In the dark night, a man dressed in black hunched his back and led by the prince of Zhongyong Hou to the big tent belonging to the Zhongyong Marquis.

"Lu Hou Ye'an." The tall man dressed in black saluted as soon as he saw the Marquis Zhongyong.

However, the etiquette he performed was not the etiquette of Dayong.

Marquis Zhongyong looked at the man in black who was saluting with a smile and asked, "The warriors of Wuen came to find Benhou at this time, but there is news from His Royal Highness the Second Prince?" ”

"What Hou Ye Lu said is good." As he spoke, Wu En took out an envelope from his chest and handed it to Marquis Zhongyong, saying, "The things in this are enough to show the sincerity of our second prince, Marquis Lu can take a look." ”

Marquis Zhongyong took the envelope and opened it, and saw the letter written by the second prince himself, but this letter was indeed written as the king of the Northern Desert.

That is to say, if the second prince can be the king of the Northern Desert, then this book will be useful, if the second prince cannot be the king of the Northern Desert, then this book is a piece of waste paper.

Marquis Zhongyong put away the letter of surrender, asked Wuen in front of him with a solemn face, and said, "What does the second prince want Benhou to do?" ”

"The second prince hopes that Marquis Lu can leave the third prince on the battlefield completely and don't let him return to the royal court." Un Dao.

The king of the Northern Desert now has four sons, the second prince was born to the first queen, the first queen died after giving birth to the second prince, and the third prince was born to the second queen of the king of the Northern Desert.

Compared with the second prince, the king of the Northern Desert also prefers this third prince who is very similar to him in all aspects, and the second prince's mother family has long been defeated, but the third prince's mother family is very strong.

Therefore, even if the second prince has the heir and the longest, he does not have any advantage in inheriting the throne of the Northern Desert.

The second prince was not willing to give up the throne to others, so after Marquis Zhongyong asked people to find him, he quickly agreed to cooperate with Marquis Zhongyong.

Marquis Zhongyong killed the three princes who stood in his way for him and helped him ascend to the throne, and after he ascended the throne, he submitted a letter of surrender to Dayong, and then bowed down to Dayong and paid tribute every year.

Marquis Zhongyong thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Benhou promised the second prince." ”

Wu En breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and continued: "Tomorrow, the news of the king's serious illness will reach the army, and the second prince hopes that Lu Hou Ye will be able to do it tomorrow." ”

Marquis Zhongyong continued to nod, "Go back and tell your second prince to rest assured that Benhou will do what he says, and he will never let the third prince return to your Northern Desert Royal Court alive." ”

"Hearing Hou Ye say this, Wu En was relieved." Unn smiled at Marquis Zhongyong and said, "Then Unn won't stay here for long, we'll meet again in the future." ”

"Goodbye."

Early the next morning, the spies sent by the Marquis of Zhongyong to keep an eye on the Northern Desert military camp came back to report: "Master Hou, there is something unusual in the Northern Desert army, and it is suspected that there is a intention to withdraw the army. ”

When the Marquis of Zhongyong heard this, he immediately ordered all the generals around him, "Assemble the army!" ”

Under the reflection of the remnant sun, there were corpses and broken military flags everywhere, and the Marquis of Zhongyong touched the blood splashed on his face and asked the person behind him, "Is there any news from Siyuan?" ”

When the two armies were fighting, the three princes of the Northern Desert rushed out of the encirclement and fled under the protection of the guards around them.

It's just that at this moment, the battle here has ended, but Lu Siyuan's side still hasn't come back, and Zhongyong Hou can't help but be a little worried.

Lu Siyuan brought many more people than the third prince, and it stands to reason that he should have come back a long time ago.

"Master Hou, I'll take someone to take a look." The second master of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, Lu Yuning's second uncle, Lu Qiandao.

Marquis Zhongyong thought for a moment and nodded, "Be careful." ”

Lu Qian led people all the way to the direction of Lu Siyuan, and after looking for a long time, he finally found traces of the battle in front of him.

Lu Qian asked people to come forward to check and found the bodies of the people around Lu Siyuan and the third prince, but there was no trace of Lu Siyuan and the third prince.

Lu Qian could only continue to look forward.

Lu Qian searched all the way, and finally found the head of the third prince and Lu Siyuan's body the next morning.

The head of the third prince was tightly carried by Lu Siyuan, and Lu Siyuan's body was carried back by his own horse.

Lu Qian looked at Lu Siyuan's corpse and was silent for a long time before he lowered his voice and said to the people behind him: "Take the prince back to the camp." ”

This battle was a very important battle for the situation, and it should have been a happy thing for the Zhenbei Army led by the Loyal and Yonghou to win a complete victory, but because of Lu Siyuan's death, this victory cast a shadow of sadness.

Zhongyong Hou's eyes turned red a little as he looked at Lu Siyuan's corpse, but he had more important things to do, and he didn't have so much time for him to indulge in sadness.

Marquis Zhongyong asked Lu Siyuan's body to be sent back to the capital, while he continued to deal with the rest of the matter.

In the palace, after Luo Chengjing received the report about this battle, he went directly to Lu Yuning.

"Your Majesty, you're here." Lu Yuning greeted him with a smile.

Luo Chengjing picked up Lu Yuning, who was saluting, took her into the house, was silent for a while, and said to Lu Yuning: "I received a battle report from Northern Xinjiang today. ”

Lu Yuning's face became solemn.

Luo Chengjing looked at Lu Yuning's expression, sighed and said, "Lu Siyuan died in battle. ”

Lu Yuning reacted for a while when she heard this, as if she had just understood the meaning of Luo Chengjing's words, and tears quickly overflowed in her eyes.

Luo Chengjing didn't speak, and quietly waited for Lu Yuning to digest the news before continuing: "The battle between us and the Northern Desert should end soon, your Zhongyong Marquis Mansion has made a great contribution this time, what reward does Concubine Ai want?" ”

The tears in Lu Yuning's eyes were not completely dry, she shook her head with tears, and said in a crying voice: "It is the duty of a courtier to fight for the country, uncle, they can really guard the frontier for the emperor and conquer the Northern Desert, the concubine is very proud of being a girl from the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion, and the concubine does not want any reward." The concubines believe that the uncle, they must think the same way. ”

Luo Chengjing gently patted Lu Yuning's hand on the table, and said in a gentle tone: "If there is a punishment, there is a reward, since the Marquis of Zhongyong Mansion has made great contributions, how can I not have any reward?" Is the concubine afraid that I will reward you and turn around and lose the reward for the Marquis of Zhongyong? ”

"Concubine Ai, rest assured, the reward given to you is yours, and when the loyal and brave marquis returns to the court, I will naturally give him a reward."

"The concubine didn't think so." Lu Yuning shook her head and said, "The concubine thinks that the emperor has rewarded the concubine with a lot of good things during this time, and the concubine has nothing else to want." ”

"But if the emperor really wants to reward the concubines, the concubines have a small wish, hoping that the emperor can satisfy the concubines."