Chapter 439: Going to Jiangnan
"Aunt San, if you don't let me go, I won't get married! There's no time for me to not be a bride. I'm going to Jiangnan with my sister-in-law. This is the only chance in my life!
I was never around when my third sister-in-law was in danger before, but I couldn’t miss it this time. ”
Qin Yuzhuo's eyes were red, showing that he was really anxious.
"I don't know if I can go yet, why rush? The epidemic is really dangerous. Actually, it's not impossible for me to go alone..."
"No!" everyone said in unison.
"Then let's all go! I..." Mrs. Du slammed the table and stood up.
"You can't!" the second and third old ladies said at the same time.
"We've all left, and it's absolutely impossible to leave only mother and me at home. If any news comes back, my sister-in-law will have to step in to resolve it. How can you leave!" The second old lady hurriedly explained again.
"Second Aunt is right. Mother will stay at home. As for the two aunts and Yu Zhuo..." Su Qianqian glanced at the three people who were staring at her covetously and said, "Let's go together!"
"Okay!" three people shouted, and Su Qianqian was so shocked that her eyes narrowed.
"Xue Zhiqing should be confident, so she came to our house to ask for the prescription, so everyone go back and prepare. When the imperial decree comes tomorrow, we will mobilize our troops to leave Xijing."
Su Qianqian seemed to be the commander-in-chief, making plans and arranging the plans for his subordinates.
"Understood!" The two old ladies and Qin Yuzhuo clasped their fists and strode out to clean up.
"Grandmother, mother, Xijing may not be peaceful in the past few months. We have two uncles and Hanyue at home. Our Qin family should avoid trouble as much as possible and wait for us to come back."
Su Qianqian gave further instructions to the two elders.
"Qianqian, the three of them all know martial arts, but you are the only one who is weak. You must take care of yourself. The epidemic is dangerous, so don't be careless." Madam Qin also advised Su Qianqian.
While the Qin family was making preparations here, Xue Zhiqing also returned to the Prime Minister's residence. In the evening, the family was drinking tea after dinner. Xue Zhiqing stood up, walked to Prime Minister Xue and knelt down.
Prime Minister Xue and Madam Xiao were extremely surprised, only Xue Wanning watched the scene calmly.
"Father, mother, I have a favor to ask. I hope you will agree to my request." Xue Zhiqing knelt with her eyes lowered, her expression calm and determined.
"Qing'er, if you have something to say, just get up and say it. Why do you have to do this?" Madam Xiao reached out to help Xue Zhiqing, but Xue Zhiqing dodged her hand.
"Father, mother, my request may go against common sense, but I have no choice but to do this."
"My daughter loves His Royal Highness Prince Xiang. I know that he is in great danger from the epidemic in Jiangnan. I have asked my aunt to ask His Majesty to allow me to go to Hongzhou to help His Royal Highness Prince Xiang resolve the epidemic."
The surprise on Prime Minister Xue's face turned into gloom. The man who always behaved as gentle as jade now revealed the pressure of a superior.
"Do you know what you are talking about? Your father once said that even if the daughter of our Xue family marries a poor student, she cannot marry a royal relative. There will be endless troubles in the future. Do you remember?"
"My daughter remembers, but I can't help myself. His Royal Highness Prince Xiang is different from other princes. He doesn't have the support of a prominent maternal family, so he won't have the troubles that my father mentioned.
His Royal Highness Prince Xiang is in such a situation now, my daughter must go to help him. As for what happens in the future, I will leave it to fate.
However, now the floods are coupled with an epidemic, and I am afraid that there will be many refugees in the south of the Yangtze River. I would like to ask my father to ask His Majesty to dispatch 3,000 elite soldiers of the Qin Army to escort my daughter and the wife of Marquis Wuning to Hongzhou. ”
"Madam Wuning Hou, is she going to Hongzhou too?" When Madam Xiao said this, she looked up at Xue Wanning.
Xue Wanning seemed to have heard nothing and continued to sip her tea slowly.
"Yes, I have already persuaded the wife of Marquis Wuning to go to Hongzhou with me to help. I hope you will have mercy on me and agree to my request."
Xue Zhiqing secretly felt lucky that Su Qianqian went with her, otherwise Prime Minister Xue would not agree to her request, let alone let her go to Jiangnan.
"Since the wife of Marquis Wuning is going with you, it is a good thing... Your Excellency, what do you think..." Madam Xiao finally compromised, with a pleading look in her eyes.
Prime Minister Xue had never gone against Madam Xiao's wishes. Although he was unwilling to do this, when he thought of Su Qianqian's ability, he nodded slightly.
"Since your mother has spoken, I will go to court tomorrow and receive the imperial decree to send you there. I will ask His Majesty to mobilize the troops."
"However, the Qin Army has always been dispatched by Qin family members with seals. Otherwise, even Your Majesty cannot dispatch the Qin Army at will. This is a special courtesy left by Emperor Taizu to the Qin Army."
Although Prime Minister Xue agreed, he still threw the difficult problem to Xue Zhiqing.
"So only the Qin family can lead the troops?"
Xue Zhiqing finally understood that she was just a pawn for Su Qianqian. The mobilization of troops was proposed by Prime Minister Xue and had nothing to do with the Wuning Marquisate, but the one who truly exercised the power was Su Qianqian.
"That's right." Even from the look in his eyes, Prime Minister Xue knew that his daughter had been plotted against. He secretly sighed at her ill-fated fate. If she hadn't been switched, she wouldn't have been so stupid.
"There's nothing wrong with this. Madam Qin will naturally make arrangements. Qing'er just needs to follow along."
Mrs. Xiao thought exactly the opposite. She didn't want her daughter to be involved in those fights, and it would be best if she didn't get involved in power.
"I will indulge you this time, but next time, don't be so willful or else don't blame me for being merciless. Prince Xiang is not a good match. You should settle down and look for other young masters according to your mother's arrangement."
Prime Minister Xue showed no expression, but reminded Xue Zhiqing in a firm tone.
"Yes, father." Xue Zhiqing lowered her eyes and agreed, hiding the dark tide in her eyes.
On the second day, Emperor Gan De indeed issued an edict, ordering the Prime Minister's daughter Xue Zhiqing to go to Hongzhou, on the grounds that Xue Zhiqing had experience in resettling disaster victims.
So the Prime Minister asked Emperor Gan De to send 3,000 Qin family soldiers as guards, and asked the wife of Wuning Marquis to personally supervise the army and go to Jiangnan with Xue Zhiqing.
Everything went smoothly and the Qin family was well prepared. After receiving the imperial edict, Su Qianqian and the second old lady immediately went to the barracks to select three thousand elite soldiers. These people were all born in the south of the Yangtze River, had good water skills, and were familiar with the terrain of Hongzhou.
Xue Zhiqing was extremely anxious and didn't want to delay for a moment. She waited until the soldiers were ready and set off immediately.
The two old ladies, Qin Yuzhuo, and even Xue Zhiqing rode horses. Only Su Qianqian insisted on taking a carriage, but she chose a light carriage and brought her little white horse to follow along.
The Qin army had never stopped training. Their marching was quiet but extremely fast. Su Qianqian's carriage was not much faster than those of the marching soldiers, and they reached Jinning on the eighth day.
Su Qianqian called Qin Shiliu over and whispered a few instructions to him. Qin Shiliu nodded and left.
An hour later, when the team was resting outside Jining City, Qin Shiliu came back.
"Madam, I have investigated and found that Duke Xu's garrison outside Yunhe Mountain only has a few tents. There are not 30,000 soldiers at all. The rest of the troops should have entered Yunhe Mountain."
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