Chapter 72 Nonsense
His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough to fall clearly into Zuo Xiangning's ears.

But Zuo Xiangning pretended not to hear.

"How long do you plan to stay here, Prince?" Zuo Xiangning asked.

"Undecided." Ling Xiao asked, "Do you want to go back?"

"I ran out secretly." Zuo Xiangning said worriedly: "I don't know if I can rush back now and have time to do the hairpin ceremony."

Her aunt and her eldest sister had already started preparing for her haircut ceremony a year in advance.

"Now that we are rushing back day and night, we may not be able to make it in time." Ling Xiao thought for a moment and said, "If you want to go back, I will find someone to escort you."

"Let me discuss it with my eldest brother." Zuo Xiangning thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if my eldest brother will be able to return to the capital at the end of the year."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult this year." Ling Xiao said: "The Tatars have invaded so frequently this year, which is not a good sign."

Ling Xiao looked at Zuo Xiangning, "Without your warning, we would have suffered heavy losses."

"I'm afraid they will attack again and again." Zuo Xiangning was always worried that she would not be able to remind her next time if she reminded her this time.

"We reacted so quickly these two times and killed them without leaving a single piece of them. They should also be frightened." Ling Xiao said: "It's just that in the past few years, the Tatars have been staying in their own territory peacefully. Suddenly like this Crazy attack, I don’t know if there is some reason that we don’t know.”

Zuo Xiangning carefully recalled her past life, but found nothing.

When Zuo Zixi came out of his uncle's room, Zuo Xiangning pulled him and asked him to write a letter to the capital quickly.

"You know you're anxious now?" Zuo Zixi was angry and funny and took her back to his tent.

Ling Xiao also followed behind them.

"Master, please rest early. If anything happens, we can wait until tomorrow." Zuo Zixi stopped Ling Xiao at the entrance of the camp.

"I have something very important to tell you." Ling Xiao said, "And I think I should also know about your sister."

Zuo Zixi looked at Zuo Xiangning in confusion.

"What do I want you to know?" Zuo Xiangning poked her head out from behind her eldest brother, "What I want to talk to my eldest brother is about family matters. If the prince really has something urgent, then you guys should talk first."

Zuo Zixi had long suspected that Zuo Xiangning and Ling Xiao had an unusual relationship, but now that he heard what he said, he thought he wanted to have a showdown with him.

Zuo Zixi opened the door and said, "Master, please come in."

Ling Xiao sat down next to Zuo Xiangning, and Zuo Zixi sat across from them, looked at them and said, "Which one of you will speak first?"

Zuo Xiangning looked at them inexplicably, "What did you say?"

"About the things she mentioned about Jinmin Mountain and Guming Mountain, no one can know about it." Ling Xiao spoke first: "Anyone who knows, you have to find a way to silence them. Xiang Ning can't talk to anyone anymore. Talk about it."

"Then what should I tell my family about the reason why she came here?" Zuo Zixi asked Ling Xiao the troublesome question.

"What do you think?" Ling Xiao asked Zuo Xiangning, "Did you not think of a good reason when you came out of the house?"

"I told my family to go to Cangzhou and rush back before I can get married." Zuo Xiangning blinked her big innocent eyes and said, "I don't know if my family has discovered that I didn't go to Cangzhou. If they find out, I will stay here." I wrote in another letter that I want to come to the border to find my elder brother."

Zuo Zixi looked at Ling Xiao.

"Then hurry up and deliver the letter back. It happened that I was going to the northwest to transport grain and grass, so I brought her here with me." Ling Xiao said, "Then I'll have someone take you back, and try to get home before you get there."

"Looking at the current situation, Xiang Ning can't leave yet." Zuo Zixi said with a heavy face: "My brother-in-law said that he got intelligence that more than 1000 Tatars crossed the border. Now we have only found 800 people. There are hundreds of people who don’t know where they are, and tomorrow we will arrange people to investigate carefully in various places.”

Ling Xiao looked at Zuo Xiangning, "Then you will stay here for a while?" "Let's write a letter to my family first." Zuo Xiangning said anxiously: "At least let my family know that I am safe and sound."

Zuo Zixi took a pen and started writing. Zuo Xiangning stood beside him and helped him sharpen the ink. "Brother, you write at the back. After Xiang Ning returns, mother cannot be punished or angry."

Zuo Zixi looked up at her and added this sentence.

"Also, you can add that my mother and eldest sister are not feeling well, so the Zhang Rui family should ask Doctor Liu Qian and Liu to come for diagnosis and treatment." Zuo Xiangning added.

"Who is this Liu Qian?" Zuo Zixi added as he was told.

"Liu Qian is a very powerful doctor." Zuo Xiangning stood there and read the letter again, "You can add another sentence and say that it was Xiang Ning who said it. Gifts are not mandatory, but gifts are required. Help her accept it."

Zuo Zixi paused for a moment, then continued to write, and said with a smile: "You are so stingy. It's okay not to want those gifts. You can break them into silver and I will replenish them for you."

"Thank you, brother." Zuo Xiangning smiled and saluted Zuo Zixi.

Ling Xiao looked on with hot eyes.

No wonder Zuo Xiangning is so worried about this eldest brother. This eldest brother treats her like an old father. He does whatever she says.

"Give me the letter, and I will arrange for someone to send it back. I guarantee it will be delivered within five days." Ling Xiao said sitting next to him.

Zuo Zixi looked at Zuo Xiangning.

"Then there will be Mr. Lao Shizi." Zuo Xiangning now wished she could send the letter back immediately.

Zuo Zixi also thanked him, "Thank you, sir."

"Why are you being polite to me?" Ling Xiao stood up with the letter and said, "It's getting late, everyone should rest early."

"Yes." Zuo Zixi sent Ling Xiao to the door of the camp.

Ling Xiao looked back at Zuo Xiangning, "Where are you staying tonight? There are too many people coming in and out of General Zuo's camp. I'm afraid it will be very inconvenient for you to live here. How about I have someone circle out a place in my room? Will you live in it?"

Zuo Zixi raised his eyebrows a little and said hurriedly: "I have prepared a place for her to stay nearby."

"Oh." Ling Xiao left with his hands behind his back.

Zuo Zixi pulled Zuo Xiangning back to the camp and asked in a low voice: "Do you really have nothing to do with the prince? I am your eldest brother. If you don't tell me the truth, how can I help you?"

"I really have nothing to do with him." When Zuo Xiangning said this, she felt a little guilty.

Ling Xiao did say before that he would go to Zuofu to propose marriage when she was old enough, but he didn't mention it once on the way here this time. I guess he didn't want to propose marriage again, right?

"If you don't have a relationship, just stay away from him." Zuo Zixi frowned and said, "This Prince Zhongyuan has always been arrogant and domineering and does whatever he wants. If there are any rumors, it is just a romantic affair for him, but For you, it is a disaster."

Zuo Xiangning lowered her head, "I know."

"Moreover, he is not a good match," Zuo Zixi whispered: "Even if he is happy with you, his family will not agree. You have been wearing men's clothes these days. Live with me in the military camp first, and wait until you are sure Once it's safe, I'll have someone take you back to Beijing."

"Okay." Zuo Xiangning returned to the next room in a depressed mood.

After she finished washing, as soon as she lay down, someone walked into the room.

Zuo Xiangning hurriedly sat up, hugged the quilt, and frowned: "Are you crazy? What if others see you?"

Ling Xiao sat beside her bed and said angrily: "Don't listen to your elder brother's nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)

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