From an old woman back to a young girl, she vowed never to marry into a marquisate

However, Bai Yanli did not say such words.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a chaotic sound coming from the direction of the light palace in front.

It sounded like a woman was shouting.

Bai Yanli remembered that his mother Ning Zhuo had just gone to the backyard.

What's going on?

He turned around and saw that Tang Yue'er was not curious about the voice, but instead had a faint smile on her lips.

"What did you do?" he asked coldly.

"I didn't do anything?" She laughed. "I don't have any special abilities. If Mr. Bai doesn't want me, I can't survive here. I can only find another way out for myself. Didn't Mr. Bai recognize a new mother?"

"There is a rumor in the Great Zhou that General Xu and Queen Ning have been having an affair for a long time. I just showed this to Madam Xu so that she could see my ability and keep me here." She said with a smile.

"Look." Tang Yue'er continued, "You refused to accept me. How hard my life is. Can't you see it?"

Bai Yanli looked at her, dark currents surging in his eyes.

*

Backyard. In front of the Light Palace.

The person who came to cause trouble was none other than Madam Xu.

She just watched Xu Wang tidy up his clothes and go in. She also wondered if there was any official business, so she waited outside.

However, I didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, no one else went in, and Xu Wang didn't come out either.

The more Mrs. Xu thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

Logically speaking, Daliang also has a council chamber, and if there is something going on, several of Daliang's most important ministers have to attend. However, they were eating and drinking outside, and only Xu Wang was called here.

Besides, today is not the time to discuss matters.

Mrs. Xu was standing alone behind the tree and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She couldn't stay there any longer, so she went back to the front yard, got a glass of wine, and prepared to take advantage of the atmosphere today and go inside to take a look under the pretext of toasting the Queen.

The palace was originally a place for entertainment, and this banquet was not very formal.

In addition, the Queen respected women, and there were women who personally toasted, so her behavior would not be criticized.

So Madam Xu walked straight into the light hall with her wine glass in hand.

Naturally, she was stopped by the female guards outside as soon as she reached the door.

The two female guards, with their hair tied up and wearing tight guard uniforms, held their swords horizontally and said to her, "What are you doing? The Queen is in a meeting and has ordered that no one can enter."

The cold and heavy sword blocked her way, which made a woman like Madam Xu feel a little scared, but she still said unwillingly: "I will go in and toast the Queen with a glass of wine, and will be out soon."

absurd!

How could she just go in whenever she wanted during a meeting like this?

The two female guards seemed to see that she had other intentions, so they shouted angrily: "Step back, now is not the time for you to toast, leave now!"

The two people were so powerful that they pushed forward and forced Mrs. Xu to take two steps back and almost sit on the ground.

Mrs. Xu felt annoyed.

What?

She was not a traitor. She just wanted to go in and offer a glass of wine, but she was treated so harshly. What kind of rule was this?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth silently.

But there was nothing she could do since she couldn't get in, so Madam Xu had to resign herself to her fate and turn around. At this moment, the lights in the palace suddenly went out.

This instantly touched all the nerves in Mrs. Xu's body!

Her eyes were wide open!

The wine glass in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang" and broke into pieces.

She was extremely angry. What on earth were the two of them doing in there?

*

Inside the palace.

Xu Wang was indeed called here to report on his work, and it was a very important job. The last time the Queen summoned him to the palace late at night, in addition to introducing him to Tang Wanru, she also arranged a very difficult task for him.

That is to understand the current situation of Shanrong!

Since Ning Zhuo ascended the throne, her first step was to eliminate the Witch Clan, so she had previously killed the leader of the Witch Clan and established the saint Tang Wanru to win back the hearts of the people from the Witch Clan.

The next step is to deal with Shanrong!

Compared with the influence of the Shanrong tribe on the Zhou Dynasty, they actually had a greater impact on Daliang. The territory of Daliang was a long strip. Except for one side adjacent to the long misty mountain range, with a constant supply of mountain spring water flowing down to nourish the oasis under their feet, the remaining three sides were all desert.

And there are Shanrong people in the desert.

The Shanrong tribes of various tribes had repeatedly provoked Daliang, and they could not stop despite repeated bans. If it had not been for General Xu's military prowess, which had suppressed the Shanrong in the past two years, Ning Zhuo would still feel uneasy when he thought of the turbulent situation of internal and external troubles.

Although Shanrong has been much more peaceful recently, Ning Zhuo is no longer content to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

She had to hold on for the rest of her life and wipe out the entire Shanrong tribe in one fell swoop.

So the last time she summoned Xu Wang into the palace, it was to let him get to know the situation of Shanrong again and make preliminary preparations.

"Queen, I have already investigated clearly. Shanrong is currently holding the Sun Meeting, and all the tribal leaders of Shanrong have gathered here in Chu'an." Xu Wang said cautiously, "If we act rashly, with our current strength, we may not have much chance of winning."

After all, Daliang had just experienced an internal catastrophe.

Ning Zhuo's men were also massacred in the final decisive round and urgently needed to recuperate for a period of time. Half a year was obviously not enough.

It's really too hasty to do this.

But Ning Zhuo didn't think so. The purpose of attacking was to catch the enemy by surprise. Shanrong probably didn't expect that she would dare to attack them at this time.

As for what Xu Wang said just now, their tribal leaders are now here with Chu An, that's even better, she can catch them all in one fell swoop.

Ning Zhuo knew that Xu Wang was always cautious in doing things.

"The purpose of attacking is to catch the enemy by surprise." Ning Zhuo walked down from the high platform dragging her long skirt. She slowly came to the swaying candlelight, picked the wick with her beautiful nails and said: "Besides, if we wait until we have a chance of winning, the opportunity may be gone."

Ning Zhuo had other plans in mind regarding this matter.

Even though Ning Zhuo had drunk some wine outside just now, she staggered when she left the front yard, and even the ministers outside thought she was drunk.

But when she said these words, her eyes were sharp and her mind was clear, as if she was a completely different person from the one outside just now.