Tianqi went out to fight against the army of Li State, but it took only three days for him to set out.
Jiang Chen specially invited Emperor Qing to participate in this expedition. Jiang Qingqing didn't know what Jiang Chen said to Emperor Qing, but in short, Jiang Chen would be with the army that would set out in three days.
On the day when Jiang Chen and Xiao Linting were sent out of the capital, Jiang Qingqing stood at the front, looking at the two men in front of her with burning eyes.
In the blink of an eye, five years have passed. They have grown from little boys to teenagers, and can even become young men on horseback, still full of vigor. They all have a burning desire to repay their country.
When Xiao Linting was reluctantly sent away from Beijing, he was reluctant to get on his horse. Instead, he stood in front of Jiang Qingqing and paused for a long time before he spoke a word.
"Your Highness, when I get back, I have something to tell you."
Jiang Qingqing pursed her lips and looked at Xiao Linting, her expression still showing reluctance as she looked at him and nodded solemnly.
As soon as they walked out of the capital, Jiang Qingqing hurriedly took Gan Yuan and Gan Lin and turned around to get out of the crowd. They changed into ordinary clothes in the carriage and followed the army up from the side gate of the imperial city.
A simple and inconspicuous carriage was initially able to follow the army at a certain distance at the end. After leaving the suburbs of Beijing, Gan Yuan and Gan Lin were really unsure of their way, so they simply followed the carriage in the middle of the army.
We followed the army for five full days. Our money was almost gone, but the army showed no sign of resting.
Jiang Qingqing sat in the carriage, gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and whipped the carriage at full speed. After overtaking the army by several places, she stopped the carriage in the middle of the road, pretending to overturn it.
As the army moved forward, there were always vanguard soldiers ahead to scout the situation. Not long after Jiang Qingqing fell, the vanguard soldiers of the army happened to arrive.
Jiang Qingqing: “…”
She wasn't ready for her embarrassment yet.
The vanguard soldiers here found Jiang Qingqing first.
Fortunately, he was lucky. This vanguard was a young soldier who had never entered the palace and had never met Jiang Qingqing. He saw Jiang Qingqing, a girl, and her maidservant looking miserable on the road.
He kindly stepped forward to help, and asked the person next to him to go to the back to report the situation in front.
Jiang Qingqing sat on a big rock beside the road, looking at the carriage blocked in the middle of the road, thinking that this army would not just pass by her.
She pretended to be injured and rubbed her knee, but she still looked up from time to time at the stern-faced soldiers in front of her.
"The girl has injured her bones." The soldier looked at Jiang Qingqing rubbing her knee, paused for a moment, and took the initiative to speak.
Jiang Qingqing paused slightly in rubbing her knees. She looked up at the young soldiers in front of her with a strange expression, and couldn't help but wonder how much the young soldiers in the army knew about medical theory.
"During our expeditions, we often encountered people like you, whose carriages had overturned and who had no money. There were also bandits on the official road who wanted to kidnap her and asked us to rescue her."
The young soldier cracked his fingers more and more diligently, and Jiang Qingqing's face darkened little by little.
"So how do you usually deal with a situation like mine?" she asked.
The young soldier scratched his head, "At first our General Xiao was kind enough to let them follow the army, saying that if they passed by their home halfway, he would send them back."
What a great gift to send back. I didn’t expect that Xiao Linting would have so many peach blossoms on his way to the battle.
Jiang Qingqing felt a strange feeling of jealousy for no reason.
The young soldier seemed not to notice Jiang Qingqing's gloomy face, and said to himself: "Although we are all grown men, we can see clearly what these girls are doing. But our Prince Xiao has someone in his heart. These people always want to cheat him. Later, more and more women came. Prince Xiao was annoyed for many days, so he simply rode his horse and hurried on his way."
In short, Jiang Qingqing's face didn't look very bright.
He thought that the girl in front of him must have fallen in love with their Prince Xiao, so she came to make trouble. So he planned to get rid of the girl quickly before the army arrived to avoid embarrassing her.
"Everyone in the army knows that our General Xiao has a lover in his heart. They all say that after the general wins this battle, he will go and marry his lover. They are in love with each other."
What the young soldier meant was, girl, don't think about it, just go to bed.
When Jiang Qingqing heard that Xiao Linting had a lover, she immediately became extremely jealous.
Which cabbage did he steal from the pig she had been eyeing for five years?!
Just as the young soldiers were talking incessantly about how many women had done all kinds of miserable things just to get close to General Xiao, the troops behind them also came over.
Jiang Chen rode on horseback, walking side by side with Xiao Linting in front of the army. He had just heard the young soldier say that there was something going on ahead, and asked them to move faster.
But it was the first time for him to be so far away from the capital, and when he passed by the so-called trouble that the young soldier mentioned, he still glanced over.
You don't know until you take a glance, and you'll be shocked when you do.
He quickly reined in his horse, his expression immediately darkened, and he rode towards Jiang Qingqing.
Xiao Linting had experienced this too many times. He originally wanted to ignore it, but the Third Prince turned around and walked away. He was about to call the Third Prince, but he stopped talking. Then he saw Jiang Chenli get off the horse, put one hand on his waist, pointed at the girl, and muttered something.
As the horse moved forward, Xiao Linting also saw clearly the girl sitting on the stone with her head drooping in grievance.
At that moment, Xiao Linting would be lying if he said he was not moved.
"Tell those behind to rest where they are."
He gave an order and swiftly pulled the horse's head towards Jiang Chen.
When I got closer, I heard Jiang Qingqing say something in a wronged tone.
"You've all left the capital, and there's no one to accompany me. What's the point of me staying in the capital? Isn't it good to go out with you to see the world?"
Jiang Chen was so angry that he started laughing, but the young soldiers next to him were stunned.
At first, the young soldier really thought that this girl was here to commit fraud as usual, until he saw the Third Prince coming. He was about to tell the prince not to be like this, but the prince scolded the girl without saying a word.
Is it something a small soldier like him should see that the Third Prince has such a hot temper?!
Before she could completely calm down from the shock, General Xiao came up behind her. Two tall men stood in front of the girl, one scolded her and the other said nothing but looked displeased.
Young soldier: Oops, I offended a noble man.