Chapter 30
(Fifty-nine) Recapture Baihua City (Thirteen)
"The Wei family, father and son, are known for their fickle personalities, cruel, erratic, and merciless natures. This is universal consensus, so why do we need proof?" Lord He said with a sinister smile. "Since you've been demanding proof that Wei Zhen is a bad person, Madam Wei, why don't you first find a way to prove you're a good person?"
"Why should I prove that I'm a good person? Why don't you prove that you're a good person? Do you think what you say is logical?"
Just as I was about to continue arguing with that damn Lord He, Wei Zhen stood up.
He walked in front of me and blocked me behind him.
Then he said to the crowd, "The main purpose of our visit today is to help Shangri-La recover Baihua City. This Baihua City was originally awarded to Shangri-La's mistress by the Emperor. Lord Su, please express your opinion in front of everyone."
Wei Zhen added, "You don't want us to expose your years in Baihua City, where you deceived your subordinates, levied heavy taxes, forcibly conscripted men, and wantonly slaughtered soldiers, to the court and the emperor, right?"
Su Cen's expression froze for a moment, and then he looked silently at Lord He.
Lord He, who was sitting in the first seat on the left side of Su Cen, had his eyes slightly closed, as if he was thinking about something.
Then, he sighed slightly and waved his hand slowly.
Su Cen's face turned a little ugly.
But he still stood up slowly, "Since Thirteen wants to take back Baihua City, and you have grown up, then I will give it back to you."
"Please give us the general's seal." Wei Zhen said.
Afterwards, I finally obtained the General Seal of Baihua City, which I had not seen for a long time.
I wanted to continue discussing Wei Zhen's matter with that arrogant Lord He, but Wei Zhen dragged me away.
"Why don't you let me argue with them? We are obviously right." I was dragged out by Wei Zhen and complained to him dissatisfiedly.
"We were nearly beaten up by them. Can't you see that, you idiot?" Wei Zhen said as he pulled me forward. "That group of people clearly colluded to convict me. If you keep pestering them, maybe Baihua City will be lost again."
"I still don't quite understand why they want to join forces to punish you?" I scratched my head and asked Wei Zhen.
Wei Zhen sighed.
He looked back at me and said, "Thirteen, let's separate."
I was caught off guard when Wei Zhen informed me that I would be abandoned in Baihua City, and I was a little confused.
"Ah, you're going to divorce me again?" I asked stupidly.
Wei Zhen smiled and said, "If you want to vent your anger, you can divorce me."
"But I don't want to divorce you. Besides, I just took back Baihua City, and I still need your help in governing Baihua City."
Wei Zhen's expression suddenly became a little sad.
It was the first time I saw Wei Zhen naturally reveal a somewhat sad expression.
"Thirteen, I may not be able to help you this time. We have to separate quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
I looked at Wei Zhen's expression and suddenly felt a little scared.
"Are you hiding something from me?" I asked Wei Zhen.
Wei Zhen smiled bitterly, "I originally thought I could keep it a secret from you forever, but it looks like it won't be hidden for long. You'll find out soon."
I still don't understand what Wei Zhen means by being so careless.
But Wei Zhen soon cruelly and heartlessly left me alone in Baihua City and left.
"I hate you, Wei Zhen, I will never forgive you!"
When Wei Zhen left, I chased his horse for a long distance, crying and scolding him.
"Wuwuwu, I am the Lord of Baihua City. Even if you kneel on the ground and beg me to forgive you, I will never forgive you..."
(60) Recapture Baihua City (14)
For a while after Wei Zhen left, I cried every day.
Although I was able to reunite with my parents, I lost Wei Zhen forever.
On the one hand, I resented Wei Zhen for abandoning me right after helping me capture Baihua City, but on the other hand, I couldn't help but miss him every day.
After crying for a month, Fulin suddenly appeared outside the city in tattered clothes one day. He was rescued by passers-by and brought into the city.
"Madam, something happened." As soon as Fulin saw me, he fell to the ground and started crying loudly.
"Master Wei, Master Wei and his wife have passed away."
I didn't know what to do for a moment.
The next second, I thought of Yunniang, "Where's Yunniang? How is Yunniang?"
"Also, why are you dressed in rags?"
"Where's Wei Zhen? What happened to Wei Zhen?"
"Is there something wrong with the Wei Mansion?"
I kept asking Flint all kinds of questions like a barrage of cannonballs.
Fulin was helped to his feet by me. He wiped his tears before saying, "After leaving Baihua City, the young prince returned to the Wei Mansion. A few days later, he took the initiative to ask the Emperor to station him at the frontier, but the Emperor did not approve... The young prince then asked again to lead the troops at the frontier, saying that the battle was tight and the general needed to train the soldiers. The Emperor then approved the young prince's request, but he was not allowed to lead the troops in battle. He had no military power and could only train the new recruits."
Fulin wiped his tears and said, "At the time, we didn't understand why the young prince was so anxious to send his family away. He gave us servants a lot of money and told us to leave on our own. I didn't want to leave, so I stayed to let the prince guard the mansion, so that when the prince returned, I would have a home... The prince couldn't persuade me, so he had to agree. Who would have known, who would have known... Wuwuwu."
I almost wanted to hit Fulin. "Who knows what? Tell me quickly."
"Who knows why the Emperor raided the Wei Mansion for unknown reasons? The old prince had been ill for years, and he couldn't stand the stimulation, so he died of anger. Madam Wei was so stubborn that she hanged herself from the beam and passed away. The women in the family, including Yunniang, were exiled to the extremely cold land outside the Great Wall."
I suddenly felt like I was struck by lightning.
"Is Wei Zhen okay now?" I confirmed this with Fulin again.
Fulin shook his head and cried, "I don't know. The prince went to the border to train new soldiers. I don't know anything..."
At that time, I felt a chill coming from the top of my head, and my whole body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably.
"Yunniang, the most urgent thing is to rescue Yunniang." I forced myself to remain calm, walked around the room anxiously, and muttered to myself over and over again.
That day, I stayed indoors.
He paced back and forth in the room, racking his brains to think over and over again how to rescue Yunniang from the exile group as quickly as possible.
Just when I was wondering why the Wei family was raided for no reason, Su Cen sent someone to inform me that the Wei family had been raided by the emperor.
"City Lord, as the saying goes, a tall tree attracts the wind. From the moment you recaptured Baihua City, you must have thought the Wei family was doomed, right?" Su Cen said to me in the room, smiling. "Now that Wei Bai's sister, Empress Chunmin, has been deposed by the Emperor, the Wei family has finally fallen."
Su Cen smiled and said to me, "Thirteen, as your elder, I'd like to kindly advise you. Do you think it's your own business to recapture Baihua City? Do you really think the emperor knows nothing?"
In an instant, all the words Wei Zhen had said to me, the gossip Shui Ling had told me about the Wei family, and the words that Young Marquis Su Cen and that Lord He had said were connected to me.
In a flash, I understood.
Everything was a plot set up by the emperor.
In order to balance the power in the court, the emperor let the marquis' family and the father and son of the Wei family, his in-laws, fight against each other.
And my Baihua City is also included in the emperor's plan.
Because the military power of Baihua City was originally in the hands of Su Cen, a member of the Marquis family, the Marquis family and the Wei family were able to compete with each other.
But unfortunately, I took back Baihua City, and the original delicate balance was broken.
The Wei family not only has Queen Chunmin, but the Wei father and son also have the military power of my Baihua City, and they hold great power.
Therefore, the emperor decided to kill him.
"No wonder, no wonder you gave Baihua City to me so easily." I pointed at Su Cen with trembling hands.
Su Cen smiled very proudly.
"You little girl, do you still think you can control the overall situation? You are just a pawn in our efforts to overthrow the Wei father and son and fulfill the Marquis's family."
After Su Cen finished speaking, he stood up, bowed to me, and said, "City Lord Shang Shisan, Su Cen will be leaving Baihua City with his entire family and heading for the capital. I would like to inform you, Lord City Lord."
After Su Cen finished speaking, he sneered and walked away.
I was left standing alone in the house in a messy state.
I finally understood why Wei Zhen would rather die than help me take back Baihua City, why he was so anxious to divorce me as soon as he took back Baihua City, and why Wei Zhen never fought back when others threw dirty water on him.
Many past events came to my mind one by one, and I felt horrified at this moment.
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