Chapter 719 Everyone Sets Off
During dinner, Lu Songli and Qin Sheng brought Qin Xuan along.
After dinner, the family moved to the flower hall to drink tea and chat.
When chatting, everyone inevitably mentioned the tripartite peace talks.
The news that Pingzhou Governor Lu Songli intends to go to Hancheng in person to participate in the tripartite peace talks has spread, and Pingzhou newspapers have also reported on this matter. It can be said that this news is known to everyone in Pingzhou.
The day after tomorrow is September 24th, the day Lü Songli sets out on her journey. The journey will probably take four or five days, and we'll arrive in Fenyin around September 28th or 29th. After a day or two of rest, we'll begin negotiations.
"Sixth Aunt, can you take us with you?" Qin Jia asked.
Qin Jia is fifteen years old this year and is a very graceful young lady.
Hearing this, the other children looked towards her one by one, their eyes full of desire.
Qin's mother, Wu Qingyu, Cai and other female relatives all heard this.
As the second wife, Wu Qingyu couldn't say anything.
Mother Qin, however, had no such concerns and said bluntly, "Jia Jie'er, be good. Your Sixth Aunt is going on a big mission. If you follow her, won't that cause her trouble?"
Qin Sheng didn't say anything, but he had to go anyway.
Lu Songli thought about it and asked, why not?
Back then, when she and Qin Sheng and others were the same age as them, they all started to stand on their own.
Anyway, the peace talks cannot be concluded in one day. It is safe to have someone take them away before the talks enter a tense stage.
Lu Songli decided to take them out to see the world. "I can take you older ones with me, but you have to answer me: can you obey my orders?"
"Yes!" Several young boys and girls, led by Qin Jia, Qin Han and Qin Yu, answered loudly.
This matter spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and everyone around knew about it.
First, Xue Xu and Ji Wuyin came to ask if they could bring their son along.
Lu Songli agreed.
Later, Gu Huaisheng, Wang Juntao and others also came over to ask.
Lu Songli simply waved her hand and formed a team of young people. This team was composed of boys and girls between the ages of thirteen and fifteen. Those who were too young would not be brought along.
But that’s another story.
After dinner, Lu Songli, Qin Sheng, and Qin Xuan's family of three returned to their yard.
Qin Xuan slept too much during the day and has been awake since they came back. For a child who is more than three months old, the awake time is very long, so when they came back just now, her eyelids were drooping.
Qin Sheng held her in his arms and coaxed her to sleep.
Lu Songli took this time to take a bath.
Just after washing, Qin Sheng came back.
Lu Songli saw him in the mirror and laughed at him, "Have you had enough?"
Qin Sheng chuckled, walked forward and waved his hand, asking the maid to leave. He then naturally picked up a dry towel beside him and wiped the wet ends of her hair.
The two looked at each other in the mirror, sticky.
After drying Lu Songli's hair, Qin Sheng whispered to her, "Wait for me." He then took out his underwear from the closet and hurried to the ear room to wash up.
With a smile on his face, Lu Songli took out a secret letter.
The letter was sent from Chang'an. The sender was none other than Li Jieying, the eunuch chief steward of Empress Dali's palace. However, the name used on the letter was not his real name, but a pseudonym. But Lu Songli knew it was him who sent the letter.
The letter recorded some of Song Mo's recent unusual behavior, such as frequently visiting the Queen's palace to see his eldest son, and the incident of Song Mo vomiting blood in the court...
Lu Songli had long known that Song Mo had taken Wu Shi San. Combining this with other things, she speculated that there must be something seriously wrong with Song Mo's body and that he might not live long.
Tsk, think about it, Song Mo is only twenty this year.
After figuring this out, Song Mo urged her to attend the tripartite peace talks. It was not difficult to guess his hidden goal. It was really like "Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong".
Lu Songli handed the letter in her hand to the fire and let it burn to ashes.
There seemed to be fiery sparks jumping in the depths of her eyes. "Song Mo, you want to use Hancheng as your burial place. I, Lu Songli, will accompany you to the end and can even give you a ride. It depends on whether you dare."
Qin Sheng came out and saw the last trace of ashes burning on the ground. "What happened?"
Lu Songli did not hide it from him and told him her previous guess.
Qin Sheng looked solemn, and at this moment he felt like a storm was about to come.
He held her in his arms and said, "Don't be afraid. No matter what happens, I will protect your safety to the death."
"Yeah." Lu Songli hugged the strong and thin waist.
When she hugged him, Qin Sheng felt numb all over. He immediately picked her up horizontally and walked towards the bed.
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This time when Lu Songli was traveling, she was accompanied by a lot of people, and the whole team was huge.
On this day, the people of Changli all came out to join in the fun.
This was the first time for their governor to travel far away, and he was strongly invited by the Emperor of Dali and the Xianbei Khan to participate in the peace talks. They were very happy and felt deeply honored.
As the governor of Pingzhou, Lu Songli's travel ceremonials were of high standards.
First, the Royal Guards led the way.
Lu Songli's personal guards are divided into two groups, male and female.
The male guards were led by Xian Feng, and the female guards were led by Alice.
This all-female guard team was trained by Lu Songli's fourth sister-in-law Su Jing and Alice for two or three years, and has only made its debut now.
People's attention was more focused on the female guards.
These female guards stood tall and straight, wearing uniform red and white tops and trousers, uniquely shaped hats, dark green rubber shoes, and a stiff brown belt around their waists, which was very eye-catching.
Leading the team were the female guards, in the middle was the carriage shared by Lu Songli and Qin Sheng, followed by the male guards, followed by the accompanying Pingzhou officials, and finally the army led by Qin Zhao and Xue Jin.
When the carriage carrying Lu Songli and Qin Sheng passed by, the people burst into cheers.
Qin Sheng was dazed for a moment. It turned out that Lili was so loved by the people.
Lu Songli was also quite emotional in her heart, the common people are really the most simple people.
Qin Sheng held her hand tightly, "Lili, listen--" He knew that those cheers were the people's heartfelt cries.
"I heard it." Lu Songli looked at him and smiled at him.
Chang'an, Imperial Palace
Song Mo's carriage is ready.
Before leaving, Song Mo went to Fengxian Hall and burned a stick of incense for his ancestors.
He seemed to have returned to six years ago, the period before his father's death. He now deeply understood the anxiety and torment his father felt when he looked at him.
"Your Majesty, please get in the carriage!"
Song Mo lifted the hem of his dragon robe and stepped onto the imperial carriage.
Lin Ran had an expressionless face as he guarded the left side of the imperial carriage.
Liang An shouted, "Your Majesty, please get up!"
Song Mo looked back at the palace for the last time. That time, in order to allow him to ascend the throne smoothly and sit firmly on the throne, his father took away many ministers to be buried with him.
Now he finally understood his father and planned to become a person like his father.
Come to think of it, he is quite similar to his father. Everything he does is for the next emperor and for the country of Dali...
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