The fifth day of March.

On this day, Xue Zhaoyi of the State of Wu quietly left the palace of the State of Wu with only five followers.

The carriage drove out of Dongxu City and stopped beside the official road two miles outside Dongxu City.

Xue Susu got off the carriage.

She looked at the towering city wall in the distance, with a touch of nostalgia and a touch of sadness in her eyes.

After all, this is where she has lived for thirty-nine years!

When she came here she was still an innocent and lively girl, but when she left she had a few strands of silver in her black hair.

When he came, the emperor was indeed able to urinate three feet in the wind, but when he left... the emperor secretly peed last night, but it was only three feet!

Time is a thing that makes everyone grow older without leaving any trace.

She withdrew her gaze and landed on a peach tree beside the official road.

The peach blossoms are blooming again.

Peach blossoms bloom every year. People only see the beauty of the flowers, but no one notices the signs of withering on the bark of the peach trees.

It will die sooner or later.

The same goes for people.

I originally thought that I would die in that Yixing Palace sometime in the future, but now I had to change my mind.

Because of the words of the owner of the garden.

Also because of those words of Xia Guogong!

It is not a pity to die myself, but we cannot let our son die!

We can't let our sons die all over the house!

Some things must be done, and some people have no choice but to give up!

"Goodbye, Your Majesty!"

She took another deep look at the city wall, turned around and came to the carriage.

The driver was an old man wearing black clothes and a bamboo hat.

"Mother, it's time to go."

"...let's go!"

She got into the carriage.

The old man waved the riding whip in his hand, and the three carriages rolled away.

Not long after the carriage left, two more carriages came to the place.

An old man got out of one of the carriages.

He was holding a birdcage in his hand, and in the birdcage was a very beautiful thrush.

He is Xia Mochou, Duke of Xia!

He looked at the disappearing carriage in the distance and suddenly grinned: "Chu Tianji is driving! He is really Xue Zhaoyi's man!"

A woman's voice came from another carriage: "Do you believe what I say now?"

"Chu Tianji's surname is Chu!"

"He is originally from Nanchu!"

"Still a member of the Nanchu royal family!"

"Xue Manzi dared to marry his daughter to Emperor Wu. Firstly, of course he wanted peace for Southern Chu. Secondly... of course the Emperor of Southern Chu hoped that the future king of Wu would be Xue Susu's son!"

"In this way, the two countries can have good relations, and Nanchu can truly sit back and relax!"

"Then Prince Ping Wu Hui, if he becomes the emperor of the Wu Kingdom, it will be a great good thing for the male Chu, and for your Xia Guogong Palace..."

"You are already old. Even if you sent Xia Li to Xia Yuanzhou and became the general of Zhenbei, do you think that after you and Emperor Wu are dead and Prince Wu Qian ascends the throne as emperor, the Duke of Xia will let you go?"

"Don't forget, Xia Hua likes Li Chenan! And Wu Qian regards Li Chenan as his lifelong enemy!"

Xia Guogong pondered for three breaths and asked: "You have kept a low profile for more than twenty years. In my memory, you have always been a person who does not care about worldly affairs but only cares about money."

"I don't understand why you suddenly became interested in Li Chen! Aren't you worried that Emperor Wu will find out and burn down your Guiyuan and Lita?"

The woman in the carriage is Lu Ruyi, the returned owner!

Duke Xia Guo didn't see the joy on her face:

"There is no need for me to talk to you about the future king of Wu State."

"But after much thought, I still have to tell you."

"Li Chenan, he is my son!"

"Xia Hua... is one of my future daughters-in-law!"

Duke Xia's eyes suddenly widened. He looked at the hanging curtain of the carriage, and after a moment he suddenly laughed:

"I see!"

"Then you won't be able to yell at me anymore!"

"Xia Hua is my granddaughter! When you see me in the future, please greet me..."

"Stop it!"

Lu Ruyi opened the car curtain, "Get in the car, aren't we getting married yet? Let's do business first!"

"……good!"

The two carriages did not go to Return to the Garden, but headed towards the shore of Xiangsi Lake.

There is an Acacia Residence by the Acacia Lake.

There is Li Xiangsi in Acacia Curia.

In addition to Li Xiangsi, there are four other people here today.

Four old people!

They are:

Dongfang Hong, the master of Songshan Sword Academy.

Lu Chuqi, the master of Mushan Knife Mountain.

Wu Wen, the former master of Tianyin Pavilion.

Another one is Zheng Qiuchen in the front yard of Bailu Academy!

I won’t eat pickled vegetables and simmered deer antler today.

What we ate was a pot of dog meat stewed by Lu Chuqi himself!

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On the evening of the fifth day of March, Wu Qian, the crown prince of Wu Kingdom, went to Xingyun Pavilion.

Emperor Wu was sitting in front of a stone table under a peach tree, holding a cup of tea and looking at the peach blossoms on the tree.

Zhang Jingzhong, the eunuch in charge of the palace, stood respectfully beside Emperor Wu and was talking to Emperor Wu:

"...there are 10,000 people in the Divine Guard Army, led by Yuan Su himself. They got rid of the Divine Eagle Army, and now I am afraid they have entered the Jianshan Mountains."

"in addition……"

Zhang Jingzhong turned around and saw Wu Qian walking in. He closed his mouth and said nothing more.

Emperor Wu frowned slightly, took a sip of tea, and looked up at Wu Qian with a smile on his face.

"Father... I have come to pay my respects to my father!"

Wu Qian lifted his clothes and knelt down.

Emperor Wu put down the tea cup and said calmly: "Get up."

"Thank you, Father!"

Wu Qian stood up, bowed and stood on the other side. He was about to say something, but unexpectedly Wu Di glanced at Zhang Jingzhong again, "Go on!"

"Old slave obeys the order."

"The forces entering our Wu Kingdom from the Ning Kingdom are somewhat complicated."

"In addition to the Divine Guards coming from Xiayuanzhou blatantly... there is also the 500 Xuanjia Battalion that became famous in the battle at Wushanyuan in Ningguo!"

"This Xuanjia Camp, from the news coming from the main room of the Jishu Room, it seems that it was indeed secretly established by Sun Jinghong, the former chief minister of Ningguo Imperial City."

"When Li Chen'an became the deputy of the Imperial City Department, Changsun Jinghong handed over the Xuanjia Camp to Li Chenan... Therefore, the Xuanjia Camp is Li Chenan's true confidant!"

"The other is the three thousand wind-controlling guards that the Imperial City Division has always had."
To be continued...