The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 384 News of Princess Chang'an

Although the imperial guards could directly meet with the emperor, they couldn't easily disturb him unless there was an urgent matter.

If he casually gets close to the emperor because the emperor trusts him, or finds something to talk to, it is also a sign of ignorance, and it will be difficult for this guard to last long.

This is especially true when the emperor is talking to the ministers.

Right now, Emperor Yuanheng is discussing matters with several ministers including Lu Dashi and King Beijing.

Ordinarily, at this time, Zhou Tong shouldn't get close, so as not to overhear their conversation.

There are some secrets that you shouldn't know, it's better to stay away from them.If you don't do it well, you will bring disaster to yourself.

Usually, Zhou Tong pays attention to this point, but today, he doesn't care about it.

He just led Lichun here, and didn't ask Lichun any questions along the way.He knew that when Lichun came back, he must have brought news of Princess Chang'an.

However, if Lichun didn't say anything, he shouldn't have asked.

Zhou Tong went straight past regardless of who was present.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent matter to report."

Emperor Yuanheng hesitated for a moment.

However, he knew Zhou Tong, and he would not be so reckless if there was no urgent matter.

"There are no outsiders here, so just talk about anything."

"Go back to the emperor, Miss Lichun is back, please see the emperor."

"Lichun, which Lichun? You mean, the Lichun next to Chang'an?"

"Back to the emperor, it's her who just came back."

"Call her in quickly, quickly, quickly, come in here."

Before Zhou Tong could go out, Yuan Heng went out by himself. As soon as he went out, he saw a beggar-like person.

"The servant girl kowtows to the emperor at the beginning of spring."

"Are you really Lichun? Where's Chang'an? Are you back? Why don't you come to see me? Hurry up and ask Chang'an to come and see me."

Yuan Heng was a little incoherent.

"Go back to the emperor, His Highness didn't come back."

"Didn't come back? Could it be that Chang'an..."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Your Highness is still alive and is with His Highness the Crown Prince. Everything is safe and sound. The two Highnesses called your slaves back to report to the Emperor that they are safe. Please don't worry."

"Where are they now? Why don't they come back?"

"Return to the emperor, the two highnesses are in Wendula Mountain, and they will not come back for the time being."

Yuan Heng was concerned and confused. When he heard that Li Chun was back, he subconsciously thought that Chang An was back.It was only now that I recalled, if Chang An came back, how could I not come to see him?

However, when he heard that the prince and Chang'an were both alive, he immediately felt relieved.Knowing that the two did not return, there must be a reason.

"Lichun, get up quickly, come in and talk, and tell me the details. Zhou Tong, show Lichun a table and tea."

Lu Dashi and King Beijing also knew about Lichun, knowing that she must have brought news of Chang'an when she came back.

I want to go now, but I want to hear some news.Don't go, I'm afraid the emperor will be taboo.

While hesitating, the emperor left them.

"My dear friends are not outsiders. You don't need to avoid it. Just listen here and discuss countermeasures. Lichun, please speak up. Don't be afraid, speak slowly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slaves have just said it. This time, His Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and the Princess sent the slaves back. The two His Highnesses are still fine, neither captured nor injured, and they are in Mount Vendula."

"That's good, that's good."

Yuan Heng already knew the result, and at this moment, he couldn't help muttering a few more words.

"The emperor's blessings are as good as the sky, and the two highnesses are safe and sound. Congratulations."

Several ministers also congratulated in time. Although there is no lack of flattery, it is also sincere.

"Why did you end up in Mount Vendura?"

"Back to the emperor, this matter is a long story, we have to start from the beginning."

"Okay, tell me, let's talk about it in detail."

"That day, when the imperial army arrived in North Wendura, the Tatars came to surrender. Her Royal Highness and Li Chengbin were worried, and suspected that they were swindling their surrender. So they told His Highness the Crown Prince that they would take the opportunity to eliminate them."

"However, Han Tiankui tried his best to say that the Tatars really surrendered. Afraid of the imperial army, he tried his best to confuse His Royal Highness to accept the surrender. His Highness was deceived, so he agreed."

"I didn't expect that the Tatars really pretended to surrender. Later, the main force of the Tatars came, and they cooperated with the people who pretended to surrender and attacked us."

"Originally, it would not have been defeated so quickly. However, not long after the battle, Han Tiankui's Ningguta Army began to retreat and flee. Seeing that they had fled, the Koryo army also fled. Afterwards, the government troops of various provinces also followed suit. Start running away."

"At this time, everyone is only concerned with running for their own lives, and no one cares about His Highness the Crown Prince. Her Highness the Princess and Li Chengbin are leading a 1200-strong team to fight the Tatars to the death. If we retreat at this time, the Tatars will not be able to stop us."

"We fought for more than an hour and broke out of the siege. At this time, we heard that everyone else had fled and His Highness the Crown Prince was still trapped in the formation, so we fought back to rescue His Highness the Crown Prince."

"When we found His Royal Highness, there were only less than 1000 people left around him. So Her Royal Highness and Li Chengbin led us to open the way ahead, and His Royal Highness's soldiers and horses guarded the two wings. After more than an hour, they forcibly killed a road. Bloody Road, rescued His Highness the Crown Prince."

"However, the Tatars were still chasing after us, so Her Royal Highness and Li Chengbin led us to stop the rear, and then returned to intercept and pursue the enemy."

"At this time, there were more than 1000 people in our department, and there were only more than 1000 people left. After killing more than [-] Tatars, there were only more than [-] people left."

"Li Chengbin asked Her Highness the Princess to retreat first, but Her Highness did not withdraw. Li Chengbin asked 50 people to kidnap Her Royal Highness and retreat first, to chase the prince and enter Mount Vendula together. He led less than 400 people and stayed behind to intercept the pursuers."

"At this time, it was almost dark, and after another hour of fighting, they were no longer visible, so the Tatars withdrew."

"What happened to Li Chengbin? Did he come back? Where are the warriors who died?"

"I came back, but there are only 23 people left, almost all of them are injured. In the middle of the night, I finally reunited with the prince and princess. Li Chengbin, he..."

Speaking of this, Lichun has burst into tears.

"What happened to Li Chengbin?"

Yuan Heng was also a little moved.

"Li Chengbin was hit with more than ten knives and 23 arrows. When he was brought back on a horse, he was already dying. He died within half an hour after returning."

At this time, Lichun was already sobbing.

In the end, she was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. After experiencing such tragic fighting and death threats, plus dozens of days of wandering on the road, she was already exhausted physically and mentally. Faith, it persisted until today.

Yuan Heng, Bachelor of Lu University, King Bei Jing and others also had solemn faces and remained silent for a long time.

"Before Li Chengbin died, he left three last words, please tell the princess to the emperor. Your highness asked the slaves to report to the emperor."

"What did he say? Say it quickly."

"First, he has lived up to the emperor's kindness, please treat his family as kindly as possible."

"This is natural, this is natural. I will definitely treat it kindly. What about the second one?"

"The second thing is to ask Her Royal Highness to tell Chief Min, that is, Jia Min, that he has lived up to Chief Min's entrustment."

"What did Jia Min entrust him with?"

"Jia Min told Li Chengbin that Her Royal Highness is a good girl. If she is going to North Wendura, if she encounters danger, she should tell Li Chengbin not to worry about her dignity, but to retreat immediately and try her best to protect His Royal Highness. She must not let His Royal Highness become a captive of the Tatars. Once His Highness becomes a captive of the Tatars, there will be endless troubles for the court."

"What about the third rule?"

"The third thing is, it's..."

Lichun hesitated for a moment, but mustered up the courage to speak out.

"Li Chengbin told Her Royal Highness the Princess to tell the Emperor to send Jia Min to Wendula to clean up the mess."

As soon as this sentence was said, even the emperor was silent.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.

In order to divert this embarrassing atmosphere, King Bei Jing pondered for a while and changed the subject.

"You have entered the Wendula Mountains, do you have military rations? What do you eat? Where do you live?"

This is indeed a very real problem,

"Live in a cave, or build a few huts. Eat, just hunt some wild animals, catch insects and snakes, gather wild fruits and vegetables, peel some bark, dig some grass roots. Fortunately, we have all been trained in wild survival Yes, it’s safe to survive.”

"Wild survival training?"

King Beijing Jing was puzzled.

"Yes, it's field survival training. Jia Min trained us when we were training soldiers in Yeduju. Later, His Highness trained soldiers there, and he also practiced this subject. It's just that although we can survive now, the Tatars have already Surrounded by the Wendula Mountains, they often go into the mountains to search. Now there is no salt, and the investigations on the north and south Wendula grasslands are very strict. After all, staying in the mountains is not a long-term solution.”

"This time when I came out in disguise, I only dared to walk at night and chose some desolate roads. I originally wanted to go to Bukui, but the Tatars blocked it tightly, and I was afraid that Bukui would also be occupied by the Tatars, so I detoured." After a long circle, he entered the Han land in Xiwuda and got on the official road, and then he rushed back."

These days, everyone avoided talking about Jia Min in front of the emperor, for fear of causing embarrassment.

Fortunately, King Beijing Jing changed the topic in time, and the atmosphere returned to normal.

Yuan Heng asked Li Chun some more things, and only then did he clarify the general process of the matter.

"Lichun, you've worked hard, go down and have a good rest, I'll call you again if something happens later."

"My servant thanked Lord Long En. It's just that there is one more thing. I wonder if the emperor agrees?"

"Go ahead."

"His Royal Highness asked the slaves to meet Jia Min, I don't know..."

"Oh, that's all, since Chang'an told you to go, you can go."

The beginning of spring receded, and the house returned to calm.

"My loves? How would you like to deal with this matter? Is it true that Jia Min was asked to clean up the mess as Li Chengbin said?"

Yuan Heng was naturally unwilling to ask Jia Min to go.

Not to mention whether he can clean up the mess, this face alone is too much to lose.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so."

Seeing what King Bei Jing said, Yuan Heng was a little puzzled.

He had already received a secret report from the Jinyi Army before, saying that King Beijing, Bachelor Ji, Liu Changfeng and Xiu Tonggui had gone to Zhili to meet Jia Min.

He thought that the King of Beijing would agree with Jia Min to go.

"Shui Aiqing, since Jia Min can't do it, who can take on this task?"

"Returning to the emperor, I think that Prince Teng, the governor of the Beijing camp, can take on this task."

Shui Rong said unhurriedly.

(End of this chapter)