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Chapter 571 Turnaround
An extremely grand wedding was also taking place in the capital.

The young master of Anguo, Zheng Chen, the emperor's secretary, married the eldest daughter of the Fan family.

The Zheng family was the most important foreign relative in Daliang. After General Fan took charge of the frontier army, the Fan family rose in power and was poised to replace the Zuo family as the most important general family in Daliang. The marriage between the Zheng and Fan families was a grand event worth celebrating for the officials of the Empress Dowager's party.

On this day, the Duke of Anguo's mansion was filled with distinguished guests who came to congratulate him. The door was almost broken down. The gifts in the storeroom were piled up like a mountain.

The rewards sent from the palace were displayed clearly in front of everyone, demonstrating the favor and glory of the Zheng family.

Prime Minister Wang and Duke Anguo had been fighting each other to the death in the court, but today they came to the Zheng family in person to congratulate them. They drank three cups at the wedding banquet before leaving on the pretext of having official business, which was considered very decent.

On the wedding night, the red candles flickered.

Encouraged by his colleagues, friends and relatives, Zheng Chen took up the wedding stalk and lifted off the bride's veil. The bright red veil slipped off, revealing a shy and pretty face, with eyes that were full of affection and love.

This is his new wife Fan Jianing.

He failed to marry the woman he loved in his previous life, and the same is true in this life.

Jiang Shaohua had already invited a son-in-law to marry into the family, and they became husband and wife with Cui Du. Today, he also married Fan Jianing. But the flame of jealousy and resentment in his heart did not go out, but became more and more intense. He clamored to burn everything and make that unfaithful woman regret her decision.

Jiang Shaohua, one day, you will cry and crawl at my feet, begging me to forgive you and accept you.

"Please invite the newlyweds to drink the wedding wine."

The bridesmaid joyfully brought the wedding cup of wine.

Zheng Chen forced a smile, hooked his arm around his newlywed wife's, and drank the wine in one gulp.

When the fine wine went down my throat, there was no joy in it, only bitterness.

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The war at the border was in full swing, but there were many happy events in the capital.

After the wedding at the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, the Shangshu Zhang's Mansion followed suit and Huaiyang County Lady Jiang Yuehua married into the Zhang Mansion in a grand ceremony.

The Crown Prince of Gaoliang, Jiang Yi, was also engaged, and his fiancée was General Sima's youngest daughter.

The emperor is about to get married, and the palace is filled with joy.

Wang Jin was over 19 years old and still hadn't gotten engaged. People secretly teased Wang Sheren that he was a lovesick person.
The Princess of Nanyang has already invited a son-in-law to marry into the family, so what is Sheren Wang waiting for if he still refuses to marry? Look at Sheren Zheng, who married the daughter of the Fan family in a blink of an eye. This is a person who can take it or leave it.

These rumors occasionally reached Wang Jin's ears. No one knew what Wang Jin felt in his heart. In short, Wang Sheren never defended himself, and never showed any emotion on his face. He went in and out of the palace every day to do his work, with a calm look.

Princess Baohua, who was caught up in the rumors, was still bedridden. After several months of recuperation, she showed no improvement and her brows were furrowed and her face was gloomy all day long.

Empress Dowager Li was quite dissatisfied with Princess Baohua, and she said to the palace maids in private: "This Baohua was too ignorant back then. If she had agreed to marry the Rouran, the Rouran would not have sent troops. Now so many soldiers have been killed or injured on the border, and the people of several counties have been slaughtered. This is all her fault!"

Somehow these words reached Princess Baohua's ears, and she burst into tears, and her condition became worse.

When Empress Dowager Zheng heard about this, she was furious and called Empress Dowager Li over to scold her. Empress Dowager Li was so angry that she fell ill.

Empress Dowager Zheng sneered, "If you are sick, just take care of yourself. The emperor will be getting married in more than a month. By then you will be almost fully recovered." Well, Empress Dowager Li showed off her ability with a few words and once again "closed the palace to recuperate."

There was unrest in the harem and intrigue in the court, but the war on the border had seen a turn for the better.

Liu Hengchang led his troops to deliver food to Sizhou, and took over the Nanyang Army. After resting and reorganizing, he integrated his forces and quietly led his troops out of the city. He used the same old trick again and attacked the Rouran camp at night.

After the food and horse stables in the Rouran camp were burned, they stepped up their vigilance and increased the number of soldiers patrolling at night by twice as many.

However, Liu Hengchang's method of night attack was different from Yu Chong's. Yu Chong dismounted his horse a few miles away and sneaked into the enemy camp.

However, Liu Hengchang chose the fourth watch of the night and led more than 4,000 cavalrymen to attack the Rouran camp.

The Rouran people, awakened from their dreams, fumbled for their knives, put on their clothes and looked for shoes in panic. Liu Hengchang led many cavalrymen to charge forward non-stop. Killing people with knives was secondary, and he just kept charging forward. Countless Rouran soldiers were trampled to death by horses' hooves. The Rouran camp was in chaos and almost exploded.

It was Liu Hengchang who was lucky as he managed to rush all the way into the military camp near the central tent.

A nine-foot-tall, ferocious-looking man blocked Liu Hengchang's way.

"This is the man who hurt General Yu!"

A soldier from the Nanyang Army got angry, and he rushed forward with a shout, raising his sword and slashing at him. The strong man was none other than the Rouran general Afuluo, the best fighter in the Rouran army camp.

Afro laughed grimly, drew his sword and slashed upwards. The Nanyang soldier's head was chopped off, and fell to the ground with blood gushing out.

Liu Hengchang was not afraid at all and shouted loudly: "Form a battle formation, charge and kill the enemy."

At this time, there were so many military tents that the war horses could not speed up and instead became a burden.

The elite soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion dismounted and quickly formed into groups of five, each holding a weapon of different lengths. This was also a formation that the Royal Guard Battalion had secretly practiced for several years. Five people could resist the attack of dozens of people, which was very powerful.

Liu Hengchang knew that he was mediocre, so he did not rush forward, nor did he give Afro a chance to get close to him. He stood calmly in the back of the guards, with people protecting him from all sides, and kept giving orders, directing the guards to kill the enemy.

Afro was indeed brave and terrifying, and he injured several people in succession. However, under Liu Hengchang's orderly command, Afro also suffered a lot of injuries, but none of them hurt his vital parts, which instead aroused Afro's ferocity.

Afro shouted wildly and rushed towards Liu Hengchang under the protection of dozens of guards.

Afro had already seen that Liu Hengchang was the leader of these soldiers. As long as Liu Hengchang was killed, these soldiers who attacked at night would be defeated.

"Commander Liu, the murderer is coming."

The guards guarding Liu Hengchang also became nervous. Afro was really too cruel, like a killing god. If it weren't for the heavy troops blocking the front, Afro would have rushed over.

Liu Hengchang looked solemn but remained calm. He gave the order in a deep voice: "Tao Da, you lead a team. Remember, kill him at all costs!"

Liu Hengchang also realized that Afuro held a very high position in the Rouran military camp. If he killed this villain tonight, the morale of the Rouran army would be broken.

Tao Da followed Liu Hengchang to attack the enemy camp tonight, and he hadn't really taken action yet, but he was eager to try. Hearing this, he was not afraid at all, and shouted "Follow me", and then led dozens of people to rush over.

Afro didn't take Tao Da and his group seriously at first, until Tao Da killed two Rouran soldiers in succession and rushed in front of him.

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