However, in half a day, Yan Qiu allowed Qin Miaoyun to stay in the palace temporarily, and the news spread throughout the entire Western Courtyard.

Women who are willing to leave the house think Qin Miaoyun is stupid. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Royal Highness does not have them in his eyes at all, and she still has delusions and wants to stay in the mansion. And that Concubine Yan is also a shrewd person, otherwise how could she let Her Royal Highness spoil her alone, and also dismiss the backyard for her, and that Qin Miaoyun is also stupid, she actually thought of begging the Yan family, maybe she didn't know how she died that day.

And those who didn't want to go out, they couldn't help but feel a little annoyed at the moment, why didn't they think that they could go to Concubine Yan?

But this frustration is frustration, but there is no way to do it anymore. No one has the same good luck as Qin Miaoyun, and he can still meet the Yan family when he runs out. What's more, in order to prevent a situation like Qin Miaoyun's from happening again, Steward Liu strictly guarded them this time, which was basically no different from being in prison.

Several doors in the west courtyard were all watched by sturdy servants, and each girl's room was also supervised by her mother, so they had to pack up their things, and there was no possibility of running out of the west courtyard at all.

Of course, this is also the reason why Yan Qiu has not been disturbed these days. Otherwise, the temperament of the group of women in the backyard would have been in the Jinyuan long ago.

Yan Qiu didn't know about the follow-up events that left Qin Miaoyun, and she was not interested in the group of women in the West Courtyard, so she never let people deliberately inquire about the news, and even if they knew, they didn't want to bother Yan Qiu.

So no matter how reluctant the women in the West Courtyard were, those who should be sent home went back. Whether you are happy or unhappy, you can only recognize the facts.

And Qin Miaoyun, who witnessed this qiē with her own eyes, couldn't help but be even more grateful to Yan Qiu. If it weren't for Yan Qiu, she would have been sent home with these women, and then she would face the scolding of her mother and father, and then she would not be able to escape the fate of being a concubine with the rich merchant.

She didn't know what the outcome would be if she forced her to stay in the palace, but she only knew that she didn't want to marry the rich merchant. If she could, she would be willing to serve Concubine Yan for the rest of her life, but this is probably impossible.

Her identity is destined not to make Concubine Yan feel at ease...... Qin Miaoyun laughed self-deprecatingly.

The departure of the women in the West Courtyard had no effect on Jinyuan, Jinyuan was still in order, and Yan Qiu was also comfortable.

So the time flew by, and soon it was late July.

After dinner on this day, Yan Qiu put on a red belly pocket for Ah Bai and took him to sit in the water pavilion, enjoying the comfort of the breeze.

Ah Bai is more than two months old, but his body is still soft and collapsed, he can't straighten his neck, and he can't even turn over when he lies on the mat, he can only kick his hands and feet. However, the strength of his hands and feet is not small, and the kick on Yan Qiu's body still hurts a little.

He also looks different from his cold father, and will definitely be a naughty child in the future.

The sound of cicadas outside the water pavilion was not stopping, and the noise was tight, and Yan Qiu sat drowsy in the water pavilion. Ah Bai was lying on the mat alone, spitting bubbles with her round belly, and the nurse and Cai Wei were taking care of it.

The sunset is red through half of the sky, reflecting on Yan Qiu's face, which looks very soft.

Looking at Bai who was happily playing alone, she suddenly remembered something. "Has Your Highness believed it?" According to the previous time, Zhao Jin wrote a letter every five days, which was very punctual. However, this time there seems to be some delay, and today is the sixth day, and his letter is still missing.

Cai Wei stood behind Yan Qiu, fanning Yan Qiu while shaking her head: "Maybe there is a delay on the road, or the war is tight, and His Royal Highness has not vacated for a while, which is also understandable, master, don't worry, it's better to be patient and wait." ”

Yan Qiu yawned when he heard this, and nodded: "What you said is also reasonable, but because His Highness's letters always came on time in the past, this is late, and I am a little worried in my heart." ”

"Master, don't worry, Your Highness will be safe." Cai Wei looked at her master with a smile.

The evening breeze blew Yan Qiu's wide sleeves, and her silky hair flew, and her beauty at this moment was amazing. is different from the previous beautiful beauty, after giving birth to a child, she has a more beautiful figure and a touch of charming beauty.

"I hope so, maybe I haven't slept well recently, and the weather is hot, and I'm a little anxious, so I'm thinking about it." She rubbed her forehead and smiled helplessly. As she herself said, she didn't sleep well, and her face was a little pale.

"The slave and maid understand that His Royal Highness must have gone to Yingchuan, and the master is not used to sleeping alone." Listening to the two chatting on the side, Cai Ge spoke quickly.

"......" Yan Qiu held her forehead a little embarrassed, picking songs was still the same as always, and she still felt that she had been talking a lot less recently.

But Cai Ge is telling the truth. In the month that Zhao Jin left, Yan Qiu was really uncomfortable. She has become accustomed to the life of being hugged every day when she falls asleep and waking up with someone lying next to her, and now that he is gone, she can't sleep.

"Hold Ah Bai in my house at night!" Yan Qiu was helpless.

"Yes." The nurse who was taking care of Ah Bai on the side hurriedly responded when she heard it.

Cai Ge and Cai Wei covered their mouths and snickered on the side.

……

Xu found that he was always idle and had nothing to do, and he was still thinking nonsense, so Yan Qiu simply found something to do for himself.

Early the next morning, she asked Cai Ge to go to the warehouse to get a few azure and royal blue materials, and prepared to make a set of father-son clothes for Zhao Jin and Ah Bai to increase the relationship between the two.

Two similar faces wearing the same clothes, just thinking about that scene makes people feel happy.

However, she still overestimated her female celebrity, she hadn't done it for more than half a year, her hands were tight, and she was originally a female celebrity, so she actually set a record for the ugliest clothes she made this time.

For a whole day, she only cut one size, and the needle and thread had not been moved at all, and it was already afternoon, and the clothes cut were one with long sleeves and one with short sleeves, which made people look so embarrassed. So Yan Qiu hurriedly asked people to pack up their things on the grounds that he was afraid of hurting his eyes.

Yan Qiu: "......" can't imagine that there is no ugliest, only uglier......

While stumbling to make clothes, Yan Qiu didn't forget to find something interesting to do. Playing chess with herself, she, a person with an unsmart head, played a few times and then gave up.

But this day is really boring, she thought about it, and then she remembered something suitable for all ages - mahjong.

So just as she remembered, she couldn't help but drop her clothes and ran into the study, and she made a fuss.

Finally, half an hour later, Yan Qiu handed over a thick pile of paper to Cai Ge and asked Cai Ge to find someone to make it. "Remember, it should be the same size, and you don't need to engrave anything on the back, just the same." She earnestly advised.

Cai Ge also listened carefully, and went to the carpenter to make it that day.

After doing this, Yan Qiu remembered that she hadn't eaten yet, and her stomach was already rumbling, but she was too serious about drawing and didn't notice it for a while.

"What's that? It's worth the master not even to take care of dinner. "Caiyue is setting the meal on the one hand, and the other is fun.

Yan Qiu stretched his waist, sat down at the round table and said, "You'll know when it's done, it's just idle and boring to pass the time." ”

Cai Yue smiled and continued: "Master, you are really amazing, and you know these things. ”

Hearing Caiyue's praise, Yan Qiu hurriedly waved his hand: "It's just that I saw others playing before, so I wrote it down, and it wasn't what I came up with." This wasn't what she was thinking, but don't misunderstand it, then she'll be embarrassed.

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However, this peaceful day was soon shattered.

The nineteenth year of Qingkang is destined to be an unquiet year.

On July 26, Yingchuan was 800 miles in an emergency, and Zhao Jin, the king of Ji, colluded with the Jurchens to plot rebellion, which was like thunder on the ground. The emperor was furious and ordered Liu Qi, the superintendent, to escort the king of Ji back to Beijing and wait for his arrival.

On the 29th, news came from Yingchuan again, King Ji beheaded Liu Qi, and issued a wedge order: Liang's demon concubine fox charmed and petted, relatives poured power, and the sixth son of the emperor said that he would behead the Jurchen first, and then clear the king's side.

On August 5, Yingchuan County surrendered, and the Jurchens were repulsed to Hangu Pass, and the king of Ji recovered the two cities that had fallen, leading an army of 100,000 to Jinling.

On August 17, Qixia City was broken.

On September 4, Pingyang County was broken, and the county guard Chen Zizhong surrendered.

A series of news came, which caught Liang off guard.

It also scared Yan Qiu a lot.

Yan Qiu, who was far away in Jingzhou, was stunned when the news of Liu Qi's slander of Zhao Jin's treason came, and after reacting, he rushed to find Steward Liu. Fortunately, Cai Wei stopped her, otherwise she would have been impatient to let Steward Liu send her to Yingchuan.

Just at that time, Zhao Jin's Shadow Guard personally sent a letter, which appeased Yan Qiu. Xu is Zhao Jin also understood Yan Qiu's quick temper, for fear that she would worry, so he wrote a letter early and sent it to Jingzhou just as soon as he usurped the news of the enemy country.

At that time, the atmosphere in Jingzhou City was depressing, and none of the people wanted this to be true. After all, Zhao Jin's status in the hearts of the people of Jingzhou is extremely high, even surpassing the status of the emperor.

The people are so sincere that they love whoever is good to them.

So much so that after Zhao Jin started the incident with the slogan of the Qing monarch, a large number of young people took the initiative to join the army, just to follow the god of war King Ji.

Along with the God of Killing is the title of Zhao Jin's God of War.

At that time, Yan Qiu saw the scribbled letter in his hand, and slowly let go of the heart that had been frightened. The news circulating in Jingzhou made her really shocked and frightened, and she didn't even care about Ah Bai, she just blindly asked people to inquire about Zhao Jin's news.

And the next few days were even more tormenting, the war ahead continued, and Yan Qiu also spent it in fear, but in half a month, he lost a lot of weight.

Fortunately, these days are all good news, Zhao Jin's name as the god of war is well deserved, he led 100,000 Jing troops all the way to the south, but more than two months, he won several cities one after another, all the way like a bamboo, unstoppable.

In the past two days, the army led by Zhao Jin has arrived on the bank of the Hengshui River. As long as Hengyang is captured, then you can drive directly to Jinling.

It's just Hengyang, but although Hengyang is only guarded by 50,000 troops, because of the terrain, this battle is difficult......

……

On the bank of the Hengshui River, in the tent of the Jing military camp, several deputy generals and staff members under Zhao Jin had just finished discussing things.

All the staff and deputy generals were about to retire, but Fu Lao suddenly became cold: "Your Highness! Lanzhou He has a heavy army, and only by marrying with the He family can he lend a hand! ”

The people in the tent were a little surprised, but they quickly reacted. Neither spoke, but his face was pondering the feasibility of the matter.

Zhao Jin sat on the guard, his eyes were a little blue and black, but his complexion was still good. Hearing this, he didn't say anything.

"This is a good idea, Hengyang is really him. It's hard to attack, and we don't have enough people right away, so it's better for His Royal Highness to listen to Fu Lao's opinion, anyway, our big man won't suffer in this matter. Seeing that Zhao Jin didn't talk, the old man Wei Hua laughed.

The people here are all Zhao Jin's cronies, so they don't care about what they say. Xu Zhongqing sat on the side, shaking the folding fan and did not answer. Although he doesn't know His Highness best, he also knows His Highness's thoughts.

Seeing that the big furniture was in agreement, Fu Lao continued to persuade: "Your Highness, you should set off as soon as possible, otherwise when Huang Chong arrives, I am afraid that the war will be much more difficult." "Huang Chong is the governor of Zhejiang, in charge of an army of 100,000.

In the eyes of Fu Yuanzhi and others, this uprising was inopportune, Zhao Jin's Jing army was only 100,000, but Hengyang and Zhejiang combined had 150,000 people, and it was hard to say that they really wanted to face it head-on.

It's just that they didn't expect Liu Qi to suddenly slander Zhao Jin, so they had to kill Liu Qi in a hurry, and started an incident under the slogan of Qingjun's side.

"Lanzhou is far away from here, and when the He army is borrowed, Huang Chong is afraid that he has already arrived in Hengyang." Zhao Jin looked at the map with his hands in his hand, his brows furrowed, as if he was very embarrassed.

Su Da, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke: "Your Highness can first lead the army to retreat to Yangping, and then lead a team of men and horses to Lanzhou to ask for relatives." "Yangping is thirty miles behind them, adjacent to Hengyang.

"If Huang Chong arrives in Hengyang, he can go out of the city by Wei Hua and Xu Lu to meet the enemy first, and delay time for the time being." Fu Lao stroked his beard and answered slowly.

"And it only takes six days from Yangping to Lanzhou, and it takes four days to come from Zhejiang, His Highness can rush overnight, and lead a team of light cavalry, it only takes seven days to go back and forth, and the time is enough." Fu Yuanzhi took a step forward and stood in front of the map to show everyone the distance between Lanzhou and Zhejiang and Hengyang.

"In that case, it can be done." Zhao Jin paced back and forth, looking at the picture and muttering for a long time. "Then tonight, the king will rush overnight, first propose to the He family, and then mention the matter of borrowing troops."

Fu Yuanzhi was not worried that He Xian would refuse at all, because he understood that He Xian liked power the most, after all, the identity of the national abbot was tempting, and he would agree to borrow troops.

Zhao Jin's very approving look made Fu Yuanzhi feel pleased, after all, he had mentioned this matter many times, but Zhao Jin kept refusing, and now he suddenly agreed at this time, it was simply surprising. He was already ready to lobby Zhao Jin, and sprinkled a lot of articles, but who knew that it suddenly became so simple at this time, so that his things were useless.

So, the matter of marrying the daughter of the He family in Lanzhou was decided.

It's just that the details and other parts have not been discussed, so Zhao Jin sent Xu Lu to hand-pick the soldiers and horses, and he and Fu Yuanzhi continued to discuss more carefully in the camp tent.

"After this king leaves, he will arrange for someone to pretend to be me, you don't have to worry, just be as usual." Zhao Jin seemed a little uneasy, he had always been silent, and he actually instructed him carefully. However, it is understandable that this matter is not trivial, so it is natural to be careful.

"Your Highness, rest assured, I and several lieutenant generals will definitely guard Yangping and wait for your return." Fu Lao looked at Zhao Jin with satisfaction.

So, the matter was largely settled.

When the sky darkened, Zhao Jin led a team of men and horses out of the camp quietly. Because of the fear of being discovered by too many people, this team only has 1,000 people.

Although there were only a thousand people, there would definitely be movement, and he was afraid that the sound of the horses' hooves would be too loud, so Xu Lu also specially ordered someone to tie strips of cloth to the feet of these thousand horses.

So, at night, without the soldiers in Hengyang noticing, Zhao Jin led a thousand men and horses to rush north overnight and went in the direction of Lanzhou.

What they didn't know was that after they left, a black figure slowly walked out of the corner...... The black shadow looked at the direction of Zhao Jin's departure, and the corners of his lips slowly hooked up a smile.

On the morning of the second day, Wei Hua and the others ordered the soldiers to pack up their things and retreat, but the whole army was slow, not in a hurry or impatient, and there was no feeling of war at all.

So the soldiers in Hengyang County saw a strange scene, and the 100,000 Jing troops stationed on the other side of the river suddenly began to retreat to Yangping behind them. And this behavior also puzzled the officials in Hengyang County.

It's just that Huang Chong hasn't arrived yet, although he doesn't know the reason for the sudden retreat of the Jing army, it is undoubtedly beneficial to Hengyang.

At the same time, Hengyang County Shouma Zhiye received a message......