Lu Ze said, "Lingling is already proud of you."

The shortest route from Beicheng to Shengjing passes through seven prefectures, namely Liangzhou, Longzhou, Qinzhou, Qinzhou, Shanzhou, Chang'an, Shanzhou, and then to Shengjing. The total distance is 2,500 miles.

Unlike before when they could ride day and night, there are so many soldiers along the way, and they don’t know whether the provincial officials and soldiers will stop them. It may take several months to reach Shengjing.

Liangzhou borders Beicheng, and the people of Liangzhou welcome the troops of Prince Qi's Mansion with great enthusiasm. It can be said that without Prince Qi's Mansion conquering Beimo and Beicheng, Liangzhou would not have had such a good life in the past fifteen years.

The officials of Liangzhou did not dare to stop them and even provided a lot of military supplies.

After leaving Liangzhou City and arriving in Longzhou, the Qi family's troops were stopped outside the city.

Qi Yu'an ordered to set up camp.

After counting the military rations, Qi Yuning entered Qi Yu'an's tent and asked him, "I remember now. Is the governor of Longzhou from the Qin family?"

Lu Ze said from the side: "Yes, I don't know that the governor of Longzhou has a close relationship with the Qin family. Moreover, the governor of Longyou is the son-in-law of Qin Guojiu. I am afraid that Longzhou cannot be passed easily."

Qi Yu'an displayed a map of Longzhou and said, "Longyou has always been a major military stronghold, with 80,000 soldiers. We've brought 100,000 troops with us. We can certainly fight, but we're worried that the Shuofang troops will come to our aid. If that happens, we'll be attacked from both sides."

Qi Yuning looked at the topography on the map, which also marked the locations of the Longyou Dao soldiers. He said, "Longzhou City has so many troops. It looks like it will be a tough battle."

Qi Yuning clenched the Buddhist beads on her wrist. She prayed for peace, but she also knew that only by reaching Shengjing as soon as possible and eliminating the Qin family who were plotting rebellion could she prevent the world from continuing to be in chaos.

Qi Yu'an instructed Zhong Ming who was standing beside him, "Call Zhu Feng and Zhu Yang, your brothers, to discuss the siege."

When Qi Yuning heard about the siege, he left the military tent and looked at Longzhou City in the distance. He thought that the siege would surely result in rivers of blood.

But if the Qin family's rebellion really succeeds, who knows how many people will die in Shengjing City.

What's more, the Qin family has killed countless people and is capable of doing things worse than animals, such as feeding the housekeeper's daughter to dogs and torturing the ten-year-old Princess Shan to death. If the Qin family becomes emperor, it will be a misfortune for the people of the entire country.

"Princess."

The spy who had gathered information from Longzhou City came to the military camp and saluted Qi Yuning when he saw him.

Qi Yuning asked, "Is there any important news in Longzhou City?"

"There's a piece of news, I don't know if it's serious or not. The eldest son of Huang Tao, the governor of Longyou Road, has suddenly died. The Huang family is in grief. It's said that Young Master Huang's wife committed adultery and was seen by Young Master Huang. Young Master Huang was so angry that he died on the spot."

Qi Yuning thought of the eldest wife of the governor of Longyou Road. She felt familiar with her, so she asked, "The young wife of the governor of Longyou Road looks so familiar. Do you know who she is from?"

"She is Madam Ning's adopted daughter, Chen Nian. Actually, she was once the daughter of Prince Qi's mansion."

Qi Yuning suddenly remembered that back then, the Qi family was not just composed of her and her brother, but also had her fourth aunt alive.

As soon as the news of Fourth Uncle's death came, Fourth Aunt miscarried the six-month-old fetus in her belly. For this reason, Fourth Aunt adopted a fatherless and motherless girl from the Qi Family Army. The girl was one year older than Qi Yuning and was named Qi Nian.

Fourth Aunt stayed at the Qi family for three years and hardly ever left the house.

After mourning for three years, Fourth Aunt's family took her back to her parents' home and betrothed her to Mr. Shen, a prominent family in Shuofang. Fourth Aunt also took her adopted daughter away and changed her name to Shen Nian.

Fourth Aunt was not in Shengjing City, and Qi Yuning rarely inquired about their news. However, he heard about Shen Nian's marriage a few years ago.

The Shen family did not send an invitation to Prince Qi's Mansion to announce the good news. At that time, Qi Yuning just listened to it and did not dare to send any gifts.

After all, Fourth Aunt has remarried, and Prince Qi's Mansion is afraid that the Shen family will be unhappy if they send gifts to her adopted daughter.

I didn't expect this sister to do such a thing...