Shen Ji looked around and found that no one paid attention to him, so he took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Mu Chen, and said, "This is what the prince asked me to hand over."

Mu Chen took the letter.

Big brother see you in person

My brother and eldest brother haven't seen each other for months, and I miss them so much. Knowing that the eldest brother would soon come to the east, my brother should meet him. It should have been Xingzhi, but unexpectedly, my younger brother accidentally learned that there was a sudden change in the court, and Uncle Zhi was evil to Uncle Zhong and sent someone to assassinate him.

The two of them were originally siblings, but for some reason they had different hearts. This matter is not the younger brother's business, and the younger brother does not need to ask, but the second uncle and the younger brother have a deep relationship, and the younger brother can't bear to see them kill each other. The younger brother learned that Uncle Zhong was injured and saved by his brother, so the younger brother hoped that his brother could save Uncle Zhong's life.

Uncle Zhi is in Xijing, and his younger brother is afraid that Zhi will be loyal, knowing that he is not dead and will kill him again, so he should not let him enter Beijing, and settle in a city 200 miles away, and be taken care of by Shen and Zhai.

I hope that the eldest brother will return quickly, meet with the younger brother, and plan this matter in detail.

Brother Yunxuan bowed

After reading the letter, Mu Chen said, "The third brother sent you, have you read the content of the letter?"

Shen Jidao said, "The prince has ordered, I dare not open it privately"

Mu Chen nodded.

Zhang Qianzhong asked, "Mu Shaoxia, what did the prince say?"

Mu Chen handed the letter to Zhang Qianzhong.

After Zhang Qianzhong finished reading it, he sighed and said, "The prince is really the prince, not only smart, but also takes care of me so much."

Mu Chen smiled, someone was praising his brother, just like someone was praising himself.

Mu Chen's smile quickly disappeared, and he said to Zhai Daodao, "Let me ask you, what did the third brother tell you?"

Zhai Daodao: "The prince asked us to find Mu Daxia and General Zhang, and then asked Mu Daxia to go to Xijing quickly, and the two of us are here to take care of General Zhang"

Mu Chen said, "Let's set off now, and we can arrive in two days."

He paused, looked at Shen Ji and Zhai Tong, and suddenly said, "Bai Gongzi, Luo'er, you stay here and take care of General Zhang"

Shen Ji and Zhai Tong could see that Mu Chen didn't trust them, but they also understood that there was no room for anything wrong in this matter.

Bai Chutian said, "Yes, boss"

Mu Chen nodded, and after eating, he did not rest, but rode his horse with Shangguan Wuyi and rushed to the capital of the Western Dynasty.

The weather at the end of September is getting colder and colder, especially in the morning.

Although it is the season of cold dew, frost has already fallen, especially in the west.

It's morning, and it's the coldest time.

The sun has not yet come out, and there is only a faint white of fish belly on the horizon.

Mu Chen and Shangguan Wuyi had already ridden their horses to the gate of the capital. They didn't have much time to rest in the past two days, except for eating and sleeping, most of the time they were on horseback.

Although it was not yet dawn, the hour had passed, and the gates of the city had been opened.

When the two men entered the city, they were met by someone.

He was greeted by a guard, and when he saw Mu Chen, he immediately ran forward and said, "Your Excellency is Mu Chen?"

Mu Chen said, "You know me?"

The guard said, "The prince asked me to come, please come with me"

Mu Chen followed him.

This guard didn't go directly to the palace, but walked to an inn.

Mu Chen suddenly said, "Wait"

The guard said, "What's the matter with Wood Hero?"

Mu Chen said, "Why did you bring me to the inn?"

The guard said, "Because the prince is here."

Shangguan Wuyi took a few steps back and sneered, "The military officers of the Western Dynasty will call the prince of the Northern Dynasty the crown prince?"

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on the guard's face.

Before Wood Dust could speak, the guard had already rushed up, took out a dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed it like Wood Dust.

Mu Chendao: "There is really a fraud"

Seeing that his figure flashed, he dodged the stab, and then with a copy of his hand, he knocked out the guard's dagger and slapped the guard in the back.

The guard fell to the ground, struggling.

Mu Chen said, "Say, who sent you?"

The guard glared at Mu Chen, and suddenly bit his tongue and killed himself.

Mu Chen was taken aback at first, and then immediately said, "Is it Zhang Qianzhi?

Shangguan Wuyi said, "Don't guess yet, since he brought us to this inn, it means that there must be an ambush here, I think we should go first."

Mu Chen nodded.

The two got on their horses again and headed straight for the palace.

Inside the palace, above the main hall.

The emperor of the Western Dynasty was sitting in a precarious position.

At the bottom of the stairs there was another throne, and on top of it sat a radiant old man.

This old man's appearance is somewhat similar to Sima Yunxuan, especially Sima Yunxuan is standing beside him, so the comparison between the two makes it even more similar.

This old man is Sima Yunxuan's father, that is, the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, Sima Shao.

Sima Shao is also very old, but he still looks red, very energetic, and even seems to be more energetic than a young man.

Standing beside him, in addition to Sima Yunxuan, there was also a white-faced scholar, this scholar had a slight beard, and he looked quite old, looking like an old pedant, but he always wore a scholar's hat.

There was also a person standing next to the emperor of the Western Dynasty, that is, General Wu, who was like a loyal servant, standing beside the old emperor.

The emperor of the Western Dynasty said, "Brother Sima, this time the emperor called you here to discuss the matter of Dali."

Sima Shao said, "Brother Shen De, why be polite, dealing with Dali is the common purpose of our two countries."

Shen Dedao "According to the intelligence of the border pass, Dali's army is still gathering, and most of them are branched out in places where the border defense is loose, presumably to take action"

Sima Shao stroked his beard and sighed, "Dali has long been eyeing our Central Plains, but they have been active for a year, and there is still no tendency to attack, which is really elusive."

Both of them sighed.

Zhang Qianzhi said, "Your Majesty, as far as Weichen knows, the coup d'état in the Southern Dynasty has intensified, and now the power of the court is in the hands of a person named Lin Hongyue."

Sima Shao asked, "Who is this Lin Hongyue?"

Sima Yunxuan said, "Father Emperor, Lin Hongyue is the most powerful sect in the rivers and lakes, the sect master of the Xiangtian Sect."

Zhang Qianzhi said, "Although this person is a person in the martial arts, he has now put his hand into the country's military and political affairs, which shows that this person is extremely ambitious, according to Weichen, the changes in this Dali country must be related to Lin Hongyue."

Shen Dedao: "What's the connection?"

Zhang Qianzhi said, "It is said that the reason why Emperor Duan Chenfeng of Dali was able to succeed in the palace change was because of Xiang Tianzong's intervention."

Sima Shao said: "There is such a thing, it seems that we really need to strengthen our precautions against this Lin Hongyue."

Zhang Qianzhi looked at General Wu, who was speechless, and said, "General Wu has galloped all his life and is proficient in the art of war, I don't know what General Wu thinks?"

Shen Dedao said, "Yes, Wu Aiqing, what do you think?"

General Wu said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now we must not only guard against Dali, but also guard against the Southern Dynasty, if Dali raises troops, we can concentrate on dealing with Dali, and we can also repel it." But if the Southern Dynasties also raise troops, we will be attacked from the back, which is really not good."

Shen De nodded and said, "Then what good can you do?"

General Wu said: "I think the first thing to do is to send troops to help the Southern Dynasty quell the chaos"

Zhang Qianzhi said, "No"

General Wu said, "Why?"

Zhang Qianzhi said, "If you rashly send troops to the south, it may trigger a rebellion in the Southern Dynasty, leading to unpredictable things, and secondly, even if the rebellion is quelled, the Southern Dynasty will also be greatly injured, and Yan Xuetian of the military department will be killed in the rivers and lakes, and the military power of the Southern Dynasty will become a miasma, so it seems that even if the rebellion is quelled and the strength is injured, it will not be good."

Sima Yunxuan said, "What Uncle Zhi said is reasonable, not to mention how did my father and Uncle Shen know that this was not Lin Hongyue's plan? Maybe Lin Hongyue wanted to use the Southern Dynasty to let us send troops and consume our troops, and then Dali could take the opportunity to enter, if this is the case, it would be really bad."

Sima Shao nodded and said, "Then what kind of plan do you have, the emperor?"

Sima Yunxuan said, "When Xuan'er went out to travel, he met a big brother named Mu Chen, he is a native of the rivers and lakes, and he has an old friendship with the emperor of Dali, I think he can go to Dali, inquire about the fundamental motives of the enemy, and then make a decision."

Zhang Qianzhi said, "This plan is very good, but is this wood dust trustworthy?"

Sima Yunxuan smiled and said, "Of course, because he is the eldest brother of Xuan'er's eight friends, and he is also the husband of Princess Yueying, and the son-in-law of Uncle Shenhuang."

Sima Shao's eyes lit up, and he said, "Brother Shen, seriously?"

Shen De smiled, "Yes, it's just that where do you have to go to find him, this emperor hasn't seen him for a long time"

Sima Yunxuan said, "The eldest brother has already given me a letter, and he must be about to arrive in the capital now."

Before the words fell, a eunuch suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, there is someone outside the hall who asks to see you"

Shen Dedao: "Who is it? I don't know that I am discussing a big matter with Brother Sima?"

The eunuch said, "Yes... It's a wooden pony."

Sima Yunxuan smiled, he smiled happily.

It wasn't quite dawn yet, but Yi Qingyu had already woken up.

It's always uncomfortable with a six-month-old belly, so she doesn't sleep very comfortably.

Shen Yueying slept next to her and hadn't woken up yet.

Yi Qingyu touched her stomach and smiled with relief, she knew that it was worth all the suffering she had for the sake of this child.

What's more, she knows that her husband is very proud of herself, so this child is even more worthy of her pride.

She gently picked up the needle and thread from the head of the bed and continued to sew the clothes.

She used to only think about how to survive in the rivers and lakes, and never imagined that one day she would lie in the palace and sew clothes.

But she was very relieved, not scared, and full of security in her heart.

But her only regret is when will her husband meet her?

"Sister is sewing clothes again?"

Shen Yueying didn't know when she had woken up, staring at Yi Qingyu with her eyes wide open.

Yi Qingyu nodded and said, "I don't know what to do except sew clothes every day."

Shen Yueying smiled and said, "Indeed, my sister is almost in labor, so it's better to be careful, after all, this is my husband's first child."

Yi Qingyu's face flushed. She couldn't have imagined that her relationship with Shen Yueying had developed to the point where she was like a sister.

Shen Yueying smiled and said, "Does my sister want a boy or a girl?"

Yi Qingyu said, "It's not what I said."

Shen Yueying said with a smile, "I see that most of the clothes sewn by my sister are girls' clothes, presumably my sister hopes to give birth to a beautiful little girl."

Yi Qingyu's face flushed even more.

She said slowly, "But I don't know if my husband wants a boy or a girl."

As she spoke, her eyes suddenly dimmed.

Shen Yueying also sighed and said, "Yes, it's been three months, but I don't know where my husband is now, and the third brother refuses to tell me."

Yi Qingyu saw Shen Yueying's frustrated expression, and suddenly smiled, "Okay, don't be sad, my husband promised us to take us out of here in the future, and then we can never be separated, and I believe that what my husband said, I will definitely be able to do it, otherwise you and I will not choose to follow him."

After hearing these words, Shen Yueying seemed to feel much better, and her eyes shone again.

Suddenly, the maidservant Xiaoying walked into the dormitory and said excitedly, "Princess, there is a good thing"

Shen Yueying said, "What's a good thing?"

Xiaoying said, "It's a colt, the person the princess misses day and night is back"

Yi Qingyu and Shen Yueying both laughed, and they laughed happily too.