Knowing that he was a step late and caused the mountain stronghold to be massacred, Wei Meng was deeply remorseful and regretful all the way. When he arrived at the palace, he learned that Minmin was accusing him in front of Pei Yuan. Wei Meng was like a thunderbolt, and his heart was broken.

He almost ran to the door of the study. Seeing Minmin's slender back, Wei Meng's heart ached. He tried his best to endure the anger of grabbing her collar and questioning her, bypassed Minmin, and opened the door of the study.

As soon as he entered the door, a black inkstone flew towards him and hit the white wall behind him with a clang, leaving a large stain.

Wei Meng looked up in astonishment. Pei Yuan was standing behind the table with his hands behind his back, his face full of anger. He questioned him in a stern voice, "Wei Meng, you are so brave! I think I treated you well. We ate and lived together, just like brothers. I thought you were loyal and brave, a patriot, and a chivalrous man. I never thought that you had evil intentions and were secretly colluding with that foreign bandit... Are you a black heart? You are so shameless and cruel!"

His words made Wei Meng feel very angry. Wei Meng was like a bucket of cold water poured down his head. His anger had already accumulated to the peak. When Pei Yuan pressed him, Wei Meng was so angry that he rushed to him in a few steps, glared and roared: "Why do you say that! Which thief did you listen to that you even doubted me!"

Pei Yuan threw the stack of letter papers in his hand in his face angrily: "Take a good look for yourself!"

Wei Meng suppressed his anger and picked it up. Seeing that it was full of foreign characters, he was greatly shocked: "What is this?"

"Are you still pretending not to know?" Pei Yuan said coldly, "If Miss Minmin hadn't discovered these by chance and handed them to me, I would have been really fooled by you!"

"Do you really doubt me?" Wei Meng asked in disbelief, "Pei Yuan, you and I have known each other for so many years, don't you know what kind of person I am? You have worked hard to build up trust over the years, and you doubt me because of the slander of a little girl? I was wrong about you!"

Wei Meng was really furious. He didn't care about etiquette and hierarchy. He was eager to vent his anger. He walked around the room twice, raised his foot suddenly, kicked a round mound on the ground far away, and smashed it into pieces against the wall.

"How dare you!" Pei Yuan slammed the table and cursed, "I knew you were not a law-abiding person, and I have been suspicious of you for a long time. I have a lot of evidence in my hands. You have secretly met with that old guy from the Xiongnu many times this month. Do you really think I don't know? I gave you a chance to repent, but you got worse. Now, you even put all the blame on Miss Minmin. I think you are blinded by greed and will not turn back until you hit the wall!"

The words became more and more outrageous. Wei Meng listened carefully at first, and his hands were shaking with anger, but when Pei Yuan talked about his secret meeting with Nazhu, Wei Meng felt something was wrong.

Why did he bring up this matter? What secret meeting? He didn't do it behind his back.

Wei Meng turned around and looked at Pei Yuan in surprise. As expected, he caught a flash of light in Pei Yuan's eyes.

Wei Meng immediately understood that the quarrel just now was actually a play by Pei Yuan. He deliberately quarreled with him. Wei Meng guessed that the reason was that Minmin, who was kneeling at the door, heard it. But why did he do this?

Pei Yuan met Wei Meng's eyes and secretly cursed him as a fool. He couldn't tell what was true and what was false. He was so angry that he dared to kick his stool.

Pei Yuan reminded him again, pretending to be angry and said loudly: "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. Come on, take down this traitor and thief!" As soon as

he finished speaking, there were footsteps outside. The next moment, the door of the study was knocked open, and more than a dozen guards with weapons rushed in and surrounded Wei Meng.

But they were Wei Meng's subordinates after all. Despite Pei Yuan's order, they still didn't dare to act rashly in front of their familiar superiors. They just stood there and looked at each other.

Wei Meng had finally figured it out. Pei Yuan hoped that he would take advantage of the situation and return to the Xiongnu royal court openly.

Nazhu had ignored him for more than ten years, but now he suddenly found him and begged him to go back in a sincere manner. It must not be because of family affection as he said. But what he wanted to do and what means he would use in the future were unknown. Today it was Minmin, but who knows if there will be a Zhenzhen in the future, pity.

If Wei Meng refused all the time, Nazhu would not give up. In this way, the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light, and they did not have an advantage. It would be better to follow his plan, and when the time is right, they can cooperate inside and outside, and perhaps they can win a battle.

Wei Meng's hand slowly moved to the hilt of the knife at his waist. Since Pei Yuan wanted to continue acting, he could only play along with him.

But, why didn't he inform him in advance! It would be a miracle if he could react immediately to such a sudden move.

Pei Yuan said in a sharp voice: "Why don't you take action? Are you in the same party as this thief, and you all want to turn against the enemy!"

The guards could only grit their teeth and rush forward. Wei Meng blocked with his sword, pretending to be angry and retorting: "Pei Yuan! You can't tell right from wrong, loyalty from treachery, and you will end up in a dead end sooner or later! If you dare to kill me today, don't blame me for turning against you in the future. From now on, we will be separated from each other, and the next day we meet, it will be the time to meet with swords!"

As he said this, he ruthlessly used a killing move, and the guards who tried to stop him dodged in panic, and Wei Meng immediately escaped. There

was still resistance in front, and Wei Meng cut one of them in the arm and got out on horseback.

Pei Yuan looked at Wei Meng's back with a sullen face. He was silent for a long time, then suddenly drew his sword and cut off his sleeves. He turned around and looked at everyone, and said loudly: "From now on, Wei Meng and I will sever our ties. If I meet him again, I will kill him!"

...

That afternoon, Minmin ran away.

After Wei Meng left, Pei Yuan sent someone to send her back to her room, and deliberately did not leave too many people to guard her. Minmin sneaked out of the back door during her nap.

It was good that she left. Nazhu would trust Wei Meng more if she told him about this.

Everyone thought that Wei Meng had broken up with Pei Yuan. There were also rumors that Pei Yuan had stayed in the study alone for half a day, during which he scolded several adjutants who went in to report the matter, and seemed to be in a bad mood.

For a while, people in the palace were in a panic.

In the room, Baoning and Madam Liu cooked sweet potato porridge together on the stove in the room, and the sweet aroma of sweet potatoes filled the room.

Baoning scooped a spoonful and tasted it, commenting: "It's too sweet, the prince will definitely not like it, what should we do?"

Madam Liu tried: "Add some more water?"

"Then it will be watery and taste bad." Baoning shook his head, "Make him something else to eat. Yesterday he said he wanted to eat noodles. It happened that there was half a pot of chicken soup left in the morning. It's just right to cook noodles. Beat two eggs in it, it will be enough for him. If it still doesn't work, he hasn't finished the buns for lunch. Heat a few for him."

Madam Liu couldn't help sighing when she heard her mumbling: "Princess, the prince and the general made such a fuss, aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Bao Ning slowly stirred the porridge in the pot. Some of the sweet potato flesh was cut too big, so she crushed it with a spoon and stirred it into a sticky paste. She said, "You are not a child anymore, you know what you are doing. Besides, it has already happened, what's the point of me being scared here?"

"That's what you said, but..." Nanny Liu leaned close to Baoning's ear and whispered, "Now there are rumors outside, saying that General Wei was ordered by the prince to go to Qilian Mountain to pick up the eldest prince, but he colluded with the Xiongnu in advance, allowing the Xiongnu to get there first and slaughter the mountain before him..."

Baoning interrupted her: "The eldest prince is not dead. Didn't the people who came back say that they didn't see the bodies of the eldest prince and Miss Achou?"

"But General Wei, the direction he left seemed to be heading north, to surrender to the Xiongnu." Nanny Liu was worried, "General Wei had such a good relationship with the prince in the past, how could it fall apart overnight? If they really meet in the future and have to fight, what should we do?"

Baoning laughed at her: "Aren't you tired of thinking so much?"

"You have to trust the prince. He will do what he should do, and we just need to do what we should do. That's enough. Everyone should do their job, not overstepping their authority, and not overstepping the line. This is the best state." Bao Ning said slowly. She put the spoon aside, wiped her hands, and suddenly remembered something. "Speaking of doing your job, I haven't done enough for today."

Aunt Liu asked in confusion: "What does the princess mean?"

"How about this, before dinner, tell the chef in the camp to add a good dish, um, let's add boiled pork. Tell them to buy as much meat as they can, so that everyone can eat their fill, and I'll pay for it." Bao Ning smiled, "If the soldiers are well fed, they will feel at ease, and won't think about it like you do."

Looking at Bao Ning's indifferent expression, Aunt Liu suddenly felt ashamed.

She was not calm enough. When encountering such a thing, she didn't give Bao Ning any advice, and she also asked Bao Ning to comfort her.

Aunt Liu opened her mouth and was about to say something else, but heard the creaking of the door behind her. Looking back, Pei Yuan came in and stood at the door, unbuttoning his clothes.

Aunt Liu retreated with a look and went to do what Baoning had asked.

Pei Yuan hung his clothes on the hook nailed to the wall, and stomped off the snow foam on his feet before walking into the inner room.

"Come and warm yourself by the fire." Baoning moved her butt to the side to make room, "You're so cold."

Pei Yuan sat down, his arm naturally resting on Baoning's shoulder, tilting his head and rubbing her cheek with his dry lips: "I haven't seen you for a day, do you miss me?"

Baoning glanced at him. There was no light in Pei Yuan's eyes today, and they were as quiet as a pool of water. He must be in a really bad mood.

Baoning picked up the hook, poked the fire in the stove, and asked: "Is it snowing outside again? I see there is snow on your shoes."

"Yeah." Pei Yuan responded briefly, rubbed her again, and said in a low voice, "You haven't answered yet, do you miss me?"

"If I don't miss you, who else can I miss?" Bao Ning dropped the things in his hands, turned and moved closer to Pei Yuan's arms, half comforting and half complaining, "When I was in Beijing, at least I had accounts to look after and a store to run. Now it's good to be here. I'll be around you all day long. When the baby is born, I'll be around you two. You're taking advantage of me and asking me if I miss you. Aren't you annoying?"

Pei Yuan liked to hear Bao Ning say this and smiled. Bao Ning leaned against Pei Yuan's chest, half leaning in his arms, staring at the bubbling pot. After a moment of silence , she suddenly remembered something and stood up to go out: "No

, I have to remind Yuanzi not to run outside when it snows. He is so naughty! He has learned bad habits now. He always runs out to play with other children. He always comes home covered in mud and doesn't listen to me."

"If a boy likes to play, let him play. He won't be frozen to death." Pei Yuan grabbed her, "Why are you so nosy? When you were a kid and went out to play, did you also like to be controlled?"

Bao Ning hesitated and sat down slowly: "It seems so."

She asked tentatively: "A Yuan, have you sent people to look for the prince's whereabouts?"

"Yes." Pei Yuan said seriously, "But Qilian Mountain is too big. If they hide, it will be difficult to find them. What's more, it's snowing now. If the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, it will be even more difficult to find them." There was one thing he didn't say. If the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, it would be hard to say whether they could survive.

Baoning touched his face and did not mention it again. He changed the subject and said, "Ayuan, your face has become rough, not as smooth as before."

Peiyuan said, "I won't apply your ointment even if it's rough as stone. Give up."

Baoning pushed him and said unhappily, "My things are expensive. Who do you think you are? If you want to apply it, I will apply it to you."

Peiyuan laughed.

Not long after, dinner was ready. They had a good meal, washed up, went to bed and slept in each other's arms. When they were sleeping soundly, they were awakened by a hurried knock on the door.

Pei Yuan frowned, got dressed, and opened the door to meet Chen Jia's anxious eyes: "My Lord, there is a war report from Dai County, saying that a large number of Xiongnu troops took advantage of the snowstorm and the night to march quickly, trying to surround Dai County, and now they are less than a hundred miles away from Dai County!"

Pei Yuan's face changed drastically.

...

At the same time, on the desk of Dai County's garrison commander Su Wei, there was a "secret report" from a border spy.