If it wasn't a real emergency, Ye Yan wouldn't have sent her to the Duke of England. Lu Jiaxue might really have been in trouble.
Luo Yining's eyes fell on the black Buddhist beads in her hand. The beads that had saved his life were now in her hands. He had disappeared into the depths of the Gobi Desert...
Luo Yining took a deep breath and got into the carriage with the child in his arms.
Luo Yining had never been to Xuanfu, which was very close to Datong. It took only a few hours to get there, as the carriage had traveled day and night. It was already dawn when they arrived in Xuanfu. One could imagine Wei Ling's feelings when he saw his daughter, dusty and exhausted, appear before him, clutching a child.
Lu Jiaxue had kidnapped someone, and Wei Ling's attempts to settle the score were fruitless. This month, he was busy with the war, and the only time he met with Lu Jiaxue, he discussed strategy. Lu Jiaxue simply reassured him that his daughter was fine. After all, he was supporting the lives of so many people in Xuanfu, so Wei Ling let it go for the time being.
So when he saw the girl holding a baby, he didn't react for a moment.
Yi Ning saw his father in armor, his handsome face now covered in stubble. He was tanned at the border compared to the capital, looking a bit more weathered. It had been a while since they last saw each other, and seeing him in his armor, dressed in a slovenly manner, his left arm still wrapped in thick gauze, Yi Ning couldn't help but feel tears welling up in his eyes.
Wei Ling was excited at first. Then, looking at the small blanket in her arms, he was a little bit incredulous and didn't know how to ask: "Yining... did you pick up this child on the street?"
Yining's lips curled up, and she held Baoger in her arms, lifting a corner of the quilt to show him the child. "This is your grandson."
Wei Ling saw the little creature's face, slightly larger than a fist, and incredibly tender. The soft little life was still clinging to its mother.
It looks a bit like Luo Shenyuan, but both are very soft and tender, and a small ball.
She was actually pregnant and had already given birth!
Wei Ling sent for someone to clean up the house at the Protectorate and make room for his daughter's new grandson. He set his sights on Ye Yan and the others, who had come all the way to Xuanfu to discuss with him how to send troops into the heart of the Tatars to see if Lu Jiaxue could return alive. In reality, Wei Ling had long harbored a suspicion; he knew the chances of Lu Jiaxue returning were slim.
He had already sent some spies into the grasslands and sent Ye Yan and the others back to Datong while he figured out a solution. Once word of Lu Jiaxue's mishap reached them, the imperial court would likely dispatch a general immediately.
Ye Yan and the others looked solemn and said, "Thank you, Duke. We will send my wife to you and then go back."
Wei Ling nodded. "Give me any news immediately." He and Lu Jiaxue had a conflict of interest, but without him, the stability of the borderland would be a joke. He had to find Lu Jiaxue no matter what, even for the sake of his country.
After seeing Ye Yan and the others off, he changed his clothes and washed his face before coming out to see his daughter. The little grandson was taken away to feed. Wei Ling was a little disappointed, as he had originally said he could hold him after he had washed him clean.
He couldn't even describe the feeling when he saw the Buddhist beads in Yining's hand. Lu Jiaxue even gave it to her.
Yi Ning gently took her father's arm and looked at it. "Is your injury serious? Are your bones and muscles injured?"
Wei Ling said in a deep voice, "Lu Jiaxue and I attacked all the way to the border, and the enemy's strength increased dramatically... I suffered a minor injury, but Lu Jiaxue gained the upper hand in the command and told me to stay where I was. The Tatars wanted to retreat, so Lu Jiaxue followed them into the grasslands. However, he disappeared into the hinterland, and the 10,000 troops he led were also lost. I was only slightly injured, and he was trapped in the hinterland for five days. I'm afraid he would have been surrounded and attacked by the Tatars and is in great danger. Otherwise, after five days, there should have been news..."
Lu Jiaxue, who was a master of military strategy and was always feared by others like a ghost, unexpectedly had his day of defeat.
Luo Yining disliked him, finding him disobedient, overbearing, and stubborn, but she couldn't dislike him. She even felt a little guilty about Lu Jiaxue's misfortune. Perhaps Yining never imagined that one day she would actually feel guilty about Lu Jiaxue.
Wei Ling sighed, his tone sinking slightly, his voice very soft, with a hint of sneer in his voice: "No matter how skilled he is at military strategy, he can't withstand the schemes of others behind his back."
"Do you know who put Lu Jiaxue in danger?"
Wei Ling said slowly: "It's your husband, Luo Shenyuan."
Third brother!
How could he possibly plot against Lu Jiaxue!
Thinking that she hadn't seen him for almost a year and a half, his power in the court had changed dramatically during this year, and he might no longer be the person she knew.
Luo Yining looked up at his father, very surprised: "You...what did you say? How could it be him!"
"Ever since Luo Shenyuan joined the cabinet, he's been secretly dealing with Wang Yuan," Wei Ling said. "Of course, no one knows about this. I only know about it because of Mingzhu. Mingzhu is in frequent contact with him now, and with his support, she's already reached the rank of Zhaoyi in the palace. Luo Shenyuan's contact with me has become increasingly rare."
She knew this, of course. Luo Shenyuan endured humiliation and would eventually turn his attention to Wang Yuan. Whether he was seeking a higher position or seeking revenge for his teacher, Luo Yining found it strange that her father's attitude when talking about Luo Shenyuan was actually a sense of alienation and coldness.
Wei Ling waved his hand to signal his daughter not to interrupt, and continued, "You haven't seen him for a year. Aside from the first time he went to Datong to look for you, I haven't seen him look for you again. Instead, he's been obsessed with political manipulation, trying to deceive the Emperor. He introduced several so-called Taoist masters to the Emperor, causing chaos in the court. But the Emperor trusted him even more. If he wanted to kill Wang Yuan, he had to kill Lu Jiaxue first—Lu Jiaxue and Wang Yuan are actually one and the same, secretly communicating to protect each other. Luo Shenyuan once cooperated with Zeng Heng, the son of the Datong general, to do business with the Oirat tribe and had frequent dealings with them. I even suspect that he has never stopped this contact."
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