Chapter 543 Is there something wrong with the Dongchu royal family?
Bai Yu'an waited for a while, and the convoy behind caught up.
He dismounted and signaled Xiao Jingwen and others to stop.
"What's wrong?" Although Xiao Jingwen was suspicious, he got off the horse immediately. After what happened in the Flower Valley, he had more trust in this teenager.
"Wait a minute, I'll go talk to the second prince about something." Bai Yu'an didn't say much, but he still gave an instruction that no one could cross the bridge without orders.
"Don't worry." Xiao Jingwen agreed immediately.
Bai Yu'an came to the carriage and knocked on the window. "Second Prince, I have a few words to say. Can we get in the carriage and say it?"
"Of course." Yuan Xiaonian agreed immediately.
Soon, Bai Yuan got on the carriage. He looked solemn and said in a low voice, "Second Prince, after crossing the bridge ahead, we will reach Dongchu. I have seen Dongchu officials waiting at the other end of the bridge."
"Yes, everyone has worked hard along the way." Yuan Xiaonian nodded in understanding, but he didn't quite understand what Bai Yu'an meant by this, and waited for him to continue.
"Second Prince, I think... we were invited here, so we've come a long way. So," Bai Yuan paused and continued, "Dong Chu should walk the last few hundred meters."
"What do you mean?" Yuan Xiaonian didn't quite understand.
"Second Prince, this time we are here, we must uphold the most basic principles of diplomacy between the Great Jin and Eastern Chu. We are not absolutely obedient or inferior to them..."
Yuan Xiaonian nodded, "This is natural."
"So, I think we should let those officials cross the bridge to pick us up instead of us walking across by ourselves," Bai Yu'an finally said.
When the little girl heard this, she immediately understood what her second brother meant. "Yes, second brother is right. I also think we should let them come and pick us up. We'll just wait here!"
Yuan Xiaonian's mouth twitched uncontrollably. He didn't pay attention to such a small detail, but after hearing what Bai Yu'an said, it made some sense.
He nodded quickly, "Alright then, let them cross the bridge!"
"Well, but I think we can ask Xiao Suining to go over and remind them," Bai Yu'an said with a smile, "so that they don't get it and keep us waiting for a long time."
"Okay, I'm willing to go!" Little Dumpling immediately stood up and expressed his willingness.
The bridge was obviously dangerous at this point, but for a four or five year old child, it was definitely no problem.
Bai Yu'an clearly remembered that Li Suining said that the bridge collapsed when the entire convoy reached the middle of the bridge.
He lifted Li Suining out of the carriage and led her towards the bridge, carefully instructing her along the way, "Be careful when you run to the middle. If you feel something is wrong, come back."
Little Tuanzi nodded, "Don't worry, second brother."
"Also, after you go and tell them, run back quickly. Don't wait for them to come together." Bai Yu'an squatted in front of the little guy. "Remember, they definitely won't come right away. You don't have to worry about them. Just come back on your own and let them decide for themselves. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Li Suining hugged Bai Yu'an, "Don't worry, second brother!"
"Good boy!" Bai Yu'an patted the little guy's head, "Go!"
Li Suining turned and ran towards the other end of the bridge.
Bai Yu'an looked at her nervously. If any danger really happened, he would definitely go over and save Xiaotuanzi as soon as possible.
At this time, Fuxing came over and said, "Actually, I can go over there too."
Indeed, she was also very light, only about the weight of an eleven or twelve-year-old child.
Bai Yu'an shook his head. "No, you are the high priest. It would be bad for you to come forward at this time. Let Sui Ning go."
The two of them didn't say anything else, just watched Li Suining run to the other side without blinking.
The officials of Dongchu naturally also saw the Dajin convoy, but they were puzzled as to why the convoy stopped.
The official in charge of welcoming the Dajin convoy was named Tian Feng. He asked impatiently, "What's going on? Why isn't the Dajin convoy leaving?"
"I don't know, is there something wrong with the carriage?" The other officials were equally curious. "Should we send someone over to ask?"
Tian Feng waved his hand and said, "Wait a moment."
At this moment, someone with sharp eyes suddenly shouted, "Look, there's a little girl running over here."
Tian Feng and the others looked closely and really saw a chubby little ball running towards them. The ball was dressed gorgeously and it was obvious that he was a person of status.
Li Suining passed the bridge safely and stood in front of the dark Dongchu team. He asked in a childish voice, "Who among you has the highest rank?"
"Hey!" Tian Feng laughed, "Little girl, who are you?"
"I am Princess Suining of the Great Jin!" Li Suining looked up at the person who spoke. "Are you the highest-ranking official here?"
When Tian Feng heard that the other party was the princess, his attitude instantly softened a bit, "Little princess, I am Tian Feng, the person responsible for welcoming you. Please go back and tell your people to cross the bridge quickly!"
"That won't work!" Little Dumpling pinched his waist arrogantly, "My brother said you have to cross the bridge to greet the convoy!"
Bai Yu'an had just reminded her that the people of Dongchu didn't know that the person coming was not the prince, and she couldn't leak this information, so she just said it was her brother's intention.
"You want us to cross the bridge to welcome them?" Tian Feng's face looked unhappy.
"Well, I've finished my message and will be going back first. Come quickly, don't keep us waiting too long!"
After saying that, Xiaotuanzi turned around and ran back.
Tian Feng and others looked at each other in surprise. They really didn't expect that the Crown Prince of Jin would make such a request.
"What should we do? Do we really have to cross the bridge to greet him?" someone said dissatisfiedly, "This Crown Prince of Jin is quite arrogant."
Some people agreed, "After all, he is the crown prince, and we are just minor officials, so it's okay to go and greet him."
Everyone started discussing it.
On the other side of the bridge, the little girl ran back to Bai Yu'an and said in a milky voice, "Second brother, I delivered my message."
"Well, sister did a great job!" Bai Yu'an stared at the other side of the bridge.
Fuxing whispered beside him, "Do you think they'll come over? Do you think... do they know there's a problem with the bridge?"
"If they insist on not coming, it means they know there's something wrong with the bridge, but we can't understand why they would do that. If they're willing to come..."
Bai Yu'an looked over with an uneasy expression, "Then, our trip to Dongchu this time may be more difficult than we imagined."
Fuxing nodded. Indeed, if there was someone else who destroyed the bridge and wanted to kill them, then that person might be an enemy of the royal family.
Is there something wrong with the royal family of Dongchu?
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