The King of Lanling strode towards the main hall.

  Arriving at the gate of the courtyard, he saw that Zhang Gui had not appeared. He asked in a low voice: "Where is Zhang Ji?"

  The maid replied: "Miss is still sleeping."

  Still sleeping? You're actually sleeping quite soundly.

  The King of Lanling's eyes shifted and he saw the figure sleeping in the peach blossoms. After dismissing his attendants, he strode forward.

  Zhang Qi lay sideways on the couch, her absolutely beautiful and delicate face had a slightly furrowed brow, but between her cherry lips was a petal. Not only were there petals between her lips, but also on the tip of her nose, the back of her hand, all over were peach blossom petals, under her body was also a pile, even the fingernails on her abdomen had residual petals stuck to them.

  The spring breeze blew in, and the petals scattered on her body flew up one by one, and fell to the ground one by one.

  The scenery is breathtakingly beautiful.

  The beauty who can fall asleep, yet always has a faint frown on her eyebrows...

  The King of Lanling lowered his head and stared at her unwaveringly for a moment.

  It wasn't long before he slowly leaned against the tiger skin and sat down. He stretched out his hand to gently remove the flower petals covering her nose, which moved up and down with her breathing. Langling Wang said in a low voice: "A Qi, what should I do with you?"

  His movements made Zhang Qi feel a bit uncomfortable, and she stretched out her hand weakly, trying to brush his hand away.

  Her hand moved, and it was caught by Prince Langling.

  The small hand in the palm is pink and white, with five small whirlpools on the back of the hand, which makes it look particularly delicate and charming.

  He gently pinched it, feeling the tenderness of this small hand in his palm.

  His movements finally woke up Zhang Qi. She opened her dazed eyes, staring blankly at him. After a while, she narrowed her long eyelashes again and turned her head to fall asleep once more.

  How did it become like this?

  The King of Lanling stretched out his hand and held her in his arms, as he moved. The peach blossom petals on her body fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

  Zhang Qi opened her eyes again, she raised her head, dazedly half-closed her eyes and looked at him for a while before calling out in confusion: "Chang Gong? You're back?"

  "Alright."

  The King of Lanling lowered his head and kissed her brow. He whispered, "How did you sleep so soundly?"

  "I had a nightmare, so many people were pulling me, some took off my clothes. Some brought knives to cut my flesh, and others sucked my blood, you stood there. I shouted at you with all my might. You just smiled, turned around and walked away with another woman, no matter how hard I called out to you..."

  She closed her eyes, her fingers weakly grasping his collar, and murmured: "Just now it seemed like there were many people talking, but they just wouldn't come to wake me up. I wanted to call out, but somehow couldn't. And I couldn't move either, I couldn't wake myself up."

  The King of Lanling lowered his eyes and said slowly: "You're overthinking... No matter what, I can still protect you!"

  Zhang Qi didn't have the spirit to talk to him about this. She looked around and asked: "Didn't many people come? Why aren't they here?"

  "They all left."

  "Oh."

  Seeing Zhang Qi's exhausted expression, Lang Ling Wang tightened his arms and said softly: "Sleep a little longer. Don't worry, I'll be here."

  Zhang Qi let out a soft sigh and fell into his arms, closing her eyes again.

  Feeling the spring breeze, listening to the soft breathing sound coming from his arms, Langling Wang also closed his eyes.

  Five zhang away from them, a snake as thick as a finger fell into a spider web about half a meter wide. The green snake struggled hard, but the fine spider silk came entwining bit by bit...

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  The news of King Lanling's recovery of the Black Armor Guard and private army spread throughout high society in less than a day.

  The Northern Qi dynasty, although it was a Xianbei people's imperial court, and the countless books accumulated since the Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms periods, as well as the wisdom summarized by numerous predecessors, had all been lost and fallen into disrepair in the war fires and chaos of the years. Although this era's northern kingdom was also a powerful family, there were many who could not read or understand books. However, after all, there were still quite a few clever people who quickly understood that it was precisely because of Langling Wang's expression of loyalty through his concubine's words, and his promise to not rely on his wife's clan, and his willingness to be a solitary minister, that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor returned military power to Langling Wang.

  Zheng Yu understood this principle on the third day after noon. She was inspecting her horses, preparing to ride with Qi Gongzhu and others to gallop through the spring!

  Suddenly hearing this remark, "pa" sound, the whip fell to the ground.

  She bent down with difficulty, picked up the whip and stood up straight. Seeing her stand up straight, Li Ying on one side sighed: "No wonder people say that southerners are the most intelligent in the world... She is just an illegitimate daughter, yet she also knows such principles, it's really unexpected!"

  She looked at Zheng Yu with a dazed expression and said in a low voice: "A Yu, A Yu?"

  She called out twice before Zheng Yu finally came to. She turned her head towards Li Ying and muttered: "I don't believe it! Ah Ying, I don't believe... If that's what she says, then what's the point of having a powerful family? What's the point of alliances between families? The heavens gave us our noble status so we can distinguish ourselves from commoners. If in your eyes, someone with my status is inferior to a lowly servant girl, then what's the meaning of social hierarchy?"

  She talks nonsense.

  It's not just her, but also Li Ying, who can't accept it at this time. In this distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, which is more prevalent in the north than in the south, among these noblewomen who take pride in their family and their own identity, in this era where aristocratic families and monarchs co-govern the world, few people are willing to believe this fact.

  Especially Zheng Yu, she didn't dare to believe that if she lost even this advantage, what else could she use to trample on Zhang Shi and show off her own nobility and pride?

  Li Ying looked at Zheng Yu's pale face, her lips moving as if to comfort her, when suddenly, Zheng Yu smiled and her eyes regained their determination. She turned around and mounted her horse, saying with absolute certainty: "Aying, Xiaoxuan will regret this! Today she helped him regain his military power, but what about tomorrow? What if he encounters unexpected problems on the battlefield? What if someone intentionally delays sending supplies, or if he's surrounded and reinforcements don't arrive in time? There are too many variables, and as a lowly concubine, her help can only go so far! Xiaoxuan will soon understand and regret this!"

  Two riders galloped out, one in front of the other.

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  Outside the gate, Autumn Princess and others were also dressed in barbarian attire. They were just about to set off. Seeing the two women come out, they laughed and surrounded them, a group of Xianbei noblewomen, as well as Han dynasty noble ladies who had recently risen to prominence, all wearing barbarian attire, riding horses and rushing towards the east street.

  In the midst of Dong Street, it was a time of prosperity. The sounds of the market and the voices of the common people filled the air, each household's flags fluttering in the wind. The hawkers' cries echoed through heaven and earth.

  As the women rushed past, the people on the street hastily avoided them. For a moment, it was chaotic. Autumn Princess laughed loudly, waving her whip and shouting, "Faster, faster!" She drove the horse straight towards the vendors by the side of the road!

  Just then, suddenly, a clear song floated over, "Since I've met you, sir. Why not rejoice..."

  The autumn princess drank a sound, pulled the horse, and ignored the ecstatic eyes of those vendors who had escaped from death. She just raised her head and listened in a daze.

  After listening for a while, she turned her head with a cold smile. Facing Zheng Yu who was quietly following on one side, she called out: "A Yu, Xiao Kan has passed Hong Street again!"

  When she heard her mention Langling Wang so loudly, attracting the attention of passersby, Zheng Yu unhappily lowered her head. Autumn Princess didn't notice her unusual expression and called out to her again: "He really is a romantic figure."

  She thought of an idea and hastily rode her horse closer to Zheng Yu, leaning forward with a triumphant smile: "Ayu, I've come up with a plan to deal with that cheap woman."

  Meeting Zheng Yu's gaze, Autumn Princess's eyes sparkled with excitement. "Xiao Gui is infatuated with that woman, the reason being he has just tasted a woman for the first time... Why not think of ways to let him taste more women from those brothels? Once he gets hooked, he will realize that woman is nothing special!"

  As soon as she said this, Li Ying whispered beside her: "Ah, this is indeed a good idea."

  The autumn princess became more and more pleased, towards the silent Zheng Yu above her, she chuckled and said: "A Yu, you've always been soft-hearted, if you don't do this, I'll do it."

  At this point, seeing Zheng Yu didn't stop her, Autumn Princess raised her chin and whipped the horse, shouting: "Go!"

  The noble ladies rushed past East Street at the same time and turned their heads to look. Sure enough, on West Street, a group of performers were surrounding someone and dancing gracefully.

  From the red buildings on both sides of the street, a string of piano sounds came, the piano sound was clear and distant, simple and lingering. With that piano sound, the crowd of women danced to the beat, surrounding the person sometimes close, sometimes far away, the piano sound floated, and the dance posture was beautiful.

  Seeing people approaching from all directions, Zheng Yu suddenly suggested: "Let's take a look too."

  The autumn princess loved lively scenes and was the first to respond: "Good, we'll go take a look too."

  The noble ladies laughed and surrounded him on horseback.

  Surrounded by the crowd in the middle, it was not one person, but two. A man dressed in a Hu attire, Lanling King, stood quietly leaning on his horse, and the beauty he held in his arms had half of her face covered, with raven hair reaching down to her waist, showing a slender and elegant back, having a stunning appearance that could topple cities, wasn't it Zhang Hui?

  It turns out that among the noble ladies of Ye City, there are not many who like Zhang Gui. It's not just because of her humble origins, but also because compared to those tall and beautiful, some even rough-looking Xianbei noblewomen, Zhang Gui's beauty from the southern water town is extremely delicate and gentle, as if she embodies the elegant spirit of heaven and earth, which is quite different from them.

  At this moment, her back figure is all that can be seen, yet it reveals a graceful and elegant demeanor.

  Suddenly seeing Lang Ling Wang, Zheng Yu had a warm and gentle smile on her face. She rode forward without any dislike, calling out clearly: "Chang Gong."

  The King of Lanling turned his head around.

  It was Zheng Yuo. He nodded gently and continued to listen to the sound of the guqin coming from between the two buildings, and the beautiful women dancing around him.

  Before long, the music came to an end.

  Just as all the dancers were bowing to Langya Wang with a flourish and retreating backwards, a beautiful woman appeared on the red building to the left.

  That beauty gave a glance, and after meeting someone's eyes on the street, she nodded slightly in an imperceptible place.

  This beauty is like Zhang Gui, also a typical Jiangnan beauty, with soft body and delicate bones, having a lively and exquisite beauty. Standing on the red building, after careful dressing, one can still see a touch of elegance and noble air from her posture.

  She only saw her glance around for a while, then fixedly looked at Zhang Qi, suddenly bowed to her and said in a crisp voice: "I am the daughter of Langya Wang... I had heard that there was a Wu County Zhang's lady in Ye City, today I see you, it seems like I have seen my sister from the past, my heart is very joyful."

  The fallen courtesan, who was once a noble lady, called out to Zhang Gui with such familiarity and closeness that it immediately caused a commotion all around, with snickering and pointing from the crowd filling up the entire street.

  Someone in the crowd laughed loudly and said: "A girl from the south, what makes you think you're so noble in my northern land? You're just a courtesan!"

  "Whatever."

  "But just a concubine, yet so arrogant, daring to say she wants to be the legitimate wife of the Duke?"

  The laughter grew louder and the noise more intense. For a moment, everything Zhang Qi had painstakingly built up seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

  How dare you, a mere little trickster, behave like this towards your own Ah Qi?

  The King of Lanling furrowed his brow, just about to give an order, when Zhang Yi had already lifted her head up, and the hand she placed on her leg was gently holding onto the King's hand.

  Her long hair had never been tied up, and as she lifted her head, her raven-black hair cascaded down, covering half of her face, revealing only the other half of her flower-like, jade-like complexion.

  She quietly glanced at the courtesan, and when the surrounding noise gradually subsided, she nodded slightly and said in a clear and crisp tone: "No wonder the noble lady became a courtesan, it turns out that she had long forgotten shame and honor!"

  The words were loud and clear, ringing out clearly, causing the performer to pale after which Zhang Gui continued calmly: "In the future, please do not mention the four characters 'Langya Wangshi' again... A thousand years of nobility, a hundred generations of honor, you are not worthy!"

  What a loud and clear voice!

  After saying this, Zhang Gui Ru's clear eyes seemed to smile and scan the crowd. When she saw Zheng Yu, she paused for a moment. Then, she showed a bright and clear smile as if she had seen through everything. Turning her head, she bowed slightly towards Lanling Wang and said in a crisp tone: "Your Highness, order your subordinates to shoot and kill this woman. Although her blood is already filthy, it can't be allowed to continue polluting, right?"

  In the blink of an eye, life and death are nothing but a trivial matter!

  That Qing Lou's face turned pale, she looked at Zhang Qi in a panic and shouted loudly: "You, how dare you?" As soon as she said this, she immediately came to her senses and cried out: "It's all because of fate, how can you be so heartless! Zhang Shi, don't forget that you are also just a floating water lily, it's just that you've climbed up onto Langling Wang's lap, but you're still so arrogant. Be careful, one day when your luck runs out, someone will treat you the same way!"

  "Don't worry!" Zhang Qi bowed to her and said quietly, "If there's such a day, I'll personally end my own life rather than bring shame to our ancestors!" You've been instigated by others to humiliate me, don't blame me for taking you down!

  She bowed towards the red sedan and couldn't get up! Her calm expression revealed a hint of sadness, this was to see her off!

  He glanced at Zhang Qi, and the King of Lanling nodded. As he did this, a knight behind him drew his bow and shot an arrow. Just as the red-clothed woman let out a shrill cry and rushed back to the building, the string vibrated and the arrow flew out, hitting her in the back with a "thud". Her scream was cut short, and her body swayed for a moment before she fell to the ground with a thud.

  In the Northern Qi, a land of barbarians, martial arts were highly valued. Yet, when Hong Yu was killed in broad daylight, the crowd was stunned into silence, with no one screaming or showing any signs of panic!

  It's just at this moment, a ten-mile-long street is unusually quiet.

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