The Radiance set off to return that afternoon, but Rong Lu and the Qing army he led were not able to set foot on the Radiance, because he saw the departure of Li Xuanji and Clifford, and there was no target on the ship that could attract Rong Lu.

He didn't know that the person on the boat was Xiao Yungui, and if he knew, he was afraid that Rong Lu would also fall into a difficult choice in life. is desperate to turn his face with the British, and even trigger the Second Opium War in advance, but also talk about his old classmate to be killed; Or let the tiger return to the mountain and find another way.

Fortunately, Rong Lu didn't know, so he didn't get entangled, and soon after seeing Li Xuanji leave, he and several officials in Guangzhou left with soldiers and horses, his main purpose was Li Xuanji, as long as Li Xuanji was no longer taken away by the Taiping army, relying on Li Chong's relationship with Li Xuanji's brother, he could also win Clifford's help. But Rong Lu's calculation failed, if Li Xuanji and Xiao Yungui left, Clifford might choose another agent from the East to cooperate with Rong Lu out of revenge. But now that Li Xuanji is staying with Clifford, Rong Lu has lost the opportunity, and Rong Lu has calculated everything but he didn't calculate that Li Xuanji and Xiao Yungui would have that kind of relationship.

Although Rong Lu was very proud to leave with his soldiers and horses, Bao Ling did not embarrass the Guangzhou government too much, and the British army, which was only one-seventh of the Qing army, made way for a passage before the Qing army was able to leave. Bao Ling is also a thief, he knows how much the head of the important person of the Taiping Army on the ship is worth, and the reward offered by the Qing court to this head is an astonishing 800,000 taels of silver and a duke's title. In the eyes of Bao Ling and the other British, this head was worth more than a million pounds a month in the volume of goods, as well as a large business investment project with an annual increase of one million pounds, and the imminent victory of the British and French in the Russian Far East at the Petropavlovsk military port, to encourage the Anglo-French forces who were still besieging the fortress of Sevastopol in Crimea.

Therefore, Bao Ling did not leave the Qing army behind. However, after the incident, he submitted a note of protest to the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang as usual, demanding that the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang Daoqian in response to the incident and earnestly fulfill the treaty between the two sides. This note was also like a stone sinking into the sea, and the Qing court did not officially say anything, but only replied that it would fulfill the treaty and ask Britain to cut off trade with the Taiping Army, so the two sides fought again.

It was in this noisy and noisy atmosphere that Guangzhou continued its commercial and trade duties as a treaty port, but the two sides quarreled and quarreled, and business continued as usual, and the Yamen, the governor of Guangzhou, finally maintained the face of the Qing Dynasty. Taking into account the rich silver root of the Qing Dynasty, it can be said that Ye Mingchen has done a good job. The British did not feel aggrieved, they were just accumulating liliang and anger, and it was possible that once the war with the Russians was over, the British would liquidate all the protest notes.

In order not to happen unexpectedly. After consulting with Smith, the Guangzhou manager of Jardine Matheson, Bao Ling decided to let the Radiance sail back to Shanghai in the afternoon. Safely escort the big guy on the boat out safely. The British at this time could not afford such losses. So the Guanghui sailed out of Guangzhou in the afternoon, and Bao Ling specially sent two warships of the Hong Kong Detachment to escort it. The waters of China have always been very uneven, with pirates and smuggling ships infested, and the British Navy often has escort missions, and it is not surprising that the navy escorted the ships of Jardine Matheson, but it is strange that this time it was only a merchant ship. And not a whole fleet of merchant ships.

From before setting sail in Guangzhou, Tang Erniu was very worried, and when he went to ask Xiwang if he had left Guangzhou, Xiwang's face was pale. Sitting on the Taishi chair in the cabin like a clay statue, he did not speak, but bowed his head slightly.

In the afternoon, after the Radiance lifted anchor, Tang Erniu entered the cabin again, but found that the lunch of the West King on the table had not moved at all, and the West King had not even changed his sitting posture. Tang Erniu was very worried and persuaded a few words, but it attracted the gloomy and fierce gaze of the King of the West, so frightened that Tang Erniu didn't dare to say anything more, Tang Erniu had never seen the King of the West have such terrible eyes, as if he would be eaten alive by him if he said one more word.

It wasn't until the third day that Xiwang fainted in the cabin, and Tang Erniu took the opportunity to pour some broth, and then Xiwang began to get sick, and Xiwang's illness was not well until Shanghai. After the Guanghui docked at Shanghai Baoshun Wharf, Xiwang was directly sent to the Shanghai Taiping Army General Rescue Hall.

This time the West King's trip was only known to several senior generals of the Taiping Army in Shanghai, Xiao Yungui didn't even tell Hong Yun'er and Zuo Zongtang in Suzhou, he was going to find Li Xuanji, of course he couldn't tell Hong Yun'er, and this matter was too risky, if Zuo Zongtang knew, he wouldn't approve of the West King's move, so Xiao Yungui did not inform the Suzhou side.

It's a pity that although the king of the west is back, he is very sick, Tang Erniu's identity is not enough to hide this matter, and Wang Minyun in Shanghai does not dare to hide this matter, and Zuihou still reported it to Suzhou.

When the news reached Suzhou, it was already March, Hong Yun'er had already had a big belly, and the child in her womb could be ripe for two months. Eleven days before and after King Xi's departure from Shanghai, Hong Yun'er began to feel that something was wrong through the secret report of Qian Jiang of the Intelligence Department, and that King Xi seemed to have disappeared in Shanghai, and then Hong Yun'er ordered the Intelligence Department to desperately find the whereabouts of King Xi.

Later events developed beyond Hong Yuner's expectations, Bai Zetang refused to exchange information about the whereabouts of the West King with the Intelligence Department on the orders of the King of the West, and several bigwigs in Shanghai who knew about it were also silent. This made Hong Yun'er angry, and later the Intelligence Department finally found out that the King of the West might have gone south on a British merchant ship.

What are you doing going south? Hong Yun'er has been comforting herself, maybe he is the person who went south to contact the Guangdong Tiandi Society, or maybe he went to check the landing terrain in Xiamen, and wanted to land in Xiamen, and the Qing army was caught off guard, after all, the Taiping Army is still capable of sending more than 10,000 troops and baggage southward at one time. But will he take the risk and give up so many things to go south to find Li Xuanji? Hong Yun'er has never comforted herself in her heart, don't think about it, he is such a big person, he should still know the severity.

Whenever Hong Yun'er was flustered, she always caressed her bulging abdomen alone, and said softly to the child in her womb: "Good baby, Dad is just going to do big things." He will definitely come back when you are born. ”

Whenever she thinks of the child in her womb and Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er feels that her suffering is nothing. From morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy to this time, because her belly is getting bigger and bigger, suppressing the blood in her legs, Hong Yuner's feet are very swollen, and she can only sleep sideways at night, and many times she can't sleep well at night, but she endured all this silently, without Xiao Yungui by her side to comfort her, she comforted herself and talked to the child in her belly to distract herself.

It's a pity when the news from Shanghai was sent to Hong Yun'er. Hong Yun'er's own beautiful lies were ruthlessly torn apart, King Xi was so sick that Wang Minyun didn't dare to hide anything, together with several generals in Shanghai and Tang Erniu, who had been by King Xi's side, he explained the ins and outs of the matter to the Suzhou base camp. Wang Minyun and the others are really panicked now. If the king of the west can't afford to be sick, there really is something to do. A few of them will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. The current West Palace can't withstand the blow of losing the King of the West at all, if that's the case, even if Wang Minyun and the others act on the orders of the King of the West, they can't escape the charge of not reporting it.

Hong Yun'er trembled and read the official document sent from Shanghai, and her tears had already fallen silently, and then she tore the official document to shreds in laughter. Tears fell to the ground along with the fragments of the official document. She shouldn't have deceived herself, Hong Yun'er's intelligence should have thought of what Xiao Yungui was going to do when she went south without her, but she would rather be like an ostrich. With her head buried in the ground, Zuihou let herself hurt herself to the bone.

Under the agitation of her heart, Hong Yun'er was born prematurely, but fortunately she was accompanied by Hu Jiumei and several female officials, otherwise it would be very dangerous.

The midwives and experienced Chinese and foreign doctors in Suzhou were all taken to the Xiwang Mansion as soon as possible, and Yao Yuan and Mo Jiana also arrived. Yao Yuan was inconvenient to enter the delivery room, and Mo Jiana went in, but she couldn't help the obstetrics and gynecology department, so she had to work on the side. Hong Yuner's fetal position is not very correct, and she was born prematurely, and she was greatly stimulated, and the production process was extremely dangerous. Fortunately, Mo Jiana and several Western doctors have been using hanging bottles to replenish her blood and body fluids, otherwise Hong Yuner is very likely to die of premature birth.

When she was conscious and unconscious, Hong Yuner kept saying that she must keep the child, and Mo Jiana had to try her best to comfort her, but Mo Jiana got Zuo Zongtang's order to protect the adult when necessary.

Zuo Zongtang is already burning his eyebrows at this time, the uncle in Shanghai has not recovered yet, and the lady in Suzhou has been born prematurely, since Zuo Zongtang joined the West Palace, he has never encountered such a dangerous situation, if the West King and the West Wang Niang are not successful, Zuo Zongtang does not know what the capital of Sufu Province will become.

Fortunately, a few hours later, Hong Yun'er gave birth to a son, both mother and son were safe, but Hong Yun'er was very weak, and the premature baby was not much better. This is very busy with the pediatricians in the Suzhou Life Rescue Hall, they take care of the second son, the little prince, and Mo Jiana and others are trying their best to help Hong Yuner recover as soon as possible.

The next day, after Hong Yun'er fell asleep for twelve hours, she finally woke up. The first thing she said was to ask the child, and after learning that the child was okay, she cried out loud. Mo Jiana admires Xi Wangniang very much, she didn't cry when she gave birth yesterday, no matter how bad the pain was, she just clutched the sheets, but she didn't expect her to cry at this time.

Mo Jiana comforted her a few words, Hong Yun'er was just scolding herself, she shouldn't be so excited, she almost hurt the child. Regarding why Xi Wang Niang had a miscarriage, various versions came out the next day, and it was speculated that it was related to Xi Wang, after all, a woman like Xi Wang Niang could only hurt her with the word aiqing.

Mo Jiana didn't understand very well, since the king of the west and the mother of the west both believe in Christianity, the king of the west should follow the doctrine of Christianity and marry only one wife, and the queen of the west is also, if the king of the west goes out to find a lover, then the queen of the west can also go out to find a lover, so it is fair. This is the usual romantic style of French women, so Mo Jiana does not understand the Western King and his wife.

When Yao Yuan knew Mo Jiana's terrible thoughts, he hurriedly swore that he would only marry one wife in his life, and promised not to find any lover, which made Mo Jiana very happy for a while.

After Hong Yun'er woke up, Zuo Zongtang dragged his tired body to the sickbed, only saying that he handed over the government affairs to a few Shangshu in advance, and the military power in Suzhou was handed over to Chen Yucheng, who had just graduated from the Shanghai Martial Arts School, and he let Hong Yun'er recuperate with peace of mind, Zuo Zongtang himself had to go to Shanghai in person, because the king of the west was the backbone of the west hall, and there could be no mistakes.

At first, Hong Yun'er was still talking to Zuo Zongtang, but as soon as she talked about King Xi, her face turned cold, and Zuihou became Zuo Zongtang talking alone. After explaining, Zuo Zongtang sighed and said earnestly: "Xiwangniang, as the saying goes, only when there is a family can there be a country, the family is prosperous, and the family is chaotic and everything is over, Zuo only hopes that after this incident, you and Xiwang can see more clearly, after all, sometimes understanding between husband and wife is the most important." After speaking, Zuo Zongtang left, leaving Hong Yun'er staring blankly at the beam, muttering something to herself. (To be continued......)