Outside the window, a gust of cold wind blew past, making the branches and leaves sway and rustle, and it also blew a chill on Nangong Yue's face, which was slightly red from the charcoal fire.

Countless white plum blossoms flew up with the wind, and fell down like goose feathers and heavy snow.

The corner of Nangong Yue's mouth curled up into a shallow smile, but the smile was slightly cold, not touching her eyes.

"Baihui, go and tell Zhu Xing that His Highness Carrero is a 'Vined Guest' of our Zhennan Prince's Mansion, you must greet him well and make His Highness feel at home..." Nangong Yue commanded meaningfully.

"Yes, Princess Concubine." Baihui's eyes flashed, she curled her lips knowingly, and blessed Fushen to take the order, "I will tell Butler Zhu, and I will definitely not let His Highness Carrero lose his life."

Die, isn't that too simple and too cheap for Carrero and Aimu!

Baihui stepped back quickly, and then Thrush, who had been waiting outside for a long time, lifted the curtain and came in: "Concubine Shizi, the ceremony is ready."

Nangong Yue nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Then let someone send it to you quickly."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a smiling female voice at the same time as the sound of picking the curtain: "Yue'er, it's the fourteenth day of the first lunar month today, why are the Lantern Festival gifts delivered so late?"

Que'er led Yuan Yuyi and Han Qixia in one after the other, and it was Yuan Yuyi who spoke just now.

As she walked, she winked at Nangong Yue jokingly, her slightly teasing expression seemed to say, Yue'er, you must have forgotten in a hurry!

Nangong Yue responded with a smile, and Wen Sheng asked the two to sit down.

Lantern Festival is a big festival, how could Nangong Yue forget about etiquette, even if she has a lot of trivial matters, she still has Baihui and Huamei to help her.

The gifts to be sent out today are extra preparations in addition to the regular gifts of each prefecture.

A few days ago, Nangong Yue received Xiao Yi's Feige biography, which mentioned that the young generals of the new camp who followed Xiao Yi to Xiye this time made a lot of military exploits.Although Xiao Yi only mentioned a few words casually, Nangong Yue could already imagine his complacent tone, showing off and being proud.

Therefore, Nangong Yue improvised and specially prepared another ceremony for Yu Xiufan, Chang Huaixi, Yan Xijun and other young generals of the new camp.

"Yue'er," Yuan Yuyi said as she sat down beside Nangong Yue, "Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. Cousin Xia said that there will be a lantern festival in the city tomorrow night."

Nangong Yue nodded and said, "Our Lantern Festival in southern Xinjiang is very different from the capital city. Sister Yi, it's rare for you to come to Luoyue City, but it's worthwhile to visit."

Hearing Nangong Yue say "our Southern Xinjiang" naturally, Yuan Yuyi couldn't help being startled. It seems that for Yue'er, Southern Xinjiang is already her home.

Thinking about it, the corners of her lips curled slightly, and she smiled and said, "Cousin Xia and I have made an appointment to go to the Lantern Festival together tomorrow night. Yue'er, do you want to come with us?" Yuan Yuyi originally wanted to invite Jiang Yixi, but since Jiang Yixi came After arriving in southern Xinjiang, she became weak. Maybe it was due to the exhaustion of the journey, or maybe it was a mental illness... Thinking about it, Yuan Yuyi felt a little bit embarrassed.

Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows and asked intentionally, "Then can I bring one more person?"

When she asked this question, Yuan Yuyi and Han Qixia couldn't help but glanced at each other, thinking of the same person, the two girls' eyes lit up, and they replied in unison: "That's natural."

My brother Yu hasn't seen the lantern festival yet!The smile on Nangong Yue's lips deepened, "The Lantern Festival is so lively, Brother Yu must like it." Little Xiao Yu has a lively temper. He likes to be lively since he was a child, and he is not afraid of strangers. One can imagine that tomorrow's Lantern Festival will definitely make the little guy very happy.Coincidentally, the cat lamp that Xiao Rongyu made for Xiao Yu can also come in handy!

The two girls rushed to respond, one said that they would help take care of the little guy, and the other said that they would choose the most beautiful lantern for the little guy. For a while, the room was very lively.

The news that the concubine and the grandson were going to the Lantern Festival immediately spread throughout the palace, and Zhu Xing and Baihui got busy. Ayimu was probably still in Luoyue City, so he had to carefully arrange guards to accompany him on this trip. , but also choose the restaurant with the best view, and arrange the defenses around the restaurant.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and the next day is the Lantern Festival. The streets and alleys in the city are decorated with lights and colorful flowers everywhere, filled with a strong festive atmosphere. At night, this kind of celebration reaches its climax in an instant. Those lanterns were lit one by one, the lights flickered, and the surroundings were gorgeous, which seemed brighter than the stars in the sky.

As soon as night fell, several distinguished guests were welcomed in Tayun Restaurant, and the boss personally greeted them to the private seats on the third floor facing the street.

"Yue'er, Cousin Yi, this private seat is in a good location, very suitable for watching the lights." Han Qixia said as she walked to the window, pointing to the street outside the window and said, "After half an hour, the dragon dance team will come along This Dongyun Street runs from east to west, you see, from this window, you can clearly see Dongyun Street at a glance."

Nangong Yue and Yuan Yuyi looked out in the direction Han Qixia pointed, and saw red lights hanging high on the entire Dongyun Street, people coming and going, and most of them were holding lanterns in their hands.

Looking down from the window on the third floor, the entire Dongyun Street is like a dazzling river of lights.

The beautiful scenery in front of them made the three girls full of praise, but the little guy in Juanniang's arms didn't take it seriously, twisted his body, and shouted: "Go... let's go."

The meaning of the word "go" sounds unclear, but Juanniang naturally knew that the little grandson wanted to go by herself, so she bent down and put him on the floor.

After the little guy landed, he pointed at Que'er impatiently, and Que'er hurriedly handed over the lantern in his hand to the young master, and said with a smile: "Grandson, don't worry, your lantern servant will take good care of you." .”

The little guy didn't know if he heard Que'er's voice, and his big black and white eyes stared at the cat lamp in his hand without blinking.

Today is the Lantern Festival, the little guy almost got a room full of lanterns, King Zhennan gave him a revolving lantern, Concubine Wei gave him a lotus lantern, Xiao Fei bought him a rabbit lantern, and various gifts from various prefectures. There are palace lanterns, bird lanterns, carp lanterns, etc., but little Xiao Yu still likes the cat lantern that Xiao Rongyu made for him the most.

This is a small orange lantern with a bulging lantern as the cat's head, then glued cat ears and cat whiskers, and then painted a three-petal mouth and a pair of golden cat eyes, which makes people love it just by looking at it.

Since Xiao Xiaoyu got the cat lamp this morning, he hasn't put it down much.

It was when Nangong Yue tried to persuade him when he went out just now that he let him go and entrusted him to Que'er for the time being.

As soon as the little guy got the cat lantern, he walked around the private seat happily, giggling happily, and walked up to Yuan Yuyi and Han Qixia to show off his lantern from time to time.

The people in the room boasted cooperatively, and the little guy laughed even happier because of this, his big eyes bent into lovely crescents.

Laughter continued in the private seat, and at the same time, Dongyun Street outside became more and more lively, full of festive noise.

On the one hand, the common people gathered here to wait for the dragon dance team and the floats to arrive. On the other hand, many people heard that the concubine and her grandson had also come to Tayun Restaurant to watch the lanterns, so they came here one after another, stretching their necks Looking at the private seats on the second and third floors of Tayun Restaurant, they were chatting and discussing.

"Did the concubine and the grandson really come to Tayun Restaurant?" A thin, dark-skinned young man stood on tiptoe excitedly, looking up.

A grey-haired old woman beside him immediately interjected: "Then it's fake?! Didn't you see that the guards of the royal palace are standing at the entrance of Tayun Restaurant?"

"The sons and grandsons of the barbarians made me feel proud in southern Xinjiang!" Another scholar-like humane said, "Today is a rare Lantern Festival, and I don't know if we will have a chance to see the grandchildren's demeanor tonight!"

"Why not! We didn't see the grandson when he entered the door, but he must come out of it?" The old lady said in a loud voice, which attracted the echo of many people around. In just a few words, The flow of people on Dongyun Street became even denser, and it was almost impossible to move an inch.

No one noticed that there was a short, bearded middle-aged man standing behind the crowd. He followed the crowd and looked up towards the direction of Tayun Restaurant, with disappointment in his sharp eyes.

"He" is Ayim in disguise.

Today is the Lantern Festival, and there are too many people. Although it is convenient for her to hide her whereabouts, it also makes it difficult for her to find a chance to get close to Nangong Yue and the others. It seems that she will have no chance to do it tonight.

In the past two days, she has used the mother gu to stimulate the child gu in Jiang Yixi's body to attack several times. She wanted to force Nangong Yue to commit the crime and release Carrero. However, until now, the Zhennan Palace has not responded.

It seems that the other party doesn't care about Jiang Yixi's life or death!

Ayimu clenched his fists, but his waist was still straight, like a pine and cypress in the cold wind, aloof and tough, and his thoughts were spinning quickly.

It was she who overestimated the Zhennan Palace. I am afraid that the last time Nangong Yue was willing to exchange Carrero for Jiang Yixi was just for the sake of external reputation. Now that this superficial effort has been done, she doesn't care about Jiang Yixi's life or death.

The Zhennan Prince's Mansion is nothing but a deceitful person!

Fortunately, my previous layout was not completely destroyed... This game is only halfway through, and it is still uncertain who will live and who will die.

Thinking about it, a icy light flashed in Ayimu's eyes, and he glanced in the direction of Tayun Restaurant's private seat, his gaze was like a vulture staring at its prey.

At this time, the whole street suddenly boiled up, and the voices of the people were excited one after another: "Look! The dragon dance team is coming!"

"There are also floats!"

"I don't know what this year's Lantern King looks like?"

"..."

The surrounding area became more and more lively, and the crowd became more and more excited, as if even the air was burning hot.

Ayimu, who was in the crowd, looked back and quietly stepped back, one step, two steps, three steps... Finally, he withdrew from the crowd and entered a small alley behind, quickly disappearing into the darkness...

The hustle and bustle around was still there, as if Ayim had never been here.

The dragon dance team not far away is getting closer and closer. Amidst the thundering gongs and drums, a dazzling long dragon dances windingly, attracting cheers from all around.

Behind the dragon dance team is a huge float. On the float, three slender girls wearing only half-sleeved veils dance lightly among the countless lotus lanterns on the float. Against the backdrop of the gorgeous lotus lanterns, the girls look Like a dream, like a fairy descending to the mortal world, cheers, applause and the noisy gongs and drums are mixed together.

Not only the common people below were excited to watch, but even the little Xiao Yu in the private seat on the third floor heard the sound.He was carried to an armchair by the window, with a pair of chubby little hands tightly holding on to the window sill, looking down at the dragon dance team below.

The little guy's pupils shone like lights, and as the dragon danced, he turned his body up and down together, screaming "ahhh", and smiled so much that he showed two rows of rice-grained teeth.

Nangong Yue put one arm around the little guy's waist, looked at her little guy with a smile, and taught him a few new words, such as "dragon", "lion", and "dance"...

The little guy's baby voice and babbling appearance are really cute. Seeing his two aunts' hearts almost melted, and they didn't know whether they came to see the Lantern Festival or Xiao Yu of.

The long parade team can't see the end at a glance, and there is a lot of people's voices. Tonight, the lights of Luoyue City will not go out, all night long...

However, in the far northwest, there is still a cold wind howling and cloudy clouds.

Since the capture of Zhongling City, both the sky above Xiye Capital City and all the Xiye people have been shrouded in a thick haze. In this brief interval of fighting, instead of feeling relieved, they My heart is getting heavier and heavier.

It was like the calm before the storm, and the air was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

In just a few days, the King of the West Night had already haggarded a lot, and he tossed and turned at night, almost unable to sleep at night.

A stack of battle reports was piled up on Xiye King's case, and the pile was getting higher and higher. On the top of the stack of battle reports was a piece of white cloth with a few lines of large characters written on it.

This is the letter of war that the official language Bai shot on the wall of the capital city with an arrow that day, and that arrow even broke his own banner!

Every word and every sentence on the gauntlet is so arrogant and domineering, and the black ink marks are so glaring against the white cloth, every time I see it, it hurts the eyes of the King of the West Night.

Guan Yubai, this Guan Yubai is like a tarsal maggot unwilling to let him go!

Thinking about it, Xiye Wang's face was so gloomy that he almost dripped ink, and many memories flashed through his mind quickly.

At that time, he had just passed the weak crown year, with high ambition and high spirits. For the first time, he was ordered by his father to lead [-] troops to the battlefield of Western Xinjiang alone. The task given to him by his father was to slaughter Yangyu City, a small city on the border of Western Xinjiang. Bring the money, food, weapons and prisoners of war in the city back to Xiye.

The defenders of Yangyu City were only 3000 at full strength, and there was no chance of winning against his own 5000 army. But he did not expect that he was ambushed by an official army before he arrived in Yangyu City. There were [-] soldiers, and the leader was just a young man who was still young, but he defeated more with less, and he suffered a crushing defeat.

At that time, he was the one who decisively ordered the retreat, and returned to Xiye with two thousand remnants.

Since then, the boy's name and figure have left an indelible imprint on his heart.

Guan Yubai, this young man named Guan Yubai is his lifelong enemy!

He vowed that Guan Yubai would be defeated by his army and divided into five horses. However, no matter how he tempered himself and Xiye's army, no matter how invincible he was against other small neighboring countries and his achievements in battle, every time he met When Guan Yubai, it was a fiasco, a fiasco without any suspense.

One year, three years, five years...always!

Until one day, one of his counselors reminded him——

Whether it is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, as long as it can achieve a great cause, it is a great talent!

Yes, why does he have to fight Guan Yubai with real swords and guns? No matter what method he uses, as long as he can get rid of Guan Yubai, then it is Gao Mihe who defeated Guan Yubai, it is him Gao Mihao Won!

For this reason, he familiarized himself with the history books of the Central Plains for hundreds of years and the "Biography of Famous Generals" of the past dynasties, which finally gave him some insight.

It is not difficult to get rid of Guan Yubai and even the official army!

Just use his spear to attack his shield.

It only needs to break through from the inside of Dayu, and with Emperor Dayu's suspicion and suspicion, Guan Yubai can be destroyed!

Everything went according to his layout, the official language was in vain, and the official army was destroyed.

No matter how talented that Guan Yubai is, it doesn't matter if he has exhaustive strategies, he was ruined in the hands of Gao Mihao, and he even used this to win the favor of his father, successfully standing out from his brothers, and being favored by him. Appointed as the prince, and later ascended to the Great Treasure, becoming the King of the Western Night!

Nine years have passed!For nine whole years, he thought that his nightmare was over long ago, he thought that he could finally start his grand plan, win Dayu, expand his Xiye territory several times, and leave his name in history.

But he didn't expect this to become his worst nightmare!

And this nightmare seemed to be endless, he and the whole Xiye were trapped in this nightmare!

Suddenly, there was a sound of messy footsteps outside the imperial study room, getting closer and closer, and soon, a middle-aged soldier walked into the imperial study room panting, knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Guan Yubai I have led the army to Baishan City!"

Baishan City? !Xiye King's pupils shrank sharply, and his heart tightened. Baishan City is only about a hundred miles away from the capital!

How could this be? !

It has only been half a month, and there is no news of the envoys he sent to Dayu King's Capital, but Guan Yubai actually acted so quickly!

Going on like this, even if Emperor Dayu wanted to help him, he would be far away from the fire, and even if he immediately recalled the troops on the front line of the western frontier, he would not be able to reach the capital now.

Next, what should I do? !

King Xiye was in a state of confusion and couldn't make sense of it for a moment. After a while, he frowned and asked, "Lakeda, only Guan Yubai? What about Xiao Yi, the son of Prince Zhennan?"

Lakda was stunned for a moment, and immediately bowed his head and replied: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi stayed in Zhongling City, and only Guan Yubai led tens of thousands of southern border troops to approach the capital!"

King Xiye was dumbfounded. The prince of Zhennan acted completely inexplicably. There was no way to find out. What was he thinking? !He stayed in Zhongling City by himself and let Guan Yubai's white-collar soldiers attack his Xiye capital. Isn't he afraid that after Guan Yubai attacked the city, he would add a yellow robe and make himself king? !

Why did Xiao Yi not care about this great opportunity to establish his military prestige at all, and just gave it up to Guan Yubai?Could it be that he has other conspiracies and tricks? !

The more Xiye Wang thought about it, the more irritable he became. Huo Di stood up and walked back and forth in the imperial study room, round and round...

Lakda on the side still knelt on the ground on one knee, not daring to disturb the West Night King.

Following that monotonous pace, King Xiye's heart calmed down little by little, and he said to himself, the more calm he has to be at this time.

It doesn't matter what Xiao Yi thinks. Obviously, the core figure of the southern border army is Guan Yubai, and there is only Guan Yubai!

As long as I get rid of Guan Yubai, the Southern Border Army will be defeated without a fight!

Xi Ye Wang narrowed his eyes, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Maybe it's time to make the move that I have been hiding for a long time!

Thinking about it, Xiye King's eyes became firmer, he made up his mind, and ordered forcefully: "Lakeda, go to Dongshan Camp for Gu..."

West Night King's gruff voice echoed in the imperial study room. After he explained something, Lakda left in a hurry.

The sky outside was pitch black, and night enveloped the earth...

When dawn fell on the earth again, the sun's rays pierced through the darkness, "treading", a vigorous middle-aged knight rode a tall horse and galloped in the dawn light, until he came to a city before stopping.

Without waiting for the guards on the city wall to ask questions, the middle-aged man immediately shouted loudly: "I am the former subordinate of the Major General, and I am here to ask to see the Major General, and I hope to pass it on!"

His loud voice resounded all around.

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint!

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