webnovelfull Chapter 700 The Dark Shadow Entering the Tent
Chapter 700 The Dark Shadow Entering the Tent
Civil and military officials stood outside the imperial city, watching the marriage procession go away.
The winding team started from the palace gate and headed towards the city gate.
Jiang Suining, Wei Yao and others stood together and also watched the team leave.
Although Wei Yao really disliked Xiao Yue in her heart, she felt very sad when she saw the marriage team going further and further away.
"If there comes a day when women's marriage is no longer used as a bargaining chip or bond, and all women can follow their own wishes and choose to marry a good man, that would be great."
Jiang Suining smiled at Wei Yao, "Although it's difficult, I believe there will be a day like that."
"Will it really happen?"
"It will happen." This time it was Lu Yan who spoke. "There were no female officials before, but now the three of us are standing here. There was no special academy for women before, but now it has been opened. Everything is moving in a good direction. No matter how difficult it is, I believe that one day women will be treated fairly like men."
Wei Yao's eyes were filled with longing, "I wonder if we can ever see that day."
"Even if we can't see it, even if that day takes a long time, it doesn't matter. At least we are on this road, and I believe that more people will take this road in the future." Jiang Suining's voice was clear and full of infinite hope.
A gust of wind blew, and the voices of the three people drifted away in the wind, as if they disappeared quickly, or as if they were carried by the wind and blown to many corners.
In the marriage procession, the curtain of the carriage was swaying in the wind.
Xiao Yue was wearing an expensive dress specially made for her, sitting in a carriage inlaid with gold and jade. She reached out to open the curtain of the window and turned her head to look back.
"Is the Fifth Princess reluctant to leave her homeland?"
Murong Yu rode his horse to the side of the carriage without knowing when.
Xiao Yue looked at him. Although he still had that charming and handsome face, it seemed that the excitement she had felt before was no longer there.
If she hadn't found the food delivery man at the post house that day, she would have really thought that Murong Yu pretended to be sick to buy time for her. But the facts proved that the other party just didn't want to leave because he hadn't completely won over the Minister of War and failed to achieve his goal.
In fact, it was Murong Yu who clearly wanted to stay, but he still did me a favor!
Seeing Xiao Yue's disgusted look, Murong Yu's smile deepened, "It seems that the Fifth Princess has completely hated this prince in her heart."
"Ninth Prince, you are joking. This princess has already said this before. After we arrive in Xilin, I hope that the Ninth Prince can take good care of me. How could this princess possibly hold a grudge against you?" Xiao Yue forced a hypocritical smile.
Murong Yu did not say anything, "Don't worry, Fifth Princess. After all, we have known each other for a while. If there is anything I can do for you, I will do it without hesitation."
"Then I would like to thank you, Ninth Prince. This princess is very grateful."
After some hypocritical courtesy, Xiao Yue no longer had any desire to turn around and look back, so she simply lowered the car curtain.
The carriage passed through the city gate, left the imperial city, and headed along the official road towards Xilin.
Someone in the team noticed that there were two figures, a man and a woman, standing in the long pavilion. However, they were a little far away and their faces could not be seen clearly. All they could see was that the woman's dress was embroidered with large patches of peony flowers.
Seeing that the two men had been looking at the envoy team, the person who saw them said to his companion beside him: "Are those two here to see off the fifth princess?"
"I don't know. I guess they just happened to be seeing each other off. The team passed by, so they just came to see the excitement."
"Too."
The conversation soon stopped and the team walked away.
In the pavilion, Cheng Du withdrew his gaze and spoke to Wen Yan.
"It's been so long, and we're finally going to get results." His tone was slightly cold, completely devoid of his usual lazy and playful look.
Wen Yan looked at Cheng Du, her expression full of anticipation, "Yes, it's been so long, and finally there will be a result. It's really exciting."
Cheng Du smiled again, "So who do you think will be better, Xilin or Beiyang?"
"I don't know about that, but no matter who wins or loses, as long as the war starts, the blood of the two countries will be our best memorial."
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In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed.
The marriage team was not moving very fast, but was getting closer and closer to the border between Beiyang and Xilin day by day.
Xiao Yue had never sat in a carriage for so long before. During the past half month, not only did she suffer from back pain, but she also had a loss of appetite and was complaining bitterly.
"Do we have to stay in the tent tonight?"
Xiao Yue looked at the soldiers who were setting up camp with a frown on his face.
"Princess, the people in Xilin said that it is getting late and there is no time to make it to the next post station." Qiao Fu replied from the side.
"If this continues, I'm afraid I'll be half dead before I even reach Xilin." Xiao Yue had a sad face and missed the airplanes and high-speed trains of the 21st century more and more. The inconvenient transportation was really exhausting.
"Princess, how about I make you a bowl of calming soup? After you set up the tent, you can drink it and then go to rest. You didn't sleep well in the past few nights. If you continue like this, your body won't be able to bear it." Qiao Fu said.
Xiao Yue nodded in agreement, and soon Qiao Fu went to cook soup by the fire, while Qiao Rong quickly made the bed after the tent was set up.
I brought quite a few doses of the Anshen Decoction with me before leaving the Imperial City, and now only about half of it is left.
The prescription prescribed by the imperial physician himself was very effective. After Xiao Yue finished drinking it, she began to feel sleepy not long after. She was too lazy to eat dinner and went straight back to the tent to rest.
She was extremely tired these past few days, and coupled with the effect of the tranquilizing soup, Xiao Yue slept until the second half of the night.
When Xiao Yue opened her eyes, her first feeling was hunger. She touched her rumbling stomach and got up to ask Qiao Fu and Qiao Rong to find her something to eat. However, through the moonlight, she saw that the two of them were huddled in a corner of the tent, hugging a thin blanket and sleeping soundly.
Thinking about this journey, Qiaorong and Qiaofu had been very hard-working. Not only did they have to hurry on the road, but they also had to take care of themselves. At night, they mostly slept in their rooms or by the tents. Xiao Yue sighed in his heart, and instead of calling them, he walked out of the tent by himself.
I wanted to ask the soldiers on night watch to find some food for me, but when I went out, I found that the soldiers on night watch were all sleeping in their tents or under trees, and the fire that I had lit before had long been extinguished.
The moon was bright in the sky and the stars were sparse, but the area around the tent was extremely quiet.
A gust of wind blew by, and Xiao Yue felt a sudden chill in his heart. He was thinking about opening his mouth to wake up the two soldiers closest to him, but the next moment, he suddenly saw a dark shadow.
Xiao Yue was shocked. Before she could even scream, she saw the black shadow enter Murong Yu's tent again.