Chapter 1117 Retreat Without Fighting

When Xiao Xixi fell into a drowsy sleep, she felt that her side sank and someone lay down.

Feeling the familiar breath, she consciously turned over and rolled into the other's arms.

Luo Qinghan hugged her casually, and rubbed her chin against the top of her hair.

Xiao Xixi raised her eyelids with difficulty, and asked in a low voice.

"how's it going?"

She asked endlessly, but Luo Qinghan understood what she was asking.

He said softly, "The Empress Dowager is indeed seriously ill."

Xiao Xixi looked up at him, trying to comfort him, but found that there was no sadness in his eyes.

He still looks so calm.

It seemed that the Empress Dowager's seriously ill younger brother hadn't affected him in any way.

Xiao Xixi suddenly didn't know what to say.

Luo Qinghan kissed her forehead, and asked in a low voice: "I feel a little cold, can you hug me?"

Xiao Xixi hugged him without hesitation, pressed her face to his chest, and rubbed her face affectionately.

Luo Qinghan felt her heart gradually warm up.

This warm current spread from the heart to all the limbs.

He was not so cold at last.

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The news that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill spread among the royal family.

Princess Hua'an, who had escaped into Buddhism, felt extremely uncomfortable when she heard about this.

She really wanted to go to the Taimiao to see her mother, but she was still a sinner, so how could she have the face to ask the emperor?

In the end, she could only be alone in the Buddhist hall, chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha silently, hoping that her mother could seek blessings and help her mother overcome this difficulty.

It is now the end of the year, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon.

Everyone has prepared things and is ready to celebrate the new year happily, but now the Empress Dowager is seriously ill and may die at any time, no one dares to celebrate at this time, and every household is very low-key.

The palace has even begun to prepare the things needed for the funeral.

The mausoleum of the Empress Dowager has already been built, and now it only needs to be checked by someone to make sure there is no problem.

After the British king Luo Yechen obtained the emperor's consent, he took the princess and his son to the Taimiao.

They went to visit the Empress Dowager.

However, the empress dowager has been in a coma, unable to respond to the outside world.

The British King's family of three soon left the Taimiao.

Later, other princes and nobles were allowed by the emperor to enter the Taimiao to visit the Empress Dowager.

Everyone knows very well that this is actually the last side.

Time passed day by day.

Seeing that the end of the year is getting closer, Luo Qinghan suddenly received a good news from Wanhai City——

There was turmoil in the Qiandao Kingdom, and the national teacher wanted to murder the emperor and control the government, and forcibly launched a war against Dasheng on the grounds of avenging the third princess and the little prince.

However, the three princesses returned to Qiandao State safely not long ago, and together with General Jin entered the palace to rescue the emperor, and the national teacher was assassinated by a mysterious person at the same time and died unexpectedly.

The emperor of Thousand Islands was successfully rescued, and the civil strife came to an end.

The army of Thousand Islands moored near the port of Wanhai City has withdrawn, and the emperor of Thousand Islands also sent a letter of apology to Emperor Dasheng, asking him to let go of the past and restore the friendly diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Luo Qinghan announced the news the next morning.

This should be regarded as the only good news in recent days.

The courtiers showed smiles one after another. While congratulating the emperor, they also did not forget to flatter the emperor. They believed that only the emperor was wise and powerful, so that they could be blessed by the heavens and let the enemy retreat without a fight.

Now that the war is over, Xiao Lingfeng should return to the court with his troops.

However, Wanhai City is too far away from Shengjing, and it will be at least a month before they come back.

Today is a new year, Xiao Xixi wants to go out of the palace to have a meal with his seniors, Luo Qinghan naturally wants to accompany him.

Instead of eating in restaurants and bars outside, they had a hot pot in the courtyard where the brothers lived.

The ingredients are all prepared by the brothers themselves, and the hot pot base is also fried by the brothers themselves.

When they were in Xuanmen, they often got together to eat hot pot and have barbecues. They have long been familiar with hot pot recipes.

Since Luo Qinghan and Fang Wujiu couldn't eat spicy food, they made a mandarin duck pot.

Xiao Xixi picked up a large amount of mutton slices with chopsticks, put them in a pot to boil until cooked, then put them into a dipping bowl, let them be covered with rich sauce, and then stuffed them into her mouth, eating with relish.

Pei Qianhuo took a sip of his wine and clicked his tongue.

"It's only the little brother, our brothers and sisters can gather together, and I don't know when the little brother will come back?"

Luo Qinghan said lightly: "It will take about a month for him to come back with Xiao Lingfeng's army."

Xiao Xixi picked up another large handful of mutton and put it into the pot, asking.

"Didn't Junior Brother look at each other with the third princess? Is he willing to leave the third princess behind?"

Fang Wujiu casually handed a piece of fish to Old Wang who was squatting at his feet, and said calmly, "Even if he is reluctant, he has to come back."

Xiao Xixi was puzzled: "Why?"

Wen Jiucheng held a book in one hand and picked up vegetables with chopsticks at the other. Hearing this, he looked up at her and said.

"He knew about your baldness overnight, and he was furious. How could he stay in the Thousand Islands? He must come back to see you with his own eyes."

Pei Qianhuo poured himself another glass of wine, and said with emotion: "No matter how important a daughter-in-law is, she is not as important as a senior sister."

Xiao Xixi is most afraid of being mentioned about her gray hair.

She didn't think her white hair was too ugly, but she was afraid that Luo Qinghan would feel uncomfortable because of it.

She grayed her hair to save Luo Qinghan, Luo Qinghan didn't say it on the face, but she always cared about it in her heart.

In private, he asked the people in the Tai Hospital to search around for ways to make his hair black, in order to restore Xixi to its original state.

He didn't let anyone tell Xixi about these things, but Fang Wujiu told her everything.

Xiao Xixi put a large handful of freshly blanched mutton slices into Wen Jiucheng's bowl, and forcibly changed the subject.

"Second Senior Brother, stop reading and eat meat, this mutton is delicious!"

Wen Jiucheng immediately put down the book in his hand, ate a piece of mutton, and said with a smile, "It's really delicious."

Pei Qianhuo immediately put the wine glass on the table and said with a half-smile.

"It turns out that Xixi only has second senior brother in his eyes. Am I third senior brother not worthy of eating the mutton you scalded?"

Xiao Xixi hurriedly scalded another chopstick of mutton and put it in Pei Qianhuo's bowl.

Pei Qianhuo was immediately satisfied.

Fang Wujiu sighed for a long time: "I haven't even eaten a piece of mutton until now."

Xiao Xixi had no choice but to burn another handful of mutton slices for the elder brother.

Luo Qinghan looked at her expressionlessly, without saying anything, just staring at her steadfastly.

Xiao Xixi: "..."

She stretched her chopsticks towards the plate containing the mutton slices again, only to find that the mutton was gone, leaving only a bare plate.

Xiao Xixi could only turn around, picked up a piece of fish, cooked it and put it in Luo Qinghan's bowl, leaned over and whispered to him.

"This fish is more delicious than mutton, and it's very fresh and tender. I won't tell anyone else, but I'll just tell you."

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Good morning everyone~

Brothers: Immediately, I feel that the mutton in my mouth is not fragrant.

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