ebookland Chapter 295 Tiger’s Mouth
Chapter 295 Tiger’s Mouth
Seeing that Su Yunxuan had no abnormal expression after reading the letter, Prince Xu sighed, "The Empress had expected this."
Without responding to Prince Xu's words, Su Yunxuan asked directly: "Will Prince Xu return to the capital or go to the military camp to take charge of the situation?"
Prince Xu bowed respectfully and said, "Let me escort the Empress for a while!"
The two carriages set off again.
Travel day and night, rain or shine.
Four days later, at the hour of Mao, the carriage finally arrived at Yougu Pass.
The situation cannot be allowed to escalate. Time is running out. Su Yunxuan reluctantly gives up the final journey to Yunzhong with Su Changfeng and decides to take Ruoying and continue forward alone to Fenglan Camp.
Prince Xu stopped the man with a heavy face, hesitated for a moment, and asked hoarsely: "Does the Queen have anything to tell this old minister?"
After fixing her sight on the carriage where Su Changfeng was for a while, Su Yunxuan turned to King Xu and said in a deep voice: "Unless I die, I will always protect Yunsheng and its people."
The look in her eyes was extremely firm, and Prince Xu was instantly excited, and his voice became steady, "Okay, I will wait for the Queen here..."
"If I fail to stop the war between the two countries, it means I will never come back."
King Xu opened his mouth wide, his lips trembling uncontrollably.
Su Yunxuan turned her back and said, "When the time comes, Yunsheng... I will ask you, King Xu, to surrender on my behalf... It would be wise to avoid the suffering of all living beings and ensure the peace of the people of Yunsheng."
After saying this, she walked straight towards the carriage driven by Ruoying.
"Your old minister...will obey the Empress's orders." Trying his best to suppress the heat in his eyes, Prince Xu quickly leaned over and bowed, shouting loudly towards Su Yunxuan's back.
After a long time, King Xu slowly stood up with difficulty.
Looking ahead, the Empress' carriage was so small that only a black dot could be seen.
Wiping away the tears rolling down his eyes, King Xu glanced at the carriage where Su Changfeng was, and stood there helplessly, looking up to the sky and sighing:
Is there a god above our heads?
No more descendants... Is this the punishment from the gods...
......
Fenglan military camp.
Qin Shiming stood up suddenly in disbelief, "Who did you say came to our military camp?"
"General Qin, that girl calls herself Empress Yunsheng and asks to see our emperor." The soldier quickly repeated what he had just said.
"Where are the people?" Qin Shiming walked a few steps to the soldier and looked outside the tent.
"General Qin, the people have been brought to the outside of the tent and are waiting..." The soldier turned around and bowed his head to report.
When he looked up again, he saw that General Qin was almost at the door, and the soldiers were trotting to catch up with him.
He had just chased to a distance behind Qin Shiming when Qin Shiming's hand that was lifting the curtain suddenly stopped. Then he turned back with a serious expression and ordered him, "Go, report this to the emperor immediately."
After saying that, Qin Shiming simply stepped aside and watched the soldiers quickly walk towards the camp where Feng Yuqi was resting. Only then did he calm himself down and strode out of the tent.
From about four or five feet away, Qin Shiming suddenly caught sight of a crowd of people gathered outside the tent. He had a bad feeling and quickened his pace again.
When he got closer, before his eyes could penetrate the crowd and find the figure of Empress Yun Sheng, he heard the quarrel between Fang Dazhuang and Lu Zailin coming from the side of the crowd.
"You protect him because of your adoptive father, right? Your adoptive father died a long time ago. Open your eyes and see clearly. She is the Queen of Yunsheng..."
"My adoptive father is dead, but our Lu family army is still here. If you continue to be so rude, don't blame me..."
"Yo yo...don't blame me for anything?" Fang Dazhuang sneered.
Suddenly, he raised his voice again and taunted, "Lu Zailin, the Lu Family Army is my Fenglan's Lu Family Army, not your Lu Family Army. If you defend the enemy's empress without knowing right from wrong, don't blame me for accusing you of having evil intentions and intending to collude with the enemy to rebel..."
What he hated most was seeing Fang Dazhuang's face that was similar to that of his former master Pei Shaozheng. Lu Zailin interrupted fearlessly, "Stop confusing right and wrong..."
"Shut up." Qin Shiming squeezed into the encirclement with great effort and shouted angrily at the two of them.
Hearing the voice, Lu Zailin and Fang Dazhuang looked at Qin Shiming at the same time, and then they noticed that General Qin was coming. They hurriedly walked up to Qin Shiming and saluted.
Qin Shiming quickly glanced at Su Yunxuan, who was standing in the middle of the crowd in white clothes with an indifferent look. He was about to look back at Lu Zailin and Fang Dazhuang to remind them to take their people and leave quickly, but the man standing next to Su Yunxuan shouted at him angrily, "General Qin, right? Take care of your people and don't be rude to me, Empress Yunsheng."
Qin Shiming: “…” Before he could react, Fang Dazhuang took the lead again.
"Oh my, you're already in the tiger's mouth, and you're still trying to get me to do it?"
As soon as he uttered this sarcastic remark, all sorts of comments and criticisms directed at Su Yunxuan suddenly rang out from the crowd.
"Yeah, so what about Empress Yun Sheng? If it weren't for him, would so many of our brothers have died?"
"I heard that it was because she didn't agree to the marriage that Feng Lan and Yun Sheng failed to negotiate peace..."
"Guess what she wants to do by coming to see our emperor... Isn't she seeking peace after seeing that she can't win? Haha... That's really shameless!"
"Who says it's not possible? I think it's very possible..."
"If that's true, I'll be the first to disagree. We can't have so many brothers die in vain..."
"Yes, yes, it can't be a waste of life. I think her face is pretty. We have been fighting for nearly two months, and I am almost suffocating..."
After listening to a few sentences, Qin Shiming became more and more shocked. His face turned pale and he raised his voice again and shouted, "Shut up, everyone."
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Qin Shiming glanced at the crowd with a warning look in his eyes and shouted, "Is there nothing to do? Everyone, go away!"
Although a few mosquito-like cries of unwillingness were heard again in the crowd, after being intimidated by Qin Shiming, they turned around and left one after another.
After a while, the crowd left, leaving only Lu Zailin and Fang Dazhuang still standing there.
After his adoptive father passed away, Lu Zailin missed him very much. When he heard that Su Yunxuan was coming to the camp, he ran over immediately. On the one hand, he wanted to take the opportunity to reminisce with Su Yunxuan, and on the other hand, he was very worried about Su Yunxuan's position.
After rushing over, Lu Zailin happened to see Fang Dazhuang and a group of people surrounding Su Yunxuan, pointing and talking in extremely disrespectful words, so he started arguing with Fang Dazhuang.
Before he could even say a word to his old friend, Lu Zailin was reluctant to leave.
Seeing that his competitor Lu Zailin was not leaving, Fang Dazhuang was unwilling to leave.
At the beginning, his former idiot leader Pei Shaozheng secretly took his troops away from the camp. He took Pei Shaozheng's position because of his meritorious service in informing on the secret, and only then did he have the opportunity to compete with Lu Zailin, who led the Lu family army.
But he was born at the wrong time. He didn't enjoy that position for long before Yun Sheng suddenly attacked Feng Lan, and the war between the two countries really broke out.
In this battle, the advantages of the Lu family army, which were brave and good at fighting, were immediately highlighted. Any one of them was hundreds of times stronger than the group of losers he led. This made him feel a great sense of crisis, so he competed with Lu Zailin everywhere.
The last time Su Yunxuan was brought back to the military camp by Feng Yuqi and Qin Shiming to bid farewell to Lu Linzhen, he, who always had an eye on all directions, noticed her.
After that, he had been secretly inquiring about the woman's background, and only then did he know that Su Yunxuan was the granddaughter of Lu Zhenyuan, the former commander-in-chief of the Lu Family Army, and the niece of Lu Linzhen, the former captain of the Lu Family Army.
When he heard that Su Yunxuan came to the camp alone, how could he give up this great opportunity to strike a blow to the Lu family army and his rival Lu Zailin.