Yu Liu was slightly stunned, and suddenly blessed his heart, took the flower, and nodded: "The slave understands, let's go." ”

Qin Zhaoyuan looked at the back of Yu Liu leaving in a hurry, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

After entering the palace for more than eight months, she didn't have much contact with Feng Zhaoyuan, but she knew that the cousins Feng Zhaoyuan and Shen Meiren regarded Murong Wan as a thorn in their side. That time, when Murong Wan had an argument with the two of them and fell off the covered bridge, she happened to see clearly from a distance, and Murong Wan was obviously pushed down.

Although the incident was treated as an accident, no one was punished for it. But since then, the emperor has started to visit Murong Wan from time to time. The two sisters were snubbed a lot, Shen Meiren never went there again, and Feng Zhaoyuan didn't see the emperor a few times.

It is conceivable that the emperor still cares about this matter.

Shen Meiren is a brainless idiot, she may not be able to think of this, but Feng Zhaoyuan must be able to understand the reason. Now that Murong Wan is in the limelight, the two of them are naturally unhappy. Since this is the case, then it is up to them to fight, no matter who wins or loses, they sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and end up with a sandpiper and a clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman.

……

When the news of Murong Wan's promotion to Zhaoyuan reached the Beining Palace, Mo Li only raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in her heart that she had just been canonized as Zhaoyuan on the fourth day of her reign, and it was obvious that the emperor was attentive to her. I haven't been favored before, it's not that the emperor doesn't like her, but because he likes her too much, so he waited until after her. However, in this way, Murong Wan was undoubtedly pushed to the forefront. If you can't protect yourself well, you can only end up in a more tragic end.

However, these are not things she can control, and what she is most concerned about now is the battle ahead. Murong Chu had been away from Beijing for more than a month, and after recapturing the two cities, the Jin king's army retreated to Pingze Pass.

Pyeongtaek is an important pass in Longxi, located at the break of Pyeongtaek Mountain, with cliffs on both sides reaching into the sky. The cliff broke away, and the two walls were opposite, and its shape was like a door. Easy to defend and difficult to attack, known as "the first pass of Xilong". If it weren't for the King of Jin who made a plan to surrender the Pingze guards, he would not have occupied Pingze Pass so easily.

Now that the rebels have retreated to Pyeongtaek Pass, they have hung up the war-free card and retracted into the pass, and they will not come out of the court army to curry favor with the enemy. Without the arrogance of attacking the city and grabbing the land before, he closed the city gate and became a turtle with a shrunken head.

As soon as the imperial army arrived in Xilong, they defended two cities one after another, which greatly boosted the morale of the army. The soldiers are all gearing up to take Pyeongtaek Pass in one fell swoop. Murong Chu was not as optimistic about the situation in front of him as others, if the army of the King of Jin held on, the two cities would not be taken back so easily.

Zhong Hanchi, the king of Jin, is not a simple person, if he stubbornly guards those two cities, he will inevitably consume a lot of troops. And retreating to Pyeongtaek Pass can temporarily concentrate the soldiers and horses in order to preserve strength.

Just as Murong Chu thought, Zhong Hanchi didn't want to stretch the battle line too long at the moment, and he knew that it would not happen overnight to include Da Zhou in his pocket. Being able to quickly capture Xilong Road was just a loophole by taking advantage of the defenselessness of the imperial court. What we need to do now is to stick to Xilong Road, first occupy a place on the map of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then slowly map it.

……

At the beginning of May, Lu's invitation to enter the palace was finally approved. Since Murong Wan was promoted to Zhaoyuan, the Lu family handed over the fold. Although she did not have a title, after all, she was the princess of Beining, and she was also Murong Wan's nominal mother.

This is not the first time that the Lu family has entered the palace, she has also been summoned when Concubine Qing was there before. Only this time she entered the palace as the mother of the emperor's favorite concubine.

The Qiwen Palace was already full of flowers, and the Lu family entered the main hall all the way under the guidance of the palace maid.

Murong Wan was dressed in pale pink cloud gauze concubines and often sat on the main seat in the hall, adding a bit of feminine charm to the pure and ethereal spirit of the past.

Lu's bowed down and danced, praising "Niang Niang Jin'an".

"Flat, give a seat."

Lu's thanksgiving sat down, and a palace maid came to serve tea.

"The princess came here today, but is there something wrong?" Murong Wan picked up the teacup, scraped the floating tea on it with the lid, and asked.

Lu pursed his lips and sighed lightly: "Where is there something, the concubine has never let go of her heart since she beat her mother into the palace." Finally, this time I got the permission of the queen mother, and I had the opportunity to visit my mother. ”

Murong Wan took a sip of fragrant tea and smiled: "Princess Lao is bothered, everything is fine in this palace." ”

"Niangniang, where are you talking? There is a way that the mother of the child is worried, and I try to ask which mother can not worry about her child. Although the mother is in the palace, she is not thousands of miles away, but as a mother, the concubine should be worried, so what bother. Lu frowned slightly, completely looking like a mother.

Murong Wan put down the teacup in her hand, wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and said, "This is reasonable. In this way, the princess should be more worried about the prince now. Thinking that he is in charge of the western expedition, not to mention the long distance, there are many dangers on the battlefield, and if he is not careful, he will have to worry about his life. ”

"The princess is pregnant with Liujia, and her husband is not around. Although the palace left the palace of Bac Ninh and entered the harem, it was in the same capital, and it was comfortable and enjoyable, so there was really no need for the princess to worry. ”

Lu narrowed his eyes and sighed again: "Niangniang's words are wrong. As the saying goes, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and the concubines are reluctant to do any of them. ”

Murong Wan didn't say anything, but a smile with a bit of sarcasm overflowed from the corner of her lips.

Lu Shi didn't see her expression, so he changed his smile and said: "Look at the memory of the concubine, I haven't congratulated Niangniang on her promotion to Zhaoyuan!" ”

"Thank you, Princess." Murong Wan said lightly.

Her alienation Lu had already expected it, and she didn't take it to heart, and said softly: "Niangniang, the concubine has a few words of self-consideration that she wants to say to Niangniang. ”

"If you have anything to say, just say it, princess." Murong Wan's beautiful face showed a little impatience.

Lu glanced at the palace people around him, lowered his voice, and only said the three words "Aunt Zhao".

Murong Wan's expression moved slightly, and she waved her hand: "You all go down, just stay and wait for the autumn rain." ”

The palace people rushed out, and the little palace maid who walked at the end also covered the palace door.

"The princess can speak now, right?" Murong Wan asked after the people retreated.

Lu knew that she did not shy away from the autumn rain, so she said: "Aunt Zhao has been worried too much since her mother entered the palace, and this body is always unhappy. After looking at a few doctors, I finally got a useful prescription, but there are a few flavors of medicine in that prescription that are even difficult to find. Now that the mother is noble, there must be a way. ”

Murong Wan was secretly shocked in her heart, Aunt Zhao used to be tough, and when she congratulated her on the New Year, the princess also said that she was fine. It's only been a few months, where will you get sick? This is clearly an excuse for the Lu family to use Aunt Zhao to threaten her.

After stabilizing her mind slightly, Murong Wan said, "What does the princess want?" ”