The princess is killing like crazy again

The battle with King Wen has reached a crucial stage.

It was precisely because of this that everyone in the camp discussed the battle day and night and argued endlessly.

The days dragged on until winter. The weather was freezing cold and the march was bitterly cold. Xiao Yurong caught a cold.

Even so, Xiao Yurong still felt that he should be present every time for such meetings and decisions.

However, Li Yaozhi did not wake Xiao Yurong up. He let her sleep until she woke up naturally. By then, she had almost had lunch.

The wind and snow were getting heavier, and Xiao Yurong walked on the road hugging the fox fur.

While secretly blaming Li Yaozhi for not calling her, she lifted the curtain.

In a military tent, everyone was standing in front of a map and discussing something.

Li Yaozhi, wearing a light blue dress, picked up a pen and carefully arranged the picture. Suddenly he looked up with a calm smile, like a bright pearl, facing the wind and the moon.

"Your Highness is awake. Have you had your meal?" he asked in a gentle voice.

"The princess is here."

"Your Highness Zhaoyang is awake? Come in quickly."

"Yes, it's snowing hard outside, don't make your condition worse."

"There's always some boiled medicine downstairs."

Sparse voices of concern were heard.

Xiao Yurong looked at the scene before him and felt as if he was in another world.

When winter came, at this critical moment, I fell ill, and when I was sick, I easily recalled the past.

It was in the snow before that she set fire to the princess's mansion and committed suicide.

She remembered that after she became enemies with the Cui family, she had met Cui Ci Ning once, at a banquet hosted by the Liu family.

Liu's true identity has not been fully exposed yet, but Xiao Yurong already knows that Liu is the mastermind behind the scenes, but has not yet made it public.

This time, Liu hosted a banquet in Yunzhou for people from all over the place. In addition to many aristocratic families, she also invited the Xiao, Li, Wang, and Cui families.

The Li family sent gifts, but the person claimed to be sick and did not come.

However, Cui Ci Ning and Wang Fu Xuan came.

The person from the Xiao family who was supposed to come was Xiao Yusheng, but in the end it was Xiao Yurong who volunteered to go.

Xiao Yuxie naturally disagreed. After all, Cui Ci Ning hated Xiao Yurong to the core, and Liu Pinjue was very cunning, so he was very likely to hold Xiao Yurong hostage to threaten him.

No matter what, Xiao Yurong is in greater danger than anyone else.

However, Xiao Yuxie was unable to defeat Xiao Yurong in the end, and it was Xiao Yurong who came.

Liu Pinjue personally welcomed her to the inner room.

"It's really unexpected that you would take the initiative to greet me, sir." Xiao Yurong smiled sarcastically as he sat in front of the chessboard with Liu Pinjue.

Liu Pinjue ignored her taunting and asked, "A game of chess?"

"Sir, you know very well that I can't beat you." Although he said that, Xiao Yurong still picked up the chess piece.

"Sir, you are not short of money, why do you use such old chess pieces?" she asked, "Sir, you are not a nostalgic person, could it be a token of love given by some beautiful lady?"

Liu Pinjue did not respond.

Xiao Yurong understood. "Looking at the newness and oldness of the piece, as well as the quality of the jade carving, I'm afraid she is a noble lady from some aristocratic family? Is she married now?"

She laughed: "But anyway, sir, you don't care about worldly opinions. If you really like it, why not just snatch it away."

"Nonsense." Liu Pinjue's expression was normal. "This is an old item, but I never miss the past."

"If you don't cherish the past, just change it. Why keep the old things?" Xiao Yurong didn't take Liu Pinjue's words to heart.

The two played chess back and forth for a long time, but there was no winner.

Liu Pinjue said indifferently, "He has improved a lot, but he still plays chess impulsively and is impatient."

Xiao Yurong sneered: "Have you never been confused?"

Liu Pinjue made his move and raised his eyes, "Never."

He said: "A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. You are such a target of public criticism. You will either achieve success or be crushed to pieces."

"Then let all the arrows in the sky come at me." Xiao Yurong curled the corners of his lips.

"When the ruler and his subjects are suspicious of each other, half of the old friends become graves." Liu Pinjue said, "You are suspicious of even Li Yaozhi."

Xiao Yurong made his move and smiled: "My old friend, please help me achieve my ambitions."

"Why can't I be suspicious? He is from a noble family. Do you dare to say that he will give up his family for me?" Xiao Yurong asked back, "He may be able to sacrifice his life for me, but I don't think he will betray his family for me."

Liu Pinjue laughed: "You have sacrificed so many people to get to this position. Don't you regret it now? If you continue, you will be alone and deserted by your friends and relatives."

"Regret..." Xiao Yurong murmured the word again.

The dead end has already become more and more obvious, leaving no room for maneuver.

Xiao Yurong looked directly into Liu Pinjue's eyes, "Will you regret it, sir? If things don't turn out the way you want, will you regret it?"

She hesitated and said, "I never thought that my husband and I would be like this."

"You're talking nonsense again." Liu Pinjue smiled helplessly.

Until this moment, it was just the two of them, and Liu Pinjue had not laid everything out on the table and told the truth.

His attitude was as if he was just helplessly indulging a child's nonsense.

"I don't think I will regret it. When I embarked on this path, I knew that the pinnacle of power would inevitably be a lonely one." Xiao Yurong sighed.

Liu Pinjue was a little surprised. "You can say such words, which shows that you are much more insightful."

Xiao Yurong smiled and said, "Sir, if you continue like this, you will definitely be alone."

"It's better to be alone than to be like Cui, whose achievements surpassed those of the master and the ruler and his subjects became alienated." Liu Pinjue said, "I won't regret it."

Xiao Yurong said: "I will regret the ending, but I will not regret the choice."

The remaining chess piece remained in his palm. Xiao Yurong closed his palm and closed his eyes. "After all, I... am a bad person by nature."

When the last move was made, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I lost."

"I'll go first." Xiao Yurong stood up and walked out of the inner room.

Liu Pinjue did not say anything to try to keep her, but just watched her back gradually disappear into the distance.

Liu Pinjue lowered his head and played with the chess piece he had not yet put down, rubbing the round and smooth black and white jade with his fingertips.

Xiao Yurong may have forgotten that this chess piece was a gift to him as a disciple.

It's true that noble people tend to forget things. Liu Pinjue curled the corners of his lips. That's true. After all, Xiao Yurong gave and received so many gifts.

Even if it was a gift for becoming a disciple, it was just a gift Xiao Yurong gave casually. It might not even be prepared by himself, but prepared by his subordinates for his master. How could he remember it?

It was not until Xiao Yurong walked to the door that Liu Pinjue suddenly closed his palm and took the chess piece into it.

"My dear." he said.

Xiao Yurong looked back and smiled softly, the wind blew and the snow danced, the sun was warm and the clouds were bright.

The paranoia and hostility between her brows seemed to disappear in the wind like dust at this moment.

"Sir, please stay." Xiao Yurong said.

After leaving the house, Xiao Yurong became even more upset.

Back then, we were young and spent our youth, riding horses and enjoying the aroma of wine. Now, it seems like just a dream.

Unexpectedly, and rarely, she actually felt bored with such a lively scene.

Xiao Yurong stood by the pond admiring the flowers alone. He asked a servant for some fish food to feed the fish overnight and spent the night alone to calm his mind.

Xiao Yurong was absent-mindedly scattering fish food and didn't notice anyone approaching until the wheelchair got closer.

Wang Fuxuan's wheelchair stopped next to Xiao Yurong.

"What? You want to feed the fish but you have to come here to spread bait and steal the fish?" Xiao Yurong asked calmly.

"It's just a few fish. Do I need to come all the way to snatch them from you?" Wang Fuxuan said.

"Oh." Xiao Yurong asked, "Then why are you here?"

Wang Fuxuan was silent.

Xiao Yurong placed the bowl on the railing, shook off the fish food crumbs on his hands, turned around and looked at Wang Fuxuan, "Are you here to provoke me? Or are you here to remind me?"

"Do you think so?" Wang Fuxuan asked.

"What else?" Xiao Yurong said calmly, "In the final analysis, you and I have never been together, nor have we ever been apart. We are only after profit."

She laughed: "If there is no profit, what else can you come to me for?"

"You are right." Wang Fuxuan closed his eyes. "I am here to remind you to go back and be prepared. War is imminent."

"Go back?" Xiao Yurong raised his eyebrows. "It seems that you really don't intend to use me as a hostage."

Wang Fuxuan sneered, "Of course not. Taking you as a hostage would drive Xiao Yuxie crazy. Sometimes, desperate enemies will always be defeated."

Xiao Yurong curled the corners of his lips sarcastically, "You are good at scheming, but why are you telling me this?"

"Don't die in front of me." Wang Fuxuan said.

Xiao Yurong half-closed his eyes.

Wang Fuxuan said: "Don't fall here, don't die in front of me, don't become a nightmare that traps me."

Xiao Yurong laughed out loud: "Huh? No way, Wang Fuxuan, do you still have a guilty conscience?"

"Conscience?" Wang Fuxuan seemed to have heard something funny. "Can there be such a luxury between you and me?"

He turned his wheelchair around and left. "I just don't want to see those ugly scenes. My good junior sister, just take care of yourself."

Watching him leave, Xiao Yurong snorted coldly and waved his hand to knock over the bowl of fish food.

There was also a bowl with half a bowl of fish food that overturned and fell into the pond. The bowl sank into the water and the half bowl of fish food also scattered in the water.

The fish smelled the scent and immediately swarmed over, opening their mouths wide to grab the food, opening and closing their mouths for fear of falling behind.

In an instant, all the bait was snatched away, leaving only a little.

"Even when feeding fish, she has to use the law of the jungle. The princess's heart is known to everyone." Cui Ci Ning's sarcastic voice sounded behind him.

"Ten thousand carps compete to reach the Dragon Gate." Xiao Yurong didn't turn around, looking at the fish in the pond, "In troubled times, the fittest survive in the struggle for survival. Isn't that wrong?"

Cui Ci Ning said: "That is your way, but my way is not like that."

Xiao Yurong's gaze fell on the lush peony bushes nearby, the flowers were in full bloom and radiant with beauty.

She said in a cool tone: "Why has it come to this between you and me?"

"Why must it come to this?" Cui Ci Ning repeated these four words, as if breaking them apart to savor them carefully.

"Hahahaha!" He suddenly burst into laughter.

Cui Ci Ning suddenly stopped laughing: "You have fought with me and left scars on me, do you still expect a happy ending?"

"Xiao Yurong, you killed my loved ones, and yet you still dream of reconciliation?" he asked hatefully.

"Didn't you kill my loved ones?" Xiao Yurong looked at him coldly, "Cui Qining, are your hands clean?"

"The Cui family is counterattacking and seeking revenge." Cui Ci Ning gnashed his teeth in hatred.

Xiao Yurong laughed: "That's not very loyal, is it? You hate me so much, but you still can't kill me here, right? You received the news when I set foot in Yunzhou, right? The imperial army is here, and if I die, the battle will start immediately."

"You are right. If any of your brothers had set foot in Yunzhou during this Hongmen Banquet, they would have died. But it was you who came. In order to protect you, Xiao Yuxie sent troops to the vicinity of this world." Cui Qining said coldly, "You brothers and sisters of the Xiao family have a bond that is stronger than gold."

"Thank you for the compliment." Xiao Yurong smiled.

She paused, "What I still want to ask is, when I said I wanted you to be my consort, why did you react so strongly? At that time, you and I were the king and the subject. Even if you were unwilling, you shouldn't have been so angry."

It was because Cui Ci Ning's reaction was so dramatic that she became suspicious.

Even if Cui Ci Ning was disdainful, indifferent, or even fled back to Yinzhou overnight, Xiao Yurong would not be surprised.

But when she asked Cui Ci Ning for her, Cui Ci Ning was so furious.

After asking this question, Xiao Yurong saw Cui Ci Ning's expression froze for a moment.

"You don't need to know." Cui Ci Ning said coldly.

"Whatever." Xiao Yurong did not ask any further questions.

She looked at the peony with a complicated look in her eyes, "There were people who appreciated the flowers with me back then, but now only half of them are left."

According to unofficial historical records, Cui Mingyang, a major general of the Cui family, once admired Princess Zhaoyang. His master was arrogant and asked a maid: Who is more beautiful, this boy or the son of the Li family?

The maid replied: The young master is unparalleled in the world.

The master also agreed: However, this boy can be a concubine.

When the young general heard this, he became furious.

Later, the eldest princess asked the emperor to grant her a marriage, but the general turned love into hate and angrily refused.

Unofficial history is not official history, and it is ultimately a regrettable event that has no name or status.

All the past events came to his mind, making Xiao Yurong dazed and he stood outside the tent for a long time.

Cui Qining saw that she had not moved for a long time, so he came forward and asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Zhaoyang, are you feeling unwell?"

"It's okay." Xiao Yurong shook his head and walked into the tent.

She now finds it somewhat difficult to look Cui Ci Ning in the face.

"Your Highness, it is better for you to have your meal first. Go and serve the meal." Li Yaozhi instructed the soldiers.

Xiao Yurong sighed, "Thank you all very much, it's thoughtful."

She glanced at the map and asked, "Where is the discussion going?"

Li Yaozhi told Xiao Yurong everything in detail.

Xiao Yurong held the porridge, sipped it spoonful by spoonful, and nodded.

Cui's second uncle nodded and pointed to a place, saying, "The army here was defeated before. We should take advantage of the victory and use this as a starting point."

The fifth brother also agreed: "Yes, if we attack with all our might, King Wen will definitely not be a match for us."

"King Wen is good at military tactics and is very cunning. We must be on guard." Li Yaozhi's face was solemn. "The weakness is too obvious. I'm afraid it's a trap to lure the enemy deeper."

Second Aunt laughed and said, "Young Master is still too cautious and suspicious. King Wen was no match for us in previous battles. He is no longer a force to be reckoned with."

Li Yaozhi still disagreed, "King Wen has at least 100,000 soldiers. The previous battles were just small fights. If they lost, I'm afraid they were just pretending to show us."