Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xu Yixing also felt that it was very boring, so he just kept looking outside. Suddenly, his eyes passed through the guards and fell on a person kneeling on the side of the road. His heart skipped a beat. Isn't this Ying Wu? Why is he with the courtesan again?

In fact, the tent was so deep that she couldn't see the face of the man kneeling on the side of the road outside, but she was very familiar with Ying Wu's figure. It seemed that he didn't run far after escaping that day, and was still thinking of finding an opportunity to get close to her.

Fortunately, the carriage was moving fast, and Xu Yixing did not stare at the figure, so Ah Er did not notice anything unusual. The carriage drove all the way into the Miaozhou Armaments Field, and then stopped. Someone outside the carriage lifted the curtain and helped Xu Yixing get off the carriage.

Looking far into the distance, the armament field was filled with ant-like little men wearing armor and holding spears and shields. These were the border troops of Daxia.

It turned out that Lu Anyuan came directly to review the troops today, no wonder he didn't go up the tower at the city wall just now. Before Xu Yixing could take a closer look, the guide had already sent him to the emperor. The emperor and empress went to the Temple of Heaven hand in hand, which was quite heroic.

"The garrison troops under Miaozhou respectfully welcome His Majesty. Long live the emperor, and a thousand years of live the empress!" Since the generals and provincial governors took the lead in the salute, the ground of the entire military training ground was shaking with the sound of congratulations.

Xu Yixing had never seen so many soldiers before. Even though she knew that there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border, she only realized what a mighty army was when she saw it today. You can imagine how shocked she was. When she was in the capital, everyone said that her father was domineering and arrogant, but now she finally understood where this confidence came from. If she could also lead these hundreds of thousands of soldiers, she would probably be three times more arrogant than her father.

You know, when she was in the capital, the most troops she had ever seen were the 50,000 Dragon Guards who escorted the eldest prince to war. But the capital was small, and even when they went to war, they would line up in several teams and slowly leave the city. How could it compare to the spread out and flattened posture like today, which was really a majestic scene of a mountain of soldiers and a sea of ​​generals.

The envy in their eyes was soon noticed by Lu Anyuan, who said proudly, "Stand up!", and all the generals stood up in unison, which shocked Xu Yixing again. It turned out that Lu Anyuan was so imposing in front of his subjects, and it was no wonder that he was able to intimidate those princes to ascend the throne smoothly, and dared to leave the capital to lead the army in person less than a year after ascending the throne.

The process of the military parade was very simple, it was nothing more than a symbolic look at the military appearance and a few words of encouragement. When Lu Anyuan was a prince, he had come to the northern border to entertain the troops once. Now that he was the emperor, he was naturally more adept at it. In just half a day, the ceremony at the armament field was over.

The emperor returned to the palace and went to the place that had been prepared long ago, which was the former governor's mansion where Xu Yixing had been staying for a few days. The banquet in the front hall was supposed to be attended by the queen, but Lu Anyuan did not let Xu Yixing go. In theory, it was because the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, but Xu Yixing always felt that he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to get in touch with some of his father's old subordinates to seek changes, or he was just being more direct and did not want those men to look at him.

She was naturally happy to be free since she wasn't going to the banquet. She stayed in the Orchid Garden and looked at the gifts sent by the ministers and generals. Although it was boring, it was enough to kill time.

It was not until it was getting dark that he saw Lu Anyuan coming towards his room, seemingly smelling a little drunk.

"Why is it over so early?" Xu Yixing stood up to greet him, just like a real imperial couple, with full courtesy but no warmth. This really made Lu Anyuan very dissatisfied, and he frowned and sat in a seat farther away from her.

"You once said that such a banquet would be nothing but drinking and singing hymns. How long can it last?"

"Haha, what are your plans next? Winter is coming, and we can't start a war in winter, right? If we delay until next spring, then you've been away from Beijing for so long, aren't you afraid of changes in Beijing?"

Lu Anyuan seemed to be smiling. He did have his own purpose for coming out this time, but he didn't want to tell her at the moment. "Why, have you found out when I will go to the battlefield so that you can escape first? Or are you just hoping that I will die on the battlefield so that you can go there freely?"

Xu Yixing felt an inexplicable fire in her heart when she heard him speak so unbearably, and there was also an inexplicable dull pain, which made her very uncomfortable. She forced herself to suppress her feelings, and then sat down next to him, with tenderness in her eyes. "Look at what you said, if you die, who will protect the people of Daxia? You are the emperor now, and you naturally have the responsibilities of an emperor. Don't say this again in the future."

“You…” Lu Anyuan didn’t know what to say because of this sudden soft talk. He could only swallow the few harsh words he was about to say and changed his words: “Forget it, even if I go to the battlefield, people will keep a close eye on you, so just give up the idea of ​​escaping!”

"I didn't plan to run away." Xu Yixing tilted her head. She didn't know if Lu Anyuan would call her halfway, so she was still wearing the queen's wedding dress. This tilt of her head was incompatible with her dignified and solemn appearance, and it was quite charming. "I said, I will listen to you in the future. I will do whatever you say and I will never disobey you."

"Then why did you disguise yourself and leave me?" Lu Anyuan had drunk a lot today, and he changed his clothes and washed up before coming here. Now he was drunk, and the corners of his eyes were a little red. He wanted to ask this question more than once, and even asked it in his dreams, but if it weren't for the alcohol, he really couldn't open his mouth.

"Well... I wanted to leave at the beginning because I was afraid of unexpected events and trouble." Xu Yixing said this ambiguously. You can't say that I hired someone to poison you to death because you were afraid of being exterminated along with your entire clan, right?

When Lu Anyuan heard this, his drunkenness mostly disappeared. With a stern face, he told everyone in the room to leave, and even drove all the guards in the yard out of the courtyard.

"Chao Jianyi, is he your man?" Lu Anyuan lit a candle himself, placed it on the round table in front of the two of them, and covered it with the lampshade, as if this little flickering light could dispel the great darkness.

"You knew?" Xu Yixing did not explain or quibble. She had known that Chao Jianyi was wanted for a long time, but she did not know whether Lu Anyuan knew about their relationship from Uncle Bai or Chao Jianyi himself. After Ying Wu left Beijing, the Shadow Guards sealed the information, and she knew nothing about Bai Yu and Chao Jianyi. Now that it was suddenly mentioned, she felt very uneasy, fearing that these two people would be implicated by her.