With her wedding day approaching, her fiancé, Lu Yun, preferred to shave his head and become a monk rather than marry Qi Yuning. Princess Qi instantly became the laughingstock of Shengjing.
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Qi Yuning also thought it made sense, "Then Wu Xiong can no longer stay in the army."
Qi Yu'an said, "Well, let's wait until they get married before dealing with Wu Xiong. This will also give the Wen family some face."
This was Lu Ze's first time in Beicheng. He still had four days before returning, so he wanted to take advantage of these days to visit Beicheng Sha Town to see the scenery of the desert.
Lingling also wanted to go to the desert to ride a camel, and insisted that Qi Yuning and Lu Ze go together. Although Qi Yuning was afraid of the cold, since Lingling wanted to go to the desert to ride a camel, she had no choice but to go with her.
Qi Yuning wrapped her entire face tightly, leaving only her eyes exposed.
The desert is only a day's journey away from Quanzhen. We traveled on the second and first day of the first lunar month and arrived at Shazhen early in the morning on the third day of the first lunar month.
The loess is flying, and the sky is filled with endless yellow sand.
The weather during the day was quite suitable. Lu Ze, looking at the endless yellow sand from his camel, said, "Back then, General Qi and his men had a very difficult time fighting here."
Qi Yuning said, "Here, the food is mixed with sand, and there is rarely any water. It's still okay in the winter, but in the summer, the yellow sand here would burn you to a crisp."
Lingling cried out from the camel, "There's so much rustling! Lingling wants to get off and play!"
Lu Ze put Lingling down, and Lingling started playing with the sand.
Lu Ze looked into the distance and asked Qi Yuning, "Is it still Dasheng territory after leaving this desert?"
Qi Yuning nodded and took out the map. "Well, after leaving this desert is Beicheng Jinzhen, which borders Wan State. This area is all my Dasheng territory. Beicheng is the burial place of three generations of my Qi family, a total of eighteen people.
My parents died in Sha Town. The harsh winter after nightfall was extremely unbearable. In those days, due to the lack of food and clothing, countless soldiers froze to death or were seriously injured. It was very difficult for my parents to defend Sha Town.
If it weren't for the conspiracy of the people in the Dasheng court, colluding with the Beimo thieves, I wouldn't have been left without parents at such a young age..."
Lu Ze said, "Although fourteen years have passed, the passage of time has left traces. Believe me, I will seek justice for the Qi family army. My people have already found out a lot of information about the past in Sha Town."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Are you looking for information?"
Lu Ze said, "This time I came to Beicheng, in addition to investigating Ah Ping's identity, I also want to find out who colluded with Beimo back then. My subordinates have been in Sha Town for many days."
Qi Yuning said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Lu Ze said, "Those involved are often confused. I'm telling you this in advance because I'm afraid you'll take it too seriously and become so preoccupied with it that you might even have trouble living well for years."
Qi Yuning walked to Lu Ze's side and threw herself into his arms.
Lu Zeqian hugged Qi Yuning and patted her back gently, "Let's go to the government office in Sha Town."