Now it was Nie Changfeng's turn to feel uneasy. He wanted to make someone angry but ended up getting pissed off by the other person.

He simply snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left.

This Nie Changfeng has always been a bad person in the court. No one is willing to deal with him. He always looks down on others and thinks he is very great.

Now, he is thinking about how to get evidence of his affair with Concubine De.

This matter cannot be made public, at least it cannot embarrass His Majesty. Which man can tolerate the fact that he is being cheated on and everyone knows about it?

When he arrived at the palace gate, the carriage was already waiting there. A guard from Prince Xun's mansion came running over and told him that the Crown Princess was about to give birth.

Jiang Sui has been living in the East Palace with little Mingxi most of the time these days to accompany Xia Wanning. Fortunately, he is busy recently, otherwise he would have to stay alone in the empty room.

He learned the news, but he didn't dare to rush over rashly. After all, Xia Wanning was the Crown Princess. Although Helian Jing asked him to take good care of Xia Wanning before leaving, his identity still made it inconvenient.

However, Concubine Xian received the news and rushed to the Eastern Palace, bringing a group of imperial doctors with her.

In ancient times, it was difficult to give birth to twins. Even in modern times, with advanced medical conditions, twins still need to be taken seriously.

Jiang Sui was accompanying Xia Wanning in the bedroom. She was sweating from the pain, but she still tried hard not to cry out.

Now, her mind is full of Helian Jing who is far away on the border battlefield.

Helian Jing seemed to have sensed something and he led his army to camp on the coastline.

He did not choose to board the warship, but stayed behind.

It has been more than ten days since we arrived at the battlefield, and there is still no good news from the sea.

So, he discussed with Cheng Moyang and others and decided to withdraw the navy to the coastline to see what the other side's reaction would be.

The two princes of Luosha Kingdom, holding telescopes, saw the navy of Daqing withdrawing, and they didn’t understand what was happening on the other side. Didn’t they intend to take back their waters?

The two held different opinions. The eldest prince thought that since the other side retreated without fighting, they should just advance. Anyway, they had hot weapons like muskets, and they would be the ones to rule the land.

The second prince felt that the other party's reaction was too abnormal. He was afraid that there must be something wrong. If he attacked rashly, what if he encountered an ambush or fell into a trap?

So the two brothers discussed it and asked for instructions from Empress Joscelyn who was in charge of the rear.

When Jocelyn received the news, she angrily scolded the two princes.

"You two are such rubbish. You still need to ask the emperor for permission for such a small matter?"

She felt that she had really eaten too much, which was why she asked the two of them to lead the attack on Daqing.

In the end, Joseline felt that it would be better for her to go on the expedition herself.

After waiting for more than half a month, the army of Rakshasa finally took action and began to advance.

The warships carrying the Rakshasa army began to move towards the territory of Daqing.

Daqing retreated all the way and had no intention of stopping their advance.

Helian Jing just wanted to wait for them to come ashore, fight with them a bit, show his respect, and then propose negotiations.

It would be best if a peace treaty could be signed, otherwise, Daqing would never return the princess to her.

Another thing is, if she knew that her princess was in Daqing before the war started, then the negotiations would be difficult and not much benefit could be achieved.

However, before the war, Helian Jing still made some deployment of troops. The city walls of Daqing were high and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As long as their soldiers don't open the city gates and don't engage in close combat with them, they can just drag them away and reduce casualties.

The food and grass of Luosha Kingdom had to be transported across the sea. How much food and grass would be needed to feed an entire army? How much manpower and material resources would be consumed? The longer the delay, the greater the cost to them.

But they are different in Daqing. They can transfer food and grass nearby on their own territory, so they must do everything they can to reduce the arrogance of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Anyway, Helian Jing has plenty of time to waste with them.

Empress Joseline had already had ideas about the land of Daqing many years ago. At that time, she was still the princess of the Luosha Kingdom, a favored daughter of heaven. She was very brave and sailed across the ocean to Daqing alone. As a result, the situation on the sea was unpredictable. It rained heavily and the wind blew strongly, so that her boat was overturned.

Although she was familiar with water and grabbed a piece of driftwood on the sea, she persisted for two days. However, she eventually fainted from exhaustion due to lack of fresh water and the cold sea at night.

She thought she was going to die, but fortunately, she was washed by the waves to a small fishing village on the border of Daqing.

A bachelor saved himself, in Daqing's words, he should be called a scholar.

The translator she brought with her had already been buried at sea, and due to the language barrier, she was unable to communicate normally with the scholar.

The scholar was quite nice to her and took good care of her. He hired a doctor to see her, made her medicine, and even made clothes for her. Damn it, she simply couldn't get used to the traditional clothing of Daqing.

Besides, do all the men in Daqing look so delicate? She felt that with her ability, she could defeat two of them at once.

But, he was his savior after all, and he was also quite good-looking. At least in the eyes of the women in Daqing, he was a handsome man.

However, she still prefers the men from her Rakshasa country because they are more masculine.

She was very grateful to him for saving her, so she cooked a classic Luosha Kingdom meal herself. She was not used to using Daqing's stove and made herself dirty, but fortunately, the food was still edible, although he looked uncomfortable with it.

But she was a princess, and it was a great honor for her to be willing to cook for a commoner from a foreign country.

That day, he brought back two jars of fine wine, which was said to be Daqing's specialty wine. She usually drank wine, and it was the first time she tasted such a strong wine. She was drunk after drinking only half a jar.

As a princess, her life in Luosha Kingdom was colorful, with countless admirers. She was cheerful and unrestrained, unlike the old-fashioned and conservative people of Daqing. So after getting drunk, she had unspeakable things happen between her and this man from Daqing, and afterwards, she became pregnant.

She didn't want to give birth to a child of a foreign man's blood, so she decided to abort her. However, an accident happened and she fell. The child was fine, but she lost her memory. So she stayed in this small fishing village, became his woman, and gave birth to a daughter for him.

When the child was about one year old, she regained her memory. So, it had been almost three years since she left her country. Three years was enough time for a lot of changes, not to mention that she had two sisters competing with her for the throne.

So she decisively abandoned her child, leaving her only a pocket watch as identification, and left quietly.

Before she obtained the throne, she would not allow her scandal to be known by the Rakshasa royal family, so she decided to come back to pick up her daughter after she got everything.