Li Chengkun sighed, “But they haven’t shown up in imperial court all these years. They are far from the imperial power. Why should they do this?”
State Preceptor disagreed, “Your Majesty, the Sixth King and the Seventh King have indeed been far away from the imperial power these years. We don’t know what they are doing because of this. We don’t know if they have hidden troops or who they will collude with. Why don’t we call them back first and send people to investigate in secret. If they have really hoarded troops secretly, then the two should be eliminated as quickly as possible.”
After a while, Li Chengkun said lightly, “Let’s do as the State Preceptor says. Bring the two back to the capital first.”
……
Baoning City.
Li Chengyi looked at the summons in his hand, sitting in the main seat.
Li Chengru sat in the guest seat and looked at him.
Li Chengru already knew the content of the summons, which was to summon them back to the capital.
He sipped his tea in an indifferent manner and said with contempt, “The Third Brother is calling us back at this time. What is his purpose?”
Li Chengyi frowned. “I don’t know, is it for the war in the north? In fact I don’t think so. He has already summoned Qian Qi back and now he calls us back. Is he going to discuss the state affairs with us?”
Li Chengru smiled disdainfully. “Back then, he succeeded on the throne and didn’t summon us back. Instead, he put us in this remote place. When the Northern Qing Army attacked for the first time, he did not summon us back. And now he summoned us back to discuss the state affairs? I don’t believe so. Perhaps our position in his heart is even inferior to his subordinates.”
Li Chengyi frowned even more. “If it wasn’t for the discussion of state affairs, then it would be something that could worry us even more. For example… our armies were discovered?”
Li Chengru’s expression was tense as well.
If their armies were discovered, they would be in danger as soon as they arrived in the capital city, and they might be put in jail immediately.
Li Chengru thought for a moment and said, “If the armies are discovered, our family will be killed.”
“However, this letter only summoned you and me to go back to the capital. Our family members are not involved. I don’t think the situation is that serious.”
Li Chengyi put the letter aside and asked, “The Seventh Brother, do you think we should go back to the capital? If so, when should we go back?”
However, Li Chengru did not have any opinions in this regard. He only said, “I will listen to the Sixth Brother, but before we leave, we need to secretly inform Xiao Baoshan to arrange our armies safely. If we get in trouble in the capital, there is no need for him to save us. The troops shouldn’t be used to save our lives, but to benefit the commoners.”
Li Chengyi was obviously satisfied with Li Chengru’s point of view. He smiled and praised Li Chengru, “The Seventh Brother is becoming increasingly wiser. You look more and more like the Fourth Brother from back then.”
Li Chengru didn’t dare to bear such praise and only said, “Nah, still far from him.”
……
Li Chengyi and Li Chengru wanted to go back to the capital city, but the people from the palace of the Sixth King were worried.
Li Chengyi had been placed in Baoning City for several years, and the capital city had never cared about him. They only sent spies to watch over him from time to time. However, this time, they suddenly called him back into the capital. Everyone felt that they would become a rat in a hole after they entered the capital.
The Sixth Imperial Concubine, who had always been calm and dignified, couldn’t help crying for two days. She almost blinded her eyes and wanted to beg Li Chengyi not to go back to the capital, but if Li Chengyi didn’t go back, he would be offending the imperial decree. In this way, not only the Sixth King’s Residence, but even the entire Baoning City would be in danger.
After Li Chengyi and Li Chengru arranged everything well, they went on their way on the third day.
Before they left, they deliberately spread the news and controlled the direction of public opinion, so the people in Baoning City all knew about it. Now, everyone on the streets and lanes was discussing how a good man the Sixth King was, but now he was suddenly summoned back, and if something bad happened, it would definitely be that he was framed.
Regardless of whether this method was effective or not, it could at least win some people’s support.
……
In the tribe, Xiao Baoshan also received the news.
He frowned and sat quietly.
Ye Xiaoxian came in. He just looked at her with a complicated expression, as if he wanted to say something, but didn’t know where to start.
“What’s wrong? It’s still so early right now, what are you thinking about?” Ye Xiaoxian asked.
At the same time, she put down the pancake in her hand.
It was Li Hongmei who told her that Baoshan received a letter early in the morning and didn’t come out after that. Li Hongmei was worried about Baoshan, so she let Little Ye come over to take a look.
Xiao Baoshan saw her coming and said, “the Sixth King and the Seventh King have been called back to the capital.”
“Back to the capital? Aren’t they doing quite well over here? Why are they suddenly summoned back?” Ye Xiaoxian didn’t know much about the things on the imperial court. She could only judge with the various dramas about the imperial life that she had seen.
Sure enough, Xiao Baoshan said, “This is perhaps complicated.”
“Will they be in danger?” Ye Xiaoxian asked again.
“It’s possible.”
“Then… then what can we do for them?”
Xiao Baoshan shook his head.
The Sixth King gave him an order that he must pay attention to the strangers who appeared recently. Also, he must ensure that the secret of the troops cannot be discovered by anyone.
Ye Xiaoxian saw that Xiao Baoshan had been frowning, so she knew that this was no trivial matter.
She sat next to Xiao Baoshan and held his hand “Baoshan, if you want to do anything now, I won’t stop you. It’s just that you have to know your limits and don’t act rashly. If it’s really troublesome, you don’t have to care too much about us. Just act according to your own plans. We will protect ourselves.”
Xiao Baoshan nodded, then hugged Ye Xiaoxian’s shoulder and continued, “I plan to go to Baoning City and come back later.”
Ye Xiaoxian leaned in his arms and smiled. “Just go. I know you have something to hide from me, but if you don’t want to tell me, I won’t ask. What you don’t want me to know is definitely dangerous.”
“I don’t want to have you involved,” Xiao Baoshan said.
“I know!” Ye Xiaoxian thought that not only was her man carrying a lot of burdens, but also he was hiding a lot of secrets. On the one hand, she felt sorry for him; on the other hand, she felt that it was not easy for her neither.
She could have ignored him and lived her peaceful life.
But he had a magical power that trapped her inextricably.
Thinking about this, she sighed slightly.
“Little Ye,” Xiao Baoshan suddenly looked at her and said seriously, “If something happens to me one day, you must remember to deny your relationship with me. You will make sure that you have nothing to do with me. You are the woman that I gave up.”
“Alright?”
“……” Little Ye didn’t understand, but she didn’t want to do this again.
She had decided to remarry him. Even though the wedding had yet to be held, she had already decided to share the joys and sorrows with him.
She complained, “No, you always kick me away at important moments!”
Xiao Baoshan touched her face and said seriously, “Not only because of you, but also because of mother and Baozhu, you all have to deny your relationships with me. You never know what I’ve done outside and who I’ve dated. Little Ye, you have to listen to me. If anything happens to you, I will feel guilty forever.”
Ye Xiaoxian looked at him and felt that this matter seemed to be getting more and more serious.
Xiao Baoshan seemed to make her sure about what he said, so he held her face and kissed her.
“Little Ye, promise me,” he said.
For a moment, she had no time to think about it. She was immersed in his kiss.
He continued to kiss her until her body was softened and she almost couldn’t hold it in.
At that moment, she thought that if she couldn’t hold it in, she might as well just follow him.
But in the end, he stopped.
He hugged her tightly in his arms.
……
Xiao Baoshan went to the prison camp that afternoon.
When Qian Qi left, he took away the elites who had been following him, leaving only Little Black behind. Little Black was unremarkable and wouldn’t attract suspicion if he didn’t go back.
Before Li Chengyi left, the instruction he gave to Xiao Baoshan was to make sure that he and Little Black must protect this troop location and not let anyone else find it, since Li Chengyi suspected that he and Li Chengru were suddenly summoned into the capital because this location had been found out.
When they arrived at the prison, Xiao Baoshan asked Little Black if there were any anomalies here recently.
Little Black said there was nothing unusual.
This place had already been very hard to find. Only some chefs and tribe people could enter and exit the place. These people were on their side so there were nothing to be suspicious about.
Xiao Baoshan was still confused.
He always felt that something was wrong.
He vaguely felt that there was a line connecting what happened these days, but they didn’t notice it.
If their actions were manipulated behind the scenes, then this person must be a scheming and ruthless person.
State Preceptor?
What did he find out?
Xiao Baoshan thought about it for a long time but couldn’t figure it out.
……
At the tribe.
The members of the camel team also returned.
Tarico rode a camel and just entered the tribe when he saw Mahal standing on the mountaintop alone and looking in their direction.
Mahal had been keeping away from Tarico for the past year, and he was not very willing to see Tarico. But now, he was staring at him on the mountain with a smug look in his eyes.
Tarico couldn’t help but wonder.
Mahal seemed to be hiding some secrets.
Not only Tarico felt it, Jin Xiaoyu too.
Jin Xiaoyu asked Tarico while riding a camel, “Isn’t the person on the mountain the former tribal leader? He stared at me several times at the second farm as well.”
Tarico said, “Yes.”
“This person is cunning and cunning at first glance. He is definitely not a good person!”
Mcginon agreed, “No, he’s not a good person. He wanted to poison our camels before, and later he wanted to trick me into poisoning the camel. Fortunately, I didn’t fall for it. By the way, he wanted to marry his daughter to me as well. Fortunately, I woke up in time.”
