Yun Duoduo arrived at Shouchang Palace, paid her respects to the Empress Dowager, and was then held in her arms.
"Oh my, Duoduo has grown quite a bit taller." The Empress Dowager patted Yun Duoduo's head.
"Grandmother, did you call Duoduo over for something?" Yun Duoduo looked at the Empress Dowager. Normally, unless it was something important, the Empress Dowager rarely sent Zhang Mama to Fushuang Palace to summon her.
“Your great-grandmother has sent a letter.”
"Grandmother Wang has sent a letter. What does it say?" Yun Duoduo waited nervously for her grandmother's words.
She was somewhat worried that the internal energy she was practicing according to that manual might damage her body.
Will this affect my future martial arts training?
“Your grandmother said that the manual was missing a page, and she was planning to add it next time she came. She didn’t expect our Duoduo to learn it so quickly.”
[Uh, was a page already missing?]
So, it wasn't someone trying to harm her by deliberately tearing out a page?
Yun Duoduo froze on the spot. Grandmother Wang was right...
"Grandmother, does that mean no one wants to harm Duoduo?" Yun Duoduo was at a loss for whether to be happy or sad.
The Empress Dowager nodded and smiled at Yun Duoduo, saying, "These are the Baotian Pills and another cultivation manual that were sent with the letter."
The Empress Dowager looked at the small white porcelain bottle and the blue-covered cultivation manual on the table and said...
"This Baotian Pill can be taken when necessary to protect you from injuries caused by mistakes during martial arts training."
"Your grandmother personally instructed you to continue practicing this cultivation manual, which will surely enable you to control the true energy within your body."
Yun Duoduo nodded and took the cultivation manual in her hand, flipping through it.
She looked up at the Empress Dowager and asked, "Grandmother, when you practiced your internal energy last time, Duoduo saw you vomit blood. Is Grandmother feeling any better?"
“Your grandmother is in good health and is fine now.”
"Your grandmother also said that the true energy she sent into your body last time could protect you from qi deviation during your practice."
So that's how it is. Grandmother Wang and Grandmother Huang were so kind to her.
[It both enhances her martial arts skills and protects her small body.]
Yun Duoduo placed her hand on the Empress Dowager's wrist and felt that her pulse was indeed beating strongly, so she was relieved that there was nothing seriously wrong.
[It turns out the True Qi Manual had been stored for too long, and a page was missing due to natural wear and tear.]
[She knew it! How could anyone have discovered the secret manual when she was so careful and hid it so well?]
...
In the early morning, after Yun Jin helped Miao Nanyan rinse her mouth and wash her face, the master and servants heard some noises outside.
What's that noise outside?
Miao Nanyan sat in front of the bronze mirror, tidying up the stray hairs by her temples. Her eyes would occasionally glance out the window, but the high palace walls blocked her view, and she couldn't see what was happening outside the palace.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that many ministers have recently returned to the capital from all over the country to report on their duties."
"Those guarding the frontier, as well as local officials from various counties and prefectures of Beiliang, have all entered the palace one after another," Xiangling said while helping Miao Nanyan choose hair ornaments.
“Yes, I heard about it too. Today, perhaps it’s because the ministers have been entering the palace one after another that it’s so noisy,” Yun Jin said while drawing Miao Nanyan’s eyebrows.
"Most of those returning to the capital today to report on their duties are military officers, which is why they're so unruly and noisy," Xiangling said, pursing her lips.
"They can't even stop this early in the morning."
"Xiangling, don't talk nonsense." Miao Nanyan glanced at Xiangling and gave her a look.
Inside the Yiqin Palace, apart from the three of them, everyone else was Baili Yingfeng's person. Everything that was said and happened inside the Yiqin Palace would reach Baili Yingfeng's ears.
"The stability of Beiliang is largely thanks to these soldiers."
The stability of the Northern Liang border is largely due to the guarding of these military generals. However, it is precisely because these generals are too powerful that Hongxiu's border could not withstand them, which is why she was sent to the King of Northern Liang to exchange for peace through a marriage alliance.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiangling shut her mouth and stopped talking.
"Your Highness, the King's guards are waiting outside the palace," a palace maid announced as she entered.
"Is it Lord Chen?" Miao Nanyan looked outside and saw a man dressed in black, whose figure looked very unfamiliar.
The palace maid shook her head.
"Let him in."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Your Highness, this is the military uniform His Majesty ordered me to bring you." The guard handed the uniform to Yun Jin, the maidservant beside Miao Nanyan.
"Military uniform?" Yun Jin handed the clothes to Miao Nanyan.
Miao Nanyan looked at the military uniform: a dark green top and dark green trousers, with rattan patterns embroidered on the collar and cuffs.
It looks like the clothes worn by a military medical officer.
"Didn't some clothes already arrive?" Xiangling asked him in confusion.
Previously, Baili Yingfeng had given Miao Nanyan many fashionable outer robes, as well as seasonal inner garments, middle garments, and palace attire.
"His Majesty said that what was sent before were the Empress's everyday clothes, but today he sent our military uniforms. When going to the military camp, one must wear military uniforms," the guard explained in a serious tone.
Go to the military camp?
Is war about to break out?
Miao Nanyan looked somewhat gloomy. If war were to break out, there would likely be widespread bloodshed, which was the last thing she wanted to see.
"Is this... going to war?" Yun Jin's face turned pale.
The guard hesitated, scratching his head, and did not answer Yun Jin's question.
"Yun Jin, don't make things difficult for him."
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