When he opened his eyes again, Duke Qin seemed to have made a decision. When he looked at Qin Ranran, there was no more pity in his eyes, only determination.
Qin Ranran's heart skipped a beat. She had grown up in the care of Duke Qin, so how could she not know what Duke Qin's look meant? The sadness in Duke Qin's eyes deepened as she looked at him.
Duke Qin turned to look at Qin Ranran. Qin Ranran was already crying out of breath, with tears as big as beans rolling down her face, wetting a large area of her lapel.
Even though he couldn't bear it any more, he could only harden his heart and persuade her: "Ranran, you have to know that it's not that your father won't help you. It's just that your father is really powerless! Prince Xiang is a royal relative, and your father is just an official. Even if this matter is brought to the attention of the Queen Mother, based on only one side of the story, the Queen Mother will only believe Prince Xiang. So you have to be patient..."
"Father! Please tell me how I can endure this. I thought that without that troublesome bitch Murong Yue, the King of Xiang would promote me to be his principal wife."
"But after so much time, Prince Xiang still hasn't made any move. He despises his daughter because she's just a concubine, and it's not fair to raise her to be the principal wife!"
"His attitude towards my daughter is getting worse day by day. Now he beats and kicks her at the slightest displeasure! How can my daughter endure this?"
Qin Ranran stood up and interrogated Duke Qin, each word she said was heartbreaking, forcing Duke Qin to no longer want to see his daughter and he had to turn around and leave.
Qin Ranran stared at Duke Qin's departing back. Suddenly, all the strength in her body was drained away along with Duke Qin's departure, and she fell to the ground.
Shen didn't want to see her daughter in such a lifeless state. She crawled over and hugged Qin Ranran, pressing her into her arms, and whispered soothingly: "It's okay, Ranran, it's okay, Ranran. Your father doesn't care about you, but you still have mother. Mother is here to help you, and mother will not let Prince Xiang hurt you again."
Qin Ranran didn't know what method Shen would use to protect her, but she always trusted her mother, so she didn't ask any further.
After Yuwen Ran's injuries improved, he rested in the Western Regions for more than ten days and dealt with the aftermath. Yuwen Ran left the original Shuocheng army behind, and gathered the troops dispatched from the four borders on the spot, and then led his personal army south to the capital.
Xiao Yuntun was taken back to Yuwen Ran's tent on the day he woke up from the poisoning. Yuwen Ran had not seen Xiao Yuntun for several months. After his injury improved, he held Xiao Yuntun in his arms all day long and showed off his precious daughter everywhere in the military camp.
Most of the soldiers in the army are unmarried old men. On weekdays, they can only hang out with men like themselves in the barracks. How could they have the chance to see a cute baby like Xiao Yuntun?
But due to her status as a princess that Yuwen Ran held in his hands, and the fact that the men were used to being rough and violent, they did not dare to go forward to check on the child, for fear of scaring the baby.
After half a month on the road, it was already November when we were about to arrive in Beijing.
It was still summer when they left Beijing, but now it was winter when they returned. The trees on the road were already covered in silver. Little Yuntun was inevitably excited as it was her first time seeing snow. Gu Yanyue was afraid that she would disturb Yuwen Ran from processing memorials, so she asked Qin Ruoruo to carry her to another carriage to stay with her and He Fangyan.
"Whoa~" Suddenly, there was a neighing of horses in the front, and the carriage stopped with a bang. Gu Yanyue hurriedly held onto the wall of the carriage to steady herself, lifted the curtain and looked. The pace of the cavalry in front was a little chaotic, and she didn't know what had happened.
"Did something happen to A Yue?" Yu Wen Ran suddenly paused, his mind flashed, and he suddenly raised his hand, turned around, pulled Gu Yanyue back from the window, and threw him heavily on the carriage.
Gu Yanyue's reaction was only a moment slower than his, and then Yu Wenran hugged him and turned him over, hiding under the table.
A row of crossbow arrows, shining with cold light, pierced through the wooden boards of the carriage and stuck into the wall.
A sharp, anxious shout rang out from outside the carriage. Gu Yanyue recovered from the dizziness of exhaustion and breathed a sigh of relief: "A Ran, are you okay with your wound?"
"It's okay." Yu Wenran whispered, "How are you?"
"It doesn't matter. I don't know who sent the assassin."
Yu Wenran squeezed Gu Yanyue's wrist and said, "I'm going to go out and see what's going on outside. You stay here and don't move."
Gu Yanyue pressed his shoulders: "I'll tell you——"
"What do you mean, you follow me?" Yu Wenran laughed and pinched Gu Yanyue's nose. "I haven't settled the score with you for leaving the palace and sneaking into the military camp before. You better stay here for now. If I come back and see you're not here, I'll settle the score with you after I return to the palace."
Yu Wenran rarely calls himself "I" in front of Gu Yanyue, and usually calls himself "I".
Gu Yanyue shrank her neck, realizing that Yuwen Ran was really not joking with her this time, so she hid under the table obediently, and almost raised her hand to swear to Yuwen Ran that she would really be a good boy.
When Yuwen Ran went out, the assassin had already been tied up by Bai Youjin and thrown to the ground.
When Bai Youjin was in the underworld in her early years, although most people in the underworld wanted her to make a mechanical weapon for them, there were also many people who held a grudge against her. It was common for assassins to come and assassinate her, and she was already an expert at catching assassins.
One by one, their tendons in their hands and feet were cut, their jaws were removed to prevent them from biting their tongues and swallowing the poison sacs, and their hands and feet were tied up in a neat row.
Yuwen Ran got off the carriage and saw that the carriage behind him had been split open. His eyes suddenly focused and he strode over: "Senior Bai, are you all okay?"
Bai Youjin raised his chin, crossed his arms, and motioned Yuwen Ran to look at the row of assassins tied up on the ground. "Look at that. Do we look like we're in trouble?"
Yu Wenran felt relieved when he saw the little Yuntun who was held unharmed in Qin Ruoruo's arms behind Bai Youjin.
Bai Youjin glanced at the assassins on the ground and said, "What are you going to do with these assassins?"
"Take him to the prison first and have the chief judge interrogate him personally." Yuwen Ran said, "We're not far from the capital now. Senior Bai, please stay in my and A Yue's carriage."
"Then where are you and my disciple going to stay?"
"I'll just take Ah Yue on horseback riding."
Let's skip the episode about the assassin. Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue rode on the same horse. Outside the South Gate, hundreds of officials came to greet them. Everyone was exhausted after the long march. They rewarded the army and several generals for their achievements. Yuwen Ran would wait until tomorrow when he went to court to give out more rewards.
No troops were allowed to be stationed within a hundred miles of the capital. The left and right guards led the army to re-camp at the original camp outside the city. The soldiers whose homes were in the capital went home directly. Because of the assassination incident, the chief military officer rushed to the Heavenly Prison without having time to rest.
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