Su Luo couldn't bring herself to talk about her grudges with that man, but he didn't seem like an arrogant person.
She wouldn't tell anyone about what happened at the hot spring. Once she found an opportunity, Su Luo would make him shut up forever.
"Madam, does that mean we can't go to the capital?"
The soldiers inside the tent went out to guard after untying the ropes for them.
Su Luo then said to the others, "Don't worry, the road ahead is blocked by snow, so we can't go even if we want to. Let's see how things go first. If all else fails, we still have this."
Su Luo raised her sleeve. Although there was nothing on the sleeve, there had been an imperial edict on it before.
Xie Wanwan immediately understood Su Luo's meaning; if they had to wait until absolutely necessary, they still had the imperial decree.
These people are soldiers of the Nanning Kingdom, and Su Luo is the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Nanning Kingdom.
Murdering a high-ranking official is a serious crime, but they still don't know who the prince outside is.
In the middle of nowhere, they disappeared. Who would know?
"By the way, Wanwan, when you were in the capital, did you ever hear about this prince?"
"His Majesty has only three sons, and I have never heard of any of them joining the army. His Majesty has no brothers, so I am not quite sure why a prince has suddenly appeared."
Based on my analysis of the situation three years ago when I was still in the capital, this prince was very likely a prince of a different surname.
The Nangong family has no generals; it's possible that His Majesty wants to win them over to stabilize the court and resist Northern Liang.
This was the most reasonable explanation Xie Wanwan could think of; she had briefly met the three princes in the palace before.
I don't remember it clearly, but it was definitely not the person who was in bed just now.
"In that case, this person's identity is unknown, so we can only act according to circumstances."
The four were no longer bound. It was late at night, so Su Luo took them back to rest.
The next day, Chi Yi told me that it would take at least two or three days for the government officials to clear the snow from the official road.
To this end, they also sent three hundred people to work with the government to clear things up.
Su Luo and the others stayed here, but they had to cook their own food. The people from Chi Yi were responsible for watching over them, but not for feeding them.
For a meal for four, Su Luo made a raw pickled radish and a beef hot pot.
The beef was all bought from the previous town, and they only ate cabbage with it; their dry rations consisted of flatbread.
Throughout the military camp, the only food served was plain rice porridge and pickled vegetables, except for Su Luo's hot pot, which was filled with a wonderful aroma.
Chi Yi followed the smell and found Su Luo and the others eating, with fresh vegetables.
His expression hardened, he straightened up, turned around, and gave a disdainful 'humph'.
He swallowed hard for a long time, but no one offered him a bite, so he turned and left unhappily.
"Eat up, eat up, don't worry about him!"
This is the guy who kidnapped them and now he wants to freeload? Don't even think about it.
Yi Huan didn't say anything, quickly ate a couple of bites of rice, and then put down her chopsticks.
"Mother, I've finished eating. I'm going to read a book in the carriage for a while."
"Okay, go ahead!"
Taking advantage of the others' inattention, Yi Huan got into the carriage first, and then secretly slipped off.
The soldiers only ensured they couldn't escape, not their movements.
As Yi Huan cautiously approached the main tent, she was stopped by Chi Yi.
"Child, this is not a place for you. Go back now."
Yi Huan bowed slightly, trying her best to appear friendly.
“My name is Chen Yihuan, from Yongle County. I just want to go and see how badly that uncle inside is injured.”
Chi Yi squatted down and spoke to Yi Huan, "Did your mother send you?"
Chi Yi still harbors considerable hostility towards Su Luo.
"No, I came here by myself. I brought some medicine with me to give to the uncle inside."
Chi Yi would never believe a child and reached out his hand to her.
"What medicine is it that you're giving it to me?"
Yi Huan clutched her chest: "It's Ji'an Tang's herbal oil, I can't give it to you."
After thinking for a moment, Yi Huan took out a package wrapped in oil paper.
He opened it with a smile; inside was a bag of beef jerky that Su Luo made in her spare time at home.
"Uncle, this smells delicious and tastes really good, would you like to try some?"
This person was very wary, so Yi Huan took a bite first and then put a small piece into his mouth.
"How is it? Is it delicious?"
Chi Yi nodded repeatedly, surprised that even tough beef could taste so good, which perfectly satisfied his craving.
"tasty!"
"If you think it's delicious, Uncle, then let me in. This whole bag of beef jerky is yours."
Only after Yi Huan said those words did Chi Yi realize that he had been tricked by this little girl.
With his eyes fixed on the little girl, Chi Yi's brows furrowed more and more as he looked.
"You said your name is Chen Yihuan? You... how come you look like this..."
Chi Yi thought to himself, the more he looked at this little girl, the more she resembled their prince.
Could it be that their prince left behind an illegitimate daughter somewhere, and the two of them fought like sworn enemies last night after seeing the child's mother?
A story of abandoning one's husband and children flashed through Chi Yi's mind, but thinking about the character of their prince, she knew he would not do such a thing.
In all these years, apart from fighting wars, their prince has never even seen a woman.
"Uncle, what does Yihuan look like? Can you bring Yihuan inside now?"
Bringing in a little girl who looks so much like a prince would probably startle the prince.
"Okay, but I have to go in with you, and then this bag of beef jerky is mine too."
As Chi Yi spoke, he pointed to the beef jerky in Yi Huan's arms.
This scene is like a villain tricking a child into eating candy.
"Yes, these are all for you."
When Yi Huan and Chi Yi went inside, they saw Nangong Chiyu sitting at a simple desk reading a book, looking rather irritable.
"Your Highness, this little girl is insisting on seeing you, so I had no choice but to bring her in."
As Yi Huan looked at the person in front of her, the closer she got, the stronger the sense of intimacy became.
Nangong Chiyu also noticed Yi Huan; the little girl's appearance was surprisingly six-tenths similar to his.
"You are...that woman's child?"
Because of that woman, Nangong Chiyu was irritable all day long, and the image of her surfacing that night kept replaying in his mind.
"It's me. My name is Chen Yihuan. My mother's name is Su Luo. She's a very, very good person."
"Chen Yihuan..."
Nangong Chiyu murmured the name. It was just three ordinary characters, but why did he feel that it was somewhat special?
Nangong Chiyu walked up to Yi Huan. At 1.87 meters tall, he could only squat down to talk to Yi Huan.
"Did you come to see me for something?"
Since the war began, no child has dared to speak to him, and he doesn't know how to communicate with children.
I thought he would hate children, but surprisingly he didn't dislike the little girl in front of him.
"Uncle, I don't know what happened between you and my mother, but I heard you weren't feeling well, so I brought you some medicine."
Yi Huan kept pulling things out of her thick cotton coat.
"Uncle, this is Ji'antang's herbal oil, this is licorice granules, and this is Sichuan fritillary loquat syrup."
There are also anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medicines; these are all medicines my mother made. My mother is a very skilled doctor.
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