Nanchen refers to southern Yunnan.
Li Langhuan received a letter from Shang Shaoyan, saying that he had found a pretext to return to Shengjing. Now Li Langhuan only needed to wait for the opportunity to return to the capital. Before that, he could take over the Baiyue region.
Li Langhuan curled her lips into a smile. She liked Shang Shaoyan's domineering style—why bother with all that useless scheming? Problems that can be solved with fists aren't really problems.
After burning the letter, she went to find Zeng Wu and told him to take good care of Tao Ying. She then called Li Langxuan and Yan Xuening over and gave them a few instructions. After that, she began to discuss the details of attacking Baiyue with Qin Ye.
Yan Xuening secretly tugged at Li Langxuan's sleeve and whispered in his ear, "Sister Zhaozhao and Qin Ye... what's going on with them?"
Li Langxuan had already removed the blindfold. Upon hearing this, he glanced at Li Langhuan and Qin Ye, frowned, and thought for a long time before reluctantly saying, "I'm afraid they have feelings for each other."
Yan Xuening frowned, somewhat displeased: "Qin Ye, after all, didn't... in the future, Sister Zhaozhao..."
Li Langxuan glanced at Yan Xuening speechlessly: "Children shouldn't worry about adult matters."
Yan Xuening glared at Li Langxuan: "First of all, I am not a child; secondly, my concerns are justified."
Li Langxuan rubbed his temples, smiled helplessly, and said to Yan Xuening, "I think you don't need to worry. When it comes to feelings, only the person experiencing them knows whether they are hot or cold. How do you know what my sister is thinking?"
Yan Xuening gave a somewhat reluctant "Oh," then sighed and looked at Li Langhuan and Qin Ye with a worried expression.
Qin Ye seemed to sense something, turned around and glanced back, then saw that the somewhat foolish Lady Hou staring at him menacingly, as if he were about to rob her.
Qin Ye: "...?"
He turned around somewhat blankly, looked at Li Langhuan, and tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, why is your sister-in-law looking at me like that?"
Li Langhuan knew Yan Xuening quite well. He could tell what was going on in her little head just by looking at her. He was almost amused by her, but he also felt a little guilty for some reason.
Li Langhuan glanced at Qin Ye and laughed, "Ignore her, she's just a little idiot."
Qin Ye: "...What is mental disability?"
Li Langhuan glanced at Yan Xuening with affection, then explained, "So-called mentally challenged people are stupid and always do strange things that ordinary people can't understand. Do you understand?"
Qin Ye nodded, understanding.
Since arriving in southern Yunnan, Qin Ye has discovered that many things are completely different from what he had imagined.
For example, Shang Yunlan, who sells her sister for personal gain and is cunning and treacherous, is actually a sister-obsessed person and a very intelligent one; she was just acting all along.
For example, Li Langxuan, who is blind and gentle, is actually a henpecked husband. He is not blind at all and is also very good at talking about male virtues.
For example, the seemingly weak and delicate Princess Heyang is actually a ruthless person who can cut off Ashina Zheng's head with a knife, and is now leading a large group of people in a rebellion.
There are many more examples like this.
In short, Qin Ye was greatly shocked and was in a daze for a while.
But when he saw Li Langhuan, he felt better—Qin Ye thought with relief, the Empress was still as kind, intelligent, beautiful and brave as ever.
Completely unaware that she was looking at her beloved through eight million layers of filters.
At this moment, the kind, intelligent, beautiful, and brave Li Langhuan was looking at the intelligence on Baiyue, and she was thinking of a thousand ways to take down Baiyue, as well as a hundred ways to kill the Lu family after returning to the capital.
After a long while, she put away the intelligence, donned her armor, and smiled brightly at Qin Ye: "I'm going to train the troops. I'll be setting off to conquer Baiyue the day after tomorrow. Wait for me to come back."
Qin Ye stared blankly at the spirited Li Langhuan, watching her mount her horse with a nimble and graceful air, and watching her ride away.
This was the first time he had seen Li Langhuan in armor, which still bore traces of blood that could not be washed away, perhaps from the enemy, or perhaps from herself.
Qin Ye thought that the empress looked much better in armor than in palace dress.
...
Northwest, Shuocheng.
Cheng Chu arrived at the camp, travel-worn. Shang Shaoyan, Shang Yunlan, and all their confidants were there. Cheng Chu glanced around, then knelt down and said joyfully, "Reporting to the County Princess, the old Duke and his wife are still alive!"
Everyone was in an uproar—Shang Shaoyan and his sister had kept this news a secret for a long time, fearing that Ashina Yeting would lie, giving people hope only to disappoint them later.
Upon hearing this news, Shang Shaoyan finally felt relieved. She and Shang Yunlan exchanged a glance and then smiled.
Shang Shaoyan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's good that you're still alive. I knew Ashina Yeting wouldn't dare to lie to me."
Shang Yunlan asked with concern, "Are your parents alright?"
Cheng Chu: "..."
He suddenly started stammering, and Shang Shaoyan's heart, which had just settled, jumped again. She frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with them? Didn't they say it was just amnesia?"
In an instant, a series of terrifying speculations flashed through her mind—that Shang Xiao had broken his leg, Cheng Lingxiu had broken her arm, or that both of them were seriously ill…
Cheng Chu began, somewhat reluctantly, "Well, nothing really went wrong. It's just that the Madam and the Duke are acting a bit strangely..."
He paused for a moment, then carefully said, "Madam is a bit too lively, and the Duke seems to be in poor health. Madam does everything. I heard people in that town say... the Duke is a gigolo who lives off a woman."
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