Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Chapter 120 Princess Bei goes north

Mu Zixuan and the others were still anxiously waiting in the courtyard. They couldn't believe that Yancheng had been captured so easily.

Of course, they couldn't believe it either.

If something really happens to Lu Chen, their world will collapse.

At this moment, Zhou Youyou sobbed, "Waaah, Your Highness, the Prince will be alright, right?"

Mu Zixuan sat on the stone bench, her eyes glazed over, and said absentmindedly, "I believe in Your Highness. Your Highness is an immortal, and immortals don't die so easily."

Just as the three women were in a daze, a maid rushed in and said, "Your Highness, Madam Chu and the others have returned!!!"

Mu Zixuan immediately got up from the stone bench and walked to the courtyard gate. Before she even reached the gate, Chu Yuqin walked in.

Mu Zixuan immediately asked, "Aunt Chu, what's the situation? Are those cavalrymen barbarian cavalry?"

Chu Yuqin replied, "Zixuan, you don't need to worry. Those cavalrymen are not barbarian cavalrymen, but were sent by Chen'er to take you back to Yancheng."

Hearing this, Mu Zixuan and the other two felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders. Zhou Youyou wiped away her tears and said, "Waaah, that's great! I thought Yancheng had already been captured by the barbarians."

Unlike the Great Zhou and the Little Zhou, Mu Zixuan quickly sensed something was amiss and immediately asked, "Aunt Chu, when did our Northern Prefecture acquire several thousand cavalry?"

As the daughter of a general, Mu Zixuan was quite sensitive to military information, even if she didn't understand military matters. When she left Yancheng, she was very clear about the military situation there.

The cavalry of Yancheng is still being formed, and there are not many horses available for use as warhorses, so how could there be several thousand cavalrymen?

Where did these cavalrymen come from?

Hearing Mu Zixuan's question, Chu Qingli felt a little happy. She couldn't help but think that she had finally met a normal person.

Unexpectedly, it was the Northern King's wife who remained clear-headed in the end. Indeed, only the person beside the king truly understands him; everyone else had been bewitched by him.

Just as Chu Qingli was hoping that Princess Mu Zixuan would expose the lie, Chu Yuqin said, "Zixuan, have you forgotten about the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

Upon hearing Chu Yuqin's question, Mu Zixuan instantly snapped out of her reverie.

That's right. Lu Chen himself didn't even know when he created the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The Embroidered Uniform Guard is a huge intelligence organization. It would be impossible to build such an organization in less than a few years.

The fact that Lu Chen even had an intelligence organization like the Embroidered Uniform Guard proves that he had been building up his cavalry for a long time. They just didn't know it.

The Northern King is a mysterious man, so it's normal that she doesn't know some of his little secrets.

Thinking of this, Mu Zixuan said, "Aunt Chu, I understand what you mean. Let's make preparations and set off back to Yancheng today!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Qingli was stunned. Although her face remained expressionless, she was incredibly surprised and puzzled.

Did the princess understand what her sister meant?

Embroidered Uniform Guard?

What is that?

Why did the princess accept the fact that Beijun had several thousand cavalrymen as soon as the Embroidered Uniform Guard was mentioned?

Chu Qingli thought that Mu Zixuan would come to her senses and see through the "barbarian" conspiracy, but she didn't expect that even Mu Zixuan would believe it in the end.

Chu Qingli felt somewhat uneasy.

If the Northern King's Mansion really did leave with that group of cavalry outside, they might not end up in Yancheng, but rather in the barbarian royal court.

The women of the Northern King were all quite beautiful, so the barbarians deliberately sent people to impersonate the Northern King's soldiers and then trick them into going to Yan City.

Chu Qingli believed that her guess was correct, after all, the Northern King was just a good-for-nothing, how could he possibly defeat the barbarian army?

Just as Chu Qingli was worried that this was a trap set by the barbarians, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and understood everything.

If this really is a trap set by the barbarians, it's actually a good thing for her; what does she have to worry about?

She would then take her sister and fly away. Although the thousands of barbarian cavalry would be troublesome, they were all heavily armored cavalry, and her lightness skill was excellent, so these heavily armored cavalry might not be able to catch up with her.

She still has the ability to take someone away from a vast army.

Thinking of this, Chu Qingli couldn't help but feel a little expectant, hoping that the women of the Prince's Mansion would hurry north so that she would have a chance.

Chu Yuqin then said, "Yes, let's hurry up and prepare. Chen'er has achieved great military exploits in Beijun. If we leave too late, people will be sent from the south by the time the news reaches them."

Mu Zixuan was unaware of Lu Chen's military achievements, but she understood Chu Yuqin's meaning.

She then said to the maids in the courtyard, "Immediately inform everyone in the palace to pack their bags and we will set off back to Yancheng before evening."

……

at the same time.

Inside a room in the temporary royal palace.

A woman dressed in a long red dress was tossing and turning on the chaise longue, her long, slender legs seemingly having nowhere to go, sometimes crossing her left leg over her right, sometimes crossing her right leg over her left.

The woman's hips swayed incessantly on the couch. She lay half-reclined on the couch, her slender hands supporting her head, perfectly displaying her curvaceous figure. It was a pity that no one could appreciate her graceful figure at this moment.

Wang Qingci was completely unaware of what had happened in the courtyard, nor had she experienced the same panic that Mu Zixuan and the others had felt earlier.

Since she went south with Mu Zixuan and the others, she has stayed in her room almost every day. Although she is Lu Chen's female slave, she still has a good relationship with Mu Zixuan and the others.

However, Chu Yuqin always disliked her, and Wang Qingci was too lazy to compete with Chu Yuqin for Lu Chen's affections in places where Lu Chen wasn't around, so she simply stopped chatting and drinking tea with them.

At this moment, Wang Qingci raised a jade-like hand and lifted her red silk dress, revealing her long, snow-white legs. Then she sighed and said, "My little prince, when will I be able to see you again? I can't bear it any longer."

Wang Qingci felt that her life was very boring. She used to be afraid that Lu Chen would be fierce to her, but after being away from Lu Chen for so long, she was not used to it.

She felt like a worthless piece of trash, and she felt uncomfortable if Lu Chen didn't torment her severely.

Just then, a maid's voice rang out from outside the door.

"Miss Wang, the Princess has ordered everyone in the Prince's residence to pack their belongings immediately. We will return to Yancheng by evening!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qingci was slightly stunned, and then suddenly got up from the couch.

She quickly went to the door, opened it, and asked, "What? Packing your bags? The war is over?"

The maid said, "It is said that it has already ended. Now everyone in the palace is saying that the prince killed 200,000 barbarian troops in Beijun and captured 100,000 barbarian soldiers."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qingci was stunned once again.

Is the young prince really that fierce?

She always thought he was just more aggressive in bed.

How did they manage to slaughter 200,000 barbarian soldiers and capture 100,000?

However, the young prince is a mysterious man. The fact that he dared to stay in Yancheng means that he was confident in resisting the barbarians from the beginning.

Although the results achieved are somewhat unbelievable, considering that the young prince is behind all of this, even the impossible is possible.

Thinking of this, Wang Qingci suddenly admired Lu Chen even more. For a moment, she felt her body getting hot. She even couldn't help but squeeze her legs together, wishing she could return to her little prince's side right now.

……

At the same time.

Inside a pavilion in the temporary prince's residence.

Chen Wanrong and Lin Wanyun were meditating when they suddenly sensed that all the maids and servants in the Prince's mansion had become busy, and the once quiet mansion seemed to have become very lively.

The two opened their eyes at the same time.

Chen Wanrong looked at the maids coming and going in the courtyard, turned to the maid beside her and asked, "What happened?"

The maid said, "This servant doesn't know either. This servant will go and ask."

The maid then left the pavilion and inquired with the servants and maids of the Prince's mansion. Soon, the maid returned to Chen Wanrong.

The maidservant, beaming with joy, excitedly said, "Miss Chen, Miss Lin, the Princess Consort told us to hurry up and pack our bags so we can return to Yancheng before sunset."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanyun asked in confusion, "Returning to Yancheng so quickly? Is the war over?"

The maidservant said, "It's said to be over. Not only is it over, but the Prince also led the soldiers of Beijun to kill 200,000 barbarian soldiers and capture 100,000!"

Both Lin Wanyun and Chen Wanrong were stunned by the maid's answer.

They turned and looked at each other, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

Two hundred thousand barbarians were slaughtered?

They also captured 100,000 barbarian soldiers?

Even if you're exaggerating your war achievements, don't be so brazen, okay?

Even if the Northern King had truly defended Yancheng and Beijun, and resisted the southward advance of the barbarians, it would have been impossible for him to have killed 200,000 barbarians.

How could the Xuan Yue Palace not know the situation in Bei Jun?

What is the Northern King doing?

Aren't you afraid of the court's wrath for exaggerating your military achievements like this?

Of course, what Chen Wanrong found even more incredible than the exaggerated military achievements was that the Northern King had actually led such a small number of soldiers from the Northern Commandery to resist the southward advance of the barbarians.

It should be noted that the barbarian tribe had 300,000 soldiers this time, while the entire Northern Commandery, including the 70,000 soldiers supported by the imperial court, only numbered a little over 100,000.

Moreover, the barbarian soldiers were more valiant and skilled in battle, and the soldiers of Beijun had almost no advantage except for relying on the city walls of Yancheng.

At this moment, Lin Wanyun said to Chen Wanrong, "Palace Master, this news has not yet been confirmed. I will first have the disciples of Xuan Yue Palace investigate the specific situation."

Chen Wanrong gave a soft "hmm" and didn't say anything more.

This news is quite alarming and should definitely be investigated to see what exactly happened.

Anyway, their Xuan Yue Palace has a very strong intelligence network, and they will find out what happened soon.

Lin Wanyun then left the temporary royal residence and sent the Xuan Yue Palace disciples in the city to investigate what had happened.

About half an hour later, the disciples of Xuan Yue Palace compiled the collected intelligence into a booklet and delivered it to Chen Wanrong.

Looking at the booklet in her hand, Chen Wanrong fell into deep thought.

The Northern King sent five thousand heavy cavalry to welcome the Queen back to Yancheng.

When did the Northern King acquire heavy cavalry?

How could Beijun, which is so poor, afford to support five thousand heavy cavalry?

Keep in mind that the entire Great Xia Dynasty only had a little over 20,000 cavalry!

Moreover, their Xuan Yue Palace had never heard of any heavy cavalry in Beijun. In fact, there were very few cavalry in Beijun, let alone heavy cavalry.

Where did these five thousand heavy cavalry suddenly appear from?

Are they really soldiers under the Northern King?

Seeing that Chen Wanrong remained silent while looking at the intelligence report in her hand, Lin Wanyun spoke up: "Palace Master, could those heavy cavalry be barbarians in disguise? Perhaps Yan City has already fallen, and they are disguised as soldiers of the Northern King in order to lure the Northern King's women to Yan City and then to the barbarian royal court."

When a normal person learns that heavy cavalry has arrived in Anping City, their first thought would inevitably be that these heavy cavalry are barbarians in disguise.

Because there were no heavy cavalry in the North Commandery, and it was impossible for them to support so many heavy cavalry; this was an army that appeared out of thin air.

Could it be that this heavy cavalry was sent by the imperial court to the Northern King?

This is even more impossible. The imperial court was only willing to send 70,000 troops north to defend against the southward invasion of the barbarians. How could it possibly send heavy cavalry to the Northern King, especially 5,000 heavy cavalry?

The 20,000 heavy cavalry of the Great Xia Dynasty were the sharpest sword in the hands of the Xia Emperor, and he would never use such a powerful weapon for the defense of the country at this time.

Upon hearing Lin Wanyun's words, Chen Wanrong snapped out of her reverie. Her expression was cold as she put down the intelligence report in her hand and said softly, "If the barbarians wanted to lure the Northern King's woman to Yancheng, there was no need to send so many heavy cavalry to Anping City. Sending two thousand cavalry would have been enough."

There are five thousand heavy cavalrymen standing outside Anping City. Putting aside whether the barbarians can forge the armor needed for so many heavy cavalrymen, even if the barbarians in the north really have five thousand heavy cavalrymen, they wouldn't send such important heavy cavalrymen to this place just to deceive the women in the royal palace.

This is clearly unacceptable.

The whole thing was eerie from beginning to end.

Chen Wanrong continued, "We'll know what happened when we get back to Yancheng."

Hearing Chen Wanrong's words, Lin Wanyun said with some worry, "Palace Master, we still don't know if these five thousand heavy cavalry are a trap. If we just follow the people from the Northern Prince's Mansion northward, I'm afraid it will be dangerous."

Chen Wanrong said expressionlessly, "If there is any danger, we will leave the caravan immediately. Five thousand heavy cavalry cannot stop us."

Lin Wanyun thought about it and felt that it made some sense. It was indeed unlikely that five thousand heavy cavalry would be able to keep a Grandmaster, let alone the Palace Master of Xuan Yue Palace.

Lin Wanyun then said, "I understand. I'll have someone pack my luggage right away."

……

It was evening.

As the sun gradually set, the sky was filled with various shapes of sunset clouds, and a large convoy slowly drove out of Anping City.

The people of Anping City had already heard the news that the Northern King had killed 200,000 barbarians and captured 100,000.

At first, the common people didn't believe it, after all, the results of the battle were too exaggerated, not to mention that their king was an incompetent king, and the army of Beijun was not very good either.

Could the small army of Beijun really kill 200,000 barbarians? That's impossible!

However, when the common people saw that the royal entourage had actually left Anping City and was preparing to head north, they suddenly felt that the Northern King must have achieved great military exploits in Yancheng.

Even if they didn't kill 200,000 barbarians, they likely managed to repel the barbarian attack, or perhaps the barbarian army had already left Beijun. Otherwise, why would the princess and her entourage be heading north at this time?

The common people who had originally followed the Northern Prince's Mansion southwards now all packed their belongings and followed the Northern Prince's Mansion northwards.

In the eyes of the common people, the Northern King would never allow his woman to be in danger. Since the Queen Consort had gone north, the crisis in the Northern Prefecture must have been resolved.

As for the claim that 200,000 barbarians were killed and 100,000 barbarian soldiers were captured, just take it with a grain of salt.

(End of this chapter)