The day of the expedition is approaching, everything is going according to plan, Emperor Yan and Xia Ji have still not met, and Murong Ba still cares about no changes. Even King Lin, who had not been back to the capital for a long time, did not make any moves, except for occasionally entering the palace to greet the Queen Mother and accompanying the Queen Mother to dinner, he never left the house.

Because of Emperor Yan's personal conquest, Gu Yanting transferred a hundred guards from the armor guards to accompany him to protect Emperor Yan's safety, and it happened that King Lin brought back the guards from the Northern Underworld.

According to the order of Emperor Yan, 100 people were transferred from the Huidu Guards to stay in Prince Lin's Mansion and handed over to Xing Tianyuan to be responsible for guarding the safety of Prince Lin's Mansion. The rest of the people were reorganized into the Armor Guard, and Tao Le took over the position of Deputy Commander of the Armor Guard, and during the expedition, Tao Le was fully responsible for the security of the palace.

Inside the Changning Palace

"Niangniang, the day after tomorrow is the day of departure, Niangniang doesn't want to see the emperor?" Mo Niang asked tentatively.

"A woman in the mourning family is not beneficial to the expedition, and it is not important whether you see it or not",

"Niangniang", Mo Niang called without giving up.

"Today, the emperor sent Gonggong Yan to send a number of supplements, saying that the emperor was away from the palace during this time, and asked the mother to pay more attention to her body."

"Come, sit down and taste the newly made pear blossom cake made by the mourning family, it shouldn't be as sweet as the first time",

"Niangniang, do you have to be like this, you are just such a son",

"King Lin is also the son of the mourning family",

"But ......",

"Well, it tastes good, next time I put some sugar, it will be better", Xia Ji tasted a bite of pear blossom cake, still ignored Mo Niang's words, and said to herself, seeing Xia Ji like this, Mo Niang was also very helpless.

The bell in the palace rang, the bell stopped, the drum music sounded, and the ceremony of worshipping the heavens officially began. Emperor Yan took hundreds of civil and military officials to the sacrificial platform to worship, in order to ask God to bless the expedition to be smooth, defeat Kirzi and return the people of the Xuan Dynasty to peace in one fell swoop. At this time, the sacrificial platform, the southeast burnt calf, the southwest hanging sky lantern, the smoke and clouds, after the sacrifice ceremony, the Flame Emperor walked directly in the direction of Changning Palace.

"Your Majesty, are we going to meet the Queen Mother?" , Flame Emperor nodded and did not speak.

"But, the Queen Mother is ...... there", Emperor Yan ignored Yan's words, strode forward, and did not pass on, and Yan's father-in-law behind him sighed and followed quickly.

On the road of Changning Palace, Mo Niang, who was about to go to the dining room, met Emperor Yan who came directly, and saluted: "See the emperor",

"Excuse me, where is the queen mother?" ，

"Back to the emperor, the Queen Mother is enjoying the scenery in the pavilion", Emperor Yan nodded and walked towards the Changning Palace, Mo Niang quickly turned around and followed, preventing Emperor Yan from continuing to enter.

"Your Majesty, my mother is unwell, so I shouldn't disturb you",

"Mama Mo, I just want to see the queen mother, so I won't bother for too long", Emperor Yan put down the emperor's figure and said with a sincere face.

Seeing their mother and son making such a fuss, Mo Niang was also very uncomfortable, and persuaded Niangniang several times to no avail, this time let the emperor go directly to Niangniang, maybe there will be a turnaround. Thinking of this, Mo Niang silently turned away and walked in front, Emperor Yan pulled the corners of his mouth lightly and followed Mo Niang into Changning Palace.

Changning Palace is away from the pavilion.

"Niangniang, the emperor is here", Mo Niang said, Xia Ji who heard this did not respond, did not raise her eyelids, did not look at Mo Niang and Emperor Yan standing behind her, and continued to embroider the handkerchief in her hand.

The handkerchief was embroidered with a lifelike pear blossom, and it seemed that it was still a little bit close to completion. Seeing that Xia Ji didn't respond, Mo Niang looked up at Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan motioned for everyone else to retreat, there were only two people in the pavilion, Xia Ji and Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan didn't care about Xia Ji's disdain for him, and sat down by himself. "Queen Mother, son-in-law will leave the capital tomorrow and go to the north."

Xia Ji still ignored Emperor Yan, and Emperor Yan didn't get angry and poured himself a cup of tea, and continued: "Queen Mother, during the period when your sons are not in the palace, you can take good care of yourself, ask for medical treatment every day, and ask the Queen Mother not to resign", Emperor Yan calmly took a sip of tea.

"Queen Mother, although this pear blossom is beautiful, but the wind in this courtyard is strong, when the queen mother comes every day, she still has to ask Mama Mo to bring more clothes, and don't sit too long each time, so as not to catch a cold", Xia Ji didn't seem to hear it, so she embroidered the handkerchief in her hand and didn't make any response.

"Queen Mother, Erchen will definitely return safely this time", after finishing speaking, Emperor Yan did not speak again, just quietly accompanied Xia Ji to sit in the pavilion, until Emperor Yan left, Xia Ji never said a word, and kept embroidering the handkerchief in his hand that could have been completed.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Murong Ba wrote a letter by hand, put it in a letter box, sealed it with beeswax, handed it to Yang Zhong and said to Yang Zhong, "Let your person, be sure to hand it over to that person with your own hands",

"No", Yang Zhong took the secret letter.

"Inform the people who remain in the Northern Hades Mansion to be ready to answer at any time, and ensure that it is safely handed over to that person", Murong Ba gently patted the secret letter in Yang Zhong's hand, and Yang Zhong nodded.

"Stay behind, you guys retreat", "Nuo" Yang Zhong and his son retreated and closed the door.

"You will blame your father for carrying too much",

"Never, what a father wants to do is what a child wants to do",

"Zai'er, if you have other ideas now, you can fulfill it as a father", Murong Ba looked at Murong Zao's eyes, Murong Zao, if his most proud son had a choice, he didn't want Murong Zai to face all this, but now there is no turning back.

"Father's wish, son's will", Murong Zai replied firmly.

"Okay, let's father and son work together to achieve a great cause", Murong pulled out the hand on Murong Zai's shoulder, increased his strength, and his eyes became more determined.

The day of the expedition that will lead the Ying Dynasty up and down will finally come.

Early in the morning, the Flame Emperor appeared in front of the civil and military officials in military uniforms, followed by Gu Yanting and Mo Chengbei, who were also dressed in military uniforms, standing on both sides of the Flame Emperor like left and right protectors.

"My emperor, long live long live", the hundred officials said in unison, even the old prince Gu has entered the palace today, the three of the Emperor Yan walked down the steps and walked straight to the front of the team, when they walked past the old prince Gu, Gu Yanting glanced at the old prince Gu, and his eyes were full of reluctance and concern.

Old Lord Gu nodded to Gu Yanting, signaling him to go to the north with peace of mind, he would take care of himself. The three of them rode on the three tall war horses at the front of the team, and their movements were clean and neat.

The Flame Emperor raised his arms and walked out of the palace gate with a large team. The streets of the capital were lined with people who were sending each other off, and after a while, the procession walked out of the city gate, joined the army that had been waiting outside the city gate, and set out on the road to the north together.