Volume 1: Huatangchun Chapter 78: This princess is not simple
It was already the moon on the sky, Zeng Qidao and Xie Zhi went straight to Chunyue Inn. When knocking on the inn gate, the shopkeeper was surprised first and then enthusiastically greeted him: "How can the eldest son have time to come? Xiao Sun, make a pot of good tea!"
Xie Zhi is probably known to everyone in Beisuzhou.
Xie Zhi waved his hand: "The shopkeeper doesn't have to worry. Which room do the four young men who come to stay in the hotel during the day?"
The shopkeeper immediately thought: "Today? Four young men?" He suddenly remembered something: "The eldest son is talking about a group of four people, three of whom have pretty faces? I just say that these are definitely not ordinary young men, and their whole body is so arrogant."
"Which room is staying?" Zeng Qidao couldn't wait to interrupt the shopkeeper's words.
"Oh, the innermost room on the back hall is the best room, two rooms are open." The shopkeeper pointed to the upper room on the back hall.
Zeng Qidao strode forward and headed straight to the back hall. Xie Zhi followed closely. The shopkeeper didn't understand his intentions and dared not say much. He could only guess whether the person who lived in the upper room in the back hall was lucky or a disaster.
Qingxi and Yueying just finished combing. When Qingxi heard the knock on the door, she felt a stir in her heart.
"Is there anything wrong with Brother Zhao?" Yueying underestimated all the way and went to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, he looked at Zeng Qidao standing straight in front of the door, and his eyes were full of incredibleness, Yueying grabbed his arm happily: "Young Master Zeng! It's really you!" He turned around and shouted at Qingxi: "Girl, look, it's really Young Master Zeng here!"
After swaying halfway, Zeng Qidao walked over to Qingxi with a smile. He also stepped forward, stared at him, looked up and down, as if he didn't believe it. His eyes were just like in a dream, and she wanted to look at him a few more, but she was afraid that she would disappear after a few more.
She has not changed, but her face is still as beautiful and elegant as she has seen her dreams many times, which makes him feel rippling; but she has changed a lot, making him feel that she has never really known her.
Yueying burst out laughing: "Young Master Zeng doesn't know the girl and me!"
Qingxi smiled and said, "Brother Zeng, don't be safe, it's not easy to see you!"
Zeng Qidao stared at her, and when he heard the long-lost voice, his face immediately became urgent: "It's really you? Why are you here? Why don't you have any news? Why don't you go to the General's Mansion to find His Highness directly?"
At this time, Zhao Xin next door had heard the movement and rushed over. Seeing Zeng Qidao and Xie Zhi standing by the door, he felt relieved. He saluted the two of them.
"Which one should you answer first?" Qingxi said while signaling everyone to enter the room. Yueying carefully closed the door.
Although Xie Zhi was sure, it was confirmed that the person in front of him was Princess Heng. Thinking about the whole story today, there was still some turmoil in his heart. Without time to think about it, he went forward to salute: "Xie Zhi, a grass man, paid a visit to Princess Heng. He had offended him before, so I hope the princess will forgive him."
"Young Master Xie doesn't need so much polite at this moment. Besides, if it weren't for Young Master Xie, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen Brother Zeng at this moment." Qingxi raised his eyebrows, glanced at him and smiled.
The storm that had just suppressed Xie Zhi's heart was rising again. She calculated that he would bring Zeng Qidao here! Looking at His Highness Heng's command as determined as his spirit these days, it turned out that Princess Heng was not an ordinary lady in the boudoir.
He looked at Zeng Qien beside him, and naturally he knew that the princess had a close relationship with him.
The three of them sat around the table. After Yueying served tea, she stood behind Qingxi with Zhao Xin.
Qingxi spoke softly: "I wonder if it is convenient to speak here?"
"Prince, please rest assured. I am aware of the owner of this inn and reliable. There are only these two rooms in this top-notch guest room." Xie Zhi understood Qingxi's worries.
Qingxi nodded understandingly and said softly, "I came for his injury!" She turned the tea cover. In fact, she didn't need to know the answer, but she still wanted to hear that he was safe and sound with her own ears.
"Your Highness? Are you saying you are here for your arrow injury?" Zeng Qidao thought that there was something important or that Qingxi would bring important news, but it turned out that it was just for his injury.
He knew the distance and hardship of the journey. There were even fine marks left by the wind and sand on her forehead, but when she came, she was just for his wounds. He was a little dazed, as if he understood what she had changed. Qingxi in front of him might no longer be the younger sister of the Ling family who grew up with him, and her heart was no longer high.
He smiled unconsciously, with a little bitterness, which should be like this. From the time she nodded and was willing to marry into the Heng Palace, he should know that this should be like this. But the tea swaying in the cup was as good as his state of mind, and he could not be calm and without traces.
"Your Highness's arrow injury is no longer a risk of life, so the princess can rest assured." Xie Zhi touched, and also pulled Zeng Qidao's thoughts back.
"Yes, Your Highness has nothing to do, you don't need to worry." He repeated.
Qingxi frowned, but the concern in his tone did not diminish: "His right shoulder was already injured! What was going on? When I left Beijing, I only knew that he was poisoned by an arrow. If it were not a problem, how could he hear that he had not shown up for many days?"
Zeng Qidao roughly talked about the injury of Xiao Yizheng. "It was indeed dangerous at that time, but Your Highness survived." He silent for a while and added: "Your Highness said that he would be fine, and he would go back to see you."
Qingxi was slightly stunned and then smiled embarrassedly.
Xie Zhi spoke and added: "The poison in His Highness is the unique Qi Killing in the Western Regions. Suddenly, his daughter quenched this poison on the arrow. I believe that at this moment, she also felt that Your Highness had no chance of survival. She did not expect that Your Highness had taken Qingning Pills specially made by the boss Bai Dajia to restrain the poison and give us time to detoxify Your Highness. However, even though Your Highness passed this level, he had to rest in peace and recuperate slowly, so he did not show up for many days and was nourishing his body."
Qingxi nodded, "There is also a lot of trouble for Mr. Xie to detoxify him." She sincerely thanked him.
"I dare not, the people should fulfill their responsibilities." Xie Zhi smiled faintly.
"But, is that just that?" Qingxi's tone suddenly rose.
Xie Zhi's smile had not completely dissipated, and he was shocked again. This princess is not simple.
Zeng Qidao never thought that he would not hide anything from her, so he naturally responded: "There is another reason why His Highness did not show up, and he suddenly became paralyzed. It made Danda people feel that the Northwest Army had lost His Highness, and thus he was indifferent to the enemy."
"Then, the Danda Army clamored outside the North City Gate every day, but the Northwest Army did not go to fight, is that the strategy of exhaustion?"
Zeng Qidao was not surprised that she could see the Northwest Army's strategy to this level. You should know that there are many military books in the Lingfu study, and Qingxi was also familiar with it. "That's it."
Xie Zhi raised his eyes and looked at Qingxi deeply. When he remembered that when Xiao Yizheng talked to him about his princess, he used a word: Bufan. At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of this word.
Zeng Qidao then asked: "How come you are the only ones coming? It's so dangerous? Do you know that the palace? The shopkeeper said there were four people?"
"It is inappropriate for me to leave Shangdu privately. Of course, it is better to be more secretive. How can we still be able to travel with our might? I declared to go to the temple to fast and pray for blessings, and came secretly. Only my brother knew when I left, and my parents should know it at this moment. It is not dangerous, so naturally I am tired." Qingxi said calmly, the wind and frost that had been going through day and night was not traced in her words. She briefly said about Li Han.
"Li Zhi is also with you to make trouble!" Zeng Qidao was slightly angry, "What if there is any mistake!"
"Okay, isn't it nothing!" Qingxi turned to Xie Zhi and smiled, "Don't let Mr. Xie see the joke. Your Major General Zeng has treated me as the porcelain bottle and crisp tiles since he was a child, and he can't touch it!"
Zeng Qidao heard her say this, a hint of comfort flashed through his heart, but his face showed a little embarrassment.
"Where, where, the safety of the princess is important! The princess doesn't need to say the name of the young master. If you don't dislike it, just call me Lao Xie like Your Highness!"
"Old Xie?" Qingxi couldn't understand, "How to use the old-fashioned characters? The young master's age seems to be almost the same as Brother Zeng, right?"
"He is so old!" Zeng Qidao said anxiously: "Don't interrupt first. Heng'er, since you are here for Your Highness's injury, why don't you go directly to Your Highness and go around in such a big circle."
"I think the princess must not want your highness to know that you are here in Beisu!" Xie Zhi looked at Yun Wan with a smile, and his heart was already looking at the princess in front of him.
Qingxi nodded slightly: "I think this is the most important moment of the war. Speaking of which, I have nothing to do. Even if I can't help, I can't give him any help, and I can't cause trouble for you."
"Why are you in trouble?" In any case, Zeng Qien still felt sorry for her from the bottom of his heart.
"I was originally planning to ask you about the situation. If he had nothing to do, I could return to Shangdu immediately with peace of mind."
Zeng Qidao nodded, "But since we are here, let's see Your Highness?" He paused and said seriously again: "He never leaves your embroidered purse. Even when we went to Guipingguo to fight with the Danda Army, he was always carrying it with us, and he was cautiously afraid of being stained with blood."
Qingxi's face was hot and his eyes were slightly lowered. "I can't really imagine how he was killing."
Everyone looked at her graceful look, but what they said was a murder, and they felt that they didn't know how to answer this for a while.
"Restoring?" She murmured to herself and practiced a few more words: "This Danda Army is right outside the city gate, how could he rest?"
Zeng Qidao sighed: "Yes. I originally planned to choose the opportunity to fight with Hurle, completely defeat him, and make a lasting mistake. But last night when I led the team to cut off the food route behind his general, I found that their troops were showing signs of retreating."
"Retreat?" Qingxi frowned. "Why?"
This is the latest situation that even Xie Zhi has not heard of, so he also looked at Zeng Qidao inquiry.
"Your Highness, Father and other uncles and uncles all think that maybe suddenly he sees our intention. If he stays outside the city for a long time and our army does not go to fight, he is in vain. The supply of the army will be a big problem and he will not last long. If he still has a front line to fight, he will return to Pingguo."
"But hasn't the problem of Guipingguo been solved?" Qingxi asked.
Zeng Qidao nodded. "Yes, but if he suddenly wanted to fight with the Northwest Army, he might turn around and attack Guiping first, even if the loss was too great. Originally, he would not do this, and he would definitely be afraid that if he did this, if Dacheng sent troops, he would be attacked from both sides. But now he thinks that something happened to His Highness and there is something inside the Northwest Army, so I wonder if he would take the risk." He said angrily: "That is, Qiqina's arrow made the matter worse. Originally, when he came back from Guiping, his Highness planned to send some troops to Guiping first, but he was unconscious for a few days, and suddenly he came so quickly that the matter was delayed. Now only the twenty brothers from the Tianlang Camp are still in Guiping."
Qingxi was silent, as if he was thinking about something.
"However, this is just a guess. When the two armies fight, the situation changes rapidly, but no matter what, we still have an absolute advantage. We just think about how to win at the minimum cost of damage."
"The smallest damage cost?" Qingxi whispered: "Even his life is almost in."
Chapter completed!