At the beginning of the turmoil in the Sixteen Kingdoms of Dongjun, Beihu sent envoys to the court to ask for a princess for the Khan.

Emperor Chengji has three daughters, the eldest daughter Guanghua Princess Xie Zexi has been married to the Fengtian general Zhu Jiming, the second daughter Yuanhua Princess Xie Zerong is fifteen years old to be in the boudoir, and the youngest daughter Zhaohua Princess Xie Xinfang is the favorite concubine Mrs. Chu and is the emperor's favorite daughter.

After deliberation, the emperor decided to let Princess Yuanhua and pro-Beihu; And Princess Yuanhua is the queen's concubine, with a noble status, which shows the sincerity of the marriage.

In fact, the courtiers all know that all these reasons are just because the emperor was reluctant to let Princess Zhaohua marry far away, so he decided to let Princess Yuanhua marry her.

Maybe Princess Yuanhua will feel that her father is very biased, but the emperor's heart is biased.

The decree has not yet been issued, but Princess Yuanhua is gone.

Princess Yuanhua didn't want to get married, so she looked for an opportunity to escape from the palace, and now she has disappeared.

No one knew how Princess Yuanhua, a weak woman, escaped from the palace, and Emperor Cheng Ji was furious when he learned about it, feeling that the palace guards were ineffective; The last time the Cold Shadow Sword was stolen, it has not been recovered, and now the princess is gone. Emperor Chengji ordered that the lost Hanying Sword and Princess Yuanhua should be found within a month, otherwise they would be severely punished.

When such a thing happened, Mrs. Yan, who was in charge of the harem, was naturally condemned by the emperor for failing to govern the palace.

And after Princess Yuanhua escaped from the palace, she went straight to Dongjun, wanting to ask her brother Xie Lan for help. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Xie Lan hasn't returned to the dynasty yet, and she and her relatives have already left Yuguan.

Because someone secretly helped behind her back, Princess Yuanhua escaped from the palace and left the royal capital very smoothly.

But the road from the royal capital to Dongjun is long, and if no one helps, she will never be able to reach Dongjun smoothly.

On the other side, Xuan Jinhuan had been on the road for two days with General Zhu's letter, and he didn't dare to respond to the Yong'an secret guards along the way, so he only replenished water and dry food and continued to hurry.

On the way, there were also a few gangs of robbers who were really not long-sighted, and saw her a white-faced boy coming alone, thinking that she might have gold and silver on her body, and wanted to rob her, no matter how bad it was, she could rob the little boy to the cottage and let her write back to her family to get gold, silver and jewelry to redeem it.

But the person they unfortunately met when they went out was Xuan Jinhuan, so they were easily solved by Xuan Jinhuan, and then continued to hurry.

When I arrived at Nanguan, it was already the evening of the fourth day, and only a few deserted stars were left in the bleak night sky.

Because of the war with the Sixteen Kingdoms of Dongjun, the two armies fought in the border land, and the sparse market dwellings were no longer at home.

Xuan Jinhuan finally found an old man who sold baked cakes, and sold him ten baked cakes, so he inquired about the situation. This war was fought without suspense, and even if the Sixteen Kingdoms of Dongjun gathered their forces, they were just a loose rabble, and they soon collapsed; The war should be coming to an end here, and the Sixteen Kingdoms of Dongjun have sent envoys to prepare to deliver a letter of peace.

"Uncle, then do you know that the two armies are fighting, and we can have important casualties?" Xuan Jinhuan asked again.

The old man shook his head with an embarrassed face: "This, I don't know." ”

Xuan Jinhuan thought for a while and said, "Then thank you, uncle." ”

"Little boy, you don't look like our people from Nanguan; Now that there is war here, what are you doing here? The old man looked up at Xuan Jinhuan and asked again.

"Someone came to find someone." Xuan Jinhuan smiled and said.

put a whole bag of hot baked cakes into the package, Xuan Jinhuan went to the camp of Nanguan, took out Xie Lan's waist card and explained his intention to them; After a while, someone came to General Fengtian to invite her in, so Xuan Jinhuan followed him into the camp.

Seeing Zhu Jiming, Xuan Jinhuan handed over General Zhu Huan's letter to Zhu Jiming.

After reading the letter, Zhu Jiming said that there was no difference between the Eastern Army and the deputy general Chu for the time being; It's just that the war has not yet been won, and it is not yet known what will happen next.

Zhu Jiming asked Xuan Jinhuan to stay in Nanguan first, and the army of Zhengdong was stationed at the foot of the mountain hundreds of miles away, and if there was any situation, it could also be arranged in time.

Xuan Jinhuan agreed.

This unusual tranquility lasted until the end of the war, when Zhu Jiming received an order to move his troops to Xingbei, where General Chu Ci would join him two days later. Because time was pressing, he was ordered to go.

At the same time, Xuan Jinhuan received a message from Director Xu, who had been arranged by Yunyan Pavilion to be by Xie Lan's side, that a cronie soldier suddenly defected, trapping all of them, including Xie Lan and Chu Ci, in a valley, and begging for help to no avail.

From the beginning of this incident, Xuan Jinhuan understood cause and effect.

I am afraid that this so-called mutiny is fake, and that some people have committed murder in the name of mutiny; Even if Xie Lan can go back alive, he will fall into the crime of not being strict in commanding the army, this crime can change from time to time, but in this case, it is very unfavorable.

If Director Xu hadn't been arranged in advance, the news wouldn't have been spread at all; Even if it comes out at that time, the army under Zhu Jiming's jurisdiction has already withdrawn from Nanguan, and it is indeed helpless to ask for help. And even if Xie Lan dies here, Chu Ci will kill the rebels and stabilize the overall situation, and this credit can only fall on the Chu family; This is why the order to Zhu Jiming was to say that Chu Ci would join them in Xingbei in two days.

It's all under the control of the Emperor.

Sure enough, it can't be prevented.

The military order is like a mountain, and Zhu Jiming also cannot delay in Nanguan, and must immediately set off for Xingbei.

When Xuan Jinhuan and Zhu Jiming explained this matter, Zhu Jiming was very distressed, and after thinking about it for a while, he transferred a team of soldiers and horses to let General Meng and Xuan Jinhuan go to the rescue together, and then join the army after the difficulty was solved.

They rushed to the valley where Xie Lan and they were trapped overnight, and the two sides had been fighting fiercely for a night, with countless casualties; Chu Ci's face was instantly ugly when he saw that reinforcements appeared, but after a moment, he changed to joy.

Although Xie Lan was also injured, his life was unharmed, but Director Xu was completely as terrifying as a person who came out of blood.

After relieving the difficulty, Xuan Jinhuan tore off a piece of his shirt and bandaged the big bleeding wound on Xie Lan's arm, Xie Lan looked at Xuan Jinhuan with a pale face, moved her lips and asked in a low voice: "Miss Jinhuan, you, why did you come here?" ”

"If I don't come, will you live?" Xuan Jinhuan lowered his head to bandage him, and said, "My stepmother knows that you are in danger, so let me come over to keep you safe." After a pause, he sighed, "I didn't expect this to be the case, and I almost betrayed my stepmother's trust." ”

"You mean? What does this mutiny mean from the royal capital? Xie Lan was incredulous.

"Chu Ci has served the emperor's secret edict to be unfavorable to you. I'm afraid this mutiny is just a show, and their target is only you. Xuan Jinhuan said lightly.

Xie Lan looked at the corpses scattered all over the mountains, and slowly clenched his fists, revealing a look of anger.