"Well, Gu will definitely come back as soon as possible." He will definitely try his best to teach Beiting a profound lesson, and then return in triumph to give her a big hug and take his little girl home.

After appeasing the little girl, Yan Huai began to prepare for the expedition. Yuan Yuan followed him like a little tail, not disturbing him and simply following.

Soon, in a few days, the news that Yanhuai was about to go on an expedition spread throughout the harem of the former dynasty. When Yibin learned the news, she had a plan in her mind, and hurriedly brought the fifth princess to the door, but she was surprised.

He was stopped outside the East Palace.

"Ms. Yibin, Your Highness has an order that no unrelated persons are allowed to visit during these days. Please come back another day." The guard stopped Yibin mercilessly and conveyed Yanhuai's order sternly.

Yibin was not stupid enough to go to Yanhuai directly. The person she wanted to visit was naturally Yuan Yuan, and the reason was that the fifth princess missed the emperor's wife.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is busy with official duties. I am not here to disturb His Highness. The Fifth Princess has not seen the Crown Princess for quite some time. She keeps talking about wanting to see the Crown Princess every day. This is why I came to disturb you. I would like to bother you, Sir.

Please tell the princess."

Yan Liuli also uttered childlike words about "the emperor's sister-in-law" and "want to play with the emperor's sister-in-law" at the right time, making Yibin's words sound a little more credible.

Qing Yi happened to pass by the palace gate and walked out after hearing Yi Bi's voice, "I have met Yi Bi and the fifth princess."

"Miss Tsing Yi, could you please let me take the fifth princess to see the Crown Princess? I haven't seen the Crown Princess for a long time, and the fifth princess is clamoring to see the emperor's sister-in-law." Due to Qing Yi's status in front of Yanhuai and Yuan Yuan, Yibin has been

He treated her with great courtesy and did not dare to offend her easily.

"Ms. Yibin, what a coincidence. Your Highness was invited by Miss Zhou from the Qing family of Dali Temple to go to the Zhou family for a banquet. I'm afraid I won't have time to see the fifth princess today." Qing Yi smiled softly at Yibin, with a smile on her face.

With some apologies.

Now that the words were said, whether they were true or false, Yi Bi couldn't bother her anymore. She could only give a regretful expression, and then said that she would come back to Yuan Yuan next time, and left with the somewhat noisy Fifth Princess.

Qing Yi did not deliberately deceive Yi Bin. Yuan Yuan was indeed not in the East Palace. She accompanied Yan Huai out of the palace to the camp in the suburbs of Beijing. This time, Zhou Xiaoxue and her brother Zhou Mingchen were also accompanied.

Yan Huai originally wanted to select twelve soldiers with good martial arts skills from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to go with him to the border fortress. In fact, after the news that he was going to guard the border came out, there were also many children from aristocratic families who volunteered to accompany him.

, all of them were rejected by Yanhuai. He was going to battle to kill the enemy, and he had no time to take the children of the aristocratic family for sightseeing.

As for agreeing to go with Zhou Mingchen, apart from the fact that Zhou Xiaoxue is Yuan's friend, the most important reason is because of Zhou Mingchen's own talents and martial arts. The fact that the little Zhou family has such top-notch descendants makes Yan Huai a little bit agitated.

Accident.

Yan Huai took Zhou Mingchen to discuss the possible ambush on the way to the frontier fortress with the twelve accompanying soldiers in the tent, while Yuan Yuan and Zhou Xiaoxue watched the horses at the stables.

"Your Highness, do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and my eldest brother will be in danger while guarding the border?" Zhou Xiaoxue asked Yuan Yuan worriedly.

When she learned that her eldest brother was going to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to guard the border, her parents were worried. The journey was dangerous and unpredictable. However, her eldest brother made the decision on his own without consulting his parents in advance. If he went back on it, he would be cheating, which made him angry.

Her father whipped her eldest brother that night. She could do nothing but comfort her parents and make them believe that her eldest brother would be able to protect her.

"I don't know. Yan Shenzhi said he would protect himself from getting hurt. I know he lied to me. My grandfather was injured despite being so powerful. Yan Shenzhi has never been on the battlefield, how could he not be injured?"

In response to my friend's inquiry, I couldn't help but confide my worries to her.

"Your Highness, you said it would be great if there was no need to fight, so that no one would get hurt." The immature girls learned about the endless pain that war brings to people from a few words in books, and they became more and more resistant to war, but they

I also understand in my heart that without the bloodshed and sacrifice of their ancestors, there would be no peace for them today.

"Xiao Xue, we have to believe in Yan Shenzhi and your eldest brother. We believe that they can definitely defeat the bad guys and beat them to pieces. They will never dare to bully us again!" Xu Shi followed Yan Huai to the martial arts training ground for many days to watch him and Zhui Feng practice martial arts.

, Yuan Yuan has a little more confidence in Yan Huai. She believes that Yan Shenzhi will be able to defeat those bad guys and return safely.

Zhou Xiaoxue also thought of her eldest brother's obsession and love for riding and shooting. She had also seen her eldest brother compete with others. Those showy tricks were no match for her eldest brother! Yes, she believed in him!

"What His Highness said is that His Highness the Crown Prince can definitely lead my eldest brother and the others to beat Beiting until they no longer dare to bully us easily!"

The two little girls cheered each other up and comforted each other, which made the originally depressed atmosphere start to liven up. Zhou Xiaoxue began to ask her what items or food she had prepared for Yanhuai who was about to leave.

"Ah? Do you still need to prepare something?" Yuan Yuan is a careless person. He has been hanging around Yanhuai these days and has never thought about giving Yanhuai any parting gifts for him to take away. Now I hear Zhou Xiaoxue say this

When he said it, she was a little surprised for a moment.

Zhou Xiaoxue seemed to be able to understand the reason for her surprise. After all, she was as noble as a princess and had everything she wanted given to her. She didn't expect it to be normal.

"It's okay, Your Highness. I haven't prepared any gifts for my eldest brother yet. My mother embroidered a safety bag for my eldest brother. It's too difficult and I don't know how to do it." When it came to giving away gifts, Zhou Xiaoxue was also very worried. She thought about it yesterday.

I didn't have a clue for a long time.

Yuan Yuan also frowned and thought hard. She must give Yan Shenzhi a special gift, preferably one that could protect him.

Before the two little girls could figure out what was going on, Xiao Dezi came to look for them, "Your Highness, Miss Zhou, Your Highness has finished discussing the matter with Young Master Zhou. It's time for us to go back."

Yuan Yuan and Zhou Xiaoxue looked at each other and tacitly agreed not to talk about the matter anymore, deciding to secretly prepare a farewell gift.

Three days later, Yan Huai led an elite team to guard the border under the farewell of Emperor Yan and hundreds of officials. After mounting his horse, he couldn't help but look back at the little girl who had already burst into tears, and then cruelly rode away.

Yuan Yuan looked at Yan Huai's retreating back with tears in his eyes, thinking of the little cloth rabbit and itching powder that she secretly stuffed into his luggage, hoping that Yan Shenzhi would discover that they were gifts she gave him.

"Your Highness, let's go back. Tomorrow the Duke will arrive in Yanjing. It's time for us to go back to the East Palace to clean up our affairs." After speaking, Qing Yi gently wiped the tears on her face and then led her towards the East Palace.
Chapter completed!