Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

The time came to October of the third year of Zhenghe.

At this time in the Weiyang Palace, the sound of horses beating continued.

Wu Mi, Han Anniang, Yi Shiyan, Song Min, Xia Zhiqing, and Xia Zhining sat together and played horse racing.

Now that the world is at peace and there is no war in the Wei Dynasty, the state affairs are managed by Your Majesty and the ministers, and the concubines in the harem do not need to worry about it at all. In addition, in recent months, Your Majesty has been occupied by Nalan Yiren, and the children are in school, which makes them very idle day by day and can only rely on this entertainment to pass the time.

But playing every day will always get a bit boring.

Xia Zhining held the dice, but her mind was not on playing horse racing. She looked out the window from time to time.

Seeing her sister like this, Xia Zhiqing couldn't help but wonder, "Zhi Ning, why are you standing there like an idiot? It's your turn to throw."

Han Anniang was sitting opposite Xia Zhining. Seeing this, she jokingly said, "Sister Zhining is thinking about Erlang, so she doesn't have the heart to roll the dice."

"Stop talking nonsense. Who misses him?" Xia Zhining rolled the dice.

After a few years of getting along, Han Anniang had figured out Xia Zhining's personality and said what she wanted to say, "Queen, do you know what's wrong with Yiren recently? Eunuch Jia said that during this period, Yiren took the initiative to find Erlang. Whenever she had time, she would pester Erlang, and when she was with Erlang, she was doing that thing."

"I heard too that Yiren thinks about that more than her husband." Yi Shiyan also interjected.

As the head of the harem, Wu Mi still knew something about it. He said, "I heard that it is related to the Great Elder of Poison Valley who lived in the former Prince Wei's Palace. I heard from Lord Chen of the Ministry of Rites that he had a serious illness and didn't have much time left. Before he died, he hoped to see Yiren give birth to a grandson."

Chen Mo has not yet told Wu Mi about the transformation of the Taogui Gu.

After all, if you tell others that the Taogui Gu could undergo transformation through dual cultivation, it would seem unbelievable and hard to believe.

So Chen Mo planned to wait until the Taogui Gu successfully transformed for the fourth time, and after the dust settled, he would talk about this matter with Wu Mi and the others.

"If that's the case, then everything makes sense." A trace of sadness appeared on Han Anniang's soft and bright face: "Yiren is also pitiful. Her parents left her when she was young, and her only remaining blood relative, her grandfather, was also murdered. Now, even the eldest elder who has watched her grow up, is not going to live long."

After hearing this, Wu Mi, Yi Shiyan, and Xia Zhiqing all sighed.

Xia Zhining, who originally had some jealousy and hatred towards Nalan Yiren, now let go of her hatred towards Nalan Yiren and began to sympathize with her.

"Our Xiao Min is so wronged. Not only is her pregnancy not moving, but she has served Erlang the least among us sisters." Han Anniang raised her hand and touched Song Min's head.

Among all the concubines, Song Min was the youngest.

If you don't count my age in lunar calendar, I'm only twenty this year.

However, girls change a lot when they grow up. The skinny and haggard girl has now grown into a young lady with a graceful figure.

Song Min's cheeks were slightly hot, and her face, as soft as a peach blossom, was slightly flushed. She said shyly: "Sister An Niang, I don't feel wronged."

"You are easier to bully than Concubine Liu." Han Anniang poked her face lightly with her finger.

Xia Zhiqing did not join in teasing Song Min. She looked at Wu Mi with her beautiful eyes and said, "Sister Mi, I heard from Ruyan that His Majesty has entered the realm of heaven and man?"

Wu Mi nodded: "It happened last month, but His Majesty doesn't plan to make it public yet. Zhiqing, just keep it to yourself, don't tell anyone."

Just as Xia Zhiqing was slightly startled, the maid waiting in the outer hall called out, "Empress, Concubine Shu, Concubine Liang, and Concubine Xiang are coming."

"Invite them in quickly."

While they were talking, Lin Xuelan, Xingyao and Yuzhu walked in leisurely.

After arriving in front of Wu Mi, the three women bowed and saluted.

"No need to be polite, please take a seat." Wu Mi raised his hand.

"Thank you, Queen."

After Xingyao finished her greetings, she immediately asked anxiously, "Empress, do you know where His Majesty is now?"

Wu Mi looked at Xingyao's expression and asked quickly, "What happened?"

Xingyao nodded and quickly told the story again.

When Chen Mo first arrived in Yelang, Yelang had just fought a war with Jucheng and Louwo, forming a blood feud.

Then the incident with the third prince happened.

When Chen Mo took Xingyao and the others to leave Yelang, Xing Luo, the awakened monarch of Yelang, began to wipe out the remnants of the third prince's subordinates and purge some traitors in the country.

Such a commotion naturally caused unrest in Yelang.

Jucheng and Louwo seized the opportunity and declared war on Yelang.

Although Yelang respected the Song Dynasty as its suzerain state when Chen Mo left, Chen Mo was only the regent at that time. Xing Luo felt that he could handle it himself, so he did not ask the Song Dynasty for help.

Later, the Song Dynasty was replaced by the Wei Dynasty. The war in Yelang was initially won, and Xingluo no longer thought of asking for help.

First, he was concerned about whether the Wei Dynasty would acknowledge the previous dynasty's mistakes.

Second, if Wei really sent troops to help, would they stay in Yelang and take the opportunity to blackmail?
Considering various things, he put the matter behind him.

Later, when Yelang was gradually losing its strength in the face of the advances of the two countries of Jucheng and Louwo, Xingluo again considered asking for help from the Wei Dynasty.

But at that time, Wei was at war with Jin Xia. Wei was under martial law and had blocked its borders. The people sent by Xingluo for help could not get in at all.

So this matter has been delayed until now.

Xing Luo wrote a letter personally and asked the envoy to hand it to Xing Yao after arriving in Wei.

Because of the incident involving the Third Prince Xing, although Xing Yao had no good feelings towards the royal family, her surname was Xing after all, and Yelang was her motherland. Now that the country was in danger, she could not just stand by and watch it die.

The same goes for Lin Xuelan and Yuzhu.

Yelang is also their homeland.

Wu Mi frowned. She couldn't help with the war, so she said, "If your majesty is not in the palace, he should be in the Prince of Wei's mansion outside the palace, with his sister Yiren."

"Ah? We still have to fight a war." Han Anniang was a little unhappy and didn't want Chen Mo to lead his troops into danger again.

Even though Chen Mo’s current strength has reached the Heavenly Man Realm.

Xia Zhiqing was very perceptive and knew what Han Anniang had misunderstood. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Anniang. Jucheng and Louwo are just small countries. There are not many middle-grade warriors, let alone top-grade warriors. Your Majesty doesn't need to lead the army in person. You can just send a general over there."

……

Outside the palace, in the garden of the former Prince Wei's Mansion.

Nalan Yiren was holding a rolled-up mat and followed Chen Mo slowly. She was a little nervous and bit her lips. She said softly, "Aren't we going to the room? Why are we here?"

"It's sunny now, but the house can't get any sunlight."

"Huh?" Nalan Yiren didn't understand.

"Sunlight helps me practice, and perhaps it can make the dual cultivation more effective." Chen Mo stopped in front of a rockery, glanced around, and said, "Okay, that's it." Nalan Yiren glared at Chen Mo. When they were in Mingyang Mountain before, it was at least night, but now it was broad daylight, the sun was high, it was truly in broad daylight, and there were maids serving the great elder walking back and forth in the mansion.

Chen Mo seemed to see her worry and said, "Don't worry, I have told the people below that they will not come this way."

Nalan Yiren's heart was pounding. She mustered up her courage, put down the mat, and with her slender hands untied the rhino horn jade belt around Chen Mo's waist. She then helped Chen Mo take off the black dragon robe.

After a while, Chen Mo took off his outer clothes and only wore his inner clothes.

Nalan Yiren blinked her beautiful eyes, and let him take off his inner clothes himself, while she untied the belt around her waist.

"Don't move, I'll do it."

Chen Mo put his arms around her slender waist, pressed her against the rockery, and then lifted the hem of her skirt with one hand.

Nalan Yiren is no longer the ignorant girl she used to be. Now she is a grown woman, she obviously understands what Chen Mo is going to do.

But she couldn't care about this at the moment. She turned around and gave Chen Mo a blank look, then hurriedly held onto the rockery. When she turned her head back, her cheeks were burning hot, her eyes were shy, and she let go of her perception. As long as someone else appeared nearby, she would be warned immediately.

In order to hide his uneasiness, he said, "I have a feeling that Taoji Gu will be able to complete its fourth transformation today."

Chen Mo returned to his hometown and said in a rough voice: "Then the success is today."

Chen Mo hugged Nalan Yiren's waist tightly.

Nalan Yiren felt her heart tingle, and the masculine aura came over her, making her body numb. She said, "Although I haven't been in the palace recently, I can feel that the concubines in your harem must hate me to death. They hate me for taking you away."

"Don't think too much. Once they know the truth, they will understand you."

"They are so obsessed with you. I have occupied you for so long. How can they forgive me so easily? Even if they don't say it, they will hate me in their hearts. I plan to apologize to them after this is over. Then they can kill me or cut me up as they please."

"It's not as serious as you say. They still remember the beauty pills you gave them before."

Chen Mo spoke softly, holding the beauty's slender waist with one hand and stroking her white jade cheek with the other hand. He turned her face and looked at her beautiful face.

Nalan Yiren stared at Chen Mo in a daze for a few seconds, then took the initiative to kiss Chen Mo's lips. After their lips parted, her pink lips moved and she said in a trembling voice, "If my blood can cure the elder, then it will surely make the effect of the beauty pill even better. Then I will refine another batch of beauty pills to make amends."

Chen Mo's eyes fixed, he didn't want to reply anymore, he just gave silently.

An hour later.

The two have fought for three rounds.

From the rockery to the planted nursery, chasing the warm sunshine.

Suddenly, a pine tree in a pot had a branch that snapped with a sound, and it began to sway gently.

Lying on the mat on the ground, Chen Mo lowered his eyes to look at Nalan Yiren who was sleeping peacefully in his arms. The beauty's eyebrows and eyes seemed to still be lingering with a lingering charm.

Just as he was about to take the dragon robe he had taken off, cover her with it, and then carry her back to the room, his hand just took its leave of her slender waist, and his palm seemed to be stuck to something.

If you look closely, you will see that it is a transparent thread as thin as a hair and as smooth as spider silk.

These silk threads grew out from Nalan Yiren's pores. As Chen Mo hugged her, part of his body was naturally stuck by these transparent silk threads.

"What is this?" After just a while, Chen Mo discovered that Nalan Yiren's whole body was covered with these transparent silk threads, just like crystal fluff.

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, and then he found that the red number on Nalan Yiren's forehead was slowly rising.

从2223涨到了2225，再到2226、2227、2228
In a few blinks of an eye, it will go up a little.

"The power is increasing. Is Yiren experiencing a breakthrough?"

Chen Mo originally wanted to wake up Nalan Yiren and let her see for herself what was going on.

But after noticing this change, Chen Mo hesitated. He was worried that after waking up Yiren, the upward change would stop.

After some thought, Chen Mo decided not to wake her up or move her, and just wait and see.

I do not know how long it has been.

The sunlight was no longer as hot as before and the sky began to darken.

The red number on Nalan Yiren’s forehead has reached 3568 and is still rising slowly.

At the same time, the transparent silk threads growing from her body became darker and darker in color, and more and more numerous, like a cocoon, wrapping up Nalan Yiren.

Her breathing was still steady, and Chen Mo could feel her energy and blood surging in her body. Even through the "cocoon", Chen Mo could feel her body heating up.

That's right, this is a sign of a breakthrough.

This kind of change occurred when Chen Mo made breakthroughs several times before.

As for the transparent silk thread that grew out, Chen Mo suspected that it was related to the Taoji Gu in Yi's body.

Of course, the truth of the matter can only be known after Nalan Yiren wakes up.

Chen Mo moved her to a side room and put her on the bed. He sat beside her and waited quietly.

……

At the same time, Youzhou.

After Chang'en dealt with the affairs in the south of Jinxia, ​​he did not stay in Jinxia for long. The remaining forces of Jinxia had been dealt with, and the internal affairs were in charge of Diwu Fusheng, so he could not help. After leaving Zhao Liang behind, he led his own army back to Wei to report to His Majesty and arrived in Youzhou today.

"Hurry up, the temperature is going to drop soon, go home early to keep your wife and children warm."

On the official road, Chang'en looked back at the army lined up like a long dragon behind him and gave the order to speed up the march.

"Report"

Just then, a scout came to Chang'en on horseback, followed by a messenger.

"General Chang En, this is a secret letter from His Majesty, and it needs to be opened in person by General Chang En."

The messenger took out a secret letter from his bosom and presented it to Chang'en.

After Chang'en took it, he first checked the seal to confirm that no one had opened it before he began to unseal and took out the secret letter to read.

Chang'en knew Chen Mo's handwriting, and when he saw that the content above was still written by Chen Mo, he couldn't help but take it seriously.

After reading it, Chang En turned to look at his messenger and said, "Pass my order to change the route and head to Chuanhai."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)