Mu Wanyao was carried back to the city. Because the princess had been stabbed before, the guards protecting her were extremely vigilant and did not dare to give the enemy any chance to take advantage.
Mu Wan covered her bleeding palm with her other hand. All the way back to the city, the blood on her palm kept coming out, but the pain made her numb as if she didn't feel it. The first moment she stepped into the city gate, she clearly felt Fang Tong breathe a sigh of relief.
Mu Wanyao was not careless at all.
She refused to retreat first, but noticed that the soldiers were calling on the people to hide, the plank road creaked, and the city gates began to close. During the orderly retreat, Mu Wanyao saw a commotion in front of one of the city gates, and the soldiers surrounding there had a conflict.
At this critical moment, he could not afford any danger. Mu Wan shook his head and asked, "What's going on?"
The two soldiers who were arguing came back and saw that it was the princess. They immediately bowed their heads. One of them replied angrily: "Your Highness, what have I done wrong? There was a spy in the city, and I killed the spy. He insisted that I killed my colleague..."
Mu Wanyao's arm, which was being supported by Fang Tong, suddenly tensed. Fang Tong looked over and saw that Mu Wanyao's face, which was already losing blood, had become even paler.
Mu Wan raised his chin slightly and said coldly, "Guangzhou has been in a naval battle for two months. All the soldiers in the city are our own people. Where did the spy come from? What is your purpose in disrupting the morale of the army? There is no spy in the city! Take him away and kill him!"
Fang Tong, who was holding Mu Wan's hand, was shocked.
But the other soldiers surrounding the princess were stunned for just a moment, and under the gaze of Mu Wanyao's dark eyes, they took the soldier who was shouting that there was a spy away and killed him.
In the distance, the soldier's crying voice still followed Mu Wanyao: "There really is a spy! He is a spy! I am innocent! Why do you want to kill me? Your Highness, Your Highness... You are unfair! You must have made a deal with the enemy to destroy Guangzhou..."
Mu Wan frowned and said coldly: "Shut his mouth!"
After that, she still did not leave, but asked Fang Tong to help her go up to the city wall. She wanted to observe the retreat situation at the city gate and the enemy's offensive situation.
When they climbed up the stairs, Fang Tong whispered in her ear: "That soldier might really have been wronged. There might really be spies in the city..."
Mu Wanyao interrupted indifferently: "It doesn't matter whether there are spies or not. Guangzhou will be sealed from today. Not even a fly can fly in, and no news can get out.
"It doesn't matter whether there are spies or not. What matters is that I can't let his yelling panic the people and demoralize the army."
Fang Tong suddenly realized and admired the princess's deep consideration. Under the black night, Mu Wan's bleeding palm on his arm trembled slightly. She tilted her head slightly and whispered to Fang Tong: "Besides, there may not be a spy.
"Usually in situations like this, when someone shouts that there are spies, it's actually because he's afraid. He sees his colleagues start to be wary and thinks his comrades who are fighting side by side are enemies. This is a sign of his fear. If I let him develop, this panic will affect the entire city.
"If everyone suspects that there are spies in the city, and everyone starts to be wary of their teammates fighting side by side and wanting to harm them...how can we fight this battle to defend the city?
"If we can't trust our own people, we've already lost half of the battle to defend the city.
"Fang Tong, I predict that... the Nanman will make a desperate effort and they will not retreat easily. The defense of Guangzhou may last for a long time. We need to relieve the pressure on Jiannan and give the central government time. We can't lose our composure."
The Danyang Princess's overall view was something that Guard Fang felt inferior to. He didn't say much, and just focused on protecting Her Highness.
Mu Wanyao was escorted up the tower by him and the guards, eager to go up the city wall to see the battle situation. Because she was in a hurry and was attacked when returning to the city, Mu Wanyao's long hair, including jade hairpins and hairpins, was shaking. When Fang Tong was protecting her on the tower to avoid arrows shot from the city, the hairpin in Mu Wanyao's hair broke with a bang.
The pearls and jades are dazzling, and the clothes are gorgeous.
In the dark night, amid the chaotic movement of soldiers, Mu Wanyao suddenly turned back. Her black hair poured down like a thick black waterfall.
She has snow-white skin and black hair, a mixture of white and black, and the light in her clear, dark eyes is captivating and charming.
The golden hairpin and step-shaking ornaments fell to the ground with a jingle, and the princess's dishevelled hair was seen by everyone. When the soldiers who saw it were amazed and dazed, Fang Tong hurriedly called on the guards to lower their heads and help find the hairpin together, and helped Mu Wanyao to tie her hair up again.
Mu Wanyao was looking down at them. Suddenly, she pulled out Fang Tong's sword. Before Fang Tong could stop her, Mu Wanyao swung it down from the middle with her loose black hair.
Her black hair fell apart and flew out from her bleeding palm.
Her beautiful, ankle-length black hair, which had been taken care of by the maids and praised by Yan Shang, was cut off to the waist by her sword.
The symbol of noble birth and pampered life was ruthlessly cut off. The black hair could no longer spread on the ground, nor would it be a burden to her when she was running in a hurry.
The past is cut off and a new life begins.
Mu Wan waved her hand and held the sword, letting her black hair, which now only reached her waist, fall all over her shoulders.
Facing the astonished gazes of the soldiers around her, Mu Wanyao shouted, "Listen carefully, everyone. As the Princess of Danyang of the Great Wei, I swear an oath here. From today on, I will go in and out with you, eat the same meals, and wear the same clothes.
"I will defend the city with you!
"No betrayal, no spies, no quarrels. We will defend Guangzhou together, live and die together. If I dare to abandon you and run away... let me die, all those I love will die, all those I hate will be blessed, and I will suffer all my life!"
There was endless fighting outside the city, and the people in the city were in a state of panic. But at this moment, everyone stopped and looked at Mu Wanyao. She repeated what she had said. In the silence, her light and firm voice once again spread across the city wall.
She stood on the tower, under everyone's gaze. Her sleeves were fluttering, her hair was messy. Her clothes were disheveled, and she looked dusty, but she was so noble and majestic, like a heroine. Everyone looked up at her, as if looking up at a bright pearl or a lush mountain.
In the silence, the soldiers suddenly became excited. Their eyes began to burn and tears welled up in their eyes. They surrounded the beautiful princess and shouted under the leadership of the general:
"God bless the Great Wei, Holy Wei! Protect His Highness and never abandon the city!"
"Protect His Highness and never abandon the city!"
The soldiers hoisted their flags and climbed up the corner tower. The messengers spread Mu Wanyao's words throughout the city, and the soldiers on horseback chanted Mu Wanyao's oath in the streets.
The cheers were as loud as thunder, scaring away the enemies attacking the city. The cheers accompanied the raising of the flags of the Great Wei, and the uneasy people in the city opened the windows, staring into the cold night and listening to the beating of drums.
The war drums were beating, the battle horns were blowing, but the soldiers and civilians in the city gradually calmed down. The test of fate and the hardship of survival came at the same time. Not everyone was not afraid of death, but almost everyone was not afraid of death.
Mu Wanyao encouraged the soldiers. Only when she saw that the people had settled down and the defenders were no longer in a panic did she breathe a sigh of relief and was surrounded by guards including Fang Tong and came down from the city wall.
Qiusi was waiting for her at the foot of the city wall. Seeing the princess with her hair loose, tears welled up in her eyes and she muttered that she wanted to trim the princess's messy hair.
Fang Tong reminded: "Your Highness' palm was injured, and he has not had time to bandage it."
Mu Wanyao suddenly lowered his head and looked down at his waist, frowning deeply.
Fang Tong was perceptive: "What's wrong? Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?"
Mu Wanyao didn't know what to say for a moment. She was no longer the resolute princess on the city wall. She looked like a confused girl.
Mu Wan was trembling uncomfortably: "My token of love... was lost by me."
Fang Tong didn't react for a moment: "What?"
Mu Wanyao was very upset: "It was the jade pendant that Second Brother Yan gave me. He said it was an ancestral jade pendant in his family, and it was only given to a couple. After he gave it to me, I treasured it very much and often wore it out. I shouldn't have worn it today... Maybe when I was leaving the city and coming back just now, I was attacked, and then I was tripping over things, and I lost Second Brother Yan's ancestral jade pendant."
She felt so upset that she wanted to cry: "What should I do? Why am I like this? Second Brother Yan gave me a token of love, and I either broke it or lost it. What should I do if this continues?"
The war situation was critical, but the princess was worried that her token of love was lost.
Fang Tong didn't know what to say, and after a long while he said, "Then I'll go look for him?"
Mu Wanyao hesitated for a while and said sadly: "...Forget it, it's probably lost outside the city. I just ordered everyone not to leave the city, so I can't go against my own order. It's a pity for my token of love..."
The water lily she gave to Yan Shang died because of her neglect, and the jade pendant Yan Shang gave her was lost by her.
That was something passed down from the Yan family.
If Yan Shang knew...
Mu Wan lowered his head and muttered, "After the city war is over, I will find someone to polish an identical jade pendant before I meet Brother Yan Er. I have to coax him into submission."
Fang Tong: “…”
Qiu Si helped the princess down to bandage her wound. Hearing this, she whispered, "The prince consort is so careful. It's someone's ancestral heirloom. Your Highness is fooling people like this. The prince consort will be angry if he sees it. Will he quarrel with Your Highness?"
Mu Wan shook his head and snorted.
She scolded Qiu Si for being ignorant, and her voice was loud: "Nonsense! Second Brother Yan would never quarrel with me over such a small matter! The relationship between me and Second Brother Yan can't be compared with a jade pendant!
"Even if Second Brother Yan found out, he would pretend not to see it. He wouldn't even ask me about it... He would even help me coax his family and not let his father know."
Thinking of Yan's father, Mu Wan shook his head and said, "Protect the Yan family well, and don't let my father come to see me. Just say I'm very busy... I have to protect Yan Shang's family. Only when they are safe can I explain to Yan Shang and tell them not to run around."
After Mu Wanyao finished giving his instructions, he looked up at the black sky again.
She frowned.
At this time, she was no longer a princess who was relied upon by others. She was just an innocent girl who was thinking about her lover.
She sighed, "What a pity! It will probably take a long time for Yan Xiaoer to come back... Now that Guangzhou is under lockdown, I can no longer write to Yan Xiaoer every day. I miss him so much."
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On the Nanman side, after exchanging lives for lives and launching attacks, King Ale finally obtained a token of Princess Danyang's life - a jade pendant.
He laughed.
I just feel that with this jade pendant, I have something that belongs to Mu Wanyao... It's all worth it! After losing so many troops, I can make up for it!
He ordered in a gloomy voice: "Send someone with the jade pendant to negotiate with Yan Shang! Also give him a finger from a Wei person and say it belongs to the princess!
"He said his wife is in our hands and we have already cut off one of her fingers. If he doesn't withdraw his troops and negotiate peace... we will kill his wife!
"Let's see whether he wants the integrity of the Great Wei territory or his wife's life!"
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