Chapter 376 The Princess Is Not Wrong
Although Tuoba Ying had never been to Daxing, he had read many strange stories about Daxing and knew that there was a secret technique in Daxing that could temporarily block a person's meridians with acupuncture with gold needles, allowing a seriously injured person to recover to his best condition in a short time.
The seventeenth prince was born strong. He had never met an opponent among his peers since he was a child. When he was a teenager, he could fight against a hundred people alone and had never been seriously injured. The large-scale attack encountered during the migration of the royal court was the most serious injury he had ever suffered. He almost lost everything.
Even a young genius cannot help but feel obsessed and vow not to be a human being unless he avenges this.
So Tuoba Ying would rather take the risk and gamble with his life.
"Princess..." Doctor Zhang, who was still in the carriage, said with an embarrassed look on his face, "It's not that I don't want to help the prince, but this method is simply too dangerous. What if... the prince's meridians flow backwards and he dies suddenly? I simply cannot bear the responsibility for such a crime."
Doctor Zhang had heard that acupuncture with golden needles could restore a person's strength in a short period of time, but this method was too harmful to the body and could cause death. Moreover, he had never used this method on anyone before, so he was not sure about the effect.
The person who asked him to use the golden needle acupuncture method was the seventeenth prince of Beili. This matter concerned the diplomatic relations between the two countries. How could a doctor dare to agree to it without authorization?
Doctor Zhang not only did not dare to agree himself, he also signaled with his eyes that Princess Chang'an and Princess Changning should not agree to this matter easily.
Prince Chang'an and Lord Mu are not here. If the seventeenth prince dies, there will be no way to resolve the matter.
Just as Huo Yanran was about to speak, she heard Tuoba Ying say, "I can sign a life and death agreement."
The Seventeenth Prince looked at Huo Yanran, his blue eyes filled with determination. "Don't you Daxing people just ignore life and death as long as you sign a life and death agreement? Even if I die, I won't blame you!"
"prince!"
When the Beili people heard this, they shouted at him loudly, trying to stop him.
Tuoba Ying raised his hand to signal them to be silent. "If I cannot avenge myself, I would rather die with my father, the Chanyu, and my brothers. If I can slay my enemies and reconquer the major tribes, I, Tuoba Ying, swear hereby that Beili and Daxing will be forever allied and there will be no more war!"
The Seventeenth Prince has already said this.
Chunzhi and Huo Yanran both knew that there was no way they could persuade the Seventeenth Prince today.
The two looked at each other.
Huo Yanran said, "Prince, you are so brave and valiant, and you deserve respect. The Beili royal family was massacred, and this deep hatred is right before your eyes. If you want to seek revenge, I will not stop you. I just ask that you take care of yourself. No matter what the situation, you must live to have a future."
After hearing this, Tuoba Ying only confirmed what he wanted to hear with her, "Princess, do you agree?"
Huo Yanran didn't answer but asked, "If I don't agree, you won't go?"
Tuoba Ying was silent for a moment, then placed his hand on his chest and bowed to Huo Yanran, saying, "Thank you, Princess."
"No need to thank me." Huo Yanran said, "This is the path you chose. I just didn't stop you."
Chunzhi waited for them to finish speaking, then immediately ordered the attendant beside him, "Call in the doctors who are accompanying us."
Doctor Zhang was an excellent doctor, but he had never explored the martial arts of acupuncture. His first attempt was to attack the seventeenth prince of Beili, so he was a little hesitant to do it.
Chunzhi summoned all the doctors in the wedding procession. Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. With more doctors, it would be safer to perform acupuncture on the Seventeenth Prince.
Soon, all ten doctors came to the carriage. Chunzhi gave them a few instructions and then asked them to enter the carriage to perform acupuncture on the seventeenth prince.
Tuoba Ying ordered all the Beili ministers to step back and rest, but they were all afraid that something might happen to the Seventeenth Prince, so no one dared to leave and they all stayed outside the carriage in the heavy snow.
Chunzhi and Huo Yanran did not leave immediately. The maids stood by their sides holding oil-paper umbrellas to shield them from the wind and snow.
Even though the people of Daxing did not ask Tuoba Ying to write a death statement on the spot, when the doctors were discussing which acupuncture points to use, the seventeenth prince picked up a pen and wrote a death statement in Chinese characters, pressed his bloody handprint on it, and had someone hand it to the Princess of Daxing.
Huo Yanran and Chunzhi looked at the death certificate written by Tuoba Ying together. The Chinese characters written by this person were crooked, and it was obvious that he did not write much in his daily life. However, it could be seen that he wrote every stroke with great care.
When pressing the fingerprint, he didn't use ink, but just cut his finger with a dagger.
The life and death statement written in black and white was covered with a bloody handprint, which was bright red.
Huo Yanran raised her eyes and looked towards the carriage, but the people inside had already lowered the curtains, blocking everyone's view.
Then, there was the rustling sound of clothes being taken off.
Several doctors were whispering something, and the people from Beili who were guarding outside the carriage pricked up their ears to listen.
At this time, Liu Yan came over and saluted Chunzhi and Huo Yanran.
"Master Liu, there's no need to be so polite." Huo Yanran whispered to him, "Seventeenth Prince is so eager for revenge that he's willing to sign a life-or-death agreement. I don't know whether it's right or wrong to agree to his method of acupuncture with golden needles, but right now..."
"There's no other way now." Liu Yan continued, "What the Seventeenth Prince decides is his own decision. The princess is not wrong."
Huo Yanran raised her eyes and looked at Liu Yan.
Liu Yan is an unparalleled scholar who has won the imperial examination in the capital, but in the wind and snow of Beili, he is like a pine or cypress standing proudly between heaven and earth, and cannot be broken by the severe cold and danger.
Even when he said "The princess is not wrong", he was so serious.
Chunzhi looked at the two of them in the rustling snow and wind, like a perfect couple, and remained silent for a long time without saying a word.
Until Liu Yan spoke again: "The wind and snow are pressing on us. The princess and the princess should return to the carriage and rest. I can stay here."
Huo Yanran wanted to say something, but Chunzhi nodded and said, "Thank you very much, Master Liu."
Chunzhi said as she pulled Huo Yanran back to the carriage. The carriage blocked the cold wind and was much warmer than outside.
Huo Yanran put away the death statement written by Tuoba Ying and thought for a long time before calling out, "Sister-in-law."
Chunzhi said gently, "I'm here."
"Actually, when I left the capital, my mother gave me a private guard of 500 soldiers." Huo Yanran told Chunzhi, "They followed behind the wedding procession the whole time."
When Chunzhi heard this, she didn't speak immediately. In fact, when she and Huo Zheng sneaked into Beili at night, they had already discovered that there was such a group of people following Daxing's wedding procession.
At that time, Huo Zheng even sent someone to investigate. After learning about their origins, Chunzhi was shocked that Queen Wang loved her daughter so much, and felt that such behavior was indeed the style of her mother.
However, this private guard of 500 people was the trump card that Queen Wang prepared for the little princess to save her life. Huo Yanran suddenly mentioned these people to her at this time, which was definitely not a casual remark.
Chunzhi pondered for a moment and then asked her in a low voice, "Are you going to let this private guard team come out into the open?"
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