The military affairs bureau of the imperial capital is the busiest these days, there are too many things in the northern theater after the war, hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war also need to be properly settled, and there is also the resettlement of civilians in the northern provinces - Duke Tulip's strategy of luring the enemy into the deep field has worked wonders, but how to recover afterwards is not Luo Di's business. [Full text reading]

There is still news coming to the imperial capital, some of which are good and some are bad.

Good news comes from the northwest, the Northwest Army under the leadership of General Eliho, the new star of the empire, stubbornly repelled the invasion of Rogenthal of the Great Moon Kingdom, Eliot after the last victory of Fort Trier, Rochenthal was unwilling to lose, once again led the army to attack the Watt Fortress, Elliho's Northwest Army and the steppe cavalry fought a big battle under the Watt Fortress, both sides suffered losses to each other, and finally Elleh returned in vain, but Elliot played a trick again on the way to retreat, and sent 10,000 light cavalry ambushes on the way to ambush the baggage team of the Great Moon KingdomThe "ambush" is better described as a "harassment".

After all, less than 10,000 light cavalry could not pose any threat to the tens of thousands of troops of the Great Moon Kingdom. What's more, the light cavalry of the Northwest Army is really much worse than the steppe iron cavalry in terms of strength.

But Gislent, the commander of the 10,000 cavalry, was an excellent commander, and he led his men to accomplish the tasks assigned by General Eliho.

By the time Rochenthal's helpers arrived, the cavalry in the Imperial ambush had already retreated, leaving only the attacked baggage team - more than half of which had been burned.

After the end of the Northern Holy War, the Second Northwest War finally ended. Having lost the Rolands as allies on the battlefield, the Great Moon Kingdom wisely asked for peace with the Empire.

But this time, the conditions for peace depend on how this guy Old Skeleton blackmails the Great Moon Kingdom.

In addition to the news of the victory in the northwest, another major piece of news in the imperial capital is that Lord Tulip has taken leave of absence from His Majesty and left the imperial capital to return to his fiefdom Xilin Province to recuperate - everyone is speculating that Duke Tulip's injuries may be more serious than expected.

Such news made the people in the imperial capital a little uneasy - fortunately, the news of the victory in the northwest had diluted this atmosphere a little.

Finally, three days later, Duke Tulip and his beautiful sister left Duke Tulip's Mansion in the imperial capital - of course. Now it has become the "Imperial Marshal's Mansion of Duke Tulip"!

Guarded by a team of wolf fangs and a team of royal guards, they left the imperial capital. Go to Xiqiu, the capital of Xilin Province.

The Wolf Tooth Army is already a cavalry regiment directly under Duke Tulip, and there is naturally nothing wrong with a team of Wolf Tooth Army escorts, but the escort of a team of Royal Guards is a little surprising to people.

His Majesty the Emperor seems to be really interested in the Tulip family, and actually asked the guards who specialize in guarding the royal family to protect the Duke Tulip......

In contrast, the Marquis of Caroling's news was much more detailed - the captain of the royal guard of 2,000 men was none other than the new court warrior, His Excellency Viscount Rodi.

"It seems that His Majesty is courting the Tulip family. It's going on in another way......" The old fox's expression was a little complicated.

Miro frowned: "Uncle." Do you want me to send someone to take a closer look at this Roddy?"

The old fox shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, you don't forget, he is a member of His Majesty the Emperor...... And maybe it's ~~Hmph, check him? Can you guarantee that you won't be found by others when you check him? If His Majesty the Emperor shows up, we are investigating Luo Di~~ Then what will His Majesty think? This kind of thing can't be checked! When it comes to the royal **, you know, you have to treat it as if you don't know. You don't know. It's better not to ask more!"

Dressed in the armor of a Royal Guard officer, Roddy rode through the middle of the line, flanked by officers and soldiers of the Royal Guard, both in front of him and on the left and right - these people Roddy was not familiar with. In just a few days, he became their boss. Obviously, these people have a lot of respect for Roddy, even a little awe.

In fact, since the award ceremony that day, rumors about this young imperial hero have spread extremely quickly, and although this kind of news cannot be openly written in the newspapers, it has spread quickly to every corner of the imperial capital.

At this moment, even many officers and soldiers of the Royal Guard couldn't help but wonder that this young boss might really have some "relative" relationship with His Majesty the Emperor......

After all, among the nobles or royal families in the upper echelons of the empire, which of these high-ranking people is not a mistress, many women, and it is not a bizarre thing to have one or two illegitimate children. It's just that His Majesty the Emperor has done it so secretly, which is so admirable!

The clouds hang in the east, and the sunset in the west is red.

The clouds in the sky are parallel to the vision of three points and one corner, like a huge blue-gray gauze tent, suspended in the air. Roddy took a deep breath, looked at the wonders of the sky in a relaxed mood, and then let out a long sigh.

Finally leaving the imperial capital made him feel a lot more relaxed. From the beginning of the war to the present, he has not had any time to rest - now it is rare to have a free time, there is no nobles in the imperial capital who are watching him with their eyes, there is no war, there is no intrigue, just accompany his beloved woman to Xilin...... "Duke Tulip" is to recuperate, he will regard it as a rare vacation!

Just thinking about his thoughts, a horse behind him caught up, and the guards of the Duke's Mansion ran to Luo Di's side, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Luo Di, Lord Duke, please go to the carriage to see him!"

Roddy nodded, but there was a smile in his eyes.

With the envious gaze of everyone, Roddy turned his horse's head and ran towards the back of the line.

In the middle of the queue was a huge carriage, specially modified, with a wide carriage two or three times the size of an ordinary carriage, and the windows were sealed—for the Duke was not healed from his wounds, and he could not see the wind!

The coachman who drove the carriage, and the dozen or so soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Army who guarded the carriage, were all the personal guards of Duke Tulip - these were all warriors reformed by the Blood.

The people of the Wolf Tooth Army and the Royal Guard in the distance all looked at Duke Roddy with envy for this young man, everyone hadn't seen the Duke for a long time, but only this young man. Every day the Duke had to summon him into the carriage for a long talk......

But that's not too surprising, everyone knows that. This young viscount was originally the duke's personal deputy captain, so he was naturally the duke's henchman.

Roddy took a deep breath and knocked lightly on the carriage door.

Then the car door slowly opened a little, a pair of white hands gently pulled the door, and a beautiful face emerged from behind the door.

Nicole looked at Roddy tenderly and smiled, "Come in, Lord Roddy." ”

The car door was closed, and Nicole was already snuggled in Roddy's arms. Roddy hugging Nicole. He sniffed her lightly, then held her face and whispered, "Why did you call me in again?" It will make others suspicious...... Didn't you say it, when we get to Xiqiu, we will have more opportunities to meet. ”

Nicole shook her head, with a reluctant expression on her face: "Don't you know, I'm suffocated in this carriage alone......! Alas...... This carriage. You can't even open the windows......" said this. Nicole raised her head, her big eyes flashing with tenderness: "I want you to accompany me!"

Roddy's heart softened, and he looked at the delicate face in front of him. couldn't help but lean up and kiss it gently, and said in a low voice: "Okay, I'll accompany you." He smiled easily and said softly: "The scenery outside is really good, we have entered Xilin Province...... Alas, this fiefdom of the Tulip family is a good place...... I just passed a big river, and the scenery there is very beautiful. ”

Nicole smiled and leaned lightly on Roddy's chest, and the two sat in the carriage and hugged each other. Nicole closed her eyes, put her backhand around Roddy's waist, like a lazy cat, and whispered, "Big River, it must be Tuotuo River." This is the largest river in Xilin, I used to play there when I was a child, I remember that my father used to bring us here......" Although she closed her eyes, she had a sweet smile on her face: "When I was young, I liked to run barefoot on the river, the river water was clear and cool......"

Roddy gently stroked her show and smiled, "Well, that must be very beautiful." ”

Nicole opened her eyes, "How do you know it's beautiful? ”

Roddy rolled his eyes and grinned, "I mean, your feet must be beautiful...... I haven't seen that river, but I've seen your feet......"

Nicole had red clouds on her cheeks, bit her lip, and scolded with a low laugh: "You have learned badly! Roddy in the past would not have said such a thing!"

"Hehe......" Roddy smiled: "Is that bad? When you kicked me before, I had already seen your feet......" Speaking of this, looking at Nicole's shy face in his eyes, his nose was full of the fragrance of a girl's body, Roddy couldn't help but hold her with one hand, but the other hand reached out to Nicole's foot, and smiled: "That's it, it's this foot, you didn't kick me with this foot at the beginning......"

Nicole was about to refute, when she suddenly felt that her foot was grabbed by the other party's hand, and she couldn't help but whisper, but she didn't struggle, but her face was red and almost oozing blood, she glanced at Roddy, and said, "You were just a thief who broke into my house, I didn't kick you, are you still ......?"

She was only halfway through her speech, and her mouth was already gagged. Roddy was already pressed against her, and couldn't help but ravage the other party's soft lips to his heart's content.

I don't know how long it took, but Nicole finally gasped and said, "You...... You're too bold, aren't you afraid of so many people out there?"

"What are you afraid of, this carriage is so thick, who can hear it? Besides, you let me come in to accompany you, can we just sit here and chat?" Luo Di smiled in a low voice, and then his face gradually became serious, and he said with a straight face: "Nicole, I'm afraid to know that you are very stuffy here, but soon, when we get to Xiqiu, we can be together." When the time comes, I will openly pursue you as Roddy, and then we will be together, and it will be above board!"

"Phew!" Nicole spat and gritted her teeth, "Public...... Isn't it rare?" It's just that her face is flushed at the moment, her eyes are watery, there are three points of fake anger in her eyes, but there are seven points of shyness, but this look doesn't know how tempting it is, Roddy couldn't help but kiss her lightly on the lips, and said in a low voice: "Then I'm out?"

"Don't!" Nicole frowned, grabbing Roddy's clothes with both hands. She sighed: "You don't know, when you were in the north, I couldn't sleep well every night, and I was worried about your safety in the north day and night...... When you were in the imperial capital, you went to the palace again, you can't be by my side all the time, every day I am in the room, nominally accompanied by some duke's brother, but in fact, I am alone in the room, and I am suffocated!"

Luo Di smiled bitterly: "That's no way, didn't I take a carriage to see you every day? It's ridiculous that others think it's some kind of court doctor sent by the emperor......"

Nicole shook her head: "Anyway, when I get to Xiqiu, I want you to accompany me every day, accompany me every day, and accompany me every night......" When she said "night and night", her face turned red, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Luo Di couldn't help but tremble in his heart, looking at Nicole's face full of red light, his breathing gradually became short, and the hand holding Nicole couldn't help but get tighter and tighter, and kissed her fiercely on the mouth, before he whispered: "You...... What do you say?"

Nicole shook her head, although shy, but her gaze was firm: "I don't care, I just want to be your woman...... While you're at war, I'm ...... I'm worried about death tomorrow...... You ......"

Luo Di took a deep breath: "You are my woman, no one can snatch it away!"

The two hugged each other like this for a while, Luo Di knew that if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold it anymore, so he cleared his throat and said with a wry smile: "Okay, I'm going out, you sit patiently, and you will be in Xiqiu soon." ”

Nicole nodded, sat up from his arms, then took out a silver bottle and handed it over, and said in a low voice: "This is today's potion, this is the last bottle, drink it, and your voice can completely change." In the future, you won't have to worry that people who know you well will hear your voice like Duke Tulip. ”

Luo Di took it, craned his neck and swallowed the potion, and said with a wry smile: "This thing is very bitter, much more bitter than the potion you made me drink in the first place......

Nicole glanced at him: "I made your voice like Seth, and that potion makes people sick ......when you drink it!" Now I can't bear to let you suffer like that, so I put a lot of thought into making this medicine!"

Luo Di licked his lips and frowned, "It's really bitter...... Well...... It's not good to be so bitter, you have to order something sweet......" Ignoring Nicole's exclamation, he pecked her heavily on the mouth before laughing: "That's right, bitter first and then sweet." ”

In this way, every day is "bitter first and then sweet", and the team came all the way to Xiqiu City, Xilin Prefecture!