Prince Boring and Concubine Qiao Ai

Chapter 38

The Allied Forces of the Five Nations were mighty, but they were completely blocked from the Futian Formation, and they did not dare to act rashly until... Zhao Ling took his personal soldiers and broke the Futian Formation...

Lin Yueru covered her face and squatted down slowly. She is the Queen of Liang, and she has long been no longer the humble Princess of Yan from her mother's family who can be bullied, but she is not happy. She married someone she didn't like. People, she couldn't teach her son well, she watched him lose everything, but she couldn't do anything.

After leaving her hometown, her only reliance in Liang Guo was the emperor, but now, the emperor pushed her away, so strange.

In the past few years, Zhao Qi has been perfunctory to her, and the number of visits to her bedroom has become less and less.Even when they came, the two of them didn't have much to say, Zhao Qi flipped through books or reviewed memorials, while she embroidered origami and teased the parrot, that's all.

At that time, the Allied Forces of the Five Nations defeated Ning State, and Emperor Liang proposed to marry Yan State.The elder brother told her that the prince Liang Guo wanted to marry was Ah Qi, the person she silently liked, so she volunteered to marry Liang Guo far away, and she thanked the heaven for giving her the opportunity to make her dream come true.

But in the end, the person she wanted to marry was Prince Jingrui of Liang Guo, and it was the elder brother who conspired with Zhao Qi to deceive her.

Ah Qi...Ah Qi...She didn't want to admit it, but she heard it wrong.

But the rice has become porridge, and the marriage cannot be changed.

When they got married, Zhao Qi said that he only liked her, Lin Yueru, all his life. He always found some interesting little things to make her happy. When Zhao Xia was young, he carefully hugged his son to lull him to sleep.But at that time, she hated Zhao Qi to death, hated that Zhao Qi lied to her, hated that Zhao Qi didn't protect Zhao Ling well.

Zhao Qi had been waiting for her for many years, but she never looked back, always giving the emperor a cold face.Zhao Qi finally didn't wait any longer and gave up. No matter how deep the relationship was, he lost to time, and even the deep vows couldn't stand the rejection again and again.

It was her own fault, she personally ruined Zhao Qi's love for her, but she didn't do it on purpose.She didn't understand when she fell in love with the emperor of Daliang, she would be jealous of the other concubines around the emperor, she would spend the lonely night thinking that the emperor would come, and she wanted her son to become the best prince and win the favor of the emperor.

But she is arrogant and self-willed, and she doesn't allow herself to beg on her own initiative. She wanted to get back those things she had sniffed at, but she never dared to take the first step. She was afraid that Zhao Qi would look down on her, and she would look down on herself like that.

Tears fell drop by drop along her cheeks. How long has it been since she cried so unscrupulously?

……

When Luo Yi returned home, Zhao Ling was already sound asleep.His body was arranged in a big character, filling the entire bed.

He silently climbed onto the bed, and lightly pulled Zhao Ling up and hugged him in his arms.

"I'm back...um...too late...sleepy..." Zhao Ling couldn't tell if it was a dream or not.

"Go to sleep," Luo Yi kissed Zhao Ling's forehead, and whispered to himself, "A Ling, it's good that you're still here."

Zhao Ling leaned into the warm arms, he had a dream, it was very real, as if it happened just now. 20 years ago, he missed the wedding of his elder brother and Lin Yatou, and he and Luo Yi were on the banks of the Phoenix River to deal with many problems left after the War of Five Kingdoms and Ning.

After the Futian formation was broken, he was once trapped in the swamp at the bottom of the valley. In order to save him, Luo Yi left alone and gave the command of the Mobei Army to Xiao Lu, the coalition commander.After he was rescued, the war had come to an end, and he only caught up with a few small battlefields, the final battle against the siege of Liangdu.

All the way north, he felt no joy, but deep fear.

In Ningguo City, there are almost no living people.

Luo Yi was as shocked as he was, and there was a little sadness on his usual indifferent face. The two rode side by side on the long street in Ningguo City.

Those who survived were all gathered in one place, and were marked and handcuffed like slaves. With their bare arms and whip marks, they were doing the physical work of moving the wreckage to clean up the battlefield.

Zhao Ling looked at the corner of the street. A soldier kicked a man to the ground because he couldn't move the sack. His knee was broken and he couldn't stand up because of the pain. go up.

But the wrist holding the knife suddenly felt extremely painful, and the man in front of him was wearing a plain military uniform with a bad expression, and severely broke his bones.

Zhao Ling dismounted and leaned over to help the fallen man.

"You...you...you dare..."

"What's the difference between you and Ningguo?" Zhao Ling said coldly, "The key."

The man felt the vicious murderous aura, and was too frightened to speak. He couldn't afford to be provoked. Seeing that the two horses were of high quality, either rich or expensive, he obediently handed over the key and watched Zhao Ling support the horse. The people of Ningguo walked away.

On the stone ladder by the wall, Zhao Ling squatted down, untied the chain with a key, and heard the man say, "Zhao Ling, should I thank you?"

"I should thank you, although it's a bit late," Zhao Ling hesitated for a moment, "You have been kind to me and elder brother, and you have saved lives. Not only us, but the hostages of the five countries have received your favor. Emperor Ningguo wanted to kill us, but Because of your face, you have never been cruel. Xiao Zhuang, if it weren't for you, we would have died hundreds of times."

The other party still didn't speak, Zhao Ling simply sat down next to Ningzhuang, "It's great that everyone is alive."

There are only a small number of heinous people in Ningguo, but because of these few people, most innocent people in Ningguo have been implicated, and were brutally slaughtered by the hate-driven coalition forces, like animals rather than living people.Before he broke the sky formation, he never thought it would be like this.

Luo Yi didn't know Ningzhuang, but Zhao Ling seemed to know this person very well, presumably when he was a proton.The two sat together in silence, and the more he watched, the more uncomfortable he became. Did Zhao Ling forget to go to the tent in front to meet Zhou Geng?

Ning Zhuang suddenly stood up and knelt straight in front of Zhao Ling, "Seventh Prince, Ning Zhuang begs you..."

"I know, don't worry." Zhao Ling knew what Ning Zhuang asked him to do. The life and death of the soldiers of Prince Ning's Mansion are unknown. If anyone survived, Ning Zhuang hoped that Zhao Ling could save his life.

In the past, Zhao Ling basically knew the generals of Prince Zhuang's Mansion. Zhao Ling walked around the city and found that there were many people who survived. They were enslaved to work, holding their breath and waiting for something.

Naturally, hundreds of people couldn't be robbed like Ningzhuang. He took Lord Luo's token and picked them up very smoothly.

"Should I say hello to Zhou Geng about this matter..." Luo Yi said, Zhou Geng was in charge of this place, and they were just passing by.

Zhao Ling thought Zhou Geng wouldn't care about these hundreds of people, "No need."

It is difficult to take people away, how to arrange them, the Xue family army is not his at this time, it is impossible for my uncle to agree to take in so many people from Ningguo, let's take them back to Liangdu, let alone, the father's side can't make sense, he sees Looking at Luo Yi, "I remember that your hometown in Mobei needs to repair a house..."

"..." Who is going to repair the house?

"I remember someone assassinated the old prince a few days ago..."

Before Luo Yi came back to his senses, he heard Zhao Ling say, "How about sending you a bodyguard? Ningzhuang Kung Fu is very good. Do you remember Vice General Fang? They came from the same school, although he is slightly worse than Vice General Fang, But it is more than enough to protect your father. And they don’t want your wages to help you repair the house, you just need to give them food so that they don’t starve to death.”

"..."

"When I have a fief, I'll take them back," Zhao Ling patted Luo Yi on the shoulder, "It's such a happy decision."

"..."

But he didn't wait until he had a fief, he became a traitor, and he couldn't bring Ningzhuang and the others back in the end.Luo Yi did not let them build a house, but was incorporated into the Mobei garrison. At that time, the opposition from Liang Guo was fierce, and Luo Wangye did not back down in the slightest. He insisted on selecting talents regardless of nationality. side.

How many promises did he owe Luo Yi... just like the stars in the sky, there are countless promises.

……

"princess!!!"

Wu Lan flew in like a bird and shouted excitedly, "In the morning, the emperor wants to abolish the prince. The emperor actually wants to abolish the prince..."

"Hush." ​​Luo Yi jumped off the bed, covered Wu Lan's mouth, "Don't make noise."

Zhao Ling rubbed his eyes, "I'm already awake."

It was so loud that even the deaf people were woken up by him.

Get dressed and climb out of bed, "What's the matter running here so early in the morning?"

Wu Lan pointed to Luo Yi whose face was blackened into the bottom of a pot, and crossed her mouth.

"The sun is rising, it's time to wake up." Zhao Ling gave Luo Yi a kiss, "Don't be angry, I invited Wu Lan to play, I overslept and forgot about it."

Wu Lan can be regarded as lifting the ban, "The emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to draw up an order to abolish the crown prince in the early court, saying that the crown prince has no virtue and cannot be entrusted with great responsibilities. Prime Minister Xiao and Taifu Zhou are still kneeling at the door of the study room and begging the emperor to take back the order."

"Very good," Zhao Ling felt that the eldest brother did the right thing.

"I don't know what the prince did to make the emperor so angry," Wu Lan muttered, "But even if Zhao Xia is abolished, who will sit in the prince's seat? The third prince? The fourth prince? Is he impulsive? The fifth prince... "

"Zhao Yuan." Zhao Ling said, "There was a second prince before the third prince, and you have been left behind."

"He..." Wu Lan hesitated, "Princess...no...does the Luo Palace want to support the second prince as a prince?"

"If possible." Zhao Ling didn't hide anything, the Wu family is an imperial merchant, its status is not high, but it affects the lifeline of Daliang. Zhao Ling also wants to hear what the head of the Wu family thinks about the matter of the crown prince.

"When Zhao Yuan was born, Xiao Lu from Fengboting once gave him a fortune, saying that he was destined to have a noble person, and he would be born with the emperor's purple spirit. This was too evil. At that time, Zhao Xia had already been established as the prince, and the emperor's purple spirit was undoubtedly It meant that he would usurp the throne, so Xiao Lu quietly replaced the bamboo slips, and only told the Patriarch Xiao He and the Emperor about it."

So... Your Majesty is surrounded by spies from your Wu family?

Zhao Ling looked around to see if someone had sneaked into the Luo Palace.

Luo Yi gave him a reassuring look.

In his previous life, he would never have thought that he could enjoy Luo Yi's protection unscrupulously.