The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"...... Someone who can stick to his original intention for more than ten years cannot be useless." Lu Weiyuan handed Hu Ziyi a piece of dessert with a smile, "It's just that the environment restricts her performance. Speaking of it, Xin Sui, at the speed of the fourth sister, the army will reach the capital tomorrow. She has always been weak. She has been running day and night like this. I'm afraid she can only hold on with strong medicine that consumes her essence."

She also picked up a piece of dessert for herself, but did not eat it. Instead, she tore it into small pieces and said, "Tell me, how can I kill her to repay her love and care?"

Hu Ziyi watched her movements with a blank expression: "When we are at war, how can we protect each other? If it is for protection, how can we kill each other in return? Your Highness, you don't have to use words to trick me. Just give me the order if you want me to do something."

Lu Weiyuan placed the broken snacks on the window frame and chirped twice outside before turning his head back to look at Hu Ziyi: "Everything is fine with you, but it's too boring. Fourth sister risked her life to come and see me, her younger sister, and used her life to help me establish my authority. How can this not be a sincere and caring heart?"

Hu Ziyi: "......"

Don't answer.

"Ahem, alright." Lu Weiyuan said helplessly, "Perhaps she didn't mean it that way, but we should judge people by their deeds rather than their intentions. Even if she really wanted to kill me, her sister who always annoys her, and monopolize our mother, her action itself can indeed help me, if - the trip to the South Territory didn't give me an epiphany."

"Fourth sister is so smart, she must know that the chances of her success are very small, but if she doesn't do it, she will regret it for the rest of her life."

The snacks attracted many birds of different colors. They flapped their wings and competed for the plate of food on the window frame. After Lu Weiyuan finished speaking to Hu Ziyi, he started chirping in bird language. The birds that had eaten the food responded happily and actively, and flew away in a very orderly manner.

"As a younger sister, how could I bear to let my fourth sister become like Aunt Rong Le in the future? Of course, I can only take the trouble to set up a stage to fulfill her wish. Even if everything on the stage is fake, it can still be a consolation."

Of course, after Princess Shouan discovered that she had been deceived, whether she was relieved, desperate, or even more angry... this was not within Lu Weiyuan's consideration.

Precisely because he didn't think about it, Lu Weiyuan was particularly looking forward to Lu Baohui's possible reaction.

Even though Hu Ziyi, who had been with her for many years, never tried to guess the other's thoughts, she was very familiar with Lu Weiyuan's bad taste. However, she still didn't think deeply about anything and was too lazy to talk, but silently waited for her master's orders.

"Follow your heart."

"Ok?"

"Aren't you touched by my efforts to fulfill my sister's unrealistic wish?"

"Oh, I'm so touched."

"..."

Outside the capital.

Moon stars are rare.

In the dark night.

The cavalry galloped.

Princess Shouan was wearing light leather armor and sitting on a horse.

She was physically exhausted and had been running around for days. Even though she had used secret medicine to stimulate her spirit several times, she still needed the assistance of another jockey to maintain her leading position.

The jockey was her confidant who had been trained in her early years. At this moment, he was sitting behind Princess Shou'an, driving the horse for her. Princess Shou'an's face was almost pale, and her eyes were dark. Her lips were chapped on the lower half of her face covered by a cloth.

It's almost there.

Lu Baohui thought silently.

The moment the morning sun breaks through the sky, she can see the century-old imperial capital bathed in the rising sun... What does the capital look like now?

Is it the ultimate stalemate between the two sides, or the bloody aftermath of a war?

Lu Baohui licked the crack on her lips, and her mouth was full of the taste of rust.

She came in a hurry, very anxiously, too anxiously. If she missed this opportunity, she knew very well that she would never have such an opportunity again in her life.

So they marched desperately, and even the most important intelligence work was done as quickly and simply as possible.

Lu Weiyuan flies into the sky on a dragon?

Let her fly, that girl has always been full of clever ideas, and she can always come up with unexpected and surprising strategies... Lu Baohui has long been used to it.

Lu Weiyuan subdued the states in the southern region?

Ha, Lu Baohui would find it abnormal if she couldn't be convinced.

That girl only looks well-behaved and innocent, but actually she is full of evil intentions. She is the only one who plays with others, and no one has ever been able to play better than her.

Lu Baohui never denied that she could never match Lu Weiyuan's strategies or scheming, but even so, she was unwilling to admit defeat. Knowing that she was not as good as others was one thing, but if she gave up on herself, then she would be completely hopeless.

She...will never give up on herself.

During this raid, the army seemed obedient, but in fact they were only following the orders of the Emperor and Empress and were temporarily controlled by Lu Baohui. Lu Baohui did not have the extra energy to subdue them, nor did she care whether they would turn against him in an instant when they arrived in the capital and in front of the real crown prince.

She just wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to stand in front of Lu Weiyuan with a knife in hand.

The sound of horse hooves was rapid, and the people galloping did not stop for a moment.

The moon in the sky gradually lost its shining light in the night sky, and the stars gradually disappeared. The dark night sky slowly turned into azure blue, and in the far east, a patch of white appeared.

The high walls of the imperial capital quickly emerged from the horizon.

Even from a long distance, Lu Baohui could already smell the scent of war.

The army continued to march forward.

The closer they got to the capital, the more diverse the smells Lu Baohui could smell.

The smell of leftover, slightly rancid blood.

The smell of burnt ash, like Qingming paper money.

There is also a hint of... strange floral fragrance, as if it is a scent of harvest wafting down from branches laden with fruits.

It was very faint, and was almost gone after being washed away by the thick smoke of the battlefield. However, Lu Baohui still captured it very keenly, and couldn't help but become curious about where the smell came from.

Pulling the reins, the horses stopped, and the cavalry also stopped one after another following the leader's gestures and flag signals. The orderly footsteps raised a thick cloud of dust.

There was a sudden dull pain in the chest. Lu Baohui raised her hand and pressed the area of ​​her heart. She took out a black pill from her sleeve and put it into her mouth. She chewed it casually for a few times and then swallowed it with difficulty.

The jockey handed her the water bag tied to the side of the horse: "Your Highness."

Lu Baohui drank the liquid in the bag and said, "Send the order to rest outside the city and send a few scouts to the city to investigate the situation."

She looked at the tightly closed gate of the capital. The gate looked very miserable. It had been burned, covered with knife marks, blood, and arrows...

But…the soil that was turned up on the equally miserable plain outside the city was too fresh.