"So...I'm leaving?"
When Meng Jiuan said this, he did not forget to stand on tiptoe to look behind his friend.
Qin Songmo stood silently at the door. Wearing only a single layer of clothing in the cold winter, he stood straight, not even a finger trembling.
"Did you and Shengyi go back to sleep last night?"
"Well, you snore, and Shengyi can't sleep well."
Meng Jiuan has been in the military camp for so many years. To put it nicely, he is a carefree person, but to put it bluntly, he is a rough guy.
Snoring and grinding teeth were normal in the military camp, and after returning to Beijing, he lived alone in the general's mansion.
This time I slept with my little daughter, but when I opened my eyes, I found that the bed next to me was already cold. I guess my little daughter and her friends had left early in the morning.
For the first time, General Meng became concerned about his snoring problem.
"Are you returning to Shuiyunju with good intentions?"
Faced with his friend's endless inquiries, Qin Songmo's brows showed impatience, "If you want to see Wangchen coming back sideways, then go into my room and check."
Shen Wangchen went back to Jiangnan to seek help.
This time I came back to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince successfully sit on the throne.
If something happened to him during the journey, even if the escaped Fifth Prince was really wiped out, the fact that the Crown Prince secretly raised troops in Jiangnan would become a criticism of him.
I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among some court officials.
Even if Qin Songmo and others did not care about those court officials, they would have just killed them in the past. There are many capable people in the world, and the Great Chu is not so short of people.
But now Qin Songmo has concerns.
After Meng Jiuan's frozen expression relaxed, he quickly walked away holding his sword.
Qin Songmo watched him leave, put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly, "Qingfeng, come with me and take a look."
Qingfeng, who was standing by, obeyed the order and left with them.
The cold wind was howling outside.
Seeing Qin Songmo leave with Qingfeng and close the door, he heard a sleepy and hazy voice coming from behind him.
"Daddy, are you awake?"
Li Shengyi opened his eyes when he vaguely heard a cough.
Seeing her father standing at the door, she pretended to lift the quilt and get out of bed, "Daddy, you are coughing, come in and warm up."
As soon as Qin Songmo turned around, he saw his little daughter jumping out of bed. Her little feet, not wearing stockings, stepped on the thick carpet, which made him frown.
He wanted to go up and carry her back to bed, but he was afraid that his coldness would infect her.
He could only reach out and grab her slender wrist along with her sleeve, "You're not awake yet, Shengyi, do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Li Shengyi, who was still a child, needed a longer sleep period, but he shook his head at this moment.
She put the hot water bottle, which was still somewhat warm after being held all night, into the arms of the person next to her, and asked him to lie down and cover him with a blanket. "The doctor said you can't catch a cold."
"Did something happen? I seemed to hear Meng Jiuan's voice."
Qin Songmo felt an itch in his throat. After coughing twice to ease the itch a little, he nodded and said, "Wangchen has returned with his troops."
"Why?"
No one told Li Shengyi where Shen Wangchen was going when he suddenly left Beijing.
She only guessed that the other party's departure from the capital must be related to the internal strife among the princes.
But I didn't expect that the other party would come back with troops.
【Wait a moment! 】
Just as Qin Songmo opened his thin lips and was about to explain, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind, making him swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
[Although my memory only includes the incident of Meng Jiuan leading troops to force the emperor to abdicate, there was also an internal struggle between Chu Huaiyu and Chu Huaifeng after that.]
Chu Huaiyu was a powerful figure in the northwest. Chu Huaifeng, who had been fighting for the throne with him, suddenly turned against him, nearly forcing him to death. With no other choice, he fled to the northwest to join his own forces.
Although Chu Huaiyu hadn't escaped to the northwest before he was captured and killed by Chu Huaifeng.
[Could it be that the soldiers brought by Shen Wangchen are...?]
Seeing that his little daughter's thoughts were drifting away, and she was about to hand over the soldiers in Shen Wangchen's hands to the forces in Chu Huaiyu's hands, Qin Songmo suddenly spoke up and interrupted her inner speculation.
"The Second Prince has cultivated his own forces in the northwest. This group of forces actually headed towards the capital during the Daughters' Day."
"The Second Prince probably wanted to seize the throne during the New Year holidays, when everyone's vigilance was at its lowest. That's why these forces arrived so slowly."
"The Second Prince never expected that he would be hunted by the Emperor, so this group of forces became his lifeline. He urgently ordered them to speed up and come to the capital. Unexpectedly, this morning, they ran into the group led by Wang Chen."
This hasn't even started to force the emperor to abdicate.
The two forces started fighting at their doorstep.
Li Shengyi was so fascinated by what he heard that he even took a deep breath when he heard the last part.
"What about Shen Wangchen? How is he doing?"
Qin Songmo shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either. "But the troops that Wangchen brought were specially trained, and they are very different from the Second Prince's forces."
In particular, the predecessor of the other team was the Imperial Observatory in the palace. Later, he lost his credibility in front of His Majesty and was almost beheaded. He was later rescued by the Second Prince and went to the northwest to help the Second Prince build up his power.
Such people have enough ambition, but their abilities remain to be seen.
[So that's the difference between a regular army and a miscellaneous army?]
Li Shengyi blinked, "What about the weapons? The weapons in the hands of Shen Wangchen and his men are all of the best quality, right? They won't get hurt, right?"
The little daughter's childish question made Qin Songmo laugh.
A cough suddenly erupted from his already itchy and uncomfortable throat.
As the coughing became louder, Li Shengyi was so scared that he quickly jumped out of bed and stood on tiptoe to grab the teapot on the round table, "Daddy, drink some water, you will be fine after drinking water."
The warm tea was handed to her, but because the person pouring the tea ran too fast, the tea spilled out of the cup and soaked her arms and sleeves.
Qin Songmo's face, which was originally as pale as paper, turned red because of coughing.
Reaching out to take the teacup, he suppressed the urge to cough, thanked his little daughter, and then drank the tea in one gulp.
“Cough cough cough…”
Li Shengyi knew that her father was weak, and now he started coughing with tears in his eyes, which made people feel distressed.
She kept running to the table. After she brought over a kettle of water, she said, "Where are Qingfeng and Mingyue? If they're not here, I'll go find Uncle Wu."
Just as she turned around, a cool hand grabbed her arm, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
"But you're coughing like this..."
"It's like this every year. I'm used to it. I call the doctor, but he just prescribes some cough suppressant. I drink it, but it doesn't help. It just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth."
"I'm afraid the housekeeper is busy today. Would you mind staying here with Daddy?"
Li Shengyi listened to what he said, and the corners of his mouth suddenly turned down, "I don't want it."
Having said that, she still went to the bed obediently and covered him with her quilt.
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