingdom, the army has not seen any improvement.Li Tui originally wanted to increase farmers' taxes, but found that the people died of illness and starvation, suffering unspeakably.

After struggling for a few days, Li Yu came up with the policy of opening trade routes.Great Southern Kingdom is adjacent to Pingyang Kingdom in the north. Pingyang Kingdom is the largest country today, with three states, five small states, three alliance states, and five contract states.The former king had formed an alliance with Pingyang when he was alive, but the relationship was automatically terminated when the treaty expired.So far, the two countries have never had a direct conflict. If they ask for an alliance again and open up trade routes, it is inevitable.

In March of the second year of Yong'an, it was the season of warm spring and peach blossoms.Great Southern Kingdom and Pingyang Kingdom formally signed the following treaty: Princess Lu Jingyan of Great Southern Kingdom married Pingyang Kingdom.After the marriage contract is held as scheduled, Pingyang Kingdom will open Fu'an City's commercial roads for Da Nanguo for ten years, and Dananguo will hand over [-] gold to Pingyang Kingdom every year.If within a year, neither party violates the treaty, Pingyang will marry a royal woman.After that, the ten-year treaty will come into force.

Afterwards, King Da Nan issued an order: make Li Tui the general and the main person in charge of this contract.Feng Shen Yulei is the Minister of the Ministry of War and Lu Jingyan's main protector.

After receiving the order, Jingyan seemed relieved.She thought, even if she couldn't marry Shen Yulei and the prince who was far away in Pingyang, she didn't want to be harassed by King Da Nan and Li Tui in Da Nan.

In April of the second year of Yong'an, Jing Yan stepped into Pingyang Kingdom and Luoyang City.

At noon this day, just after lunch, Su Luobing took out some medicinal materials and studied them carefully.Prince Cheng Su Luoyu who was sitting on the chair looked at Luo Bing who was concentrating on it, and asked casually, "Is Seventh Sister looking at the golden sore medicine again?"

Luo Bing held up the golden sore medicine and called Luo Yu over.Luo Yu lazily got up from the chair, approached Luo Yu and asked, "Seventh Sister, what are you going to say today?"

Luo Bing raised his head, and said excitedly: "Eighth brother, I always thought that this golden sore medicine was different from the golden sore medicine from Tai Hospital, and I finally found out today. The golden sore medicine in Shengle City uses civet incense!"

Luo Yu asked suspiciously: "Scent of civet cat?"

"It's the civet incense." Luo Bing wrapped up the golden sore medicine, stood up and said, "Musk has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it can cause damage to women's bodies if used for a long time. But this civet incense is different, not only its smell is slightly It's sweet, and it's beneficial and harmless to the body!"

Luo Yu frowned and said, "Seventh sister has been studying the golden sore medicine all day since she came back from Mengzhou. It has been almost a year now, and she is still just a general, and it is the general who was replaced by Vice General Chu to Seventh Sister. I think Seventh Sister Sis should still do something for Huang Jie occasionally, maybe Huang Jie is in a good mood and will make you a prince."

When Luo Bing heard this, she became a little unhappy. She pouted and jokingly said: "You actually preached to your sister, let's see how I deal with you!"

As soon as Luo Bing finished speaking, he saw a figure rushing in from outside the house. This figure stopped in front of Luo Yu and blocked Luo Bing's way with his arms outstretched.Luo Bing took a closer look, only to realize that this person was Su Yu, the son of the Empress.

"You mustn't hurt Eighth Uncle!" Su Yu yelled at Luo Bing with wide-eyed eyes.

Luo Yu glanced at Su Yu who stood in front of him, turned him around involuntarily, wiped the dirt off his face and asked, "Where did Yu'er go to be naughty again? You made your face so dirty."

Su Yu raised his face to let Luo Yu wipe it, and explained, "Yu'er and sister Zimo went climbing."

Luo Yu sighed softly and said, "Yu'er go to study quickly, you will be the prince in the future."

Su Luobing looked at the two of them and felt bored, so she put away the medicine for sores and walked out of the room to take a walk in the imperial garden.

The trees in the royal garden are full of shade, and a hundred flowers are competing for beauty. Occasionally, a few magpies landed on the treetops and sang loudly.Luo Bing's mood also became cheerful, and she broke a willow branch and started playing with it.

Luo Bing was having fun when she heard a woman's weak voice behind her: "My lord, this willow branch is innocent, but why did you break it so casually?"

Luo Bing looked back and saw a woman about his own age.This woman is wearing a long sand weaving dress, her hair is loose and braided, which looks very different from the clothes of Pingyang Kingdom. With a shy smile, she stepped forward and said politely: "The little girl is from the Great Nan Kingdom." Princess Lu Jingyan, specially ordered by King Danan to marry your country."

Luo Bing smiled lightly and said, "So it's the Princess of the Great Southern Kingdom. I heard about it from the Queen a few days ago, and I didn't expect to come so soon."

As soon as Jingyan heard Luo Bing calling the emperor Huangjie, she also guessed her identity, and asked, "Is your lord the prince?"

Luo Bing laughed loudly: "I'm just the younger sister of Huang Jie. My name is Luo Bing. I haven't been crowned king yet."

Jing Yan nodded, and looked at Luo Bing carefully again. It felt a little familiar, and her temperament seemed to be somewhat similar to that of Shen Yuxue.

Luo Bing took Jingyan to the imperial garden for a week, and then returned to the palace hall.The empress was discussing the alliance with Li Tiao and Shen Yulei, when she saw Luo Bing and Jing Yan, she called them closer.

The empress cut to the chase and asked Luo Bing directly: "Seventh sister, we are discussing who to marry. Princess Jingyan is twenty this year, what do you think of marrying the eighth brother?"

When Luo Bing heard this, he felt something was wrong.Although the eighth younger brother is eighteen years old and not yet married, everyone knows about his relationship with Su Yu.What's more, Su Yu is going to be the prince in the future, if he takes his people into marriage, there will be no peace in the future.

Luo Bing thought for a while and replied: "My Majesty, the eighth brother has just turned eighteen this year, and he is indeed two years younger than Princess Jingyan. You also know that the eighth brother has a weak personality from the beginning and is not good at advocating for things. People, will definitely treat Princess Jingyan badly."

The empress nodded after thinking about it, and then asked, "How about your fifth brother Su Xuyang?"

This time, Luo Bing couldn't even cry in her heart.The eighth brother was pushed away, and the fifth brother came again.Although the fifth elder brother Su Xuyang is over twenty years old, he has a young lover by his side, who is an actor in the family.It is said that actors are ruthless, but this little lover is devoted to Fifth Brother, and everyone tried their best to break up the couple.Not to mention this opera singer, without this opera singer, Fifth Brother would definitely not be able to marry Lu Jingyan, because Fifth Brother likes a man, and that opera singer is also a man.

Luo Bing hesitated for a long time, frowned and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this..."

The empress also knew about Su Xuyang's situation, but now the royal family has no other candidates.In order to achieve this alliance, he had to make a bad move.

In the end, the candidate for the marriage was the fifth prince Su Xuyang.

After the discussion, Luo Bing sent Jing Yan out of the hall.

Along the way, Jingyan asked Luo Bing cautiously with a sad face, "My lord, what kind of person is the Fifth Prince Su Xuyang?"

Luo Bing replied: "It's just an ordinary prince with no special hobbies or vices."

Jingyan didn't make a sound, still frowning.

"Is Princess Jingyan worried?"

"To be honest, Jingyan originally had someone she entrusted to her for life. It was Shen Yulei, Minister of the Military Department of the Great Southern Kingdom who was in the hall just now. At the request of Pingyang Kingdom..."

Luo Bing listened to Jingyan's story about her experience in the Great Southern Kingdom, and felt sympathetic.After thinking about it, she decided to tell her about Fifth Brother's situation.

"Actually, Fifth Brother also has someone to join hands with, and this person is an actor in Fifth Brother's house. But... this actor is a man."

"A man?" Jing Yan was shocked, and looked at Luo Bing suspiciously.

Luo Bing nodded and said, "Princess Jingyan also has a sweetheart. I think you can understand this feeling. Fifth brother just fell in love with someone of the same gender as me."

Jingyan's thoughts were spinning rapidly. Although she had never tried to understand these things, there were very few women in the southern country, and stories of broken backs between men were often reported.No matter what kind of person falls in love with, it is a kind of freedom, and she respects the emotional world of others.

"So that's how it is..." Jing Yan nodded.

"What's the matter? Feeling disgusted?"

Jing Yan shook her head, and replied: "Of course not, I don't dislike things of the same sex." She replied in a low voice.

Only then did Luo Bing say with confidence, "Hahaha! Now that's the case, I'm relieved."

Jingyan asked strangely: "What are you worried about, my lord?"

Luo Bing thought for a long time before hesitatingly said: "Actually, I also like a girl, and she is a very kind girl."

Now Jingyan completely understood why she had a different temperament from others when meeting this person for the first time.This kind of person not only attracts the opposite sex, but also attracts the same sex.

Luo Bing paused for a moment, then continued: "And, as far as I know, the same is true for Sister Huang."

"Could it be that your eighth brother also likes men?"

Luo Bing laughed loudly: "Princess Jingyan is so smart, that's right!"

When Jingyan heard it, she laughed with a "puchi", and Luo Bing laughed too.The laughter of the two girls scattered throughout the imperial garden.

After laughing, Luo Bing suddenly became serious. She looked around, lowered her voice and said, "In this case, how about I help you escape marriage?"

"Escape from marriage?"

"Shh..." Luo Bing put her finger on her lips and made a quiet movement. "Princess Jingyan has someone to entrust her life to, and the fifth younger brother also has someone to join hands with. If Princess Jingyan escapes marriage, this alliance can be cancelled."

Jingyan thought for a while, shook her head and said, "But Jingyan doesn't want to go back to the Great Southern Kingdom."

"I won't go back." Luo Bing said, "Let Shen Yulei take you away."

"Is it really possible?"

Luo Bing nodded and said: "I have been in the palace for many years, and I am very familiar with the palace. There is a secret passage in the northwest corner of the palace. After coming out of this secret passage, it leads directly to Linping Mountain. After passing Linping Mountain and going north, it is Mengzhou. North is Aobei, the northern tribe. The world knows so well, there must be a place for you to live. Let's go to Aobei to live together."

Listening to Luo Bing's plan, Jing Yan began to look forward to the life after elopement, and asked with tears, "Is this really possible?"

"Yes, I hope everyone is happy. After all, Princess Jingyan is also my good sister."

When Jingyan heard the word "good sister", she immediately knelt down gratefully.Luo Bing got up to help, but just as soon as she bent down, she felt a slight shaking in the grass next to her.

"Who is it?" Luo Bing got up and chased after him, but found that there was no one in the grass, only the traces of overwhelmed weeds.

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☆、Correction instructions

The author has something to say:

There are three extra articles, this one is about how Prince Xi and Lu Jingyan met...

Correction description: In the first year of Yong'an, when he played against Mengzhou, Su Luobing was the deputy commander and had not yet been named prince.At the end of the second year of Yong'an, after the siege of the main hall occurred, the empress conferred the title of Prince Xi after seeing Su Luobing's meritorious service, so I hereby make a correction.

(For details, see: Chapter 8 "Brothers and Sisters of the Chu Family": Prince Xi's words exposed the slick tongue of Vice General Chu, and I applauded in my heart. This Vice General Chu is said to be the Vice General that Prince Xi asked the emperor for by name. Three years ago, When Prince Xi was first named deputy commander, he once led Prince Xi to fight in Aobei, and helped my hometown Mengzhou put down the invasion of Aobei. Afterwards, he gave up the position of general and was willing to be Prince Xi’s deputy. In the past few years, the two have been invincible on the battlefield, which has become a good story. A few months ago, the two put down the rebellious Mengzhou. Although Mengzhou is my hometown, I have to Put a good word for them.)

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