A cold dream is not a dream come true

The weather in early summer is very sultry, and the emerald green leaves set off the dark green north gate of Fu'an City, which makes people feel good.

The carriage drove to the gate of the city, and the officers and soldiers checked it briefly and let it go.We paid the fare, and Prince Xi walked towards the Yamen.

"Luo Bing, the yamen must have received the notice from the imperial sister, why did we throw ourselves into the trap?" I followed closely behind Prince Xi and asked inexplicably.

Prince Xi didn't look back: "The prefect of Anyuan Wen'an will not arrest us without asking indiscriminately. The most dangerous place is the safest place."

That being the case, I won't ask any more.I hugged Xiao Wanxia and followed behind Prince Xi who was disguised as a man, and suddenly felt that it would be great if I could live such an ordinary life with Luo Bing for the rest of my life.

Not long after, Prince Xi and I arrived at the Yamen of Fu'an City.As expected, there was a reward notice for finding me and Prince Xi posted on the wall next to the yamen.However, there were no people around the notice. It seemed that the notice had been posted for several days.

When Prince Xi came to the gate of the yamen, the yamen guards immediately stopped him: "The yamen is an important place, and idlers are not allowed to enter."

Prince Xi stepped forward and clasped his fists: "Please report to Mr. An, and say that I have some clues to Luoyang's reward notice."

The yamen servant looked at Prince Xi suspiciously, and nodded: "You wait, I will go and report."

The guard at the gate went in to report, and came back in a while to send a message: "Master An is here."

We followed the yamen servants to the living room of An Zhifu. Prince Xi pushed the door open and saw An Yuanwen sitting on the seat drinking tea.An Yuanwen had been waiting for a long time, when he saw someone coming in, he immediately got up to greet him.She didn't know that it was us who came, which really surprised her.

Prefect An did not speak, she welcomed us into the house, then ordered the servants beside her to go down, and closed the door tightly: "Prince Xi, why are you dressed like this? What happened? Why did the emperor issue a reward notice? Why did you come to Fu'an City?"

Prince Xi then sat on the chair next to me, and I sat down with Xiao Wanxia in my arms.An Zhifu nodded to me, and then looked at the child in my arms with a puzzled face: "Where did this child come from?"

"Prefect An, it's a long story." Prince Xi sighed, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

An Yuanwen didn't urge him either, but waited quietly for Prince Xi to speak.I was a little anxious, just about to stand up with Wanxia in my arms, when I heard someone knock on the door outside: "Master Zhifu, General Shen Yuxue asks to see you."

Shen Yuxue?A very familiar name.I thought about it carefully, and it turned out that it was the general who defended Fu'an City. Four months ago, he and Prince Xi fought against Da Nan and defeated Li Tui.

Prefect An was a little hesitant, she looked at Prince Xi, and Prince Xi nodded: "It's okay, General Shen is not an outsider."

Zhifu An nodded and shouted to the outside: "Please come in."

After a while, General Shen Yuxue pushed the door open and entered, and was surprised to see Prince Xi sitting on a chair in the room: "Prince Xi, why are you here?"

Prince Xi frowned: "Don't make any noise."

General Shen came back to his senses and closed the door tightly.She nodded to me sideways, then looked at the child in my arms with a puzzled face and asked, "Whose child does this belong to?"

I thought to myself, why do these two people have the same reaction?

After everyone sat down, Prince Xi simply explained: "Presumably both of you have heard about the battle with Goryeo at the end of February, right? Chu Han and I fled Luoyang precisely because of this incident."

Governor An nodded: "I heard that the crown prince was transferred to Muhai City. Prince Cheng bit his tongue and committed suicide after being captured. Prince Xi's rescue failed and he was lost in Xifeng County..."

"It is true, but Prince Cheng's body has not been found, so I don't believe he is dead."

"But if Xifeng County is lost, the emperor will not betray you to death." Shen Yuxue shook her head.

"It's not a death sentence." Prince Xi sighed, "Sister Huang gave me two choices, to cut off the throne and give it to Xinbo or..."

Prince Xi paused for a long time, and Shen Yuxue couldn't wait: "Or what?"

Prince Xi didn't continue, I took the end of the sentence: "Or give me to the emperor and become the emperor's concubine."

"What?" the two shouted in unison.

Shen Yuxue shook her head: "The emperor's doing this is a little too much." She looked at me with some worry, and then asked helplessly: "Then what's the matter with this child?"

I looked at Wanxia in my arms, and replied with a smile: "This child is originally the daughter of a scholar in Chang'an City. Due to the epidemic in Chang'an a few days ago, her parents passed away, so Luo Bing and I brought her to raise her." .”

The two nodded, and the room fell into silence.

Xia Tian's cicadas kept chirping, which made people feel a little annoyed.

"Then what are your plans?" An Zhifu broke the silence first, "Now there are officers and soldiers arresting you everywhere in Pingyang Kingdom, you have to be careful."

"Thank you for your concern." Prince Xi said, "The destination of Chuhan and I is Liuli Island. I am not very familiar with Pingyang's foreign places, so I want to ask General Shen Yulei for help."

"How can I help Prince Xi?" Shen Yuxue asked.

"General Shen is originally from the Great Southern Kingdom. I would like to ask General Shen to show me the way to cross the Alasi River in the southeast."

Shen Yuxue held her chin and thought for a moment: "Although I am originally from the Great Southern Kingdom, I don't know the current Holy Majesty. I don't know if the court ministers still have old acquaintances, I'm afraid..."

"No problem." Prince Xi cupped his fists, "If General Shen is inconvenient, I'll find someone else."

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Governor An immediately stepped forward to make a rescue: "It's getting late, Prince Xi, let me arrange a place for you."

Prince Xi nodded and got up, and I also stood up holding Xiao Wanxia.At this time, Shen Yuxue said suddenly: "I have a solution! Your Majesty, let me receive Prince Xi. There are many spare rooms in the General's Mansion."

"This..." Governor An looked at Prince Xi, who nodded in agreement.

When our group arrived at the General's Mansion, it was already dark.Shen Yuxue pushed the door into the main hall, and I saw a very familiar person at a glance: Lu Jingyan.

Lu Jingyan was sitting on a chair, holding a four or five-year-old girl in her arms.I haven't seen her for more than four months, and her demeanor is quite different from before.The little girl in her arms is exactly Su Yu, but she should be renamed Shen Yu now.Shen Yu's improvement has also improved, he is not as weak and sick as he was in Prince Xi's mansion.

Lu Jingyan heard someone coming in, but she didn't raise her head: "Yu Xue, why are you coming back so late today?"

Shen Yu got up from Lu Jingyan's body, and immediately saw Prince Xi behind Shen Yuxue.She grabbed Lu Jingyan's clothes nervously: "Mother, it's the father."

Lu Jingyan raised her head in surprise, and I saw her expression of surprise and joy through the dim sunset.

"Jingyan has seen the prince!" She immediately put Su Yu down, stood up and knelt down.

"I have met my father." Su Yu also knelt down like Lu Jingyan.

Jingyan patted Su Yu's head: "Yu'er, she is not your father, you will call her your prince from now on."

Prince Xi immediately stepped forward to help the mother and daughter up: "You have come to Fu'an City to look for General Shen, I thought you would not come. I haven't seen you in April, how are you mother and daughter?"

"Thanks to the lord, Yu Xue took care of Jing Yan and Yu Er very thoughtfully..."

Shen Yuxue walked to Lu Jingyan's side and laughed loudly: "It's my job to take care of Jingyan."

Lu Jingyan avoided the laughing Shen Yuxue: "That is inevitable, there is no reason for you not to take care of your sister-in-law's daily life."

"Jingyan, you are like this again." Shen Yuxue's smile sank, "Although you are my sister-in-law, who in the general's mansion doesn't regard you as my wife?"

I saw Lu Jingyan blushing, playing with the handkerchief with both hands: "I won't tell you." Then she saw me and immediately changed the subject: "I heard that Miss Meng has become Princess Xi, but this child..."

Shen Yu has been watching everyone nervously beside Lu Jingyan, and when he saw little Wanxia in my arms, he immediately smiled.

"This child was adopted by me."

"Mother...I want to play with my little sister..." Shen Yu tugged at the corner of Lu Jingyan's clothes.

Lu Jingyan looked at me and asked, so I hugged Xiao Wanxia and walked to Shen Yu and squatted down in front of Shen Yu, letting Shen Yu and Xiao Wanxia play.

Besides, Prince Xi briefly explained to Lu Jingyan the situation of the past four months, and then told Lu Jingyan about our plan to go to Liuli Island.She listened carefully, then fell into deep thought.

"During the three years in Prince Xi's mansion, the lord has treated Jingyan well. Today the lord is in trouble, and Jingyan must do her best to help."

"What can you do?" Prince Xi asked.

"Jingyan was originally the princess of the Great Southern Kingdom. Although she hasn't returned to the Great Southern Kingdom for three years, the current king of Great Southern Kingdom is Jingyan's eleventh younger brother." Lu Jingyan lowered her head and pondered, "We can enter Yi'an City through Fuyilin, Then go to the capital Beiwuni City, and borrow some boats from King Danan, so that we can cross the Alasi River and reach Liuli Island."

"Good idea!" Prince Xi clapped his hands and applauded, "But this trip will take half a year, what will General Shen do?"

Lu Jingyan looked up at Shen Yuxue, and Shen Yuxue smiled lightly and held her in her arms: "Wherever Jingyan is going, I, Shen Yuxue, will go there. I also listened to the description of Liuli Island by the two of you just now, and I think it is also the place we yearn for .”

"Are you going with me too?" I asked in surprise.

"Exactly." Shen Yuxue replied, "Da Nanguo is our hometown. Even if we change to Liuli Island to pay attention, we can stay in Dananguo. So I decided to resign from the position of the guard general of Fu'an City and follow Jing Yan. go back home."

After deciding on the itinerary, we discussed some other topics.Shen Yu sat next to me and kept playing with little Wanxia, ​​the two children seemed to be enjoying themselves happily.

After late at night, Prince Xi and I went back to our room to rest.

"Out of Pingyang Kingdom, there will be no officers and soldiers to arrest us." I lay on the bed tossing and turning, "Luo Bing, we are finally free."

Prince Xi reached out and grabbed my hand, and gave a soft "hmm".