Otherwise, how could Xinrong be allowed to approach Linan City so easily.

When Ji Yuanzheng and the Li Nan army arrived, the scene was in chaos. The only sounds could be heard were deafening shouts and the sound of swords clashing.

The situation outside was in chaos and the people in the city had all shut their doors and windows tightly. The war outside could break out at any time and no one knew when it would break into the city.

The streets seemed to have been looted. Pedestrians were running for their lives, clinging to the walls, making way for the soldiers while rushing home.

There was a blind old woman walking slowly along the street. A young man saw her and said to her, "Old woman, you are going in the wrong direction. That is the road to the city gate, and there is a war going on there!"

The old woman paused with her bamboo stick and said, "That's where I want to go... I want to go there..."

The young man dodged the group of people who were rushing back and forth carrying the wounded, and approached the old woman. "You are old and your eyesight is not very good. You will only cause trouble if you go there!"

The street was noisy, but the old lady was very calm, "No... I'm going to find my son..."

Most of the people in Li Nan City know this old lady. Her son used to be a young general in the Li Nan Army, but he died in the battlefield. The old lady cried so much that her eyes went blind, and she has been alone ever since.

"Old lady, what nonsense are you talking about!" Going to the battlefield means death!

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"Hurry up! The Xinrong have reached the city gate. If we don't leave now, we will be killed by the cruel and bloodthirsty Xinrong!"

Everyone in Linan knew that their prince had been abducted by the Xinrong. When he was sent back, all his blood had been drained, with not a single piece of healthy flesh left on his body.

The mother in the house looked at the dust rising in the air. The sound of horse hooves seemed to be getting closer and closer. "But where else can we go? It's so chaotic outside..."

"It doesn't matter where we go, as long as we don't get caught by the Xinrong people." The young man was still urging his mother as he quickly packed the bag in his hands.

Smoke of war rose everywhere and killing continued.

The capital city was not that peaceful.

Wei Zheng was sitting in the study, with a forearm-long pile of memorials on the desk in front of him. He buried his whole body behind the memorials, his hair falling.

"Tuk-tuk-"

Wei Zheng didn't even raise his head, "Come in."

He Hui brought a small bowl of soup and saw the dark circles under his eyes. She said, "Drink a bowl first. You will have the energy to read the memorial after you finish it..."

Wei Zheng raised his head from behind the folded paper and turned his head faintly, "Ahui..."

She brought the small bowl down and handed it to Wei Zheng's mouth. The salty and fragrant taste tempted the worms in his stomach, and he swallowed his saliva cowardly.

He looked up at the beautiful woman again. What she gave him was simply a bowl of deadly soup, but he had to drink it with a smile.

Only after drinking it did I have the energy to continue reading the memorials.

Military reports came from Linan one after another, and soldiers, horses, money and food were sent to the front line as if they were free.

Fortunately, Ning Rongzhang arranged everything before leaving, otherwise, there would be more than just these things.

"By the way, Prince Huai and his wife will be coming to the capital tomorrow, so let's place them in the palace in the city first. The war is tense now, and they should understand." Wei Zheng hurriedly gave a few instructions and continued to look at the memorial.

He Hui retreated silently.

The two princesses ate and drank a lot in the capital, and visited neighbors from time to time to inquire about the affairs of the Regent, the young master of the Ji family, or other good men in the city. They were always busy day by day.

Whenever documents from the battlefield arrived, they were first sent to the Wei Mansion and then to the Ji Mansion. After all, the young lady from the Ji Mansion's fiancé and brother were all on the battlefield, and in the entire Shangjing, no one was more concerned about them than her.

Hongye poured tea while comforting her, "Miss, don't worry, the young master and the prince will be safe."

Tucked inside the document was a letter from Ning Rongzhang to Ji Mengshu, which was sent directly to her without going through the Wei Mansion.

It suddenly fell out of the document and landed on the ground, with the lacquer seal still stuck on it, obviously no one had seen it.

Ji Mengshu first scanned the entire page, and then read it word by word. At the end, he frowned.

"What? Did something happen to the prince?"

"Hongye, when Prince Wu rebelled and was killed, do you know where Ji Xiuwen was?"

Hongye lowered her head and thought for a while, then said, "After Ji Xiuwen hooked up with Prince Wu, he started to attack our eldest wife when she was down. If it weren't for the Prince Regent protecting us, it would have been hard to say what would have happened. Later, Prince Wu kidnapped you, and Ji Xiuwen disappeared. However, he should have died." A scholar, living in a chaotic world, if he hadn't died, he should have appeared long ago. "Miss, why are you asking about that man?!"

It's so unlucky! How could their Ji family raise such an ungrateful person?

Ji Mengshu sighed lightly, "I'm afraid he's not dead." It seems that all the troubles in Linan were caused by Ji Xiuwen.

It had only been three to five days since Prince Huai and his wife arrived in Beijing. As the fighting in Li Nan was raging, they took care to restrain their two daughters' behavior, staying in the mansion day after day and not going out.

When Princess Huai saw them living outside the palace, she was filled with dismay, "What did your mother tell you when she sent you here? Have you forgotten everything?"

Furong picked up a red bean cheese cake and said, "But the Regent is not in the capital now, mother. They have all gone to the war." Forget about how to introduce them. Now they can't even meet in person.

Princess Huai sighed again, "Now that Dali has finally settled down, we must not allow any more troubles to occur."

Furong stuck out her tongue and said while tasting the cakes, "Mother, why don't you go to Shangjing City and ask around? The Prince Regent has already been engaged to the girl from the Ji Mansion. Why should we go up there and interfere?"

"Who? Who's engaged?"

Furong said patiently, "The Regent."

"Whose girl is it?"

"The Ji family, my mother has seen it too."

Princess Huai snorted coldly. The Ji Mansion now only has a young general to support the family. Our Prince Huai Mansion has a deep foundation. It is one of the few kings of a different surname in Dali. What is there to be afraid of as the daughter of a prime minister? Can you be wronged to be a concubine?

Furong didn't mean that. What she meant was that it wouldn't be nice to break up someone's marriage.

The plan here is going well, but they don't seem to realize one problem: what if the Regent's army is defeated?

Tens of thousands of soldiers died in Linan and could never come back. Not to mention getting married, Dali was afraid that he would be plunged into adriftness again.

Wei Zheng looked at the document that had been sent over an urgent distance of 800 miles in disbelief, and his voice trembled rarely.

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