Remarried to a top-tier playboy, her reborn ex-husband is filled with regret.

"You can't just lie in bed all the time when you're pregnant."

Moving around appropriately is very beneficial to production.

If a woman sits still all day and raises the child to an excessively large size, and her own health is weak, then she is more likely to experience a difficult childbirth.

Upon hearing the words "difficult childbirth," Xiao Fang's expression immediately changed.

He turned his head to look at Yun Shuyao's slightly protruding belly, his eyes tightening.

Doctor Mu saw through his thoughts and was happy for Yun Shuyao.

"The prince is quite considerate."

He smiled, then said seriously.

Pregnant women are not afraid of physical activity, but they are most afraid of being in a bad mood.

If you keep bottling up your anger and resentment all day long, that's what really harms your health.

Especially since this northern land is desolate, Your Highness should take the time to coax her more.

"Making the girl smile more is better than any tonic."

Xiao Fang nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely appease her and would never dare to make her angry."

Yun Shuyao blushed and secretly glared at him.

The look in his eyes clearly said: "What are you saying in front of people?"

Xiao Fang pretended not to see it and continued to humbly seek advice from Doctor Mu.

Doctor Mu tilted his head back and laughed, stroked his beard, and gave a long list of precautions before slowly walking away.

The next day, the Northern Hu people approached them and asked to exchange prisoners.

The two armies agreed on a location for exchanging prisoners of war outside an abandoned earthen fort on the border.

The one who came from the Northern Hu was an old minister, accompanied by more than a dozen guards.

On the Daliang side, Lu Zhao and Ming Rui rode side by side.

Lu Zhao leaned back with a grin, without dismounting.

"Your king is truly sincere, sending such an old fellow like you?"

The Northern Hu envoy's face stiffened, but he still suppressed his anger.

"The prince said he is sincere about negotiating peace."

We have your prisoners in our hands, and you have our prince in yours.

A life for a life, that's fair.

"fair?"

Lu Zhao sneered.

"Who said I'd trade my life for yours?"

He raised his chin at Mingrui.

Mingrui took out a register from his bosom.

"Our prince said that if you want to replace the second prince, you can, but you have to exchange him for someone from above."

The Northern Hu envoy frowned as he accepted the document.

The roster was filled with names.

"We need twenty of the Liang generals you captured, not one less."

Lu Zhao held up two fingers and then made a five.

"Three thousand ordinary captured border soldiers."

Add to that the remaining two thousand Northern Hu soldiers, a life for a life.

The Northern Hu envoy's expression changed drastically.

You're all crazy!

How could one prince possibly be replaced by so many people?

This is absolutely impossible! I can't make that decision!

Lu Zhao raised an eyebrow.

"If you can't make the decision, go back and let your king make the decision."

Mingrui then spoke, his tone not harsh.

We have made our point clear.

Whether or not the Second Prince is replaced is up to you. If you don't, don't blame our Prince for being impolite.

The Northern Hu envoy's fingers trembled as he held the scroll of names.

This isn't peace talks; it's pushing him onto the chopping block.

Just then, Xiao Fang had the Second Prince escorted to the city wall.

The second prince was tied to a flagpole, still wearing the clothes he had worn when he was captured, which were now dirty and tattered.

"What do you want?"

The envoy's voice trembled.

Lu Zhao put his hands behind his back and smiled at the envoy.

"What are you doing? Show the Northern Hu King how his son is doing here."

When the first whip lashed out, the Second Prince let out a loud "Aow!"

The sound was shrill and mournful, and it carried far away on the wind.

The Northern Hu envoy turned green upon hearing the shout.

The second prince cried until his face was covered in tears.

"Stop hitting him! Please stop hitting him!"

Father! Father, save me! I'm your own son!

The whip struck with a loud and rapid crack.

Xiao Fang stood not far away, without saying a word.

Lu Zhao looked at the Northern Hu envoy with a smile and said:

"Tsk tsk tsk... Your second prince can really shout."

The news quickly reached the Northern Hu royal court.

Upon hearing this, the Northern Hu King's face turned pale and then flushed.

"How dare you, Xiao Fang, humiliate me like this!"

The generals and envoys below all lowered their heads, and no one dared to utter a sound.

Gu Jinghuai stood in the corner and spoke softly.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Fang acted this way precisely because he knew the Second Prince wouldn't be able to endure it."

If we don't comply and let him humiliate the second prince, it might affect the morale of our troops...

The Northern Hu King gritted his teeth.

"That doesn't mean whatever he says goes!"

"Replacing three thousand men, and requiring twenty generals? Does he think I'm someone he can just manipulate at will!"

Before he could finish speaking, someone else came to report.

"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has been dragged up to the city wall again."

This time the beating was even harsher than last time; she's already fainted from crying once.

The Liang side shouted, "If we don't agree to the exchange, we'll strip the Second Prince naked and make him lose all face for your Northern Hu royal family!"

The Northern King smashed his wine bowl with a "bang".

"You spineless bastard!"

I have no spineless son like this!

"Go! Send a skilled archer to shoot him dead for me! That way, he won't embarrass my Northern Barbarians!"

Both sides were shocked.

"Your Majesty, that's your own son!"

"Shoot him!"

The Northern Hu King angrily said:

"We, the Northern Hu, have no princes who cowardly fear death!"

But less than half a day later, the archer returned looking disheveled.

"Your Majesty, the arrow missed! The city walls were well-prepared."

Before I could even get close, I was forced back by a hail of arrows.

They even deliberately protected the Second Prince, making it impossible for me to take action.

The Northern King was so angry that he overturned the table.

News of the prisoner exchange also reached the mines in Beihu.

The prisoners of Liang are mining and carrying stones.

They were all so thin they were just skeletons, their shoulders and legs covered in old injuries.

One man's leg was broken by a rolling stone, and the guard whipped him to get up and work.

The light in their eyes had long since died.

Like a group of soulless zombies.

On this day, a soldier who understood the northern dialect was huddled in a corner, gnawing on half a spoiled pancake.

He suddenly froze.

"He...they said..."

An old soldier next to him looked up.

"What did you say?"

The soldier's lips were trembling.

"They say the Crown Prince has arrived! They say the Crown Prince wants us to go back!"

"The Crown Prince? Which Crown Prince?"

"The Prince of Zhenbei, Xiao Fang, the Prince of Xiao Fang!"

The Northern Hu people said, "The Crown Prince wants to exchange us for the captured Second Prince of the Northern Hu!"

The veteran was stunned at first, then his eyes immediately reddened.

"Really? It's finally our turn to go back?"

"Keep your voice down! Don't let those bastards hear you!"

But the news had already spread like wildfire throughout the prisoner-of-war camp.

One by one, the eyes of those who had been numb suddenly lit up.

A half-dead soldier, supporting himself on his broken leg, sat up from the ground.

"I knew it... the Zhenbei Army wouldn't abandon us..."

Seeing their commotion, the guards rushed over, whipping their weapons.

"What are you doing! You don't want to live anymore!"

A young general suddenly looked up and glared angrily at the guard.

The guard, however, became even more excited.

"You dare glare at me! Beat him! Beat him to death!"

The whips fell like raindrops.

The general was whipped until his skin was torn and bleeding, but he didn't utter a sound, only gritting his teeth tightly.

Several Northern Hu soldiers watched from the sidelines, laughing heartily.

"That damned Liang dog, even though we've captured him, he still dares to act tough!"

Even when he was being beaten on the ground, the young general kept his eyes fixed on the few Northern Hu soldiers.

His eyes burned like two flames, the rage he had suppressed for the past few months.

If the prince can save them, he will definitely take up his sword again and slaughter these barbarian dogs!

The second meeting of the Northern Hu royal court.

The Northern King had calmed down and stopped smashing the bowl.

He sat in the tent, his eyes gloomy.

"Xiao Fang wants twenty generals and three thousand soldiers, but we can't give him his wish too much."

He wants people, so we pick out those who are about to die and are useless to give to him.

Want a general? Sure.

Before the change, they cut the tendons in the hands of those generals, so they could never hold a sword again.

"I want to see what use Xiao Fang can get after rescuing a bunch of useless people."

Gu Jinghuai opened his mouth, but ultimately lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"What, you don't agree?"

The Northern Hu King glanced at him.