Qi Xiao's move was not a moment of enthusiasm, but the result of his careful consideration.
Hanyuguan was built by his father. This magnificent pass was too important, both for the entire Dazhao and for himself who was born in Hanyuguan.
If the plague is not eradicated and the civil strife is unjust, once the Beidi and Tatars move south, it will definitely end with the mountains and rivers shattered and blood flowing into rivers.
Even if there was a snowstorm and the foreigners had retreated to the hinterland for the winter and could not easily discover the chaos in Hanyuguan, he did not want the veterans and their families left behind by his father and two brothers to become victims of some people's fight for power and gain by buying people's hearts.
He has many things he wants to do, but he knows very well that today's Hanyuguan is no longer the place where everyone was prohibited from doing it more than two years ago.
His father and brothers are gone. Even if he has the help of their old troops, it will be difficult for him to shake the new faction supported by the prince's lineage and now flourishing in Hanyu Pass.
Of course, he can also take his time. He believes that as long as he is given another half a year, he can regain control of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion...
Even if he doesn't return to the Hou Mansion, he can still take over Chixiao Camp and inherit the legacy of his father, mother and brothers...
But time waits for no one, and now he can't suppress others openly.
After all, he is just a prince-consort with no real power.
In other words, if he wants to rectify Hanyu Pass as quickly as possible, he must get Feng Xi's help, and it is not Feng Xi's words, but her presence with him.
With her here, even if the prince comes, he will still be invincible...
However, at this moment, he heard Feng Xi say three words:
"No way..."
The girl's tone was very embarrassing, and she almost refused him directly.
Qi Xiao lowered his head. He did not smile bitterly or complain. He even felt that it was normal for Feng Xi to reject him.
Because after listening to Yuan Song's words, everyone knows that Hanyuguan is now a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
Internal fighting, rampant plague, and foreign enemies are watching, and one person may never return and become a hero who died tragically in the eyes of hundreds of officials.
Ordinary people and officials are afraid, but what about him?
He actually asked the princess to go with him.
"Husband-in-law, it's not like you don't know what's going on at Hanyuguan right now. You and I can go, but the princess definitely can't! If the emperor and the old prince were here, they wouldn't agree."
Liu Wanshi was already a rare honest official, but at this moment he did not agree with Qi Xiao's move to invite Feng Xi to accompany him.
Whether their princess is placed in a royal family or a high-ranking family, she can already endure hardships!
But enduring hardship and risking one's life are two different things. Officials like them still hope that after the princess returns to the court, she will open up a new world and let more people benefit!
After hearing what Liu Wanshi said, Qi Xiao finally smiled. He did not raise his head, but said in a low voice:
"Master Liu is right, I was the one who was abrupt..."
"No, Prince Consort, you are also worried about the border, for the sake of those veterans and the whole Dazhao. In this way, I will immediately send someone back to the city to inform the elder, let him repair the book and return to the capital, and ask the emperor to send two more people who can suppress the situation. I Mr. He Ge will set off with you tomorrow and go to Hanyuguan together."
Although Liu Wanshi rejected Qi Xiao's request to take Feng Xi away, he also knew the importance of Hanyuguan.
Although he and Mr. Li Ge are not as important as the princess, but with the power of the consort in Hanyuguan, he should be able to talk to her.
Qi Xiao nodded and was about to agree to Liu Wanshi's suggestion when Feng Xi said calmly:
"Did I say that I won't go? You two are singing harmony here. You are the princess and I am the princess, right?"
Feng Xi was speechless.
Before she even finished speaking, these two people just ignored her.
What's going on?
A princess as big as me can no longer attract your attention?
Qi Xiao raised his head and looked at Feng Xi with complicated eyes. Liu Wanshi even pointed his head directly:
"Princess, didn't you mean to reject the consort in what you just said?"
He must have been the only one to hear those three words, "No way." Right?
However, just when Liu Wanshi began to wonder if his ears were finally failing because he was already in his forties, Feng Xi nodded and said:
"It's rejection, you heard it right."
Liu Wanshi: "..."
Then you said you didn’t say you wouldn’t go!
While slandering like this, Liu Wanshi looked at Qi Xiao and Yuan Song, fearing that his princess's teasing would displease them.
After all, he knew the unusual significance of Hanyuguan to the two people in front of him.
As a result, he heard his princess say again:
"I can't say that. I can't live up to anything in this life. As for the relationship between me and my consort, one day we may be separated and we will be happy. If one of us is not good, we may not even be happy. .”
Qi Xiao: "..."
Yuan Song: "..."
Liu Wanshi: "..."
Liu Wanshi and Yuan Song didn't know what Qi Xiao was thinking. They just felt a little cold, extremely cold, even colder than peeling snow outside.
"So you still want to divorce me?"
By the time Qi Xiao gritted his teeth and asked this question, Liu Wanshi had already picked up Yuan Song very wisely and led the silly big man out of the room.
After going out, he closed the door very considerately and signaled with his eyes to Yuan Song, who wanted to come to the door, not to listen.
In the room, Feng Xi, who had been thinking about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, decided to accuse others:
"I don't, I don't, I think you are talking nonsense."
"Then why are you even willing to go to Hanyuguan, but you are unwilling to accept that I will not let you down?"
Qi Xiao still maintained the posture of kneeling on one knee. Even though his body was upright, he was still in a lower position in the eyes of Feng Xi who was sitting on the chair.
But for some reason, Feng Xi felt at this moment that the other person's gaze was like a dragnet, not aggressive and threatening, but just airtight, making her feel like there was no way out.
Feng Xi thought for a while, didn't understand, and immediately said as she pleased:
"So what you're saying is that if I don't agree to go to Hanyuguan with you, you will betray me?"
Qi Xiao: "?"
Before Qi Xiao could recover from her strange focus, Feng Xi said:
"It's up to you, as long as you're happy. I'm very generous, really."
Waiting for you and your heroine to achieve positive results, I will be free and happy in retirement, bear me, bear me, hurry up!
However, Qi Xiao didn't notice the excitement in her eyes because he was deep in thought.
Indeed, if the Feng Xi in front of him was still the same as before, he might not only betray her, but also kill her.
But the Feng Xi in front of him is no longer the original one. If it were her, would he still betray her?
Probably not anymore.
Looking up at the jade-like girl in front of him, thinking of her proud and casual attitude like a little phoenix, Qi Xiao smiled and said:
"In other words, even if I don't promise you anything, you will follow me to Hanyuguan?"
"if not?"
Feng Xi tilted her head, it was just a matter of hands.
"good."
Qi Xiao made no more promises to Feng Xi, but he thought he could remove the word "probably".
He will not let her down.
