Du Yunjin, who returned by moonlight that night, had a slight smile on his face, like a peach blossom blooming under the moon, cold and gorgeous.

All the generals were anxiously waiting in the hall of the City Guard Mansion, and when they saw Du Yunjin returning safely, they all rushed forward to ask. Who knew that Du Yunjin smiled indifferently at everyone, and then asked people to send everyone back to their residences to rest.

The generals were inexplicable about her series of actions today, but no one dared to come forward to ask, although they all had a lot of questions in their hearts, but because her instructions had been given, they all obediently went out of the house. Guo Housheng walked at the back, he squinted his eyes and peeked at Du Yunjin's departing back, sensitively aware that something must have happened today. As Xiao Yu's last chance to turn over, he not only considered himself but also Ruyu, and there could be no mistakes.

As soon as he stepped out of the city guard mansion with his front feet, he summoned the little chamberlain who was with him behind him, and he whispered a few words in this person's ear, and then saw the figure disappear in a flash.

He was just to prevent today, so before leaving, he specially asked Xiao Yu to ask Ling Qi for a few secret guards who were born in front of him, and placed them by his side to deliver the news.

In the dark night, there was silence. In the moonlight, only his own elongated figure walked alone on the deserted street. The successive wars have made all the people panic, and they try to hide in their houses as much as possible, not daring to stick out their heads for fear of accidentally becoming the target of others.

Guo Housheng stopped, stopped to look at the dark night, and quietly tugged at the dust in his hand with both hands. As long as he persists for more than a month, when Xiao Yu's army is pulled out, the burden on his shoulders will be easier. If Xiao Yu arrived at the frontier one day earlier, he wouldn't have to worry about Du Yunjin's calculations. As long as Xiao Yu can take back Du Yunjin smoothly, he and Ruyu will be considered to be favored again.

It has been half a month after receiving Guo Housheng's secret report, and Xiao Yu obtained it from the secret guard who hurried back before he went down to the court. There are some things that Guo Housheng doesn't dare to guess, but Xiao Yu can boldly assume. When Du Yunjin left alone, he must have wanted to see someone, but who could make Du Yunjin leave behind and go to see him regardless of his own safety?

He glanced at Huang Yuan, who was waiting at the bottom of the steps, and lowered his voice and ordered, "Go to Nanyuan and have a look." ”

Huang Yuan got the information from his eyes, lowered his head and nodded silently, and then retreated from the main hall as if no one was around.

The quarrels among the ministers in the palace were all for his own affairs. In fact, there are only a few officials who are really against his pro-conquest, and the people of the Liang faction just echo it. His gaze shifted from the scheming Liang Yiguan to the silent Baili Light on the other side.

Bailiguang has also been favored by the emperor over the years, and he faintly has the feeling of fighting against Liang Yiguan. He didn't say a word about this expedition from beginning to end, which made others a little uncertain about his attitude. It stands to reason that Xiao Yu wants to be recruited in person, and as the emperor's descendant, he naturally wants to second, but he doesn't agree or object.

If he doesn't move, then Liang Yiguan doesn't move. The two sides are quietly deadlocked, and the undercurrent between the DPRK and China is surging, and there is instability hidden under the peaceful and prosperous world.

He and Xiao Yu glanced at each other, still pretending to be in a daze on the ground, but in fact, they were paying close attention to the reactions of everyone in the hall.

Huang Yuan went fast and came back faster. He reappeared in his original position as if he had never disappeared, without even taking a breath.

Xiao Yu glanced at him, and then he nodded. The man was under house arrest in Nanyuan in good manners, and he had not escaped as he had guessed. So who will be the person Du Yunjin went to meet? A bad premonition gathered in his heart, and he finally couldn't hold back his expressionless face, and rarely showed a look of anxiety.

"I have decided to go on a personal expedition in three days. Liang Xiang is solely responsible for the allocation of grain and grass. ”

Liang Yiguan looked at Xiao Yu in astonishment, he never thought that Xiao Yu's will would be so sudden. The people who were also shocked were Bailiguang, didn't they agree earlier to set off in half a month? Why did they suddenly advance so much, you must know that their preparations have not yet reached a foolproof place, in case they can't defeat the old fox Liang Yiguan, there will be no way back at that time.

Xiao Yu's eyes were firm, his sleeves flicked, and there was no room for the ministers to object, so he got up and walked towards the outside of the hall.

His will, the time left for him is very urgent, he still has a lot of things to prepare, it is really not his style to make a rash move, but he is afraid that if he goes to the frontier one step late, there will be something wrong with Du Yunjin.

He was afraid of losing Du Yunjin again, but he was no longer afraid of losing the throne and the country.

The news of Xiao Yu's personal expedition spread quickly, he returned to Longqian Hall with his front foot, and Liang Naixin and Mu Qing got the news on their back foot.

Liang Naixin was holding scissors, carefully building branches and leaves for a pot of pink chrysanthemums in front of him, and was only slightly stunned when he heard the news from the red lotus, and then left it behind. Seeing that she was so calm, Red Lotus couldn't help but step forward curiously and ask softly: "Niangniang, I'm afraid that the Prime Minister has made a move......

She didn't finish her words, but Liang Naixin already knew all the contents. The red lotus root entered the palace with her from the Liang Mansion, and as her personal maid, many things could not be hidden from the red lotus. She put down the scissors in her hand and turned to walk towards the table.

"What else can Hongu do now? What else can you do? Liang Naixin took a sip of tea before saying slowly, if Xiao Yu still had a trace of nostalgia for her in her heart, maybe she would fight for it, after all, the princess is not as good as the queen's position, and closer to the center of power. But Xiao Yu didn't have her in her heart for a long time, so her position as queen was in jeopardy, so why should she give up her father for the unknown future? She Liang Naixin has always been smart and will not let herself return without profit.

Looking at her expression, the red lotus must have made a new decision in her heart. She is a person who depends on Liang Naixin to survive, and she has no choice.

The Qiwu Palace is quiet, like a brief calm before the storm, but the Zhuohua Palace, which is not far from it, is a completely different scene.

After Mu Qing learned the news of Xiao Yu's personal expedition, he rushed to the Longqian Hall as soon as possible, and after being stopped by Huang Yuan, he wanted to see Xiao Yu with all his might. She is different from Liang Naixin, she does not have a powerful maiden family like the Liang family to rely on, and the only person she can rely on is Xiao Yu. Once Xiao Yu goes out on the expedition, there is something in case, then her fate is not just as simple as being locked up in the cold palace. Liang Naixin will not let her go, even that Guo Ruyu will not let her go. Mu Qing doesn't have a city like Liang Naixin, but he is not a mediocre talent as stupid as a donkey.

She cried heartbreakingly outside the window, disturbing Xiao Yu in the hall also had a headache.

"Go and drag her away!" Xiao Yu was angry at Huang Yuan, he always felt a little uneasy today, and now he felt more and more irritable when he was argued by Mu Qing.

Huang Yuan looked at him and silently lowered his head and withdrew from the hall.

As soon as Mu Qing saw Huang Yuan's figure, he immediately climbed over, and he didn't care about humility, hugged his thigh and began to cry: "My father-in-law is tired, please see me." ”

Huang Yuan waved the dust and said to her helplessly: "Concubine Xian, Your Majesty will let you go back first." ”

"No, I must see His Majesty today." Mu Qing raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "Father-in-law, I have something to say to His Majesty." If I don't say it, I'm afraid that His Majesty is in danger. ”

"Is Your Majesty in danger?" Huang Yuan frowned but didn't dare to slack off, and retracted back into the hall, returning to Xiao Yu one by one.

"I'm in danger?" Xiao Yu rubbed the corners of her forehead, thinking that if she didn't see Mu Qing today, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to play. Thinking of this, he waved his hand casually and asked Huang Yuan to let people in.

"Majesty!" The little bit of calm and self-contained appearance that appeared on her in the past, similar to Du Yunjin, can no longer be found. The disdain in Xiao Yu's eyes deepened a little, he lowered his eyes, as if he was taking a nap, and asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

"Majesty!" Mu Qing looked at Huang Yuan on the side, and saw that he had no intention of quitting, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say to Xiao Yu: "Your Majesty, don't drive in person!" ”

It's all about this sentence, and it's the same tone as those high-sounding people in the court. Xiao Yu turned his head in annoyance, the indifferent shadow on his body that he loved her in the past now seemed to be indeed two different people. Du Yunjin is Du Yunjin, Mu Qing is Mu Qing, even if their faces are somewhat similar because of their blood, but after all, their personalities are completely different. Or people like Du Yunjin are hard to find.

His boredom was unconcealed, naked/naked in front of her, like a silver needle piercing her heart. She regarded him as the love of her life, and she loved him with all her heart, but all she got was a stand-in. Mu Qing smiled self-deprecatingly, she fell to the ground and still told the words behind her: "Your Majesty, do you know that as long as you leave the imperial capital, you will never come back?" The concubine learned that Liang Xiang was only going to do it as soon as His Majesty left the imperial capital, so His Majesty must not be able to drive the expedition in person. ”

Even people like her, who live in the inner palace, know it, it seems that Liang Yiguan is really Sima Zhao's heart, and passers-by know it. However, Xiao Yu and others are Liang Yiguan's moves, he is an old minister of the two dynasties, and his protégés are all over the world, if there is no reasonable name, how can he stir his reputation!

"Aifei, you're too worried." Xiao Yu smiled faintly at her, just like when she was spoiled in the past. As he had seen many times in his dreams, he himself got up and helped her up, whispering in her ear. "How could Liang Xiang do this!"

"How could it not!" Mu Qing woke up from Fang Cai's indulgence with his words, she nervously grabbed the placket of his clothes, and cried bitterly: "The concubine and His Majesty's dumping died at the hands of Liang Naixin's poisonous woman. The concubine has already lost her Tilt and can't lose her majesty anymore. ”

"It's again. The queen is virtuous and well-known, how could she poison and kill Qian'er. Aifei, you are tired, so let's go back and rest early. Xiao Yu still comforted gently, he couldn't let Mu Qing mess up his plan, and he couldn't let Liang Yiguan know that he already knew the inside story. He had to pretend that he didn't know anything and happily leave the imperial capital, so that he could lure the snake out of the hole and break it with one blow. It's a pity that his soft question made Mu Qing feel more confident, and he made more and more trouble.

was so noisy that the little patience he had managed to scrape together was finally wiped out. He beckoned Huang Yuan, who was waiting on the side, threw the person in his arms into Huang Yuan's hand, and said coldly: "Don't let her talk nonsense." ”

Concubine Mu Xian disappeared two days before Xiao Yu's personal expedition, and her reappearance was a few days later, Huang Yuan scooped up her body from the mirror lake and respectfully brought it to Liang Naixin. At that time, Liang Naixin only cared about pruning the chrysanthemums in front of him, and without looking at it, he sent people to the royal nunnery outside the city for temporary storage, and then moved in after Xiao Yu's mausoleum was built.

Huang Yuan frowned slightly, but did not make a sound. The rivalry between women is jealous, and the conspiracy is too much in his life, so Liang Naixin made it clear that he would not let Mu Qing have a place to live after his death, he only frowned, and then forgot about the matter, without even half a word of admonition.

Xiao Yu's army really set off three days later, and on the day of the expedition, he wore bright yellow armor and rode out of the city majestically on Ling Da. That heroic posture remained in the memory of the people of the imperial capital for a long time, attracting everyone to break their heads in the next year's draft.

Liang Yiguan took a group of people to wait after kneeling, and then got up and stared at Xiao Yu's distant figure. He thought that he would be able to save the country this time, but what he didn't expect was that Liang Yiguan would become the final big winner.

"Liang Xiang." The protégé behind him was urging, and Liang Yiguan stroked the long beard on his chin and smiled meaningfully.

"Do what you planned."

He turned around resolutely, contrary to his former student Xiao Yu. In fact, he was not a person who coveted the throne from the beginning, he just lived his life steadily, but as his official position rose all the way, he had a feeling of being in a high place. If you want to have power in your hands, and if you want to be able to stand firm, the only thing you can do is to get the highest position in the world, and he is not Du Bocheng will wronged himself, even if his head is different. He wants to live well, and he has the power to live, so he has been forced by Xiao Yu to come to this point.

That night, half of the sky in the imperial capital was red by firelight, and bandits who appeared out of nowhere rushed into the imperial city in large numbers, and Liang Yiguan, the prime minister stationed in the imperial capital, led his troops in time to quell the commotion. Just as everyone was applauding, Bailiguang led a large number of soldiers to confront Liang Yiguan. Then Xiao Yu, who had already gone on the expedition, also reappeared in the imperial capital and joined Bailiguang's team.

When the first rays of sunlight fell on the earth, the imperial capital was restored to its former prosperity, and all kinds of bloody rains last night seemed to have never happened, only the exceptionally clean streets seemed to show something. Above the court, there has never been a powerful Liang Prime Minister since then, and in the years that followed, the Liang faction gradually disappeared under the rectification of Baili Guang.

Xiao Yu looked at the rising sun behind him, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The blood of last night remained on his helmet, and it was a battle of life and death, and it was also a battle of victory and defeat. Fortunately, he was the one who won the event, and he could go to the frontier with confidence, not only vowing to drive the dog out of his territory, but more importantly, to bring that person.

The glazed tiles of the imperial city sparkled in the sunlight, and he thought that as long as there was that person, no matter how big the imperial city was, no matter how high the palace walls were, he would no longer be lonely and lonely. He wanted to hold that person's hand and fulfill the promise they had made in the peach blossom forest, and he wanted to be able to smile with her when he was gray-haired and watched his children and grandchildren full of them.

At the beginning, there was an obstacle from the Liang family between them, but now this obstacle has been completely crushed by him, and when she comes back, he will offer the position that should have belonged but was occupied by others, and the position that women all over the world expected.

Xiao Yu smiled and waved his hand behind him, and the army marched forward in an orderly manner, like a giant dragon meandering forward and slowly disappeared outside the imperial capital.

The sunset was like snow, Du Yunjin sneered and looked at the dog soldiers in the distance, both of them had been fighting hard for a long time. Sun Jiangong successfully burned the grain and grass of the dog Rong, thus solving the predicament of Yicheng, and Du Yunjin decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and in spite of Guo Housheng's strong opposition, he personally led his troops to counterattack. After several days of attacking, they finally approached the former garrison of Crescent City.

The war reversed, and the Du family army besieged Crescent City, while the dog Rong did not have the help of foreign aid, desperately defending the last fortress.

The good news flew into Xiao Yu's hands like snowflakes, but his brows furrowed more and more. In his opinion, it is not that he can't afford to fight with the dogs, even if it is difficult to deal with Liang Yiguan's rebellion this year, it is not impossible to rely on the ability of Baili Guang to loot. On the contrary, the dog Rong was originally a nomadic people who lived in pursuit of water and grass, and they did not have much food in stock, so as long as they dragged it until winter, their chances of victory would be much greater, and now they are indeed poor and do not chase after them. He would rather spend a little more time than have any accident with Du Yunjin.

The holy decree was transmitted to Du Yunjin's army one after another, and Du Yunjin only glanced at it and threw it aside, not intending to carry it out.

"General Du......" Guo Housheng took out the holy decree from the table and deliberately read it in front of everyone: "Your Majesty's decree is for us to suspend the attack, and we only need to besiege Crescent City." A qiē is still waiting for the arrival of the majesty xià before making a decision. ”

It is best to take Crescent City with fewer casualties, but Du Yunjin has no time to wait. Once Xiao Yu really arrives, then none of her plans will be able to be used.

She looked at Guo Housheng coldly, and the meaning in her eyes made Guo Housheng feel fear. Is she going to do something terribly wrong?

Guo Housheng didn't have time to think about it before he was detained by the people next to Du Yunjin, and Sun Jiangong, who came in slowly through the curtain, happened to see this scene.

"General Sun!" He hurriedly called Sun Jiangong, he knew that this person loved fame the most, and he would definitely not act recklessly with Du Yunjin.

Unexpectedly, Sun Jiangong only glanced at him, but when he stood in front of Du Yunjin, he never mentioned the topic about him. "Miss, are you ready?"

Their original plan was not so urgent, but Du Yunjin was naturally prepared in advance, and Sun Jiangong was not worried about this.

Du Yunjin nodded at him, handed the holy decree to Sun Jiangong on the side, and said softly: "Xiao Yu has to go out in advance, so our plan must also be advanced. But you don't have to worry, I've already negotiated it on the dog side. ”

Sun Jiangong raised his eyes suspiciously and looked at her, "Will the dog Rong people keep their promises?" ”

"I can't guarantee whether the dog people will keep their promise, but I dare to believe it. As long as he is in the dog for one day, the agreement between us and the dog will be valid. ”

"So far, there is only one way to protect Du Jiajun." Du Yunjin sighed and continued: "If I had a choice, how would I be willing to cooperate with the Dog Rong people!" Xiao Yu can't tolerate Du Jiajun once, there will definitely be a second and a third time. No matter how many people there are, Du Jiajun will always be killed by him one day. I don't want them to be lost in intrigue and intrigue again, and I don't want the court to be really out of soldiers in the future. ”

"Miss Gaoyi, we can only admire." Sun Jiangong arched his hand at her, and he was the only one who knew about Du Yunjin's plan from the beginning and helped her implement it.

Du Yunjin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I have something lofty and worthy of your admiration!" It's you, it's going to make you work hard again! The Du family army will depend on you to protect it in the future. ”

Sun Jiangong also gave her a faint smile: "I am also a member of the Du family, so I am also protecting myself." ”

Hearing the conversation between them, Guo Housheng suddenly figured it out, he thought that Xiao Yu had to be informed of these things, but unfortunately he was now controlled by people and couldn't move, so he could only scream "woo".

"What are you going to do with this man?" Hearing Guo Housheng's movements, Sun Jiangong turned around and looked at him and asked Du Yunjin.

Du Yunjin walked in front of Guo Housheng, sighed long and said, "Naturally, it has to be disposed of." Guo Jianjun, I never wanted to poison you, but now I can't fall short of the situation, I can only wronged you. If there is an afterlife, let me pay you back. ”

Guo Housheng's eyes widened in disbelief, he knew that Du Yunjin was not a gentle woman, but in his impression, she was obedient to Xiao Yu. He forgot the killing methods of Du Yunjin when he first entered the East Palace.

Guo Housheng was quickly dragged out to clean up, and Du Yunjin stood outside the tent, watching the sky gradually brighten from pitch black, speechless for a long time.

A few days later, when Xiao Yu's army arrived in Crescent City, he was left with an empty general's mansion. The woman who had invaded his life and occupied all his thoughts disappeared in this way.

The canine-ravaged Crescent City was in ruins, and as he walked down the streets in his robes, he was surrounded by people tidying up their houses and the occasional line of soldiers. He kept looking around, and all he got was disappointment again and again.

He didn't believe Sun Jiangong's words, he didn't believe that Du Yunjin really died in the battle to break through Crescent City, he knew that she was determined to leave him after all. The uneasiness that had swelled in his heart had finally come true, and even if he rushed to the frontier day and night, it was one step too late.

He was one step late, allowing Du Yunjin to slip through his fingers again, and he was one step late, making Du Yunjin choose to be like a stranger to him and never see each other again.

The wind passed by him without pity, like a knife cut on his face, and it hurt. He stretched out his hand to caress his cheek and whispered in his heart, "Jin'er, it hurts." Jin'er, Ah Yu is in pain. ”

He opened his lips, but didn't make a sound.