Chapter 7: The team returned to Beijing (4)

Just when Wu Heimiao and others were glad that the old city was guarding for another day, after nightfall, a bamboo basket quietly hung from the East City Gate, which seemed to be filled with a person. After the bamboo basket fell quietly, a petite figure flashed in the bamboo basket, and disappeared into the dark curtains in the blink of an eye.

Zuo Liangyu found a Han-style courtyard in Mayang City, spent some money to renovate it, and made Magu’s temporary site in Mayang City.

"Dad, my daughter wishes you!" Maguping picked up the white porcelain wine glass and said to his father who was drinking with her smile.

"Feng'er, you have grown up and got married, and my father is very happy." Ma Laoguan called out Ma Gu's nickname in emotion, feeling quite touched in his heart, and tears of dizzy joy couldn't help but shed.

"Dad?" Magu couldn't help but feel sad, and his eyes turned red in an instant. The man she married was thousands of miles away. It took half a year to go back and forth. I'm afraid he won't be able to be filial to his father in the future. Thinking of his father alone, eating and having no one to take care of him. What if he gets sick? Thinking of this, Magu felt even more sour and felt sorry for his father who had worked hard to pull him up.

"Or, Dad, go to Beijing with Feng'er!" Magu knew in his heart that his father was a person who could not bear his hometown, but he still expressed his hope.

My daughter is sincere, and Ma Laogong is very clear about this. However, as an old man who is in his twilight years, the thought of homeland and the idea of ​​"fallen leaves return to the roots" are deeply imprinted in his soul. He will not leave this land that gave birth to him and raised him. Moreover, there is also his deep nostalgia here. Magu's mother, the woman he loves the most, is sleeping on this land forever. How could he leave her?

"No, I'm old and I can't bear to leave my hometown. My father should stay." Ma Laogong was a little reluctant, but the married daughter was someone else's family, and who else could be older than the emperor in this world?

Suddenly, a sour feeling surged up. Magu couldn't help but retching a few times and gently stroked her abdomen. The baby in her belly was almost three months old. Calculate the time, at least she had to watch her father take back her home so that she could return to Beijing with peace of mind. However, her body would probably not be able to withstand the turbulence of the boat and the car, so she suddenly had the idea of ​​staying to return to Beijing after giving birth, so that she would have a few more months to spend with her father.

Poor wine is the easiest to get drunk. The father and daughter have just experienced the joy of reunion, and in a blink of an eye, they are worried about separation. The daughter is pregnant and should go back to her husband's house to be born. So Ma Laogong was happy and felt that she had been together for too short this time. Moreover, if she didn't see each other for a few years, she would have the chance to reunite again. This made Ma Laogong, who was pregnant with Ma Guzhenruo's life, feel frustrated, and the wine would naturally be dull.

Magu felt sad when he saw it, and he became more and more determined to stay and wait for delivery before leaving. After ordering someone to send his father to rest, he returned to the room to think about how to write to Zhu Yinglong to explain this matter.

The corners of the eyebrows were faintly sad, the beautiful curve of the corners of the mouth was slightly raised, and a pair of slender hands held the beautiful little head. The smooth and jade-like skin emitted a charming brilliance under the dizzy light.

"Why……"

"Who?" Magu suddenly woke up by this sigh. You must know that the yard where she lives is tightly guarded and it is difficult for people to get close to.

"Minister Li Yao asked to see Concubine Ru!" A low female voice came into Magu's ears.

Magu was shocked. Li Yao, one of Wu Heimiao's four great generals, appeared silently in the heavily guarded Mayang City, and stood outside the door of her room. Not to mention how powerful she had, she dared to break into this courtyard, which was strictly protected by the great inner guards, and her courage was not something that ordinary women could possess.

The big inner guard who heard the sound was immediately frightened and shuddered. Someone sneaked into the side of Concubine Ru who was under their strict protection without knowing it. If Concubine Ru had any problems, they might not have a good end. They pulled out their weapons, whether they were jumping or running, and stood at the door of Magu's room for a few breaths. Li Yao, the sacred general in the black night clothes, was surrounded by more than a dozen guards.

The bright blade aimed at Li Yao who arrived untimely. At this moment, Li Yao was extremely nervous, and a layer of sweat had already emerged from behind her palms.

"Who, put down your weapons and surrender!" The leader of the guard shouted coldly at Li Yao.

Li Yao wanted to come and see Magu secretly, but she didn't expect that she could see Magu's soul-absorbing beauty outside the window, and she was envious and jealous. She couldn't help but sigh softly, but she didn't expect that Magu could still be so sensitive after listening to it, and suddenly she was drunk and turned dark into light, so she simply asked for a look.

The guards didn't know who the uninvited guest was covered with a face and petite figure like a woman. They just thought she was an assassin who wanted to be unfavorable to Concubine Ru, so they slowly approached with a knife, revealing their murderous aura.

With a "Ga!", the door of Magu's room behind Li Yao was pulled open from the inside, and Magu's graceful body slowly walked out from the inside.

"Empress, it's dangerous, please avoid it quickly." The captain of the guard who escorted Magu back to Xiangxi said anxiously and loudly.

Magu nodded slightly, gave a relaxed smile and said, "This is my old friend, there is no danger, you don't have to panic like this."

"Empress, this person..." The captain of the guards shoulders an important task. If he is an old friend, why not come to visit openly? Why do he secretly come to visit at night with a sharp sword in his hand-shaped hand?

"Is there any danger? Don't I know if there is any danger?" Magu knew the responsibility of the captain of the guards, but Li Yao suddenly appeared late at night to see that she must have something important, at least she would not be stupid enough to kill or kidnap herself. Then she would have to form a deeper hatred with the court, and more Miao people would die at that time. With her understanding of Li Yao, even if it was Wu Heimiao's order, she would not do this.

"Empress, my subordinates' responsibilities are to protect the safety of my subordinates. If I think my subordinates are incompetent, please remove them from their subordinates." The captain of the guard knelt on one knee and said.

Seeing that he was so loyal, Magu couldn't bear to scold him anymore and said softly: "I know that you are sincere and loyal, but this old friend of my palace is related to the great cause of the court to suppress rebellion, so all the responsibilities will be borne by me alone, and it has nothing to do with you!"

The captain of the guards followed along and already understood the temper and character of this Concubine Ru. If he insisted, the removal of his post was still small. He was afraid that the court would ruin the great rebellion of the court, and would be a serious crime. After thinking for a while, he stood up and said, "Empress said this, how can my subordinates not obey? It's just that the empress requires that his subordinates wait outside the door to guard the door. If there is anything wrong, the empress only needs to shout and his subordinates rush in immediately."

Magu nodded and said, "Okay, just do it."

The captain of the guard walked calmly to Li Yao, stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice: "Please hand over the weapons in his hand and the weapons hidden on him!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yao silently silenced the three-foot long sword ghost sheath in her hand, then bent down from her calf and pulled out an exquisite dagger, and handed it to the commander of the guards.

When the guards saw it, they all put the weapons in their hands back into a sheath, then surrounded them, staring at Li Yao silently, with strong hostility still retaining in their eyes.

"General Li, please come in!" Magu smiled at Li Yao, reached out and made an invitation to enter.

"The girl thanked the queen, please give me!" Li Yao bowed and said politely.

The two entered Li Yao's room one by one.

"The young girl came uninvited late at night, offending and disturbing the Empress. Please forgive me!" Li Yao took off her masked black scarf and bent down to salute.

This is not the first time Magu has seen this famous iceberg beauty in Miaojiang, so she is not too surprised by Li Yao's beauty. She just lit up her eyes and smiled slightly, and said slowly: "General Li is commanding tens of thousands of troops with his daughter. I admire him very much."

"Empress Miao Zan, the people's daughters can only achieve the current situation with their ancestors' care. However, the lady is very talented and famous in western Hunan, and now she is favored by the emperor. It's too late to envy the people!" Li Yao said sincerely.

"If my sister is envious, why not go to the palace with her sister to serve the emperor?" Magu's heart moved. Not only did the title change immediately, but he also had the idea of ​​finding someone to be his companion in the harem. The beautiful and charming Li Yao in front of him was the most suitable candidate. Everyone is from the Miao family and knows the root of the matter. The emperor has too many concubines, and sometimes necessary allies are still needed.

Li Yao was shocked when she heard this. She came to show kindness tonight to surrender and negotiate terms, but she didn't expect that Magu would raise such a question that she had never thought about before. She was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Magu also knew that his question was too abrupt and direct, so he asked, "General Li came to see me late at night, what's the point?"

"I'm not hiding it to the Queen, the people's daughters didn't want to rebel, but the court forced us to survive, so we couldn't rebel. Moreover, we were not against the current emperor, but the little emperor controlled by the eunuch party, so..."

Magu is naturally aware of Li Yao's remarks. If the emperor had not implemented a new ethnic policy, who would have opposed it? If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian to harbor the little emperor to establish a new court, she would have used other interfaces to cover up the responsibility of rebellion. Now that the Nanjing court is almost done, it is also necessary to take all the guilt on it. To increase the justice of the court's southern expedition, what's wrong with it? Magu said: "This palace understands that General Li abandons secrets and turns to the light. This is not only a blessing for the court, but also a blessing for the people in western Hunan."
Chapter completed!