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Li Chen frowned and asked, "Does father-in-law know you're coming?"

Qi Yunying shook her head and said: "Father doesn't know, my father insisted on telling me to take the exam in half a month, but I am no better than my elder brother, I donate my achievements, instead of waiting for my father to spend money to enter Qianniuwei or go to the The Gyeonggi garrison is on duty, why not follow you now and earn a future for yourself."

Qi Yunying said it frankly, Li Chen smiled, "My brother-in-law has ambition."

Qi Yunying lowered her head in embarrassment, the horse under her crotch neighed, and Li Chen said, "Okay, follow me!"

After Qi Yunying joined the team, Zhou's uncle and nephew looked at each other with unclear expressions in their eyes.Even Qi Yunying didn't know that Ziyangbo's mansion exploded after he left. Ziyangbo was in charge of guarding the capital. During the three-day patrol, he returned home in the afternoon, and when he saw Qi Yunying's letter, his expression suddenly became extremely ugly.

"You bastard!" Uncle Ziyang slapped the table hard.Earlier, when Qi Yunying proposed to train in the army, he explicitly rejected his second son. The people in the Ziyang uncle's mansion should not have anything to do with military power, but Qi Yunying dared to go without telling himself.

Mrs. Zhao said coldly: "Uncle raises his son well."

Qi Yunshan is currently studying hard behind closed doors and doesn't know anything about these things. Mrs. Zhao continued: "Master, I'd better think about it. When I enter the venue next month, how can we explain to others that Shan'er is the only one going to take the exam? Don't let people think it is My mother-in-law suppressed the concubine and forbade him to take the exam. By the way, I forgot to tell my uncle that Qun'er sent a letter a few days ago, and your other good son also went with the prince. "

Uncle Ziyang was taken aback, "Yunruo?"

Mrs. Zhao gritted her teeth and said: "I didn't see that he had such means. He was born of a foxy girl. What kind of majesty will our skirt have in the palace in the future?"

Uncle Ziyang said indifferently: "Didn't you plan this?"

Mrs. Zhao was taken aback.

Uncle Ziyang picked up Qi Yunying's letter and said: "Prepare my clothes, I want to enter the palace."

Mrs. Zhao sensed that Uncle Ziyang's mood was not right, so she didn't continue to sarcasm, and asked the little girl to find Uncle Ziyang's official uniform for entering the palace and change it for him. Uncle Ziyang said, "You guys can eat tonight, don't wait for me."

Mrs. Zhao looked at his back and frowned slightly.

Hall of Martial Arts.

"...The son of the minister was reckless that time, so the minister restrained him and asked him to read the sage books to temper his temper. Who would have thought that this scoundrel stole the news that the minister was leaving the city and ran away. I am afraid that he has already chased after King Chun by now. Your Highness..." Uncle Ziyang knelt in the hall and said helplessly, "Firstly, this son of yours is not material to be in command, and secondly, your family is withered, and I only hope that the children will be successful and flourish in the future. Yunying So bold."

The emperor couldn't help laughing, and asked his servant to move a stool for Uncle Ziyang, saying: "Children are ignorant, don't we have times like this?"

Seeing that the emperor was not angry, Uncle Ziyang felt relieved, thanked En and sat down.

Seeing that it was getting late, the emperor naturally asked someone to bring the dinner, and he wanted to share it with Uncle Ziyang. Heart? It is both for the country and for oneself, so that the court will not lack talents."

Ziyang Boqian said: "Naturally there are countless talents who are willing to serve His Majesty. My own son understands that this time, I will be satisfied if I don't drag His Highness Chun's back."

The emperor shook his head with a smile, and suddenly said: "I remember you have three sons?"

Ziyang Bo said: "My son is serving by His Royal Highness Chun Wang."

The emperor let out an "oh" and didn't ask any further questions.

After the meal, Uncle Ziyang said his farewell, and the emperor said to the servants beside him: "The wind is tight at night, find out the orangutan felt cloak I wore the day before yesterday, and give it to Uncle Ziyang."

Uncle Ziyang hurriedly thanked him, took the cloak and withdrew it.

After the palace door was closed, the smiles on the faces of the monarch and his ministers subsided.

The youngest son of Uncle Ziyang's family...should be sixteen...It turns out that it has been such a long time, no wonder I often feel that I am getting old.

Uncle Ziyang was walking on the road, thinking of his ancestors.The Qi family followed the Li family into the capital at the beginning, but they didn't get much benefit when they divided up their merits. The son of the prince, the ancestor of the Qi family only conferred the title of an earl, and was ridiculed by those villains who had made little achievements but were conferred the title of duke …Four generations of Ziyangbo fought bloody battles and stained the battlefield with blood, which brought the reputation of Ziyangbo's mansion to the height it is today, but as long as that high-ranking person in the palace has a simple idea, all these will cease to exist.

At night when the army set up camp, Li Chen invited Qi Yunying to have dinner in his tent, accompanied by Zhou's nephew, Li Yue and four guards from Prince Chun's residence.

What they drank was strong wine, and the few aristocratic princes in the tent were not very used to it, but they were all aroused by the spicy wine, so they put down their airs, ate meat and talked loudly. While talking, Qi Yunruo ate food in silence.

Zhou Shunhai kept looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, while Zhou Lingyan kept talking to Li Yue and the others. Zhou Lingyan looked at the dishes and said with emotion: "In the future, I'm afraid people will eat bran-swallowed vegetables. There will be very few opportunities to have wine and meat like this." .”

The head of the guard, Qu Qing, said: "As the prince said, we are not here to enjoy the blessings."

Zhou Lingyan looked at him and said with a smile, "I remember that Mr. Qu is from the northwest."

Qu Qing smiled, "I'm from Suzhou, my father is in the south, and my grandfather is in the northwest."

"The Qu family is a famous family in the northwest, so they must have a thorough understanding of the situation there."

As soon as Zhou Lingyan said this, several people quieted down, and Qu Qing said seriously: "To tell you the truth, the Qu family used to have a lot of business with people outside the pass, but in recent years, half of them have been robbed by merchants from the Xinyuan Kingdom. The border is tight, the way is getting more and more difficult, and the Qu family has long been worse than before."

They didn't know how much they believed, and they all nodded thoughtfully.

Qi Yunruo was half full, so he took the time to pour wine for Li Chen, after only half a bowl, Li Chen shook his head, indicating that he had enough, Qi Yunruo lowered his head and continued to eat his own.

Zhou Lingyan's expression darkened, and he looked at Zhou Shunhai calmly, Zhou Shunhai drank a glass of wine and sighed: "No wonder wine is said to be courageous, I feel the heat rising up now, and I dare to do whatever I am asked to do. He smiled and said to Qi Yunruo: "Why doesn't this young man drink?"

Qi Yunruo said: "I don't know how to drink."

"How can a man not drink?" Zhou Shunhai stared wide-eyed, his pretty baby face was full of astonishment, "To tell you the truth, this is also the first time for me to drink, and my little uncle wouldn't let me drink before."

Qi Yunruo frowned slightly, Li Chen smiled, "Don't embarrass him, he will drink some sweet osmanthus wine, don't wait until he is drunk and go crazy."

Qi Yunying looked down at her wine bowl, but didn't speak.

Zhou Shunhai raised his wine bowl and said: "My lord, I offer you a toast. I wish you a successful victory this time and wipe out the enemy." After speaking, he drank it in one gulp.

Li Chen also drank it down and put down the empty bowl.

After drinking and eating, the group bid farewell and left the tent. Qi Yunruo packed up the cups and saucers and put them in a food box and brought them out. Qi Yunying, who was originally behind, slowed down until Qi Yunruo came to him.Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand to lift the food box from Qi Yunruo's hand, and took it away by himself.

"...Where are you going?" Qi Yunying asked after taking two steps.

Qi Yunruo didn't speak, and walked silently pointing in one direction. People patrolling the barracks passed by from time to time, and torches were set up seven or eight feet away. There was no place in the entire barracks hidden in the darkness.Going all the way to the kitchen, a few people in the clothes of low-ranking soldiers took the food box away, Qi Yunruo turned to another direction, and prepared to fetch water to go back.

Qi Yunying followed for a while, and asked: "You are here... the prince asked you to come?" He actually wanted to ask Qi Yunruo if he came to serve Li Chen's daily life.

If Qi Yun didn't speak, Qi Yunying said: "I don't think you should come, it may be dangerous in the future."

Qi Yunruo looked at him strangely and said, "Then why are you here?"

Qi Yunying said with a straight face, "I can't study well, so I definitely won't pass the exam. Making meritorious deeds should be what a good man should do."

Qi Yunruo fetched hot water and went back. Qi Yunying went to his tent next door and didn't ask him any more. He thought, Qi Yunruo didn't have a chance to make meritorious deeds, so why bother to suffer this crime? Could it be that he just came to serve others?Qi Yunying felt a little dissatisfied. Seeing his own brother doing the things that servants did, he seemed to be enjoying himself. He felt extremely awkward, even if that person was a prince.

Unaware of his weird thoughts, Qi Yunruo brought water into the tent and went to make the bed, while Li Chen was reading under the lamp, watching his busy back, the corners of his lips slowly curled up.

"Come here." The voice was hoarse.

"Hey." Qi Yunruo clapped his hands, walked over, half kneeling beside him.

Li Chen stroked Qi Yunruo's messy hair, and asked, "Are you tired?"

Qi Yunruo shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm not tired." Qi Yunruo just learned to ride a horse, and he found it very novel. He learned it so fast, and the speed surprised even Li Chen. Fortunately, Qi Yunruo wore thick trousers and didn't wear out his legs. However, there is still some redness on the thigh.

Li Chen applied the pain-relieving ointment on him, and the two of them lay down together. Li Chen sat up and pressed Qi Yunruo's back. Qi Yunruo felt the pain and comfort, laughing and whining for a while, and then he fell asleep exhausted.Contrary to what others thought, Li Chen didn't have any romantic thoughts in the army, he held Qi Yunruo in his arms, found a comfortable angle, and fell asleep.

They didn't know that Qi Yunying was sleeping in the tent next door. When Qi Yunruo made a sound at the beginning, his eyes were wide open. Li Yue, who was sleeping in the same tent with him, also rolled around in boredom. Qi Yunying opened his eyes, thinking of the past some things.

In Uncle Ziyang's mansion, the position of Qi Yunshan, the eldest son of Uncle Ziyang, who is all-rounder in civil and military affairs, is unshakable by anyone. The next highest status is Uncle Ziyang's eldest daughter, Qi Niqun. With the status of Uncle Ziyang's mansion, the eldest lady will marry a high-ranking son in the future. , but no one thought that she could directly become Princess Chun.Besides their siblings, although Qi Yunying's biological mother died early, as a son, he was still highly valued by Uncle Ziyang, and he was asked to practice martial arts and study with Qi Yunshan since he was a child.Because the biological mother, Liu Shi, is very popular with Uncle Ziyang, Qi Danxia, ​​the second lady of Uncle Ziyang's house, also has a lot of status in front of Uncle Ziyang, and finally Qi Ruxue. It's a young girl, and Uncle Ziyang won't let them down for what they usually have—Qi Yunying didn't know that she actually had a younger brother until she was very old.

Qi Yunying was ten years old when Qi Yunruo returned home, and no one had ever told him about it. It wasn't until the New Year's Eve, when he and his mother went to say hello to his parents, that he saw the emaciated woman being led by the stern mother Kong. The boy, Qi Yunying asked Mammy, Mammy only vaguely said that it was raised by outsiders, Second Young Master should not play with him.

... Later, when it was time for Qi Niqun to get married, Qi Yunying found out when she was drinking with her guests that the younger brother whom she had rarely seen in recent years was going to marry with Qi Niqun to Prince Chun's residence as a concubine.

When I saw him again, I followed my father and brother to the palace to celebrate Qi Niqun's pregnancy. The thin young man said in a flat voice that he had met his brother, and then calmly stood aside.

On the second day, Qi Yunying's eyes were full of shadows, Li Yue sneered, and when he went out, he saw Qi Yunruo carrying water into the tent next door, and couldn't help but "tsk tsk".

The army continued to march, and Qi Yunruo followed Li Chen on horseback. The world was vast, and Qi Yunruo didn't want to think about many things. Sometimes he really wanted to shout out and hear how his voice was echoed in the world.

At noon, he only rested on the spot for a couple of minutes and ate dry food. Qi Yunruo had an oil paper bag hidden in his clothes, which contained marinated beef jerky. He tore more than half of it and gave it to Li Chen. Li Chen took it with a smile and put He gave Qi Yunruo his water bag, Qi Yunruo took it, drank a big gulp, and tied the water bag to his horse.

Three days later, the army had already left the capital for a long way. Qi Yunruo looked towards the east, and sometimes felt that the hustle and bustle of the capital had gone away.