Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

Sang Ning once said that she believed there were devoted men in the world, but they were extremely rare.

But now, why are they all crowding around her?

One by one.

"Hey!"

"Ah!"

She caught a chill and sneezed.

Not far away, Huo Chang'an sneezed, neither too hard nor too soft.

Standing before him was Qin Wangyuan, who had come to report back.

"It seems the curse of shared fate has taken effect." Huo Chang'an said with a pleased expression.

Qin Wangyuan didn't know what to say.

He witnessed Master Liu complete the "Shared Fate Spell," which, though called "shared fate," was actually a man protecting a woman from misfortune.

This is a spell that can only be performed on couples whose birth charts are already linked.

If the woman is injured, the man shares half the burden; if the man is injured, the woman is not affected at all.

Because the Lord's order to Master Liu was to guide the female body to the male body, but not to guide the male body to the female body.

From now on, protecting the mistress is more important than protecting the Lord!

After all, if something goes wrong, it would mean the death of both mother and child!

Waaah, what kind of infatuated men are the Huo family? Not only do they only marry one wife, but they even risk their lives for their wives!

What if the mistress changes her mind later... Pshaw! What a scary story!

"Sigh! Luckily, I don't have that many infatuated suitors around me, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to choose."

Sang Ning sighed and then crawled into the tent.

Huo Chang'an: "..."

Qin Wangyuan: "..."

"My lord, the Taoist priest says this curse can be broken..."

"Uncle Qin, I respect your age, so I won't say it aloud. I'll just give you one word." Huo Chang'an held up his index finger to Qin Wangyuan.

what?

one?

What does it mean?

After Huo Chang'an finished speaking, he went into the tent, probably to reprimand his mistress.

Qin Wangyuan was so curious, what did the master mean just now?

He needs to figure this out.

The best thing to learn here is that the moon is never full.

But at his age, he still has a sense of shame to ask a young person such a question.

Looking around, I spotted three little pheasants roasting at the edge of the woods.

Oh, and there's also the clever little Jintang.

"Little Jintang, Grandpa will give you a word." Qin Wangyuan raised his index finger.

The three children all looked up at him, waiting for him to speak.

"Hurry up! What message do you want to send? Tell me!" Shao Songchen urged.

"Oh, that's the character! Do you know what it is?" Qin Wangyuan waved his finger.

Jintang knew, of course, but didn't quite understand.

"Grandpa Qin, which interpretation did you give him?"

What does "what" mean?

Jintang drew a vertical line on the ground with a twig. "This character has several pronunciations. One is 'gun' (衮), which means 'retreat' (退)."

1. Roll, retreat?

Got it! It means get out!

My Lord, tell him to get lost!

"Haha, so clever, keep baking!" Qin Wangyuan touched his nose and walked away with his hands behind his back.

They came inexplicably and left inexplicably.

Shao Songchen muttered, "Something's wrong with him."

"Jintang, you're so smart," Nianxi praised admiringly.

"Jintang is smart by nature, you don't need to tell her."

Following them around every day, isn't it annoying?

"Some people are really annoying."

"You're the annoying one."

Jintang sighed helplessly. Here we go again!

He really did bring enough water.

……

Huo Chang'an agreed to a truce but refused to sign any agreement, so there was no further news about Emperor Qiguang's intention to clear the name of the Huo family and the remains of Huo Zhennan.

The entire court was discussing why the Huo family had stopped their attack when a piece of news arrived.

In the southern border region, a miracle suddenly appeared on a majestic mountain.

At night, four large, bright characters appear: "Hongkang is King".

It appeared for three days before disappearing.

This strange event quickly spread, and everyone said that it was the will of Heaven, and that King Hongkang was the destined emperor.

Meanwhile, a secret letter arrived from an official in southern Xinjiang, confirming Hong Kang's ambitions.

Hong Kang had only been in his fiefdom for five years, yet he had already secretly amassed an army of 200,000!

"Summon Hongkang to the capital!" Emperor Qiguang ordered.

However, he did not summon Hong Kang, but instead waited for the news that Hong Kang had declared himself king.

At this moment, Dongyang is in a tripartite balance of power.

Inside the Huo family army's main tent, the group was discussing matters.

"Although he forced Hong Kang to reveal himself, he was smart and chose to remain still."

How can we get them to start fighting each other first?

Everyone was talking about it.

"Five years ago, Hongkang was sent to the southern border because... his favorite concubine died," Huo Chang'an recalled slowly.

"On the way to Da'an Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, we encountered a group of fugitives on the run. At that time, there were also many noble ladies and wives among them."

Upon hearing the news, Third Brother led his men to the rescue and killed the thugs.

However, many guards and several wives still died, including his favorite concubine.

Later, he heard from someone that his third brother could have saved his concubine, but he didn't, and instead chose another wife.

So he went before the late emperor to accuse his third brother of dereliction of duty, but was reprimanded by the emperor and then banished from the capital.

Huo Chang'an finally managed to straighten out that line.

I just received a letter from Crescent Moon Manor. The woman who was lurking in the palace discovered that the Gu woman beside Emperor Qiguang was actually a person of Prince Hongkang.

In other words, it was Hong Kang's doing that caused such a terrible tragedy for their family!

Because he was a mortal enemy of the Huo family.

Huo Chang'an continued, "Yan Meng also sent word that Hong Kang has found many more women in the southern border region, all of whom look alike."

I wonder if they all look like that deceased concubine?

"This is outrageous! Someone who's so poisonous is also a lovelorn person?" Shao Qing grinned.

Pei Ming'an and the others also found it unbelievable.

“Hoo hoo...tsk tsk…” Sang Ning exclaimed as he sat by the stove.

Do people have some misunderstanding about the concept of a devoted lover?

Huo Chang'an also found it funny, but that's just how things are.

"Furthermore, I suspect that when Shen Ye was in Bashu, his wife was killed by people from there, which was actually done by Hong Kang's men."

It's close to the southern border, and Shen Ye had killed the concubine's younger brother, so he had a grudge against Hong Kang.

Shen Ye's wife is a smart woman; she wouldn't be foolish enough to advise him to associate with evil people. I think it must be Hong Kang stirring things up!