The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Your Majesty, you are tired. Please rest first."

Fei Wan tucked the corner of the quilt for the emperor and did not respond to his words.

The emperor squeezed her hand and repeated, "Wanwan, I..."

"Shhh."

Fei Wan placed the slender white fingers of her other hand on the emperor's lips.

"Your Majesty, don't say anything. You are just tired. Rest well. I will accompany you."

She hummed a lullaby softly.

I learned it when I was a child in the countryside.

When she was a baby, her adoptive mother also sang to her.

The tune was simple, yet extremely soft and warm. As she listened to the melody, she recalled her childhood life in the countryside, a smile appearing on her lips.

It was not a charming smile that had been practiced deliberately, but a sincere smile that was filled with great happiness.

The emperor looked at her and felt that Wanwan at this moment inexplicably had a calming power.

Since when did it start?

The humble, pitiful, abused palace maid with bruises all over her body disappeared.

She is still gentle, delicate and considerate, but her immaturity and timidity are fading away, and she is becoming more generous, resilient and brave.

"Late night..."

Whispering her name softly, the emperor closed his eyes and felt fatigue surging from all directions, completely drowning him.

He fell into a deep sleep.

Fei Wan's soft and gentle humming made him feel at ease, as if he was back in his mother's arms in his childhood.

"His Majesty."

After a moment, Fei Wan called out softly, but the emperor did not respond.

She held his wrist, feeling the slow, calm pulse.

Make sure he is really asleep.

Fool.

Can you still sleep at this time?

As an emperor who led the army in person, he was kidnapped near an army of over one hundred thousand, and the enemy raided the camp. But his response was limited to sending out troops to search for and hunt down the enemy, and sending a message to the nearest military town to send reinforcements?

Fei Wan learned from the imperial spies that he had sent people to investigate the Qu people behind Zheng Zhuyi, and was also secretly investigating possible traitors in the army.

But, in addition to these routine operations, he should have thought further and acted faster in this extraordinary period.

The secret expedition has clearly been exposed. Speed ​​is of the essence in war!

Fortunately, after she was sure that Lu Yue was not doing well and that the other side was probably Zheng Zhuyi's group, she quickly sent someone to send a message to the border without waiting for anything to happen.

Judging from the time, Xie Weizhou should have received the message by now.

I hope he can inform the border towns in time and work with the generals of other armies to guard the pass!

It just happened in a hurry.

Things started to get out of control when the emperor suddenly decided to go hunting and confront the fake grandson.

As a palace concubine, Fei Wan had the Shengshi Post Office at her disposal, but her foundation was still shallow, and she really did not have the ability to distribute her spies on both sides of Liang Qu to capture every unusual movement.

It would be bad if the Qu people could see through the emperor's movements in advance and take action first.

Two caravans from the post office were on their way to Beiqu for trade when they unexpectedly discovered traces of a large army passing through the territory of Qu. The scale of the march was large, and the traces were from a few days ago.

When the news reached the capital, Ma Xiaofeng, who was in charge of the post office, did not have time to verify and report the matter, so he directly asked his confidant to quickly pass the message to Fei Wan.

In order to cover up his whereabouts, the emperor strictly controlled any movement around him along the way, which made it difficult for Ma Xiaofeng's men to pass the news to Fei Wan.

When Fei Wan received the message, several days had passed since the caravan discovered the enemy's whereabouts.

In other words, perhaps, a considerable number of Qu's soldiers had been marching secretly ten days ago, and no one knew where their weapons were heading.

Fei Wan only hoped that she could send a message to Xie Weizhou in time so that the generals guarding the border could be alert in advance and be able to respond appropriately no matter where the enemy invaded from.

I hope she's just worrying too much!

Maybe the large-scale action of the Qu army was just because someone in Qu country wanted to rebel, and it was not aimed at Daliang!

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hui is looking for you, and she seems very anxious."

The maid approached cautiously and reported in a low voice.

Fei Wan looked at the emperor.

He is still sleeping.

So she asked her maid to look after her while she walked out of the tent quietly and silently.

Concubine Hui was waiting outside the tent. When she saw Fei Wan coming out, she pulled her quickly to the side, far away from the other tents, and dismissed her followers.

She had not slept since the night attack and had been outside chasing the enemy. Her eyes were red from staying up late, but very bright, heavy, and full of cold light.

The armor was stained with blood and had not been cleaned yet, obviously he had come in a hurry.

"You were right. The enemy wasn't limited to the few groups we attacked last night! One of my scout teams got lost in the mountains and stumbled upon a camp only fifty miles away! The enemy scouts were very powerful, and after a fierce battle, only one of the ten in my team returned."

Fei Wan's heart tightened, "How many people are there in that enemy camp?"

"The scout team was discovered before we could confirm it completely, but we estimate there are at least 80,000. We haven't yet discovered whether there are other enemy forces behind that camp, but I've already sent several more teams to investigate."

Eighty thousand? !

Fei Wan gritted her teeth and asked, "Is the person who survived by chance reliable?"

Concubine Hui said in a deep voice, "They are reliable. They were originally my personal guards. Her team was also an elite scout, but the enemy had more people and very powerful crossbows. She fought desperately to seize one from the enemy and brought it back. I took a look and it is indeed different from the ones used by our army. I sent two skilled crossbowmen with crossbows and weapons repair craftsmen to find Concubine Shu. There are no officials or craftsmen from the Ordnance Department in the army right now, so let them take a look first. But this is not the most important thing. What are your plans? If there are no other considerations, I will quickly inform His Majesty of the news and gather everyone to formulate a battle strategy!"

As a general, Concubine Hui discussed important military information with Fei Wan first because she was disappointed with the emperor.

She was not sure whether the emperor would go crazy and make some inexplicable arrangements after hearing the urgent military information.

In comparison, Feiwan is more stable.

The camp was attacked last night. If Fei Wan hadn't told her in advance that something might happen, she wouldn't have been able to organize an effective counterattack so quickly. It was because the cooperating armies on both sides were so incompetent that they were thankful they didn't make things worse.

Fei Wan said, "You and General Fu know more about warfare than I do, so go and discuss it. I can only tell you the worst-case scenario. Beiqu may have seen through the emperor's personal expedition and sent a large army to invade in advance. I don't know if it was them that your scouts discovered it, but we must be prepared for war between the two countries to break out immediately!"

Concubine Hui looked unhappy.

He frowned and thought for a moment, "So you had a premonition last night that something was going to happen, and you let it happen without stopping it. Was it to test the enemy's strength?"

"Correct."

"His Majesty suddenly disappeared last night. Is it related to you?"

"Correct."

Concubine Hui narrowed her eyes.

Suddenly, he brought up a topic that had nothing to do with the current situation. "Is Concubine Gu Shu'er pregnant with a boy or a girl?"

Fei Wan knew that she understood his intention - to use the emperor to lure out the potential enemies in secret, so that even if the emperor died, he could still support the prince.

But, is Gu Shuer's belly a boy or a girl...

Fei Wan shook her head.