Duanmu Kaoru's departure made Ziyi very unaccustomed, she gently stroked her belly, guessing whether the little guy in the belly was a boy or a girl.

Cui'er answered and withdrew.

walked outside the hall, saluted Xue Xue, and conveyed Ziyi's words.

Xue Xue frowned, stood outside this hall for a long time, her anxious feelings calmed down a lot, and now that she got Ziyi's words, her heart relaxed a little, and she didn't say anything more, and left herself.

Duanmu Xun took Xiao Sisi and quickly whipped up, and soon caught up with Duanmu Qi and Mu Beichen's large army.

When the two saw the little head coming out of Duanmu Kaoru's arms, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but they didn't ask much.

The team traveled for half a month before they reached the border of the desert, and Nie Yun was waiting at the border early.

"How?" Seeing Nie Yun, Duanmu Xun flew off his horse and dismounted.

"Your Majesty, the medicine has had an effect, but the effect is not as obvious as imagined." Nie Yun saluted Duanmu Xun and replied respectfully: "In recent days, the desert weather has become more and more bad, and those barbarian generals have been poisoned, and now most of them have fallen. It's just that there seem to be people who are proficient in medical skills among the generals, and in the past few days, many people have been cured in a row. ”

Duanmu Xun heard Nie Yun's words and nodded slightly.

He didn't put all his plans on this Heart-Eater Grass in the first place.

After all, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky, even if Lan Cao and Shen Yiqi both concluded that there was no cure for this poison, but the barbarians were aggressive in nature, and they were a wandering nation, so it was not surprising that there were more capable people.

At this time, even at the edge of the desert, you can still feel the stinging sensation of the wind blowing the sand on your face, Duanmu Kaoru ordered people to camp around the desert, and when the camp was set up, the sky was already dark.

Duanmuqi hugged Xiao Sisi, who was wrapped like a zongzi, into the camp.

The weather in the desert is changeable, it is hot to death during the day, and it is cold at night, which makes people shiver.

Nie Yun reported the news from the past few days to Duanmu Xun one by one, Duanmu Xun listened quietly, and looked at the desert terrain sketch that Nie Yun handed over to him.

Although the barbarians live in seclusion in the desert.

But in fact, it is not deep.

The area with the water source was not far from the camp they had set up for.

It's just a mound, so people on both sides can't see each other.

The barbarians were obviously suspicious of the water quality, but they couldn't find out for a while.

"However, the desert is only the elite of the barbarians, and their large army is hidden a hundred miles away from here. Now that these elites have been poisoned, they are also aware of it, so their precautions are more sophisticated. We can't even get into this desert. ”

Nie Yun pointed to the northwest direction of the drawing, where a red circle was marked.

"I see." After several days of hurrying, the soldiers were already tired, Duanmu Xun waved his hand at Nie Yun, and Nie Yun retreated.

In fact, it is not difficult to attack the barbarians.

Duanmu Xun led 7,000 troops on this trip, plus Mu Beichen's 3,000 elite soldiers, this 10,000 people are enough to level the barbarians.

It's just that when Duanmu Kaoru caught that Qingming, he learned from Qingming's mouth that among this barbarian, in addition to him, there was another capable person. And this man has the power of one person to destroy a thousand people.

What really makes Duanmu Kaoru jealous is actually the woman in Qingming's mouth.

Yes - women.

That's why Duanmu Kaoru ordered someone to poison the person hiding in this desert, hoping to lure this person out.

What is certain now is that this man is in the desert at this time.

Why does this woman have such power, Qingming didn't say, no matter how he tortured, he just said that he didn't know, but he had seen this woman's ability to call the wind and rain with his own eyes.

At night, Duanmu Kaoru changed into black clothes and walked out of the camp.

He decided to see what the woman was capable of.

Nie Yun said that they had been trying to go into the desert to find the location of the barbarians these days, but no matter how they went, they couldn't find the green space.

Duanmu Kaoru guessed that maybe the woman in Qingming's mouth really had some special ability that could allow them to hide safely in the desert.

"Kaoru, where are you going?" As soon as Duanmu Qi wanted to walk out of the tent to take a look, he saw Duanmu Kaoru dressed in black. "This desert is not as good as our plains, not only the weather here is changeable, but the yellow sand everywhere will also change with the wind, if you go rashly alone, lost in this desert, I am afraid that if you want to find a way out, it will be difficult to climb to the sky."

Duanmu Qi frowned slightly.

Several people have died in the vast yellow sand of Wuhua Palace.

Duanmu Kaoru nodded slightly.

Recently, his heart has been a little chaotic, perhaps because he is worried about the people in the palace.

"How's Sisi?"

"I didn't expect you to take her out, she was already asleep. But after all, it's a child, and it's not very adaptable to this kind of weather, and I keep coughing before going to bed. Duanmu Qi roughly understood some things about Sisi, looked at Duanmu Xun and said.

Intrauterine.

Ziyi looks forward to Duanmu Kaoru's flying pigeon every day.

Now that a whole month has passed, except for a letter received half a month ago, he has never received any news about Duanmu Kaoru, and Ziyi can't help but be a little worried.

There are still two months to go, and on this day, Ziyi has nothing to do in the palace, so she asked Cui'er to walk around with her.

suddenly remembered that Xiao Rao, who was also pregnant, Ziyi temporarily decided to take a look.

Pretending to be Xiao Rao locked himself in the main hall almost every day, and the women in the palace couldn't do anything to Ziyi, so they often came to her to find trouble, but fortunately, Xiao Dezi was very clever and resolved a lot of crises for her.

On this day, pretending to be Xiaorao was strolling in the courtyard with his stomach upright, and the doctor said that walking around more is conducive to future production.

When he saw the purple clothes who were also holding his stomach, a touch of surprise flashed on Zhuang Xiaorao's face. Ziyi's belly is obviously much bigger than hers, and she is also very clumsy in her movements.

"Why did Concubine Ling come to me? Your body looks heavier than mine—" Pretending to be a little rao hurriedly waved to the little palace maids on the side, motioning for them to step forward and help Cui'er hold the purple clothes.

When Xiao Dezi saw the purple clothes, he respectfully stepped forward and saluted, and he kept standing beside the purple clothes.

"Little Dezi, I haven't seen you for a few days." Ziyi can see that Xiao Dezi has lost a lot of weight, and it is estimated that here, it should be more troublesome than the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Thank you for your mother's memory." Xiao Dezi smiled slightly.

"It's really boring for me to stay in that Heart Cultivation Palace, and I think that you are the only one who can talk to me in this huge palace at this time, so I came to see you. It's still a month away, right? ”

Now, Ziyi looks at Zhuang Xiaorao, but he doesn't have the original rejection.

Maybe it's because I miss Duanmu Kaoru too much, so that now when I look at the child in someone else's womb, I will feel kind.

"Niangniang misses the emperor." Zhuang Xiaorao welcomed the purple clothes into the hall, but he didn't ask anyone to prepare tea: "Niangniang, my palace is not as good as Niangniang's Heart Nourishing Palace, and there are too many things that need to be monitored at any time to see if they are harmful, so please forgive Xiaorao for not pouring tea for Niangniang." ”

Zhuang Xiaorao said that he was about to salute, but was stopped by Ziyi.

"If it's not in the way, your body is inconvenient, and the ceremony will be waived."

Ziyi originally wanted to discuss the bitterness of pregnancy with Zhuang Xiaorao, but now sitting here, she found that she couldn't say anything for a while.

The two women were silent for a while, and Zhuang Xiaorao opened her mouth first.

"Niangniang, has there been any news from the emperor?"

Zhuang Xiaorao looked at Ziyi and asked.

Now, it has been a month since the emperor left the palace, although there are Fuling and Fucheng in the court, but rumors are gradually spreading in the harem, and some people even say that the emperor will not come back.

And the concubine in the Ziyao Hall is still under house arrest, but I heard that her hands and feet are useless.

Ziyi looked at Zhuang Xiaorao and shook his head gently.

"Niangniang, now there are rumors in this palace, but the queen mother is also closed and refuses to see anyone. The one in the Ziyao Hall was obviously already a deposed master. Now in this harem, there is not even a person in charge-" Zhuang Xiaorao looked at Ziyi, she knew better than anyone else that she would tie her head around her waist at any time.

What's more, the emperor went to the desert this time, and he was dealing with the barbarians who have always been brave and good at fighting.

"We just need to take care of ourselves, and the emperor will be fine." Ziyi looked at Zhuang Xiaorao and said firmly.

Originally, he wanted to come out to relax, but after Ziyi returned to the Heart Nourishing Hall from Zhuang Xiaorao, he became even more upset. Xue Xue locked herself in the Fanghua Hall all day to recite scriptures because of Sisi's affairs, and no one saw her.

Blue grass temporarily left the palace for some things.

Duanmu Kaoru is not there, and Ziyi can't summon Silver Pupil and Night Fire at any time in order to avoid suspicion.

Today's purple clothes don't even have anyone to talk to in the palace.

can only hold a big belly all day long, looking forward to the news of Duanmu Xun.

It's another month.

Zhuang Xiaorao gave birth to a daughter, Ziyi went to see it, and the girl was very beautiful. And the girl also saved Zhuang Xiaorao a lot of heart.

After all, in this palace, the girl is not a threat to the other concubines.

On this day, news of the desert finally came from outside the palace.

Xue Xue gathered all the harem concubines in Fanghua Hall early in the morning, Ziyi sat on the soft side of the upper seat, and Zhuang Xiaorao sat opposite Ziyi.

"Niangniang, but what news does the emperor have?" The beautiful concubines who sat down couldn't bear it for a long time.

Now the rumors in the palace can't be stopped, even if you don't listen deliberately, the gossip will get into your ears by itself.

If something really happens to the emperor, then the entire ending dynasty may be about to change.

"There has been news from outside the palace that the emperor has returned to the palace." Xue Xue also learned the news early in the morning.

Ziyi frowned, but didn't say anything.

If Duanmu Kaoru is safe, then it is impossible for him to completely lose contact with himself when he returns to the palace. Ziyi felt that there must be something strange about this matter.

Xue Xue led everyone to discuss in Fanghua Hall for a while, and everyone dispersed.

Only Ziyi stayed, looking at Xue Xue quietly.

"Does Cher think it's true?" Ziyi was still leaning on the soft cheek, and her belly was already big like a balloon that could burst at any moment.

"What?" Xue Xue didn't react to Ziyi's words for a while.

"News of the emperor's return to the palace." Ziyi's voice was faint, and he couldn't hear the emotion. Although she has been anxiously waiting for news from Duanmu Kaoru for the past two months, she has become accustomed to not showing her heartfelt feelings in front of everyone.

"Probably fake—it's just that I wish it was true." Xue Xue looked at Ziyi and smiled helplessly: "If you don't give these women some reassuring pills, I'm afraid that it won't be long before our harem will be chaotic." ”

"Where did you hear from that?" Ziyi moved and adjusted to a more comfortable position. In the past few days, her body has become more and more weak. As long as you stay in one position for too long, you will feel uncomfortable.

"It was my daddy who sent me the message." Xue Xue looked out of the door and continued: "Now that the entire capital has spread, it is only said that this news came all the way along the Guanwai. ”

In a blink of an eye, Xue Xue hadn't seen Sisi for two months.

I don't know if Sisi is fat or thin at this time, and whether her small body can withstand this long journey.

"Ziyi, can you sue me, why does the emperor have to take Sisi away? Is it just because Sisi made a mistake? Xue Xue turned around, looked at Ziyi, and finally asked the question that had been entwined in her heart.

She has taken care of Sisi for so long, and Sisi has always been an obedient child.

Until now, she couldn't believe that Sisi would have done so many horrible acts.

"Xue'er, I can't explain this to you, but the emperor took Sisi away for Sisi's good, you have to believe this." Ziyi waved at Cui'er and asked Cui'er to help her up.

Recently, it's really not standing, sitting, and lying down is just as uncomfortable.

"Cher, there are many things in this world that cannot be explained to others, but not explaining does not mean that it is wrong. Sisi is the emperor's biological daughter and the emperor's first daughter, no matter what, the emperor will protect Sisi. And this time, Kaoru left with Sisi, which was also Sisi's own meaning. ”

"Ziyi, although I don't know what the reason is, but I have been thinking about it for two whole months and have figured out a lot of things. No matter what, I am willing to believe in the emperor and believe in you. Now, I only pray that the news I get is true. The emperor has really returned from the desert. ”

Xue Xue stepped forward and grabbed Ziyi's hand.

Ziyi noticed that Xue Xue's fingertips were cold. She shook Xue Xue's hand back and chuckled: "Yes, I also hope that Kaoru is really back, otherwise, I am really a little afraid of having a child-"

"Ziyi, I think your belly is much bigger than that Zhuang Xiaorao's belly!" Speaking of the child, Xue Xue moved her gaze to Ziyi's stomach and said.