"Keep it hanging on the city wall; she shouldn't enjoy the blessings of the peony."
"If she hadn't killed Peony, we wouldn't be going through all this trouble now."
"She deserved it!"
Su Yujiao explained her plan in detail, and Mo Lingchen followed her instructions.
He first sent a group of people to transport the grain back, with Su Yujiao personally leading the way.
She had to go, because the food was all in her space.
There was no grain in the temple outside the city; she just made it up.
Meanwhile, Mo Lingchen sent men to hang Chu Qinghe's body on the city wall again.
Find a place to bury the original body double!
Although the food had not yet been delivered, the act of changing bodies attracted the attention of everyone in the military camp.
"What happened?"
"Why did the general hang the princess's body up again?"
"Really? How could he bear to treat the princess like that?"
"Who is the woman who came to the camp today? Is she the one instigating this behind the scenes?"
"General, you are truly foolish. How could you be blinded by beauty?"
"The princess is our savior, we can't just abandon her."
"Let's go find the general and demand an explanation, and give the princess justice."
Are you going or not?
"I'll go."
"I'll go too."
"And me too."
"Let's all go."
Almost everyone responded to his call, and they all went to Mo Lingchen indignantly to demand an explanation.
Xiao Bei and Deputy General Li were outside controlling the situation: "Everyone, please be patient. The general will come out and explain to you personally in a moment."
"How long will we have to wait?"
"Are we just going to leave the princess's body hanging on the city wall like this?"
"Li Quan, have you lost your conscience? If it weren't for the food sent by the princess, you would have been dead long ago."
Another deputy general, who held the same rank as Li Quan, was an impatient man who would shout and curse loudly with his neck stiff.
Li Quan was wronged and scolded terribly. He didn't know what was going on, but he was assigned to guard the gate.
He also wanted to know why the general was suddenly treating the princess this way!
That was his wife!
Time passed slowly, and the soldiers grew increasingly agitated.
Mo Lingchen waited from morning until afternoon before Su Yujiao returned with her people to transport the grain.
Truckloads and bags of goods stretched as far as the eye could see.
Su Yujiao didn't bring a vehicle, and there weren't many in the camp, so the rest had to be carried back by manpower, one person carrying a bag each, which naturally took a long time.
"Look, someone has delivered supplies."
"Let's go, let's go help!"
"With so much grain, it seems the imperial court hasn't abandoned us."
The crowd surged forward, took the sacks from their companions, and carried them all into the granary.
"My goodness, this rice is so white! Is it for the imperial family?"
"This rice smells so good! I can smell the aroma even before it's cooked."
"This is the best rice I've ever seen in my life."
"Is this really something we lowly soldiers can eat?"
"This flour is so white, I've never seen such fine white flour in my life."
The crowd gathered around the large, white rice, marveling at its beauty.
Su Yujiao couldn't help but laugh at the naive look on everyone's faces.
This refers to the refined rice and flour produced later, which were naturally products that did not exist in this era.
After all the grain was stored in the warehouse, Mo Lingchen, who had been hiding there all morning, finally came out.
"Look, the general is coming out."
"Let's go, let's go find the general and demand an explanation."
After Vice General Li had reorganized all the troops, Mo Lingchen spoke up: "This is the county princess from the capital."
He didn't mention Su Yujiao's title to avoid future trouble, only saying that she was a county princess.
"The county magistrate is here today not only to deliver grain, but also to clarify a truth."
"Princess, you may continue."
Mo Lingchen handed the stage over to Su Yujiao and stepped aside.
"Actually, I have come here today both on someone's behalf and to repay a debt of gratitude."
"This grain was not given to you by the imperial court, nor by me, the county magistrate."
"It was donated to you by a young woman named Jin."
"Including the last batch of grain that was delivered, it was also a gift from Miss Jin."
Upon hearing this, the audience erupted in uproar, and everyone turned to look at the corpse swaying in the wind atop the city wall.
Wasn't the last shipment of provisions delivered by Princess Qinghe under the guise of an imperial edict?
How did she become the so-called "Golden Girl"?
"I'll tell you another truth, and then I'll explain the whole story to you."
Su Yujiao pointed to the city gate and shouted, "That corpse is not the real Princess Qinghe at all."
"The real Princess Qinghe is still alive and well."
"This was all a play directed and acted by Princess Qinghe herself."
Those below were completely stunned by these remarks.
What exactly happened?
The princess didn't die?
Why does she act?
"Everyone, please be quiet and let me explain."
"There is a young lady surnamed Jin named Lingxi. Let's call her Miss Lingxi for now."
Lingxi is Jin Mudan's given name; Mudan is merely her courtesy name.
In ancient times, wealthy families paid attention to these things, mainly because they were afraid that someone would covet the birth dates and times of those with good fortune.
Therefore, wealthy families would give their children a courtesy name after naming them.
When traveling, people usually use their courtesy name instead of their real name recorded in the family genealogy.
Peony came from an official family, so naturally she paid attention to these things, but she later declined.
“The girl Lingxi was seriously ill, but she was fortunate enough to be guided by a wise and virtuous person who told her to do good deeds so that she could gradually recover.”
"Therefore, Miss Lingxi has been doing good deeds all these years, donating money and food, and building soup kitchens..."
"Her health has indeed improved since she did the good deed."
"When Miss Jin learned that the soldiers on the frontier were short of clothes and food, she donated 200,000 taels of silver to buy cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers."
"They also donated a large amount of grain and fodder."
"As a result, the condition did not improve, but instead deteriorated rapidly, reaching a critical stage."
"I only found out later that someone had stolen her luck."
"The generals living in the capital should know that Chu Qinghe fell seriously ill half a year ago and there is no cure."
"When a royal princess falls ill, we must naturally try every means to save her."
"Someone calculated that Chu Qinghe and Lingxi's birth dates and times are exactly the same."
"Originally, Chu Qinghe also wanted to change her fate by accumulating good deeds."
"But it didn't work out. Chu Qinghe had no good intentions. Her so-called accumulating virtue and doing good deeds was just for her own selfish desires."
"Moreover, the money she used for charitable deeds was all obtained by trickery and extortion from others, so her condition did not change at all."
"Who knew that when one plan failed, that black-hearted Taoist priest would come up with another one for her."
"The wicked Taoist priest used talismans to change the fates of the two, stealing away the good fortune that Lingxi had accumulated through good deeds."
"From now on, every good deed Lingxi does will bring blessings to Chu Qinghe."
"But Lingxi's health deteriorated day by day, and she suffered from the torment of illness day and night."
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