Chapter 485 General, I am Qiaoniang!

Shen Yuantang's anger hadn't subsided when he roared, "Who gave you permission to answer? Honglian, slap yourself!"

The maidservant beside Shen Yuantang raised her hand and slapped Bai Qingling.

“I’m beating you to teach you what hierarchy is. In the Prince’s mansion now, I am the master and you are the servant. You should be grateful that the Prince still has some affection for you, otherwise I would have sent a broker to sell you off long ago.”

Bai Qingling clenched her fists so tightly that she felt like she was about to crush her teeth.

Shen Yuantang, you just wait. I can't touch you right now, but…

"I get annoyed just looking at your face. You only ask for twenty."

"yes!"

Hearing the forceful slap and seeing Bai Qingling's angry but speechless expression, Shen Yuantang felt much better.

That afternoon, Shen Yuantang's newborn child developed a high fever.

Just as Shen Yuantang was about to leave, her old woman rushed over to report to her.

"Your Highness, the young master vomited once while playing, and then developed a high fever."

Shen Yuantang turned pale with fright.

"Go quickly and call the royal physician."

The old woman said in a panic, "We called, but the family physician is not at home. He said he went to buy medicinal herbs."

"Then go outside and call a doctor. Take the Prince's Palace token and go into the palace to call the Imperial Physician!" It's always safer to call more doctors.

When Shen Yuantang arrived at her son's room, she looked at her son lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his body flushed red from the fever, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Go to another prefecture and borrow a few doctors."

The old woman reminded them, "Borrowing other things is easy, but borrowing a doctor is definitely difficult. What if... they're afraid of being blamed? Why don't we borrow one from the Regent's Palace?"

Shen Yuantang's eyes lit up. Given Shen Lanxi's power, there must be imperial physicians always on hand in the mansion.

"Go quickly and tell the people in the Regent's Palace to summon all the doctors there!"

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"Your Highness, things are in complete chaos over there!"

Bai Qingling sneered, but the corners of her mouth just started to turn up when she aggravated her wound.

"It's just a few illnesses, it won't kill her, she got off easy."

"Your Highness, you are so kind!"

Bai Qingling said coldly, "If it weren't for the fact that His Highness is about to go to the southwest and we can't add to the bad luck, I, the Princess Consort, would really like to see some blood to teach that fool a lesson!"

Unfortunately, her every move is probably being monitored, so she can't make any big moves now.

...

As usual, Wei Dongzhu handed over the meeting to his colleagues and then headed to his residence.

It was already completely dark. If it weren't for the curfew, he could have come back even later.

"General..."

The voice, both strange and familiar, made Wei Dongzhu freeze.

It couldn't be her; that place is thousands of miles away from the capital, she couldn't possibly come.

"General, I am Qiaoniang."

This name shattered Wei Dongzhu's illusions. He turned away expressionlessly, feeling an unprecedented panic in his heart.

Qiaoniang led a child out of the shadows. She cautiously took a few steps forward, and when she saw that it was indeed Wei Dongzhu, she immediately burst into tears.

"General, I never thought Qiaoniang would be alive to see you again..."

Wei Dongzhu's last bit of luck was gone.

Why are you here?

Qiaoniang hastily wiped away her tears and pushed the child forward.

"Yan'er, quickly call him Father."

The child, who had been pushed two steps, timidly looked up and then ran back to his mother.

"Mother…"

Qiao Niang hugged the child tightly with heartache: "General, Yan'er was terrified the whole way."

Wei Dongzhu took a deep breath, looked around, and seeing that no one was around, immediately said, "We'll talk about it when we get back!"

Seeing that Wei Dongzhu had left after speaking, Qiaoniang gritted her teeth, picked up her child, and quickly chased after him.

After returning home

"You said you were brought to the capital by someone?" Wei Dongzhu asked sharply.

Qiao Niang lowered her head in fear and said in a trembling voice, "I don't know those people. They blindfolded me and the child the whole way. I took the opportunity to peek at them. They were all wearing masks. They were very scary."

Thinking of those people's faces, Qiaoniang's body trembled uncontrollably.

The child named Yan'er also began to cry softly out of fear.

Seeing the mother and child huddled together, Wei Dongzhu managed to suppress his anger, no matter how great it was.

"Since they abandoned you at my gate, they must know our background. These days, you and your child should stay home and not go out. When the time is right, I will have someone send you back to the Northwest!"

Qiaoniang responded softly, "Okay."

Wei Dong returned to his room with a gloomy expression. Those who brought him and his mother here must have had other purposes if they didn't kill them.

Although he was unwilling to think about it deeply, he had to admit that those people probably had only one purpose: to ruin his relationship with Shen Lanxi.

Apart from a few former members of the Wei family army around him and his cousins, no one knew of Qiaoniang's existence.

There were many people in the capital who wanted to break him up with Shen Lanxi, and Zhou Ruyuan was the first among them.

Why didn't he just send Qiaoniang and her son to Shen Lanxi?

Wei Dongzhu had a splitting headache from thinking about it. He got up early and carefully settled Qiaoniang and her child before rushing into the palace.

Fortunately, he left his old subordinates in the palace to protect Shen Lanxi; otherwise, there would have been a few more people in the know.

Shen Lanxi saw Wei Dongzhu a little earlier than usual.

"You arrived very early today. Could it be that you knew the imperial chefs had prepared an extra breakfast for you?"

Wei Dongzhu's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself, "She still has the heart to joke with him, so she must not know about Qiaoniang and her son's situation."

"I went to bed a little early last night, and I was wondering if I could have a meal here?" Wei Dongzhu joked.

Shen Lanxi turned her head and ordered, "Add another set of bowls and chopsticks!"

Seeing Shen Lanxi's expression, Wei Dongzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"By this time tomorrow, Zhou Ruyuan will probably have already left the capital."

Shen Lanxi: "Keep an eye on things."

Wei Dongzhu: "I secretly escorted him for a hundred miles."

Shen Lanxi: "After you return, prepare to set off for Shu. I will have Xiao Fang provide support for you. You two will work together, one in the open and one in the shadows, to take Shu with the fewest casualties possible."

Wei Dongzhu nodded and asked, "What about Ganzhou? Who will go?"

Shen Lanxi: What do you think?

Wei Dongzhu thought about it carefully and said, "Zhao Zheng and Qian Feng, let them take the Eagle Camp and Leopard Camp over for training."

Shen Lanxi nodded: "Okay!"

The two finalized the arrangements between Sichuan and Gansu while having their meal.

Afterwards, Shen Lanxi went to court, and Wei Dongzhu took his place.

...

Shen Yuantang's child had recurring high fevers, and even the imperial physicians were helpless.

Zhou Ruyuan hadn't expected it to be this serious. In his distress and frustration, he thought of Medicine King Valley.

"I am going to the palace. You must take good care of the child."

He was going to find his mother, whom he had previously seen meeting with people from Medicine King Valley.

Shen Yuantang already had someone in mind.

"Your Highness, Medicine King Valley is too far away. Our child cannot wait for the round trip. Why don't we ask the Imperial Preceptor to come and take a look at our child?"

The Imperial Advisor can cure even His Majesty, so he can definitely bring down her son's high fever.

Zhou Ruyuan immediately frowned: "The Imperial Advisor is taking care of Father Emperor and is not leaving his side for a moment. If I summon the Imperial Advisor and something happens to Father Emperor, who can bear the responsibility?"