After hearing this, Nie Zefeng raised the sword in his hand and said: "Let me tell you, as long as the court is determined and concentrates its power, the Xiongnu will never be the opponent of the Han!"

The palace maid's eyes became excited.

"There are two ways. One is to once and for all make a big move (fa

(famine), fight to the death. This large-scale military operation requires sufficient preparation time. This requires your patience; the second is to use heavy rewards and generous rewards to recruit people to strengthen the border. What do you mean, let you start from Yecheng

Return to the frontier and the court will give you sufficient settlement expenses.

The cost of building fortifications, the cost of farming, training all of you into a powerful force, and distributing the best weapons. While farming, Cao Xu, guarding the country and Cao State as one, are you willing to give it a try? I think you can give it a try, wandering in Ye

It is not a long-term solution to live in a city relying on porridge shops!”

The refugees made a noise and asked: "The imperial court has paid enough money? Can your words be true?"

"I can convince King Chu, as long as you are willing to give it a try!"

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.

Cao Zhang led a group of Yu Lin into the shed. When he saw Nie Zefeng in front of the fire, he shouted: "Your Majesty ------"

"Your Majesty?" The victims were stunned.

Nie Zefeng stood up with a smile and said: "When will you decide? When will I give you money to colonize the border areas and settle down in Cao Kingdom?"

The refugees were a little stunned at first, and said doubtfully: "Your Majesty...? That means you...you are your Majesty?" He knelt down with tears in his eyes, "We will remember your words!"

Nie Zefeng nodded happily and looked up.

Unexpectedly, countless refugees were kneeling on their knees. Muffled whimpering could be heard from the crowd, like a trumpet before the war started.

Nie Zefeng walked towards the palace maid.

The palace maid stared blankly at Nie Zefeng, with reverence in her eyes.

Nie Zefeng took off a piece of jade from his body and handed it into her hand: "Take this with you and come to the palace tomorrow to find me." Nie Zefeng turned around and called to Cao Zhang: "Get on your horse! Go back to the palace!"

At this time, there was silence in Sun Shangxiang's dormitory, but everyone knew that this was not a peaceful place.

A row of maids stood holding utensils in their hands.

Sun Shangxiang looked at each place one by one, and then asked: "Is this the morning dew at midnight?"

"Back to the princess, yes, they are all picked bit by bit from the leaves of hibiscus. We will stay there at the third watch." "Put it down and go out. I can't stand the filthiness of you people when making holy dew!"

The maids put down their utensils and retreated.

Sun Shangxiang collected a small amount of morning dew from each container into the bottle in his hand, always busy with miscellaneous ingredients.

A maid walked in, it was Linger from before.

Ling'er walked in mysteriously and said: "The princess is saved."

"What's wrong, Ling'er, what makes you so excited?"

"This slave has just met an expert. Why do you want to gain something? He is amazing."

"What master?"

"This woman's name is Chu Fu. She knows half of the things in heaven and everything on earth. The most valuable thing is that she can make your wishes come true!"

"I have seen many such scammers. My mother has a group of such cult warlocks."

"This Chufu is different. She can cure diseases without taking a pulse. Her eyes are different from those of ordinary people. They can directly see through your internal organs! Let me tell you, after she looked at your slave, she actually said something strange.

thing."

: "Oh, what's the strange thing?"

Ling'er replied hesitantly: "She, she, she actually saw that the king favored his slave in Tianlu Pavilion that time..."

"It's just you!" Sun Shangxiang was startled, then angrily slapped Ling'er.

Sun Shangxiang asked sharply: "When did it happen? Why don't I know?"

Ling'er, who covered her face, replied aggrievedly: "At that time, the princess had not yet married...the slave was also with the ancestor..."

Sun Shangxiang's anger subsided and he said slowly: "Has she noticed what happened so early?"

Ling'er got excited and said hurriedly: "So, the slave said that she is an expert. Why doesn't the princess let her try?"

"Ask her to come! If it's true, it's fine. If not, I'll take care of you too!"

Sun Shangxiang was still concentrating on making bottles and jars. He opened his mouth and swallowed the prepared liquid in one gulp.

Sun Shangxiang felt the taste of the liquid comfortably.

A female voice came from behind: "The princess is still in the flowering season, so there is no need to take pollen nectar. The princess's disease does not lie in herself..."

Sun Shangxiang turned around excitedly.

The wizard Chu Fu had bright eyes.

Chu Fu looked at it with empty eyes and continued: "The princess has a high heart and strong courage. Although her kidneys are insufficient, her liver is very good. She has a fair appetite and lacks sleep..."

Sun Shangxiang said: "Nonsense, I don't need an imperial doctor. What you say is exactly the same as those quack doctors in the palace. They always want to prescribe medicine for me. I said, save those medicines, I only need eight strong men!"

Sun Shangxiang smiled wildly.

"The imperial doctor needs to take the pulse, but I only rely on my naked eyes; the imperial doctor can only feel the qi and blood, but I can see the shape and color."

"Okay, keep talking!"

"I'm not talking about the princess's body, I'm talking about the princess's fate."

Sun Shangxiang remained silent.

"The princess was born rich and noble, with gold as her house and white jade as her bed. She could have had children and be hereditary emperor, but she didn't want to but was guilty of a name."

"Which name?"

Chu Fu deliberately played it off, and then waited for a while before saying: "Cao Jie!"

Sun Shangxiang was startled and asked quickly: "What do you mean?"

"Who does the princess have a husband with?"

"Cao Jie and I have the same husband, but the king has many concubines!"

"But there is only one surnamed Cao. 'Cao Zi' and 'Cao Fu', so what's the matter with you, Princess?"

"Yes, how come you chose this name by such a coincidence?"

"So I want to say that the problem with the princess is not in herself."

"Is there anything I can do to change this?"

"The person who harmed the princess is the reincarnation of the rabbit spirit. The servant can make her show her original form and then cause the fire to burn her. In this way, the evil people can no longer harm the empress."

"Rabbit spirit? Cao Jie is born in the year of rabbit. No wonder she can confuse a generation of emperors."

"The practice of this essence is very deep. If the queen wants to avoid being harmed by it, she can always think about the appearance of the slave. If the queen wants to eliminate the disaster once and for all, then the slave must follow the procedure, which will take a total of three seven and twenty-one days."

"Eliminated once and for all, of course!"

From then on, wizards in strange costumes came and went in Sun Shangxiang's bedroom.

In the room, cigarette smoke fills the air, people wear red and green Chu clothes, burn incense and pay homage to the table, and perform curses.

, several peach and plum wooden figures, write Cao Jie's name on them with a red pen, use a few large needles to poke into the head and chest of the wooden figures, then wrap them in silk, and hand them over to several maids and palace servants.

The maid and palace maid took it and left with a mysterious expression.

Sun Shangxiang was kneeling on the ground, and several assistants from Chufu were surrounding her, murmuring and dancing with their hands and feet.

…………

Another night, Sun Shangxiang, wearing pajamas, walked in from outside the curtain.

Nie Zefeng, who was dozing off, had fallen asleep on the couch with his clothes on.

Sun Shangxiang came over and was busy adjusting Nie Zefeng's sleeping position. Cao Jie murmured: "Sleep properly... If you don't come back for a few days, you won't be able to sleep properly... Move in..."

When she was undressing Nie Zefeng, a memorial in Nie Zefeng's hand fell to the floor of the couch, making a loud noise.

Cao Jie turned around and picked it up under the couch.

He was startled as soon as his hand touched Zou Cheng. At the corner of the couch next to Zou Cheng, the edge of silk was vaguely exposed.

Cao Jie pulled at the edge of the silk in confusion and pulled out a hidden object.

She took it in her hand and slowly unfolded the silk.

Cao Jie exclaimed "Wow".

Nie Zefeng opened his eyes, hugged the frightened Cao Jie and asked, "What happened to my concubine?"

Cao Jie looked frightened and shouted: "Your Majesty, look ---"

Nie Zefeng looked ------

On the unfolded silk, there was a human figure made of peach and plum wood, with several large needles clearly inserted into it. On the human figure was written in ink: Cao Jie.

"Where did you find it?"
To be continued...