A corner of Lin'an City, the Red Butterfly Princess's Mansion??

The two girls were lying there on the clean and mahogany floor, whispering.

The weather was already a bit stuffy. The two girls were wearing half-armed silk shorts and tightly clasped jackets and pants. The maids who served were already driven outside by them.

The starlight in the garden was bright in the night sky outside the window, and the sound of the flowing water in the garden was soft and slow. From the sea of ​​algae, two girls lying on the floor, one of them touched the other with their shoulders, and didn't know what to make fun of, the girl with a red butterfly on the show clenched her pink fist shyly, looking like she wanted to beat her companion.

After learning that his father had sent someone to match the matchmaker, Princess Baotong ran here. Now, Miss Lu has been taken to Linghai by her father, and the only two of them are left in the three partners. Although she moved to Lin'an, she is actually not very familiar with Lin'an. Even Princess Baotong used to live in the capital for a long time.

"You will be from the Ning family in the future." Princess Baotong looked quite regretful and also clenched her little pink fist. "It's hateful, why didn't my father marry me to Prince Ning? I'm his daughter."

Hongdie almost said "given to you" in a shy way, but she was not willing to say it, even if it was just a joke.

The two girls said something here for a long time. In the middle of the night, when Hongdie's mother, Concubine Zhen, came in, both of them were already asleep. Even after falling asleep, they still kept their faces facing each other and spoke to each other. The woman couldn't help but shook her head funny. Fortunately, in this weather, she didn't have to worry about them catching a cold, so she asked someone to bring a blanket, cover them, and change to sandalwood.

Walking out of the yard and coming outside, the woman raised her head and looked at the night sky with stars flashing. The moonlight tonight was not bright, so it seemed like the sea. The rockery in the garden rose and fell, spreading quietly. The sound of the updater making a new look came from further away, accompanied by the cry of "Dry things in the sky, be careful of the fire candle".

The woman had already known about this before Princess Baotong came here and told Hongdie that the current emperor wanted to betroth the Red Butterfly to Ningjiang.

It was because she had originally solicited her opinions. Of course, although she was the woman of the late emperor, under such circumstances, even if others did not seek her opinions, she could not do anything.

She knew that her daughter liked that Young Master Ning, but that Young Master Ning seemed to be a person who was invisible to the end. In fact, she couldn't figure out what kind of person he was.

When a woman was elected to the palace, she was only thirteen years old. She gave birth to the Red Butterfly not long after, and now she is only in her twenties. When she was a child, she was in a wealthy family and entered the deep palace as soon as she grew up. Last year, she took her daughter and was sent to the Biejing by the late emperor. She was used to going with the flow, and faced with the current era of rapid changes in the situation, she was more at a loss and didn't know what she should do.

Despite this, women hope that they can at least become strong in front of their daughter.

And if the daughter can marry a man she likes and can protect her, it is undoubtedly a lucky thing. Not to mention such a situation, even in the past, most princesses would find it difficult to marry into the family of the person they really like.

She was like this, with her arms covered with her arms, looking up at the night sky, the fragrance of flowers overflowing, and the stars were moving.

The weather on the second day became more hot and dry. Although summer has not yet begun, it is originally Jiangnan and is already hotter than the north. At this time, the first heat flow between the world is coming. People who are used to the spring weather only feel that they will sweat after moving casually.

In the afternoon, the phoenix chariot outside came, and Princess Baotong came to find Hongdie again. She walked back and forth a few steps at the door, then gritted her teeth and entered the mansion. After a while, her companion stood in front of her, her face pale and dull. Princess Baotong wanted to say something to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say. The two girls were speechless for a moment.

After dusk, the sultry heat in the daytime began to fade away much more slowly. The red butterfly practiced sword alone in the garden, and the sword light kept flying. As the sword light, her figure became faster and faster, faster and faster, and shuttled through the forest.

Her mother, Concubine Zhen, stood under the eaves in the distance, looking at her daughter with heartache. Since Baotong left in the afternoon, her daughter has been silent and said nothing, but she is alone, practicing sword there and has not yet gone to eat.

Concubine Zhen didn't know what her daughter's strength in swordsmanship was.

Every martial arts master invited by a lot of money said that Hongdie is extraordinary in martial arts. Putting aside practical experience, her internal strength and swordsmanship have reached the level of first-class warriors in the world. Concubine Zhen could not tell whether this was the truth of those people, or because Hongdie was a princess and the daughter of the late emperor, they deliberately said some flattery and uplifting words.

But no matter what, as a traditional and wealthy woman, Zhenfei naturally did not want her daughter to practice martial arts, but hoped that she could marry a good husband and a good family.

But now, maybe this child is also a good thing for her to concentrate on practicing swords... But has she really been focused?

Concubine Zhen sighed softly.

The incident at the Princess's Mansion is just a small episode for the entire situation.

Soon, in addition to Princess Baotong, she also came to visit from time to time, and both the emperor and the ministers in the court had forgotten this side.

Although the so-called princess has a noble status, she often is just a vassal of the imperial power, not to mention that she is not the daughter of today. When she gets older, she arranges a marriage and finds a family of equal status to marry, it will be considered as a fulfillment of her obligations for the ministers in the court.

At this moment, the new Lin'an Dynasty was in a new era of all things flying. With the surrender of the Mingshan Red Turban Army and the Duanjia Army and the continuous recovery of Bafan Town, all the rebels of various groups were also accepted for the court's revenge and were incorporated into the official army. The court's momentum was so powerful that it was invincible. Everyone was planning to defend the long river and settle the Central Plains in the north. The reputation of the emperor Song Hong was also pushed up. Almost everyone believed that this was a revival lord who would revive China.

However, in April, a sudden disaster defeated everyone's confidence and suddenly caused the entire Lin'an Xin Dynasty to fall from the clouds that were about to soar again, facing a catastrophe that would collapse at any time.

The barbarian army gathered more than 2,000 warships from the sea, and went up the long river to defeat the Zhou navy. All the Zhou navy collapsed. In just ten days, all the warships were destroyed, killing and injuring tens of thousands.

This water battle stunned everyone in the Lin'an Dynasty.

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not pay enough attention to the training of the navy, and the training of the navy was not very strong. But no matter how, the accumulation over the years was, in theory, far from the Manhu Kebi who lived in Yinchuan, thousands of miles north. In everyone's perception, this is not the difference between strong and weak, but the difference between having and not having.

But no one expected that Manhu, who lives in the northern part of the Continent, would suddenly have a naval force that was far better than China. This naval force was mainly composed of Beiluo and Silla people, and various warships were designed more cleverly. Most of the naval forces in the Great Zhou were well-kept. Although all the hulls were made of gorgeous, they had never experienced a real water battle in the past.

In addition, the enemy ships came too suddenly and unexpectedly, and they were in chaos before they even went to fight. They were not good training and were useless in a panic. In the end, they were completely wiped out.

The complete annihilation of the entire navy means that the natural danger of the long river has been the enemy. Not to mention the recovery of the Central Plains, all the states and prefectures in the south are also facing the danger of being attacked by the barbarian army at any time, and the entire Southern Dynasty was panicked. Their concerns were not to be overwhelmed. The "Tiger Lord" violently investigated and assassinated the Leopard King Chache, one of the three generals under his seat, assembled thousands of ships to transport troops, transported 200,000 barbarian troops, and took Xizhou as the breakthrough point to move south. The fierce general basin enemy Lie, and the witch Xiao Gu flanked him.

At the same time, Lu Wenjin, under the seat of Shen Ce Zongbei, led many warships to harass the long river and near the sea, causing the Chinese officers and soldiers to run away. Later, the Leopard King Chache took turns to defeat 300,000 soldiers in Xizhou, 200,000 soldiers in Huanzhou, and 300,000 soldiers in Hezhou. The soldiers were forcing Lin'an, and the court and the country were all shocked.

During those days, except for concentrating on martial arts in his princess's mansion, he never thought of other Hongdie. Although he also felt the uneasy outside, he did not take it to heart.

These days, in her heart, the world was originally dark. She felt that her life had fallen to the lowest point in her life, and no matter how it was, it would not become worse.

Until that day, there was a commotion outside, and the commotion continued to expand. Not long after, my mother hurried in: "Red Butterfly, Red Butterfly..."

Hongdie stopped practicing swords and looked back at the panicked mother: "Mom, what's wrong?"

"Hongdie, pack your things and we're leaving!" Zhenfei said anxiously, without asking her daughter to ask too much. She almost cleaned up casually. The two got on the carriage, and the guards in the mansion protected them and headed towards the south gate.

Hongdie was on the carriage and looked out the window. She saw chaos on the streets, with the carriages crowded and the roads blocked. She couldn't help but ask, "Mom, what happened?"

Concubine Zhen's face was pale: "Emperor Nanshou, I... let's keep up."

The emperor is hunting in the south? The red butterfly at this moment was also a little confused.

Although she was not very concerned about external affairs, some time ago, everyone was swearing to go north to recover the Central Plains, so why did they suddenly "shou"?

However, Concubine Zhen kept wiping her fragrant sweat. The news about the emperor's Nanshou was too sudden. Before that, there was no news. Until Baotong hurriedly sent the palace maids to inform them, the emperor's imperial guard had already left the city. At this time, the news of Lin'an being abandoned spread throughout the city. Many princes and nobles were also hurriedly rushing out of the city, trying to keep up with the emperor and high-ranking officials of "Nanshou". Under such chaos, the entire Lin'an City was immediately shrouded in fear.

Princess Baotong received the news of "Nanshou" before leaving the palace. When she sent the palace maids to inform her, she delayed the road for a while. When Concubine Zhen and Hongdie and Daughter learned the news, the Biejing was in chaos. The only thing that was fortunate was that because the princess's mansion had encountered an assassin a few days ago, in case of precautions, the court sent two great guards and a group of masters to protect them.

These two great inner guards have the strength of a quasi-grand master. At this moment, they forced themselves to lead the way, and finally escorted them out of the southern gate. At this time, the emperor's imperial guards had already gone far away.

At this time, there was panic everywhere, and no one knew what the whole situation was. The two masters of the inner world were the same. They could only take more than twenty guards to protect them and go south with the two maids who served them. As for the other maids and maids who followed them out of the mansion, they could only give some silver to let them all go, but in fact they could not take care of them.

They first followed the official road to Chuzhou, and later they heard that the emperor's imperial guards were heading towards Raozhou, so they changed the road halfway. They passed by a county town, and the people fled here in front and asked someone to ask, but they only knew that there was a war in front and the official army was defeated. The barbarian army would appear here so soon, which surprised them.

In desperation, they were afraid of hitting the barbarian army, so they could only change the route quickly. On the way, they met a group of bandits who had turned from somewhere. Fortunately, the strength of the two big masters was indeed great. After killing more than ten people in a row, the rest scattered. However, in a panic, they mistakenly entered a mountain without a road and finally had to give up the carriage.

At this time, Hongdie himself was better. After all, he had already started practicing martial arts. Although he had never really fought with others, his cultivation level was quite amazing and he had first-class internal strength. Although since the prosperity of the mysterious energy, first-class can no longer be considered a "master", at least he can no longer be considered an ordinary person. With his internal strength, he can still support him along the way.

How could Concubine Zhen and the two maids who served their mother and daughter come to the mountain road? They could only rely on the guards to cross mountains and ridges.

That day, it started raining in the sky, and the exhausted people could only hide in an uninhabited temple. One of the masters of the inner world took a few guards to find out the news in the rain. In the evening, the few people rushed back.

The left-behind guard gave in and let them enter the eaves and asked, "Brother Hong Lin, what's the situation?"

The returned guard whispered: "The situation is not good. Along the way, I'm afraid someone is following us. These people are unknown and they don't know what kind of way they are!"
Chapter completed!