This place is located on the outskirts of Liangzhou, so how could we possibly get a horse-drawn carriage so quickly?
"There's a tattered tent over there; Your Highness, you can settle the princess there first," said the Prefect of Liangzhou, wiping sweat from his brow.
Lu Xiaoyun carried Ruoling inside and personally stood guard at the tent entrance.
Feng Yan, Jiang Chuan, Wu Chuan, and Xi Yi gathered firewood and carried the fourteen innocent and tragically deceased Great Zhou warriors onto it. Lu Xiaoyun and Zhu Yu personally lit the fire, watching as the flames slowly consumed them, finally turning them into white ash.
They wanted to take these people's ashes back to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so that their souls could return to their homeland.
The people of Nanliang wanted to help, but Feng Yan coldly refused, because they were not worthy!
Lu Xiaoyun's imposing figure, exuding an icy killing intent, stood guard outside the tent. Her eyes made the Liangzhou governor's knees buckle, and he knelt down before her with a thud.
When the dozen or so Southern Liang soldiers he brought saw their commander kneeling, they also knelt on one knee.
“Your Majesty, Your ...
"Heh." Lu Xiaoyun sneered, "Send a letter to the Emperor of Southern Liang? What, does the Prefect mean to smear my Great Zhou princess, making false accusations first? Princess Ruoling is just a weak woman, while your Southern Liang's Third Prince Tuoba Min is exceptionally skilled. Isn't all of this Tuoba Min's doing?"
Lu Xiaoyun slowly took a step closer to him, and the governor of Liangzhou was so frightened that he moved his buttocks and kicked his legs to take a step back. But then he felt that he seemed too cowardly.
Lu Xiaoyun grabbed the Liangzhou governor by the collar and lifted him up from the ground: "You Southern Liang are going too far! Although my Great Zhou sent a princess here for a marriage alliance, it's not because we're afraid of Southern Liang, nor because we're afraid to fight this war! It's just that my sister is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the people suffer and the soldiers die!"
"My Great Zhou has a million soldiers; we don't even consider the mere Southern Liang a threat!"
The prefect of Liangzhou was held in Lu Xiaoyun's hand like a worm, and her tall figure made the prefect look even more cowardly and timid.
"Yes, yes, Prince An is right, he is right."
"But what about you Southern Liang! How dare you insult my Great Zhou princess to this extent! Do you think my Great Zhou has no one left, or do you really think my title of War God is just for show? Or do you dare to fight against my Great Zhou's million-strong army?"
"Your Highness, I dare not say such a thing. I truly know nothing of this matter. More than twenty days ago, Prince Hui of the Great Zhou sent Princess Ruoling here for a marriage alliance and handed her over to the Third Prince. At that time, I suggested that the Third Prince invite the princess to stay at the Prefectural Governor's residence in Liangzhou for a few days, but the Third Prince refused. I really do not know what happened today."
"Heh, I don't know!" Lu Xiaoyun sneered. "Then I'll ask you, where is this Third Prince Tuoba Min you speak of? How did this place become like this, and why is my sister in this state?"
The governor of Liangzhou shook his head. He had only seen the princess once on the first day, and afterwards the third prince forbade him to come. Today, he was ordered by the emperor to bring the Prince of Zhou to pick up the princess, and that's when he saw such a big thing happen.
This kind of thing happened right on his territory, so how is he supposed to explain this now!
At that moment, the carriage finally arrived.
Lu Xiaoyun helped Ruoling onto the carriage and instructed Jiang Chuan, "Return to Anyang City."
The governor of Liangzhou was shocked to hear this, and could not allow Prince An to bring the man back to the Great Zhou like this.
He reached out and gripped the carriage reins tightly: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you cannot take the princess back like this! She is a princess who came to my Southern Liang for a political marriage, and she is already the Crown Princess of Southern Liang. Please hand the princess over to your minister, and your minister will protect her with his life."
Lu Xiaoyun stepped off the carriage and kicked him to the ground: "You risked your life to protect me, what are you to compare with my sister!"
“However, Your Highness Prince An, Princess Ruoling’s health is not good enough for long journeys. Your return to the Great Zhou will require crossing mountains and valleys, which is really inappropriate. I have already ordered people to invite the best doctor from Liangzhou City to the Prefect’s residence, and have also ordered the best rooms to be prepared. Please send Princess Ruoling to the Prefect’s residence in Liangzhou, Your Highness.”
Lu Xiaoyun looked at him with icy eyes: "Do you Southern Liang people ever tell the truth? What did you say to me on the way here? Do you want me to remember for you? You even dared to dream that I would bring the princess to stay at your Liangzhou Prefect's mansion again. Haven't you harmed my sister enough?!"
“I...I...I didn’t mean that. I did indeed keep it from you. I only met the princess once on her first day in Liangzhou, and then the Third Prince drove me away. But...but I really didn’t expect things to develop this way. Even His Majesty didn’t know this had happened, otherwise why would he have agreed to let you, Prince An, see the princess?”
“Your Highness, there must be some misunderstanding here. I urge you and the Princess to take Princess Ruoling and all the officials to the Liangzhou Prefectural Governor’s residence for a while to treat the princess. Once the princess has fully recovered, I will personally escort you all to the capital of Southern Liang. At that time, if Your Highness wishes to kill or punish me, I will not utter a single word of dissent.”
Zhu Yu stood on the carriage shaft, looking down at the governor of Liangzhou, and said coldly, "You Southern Liang people are all hypocrites who talk nonsense. You still dare to think that we will hand over the princess to you?! In my opinion, what you said this morning was not a cover-up at all, but rather that you didn't understand what your Third Prince was up to, so you made up this excuse for him!"
"Ha, you Southern Liang people, from the Third Prince down to a prefect like yourself, your words are all just empty talk! When you sent the letter to my Great Zhou, you deliberately concealed it, and now that such a big thing has happened, you are also deliberately concealing it. I really don't know what you Southern Liang people are really up to!"
"Your Highness, in my opinion, the Emperor of Southern Liang must know about what's going on here. Otherwise, why would he only allow you to bring four attendants? Isn't that a sign of his guilty conscience?"
The governor of Liangzhou was sweating profusely. This delicate and frail woman really didn't hold back at all when she spoke.
Before he could refute, Zhu Yu continued, "Furthermore, Princess Ruoling and your Southern Liang Crown Prince have not yet held their wedding ceremony. She is not yet your Southern Liang Crown Princess!"
Zhu Yu flung the carriage curtain aside and said to Jiang Chuan, "Let's go!"
Jiang Chuan flicked the reins, and the horse galloped away, forcing the Liangzhou prefect to stumble and fall to the side.
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