In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

However, in the eyes of most people, the surrounding scenery has not changed much. Firstly, no matter where they go, there is a vast snowfield in front of them. The white snow covers all the scenery that can be seen, giving people a sense of reality.

On the other hand, it was also because, in the past half month, they had not gone very far.

In half a month, they only advanced less than 500 miles.

This is very unbelievable for the cavalry. You must know that if it is a lightly armed cavalry, it may be possible to travel hundreds of miles in one day. When Zhu Feng was young, he once traveled hundreds of miles in depth and galloped here.

On a grassland.

But now, their speed is more than ten times shorter than the speed of real cavalry.

Of course, this situation is not bad for them.

In the evening of that day, the team found another leeward valley. After setting up camp, they lit several bonfires. After a while, the air was filled with the aroma of barbecue oil and a strong smell of medicine.

The smell of medicine was naturally from Aunt Tongyun, who was beside the imperial concubine. She set up a small stove not far behind the royal tent and started boiling medicine. Ever since they went deep into the hinterland of the grassland, this matter was no longer a secret. Everyone knew it, but no one knew it.

Dare not say anything more.

After all, there is also a concubine in the team who is not inferior to His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty's wrist has become much softer over the years, but the concubine is more than a little stronger than before. More than ten days ago, the three of them gathered together to discuss the Emperor's dragon.

After all the soldiers were executed by her, the army no longer dared to discuss anything.

But even so, when Aunt Tongyun walked back with the boiled soup, she was still very cautious and tried not to meet too many people.

As soon as I turned a corner, I bumped into Ying Shao.

It didn't matter to him. Aunt Tongyun nodded gently to him: "Master Ying."

Ying Shao also bowed his hands politely, and then said: "Girl, do you have any instructions, what should I prepare for tonight's dinner?"

Aunt Tongyun said: "My Majesty did not give any orders. After I finished the medicine, I sat a pot of porridge on the stove. The emperor has not eaten very much these days. He can only drink some porridge and water."

Yingshao's brows furrowed.

But he didn't say anything more. He just said softly: "The army slaughtered a cow. I specially ordered people to keep the very tender meat. I would like to trouble my aunt to ask the emperor and the empress. In this weather, it is better to eat some meat."

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Aunt Tongyun nodded and said, "I understand."

After saying that, she smiled again: "The food in the army has been getting better and better recently."

Yingshao also smiled bitterly and said, "It's a shame they lost so much."

The reason why the lightly-armed cavalry can travel hundreds of miles a day is because they don’t carry much supplies. This also has a disadvantage, that is, logistical supplies have become a big problem. Once food runs out, the light cavalry may starve to death on the grassland.

Above. Although they carried a lot of dry food for this expedition, they could go deep into the hinterland of the grassland. In addition, Ma Butou was unable to replenish water sources, so logistical supplies would still become a big problem.

But right now, they have plenty of food, and it's even getting better and better.

The reason is that the people of Tan country who followed Monk to migrate away from Kulun City left a lot of supplies along the way, most of which were cattle and sheep that were scattered in a panic. After they picked up these cattle and sheep, they became

Ready-made meals.

So these days, the slaughter of cattle and sheep in the army has reduced everyone's uneasiness a lot, and everyone even feels that living like this is not a bad life.

The only thing that made them uneasy was that no matter how good the food in the army was, the food that His Majesty the Emperor could eat was getting less and less.

It was also because of this that Ying Shao, the commander of the Imperial Guards, came to ask this question personally.

Aunt Tongyun sighed, and then said: "Actually, it's not that I haven't tried to persuade you, but the emperor has lost his appetite just for drinking medicine these days, and I don't have much to do with it. I just try to coax him to take one more bite.

I will tell your Majesty what you think."

Yingshao nodded: "Excuse me, aunt."

Aunt Tongyun nodded, then walked forward with the tray in hand, and soon entered the king's tent.

Inside the tent, it feels as warm as spring.

As soon as Aunt Tongyun walked in, she heard a suppressed cough. She stopped immediately after seeing her entering the tent. But even so, she could still hear a breathless sound, as if there was a hand turning in her chest.

Stirring, and looking up, you can see bursts of bright red on Zhu Feng's pale face, but Aunt Tongyun is well versed in medical science, and she can tell at a glance that it is not a good complexion, on the contrary, that kind of sickly bright red will only

It made her feel even heavier.

But at this time, she didn't dare to say anything.

After all, the imperial concubine was sitting behind His Majesty the Emperor. She was still slowly wiping his back with one hand to help him calm down. She only raised her head and glanced lightly. Aunt Tongyun immediately lowered her head and whispered: "Your Majesty, your Majesty.

, the medicine is ready."

Nan Yan said: "Let it go."

Aunt Tongyun put down the medicine bowl, thought for a while, and said softly: "Today, the army killed a cow, and Lord Ying kept the very tender meat to honor the emperor and the empress."

Nan Yan glanced at Zhu Feng for a moment, and saw that he was still panting lightly with the handkerchief covering his mouth, so he said, "No need."

Aunt Tongyun sighed in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything. She bowed and turned to leave.

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor said softly in a hoarse voice: "Won't you eat a little?"

Aunt Tongyun immediately stopped and turned around to see Zhu Feng turning his head slightly to look at Nan Yan. Nan Yan said softly: "The emperor doesn't want to eat. It's pointless for me to eat alone."

Zhu Feng frowned slightly and said, "What nonsense are you talking about."

Nan Yan said: "Anyway, there is porridge. I just want to drink some hot porridge."

Zhu Feng took two more breaths, then raised his head and said to Aunt Tongyun: "Go down and tell Ying Shao that I and the concubine will use some, but don't make the smell too strong."

Aunt Tongyun was overjoyed and immediately said: "I'll go right now, slave."

After saying that, he hurriedly opened the tent and went out.

A happy smile suddenly appeared on Nan Yan's face, but it quickly subsided because she saw at a glance that there was a dazzling red color in the center of the handkerchief Zhu Feng was holding.

This is not the first time, nor is it even the first time I have seen it today.

The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes.

And Zhu Feng's health became even worse.

He was still secretive at first, but after the two of them got to know each other, he stopped covering up. On the contrary, Nan Yan tried to cover up for him. Not only did he rest and sleep much longer every day than before, but he also had to eat

There are a lot less things than before, and the number of times I cough up blood is more than before, and even——
Chapter completed!