Su Qingci looked a little strange, and suddenly retracted his feet, saying lightly, "The wind and sand were too strong, and they woke me up."

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days. I will give you a good rest when we return to the palace."

Su Qingci asked, "How long will it take us to get there?"

"It will probably take another day or two. When we see an oasis, we will be almost there."

Su Qingci was silent, looking unhappy. Yan Xuanye asked again, "What's wrong? Are you feeling sick in the stomach? I'll ask Master Wu Yan to come and take a look at you."

After saying that, Yan Xuanye stood up and was about to walk out, but Su Qingci grabbed his sleeve and Yan Xuanye stopped suddenly.

"I'm not feeling uncomfortable, I just want to ask how long it will take to get there. The wind and sand are too strong at night, and I always have trouble sleeping."

There was one more thing she didn't say. In fact, before she was awakened by the sound of wind and sand, she dreamed of Lu Huan on the battlefield.

When Lu Huan first arrived in Yizhou, he wrote her a letter to report his safety. During that time, he also received a letter from "her" greetings, but of course, it was not written by her.

Su Qingci was kidnapped by Lu Feng, but Xiao He was still in Kaishan Temple. Together with the six or seven people who survived the fight, led by Zi Tan, they searched Shangjing City for a long time but could not find any trace of Su Qingci.

It's not their fault. After all, Lu Feng's team are all Han women, so Zitan and others did not think that this matter was related to Yan Xuanye. They just thought that this might have been done by the prince's party.

The prince once wanted Su Qingci, but later gave up the idea because of the master's words. However, some of the prince's party members have always coveted Su Qingci's beauty.

Because of this misjudgment, Zitan and others wasted a lot of time and failed to find Su Qingci in Shangjing City or its suburbs.

Then there is only one possibility, that Su Qingci was taken away from Shangjing from the very beginning.

Zitan asked someone to check whether there was a group of Han women riding in carriages or on horses leaving Shangjing on that day, or even in the following days.

Su Qingci was forced to leave, so they must have knocked her out to prevent her from talking nonsense when leaving the city, so the people must have taken her out of the city in a carriage.

Lu Huan sent back several letters reporting his safety, but Zitan and others did not dare to tell him the truth about Su Qingci's disappearance, for fear that he would be distracted and get injured on the battlefield.

So Zitan and others suppressed the matter, secretly sent people to search for Su Qingci's whereabouts, and found a legal advisor who could imitate other people's handwriting, pretending that Su Qingci wrote several letters and sent them to Yizhou, in order to reassure Lu Huan.

……

"General Lu, have you received another letter from home?" asked Lieutenant General Wu.

Lu Huan smiled slightly, folded the letter and put it away, "Yes, it's a letter from my wife, saying that everything is fine."

Deputy General Wu said with deep emotion: "General Lu and his wife have a really good relationship."

Lu Huan passed by him and patted his shoulder heavily. "I heard that your family is already arranging a marriage for you. Isn't this a great thing? Why are you still frowning?"

Deputy General Wu poured a cup of tea, drank it by himself, and then drooped it weakly, "My mother wants to marry my uncle's little girl to me. You don't know that my uncle's little girl has been pampered and raised in luxury since she was a child.

She has a very arrogant temper. I am a rough man, but I dare not marry her. If she always quarrels with me in the future, I will be annoyed to death. "

"Speaking of which, we are both military commanders, but General Lu, you have the appearance of a gentle gentleman, without any of the vulgarity of a soldier, which makes many soldiers envious."

Lu Huan laughed and said, "On the battlefield, what's the use of being gentle? It will just make people look down on you. It's better to be brave like Deputy General Wu. Just standing there on the battlefield will make people tremble with fear."

Deputy General Wu: "General Lu, please don't flatter me. Everyone in the army knows the heroic deeds of your father and son. With your reputation, even if you stay in Yizhou, King Ning and his son will not dare to act rashly."

"Look, the fighting has stopped in the past two days. I'm afraid they are discussing how to deal with it."

Lu Huan opened the curtain and said, "You can take a rest. I'll go out for a tour."

Deputy General Wu agreed, and Lu Huan walked out.

It is true that Prince Ning and his son did not take any action, but it was not because they were afraid of his reputation.

Moreover, before he received the imperial edict at home, he had guessed that the emperor would order him to go to war, so he sent Zhong Cang and other secret guards to deliver the letter early in the morning.

The letter stated that he could help Prince Ning seize the throne, and he did not want anything but Gao Jiarong's head.

Of course, King Ning did not believe him so easily, but he was also ready to take action. He stopped the war before they arrived in Yizhou. Now he must have sent people to the capital to inquire about the news.

They must be able to find out the grudge between Lu Huan and Gao Jiarong before they will believe him.

Lu Huan was not in a hurry. As the commander-in-chief, he replaced the important places with people he trusted to guard during his daily inspections.

Once Prince Ning agrees, he can then coordinate with the outside forces to allow Prince Ning to attack without any effort.

Of course, he couldn't reveal his true colors and make people suspect him. When Prince Ning conquered Yizhou, he would lead his men to retreat to other cities.

Then he replaced the people in important places with his own people, and repeated this several times. By the time the group of people realized that he was the one who was interfering, it was too late.

Of course, others also believed in his actions. After all, he was the chief general sent by the emperor himself, and his father was the famous first-class general of Nanchang State, who devoted his life to the country and made many contributions.

After all, if there were no Lu family, there would be no Nanchang Kingdom today. In addition, Lu Huan usually has a good reputation in the army for loving his soldiers like his own sons, and he rarely makes enemies with others, so most people trust him.

Occasionally, there are a few disobedient ones who are either spurned by others or... eliminated secretly.

The only thing Lu Huan was worried about was Su Qingci. After receiving the letter she sent home and hearing that she was doing well, he felt much more at ease and could concentrate on doing what he wanted to do.

Once he has arranged everything, he and Su Qingci can be together without any worries.

……

In another place, Su Qingci and others walked for another two days before they finally saw an oasis.

At that moment, Su Qingci couldn't tell what she was feeling in her heart. She hated this place and hated staying by Yan Xuanye's side and being imprisoned by him.

But after these days of trekking, in addition to the exhaustion of "finally here", she also had a strange feeling of "as expected". It was as if she was destined to come here and she could not resist.

Yan Xuanye and Su Qingci finally arrived at the Fengyuan Kingdom Palace after several long days.

The royal palace of Fengyuan State is located on an oasis, but at this moment, there is no oasis, only vast grassland covered with snow.

It is now deep winter, and it is even colder in the northwest, with snow falling early.

This was the first time Su Qingci saw the legendary Fengyuan Kingdom Palace. Compared with the Nanchang Kingdom Palace, they had completely different styles.

The Royal Palace of Fengyuan State is full of the unique style of the Western Regions. The walls are painted with bright and bold colors, red like fire, blue like the deep sea, and yellow like the scorching sun, interweaving into a colorful picture.

There is a golden spire on the palace, shining with mysterious light in the sun, as if it is connected to the sky.

Exquisite carvings decorate every corner, and the ethnic murals are covered with ancient totems and myths and legends, giving the palace a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

Yan Xuanye slowly got off the carriage holding Su Qingci, and servants came to greet him immediately.

Xue Nanzhu's agile figure also ran over. When she saw Su Qingci in Yan Xuanye's arms, she couldn't help but be stunned. She was puzzled and asked curiously, "Brother, who is this?"

During these days, Su Qingci was gentle and well-behaved, which gradually relaxed Yan Xuanye's vigilance.

He looked down at Su Qingci, who was quietly nestling in his arms, with a gentle smile on his face, and said, "This is your sister-in-law."

Nan Zhuer exclaimed, "Auntie is so beautiful." Then she hurried forward and held Su Qingci's arm, as if she liked her very much.

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