After walking for twenty-one days, Ugle's envoys and a group of elite troops including Shen Yu arrived near Lian City.

Li'an City is the closest city to the Yue Kingdom's imperial capital. Arriving here means that the group is not far from the imperial capital.

"We should be able to enter the city tomorrow afternoon. Tonight, my father will surely prepare a dinner to welcome my uncle!"

At this moment, Shen Lingge was riding a horse and standing on the edge of the cliff, looking into the distance. It was Li'an City. Li'an City was very large, and even if you stood on a high place, you couldn't see where the end of the city was.

"Are we going into the city?" Xu Zhao lifted the curtain of the carriage and stuck his head out.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is inevitable to feel strong wind when riding a horse, which hurts the face.

After Xu Zhao had ridden the horse for two or three days, Shen Yu pushed him into the carriage.

Shen Yu glanced at Fang Xuren, who understood, "Your Majesty, our army has plenty of dry food, enough for everyone to return to the imperial city."

Since there was enough dry food, there was no need to enter the city. Shen Yu was about to give the order to continue on his journey when he suddenly felt something and turned his head. Sure enough, a soldier from the Mobei delegation was jogging towards them.

"Your Highness, our Mobei delegation is short of food and fodder. My master wants to go into the city to buy some dry food." The Mobei soldier bowed and spoke about the situation in the delegation.

Everyone who comes here is a guest. There's no reason to let them travel all day to the Imperial City on an empty stomach. Shen Yu looked at Fang Xuren again, only to see him frown and shake his head.

"Everyone rest here."

Fang Xuren followed Shen Yu's order and told the soldiers beside him to go down and rest.

"To ensure your safety, we will send someone to accompany you into the city to buy dry food. Go quickly and return quickly, don't delay your journey."

The soldier saluted again, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

After saying that, the soldiers of Mobei quickly ran back to the Mobei delegation to inform them of the news.

Since they were staying here to rest, Xu Zhao was bored in the carriage, so he lifted the curtain and jumped out. "I'll go for a walk."

Her legs were stiff from sitting in the carriage for so long, and now she took this opportunity to stretch them out.

"There are often bandits here. It's safer for me to accompany you." Shen Yu got off the horse. The horse walked obediently to the grass and started eating the dry and yellow grass on the roadside.

Although it was for protection, Shen Yu did not carry his sword with him.

Xu Zhao watched Shen Yu's horse behave like this, walking on the bumpy gravel road. "Your horse is not picky. This dry and yellow grass is the most tasteless, but it can actually eat it."

In the past, Shen Yu's horses were carefully fed in the military camp.

Shen Yu followed beside her, taking small steps. "If you are too delicate, how can you follow me into battle and kill the enemy?"

That's true. If we were on the battlefield for several days in a row without high-quality food, we would be hungry all the time. If that were the case, how could we fight? We would have died for our country long ago.

"Uncle, wait for me." Shen Lingge didn't notice that his uncle and sister Zhaozhao had disappeared. After searching everywhere, he saw them walking leisurely and elegantly towards the other side of the hillside.

Shen Lingge found the two of them and his eyes lit up.

Shen Yu: "..."

Why is this guy everywhere? It really spoils the fun!

When Shen Yu heard Shen Lingge's voice coming from behind, his face suddenly turned ugly.

"What are you doing here?" Shen Yu's emotionless gaze fell on Shen Lingge who had arrived later.

These four short words actually frightened Shen Lingge, and he realized belatedly that he seemed to have ruined the time between his uncle and sister Zhaozhao again.

Could he explain to the emperor's uncle that it was because he wanted to chat with Sister Zhaozhao?

He was about to return to the imperial city, and he was afraid that he would have to go back to his life of listening to the tutor's lessons during the day and reviewing his lessons at night.

Sister Zhaozhao should live in the emperor's uncle's house.

He probably won't have much time to talk to Sister Zhaozhao in the future.

Since they hadn't entered the city yet, he naturally wanted to cherish the time he spent with Sister Zhaozhao. He followed without thinking too much, and only reacted when he met the emperor's uncle's cold eyes. But now, he probably couldn't turn back.

"Uh..." Shen Lingge scratched the back of his head. His mind raced as an idea suddenly occurred to him. "Sister Zhaozhao, do you like rabbit meat? I'll get you some!"

As he said this, he turned around and ran into the woods on the side.

"Qinghe!" Xu Zhao saw him rush into the woods without looking back, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. "Let's follow him."

Shen Yu: "Qinghe's martial arts are not weak. Now that winter has arrived, most of the ferocious beasts are hibernating. The remaining ones are basically insignificant, so there won't be much danger."

Sometimes, Xu Zhaoting doubted the imperial concubine's purpose in entrusting Shen Lingge to Shen Yu for training.

Shen Yu is good at marching and fighting, but he is a mess when it comes to taking care of children.

Shen Lingge was able to grow up in Shen Yu's hands thanks to the fact that there was basically no danger in the tent.

"There are no ferocious beasts, but there are ferocious people!" At this moment, Shen Lingge disappeared after entering the woods. Xu Zhao anxiously pulled Shen Yu's sleeve and went into the woods together.

"Now that winter has arrived and food is scarce, how could the bandits sit back and eat all the food? They will naturally set up many traps in the mountains, not only to rob passers-by of their treasures, but also to capture animals that stray into the mountains."

The two entered the woods and looked around, but did not see Shen Lingge.

The forest was huge, and the two of them searched aimlessly, calling out Shen Lingge's name.

After Shen Lingge ran into the woods, he was lucky. After walking a few steps, he saw a bunch of white fur moving in the distance.

I tiptoed closer and saw that it was indeed a rabbit.

This rabbit is fat and strong. If it is roasted and given to Sister Zhaozhao, maybe he can get a large part of it.

The rabbit was alert. Before he could get close, it twitched its ears twice, turned its head, and jumped away to the right.

It was a rare opportunity to see such a fat rabbit in winter, so Shen Lingge would not let it go easily. So he followed the rabbit that ran away out of fear into the deeper part of the forest.

After great effort, Shen Lingge finally caught the rabbit that had exhausted him to death.

"Stinky rabbit, you're quite capable of running, and finally you've landed in my hands." Shen Lingge's eyes flickered with excitement.

He walked back holding the rabbit's ears, and when he looked up, he found that he had already lost track of the way he came.

Although he was panicking, he appeared calm on the surface. He held the rabbit's ears tightly with his hands and walked in a direction according to his feeling.

After walking for a while, he vaguely heard someone calling his name.

It must be the Emperor’s uncle and Sister Zhaozhao who came to see him!

Shen Lingge immediately ran towards the direction of the sound.

The calling sounds suddenly disappeared. Shen Lingge squatted cautiously behind the small mound, and saw that the emperor's uncle and sister Zhaozhao were caught in a large hemp rope net and hung on the tree.

Before he could speak or move forward, a group of masked men ran out from the tree where the hemp rope was hanging. They were all wearing coarse linen clothes and holding machetes in their hands.

It's a bandit!

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