Upon receiving Hongyi's gaze, Nanqianyue immediately smiled and said to Miss Xie and the others, "Excuse me for a moment, you can have fun on your own."
Miss Xie and Miss Lu were both good at reading people. They stood up and said with a smile, "Your Highness must have important matters to attend to, so we won't disturb you any longer."
Nanqianyue nodded, "Steward, escort the two young ladies."
"yes."
Nan Kezhi looked up blankly. Should she leave too? But her legs were really sore.
Just thinking about the path I've taken to get here fills me with fear.
"Sister." Nan Qianyue placed her hand on Nan Kezhi's shoulder.
Nan Kezhi immediately stood up. "Big sister, I, I'll leave right away."
"Tsk," Nan Qianyue couldn't help but chuckle, "What are you thinking, little sister? I wanted you to go with Green Robe to Youquan Pavilion for a soak in the hot springs. Your legs must be sore, right?"
Nan Kezhi smiled, her cheeks slightly flushed, "It's so sour, the Prince's mansion is too big."
Nanqianyue chuckled, "This Baiyue Courtyard is a place specializing in entertainment, but it happens to be located at the innermost part of the Prince's Mansion, so it is indeed quite far from the main gate."
After saying that, she beckoned to the woman in green, "Green, quickly take my sister to Youquan Pavilion."
The woman in green moved over with small, quick steps. "Yes."
After they left, Nan Qianyue straightened her expression and slightly raised her hand to the woman in red, "Speak."
The man in red said solemnly, "The Fourth Prince was assassinated on his way back to the palace, but he was intercepted by the guards arranged by the Prince."
The raised brow of the man who had just moved south gradually smoothed out, and he said calmly, "Oh, that's all?"
Hongyi was shocked by Nanqianyue's unusually calm attitude. She spread her hands and said, "That's all."
Nan Qianyue nodded in understanding and analyzed seriously, "If the assassins who tried to assassinate the Fourth Prince repeatedly fail, they will probably change their targets."
The woman in red frowned in thought. "Your Highness, are you referring to the Fifth Princess?"
“Yes.” Nan Qianyue solemnly reminded, “Give Yang Guifei a word and tell her to keep a close eye on the Fifth Princess and not to let her run out of the palace unless necessary.”
The woman in red nodded. "Yes."
...
Several days passed in the blink of an eye, and Nanqianyue leaned against the crescent-shaped window to "supervise the construction."
The garden outside Lingxi Courtyard is undergoing complete renovation, with craftsmen and servants busy at work.
She was leaning there just to join in the fun.
I've had all the fun I could find, and now I feel empty whenever I have free time.
Seeing that Nanqian Yue seemed somewhat sullen, the woman in red, who was leaning against the tree trunk, started a conversation, "Your Highness, would you like to hear about our experiences fighting alongside the Prince?"
Nanqianyue snapped out of her reverie, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Tell me about it."
The red-clad woman's eyes darkened as memories unfolded in her mind, "When I was ten, my family was destroyed, but fortunately, I was taken in by the Prince..."
——
Longmen City, the main hall of the Marshal's Mansion.
Qin Yi stood calmly behind the map, while several generals on either side argued incessantly.
"The Yudan Kingdom is so arrogant, relying on the powerful Nan Jing. If we let them continue to run rampant, how can the prestige of our Dongling Kingdom be maintained?"
"Yes! We should gather our troops as soon as possible to attack Yudan Kingdom!"
"We cannot attack rashly. The Marquis is still in their hands. If we anger them, it may be detrimental to the Marquis!"
"Exactly! The most urgent task right now is to find a way to rescue the Marquis!"
"Your Highness! What suggestions do you have?" asked an older general.
Qin Yi slowly opened his calm, watery eyes, "How can you be so sure that Lord Xie has been captured by Yudan Kingdom?"
The old general's face was grave. "The Marquis personally visits the border once a month. Half a month ago, the Marquis went to the border with a group of trusted men as usual, but unexpectedly, he was attacked by the Yudan Kingdom."
"When we arrived with our troops, we only saw the Marquis's sword and the feathers of the golden eagle, a species unique to Yudan Kingdom."
"It's strange, Yudan Kingdom has always been subservient to Dongling, so how dare they openly offend Dongling now? I'm afraid it's because Nan Jing is deliberately instigating this."
Qin Yi's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "The whereabouts of Marquis Xie still need to be verified, and the matter of attacking Yudan Kingdom needs to be discussed again. Everyone go back to train your troops, and do not let me hear any more false rumors about Marquis Xie being captured."
The generals dared not refute Qin Yi, but they were certainly unconvinced.
Some even suspected that he had lost command of the Black Cavalry and Dragon Cavalry and wanted to take this opportunity to bring the 200,000 troops in the north under his control.
"Yes." The generals left dejectedly.
After they left, Qingyi raised a concern, "Your Highness, with Lord Xie's skills and the protection of his personal guards, surely he shouldn't have been captured?"
Qin Yi lowered his eyes. "There are indeed many suspicious points. We must go to Yudan Kingdom to investigate."
The hidden sentries near Yudan Kingdom have not sent any news for a long time, so they are probably exposed.
"Your Highness, this humble servant is willing to accept this mission!" The man in blue clasped his hands, his expression solemn.
Qin Yi glanced at him and said, "If you can't handle this, I'll do it myself."
"Your Highness, you mustn't!" the man in green exclaimed anxiously.
But Qin Yi didn't give him a chance to persuade him, "If you face a master from Nanjing, you won't be able to escape."
The man in green said urgently, "But Your Highness, you are the commander-in-chief. If anything happens to you, this humble servant..."
Qin Yi raised his hand to interrupt him, "This matter must not be spread. I will go there in secret, but before that, I need to restore the morale of the troops here."
His soldiers must treat military orders as absolute law.
...
The next day, Prince Anzheng's Mansion.
Upon hearing Hongyi's report, Nanqianyue, who was having breakfast, immediately lost her appetite.
She asked for confirmation, "Did Grand Commandant Song bring back the seventeen-year-old prince whom the old emperor had left behind among the common people?"
The woman in red nodded solemnly, "Yes, Empress Dowager Wei ordered the imperial physicians to perform a blood test to confirm that he is indeed His Majesty's son."
Nanqianyue threw the spoon into the bowl. "This blood test for kinship is completely inaccurate and it's easy to manipulate things. This Grand Commandant Song is really cunning."
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