The King of Lanling returned to his mansion again on the second day at dawn.

  He was weathered, his dark clothes were soaked with sweat and covered in dust. Old Fang looked at the prince of his own county with a heartache, knowing that he must have practiced with those black armored guards all night without sleep.

  The prince of his family was different from those nobles in Kyoto, who were stimulated and liked to linger in the red building, while he would spend all his time practicing martial arts.

  In the servant girl's quarters, in front of and behind Old Master Fang, King Langling hastily washed up. Then he stepped out towards the bedroom.

  As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, he stopped in his tracks and stared at the gate with a complex expression for a long time. He said in a low voice, "How was she last night?"

  His voice was hoarse from lack of sleep the night before.

  "Very good, I also heard Zhang Ji laughing."

  The corners of King Lanling's mouth finally relaxed a bit, and after a pause, he asked again: "Was she delighted with the gift I gave her?" It was still his first time giving gifts to a woman, thinking about placing those brocades and jewels in front of Zhang Qi, and when she looked at them seriously, the corners of his mouth curved up slightly.

  For some reason, thinking of her expression at that time still made him feel very pleased with himself now, as if he had done something that brought him great joy.

  The old man seemed a bit embarrassed, and after a while he bowed his head and said: "Zhang Ji ordered her maid to exchange all of them for gold!"

  The King of Lanling frowned.

  "He said in a low voice: 'She only likes gold? Why didn't she tell me directly? Or...' He couldn't continue, and he even didn't dare to think about it."

  Fang Lao was just about to remind him when he saw his appearance, clearly having already guessed. He also saw the joy that had just floated onto the face of his own prince, only to quickly disappear, and in an instant, his face turned pale, he hastily closed his mouth, merely sighing secretly.

  The King of Lanling placed his hands on the side of his legs, slowly stretching them out. He cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "She likes collecting gold, so let her have it." After speaking, he gave a cold laugh.

  He waved goodbye to the old man and stepped into the garden gate.

  The King of Lanling entered the door and saw Zhang Gui immediately.

  She is sitting in the courtyard, lowering her head to tune the strings. The spring breeze blows gently. On her pale face a few days ago, there is finally some color. Those focused, slightly closed eyebrows and eyes appear so calm.

  The King of Lanling walked towards her with big strides.

  He came to her side, lowered his head, looked down at her from above, and moved his lips, but stopped again. After a while, he announced: "Zhang Shi Aqie, that matter has ended."

  Hearing his serious tone, Zhang Qi slowly raised her head and looked at him in confusion.

  Her bright and clear eyes were black and white, and her charming gaze. Unconsciously, the dryness and irritability that had kept him awake disappeared all at once.

  Unconsciously, his gaze towards her had become gentle. Looking at her gently, he said firmly: "Because of my negligence, you were kidnapped..." Revisiting this matter that made him resentful and humiliated, the muscles on his cheeks twitched violently, and it seemed like something was stuck in his throat. After a while, he continued: "That matter has ended, from now on, neither you nor I can mention it again."

  He stretched out his hand, stroking her small nose with his index finger, his eyes focused, his voice a little hoarse. "A Qiu, don't mess with me... Let's make up again, okay?"

  He looked at her expectantly.

  Zhang Qi blinked her eyes and looked at her own reflection in his clear pupils, saying softly: "Good!"

  What?

  The King of Lanling was overjoyed. He stretched out his arms and swept her off her feet, spinning around as he laughed loudly, "Ah Gui, Ah Gui, my Ah Gui..."

  He spun her around in circles, wildly kissing her face. At this moment, he couldn't remember that she had ever lost her body, and completely forgot the unbearable rumors that filled the city of Ye. The only thing he held was the woman he loved, the woman who made him feel joyful at first sight, his Ah Qiu!

  In Lanling King's ecstasy, Zhang Qi's face changed drastically. She tightly closed her mouth, but her complexion became whiter and whiter.

  The King of Lanling was shocked and hastily laid her flat on the kang, kneeling on the ground and holding her to ask urgently: "A Qi, A Qi, what's wrong with you?" For the first time, he shouted loudly: "Someone, go call a doctor, call a doctor!"

  In his urgent drinking voice, Zhang Qi's face turned paler and paler, she squeezed out a smile towards him, wanting to say something. But the increasingly obvious stinging pain from her lower abdomen, as well as the surging hot flow, made her open her mouth but unable to make a sound.

  The King of Lanling followed her hand and slowly looked down.

  Her lower garment was clearly visible and getting redder and redder.

  At this moment, A Lu rushed down from the stairs, she pounced on Zhang Yi's face, one side frantically wiping away the blood, while hoarsely saying: "Where is the doctor? Where is the doctor?"

  Seeing Zhang Qi's face turn white, Ah Lu called out in a sorrowful tone: "Ah Qi, don't be afraid, you mustn't be afraid, the child is fine, the child is fine..."

  "Child?"

  The King of Lanling muttered in dismay.

  Before long, the doctor arrived. After feeling the pulse, he shook his head at King Langling and sighed: "Your Highness, I am incompetent, this child cannot be saved."

  "Child?" The Prince of Lanling suddenly reached out and grabbed the doctor's sleeve, asking urgently: "Are you talking about a child?"

  The doctor nodded and said, "A two-month-old fetus is the most unstable. The pregnant woman was first worried and depressed, then overturned and exhausted, and having a miscarriage is normal. Take good care of yourself, there will be another chance in the future."

  He walked to one side and opened a square, handed it over to Fang Lao Guan Shi on the other side, and then walked out.

  At this time, Langling Wang also whispered: "Child, my child?"

  He suddenly turned to A Lu and asked solemnly: "Why didn't I know?"

  Facing the furious Langling King, Ah Lu was even more enraged. She shouted: "You don't care about my family's Ah Qi... You can't protect her, let her be kidnapped, and you told the Empress that you never wanted to marry her. Ah Qi is heartbroken! What are you angry about here?"

  A Lu scolded like this, and Lang Ling Wang's face turned from green to white, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time.

  He lowered his head, looking at the pale Zhang Qi in his arms. Suddenly, he came to and hastily turned around, shouting: "Hurry up with the medicine! If the child is gone, it's gone, but save Qi!"

  The servants were startled by his sudden loud shout, but it was Old Fang who was frightened. He stared at him and asked why he had shouted so loudly? The doctor had not said that anything would go wrong with Zhang's wife!

  Before long, the medicine was ready. At this time, Zhang Gui also opened her eyes.

  Her eyes, though dim, were calm. This made Ah Lu breathe a sigh of relief. It also calmed down the King of Lanling.

  Lowering her head, Zhang Qi looked at her lower abdomen and thought to herself: The child is gone... She had been having this feeling for the past two days, that she would lose this child. Indeed.

  But it's also good this way. This is the Langling Wangfu, and she was just an ordinary concubine, not from her hometown. She wasn't free either. Since she was born nameless and without status, following herself in suffering, tasting all the hardships of the world. It would be better if she hadn't been born.

  That night, Prince Langling held Zhang Qi. Zhang Qi didn't say a word, and neither did he.

  It wasn't until he lost her that he realized he had a child. A two-month-old child, was it conceived in Yiyang?

  Why didn't she tell him at the first opportunity? Why not cry out her hardships to herself? Such a fragile, delicate little woman, why bear all this alone? Of course, since she wanted to leave him anyway, she naturally wouldn't tell him about being pregnant either.

  As he thought of this, a surge of nameless anger accompanied by suffocating pain welled up in his chest, but when he saw Zhang Qi's cold gaze and pale face, the fire was extinguished. Not only could he not vent his anger, but he also had to comfort her with warm words, fearing that she might be unstable after having just lost their child.

  Zhang Qi took care of him for seven whole days.

  Seven days later, she had recovered as before. After all, she was still young and the child was too small to have a great impact on her body.

  In these seven days, some things happened. First, the King of Lanling was stripped of his military power and became a complete idle royal family member. Secondly, Your Majesty scolded the King of Lanling severely in an imperial court meeting. This severe scolding can be said to be a weathervane, and for a time, the originally almost deserted Lanling Wangfu became completely deserted.

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  Today, the bright sunshine illuminated the earth. The peach blossoms in the courtyard had withered away, but upon closer inspection, small fruit could still be seen on the branches.

  It's just when spring is in full bloom.

  Zhang Yi, who had recovered from his illness, walked lightly towards Langling Wang, who was pondering over a game of chess.

  Before long, she came up behind him and covered his eyes with her hand. She said softly, "Guess who I am?"

  The Duke of Lanling's mouth twitched, he reached out to pull down her small hand, and said weakly: "You!" He pulled her into his arms, gently kissed the tip of her nose, and asked: "Was there any discomfort today?"

  Nothing.

  "What about Ah Lu? Why hasn't she been seen for days?"

  Zhang Qi leaned against him and said softly, "I ordered her to take some grain, hay, and cloth from the warehouse to shelter some refugees. It's also a way for me to atone for my sins." The child was gone, as the saying goes, it is the parents' fault, so Zhang Qi had this to say.

  The King of Lanling's lips moved slightly, and in the end, he simply indulgently kissed her brow and whispered: "As you wish."

  Zhang Qi liked his pampering, and at this moment, she sweetly nipped at the corner of his lips.

  She stretched out her arms and wrapped them around his neck, saying lazily: "Long Gong."

  "Alright."

  "I have a plan to let Your Majesty return your military power to you!"

  "What?"

  The King of Lanling lowered his head and gazed at her with piercing eyes!

  In this world, the legend of giving up power for beauty is indeed beautiful, but which man does not yearn to achieve great things and make a name for himself? Although the King of Lanling has only handed over his military power for a few days, in his heart, he cannot help but feel somewhat empty and disappointed.

  But he didn't believe that Zhang Qi had a way to help him regain his military power! The first time she helped him regain that military power, although he was impressed, it was still within his expectations. Now in this situation, did she have a way to break through?

  He doesn't believe it!

  Zhang Qi stroked his collar, a faint smile on his stunning face. He tilted his head and said slowly: "Rumors have been circulating in the land of Zhou that the state of Qi has no worthy successors! The two great generals who followed Gao Huan to conquer the world, Balu Guang and Duan Shao, are now old and frail. There is not a single young general in the land of Qi who can help the Emperor of Qi stabilize this half of the Jiangshan. In another ten years, when Balu Guang and Duan Shao die, Zhou will attack Qi like breaking bamboo, capture the city of Ye, and take down Jinyang, all within half a year!"

  The King of Lanling was stunned, he stared at Zhang Gui in shock.

  Zhang Qi raised her eyes, smiled sweetly at him, wrinkled her nose, and said with a playful tone: "Chang Gong, if this rumor comes from Zhou Di and sweeps through the two cities of Ye and Jin Yang, so that every citizen in the state of Qi knows about it. Then, whether it's His Majesty or the Empress Dowager, would they dare to easily take away your military power? Among all the talented officials in the court, those with the talent of a marshal are not that easy to find, right? Is my husband Chang Gong someone who can be easily replaced by just any dog or cat?"

  This strategy is actually very simple, the people of Lanling King did not think of it but she thought of it, because she knew exactly that the man in front of her was the only famous general who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Hulu Guang and Duan Shao.

  Who else but he can be called the commander of the state of Qi?

  Zhang Yi's words reminded Langling Wang, and he bowed his head in contemplation.

  Compared to the two old generals, he is younger, secondly, he is a member of the Gao royal family, and thirdly, he has a special characteristic, which is that he is infatuated with this woman, and has no ambition to usurp Emperor Cheng of Wei.

  He had already shown his military genius, and with these three advantages, plus the rumors that were spreading, which superior would still care about his arrogance?

  The King of Lanling's eyes suddenly lit up! He looked at Zhang Gui.

  The woman in his arms always showed a brilliant spirit that dazzled him when he thought he had thoroughly understood her.

  This woman in his arms, with eyebrows and eyes like a painting, gentle and charming to the bone, and so considerate and amiable, even "overturning cities and countries" is not enough to describe her... She was also so intelligent, so intelligent that among all the women he had ever known, none could compare to her.

  Unconsciously, he tightened his arms, burst out laughing and said: "Good!"

  He lowered his head and kissed her lips, then smiled: "Good plan!"

  He kissed her randomly and suddenly asked: "Ah Gui, you contributed such a good plan, is there anything you want?"

  The King of Lanling smiled at her.

  "Yes," Zhang Qi pouted and complained: "I'm so bored that I'm about to get moldy, I want to go out of the house often. You have to agree."

  After she finished speaking, her sparkling eyes fixed on him. Although it was the same loving and gentle gaze, somehow he felt that in the depths of her eyes, there were fewer traces of her usual infatuation and sweet joy, but more clarity and coldness.

  These eyes are black and white, distinct to excess, ethereal like autumn water, rippling with a desireless and unrequited coolness!

  Suddenly, Lang Ling Wang was taken aback: She had no desires or expectations of him?

  She gave him such a good plan, why is it that he has no desire and no request? Is it because she has let go and no longer loves him? She had their child, but never told him...

  Suddenly, on that day, he misheard that she was going to marry Xiao Mo. When he saw Zhang Qi outside the palace gate, his empty and panicked heart reappeared in his mind.

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