Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

In less than two days, the news spread throughout the harem.

Nichang gave a bitter smile, knowing that the fact that the news could spread so quickly was closely related to her father. His meaning was very clear. He hoped that she would take the initiative to go instead of waiting for the imperial decree to grant the marriage.

She stood up and said softly, "Chenlu, please accompany me to meet the emperor."

"Princess, are you going to marry a foreign princess?"

"Well, be sensible and don't exhaust father's patience. It will not do any good to me and mother. Now is the right time to go. If I don't go within three days, what awaits me is the imperial decree granting marriage."

"Then we will be in a passive position and there will be no possibility of negotiating terms."

*

Half a month passed

The marriage procession stopped outside the palace gate. Nishang, wearing a red wedding dress, looked at her mother who was crying inconsolably, reached out her hand, hugged her gently, and said a few words in her ear.

"Mother, I am gone. Please take care of yourself in the harem in the future. You can use my father's guilt towards me to make your life easier so that you won't be bullied by other concubines."

"Wow, my Nichang, why are you so stupid?"

Nichang pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes full of insight: "Mother, I am not stupid at all. How could there be a fool among those born in the royal family? It was just to protect myself."

"In my mother's makeup box, there is a letter I left behind. Remember to read it and keep it in mind. Also, don't worry about me. I can survive in the cannibalistic harem, and I can survive in the Cloud Country as well."

"I am not as fragile as my mother thinks."

The bride's escort nanny came over and urged: "Princess, it's getting late. We should leave. Let's go to the border of Yun Country as soon as possible. Someone will come to pick us up."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. His Majesty loves the princess the most, so of course he is worried about her. He specially asked me to go with you so that he can teach the princess how to control a man's heart. Your Majesty should go back earlier."

Xianfei looked at the unfriendly nanny, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said nothing. When sending her daughter to the sedan chair, she stuffed something in her palm and whispered, "If necessary, those who are blocking the way must be eliminated."

Nichang nodded, knowing that the nanny was someone sent by her father to keep an eye on her. She had to be eliminated, but it couldn't be too obvious, so she could just slowly plan it out when the time came.

She put on the veil, spread her hands, and looked at the small whistle.

With a slight sigh and without saying anything, the sedan chair was slowly lifted up and moved towards the outside of the city, getting farther and farther away. The virtuous concubine stood outside the palace gate for a long time without leaving, until she could no longer see the shadow of the sedan chair, then she turned and left.

A few days later, inside the cabin of the ship

Nichang was leaning back to rest, her face was pale. After getting on the boat, it was discovered that she was seasick. She had hardly eaten anything during the three days on the boat and could only drink water. She felt very listless.

Chen Lu brought in white rice porridge with pickled cucumbers on the plate, and said worriedly, "Master, please eat a little. Your body won't be able to bear it if you keep eating like this. This pickled cucumber is delicious. Why don't you try it?"

"Well, where did it come from?"

"It was given by an aunt. I thought you had no appetite, so maybe eating some pickled cucumbers would be better. It will take two days for it to arrive, and if you don't eat anything, your body won't be able to bear it."

Nichang nodded, propped herself up, picked up a cucumber and ate it in small bites. She squinted her eyes because of the sourness and slurped it: "It's delicious. I'll do it myself."

Chen Lu was relieved to see that she could eat it. As long as she could eat it, it was fine.

Not long after, there were shouting and fighting sounds outside. Nichang shuddered: "What's going on? Is there something wrong outside?"

As soon as the words fell, a figure landed, wearing a mask on his face, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, we have encountered robbers, jump off the boat quickly."

"Ah, Qingjue, you are the one sent by the Queen to protect the master. Great, the master is saved. But jumping off the boat... isn't it too dangerous? Is there any other way?"

Qingjue walked over and said, "Excuse me."

He bent down, picked up the person and walked out quickly. Chen Lu didn't care about anything else and followed him quickly. She stood by the boat, watched the two people jump off, and stamped her feet in fear.

Looking back, he saw the vicious robber approaching him step by step, his eyes full of lust. He was so scared that his face turned pale. He covered his eyes, jumped up, and screamed, "I'm going to die, I'm going to die."

The robbers on the boat saw this and roared, "Why don't you go down and catch them? If you let them get away, I'll make you pay."

*

Officially

Several carriages were moving slowly. Jiang Li lifted the curtain, looked at the figure outside, and shouted, "Diao Diao, why are you running around again? If you make trouble again, I'm going to stew you when I get home. Ahhh, I'm so angry."

Biyuexiuhua was dressed in men's clothes and said helplessly: "Master, where are we going? We are almost at the border of several countries. I heard that it is very chaotic there. Could it be that there are bandits here who need to be subdued?"

"No, it's the border of several countries. It's a bit messy, but there are many kinds of things. Maybe I can find it. What about the thing I want? That thing is hard to find. Let's try it."

"Oh, it's grain seeds. Master, you have been looking for seeds."

"It's a seed, a very special seed..."

Before he could finish his words, the sound of an eagle roaring came from outside. Jiang Li frowned, lifted the curtain and walked out, and glanced at the fallen eagle, which was howling.

He said unhappily, "What are you doing? Are you hungry again? If you are hungry, go hunting. Make do with it for now. When we find a place with water, I will make you something delicious."

There was a lot of chatter, but no one understood what he said. Diao Diao became anxious, so he stretched out his claws, grabbed the man, and flew into the woods. Seeing this, Bi Yue Xiu Hua turned pale with fright.

Shouting, "Stop, stop immediately, master, ah ah ah, the eagle has gone crazy, it must be crazy."

Jiang Li was caught and waved his hands: "It's okay, you guys stop first, I'll go see where it's taking me."

Not long after, Diao Diao stopped by the river, put the person down, and pushed Jiang Li away with Jianzui. Following its force, they saw... three people at the riverside downstream, with their lower bodies lying in the river, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.

Jiang Li walked over quickly, dragged the person up, and started to rescue them. He watched them spit out the water. A man and an eagle stood by and watched curiously: "Hey, wake up, who are you?"

His eyes fell on the red wedding dress.

bride?

Nichang coughed and slowly woke up. She looked up and was startled by the gazes of the man and the eagle. "You, who are you? Where is this place?"

Jiang Li tilted his head, and Diao Diao also tilted his head.

"I should be the one asking you how you got here. You must have washed down from upstream. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. I'm busy on my way."

"Wait...wait, thank you for saving my life. I, I only have the golden hairpin now. Can you please take us in for a few days and leave immediately when we feel better?"