"I can't help it. General Linghu suffered a defeat a few days ago and still hates me..." Nalan Yu briefly told Luo Cheng about the great changes in the dynasty.
"The emperor was changed overnight. Your national advisor is so ruthless. I want to meet him." Luo Cheng was shocked and thought that withdrawing the troops was indeed a wise decision.
"If you want to see him, you have to come to the imperial city. After spring, he will probably go to the mountain to practice!" Without hiding anything from Luo Cheng, Nalan Yu also told him about Li Ye. This was no secret.
"Well, you are such a young Imperial Master. After I meet my brother, I will go to the Imperial City to have a drink with you." When Luo Cheng heard this, he wanted to meet this young Imperial Master even more.
"When you come to the Imperial City, I'll get drunk with you!" When it comes to drinking, Nalan Yu's strong point is not fighting.
"It's a deal." Luo Cheng reached out and gave Nalan Yu a slap in the face.
The two laughed loudly and watched from a distance as Jiang Huo led an army of 50,000 people waiting for them in front.
...
Nalan Yu and Jiang Huo introduced Luo Cheng's identity, and the three agreed to meet in the imperial city another day.
Nalanyu looked at him and said: "Go west along the official road and you will reach the inn before evening. All you need to do is say that you are the emperor's guests or give me my name, and they will warmly entertain you."
When Luo Cheng heard this, he was overjoyed. In this weather, having a rest station is the right thing to do.
Nalan looked at him and continued: "We will leave tomorrow morning and arrive at Huangzi Academy at noon. Likewise, you just need to say that you are the emperor's guest and the people from the academy will take care of you."
"This really caused trouble for General Nalan!" There were people who entertained him along the way to avoid the cold. This was the reason why he thanked Nalan Yu.
After walking not far, they finally reached a fork in the road. Nalanyu said to Luo Chengji again: "See you in the Imperial City!"
"See you in the Imperial City!" Luo Cheng joined hands with him and rushed away with ten soldiers.
After the group of people in front of him left far away, Nalan Yu took a deep breath and said fiercely: "I didn't expect that the National Master's strategy would really work!"
At this time, Xiao Qing, who had transformed, also rode up on a war horse, looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "That guy is just a monster."
"Yes, it's a monster!" Nalan Yu said with a smile.
Jiang Huo patted Nalan Yu on the shoulder and said, "You have done a great job this time!"
Nalan Yu looked back at him, and after a while he laughed and cursed: "What you said is wrong, it's us!"
Xiaoqing looked back at the two of them and said with a smile: "Without the cattle and sheep, let's hurry back and watch the fun."
When Nalanyu heard this, he yelled: "Go back quickly, I haven't participated in this enthronement ceremony yet!"
"Did you feel scared just now?" Jiang Huo looked at Nalan Yu and smiled.
"Isn't this nonsense? I should have changed roles with you at that time and let you confront the tiger and wolf army in Beihai." Nalan Yu rolled his eyes at him.
The three people's horses gradually started running.
It feels like we are getting closer to the Central Realm.
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Standing in the wind and snow of the Imperial Master's Mansion, Li Ye withdrew his Ruoshui Sword, gently blew off the snowflakes that fell on it, and looked in the direction of Dongxuan Territory, silent.
Three days have passed since the eldest prince's enthronement ceremony. The weather has become colder day by day, but his swordsmanship has made little progress.
When spring comes, do you want to go back?
He has been thinking about this matter for many days. Whether to go to Xuankai to see Taoist Master Qingxu first or to return to Fengyun City to see his parents first is a question for a person like him who has become an idiot in practice.
My parents and sister will not have any problems if their husband is with them.
Taoist Priest Qingxu on Fangcun Mountain has lived in the Five Realms for too long, and he may not leave here one day.
And the formations and refining medicines he told me were all knowledge that he wanted to learn very hard, and even the teacher didn't know them.
Shaking his head, shaking off the snowflakes all over his body, he walked towards the flower hall.
Xia Wutong sat at the table making tea.
Seeing Li Ye walk in, Xia Wutong washed a cup for him, poured tea and looked at him quietly.
Li Ye was stunned, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"
Xia Wutong looked up at him and said softly: "If you want to go to Fangcun Mountain in spring, I will go with you."
Hearing this, Li Yesuan froze.
Far away from the Central Territory, Fangcun Mountain is desolate and sparsely populated. It’s not like you haven’t been there before. I go there just to practice cultivation. If my husband is not here, what will I do there?
"Sir, if you're not here, what else can you do besides suffer hardship? Besides, will Mr. Tang also go?" Looking at the girl in front of him, he felt more and more dizzy.
Xia Wutong was startled. She really hadn't thought about this. After all, she had never been separated from Tang Qiuyu since she started practicing. Many times, she was more attached to Tang Qiuyu than her mother.
"Princess Yelu, where are Mu Mu and Xiao Qing?" Li Ye didn't see the three of them after practicing the sword, thinking that they were still snoozing.
Xia Wutong glanced at him and said, "Early in the morning, Brother Nalan picked up the three of them to play in the palace."
"They all went to the palace? Why didn't you go?" Li Ye couldn't understand. Since the three girls have gone, why did you stay?
"Please accompany me to meet my mother. I heard Mu Mu say you promised her." Xia Wutong missed Jiang Ruoyu after not seeing her for a long time.
When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. He thought about Queen Jingde in the hut next to the imperial mausoleum. He had indeed promised her the night before entering the city that he would take the princess there.
"Would you like to call Mr. Tang?" Li Ye thought that nothing would happen, so just go ahead and go.
"Master has also gone to the palace." Xia Wutong blinked her eyelashes slightly, looked at him and said softly: "Just the two of us are going, there is no need to call for guards. It's freezing cold, and there's no place for them to stay."
Li Ye nodded, walked out and called the housekeeper to come over and hitch the carriage.
Xia Wutong asked: "Not riding a horse?"
"You're not fighting, and you're not in a hurry. Why are you riding a horse? It's so cold, it's better to sit in the car. You're a princess, so be kind to yourself."
Li Ye looked at him and said softly.
The two walked out of the door and got on the carriage. Li Yecai looked back at her and asked, "Have you prepared anything? You can't go empty-handed, right?"
Xia Wutong looked at him and nodded, smiling: "I bought it when I was shopping with my brother that day."
Li Ye nodded and gently closed the car curtain.
The carriage slowly left the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion and headed towards the imperial mausoleum outside the city.
"Junior brother, I told you to go to Xuantian Temple."
"Well, let's wait until spring."
...
At that time, the carriage stopped outside the gate of Ciyun Nunnery. Xia Wutong took out an oil-paper umbrella from the car, opened it gently, and then glanced at Li Ye.
Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then took it over.
Li Ye and Xia Wutong walked forward, leaving two sets of footprints in the snow in the valley.
Princess Wutong, who was hiding under the umbrella, couldn't help but feel happy.
After all, this was the first time the two of them traveled alone.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but Tang Qiuyu followed the three girls to the palace, leaving his apprentice alone in the Imperial Master's Mansion to accompany Li Ye.
Li Ye reached out and pushed open the ajar door of the Buddhist hall, only to see a basin of charcoal fire had been lit inside, giving people a warm feeling.
Jiang Ruoyu sat quietly at the table. On the table, there was a charcoal fire in the small red clay stove, and the boiling water in the pot was roaring.
Picking up the teapot, Jiang Reyu poured three cups of hot tea, looked at Xia Wutong and Li Ye and said, "Why do you want to come see me in such a heavy snowstorm?"
Li Ye stepped forward and bowed his hands.
Xia Wutong stepped forward and took her hand and said coquettishly: "I came as soon as I wanted to. What's the reason?"
After saying that, he took out a lot of snacks and put them on the table. He looked at her and said with a smile: "These are all my mother likes to eat. I bought them with my brother when I went shopping that day."
Jiang Ruoyu gently stroked her black hair and said with a smile: "How is your brother? Even if you become emperor, you won't come to see me."
Xia Wutong looked at her and chuckled, and replied: "Why does mother speak like my brother? He said that mother is not willing to take a look at such an important moment as the enthronement ceremony."
"Since I have become a monk, I should no longer care about the affairs of secular families." Jiang Ruoyu handed the tea to her hand, opened a box of cakes, and placed it in front of the two of them.
"What are the plans of the Imperial Master in the future?" Jiang Ruoyu stopped chatting with Xia Wutong, but looked at Li Ye and asked quietly.
Li Ye lowered his head and pondered for a moment, looked at her and said, "If you don't return to the Imperial City, I would like to go to Fangcunhou to practice for two more years, and then return to Fengyun City to live."
After experiencing the war in southern Xinjiang and the struggle in the imperial city, although he is still a minor, he is already tired of the life here.
Xia Wutong didn't expect that Li Ye would actually want to leave the Imperial City and return to Fengyun City to live. He couldn't help but feel a little panicked, thinking, What will I do if you leave?
Jiang Ruoyu looked at her daughter, shook her head, picked up a piece of pastry and handed it to her.
Looking at Li Ye, he said: "I didn't expect that at your age, you would have thoughts of death. However, since you have no intention of becoming a monk and don't want to step into the sewage of the Imperial City, returning to Fengyun City is a good place."
Xia Wutong didn't understand, looked at her and asked, "Why?"
Jiang Ruoyu smiled faintly and said: "Because the world is too dirty, and the national master has not yet determined to become a Buddha."
Jiang Ruoyu's words shocked Li Ye, who was sitting dumbly, and left him speechless for a long time.
"Actually, I don't want you to become a Buddha right away. After all, that would be too painful and you would lose a lot of fun in life." Looking at Li Ye who looked confused, Jiang Ruoyu turned around and took an incense stick, lit it, and gently inserted it on the Buddhist altar. in the incense burner.
Li Ye was stunned for a long time before murmuring: "I don't want to go to hell."
Xia Wutong was confused, looked at the two of them, rubbed his brows, and shouted, "Can you please be more specific and clear?"
Jiang Ruoyu frowned and looked at her, reached out and patted the princess's little hand and said: "Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell..." She was thinking secretly in her heart, whether she should choose some principles of Buddhism and tell her. listen.
She didn't want her baby daughter to become like her one day.
Xia Wutong shook his head, looked at the two of them and smiled: "It's too profound. I'll ask my junior brother some other time."
Li Ye glanced at her and said seriously: "You and Mu Mu don't need to know too much about Buddhism. You just need to practice breaking through the realm seriously and live happily."
After hearing what Li Ye said, Jiang Ruoyu was very satisfied, thinking that he was worthy of being the son-in-law chosen by his man, and he always thought about his daughter.
Looking at Xia Wutong's pen, he said: "What the Imperial Master said makes sense. You and Princess Mumu will get along well in the future. It will be great for the two of you to practice together and have a partner in life."
"Where is my master?" Xia Wutong thought of Tang Qiuyu.
"Is she your master? She is probably distracted at the third or fourth level now. You haven't even entered the Nascent Soul yet. She probably won't be able to wait for you for many years before she goes to wherever your father went."
"Is mother going somewhere too?" Xia Wutong has lost her father, and she doesn't want her mother to leave with her.
Jiang Ruoyu smiled endlessly, looked at her and said, "I will try to spend more time with you."
Li Ye looked at the two people in front of him, pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "When sir comes, I will take him to my place to stay for a few days."
"Why is this?" Jiang Ruoyu looked at him and asked in confusion.
"My husband was with me when the emperor left. He knows that world very well. Senior can have a good communication with him when he goes to my house. He may be able to see the emperor wherever he goes."
No matter what, Li Yexin said, sir, he has accompanied Bai Susu and the emperor through the tribulation, so there is not much more than the emperor's queen, right?
At most, I will go with him when the time comes.
Jiang Ruoyu looked deeply at the young man in front of her, feeling uncontrollably happy.
Xia Wutong did not expect that Li Ye would invite his mother, and was secretly happy.
Li Ye looked up at the Bodhisattva on the Buddhist altar and thought to himself: You have to protect her!
