My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

"I am crying because I feel sorry for Madam. If we in the Wen Mansion had known that the Lu Mansion and her husband would treat Madam like this, we should have simply chosen between the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince!"

"At least the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince both truly love Madam, and their status is much more noble than Lord Lu! Why did Madam have to marry here and suffer so much!"

When the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes were mentioned, Xinyi's eyes showed a hint of longing. Suddenly, he approached Wen Qiqi and said playfully, "Madam, Xinyi dares to ask you a question..."

"no!"

Wen Qiqi of course knew what Xinyi wanted to ask and immediately dispelled her doubts.

Xinyi's eyes widened immediately and she swallowed.

"Oh... I thought..."

"It's a gift from heaven, right?"

Wen Qiqi touched her lower abdomen. She had been having some back pain recently and felt uncomfortable after sitting for a long time.

Xinyi took a cushion and placed it behind the lady so that she could lean on it more comfortably.

"Madam, Die Jiu and I have been saying this in private. Madam has been staying at Lu Mansion for the past few years. She has not even been back to Wen Mansion often in the past year... Maybe this child is a dream. Maybe... maybe the general is still alive and can't bear to see you lonely, so he gave you a good child!"

If this girl Xinyi lived in modern times, she would definitely be able to make a living by writing online novels.

This imagination directly touched Wen Qiqi's little heart!

"Well, you have a very vivid imagination."

"Of course. Madam, Die Jiu and I grew up with you. Ordinary people are not worthy of your eyes. If the father of this child is not the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince, then... could it be..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Wen Qiqi glared at her and said, "You are so smart. You can't make this a joke. Just treat the baby in my belly as a dream of a great general in the middle of the night. Please pity me."

"Ok!"

Hearing the lady say this, Xinyi's eyes became red again.

"Madam, I have bad intentions. I mentioned the general..."

Ever since Wen Qiqi married into the Lu family, she has kept Ye Guidu in the deepest part of her heart.

She would not mention this name, and would not easily talk about the pain and longing with anyone.

The stronger a person is, the more heartbreaking it is.

The maids around her all knew that, deep down in her heart, the lady had never forgotten the general who had stayed overnight...

That is the beauty of the lady's first love, and it is also the expectation of the lady's deep love.

Lu Zhanyao is not really a good man who treats the lady wholeheartedly, so the lady will probably never be able to truly let go of the general in her lifetime.

"I've been thinking about him a lot lately."

Wen Qiqi was not angry at all, but smiled slightly.

This smile shocked Xinyi. Since the lady married Lu Zhanyao, she hasn't smiled like this for several years...

"Madam, if the general is still alive, he would be very happy to hear us talking about him at night and know that you have never forgotten him for many years. Alas... It's a pity that the general has been gone for so long. Now that something has happened in the East City, the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince are about to lead their troops to war! I went to the town yesterday to buy two handkerchiefs and heard that the people in the capital were talking about it and were in a panic."

Xinyi was embroidering the small bag in her hand while talking to Wen Qiqi.

"The people all said that if General Ye and General Wen were still alive, Dongcheng would pay tribute every year and would not dare to act recklessly. But now they are wantonly provoking us because there are no more generals as powerful as General Ye and General Wen in Kyoto!"

……

"East City..."

Wen Qiqi put down the needle and thread in her hand and looked at the vast night outside the window.

"That's not true. Dongcheng was originally a barbaric land. The men were good at riding and shooting, and the women were good at using hidden weapons. Such a tribe is ambitious! Although Dongcheng did not dare to act rashly when my father and brother were alive, and General Ye later repelled Dongcheng twice...But Dongcheng held a grudge and later instigated others, which led to the outbreak of the war between the Southern Region and us."

Ye Guitu died in the great battle in the Southern Region. At that time, there was heavy snow and insufficient food and grass. East City and Southern Region joined forces and used the terrain advantage to trap Ye Guitu's soldiers at the foot of a steep mountain range.

At that time, the armies of the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince had not arrived yet. Ye Guitu led these people and originally planned to launch a surprise attack on the son of the leader of the Southern Region.

It is said that to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. On the way back at night, he was brave and resourceful, and he understood the truth well.

something unexpected may happen any time.

That day, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and there was little food and fodder left.

Not wanting the soldiers to endure hunger and thirst on their way back at night, he asked them to take shelter from the mountains and rest there, and then continue their journey after the heavy snow stopped.

However, he never expected that his top-secret plan to attack the Son of the Southern Territory had already been secretly leaked...

By then, it was already late at night and the snow was more than three feet thick.

On the way back at night, they took the soldiers to rest for a while, and some soldiers were responsible for keeping watch, but suddenly they heard the howling of several wild wolves!

The wild wolves were standing on a cliff not far away, and there looked to be dozens of them under the moonlight.

At that time, the battle-hardened soldiers certainly did not take these beasts seriously. Each of them killed one, and these wild wolves were just appetizers.

But the wild wolves were lurking around the Ye family army, and those pairs of dark green eyes in the darkness made it impossible to sleep peacefully.

For soldiers fighting, food and rest are particularly important!

If I don’t sleep well tonight, I can’t ensure the success of the sneak attack on the son of the Southern Territory leader tomorrow.

Ye Guitu immediately decided to take a few people to the opposite cliff to kill these annoying wild wolves...

However, the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain was pushed to the limit by Dongcheng and Nanyu!

When the flute sounded, the wild wolves that had gathered on the top of the hill slowly dispersed and deliberately played hide-and-seek with the war horses.

Seeing that the target was lost, the warhorse quickly lost its patience and began to howl to the sky!

On his way back at night, he and several soldiers he brought up the mountain shot arrows and killed more than a dozen wild wolves. Suddenly, he smelled a bloody smell and shouted, "No! We've been tricked!"

……

These things were told to Wen Qiqi by the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince later.

Therefore, Wen Qiqi is very familiar with Dongcheng, this fierce little area.

"A barbaric place that has always relied on provocation to vent its anger is now openly and seriously provoking... This is enough to show that East City has developed rapidly in recent years and its strength cannot be underestimated."

"Ah."

Xinyi nodded and said seriously, "Madam, I heard that the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince signed a life-and-death agreement before going to war! The Thirteenth Prince has already told the people of Kyoto that they should either destroy East City or serve the country like General Ye and be carried back!"