In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

Xuan Heye carried a plate of walnut and date cakes and sat in the pavilion in the courtyard. He said blankly, "Three hours."

Yun Ting touched the back of his head and asked, "Your Highness, didn't you have lunch?"

"Well," Xuan Heye beckoned Yun Ting over, split the last piece of date cake in half, and handed one half to Yun Ting, "The prince ordered a bath in water."

Yun Ting watched him finish twenty pieces of date cakes and then happily eat a bowl of mutton. No wonder he grew taller. There was no one else in the world with such height.

Yun Ting asked him, "Are you the heir of the Tujiang Kingdom?"

Xuan Heyehan smiled: "Yes."

After a while, Yun Ting heard the door open. He got up and walked into the house, only to see Xie Chibei wearing that jade-green brocade robe, looking refreshed and in high spirits.

Yun Ting glanced behind the screen and saw her rouge-red gauze skirt fallen to the ground, with the skirt straps hanging diagonally on the screen and the red curtain fluttering.

Mu Jinan came out with her hair loose, and the faint scent of peach blossoms filled his nostrils. Her dark red dress was embroidered with a pattern of tigers hunting under tall trees on the top of a mountain.

Xie Chibei asked Mu Jinan to sit in front of the bronze mirror, picked up her long black hair with his fingers, and combed her hair with skillful and neat movements.

When Mu Jin'an tied his hair high, he looked like a young man full of vigor and vitality, and Yun Ting's lips curled up slightly.

He didn't intend to meet Xie Chibei's eyes, and his heart suddenly felt frightened, as if the leopard hadn't taken a single step forward when a tiger's roar came from the center of the territory, shocking him so much that he took two steps back.

Yun Ting lowered his head and shuddered.

Mu Jinan turned around: "Where's the king's flag?"

Yun Ting: "I will give the royal flag to Jing Hong."

Mu Jinan turned to look at herself. The golden crown carved with a tiger on her head blocked the screen in the bronze mirror. She leaned slightly to the side, revealing every carefully drawn stroke of the painting on the screen.

The red sun shines on the desert, the black eagle overlooks the woman in red clothes standing on the top of the pomegranate mountain, and the woman lowers her head to look at the young man in bright armor at the foot of the mountain.

Yun Ting took a few steps closer, blocking the view of the young man on the screen with his tall body, and bowed: "Your Highness Prince Xi, are you going to accompany the prince to the battle?"

Mu Jinan raised his hand to touch his high hair, then hooked Xie Chibei's neck with his backhand and lowered it, praising him with his little face raised: "Jin Chong's craftsmanship is good. This prince is very happy and will wait for you to come back."

Xie Chibei stood behind Mu Jinan, pressing on her shoulders, one arm around her abdomen, his cheek close to her ear, and then he tilted his head a few inches closer, asking for a passionate kiss:

"Yao Ruo, I will make you happier. Take good care of yourself."

Yun Ting glanced down and saw Mu Jinan breathing slightly in Xie Chibei's arms. He pinched Xie Chibei's cheek with two fingers and said, "Your Highness, come back and I'll let you kiss me enough."

Xie Chibei pecked her lightly on the lips, then reluctantly let go, his wolf-like eyes scanning her body: "Remember what you said today."

Mu Jinan curled his lips: "I remember."

Xie Chibei got up and left the house, Yun Ting followed behind him. They went to the military camp and armory to arrange food, supplies, and count the troops.

In front of the military camp, hundreds of soldiers surrounded three people. A soldier covered in blood was tied to a wooden stake with more than a dozen wounds on his face. He looked at the two weakly.

Jing Hong held Jing Gui'an in his arms and pointed at the villain: "It was this villain who threw my wife into the dry well. It was Prince Xi who saved my wife."

Jing Guian kicked Wang Qi in the eye and said, "How dare you murder my mother?"

Wang Qi doubled over in pain, his eyes suddenly bleeding. His green eyes glowed red, his buck teeth slightly exposed, and he cried out, "Please spare my life."

He never thought that a year later, Mu Jinan still remembered the grudge against a commoner.

Wang Qi came here with Xu Junyao and the orphan. After the battle, Mu Jinan instructed Cha Heng and others to pay attention to the imperial guards and capture him.

After all, he was a soldier from the Eastern Palace, and his status was higher than that of the lowly Zi Yu. But now everything has been overturned because of Mu Jinan.

Jinghong had the soldiers take turns whipping him and even cutting off his vitals.

He bowed his head in humiliation and stamped his feet in pain: "Your Majesty, they beat me unjustly without investigating the case."

Jing Hong hugged Jing Gui'an tightly. If Wang Qi knew his mistake, he would not murder innocent people. This bastard who would not repent even when facing death deserves to be tortured before death.

He drew the sword from his waist and pierced Wang Qi's abdomen with it: "Prince Xi said that the hatred of the people is a great hatred, and she will never forget it. If it weren't for you framing them, the people might not have suffered any injustice."

Wang Qi screamed in pain, "Why is Mu Jinan always able to solve cases? You soldiers can't even investigate cases, yet you can convict me just by speaking?"

Jing Hong grabbed Wang Qi's neck and said, "That's because there are too many unjust cases, and as long as His Majesty doesn't protect you, Prince Xi killed Xu Ke, Jiang Yin, Cheng Yu and more than a dozen others who were all covering up the truth and colluding with each other. This case will be easy to investigate and convict."

"The common people simply lack the opportunity to pass the imperial examinations and become officials, not the ability to distinguish right from wrong and investigate crimes. Prince Xi will change the imperial examination system, and the world will be more just in the future."

Wang Qi's vicious mind didn't listen at all. He was just angry at being caught: "Ah, I don't accept it."

Jing Hong looked at the soldiers and said, "Brothers, rip off his skin and flesh!"

Mu Jinan arranged for officials to thoroughly investigate the unjust case and found that some soldiers did not meet the recruitment requirements of Dasheng, but were forcibly conscripted by Lu Shengji, who then beat their brothers to death.

Mu Jinan had no choice but to appease them with good farmland and money, and let them go home to farm. The soldiers were grateful to Mu Jinan for his kindness and did not want to leave.

They whipped Wang Qi and said, "You beast, you killed the soldiers' wives and children. How can you deserve a quick death?"

"Pa pa." More than a dozen whips hit Wang Qi's body and thighs.

He screamed: "Ah, after the storm calmed down, I investigated for a long time and thought that the one called Ziyu was dead. It seems that Mu Jinan asked her to leave."

While being tortured, Wang Qi still felt that he had not seized the opportunity to eradicate the problem completely.

When the soldiers heard that he was being reckless, they took out their knives and began to scrape the beast.

Wang Qi suddenly jumped around, struggling and screaming, his voice hoarse: "Dad, it hurts."

Jing Hong covered Jing Guian's eyes and watched the "red and white" flowers scattering. He turned his face and wiped his tears.

He was guarding his country at the frontier when a corrupt official killed his unborn child. Zi Yu went to report the incident to the authorities, but was discriminated against by them just because he was a small soldier.

In order to avoid being hunted down by officials, Zi Yu jumped into a water tank and injured herself.

Mu Jinan asked a doctor to diagnose Ziyu, handled the paperwork and household registration for Ziyu, gave her a sum of money, and left Sheng'an City. Now, their family is finally reunited.

Jinghong doesn't understand politics. He only knows that if it weren't for Mu Jinan, his wife and children would have died.

He will always be loyal to Mu Jinan, and will fight with these soldiers until the last moment.

Those who suffer know who is righteous!

The king's flag was completely dead, fluttering in the wind. An angry voice rang out from the Youzhou military camp: "Your Majesty does not want the Eastern Palace to get into trouble. It was Your Majesty who ordered me to kill that woman."

The soldiers opened their ears in astonishment and stared in amazement. Emperor Hui almost pushed five hundred orphans into the sea and even ordered his men to kill civilians?

They stood in front of the simple military camp, their mouths dry, pointing their fingers towards Zhongnan and cursing: "The tyrant emperor unjustly killed good ministers and murdered the people. We must punish this cruel Emperor Hui."

"A-choo." Emperor Hui rubbed his nose while sitting in front of the window of the Golden Palace. He stroked his dragon robe embroidered with fine silk thread with one hand and drank some Mengshan tea.

He put his tongue on his cheek and looked at Xie Xurong and Cui Hengling with a happy expression:

"I have ordered all states to stop supplying food to Xie Chibei's army. If Xie Chibei goes to Huzhou, he will die."

Cui Hengling accepted the tea given by Emperor Hui, and he savored it slowly, a sinister smile on his face:

"His Majesty has secretly ordered Yu He Renran to lead the troops and attack Xie Chibei from the rear. This time, we are luring you into a trap, and Xie Chibei will not be able to return."

Emperor Hui nodded proudly. He believed that this move would surely get rid of Xie Chibei. Without this benevolent royal monarch with outstanding achievements, the officials would not accept Mu Jinan.

Xie Xurong sighed in disappointment: "I heard that Mu Jinan is guarding Youzhou. If she goes with Xie Chibei to the expedition, Li Yuanyang can attack Youzhou. We can take advantage of the chaos to seize the military power of Youzhou."

They didn't care at all about how many civilians and soldiers would die when foreign invaders attacked the city; they only cared about military power.

Emperor Hui smiled secretly: "Yes."

Outside the hall, the locust tree has deep roots and lush leaves, with thousands of branches intertwined and thousands of flowers blooming in full swing, like piles of white jade, extremely prosperous.

A strong wind suddenly blew, carrying many large bunches of locust flowers towards the golden palace. The white jade hit the ridge beasts, making a crisp sound.

The locust flowers rose rapidly in the Ziming Palace, like countless dust particles swirling between heaven and earth, slowly colliding with the red sun.

The sun shone on an oasis on the border of Yuzhou, east of the mountain. A huge army crossed the oasis and gradually walked into the desert, leaving behind a series of horseshoe prints.

Xie Chibei sat on the horse's back, wiped the yellow sand off his armor, unscrewed the water bag, drank two sips of water, and put on the golden helmet.

After crossing this desert, you will reach the Huzhou military battlefield.

He brought mostly cavalry, and sent out the Tabai Army to gather information. According to rumors in Poro City, which was very close to Huzhou, Adehe had complete control over Huzhou.

Poro City is a mixed crowd with frequent trade, and brothels, restaurants, teahouses, silk, wine and food businesses are booming.

Poro City was once the territory of Lou State. Many years ago, Yue and Lou States respected Wan State as their superior, and Poro Town was actually under the jurisdiction of Wan State.

A few years ago, Xie Chibei rebelled and destroyed several countries. Every day people mentioned Xie Chibei's name in teahouses, with mixed reviews.

As soon as Xie Chibei stepped into the city, the wooden houses on both sides of the street creaked, and handsome men with short curly black hair, thick eyebrows and deep eyes crowded at the door to look at the army.

Rich children were holding kebabs of lamb roasted with pepper, and exotic women were wearing colorful gauze skirts and scarlet gauze on their heads. The sequin ornaments on their foreheads reflected the light and caught the eyes of the horses.

The horse stared at the fruits, wine and delicacies on the street.

The camel glanced at the horses and the camel bells rang continuously, meaning that the desert is our territory, what are you doing here?

A man wearing brown clothes, yellow hair, a white hat, a beard, and a face covered with scars came forward. He greeted in Wan language, "General, do you want to stay in the hotel?"

Seeing that no one spoke, he said in his not-so-fluent Dasheng dialect, "We can accommodate these dozens of people in Piaoying Building."

Xie Chibei jumped off his horse and said, "I'll stay here."

The innkeeper nearby cursed: "You think you can speak Dasheng dialect? You're a traitor to Wan and a Dasheng lackey!"

Xie Chibei remained silent.

The man put his hands on his hips and scolded the old man opposite him: "You want to make a lot of money, why don't you learn more? Are you just waiting for money to come to you? Lazy guy!"

The man smiled and welcomed Xie Chibei into the inn. Yun Ting asked him how much money he wanted to stay in the inn. He raised his chin and said, "Five hundred taels."

Yun Ting raised his foot to kick him: "You robbed? Where's your boss?"

The man took a step back and said with a smile, "The boss is enjoying himself at Hu Yulou. He will probably order ten or eight men today. He might even get drunk and fall asleep there."

Yun Ting's face is very long, he really knows how to play.

Xie Chibei went upstairs, Yun Ting followed closely, and the two of them entered the house.

The room is mainly golden yellow with blue as a secondary color. It has a table, three chairs, a bed, two windows, and a carpet with intricate patterns on the floor.

Xie Chibei turned around and saw a series of brightly colored murals. The first painting was of a flock of sheep grazing with their heads down.

The flock of eagles covered the sky. A pure white Saker Falcon with a wingspan of three meters swooped down, stretched out its claws towards the skinny lamb with difficulty in walking, and flew over the mountain with the lamb.

The lamb looked back with tears in his eyes at the carriage at the foot of the mountain. A Jingye sword was hanging on the carriage window. A young man in blue was playing the flute by the stream. Yan Wangyou looked up at the sky.

Xie Chibei touched Xiaoyang's eyes with his fingertips, and his fingertips trembled: "Qiongzhou Zhong'e Mountain? I was at the foot of the mountain that day. Was she snatched away by an eagle?"

He moved to look at the second painting. A lamb was crawling in a cage, dragging its bloody legs, licking food scraps on the ground with its tongue. When it couldn't get any food, it licked the blood from its wounds.

Xie Chibei pressed his fingertips hard on the steamed bun crumbs, his chest feeling tight. He rested his forehead against the lamb's neck and heard the lamb crying in hunger and pain.

"I'm so hungry. I want to eat."

He gently stroked the lamb's injured leg, a tear fell into the lamb's eye, and he slapped the iron cage with both hands: "Ah, these villains, villains."

Xie Chibei put his fingers into the iron cage, but couldn't pick up the lamb. He tore off the mural and looked at the third painting with red eyes.