That afternoon, Xuan Tianming sent two secret guards and a small team of soldiers to escort the two bearded men and Duanmu Cong's body to Songzhou.
Feng Yuheng went to see Fu Ya, who was still unconscious, but she was not seriously injured. She was just physically weak due to excessive fatigue and fear, and she would be fine after resting for a while. She just didn't know if the Fu couple were still alive. After all, she owed them this matter. When she tried to seize Songzhou City in the future, she would definitely look for them.
Among the three provinces in the north, Guanzhou is the mountain gate, Songzhou is the heartland, and Jiangzhou is the closest to Qianzhou and is the real border. It is easy for them to take Guanzhou, but it is not so easy to take over Songzhou.
After dinner, Xuan Tianming assembled his troops and began to deploy a detailed battle plan, and Feng Yuheng also participated in it. No one of the Dashun soldiers questioned the fact that Princess Ji'an intervened in the discussion of the army and led the troops to fight. This was not only because she was the commander of the Shenji Camp, but also because she held the Houyi bow bestowed by Emperor Tianwu. A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Feng Yuheng's deeds have long been widely circulated in the army, not to mention that she killed Duanmu Cong today, allowing the entire army to see such a shocking scene.
Feng Yuheng was already a legendary figure in the Dashun Army. Her presence beside Xuan Tianming made all those who participated in this battle plan meeting feel proud.
However, she was not able to participate for long. As the vanguard entered Guanzhou, the entourage also entered the city one after another. Among them were Wangchuan Huangquan and his party, who had already chased outside Guanzhou city and successfully joined forces with Qian Li's army, as well as Bai Furong, who served as her substitute along the way.
When Feng Yuheng came out of the meeting hall, the two girls Wangchuan and Huangquan rushed towards him. Wangchuan was relatively calm, but Huangquan couldn't control her emotions. She hugged Feng Yuheng and cried with grievance.
Feng Yuheng patted her back helplessly and said, "If you don't let go, you're going to strangle me to death."
Huang Quan stamped his feet and then loosened his hand, but said: "If the young lady does not show up again, I will have to commit suicide in front of His Highness."
Wang Chuan shook his head helplessly, but also said: "Miss, this action is really too risky. We originally planned to find a way to enter the city and ask around if we can't see Miss again."
Feng Yuheng told the two: "It's not as dangerous as you think. Besides, Ban Zou is here. With him around, he can always keep me safe."
Huang Quan snorted coldly and said, "That boy even knew to come back from the capital. Miss's love for him is not in vain. But I saw him go to see Fu Ya twice just now. Was it a task assigned to him by Miss?"
Feng Yuheng was slightly startled, and then she remembered that Ban Zou was indeed there when she went to see Fu Ya before, but she did not leave such a task for Ban Zou. She didn't know why that guy was so concerned about it.
Seeing that Feng Yuheng didn't say anything, Huang Quan wanted to ask again, but Wang Chuan interrupted her: "Let's not talk about this for now, Miss, there is something I have been thinking about in my mind these days."
As the three of them talked, they walked towards the backyard of the prefectural government. When the women in the government received Xuan Tianming's guarantee that he would not pursue Zhao Tianqi's crime, they were completely relieved and took the initiative to clean up a few main rooms in the backyard of the government for Feng Yuheng and the others to rest. When they walked through the first courtyard and the corridor of the second courtyard, Wang Chuan stopped and pointed to a room in the courtyard and whispered, "Miss Bai lives in it. She came with us from the camp. Since your highness's army joined forces with Deputy General Qian, we always felt that Miss Bai seemed a little strange when we saw her. We all knew this person when she was in the capital. Miss Bai is beautiful, but she is not the kind of beauty that can be made up by rouge. She has almost never been seen with makeup. Even during the New Year, she only wears light makeup. But this time when we met, she was wearing heavy makeup, and her red lips were painted all the time. She also said that she looked very beautiful that way."
Huang Quan nodded and followed suit: "We didn't see anything good about her, we just felt it was weird, as if she had become a different person, totally different from the previous Miss Bai."
Wang Chuan thought for a moment, and then said, "Perhaps she put on this makeup to hide something, because one night, I saw her vomiting blood."
Feng Yuheng's eyebrows were knitted tightly, Bai Furong was wearing heavy makeup, vomiting blood, and the handkerchief left by Qingle reminded her all the time that something must be wrong. She originally wanted to mention this matter to Xuan Tianming immediately after meeting him, but they met on the battlefield, and then she saw that Xuan Tianming was not seriously injured, so she delayed this matter. Now that Wang Chuan mentioned it, she thought about it, and simply raised her foot and walked directly to the door of Bai Furong's room.
There are soldiers guarding the yard. After all, this is Guanzhou, a place that has been run by the Duanmu family for generations. Even if Xuan Tianming's army is successfully stationed, there is no guarantee that there will be hidden crises that may occur at any time and anywhere.
Seeing Feng Yuheng coming, the soldiers saluted one after another. Feng Yuheng asked one of them, "Has anyone who was resting in the house come out?"
The soldier shook his head and said, "In reply to the princess, no, except for Adjutant Bai who came once before, no one has entered or left this yard since then."
Feng Yuheng said nothing more, and quickened her pace until she reached the door. She stretched out her hand to push the door, but it didn't open after two attempts. She raised her voice and said, "Furong, I'm Ah Heng. I'm here to see you."
After a while, a voice finally came from inside. It was not loud, and it was indeed Bai Furong, but she sounded weak. "Ah Heng, I'm so sleepy. Let me sleep for a while, and we'll talk later!"
Feng Yuheng frowned slightly, made a quick decision in her mind, and quickly said: "Well, you must be tired after the long journey, so take a good rest. We will have breakfast together tomorrow morning." After she finished speaking, she turned and left.
Wang Chuan Huang Quan followed along the way. Huang Quan was impatient and asked immediately, "Miss, what are you going to do?"
Feng Yuheng thought for a moment and said, "It would be fine if she could stay in the room obediently. We'll talk about it after we meet people tomorrow. By the way," she asked the two of them, "Did Your Highness notice the changes in Bai Furong?"
Wang Chuan nodded and said, "Miss, don't worry. His Highness has said that when I went to look for the Third Miss, I brought Miss Bai back with me. This is problematic in itself. His Highness has the same idea as Miss. Let's wait and see how she behaves. Just wait and see what happens."
Feng Yuheng was guessing about Bai Furong's changes and went all the way back to the innermost courtyard. At this time, Bai Furong propped herself up and sat up from the bed.
The girl who was originally good-looking, looked dozens of years older in just a few months. Her hair was dry and yellow, her face was bloodless, and even her lips were as white as the ice and snow in the north. Not only that, her face, which should have been the most beautiful at this age, had begun to develop fine lines and dark spots. If someone who didn't know her, at a glance, she would definitely be over thirty years old. Even so, she was still thirty years old, which was very different from the well-maintained women of wealthy families.
Bai Furong had no strength left in her body. She sat on the bed and looked at the door like an old woman. She could almost hear the footsteps of Feng Yuheng and the others leaving. As she listened, two lines of tears could not stop falling from her eye sockets. Her tears were not transparent, but had a faint blood color, as if she was bleeding from her heart. Every time a drop fell, her vision would blur a little.
She tried hard not to cry anymore, and tried to raise her head to hold back her tears. She didn't dare to see Feng Yuheng, or even anyone else. This old face was the result of her deceiving the people of Qianzhou and hiding Feng Yuheng's whereabouts. During the day, she could only rely on heavy makeup to cover it up, and even at night she didn't dare to wash off her makeup easily.
Xuan Tianming once asked her why she wanted to be made up like this, and she covered it up by saying that girls all like to be pretty. However, Bai Ze snorted coldly and said that it was not beautiful that way.
She also knew that she was not beautiful, not only was she not beautiful, but she was also very ugly. But what could she do? Since she chose not to betray Feng Yuheng and Dashun, she had to bear the consequences. The Qianzhou people never showed mercy. After taking a pill, she had already shown signs of aging in less than seven days. This aging worsened every three days. Bai Furong didn't know how long she could hold on. At least now that she saw Feng Yuheng safely reunited with Xuan Tianming, she could finally feel at ease.
She thought that even if she grew older and died, she would have no regrets.
With a sigh, she slowly got off the bed. Today was the aging day that comes once every three days. She could clearly feel that she was nearly ten years older than yesterday, and even her steps were a little unsteady.
Bai Furong walked to the table and wanted to pour herself a glass of water. Her hand trembled slightly when she picked up the full teapot. She didn't know if her eyes were blurred because of the tears she had just shed. She missed the spout of the teapot several times and poured half of the water onto the table. She calculated that she was almost sixty years old now. How long can a person live? Seventy? Eighty? For ordinary people, sixty is considered a long life, right? In three days, or at most six days, she would say goodbye to this world.
"Heng," she whispered softly, "You asked me to have breakfast with you tomorrow, but how can I dare to meet you in this state?"
She put down the porcelain bowl and coughed vigorously. It was just a sip of water, but she choked like this. Bai Furong recalled that when she was in the capital, an old maid who had served in the mansion for many years was like this. She walked unsteadily, her calves trembled, her mouth was exposed when she spoke, and she would choke several times when she drank water. Her father said that servants should not be sent away just because they are old. After all, this is a home, and they can spend their old age later.
But now, she is in her old age, and she has lost several teeth. Only one upper front tooth is left. She dare not open her mouth too wide when speaking, for fear that others will notice her flaw.
Bai Furong had a bitter look on her face. She no longer looked like the carefree young lady she used to be. The days when she traveled around the capital with Feng Yuheng, Xuan Tiange and others seemed like a lifetime ago, as if they happened in her previous life. And her life was about to end.
She stood up and wanted to go back to the bed to continue lying down. At this moment, she heard someone knocking on the door again. Then, a voice that she was looking forward to hearing but really didn't dare to hear came: "Hey! Xiaobai! Are you going to starve to death by not eating dinner?"
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