The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

"Snack Buckle"

"Master, the food is ready."

The two people in the room separated instantly. Cheng Jiuyuan embarrassedly avoided his gaze. Chu Heng chuckled and went to open the door.

"Master, this place is remote, and the food..." Shan Lan's voice stopped abruptly, "Second Miss Cheng?"

Cheng Jiuyuan turned and nodded slightly towards Shan Lan.

"Miss Cheng Er, are you going to Liping with us?"

"No need to ask any more questions. Go and prepare a meal and send it over, and ask for a room upstairs."

"Yes!" Shan Lan said happily.

With the arrival of the second Miss Cheng, the master's face smiled more often. Before, he was like a soulless body.

After Shan Lan left, Chu Heng placed the food on the table and held Cheng Jiuyuan's hand, as if he had found what he had lost.

He went to Liping alone, which was indeed a painful decision.

But asking her to give up everything in the capital and suffer with him was a bit too selfish and would damage her reputation.

Thinking that Chu Ze could not do anything out of line in the past three years, he rescued the Pei family and made sure that she was no longer controlled by Chu Ze.

With her abilities, she can live a carefree life in the capital.

As imagined, it was only three short years.

In fact, he fell in love with her after only being apart for a few days.

The moment she appeared, she brought with her the three souls and six spirits that he had lost in the capital.

Shanlan quickly knocked on the door happily and placed the food on the table.

"Master, there are no rooms left in this inn. Please see..."

Chu Heng glared at Shan Lan, and Shan Lan stopped smiling.

It's really gone, he didn't say that on purpose.

Shanlan touched the tip of his nose and left the room.

"Yuan'er, we're away from home. How about we just stay here for one night? You sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the floor."

"It's ok."

When she was traveling around the world with her master, they often had to sleep in the open air and it was also common for them to be crowded in a dilapidated temple with a group of people.

What's more, this man is her fiancé.

After dinner, the two sat beside the chessboard, playing chess and chatting.

"Are my grandparents all right?"

"Don't worry, Chu Ze only put the two elders under house arrest, they are not injured. I arranged for doctors with excellent medical skills to accompany us. They traveled faster than us by water and have already reached Liping."

Cheng Jiuyuan was relieved: "I received news that Master Yan will be in Liping tomorrow."

"With our walking speed, we can reach Liping in two days."

"Also, your aunt has already arrived in Liping. When I decided to send the two elders of the Pei family to Liping, I sent people to Gusu."

Cheng Jiuyuan's heart warmed, "Thank you."

"There's no need to thank each other. Liping is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it's protected by my father's secret guards and a team of imperial guards. It's the safest place."

"You went to Liping not only to detoxify the emperor and wait for him to wake up, right?"

If it was just for this, he could just stay in the capital, where the emperor would be safer.

"Yes, I must go to Liping. Have you heard of the Jingsai Army?"

"The Jingsai Army? Didn't they disappear long ago?"

She had heard of the Jingsai Army, which was an army that accompanied the late emperor in his campaigns. After conquering some tribes or small countries, the late emperor would select the most outstanding soldiers and incorporate them into this army.

Every member of the Jingsai Army can defeat a hundred people at once.

This is a feared army that always wins battles.

More than ten years ago, the Jingsai Army was defeated in a battle with Northern Qi.

Since then, the army has disappeared. Some people say that the army was completely wiped out.

It now seems that the Jingsai Army was defeated because of the traitor Wei Jia.

"The Jingsai Army was indeed almost wiped out. Of the 30,000 Jingsai Army, less than 2,000 were left. The traitor was not found at the time, and it was too dangerous for the Jingsai Army to stay in the capital. Father immediately decided to send the surviving Jingsai Army directly to Liping."

"It's not that Liping didn't have the opportunity to develop over the years, it just couldn't develop. That was the retreat my father left for me. This army may not be able to fight for the world, but it can completely rely on Liping's geographical advantages and this army to protect itself."

Cheng Jiuyuan's eyes widened. She didn't expect that Emperor Zhaolie would consider Chu Heng so far.

"Liping is a strategically located area with steep mountains. Over the years, the Jingsai Army has also guarded the gold and iron mines here."

Cheng Jiuyuan suddenly realized.

No wonder Chu Heng was able to fight his way back to the capital in his previous life. Liping has a fierce army, gold mines and iron mines. It really has the best of both time and place.

The two of them were playing chess while chatting. The moonlight outside the window was like water, shining onto the chessboard through the mottled shadows of the trees.

As the candlelight flickered, the atmosphere between the two gradually became ambiguous.

Cheng Jiuyuan raised her eyes slightly and looked at Ruo Chuheng. His face looked cold and deep in the moonlight, as if holding endless secrets.

A breeze blew by, bringing a hint of coolness and ruffling Cheng Jiuyuan's hair. Chu Heng subconsciously raised his hand to push the strand of hair behind her ear, his fingertips inadvertently brushing across her cheek.

Cheng Jiuyuan's eyes flickered and he stood up: "It's getting late, go wash up and go to bed early, we have to travel early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, you must not have had enough rest these days, go wash up first, I'll wait for you outside."

Chu Heng opened the door and asked Mu Jin and two other maids to come in and help her wash and dress.

After a simple wash, the two of them slept on the bed, one on the floor.

The moonlight is as gentle as water, shining on the bed.

Cheng Jiuyuan turned over and faced inside.

"Can't sleep?" Chu Heng asked softly.

"Ah."

"Don't think too much, go to sleep quickly."

Cheng Jiuyuan hummed again and maintained the same posture.

She didn't know when she fell asleep. When she opened her eyes again, it was already bright outside.

The two of them simply washed up, had breakfast, and started on their journey again.

Two horses, one black and one brown, galloped past in the mountains and forests, and the mountain flowers along the way were romantic.

Behind him, Mu Jin, Song Lan, Chi Zhang and Shan Lan followed closely.

Everything here is harmonious, but the situation in the capital is quite tense.

Chu Ze was in a particularly bad mood these days, so he could only vent to Minister Mu, after all, Minister Mu was Chu Heng's man.

Early in the morning, Madam Mu entered the palace.

When Concubine Chun heard that her father was going to resign, she stood up in shock.

"Father is still in good health, why do you want to resign?"

"A new emperor appoints new ministers. Your father's life in the court was not easy."

"The position of the Minister of Revenue is so important. It is the emperor's purse. Who can trust your father to stay in this position? Even if your father did not stand on the side of Prince Chen, this position would still belong to the Shangguan family."

Concubine Chun sat back in her chair and remained silent for a long time.

"After resigning from office, will father stay in the capital or return to his hometown?"

"The capital is a place of trouble. We plan to go back to our hometown."

Concubine Chun nodded and said, "It's time to go back home. Mother, tell father not to worry about me and Wan'er. After all, I am the Concubine Dowager, and Wan'er is still the eldest princess. Now that father has resigned, we will have no conflict of interest with the new emperor. Even if he takes the officials into consideration, he will not make things too difficult for us."

Madam Mu wiped her tears and said, "You will have to rely on yourselves in the future. Wan'er is already grown up, so find her a good family as soon as possible."

"I will, Mother..."

As he was speaking, he heard Chu Wan's voice coming from outside the hall.

"Mother concubine!"

Concubine Chun wiped her tears, raised her eyes and asked in surprise: "Today is not a day off, why are you back?"

Chu Wan came in and saw Madam Mu, so she snuggled in Madam Mu's arms and said coquettishly, "Grandma~"

Madam Mu was filled with mixed emotions. She touched her granddaughter's face and said, "Be good."

"Why did you return to the palace?" Concubine Chun asked curiously.

"Mother, I don't want to go to the academy anymore. Sister Cheng left, and Sister Lian Yu and Zhu Jin also left."

"Your sister Cheng passed the academy assessment last year, so it's normal for her not to go. Did your sister Yu and Zhu Jin also pass the assessment?"

Chu Wan shook her head: "No, Hall Master Yan and Master Zhu have both left the academy, and even Sister Yu and Zhu Jin have left. Not only that, Master Jiang has also left. Now Shangguan Jing is the only one who dominates the women's school in the academy. I don't like Shangguan Jing, and I don't want to go to the academy."

Concubine Chun and Madam Mu looked at each other.

Why did so many people leave?

Chu Wan pulled Concubine Chun's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Mother, I don't want to go to the academy anymore..."

Concubine Chun looked at each other and said, "If you don't want to go, then don't go."

Chu Wan said happily: "Mother is the best!"