Chapter 376 Sixth Sister is already pregnant!
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Around midnight, Zhou Yiran, who had already taken a nap, was gently awakened by a servant.
"Master, Lieutenant Li and that Turkic prince have returned."
"What time is it?"
"Master, it's already past midnight."
"Okay, I understand. Go to sleep."
"Yes, Master."
Zhou Yiran wasn't the only one in the camp paying close attention to Li Shiyue's actions; Xie Mingyue also had people watching her.
When Wang Datou and Gao Jin, who were on night watch, saw Li Shiyue and his three companions returning on horseback, they didn't say anything, but just exchanged a glance.
Apart from Li Shiyue and She'er, no one knows what the two of them said on the grassland in the dead of night.
After daybreak, Li Shiyue and the others had almost finished packing up, and now they were only about half a day's journey away from the Turkic royal court.
For the first time ever, Li Shiyue changed her clothes. She finally took off the clothes stained with wolf blood and put on her own green robe, which belonged to a sixth-rank military officer.
As soon as Li Shiyue put on this turtle-green official robe, she couldn't help but recall what Li Xiatian had said years ago: that she needed to be promoted. This green robe was really too ugly on her.
Seeing Li Shiyue stroking her hem, Li Qiutian asked, "You're not nervous at all, and you even have the mind to laugh?"
Li Shiyue smiled and shook her head at Li Qiutian, who was looking over. "I remembered Sister Xia Tian. She was right. This green turtle is really ugly."
I really need to think about getting promoted and wearing a new official robe.
When Li Shiyue mentioned Li Xiatian, Li Qiutian couldn't help but think of Li Xiatian at home, who was suffering from twin pregnancy.
"Don't worry, sister!"
We'll definitely be able to get back before April!
"Yes! Okay!"
Then we'll have a little baby in our family!
Filled with hopeful anticipation for the future, Li Shiyue nimbly mounted his horse and led the team back on the road, heading towards the Turkic royal court.
After traveling for less than two hours, they indeed encountered the Turkic delegation that had come to greet them on the road leading into the city from the Turkic royal court.
Zhou Yiran, dressed in official robes, got off the carriage and spoke with the people who came to greet him.
Li Shiyue, accompanied by Wang Datou and Gao Jin, the two squad leaders, stood not far away, watching Zhou Yiran exchange pleasantries with the officials sent by the newly appointed Turkic Khan with a forced smile.
"Captain, that's a Han Chinese!"
Wang Datou stared at the man who was bowing and persuading Zhou Yiran, and he clearly had the appearance of a Han Chinese, and his clothes and hairstyle were typical of a Han Chinese scholar.
Li Shiyue nodded; she wasn't particularly surprised by it.
Several years ago, when she accompanied Yan Jiuniang to the trade banquet jointly hosted by the Old Khan and the Prince of Zhenbei, she saw that there were Han Chinese strategists sitting on the Turkic side.
This is actually quite normal.
Even though they share a border, and are sometimes at war, they are all people with one nose and two eyes. They just speak different languages. Aren't they all human?
So, there will always be people who, for various reasons, can no longer survive in their hometowns, or simply want to make a living in hostile countries.
Of course, it's also possible that they were forced into it at first, but later became so deeply involved that they couldn't leave.
Such things are common in history books, so there's really no need to be surprised.
Just like in Liu Tan's Xuanjia Army, there was a battalion of soldiers who were not purely Han Chinese!
Among them were barbarian prisoners captured by Liu Tan's troops, and mixed-race Han and barbarian people rescued from barbarian tribes;
Children with more pronounced barbarian bloodlines joined this camp when they grew up.
Aside from joining the military, children with such faces face severe discrimination in Andong, and they have no other options.
At least, once you join the army, you'll have a full meal.
Moreover, since everyone in the camp has the same face, there is a higher sense of belonging, and people can live more freely.
This is what Li Shiyue saw after he led the people of Lijiatun to deliver a message to Liu Tan and followed Liu Tan and his men to wipe out that Mohe barbarian tribe.
After seeing all this, Li Shiyue knew that Liu Tan was willing to accept mixed-race children, regardless of what he thought in his heart. At least on the surface, he was willing to treat the mixed-race children as his own people and as living, breathing human beings. This was enough to prove that Liu Tan was broad-minded.
Therefore, she, a little girl with great strength, would naturally not be discriminated against simply because of her gender!
So, Li Shiyue replied to Wang Datou like this: "So what if Han people look like them? It's not for the benefit of us Han people."
"Captain, we'd better be on guard!"
This is someone else's territory. If we fall into their trap, we'll be in deep trouble!
"Big Head, you're absolutely right about that!"
We're about to enter the royal city!
Big Head, Gao Jin, keep an eye on the guys!
We don't provoke trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. If anyone dares to provoke you, beat them to death!
If you kill him, it's on me!
If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame!
However, their journey to the Turkic royal court was remarkably smooth, or rather, the Turks treated them with great courtesy.
Even the accommodations assigned to them were made with the consideration that there were female relatives in their convoy, and they were given a separate small courtyard.
The message Zhou Yiran brought back was: "In three days, the new Khan will hold a banquet for us."
"Military Advisor Zhou, what about Sixth Sister? Can we ask her to come see us in advance?"
Although their main purpose in coming here was to congratulate the new Khan, and secondly for the wool trade;
But taking Sixth Sister back was also an additional task for them, so Li Shiyue naturally had to ask about it.
However, when Li Shiyue asked about his sixth sister, Zhou Yiran's expression was quite intriguing.
Then, to Li Shiyue's great surprise, Zhou Yiran told her, "Sixth Sister is pregnant!"
Before Li Shiyue could react to those words, Zhou Yiran immediately followed up with a second sentence: "The child is the third prince's." After a pause, Zhou Yiran added, "That is, the new Khan's."
"......"
Li Shiyue didn't say a word, she just looked at Zhou Yiran, and Zhou Yiran nodded affirmatively at her.
"I sent my servants to find Sixth Sister with the token the general gave me. Sixth Sister did not see me, but a maid named Shuangqiao came out to see me."
I learned about this from her; it's true!
When Sixth Sister married into the family, the old Khan was still in good health, but the two had not yet consummated their marriage when the old Khan went out. When the old Khan returned, he was unwell and fell ill.
The rest, you and I both know.
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