Emperor Xiaoming didn't care how Princess Changning lived in the northern barbarians.
The reason why the Northern Barbarian Chanyu dared to torture Princess Changning so unscrupulously was because he saw through this point.
Before the two countries completely fall out, as long as Changning is kept alive and he is not tortured to death, no one will cause trouble for him.
Princess Changning also understood this truth.
Sometimes when she couldn't bear it any longer, she would persuade herself that if she suffered more, the people at the border would suffer less, and as Princess Dayong, she should shoulder this responsibility.
But sometimes she felt that life was too hard to bear. If the two countries really tore each other apart and started a war, it would be great. In this way, she, the princess who married into the alliance, would be useless and would not have to live a hard life. Even if she died, her mother and her grandfather's family would not be implicated.
Perhaps it was due to excessive blood loss, or perhaps it was because she was weak from premature birth and had never recovered, but Princess Changning, who was leaning against the head of the bed, had a face paler than paper.
She was not even in her twenties yet, but Yu Qi felt that he saw some of the decadence of a dying person in her.
"Princess……"
"Even without His Majesty, there are still others who miss you."
"Are you talking about my mother, my grandfather, and my uncle?" Princess Changning was stunned for a moment, then pulled the corners of her mouth helplessly.
She naturally knew that her blood relatives were concerned about her, but she also knew that they were powerless under the imperial power.
"Not only the virtuous concubine, but also Duke Xu's family."
Yu Qi looked determined. After a slight pause, he looked into Princess Changning's eyes and said seriously, "The master who sent me to Beiman to carry out the mission also missed the princess in his heart."
"One of our missions on this trip is to confirm the princess's current situation in Beiman."
"What?" Princess Changning opened her eyes wide, and finally a hint of emotion appeared in her eyes.
"Your master is..." Princess Changning had some vague guesses in her mind.
Yu Qi did not give a clear answer, but continued: "The master once said that the monarch should protect every citizen in his territory, and the princess is also a citizen of Dayong. If the two countries go to war, the master will send people to try to protect the princess first."
This is exactly what Qi Xu said.
After hearing this, Princess Changning could no longer guess who the master behind Yu Qi was.
"It turns out to be my royal brother."
Chang Ning's eyes showed a touch of emotion, and then he smiled with relief, "I'm glad that my brother has this thought."
She had long since stopped placing her hopes on anyone.
But when she thought of her brother, the Crown Prince, who was personally raised by the Emperor's grandfather, she couldn't help but have expectations in her heart.
Maybe, my brother can really do it?
To say something extremely treasonous.
She sincerely hoped that her brother would be able to ascend the throne as soon as possible and replace their weak and incompetent father on the throne!
Thinking of this, there seemed to be a few ripples in Princess Changning's eyes, which were like a dry well.
Looking at Yu Qi, she said firmly: "In this case, you can't stay here any longer, you need to go back to Dayong as soon as possible."
Although she was a marginal figure in the Huyan tribe's palace over the years, she did not fail to accumulate any information. At least, she remembered all the main figures in the Huyan tribe and the relationships between the various tribes in the north.
"Yu Qi, I will tell you all the news I know. You take it back and tell my brother."
With my brother's intelligence and wisdom, he will surely find an opportunity to conquer or divide the northern barbarians!
"Yu Qi will definitely live up to the princess's trust." Yu Qi said with a fist salute.
Xianglian, who was standing by Princess Changning's side, couldn't help but speak up, "Your Highness, Prince Zuo Guli is now stationed in the royal city. Even if the Chanyu goes out for inspection, the royal palace will not be as guarded as before, so it may not be easy for Yu Qi to leave the city..."
Yes, except Chanyu.
There is also King Zuoguli.
Princess Changning frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, "There is a way."
"Since the Chanyu wants to take me with him when he inspects the various tribes, then you should stay by my side and go with me."
The route to leave from Huyan tribe is too dangerous. In this case, let’s just take another route.
Based on Princess Changning's understanding of the various northern barbarian tribes over the years, she quickly identified the most suitable location.
"Helian tribe!"
"The Helian tribe is good at raising cattle and sheep and breeding horses, but the land is vast and the population is sparse, the military force is relatively weak, and it is close to the mountains. The people here are in awe of the mountain gods and dare not approach easily."
"Once you get there, you can find a chance to escape, and run away from the Northern Barbarians along the mountainside!"
…
The second day after Wei Yunlan and his party set out again.
The falcon that had flown away came back with a secret letter.
The content of the letter came from Xue Lian, the commander-in-chief of Huangzhou.
Not long after they set out on their journey, Xue Lian's deputy general arrived with two hundred soldiers and surrounded the entire entrance of Yandu Gorge.
When Xue Lian arrived, the 3,000 shi of disaster relief grain had been reloaded onto trucks and transported out of the gorge, and would be delivered to the Dan River Dam the next day.
Xue Lian personally led his troops to surround the newly established Prison Tiger Camp. It didn't take much effort to capture the three leaders of the camp. According to the three leaders' confessions, they had no big intention in robbing the relief grain.
It was just that they were scared of starvation during the disaster, and this opportunity just happened to come. They wanted to store enough food for the brothers in the village to survive the winter. If there was any surplus, they could take the opportunity to recruit more people and completely gain a foothold in the Huangzhou area.
Xue Lian told Zou Yun, Wei Yunlan and others everything truthfully, but he also attached his own opinions in the letter.
Although it sounds reasonable, it is likely that the truth is not told.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for the motley crowd in Qiuhuzhai to change their appearance, conceal the truth, and successfully transport the relief grain to Yandu Gorge and hide it.
Among them... they may have hidden some clues, or some people.
Seeing this, Wei Yunlan couldn't help but think of the batch of food obtained from the underground secret room.
If there is someone else behind the Tiger Prison Camp, could it be related to the huge amount of underground grain reserves?
What exactly was that batch of grain going to be used for?
Wei Yunlan had a vague feeling of worry in his heart, but for the moment, he had nowhere to seek confirmation.
After pondering for a moment, she relaxed her brows and shook her head in relief.
She focused on it.
No matter what the other party wanted to do with the 30,000 shi of grain, their wishful thinking had failed.
After this batch of grain entered her space, it could only be the food rations for the people of Dayong and the military rations for the soldiers of Dayong, and it would have nothing to do with other places!
Just when Wei Yunlan figured this out, the carriage suddenly jolted violently, and she hurriedly stretched out her arms to hold the carriage.
Just as I sat down, I heard the sound of horse hooves outside stop and the team stopped on the spot.
Lift the car curtain and look out.
Tang Hai, who was leading the way, turned around and said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid the road ahead will be difficult to walk on."
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