I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

Red Flame City....

"Princess, drink some ginger tea to warm yourself up."

Shang Lu brought a pot of boiling ginger tea and quickly poured a cup of ginger tea for Wan Suyun.

Then she picked up the teapot and poured a bowl of hot ginger tea for everyone in the room.

The rain was really heavy, cold and damp, and I felt chilled even while sitting by the brazier.

Wan Suyun rubbed his hands, picked up the ginger tea, blew it to his lips, took a big sip, and then felt his body warm.

"When will this rain stop?"

Wan Suyun held the teacup and looked at Ma Chengye.

It has been raining since morning till now and it is almost dark. If the rain does not stop, the soldiers will not be able to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

The winter in Xiliang Kingdom is much colder than the winter in Shuitian City in Yongchang Kingdom.

It was so cold, and it was impossible to let the soldiers come out in the rain to cook on a makeshift stove.

It is estimated that those makeshift stoves had long been destroyed by the heavy rain.

Ma Chengye put down his teacup and looked at the heavy rain outside the window. "My princess, the rain will stop at 17:00."

"But these few days are not suitable for sending troops. The road surface is very slippery and it is easy to cause unnecessary injuries."

Once the heavy rain stops, in less than half an hour the entire Chiyan City will become an ice city, with hard ice cubes everywhere.

Fortunately, before praying for rain today, all soldiers and civilians were not allowed to stay on the streets, so no one got wet in the rain.

Otherwise, many people would have fallen ill that night.

It's so cold today and getting soaked is really a pain.

However, all the twenty or so people who participated in the rain prayer got wet.

Fortunately, Shang Lu was well prepared. When it started to rain heavily, he immediately asked the people in the kitchen to boil hot water so that they could take a hot bath as soon as they came back to get rid of the cold.

Now I'm drinking hot ginger tea again, and the coldness is almost gone.

Xiao Yunhao paused for a moment while holding the ginger tea, frowned and looked at Ma Chengye.

"All operations delayed for three days?"

He planned to go to Huanlian City tonight to get rid of Shi Jian.

On the first day of the New Year, he took his soldiers to Huanlian City to celebrate the New Year.

He had already distributed half of the food and fodder in the Wu Ma family's warehouse in Chiyan City to the people of the city for the New Year.

The remaining half of the food would be enough to feed the soldiers for ten days or so.

What he wanted was to get to Huanlian City earlier so that he could save more snacks for the people.

The people of Chiyan City are really miserable, they have been badly cheated by Huanlian City.

Ma Chengye turned to look at Xiao Yunhao, "Wait at least three days."

"On the fourth day of the New Year, an envoy will come from the imperial city. It won't be too late for His Majesty to talk to him after he meets the envoy."

It was considered fast for the people from the imperial city to arrive in four days, after all, there were two cities in between.

However, it is the Empress who should be anxious about this matter, so they dare not come slowly.

Thinking of what the envoy might say, Ma Chengye glanced at Wan Suyun and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

This envoy's trip was in vain and it was a thankless task.

"An envoy is coming!?" Xiao Yunhao's brows twitched slightly, "Then wait and let the soldiers have a good New Year."

"Let the soldiers rest for a day tomorrow, and start clearing the way in batches on the second day of the new year."

Xiao Yunhao's eyes fell on Cong Chongqiu, "Clear the ice on the road so that we can send troops at any time."

"Yes." Cong Chongqiu nodded, "I will arrange it, Your Majesty, don't worry."

He is very experienced in clearing ice from the road.

Use hot water, sand or shovel away ice. Some people have also used salt to prevent slipping.

It depends on how frozen the road is.

As we were talking, the sky outside gradually darkened and the rain slowly stopped.

Xiao Yunhao drank the warm ginger tea in his hand in one gulp, stood up with a smile,

"The rain has stopped. Let the cook prepare more meat and vegetables for the soldiers tonight so that everyone can have a good New Year."

"The soldiers can eat as much meat and vegetables as they want in the storehouse, but they cannot drink too much. Each person can only drink two glasses at most."

Cong Chongqiu stood up and said to the deputy general with a smile, "Why don't you go and inform the soldiers?"

The deputy general grinned, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward!"

After watching the deputy general leave, Xiao Yunhao looked at the Lin family soldiers left behind by Lin Changshou.

"Go and move eight large tables and place them in the hall."

"The Divine King has granted a New Year's Eve banquet. For those above the rank of deputy general, everyone will eat together tonight. The Lin family's military commander will come along."

The Lin family army was delighted, "Thank you God King for the banquet, God King lives forever! Thank you Prince for the reward, long live the Prince!"

Xiao Yunhao smiled and waved his hand.

The Lin family army rushed out of the living room and searched everywhere in the Wu Ma family's yard for tables and chairs, and moved them to the hall.

The New Year’s Eve banquet bestowed by the God King makes me drool just thinking about it.

Cong Chongqiu looked at Xiao Yunhao with a smile, "Do you want to get an incense burner to worship the God King and burn some incense?"

"The God King has given us a New Year's Eve banquet, so we should also give him a sumptuous feast, right?"

The King of Gods protects the Heavenly God Army so much. On New Year's Day, we have to offer some tributes, light some incense or something, and pay our respects to them.

He didn't believe in these things before, so he didn't understand much about them.

But he knew that all gods needed incense and offerings, so the God King naturally needed it as well.

If there was such a powerful God King protecting him all the time, he would burn a few sticks of incense to the God King every day no matter what.

Normally I am too busy fighting to have time, but today is New Year's Eve, I can't forget the God-King.

Xiao Yunhao's face froze, "......"

I'm afraid this is inappropriate, my fourth brother's wife is still alive.

He always thought that his fourth brother's wife was the God King himself. Burning incense to a living person was tantamount to cursing death?

But it seems that gods are also alive, and those gods in temples also seem to need incense burning.

He had never cared about these weird things before, so he didn't understand them very well.

Xiao Yunhao looked at Wan Suyun hesitantly.

The daughter-in-law often goes to the temple with her mother to burn incense. She should understand this, right?

Wan Suyun met Xiao Yunhao's gaze, his eyes swayed nervously up and down and left and right for a few times, and his gaze suddenly lost focus.

This really put her in a difficult position.

She had also never heard her fourth brother's wife say that incense and offerings were needed.

The Heavenly God Army has always been waving the banner of the God King's protection. It seems a little unreasonable not to burn incense to the God King during the New Year.

Wan Suyun pursed her lips slightly, and when her panicked eyes swam to Ma Chengye, they finally stopped.

"Xiao Ma, what do you think of General Cong's proposal?"

When Xiao Yunhao heard this, his eyes immediately locked on Ma Chengye.

With Ma Chengye's ability, he must have known long ago that his fourth brother's wife's true identity might be the God King.

Shang Lu stared at Cong Chongqiu in a daze, scratched his fingers, and turned to look at Ma Chengye with a confused look on his face.

Yes, there is no god who doesn’t eat incense.

She was also confused. She had never thought of such a thing.

If she burns incense to the ancestor every day, will the ancestor's magical powers become more powerful?

Thinking of this, Shang Lu's eyes lit up and he stared at Ma Chengye excitedly.