Chapter 303 Arrangements
After Ning An returned to Yaohua Palace, he developed a high fever that night.
She has been in good health since she was a child and has rarely been sick.
Even when she fell into the water with the prince, she was full of energy and nothing happened.
But this time she was very ill, with a fever and kept talking nonsense.
Concubine Shu called the imperial physician. The physician prescribed antipyretic medicine, and after the palace maids boiled the medicine, Concubine Shu held Ning An and fed her spoonful by spoonful.
Concubine Shu heard her daughter mumbling words like "father" and "lie".
She touched Ning An's hot cheek and said distressedly:
"Of course he would lie, but you, a silly child, would believe it. I know he won't see you."
Murong Yu is a coward who dares to do things but not to take responsibility.
Didn't he know what would happen to the princess who was married off after the defeat? Didn't he think about what the Hu people would do to the princess if the war between the two countries broke out again?
He issued the decree, feeling guilty, and did not dare to see Ning An.
Concubine Shu changed Ning An's wet handkerchief and put it on her forehead, sighing in her heart:
This is good. Today I will let you see him clearly and end this father-daughter relationship as soon as possible.
If you are not sad today, you will only be sadder in the future.
"Ning'an," Concubine Shu lowered her head and whispered in her daughter's ear, her voice firm yet gentle, "Don't be afraid, Ning'an, you still have your mother."
Mother is still here.
I will not let you fall into the hands of the barbarians, nor will I let you continue to be trapped in this deep palace.
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Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei heard about this at the martial arts school.
The children of officials in the martial arts school are well-informed and will mention it when they come to the school.
After Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei heard this, they were filled with anger while practicing in the morning and almost smashed the wooden stakes they were using.
A few days later, someone from the palace came and summoned Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei into the palace, saying that Concubine Shu wanted to see them.
Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei came to the palace and were led to Yaohua Palace by palace servants.
Concubine Shu looked a little tired:
"Miss Su, Miss Yuan, please come to the palace."
"I came here to talk to Ning An. After Ning An recovered from her illness, she hasn't been in a good mood these past two days. Talking to a girl of the same age might help."
After Concubine Shu finished speaking, she asked Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei to go to Ning An's yard.
As soon as Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei entered the yard, they saw Ning An sitting quietly on the swing in the yard.
The swing swayed gently back and forth, and the only sound in the yard was the wind blowing through the flowers and plants.
Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei walked over and called softly:
"Ning An."
"Princess."
When Ning An saw them coming, a faint smile appeared on his expressionless face:
"Zhizhi, Caiwei, you are here."
Ning An stood up from the swing and took Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei into the house:
"My mother told me that you would be coming to the palace. I was so happy. It's been a long time since I saw you. I have a lot of things I want to give you. I wonder if you will like them."
She opened the two small boxes and pointed to the items inside one by one:
"This is the finest wound medicine, this is jade tribute from the Western Regions, and this is a set of wood carvings I loved when I was a child..."
Su Zhizhi looked at Ning An and kept talking without even taking a breath.
Su Zhizhi went over and held Ning An's hand: "Ning An, stop talking."
But Ning An kept chattering:
"You don't like it... But what should I do? I'm leaving, and I don't want to take these things to Tielehan. I'm afraid I'll lose them there..."
Ning An turned his head to Su Zhizhi and forced a smile that was uglier than crying:
"Zhizhi, Caiwei, I am very selfish. Tiele Khan has almost conquered the Guannei Road, but I still don't want to get married. Even if they break into the capital, I still don't want to get married. I, I even want to escape. I don't want to go..."
Yuan Caiwei had already closed the door so that no one else could hear what was said.
Su Zhizhi felt very sad when she heard Ning An say this.
Although Ning An's father is a stupid emperor, she likes Ning An. Ning An is not at all like the emperor.
Su Zhizhi said with certainty: "I don't know how the marriage team is arranged or how it moves. But if you want to escape and you can escape, then find a chance to escape!"
Ning An was so surprised when he heard Su Zhizhi speak so boldly and frankly that his eyes widened.
No one in the palace dared to advise her like this. Those who came before all advised her to accept her fate and choose carefully who to take with her to serve her.
Ning An: "If the Tiele Khanate starts fighting again——"
Su Zhizhi: "They didn't fight because of you. They fought because the Tiele Khan wanted to take advantage of Dayu. Because Dayu has traitors. The people in the court want you to marry because they don't have the courage or the ability. They are the most selfish people."
Su Zhizhi became more and more angry as she spoke:
"If they like the marriage so much, they should be allowed to do it themselves!"
Yuan Caiwei also said, "That's right! My father is furious at home. If wars between countries are all caused by marriage alliances, then wouldn't it be easier for Dayu to just raise a bunch of people for marriage alliances instead of raising an army?"
Ning An was originally very sad, but when he heard Yuan Caiwei say this, he burst into laughter.
She imagined a funny scene: tens of thousands of soldiers wearing brightly colored skirts, smeared with makeup, waving handkerchiefs at the enemy...
Ning An repeated what he had said that day while kneeling in Ganyang Palace:
"When I first heard the decree, I thought I would go to the battlefield and kill the Hu people. I would rather die on the battlefield than marry into a foreign alliance."
Su Zhizhi nodded: "Zhou Jijiu said that if the Hu people really attack, we can all go into battle and fight them. Caiwei and I might even have a chance to lead the troops."
Yuan Caiwei's thoughts drifted away: "If you can escape back, then the three of us can fight the barbarians together and beat them to a pulp!"
The corners of Su Zhizhi's mouth turned down a little, a little distressed:
"Although I have never seen such a large-scale marriage, it should not be easy to escape from the marriage team."
Su Zhizhi didn't know where to start and how to help Ning An.
"You don't have to worry about this." Ning An rubbed Su Zhizhi's face.
Ning An didn't expect Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei to really help her think of a way to escape. After all, the arrangement of the marriage team was not something that just anyone could interfere with.
But after hearing what Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei said, she felt much better.
Before Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei left, each of them took away a box given by Ning An.
They wanted to keep it for Ning An first, and wait for Ning An to come back and get it when he had the chance.
After Su Zhizhi and Yuan Caiwei left, Ning An felt better.
She had been depressed for the past few days, partly because she was disheartened by her father's ruthlessness, and partly because there was a shaky scale in her heart.
On one side of the scale is her country and family, and on the other side is herself.
Zhizhi and Caiwei were right. Tiele Khan was targeting Dayu's territory. No matter whether she went to marry him or not, as long as Tiele Khan's ambition remained, they would continue to fight.
"I'm so dizzy!" Ning An covered himself with the quilt while sleeping at night and hit his head in frustration.
well.
Ning An sighed, feeling helpless with himself.
At this time, Concubine Shu came in:
"Ning An."
"Mother." Ning An sat up from the quilt.
No one knows a girl better than her mother.
As soon as Concubine Shu saw the lively expression on Ning An's face, she knew that Ning An was feeling better.
Ning An bit her lip and wanted to tell her mother that she wanted to escape from the marriage team.
It would be difficult for her to do it on her own, but if her mother was willing to help her, she would have more confidence.
My mother has people in the harem, and my uncle is on duty at the Ministry of War. Maybe they can do something, but... that would put them in danger.
Ning An struggled briefly inwardly, but finally made up his mind to speak out and discuss it with his mother to come up with a solution.
"Mother--" Ning An didn't finish a word before he heard his mother speak.
"Ning'an, mother will not watch you marry a barbarian and suffer. Mother will arrange everything for you. On the way to the marriage, you can change your clothes in the carriage, and when there is a commotion outside, you can take the opportunity to escape."
Concubine Shu's face was half exposed in the moonlight, and she whispered to Ning An's ear with a serious expression:
"Listen carefully, remember every word mother says."
"When the marriage procession reached Gyeongju..."
Ning An was confused, his eyes like grapes wide open.
(′_`)? ? ?
Huh? Mother, you've already arranged all this?!
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