“Prince An, look, look! They all say they don’t have it. Hahaha…”
"General, General, a message has arrived!" A soldier from Southern Liang rushed over.
Saihada crossed his arms and said, "Oh, the letter has arrived. Your Highness, as you can see, this general has only just received the letter."
Zhu Yu jumped off the carriage and walked up to the Southern Liang soldier. He poked the belly of the eagle on the soldier's shoulder. The eagle had obviously just eaten its fill. When it saw someone poking its belly, it opened its eyes a crack and squinted at him. When it saw that it was a pretty girl, it comfortably rubbed its head against his hand and then went back to sleep.
Zhu Yu glanced at him sideways: "Oh, really? Just arrived? How come all the eagles trained by you in Southern Liang are so useless? They only deliver messages after eating all the way? Sui's belly is so round, did you roll all the way from Liangzhou?"
The eagle seemed to understand his words. It flapped its wings and soared into the sky, letting out a long cry before swooping down again to land on the Southern Liang soldier's shoulder. Its eyes gave Zhu Yu a wistful look before it drooped its head and went to sleep. It was as if it were telling everyone present, "This great eagle is a useful eagle, not a glutton, not someone who rolled around all the way here!"
Saihada's face turned as black as charcoal. He really wanted to grab the eagle's feathers and ask it, "Which side are you from?!"
Caught off guard, Saihada chuckled and said, "Perhaps this general drank too much last night and doesn't remember. Your Highness, Prince An of Great Zhou, please forgive me."
Lu Xiaoyun's face darkened, and she said angrily, "Since the general already knows, why is he still doing everything he can to obstruct us! Do you think that the third prince of your Southern Liang didn't hurt my princess badly enough and want her to die from her injuries? General, are you so treacherous that you want to provoke a war between our two countries? Does your Southern Liang emperor know how stupid you are?!"
Saihada's face stiffened. Damn, did he have to be so hurtful? He had only meant to give this Prince An a warning, but little did he know that this Prince An was too good at roasting people.
Saihada was furious: "In that case, I will inspect the carriage. If it is confirmed to be Princess Ruoling, I will release it immediately."
As he spoke, he reached out to lift the carriage curtain.
"How dare you!" Lu Xiaoyun lashed out with her whip, and Saihada quickly withdrew his hand. It was too close; he almost got disfigured.
"Who do you think you are, daring to inspect my own sister's carriage? Get out!"
"Cough cough..." Two low coughs came from inside the carriage. "Fourth, Fourth Brother, don't, don't make things difficult for General Saihada. He, he is just following orders. If he wants to see, let him see."
Ruoling trembled as she lifted the carriage curtain, and a strong smell of blood wafted into her nostrils.
When Saihada saw Princess Ruoling inside the carriage, dressed in blood, covered in wounds, with half her face burned, and barely clinging to life, his heart sank.
Even though he had been stationed on the frontier for many years, Southern Liang had not fought a major war with any country in the past few decades, so he had never seen anyone so badly injured.
Even if Princess Ruoling is lucky enough to survive, she will probably be disfigured.
Once a woman is disfigured, it's as if her life is ruined. Even if she's a princess, no one would want to marry an ugly woman.
The governor of Liangzhou still ordered him to find a way to stop such a woman and send her back to the country to be the crown prince's wife.
He's probably been in Liangzhou for too long, exposed to too much sandstorm, and his brain's gotten sandy! If this woman were sent to the Crown Prince, wouldn't he behead him?!
Zhu Yu lowered the carriage curtain and said expressionlessly, "Did you see clearly? Are you still going to stop me? Or do you still want to send the princess to the capital of Southern Liang to be your crown princess!"
Saihada took two steps back: "No, no, no, treating the princess's illness is the priority. Guards, let them through! Your Highness Prince An, Princess An, please."
The group of people easily passed through the pass.
An hour later, the carriage arrived at the entrance of the prefectural government office in Anyang City.
Many people, including spies from Chen and Nanliang in Anyang City, saw the carriage stop and Prince An carrying Princess Ruoling, who had gone to Nanliang for a marriage alliance a month earlier, inside.
The princess was covered in blood, silent and lifeless, as if she was only exhaling and not inhaling.
Upon witnessing this scene, the Chen spies secretly made many guesses.
"The princess sent by the Great Zhou to marry the Southern Liang has been beaten like this. Can the Emperor of Great Zhou and that Prince An really swallow their anger? If you ask me, they will definitely fight this time, and then our Chen Kingdom can reap the benefits."
Some people shook their heads: "I don't think so. The Great Zhou has been plagued by internal strife for more than half a year since the beginning of this year. Their new emperor has just ascended the throne and his throne is not yet stable. There is no need for them to mobilize a large army to fight against the Southern Liang for the sake of a princess."
Someone chimed in: "In my opinion, most likely Southern Liang will apologize to Great Zhou and offer some money, and that will be the end of it. Great Zhou doesn't dare to fight, and Southern Liang doesn't want to fight. This war won't break out."
Some scoffed, "They can tolerate their own sister being bullied like this? I think the Great Zhou's fate is sealed. If our Chen Kingdom recuperates and preserves its strength these next few years, it won't be long before we can wipe away this humiliation!"
As soon as Ruoling was carried into the courtyard, she was immediately lively and energetic as Lu Yuyan took her away.
Seeing her like that, he felt both helpless and heartbroken. He carried her to the room, where hot water and clean clothes were already prepared.
After putting the person down, he closed the door and personally stood guard outside.
Qi Yu strode towards them, and knelt down in front of Lu Xiaoyun to beg for forgiveness: "Your Highness, this servant is guilty, please punish me."
Lu Xiaoyun raised her hand: "Get up. I know my own sister's temper. Once she's made up her mind, not even eight oxen could pull her back."
"Yes, thank you, Your Highness." Qi Yu stood up and secretly glanced at Feng Yan.
Feng Yan's eyes were full of smiles.
"Qi Yu, your makeup skills are truly remarkable. If I didn't know it was makeup, I would have thought Ruoling's facial injuries were real burns," Zhu Yu said.
Qi Yu laughed and said, "When I was in the master's house, I was trained as a suicide soldier. I spent several years learning the skill of making a perfect disguise. My hands were almost beaten to a pulp before I finally looked like this today."
Jiang Chuankuang nodded: "Yes, yes, I was really startled at the time, but I saw the princess secretly wink at the queen, so I knew it was fake. Hehe, Qiyu, you're so amazing."
Feng Yan pulled Jiang Chuan behind him: "Let's go back to Shengjing to see Li Feng."
"cut."
The group stayed in Anyang City for another month and a half, and the official story was that Princess Ruoling's injuries had stabilized and they needed to set off back to Shengjing.
As she left, many people saw Princess Ruoling wearing a veil and being hurriedly helped into a carriage.
Even so, you can still vaguely see several hideous scars on the right half of her face.
Everyone felt a sense of regret. Although they had never seen Princess Ruoling before, just by looking at Prince An's outstanding appearance, they knew that his younger sister must also be a stunning beauty.
It's such a pity that such a beautiful woman has ended up like this.
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