The end of the year is approaching

The army began to prepare for the New Year. In order to celebrate the festive season, some red lanterns were prepared to hang in front of the camp.

Before dawn, Chu Yunning woke up, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and looking at the heavy snow like goose feathers outside the window.

"Miss woke up so early." Bixiu heard the movement, rubbed her hazy eyes and struggled to get up.

"If you lose sleep, you can sleep for a while, don't get up so early."

Bixiu had already put on her clothes, washed her face, and said with a smile while combing her hair:

"Does the lady have something to worry about?"

In the dark days, the ladies always had to sleep until the sun was in full swing, so they must be pretending to be in their hearts.

Chu Yunning smiled faintly, lowered his head and drank half a cup of tea to warm his stomach: "Since I'm awake, I plan to make some porridge for Beibei. He is the time when he grows up, so he can't even have a meal."

As soon as he lifted the curtain, a gust of wind and snow floated outside, and there was a vague sound of Beibei's excitement. Chu Yunning thought he was hallucinating his hearing.

"Mother!"

I heard another sound.

Chu Yunning raised his eyes and looked along his gaze. Sure enough, he saw Beibei jogging over not far away, and seemed to have something in his arms.

She stepped forward to greet her. Beibei was wearing a thick sable fur and a gray sable hat on her head, revealing half of her face. Because of running, her little face turned red and she was grinning at her.

"Where did you go so early? Is it cold?"

Beibei shook his head and said excitedly: "Uncle Emperor took me to winter hunting. Yesterday, I found that there were many animal footprints in the snow. Mom, Uncle Emperor is so amazing. He has hunted many small animals."

"Then the same thing in your arms?" Chu Yunning stretched his head curiously, wanting to see the one in his arms.

Beibei was exposed generously, with one of its furs white, with traces all over its body, and a few white beards at the corner of its mouth. It looked around curiously with its round eyes.

What’s even more terrible is the word “Wang” on its forehead!

It turned out to be a little tiger cub.

"Bibei, this is..."

"Mom, I know this is a little tiger. Uncle Emperor said it was only over a month ago and he would marry anyone who raised it. It would not hurt people for the time being."

Beibei picked up a little tiger in the snow. Not long after he left, he found the dying tiger. He was covered in wounds. Zhang Dafang roared to the sky and howled, and died. The little tiger cub looked a little pitiful, so Beibei brought it back.

"This..." Chu Yunning had no experience in raising beasts. She just saw Beibei in anger. She couldn't bear to refuse, so she had to agree: " Raise it for the time being. If you are wild, you have to send it out."

Beibei nodded.

"Follow Bixiu to go back and wash, mom will make breakfast for you." Chu Yunning handed Beibei to Bixiu and turned around to prepare breakfast.

After breakfast, Beibei fell asleep. He was still hugging the sleeping little tiger cub in his arms. Chu Yunning covered him with a quilt, touched his little face and left with a smile.

After going to the main camp, Emperor Mingwen had just discussed the war with a few people. He drank half a cup of strong tea, looked up and saw her coming and put it down immediately.

"You're here."

Chu Yunning nodded: "Your Majesty is planning to take action?"

"The opportunity must not be missed, and it will be the end of the year soon. It is not a solution to delay like this. I plan to go back to Yangcheng tomorrow."

The environment in Yangcheng can be better than the camp, and it can also make the mother and son suffer less. Chu Yunning hesitated for a moment and nodded. After all, if a war really starts, it may affect this side. She doesn't want Beibei to see such a bloody scene.

"Okay, I'll pack up later."

The next morning, the group took a carriage and returned to Yangcheng. Unlike the cold and humid tents, the house became much warmer and various conditions were much more convenient.

"Mom, when can we go back?" Beibei stared at her blankly with his eyes wide open.

Chu Yunning hesitated for a moment, and then Eunuch Mo rushed over: "The deposed prince is making trouble."

If you can find her, it means that the deposed prince is making a big fuss. Chu Yunning said to Beibei: "You are in the house now, can you come back later?"

"good."

After resettling Beibei, Chu Yunning followed Eunuch Mo to the deposed prince. Before he could enter the door, he heard ghosts crying and wolf howling.

"The deposed prince has not stopped since we left Yangcheng. He has been on a hunger strike for three days and is clamoring to leave Yangcheng."

Chu Yunning was puzzled: "Who has anyone been in contact with these days?"

"I have inquired carefully. Apart from the guards who delivered the meals, there are only two old wives left. The daily meals have also been checked, and no one has the chance to contact outsiders."

Hearing this, Chu Yunning probably knew it in his heart, and remembered the lustful nature of the deposed prince. She put on a black veil, pushed open the door and entered the room, and a pungent smell of musty came to her face. Chu Yunning really couldn't figure out how a dignified prince could be so sloppy.

She once again questioned Queen Yunlan's education method and tried to play a good hand of cards. As long as Prince Yunlan doesn't do anything or make trouble, the throne is a foregone conclusion.

"It's useless for anyone to persuade the orphans. Get out!" the deposed prince roared.

Chu Yunning sneered: "Come on, give His Highness the Crown Prince a poisoned wine!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the deposed prince stood up, turned his head and glared at Chu Yunning angrily; "What are you? How dare you teach me a lesson?"

"A mere deposed prince is like a broken dog. How dare you not teach a lesson?" Chu Yunning raised his jaw: "Go and prepare the poisoned wine!"

"You dare!" The deposed prince was angry and angry, rushed to Chu Yunning directly, raised his hand and was about to hit her, but Chu Yunning slapped him very quickly, fast and cruel. The deposed prince was no match for the time being, and he was beaten without any power to fight back. He staggered and sat on the ground, gritting his teeth and staring at her angrily.

Chu Yunning looked at him condescendingly, with a look of contempt: "You open the gate of Yangcheng and surrender without fighting. Emperor Yunlan rewards 10,000 taels of gold to ask for your head and deposed the prince. You won't think you are a noble prince who is respected by others, right?"

The deposed prince was angry and embarrassed: "If you kill the orphan, your mother will not let you go."

"Just, Empress Yunlan is unable to protect herself. The entire family is shamed because of you. No matter how much your father respects your mother, he can't stand the impeachment of all civil and military officials. Now your mother is no longer the empress who is in the world, but just a sinner."

Upon hearing this, the deposed prince suddenly widened his eyes and said incrediblely: "This is absolutely impossible. The father loves his mother so much..."

"Isn't all this caused by your incompetence and stupidity?" Chu Yunning could even imagine Emperor Yunlan's anger and gave him heavy responsibilities, but in the end he was out of reach, losing more than half of Yunlan's troops and suddenly pulled Yunlan's strength.

If Emperor Yunlan hadn't thought about the love between him and the queen, he would have given him a cup of poisoned wine.

The deposed prince gritted his teeth: "I just don't notice being plotted against me for a while. You are the complete villain at the southern end. You are deceived by me, but you are also confined to me. You must use me to get something."

"If you weren't for your courageous and thinking about the beauty in Dongling, you would have been plotted against. How could Yunlan have such a stupid prince like you!"

This is Chu Yunning’s truth.

The deposed prince was scolded and said nothing.

At this time, Eunuch Mo brought a glass of wine, which scared the deposed prince and immediately took two steps back. Chu Yunning sighed, "I originally wanted to use you for something, but unfortunately, when Emperor Yunlan heard that you were in our hands, he still hoped that we would give you a happy life, and he refused to pay a penny. Now you have lost the value of use and will not raise derelict people in the south."

Chu Yunning approached step by step with a wine glass. The deposed prince said unwillingly: "Who said that I have no value for use? If you let me go, I can promise you something."

"Just you?" Eunuch Mo sneered, really looking down on the deposed prince's words and deeds.

The deposed prince watched the poisoned wine get closer and closer to him, and was so scared that he trembled and gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you let me go, I can give you 100,000 taels of gold!"

Chu Yunning stopped and squinted his eyes and deposed the prince: "How do you say this?"

"I'll wait for the orphan to be released..."

"You are mysterious, Lord Chu, don't believe it." said Eunuch Mo.

When he heard about the three of Lord Chu, the deposed prince was inspiration: "You are Chu Yunning?"

Chu Yunning pinched the deposed prince's jaw with one hand: "It's so disappointing to hear my name from your mouth!"

"Wait!" The deposed prince was so scared that he was speechless. He had not lived enough and did not want to die at all. He originally wanted to surrender to the southern terminal, hoping to make a comeback, but who knew that the southern terminal would detain himself directly without martial ethics.

Despicable and shameless!

"The Gu really has 100,000 taels of gold, and it is hidden under a broken temple outside the border. The Gu has set up a trap, and no one can open the door except the Gu."

Chu Yunning picked up his lips: "What is the key?"

"I am not stupid. Once I lose my value in use, I will not spare you easily. Anyway, there is no one around me. If you ask me to leave Yangcheng, I will tell you." said the deposed prince.

Chu Yunning pretended to be contemptuous and hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed, and asked someone to prepare immediately. She pinched the deposed prince's jaw tightly: "If you dare to deceive me, I will sell you to the brothel hall, so that you can taste the prince's taste!"

These words were so scared that the deposed prince swallowed all his dirty words. He looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, and was inexplicably frightened by her.

"I won't...I won't."

Immediately afterwards, Chu Yunning scattered the wine in his hand on the ground in front of the deposed prince, and white smoke was emitting, and it was obvious that it was a real poisonous wine.

"This..." The deposed prince swallowed his throat, regarded Chu Yunning as a demon, and kept retreating.

Leaving from the room, Chu Yunning took out his handkerchief and wiped it with disgust, and his lips curled up: "Look at him, once he gets the gold, he doesn't have to worry about him."

Eunuch Mo was surprised: "Is he really let him go?"

"If you run away, you may not end well. How many people are waiting to kill him? The first one is Princess Yu'an."

As far as she knows, Princess Yu'an is already on the way to arrive.

A few days later, the guards successfully got the gold and threw it directly to the deposed prince a horse, leaving nothing to the rest.

The deposed prince was so angry that he cursed, rode on the horse and ran in a certain direction.

...

"Princess, there is news of the deposed prince."

The guard handed a letter to Princess Yu'an, with a direction marked on it, and the signature was in the character Chu.

Princess Yu'an guessed that it was Chu Yunning's letter to her, so she immediately rushed to the direction of the ruined temple and searched along the horse's hooves all the way around.
To be continued...