Chapter 122 Chapter 122 Ah Xu, let’s have a child…
King Yi had no other army except the Fuhu Army; although the Zhao family had been operating in Shu for many years, due to the terrain of Shu and the reasons of their ancestors, there were no extra people available except for the three retainers of the "Tu Liao" family.
In the art of war, the most important thing is the "weapon", and the thunder bomb is an indispensable tool for achieving hegemony.
Unfortunately, the imperial court had extremely strict control over this matter. Even though Zhao Mingcheng had mobilized all the connections of the Zhao family, he still couldn't figure out the purpose of Zhentianlei.
He had no choice but to bribe Liu Chong, the armory guard with whom he had some acquaintance. Liu Chong was an upright man, not materialistic, but extremely cherished his two sons. He used this opportunity to gift them many of his treasured martial arts techniques and sent several renowned martial arts masters to Beijing to teach them long-lost unique skills. He also promised that when the time was right, he would help his two sons distinguish themselves in the Southwestern Army.
After a few rounds of exchanges, the Thunderbolt was quietly transported to Shu under the emperor's nose.
Unfortunately, the fourth brother was too foolish and revealed the secret to others in order to assassinate his own brother.
Zhao Mingcheng regretted missing the opportunity and was also heartbroken for losing a chess piece that was connected to him by blood.
Looking at the room full of firearms that more than made up for the missing items, he finally stopped walking quietly behind after all the silence he had walked. He asked Jingyi, "Where are the other things?"
Jingyi was feeling proud, but was suddenly asked, and was stunned for a moment, "What?"
"Princess, please don't beat around the bush with me. You know better than I do how Liu Chong's family perished. He has more than this number of thunder bombs left. Since you want a piece of the action, why don't you show your sincerity?"
The torches made the faces of the people flicker, and the nighttime mountain breeze made the terrain look even more ghostly.
As Zhao Mingcheng finished speaking, everyone looked at her silently. Jingyi touched her belly and subconsciously took two steps back.
She was a little afraid to look at Zhao Mingcheng. "I don't understand what Patriarch Zhao said. I'm just a woman, how can I understand these twists and turns? Anyway, everything I have is here. If you are still not satisfied, there is nothing I can do."
As she spoke, she walked around them and was about to go out, but her way was blocked by a dark shadow.
The man took off his hood, revealing a face that was very similar to Qin's. Jingyi was puzzled at first, but then she understood and her face turned pale.
"That night, the fourth brother and I went to the Liu family's house. I only allowed him to kill Liu Chong to silence him, but not his parents, wife, and children. Princess, you should be more open and honest."
Zhao Huaian stared at her with a half-smile, as if he was looking at a fool.
Rage welled up in her heart. Jingyi would never tolerate such humiliation. She raised her hand to hit him, but Zhao Huaian grabbed her wrist and pulled her aside. Then he gave the order, "Search!"
Many torches appeared all over the mountains, illuminating the small valley as bright as day. In just a moment, the remaining thunder bombs were found in a cave covered by branches in the deepest part of the dense forest.
Jingyi was shocked and angry. She punched and kicked Zhao Huaian, and shouted at the eunuchs to come forward to rescue him.
The eunuch moved as planned, but was killed by Zhao Mingcheng's men with a knife. With such a deterrent, no one dared to move again.
Jingyi watched helplessly as these people carried away the things she had worked so hard to acquire. She struggled to break free from Zhao Huaian's restraints and ran forward to stop them from moving, her eyes burning with anger. "I only said I would give you the things in the house, but I didn't say these would be given away as well." Her hairpins and rings were disheveled as she stared at Prince Yi intently. "My brother, you're just going to watch these outsiders bully me like this? Where is the dignity of our royal family?!"
Although she and King Yi were not familiar with each other, they shared the same blood. She naively believed that since these people treated her like this, King Yi should help her for the sake of his own face.
But King Yi just looked at her twice more, then covered his mouth and started coughing again, tacitly approving of Zhao Mingcheng's behavior.
Jingyi's face was full of disbelief, and she stumbled into Li Zhan next to her.
As if grasping a life-saving straw, she grabbed him and said, "Prince Consort, yes, Prince Consort! Do you still remember why the Emperor ordered you to go to Shu? Why are you indifferent and why haven't you taken action against this treasonous and evil person?"
She pulled his sleeve with all her might and kept pushing him. Li Zhan let her do it with an expressionless face. When she was exhausted, she pulled hard and Jingyi fell to the ground.
"You, want to rebel too?" She pointed at him tremblingly, obviously very angry.
Li Zhan glanced at her and asked, "Princess, are you joking by waiting here with me so late at night?"
Jingyi was hurt by the contempt in his eyes and wanted to teach him a lesson, but she didn't have the strength to get up.
She was eager to take this path, and now, because she was dissatisfied with Zhao Mingcheng's attitude towards her, she changed her words and changed her mind. She kept doing this, only because after she left the cold palace, she was spoiled by Emperor Xuanwu's compensation of granting her every request.
But she forgot that it was all because her brother ascended the throne that she was able to leave the cold palace and force Nan Xu's marriage.
It takes brains to plot a rebellion. Obviously, her superficial knowledge tells her that all she needs is status and ruthlessness.
However, Prince Yi and Zhao Mingcheng were not the eunuchs who had been tortured to death by the cold palace. They never took Jingyi seriously...
The way down the mountain was very smooth. King Yi sat high on the sedan chair, looking at the team winding on the mountain road, and his mood was surprisingly good.
Jingyi and her servants were left far behind, in stark contrast to their high spirits when they came.
The mountain road below was steep and difficult to walk on. If one was not careful, there was a risk of falling off the cliff. Jingyi stepped carefully and was getting farther and farther away from the team in front.
The mountain wind howled, extinguishing the few torches to begin with. Jingyi screamed and stumbled to the ground. She felt a dampness in her lower body, and the smell of blood mixed with the smell of earth slowly dissipated.
*
Nan Xu was just about to take a rest when there was a hurried knock on the door. After a while, Ruyi came back from outside to report that Jingyi had a miscarriage and was bleeding profusely. The palace maid was so anxious that she had no other choice but to come to ask for help.
After all, human life is at stake. Nan Xu paused for a moment, told the address of the doctor working in the pharmacy, and was then dragged to the bed by someone.
"Stop it, I'm sleepy." She slapped someone's dishonest hand away and wrapped herself tightly in the warm quilt facing outwards.
Duan Wenpei saw that her tone wasn't joking, so he immediately stopped and pulled her into his arms, draped over the blankets. "It's only past the hour of Xu, and you're already sleepy?" He reached out and felt her forehead. Seeing that she didn't have a fever, his heart finally settled. "The late spring cold isn't a lie. I've been busy in Shuzhou City lately. You and Miss Yin should stay in the courtyard and don't go to the pharmacy. I'll have someone send in some new and interesting things to help you stay healthy."
Nan Xu felt that he was too heavy, so she arched her back a few times and said unhappily, "How strange! Only you men are allowed to wander around outside, but we women are not allowed to show our faces in public? To take care of my body? I'm in good health, why should I care about it?"
He paused and continued, "Is it because your wedding is coming up soon? Are you afraid that I'll see something I shouldn't see and take my anger out on you? Don't worry, you can marry whoever you want, I won't interfere. Anyway, the shop has just hired a handsome young doctor. I think he's a good-looking man. When he's free..."
As she was speaking, someone grabbed her neck from behind. The person behind her straightened her body, facing her face, nose to nose, and asked her coldly, "What if it's empty?"
Nan Xu felt uncomfortable being stared at, so she simply closed her eyes and muttered, "What else can I do? A talented man and a beautiful woman, naturally, will make for a beautiful story."
Duan Wenpei was so angry that he laughed. He stretched out his hand to pry open her eyelids and made her look at him. "You dare? I'll go to the pharmacy tomorrow to see who is so blind as to covet my wife!"
"What do you mean by your wife? Your wife will soon be Qin Hui! I advise you to accept the reality and stop coming to me after you get married. If someone sees you, who knows what gossip will spread." She curled her lips secretly and complained quietly, "It's as if I'm a concubine."
Duan Wenpei then realized that she was not only jealous.
His heart was filled with ripples. He leaned against her, resting his chin lightly on the top of her head, and pulled her into his arms. "Otherwise... this 'marriage' will not work." He repeated firmly, "It will not work."
Nan Xu thought he was joking. After a while, when she saw that he didn't move, she looked up and found that he was actually sleeping with his eyes closed.
Perhaps because he had been too busy recently, the closer he was, the dark blue under his eyes was particularly obvious, and his angular features were much thinner than before. Nan Xu couldn't help but climb up to his mouth, move up and slide over his high nose bridge, and finally landed between his tense brows, rubbing them gently.
"Just your words are enough. It's not like you, Wei Yangbo, to throw away all your previous efforts."
Duan Wenpei's brows relaxed under her kneading. With a smile on his face, he took her hand and placed it on his lips, kissing it deeply. "Okay. Don't worry about this kind of thing anymore. The imperial decree clearly states that Duan Wenpei and Nan Xu will be together for a hundred years. No one can separate you and me."
Nan Xu nodded and slowly lay in her arms.
He hugged her, smelling the sweet fragrance of her hair, and the smile on his lips widened. "A Xu, let's have a child, okay?"
Nan Xu was just beginning to feel sleepy, and when she first heard him she thought she had misheard. But then she suddenly remembered what he had just said about taking care of your health, and her face turned red with shame, and she reached out to twist his waist.
"Bah, just daydreaming!"
Duan Wenpei chuckled, his hands involuntarily rubbing her waist, hugging her tightly, wishing that they could no longer be separated. Nan Xu was half-hearted and was about to scold him softly when suddenly a few crisp bird calls were heard outside.
Duan Wenpei loosened his grip and opened his eyes.
"What's the rush?"
A short reply came from outside, "Master Zhao wants to question you immediately. Our people are doing their best to stop him. If we delay any longer, he might become suspicious."
At this time, the bad guys and good things happened, Duan Wenpei couldn't help but sigh.
Nan Xu pushed his shoulder in amusement and told him to go away quickly.
"Alas, a night of love is worth a thousand gold, but it seems I am the only one who cherishes it."
Nan Xu couldn't help laughing, curling her toes and gently kicking him, "Spring nights are short, and I only just realized this today? Go away! You're relaxing here, and Liu Hui and the others are so anxious. I want to speak up for them."
Duan Wenpei tickled the soles of her feet, stood up, put on his clothes, kissed Nan Xu on the forehead, tucked in the quilt for her, and then left the inner room.
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