Outside the tent, Nan Lingqin and several generals followed the visitors to the granary.
"There's really nothing unusual."
After personally surveying the area, Nan Lingqin looked at the people who had come to report earlier and asked, "Are you sure it was a sneak attack?"
"Please come and see, Your Highness."
The man led Nan Lingqin to the camp on the side. "These two are guards. They are both injured, but not seriously. They can't remember who injured them."
"That's really strange. If the other side wanted to take the supplies, since they had already sneaked in, injured people, and destroyed the supplies, wouldn't that have been easy for them? Why did they run away?"
A general frowned, deep in thought, unable to understand.
"If it was done by Bei Rong, this is too unfathomable."
Another general said.
"Could they be barbarians...?"
The other general was also deep in thought, his brow furrowed.
Nan Lingqin waved her hand, "They won't be barbarians."
Although she couldn't be sure what the current situation was between An Shangning and Zhuidamu, An Shangning had made it clear before she came to the border that she would only help her destroy Beirong, not help Beirong or Xixia to commit evil.
Nan Lingqin gazed into the distance.
A crescent moon hung in the sky, and lush grass grew all around. There was nothing unusual about it, but the more this was the case, the more suspicious it became.
"I've heard that Yuwen Yao has personally arrived at the border of Beirong to oversee the battle..."
"A moment later," Nan Lingqin suddenly said.
"Yes, Your Highness."
“This is interesting.” Nan Lingqin suddenly smiled. “Since they want to play hide-and-seek with us, then we might as well play along.”
The generals were puzzled, but Nan Lingqin waved to them and said, "Generals, please go and rest. I will handle this matter."
"But, this..."
"It's alright, I haven't played games in a long time."
After saying that, Nan Lingqin waved to the side.
In the shadows, Minglan immediately appeared, "What are your orders, Miss?"
Nan Lingqin gestured for him to come closer and whispered some instructions.
"It's terrible, Princess! Generals, there was a commotion coming from the kitchen just now, and several people have fainted for no apparent reason."
Just as Nan Lingqin finished giving her instructions, someone came to report.
The generals' expressions immediately turned serious, but Nan Lingqin remained calm and composed, as if it were expected, or perhaps she was overly confident.
The generals had come to understand Nan Lingqin's methods to some extent these past few days and admired her greatly. They exchanged glances, then cupped their hands and said, "We will obey the Princess's orders and go back to sleep now."
"Not only you need to go to sleep, but also tell your men to get some rest and not to do anything unnecessary."
"……yes."
After the generals withdrew, Minglan also accepted the order and withdrew.
"Princess, it's getting windy, here's a hand warmer."
Behind her, Qingxia handed over the hand warmer she was holding.
Nan Lingqin gave her a look, then took the paper. "Qingxia, do you believe in ghosts?"
"ghost?"
"right."
Qingxia shook her head, "This servant doesn't quite understand what the princess means."
"It's okay, you don't need to understand, just follow me."
"yes."
...
An hour later, Nan Lingqin appeared on the barren slope between the border between Bei Rong and Nan Qi, her skirt fluttering in the wind.
Behind her stood dozens of experts from the Heavenly Mystery Hall, as well as Xu Yiran.
"When I heard the news, I thought you were trying to trap us like a fish in a jar. But it turns out you're the one who's waiting in the wings, and you're using a two-pronged approach."
As Xu Yiran spoke, she stepped forward and placed her palm on the hot water bottle in Nan Lingqin's hand. Instantly, heat emanated from her palm, and in no time, the almost-cooled hot water bottle became warm again.
“I know you won’t listen to my advice, so be careful, and I’m going with you.”
Nan Lingqin raised an eyebrow, her eyes gleaming. "Okay." With that, she flew off.
At this moment, figures moved about in the camp inside the Beirong border, and everything was in a serious state of readiness.
Nan Lingqin and Xu Yiran landed quietly at the same time.
"Qin'er, do you want to take away their supplies or..."
"No, to catch the thief, first catch the king."
As soon as Nan Lingqin finished speaking, she headed towards the central command tent.
From afar, Xu Yiran could not stop them in time and could only frown and sigh.
"Young Master Xu, what should we do now?"
Xu Yiran looked at Qingxia who had spoken, "You stay here and keep watch. I'll take some people and be right back."
"……yes."
In the stillness of the night, inside the large tent, the lamplight cast a faint shadow that swayed slightly.
Nan Lingqin stared at the figure for a long while before her tightly clenched fingers loosened slightly. Just as she was about to slip inside, she saw a junior officer carrying porridge about to enter the tent. Without hesitation, she knocked the officer unconscious, put on his clothes, disguised herself, and then carried the porridge inside.
...
Nan Lingqin carried the porridge into the tent, and of course, she kindly put some other things inside as well.
Inside the tent, under the bright light, with eyes as white as snow and a figure as graceful as jade, Yuwen Yao was calmly handling all matters with his brows slightly furrowed.
At first glance, Nan Lingqin's heart skipped a beat. Yuwen Yao was still the same Yuwen Yao, but more profound and aloof than before, sitting there as if he were covered in ice and snow.
If it is Yuwen Yao who is here, then it must be Yu Qingyi who infiltrated Southern Qi just now.
Nan Lingqin concealed her thoughts and lowered her head slightly. "Your Highness, it's getting late. Please have some porridge first."
"Put it down."
Yuwen Yao didn't even look up before speaking.
His voice also seemed to be full of fatigue.
Nan Lingqin's eyelashes fluttered, but she still stepped forward and placed the porridge on the table, whispering a reminder, "Your Highness, the weather is quite cold. The porridge won't taste good if it gets cold."
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