C68

"If you defeat me, my soldiers will be yours."

"Big brother, don't underestimate her. The people that we sent out were all taken care of by her alone."

"Even so, I doubt her ability to lead. To march and fight is no joke." The imposing voice finally woke Xi Men Na Lan from his stupor at this moment.

The probing eyes of the two looked towards Gu Ling Xue, who carefully asked: "How do I believe that you will win this battle?"

Gu Ling Xue looked at her wrist, then slowly raised her hand to caress the Luan, following that, her red lips slightly parted as she said: "You do not have the qualifications to question me, you only have two choices, to believe or not to believe."

"But you don't have the time to make that choice." Gu Ling Xue got up and turned to leave.

Xi Men Na Lan was originally hesitant, but when he suddenly saw that Gu Ling Xue wanted to leave, he became anxious, "I believe in you."

The moment the words to keep him alive came out of his mouth, there was no longer any room for redemption. Xi Men Na Lan could only gamble everything on this.

He slowly closed his eyes, covering his exhaustion. He then opened them again, his eyes shining.

"When do we start?"

"In three days." Gu Ling Xue's footsteps paused, her ordinary words were unable to guess what she was thinking, "Wiping away the Rong family, without delay!"

Xi Men's eyes were filled with worry. Looking at Gu Ling Xue's retreating back, her expression was extremely complicated, but because Xi Men Na Lan had already made his decision, she did not try to persuade him otherwise. Instead, he bent down and said, "Then I will take my leave first."

"Alright, big brother, it's been hard on you."

Xi Men Na Lan smiled as he sent the two off, while he himself returned to the Luan Phoenix Hall and sat in front of the dressing table, holding a wooden brush.

How long it had been since she had dressed up properly for herself.

Now that there was someone else in the harem, he didn't know that it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Esteemed Empress, Imperial Concubine Jing came to pay her respects."

Seeing that the empress had no intention to get up, the palace maid could not help but add, "Emperor is here as well."

The wooden brush in his hand fell to the ground, and with a crisp "click", it was forcibly cut into two halves. The palace maids rushed forward to clean up, but nimbly avoided Xi Men Na Lan, afraid that her anger would affect them.

The Emperor, had also come?

Xi Men Na Lan instantly stood up and looked in the direction of the front hall, the hand on his skirt hesitating about what the palace maid was going to say.

He did not come to the Emperor often.

Xi Men Na Lan's heart was filled with joy. Just as he was about to walk towards the front of the hall, the image of the woman appeared in his mind.

Heh, the Emperor, he came here for that woman.

According to the palace rules, any emperor who had a concubine enter the palace had to visit the empress palace the day after the ceremony. Regardless of his status, he couldn't afford to waste this gift.

However, what Xi Men Na Lan did not know was that this morning's regular visit could have been avoided. After all, the emperor had doted on such a woman, so it was not difficult for his to destroy some rules. However, Mu Rong Jing insisted on coming to visit.

Helpless, Mu Rong Hong Yu could only follow by Mu Rong Jing's side. The two of them had long since become the same person, and no matter what happened, they were inseparable.

"Bring me the peony brocade that Emperor gave me last year." Xi Men Na Lan looked at herself in the mirror. Her graceful figure, tired makeup, and slightly messy hair bun.

At this moment, in her eyes, everything about her had become extremely bad.

In front of that young and beautiful woman, his own age really couldn't compare to hers.

Then, let's compete in friendship.

That peony brocade was personally made by the Emperor on his birthday last year. Presumably, the Emperor's image must have been extremely deep.

As he thought, a faint smile formed on Xi Men Na Lan's lips.

After changing his attire, Xi Men Na Lan looked at himself once again. Only when he was completely satisfied did he exit the room.

Stepping into the front hall, Xi Men Na Lan just realized that the inside of the hall was unusually ambiguous.

Consort Jing was actually sitting on the throne with the Emperor.

Xi Men Na Lan was stunned at the door, not knowing whether he should enter, but the eunuch's sharp voice revealed her to the two of them.

Mu Rong Jing stood up without hurry, walked towards Xi Men Na Lan, and said: "Big sister is here."

Nodding his head, after walking a few steps, Mu Rong Jing stopped her at the center of the hall, then laughed: "Big sister, according to seniority, I am younger than you, so, if there is anything that little sister does not understand, big sister must teach little sister."

Just as the Empress wanted to reply, she heard the Emperor's pampered voice from behind Mu Rong Jing, "It's alright, you don't have to follow the rules."

Turning his head to look at Mu Rong Hong Yu, Mu Rong Jing said: "What I have to obey must be respected."

Then, Mu Rong Jing held onto the empress's hand and asked, "Right? Empress Sis. "

Hearing this, Xi Men Na Lan squeezed out a smile on his face, and gently replied: "Little sister has already done well enough."

Bringing Mu Rong Jing along, she walked forward and slightly bowed towards the emperor, and said: "Why are Emperor here too."

Seeing the two approaching, the Emperor immediately extended his hand to signal Mu Rong Jing to come to his side. He then wrapped Mu Rong Jing in her embrace and said: "Sedum has to come visit you once after bestowing the title of Consort, I have been thinking about this for a long time now and have followed you."

It was full of love, and listening to her, Xi Men Na Lan's heart felt sour. However, he could only smile dignified: "Yes, little sister is weak. If I must see her, this concubine will pay a visit to you, and I'll have to trouble Emperor to make a trip."

"The empress is still as understanding as ever." Satisfied, Mu Rong Hong Yu nodded his head. Only then did Mu Rong Hong Yu notice the peony brocade on the empress's body.

"That's right, this is a gift from Emperor. Chenqie loves it so much that he doesn't want to wear it. He can only keep it hidden and take care of it every now and then, so that it won't be damaged." With a sigh, Mu Rong Jing heard the helplessness in the empress's words and understood the feelings between the Emperor and the empress.

If they had to collect even a piece of the brocade robe that they usually gave, it could be seen that the two of them were usually unfamiliar with each other.

Mu Rong Jing secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

This time, she was relieved.

"The clothes I gave you were for you to wear." Mu Rong Hong Yu hugged Mu Rong Jing in his arms as he said to the Empress, "There's no need to be so formal, we'll just give you two more."

Mu Rong Hong Yu laughed heartily, he was very happy to see the two of them getting along harmoniously, but he was also not willing to delay his private time with Mu Rong Jing because of this, he then said: "Then we will be leaving."

Hearing this, Xi Men Na Lan could only lower his head, respectfully turning his body, and personally sending the two off.

Not long after Emperor left, Little Shun Zi brought a few dresses to Luan Feng Hall.

Xi Men Na Lan could not help but laugh bitterly, after quietly accepting the gift sent by the Emperor, he locked himself in his palace.

When Emperor saw Mu Rong Jing's doting eyes, she could only watch from the bottom of her eyes.

For her, the old ancestor no longer had to follow the rules. For her, the emperor had come to the Luan Phoenix Hall for the first time.

All the rewards she had received today were all thanks to her.

Xi Men Na Lan sat in front of the mirror in despair, looking at his old and wrinkled face, his trembling hands gradually becoming more and more wrinkles.

She couldn't be soft-hearted anymore.

"Someone, come." With this order, what came back wasn't a eunuch who had been standing guard outside the door, but a young man dressed in black.

"Empress."

"Go investigate the background of Jingfei. Her appearance out of thin air is truly strange." Xi Men Na Lan's eyes instantly became ruthless, completely different from the person who looked in the mirror and mourned for himself just now.

"Yes." As the voice faded away, the silhouette of the man in black also disappeared from the hall.

She was suddenly very curious, just what kind of person could cause the Emperor to be so enchanted.

Soon, they arrived at the appointed time.

Gu Ling Xue came to the Luan Phoenix Hall once again, but this time, her attitude was different.

The current Gu Ling Xue was no longer dressed in normal clothes, but changed into a fresh riding outfit. Her long hair was tied behind her head like a waterfall, causing Xi Men to have a whole new level of respect for her.

Riding on a fine horse, she slowly entered Luan Phoenix Hall. Waiting for her were the empress and General Kaian, both dressed in the same horse attire.

It seemed that a lady from a noble family wasn't just simple in her zither, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Because he had grown up in the army camp, he was extremely familiar with the horse riding techniques. Now that he saw that Gu Ling Xue was also an expert in riding, his hanging heart relaxed a lot.

She had been worried that if she were to go to the border to fight, it would be inappropriate to arrange a carriage on the way.

But now it would seem that she had overthought things.

"Let's go." Xi Men's heart did not have much of a ripple, and only casually glanced at Gu Ling Xue, and then immediately mounted her horse and advanced forward without the slightest hesitation.

Gu Ling Xue followed behind Xi Men and was extremely happy.

Her plan had succeeded in half.

After exiting the city gates, Xi Men brought the two of them and made many turns. Finally, they stopped at a cliff and dismounted without a word.

Gu Ling Xue sized up her surroundings as she tied the horse to a tree beside him, but she was still filled with suspicions.

After walking so far, where were the promised soldiers?

Turning around to look at Xi Men Na Lan, Gu Ling Xue only now realized that, at some point in time, Xi Men Na Lan had already disappeared.

She looked warily at Xi Men Kai An, only to see him slowly pull out two swords from his steed.

"If you defeat me, my soldiers will be yours."

A mocking smile appeared on Gu Ling Xue's face. Gu Ling Xue took the sword that Xi Men had thrown at him and threw it to the ground.

Xi Men held the sword hilt tightly in both his hands. Looking at Gu Ling Xue's series of actions, she did not say anymore words.

It was just an ordinary sword.