In the following days, the sea was calm on the ship, and the sounds of cannon fire outside gradually subsided. The people who landed in Ryukyu sent back news that the local shogunate had surrendered. Because they held high positions and were protected by many samurai, they all hid under their own bunkers.
The people inside the city, on the contrary, showed a tendency to resist, causing considerable trouble for the Qing army.
"Fourth Prince, let's go down to the ship and take a look around later!" Yinti and Yinzhen discussed, and the two of them took the women with them for a walk.
"Of course!" When Yinzhen took Qingyan down there, the people there looked at them with such glares that they almost ate them alive.
Inside the suite, Qingyan changed into a bright red palace dress and wore a nine-phoenix hairpin in her hair. This was an essential headdress for princes and their wives, and each nine-phoenix hairpin was a gift from Emperor Kangxi.
"Master, are you really going to wear this?" Su Lan was a little worried; the red was too dazzling.
The situation in Ryukyu is still unstable. If our master were to disembark in this attire, would he be targeted by someone?
"Hmm!" Qingyan had made preparations long ago. Yin Genjueluo was dressed in the same palace attire as her, which was a signal to the Ryukyu people that the royal princes were not afraid of these rebels.
After Yin Genjueluo and Qingyan left the suite, Yinti and Yinzhen noticed the problem with their clothing and couldn't help but worry that they might be harmed by someone with ulterior motives.
Yinti persuaded them to change out of their palace attire.
“My lord, we represent the Qing Dynasty. I can disregard my own life and death. As the daughter of a military general, I hope that wherever the Qing army goes, no one will dare to resist!” Yin Genjue Luo Shi said to Yin Ti.
That's enough!
Yinti shook his head helplessly; they could have protected just two more women.
After the group disembarked from the ship, many Ryukyu people were watching from the shore. They noticed that following the prince were two women dressed in bright red palace attire.
They knew a little about the situation in the Qing Dynasty, and those who could use bright red must be the primary wives of those two princes.
"Little darling, you're in great danger!" Yinzhen held Qingyan in his arms as he sat in the carriage, feeling extremely uneasy, fearing that Qingyan would be harmed.
Qingyan didn't care at all and smiled.
"Si Si, if you keep looking back and forth, the problem will never be solved. Look, Ah Hun and the others have already sent out a lot of secret guards. We came here to assimilate these people!" Qing Yan was very resentful towards the people of Ryukyu. Seeing the despair in their eyes, she felt a sense of vengeful pleasure.
That's enough!
Yinzhen sighed inwardly. Over the years, Qingyan had never hidden his aversion to Ryukyu. This expedition was simply to fulfill one of Qingyan's dreams.
The carriage moved slowly forward, and the people spread the word that the Qing army's wife had actually disembarked.
They hoped to evoke sympathy from the two women, who had already survived the gunfire, and that if their children could live peacefully, they would still have hope.
In the two cities where resistance was fiercest, the Qing army actually carried out a massacre, sparing not even infants.
Some Ryukyu people hated the Qing army and even cursed them to a terrible death.
"Fourth Sister, I have no sympathy for these people!" Qingyan looked out the window at the people bringing out their crying children, and she felt nothing. "I just don't like these people!"
"Good!" Yinzhen had seen the memorials about the Ryukyu people being harmed, and those bloody incidents had greatly angered him.
He assumed that the manager of Yuelai Inn had also passed those messages on to Qingyan, which was why she was so full of hatred.
Now, the owner of Yuelai Inn has been killed by the Ryukyu people, and his whole family has suffered no good end. Therefore, this misunderstanding can only continue like this.
"Come on, close your eyes and rest for a while!" Yinzhen felt very sorry for Qingyan, who rarely showed his hatred so obviously.
On the carriage ahead, Lady Yin Genjue heard how the Ryukyuans treated their overseas Chinese, and she felt no sympathy whatsoever.
"My lord, these people want to use me and Qingyan!" Yin Genjue Luo sneered. Yin Ti was worried that his wife would be bewitched, which was why he told her these things.
Yinti nodded. These people were malicious, but they were truly willing to endure humiliation for the sake of restoring their country.
“This is pointless. Their little tricks are no match for ours. Xiao Guai is right. It would be better if places like this disappeared!” Yin Genjue Luo Shi said with her eyes closed.
When Erlu first led his guards into the city, these people rebelled, and the children, acting as soldiers, injured many of the Qing warriors.
They had absolutely no sympathy for the children here. On the ship, Qingyan mentioned the phrase "the whole nation is a soldier" many times. If the status of the Qing Dynasty and Ryukyu were reversed, Yin Genjueluo believed that he would fight alongside Yinti.
"I was worried that you two might be too compassionate, but it seems I was overthinking it!" Yinti was very satisfied that the two of them were able to remain calm.
These people brought young children to gain the sympathy of the wives, but they never expected that the effect would be the opposite.
In the carriage behind, Qingyan sneered as he listened to Yinzhen say that their destination was to visit the Ryukyu Shogunate. Unlike the common people, these people did not resist and simply built their own courtyards as cover.
The samurai trained by the shogunate abandoned their attacks and instead protected their masters, sheltering them in the courtyard.
Yinzhen disdained the actions of these samurai. On the surface, the samurai of the shogunate were very powerful. Even Saito and Eshuo had done a lot of preparation before the expedition. Who would have thought that these samurai would give them a direct defeat?
"Si Si, why do you want to go to those shogunate houses?" Qingyan didn't like to see anyone; those people were afraid of death.
"Haven't you ever seen a samurai before?" Yinzhen had heard Qingyan mention samurai a few times, and his curiosity was piqued.
In Ryukyu, the shogunate wielded immense power, to the point that even the emperor had to obey their orders. These shoguns were all regional lords, and now they were finally able to reveal their true colors.
"Tch, what's so interesting about that!" Qingyan sneered.
Yinzhen pinched her little face and comforted her, "In the future, this place will need someone to govern it. Do you think the people here will accept it if our Qing people are to manage it? Wouldn't it be better if our people became regent generals and ordered the local government to handle things?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingyan's eyes lit up.
yes!
Yinzhen's consideration was indeed very thorough. If the local shogunate came to power, could the people still overthrow the shogunate?
“The princes here have all been sent to the capital, so they should be manageable!” Yinzhen and Yinti had discussed that each government would send one prince to the capital, and the rest of their sons would be disposed of.
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