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The young master finally ate the bowl of food with tears in his eyes, but he was very depressed. After eating, he sat aside, looking very sad.

In the afternoon, Guanqi finally woke up. While changing the dressing, Su Qinchao carefully checked his whole body and found that he had a broken rib. His eyes turned red with heartache.

"Why are you so stupid!" Su Qinchao seemed to feel Guanqi's affection for him only at this moment, and his hands moved much more gently.

"As long as the young master is fine, I will feel at ease." Guanqi still remembered that when the black shadow stabbed the young master, he was heartbroken and wished he could take his place. By the time he reacted, he had already stood in front of the young master.

He was glad that he blocked it. He would rather get hurt himself than let the young master get hurt in front of him. He really couldn't stand that.

After bandaging Guanqi, Su Qinchao personally brought the food and fed it to Guanqi spoonful by spoonful, which moved Guanqi so much that he shed tears.

...

At about 12:00 p.m., the two secret guards hurried back, their bodies covered with small wounds and bloodstains, and it looked like they had been through a fierce battle.

"Hurry up! Someone is waiting for you outside!" One of the secret guards carried Guanqi on his back and left, while the other signaled Su Qinchao to go and pick up the young master.

"Oh, okay!" Su Qinchao responded, picked up the little master and followed them out.

Sure enough, there was a small black carriage parked outside, and following the carriage were a few men in black with similar temperaments to them.

Su Qinchao placed the young master next to Guanqi, gave Guanqi a few words of advice, and then left.

This carriage can only accommodate two people, but that is why it can run fast.

As soon as they saw Su Qinchao coming out, they hurriedly urged the carriage to start.

This carriage and horse hooves have obviously been specially treated, so there is no sound when they run.

Soon, they arrived at the foot of a relatively low city wall.

Several people took out hooks, pulleys and other tools from under the carriage, put them in place, and worked together to lift Guanqi and the young master out one by one, and finally they successfully left the city.

In fact, Su Qinchao had always had a question in his mind. When he and Guanqi were on the move that night, none of the secret guards came to support them. They must have other more important tasks.

But Su Qinchao was smart and didn't ask. He had a vague guess in his mind, but he was not sure.

Because Guanqi was injured, and the young prince was still young and couldn't stand the hardship.

So on the way back, they spent more than half the time than on the way there, and did not return to Chang'an until early summer.

...

Sure enough, his guess was true! They had only been back in Chang'an for half a month when the incident was exposed.

It turned out that Prince Changning was in collusion with the Dangxiang people, and the biological mother of his favored concubine was also a Dangxiang person.

These were all found out by the secret guards that night, and the evidence is solid.

Therefore, the emperor was extremely angry, as the Dangxiang had a long-standing feud with the Dawu and even the previous dynasty.

The Prince of Changning, a member of the royal family, actually colluded with the Dangxiang and even plotted to murder the princess bestowed upon him by the late emperor. How audacious he was!

Therefore, three days later, the emperor issued an edict, ordering the Longwu Army stationed in Henan Road to capture Prince Changning and escort him to Beijing.

The coffin of Princess Changning, who had unfortunately passed away, was also transported to Beijing, and she was still buried in the imperial mausoleum with the rites of a princess.

As for the Prince of Changning, he was adopted by Princess Yucheng and was renamed Li Yun.

...

Although the decree was issued and the prince moved into the princess's mansion.

However, Prince Changning was not escorted to the capital yet. Only a group of people came dragging the coffin of Princess Changning.

However, they still brought the latest news. It turned out that Prince Changning had received the news before the edict was issued.

He took his concubine and hid in the Dangxiang tribe. Even Wang Wan, the richest man in Henan Province, disappeared with his entire family.

At this point, the matter could no longer be resolved by arresting Prince Changning and bringing him to Beijing. It had become a major event between the two countries!

This time, the emperor ignored the opposition and issued an edict to the Longwu Army, ordering General Longwu to take over Henan Province immediately.

He also stepped up military training in preparation for a formal attack on the Dangxiang three months later.

This move shocked the entire court, and more than half of the civil and military officials were opposed to sending troops.

It’s not that we haven’t fought against the Dangxiang before, but the Dangxiang people lived in a rainforest area, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so we had almost no chance of winning.

Moreover, preparing food and fodder is not something that can be done just by looking at it. This year, there is a drought in the southwest region, and the Ministry of Revenue has already allocated most of the silver and grain there.

The remaining ones will have to last for another half a year, and there is nothing left over.

...

The incident caused a lot of uproar, and even people in small restaurants on the street were discussing it. However, Su Qinchao didn't care much about it.

In his previous life, his impression of the Dangxiang only existed in his uncle's tomb-robbing notes, and he had never heard of them at any other time.

It probably didn't cause much of a stir, otherwise it would have been recorded in history books.

Moreover, now, in addition to accompanying Yunniang and the children during his daily shift, he also has to sneak over to watch the chess game at night when everyone is asleep.

Although Guanqi's injury has almost healed, he still feels pain in his chest. It should be because the broken rib has not healed yet.

Sometimes he even thought that it would be great if Guanqi was a woman, so that at least he could give her a status and a child, but Guanqi was a man and he had no choice.

However, the matter was quickly resolved because his affair with Guanqi was discovered by Princess Yucheng.

"A few days ago, one of my secret guards was passing by the south of the city and saw something interesting." Princess Yucheng stood under the pear tree, looking at the pears on the tree, with an ambiguous smile on her lips.

"Please forgive me, Princess!" Su Qinchao knew as soon as he heard it that his affair with Guanqi had been exposed.

"I didn't expect you were interested in playing this game. I always thought you were devoted to your wife!"

"I was indeed loyal to you, but an accident happened at Yanmen Pass a few years ago. Since I touched him, I have to take responsibility." Su Qinchao recounted the situation at that time and smiled helplessly.

"If that's the case, I can understand." Princess Yucheng reached out and picked a green pear, handed it to Su Qinchao, and asked him to stand up and speak.

"I heard that you trained that servant yourself? How is his martial arts?"

"Although you are not as good as me, you can still be a ninth-rank captain in the army." Su Qinchao didn't know what Princess Yucheng meant, but he still answered truthfully.

"If so, how about letting him follow Lu Changshi to Japan in the second half of the year?"

She had thought about this some time ago, and the affairs of Japan were to be conducted in secret.

She doesn't have many people she can use, and Su Qinchao is a fourth-rank general and cannot leave without a valid reason.

So she planned to find another group of people, and Guanqi caught her eye during this trip to Henan Road. He has martial arts skills and is loyal, which is perfect for her.

"Your Highness!" Su Qinchao looked at Princess Yucheng in shock. Many thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment, but he finally calmed down.

"If so, it is his blessing." Su Qinchao immediately knelt down to express his gratitude on behalf of Guanqi.

Guanqi is now 24 years old. If he were an ordinary person, he would have already started a family and established a career. He had thought about how to arrange for him before. Now that Princess Yucheng has taken a fancy to him and given him the opportunity to make achievements, it is also his good fortune.

"In that case, send him over on the first day of next month. They still have a lot to learn." Seeing that Su Qinchao did not refuse, Princess Yucheng couldn't help but smile.

"Yes!"

...

After leaving the princess's mansion, Su Qinchao told Guanqi about this, but he did not expect Guanqi to reject him so decisively.

"I don't want to go!" This was the first time Guanqi rejected Su Qinchao. It was not that he did not have the ambition to achieve success, but he felt that once he went to Japan, it would be difficult to see Su Qinchao again.

Moreover, he had heard from his young master that it would take time to accomplish this task, and it might take decades in Japan, so he chose Su Qinchao without hesitation between the two.

"I'm not discussing this with you. I've already promised the princess." Su Qinchao pulled the reins and was about to get on the horse.