The concubine was so terrified she nearly wet herself.
She was planning to win over Jiang Tian, but who would have thought that Jiang Tian would suddenly drop such a bombshell.
General Zhao—who among the people living here doesn't know General Zhao?
But why did Jiang Tian specifically choose her and ask her for evidence?
Countless thoughts raced through the concubine's mind.
She wanted to resist, but before she could even utter a word, she saw blood trickling from the corner of her son's mouth.
“I don’t have time to deal with you. If you want your child dead, I’ll leave now. If you don’t want him dead, then hand over the evidence obediently. I’m here on the general’s orders to deal with General Zhao’s matter. If Deputy General Zhou wants to stay on the border, he should consider whose side he’s on.”
The concubine was already in the inner quarters, and although she knew some things, she was not clear about the ins and outs of them.
Hearing Jiang Tian say this, she felt even more flustered.
"I have no evidence, and I don't know where the general has put it!"
She accidentally called the deputy general "general," which must have been a common occurrence at home.
"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. Just wait for your son to die."
As she spoke, Jiang Tian stood up, preparing to leave.
Seeing Chen'er's face as pale as paper, with drops of blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, the concubine was on the verge of madness.
She truly could no longer bear a son; the little boy before her was her last hope.
If anything were to happen to him, his concubine would not be able to survive either.
"Please don't go! Please don't go! I... I know! There's a mechanism in the general's study, it seems like something is hidden inside! But I don't know what kind of evidence it is! Please spare my son!"
The concubine grew up in the countryside and became the beloved of Vice General Zhou because of her beautiful face and seductive charm in bed.
If you ask her to consider the deeper implications, she can't come up with anything.
All she knew was that if she didn't tell Jiang Tian everything she knew, her son would surely die.
If he dies, then Deputy General Zhou can have a child with another woman.
She'll be finished then!
His wealth and glory will vanish like a bubble.
For the sake of future glory, she must follow the path that Jiang Tian pointed out for her.
"That day, the general got drunk and played around with me on the bed. In the middle of the night, he suddenly called out General Zhao's name and then stumbled to the study. I was afraid he would choke from the alcohol, so I followed him. Later, I saw the hidden mechanism, but I didn't know if I could solve it—that's all I know."
The concubine originally intended to take this secret to her grave. She knew her place; she could be a concubine, but she could not interfere in Deputy General Zhou's affairs, otherwise she would be asking for her death too soon.
But now she can't care about anything else.
If anything were to happen to her son, she wouldn't be able to go on living.
“Take me with you and cover your son’s face. Don’t let the wet nurse and the guards outside notice anything unusual. Otherwise, I’m the only one who has the antidote. You can’t ask anyone else for it. It will only cause your son to die sooner, since time is so short.”
The concubine was practically begging Jiang Tian to kneel down.
"I know, I know."
She hurriedly picked up her son and led Jiang Tian to the study, where they found the mechanism.
She pointed there, her voice trembling, "I don't know how to open it. The general didn't tell me; I had to sneak a peek—"
Jiang Tian remained calm as she stepped forward. No one knows what she did, but in the blink of an eye, the mechanism was activated.
The concubine watched helplessly as Jiang Tian hid all the documents in her bosom, then calmly took out a pill and fed it to the child.
"This child is destined to be with me. The medicine I gave him is also a detoxifying medicine, but it has some side effects. I need to come back in three months to check on him and give him another medicine so that he can fully recover. You must take good care of him during this period and keep what I did today to yourself. Otherwise, even if your son seems fine on the surface, he might suddenly collapse and die from a serious illness. Don't blame me for not warning you."
The concubine looked at the person standing in front of her and felt extremely frightened.
How can there be such a person? Doesn't a child's life matter?
A person's perception is limited, so the concubine naturally wouldn't be able to tell what her son was eating.
In fact, Jiang Tian was not lying to her. Her son was taking tonics and vomiting up waste blood, which could help him strengthen his body.
But the concubine only saw that her son's face was pale and he was vomiting blood, and she was so frightened that she lost her composure.
Seeing that her son had taken his medicine, she fell asleep peacefully.
No matter how much hatred a concubine harbors, she would never dare to joke about her own son.
She said, "...Don't worry, even if someone tortures me to extract a confession, I will not utter a single word about what happened today."
She was still waiting for Jiang Tian to bring her medicine a second time; how could she possibly cause herself trouble?
As Jiang Tian walked out of the government office, the guards happened to deliver the medicinal herbs to her.
Carrying the medicinal herbs, Jiang Tian boarded the carriage: "Let's go to the next place."
The guard was somewhat puzzled: "Weren't you going to give them the medicinal herbs?"
“That concubine spoke rudely. People from the countryside are indeed not to be expected of. She angered me. Why should I give her the medicinal herbs? I’m going to Xu’s house to see his wife.”
Jiang Tian's temper was unpredictable, sometimes sunny and sometimes cloudy, which even her bodyguards found hard to understand.
However, since Jiang Tian was going to the next place on her own, he didn't say anything more.
After visiting for several days, good news came from the army at the front, and the families were finally relieved.
Fifty thousand barbarians is indeed a large number, but compared to them, Yuan Ye's tactics are clearly more effective.
Despite his young age, he possessed both literary and military talents, and his military prowess was unparalleled. He was divinely inspired in military campaigns, and all his recent battles resulted in resounding victories, which gave the people a new perspective on the newly arrived general.
It turns out he wasn't just a good-for-nothing; he actually had real skills.
Jiang Tian occasionally receives letters from Yuan Ye.
In the letter, he only talked about his experiences on the battlefield and instructed Jiang Tian to guard the rear.
Jiang Tian replied to every single one of his emails.
A few days later, the soldier who delivered the message looked a little off.
Jiang Tian immediately grabbed him and asked, "Has something happened to the general?"
The soldier hadn't expected Jiang Tian's intuition to be so sharp.
He wanted to deny it, but then he thought about it and realized that the general didn't even have anyone who knew how to take care of people. The soldiers were all rough and careless, how could they be as meticulous as women?
Moreover, everyone in the military camp knows that Jiang Tian is the general's concubine.
Bringing a few women to the battlefield is not a big deal; didn't those cooks also go to the battlefield without hesitation?
Thinking of this, the soldier who delivered the message told Jiang Tian the truth.
It turned out that Yuan Ye had been hit by an arrow.
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