"Then I'm here, thank Her Royal Highness the princess for your kindness." Speaking of this, Su Jiao suddenly remembered what Xiao Huai'an told her last night, and a thought came into her mind.

"Then if I have anything to talk to Her Royal Highness in the future, please don't dislike Her Royal Highness. Perhaps, if Her Royal Highness the Princess is free tomorrow, she should not mind me going over to disturb her. ”

"That's nature." Xu Ruru smiled and spread her hands, not wanting Su Jiao to find herself too happy, and after finishing speaking, she talked arrogantly about her chin and pretended to look away.

"Gillian," Su Jiao smiled indifferently, but they had a good discussion here, and the situation of Miss Zhang, who was left out in the cold, was a little cramped.

Miss Zhang shouted softly, Su Jiao came back to her senses in an instant, she turned her head and glanced at Miss Zhang embarrassedly, hesitating again and again, so she had to gently reach out and pull Xu Ruru's sleeve, with a smile on her face.

"It's just that Her Royal Highness the Princess, I still have something to ask for, Yuge and I are close friends, if you leave her alone outside the palace, it will inevitably be a little difficult to talk about the past, can you let her come with us?"

Landing is the most annoying on weekdays. Sister Zhang Xia, who was too lively with others, actually nodded.

Seeing this, Xu Ruru actually had a good impression of Miss Zhang before, but she was worried that she would be a little disgusted with the palace, so she was embarrassed to mention it.

But now that Su Jiao and she have agreed, she naturally doesn't care about having one more friend as a companion, so she agrees very smoothly.

"No problem, this princess specially asked Luoying to prepare a few more jars of wine for us, when you come over, we will be so drunk and rest."

I don't know if it's because she knows that she can't turn around with her relatives, so Xu Ruru is also a little self-defeating, thinking about what the princess can't do on weekdays, but she can't wait to defend her rights in such a short time before she is married.

Suburbs.

Xiao Huai'an led his men to the 72nd battalion, and Dian Tao, who was the captain of the Xiao Cavalry, had already assembled all the personnel early, and waited for Xiao Huai'an to give an order, and he could officially go on the road.

"See Lord Xiao, there are three routes to Liuzhou here, one of which is along the river in the southeast direction, passing through Yanzhou, this one is the closest route to walk, I don't know if the adults have decided on this road."

Alas, something like this to determine the route should have been determined early on, but somehow Xiao Huai'an was too confident in the things in Liuzhou, so everything was prepared temporarily, and Dian Tao was completely confused.

Xiao Huai'an glanced at it, opened the curtain of the camp tent and came in, but quietly asked Liang Xin to go out to take care of the soldiers in the camp, and he came to Dian Tao slowly and took the map.

"This is not in a hurry for the time being, I think there will be more surprises if you are surprised, and it is also saved that the outlaws over there in Liuzhou will prepare early when they hear about the direction of our march, so I discussed it with other generals yesterday and decided to divide the troops into two ways, I don't know what you think?"

"This, naturally, is good, there are many deceitful soldiers, and Lord Xiao's consideration is very reasonable." But just dealing with the group of troops in Liuzhou who were temporarily organized is a bit overkill.

Dian Tao smiled very reluctantly, if it weren't for knowing that most of Xiao Huai'an's decisions on weekdays were very wise, I am afraid he would have been unable to help but quarrel directly with Xiao Huai'an face to face.

Xiao Huai'an was also waiting for this sentence, he hooked his lips slightly, smiled, put the map on the table, and used a pen shaped like a woman's thrush to choose two of the three routes on the map.

"Then it's decided first, Lord Captain, you lead a force with me as the vanguard, and I will let Liang Xin lead the back half of the army to outflank Liuzhou from another road,"

"I have never done anything unprepared, and when I am unclear about the situation in Liuzhou, it is safer to leave a big backhand, and the victory in the first battle is also more convenient for the captain and the brothers to regroup."

Xiao Huai'an threw the pen in his hand aside in a chic manner, and the whole person looked extremely confident. Dian Tao hadn't had much contact with him, and he didn't know what his style of action was, but there was no problem with listening to the truth in Xiao Huai'an's words, so he agreed.

Then Dian Tao discussed with Xiao Huai'an about how to divide the soldiers and horses into two routes, and their seventy-two battalions of troops went out in the suburbs of the city for the whole afternoon, and they officially set off in the evening.

However, since today is the first day of the official expedition, the time for the troops to leave is a little strange, and it does not make people feel too confused, but people with ulterior motives will not stop for a moment, and they have already quietly made another plan in their hearts.

Inside the Shoma Mansion of the Ministry of War.

Margo was in a good mood today, and was sitting at the table for dinner, when there was a very slender woman, but who was obviously a little older, and was waiting for him to eat and drink.

The woman was holding a wine jug in her hand, and she was dressed more elegantly, but she was a little simpler, she just poured a glass of wine for Margo, and a small servant came outside, lying next to Margo's ear and whispering a few words, Margo raised her hand, and the woman hurriedly put her hand away and stood aside.

"The official still has some things to deal with, Madame doesn't have to be busy, let's go back and rest first."

"Husband-" Mrs. Ma Zhu Qirou frowned slightly, he rarely had time to eat with him, but now he had to be busy alone so that he couldn't help but shout.

"What?" Ma Ge turned his head in response, although he was quite modest to his wife, and he didn't reprimand him at all, but the whole person was very indifferent.

"No," Zhu Qirou had no choice, so she had to lower her head first, so as not to delay him. "It's just that the husband should remember to pay attention to his body and rest early."

"Nature." Ma Ge frowned slightly, casually dropped these two words and walked away.

Zhu Qirou's whole body seemed to have softened by half, and she sat in her own seat in despair, with indescribable feelings in her heart, even when the maid next to her came to ask her, she didn't react at all.

She and Ma Ge can also be regarded as childhood sweethearts, and finally came together as a good couple, and later Ma Ge sat in the position of Shangshu, how many people in his hometown envied the two of them, and even more envied that she was just an orphan girl, but she was able to sit on the position of the eldest lady of the military department.

And Margo has never gone out to mess with flowers and grass, and there is not even a room in the backyard, in the eyes of outsiders, they should be such an enviable pair.

However, only Zhu Qirou knows the suffering.

She knew that Ma Ge was in a high position and there must be many things that he couldn't get rid of, but as Ma Ge got older, his temperament became more and more indifferent, although he didn't have a trace of harshness on himself, nor did he dislike his old age, but he didn't care about it.

Zhu Qirou's willow eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, not knowing what he had done wrong. She has not been with Margo for many years, and she is afraid that someone else will quarrel at home for a long time, but when it comes to herself, Margo and her are as indifferent as two strangers.

With such disregard, it is better to be happy and explain the problem together, and come comfortably.

"Ma'am? Madame - I have to ask them to take down the food on this table, or wait for the adults to come back and bring it up. ”

The maid Pearl bent over Zhu Qirou's side and shouted several times before she suddenly came back to her senses.

Zhu Qirou's whole person was subconsciously startled, and when she looked at the table again, she didn't have half an appetite. "Take it down and take it to the man in the kitchen. I don't think the adults will come back today. ”

"But madam, today you are all concerned about your lordship, and you haven't used a little bit yourself......"

"Pull it off." Zhu Qirou shook her head, waved her hand slightly, and pulled her handkerchief back to her yard.

On the other side, Margo returned to his study, where the man in black who had reported to him had been waiting at his desk for a long time.

"Today, if you disturb the adults and their wives while they are dining, your subordinates deserve death."

"You don't know if you heard anything, she's not the kind of person who likes to care."

Margo cleared his throat and raised his hand to let the man in black get up, while he slowly paced over and sat down at the chess table on the couch, and the man in black followed and lit the charcoal stove in the study.

"Yes. When Xiao Huai'an set out on the expedition today, he actually ordered the men and soldiers of the 72nd Battalion to outflank Liuzhou in two ways, and just to discuss how to disperse the action, he spent a whole afternoon with the lieutenant, and did not officially set off until the evening. ”

"My lord, the grain and grass were specially sent by His Majesty to escort it, and we can't do anything about it, and in the barracks, if Xiao Huai'an scatters our people, I'm afraid that we won't be able to know his whereabouts in time."

"The eyes in the barracks, this official has been quietly planted for several years, how can he clearly pick them out after a few trips,"

As he spoke, Ma Ge suddenly paused, perhaps because he was old, and his body would be a little cold, he gently rubbed his rough hands, and his eyes turned and smiled.

"But he's not a fool, thinking that setting off at night can influence the people of the palace to investigate, and he is underestimating the official."

When the words landed, Margo pursed his mouth and muttered softly. "You, immediately pass the order, you don't have to let them follow Xiao Huai'an's whereabouts to investigate, you just need to know which route Dian Tao is on."

"Dian Tao, although he has never agreed to serve this official, Xiao Huai'an can't know, presumably Xiao Huai'an will not rest assured, let him lead a team of soldiers and horses alone."

Sometimes, when the fog is in front of you, you can change your mind and you can suddenly become clear. Hearing this, the man in black hurriedly put down the tongs in his hand and bowed his head in agreement.