Chapter 34: The Expedition to the Frontier
The queen was graceful and luxurious, and was sitting on the desk and drinking tea.
White smoke rises from the incense burner, and the fragrance of sandalwood fills the entire Jinhua Palace. The queen raised her eyes and saw that the man in black in front of her was bowing slightly.
"If you go back to the queen's mother, your subordinates have confirmed again and again, and no one will know your whereabouts." The man was wearing a mask and could not see his face. But his voice could be heard crisp and powerful.
"Tomorrow's border trip, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the capital within a month, so you have to keep an eye on it." The queen's tone was lazy, but every word was full of threatening orders.
The man nodded heavily.
"And the veiled maidservant beside him." A shrewd flash flashed in the queen's eyes. Jun Ruyu has never been close to women, and after being monitored for so long, the queen only knows that he is close to a guard named Mu Feng. There must be something strange about the appearance of a servant girl next to me for no reason.
"Queen Mother, didn't that maid make a fool of herself on the emperor's birthday last time." The man wondered. What a little maid also attracted the queen's attention.
"You can pretend." The corners of the queen's mouth rose slightly, revealing a contemptuous smile. "Don't look at Jun Ruyu's cold temperament, he seems to be indifferent, in fact, he is a little fox, very cunning."
This time, Jun Ruyu served as the main general, which was completely unexpected by her. After repeatedly admonishing the man, the queen let the man leave Jinhua Palace.
At the beginning of the lanterns, the golden bottle overflowed, and the Daxing Dynasty looked prosperous and prosperous, and the people were safe and happy.
But some people can't bear it anymore.
The next day, after Li'er groomed Yun Xiaoxiao early in the morning, she followed Jun Ruyu to the gate of the palace. In order not to be discovered, even Li'er put on a veil.
Fortunately, Mu Nan had never seen the little beggar, and even when the boss saw it, the little beggar was also sloppy and unkempt, which was very different from the current delicate and handsome appearance. The little beggar was able to jump out of the threshold without hiding.
"Be careful." Yun Xiaoxiao said like a mother-in-law behind her.
"The Three Princes." The deputy general Mu Nan and Zhang Hengshu, the leader of the Xiao cavalry, had been waiting at the gate of the Three Emperors' Mansion for a long time, and when they saw Jun Ruyu coming out, the two hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Jun Ruyu nodded lightly, and then walked to the side of the soldiers and horses.
"Third prince, why do you want to bring your daughter?" Mu Nan saw that Yun Xiaoxiao and Lian'er were really confused, forgot their identities for a while, and asked in a daze.
"It works." Jun Ruyu only replied lightly with two words.
Yun Xiaoxiao saw Mu Nan, and held back the hatred in her heart, she held Li'er's hand tightly. Feeling the emotions of her master, Li'er hurriedly helped Yun Xiaoxiao to sit in the carriage.
It turns out that this carriage is for Yun Xiaoxiao? That's when everyone knew. The fact that the little maid was able to go to the frontier with the army, and even had the right to ride in a carriage, was shocking.
Yun Xiaoxiao sat in the carriage, she gently lifted the curtains, and looked at the scene outside.
Jun Ruyu rode a sweaty BMW and walked at the front of the team, with a tall posture and proud independence. The surrounding people stood in two rows, opening a way for the troops.
Those girls all showed envious faces when they saw Jun Ruyu, Yun Xiaoxiao looked all the way, and didn't see any girl who was not full of spring.
"Where's the little beggar?" Yun Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered the little beggar, what would he be doing when he was not in the carriage. With what happened before, Yun Xiaoxiao was very cautious.
Li'er took Yun Xiaoxiao's hand and pointed to the outside of the carriage. Then she opened the curtain and saw the little beggar sitting next to the groom, and felt the sound behind her, and the little beggar turned around and grinned at Yun Xiaoxiao and Li'er.
"Sure enough, men like to be at ease. If you let the little beggar stay in the carriage for three days, you will not suffocate him? Yun Xiao smiled and sat back in his seat.
The army slowly drove to the gate of the city and suddenly stopped.
Zhang Lanxin was dressed in a water-blue exquisite dress, and her appearance was gentle and lovely. Seeing Jun Ruyu coming, I felt a burst of joy in my heart.
Most of the women in this city are obsessed with Jun Ruyu's appearance, and Zhang Lanxin sees it all in her eyes. She deliberately stood at the gate of the city so that everyone could see it.
"The third prince, Deputy General Mu, and Counselor Zhang. The little girl is at the behest of the queen and is specially practiced for you. The corners of Zhang Lanxin's mouth hooked slightly, and she looked confident.
Zhang Hengshu, the leader of Xiaocai, is Zhang Lanxin's younger brother, and he shouted so formally. On weekdays, she is the voice of Brother Yu, but this time she finally obediently knew that he was the third prince. Jun Ruyu thought about it, and then got off the horse.
Zhang Lanxin asked the guards behind him to deliver the wine to the soldiers one by one. Jun Ruyu, Mu Nan and Zhang Hengshu were personally worshiped by her.
Suddenly, the curtain of the carriage door was lifted, and a man in a guard's clothes came up and handed Yun Xiaoxiao and Li'er wine.
This is the kindness of the queen's mother, which means that the road is safe and invincible. But everyone who goes to the frontier must drink it. Zhang Lanxin's words sounded very at the right time, as if they were meant for her. Yun Xiaoxiao was helpless, so she had to drink it all.
Li'er was originally sick from her throat, and Yun Xiaoxiao drank it for Li'er after drinking.
After some tossing, the army finally left the capital.
The wine choked into her nose and throat like fire, and Yun Xiaoxiao coughed again and again, making her face flush with anxiety. After a long while, Yun Xiaoxiao came to his senses.
But before two hours had passed, Yunxiao's lower abdomen ached for no reason. After the army stopped for her three or four times, Jun Ruyu simply told everyone to stop and rest in the roadside teahouse for a while.
"Three, three princes." Yun Xiaoxiao touched her lower abdomen and hurried by, but Jun Ruyu stopped her. Yun Xiaoxiao raised her head, and Jun Ruyu saw that her face was pale, and there was a hint of strangeness in her eyes.
"I'll take the medicine later." Jun Ruyu was still cold, but Yun Xiaoxiao was holding the medicine bottle in his hand, but he felt extremely warm.
Fang Cai's negligence actually allowed Zhang Lanxin to take advantage of the loophole. Jun Ruyu snorted coldly. He guessed that Zhang Lanxin put laxatives in Yun Xiaoxiao's wine, and Jun Ruyu had always disdained this kind of jealousy trick of his daughter's family.
After Yun Xiao finished the medicine, his body was finally no longer uncomfortable. She went around looking for Jun Ruyu and wanted to tell Jun Ruyu, but unexpectedly bumped into Mu Nan.
"What a burden." Mu Nan looked Yun Xiaoxiao up and down in disgust. She was ugly, as early as the night of the emperor's birthday, Yun Xiaowan told Mu Nan about it as if she were telling a story. He is now a deputy general, and he doesn't take people seriously.
Yun Xiaoxiao bowed her head and was silent. Where is she afraid of Mu Nan, Yun Xiaoxiao just doesn't want to cause trouble to Jun Ruyu.
Li'er and the little beggar went to clean the carriage, Jun Ruyu didn't know where he went, and now the soldiers in the teahouse were sitting in a group, and everyone present could see Mu Nan's lesson Yun Xiaoxiao's situation.
"A whole hundred thousand soldiers and horses, because you are stagnant alone, you are embarrassed." Mu Nan gave Yun a small look. Yun Xiaoxiao still didn't speak.
"I see, just throw her here, don't let a rat poop spoil a whole pot of soup, what do you think?" Munan looked up and looked around.
Soldiers, look at me, look at you, I don't know what to say. Good or bad, Yun Xiaoxiao is also the person Jun Ruyu brought with him, and Mu Nan may not be too bold.
Maybe he couldn't stand to see Mu Nan bullying a woman in public like this. Zhang Hengshu, who had been drinking tea silently, suddenly stood up.
"Deputy General Mu, people are not sages, they are sages, and there should be times when they are unwell. What's more, she is a woman who is tired of traveling, you are too aggressive like this. "Zhang Hengshu is about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is handsome and handsome.
Don't look at him like a literati, in fact, Zhang Hengshu learned martial arts since he was a child, and he is determined to go into battle to kill the enemy and win glory for the country. This time, the emperor ordered him to be the leader of the cavalry, firstly, to exercise his ability, and secondly, Zhang Hengshu had already participated in five or six battles, large and small, and was more experienced than Jun Ruyu and Mu Nan, who were generals.
is such a young talent, but he was ridiculed by Mu Nan as useless.
"I think that for the sake of the name of the third prince and maidservant, I don't even dare to speak." Mu Nan deliberately bit the two words of the staff leader very hard, and he was disgusted in and out of his words.
"Vice General Mu, you have to pay attention to what you say." Zhang Hengshu frowned slightly. He didn't seem to have imagined that Mu Nan could be arrogant to this point.
Before reaching the frontier, the deputy general's shelf is excellent. Yun Xiaoxiao's eyes were full of sarcasm.
"By the way, Zhang Shenling, you shouldn't have seen the emperor's birthday last time, this maid looks very beautiful." Mu Nan's eyes rolled, and he was about to pull the veil of the clouds.
Yun Xiaoxiao was just about to stop him, but suddenly the surrounding soldiers shouted the third prince, and the frightened Mu Nan hurriedly stopped.
"Pack up and let's go." Jun Ruyu swept the group of people in the room with cold eyes, and his eyes were not on Yun Xiaoxiao's body at all.
"What Vice General Fang Cai Mu said, don't take it to heart." Zhang Hengshu and Yun Xiaoxiao walked to the end, and they didn't forget to comfort her a few words.
Yun Xiaoxiao thanked Zhang Hengshu. She had heard of Zhang Hengshu's name before, but unfortunately Zhang Lanxin was there, and Yun Xiaoxiao had always had a bad impression of Zhang Hengshu. Now it seems that the two siblings are so different. Yun Xiaoxiao was grateful to Zhang Hengshu in her heart.
The capital, the Imperial Palace.
The queen and Zhang Lanxin sat opposite each other, and there was a game of chess pieces on the middle table.
"The Queen." A palace maid came in and softly interrupted the two of them playing chess. The queen frowned and glanced at the palace maid with some displeasure. "The eldest prince asks to see you."
Hearing that it was Jun Feng coming, the queen suddenly smiled. Zhang Lan was interested, and after greeting her, she withdrew from Jinhua Palace.
She walked towards the palace gate, intending to go back to the Taiwei Mansion, but unfortunately bumped into Jun Zhiyao head-on.
"Sister Lan Xin." The corners of Jun Zhiyao's mouth are slightly hooked, his eyes are rippling, and he looks like a prince.
Zhang Lanxin has been loved by the queen since she was a child, and she can often go in and out of this palace. Since he grew up with Jun Ruyu, he can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart far away from Jun.
Zhang Lanxin only has Jun Ruyu in her eyes, but Jun Zhiyao has also liked Zhang Lanxin for a few years.
"The Five Princes." Zhang Lanxin was startled when she saw Jun Zhiyao. She knew that she was entangled by Jun Zhiyao, and she couldn't get away without a toss.
Sure enough, Jun Zhiyao stopped in front of Zhang Lanxin and didn't allow her to go over at all.
"Please also ask the five princes to pay attention to their identities." Zhang Lanxin bowed her head and said.