Xiao Changqing didn't react too much to the matter of the duel, but the hand holding the teacup paused slightly, it was a fluke that she was able to beat General Zheng Yuan.

What's more, she has never fought Lu Chengye in private, and it is normal for her to lose to him, just because she is afraid that some people who are too anxious will do something to deceive.

The ministers' obsession with having someone sit in the back seat is terrible, thanks to the ideas that have been ingrained in their minds.

Only when the emperor and queen are together can the society be kept intact, and the people will be more willing to choose to support the new emperor.

"The emperor agreed to this and set your duel for the end of this month." There are still four days left before the end of this month, and General Zheng Yuan has already guessed the final result.

And the result of Mrs. Zheng's guess is different, the person who loses must be our new emperor who has just ascended the throne, which also makes Mrs. Zheng fall into a memory.

Three years ago, as usual, Mrs. Zheng walked to the backyard with refreshments, and the sun was hotter than usual, because there were distinguished guests arriving today, so I could see Mrs. Zheng carrying more snacks than before.

In fact, at this time, Zheng Yuan is going to take a nap, he is not in the backyard, in the backyard is Xiao Changqing and that distinguished guest, our Royal Highness the Prince.

When Mrs. Zheng came to the backyard, she saw Lu Chengye sitting under the gazebo, looking at Xiao Changqing, who was practicing his sword not far away against the wooden stake, there was no one around, and he unabashedly revealed the truest emotions in his heart.

At that moment, Mrs. Zheng seemed to see Zheng Yuan's first smile at her when she was young in Lu Chengye, which was a scene that Mrs. Zheng would never forget no matter how long it was.

Zheng Yuan not only smiled at her, but in his eyes, she saw the love for her that belonged to Zheng Yuan.

The breeze blew around, the surrounding bamboo leaves rustled, many bamboo leaves fell to the ground, and some fell on the top of Xiao Changqing's head, she was unmoved, and practiced seriously.

Mrs. Zheng couldn't bear to disturb such a good atmosphere, and left silently with the tray.

Eyes never deceive, at least Mrs. Zheng has always believed this sentence.

After Xiao Changqing had lunch in the General's Mansion, she returned to her small courtyard, which was arranged by her as a miniature version of her courtyard in Xuguo, Xiao's family.

As soon as he walked outside his courtyard, he saw Gao Lang, standing there like a stone sculpture, motionless.

"Vice General Xiao, the emperor has been waiting for you for a long time." Gao Lang still misses it very much, when Xiao Changqing was young, there was no need for the two of them to greet each other respectfully, she would sometimes call him Brother Gao Lang.

Xiao Changqing invited Gao Lang to come in, it was really stupid to stand outside, and besides, ordinary people didn't know that it was the only female disciple of General Zheng Yuan of Li State who lived here.

That's why Gao Lang is standing outside her courtyard like that, which is too eye-catching, so that tomorrow there will be those nonsense gossip.

Lu Chengye was sitting in the house, the door was not closed, and he could see that he was making tea, and his gentle and elegant appearance made Xiao Changqing unable to understand him as always.

Xiao Changqing can understand many people, but he can't understand what Lu Chengye is thinking, every time he faces himself, he will bring one mask after another to disguise himself.

This made her think about it for a long time, obviously they had been together for ten years, and he was still wary of himself.

But every time, Gao Lang would accuse her of being wary of Lu Chengye, and said that she had been together for ten years, and she shouldn't be so unkind.

So she felt ridiculous, and at the same time admired Lu Chengye's profound disguise, look, Gao Lang is a typical example.

In private, Xiao Changqing is still very talkative, for example, like now, she knows that she doesn't need to salute Lu Chengye, so she takes a seat directly, and Gao Lang is glanced at by Lu Chengye.

Silently sat on Xiao Changqing's left hand, and the three of them seemed to have not sat down together like this for a long time.

"Four days later, there will be a duel between me and Changqing, and now Changqing still has a chance to refuse, and after today, the duel will be held as scheduled." Lu Chengye pushed the teacup in front of Xiao Changqing.

In private, he didn't use the word 'I' to refer to himself, and for a moment it seemed as if he had gone back to the previous months, before he took the throne.

"In the General's Mansion, Master and I mentioned this matter, when the emperor was the crown prince, what he said will be fulfilled sooner or later, and this duel will be attended by the evergreens."

She clearly knew that if she refused, she would not have the opportunity to leave Li Guo and return to Xu Guo.

"Then I hope that Changqing can show all his strength, go all out, and don't lose to me because of this!" There was a clear hint of menace in the last sentence.

"Then please also ask the emperor to go all out at that time!" She has the heart to lose, and he should have it too, judging from yesterday's strong move that he wanted to keep her here and let her go after next month's birthday.

There's going to be a lot of things like this going on, and she's going to have to hold her mind down before she can deal with this guy.

Gao Lang felt like he was sitting on pins and needles at the moment, and he was uncomfortable, he would rather stand at the door than sit down and listen to these two people 'playing Tai Chi'.

"I heard that Vice Admiral Xiao once won the battle against General Zheng Yuan, and the duel in four days will invite all the people outside the imperial city to witness."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Changqing's left hand under the table moved slightly, she always had a bad premonition, in front of so many people, some people wanted to make the fraud more beneficial.

After a few more pleasantries, Gao Lang could clearly see that the atmosphere between these two people was a little better than when they talked in the imperial study yesterday.

At least I could see that Xiao Changqing's indifferent expression was slightly relaxed, and at this time, Lu Chengye mentioned the situation of Xu Guo after he ascended the throne.

The people of Li and Xuguo are well known to the people of Li Guo, and they also welcome Xuguo to join, and some people are very enthusiastic about inviting Xuguo people to move to live in Li Guo.

After all, everyone understands the current situation of Xuguo, there was an avalanche a few years ago, if it weren't for Li Guo sending troops to Xuguo to help, Xuguo would still be trapped between two mountains.

Oh, no, Asahi was originally surrounded by two mountains, and since he got the secret of Asahi Kuni's ironmaking, Li Guo no longer relied on Asahikoku's ironmaking, and began to produce in large quantities by himself.

Those small countries that are slowly rising, afraid of the national strength of the Li country, do not dare to act rashly, and a fight began between the small countries.

The Li State sat on the side to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and those small countries did not understand this, and they were busy with internal strife and external strife.

When it came to Xuguo, Xiao Changqing's originally relaxed mood became tense again, and she was afraid that Lu Chengye would hit Xuguo with his idea.

"I received a secret report from Qiguo, saying that they are preparing to attack Xuguo in the near future, but I don't know when it will be." As soon as these words came out, Xiao Changqing couldn't sit still.

Qiguo is a small country that just rose five years ago, because it has the same sound as Qiguo, which was previously annexed by the Li State, and the people of the Li State do not have any good feelings towards this Qi country.