Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

Chapter 179 Young General: It's getting late, and the mountains and rivers are already winter

Princess Qingyang looked at the sunlight coming in through the window with her sparkling eyes. For a moment she felt it was a little dazzling. After a while she smiled, took a breath, and slowly wiped the tea that had just spilled with her handkerchief.

She looked at the moody Nangong Zhe beside her and said slowly, "This is a good thing. The prince was involved in what happened to Xu Jinhuan in Wancheng. I remember that prefect was his confidant and he often sent Wancheng specialties to the East Palace. Who would have thought that it was that person."

Nangong Zhe also thought of the prefect Li, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes. The prefect was loyal to the late queen, and had been secretly helping the late queen's son to build up power and connections. In the end, even though he knew he would die, he still helped the rebellion without hesitation.

After he was thrown into prison, his entire family was thrown into death row. The people of Wancheng even wrote a joint letter to plead for his family. Someone must have come all the way from Wancheng and knelt in front of the palace gate.

They said they knew that Magistrate Li had committed a heinous crime, but the child was innocent.

This move shocked the entire court. Magistrate Li was a criminal who dared to rebel. Even if the Shen family was innocent in the past, it was not a reason for him to betray the trust of the court and secretly raise private soldiers and collude with bandits.

Yet, for such a heinous person, there are people who plead for his family.

Nangong Zhe remembered that when he entered the palace and saw that scene, he couldn't help but step forward to ask. The frail old man holding the child had a kind smile on his face and was touching his grandson's face.

"The prefect did indeed do many wrong things, and he did indeed make the people of Wancheng feel deeply saddened. No one could believe that a good official like him would collude with those evil bandits and bring disaster to the area.

But he also paid out of his own pocket to repair bridges during a severe drought, which allowed the crops in the fields to survive. He even worked with the people to repair the bridges himself. When he was tired, he sat on the ground and ate a white bun like us. He judged cases fairly. During his many years in office, he never gave a single word to anyone who committed a crime, whether they were scholars, wealthy people, or local nobles. "

"My dear, if it weren't for the prefect, many of us would have died long ago. Don't worry if you laugh at us. We can't read a word, and we know that if we kneel here today, we might die. But we have to repay the prefect's kindness. It's not that we want to plead for him, but we believe that the emperor is open-minded, and we want to ask for a way out for the other members of the Li family so that the incense will not be cut off."

Nangong Zhe felt that the people in Wancheng were somewhat stubborn and grateful.

Just like when the news of Xu Jinhuan's death was first spread, it was said that the entire city of Wancheng was hung with white silk, and there were cries of grief everywhere, which alarmed the governor who was passing by there.

In order to retrieve Xu Jinhuan's body, the people worked day and night on the river for a month. When they got tired, the next group would take over, and after they had a good rest, they would go into the water again to retrieve the body.

The news that Xu Jinhuan was not dead spread throughout the capital in an instant. People from all sides were confused and had strange expressions. For a moment, the entire capital seemed to be suppressing something.

The old emperor dragged his sick body to the court, and before he could even sit down, the ministers knelt down one after another and accused the young general of ruining the marriage between Jiang and Li.

"Your Majesty, Xu Jinhuan's actions have undoubtedly put our dynasty in an unkind, unjust, and treacherous situation."

"Jiang State will definitely not give up. I'm afraid that once the news reaches the imperial city of Jiang State, Jiang State's 500,000 troops will soon arrive at our border. The war will start again, and the people will suffer. Whether it's tax revenue or the supply of food and grass in the rear, not to mention transporting food and grass to a place like Liangzhou in the cold winter, it's simply gambling with the lives of the soldiers."

"I beg Your Majesty to severely punish Xu Jinhuan."

Hearing the overwhelming noise, the old emperor began to cough repeatedly, his body shaking violently. His weak and long coughs instantly drowned out the voices of the civil and military officials.

Everyone was silent, not daring to say a word, for fear that the old emperor would suffocate and die. Then they would be blamed for forcing the emperor to death, and the heads of their ancestors for eighteen generations would not be enough to be chopped off.

Civil and military officials all looked worried. No matter what they were thinking in their hearts, they dared not show it at this time.

Except for a few high-ranking officials in the front, the rest were kneeling on the ground with their heads hung, their faces filled with sorrow.

Some were genuinely worried, while others couldn't hide their joy in their eyes. Listening to the old emperor's intermittent coughing, they wished that the old emperor would cough to death immediately, but on the surface they looked so sad that they wished they could die for the old emperor, and they all shouted at the old emperor to take care of himself.

After the envoys from the State of Jiang were thrown out of Liangzhou, their bodies kept shaking, as if their hands and feet were no longer their own. After chewing a mouthful of snow, they climbed up using their hands and feet.

Some people cried and said, "This guy was dead, how come he is alive again? Even the God of Hell doesn't dare to take him away?"

A group of people walked in the snow with heavy expressions. The atmosphere around them was very depressing. They saw people riding tall horses coming from afar, and then they regained their spirits and quickened their pace.

The fourth prince of Jiang Kingdom pulled the reins and looked at this group of extremely embarrassed envoys with some surprise. Looking behind them, he saw no sedan chair and no wedding procession leaving the country.

Jiang Yunyan frowned: "Aren't you going to Liguo to pick up the bride? Why do I only see you and not others?"

When Ambassador Jiang saw Jiang Yunyan, he was so excited that he slipped in the snow and his face was directly buried in the thick snow. When he heard the question, he raised his head and cried loudly.

"Your Highness, you may not know that we had already arrived in Liangzhou with the Liguo marriage team, and were planning to stay in the city for a day, waiting for Your Highness's arrival. Who would have thought that Xu Jinhuan would show up on the way? An Qianye, the leader of the Liguo marriage team, directly controlled us, opened the gate of Liangzhou, and welcomed Xu Jinhuan into the city."

Ambassador Jiang spoke with tears and snot, and with his head covered in frost and snow, he looked very miserable.

"Xu Jinhuan, isn't he dead?"

Jiang Yunyan and everyone behind him had their faces changed instantly when they heard the three words "Xu Jinhuan". Their expressions also became a little solemn. Jiang Yunyan asked the same question as everyone else.

"He is not dead at all." The ambassador of Jiang State gritted his teeth and said, "I can see clearly that the man is Xu Jinhuan. The Xu family army followed him to Liangzhou. If it were not for the rule that envoys should not be killed when two countries are at war, I am afraid we would have died in a foreign land like the Jiang soldiers in that city."