Chapter 218 Return to the Palace

In the convoy, the messenger rode fast to deliver the message to Taiji Palace first.

The palace was forbidden to guard horses. When the palace servants received the news, they ran along the palace road at the speed of conveying urgent military intelligence.

In Yu's study, the noble concubine was reporting on recent affairs of the harem.

The young eunuch hurried in and whispered something in Jiang Zhixian's ear.

Jiang Zhixian immediately put on an extremely happy smile and shouted: "Your Majesty is very happy!"

"Princess Tianzhen's carriage has reached the outskirts of Beijing. Calculating the distance, they should be entering the city now!"

The emperor stood up suddenly, and because he stood up too quickly, he even felt dizzy. The eunuch next to him reached out his hand to help him.

"Need not."

Bei Heng waved them away and ordered: "Open the palace gate and welcome the princess back."

As they passed by, the imperial concubine grabbed his arm and begged, "Your Majesty, I want to go too."

Bei Heng then remembered that there were many people in Taiji Palace who were worried about the young man.

Then he said, "Send a message to the Queen Mother and Consort Xian."

At this time, the Queen Mother was in the small Buddhist temple, reciting scriptures and praying devoutly.

The Buddhist beads in his hand were turned skillfully, and each bead was shiny, which showed how long its owner had been using it to pray to the gods and Buddhas.

Since the news of her granddaughter's disappearance came, the Queen Mother entered this small Buddhist temple and prayed every day.

Even if I find the person, I will not go out as long as the child has not returned home.

Her prayers were finally answered. Aunt Hui had just opened the door and before she even came to her side, she shouted without caring about her image: "Queen Mother! The eldest princess is back!"

The Queen Mother opened her eyes and stood up from the cushion.

Aunt Hui had already walked up to her quickly and said with a smile, "Your Majesty sent someone to tell you that the princess has already entered the city."

"I guess we'll be able to return to the palace in a while. Will the Queen Mother go to pick up the princess?"

The Queen Mother put down her Buddhist beads, bowed to the Buddha statue above, then turned and left.

"Of course I will go. I will feel at ease only if I can see Chu'er as soon as possible."

She changed her clothes and washed up, and when she rushed to the palace gate, Concubine Xian had already arrived.

In the distance, a convoy of cars drove in from outside.

The wheels slowly stopped, and Bei Jingchu was helped to get off the car by pedaling.

"I pay my respects to your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Noble Consort, and the Virtuous Consort."

Before she could get up, the Queen Mother came down the steps and embraced her.

"My Chu'er, you must have suffered a lot out there."

"Look at you, you're so skinny that you're just a bag of bones!"

"Let the mother take a good look at you."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother pulled her further away, looked at her carefully, and asked in confusion, "Why are you wearing a veil?"

"Mom, let's talk about this when we get back."

Entering the main hall of Xuanshi Palace, everyone gathered to care about Bei Jingchu's situation.

She took off the veil, revealing her scarred face. Several elders took a deep breath.

The imperial concubine cried out in shock: "What is going on?"

Bei Jingchu did not hide it and told the truth.

It's actually much better now. The time when the scabs first formed was really scary.

The Queen Mother hugged her and cried with heartache. Although the other elders were not as exaggerated as the Queen Mother, their feelings of love and care were no less.

Concubine Xian turned around and told someone to call the imperial physician.

Taking advantage of this moment, Bei Jingchu pulled Xin'er over and brought her in front of the imperial concubine.

"Aunt, this is Xin'er. Her mother died trying to save me, and her father probably died in Texas as well."

"I would like to ask you to be flexible and let her stay in the palace with me."

The noble concubine waved her hands and said, "It's just a small matter."

Xin'er held her hand tightly.

In the past, the most magnificent place she had ever seen was the residence of County Magistrate Ma.

I knew she was a princess, but I never thought about what a princess should be like.

The towering and majestic palace shocked her. She came to a place as high and unreachable as the palace walls.

She clung tightly to the only familiar person around her, like the roots of a plant entangled with the soil.

Not long after, the imperial doctors came to examine the injuries on Bei Jingchu's face.

After examining the wound, Doctor Shen said thankfully, "The wound looks horrible, but the doctor was careful in his treatment. It's not deep and didn't hurt the root."

"If you keep applying the medicine, the scars will gradually become lighter. As for whether they can disappear, it depends on your physical condition."

"However, Your Highness has always healed wounds quickly, so there is hope for recovery."

With the hope of recovery, everyone feels much better.

Seeing that Bei Jingchu looked tired, they left one by one to let her rest.

After the elders left, the younger ones came again.

After school, Bei Yanyu asked for an audience outside the Xuanshi Hall. After being called in, she did not see her elder sister, but only saw her father-in-law, whom she did not really want to see.

Bei Yanyu raised her little head and said crisply: "Aye, I heard that my elder sister has returned to the palace!"

"Where is my elder sister? I want her to play with me~"

"I am tired after traveling all the way. Yanyu, be good and let me rest for a day. I will play with you tomorrow."

Bei Yanyu had no choice but to leave in disappointment.

The next few children were sent away with the same excuse.

"Auntie Yu..."

However, they hoped that day after day, their eldest sister still did not play with them.

After returning to the palace, Bei Jingchu's anger that had been held seemed to be released.

He stayed in his bedroom all day long, and would not even eat if the palace maids hadn't persuaded and coaxed him.

It had been a whole day and this wouldn't work, so Bei Heng took some time to comfort her.

When I entered her bedroom, the little girl was sitting on the bed with her legs curled up, touching the tassel on the peace locket with one hand.

She turned around and called out, "Aye."

Apart from looking a little less energetic, he looked quite normal.

She said, "I want to give Ah Yu a generous reward."

"I can issue an edict to confer her the title of First-Rank Consort and give her a grand funeral."

【A grand funeral...】

[Can a person who has only a skull left from his body rest in peace even if he is buried with great care? ]

"What about Xin'er?"

"I don't believe that giving a generous reward to the dead can make up for anything."

"Father, I want to take Xin'er as my stepsister."

The emperor was very accommodating: "Yes, I will make her the county lord."

Bei Jingchu murmured, "Father, tell me, why do we have to massacre the city even though we have won the war?"

"Because the enemy is cruel and inhumane?"

Rather than asking questions, Bei Jingchu was more like talking to herself; she didn't expect to get an answer.

However, the emperor said: "In fact, when Dai Viet attacked other countries, it also massacred cities."

Bei Jingchu found it hard to believe.

She asked, "Why?"

[I thought that the Gentiles were cruel and bloodthirsty.]

【But why did the Vietnamese Dynasty also massacre the city? 】

Bei Jingchu looked at the emperor in confusion and doubt.

"To prevent mutiny in the army," Behen explained.

"You know, in war, a brother who was chatting and laughing with you and dreaming about the future one moment might die under the enemy's knife the next moment."

"The shadow of death will always hang over the soldiers."

"And massacring the city and pointing sickles at the incompetent lambs can release their stress and emotions."

"There is no need to worry about civil forces gathering together and then rebelling when they are weak, causing trouble."