It was barely light by the time Ning Chen got back to the Hall of Martial Honor.

He was the Great Xuan's envoy and could not be missing for too long.

The woman emperor had to attend court and could not sleep late.

Remembering the madness of the night before, Ning Chen shook his head and laughed.

The woman emperor would not be beaten at anything. Worn out to the point of collapse, and she still insisted on being on top.

More than ten days went by in a flash.

Every one of those nights Ning Chen went to Prince Qing's residence to see the child, and kept the woman emperor company while he was there.

But he had stayed in the Wu Kingdom long enough. It was time to go back.

The peace talks had been settled a long time before.

For the Great Xuan, Ning Chen signed a ten-year treaty of non-aggression with the Wu Kingdom, along with a trade treaty.

That day Ning Chen left the Wu Kingdom with Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizheng.

Back at the frontier, Ning Chen stayed several days more.

When he left, Ning Chen took a hundred musketeers with him.

Feng Qizheng asked, curious, "We're back in the Great Xuan. Who would dare touch us here?"

Ning Chen said, smiling, "It's being back in the Great Xuan that makes it dangerous."

In the Wu Kingdom they were the Great Xuan's envoys. If anything happened to them, the two kingdoms would be at each other's throats.

So the Wu Kingdom would find every way it could to keep them safe.

Back in the Great Xuan it was more dangerous, not less.

From the frontier to Mangzhou was about half a month, and the road passed several places where the ground was against them.

Feng Qizheng made a sound, and then thought of something, and his face turned lewd.

Ning Chen glanced at him. "Thinking about the girls in the Wu Kingdom?"

Feng Qizheng grinned foolishly, lechery all over his face.

"I have to say it, the girls in the Wu Kingdom really can…