Yun Yao's evaluation of Gu Qingming is not that everything is good in the eyes of a lover, but after careful consideration.

She is not a shallow boudoir woman, on the contrary, she has seen many things more thoroughly than anyone else, so she is deeply attracted to Gu Qingming.

Maybe this man doesn't have the supremacy of Shen Ze, and he doesn't have the ambition to dominate the world like Shen Che, but the starting point for everything he does is with good intentions.

He is not greedy, has no selfish desires, and perhaps his greatest luxury is to be able to have a lover with Yun Yao and eventually become married.

Gu Qingming may compromise once or twice for certain things, but he will not always have the forbearance and compromise of the bottom line, he has always insisted on doing things with his own heart, and has never exceeded the norm.

Just like Shen Ze will recruit the harem in order to play the role of a good puppet emperor, but he will place his most beloved Mrs. Li in the Yunguang Palace, so that she will be closed for several years;

Even Shen Che loves Lu Yingquan very much, he can't be 100% sure that it is love, after all, Lu Yingquan couldn't help Shen Che anything, the really useful person is Yun Yao.

Of course, whether it is involuntary or powerless, in Yun Yao's heart, Gu Qingming is always different, he is not the kind of person who can do anything for the result, he has his principles, he has his character.

In his heart, in addition to Yun Yao, the lives of the people and soldiers on the battlefield will always be the most important.

"A-Yao, thank you for knowing me so well and affirming me so much. With you by your side in this life, there is nothing else to ask for. Gu Qingming also held Yun Yao's hand and said with a smile, "Just listen to you, and when we get to the Jade Country, we will make plans." ”

"Counting up, His Royal Highness King Yi's reply should also arrive in the next two days, he can't go head-to-head with the soldiers and horses of Ning Palace, so he can only seek an alliance, presumably our proposal, he will agree. Yun Yao said.

"Okay, while you haven't set off yet, rest and recharge. During this period of time, you have always taken care of your mother's body, and you rarely have time to rest, if you are not in good spirits, how should you go on the road another day?" Gu Qingming said with a smile.

Yun Yao nodded, and no longer bothered Gu Qingming, so she turned around and went out, while Gu Qingming was still deciding the final route.

Sure enough, as Yun Yao expected, in the afternoon, Shen Che's reply came with the flying pigeon, which gave everyone confidence in their hearts. The letter agreed to Yun Yao and Gu Qingming's proposal, agreed that they would go to Jade Country via Jingguo to seek an alliance, and also told Yun Yao to take care of Lu Yingquan.

After all, Lu Yingquan's fetus is almost five months old, and her belly has been completely highlighted, and now she can't cover it by pretending to be a man, and as her body gets heavier and heavier, the road ahead will be more difficult.

Lu Yingquan was doubly happy because of the advice in this letter, although she knew that in Shen Che's heart, perhaps the great cause of the country was the most important, but she still couldn't help but indulge in his delicate and dense tenderness in the past, and couldn't extricate herself.

On August 25, Gu Qingming finally determined all the routes, and Yun Yao also prepared all the things, Gu Chen hired a carriage from outside, left the capital of Haoguo, and once again embarked on the road away.

This time, however, they don't know what else they will encounter.

The so-called July fire, September clothes, the weather at the end of August, although the heaven and earth are still shrouded in a hot air, but from the hottest time of midsummer has passed, with the carriage Xu Xing, occasionally there is a wind blowing from the side, bringing a burst of coolness.

Gu Qingming and Gu Chen still pretended to be a coachman, while Lu Yingquan pretended to be a noble lady who returned to her hometown to visit relatives, accompanied by two maids to take care of her, everything was logical.

On the border of Yiguo, although the number of troops displayed on both sides is not large, because this is the first time that such a large-scale civil war has occurred since the founding of Daning, the people on both sides dare not be negligent and wait solemnly.

In order to test the strength of Yiguo, Qin Yuankai also sent the vanguard troops to feign an attack, and such a small-scale war also happened a few times, and both Yiguo and Ninggong suffered losses, but it was harmless.

However, in this way, the war can be regarded as officially begun, and the people of Yiguo, who were originally calm and happy, suddenly felt precarious.

Just when the war situation on the border of Yiguo was becoming tense, Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan and their carriages and horses also left the border of Haoguo and entered the territory of Jingguo.

Jingguo is located in the west of Daning, and the topography of the entire Jingguo is very different from that of Yiguo.

If Yiguo is a gentle and graceful little jasper, and Haoguo is the lady of Yiroom and IKEA, then Jingguo presents a look like a rough and bold man.

Without the small bridges and flowing water with sparse shadows and slanted shadows and thick shade of green trees in Yiguo, there is no bluestone through the alleys and houses in Haoguo, and there are towering peaks in Jingguo, basins with peculiar terrain, rivers and ravines, and mountains criss-cross, forming a unique geographical landscape of Jingguo.

It wasn't until she entered Jingguo that Yun Yao realized that she seemed to think of Jingguo too simply.

Although Jingguo is vast and sparsely populated, and many places in the western region are still barren soil, and not much grain can be grown, it is precisely because of the existence of these mountains, valleys and basins that a natural barrier has been formed for Jingguo.

Even if Yun Yao and the others successfully formed an alliance with the Jade King and successfully surrounded Jing Guo in the middle, they might not necessarily have the ability to take Jing Guo down in one fell swoop.

"After the previous checkpoint, even if we really arrived at Jingguo, the mountain basin we saw before is just a corner of the thousands of scenery in Jingguo, and from here we can walk thirty miles west to reach the first county on the border of Jingguo, called Liangxu County. Gu Qingming's voice came slowly through the curtain of the carriage, making Yun Yao involuntarily look outside.

It is very different from the official roads paved with bluestone slabs in Haoguo, and the official roads in Jingguo still retain the original characteristics of the local area - difficult to walk.

It is not that King Jing is inactive and does not seek the well-being of the people of Jingguo, but after this mountainous terrain, it is determined that the local official roads are more rugged than those of other feudal countries.

The carriage shook even more, Lu Yingquan sat on the rickety car with a big belly, frowning, and looked very painful.

"Isn't it uncomfortable, why don't we stop and rest for a while?" Yun Yao looked at Lu Yingquan's face and asked with concern.

"It's fine now, it's just a little bumpy. I'm worried that if Jingguo's road is like this, how can it be good? Could it be that we have to keep going so upside down for half a month?" Lu Yingquan shook his head slightly, but he thought very long-term.

Gu Qingming, who was outside the carriage, heard the conversation between the two, and said sideways: "Please rest assured, Madame, such a road is only temporary, and when you pass the checkpoint and see a small town or city, the road will be easier to walk." After all, Jingguo is also relatively developed among several feudal countries, and it is definitely not all like this. ”

"That's good. Lu Yingquan nodded, lifted the curtain and instructed Gu Qingming and Ah Chen, "Since the general said so, it is better to simply pass the checkpoint and wait until we are in the town to find a place to rest." It's getting late now, and if you rest here, I'm afraid you won't be able to get to town before dark. ”

Hearing this, Gu Qingming nodded, then waved his horsewhip and continued to drive forward. But he may have heard Yun Yao's previous words of concern, so he tried his best to drive the car smoothly and steadily, and did his best not to make Lu Yingquan uncomfortable.

After all, Lu Yingquan and the child in her belly are very important, and Shen Che also attaches great importance to them.

There were nearly 500 people guarding the checkpoint, and two soldiers stood there on the left and right, dutifully checking everyone and every car passing by, no matter who it was, until they saw the clearance documents before they could be released.

However, fortunately, Yun Yao had already made arrangements, and the document had been prepared when she was in Yiguo, and there was a seal for customs clearance on it. The carriage slowly drove to the front of the checkpoint, and Yun Yao handed out the customs clearance document and asked Gu Qingming to hand it over to the soldiers for inspection.

After the soldier read the paper, he opened the curtain of the carriage and checked it, and saw a pregnant beautiful woman and two girls sitting inside, and in front of the carriage were two coachmen, everything seemed to be fine, so he let him go directly.

Although it was delayed for a while, everything went smoothly. Sure enough, as Gu Qingming said, after the carriage continued to bump for a while, it entered the flat official road, and it walked more steadily, and the people in the carriage were also a lot more comfortable.

This journey was really hard for Lu Yingquan, so when the road was smooth, she quietly leaned against the wall of the carriage, closed her eyes and rested, only to hear that she was breathing evenly and steadily, and she was already asleep.

After about an hour, the carriage slowly stopped, Yun Yao lifted the curtain and looked outside, but saw that the sky had darkened, the sun had already set, and only a little light on the edge of the sky was left, covering the entire gray sky.

When Gu Qingming jumped out of the carriage, Yun Yao saw that there was only one person left of the two people who were originally driving, and Gu Chen had already disappeared.

"Where's Achen?" Yun Yao asked.

"Not long after passing the checkpoint, I asked him to come to this town in advance with light skills, let him have an inn with the best environment, and instructed the shopkeeper to make some food, so that we can eat directly when we arrive. Gu Qingming explained.

At this moment, Achen walked out of the inn on the side, bowed down and said, "Master, everything is ready." ”

The sound of several people talking woke up Lu Yingquan, and she slowly opened her eyes, looking at the already dark sky in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's here so soon?"

"It's not fast, you've been asleep in the car for almost an hour, so naturally you don't feel it. Yun Yao chuckled, "Achen has already arranged the room and prepared the meal, come down, let's rest here for the night." ”

After that, Yun Yao took the lead in jumping out of the car, standing on the ground, turning around and helping Lu Yingquan down, while Sisi waited carefully behind Lu Yingquan, for fear of a little accident.

When Lu Yingquan stood still on the ground with a big belly, and when he looked up, he found that there were two big red lanterns hanging on the door of the inn, and the candlelight inside the lanterns illuminated the signboard of the inn - Ke Like a Cloud.