Prince Hu Rong was hanged on the city wall for three days, and then Hu Rong sent envoys to negotiate peace.
The prince's mother's family is powerful, and the Hurong prince has few heirs, and the other heirs besides the prince are even less capable.
Shang Xiaoyang led the crowd to negotiate. With hostages in hand, the process went very smoothly. Shang Xiaoyang felt more relaxed than ever as he traveled on the newly acquired Hu Rong land.
Dan Ruo and the guards followed Shang Xiaoyang closely, while General Qin and his men lagged behind a little.
General Qin looked at the heroic Dan Ruo and regretted again that he wished his daughter could be reborn as his son.
Dan Ruo felt the gaze of General Qin and deliberately tilted his body to the side, pretending to fall down accidentally. In fact, he controlled the strength and angle so as not to fall seriously.
Shang Xiaoyang felt the movement beside him, and hurriedly swung his whip, pulling the person who was about to fall into his arms.
Feeling the slender waist of Guard Qin, Shang Xiaoyang smiled secretly. With such a thin body, it was no wonder that he was unwilling to take off his clothes when taking a hot spring bath.
The two of them rode on the same horse, and along the way Shang Xiaoyang's iron-like arms tightly embraced Dan Ruo's waist.
Dan Ruo struggled twice, but the restraint became tighter. Shang Xiaoyang's smiling voice came from above her head: "Don't move, or you'll fall down again."
After returning to the camp, Dan Ruo quickly apologized. Shang Xiaoyang was in a very good mood and naturally would not blame him.
Seeing that the emperor had asked his daughter to sleep with him again, General Qin's eyebrows and beard were almost wrinkled with worry.
That night, Shang Xiaoyang woke up in the middle of the night and looked at Dan Ruo who was sleeping peacefully beside him. He had just had a dream. He dreamed that he and Guard Qin were riding a horse together on an endless grassland.
It was spring and flowers were blooming. The dream started normally, but it became increasingly strange. He actually took off the boy's clothes and kissed the corners of his red eyes. He was so ashamed. How could he have such a wet dream about his future brother?
He stayed awake all night until dawn and didn't know how to face Guard Qin.
Dan Ruo felt that Shang Xiaoyang was weird today. He stared at her from time to time but didn't say anything.
Wang De brought the empress dowager a secret letter, urging him to return to Beijing again. After all, the emperor had not appeared in public for more than a month, and the empress dowager was afraid that people would find out that the emperor was away and cause trouble.
Now that the war is over, only the follow-up work remains. Shang Xiaoyang knows that he should go back. He is hesitating whether to take Guard Qin with him.
Another general, General Qin, who had not slept all night, asked to see Shang Xiaoyang, using the excuse that his waist injury had recurred and he wanted to rest for a while, and it would be best if his son could take care of him.
General Qin cried pitifully, and Shang Xiaoyang couldn't help but think of the father-son relationship, so he agreed.
I also wanted to correct my thoughts about Guard Qin.
General Qin thought that he had good acting skills, so he supported his old waist and took Dan Ruo back to his mansion to recuperate.
--General's Mansion in the Capital City--
Mrs. Du had insisted on letting her son learn literature from her own family, but Qin Guangyu seemed to have inherited the brains of General Qin and was not very good at literature.
When he was a child, he only had to recite things, and if he was diligent, he couldn't see any difference. But when he was in his teens and needed to write poems and essays, people found that Qin Guangyu's talent was really average.
Du asked a master to examine Qin Guangyu's talents in advance, knowing that it might be difficult for him to pass the imperial examination.
In order to prevent him from ending up in disgrace, he used General Qin's business card to find him a leisurely job of the eighth rank.
Fortunately, Qin Guangyu had a good-looking face, combining all the advantages of Mrs. Du and General Qin. Mrs. Du took great pains to plan and arrange his marriage with the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo.
After knowing that her son's talent was limited, Mrs. Du wanted to train her grandson well and suppress her only illegitimate son, Qin Guangxuan, to prevent Qin Guangxuan from inheriting all of General Qin's connections.
So she had been keeping an eye on Qin Guangxuan's situation for the past two years. After hearing that he had captured Prince Hu Rong alive on the battlefield and made a big splash, Du became worried.
I'm afraid I'll get a promotion after I come back.
The news of Qin Guangxuan's promotion from eighth-rank lieutenant to fifth-rank imperial guard was kept secret, known only to high-ranking military officials. After all, the emperor had secretly traveled to the border, and the news was suppressed.
Mrs. Du called her son Qin Guangyu and told him about the situation of the illegitimate son. She asked him to pay more attention to the marriage with the Duke of Anguo and sent away all the maids in the house.
Qin Guangyu was disdainful. "He's just a bastard, but his marriage is all in the hands of mother. Is mother still worried about not having a way to deal with them?"
Mrs. Du was reminded and had an idea: "I will bring the illegitimate daughter born to your uncle's concubine to my house and let her marry Qin Guangxuan. This will not only please your aunt, but also allow Qin Guangxuan to marry a wife who is under my control."
Qin Guangyu's eyes flickered. The concubine daughter that Du was talking about was the seventh daughter of the Ningguo Marquis' Mansion, who was very charming.
But his biological mother came from a brothel and was always bullied by her sisters. One time, after he helped her, the two of them became lovers.
He also wanted to wait until the eldest daughter of Duke Anguo came home and became pregnant, then he would bring the seventh daughter into the mansion as a concubine.
But at the moment he didn't dare to refute Du, and just wanted to take one step at a time.
He asked Du for a lot of money, bought gifts, and invited his fiancée, An Qingyu, the eldest daughter of Duke Anguo, to go boating on the lake.
Seeing that An Qingyu was frowning, Qin Guangyu coaxed her for a long time before An Qingyu said that she was worried about her brother.
Qin Guangyu understood that the brother An Qingyu was talking about was An Qingfeng, the prince of Anguo, who had been assassinated and poisoned and had been in a coma for a month.
He comforted her, "Your Highness will surely be blessed by heaven."
There was sincerity in his words. After all, he still hoped that he would have a powerful brother-in-law so that he could cling to him.
An Qingyu was comforted by his sincerity and couldn't help but say that a few days ago an old Taoist priest said that maybe it would be possible to get married.
Lady Anguo sent invitations to the families of the noble ladies who had wanted to marry An Qingfeng, but no one responded.
An Qingyu said angrily, "In the past, those women threw away their modesty and chased after my brother. Now that they see my brother is unconscious and his life is in danger, no one is willing to marry him. They are just hypocritical and lowly bastards."
Qin Guangyu agreed with An Qingyu, but he knew in his heart that if An Qingyu was unconscious at this moment, he would probably not be willing to marry her.
The Duke of Anguo's Mansion always finds someone by looking among families of lower status.
It was the same in the previous life. The lady from a poor family she found looked down upon, and finally she set her sights on Qin Guangyu.
In this life, Qin Guangyu thought that his half-brother was five years younger than him and was originally of the same eighth rank. He was already uncomfortable with this, and now he heard from his mother that he had made great achievements and would surely be promoted.
Therefore, he was more eager to please the Anguo Mansion, so he said bluntly:
"I have two younger sisters. If my aunt is interested in one, my mother will certainly be happy."
An Qingyu was moved to tears when she heard this, "Brother Guangyu really cares about me. I will go back home and explain the situation to mother."
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