Chapter 69: The Princess Calls for Troops to Drive Out Yuezhu
"By the way, there's one thing I haven't asked you."
Liu Mengyao's heart trembled, and then he said calmly: "Ask."
Shang Yuwan lowered his eyes to look at him: "Why did you bite Li Chi?"
"Oh, her." Liu Mengyao felt relieved. She thought she was going to ask something about visiting the royal family.
Even though I asked him, he didn't know.
"She brought me food, but I refused to eat it. She forced me to eat it, so I bit her."
Shang Yuwan thought to herself, it seems that Li Chi deliberately provoked Liu Mengyao to bite her, this girl is really smart.
Liu Mengyao thought for a moment and scratched his head. "I, I didn't bite...too hard, right?"
Shang Yuwan glanced at him and said, "I almost bit the meat off. When this is over, remember to bring something to apologize, and then I'll take you back."
"I don't believe you don't know. I'm helping you on purpose because you're so pitiful and have no parents."
Liu Mengyao closed her mouth and stopped talking.
In the hall, Xiao Qinggu sat in the main seat, and next to him stood a girl in blue clothes, who looked to be seven or eight years old.
Before Shang Yuwan even stepped inside, Liu Mengyao broke free from her hand and ran straight towards the girl, "Zhu Hao!"
"Brother Yao!" The girl also ran straight to Liu Mengyao.
Liu Mengyao grabbed Zhu Hao's forearm and asked, "How are you?"
Zhu Hao shook his head. His thin face had a pair of round almond eyes, which made people feel pity for no reason. "No, Her Highness the Princess took me to bathe and eat something."
Liu Mengyao looked around and found that there was indeed nothing wrong, so he felt relieved.
Shang Yuwan saw a familiar look in the girl's eyes, as if he had seen her not long ago.
She was stunned for a moment and called out to Liu Mengyao: "Explain."
Liu Mengyao said, "Don't you know now?"
Shang Yuwan: “…”
"Come quickly." Xiao Qinggu waved to Shang Yuwan, "Sit here."
Shang Yuwan glanced at Xiao Qingxu, who nodded slightly, so she sat down without hesitation.
"What should we do with these two children?" Zhou Zhou, who was sitting on the lower right, asked.
His eyes were on Xiao Qinggu, but his peripheral vision lingered on Shang Yuwan.
This woman is truly extraordinary to Her Royal Highness the Princess.
When the incident first happened, Prince Zeng indeed knew nothing about Gao Zhu and the Crown Prince embezzling the disaster relief money. Later, when he heard the name "Shang Yuwan", Prince Zeng immediately felt something was wrong and sent people as quickly as possible to find out who else in Zeng State was involved in the embezzlement of the disaster relief money.
Fortunately, the eldest princess had someone secretly leak some of the information in order to sacrifice pawns to save the chariot. Otherwise, Prince Zeng would not have been able to send the criminal's head to Kyoto before the emperor became completely angry and clear himself from the matter.
Then news came from Kyoto that the prince killed Gao Zhu in a hurry, but later regretted his impulsiveness and took the initiative to go to the palace to admit his guilt. The prime minister was unwilling to accept this and wanted to slander the prince, so the emperor sentenced him to have his tongue cut off, and the entire Zhao family was demoted to commoners.
If it weren't for Queen Zhao, His Majesty would have remembered their old friendship and based on what Zhao Zhouxing did, it would have been enough to make the Zhao family become the second Shang family.
According to the laws of Dayu, no matter how serious the amount of money embezzled by court officials is, they will only be thrown into prison and executed the next day. Normally, only that person will be executed and the entire family will not be implicated. But who made the prime minister want to drag down the prince who "confessed his guilt"?
Zhou Zhou lowered his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow, covering the deep thought that flashed across his eyes.
Since Prince Zeng was able to find the name "Shang Yuwan", the Emperor in Kyoto would certainly not be unaware of it.
The Shang family was wiped out in June last year, and it has only been more than half a year since then. The emperor's attitude really makes people want to guess his intentions.
And now, Yue Zhu, the commander of the Longwu Army, has also come to Luzhou City... Interesting.
However, it would be better for him not to get involved. The more he knows, the faster he will die.
Xiao Qingxu, dressed in white and wearing a mask, sat at the bottom left, looking at Shang Yuwan.
Yue Zhu sat next to Xiao Qingxu, silent.
Xiao Qinggu also looked at Shang Yuwan. Shang Yuwan handed her the testimony and said, "Princess, what do you think?"
Xiao Qinggu glanced at him and was stunned. "You are visiting the emperor's grandson?"
Zhou Zhou: “?!”
Xiao Qingxu was very calm, obviously he had known it for a long time.
He nodded, "The news from Lou Ke is the same."
Song Pingsheng, who finally managed to find some free time sitting next to Zhou Zhou, said: "......"
Why didn’t I see so many noble people before?
Xiao Qinggu and Shang Yuwan looked at each other and understood what each other meant.
Shang Yuwan called a guest to take the two children downstairs to eat something.
Xiao Qinggu stood up and saluted solemnly: "Sir Zhou, I need your help with something."
Zhou Zhou stood up and bowed: "Your Highness, please feel free to speak. Zeng Guoding will do his best."
Prince Zeng asked him to come to Luzhou City because Xiao Qinggu was now favored by the emperor, secondly, to investigate "Shang Yuwan", and thirdly, to find the right opportunity to help and gain a good reputation in front of the emperor.
Xiao Qinggu knew Zhou Zhou wasn't here for shopping, so she nodded. "The Youkou Kingdom has ambitious plans, and Luzhou City is short of troops. This princess needs more troops from the king just in case."
If he asked for help from General Zhennan or General Zhendong, Xiao Qing was afraid that he would not be able to make it in time, and he was also afraid that the other party would be too far away to help.
Dayu has its vassal states, and each of these states also has its own military forces. The four generals, Zhenxi, Zhendong, Zhenbei and Zhennan, are directly under the royal family. The cities under the jurisdiction of the four generals are all important places in the four directions of Dayu, facing the capitals of foreign countries, forming an invisible protection circle for Dayu. In some places, you can even see the opponent's city walls at a glance.
The reason why the Emperor of Dayu appointed four great generals to guard the borders was, firstly, to prevent foreign countries from launching attacks while the soldiers of the vassal states were not united and could not win the battle; secondly, to allow the four great generals to secretly monitor whether the rulers of the vassal states had any ulterior motives. The responsibilities they shouldered were greater and heavier than those of the generals of the vassal states, and they would not lend their troops out easily.
Zeng State, located in the south, was assigned to the jurisdiction of General Zhendong due to the frequent border incursions by Liman State, south of Dayu. This served to alleviate some of the burden on General Zhennan. This time, the Youkou State used the two children as an excuse. General Zhendong must still be wary of Youkou's people, daring not to distract them from Luzhou City.
Shang Yuwan was busy with other things, and Xiao Qinggu was not idle either. She did whatever she could and learned whatever she could. Because of the agreement with Wen Qijun and for the future of Dayu, Xiao Qingxu taught her a lot of things, which benefited Xiao Qinggu a lot.
Xiao Qinggu could understand the difficulties faced by General Zhennan and General Zhendong, so he could only borrow troops from King Zeng.
It was said to be borrowing troops, but in fact it just meant asking King Zeng to send people to protect the people within his own territory.
We can no longer borrow from nearby cities, as they have people in their own cities to protect.
Zhou Zhou was no fool to be the trusted confidant of Prince Zeng, so he immediately bowed and said, "There is no time to lose, I will go right away."
Xiao Qinggu nodded, "Thank you, Master Zhou."
This would be the best, but it would take quite some time to send someone over from King Zeng.
They had Lou Ke watching them secretly, but they still couldn't guarantee when the Youkou Kingdom would suddenly launch an attack.
This time, there were more guests from Baijialou who followed Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu to Luzhou City than before, but quite a few were lost during the successive actions.
At this time, Xiao Qingxu gave Song Pingsheng a look. Song Pingsheng was stunned at first, then he reacted and stood up to leave.
"I have some business to attend to, so I won't stay here for long."
He knew that he did not yet have the ability to lead troops in battle, so he could only do the best he could and should do.
After Song Pingsheng left, Shang Yuwan asked Yue Zhu, "Commander Yue, is there anything else?"
Yue Zhu looked up at her with a calm expression in his eyes.
"No. If necessary..."
"No need, Commander Yue, please go back."
Shang Yuwan interrupted him with a calm look.
"Kyoto needs Commander Yue more than Luzhou City."
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