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To others, the phrase 'there are provisions and weapons of the Southern Kingdom' was actually nothing, but Mu Xuanyin had intended to misinterpret Shangguan Yi's words in order to pick a fight with him.

If you don't like someone from the start, then it would be hard to change your mind.

Furthermore, Mu Xuanyin's love for Hua Qingcheng had far surpassed that of her siblings. Since Shangguan Yi's father had kidnapped Hua Qingcheng and caused her to die without even knowing where her corpse was, he naturally hated Shangguan Yi's father to the bone.

Even Shangguan Yi felt the same way.

This was because in the Southern Kingdom, there was only one wife, and Shangguan Yi's father was in love with Hua Qingcheng when he had a wife.

"First prince, you know that this general doesn't mean that!"

Shangguan Yi didn't intend to remove the loathing in Mu Xuanyin's heart, so naturally she didn't intend to curry favor with him on purpose.

Therefore, Shangguan Yi's tone was cold.

"Is that so? Then why did Your Highness recognize it? Could it be that there's something wrong with this prince's ears? "

"…"

With Mu Xuanli's blatant provocation, Shangguan Yi was left speechless.

In the end, he decided not to say anything.

Of course, even if Mu Xuanli didn't say anything, he and Bai Zhan Ke were still discussing this matter in private.

For the next few days, there was no more fighting.

According to Bai Zhanjiao's words, they were waiting for news from Nangong Yao. And on this day, Nangong Yao had actually secretly sent someone over to let Bai Zhanjiao have a secret meeting with him.

On a mountain on the border between the two countries, Chu Feng and Nangong Yao met in secret.

"Huan Yue emperor, I was careless on this matter. I was originally here to trade with you, but …"

Under the night sky, Nangong Yao's face was full of guilt.

"What the First Prince means is that we still have to wait for some time?"

Bai Zhan Ke's expression was calm, and no one could tell what he was thinking. It gave off an unfathomable feeling.

Nangong Yao nodded his head and said, "It should have been settled in ten days. Although the Emperor is paralyzed and cannot move or speak, because the third prince wants to fight for the throne, he will have to wait for me to eliminate him before he can sign a good relationship agreement with you, Huan Yue."

Nangong Yao had actually already planned to kill the king of the Heavenly Light Empire. He did not have any feelings for this so-called father.

When he was born, it was because before the Emperor of the State of Tianzhao ascended to the throne, he had gotten drunk and favored a servant girl before he had him.

When Nangong Yao's mother was pregnant with him, she was imprisoned in the woodshed all day. It was only when he was born that she was able to marry him.

But even though he was born with a son, the king of the Heavenly Light Empire, because of his lowly status as the mother of his concubines, had never given them a good look.

Afterwards, as the heir to the throne of the king of the State of Tianzhao, he was often despised. Not only was he bullied by his brothers, even the position of crown prince was given to the second prince, who was born only later on.

Moreover, his mother was bullied by the crown prince, which made him want to usurp the throne.

"Is the First Prince absolutely confident this time?"

Even though the agreement between the two parties was not completed according to the schedule set, Bai Zhanhuan seemed to have expected it and his expression was very indifferent.

"Of course I'm absolutely confident!"

Nangong Yao answered firmly. From his eyes, it could be seen how much he had made up his mind to eliminate his so-called little brother.

"However, this is not the only reason I've come to see you."

"What else is there?"

Bai Zhan Ke raised his eyes to look at Nangong Yao, his expression was the same as before.

"Does the Huan Yue emperor know that there is a spy in your military camp?"

Nangong Yao had a sharp look in his eyes. He investigated Bai Zhan Ke's expression, as if he wanted to find something from Bai Zhan Ke's expression, but in the end, he was disappointed.

Because from beginning to end, his expression was the same.

"Naturally, it was cleared before."

Suddenly, Nangong Yao sighed and shook his head.

He turned around and looked at the light at the foot of the mountain.

"When your country's General Shangguan was surrounded, it was the Emperor who put the information out. Originally, I thought that the person planted by the Emperor was killed by you. But yesterday, I received a secret letter. Emperor Huan Yue, guess who sent this letter?"

Nangong Yao's mysteriousness caused Bai Zhan to furrow his brows in displeasure.

After he searched through his mind, he said, "Nangong Liu-Li?"

Nangong Yao suddenly turned his head and looked at the white battle cry in surprise. He never expected that the white battle cry would actually guess correctly.

Indeed, it was a letter sent by my so-called aunt. She said in the letter that there were a few of her trusted aides in the army camp of the Huan Yue Country, and if I wanted to win this war, I had to work with her. She would have her people secretly report the news to me, but the prerequisite is that I have to kill you!

What Nangong Yao had said was not a lie.

Bai Zhan Ke naturally knew that the empress dowager could do such a thing. Her goal was clear: let him die at the border, and then let Bai Ling Yu ascend to the throne. From then on, the entire Huan Yue Country was under her control.

"And?"

Bai Zhan Ke's expression remained unchanged. He only said two words.

Seeing his indifferent look, Nangong Yao felt somewhat defeated.

When he was in the State of Heaven's Illumination, he remembered that he had been as cold as well, and it had been the same for everyone.

Now that he was the ruler of a nation, he felt even colder than before.

Tomorrow, I will follow what she said in her letter and contact her people. After that, I will send someone to inform you which ones are her people. At that time, you will eliminate her people and prevent the matter of you working together from entering her ears.

Nangong Yao did not hide anything. He knew that if the empress dowager's people knew that there was someone in the army camp, they would definitely exterminate them. Thus, he did not need to conceal his thoughts.

Even if it was hidden, Bai Zhan Ke would definitely be able to see through it.

"Then I shall await news from the First Prince."

With that, Bai Zhan Ke turned and disappeared into the darkness.

Nangong Yao originally did not finish his words, but seeing that Bai Zhan Qi did not intend to continue chatting with him, he gave up.

In the tent, Hua Mu Jin and the green bamboo were chatting, looking very discordant.

"Empress, you shouldn't have come to a military camp filled with men. Look, not only is your hand injured, but your body also looks much thinner. You're even carrying a little prince. What if the little prince has something good to do?"

Green Bamboo had been in the army camp for several days. For some reason, she would repeat these words to Hua Mu Jin every day.

"Alright, look at me. Where did you lose weight? You clearly have gained a lot of weight, alright? Look at your stomach, it's almost unable to hide it anymore. "

Hua Mujie looked at her slightly bulging lower abdomen, her eyes filled with love.

Green Bamboo helplessly shook her head.

If it was any other woman who was pregnant, she would definitely not be like you, that's all. When I was injured before, I chatted a lot with the Lady Boss in the inn, and the Lady Boss said that if a woman is pregnant, her stomach would be obvious after three months. But look at you now, it's already three months old.

Green Bamboo's worry wasn't unreasonable.

Strictly speaking, Hua Mu Jin was carrying twins, so her belly should be slightly bigger than an ordinary girl's. However, this belly of hers had already been there for three months, so it wasn't obvious at all.

It looked like he had just eaten two more bowls of rice.

The corner of Hua Mu Jin's mouth twitched, feeling a bit helpless.

"Don't worry about it. It will definitely be fine. Right, what time is it now? The emperor should be returning to his tent soon, right? "

"Isn't it almost time? How about this servant go out and take a look? "

He didn't know what else he was busy with these past few days, except that he would return to the camp at night to rest with Hua Mujie, and he could barely see her during the day.

"No need, I'm probably busy. It's getting late, you should go and rest first. "

Green Bamboo wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth and saw Hua Mujie's expression darken, she didn't say anything.

"Yes, your servant will take his leave."

However, just as the bamboo turned around and took two steps, it seemed to suddenly remember something and turned around to walk back.

She took out a scented pouch from her chest and handed it to Hua Mujiao, saying, "That's right, Empress. This is the brocade handkerchief that you had embroidered for the Emperor earlier, and this servant has always carried it with me.

A brocade handkerchief?

Hua Mujiao took the scented pouch and opened it with great difficulty. Inside was indeed a square embroidered handkerchief. This handkerchief was a token of love that she had embroidered just now to give to Bai Zhan Ke.

However, she remembered …

"I remember. Didn't I tell you to burn it? How did you manage to keep it? "

"This is Empress's needle, stitched into countless fingers, how can this servant bear to burn it?" Moreover, Empress Dowager, you were angry before, but now it's different. Empress, you and the Emperor, you love each other dearly. "

Seeing the brocade handkerchief wrapped around her hand, Hua Mujie's heart was filled with gratitude for the green bamboo.

It was unknown how much effort she had put into this brocade handkerchief in order to embroider it so beautifully.

"Thank you, Green Bamboo."

"What did the Empress say? This is what a servant should do." This servant shall take her leave first. If there's anything else, esteemed wangfei, please call this servant over. "

After the green bamboo left, Hua Mujie looked at the brocade handkerchief for a long time.

It was only after midnight that Bai Zhan Ke returned to the camp, and Hua Mujiao had already gone to bed.

"I'm thirsty. Pour me a cup of water."

Actually, Hibiscus vulgaris wasn't thirsty, but she had asked Bai Zhan Ke to pour water for her, naturally, for a reason.

However, what she had in mind was completely different from what Bai Zhan had done.

Hua Mujiao frowned as she looked at Bai Zhan Ke.

Then, she looked at the brocade handkerchief that was quietly lying on the table and asked, "Hubby, don't you see the brocade handkerchief on the table?"