Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 264: One Person, One Exchange

Xiao Mo's last words touched Yang Zerui's heart.

He and Zhaoning had gone through countless hardships to be together, and just as they were about to get married, they encountered something like this.

Whether for his Zhao Ning or for anyone else, he must listen to Xiao Mo, otherwise it will implicate more than just one person.

"I will be careful, General Xiao. If you come up with a better solution, I hope you won't hide it from me."

Yang Zerui breathed a sigh of relief, pursed his lips, and looked at Xiao Mo seriously.

Xiao Mo pulled the corner of her mouth slightly and nodded: "I will tell you, you go back."

Taoyuan was not far ahead. She only wanted to see Murong Shu and felt there was no need to bring Yang Zerui with her.

Yang Zerui stopped his horse, saluted her, turned around and rode away without saying anything.

Two days later, Qi Minxiu did not return with his troops. Thinking that Xu Renchuan in the cell might be tortured, Xiao Mo did not dare to wait any longer.

She didn't know why Qi Minxiu and Shen Yun had not returned yet, so she planned to go to Jinkai City to check the situation after rescuing Xu Renchuan.

But plans often cannot keep up with changes.

When she sneaked into the prison in black clothes and found Xu Renchuan who was beaten all over his body, before she could say two words, Qi Yue came out from the corner with a smile.

"Amo, why did you come after two days? I didn't sleep at all during these two nights."

Xiao Mo was startled for a moment, but quickly calmed down. She turned around and looked at him coldly: "Let him go."

She did not ask him why he arrested Xu Renchuan, nor did she blame him for lynching him. Instead, she directly stated her purpose in two words.

Before coming here, she was still hesitating whether to tell Yang Zerui, but thinking that Qi Yue would most likely be lying in ambush here, she gave up the idea.

Fortunately, they didn't bring him along, otherwise they would have been killed together.

If Qi Minxiu came back by then, there would be no one to pick him up in the imperial city.

Looking at the stubborn Xiao Mo, Qi Yue walked towards her with an even wider smile: "He disturbed the morale of the army and should be executed according to the law. I spared him for your sake."

"You!" Xiao Mo was about to scold him, but Xu Renchuan reached out and grabbed her: "General Xiao, don't worry about me, find a way to get out of this quickly."

Xiao Mo looked back at him and held his hand: "I can't abandon you for either public or private reasons."

Yu Gong, he was a major force in the campaign against Qi Yue and Concubine Liang. Without him, they would have had a much harder time.

Personally, he is Shen Yun's fiancé. Shen Yun risked her life to go out of the city to pick up Qi Minxiu. If she came back and found that he was seriously injured or gone, she couldn't imagine how sad she would be.

Looking at her determined eyes, Xu Renchuan wanted to persuade her again, but before he could say anything, she pulled her hand back and turned away.

"Don't say all that nonsense, like trying to disrupt the morale of the army. Aren't you capturing him just to lure me out if I escape someday?"

Qi Yue walked up to her and gently took her hand: "Since you know, let's go back. Yilan Palace has stewed your favorite pig's trotters."

Xiao Mo looked straight at him and glanced behind him: "I can go back with you, but the premise is that you have to let him go."

"No problem." He waved his hand, and the jailer came forward to open the cell and the handcuffs on Xu Renchuan's hands and feet.

Xu Renchuan supported himself against the iron gate, and as soon as he raised his foot, he knelt down on one knee because he could not bear the weight of his body.

Xiao Mo instinctively reached out to help him, but before her hand touched him, Qi Yue pulled her aside.

He gave a wink, and the two guards behind him came forward and supported him on the left and right.

"Send the deputy commander back to his residence, and summon the imperial physician to give him a thorough examination."

"Yes……"

Before the guard could finish his words, Xiao interrupted him: "Wait, I want him to leave the palace."

Qi Yue glanced at Xu Renchuan behind her with an unclear look, then looked back at her.

Just as she was about to speak, she shook off his hand and walked towards Xu Renchuan.

"Shen Yun regards me as her elder sister, so he is half my brother-in-law. Only when he is sent out of the palace will I feel at ease to go back to Yilan Palace with you."

She said as she checked his injuries.

When she saw the whip marks of varying depths, even though she had fought on the battlefield many times, she couldn't help but gasp.

Noticing that she was in a bad mood, Qi Yue quickly walked up to her and embraced her, then glanced at Yuan Mu who was standing beside her.

"Go and find out who abused lynching and beat people like this. Find them and punish them severely."

"Yes."

Xiao Mo sneered and took his hand away from his waist: "Yuan Mu, go prepare the horse first."

After giving the order, she turned to look at another guard and said, "You, go get some clean clothes."

The two looked at Qi Yue, waiting for his orders.

Qi Yue glanced at the two of them, frowning slightly: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you follow the Crown Princess's orders?"

"Yes."

On the city wall, after watching Xu Renchuan leave the palace gate, Xiao Mo's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled down.

Feeling the force on her shoulder, she withdrew her worried gaze, looked up at the person beside her with a layer of frost.

Qi Yue looked at her with a smile in his eyes and said, "Let's go back to Yilan Palace for dinner."

"Wait a minute, I want to go see Zhaoning before I go back."

Xiao Mo stood there, refusing to leave.

Qi Yue was puzzled as to why she suddenly made this request and asked doubtfully, "Zhao Ning is doing well in Zhaohe Palace, why are you going to see her?"

"Because I'm afraid you'll treat her badly."

"After all, she is my sister, and she poses no threat to my power. How could I possibly treat her unfairly?"

Xiao Mo didn't say anything else, just looked into his eyes coldly.

After a moment of confrontation, Qi Yue raised the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly: "Since you don't believe it, then I will go with you."

On the way to Showa Shrine, there is a stone bridge and under the bridge is a pond full of lotus flowers.

In the past, Xiao Mo always thought it was a pond, but later she found out that it was actually a narrow river flowing outside the palace.

However, the palace is different from other places. The water surface is arranged very beautifully, which makes it easy for people to overlook its potential function.

When passing by that place, Xiao Mo used the excuse of being a little tired to rest in the pavilion by the river.

Qi Yue didn't think much about it. He felt that she really couldn't be tired after recovering from a minor illness, so he stayed by her side.

"The lotus flowers in this season seem to be more colorful than those in summer."

Xiao Mo looked at the calm water with gentle eyes, and suddenly asked with a smile.

Qi Yue stared at her charming profile, then turned his head to look at the lotus flowers blooming in the water.

"These are new varieties that my father has cultivated after two years of research. They are called Four Seasons Lotus."

"Four-season lotus? As far as I know, lotus only blooms in midsummer."

Xiao Mo stood up and walked to the fence, her eyes shining with admiration: "Why, does the emperor like lotus very much?"

Qi Yue walked up to her, put his hands behind his back, narrowed his eyes, and shook his head gently: "The one my father likes is the crabapple flower, and the one who likes lotus is the concubine of the past."

Concubine Shu? Qi Minxiu's mother?