Chapter 191 Uneasy
"But Changle is not in the palace, let's find an excuse!" Empress Changsun was in a dilemma. Her daughter's reputation was very important. "And if there are so many children, it will be difficult to deal with in the future." Empress Changsun can treat the children born to the concubines in the harem on the surface, but only Empress Changsun himself knows behind the scenes. So even if the concubines are jealous of Empress Changsun, there is no reason to compete with Empress Changsun.
"That's not simple, just say Changle and Chengqian go to pray for their father together!" Li Er replied. Changle was his beloved daughter, and he did not allow a daughter to be a little wrong.
"Hey, now other older children will think that my legitimate mother is biased." Empress Changsun seemed to be complaining. After all, Li Er has more than a dozen wives and many children behind him, and the relationship is complicated.
These children all grew up in the palace and wanted to go out for a walk. Chengqian and Changle both went out. Even if they didn't say it on the surface, they would whisper in their hearts.
Li Er hugged Empress Changsun and said, "You have done a very good job. If anyone says yours is not, I will definitely not let them go."
"Second brother... put me down quickly!" Queen Changsun said in surprise.
"I won't let it go..." Li Er** said, and soon after, a sound of blushing sound came out...
Changsun received Li Er's reply from here, allowing Princess Changle and Yi Niang to stay here, and now he can rest assured.
Princess Changle and Yi Niang became even more excited when she learned that His Majesty and Empress Changsun agreed. In addition, she didn't need to walk and was sitting in the carriage, serving delicious food and drinks, so she was even more happy.
Seeing Princess Changle's cheerful smile, Changsun Chong suddenly thought that this time he came, in addition to completing the character of His Majesty's explanation, there was another important thing, which was to retrieve Liu Muxiang!
If Liu Muxiang saw Princess Changle, she would not agree to go back with him, and she would have a headache. She was just trying not to disappoint Princess Changle, but forgot about Liu Muxiang's life. She would have known that she would have spared no effort to persuade Li Er to let Princess Changle and Yi Niang go back last night.
But it’s too late now, so I can only bite the bullet and stop the soldiers and generals, and cover the water and soil, so adapt to the situation!
With Princess Changle and Yi Niang, Li Yexu has been following Changsun Chong, fighting with Yi Niang and making fun of him. He was very happy along the way and didn't feel dull. However, although Changsun Chong smiled on the surface, he was very nervous in his heart.
Before we knew it, we almost arrived at the destination. Changsun Chong and others sat in the carriage, and their bones were almost disintegrating. We passed by some villages along the way. Although there were very few people, everyone had seeds and various promises from Li Er. Many people could not understand the official documents, so Li Er instructed the following orders to order people to convey them to the village.
Li Er even spent a lot of money to let the censor come out for inspection. Once officials who disregard the imperial edicts appeared, they would be brought to justice.
Along the way, Changsun Chong was constantly promoting the court's policies and gaining recognition from the people.
The reason why the people are so easy to appease is that Li Er's reputation among the people is very famous. Whether it was the previous conquering the country or the current suppression of the Turks, he made great contributions. He believed that Li Er was a wise and simple emperor, willing to follow this emperor, hoping that he would bring good life to the people.
Liu Mulan and Liu Muxiang also had good rice seeds from the court. Although they didn't believe it, they couldn't bear to eat them when they saw the seeds with granules and threw them out and evenly produced a mu of land for specializing in rice cultivation.
"Brother, plus the five acres of dry land we bought yesterday, we now have a total of twenty-five acres of land. Planted in spring and harvested in autumn." Liu Muxiang worked with her brother and hired a long-term worker.
"Well, yes, little sister, I want to hire another long-term worker. You know, my legs can't be strong. You are a girl's house and you can't be sunbathed in the sun all the time. If you are in the future, it will be difficult to find a family in the future. When the spring plowing passes, I will learn to read and start a school. As for you, you can also teach them how to make some money and can afford long-term worker." Liu Mulan worked hard and was sweating profusely. He had already confirmed that his legs were not suitable for farm work these days.
When Liu Muxiang heard his brother say he wanted to find his husband's house, he thought of Changsun Chong. The man had forgotten her now! Although he felt very sorry, he should not regret it after making a choice. Liu Muxiang persuaded herself more than once, but her longing was like a flood, constantly rushing in front of her.
Liu Mulan looked up and saw Liu Muxiang slightly stunned. She guessed that her sister had not forgotten Changsun Chong. Is it right or wrong to take her sister away from her like this?
Feeling that his brother was looking at her, Liu Muxiang smiled and said, "Of course, it's OK. Learning kung fu can strengthen the body. It's also very useful when reading and literacy. We charge very little, and I believe someone will come to learn."
Liu Muxiang lowered her head, and her sister was forcing her to smile. If her sister had not forgotten Changsun Chong in another half a year, then he would send her sister back. Although her sister came back with him, her heart was on Changsun Chong.
After working for a day of farm work, Liu Muxiang and Liu Mulan came back from the field and heard that there were many people crying in the village. They didn't know what was going on, so they entered a family at the entrance of the village. The yard was covered with mess and asked, "Aunt Hua, what's wrong?"
"Those bandits who killed thousands of swords came to the village and injured my old man and stole my daughter! I can't live this day!" Aunt Hua cried loudly. The fields in the fields had already been plowed, so she wanted to go home early. Unexpectedly, she saw a group of dozens of bandits who had just left, and had just left, many big girls hunched on the horse's back. She hurried home. Seeing the mess at home, she knew something bad.
"How long have those people been gone?" asked Liu Muxiang.
"It's been half an hour!" Aunt Hua said and cried, not letting people live!
"Then do you know where these people are going?" Liu Muxiang asked. From time to time, if you follow me, you may be able to catch up.
"Let's go south from the east of the village and run to the direction of the Evil Ghost Valley!"
"Brother, you bandage Uncle Hua and I'll go and see what's going on?" After Liu Muxiang said that, she hurried home and rode a horse.
"Be careful!" Liu Mulan said worriedly.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Liu Muxiang said loudly. There were more than one hundred people who died in her hands. Thousands of troops could fight in and out, and come back alive, let alone these bandits.
When I entered the yard, I saw that the house was messy and was chaotic. Fortunately, the money at home was buried in the soil by willow wood fragrance and placed under the stone mill, so it was not taken away.
Liu Muxiang rode a horse, holding a retractable sharp iron spear, and followed the direction provided by Aunt Hua.
There were horseshoe marks on the ground, and Liu Muxiang followed the horseshoe marks and chased forward. He actually saw an embroidered shoe and continued to chase out in this direction. When he entered the valley, he was covered with gravel stones. After leaving the valley, he had completely disappeared.
Liu Muxiang walked back and forth in the valley twice, but did not find any other roads. She looked up and looked at the sky. It was about to get dark and had to go back. After all, she couldn't see the road clearly at night, and she was not familiar with the terrain here, so she could only go back and ask the people in the village to see what the mystery of the valley was.
When she arrived at the village, it was already dark, but Liumuxiang found that there were many torches and tents not far from the outside of the village. Based on her experience of being in the military camp for a year, it can be seen that these tents belong to the army.
It turned out that Cheng Chumo, Duan Guan, and Fang Yiai divided their troops into three groups to sweep the passing mountain. Li Yexu personally led a thousand people to follow Changsun Chong.
Although Princess Changle and Yi Niang felt very tired of traveling, they saw a lot of interesting things along the way and liked them very much. They often sneaked into the woods to pick wild flowers and mushrooms.
Changsun Chong advised them several times not to run around, but they felt that there were so many people behind them, so they didn't care at all. Changsun Chong had to send many people to follow them to protect their safety.
"Uncle, there is a valley in front of it, called Evil Ghost Valley. It is often haunted, and there are bandits. It often robs of passing merchants. This is a valley of more than ten miles, with high sides and low in the middle, which is especially suitable for ambushing, so we should be more careful when passing by. It is heard that there are bandits on it!" Li Yexu held the map and was very anxious. He only had a thousand soldiers, worried that he could not protect their safety.
"It's getting late now, so let's settle down in the nearby villages and wait for you to find out the terrain here and let's go before we go?" Changsun Chong suggested that promoting cotton and rice is very important, but not everyone's life is important.
In this way, the group settled in Daliu Village, waiting for the army to find out the situation and set off. Anyway, it was still time.
Liu Muxiang was surprised. The army had arrived at the person who had just lost this morning. So fast?
Liu Muxiang rode a horse and passed by the tent near the camp. She was stopped and asked, "Who is here?"
There was a reason for the soldiers to stop Liu Muxiang. They looked down on others when they were dark and rode on horseback. Thinking that when they first arrived in the village, the village was robbed, they became more careful.
"I'm Xia Liu Muxiang, it's the village of this village. In the morning, our village was robbed by bandits. I went to pursue it, but I knew nothing. It was dark and I had to leave. I also asked my elder brother to make some convenience and let me enter the village." Liu Muxiang dismounted and clasped her fists, which was so refreshing.
When the soldier saw that Liu Muxiang was reasonable and felt relieved, he said, "The village was hit by bandits and is very scared now, so we cannot let you in. Tell you who are in your family. I will ask someone to help you pass the message, let your family pick you up or let someone you know pick you up."
"Mu Xiang, have you found Xiaomei?" Aunt Hua came out and looked at the movement outside, then saw Liu Muxiang.
Chapter completed!