Stay through a long one. When she woke up at night, Xu Zhiyi found herself lying on the brocade couch in the water pavilion, her dress and hairpin rings scattered, and the plain white flowers of the peacock on the low table in front of her had withered and withered.

Last night, she didn't even see the flowers bloom.

After being stunned for a moment, she stretched out her arms and wanted to sit up, only to feel dizzy and sore, and she actually planted the brocade couch with a "pop-" sound.

"Princess, are you awake?" Yuzhu's inquiry instantly sounded outside the door, "Can we come in?" ”

"Enter."

After Xu Zhiyi responded, Yuzhu led four personal maids to walk in sequentially with basin towels. The beautiful scene in the room made a few little maids see it, and all of them were red-faced.

"Congratulations to the princess and the princess." Yuzhu stepped forward and wrapped her body in a shawl, and helped her to sit up with a happy face.

"When did the prince leave?" Xu Zhiyi asked by stroking her forehead.

Yuzhu said while tidying up and changing her clothes: "I'll leave at the moment." He walked out of the courtyard, and came back to explain that the emperor had convened the two governments today to discuss the war in the west, and he had to enter the palace earlier, and he also said......"

"Say what?" Xu Zhiyi asked eagerly.

"He also said that the princess worked hard last night, let us wait outside the door and don't wake you up." Yuzhu couldn't help but cover her lips and chuckle.

Except for the wedding day, this was the first time that Ling Zhao took the initiative to stay until dawn. Although she can't really remember what happened in the water pavilion last night, Xu Zhiyi couldn't help but slightly hook the corners of her lips. She thought: Maybe it was because he couldn't marry the county lord of Hejing who he liked, so he was more attentive to himself.

*********

Tianxiang Building, in the Lingfeng Pavilion.

"How does it feel?" Ling Zhao asked with a smile while mixing Su Hexiang.

"What...... What does it feel like? Opposite the perfume table, Chu Yugu was burying his head in a panic grinding a brown medicinal powder with a jade pestle.

"Naturally, I asked you how you felt last night." Ling Zhao stopped what he was doing and raised his head to stare at Chu Yugu.

"Nothing...... Feel. Chu Yugu replied hastily, sensing Ling Zhao's gaze, and added, "It's just not as disgusting as I thought before." ”

"That's good." Ling Zhao buried his head in adding a spoonful of belladonna powder to the jade urn again.

"This, will it be too much?" Chu Yugu asked cautiously.

Ling Zhao raised his head again, "You don't trust me?" ”

"From such a distance, I can smell the medicine, I'm afraid that the imperial doctor will notice it."

"Ling Li has already controlled the return to Fengling, and Ling Chong's grounding order is about to expire, if we don't hurry up, we are afraid that we will lose everything." Ling Li stared at the jade urn in front of him, as if staring at a bitter enemy, his eyes were fierce.

Chu Yugu gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect Sun Zhi and Wang Xiu to be so stupid, and they actually fell into the pit of the Zhenxi Army in a daze, I still have to go to the west plough in person to stabilize the Wushu ......"

"Isn't it burning yourself to the west right now?" Ling Zhao put the prepared Su Hexiang into the jade bottle where the medicine was stored, and stood up, "You can stay here and give birth to my son with peace of mind." Before Ling Chong is deposed, it is best for me to hear the news that Xu Zhiyi is pregnant! ”

With that, Ling Zhao took the jade bottle and walked downstairs.

"But if you use too much incense, it's not good for the princess's health."

Ling Zhao stopped, turned his head, and said coldly, "What, it's just one. Night, you're so worried about her? ”

"No, I'm just worried that it will affect my child......"

"It's okay, I know what's important."

Seeing Ling Zhao's increasingly thin back leave, Chu Yugu let out a long sigh.

*********

At the foot of Guze Mountain, there is a seasonal river valley formed by the melting and erosion of ice and snow.

Every year after the beginning of spring, the snow on the top of the mountain melts, and the river valley is covered with puddles and swamps, and the water and grass are abundant, which has always been an extremely important grazing and drinking place for the Xili people. After the Zhenxi army captured Huifengling, they set up camp along the river valley, and the herdsmen in this area were forced to migrate westward.

There were also brave herdsmen who refused to move away, hid in the woodlands near the river valley, sneaked out in the morning and evening to drink horses and fetch water, and were captured by the soldiers patrolling the Zhenxi Army, and all of them were executed according to the western plough spies who spied on the military aircraft.

On this day, the patrol captured four or five members of the family. After Song You's investigation, he ordered the soldiers to drag them out and behead them as usual.

"How do you have children?" Ling Li came back from running a horse and saw a little girl crying among the few people who were being dragged away, so he stopped and asked.

"The general doesn't know, but now the spies in the west plough are becoming more and more cunning, in order to pretend to be ordinary herdsmen, they bring the old people and children to confuse us." The soldier who dragged the child explained: "Just now, Captain Song has cross-examined, and the family has received twenty taels of silver from the Xili Dragon and Tiger Army, just to visit the location of our grain and grass camp. ”

"Ask the general to spare his life, we were also forced to come in desperation, if we don't agree to come to investigate, the Dragon and Tiger Army will kill our whole family." The middle-aged man with his arms tied suddenly broke free from the shackles of the soldiers, and knelt down in front of Ling Li, "I received the silver of the Dragon and Tiger Army, and it has nothing to do with my father, mother, wife and daughter, begging the general to do well and let ......them go."

"If you let them go, they will survive? Didn't you say that the Dragon Tiger Army cornered you? Ling Li frowned, and the scar on the left side of his brow was particularly hideous.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head and said: "There is a dragon and tiger army garrisoned in Mutak in the west, so naturally they can't go back, I will let them go southwest, if they are lucky, they may be able to find Rouge Island through the desert." ”

"What kind of place is Rouge Island?"

"This, the villain can't tell ...... clearly"

"Your Highness, I happen to know this." Shen Zhi came out of the tent, glanced at the barbarian kneeling in front of Ling Li, and continued: "A while ago, I met a lot of friends who deal in fat powder, saying that this Rouge Island is an unknown oasis in the southwest of Mohe Sandbank, and it is famous for its abundance of cochineal, so it was called Rouge Island. ”

"How far is it from here?"

Shen shook his head, "The specific mileage is not clear." The merchants who trafficked cochineal insects all chose to come from Mutak and walk back to Fengling, presumably closer to the court of the king of Xili. ”

Ling Li looked sideways to the southwest, and there was an endless alkali rock beach. Looking ahead, there is a Mohe sandbar hundreds of miles deep. He then turned his head, walked up to the little girl, who was crying hoarsely, and crouched down, "How old are you?" ”

The little girl shrugged her shoulders and looked at him with sobs, and then she said timidly: "Five years old." ”

"What's your name?"

"Silkworms."

Ling Li was stunned for a moment, "What's it called?" ”

"Back to the general, the little girl is called the little silkworm. Neiren was originally from South Vietnam, and was in charge of silkworm breeding in the silk reeling workshop, so he casually gave her such a name. The barbarian was afraid that Ling Li would hurt the little silkworm, so he hurriedly replied on his behalf.

"I can let you go, she has to stay." Ling Li turned his head to the man in the west plough and said.

"General, please, I'm ...... We have such a daughter......" the silkworm's mother pleaded beside her.

"I also have a daughter, the same size as her, and I just need a companion." After saying that, Ling Li stood up, "Merchants are profit-seeking, and would rather take Mutak to pay a high transit tax than Mohe Shazhou, so you can know the danger of this road." Would you rather take her on an adventure into the desert, or would you let her keep my daughter company? ”

The couple looked at each other for a while, and finally nodded and agreed to keep the silkworm.

"If the war is over and you are still alive, you can also come to Lucheng to look for her in my house." After saying that, Ling Li waved his hand to the soldiers escorting, "Let them go." ”