Chapter 552 Guards
After having breakfast, Wei Shao was strolling around the yard to digest his food. He stretched and lay down comfortably on the rocking chair in the yard. The golden sunlight fell on his face, making Wei Shao sigh.
"It's so great to be with the right person! It feels so comfortable!"
"Brother! Shiro-nii-gege (Brother Shiro) doesn't let you lie down right after eating. Get up and move around a bit more!"
Wei's younger sister held the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, looking at her older brother with a speechless expression.
Wei Shao lay lazily in the rocking chair and hummed softly, remaining motionless.
A year ago, he could never have imagined that he would be living such a good life. A year ago, his father fell ill at home and they didn't even have money to buy medicine. After his father passed away, he was forced into the role of cannon fodder.
Meeting Lin Changning truly changed his luck. Now his younger siblings attend classes with the children in Lin Changning's family, he fights alongside his own magistrate, and even his mother helps out in the embroidery workshop of the Lin family. They even receive a monthly allowance, which is promptly distributed to the two children and his mother.
Yes, he has one too.
The Importance of Having a Good Superior!
Wei Shao couldn't understand any better. Ever since he moved into the Lin family mansion and saw his family members living better and better lives, Wei Shao had long ago made up his mind to follow Lin Changning to the death.
Just as she was nestled comfortably in the rocking chair, thinking about following Lin Changning for the rest of her life, she heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard.
"Commander Wei? Is Commander Wei here? My master wants you to come to the main hall."
Unlike his lazy demeanor when his sister called him earlier, Wei Shao jumped up from the rocking chair, straightened his clothes slightly, and strode forward: "Yes, I'm coming, just a moment."
After saying that, he quickly walked towards the courtyard entrance, opened the door, and was about to ask the maid outside the door something when the maid bowed to him, nodded, and said, "The old lady and the princess are in the main hall. The master asked me to call you over."
A hint of doubt flashed in Wei Shao's eyes. Why would the princess summon him when she came over? Thinking this, Wei Shao directly asked the maid, "Do you know what it is about?"
The maid nodded slightly: "It's probably in a few days. The princess will be taking my old lady to the capital. My husband is worried about their safety on the road, so he and the princess recommended a commander of a thousand households."
Wei Shao's heart raced slightly, and his face flushed a little. The next moment, he realized what kind of opportunity Lin Changning had given him.
He was good with a gun, he knew it himself, but there was a big difference between fighting in the army and serving the emperor.
His family has practically paved a road to heaven for him!
Wei Shao calmed himself down a bit, straightened his clothes, composed himself, and slowly walked with the maid to the main hall.
Upon seeing the two women at the head of the table, Wei Shao quickly stepped forward, knelt down in a few steps, and bowed, saying, "Wei Shao greets Your Highness and Magistrate Lin."
Princess Chu remained silent, carefully observing the robust Wei Shao below. Lin Changning casually raised his hand and said, "Get up first, Wei Shao. My mother is short of a head guard for her trip to the capital. I think your spear skills are quite famous in the army, so protecting my mother and me to the capital shouldn't be a problem. Would you be willing to make the trip?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Wei Shao clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Wei Shao obeys! I will protect the Princess and the Old Madam to the death!"
Lin Changning nodded slightly and turned to look at the Princess Consort of Chu: "Mother, this is Wei Shao, one of my trusted men. He is currently serving as a commander of a thousand men in the garrison. His marksmanship is outstanding, and ordinary people are no match for him."
Princess Chu looked at Lin Changning with gentle eyes: "The people you chose, I naturally trust. We will depart in three days. Commander Wei?"
Wei Shao knelt on one knee, his gaze fixed intently on the Princess of Chu: "Your Highness, I am here. Please give your orders."
Princess Chu pondered for a moment and said, "Tomorrow you should go to the Prince's residence and find the guards at the gate. The head guard died a few days ago. Go and get your waist token and take over. Get to know the others as well. I'll leave the journey to the capital to you, Chief Guard."
Wei Shao clasped his hands in a fist and bowed to the princess, solemnly declaring, "Your subordinate obeys!"
Seeing that the matter of going to the capital was almost resolved, Lin Changning nodded slightly to Wei Shao, indicating that he could leave.
After Wei Shao left, the princess was worried about her daughter. After exchanging a few words with Lin's mother, she decided to go and see Li Mingshu.
Lin's mother smiled at the Princess of Chu: "Yue'er should be waking up around this time, and I have to go see her. I won't stay with the Princess. Xiao Liu, go with your mother to see Shu'er. Your sister-in-law is still warming medicine on the stove. Remember to feed her the medicine when she wakes up. I'm going to Yue'er's place to coax her to eat her medicine and food first."
Lin Changning bowed to his mother, nodded, and then led Princess Chu to his own courtyard.
Lin's mother turned and headed towards Yue'er's small courtyard. The princess was going to see her daughter and naturally wanted to have some private conversations. Now that they were about to enter the capital, she, as the mother-in-law, naturally did not want to disturb them too much. She left the time for the princess and Ming Shu to talk more.
Lin Changning led his men into his courtyard. After entering the room, he saw that Li Mingshu had already sat up with the help of her maids.
Lin Changning unconsciously took a few quick steps forward, supported Li Mingshu, and let her lean against him: "Did you just wake up? A-Shu, is there anything else that's bothering you? Should we call the Liu family doctor again?"
Li Mingshu leaned against Lin Changning's chest, her face as pale as ever, her lips bloodless. The few movements she made to sit up left her breathless, and she looked like a fragile porcelain doll.
With a worried expression, the princess sat down by her daughter's bedside after a maid brought her a stool. Looking at her pale and fragile daughter, her eyes were slightly red and her nose was a little sore.
"Shu'er? How are you feeling today?"
Li Mingshu leaned gently against Lin Changning's chest. Lin Changning slowly brushed the slightly messy strands of hair from her face behind her ears. She felt a slight palpitation in her chest and looked at her mother, suppressing her discomfort, she said, "I'm much better, Mother. Don't worry. I should be fine after a few more days of rest."
Princess Chu sighed, slowly turned her head, her eyes still a little red.
Li Mingshu looked at her grief-stricken mother, her eyebrows curving into a smile. She slowly reached out and took her mother's hand, asking, "Mother, how is Father? Is everything settled now?"
Princess Chu nodded, her warm hands tightly holding her daughter's cold little hands. After rubbing them together, she covered Li Mingshu's hands and said, "The situation in the capital has stabilized. Your father sent someone to summon me to the capital, saying that the enthronement ceremony is about to take place."
Li Mingshu blinked, her smile becoming more genuine: "That's good, Mother. Don't look so gloomy. Isn't Father's ascension to the throne a good thing? All the grievances our family has suffered over the years haven't been in vain."
When the princess heard her daughter say this, her nose tingled with tears. She turned her head and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief before sighing, "I will be going to the capital in three days. You and Rong'er should recover from your injuries before you leave. The journey will be bumpy, and I'm worried that your bodies won't be able to withstand it."
Li Mingshu nodded to her mother, but did not speak.
She can clearly feel that her body is getting worse day by day.
The princess was naturally aware of this, and she couldn't help but feel heartbroken every time she saw her daughter. If you were to ask who in the family had suffered more injustice over the years...
Only her Shu'er, her Shu'er, suffered the most, the most, the most grievances.
I swallowed my tears and felt a deep sadness.
The people she and the prince felt most sorry for were Shu'er and Yue'er...
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