Fallen Imperial Consort from Heaven - C943 943 Summoning the tiger to leave the mountain

Qi Feng glanced at her, then retracted his gaze, covering the complicated look in his eyes, and said: “The Prince has asked this subordinate to guard here, is there anything the Princess needs help with?”

A trace of confusion flashed across Xia Tao Hua’s eyes.

In Easternum, Qi Feng’s status was much higher than hers, and before this, he had never called himself “subordinate” in front of her, so now, when he heard the word “subordinate”, Xia Tao Hua felt a little strange.

Qi Feng stood perfectly straight in front of her, but his gaze never left her.

She could not explain why, but she did not dislike Qi Feng’s gaze at all. Seeing that Qi Feng seemed to be deliberately avoiding her, her heart had an indescribable feeling.

“No, I’ve already given those uncles the needles. I was just about to go tell the wangfei.”

Her voice, was rather weak from exhaustion. How could Qi Feng, who was naturally sharp, not recognize it.

“Princess, please go rest first. This subordinate will go inform the wangfei in a moment.”

With that, without waiting for Xia Tao Hua to speak, he turned and left.

Xia Tao Hua looked at Qi Feng’s back as he quickly walked away. It was unknown what he was thinking, but he opened his mouth and called out to him, “Guards.”

Qi Feng stopped and turned, he looked at her, then turned his gaze back to his. “Princess, do you have anything else?”

Xia Tao Hua walked up to him, pursed her lips and fell silent for a few seconds, then said: “The person who saved me and the Prime Minister, was you?”

Qi Feng stared blankly for a moment. He knew what Xia Tao Hua meant by ‘that day’.

At the Grand Examination, the envoys of the various countries were entering the capital one after another. Because he had gone out to carry out the tasks assigned to him by the Prince, on his way back to the capital, he happened to encounter people who wanted to assassinate him, so he conveniently saved them.

At that time, he was masked, as he did not know how Xia Tao Hua had recognized him.

Xia Tao Hua seemed to have seen the doubt in his eyes, as she pursed her bloodless lips and said, “I coincidentally saw the birthmark behind guard Qi’s ear that day.”

Hearing Xia Tao Hua mention the birthmark behind his ear, Qi Feng subconsciously raised his hand and touched behind his ear.

The position of this birthmark could not be considered obvious, but it was also not too hidden. It was not strange that Xia Tao Hua could see it.

Qi Feng did not hide anything, he only lowered his eyes and spoke with a solemn voice: “It’s nothing much.”

“Aligning the guards might be a simple task, but to me, it is a great favor to save lives.”

Xia Tao Hua bowed in front of the bodyguards, “Thank you for saving my life.”

“Princess is too polite. If there are no other orders, this subordinate will take his leave first.”

After he finished speaking, he did not spare Xia Tao Hua another glance as he turned and left.

Xia Tao Hua could feel that Qi Feng was obviously distant from her. That day, when Yan Yuan ordered him to take care of her, he did not do this, and in order to dispel the fear that she felt towards him. He, who rarely smiled, forcefully looked at her and gave his a smile that he thought was gentle.

However, these past few days …

Xia Tao Hua frowned, some thoughts passing through her mind, but very quickly, she ignored them.

She, Xia Tao Hua, could not afford some things.

Withdrawing her gaze from Qi Feng, she turned around and walked into her room, the lines on her face slowly cooling down.

The assassins sent by Imperial Concubine Lan to kill her and Prime Minister Wen when the Imperial Court came to the capital that day were, needless to say, those sent by Imperial Concubine Lan.

Imperial Concubine Lan knew how attractive her face was, and also knew how much of an impact her marriage with Easternum would have on her and her son’s status.

Thus, he did not care about the fact that this was already the territory of the Easternum, and the reason why he sent the assassins over.

Thinking of this, Xia Tao Hua’s eyes slightly narrowed. Imperial Concubine Lan wanted her to die and pave the way for her son. There would come a day when she would send her son to heaven.

After Xia Tao Hua gave the crazy old man the acupuncture, the old man had not woken up for a few days. However, from the pulse, he knew that there was nothing wrong with it.

In order to not delay the journey, they decided to bring him along and set off directly.

At this time, the Nanling and soldiers gathered outside of Qi Zhou city started to clamor.

Qi Zhou city was a city that was easy to attack but hard to defend. As it was also the border between the two countries, it had high requirements for the city’s generals.

The one in charge of defending Qi Zhou City was Han Jia, one of the deputy generals under Zheng Qing Feng’s command. It could be said that Zheng Qing Feng had raised her personally.

After all, this kind of terrain that was easy to attack but hard to defend, if it wasn’t for Han Jia who guarded this place, the Nanling and army would have already taken over this place.

“General, what should we do now?”

The deputy general standing beside Han Jia frowned as he looked at the soldiers clamoring beneath the city walls.

The terrain here was difficult to defend, and it would not be easy for General Han to survive until now. If the army of the imperial government did not come soon, and they waited for the Nanling and the xieqing to add more troops, they would eventually die in Qi Zhou city.

His thoughts were the same as the deputy general beside him. Currently, the enemy possessed the advantage of geography and had only sent tens of thousands of people to lead the way. If they were to increase their strength, the situation would become extremely bad.

“Where are the two princes?”

“He should be here in two days.”

Hearing this, Han Jia nodded her head, “Let the soldiers persevere. We’ll just have to wait for the two princes to arrive.”

“Yes.”

And at this time, in the army camp outside of Qi Continent, the person in charge of the city attack this time was Nanling’s General Zhenwei, Ling Su. Beside him stood Nanling’s Prime Minister Ren Dao Yuan, who had arrived along with his army.

“Lord Prime Minister, please look. Qi Zhou city is hard to defend. This kind of terrain is extremely advantageous for us. Why are we not adding troops to attack it?”

Ling Su also knew in her heart that with Qi Zhou city’s current terrain, he had sent fifty thousand troops to attack the city. Ling Su also knew in her heart that with Qi Zhou city’s terrain, he had sent fifty thousand troops to attack the city.

Thinking about it, Ling Su still felt indignant in her heart.

Ren Dao Yuan raised his drooping eyelids, and said: “This is the emperor’s wish, General Ling will do as you say.”

If he were to go all out to attack the city, Ren Dao Yuan was very clear that Han Jia might not be able to hold on.

If Qin Xuan made a move, it would be hard for the capital to hold on. Therefore, we cannot use all of the troops to attack the city, we can only guard here, in case of need.

When the Yan Xiao brothers reached the city, it would be even more difficult to attack. However, they had to wait for them to arrive.

Without Yan Xiao and Yan Jue protecting the city, it would be much more convenient to do things in the capital.

It was very obvious that both Ren Dao Yuan and Qin Mu Huai had the intention to lure the tiger out of the mountain. However, they did not know that the “tiger” they were hiding in the Jindu had long since lost its claws.