Volume 1 Chapter 137: The Vicissitudes of Jiang Yue
If it weren't for her naturally beautiful face, her temperament would be three points weaker than those maids in Yuxue Palace.
Xiang Yunwei had seen her once these few days. She was actually quite sad and had lost hope in life.
However, she also knew that the Queen was forced by Xiang Yun to commit suicide by cutting her wrists, and it was precisely because of this that she had never committed suicide.
She still has the emperor, who still loves her and cares about her. She needs to wait here, waiting for the emperor to come and see her and give her an explanation and an account of her and her dead child.
As soon as Xiang Yun came in, Wang Jiaojiao immediately stood up and walked over, looking at him expectantly, and then prepared to salute.
Xiang Yun looked apologetic, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand, saying softly: "Don't bow, just follow me."
Xiang Yun pulled her to the beautiful bed in the bedroom and sat her down, then said apologetically, "Jiao Jiao, I am sorry for you."
Wang Jiaojiao shuddered when she heard this. Just as she was about to ask, Xiang Yun spoke first, "When this happened, I was on a military expedition outside, so I don't know anything about it."
"I have been investigating this matter for the past few days, but all the signs indicate that this was done by Mei Renyao alone and has nothing to do with the Queen, so..."
Having said this, Wang Jiaojiao looked at Xiang Yun stupidly, with tears involuntarily flowing from her eyes.
Xiang Yun felt so distressed when he saw this that he couldn't help but walk forward and hugged her in his arms, gently patting her back.
Such an action made Wang Jiaojiao even more sad, and she cried even harder. She felt wronged and had suffered so much. She was just waiting for her man to come back and give her justice, but she didn't expect this kind of result.
Xiang Yun couldn't help but say again: "Jiaojiao, Zhen Rou is the queen and has the support of the wealthy Zhen family. If there is no evidence or she has committed a serious mistake, I cannot touch her. Do you understand?"
"But they killed my child. My poor child died before he was even born..."
"That's my child too!" Xiang Yun couldn't help but say, "I didn't want this to happen. Although the people who attacked you that night have been killed by the Queen, I still issued an imperial decree to kill all nine of their clans!"
"I believe our child can rest in peace in the underworld!"
"Jiaojiao, if I can give you a child, I can also give you a second and a third!
As long as I am here, no one will dare to bully you, do you understand?
So you promise me that you will come out of this shadow and live a good life in the future, okay?"
Xiang Yun comforted Wang Jiaojiao verbally, but he felt extremely sad in his heart. The beauty in his arms had someone to comfort her, but who would comfort him? It was his own child who died!
The person in his arms was crying so hard that Xiang Yun was moved by the scene. His eyes turned slightly red involuntarily and he began to think of his family in another world.
At that time, if he was wronged, he could still turn to his parents. His father could stand up for him and his mother could comfort him.
Now, he is the emperor, how can he shed tears? Feeling the moisture in his eyes, Xiang Yun quickly looked up to the sky, madly shouting in his heart that he must be strong!
Just like that, he stopped the tears in his eyes and retracted them.
After a long while, Wang Jiaojiao got up from Xiang Yun's arms with tears in her eyes, looked at him lovingly, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, is this true? Can I really be pregnant with your child?"
"Of course, I would never lie to you!" Xiang Yun wiped the tears from her face with a smile, and said softly, "I have already asked the imperial physician, and he said it is possible. Don't you believe it?"
After experiencing this cruel thing, Xiang Yun understood that Wang Jiaojiao was very fragile at this moment, so Xiang Yun said: "I will stay in Yuxue Palace every night for the next few days until you get pregnant with my child again. Is this okay now?"
Xiang Yun didn't blush at all when he said this, but Wang Jiaojiao's face turned red and she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Wang Jiaojiao immediately covered her face with her hands and said shyly, "This is what His Majesty promised himself, you are not allowed to regret it."
"You must know that the emperor never jokes!" Xiang Yun then hugged her again and continued to comfort her: "I will accompany you at night, and during the day I will order someone to bring your mother into the palace so that she can accompany you more."
Wang Jiaojiao couldn't help but hug Xiang Yun tightly and said softly: "Your Majesty, you are so kind to me."
Late at night, in a mountain area, a large number of soldiers of the Great Sun Dynasty built bonfires and gathered together to keep warm.
Crucian carp, hare and even lamb legs were roasting on each bonfire. Some of them also had a big pot on top, with a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms cooked in the pot.
A lieutenant general took a roasted crucian carp and walked to Jiang Yue, handed it to him and said, "General, have some first."
At this time, Jiang Yue's face was full of vicissitudes, with dense stubble. Although his long hair was tied up, there were still two strands of messy hair falling on both sides of his cheeks.
Jiang Yue took the grilled fish with a wry smile, but did not eat it. Instead, he asked, "Has there been any news from the court? How many days will it take for the military rations to be delivered?"
Upon hearing this, the lieutenant general was furious and cursed: "General, I am not complaining, it is really the court that has gone too far!
The soldiers have not been home for years, and have been fighting hard outside, but the emperor doesn't even give us food. How can we fight when we can't even fill our stomachs?"
Jiang Yue immediately scolded him: "How dare you! The emperor has his own ideas, how can you comment on them!"
The lieutenant general was upset by the scolding, and he pouted and muttered, "The soldiers can't fill their stomachs with just these wild game, and they don't have enough food to eat. I'm not the only one complaining."
Jiang Yue frowned upon hearing this, handed over the grilled fish in his hand and said: "The court is now at war in all directions, and the soldiers on the front line may not have food to eat. It's good enough for us to have these game to eat, so let the brothers hold on for a few more days!
The emperor will not forget us, and the imperial court will deliver military rations to us. Just wait!"
The lieutenant general could not help but wave his hands and shouted: "Don't, I saw that you have only drunk some wild vegetable soup in the past two days, and you were at the forefront when fighting those damn bandits. If you don't eat this fish, I'm afraid you can't hold on!"
As he spoke, the general's stomach growled. Jiang Yue also looked at the grilled fish and swallowed his saliva. After a moment of silence, he said, "Half for each of us!"
The general was overjoyed when he heard this and readily agreed. He then ate the grilled fish while muttering, "General, I think we should first take out all the food we seized from the bandits and distribute it to the soldiers. How about that to feed them for a few days?"
Jiang Yue immediately rejected the suggestion and said, "No, the emperor's order is to take from the people and use it for the people. All the captured food, gold, silver and jewelry must be distributed to the local people!"
"Pass the order down. If anyone dares to take the food, don't blame me for being merciless!"
"Yes, General, you are a loyal general. I admire you!" The lieutenant general then muttered in a low voice: "If you don't send food over, I will go up the mountain and become a bandit."
"What did you say?" Jiang Yue sneered, and the lieutenant general quickly laughed and said, "I was just joking!"
Jiang Yue frowned, took out twenty taels of silver from his pocket, handed it over and said, "Tomorrow you take this silver to the city to buy food, buy more rice and steamed buns."
The general didn't know how to respond, and quickly stepped back and shouted, "General, what's the big deal? Fighting for the court requires paying for it! I can't take this money. The soldiers are just complaining a few words, they haven't starved to death yet, haha~"
Jiang Yue gave a bitter smile upon hearing this and slowly put the silver back into his arms. Although twenty taels was a small amount, it was a huge sum of money for him.
Although Xiang Yun had rewarded him with a lot of money in the past, he had put it all in the capital city and asked his parents to keep it for him to spend.
I didn't bring much money with me on this trip, so when I'm away from home, the less money I have, the better.
What's more, he planned to save the money awarded to him by the emperor and hold a grand wedding when he married Zhen Yueling.
After all, the eldest daughter is marrying me, so I can't be so timid about this happy event.
Although he is now a General of Cavalry, a high-ranking official of the second rank, and his monthly salary is not small, compared with the Zhen family, it is not even as much as a hair on a yak.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yue couldn't help but feel his soul flying away, immersed in the happy days with Zhen Yueling.
There are three major bandit forces in the Great Sun Dynasty, namely the Divine Eagle Gang, the Amaterasu Gang and the Broken Dragon Gang. The three gangs each control small bandit gangs scattered in various hilltops, forming a group.
Whenever the leader of a gang makes a call, bandits from the hilltops all over the place will gather together and form an encirclement, which can be said to be a chain reaction.
Moreover, the hills chosen by these bandits as their strongholds are all places with dangerous terrain and complicated roads, making it extremely difficult to lead troops to attack them!
Moreover, as soon as one side fell, the rest of the bandits ran away so fast that they hid deep in the mountains, making it impossible to find them.
After waiting for Jiang Yue and others to leave, they ran out again and continued to occupy the mountain and dominate.
It was precisely because of these reasons that Jiang Yue fought a battle of wits and courage with these bandits, but in such a long time he only wiped out a small half of the bandits of the Great Sun Dynasty. This shows how powerful these people are.
None of the three major bandit forces were destroyed, and they still committed crimes in their respective territories and harmed the rural people.
Just this alone had already made Jiang Yue physically and mentally exhausted. In his heart, he only wanted to completely annihilate all the bandits and achieve what the emperor had said, "a world without bandits." This was truly going against the will of heaven and there was no hope at all.
Now, all the bandit problems, big and small, have been solved, and only these three giant bandit tumors are left. As long as they are solved, the remaining bandit forces will not have much impact on the Great Sun Dynasty and can be slowly annihilated!
Now the location where Jiang Yue and his army are located is in the territory of the Divine Eagle Gang. If they travel for another day tomorrow, they will be able to go straight to the headquarters of the Divine Eagle Gang and launch an attack on it.
After the meal, the soldiers of each unit went to bed early. They were exhausted after a whole day's journey, not to mention there would be a battle tomorrow.
Jiang Yue had been hungry for two days and was already exhausted. After eating half a fish, he felt warm and comfortable in his stomach. Unconsciously, his eyelids began to tremble, and then closed and never opened again.
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