The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 317 New Year's Eve

"I didn't see Xue Ning. And... Duke Zhao died in battle." The herald knelt in front of Xue Qingyin and said in a deep voice.

Xue Qingyin stood up suddenly.

The night outside was as dark as ink, and the sky was not yet clear... but an old friend had already passed away.

In the original work... Duke Zhao did die in battle.

It was just that he ran into the rebellious army of King Xuan and died in battle.

She thought... she thought that the relationship between the Xuanwang Mansion and the Duke Zhao Mansion had changed, so it goes without saying that the ending of Duke Zhao would also change.

"Princess, please accept my condolences." The herald's voice was also low.

"Nothing..." Xue Qingyin took a breath, "Where is the body? Has the body been collected?"

"It's collected."

"Well, good. It will be buried properly in the future, and the young master... will come back to carry the coffin."

The herald nodded heavily, and couldn't help but redden his eyes.

They are all soldiers, so naturally they admire brave and loyal people.

"Xue Ning is not here, Xue Ning is not here..." Xue Qingyin murmured, and then forced herself to calm down, trying to calm her pounding heart. She asked: "What is the situation now?"

"The Anxi Army has quelled the rebellion in the south and east of the city, and surrounded the houses of various princes and officials, saying that the rebels are still on the run. There are crises everywhere in the capital. Only by closing the houses and protecting them with weapons can we prevent the rebels from taking advantage of the loopholes." The messenger replied.

Xue Qingyin was a little excited and slapped the table: "Great! They are really quick!"

"Only General Wei Siming, the descendant of Duke Ying, was stubborn and refused to retreat. He said that His Royal Highness Xuan Wang had wolfish ambitions and was clearly trying to seize power by clearing the court."

"Is this Wei Siming powerful?"

"Powerful. General Du is young and may not be his opponent."

"So powerful?"

But think about it.

Emperor Liang De is not a fool. Of course, he has capable people under his command.

"We are not without people." Xue Qingyin snorted coldly.

"Do you want to ask General Fang to come out? I am afraid it is not enough. This Wei Siming, his father, the Duke of England, is a brave man, and he just inherited everything. It would be great if Your Highness was here." The messenger said without thinking. But after he finished speaking, he realized that he had spoken out of turn and lowered his head quickly.

Xue Qingyin did not dwell on this detail.

"It's not him." Xue Qingyin stood up and said, "I have to ask this person."

The messenger stood up in a daze: "Who is he? So arrogant?"

"It's not arrogant, it's stubborn." Xue Qingyin murmured: "They must have been waiting for this day, waiting for a long, long time."

He...they?

The messenger thought to himself, are there so many powerful people?

Xue Qingyin took Yun Duo and A Zhuo and was about to go out.

Of course, this is not enough... I have to bring Dou Ruyun and others as guards.

Although everyone in Prince Xuan's mansion was overwhelmed, Dou Ruyun and other former subordinates of Prince Zhang only served as guards for Xue Qingyin from beginning to end, which was enough!

"Does the princess want to ride a horse?" the palace servant asked anxiously.

Xue Qingyin hesitated for a moment: "Let's take a carriage. Although it's a bit urgent, my body can't stand it."

The palace servant was relieved when she heard it: "This is good. Everything is important, and the princess's body is also important."

The most feared thing for servants is to encounter a master who doesn't care about himself. If something really happens, how can they escape?

"No, the carriage won't work." Dou Ruyun interrupted.

"It's very chaotic outside, let's change the sedan chair. This person who carried the sedan chair knew that he couldn't abandon the sedan chair and run away when he encountered danger. The horse pulling the carriage is a beast after all, but it doesn't care so much." Dou Ruyun explained the reason.

Xue Qingyin was stunned when she heard it, and then she couldn't help but sigh that this person was very careful... She didn't even think of this.

Soon, several eunuchs carried a sedan chair over, and Xue Qingyin was about to sit in it.

"Wait a minute." Dou Ruyun stopped him again, saying, "It's better for our brothers to carry it themselves. They run faster."

Xue Qingyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and had to nod.

At this time, all the major mansions were controlled by the Anxi Army. This was called family. Xue Qingyin sat in the sedan chair and arrived at the door safely all the way, knocking on each door easily.

In a blink of an eye, the people of the Qinggui Army were gathered together.

Dou Ruyun was a little jealous at this moment: "I heard that it took a chief general to surrender Wei Siming... Isn't this picking a chief general?"

He muttered: "I was also a chief general!"

Xue Qingyin turned her head and asked seriously: "In terms of closeness, who is closer to Prince Zhang?"

Although Dou Ruyun was reluctant, he still answered: "They." After all, they were Prince Zhang's personal army.

They were at best old subordinates.

"In terms of closeness, who is closer to me?" Xue Qingyin asked again.

Dou Ruyun was now more energetic and spoke with confidence: "We!"

Xue Qingyin nodded: "That's it."

Dou Ruyun thought in his heart that it was true. Now the most important thing is the person next to him...

He carefully looked at Xue Qingyin's belly. He thought that with the temperament of Prince Zhang and the former Crown Princess, if they were still alive in this world, they would definitely risk their lives to protect her.

While talking, someone came out.

His name was Ding Xiu, and he had served as an escort officer in the Qinggui Army. The Qinggui Army had a small number of personnel and a simple structure. Above the escort officer was the commander.

Those who could be escort officers naturally had the talent to command troops.

Ding Xiu was stunned when he saw Xue Qingyin: "Princess?"

"Didn't the person who went in tell you clearly?" Xue Qingyin took off the tiger talisman and shook it in front of him, "Wei Siming refused to retreat, should we fight?"

Ding Xiu was so excited that he could not help but said, "Fight!"

He took a step to go out, but someone grabbed his arm from behind.

"I waited for you for a long time before I waited for you to come back." The middle-aged man said with uneasiness.

Ding Xiu's brother married the daughter of the previous emperor, Princess Changning. After he returned to Beijing, he also lived in the princess's mansion.

It was the son-in-law who spoke.

"I have to go." Ding Xiu moved and said to his brother, "Only in this way can we really get out of the tragedy of Prince Zhang."

His brother's eyebrows moved, and he let go helplessly: "Go... Come back alive."

The Qinggui Army, who had just reunited with their families, finally set out on the journey again.

After seeing off the Qinggui Army, Dou Ruyun and his party escorted Xue Qingyin and were about to go back.

"Let's go back to Circular Mound." Xue Qingyin suddenly said.

Dou Ruyun looked at her in disbelief: "How can that be possible?"

"Fang Chengzhong has been looking for him, but there is still no news. I don't know whether King Xuan was injured in danger or had other plans temporarily... But as long as he is alive, he will definitely return to the emperor and kill people with his own sword."

Dou Ruyun opened her mouth, but could not refute Xue Qingyin's words.

The sedan chair was carried out of the city gate.

Xue Qingyin rolled up the curtain, and the strong smell of blood went straight into her nose, and everything she saw was blood.

In the chaos, only this sedan chair looked particularly clean.

"It's better to calm down earlier." Xue Qingyin looked depressed, "lest the people in the capital be frightened."

Dou Ruyun agreed deeply, and then looked around more vigilantly.

Fortunately, there were no ignorant rebels along the way.

But when they arrived at Circular Mound, it was already dawn.

This place has been completely taken over by the Xuanwu Army, so it is naturally as safe as it can be.

As they walked towards the other palace, Dou Ruyun couldn't help but said, "When Deputy General Fang knows that we brought you here again, I'm afraid he will want to kill us all."

"What are you afraid of? I gave the order."

"Today... today is New Year's Eve, right?" the sedan bearer suddenly said.

Xue Qingyin was stunned.

Dou Ruyun was also stunned, and it took him a long time to find his voice: "How... how come it's New Year's Eve?"

The sedan bearer smiled innocently and said, "In the past, I was in the Meng tribe. At that time, I wanted to go back to Daliang to celebrate the New Year. I thought about it every year. Thinking about it, I remember it very deeply."

Dou Ruyun didn't dare to answer, for fear of making Xue Qingyin sad.

After all, King Xuan is still nowhere to be seen.

Outside the other palace, the Xuanjia Guards were still guarding there with a grim face.

However, the elite guards who confronted them showed some fatigue.

They must have known very well that the reinforcements that were supposed to come had not arrived until today, and there were no people from King Xuan, but only King Xuan's soldiers... The emperor was doomed.

But they were ministers after all, and the emperor's personal guards. They should die for the emperor, not surrender and become his subjects.

Just when these people were about to lose their temper and were ready to protect the emperor and force their way out... Xue Qingyin came.

She walked down from the sedan chair.

These elite guards knew her, and they all opened their mouths wide and shouted out the name in astonishment: "Xuan, Princess Xuan?"

The noise outside quickly alarmed the people inside.

Emperor Liang De ordered someone to open the door.

He saw Xue Qingyin standing there intact, and a little surprise and disappointment flashed across his eyes. But he soon calmed down.

He could even smile gently: "Qingyin is back."

He then sighed and said: "It seems that only Qingyin will accompany me to celebrate New Year's Eve."

Xue Qingyin said with a cold face: "Duke Zhao died in the battle."

In the hall where no light could penetrate, something seemed to be broken.