Since Shang Wan'er left the palace, Li Yu has been depressed more often, and the battle on the front line has gradually retreated, and the situation of the Southern Tang Dynasty is sad day by day.

In January 967, I secretly sent the fifth princess Xile out of the palace to give it to Sandalwood, and at this time, Gentleness also saw the situation clearly, and left the palace after listening to my advice.

"When did the queen choose this courtyard?" When I took Sandalwood and Gentle People to the house I had purchased earlier, Sandalwood asked with a look of incredulity.

"When I was just pregnant with Joy, I asked Li Xiaoxiao to find such a place, let's go in and have a look."

"Yes, Niangniang has always planned ahead."

"This place is a warehouse, grain, oil, rice, noodles and other living needs are in it, the back of the mountain is a livestock shed, I asked a special person to take care of it, responsible for the feeding of chickens, ducks and fish on weekdays, the backyard is a big lawn, I specially let people prepare a wooden horse swing here, next to the study, after peace and joy three people are tired of learning to put here to play is excellent." As I walked, I introduced Sandalwood to the layout of the courtyard, and I had carefully selected every plant and tree in it.

"We just came in from the backyard, and when we entered the backyard, it was the front hall, and the front hall was all arranged according to the original princess's mansion, so you are used to living in it, so the front yard will not go, I am taking you to a few important places." Out of the backyard, I took the sandalwood people to the direction of the dormitory.

"There are hidden compartments in each room of this courtyard, you can hide in it at any time when you encounter danger, and the dark compartments of all rooms are connected to the basement after entering, and you can regularly change the dry food in the room in case of emergency." I led the people into the dark compartment.

"Niangniang will not be too careful, this is also a suburb of Beijing, where is the danger at the feet of the Son of Heaven." Xu saw that I had prepared too much, and asked softly and puzzled.

"Niangniang naturally has the truth of Niangniang, what are you doing when you ask so much." Sandalwood gave Gentleness a look.

I shook my head and smiled, but didn't speak, Joy is my only daughter, plus the country was broken in my previous life, I naturally need to arrange everything in detail.

"And this, this is the most important." I stepped forward and pressed the oil lamp in the northeast corner of the room, and in a few moments, the wall in front of me opened. "This is my savings for many years, almost all of them are here, and now that Wen Wen has resigned, the income of the Wen Mansion will naturally be greatly reduced, and with these, at least you can be guaranteed to have no worries about food and clothing. There are also these land deeds, which I bought in Beijing, so that I can make a dowry for joy in the future. ”

"Mother." When Sandalwood called me, her eyes were red.

"Well, I'm for my joy, and you can treat my joy well!"

"Rest assured, if there is peace, there will be joy."

"Of course I believe in you." I held Sandalwood's hand and whispered, "If not, why would you put so much effort into doing this?" ”

On the day he returned to Beijing, Wen Rou sold the mansion in the capital, packed up his belongings, and took a few henchmen and servants to prepare to go to the outskirts of Beijing.

At the time of separation, Joy was sleeping, and I watched her little one sleeping in the carriage, and I didn't know how sad to be when I woke up and couldn't find me.

"Let's go." I said to Akika,

"Mother." Qiu Xiang glanced at Joy and shouted in a low voice. I naturally know what Qiu Xiang means, in the past few years of getting along, Qiu Xiang has long regarded joy as her own child, and now I am afraid that her reluctance is a little less than mine.

"Let's go." I turned my head away, and this is the best life for joy.

"Yes."

After returning to the palace, Li Yu gave me a grand affair of sending Xile out of the palace privately, and did not come to my palace for several months, which had never happened before.

This is impossible, it took me so much effort to convince the world that there were no five princesses in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and now that I finally sent it out, how could I easily take it back.

In the middle of this, Sandalwood also asked someone to send several letters from outside the palace, saying that Xile is now completely accustomed to life outside the palace, and every day with Ping'an and Yu'an to study and have fun together, it can be regarded as carefree.

In August 967, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, sent an envoy to ask Li Yu to go to the Song State to pay tribute, but Li Yu refused and detained the envoy in Beijing. It turned out that he was the fuse of his previous life so soon!

The next day, I appeared in the court wearing a phoenix crown and a xia veil, and invited myself to the Song Dynasty to pay tribute, and the ministers were in an uproar.

"Now that the court is worried about internal and external troubles, our country has no ability to resist the war at all, the emperor is the lord of our country, naturally he can't deign to go, and the prince is young, now, the palace is willing to go to share the worries for the emperor, do you have other candidates for the ministers?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

"I don't agree, the harem has not interfered in politics since ancient times."

"The emperor said that it would not be counted." I looked up at Li Yu and slowly spoke, and the ministers did as I wished, and they all asked the queen to go on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Li Yu reluctantly agreed.

That night, Li Yu came to my room, counting, it has been half a year since he last went to the Rouyi Palace, I looked at Li Yu in front of me, and I felt a sense of strangeness.

"Go and be careful." It took a long time for Li Yu to pop out of his mouth such a sentence.

"Yes." The next night was another night of silence.

On the day of departure, Li Yu did not appear, and I heard from the prince that Li Yu had locked himself in the Buddhist hall for a night.

"Let's go." I turned around and got into the sedan chair with Akika.

Accompanying me was Concubine Xiao's brother, General Hu Bo, the last time I saw him was when Concubine Shu was alive, he was still the same as before, and treated people very well. If he knew the cause of his sister's death, would he still be so polite to me as he is now?

Xu stayed in the palace for a long time, not long after I left the city, I began to have a fever, in order not to delay the trip, I was stunned to hide the illness, until the third day, I was found because of fainting.

"Niangniang, don't scare the slave like this in the future." When I woke up, I was already at the post station, and Qiu Xiang on the side was looking at me with resentment.

"Isn't that okay......"

"I fainted and said it was okay, if I didn't want to leave the station, we really don't know what to do with you."

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, help me up and eat something, but I'm starving to death." I quickly crossed the conversation.

"Niangniang wait first, the dishes are hot, I'll go and fetch them for you." Akika helped me up and left the room.

The dishes were served quickly, and along with the doctor and General Hu Bo, who had a black face, came in. After the doctor confirmed that he was fine, Hu Bo took him back with a black face. I really don't understand him, he's obviously a handsome person, why do you always keep a straight face!

Although I strongly requested to leave on the same day, Hu Bo was unmoved, and made it clear that I must wait until I was completely cured. Therefore, the next thing is to sleep, eat, and drink medicine every day, which was delayed for several days in a row. Although I am in a hurry, I can't do anything with him, after all, I will be outside, and the military order will not be accepted.