Xiao Tuo reached out his hand and hugged her thin back. With his other hand, he gently grasped the back of her head and kissed her.

There was a slight hint of bitterness between her lips. Xiao Tuo caressed her soft lips bit by bit with unprecedented tenderness.

Xiao Tuo slowly extended the tip of his tongue and kissed Jiang Yuanyi very lightly. His movements were delicate and gentle, like a spark that was gradually ignited. The desire accumulated slowly, and it was an unprecedented feeling.

Xiao Tuo was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so he slowly let her go. He saw Jiang Yuanyi smiling with her lips curled, and there was a smile in her sparkling eyes.

Xiao Tuo hooked her nose: "You can still smile even though you're injured like this."

He moved to a comfortable position for Jiang Yuanyi to lie down. Jiang Yuanyi held his hand, not wanting to let go, and said softly: "Today, there were forty or fifty people on the other side. They came in two waves, but Mingyue was not injured, and I only had minor injuries. Isn't it amazing?"

Xiao Tuo looked at the blood on her waist, his eyes dimmed: "You call it a minor injury when you're injured like this?"

After practicing martial arts for less than a year, he could lead a person to hold out against many highly skilled assassins for nearly an hour and successfully wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The more Jiang Yuanyi thought about it, the

more excited she became. She grabbed Xiao Tuo's hand and shook it: "Praise me now!" Her body was very weak at this moment. She couldn't help coughing when she moved a little with excitement. Xiao Tuo immediately picked her up and gently stroked her back.

Jiang Yuanyi slowly came to her senses and tears came out of her eyes. She leaned on Xiao Tuo's shoulder and looked at him with tearful eyes: "Hurry..."

Xiao Tuo stretched out his hand to cover her mouth: "Don't talk."

Jiang Yuanyi pouted, and when her attention turned to it, she felt unbearable pain in her body.

She frowned, lowered her eyes slightly and looked down, and fine cold sweat overflowed from her forehead.

Xiao Tuo looked at her with frowns and put his hand to her mouth.

Jiang Yuanyi looked at him: "What are you doing?"

Xiao Tuo put his hand to her mouth: "You will feel better if you bite me."

Jiang Yuanyi pushed his hand away, moved to his face, and said softly: "Kiss me, and I won't feel any pain."

Xiao Tuo's heart softened instantly like a pool of water, and he couldn't hold it back.

He gently hooked Jiang Yuanyi's lips, pecked her, and whispered in her ear: "It's amazing that you can escape from such an ambush."

​​Hearing him say this, Jiang Yuanyi raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, as if she had fulfilled a wish, and leaned quietly on Xiao Tuo's shoulder.

She was exhausted after all, and gradually closed her eyes and became silent.

Xiao Tuo hugged her waist to let her lean more steadily.

The inner street was bustling with people discussing the big event that happened at the horse farm outside Beijing today.

Xiao Tuo heard someone talking about Jiang Yuanyi's name, saying how majestic and brave the young second lady of the Duke's Mansion was.

Jiang Yuanyi leaned on his shoulder, breathing lightly, her face full of dirt. He held her soft and cold hand tightly, put it to his lips and kissed it.

When the carriage arrived, Doctor Liu was already waiting at the gate of the mansion.

Xiao Tuo carried Jiang Yuanyi off the carriage, and Doctor Liu hurriedly followed in. Xiao Tuo gently put Jiang Yuanyi on the bed, turned to Doctor Liu and said, "Please."

Doctor Liu opened the wooden box he carried with him, and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Tuo turned around and asked someone to bring a few basins of clean hot water, then turned around and walked out.

There were all kinds of weapons in the garden. Xiao Tuo was glad that he taught her martial arts so that Jiang Yuanyi could survive today. But he couldn't help but worry about the future.

The situation on the battlefield will only get worse... I just hope that the border will be stable in the next two years without war.

He frowned, picked up a bow and arrow, aimed at the bull's eye, and suddenly shot the arrow.

There were footsteps behind him. Xiao Tuo turned around and saw Mingyue standing five steps away, not daring to come over.

Mingyue saw Xiao Tuo turning his head and shrank her head guiltily.

Xiao Tuo saw that it was Mingyue, and said nothing. He turned his head, lowered his head, picked up an arrow, and then pulled the bowstring.

"Brother Xiao Tuo..." Mingyue called out and whispered, "I'm sorry."

The arrow left the string.

It passed through the wind and hit the bull's eye accurately.

Xiao Tuo put down his hand and said calmly: "Go and apologize to your master, it wasn't me who was hit by the sword."

Mingyue's eyes were red, and she turned around and walked towards the room.

Xiao Tuo looked at her back, was silent for a while, and called her: "Come here."

Mingyue walked to Xiao Tuo's side in small steps, looking like she was listening obediently.

Xiao Tuo put the bow and arrow on the wooden rack: "Do you know why Yuan Yi risked her life to save you?"

Mingyue raised her eyes and looked at him, the emotion in her eyes was very obvious, wasn't it because I was her apprentice?

Xiao Tuo couldn't bear to look at her stupid eyes, and looked away unhappily: "Because if the spy of your enemy country is caught, the whole Ning'an country will suffer."

Xiao Tuo paused, looked at Mingyue's puzzled expression, and said: "Do you understand?"

Mingyue didn't know whether to nod or shake her head, and looked at Xiao Tuo.

Xiao Tuo sighed and patted Mingyue on the shoulder: "If you want to go out to play in the future, come to me."

Mingyue nodded.

Xiao Tuo: "..."

He looked away unhappily.

The hurried footsteps on the stone road kept ringing in his ears.

Xiao Tuo raised his eyes and saw maids constantly coming in and out, bringing in clean water and bringing out blood-stained water.

Xiao Tuo's heart ached, and he was silent for a moment, then he turned to look at Mingyue: "This is the end of your willfulness. This time, Yuanyi is the one who suffered. If you are caught, there will be rivers of blood and millions of corpses."

Mingyue's hands on her legs clenched tightly. She stared at Xiao Tuo's dark eyes in a daze, digesting the truth that was difficult to understand but must be understood.

——-

The assassin was obviously targeting Mingyue. At this time, there was a lot of commotion, and the ceremony of Nanwu Mountain ended ahead of schedule.

The Nanwu Mountain Ceremony is held on a day selected by the sorcerer according to the astronomical phenomena in spring every year. It is a high-level ceremony to pray for a smooth year and peace for the country and the people. But at this year's ceremony, the princess was assassinated, and the capital was in a panic.

The emperor sat on the jade sedan chair with a gloomy face. The huge procession passed through the inner street. Everyone knelt on the ground and dared not speak loudly.

Ming Yue did not stay in the Duke's Mansion for long. She returned to the palace under the escort of a group of guards. The assassin was personally interrogated by Li Qun, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

Since the founding of Ning'an, this was the first time that an assassin from another country came to the capital openly to assassinate a member of the royal family. Those people on the border were also ready to make a move.

Everyone smelled the rusty smell of the rising wind and clouds.

Inside the hall, Li Qun, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, lifted his skirt and knelt in the hall, saying in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the identity of the assassin has been found out."

The emperor looked up.

Li Qun said: "It's a spy from the Yunshu Kingdom."

The emperor frowned and looked down at the ground with heavy eyes. The sun was slanting, pouring in from the wide-open door, forming irregular bright shadows.

Although there have been constant frictions on the border between Yunshu and Ning'an, they are all minor. In recent years, the relationship has been more relaxed than when the late emperor was alive. Why would they suddenly send someone to assassinate the princess?

Xiao Kangyuan took a few steps forward and half-knelt in the hall

: "Your Majesty, I think we should immediately send someone to the border to check!" The emperor stood up, put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth several times before saying: "If Mingyue was captured by them today, they could use this as a threat..."

The emperor paused and looked at Xiao Kangyuan, "Immediately send someone to the border with Yunshu to find out the situation!"

Xiao Kangyuan: "Yes!"

Xiao Kangyuan turned and left the hall. Xiao Yuning followed his father and quickly rode to the Ministry of War.

Yunshu Kingdom is located in the northwest of Ning'an Kingdom. That area has always been guarded by Zhiyun Army, which guards the most unstable northern and southern borders of Ning'an Kingdom respectively with Xiao's Chiyang Army.

After spending the New Year in Pingzhi Mountain, Xiao Kangyuan and Xiao Yuning returned to the southern border, and the long-awaited peace came to the southern border. Weiyuan Kingdom's prince Tang Yu took the lead in launching a war, but was defeated in the north. The emperor of Weiyuan Kingdom took back his military power and left him in his fiefdom.

Once Tang Yu was defeated, the other princes were ready to move. At this time, Weiyuan Kingdom was in chaos and had no time to spare.

As for the situation in Yunshu, Xiao Kangyuan and Xiao Yuning didn't know much about it. They quickly consulted with several generals who had guarded the northern border. They decided to send people to the northern border to check the situation immediately. Just in case, they began to gradually transfer troops to the northern border.

——

Jiang Yuanyi rested in bed for two days before waking up slowly. She felt like she had been run over, and her whole body was sore and unbearable. Her shoulders and waist were itchy and sharp.

She frowned first, then slowly opened her eyes.

What caught her eyes was Xiao Tuo's stubbled, fine and handsome chin. He seemed to have been by her side day and night. His hair was a little messy, his eye sockets were gray, and his eyes were red.

It was the first time that Jiang Yuanyi saw the arrogant Xiao Tuo in this state. Her heart was sweet at first, and then slightly bitter.

When Xiao Tuo saw her wake up, his eyes lit up, and he quickly leaned down to hold her hand: "How is it?"

Jiang Yuanyi raised the corners of her lips lightly, her voice still a little weak: "I'm fine."

Because of her martial arts training, her physique is much better than that of ordinary people, and she recovers faster than ordinary women. It's just that she has been eating only liquid food for a long time, and she has just woken up from a serious illness, so she is inevitably a little weak.

Xiaoqing quickly brought hot water, feeling a little distressed.

Xiao Tuo sat down on the bed and helped Jiang Yuanyi up, letting her lean on his shoulder. Then he took the hot water Xiaoqing brought over, picked up a small spoon, and scooped it to her mouth.

Jiang Yuanyi drank a few sips of water and felt much better.

Mingming was a careless man at ordinary times, but when he fed his wife water, he was patient and gentle, one spoonful at a time, and fed her a bowl of water clean.

Xiao Tuo took the handkerchief and wiped the corners of Jiang Yuanyi's mouth, then helped her lie down slowly.

Jiang Yuanyi held his warm hand and placed it on her face, and asked softly: "Have you found out the identity of the assassin?"

Xiao Tuo said: "We have found out, it is a spy from Yunshu Kingdom. The emperor has sent people to the border to check, and many troops are also heading to the north."

He brushed the black hair on her face behind her ears and whispered: "You have saved Mingyue, which is great. You just need to rest well next."

Jiang Yuanyi stared at Xiao Tuo in a daze and didn't speak for a long time.

Xiao Tuo: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yuanyi blinked lightly, focusing from the void to Xiao Tuo's face, and asked uncertainly: "Which country did you say he is from?"

Xiao Tuo frowned slightly and repeated: "Yunshu Kingdom."

Jiang Yuanyi looked at the bright spring light outside the window in a daze, and some sounds slowly drilled into her mind.

...

"...Yunshu Kingdom and Weiyuan Kingdom, let Yunshu Kingdom prepare an ambush in the northern border to support its troops, while Weiyuan Kingdom in the southern border pretended to be in internal turmoil, but actually joined forces with Shiming Kingdom and other five countries to take the opportunity to attack the southern border..."

"...Ten cities in the southern border have been lost!"

"General Zhongwu was seriously injured..."

She remembered that in the previous life, Ning'an Kingdom sent a large number of troops to the northern border, leaving the southern border empty. When Xiao Yuning arrived in the northern border, he was the first to notice something unusual and led his troops back to the southern border.

But the north and south are far apart, and the southern border has long been a net of heaven and earth. Xiao Yuning could not resist and was seriously injured, so Xiao Tuo suddenly joined the army and went to the battlefield, but it was too late. Ning'an suffered heavy losses and was suppressed by Weiyuan for nearly ten years.

This is why the most favored princess of the emperor was sent to marry.

Jiang Yuanyi grabbed Xiao Tuo's hand tightly, and her voice trembled slightly: "... You can't go to the north!"

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