"Where is the Northern Qi delegation going?" The emperor raised his head from a pile of memorials, as if he had just remembered something, and asked Eunuch Li.
Eunuch Li replied, "The delegation is large and has heavy vehicles, so they are moving slowly. We estimate they have only just left the capital."
"I'm indeed walking a little slowly." The emperor looked out the window. It was almost dusk and the day was about to pass.
At this moment, the Northern Qi envoys had just left the capital. The Jing Dynasty ceremonial officer escorting the tribute came forward and said, "Your Highness, Seventh Prince, it's getting late. Would you like to rest at the nearest inn?"
A thousand cavalrymen were only ten miles away. The Seventh Prince didn't have the guts to stay here for the night. He gave the order, "Move quickly before dark, and stop to rest after another ten miles."
The officials of the Jing Dynasty had to rest in the post house. If anything happened, it was their responsibility. The Northern Qi delegation wanted to rest in the wilderness, which was their own choice.
The team continued to move forward. In order to cover the ten miles before sunset, the escorting soldiers helped push the carts and quickened their pace.
Before the sun set, we finally arrived ten miles away and began to set up camp and prepare accommodation and food.
The seventh prince sent a secret signal and contacted a thousand cavalrymen. Only with the cavalrymen protecting them in secret could they sleep peacefully.
Living in tents, the Northern Qi delegation could still get the best dinner. They were a nomadic people and sleeping in tents made them feel at home.
In fact, the Northern Qi delegation hadn't slept well these days, shouting in other people's territory. If it weren't for the thunder bomb, they wouldn't have been so confident. Only after they successfully left the capital and joined the 1,000 cavalrymen could they eat, drink and sleep in peace.
The hardest hit were the officials and accompanying soldiers of the Jing Dynasty. Not only did they have to escort tribute, they also had to serve the Northern Qi delegation, leaving them exhausted at the end of the day. Any errand related to Northern Qi was a tough one.
After serving the nobles of Northern Qi and the officials of Jing Dynasty, he sat down to enjoy dinner and sighed in his heart. This kind of life would last another month and it would make him look very tired.
After a busy day, the camp soon became quiet. Except for the patrolling soldiers, everyone else fell asleep.
A faint fragrance floated in the air, and several dark shadows flashed into the camp. Soon the patrolling soldiers fell one by one, and the whole place was silent.
A group of people walked out of the darkness, and the leader waved his hand, "What are you waiting for? Move!"
"yes."
The first team began to act in an orderly manner, quickly opened the carriage loaded with heavy objects, took out all the things inside, and put them into the backpacks they brought.
Then the second team put all the things in their backpacks into the carriage, restored the surface to its original state, and then went to the carriage behind.
I was busy until late at night before I finally replaced everything.
Su Jinyao sat on horseback and said, "With so many things, the brothers and horses of the East Camp are exhausted. Northern Qi is too greedy."
Su Jinrui beside him raised his eyebrows, "I have to thank my sister for her good aphrodisiac incense. It works so well in the wilderness."
"Oh, then let's retreat quickly. They will slowly wake up soon." Su Jinyao followed the last group of people and rode away.
Su Jinrui cleaned up the mess behind them, erasing any traces of their presence. Afterward, they had to follow the delegation to Beiguan. As for the one thousand cavalrymen the Northern Qi delegation had been hoping for, they were destined to never return to Northern Qi.
No matter how powerful the cavalry is, their martial arts skills are not as good as those of the masters of the Imperial Palace, and their weapons and armor cannot withstand the thunder bombs.
A thousand cavalrymen were not enough to bombard the city. Seeing the Northern Qi cavalrymen being blown away and fleeing in panic, Su Jinrui and Su Jinyao suddenly felt relieved. This is how you treated us back then, and now we can finally collect some small interest.
Those cavalrymen would never have imagined that they would die under the thunder of the sky when they arrived at Jing Dynasty. The Seventh Prince of Northern Qi and the envoys would never have imagined that the cavalrymen who contacted them were actually the soldiers of the East Camp led by Su Jinrui and Su Jinyao.
Su Nanting and his two sons had already successfully reached the North Gate. The people sent by the Fourth Prince to hunt them down had long been dealt with by the palace masters and returned to the capital with evidence.
When the day broke, the Seventh Prince of Northern Qi and the envoys slept soundly. After checking that there was nothing abnormal, they had breakfast and rested for a while before continuing on their journey.
Because of the heavy vehicles, it takes more than half a month to walk from the capital of Jing Dynasty to Beiguan, and this is in the absence of rain or snow. You can imagine how difficult the journey is.
After seeing off the envoys from various countries, the capital returned to its former state. Linlang continued to see patients. Amu and Song accompanied her every day, and Hu Shan still came to help.
Linlang's belly was becoming more and more noticeable, but she remained agile and flexible. Thinking about how her past life had been much harder than this, she felt very blessed to now have so many people who loved and cared about her.
With something to do, Song's mind was distracted and she felt less anxious, and the days passed quickly. The old lady missed her son and four grandchildren, and she kept a vegetarian diet and chanted Buddhist scriptures every day. She paid little attention to Song and Linlang's outings, and the Anchang Marquis's mansion was very peaceful.
At this time, the emperor would hold a palace banquet and invite royal relatives, ministers and their families to attend, especially those who had daughters of marriageable age, to bring them into the palace to attend the banquet.
The purpose of the banquet was obvious, which was to select concubines for several adult princes. It was an honor to marry into the royal family, and families with daughters of marriageable age were all working hard to show their daughters' most beautiful and best side.
The Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, who were punished to reflect on their mistakes behind closed doors, had their punishment ended and were allowed to attend the banquet.
The Anchang Marquisate had no daughter of marriageable age, and the Marquis and his four sons were not at home. The old lady wanted to join in the fun, but Song was not in the mood to go, and Linlang was pregnant and would not go either. With no one going, the old lady found it boring and continued to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures at home.
In the evening, Amu massaged Linlang's legs and feet. "The emperor wants to use this banquet to see what the princes think. The evidence that the fourth prince assassinated his father has been handed to the emperor by the palace masters."
"The Emperor dotes on the Fourth Prince so much that even if the Fourth Prince takes these actions, he would definitely be happy to see it happen. Maybe in his mind, he just wants the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince to practice against each other."
Linlang felt that the emperor was the most cunning person. He was high above everyone else, making plans and seeing everything.
"Maybe he really did favor the Fourth Prince in the past, but this time, the Fourth Prince's attitude towards Northern Qi has displeased the Emperor. Who would want to see a prince groveling before Northern Qi?"
Amu said, "The emperor already hates Northern Qi very much. He doesn't want a weak prince to inherit the throne."
"Yeah, especially now that we have that thing, who would want to be crushed by others?" Linlang was wondering if the Northern Qi man who invented the thunder bomb was also a traveler from another world like her?
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