In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and quickly stood up to see.

The Queen Mother was not too worried. She just smiled at everyone and said, "The Crown Prince is going to attack the Turkic base camp."

"On the grasslands, the Turkic people must also be suffering from the virus!"

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They were still wondering what had happened to Bai Lu.

That way, they can rest assured.

The Queen Mother smiled at them and said, "I have already told the Crown Prince that we are leaving here and going back to Liang Province."

"Before this, the prince told me that he would let us see the Turkic people's country destroyed, and then let us go back. So I agreed."

"The Crown Prince has probably set out by now. It won't be long before the Turks will be completely wiped out by us!"

Everyone smiled and nodded.

Then another voice came from outside: "Your Majesty! General Zhou has set off for the Turkic steppes, saying he wants to attack the Turks."

“???” After hearing this, the Queen Mother’s smile gradually disappeared.

She looked up at the man outside, her expression gradually changing. "What do you mean? General Zhou... set off for the Turkic side?"

"Yes."

"Where did the Crown Prince go?"

At this time, even the little girls noticed that something was wrong.

The servant outside was called up, but he refused to say anything.

After waiting for a long time, Bai Yiyue couldn't hold it back any longer and burst into tears. She said to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, tell me... could something have happened to my mother?"

"This is impossible." The Queen Mother quickly hugged the children in her arms.

The cubs were all very worried.

The Queen Mother's face darkened. "Come here, send someone to the army to find out what the prince is doing outside!"

"General Zhou went to attack the Turks. Could it be that he brought extra troops with him to launch a preemptive attack?"

After the Queen Mother said this, everyone nodded.

Murong Jinshu also smiled and said, "That should be the case."

"It couldn't be anything else."

Shangguan Yi also came here today to have dinner with the children, and checked the Bai family's account books with the children. She also smiled and spoke appropriately.

"Yes, that's right. Bring a few people with you to attack together."

"Like his eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle, they were all placed in the army, and each went off to do their own thing!"

"We have to cooperate."

Not long after, the governor of Qingzhou arrived.

The Qingzhou prefect's face turned pale. Even if he tried to hide it, at this moment... he couldn't hide it with such an ugly face.

Especially when he just walked in, his hostility scared almost everyone.

As soon as the children saw him come in, they knew something was wrong.

Either the situation in Bailu is bad or the situation on the front line is bad.

Could it be that there is another war?!

The empress dowager's heart skipped a beat and she turned to look at the Qingzhou prefect.

Then the Qingzhou prefect coughed twice and said, "Empress Dowager, let's talk further. There are some matters to be dealt with on the front line."

He didn't say it explicitly, but just told the Queen Mother vaguely.

At this time, the Queen Mother still thought that it must be something happening on the front line, but the seven little girls behind her did not think so.

They stared blankly at the Qingzhou prefect and the empress dowager's back...and felt extremely sad in their hearts.

They have an intuition.

This intuition may be the children's intuition. They really feel that...something might have happened to their mother.

The children didn't even eat their meal and just sat there in a daze.

The Queen Mother was called away, and Murong Jinshu and Shangguan Yi were responsible for comforting the children. They said soft words for a long time, but it seemed that the children were still dazed.

The children just blinked and cried, without any expression, which made them feel very uneasy.

On the other side, the Qingzhou governor was extremely anxious. As soon as he and the empress dowager entered the study, he said to her in a hurry: "Something terrible has happened!"

"Bai Lu was actually abducted by the Turkic Khan!!"

The Queen Mother retorted subconsciously, "How can you talk nonsense like that?!"

The Qingzhou governor laughed, "Do you think I'm kidding you?!"

The Empress Dowager was so frightened that everyone was stunned!

"The Turkic Khan should be in Turkic right now, why is he in Zhaozhou?!"

The Qingzhou prefect sighed, "Alas, I just don't know why the Turkic Khan would be in Zhaozhou, so over there... he actually intercepted Bai Lu in advance!"

"Zhu Zhizhou personally went to the capital to report to His Majesty! The military report...outsiders didn't know about it, but it was during the morning court session, and all the officials in the court heard it and were terrified!"

"Your Majesty immediately dispatched Duke Liang and Prime Minister Wang to personally take Pei Huizhou to Zhaozhou, just to bring Bai Lu back!"

The Qingzhou prefect was spitting out his mouth as he spoke rapidly, "When the court officials learned of this military report, His Majesty ordered that no one should be told about it, thus preventing the news from leaking out."

"Later, His Majesty delivered a military report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, instructing him to keep an eye out for any rebellion in Zhaozhou and to send some troops to Pingzhou!"

"As soon as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince received the news, he didn't say a word and headed straight for Pingzhou..."

The prefect of Qingzhou was a little worried, and had something in his mind that he didn't know whether he should say or not.

He always felt that what the prince was thinking about at the moment was not garrisoning in Pingzhou, but the need to rescue Bai Lu.

Maybe the prince will not garrison in Pingzhou at all, but will directly attack Zhaozhou... It's really hard to say.

At this time, the Queen Mother had already stopped listening to what the Qingzhou Governor said. She grabbed him in confusion and said, "How could this be?!"

"They actually caught Bai Lu, they actually caught Bai Lu!!!"

She felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen.

The Queen Mother's body trembled instantly, tears fell uncontrollably, and her lower lip trembled so much that she couldn't even finish her words.

The Qingzhou prefect was almost terrified, "Your Majesty, please take a seat."

"You are too old to bear this kind of stimulation!"

"Ah... To be honest, this is really exciting."

The Queen Mother knew that although she was young in mind, she was an old lady after all, and she wiped away her tears silently.

"I'm so sorry Bailu..."

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have let her go!"

"I'm so sorry Bai Lu!!"

The prefect of Qingzhou also sighed, and was so worried that he seemed to have aged several years in an instant, and half of his hair seemed to have turned white.

"If we had known that the Turkic Khan was in Zhaozhou, we would never have let Bai Lu go, regardless of whether Zhaozhou was plagued or became a dead city!"

Both of them were people who held high positions and saw through the evil of human nature. They also understood the principle that "it's lonely at the top". They could almost guess what would happen to a little girl like Bailu if she fell into the hands of the Turkic Khan.

I'm afraid it's not just the Turkic Khan who is causing the trouble.

The Khan is so perverted that he might even let others abuse Bai Lu together.

The two of them felt angry and hurt, and felt as uncomfortable as if they were being cut by a knife.

Moreover, even if Bai Lu hadn't been harmed, would her reputation be good after she returned?!

Even if the news didn't spread outside...but all the ministers in the court knew about it, which was no different from spreading it!

The Queen Mother and the Qingzhou Magistrate sat facing each other for a long time. Suddenly, the Queen Mother seemed to remember something and said, "I am old and confused. I forgot one thing."

"Bai Lu didn't go alone, she brought Bai Qi with her!"

"That kid is a skilled martial artist. He definitely won't let the Turkic Khan take advantage of Bai Lu! He definitely won't let the Turkic people bully Bai Lu. He must have a way..."

And she also knew that Bai Lu, as a time-traveling girl, had her own trump card.

The Queen Mother sighed deeply and said to the Qingzhou Governor, "Let's not worry so much for now. Bai Lu must have her own plans!"

In fact, they are still unsure.

But now I'm far away from here, and there's nothing I can do except worry.

The Qingzhou governor said to the empress dowager, "The only way we can help now is to take good care of Bai Lu's children."

They hold high positions and cannot leave Qingzhou at will no matter what.

Once moved, it will either bring about fatal disaster or cause instability in the situation.

"When you are in a position, you must do your job well." The prefect of Qingzhou understood this principle, so he had to stay in Qingzhou.

If the Queen Mother leaves, there is a risk of assassination, and who will take care of Bai Lu's child?

She wouldn't feel at ease no matter who she gave it to.

The Queen Mother sighed deeply and said, "We must wait for Bai Lu to come back... wait for her to come and take the child away."

The Qingzhou prefect and the empress dowager looked at each other, both with complicated feelings.

The Queen Mother added, "Also, Bai Lu's arrest must be kept secret from the children. The little girls and other children must not know about it!"

The Qingzhou prefect and the empress dowager exchanged glances, then stood up and walked out.

But as soon as he reached the door, he noticed two figures standing outside.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Sun Nanxing and Gu Liang.

"Why are you here?"

Gu Liang and Sun Nanxing raised their heads and said with complicated expressions: "We want to go to Zhaozhou."

Upon hearing this, the Qingzhou prefect and the empress dowager immediately refused: "How can this be possible? If you go now, not only will you be of no help, you will only cause more trouble!"

"You two are scholars without much martial arts skills. Study hard and become officials in the imperial court next year. That's the real work. When you have the ability, you can help Bai Lu in any way you want."

Hearing this, Sun Nanxing felt regretful and resentful. He hated himself for being too cowardly and stubborn in the past few years, becoming a second-generation official who only knew how to eat, drink, have fun and do business.

He thought to himself: If I had learned some martial arts back then, would Bai Lu have ended up in this situation?

I can also go to Zhaozhou to save Bai Lu like the prince.

Gu Liang also hated himself at this moment, hating himself for being too weak.

His father, the Duke of Anguo, was a skilled warrior, but he was just a weak scholar. How could he be so useless?!

Gu Liang sneered and pinched his palm hard. The feeling in his heart...is really hard to describe.

The Qingzhou governor and the empress dowager, having managed to persuade the two men with a few words, softened their tone, "Right now... we really don't have any good solutions. I understand your anxiety, but what's the point of being anxious? You can't just leave like that!"

"The most important thing for you right now is to take good care of the children."

At this moment, Gu Liang suddenly said: "How about I go to Zhaozhou to be a military advisor?"

"Being a military advisor... isn't so bad." Everyone pondered for a moment, and the Queen Mother nodded. "Since you insist on going, I will send a team to escort you there. Even if you don't go, I won't give up in my heart."

Moreover, having Gu Liang as a military advisor might really make the prince even more powerful.

The prince must be very angry now. When people are anxious, they are easily blinded by emotions and their minds go blank. This situation is not impossible.

"It would be a good thing if you could calm down and help the prince rescue Bai Lu faster."

The Queen Mother gave Gu Liang many instructions and warnings.

Sun Nanxing also wanted to go to Zhaozhou, but in the end he did not leave. Instead, he gave all his savings, plus the interest paid by the foreign Sun family in recent times, to Gu Liang and said.

"Here is a total of 10,000 taels of silver. This should be a lot of money... As long as it can save Bai Lu, you can use it."

Gu Liang didn't want to accept it, but Sun Nanxing was determined and got angry, so Gu Liang had to accept it!

Before Gu Liang left, the Queen Mother called him into a small room and gave him a detailed instruction: "One more thing, don't blame me for being harsh."

Gu Liang was stunned: "Please tell me, Queen Mother, what is it?"

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "If you go to Zhaozhou and see Bai Lu's body being insulted, don't spread this matter and try your best to keep it a secret..."

"The most important thing is to help Bai Lu survive."

The Queen Mother continued, "Although I think Bai Lu has a strong character and wouldn't necessarily commit suicide even if she were truly humiliated, I can't be completely certain!"

"After all, when it comes to women's chastity, Bai Lu can advise others that 'chastity doesn't lie beneath a skirt,' but when it comes to her, I really can't guarantee she won't do something stupid."

"Anyway, if...she ever has suicidal thoughts for a moment, I can only entrust you...to comfort her..."

Hearing this, Gu Liang's body trembled violently, and then he nodded immediately: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I will definitely let Bai Lu live well!"

"Those things like 'Your body and hair are given by your parents, so they shouldn't be damaged' are pure bullshit! What about chastity... As long as you're happy, anything goes!"

The Queen Mother nodded and looked at Gu Liang with a hint of satisfaction in her eyes.

This child finally lived up to Bai Lu and I's kindness to him.

Although his mother Zhao Cuicui is not very good, Gu Liang is a really good kid.

After Gu Liang left, the Queen Mother suddenly thought of something she had never paid attention to.

By the way...where is Zhao Cuicui?

During this period of time, they were completely focused on Bai Lu and completely ignored Zhao Cuicui.

What if Zhao Cuicui comes out and causes trouble?