Gao Chengwei stood before the emperor, looking completely bewildered: "Why is Your Majesty holding someone else's half of the beast tally?"
a long time.
Seeing that Gao Chengwei had no reaction, Shang Xiche's interest waned somewhat, but he still held up the beast talisman with a hint of pride and said, "This is the half of the beast talisman that the Ninth Prince surrendered today. The Ninth Prince's power has been halved..."
The second half of the sentence, "朕心什慰" (Zhen Xin Shi Wei), is almost obvious.
Gao Chengwei's lips twitched, and he stammered, "Your Majesty, the beast talisman in your hand is the 'Conquest' talisman, and the army it commands is the garrison army under the Ninth Prince stationed in the northwestern border city..."
Shang Xiche: "!!!"
Suddenly, he flipped his hand and held the half of the beast talisman up to his eyes for a closer look. There was a "conquest" character clearly carved on the beast's body!
It turns out that he'd been engrossed in his own fantasies all this time, and had been completely blind for half a day!
Holy crap!
He was tricked by the Ninth Prince again!
As long as the war with Xidan continues, he cannot move those soldiers.
Could he possibly disregard the safety of the border city and summon those soldiers back to the capital to serve him?
What he wanted was command of the soldiers under the Ninth Prince stationed in the military camps outside the capital, soldiers he could mobilize at any time!
Inside the Dianxiang Pavilion at this moment.
Granny Chang clutched her bloodied and festering hands and wailed, "Princess, please, for the sake of the Empress Dowager, plead for this old servant and ask Physician Xiao to examine me. Otherwise, these hands of mine will be ruined, and I will never be able to serve you again!"
Depressed, Princess Zhaoping sat listlessly on the soft couch, her expression somewhat blank.
Should she go and plead for mercy?
Whom should I ask?
Should we beg the bandit or the prince?
The prince avoided her like the plague, refusing to see her at all; she fully believed that by marrying into the prince's mansion, she could enjoy the same tenderness as that bandit, like her brother Xi Ye.
Who knew...
An indescribable stench permeated the air.
Simeng and Siyi glanced at Granny Chang's double-festering hands with disgust, but considering that they were all the Empress Dowager's people, they still spoke up to help persuade her: "Princess, why don't you go and beg the Prince? That way you can meet with him and maybe even have a private chat."
“Your Highness, he will not see me…” Princess Zhaoping looked dejected.
"Yes, yes, as long as you cry out your longing for your parents and the Sun family, the Prince will remember the kindness the Sun family showed you back then and will definitely see you," Granny Chang hurriedly wailed as she offered a suggestion.
Simeng and Siyi: "..."
This old hag has been tortured so badly that she actually made a princess, a mere servant, so shamelessly cry to the prince. What a shameless person she is!
Princess Zhaoping was also taken aback upon hearing this, and her brows furrowed.
Why resort to such a shameful tactic?
To be honest, she had been raised by the Empress Dowager since she was old enough to understand things; she had no feelings for the Sun family, which only existed in other people's mouths, let alone miss her parents. She didn't even remember what they looked like.
But the imperial physicians in the palace all said that Chang Mama's hands were a strange disease and there was nothing they could do;
If Doctor Xiao doesn't intervene, Granny Chang's hands might truly be beyond saving.
Princess Zhaoping couldn't bear to see Granny Chang, who was so old, suffer like this. She sighed softly and said in a gentle voice, "Alright, I'll go."
Granny Chang was overjoyed and suddenly understood why the Empress Dowager had raised Princess Zhaoping to be this way—she was too easy to manipulate and control!
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