Chapter 206: Is he not as reliable as his ninth sister?

"Of course we have to save Xiaowu, but we are few in number." Lu Jing was helpless.

"We have explosives, we are not afraid of them." Lu Li looked at him angrily.

Lu Jing sighed: "If we just use explosives, what if we kill those people infected with cowpox?"

Lu Li exclaimed "Ah" before realizing this.

"What should I do?" She pursed her lips and was about to cry again.

Lu Yanshi also thought of this.

If we go directly to the Chiyi tribe to ask for the person, they may harbor evil intentions and want to rebel, and they may even use a treacherous scheme to kill Xiaowu.

But what Jing'er said made sense. If they used explosives directly, they might kill the people they needed.

"Then does Jing'er have any good suggestions?" Lu Yanshi looked at him.

Lu Jing straightened his chest and said word by word: "Let me go, we will convince them with reason. Let them give up their rebellion and willingly submit to Daxia."

"Your Highness, you can't do that!" Now it was Qu Fufeng's turn to stand up and object.

If the eldest prince goes there, wouldn't that be sending hostages to the enemy?

Lu Yanshi glanced at Lu Jing and also fell silent.

It is indeed inappropriate for the eldest son to go there.

As his father, the emperor knows exactly what he is capable of.

The eldest son is gone, and there is no guarantee that he will come out alive.

"Father, please believe me. I can do it." Lu Jing saw his objection and spoke up urgently to fight for a chance for himself.

Lu Li reacted, raised her hand, and shouted: "I will go with my eldest brother!"

"You are just a little kid, why are you joining in the fun? Just stay by father's side." Lu Jing lectured his sister with a stern face.

"If the Ninth Princess goes with us, I think this might be feasible." Qu Fufeng stood up again.

Lu Yanshi glanced at Lu Li, then at Lu Jing, and nodded.

"Well, take Xiaojiu with you and go together."

This time Lu Jing was completely dumbfounded.

Why does he feel that in the eyes of his father and Lord Qu, he is not as reliable as his ninth sister?

Having gained the trust of her father and Qu Fufeng, Lu Li was very happy. She raised her head, patted her chest, and said in a loud voice: "Father, rest assured, I will definitely convince them to surrender!"

"Be careful and protect your elder brother." Lu Yanshi touched his daughter's head.

Lu Jing, who was about to say that he would definitely protect his ninth sister, suddenly choked.

"Okay! Xiaojiu will protect the eldest brother." Lu Li nodded seriously.

Lu Yanshi found his own people, arranged everything that followed, and had them send Lu Jing and Lu Li to the Chiyi clan's territory.

…

At the same time, the palace was in chaos.

When the emperor was away, the empress and the concubine Shu were in charge of state affairs, and the concubine Xian was in charge of the affairs of the academy.

Everything was going well, but unexpectedly, Yin Yingying, the daughter of the Shaoqing of the Shangbao Division, suddenly contracted smallpox, and the disease was passed on to the fifth princess, Lu Qiongying.

After Concubine Xian found out about this, she immediately kept the Fifth Princess outside the palace, and then asked the imperial physician to prepare medicine to prevent the epidemic for everyone to drink.

"Concubine Shu, don't blame me. I had no choice but to not let the Fifth Princess return to the palace." Qu Zhiwei looked at Shen Liuzheng with guilt.

Shen Liuzheng had not yet recovered from the shock of her daughter possibly having smallpox, and nodded stiffly.

Lu Qionghua didn't understand why her sister couldn't return to the palace. She just vaguely heard the palace people talking about smallpox, death and other words.

She was no longer a three-year-old child. Even though she didn't know what smallpox was, she understood what "death" meant.

Death means never seeing it again.

When she thought that she would never see her fifth sister again, she immediately burst into tears and ran to find her mother.

"Mother, I want to see my fifth sister. I don't want her to die."

"Qiong Hua, be obedient and stay in the palace. Your fifth sister will not die, absolutely not." Shen Liuzheng hugged her daughter and spoke firmly.

These words seemed to be comforting his daughter, but also seemed to be convincing himself.

Lu Qionghua, who was always sensible, didn't listen this time. She cried and insisted on seeing her sister. She cried until her voice became hoarse and her eyes became swollen. She even kept repeating her sister's name in her sleep.

Shen Liuzheng watched over her little daughter silently, tears falling silently.

She has already lost her father and brother. Could God be so cruel as to take away her daughter as well?

Lu Qionghua woke up in the middle of the night and found her mother sitting beside the bed. She threw herself into her arms and burst into tears.

"Mother, I want to see my sister. I dreamed about her and she was very scared."

Shen Liuzheng's tears, which she had finally stopped, were brought out again by her daughter.

She held her daughter tightly until dawn, then she gritted her teeth and made the decision.

Let them meet through the door.

While Qiongying is still conscious, let the two sisters talk.

The queen learned about this and came to find her.

"Shufei, have you thought it through?"

If we go to meet at this time, even though we are separated by a gate, there will still be risks.

"Yes, I want to hear Qiong Ying's last voice." Shen Liuzheng nodded with sobs.

She was invincible on the battlefield and could remain calm and rational when facing the deaths of thousands of people, but she could not remain calm when it came to her daughter.

Xia Shuyi sighed and said, "As the queen, I want to advise you to be sensible. If you go to see Qiongying now, some court officials will definitely take the opportunity to criticize you. You must not step into the court again to avoid spreading smallpox to the gentlemen."

"But as a mother, I don't want to stand in your way. If you have thought it through, go ahead."

Xia Shuyi also has children, so she can understand Shen Liuzheng.

If her child also contracted this incurable disease, she would rather die with her child than let her child die alone.

"Thank you, Her Majesty." Shen Liuzheng bowed solemnly to the Queen.

She took Lu Qionghua out of the palace and went to the academy.

Lu Qiongying cried all night and had accepted the fact that she had contracted smallpox. She did not make a fuss about seeing her mother and sister.

Upon learning that they were coming, Lu Qiongying slammed the door and shouted, "Mother, take my sister back to the palace quickly and don't come near me!"

She already knew how terrible smallpox was.

If you get infected, it will be very uncomfortable.

She inherited her mother's gift of immense strength and has always been in better health than her younger sister. She was already feeling so uncomfortable, and if the infection spread to her younger sister, she would be even more uncomfortable.

When Shen Liuzheng and Lu Qionghua heard her words, they couldn't help but shed tears.

"Lu Qiongying, you must be fine. You are not allowed to die. Do you hear me? If you die, I will tell everyone that I am the older sister." Lu Qionghua cried and shouted to her sister in the room.

"How dare you?! I am the elder sister. This is on the royal jade record. Everyone in the harem knows about it. You are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense." Lu Qiongying was immediately annoyed.

The two sisters were born one after the other, just a little bit apart, so they have been arguing about who is the older sister since they were young.

Shen Liuzheng listened to the sisters' childish words, the corners of her lips curled up, but her tears couldn't stop.

How nice it would be if I could always hear them making so much noise.

…

At this time, they were outside the territory of the Chiyi tribe.

Lu Jing held Lu Li in his arms and said loudly, "The Ninth Princess of Daxia is here. Please ask the leader of the Chiyi tribe to come out and speak."

The ninth princess of Daxia?

Catching this first-level dangerous word, the guard hurried to pass it on.

"Please tell me clearly, which Ninth Princess is it?"

When Chi Mu, the chief of the Chiyi tribe, received the news, he was horrified.