Qianzhou has a complex terrain, with continuous mountains and lush forests. Choosing this place as the primary target for attack is not really a wise decision, but it can catch the enemy off guard.
Tang Youyou looked around. Not far away, the city gates of Qianzhou were tightly shut. She had heard that Qianzhou was a beautiful town nestled against the mountains and beside the water.
It was when Rong Xun was still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The scorching summer permeated the entire imperial palace. In the court, he proposed the idea of going to a cool place to escape the heat. At that time, a minister recommended Qianzhou. But since this place was not well - known then, no one really paid much attention to it.
Did Rong Xun ever think that one day she would come to Qianzhou? Not with him, but with another person; not in summer, but at the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
She never thought that now, no matter what she saw, she would recall his face, as if he was always by her side, but she couldn't touch him.
It had been almost a month since they last met, and she hadn't deliberately inquired about any news regarding him. It seemed as if they were going through a long period of calm.
That woman was Lin Sheng, right? Tang Youyou's face turned a bit melancholy. In the eyes of outsiders, she was not Rong Xun's officially - wedded wife. That woman was.
Then what had their relationship been before? Without the identity of the emperor, even her identity as the queen who had participated in the coronation ceremony was not recognized by the world. It was even inferior to a secular wedding.
It seemed rather ridiculous.
She watched Rong Jiangyu inspecting the soldiers below. He left his guards by her side. This was both a sign of concern for her safety and an opportunity to monitor her every move.
But to her relief, that somewhat different young guard also stayed.
After Rong Jiangyu left, she specifically called the young guard to her and asked for his name.
"What's your name?"
He stepped forward, stopped in front of Tang Youyou, and bowed slightly, not daring to overstep. "Your subordinate is Xun Rong. Xun with the grass radical and Rong."
Tang Youyou didn't find anything wrong with this name. Instead, she thought it was very nice, and it seemed to match his overall demeanor.
"It's a nice name. How old are you this year?"
"I'm twenty - three years old."
Twenty - three, the same age as Rong Xun, but he didn't look as shrewd as Rong Xun.
When she came to this world, she was also twenty - three, the same age as him, and she had already been a graduate student working for three years.
However, the age of this body of hers was not twenty - three. She looked only seventeen or eighteen, at the prime of her youth.
But no one knew that her mind was no longer that of a young girl.
She looked at the young guard and thought it was a pity for him to work for Rong Jiangyu. If he could find a good destination, he might achieve great things.
Rong Xun would be a good choice.
If it had been before, she might have directly recommended this person to Rong Xun.
She strolled around the camp. The soldiers here were far less well - behaved than those in Quzhou.
As she walked through the middle of the path, some battle - hardened soldiers saw a woman walking among them and immediately became unruly.
Some whistled at her, and some waved at her, motioning for her to come closer. Their lecherous eyes stared at her, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
The guard standing behind her sensed her discomfort. He took a quick step forward and stood in front of her, blocking those dirty looks.
When those people saw him ruining their fun, they immediately became hostile. Some radical ones were even ready to attack.
Seeing this, Tang Youyou quickly pulled the guard behind her, not wanting him to conflict with these people.
If things got out of hand, that Rong Jiangyu would surely not let him off easily.
She didn't want to see this young guard punished unjustly.
Tang Youyou quickly walked through them and came to the room prepared for her by Rong Jiangyu.
She thought they were just here for a visit, but unexpectedly, they had set up camp.
But Yueyue was still in Quzhou. She couldn't help but worry. But then she thought that if Rong Jiangyu wasn't there, maybe Yueyue was safe now.
She just hoped that Yueyue could escape from there while he was away.
She could tell that Rong Jiangyu was very busy. Several of his generals were discussing the next plan in his room every day.
And the number of times she saw Rong Jiangyu had decreased a lot. This was truly a reassuring thing for her.
But this was just the calm before the storm. In the past two days, Tang Youyou had overheard some of their conversations and learned that their operation would start at the end of this month.
There wasn't much time left until the end of the month. She thought she had to escape from this person's side before their plan was implemented.
What if this person took her to war? Then her pregnancy surely couldn't be hidden.
In another month, her belly would become obvious. Even the loosest clothes wouldn't be able to cover it then.
No, she had to find an opportunity to escape in the next two days. She couldn't delay any longer.
But if she wanted to get out, she first needed the waist token on Rong Jiangyu. The people here didn't recognize people but only the waist token.
And she had basically picked out the person who could help her get the waist token.
It was the young guard who had been following her in the past few days.
This young guard had served beside Rong Jiangyu before and had gained some of his trust. If she could win this person over and get his help, the probability of her successful escape would increase greatly.
But would this person listen to her? Tang Youyou actually had little confidence.
But even if it was impossible, she had to give it a try.
During the day, Rong Jiangyu came to see her, and several of his subordinate generals came with him.
"This is General Li." Rong Jiangyu introduced this general who seemed to have a lot of battlefield experience to her. "He will lead the army forward in the first stage."
Tang Youyou had only seen this general from a distance once, and her impression of him wasn't very deep. But there was one thing that bothered her very much.
It was his appearance. At first glance, he seemed to be a very kind person. But if you covered the lower part of his face and only looked at his eyes, you would feel that there was always a hint of sinister killing intent in his eyes. And if you blocked the upper half of his face and only looked at his mouth shape, you would find that he always had a sort of vague, provocative and malicious smile.
This after - thought feeling was completely different from the first impression, which made her think that this person was very extraordinary.
Moreover, the way this person sized her up at the moment made her want to glare back immediately.