"Sister, if I leave, you will be the only one left in this house, if you are bored, you will tell the fifth prince to let him take you to the market for a walk, although he looks angry, but he is actually not bad." Seeing that Doya was sad, Xia Muyao was also a little reluctant in her heart, and she was worried about the days after she left the house, so she couldn't help but ask.

"I'm in the house, naturally it won't be too difficult, but I will only suffer you, and there must be many difficulties when I go out with King Yan." Duoya took Xia Muyao's hand and said sincerely.

"Suffering is nothing, as long as you return victorious, it is the greatest comfort." Xia Muyao smiled.

"Then I will copy the scriptures in the house every day, and pray for you, King Yan, and the Beihu army." Doya said busily.

Xia Muyao nodded, looking at Duoya, although there were a thousand words, she didn't know how to say it, at this moment of separation, everything in the past was cherishable.

After sending Doya away, Xia Muyao waited quietly in the bedroom for a while, standing in front of those portraits, carefully examining them. I also felt a little bit in my heart for a while.

Yan Ling is packing her bags, as Xia Muyao's personal maid, she will also go on the expedition with her.

Yan Ling has always been a cheerful person, this time she followed the expedition, not only did she not feel pain, but she gave birth to a lot of hope, Jin Ge Iron Horse's career, she couldn't wait to see.

Xia Muyao likes Yan Ling's temperament, and watching her packing her bags, she couldn't help but smile slightly at the corner of her mouth.

The night before the expedition, Xia Muyao was most reluctant to return her son, she played with Huan'er, helped him bathe, and had dinner with him, after dinner, Huerhe and Xia Muyao took Huan'er to play in the house for a long time.

Until the night was dark, and he was still tired after a day of playing, he stretched out his little hand to Huerhe to hug.

Huerhe hugged him, and before he walked back to Tengchong Courtyard, the little guy had fallen asleep on Huerhe's shoulder.

Xia Muyao was reluctant to send him back to his room, so Huerhe took Huan'er back to the bedroom and stayed in bed, Xia Muyao still hadn't slept for a long time, and by the candlelight, she looked at her child.

"You really look like you." Looking at it, Xia Muyao couldn't help but say softly.

Huerhe answered, and also looked sideways at Huan'er, his eyes full of kind fatherly love.

"When we come back from the expedition, I don't know if he will remember us." Xia Muyao suddenly said something like this again, and tears fell down her cheeks involuntarily.

"Silly, you're four years old now, so you'll naturally recognize us." Huerhe said, and was afraid that Xia Muyao would be gone as soon as she cried, so she stretched out her hand and gently rubbed Xia Muyao's hair, "Go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow." ”

Xia Muyao nodded, lay down on Huan'er's body, held Huan'er's little hand in her palm, held back the surging sadness, and closed her eyes.

The next day, when Huerhe and Xia Muyao set off, they were still asleep, Xia Muyao stood beside the bed, leaned over and kissed Huan'er's little face, and then turned around and left without looking back.

As soon as she left Tengchong Courtyard, Xia Muyao sealed all her sorrows and tears in her heart.

Xia Muyao tied up her long hair and wore neat men's clothes, and from then on, during her days with the army, she was going to say goodbye to women's clothes and wear the same military uniforms as the soldiers.

Yan Ling was also dressed up like Xia Muyao, very curious, looking down at herself from time to time when she was walking, and then asked Xia Muyao: "Princess, do you see the slave maid looking good in this outfit?" ”

Xia Muyao glanced at Yan Ling and nodded, "It's good-looking." ”

Yan Ling grinned, then looked at Xia Muyao, and said sincerely: "The princess is really good-looking, both sassy and charming. ”

Xia Muyao smiled and didn't say anything more.

After getting into the carriage, the coachman drove the carriage out of the city, and the army of Beihu had already left the city and began to set off.

Outside the city, Xia Muyao lifted the carriage curtain, looked at the gradually recovering greenery outside, and said secretly in her heart: Gu'er, my father and mother are looking for you.

***

Within a few days, Zhao Yuanting received an urgent military order from the Dakang border.

Zhao Yuanting was not surprised, Beihu vs. Dakang's battle, he had already expected, in the past two years, when Beihu was in full swing to prepare for the war, Dakang was not idle, they forged a large number of weapons, increased taxes, and purchased a large number of war horses from Mongolia.

And on the border, Zhao Yuanting also has deployments, and the generals he personally appointed are rare brave talents in Dakang, and it is not easy for Beihu to win Dakang.

After coming down from the court, Zhao Yuanting went to Siyao Palace.

Gu Er was playing with the palace maid in the palace courtyard, and when she saw Zhao Yuanting, she ran to Zhao Yuanting with a smile, and shouted as she ran: "Father." ”

Zhao Yuanting picked up Gu Er and kissed Gu Er's tender little face, "Good step." ”

Gu Er hugged Zhao Yuanting's neck, smiled so much that her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and there was more and more Xia Muyao's shadow, Zhao Yuanting also laughed happily, and the troubles when he received the military report couldn't help but dissipate a little.

Over the years, Zhao Yuanting has developed such a habit, whenever he is troubled, he goes to Siyao Palace to look at Gu Er.

Three-year-old Gu Er, Zhao Yuanting has already found several masters for him, taught him all kinds of knowledge, and there are also martial arts masters to teach him simple martial arts moves, Zhao Yuanting's high hopes for Gu Er are self-evident.

Zhang Yaxian kept staring at Siyao Palace, but she didn't have a chance.

Whenever Gu Er walks out of Si Yao Palace, it must be Zhao Yuanting by his side, Zhao Yuanting understands better than anyone how dangerous Gu Er's environment is, the better he is to Gu Er, the more dangerous Gu Er is, so Zhao Yuanting's protection of Gu Er is extremely meticulous.

The guards guarding Si Yao Palace are all top masters trained by Zhao Yuanting, and Zhang Yaxian Rao is useless no matter how scheming she is.

"Dakang is going to war with Beihu, stepson, do you think my father can defeat Beihu?" Zhao Yuanting hugged his stepchild and asked to himself.

Gu Er couldn't understand Zhao Yuanting's words, but she still smiled, and said to Zhao Yuanting in a milky voice: "Father, ride a big horse." ”

"Okay, ride the big horse." After Zhao Yuanting finished speaking, he put Gu Er on his shoulders and sat down, Gu Er put his arms around Zhao Yuanting's neck and smiled happily.

The nurse and Li Fusheng on the side saw each other, and they were used to it, and only Gu Er could ride on the neck of the Son of Heaven.

The nurse has always had doubts in her heart, Gu Er is obviously the child of King Yan and his wife, why would Emperor Dakang be so good to him?

***

Dakang, Jincheng. Ten miles away.

The army of Beihu was stationed, and there were already spies to spy on them, the gate of Jincheng was closed, and the Dakang army was already on standby, sitting on defense, just waiting for the big war to come.

Xia Muyao settled down in the military tent and began to learn some sewing and mending jobs with Yan Ling, which came in handy in the barracks.

Huerhe was in the main tent, discussing the siege plan with the lieutenant generals, the big battle was imminent, the atmosphere in the main tent was very solemn, Huerhe also returned to the domineering appearance on the battlefield, he spread out the map, and explained how the generals of each battalion were arranged.

It wasn't until dinner that Huerhe returned to Xia Muyao's military tent and dined with her.

"The siege will begin tomorrow?" Xia Muyao didn't eat much, and after putting down her chopsticks, she couldn't help but ask.

Well. Huerhe nodded, continued to eat, and did not speak.

Xia Muyao didn't ask anymore, sat opposite Huerhe, and looked at him quietly.

Knowing that Huerhe had dinner, he stretched out his hand to Xia Muyao, "Let's go, I'll take you to the tent for a walk." ”

Xia Muyao walked slowly in the camp with Huerhe out of the military tent, some of the soldiers were eating, and some were sitting together in twos and threes with dinner.

Huerkh bypassed the soldiers and walked into the shadows.

After walking for a while, he stopped and squinted in the direction of Jincheng.

Xia Muyao didn't know why, so she also looked in the direction that Huerhe was looking at, but she only saw pitch black.

***

After standing outside the tent for a while, Huerhe took Xia Muyao's little hand back to the military tent, and he asked her to rest earlier.

"What about you?" Xia Muyao asked with a small face.

"I still need to arrange the defense at night, in case Dakang sends someone to sneak attack at night, I can have a response." Huerhe replied softly.

Xia Muyao nodded, "Then you go, I'll wait for you in the tent." ”

Huerhe said hello and turned to leave.

Xia Muyao sat alone in the military tent, not knowing what it was like, but feeling that there was no emptiness.

It was late in the night, and Huerkh returned.

Xia Muyao was crooked on the side of the bed, heard the sound of the door curtain waving, hurriedly sat up straight, and when she saw Huerhe walking in, she got up and walked over and helped him take off his coat.

"Don't know what to do?" Xia Muyao asked softly while folding Huerhe's clothes aside.

Well, Huerhe responded, "It's all set up, if nothing else, there may be a good show tonight." ”

After finishing speaking, Huerhe took out a dagger from his boots and handed it to Xia Muyao, "This dagger is for you to defend yourself." ”

Xia Muyao took out the dagger, took out the sheath and looked at it, and then said, "I hope I will never need this dagger." ”

Xia Muyao is right, she has been in the rear, if she needs to use this dagger to defend herself for a day, it must be the defeat of the Beihu army.

"This dagger is not for you to kill, but the camp is in a wilderness, and there are occasional snakes and insects, this dagger is for you to protect against animals." Seeing that Xia Muyao would be wrong, Huerhe hurriedly corrected.

Xia Muyao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, smiled, and then put the dagger away, climbed onto the bed and lay down.

Huerhe also got on the bed, gently pulled Xia Muyao in his arms, stroked her long hair with his big hand, and then said softly: "Do you know Yao'er, I have been a horse warrior for more than ten years, and I have never been so comforted when I go on the expedition, and having you by my side makes me feel at ease." ”

"How can I not, as long as you are by my side, whether you go on expeditions or travel, even if you travel to the ends of the earth, I have never been timid, Huerhe, you have given me a lot of strength." Xia Muyao said, her little face arched into Huerhe's arms.

Huerhe took advantage of the situation to hold her closer to him, and sighed with satisfaction.