Chapter 411 Doctor Jiang is definitely a vixen!
Li Rong nodded: "Don't worry, just go back in a big way. He won't dare to openly touch you. I will do it as soon as possible, at the latest around the Lantern Festival. Just wait for my news."
Chi Heng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He was truly unsure of himself against Xiao Yuanshan alone, so he nodded and then said, "Alright, your skills are limited, and I'm afraid Xiao Yuanshan might take advantage of the situation. I'll leave Chen Shu here. Although he's slow-witted, he's still quite skilled in martial arts and literate. He can stay with you for now and help with some trivial matters."
Chen Shu was yawning on the side when he heard this and froze in fright, staring at the two of them with wide eyes.
What's going on? Why are these two suddenly talking about me?
As expected, the next second he received a heavy slap on the back of the head from Chi Heng: "Stupid thing, what are you standing there for?"
Chen Shu looked up and met Li Rong's deep, unfathomable eyes, which made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. He knelt down with a thud and kowtowed three times. He held back for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.
Logically speaking, his own master is extremely difficult to serve now, not only scolding him eight times a day, but also starting to beat him up recently.
It's a good thing that we can avoid seeing his master for the time being, but then we can look back at this general.
In the past, running errands for General Li would have been an unparalleled honor. Even for someone like him, a scholar who had passed the imperial examinations twice, it would have been impossible to even get close to him.
Now that I have the opportunity to be by his side, if the general is reinstated one day, I will surely rise to prominence along with him.
However, this general was not easy to serve.
Take Changshan, for example, who was his former subordinate. What became of him in the end...
Thinking about it this way, he even felt a chill run down his spine.
He subconsciously looked at Li Rong and couldn't help but swallow hard.
He was, after all, a third-class Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), so surely he should be smart enough, right?
After weighing the options for a while, he still couldn't decide whether it was better to follow the Duke or the General.
"Smack!"
As Chen Shu hesitated, he was slapped hard on the back of the head again.
"You stupid fool, do you think I'm letting you choose people? Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. If you're even slightly dishonest, you can wait until we get back and I'll skin you alive."
Upon hearing this, Chen Shu's expression immediately hardened. The next second, she kowtowed twice more to Li Rong, then jumped up and, without a second's hesitation, stood directly behind Li Rong.
Chi Heng gritted his teeth in anger and said to Li Rong, "You should teach him a lesson. This kid needs to be disciplined. A couple of beatings will make him behave."
Li Rong glanced at Chen Shu behind him, only to see him looking meek and obedient.
"You're putting on an act! If you do anything outrageous again and embarrass me, just you wait!"
Chi Heng gritted her teeth and gave a warning before handing the items to Sun Wen beside her. She then clasped her hands in a fist salute to Jiang Nuanzhi from afar, saying, "Sister-in-law, I'm leaving now."
Jiang Nuanzhi brought along some of the food his horse would use for the journey. Finding everything to be in order, she stood beside Li Rong to see him off.
"The journey is long, Brother Chi, please do not be careless. Protecting yourselves is the most important thing right now."
Li Rong nodded in agreement: "Your sister-in-law is right."
Chi Heng just smiled and said, "Don't worry. There are a dozen or so of us on our way. Sun Wu is also waiting with his men ten miles away. We have plenty of people to escort us, so there will be no trouble. But you, please take care."
"Don't worry, we might really come to Kyoto to bother you in a while," Jiang Nuanzhi said with a smile.
Chi Heng laughed, and then the group chatted for a few more minutes. Chi Heng then led his men out of the village in a grand procession.
"Huh? That guy surnamed Chi actually left!"
In Xie Liangchen's courtyard, the young princess peered over the wall and saw the backs of Chi Heng and his entourage in the distance, and her brows furrowed.
Yu Chuan frowned: "Master, Duke Chi has returned to the capital. When are we going back? This Great Wilderness is not a place to stay for long."
"What's the rush? The general isn't even in our hands yet." With that, the young princess pinched her brow in apparent distress. "I don't know what I've been up to all this time. I haven't even had a proper conversation with the general yet. At this rate, when will he ever marry me?"
Yu Chuan paused, then said with a hint of helplessness, "Master, we're talking about serious business."
The young princess glared at her immediately: "Does that mean your master's life-long happiness isn't a serious matter? Time is of the essence, do you think I'm not in a hurry?"
Yu Chuan touched his nose and said, "Master, don't forget that the Emperor told us to come and pick up the princess. I don't know what's wrong with Zhao Xiuyuan. The guards who went to contact him two days ago couldn't find him, and when they went to his residence, it was completely empty. There wasn't a single trace of him."
"Could it be that their enemies have come looking for them? They might even be dead out there!"
The young princess chuckled gloatingly, then, seeing Yu Chuan's resentful expression, she waved her hand dismissively: "Alright, alright, who are you trying to fool with that long face? Didn't he say that the Zhao family's daughter is most likely a princess who has been living abroad? At worst, we can just take her back to the capital. Whether she is or not, we can let His Majesty decide."
Yu Chuan still frowned deeply: "But the Emperor wants you to assist Lord Zhao. He is nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead. We don't even know what happened. We can't explain this to the Emperor when we return to the capital. Besides, if we take the wrong person, the Emperor might be disappointed and take his anger out on you."
"This is not right, that is not right!" The young princess glanced at her, rubbed her temples, and said, "Fine, I'll go back and write a letter to ask the Emperor for permission."
As she spoke, seeing that Yu Chuan still looked worried, the little princess rolled her eyes: "Why are you still so gloomy?"
"I think that if you act this way, His Majesty might feel that the princess is not up to the task?"
The young princess's eyes deepened, then she grinned broadly and said, "My silly Yuchuan? I'm just a teenage girl. It's only natural for me to confide in my elders when I'm flustered and at a loss. What's this talk of great responsibility or small responsibility? That's not something I'm thinking about."
Then, she waved her small, white hand: "Hurry up and prepare the brush and ink."
The young princess, who had just picked up her pen, let out a cold smile.
Does she really think her royal uncle sent her to do something? If she really did the job perfectly, her royal uncle would be restless and unable to eat or sleep.
The young princess finished writing the letter in one go, then her gaze inadvertently swept over the jade pendant hanging on Yu Chuan's body: "Hey? I remember I also have a pure gold hollowed-out eight-treasure gourd, go and get it for me."
Yu Chuan nodded, then took the gourd out of the jewelry box and presented it with both hands.
Immediately afterwards, the young princess stuffed the golden gourd into her bosom.
Yu Chuan looked over in surprise: "Master, what are you doing?"
The young princess glared at her: "What right do you have to interfere? What are you standing there for? Hurry up and send the message!"
"Then what is this...?"
"I'm going to the Jiang family. I'm craving some meatballs, and I can't go empty-handed." The little princess said, then put her hands behind her back and skipped happily out the door. "I wonder if Doctor Jiang likes things made of gold."
Yuchuan: "..."
Yu Chuan felt that what her princess had muttered earlier was absolutely true. Doctor Jiang must be a vixen reincarnated!
She not only bewitched the general, but also the princess of their household...
(End of this chapter)
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