Chapter 200 The Prince of Zhennan wants to spend his time fighting battles rather than having children…
The two forces met at the city gate by sheer bad luck. If you were to ask who was most affected, it wouldn't be the Northern Expeditionary Army or the Rebellion Suppression Army, but rather everyone in the capital!
Previously, it was revealed that Zhou Ruyuan spent his wedding night in a concubine's room and called for water three times. This was followed by the confiscation of the Shen family's property and the divorce of Shen Lanxi and Zhou Ruyuan.
In less than a month, the two protagonists who had caused a sensation in the capital went to the Northwest and Dongchuan, respectively. The buzz died down after only two days. Although people would still talk about it in private, they would never dare to discuss it in restaurants, inns or other bustling places.
The sensational wedding and the Wei family army case faded away quietly.
Just recently, Shen Lanxi suddenly reappeared in the public eye, and their past was brought up again.
This time, no matter how much pressure is applied from above, it cannot be suppressed.
Outside the city gate, Shen Lanxi stood dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, her face cold and aloof. She wore a fiery red cloak and held a long staff, looking heroic and imposing.
Zhou Ruyuan, clad in silver armor, with a slightly dark complexion and sharp features, held a red-tasseled halberd and rode a swift horse. With a long neigh, he came to a stop outside the city gate.
Less than thirty meters away from Shen Lanxi, the two groups of people were positioned to the left and right, creating an invisible confrontation!
Behind Shen Lanxi, the large banner bearing the character "Shen" stood alongside the banner of the army suppressing the rebellion, the flags waving and making a whooshing sound.
Zhou Ruyuan stared intently at the person on horseback, but he couldn't reconcile the figure with the one in his memory!
Shen Lanxi glanced at Zhou Ruyuan before looking away. She had already avenged herself, and now she had no further grudges against him.
A carriage slowly pulled up beside Zhou Ruyuan. The carriage curtain was lifted, and first a maid came out, followed by a child.
"Daddy~" The child opened his arms and smiled as he reached out to Zhou Ruyuan.
Zhou Ruyuan had been looking at Shen Lanxi for a while, and a surge of anger was welling up inside him, growing bigger and bigger like a snowball.
What kind of look was Shen Lanxi giving? What kind of attitude was she using?
His current predicament, and the repeated reprimands from his father, are all her fault. If it weren't for the Shen family's involvement, he wouldn't have been demoted from commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army to peace talks.
In the eyes of a general who has been leading troops into battle, only cowards would negotiate.
A true commander-in-chief is one who conquers cities and territories and fights the enemy, not one who engages in effeminate peace talks!
Peace talks are something for intellectuals!
The more nonchalant and indifferent Shen Lanxi seemed, the angrier he became.
"Your Highness, Xiaoyu'er is making a fuss about wanting her father." Bai Qingling's voice came from inside the carriage.
Zhou Ruyuan's eyes flickered slightly. He turned his head and urged the Chasing Wind Horse to move closer to the carriage.
"What's all the commotion? There are warhorses outside. Is this a place for a little kid like him to play around?"
Upon hearing Zhou Ruyuan's reply, Bai Qingling felt a sharp pain in her stomach and her face turned deathly pale.
They had barely met when she started scolding their son. Luckily, she risked her life, using both land and water transport, to arrive in the capital at the same time as the prince.
What if she and the child didn't come, and the two of them met at the city gate?
Thinking of this, Bai Qingling felt another sharp pain in her stomach.
"Your Highness, my stomach hurts a little!" Bai Qingling said, feigning pain.
Zhou Ruyuan glared at the maid, who quickly carried the child into the carriage.
"Take the child back to the Prince's residence to see the physician first. After the audience with the Emperor, I will come back to the residence to see you!"
Bai Qingling's fingernails gripped the thick cotton quilt on the carriage tightly. No, she wouldn't leave. She would never let Chen Lanxi be alone with the prince!
Not far away, Bansicao's voice rang out.
"Is he your ex-husband? Why is he as dark as charcoal?"
Thinking of the scorching sun and sandstorms of the Northwest, Shen Lanxi laughed and said, "It's probably because the soil and water there aren't as nourishing as those in the Southwest!"
Xiao Fang scoffed, "I think he's all talk and no action."
Shen Yuanjing: "He already has a child!"
Xiao Fang: "Look at them, they can fight and have children without missing a beat!"
Ban Sicao, unafraid of death, said, "General, you are no match for him."
Xiao Fang: "You don't know anything! Men... well, they achieve great things! Women can achieve great things too!"
"Our general is a typical example of someone who devotes himself entirely to judgment, sacrificing his own family for the stability of the world... I can't go on, it would be great if Old Liu came along!" He wasn't very literate and couldn't think of many words!
Ban Sicao rolled her eyes at Xiao Fang: "You should say this: if the Prince of Zhennan had spent the time he would have spent having children on fighting wars, he might have driven the foreign tribes out of the Great Zhou territory long ago!"
Xiao Fang's eyes lit up: "Old classmate, when it comes to poisoning people, you're the best!"
These words made Ban Sicao want to whip him with the horsewhip in her hand.
As for Zhou Ruyuan, Bai Qingling was unwilling to return on her own, insisting on waiting for the imperial decree to arrive. For some reason, Zhou Ruyuan was particularly agitated today, unable to suppress his anger.
He had barely said a few harsh words when the child started wailing, which only made him more irritable.
"Shut up, stop crying!" Zhou Ruyuan growled.
The child trembled in fright and cried even louder.
Zhou Ruyuan's heart softened, and he wanted to coax her, but he felt that it would be a loss of face in front of the soldiers. He kept a cold face and remained silent, feeling somewhat embarrassed. He didn't even know why he didn't dare to turn his head to look at Shen Lanxi.
Bai Qingling felt both wronged and indignant after Zhou Ruyuan's low growl.
Why didn't Shen Lanxi die on the road to exile? If she had died on the road to exile, none of the subsequent events would have happened!
"Your Highness, Xiaoyu'er has been traveling all this way and must be feeling unwell. I'll take him back to the palace to see the royal physician."
Zhou Ruyuan felt a sense of relief. If things continued to stalemate like this, he definitely wouldn't be able to take it.
"Alright, don't just focus on the child. Call a few more physicians from the palace. I'll ask the Emperor for permission to bring the imperial physicians back to the palace later!"
Bai Qingling saw that Zhou Ruyuan still cared about her and her son. She thought about how he must have been frustrated during the two years he was tied up in the Northwest, and that he wasn't deliberately being mean to them.
If it weren't for Shen Lanxi, the prince certainly wouldn't have been so furious. Consider this: a woman he rejected climbed to her current position in just two short years, while the prince hasn't achieved much in the Northwest. Given their respective statuses, the world will inevitably compare the two.
Shen Lanxi was just lucky. Those lowly people were nothing more than a rabble. The prince could wipe them out with a mere word from his army.
To put it nicely, Shen Lanxi was a hindrance; to put it bluntly, she simply lacked the ability.
That's why His Majesty sent the prince to quell the rebellion, because His Majesty believed that the prince would definitely be able to destroy the rebel army.
The reason for transferring Shen Lanxi to the Northwest was actually to silence public opinion and prevent people from thinking that the royal family was cold-blooded and stole Shen Lanxi's military achievements.
Once their prince quells the rebellion, the people of the world will naturally know who is powerful and who is not.
At that time, Shen Lanxi was probably already devoured alive by the foreign tribes.
(End of this chapter)
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