The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Upon learning that Gu Yunting had gone to Jincheng to visit his relatives, Emperor Yuanjing immediately sent someone with an imperial edict to chase him, appointing Gu Yunting as the General of the Northern Expedition and leading 100,000 reinforcements to resist the invasion of North Vietnam.

Jincheng and Yancheng are adjacent to each other. After receiving the order, Gu Yunting can go directly to Dingzhou without returning to Luodu to report.

Three days later, 100,000 reinforcements gathered and set out from Luodu to Dingzhou for support.

The North Vietnamese eat meat and drink milk, and they have strong soldiers and horses, which gives them a natural advantage that Dafeng cannot match. The two countries have been at war for several years, and Dafeng has been fighting for heads and a steady supply of food and fodder.

This time, the new emperor of North Vietnam led an army of 150,000 to attack the city. Dafeng needed double the number of troops to have an absolute chance of winning.

Dingzhou originally had nearly 100,000 defenders, plus 100,000 reinforcements, which together totaled less than 200,000 troops. This battle was not easy for the generals of Dafeng.

Moreover, it would take at least half a month for the reinforcements to reach Dingzhou from Luodu, and it was unknown whether Dingzhou City could still be defended by then.

Conscription is inevitable when war breaks out. Emperor Yuanjing issued an imperial decree to reduce taxes at the end of the previous year, and it was only implemented in remote areas last year. Before the people could even enjoy the emperor's grace, they had to face the cruel conscription policy again.

The men in the family were taken away, not only was there a loss of strong labor, but once a war broke out, taxes would inevitably be increased, and the lives of the poor people would become even more miserable.

A fraud case occurred during the imperial examination a few years ago, and now the tax reduction and exemption cannot be carried out. The only decree issued by Emperor Yuanjing to restore his reputation is now a general amnesty.

After all, not everyone has access to prisoners, and releasing them to go home does not mean much to most ordinary people.

Emperor Yuanjing was afraid of North Vietnam and was willing to sacrifice the princess in exchange for a brief peace. This inevitably became a topic of conversation among the people. It could be said that he lost not only his daughter but also his soldiers, and all his efforts were in vain.

Princess Mingxin's first birthday party is in mid-February, but due to the war on the front line it is not advisable to hold a grand celebration.

Yan Muqing also didn't want her daughter to come into contact with too many irrelevant people, so apart from the queen and concubines, she didn't even invite anyone from her mother's family.

Over the past year, Yan Muqing has been very cautious and taken care of her daughter almost all the time for her safety. He even sent people to closely monitor the wet nurse's daily life and would not allow any mistakes to occur.

Yu Jintang had advised her more than once, believing that she protected Mingxin too much. Mingxin was only a princess, not a little prince. No one would go to great lengths to harm a princess who could not compete for the throne.

But Yan Muqing did not dare to take it lightly, because in the previous life's royal family not only did not have a grandson, but even a princess did not survive. She had to be extremely careful to protect her daughter and let her grow up safely.

When a person turns one year old, he or she has to hold a "Zhuazhou" ceremony. Yan Muqing had people check the items for the ceremony several times, and even used the method taught by Yan Muyun to verify that each item was free of poison before putting them on the table.

Mingxin resembles the crown prince in both appearance and personality, and he is also his only child. Empress Xue dotes on him dearly and holds him in her arms for a while every day.

Seeing that there were not many items on the table, Empress Xue took off the jade bracelet on her hand, took off the phoenix hairpin inlaid with rubies from her hair, and ordered the palace servants to put them on the table.

Yan Muqing hurriedly spoke up to stop him, "Your son thanks the Queen Mother for her kindness. The Princess is still young and it is not appropriate for her to touch anything too precious and fragile. Please take back the jade bracelet and the phoenix hairpin."

Queen Xue was stunned. She obviously did not expect Yan Muqing to bluntly reject her kindness.

The concubines had subtle expressions, and could not hide their gossipy expressions as they were all waiting to see the show.

Everything the queen wears is an extremely precious one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry, and jewelry worn by the mother of a country has extraordinary significance.

When the current empress gave her personal belongings to the little princess for her one-year-old birthday celebration, Yan Mucheng was not only ungrateful for the empress's appreciation, but also pushed her elder's kindness away. In her opinion, her behavior was really disrespectful.

Empress Xue felt guilty about the incident in which Nanny Liu harmed Yan Muqing and her daughter, so she had been tolerating Yan Muqing's almost paranoid caution. However, no matter how great her tolerance was, it had its limits.

As the royal grandmother, she had to be watched closely every time she kissed her granddaughter and was not allowed to be alone with her granddaughter for a moment.

Yan Muqing was just the prince's concubine. She had been spoiled for so long that it was ok for her not to recognize her own identity, but she actually dared to disobey her in public.

Even if Queen Xue was angry, she would not punish Yan Muqing in public and make a fool of herself, so she did not insist on putting the phoenix hairpin and jade bracelet on the table.

Yan Muqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't expect that after the one-year-old ceremony, Queen Xue said that she liked Ming Xin very much and wanted to take Ming Xin back to Changchun Palace to educate her personally, and her attitude was so firm that she would not allow her to refuse.

Not to mention that Queen Xue is Mingxin's grandmother, Queen Shan's identity is there, and it is Mingxin's blessing that the princess can be raised by the queen's side.

She didn't want any blessing, she just wanted her Mingxin to grow up safely, but she had no reason to refuse or resist Queen Xue, so she could only watch her daughter being taken away by the palace maids of Changchun Palace.

Every moment when her daughter was not around was torment for Yan Muqing. She dared not close her eyes, because as soon as she closed her eyes, she would see her daughter being murdered tragically.

She stayed awake all night, and early the next morning she ran to Changchun Palace and begged Empress Xue to return the little princess to her to raise. However, she knelt until she fainted, but her wish was not fulfilled.

She cried and begged the prince to persuade Queen Xue to change his mind. However, the prince was not even able to step into Changchun Palace, let alone get her daughter back.

Yan Muqing was really left with no other options but to send someone out of the palace to ask Yan Muxi for help.

When Yan Muxi received the news, he wanted to go to the palace in person, but when he thought of the humiliation he suffered on New Year's Eve, he gave up.

The war in the northern border is tense. It would be reasonable to assume that Emperor Yuanjing has no time to deal with her at this moment, but what if?

The one targeting her was the emperor. Emperor Yuanjing could kill her with just a word, without even lifting a finger. She didn't dare to take the risk, so she sent Jin Chun to enter the palace on her behalf.

Like Emperor Yuanjing, Empress Xue is not only an elder to Yan Muqing, but also the one in power in the harem. It is not feasible to go against the one in power.

Yan Muxi gave Yan Muching two choices. The first choice was to wait until Yan Yongchen was reinstated and Queen Xue would have concerns and then use force to get the princess back.

Yan Muxi felt that with the lesson from Nanny Liu, Empress Xue would definitely take good care of the little princess. After all, Mingxin was the prince's only flesh and blood, and Empress Xue would not let anything happen to her easily. There was no need for Yan Muqing to be so anxious to get her daughter back.

The second option is to be ruthless and use some special and shady means to achieve the goal, and both mother and daughter will have to suffer for it to be effective.

Ming Xin had always been brought up by Yan Muqing herself. Even after her wet nurse went to Changchun Palace, Ming Xin would often make a fuss about looking for her mother. She could speak early and could already call her mother indistinctly, calling her "mother, mother" all the time every day.

Yan Mucheng could only see her daughter when she went to Changchun Palace to pay her respects every day. Mingxin had been brought to Changchun Palace for only five days, and her little face had become thinner. Every time she saw her, she looked pitiful with tears in her eyes. She could not wait any longer and decided to take a risk.

That day, she took the opportunity to hold her daughter and fed the twin insect eggs into her daughter's mouth, while she herself had already swallowed the other insect.

The Gemini Gu is considered a beneficial Gu. Apart from sucking a small amount of human essence and blood, it will not cause much harm to the body.

The twin Gu can sense each other. If one of them feels pain, the other will also feel the pain.

That night, Yan Muching awakened the insect and kept pinching and twisting the soft flesh on his body.

She didn't dare pinch too hard, fearing that her daughter couldn't bear it; she was also afraid that if she pinched too lightly it would not work. Her heart trembled with every pinch.