Chapter 237 I have something to tell you

When Lu Xinran returned, the queen had not woken up yet.

Lu Xinlan looked at her slightly flushed cheeks, and thought of how she had just left with Song Junyan, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

But everyone has their own destiny. She cannot give advice before it happens, nor can she impose her own ideas on others.

So when Lu Xinran saw her, she just asked her softly if she wanted to go and rest first.

Lu Xinran, who felt that he had been taken advantage of, couldn't sleep well, but he didn't want to talk about that little episode, so he just repeated Song Junyan's words in a depressed tone.

"He's right. Let's wait until the queen wakes up and take a look."

Lu Xinran continued to nod dully. She had no right to interfere in other people's lives. She only hoped that the empress could put aside her responsibilities and be willful for once.

With food and supplies, they found a lot of materials for making explosives on their way back.

The military camp began to work overtime to make homemade explosives. Lu Xinran stayed behind to take care of the queen, while Lu Xinlan went to the military camp to study with some clever people how to further improve the explosives.

Previously, explosives were used to clear the way for the convoys transporting grain and grass. After tasting the benefits of gunpowder, everyone in the army put in all their efforts to make improvements.

The knife wound on Cheron's back was so severe that the military doctor ordered him to stay in bed for three days, but he appeared in the barracks early the next morning.

He totally ignored the possibility that the wound behind him might tear.

The queen woke up the next day and, regardless of the injury on her shoulder, she bandaged her shoulder and went into the barracks.

Lu Xinran followed behind her helplessly, "Aunt, reinforcements will be here soon, and we still have explosives. The Qiang people dare not attack the city rashly. Why don't you take this opportunity to recuperate and rest?"

"This little injury is nothing."

The queen suddenly smiled in relief as she spoke: "I have been living a life of luxury in the palace these past few years. I have recovered from all the injuries I suffered in the past wars and my body is in great shape. It can be considered a win-win situation."

"Aunt, will you go back after the war?"

Seeing that the empress took the initiative to mention the imperial palace in the capital, Lu Xinran took the opportunity to ask a question.

The queen was stunned for a moment and then hummed: "If you want to go back, my home is still there."

The palace is not her home, but the Duke's Mansion is.

She couldn't put her family in danger for her own sake.

"Xinran, when you reach my age, you will understand that once a person has passed the age of reckless behavior, the rest of his life is spent paying for all the things he has done."

If she had listened to her family's advice and not developed curiosity about the emperor in the capital who was different from the man in the border town, her life would have been different.

But who can say for sure if they haven't experienced it?

Perhaps, if she had not married the emperor, the late emperor would have been even more suspicious and their Zhang family would have completely ceased to exist.

Lu Xinran pursed her lips and suppressed all the words that were about to come out of her lips under the empress's indifferent gaze.

The emergency rations and fodder were not much, only enough to feed the soldiers in the city for one month.

If we allocate part of these grains and fodders to distribute to the people in the city, they can only last for half a month.

Xie Lang looked at the situation in the barracks with a gloomy face. He turned sideways and saw the slender figure of the queen. He took a few steps to her side.

"Why did you come out? Didn't I tell you to take good care of your injuries?"

"You didn't stay in the room to recuperate, did you?"

The queen replied calmly, "How much explosives do you have? We have to make Chahar withdraw its troops within half a month, at least to make sure Hanyuguan is no longer blocked and outsiders can enter the city."

Especially the grain merchants from the south and the horse traders from outside the customs.

Speaking of military affairs, Cheh Long immediately became serious, and the two began to discuss as they walked.

Song Junyan was just standing not far away and heard the entire conversation between Lu Xinran and the Queen.

Seeing the queen walking away, he stepped forward and said worriedly, "Mother doesn't have such thoughts. You must not want to know these things in the future. Don't even think about them in your heart."

Lu Xinran really wanted to roll her eyes at him, but she knew that would seem unreasonable, so she just didn't start and just said "hmm".

Song Junyan wanted to laugh when he saw her awkward look. "I received a secret letter from my father yesterday. Once the reinforcements arrive, we should go back."

"Go back?" Lu Xinran turned around instantly: "Isn't the war over yet?"

"Have you forgotten why we are here?"

Song Junyan reminded him softly, and Lu Xinran was confused for a moment and then remembered the purpose of their trip.

"Will the Queen go back with us?"

"She's not going back."

When and how she returned was decided by the emperor.

Ma Linyuan, the main general of Haishan Pass, rode at full speed all the way. According to the speed they came at, the reinforcements would arrive in three days at most.

Thinking that they would be leaving for Beijing in three days, she felt a rare sense of reluctance.

Although the climate here is terrible and the food and clothing are extremely simple, the comfort here is incomparable to that in the capital.

Thinking about going back to live a stable life as a lady from a wealthy family, she was already experiencing withdrawal symptoms before she even left.

Song Junyan looked at her changing eyebrows and his fingertips felt inexplicably itchy.

Putting his hands behind his back, he whispered another sentence.

"On the way back, I have something to tell you."

After saying this, he walked away quickly, without giving Lu Xinran a chance to load his booklet.

"Tongzi, what can't he say now?"

The system hummed for a long time, "Maybe he is too embarrassed to say it now. Look, he has been taking advantage of you before. Maybe he wants to tell you that you can be a real couple after you get married."

Lu Xinran was speechless. She strongly suspected that the booklet that previously belonged to Liu and Tang Quyan had tainted this system!

Otherwise, why would it always think of mosaic scenes that are not suitable for children?

Lu Xinlan didn't expect them to leave so soon, but she quickly realized that she didn't come with Song Junyan and the others, she was brought out by the Queen.

"I should be able to go back with the queen."

Lu Xinran: “?!!”

On what basis!

She also wants to go back with the Queen!

"If the war continues for another two or three years, will you stay here forever?"

"Why not?"

Lu Xinlan smiled brightly: "If my grandmother and mother agree, I can also find someone to marry here."

Lu Xinran: “…”

No, she became even more jealous.

Why should she go back to be a princess when she can live so freely here?

She felt sick when she thought about the complicated etiquette during the Chinese New Year.

"The Zhao family will definitely not let you stay here, so give up on this idea."

If she really wrote a letter back to the capital saying that she wanted to stay here, given Zhao's personality, she would be able to rush to Hanyu Pass and take her back.

Three days later, Ma Linyuan led his troops into the city.

After learning that Song Junyan was going back to Beijing, the Queen smiled and left Lu Xinlan by her side, and had someone escort him and Lu Xinran back to Beijing.

Lu Xinran looked back every few steps, but all he saw was the Queen waving goodbye.

"Let's go. We have to prepare for our wedding when we get back."

Song Junyan stepped forward and helped her onto the carriage. "After we leave the city, I have something to tell you."