Wonderland of Love 乐游原 Episode 11

Cui Li wanted to capture Cui Lin on the grounds of colluding with the Zhenxi Army. At this moment, Liu Chengfeng arrived in time. Cui Li also asked Liu Chengfeng for credit, claiming that he had eradicated a traitor for the Cui family army. But Liu Chengfeng bluntly said that the so-called evidence in Cui Li's hand was actually written by Taozi. All of this was their plan to find the real dissenters in the army. In this way, Cui Li was deprived of military power.

In order to contain Li Ni, Sun Jing deliberately relaxed the siege on Li Ni's two brothers, letting them kill each other, and finally reap the benefits. But he never expected that Li Ni would readily hand over the city of Luoyang to his two brothers, and then he would make a clever move to attack Aoguan. The terrain of Aoguan is dangerous, reaching the Wei River in the north, the Qinling Mountains in the south, the Central Plains in the east, Guanzhong in the west, and blocking the post roads between Changjing and Luoyang in the west. It is a battleground for military strategists. Taking Aoguan would be equivalent to grabbing the throat of Xichangjing and easily attacking Xichangjing.

In this way, the Zhenxi Army and the Cui Family Army broke out of camp at the same time and went to different places. Last night, Cui Lin slept in the countryside. She looked up at the moonlight and could almost pick the stars with her hands. The day before yesterday, I bought dried fruits at Zhuque Street in Dengdu. They taste very good and are as chewy as chewing them. You can enjoy them with you during the long night. Li Ni sat by the river, carefully reading the letter sent by Cui Lin, enjoying the ordinary little things between the lines, and feeling very satisfied.

Later, Li Ni also wrote to Cui Lin, saying that he had also bought some dried fruits, which would taste better when eaten together with preserved fruits. Cui Lin on the other side tasted it according to Li Ni's words and couldn't help but nod in agreement. Another night, Li Yi brought some sweet-scented osmanthus, looking forward to enjoying it with Cui Lin one day. Cui Lin looked at the moonlight, carefully counting the sweet-scented osmanthus in her hand and smelling its fragrance. The fragrance is tangy and infiltrates the heart.

Aoguan is a majestic place in the world, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Li Ni led his army to fight hard for six days, and he and Pei Yuan took the lead, finally conquering Aoguan. After resting, Li Ni sent a letter to his two brothers in Luoyang, inviting them to besiege West Changjing together. However, he did not really want to cooperate with them, but did the opposite to prevent them from sending troops indiscriminately and causing trouble for him. The result was as expected by Li Nie. After receiving the letter, the two brothers were very disdainful. They even thought that Li Nie wanted to use his own power to help him succeed, so they naturally would not agree. But they believed Cui Li's words and planned to cooperate with them.

The messenger from West Changjing arrived and told the Zhenxi Army to withdraw from Aoguan within three days, otherwise the Liang Prince's Mansion would be razed to the ground. This had long been speculated by Li Ni. In addition, Li Ni had also expected that Sun Jing would send someone to Luoyang City for letters like this. Sure enough, Li Ni's two brothers decided to lead their army to withdraw from Luoyang to show their filial piety. In this way, the Zhenxi Army was in a dilemma. Either they had to give up the Aoguan they had finally won, or they had to bear the reputation of being unfilial.

Just as she was having a headache, Gu Wanniang suddenly came and took the initiative to go to Xichangjing to deal with Sun Jing and rescue Prince Liang. There were many old aristocratic families in the capital, all of whom were devoted to the country, but Sun Jing was so powerful that he couldn't bear to speak out. Therefore, Gu Wanniang planned to return to Beijing to secretly contact those loyal old ministers in the name of the Suppressing the West Army, bribe the old people in the palace, and maybe have a chance to rescue Prince Liang. But this move was really dangerous and Li Ni did not agree.

Here, Li Ni's letter has been placed in Xiao's palace. Although there was not much between the lines, Xiao could tell that Li Yi wanted to cooperate with her. So, Mrs. Xiao asked people to move the orchids under the window as agreed in the letter.