Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The emperor came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, walked along, thinking about things, and unknowingly came to Queen Chu's Fengyi Palace.

Ever since Queen Chu passed away, this place has been protected. The emperor does not allow anyone to enter. Whenever he has something on his mind, he will come here to sit for a while.

All the utensils in the room were arranged as they had been during the Empress's lifetime, without any movement. Every table and chair, including the Empress's teacups and shoes, were placed in their original places and cleaned daily.

The Queen Mother's words just now touched upon his longing for Queen Chu.

He lay blankly on the bed where Queen Chu had slept before her death, and his eyes suddenly became moist.

The Chu family army guarded the northern border. For many years, the northern barbarians did not dare to offend. However, this year there were sudden movements, and they had to be on guard.

Chu Hengsheng has not come to the capital since Queen Chu passed away. If it weren't for Chen'er, he would have wanted to break off all ties with the emperor.

Establish a prince, establish a prince.

If it fails to be established, the Chu family will be the biggest trouble.

But if he really wanted the emperor to do something to the Chu family, he couldn't give the order.

After all, no matter how much conflict there was between the Chu family and the emperor, they had never neglected the border territory.

After these years of garrisoning, not only did the northern border territory not lose an inch, but a lot of territory was also wrested back from several northern Di tribes.

Even after those tribes were taken back, Chu Hengsheng was able to tame, assimilate, and guide them, making them believe from the root that their ancestors were from the Great Zhou Kingdom, and that it was the Northern Di who bullied their ancestors and took them for themselves, and that returning now was the right path.

Whenever a piece of land was captured, the news of victory would be passed to the Queen Mother.

Chu Hengsheng was a very straightforward person. Although he was angry with the emperor, he did not bear a grudge against the empress dowager.

Not only did he not bear grudges, he was also grateful.

He always remembered the care the Queen Mother gave his sister when she was seriously ill, so he sent the good news to the Queen Mother on purpose.

Because of this, countless people in the court wanted to impeach Chu Hengsheng. Every time someone stood up and started to take the initiative, the old prime minister and Guan Yonghou would say indifferently, "Why don't you go guard the northern border and take back a piece of land every few years?"

The impeacher suddenly fell silent.

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The emperor sat up from the bed. Eunuch Chang was guarding outside the door. When he heard the noise, he stuck his head out to take a look. Seeing the emperor waving at him, he hurriedly bowed and ran in.

"Send Fu Lizhang over here."

"Yes."

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When Fang Yao learned that Shen Li and Xiao Chenze had gone up the mountain, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"If I had known this guy had bad intentions, I would have told Li'er to stay away from him."

Lan glared at him angrily but said nothing.

Old Master Fang, however, moistened his throat and said slowly, "When fate arrives, whoever is destined to be together will be the one."

These words were incomprehensible and could not be understood by others. Only the old man himself knew that when he was young, he and the old Duke Chu attacked the enemy together and kept watch at night. The two had once talked about marrying their children into in-laws.

After so many years, the children's lives have not been reunited, but everyone's fate has changed dramatically.

Who knows if the broken bonds can be reconnected among the grandchildren?

No matter what others think, he has no objection.

Isn’t he just the prince?

Isn't it possible to participate in the competition for the position of crown prince?

Then let’s fight for it.

When they were fighting against Duke Chu, they could even kill a black bear with just a dagger. What was there to be afraid of about the position of crown prince?

Isn’t it just fighting with others?

Come on then!

If Xiao Chenze really became his granddaughter's son-in-law, he would be willing to pick up his sword again, fight for him in battle, and be invincible.

outside the city.

Shen Li never dreamed that the mountain Xiao Chenze mentioned was so far away, so far that they had lunch on the way, took a short rest, and then rode their horses again.

The wolfhound and the big black mastiff were not at a disadvantage. The two dogs followed the horses and lay on the backs of horses. They were not afraid of the bumps. They held their heads high and let the wind blow on their faces, making their hair fly.

"How far is it?" The wind was too strong, Shen Li asked Xiao Chenze while leaning sideways.

There are no mountains in sight. Where are the mountains?

"It's almost there, two hours at most, it's almost there."

Two hours, four hours?

Shen Li wanted to curse.

Damn it, it was clearly talking about the mountains outside the city, but she thought she would get there once she left the city, but she actually had to run to a place a hundred miles away from Beijing.

We are almost at the imperial mausoleum.

The Imperial Mausoleum is Xiao Chenze's territory. He is very familiar with this mountain and everything on it.

His people told him that there were wolves coming down from the mountains and hurting people. The hunters went into the mountains several times but failed to catch the wolves, and two of them were bitten by wolves instead.

According to the hunter, one of the wolves seemed to have just given birth to cubs, and no one knew where the cubs were hidden.

He was just about to bring Langqing over to take a look, when Shen Li happened to break into the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and was about to design a military dog ​​base, so he decided to bring her along.

"Those dogs of yours are so disgusting to me." Xiao Chenze said this to Shen Li during lunch just now.

Shen Li always humbly accepts other people's suggestions on things she is not familiar with.

"I've seen military dogs trained by others before, but I'm not very good at it myself, and I have no experience in selecting dogs. If you know anything, please feel free to teach me. Thank you very much!"

Xiao Chenze narrowed his eyes and glanced at the wolfhound and the big black mastiff. "I'll take you to the mountains and dig out a litter of wolf cubs to raise. They're better than any dogs."

It was not known whether the wolfhound and the big black mastiff understood what he said. The two dogs lay at the feet of their respective owners, panting with their tongues hanging out.

Shen Li was stunned by what he said.

Raising a wolf cub as a dog? A military dog?

Xiao Chenze stared at the dazed Shen Li and looked her up and down.

What did she just say?

She said she had seen military dogs trained by others.

Is that something that anyone can see?

Who is she and what is her identity?

He should send someone to investigate the manor in Mizhou.

This trip into the mountains was part of his plan, but Shen Li was not part of his plan.

He hadn't forgotten what happened last night. Shen Li suddenly appeared in front of Lang Qing, not through a dog hole, nor by jumping over the wall, but simply appeared out of nowhere.

He was hiding in the dark and was shocked beyond words when he saw this scene.

When he asked her where she came from, she avoided his question.

There must be something fishy going on.

Since there is a ghost, take her into the mountains.

If it was a good ghost, he was confident that he could protect her. If it was an evil ghost, then he would reveal himself.

He wanted to give an explanation to his heart, whether to care about her or break up from now on, this was the only time.

With such a high-profile entry into the mountains, people from the Chongguo Mansion and the Second Prince should have followed. This was all part of his plan.

Deep in the dense forests of the mountains, few people go.

These people secretly follow him and monitor him on a daily basis, so he has to give them something in return, right?

Then let’s go into the mountains.

There are wolves in the mountains, there are cliffs, there are hidden arrows he has set up, and there are troops he brought back from the northern border.

Xiao Chenze rode on the horse, swung the reins hard, and galloped away.