freenovelworld Chapter 220: Departure to Rong State
Chapter 220: Departure to Rong State
The next day, the first ray of light in the sky illuminated the returning guard of honor led by Jia Kuizhuo.
Crown Prince Yuwen Jin came with Duan Fangya to see them off. Tang Yuwei was communicating with Jia Kuizhuo, and they were confirming that once Yangyang arrived safely at the Rong Kingdom Palace, they would send a letter to inform both parties of the time for the meeting.
Yangyang changed into a set of Rong national costume. The gilded tasseled veil concealed half of the thoughts on her face. The filigree gold-threaded shawl revealed her fair, delicate, and tender skin. The jingling pearl necklaces on her hands made people feel unusually hot in this midsummer season.
Since Yuwen Bo and Xue Qingqing were also in the escort team, Yangyang asked Biluo and Xiaotao to wear veils to conceal their identities.
Before the team set off, Yangyang was helped by Biluo and Xiaotao onto the eight-drawn fragrant carriage. The exotic fragrance inside made Yangyang shiver as if she was in another world.
She lifted the curtain of the carriage, wanting to take a last breath of the air of the Great Pu Kingdom, and to take a last look at Tang Yuwei, who remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe.
This time, she neither laughed nor cried. She just looked at him calmly and went back into the car.
"Miss, are you okay?" Xiao Tao looked at Yang Yang worriedly.
Yangyang replied perfunctorily, "It's okay!"
How could it be okay? Yangyang smiled bitterly in her heart. She had lied to Tang Yuwei again yesterday, and this would be the last time she would lie to him.
She promised him that she would try her best to protect herself from the assassination along the way, but Yangyang knew that she didn't have much time left. In order to get the evidence, she had to try her best, even if it meant risking her own life.
Xiao Tao looked at the team that was about to set out through the gauze curtain, "Miss, when we arrive in Rong Country, no one will dare to bully you anymore. After all, you will be a princess in the future."
Yangyang nodded again with a half-smile, thinking back to the day when the mad fire man was discovered in Sand City, she had already received a letter from Jia Kuizhuo from Helan Qin.
This letter not only confirmed that she was the princess, but also made her understand why the Emperor of Rong had complicated feelings towards her mother. Therefore, even if she was lucky enough to return to the Rong Palace, peace would not be waiting for her.
Therefore, from the moment she acknowledged her identity in front of everyone, she did not think about getting anything with this identity. She only hoped that she could really do something for the world in the end.
Even so, this world may just be an illusion.
The sound of the departure horn finally sounded, and the team gradually went away with the sound of horse hooves. The dark shadows left behind were the past that the Great Pu Kingdom could never return to.
Walked a long way...
Xiao Tao muttered curiously, "I don't know what's wrong with that young marquis. He actually brought the second young lady with him to escort him. Could it be that as the rumors say, he is really obsessed with the second young lady?"
"Let's not worry about that. As long as we can reach Rong Country safely, it will be a great blessing!" Biluo looked behind the carriage cautiously from time to time, "I always feel that something is wrong along the way!"
"What could be wrong?" Xiao Tao handed the grapes in her hand to Yang Yang. Yang Yang waved her hand to refuse, "Don't be suspicious. You're scaring the lady!"
Biluo looked around and approached Yangyang and Xiaotao, "Miss, before we set out today, I saw the second young lady give a sign to one of the soldiers in this team. I couldn't see clearly what the sign was, but judging from the expression on the second young lady's face, there must be something wrong!"
When Xiao Tao heard this, she frowned and asked anxiously, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Biluo made a hushing gesture, asking Xiaotao to lower her voice quickly. "Time is so tight, how can we tell it? Who can we tell? What if..." Biluo looked at Yangyang's expression, paused, and said, "What if General Gakueizhuo can't be trusted?"
"How is that possible?" Xiao Tao looked at Yang Yang, hoping to get a positive answer.
Yangyang clenched the ring in her hand and said, "Don't worry, we have only traveled a dozen miles, she won't be stupid enough to act so quickly!"
"Miss? You know, you know that the second young lady wants to kill..." Xiao Tao was so frightened that the grapes in her hand rolled down.
Compared to Xiao Tao, Biluo was obviously calmer and more steady. "Miss, what should we do now? Do we need to tell him about General Jia?"
"No!" Yangyang said calmly, "Firstly, General Jia will definitely make a big move if he knows about it, which will easily alert the enemy; secondly, I don't know whether my uncle is a pro-war or pro-peace faction in Rongguo City!"
The so-called pro-war faction is a group of military generals headed by the commander-in-chief Shan Sheng in Rongguo City, while the pro-peace faction is a group of civil generals headed by the confidential secretary Jia Luoqing. It turns out that the factions are very clear.
However, because of the battle more than ten years ago, although the two countries ended in a draw, the emperor of Rong was too ambitious to make peace, causing many officials to lose their positions, have their property confiscated, and even lose their lives.
All of a sudden, officials in the Rong court were replaced, and the original factions of those who advocated war and those who advocated peace became mixed and unclear.
Moreover, all officials are now very afraid of the emperor's dictatorship and dare not easily reveal their own opinions. This is also why there have not been major conflicts between the two countries in recent years!
Helan Qin had told her all of this one by one on the top floor of the Shacheng Tavern that night!
And the last thing Helan Qin told her was, "Don't trust all the people of Jia Kui Zhuo!"
"Then won't we be alive long?" Xiao Tao was immediately deflated. It was a pity that she was just looking forward to her future days in Rong Country.
Even the lord and the old lady had long forgotten everything.
Biluo said disdainfully, "Don't talk nonsense, the young lady must have a way! Otherwise she wouldn't be so calm!"
Yangyang patted Biluo's shoulder and held Xiaotao's hand, "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to you!"
"Just Biluo, let's stop and rest for a while. I need you to help me call Yuwenbo to the car!"
Biluo didn't ask any more questions, but looked at Yangyang with a firm gaze, "Okay, Miss, I'll be waiting outside the car later!"
"Miss, what about me?" Xiao Tao asked.
Yangyang handed a box of jewelry to Xiaotao and said, "Take this to the second young lady."
"Isn't this something sent by General Jia? He said it was a tribute from the Rong Kingdom. Why did you give it to the second young lady?"
Xiao Tao looked at the jewelry in the box with great reluctance. The hardships she had experienced during this period of time had made her experience all kinds of ups and downs. She finally understood that if she wanted to live a good life, she must have the greatest blessing.
"That's why I want to give it to her because it was given by General Jia. Take it and don't say anything more!"
When everything was arranged properly, Yangyang looked at the flying yellow sand outside the gauze curtain and recalled what Tang Yuwei had said again. She felt that she could calm down even in the worst environment.
She couldn't just hope that Tang Yuwei would come to save her, she also had to be fully prepared.