After sending her mother away, An Qingran's face darkened: "Ren Dong, tell the palace maids from now on that when they see Concubine Shu, they should hide if possible and must not cause any trouble."

"It's true that our people are not to blame for what happened just now." Honeysuckle reminded carefully.

"I know, but I'm afraid they will suffer for me." An Qingran stood in front of the window. It was cloudy outside. She suddenly said, "Arrange six of the secret guards left by the prince to secretly protect the general's mansion. Report to me immediately if there is any situation."

"But there are only ten of us..."

"Do as I say."

Honeysuckle had no more objections.

An Qingran felt relieved only after she had arranged everything. She had no other requests now. Even if someone wanted to harm her, she still had the ability to fight back. She just hoped that Dongfang Jin could come back safely.

****

Tai'an City.

An Zhongtao and Dongfang Jin looked at the map in front of them. They had repelled three attacks by Lei Taiguo. After Lei Taiguo's army suffered several heavy losses, it had not attacked again for seven days. Dongfang Jin looked at the military map and suddenly said, "General An, I plan to lead the troops out of the city."

An Zhongtao was startled by his words: "Leaving the city?"

"Yes, their current military strength is basically equal to that of our dynasty. We will use chariots and other formations to give them a thorough blow. If they don't realize how powerful we are, they will still not withdraw. Now whether they withdraw or not is a small matter. What is really important is whether we in Dongze allow it." Dongfang Jin's eyes were full of coldness. He would not say anything if they attacked Dongze, but they would be damned if they delayed his and Qingqing's happy time together. If they dragged on, when would he be able to see Qingqing? But no one could say this.

An Zhongtao nodded: "That's right, but I don't agree with you going to the battle in person."

here we go again.

Dongfang Jin thought of several reasons and finally convinced An Zhongtao.

An Zhongtao really didn't expect that this prince, who looked frail before, was so brave. Moreover, he had also seen his kung fu, which was so high. To be honest, it was higher than his own.

The longer An Zhongtao spent with Dongfang Jin, the more he liked this prince, and he was happy for his daughter.

After careful preparation, the whole city sent out troops, with Dongfang Jin taking the lead and charging towards the enemy camp. An Zhongtao arranged his deputy generals to follow closely behind in the left and right routes. Lei Taiguo did not expect that the Dongze people would suddenly leave the city. Although he was prepared, the camp was soon torn apart by Dongze's spear cavalry. Then, Dongze's chariots arrived, avoided the trenches, and rushed straight to the central army tent. Next, it was the Iron Shield Team that blocked their arrows, and then the Dongze people threw spears, which were more shocking than arrows. This series of attacks completely made the Lei Ze people lose their resistance, and they won a great victory in this battle.

Dongfang Jin pursued the enemy and drove Lei Tai's troops within ten miles of their country before returning victoriously.

That night, the city of Tai'an was brightly lit, the soldiers celebrated their victory, and the people of the city rushed to tell each other and sent gifts of condolences...

Three days later, the Leitai people sent envoys to request a ceasefire and peace talks, and sent a deputy general who provoked the incident to the Dongze camp for them to deal with.

Dongfang Jin accepted their request for peace.

But the other party had a request, in order to restore the friendship between the two countries and never fight again, so they accepted the request for marriage.

One is the prince and the other is the princess.

If the two countries marry each other, they can achieve a permanent truce.

Dongfang Jin did not agree directly, but wrote a letter to ask Emperor Yunqi. Emperor Yunqi knew that the army led by his son had won a victory, and announced the news during the morning court. He was very happy and excited. All the civil and military officials in the court saw it and congratulated him. Everyone felt that Lei Taiguo's request for marriage was reasonable and their princesses could also marry in. However, there was no suitable woman in the court to marry, which was a problem.

Emperor Yunqi's two princesses are still young.

However, Emperor Yunqi had his own ideas.

****

When An Qingran heard about the arranged marriage, she was shocked. She suddenly thought of Dongfang Ruoxue. In her previous life, she went to Leitaiguo for an arranged marriage. Although her relationship with Dongfang Ruoxue was not very good in her previous life, she had also heard that she had a hard time after she got married. She cried day and night, which made her husband's family feel unlucky. Although Dongfang Ruoxue was still alive when she died, she probably didn't have a good life. Just like Lou Wanyue in her previous life, she died of depression early.

An Qingran felt very guilty. She felt that she was responsible. If she had thought of this matter earlier, she would have done something good for her and Lian Muhan earlier, and there would not be these worries.

But thinking again, Emperor Yunqi has not yet said that Dongfang Ruoxue will be married to the Crown Prince of Lei State. Maybe this life will change because of her rebirth. So she went to look for Dongfang Ruoxue nervously, but she didn't dare to leave the palace. Dongfang Ruoxue was sick again and could not enter the palace for a while. The next day, the emperor issued an order for Dongfang Ruoxue to prepare for the marriage.

All of a sudden, there was chaos in the palace.

The first person to be unhappy was the Queen Mother. That was her own granddaughter, how could she bear to let her marry far away? When Dongfang Ruoxue heard the decree, her illness became worse and she couldn't even get out of bed.

Prince Shou was also shocked. He certainly didn't want his daughter to marry far away, but the imperial decree had already been issued and could not be changed.

He found the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, is there a way to help Ruoxue avoid this difficulty?"

The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Why didn't the Emperor Yunqi choose his daughter? Those important officials in the court have been eating the emperor's salary for a long time. Now is the time to use them. Why can't they do it? I think he just doesn't trust you and wants to undermine your wings."

The Queen Mother was originally thinking about which powerful official to marry Dongfang Ruoxue to. What effect would it have if she married Lei Taiguo?

Could it be that Lei Tai would help them rebel?

That would be terrible. Lei Taiguo had just signed a ceasefire agreement, and now they are turning against each other.

Besides, they were probably frightened to death.

Prince Shou also sighed. These days the Queen Mother had been calling him into the palace to discuss actions, but he had always been perfunctory and had not taken any real action. Could it be that he had been entering the palace too frequently, which aroused Emperor Yunqi's vigilance and caused this to happen?

"No, Ruoxue is in poor health now. She has become very ill after hearing about this. If she really marries him, I'm afraid she will lose her life." Prince Shou just sighed.

The Queen Mother slapped the chair and said, "You go back first. I will protect Ruoxue even if I have to risk my life."

After Prince Shou left, the Queen Mother went to the imperial study.

When Emperor Yunqi saw that she looked unhappy, he knew why she came: "Queen Mother, how are you feeling lately?"

"Fortunately, I won't die for the time being. But if the emperor acts like this again, I will lose my life." The empress dowager seldom spoke so harshly. Emperor Yunqi was not too surprised or too panicked. Instead, he stood up.

"The Queen Mother said this, and my son is really terrified. Did I do something wrong to make the Queen Mother sad?"

"What's wrong? You're asking now. Why didn't you ask me and Prince Shou's opinions before issuing the decree? An emperor can't be unreasonable, right? Why did you let Ruoxue marry? Aren't there many daughters of princes and ministers? You only let Ruoxue go. Do you know that the child has suffered all kinds of disasters since she was a child? I'm afraid we'll never see her again after she leaves..."

At this point, the Queen Mother's voice choked.

Emperor Yunqi looked at the Queen Mother. She clearly treated Dongfang Ruoxue and Dongfang Run differently from her own son. He had never seen her like this when the Crown Prince was ill. Thinking of this, his heart hardened. "Queen Mother, this is the result of my discussion with the court officials. I did not do it on my own. I hope the Queen Mother can persuade the Prince of Shou. This is an honor. Being the Crown Princess of Lei Taiguo and the future Queen will not bring disgrace to the Princess."

The voice was calm and stiff.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she realized that he obviously didn't take her seriously, which was really different from before. She herself found it boring. If someone doesn't care about you, who can you threaten with your own life?

However, she couldn't leave in disgrace, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, do you mean you won't consider it? Really?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yunqi was speechless for a long while.

Finally, the Queen Mother flicked her sleeves and left. She just couldn't believe that her opinion really had no weight in his eyes?

When An Qingran heard that the Queen Mother had gone to see the Emperor, she did not move. Before Dongfang Jin came back, she decided it would be better for her to sit back and do nothing. Perhaps there would be a way.

Her rebirth has changed the fate of many people. She will definitely find a way to change Dongfang Ruoxue's fate.

She tried hard to think about her past life, but she really couldn't remember anything. At that time, Dongfang Ye didn't tell her many things. She didn't know it at the time, but now thinking about it, the things he told her were what he wanted her to know. When she thought of Dongfang Ye, An Qingran's hatred was aroused again.

An Qingran sent Rendong to check on Dongfang Ruoxue and told her to be at ease, as there was a chance that things might turn around since things were not yet settled, and asked her to take good care of herself.

Rendong came back and said that Dongfang Ruoxue's health was really bad.

An Qingran sent a royal physician, but she knew that her mental illness could not be cured by medicine.

At Wanquan Teahouse, Lian Muhan drank cup after cup of tea. The waiter saw him drinking from morning to night, so he came forward and said, "Mr. Lian, how about we prepare some wine and tea for you? Drinking tea alone won't satisfy your hunger."

He was on good terms with Dongfang Jin, and all the guys knew it, so they were naturally very polite to him.

Lian Muhan's eyes were blurry, and he even drank tea which tasted like alcohol. He seemed drunk.

He waved his hand: "Don't mind me..."

The waiter had no choice but to retreat, and asked someone to buy some dried fruits and put them up. He then watched quietly from outside, not knowing what the reason was for Master Lian, who had been laughing all the time, to have such a look on his face today.

What's the matter?

Of course it was about Dongfang Ruoxue.

Lian Muhan received the news and learned that Dongfang Ruoxue was going to marry a foreign prince. His heart ached. Last night, he did not sleep all night, staring at the painting she gave him, his heart was in turmoil. He had never thought about it before, that he didn't know when he had put her in his heart. Maybe she had been in his heart since the moment he rescued her?