Princess Promotion

Three days later, a fast horse galloped into Hecheng.

The Duke has been feeling a little anxious these days, thinking that the princess should be arriving soon, but there has been no news yet.

The Li family was founded by generals who guarded the border for generations. Perhaps because there were more men than women in the military family, the current queen is the only girl of that generation in the Li family.

She has been the apple of everyone's eye since she was young. Because of this, even though she had no children for many years and only had Princess Chuguang, she always sat firmly on the throne of the Empress.

The Duke has only two sons and no daughters. He has always regarded his sister's only child, Yao Chuguang, as his own, and dotes on Yao Chuguang more than his own son.

The eldest son, Li Xinghan, rushed into the study in a panic: "Something happened to father!"

After listening to what his eldest son said, the Duke fell into deep thought.

The second son, Li Yinhan, also heard the news and rushed over. As soon as he opened the door, he shouted, "Father, the princess is trapped in Yicheng and asked me to lead the troops there!"

After all, the Duke has been on the battlefield for many years and has escaped death countless times. His calmness in the face of difficulties is deeply engraved in his bones.

Of course, it is impossible to do what Li Yinhan did and immediately draw his sword and send troops over. This is not normal. If troops are sent rashly, they may not be able to save the princess and even Yinhan may be sacrificed.

Li Yinhan was so anxious that he felt like he had lice on his body and was fidgeting. He didn't understand why his father and brother just sat there with gloomy faces and didn't say a word.

In this way, the father and his two sons sat in the study for the whole afternoon. Li Yinhan never thought that time would be so unbearable.

The spies reported that there were traces of cavalry five miles outside the city.

This news was undoubtedly a heavy blow to them. The father and his two sons knew very well what it meant. The barbarian cavalry was all around them. Once they sent troops to rescue them, the barbarians would definitely launch a surprise attack on Hecheng.

Li Yinhan said, "Father, why don't you let me lead a group of men into Yicheng? Even if it costs my life, I will fight my way out and save A Guang."

The Duke pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement. At present, this was the only way to save Chu Guang's life.

Li Yinhan reorganized his troops and stood in front of the door to bid farewell to the Duke.

The Duke looked a little worried, and all he could say finally boiled down to one sentence: "Come back alive!"

Li Yinhan jumped onto his horse, smiled heartily and said, "Okay!"

Li Yinhan's preparations for departure were interrupted by the arrival of a person.

The person who came was Xue Qing. Xue Qing stopped Li Xinghan who was about to leave, took out the princess's handwritten letter and seal and handed them over to him.

The Duke took the letter and said, "My uncle is well! He is now imprisoned, framed by a treacherous person... A-Guang does not want my uncle and cousin to be in danger. If they insist on doing so, they will be separated forever. Please forgive A-Guang's unfilial behavior and take good care of the Queen Mother. This is Yao Chuguang's final letter."

Li Yinhan couldn't believe it when he saw this. His princess cousin, who had been spoiled and weak since childhood, actually threatened to kill herself rather than let him go to save her.

After reading the letter, the Duke was almost overwhelmed with grief. He covered his heart and almost fainted. Li Xinghan quickly supported him from behind.

For the first time, his father, who was as tall and majestic as Mount Tai in Li Xinghan's heart, was actually trembling!

Yao Chuguang asked Xueqing to bring the letter to show his determination that he would never send troops to rescue her and fall into the barbarians' trap.

Faced with the country and her life, she chose the former.

Even when the Duke was surrounded and fought bloody battles with the enemy for dozens of days ten years ago, he had never felt so desperate.

How would he face his sister in the future? He couldn't even save his sister's only daughter, his only niece, and could only watch his niece being raped and killed.

He was filled with anger and grief. A man doesn't cry easily, but he hasn't reached the point of being heartbroken. Even the iron-blooded Duke's eyes were red as he suppressed his tears and said, "Xinghan, Yinhan, I want you to swear with me that if the barbarians dare to harm A Guang, even if the last man of my Li family dies, we will wipe out all the barbarians in this world."

Li Xinghan and the other man looked at each other and said firmly, "I will not be a human being until I kill the barbarian!"

Xue Qing: "Duke, Her Royal Highness the Princess is not dead yet!"

She started crying loudly before the person died. Is she cursing her princess?

The Duke, his father and his son looked at each other in bewilderment...

Xue Qing: "The princess only forbade Hecheng from sending troops, not forbidding you to rescue her. Just take the princess' letter and seal to other cities to mobilize troops!"

The Duke held the seal tightly in his hand, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

He grabbed Li Yinhan's hand and stuffed the seal into his hand: "Yinhan, you rush to Mingzhou immediately and ask the Mingzhou government to send troops for support. Anyone who dares to object and does not send troops immediately will be beheaded. Ask them if they can withstand the emperor's wrath and the queen's accountability if something happens to the princess. We have the princess's suicide note to ensure their safety.

I had never thought of going to Mingzhou before. Firstly, it was a bit far away. Secondly, the prefect of Mingzhou was from Concubine Xiao's family and had been at odds with the Queen for many years. It would be good if he didn't come to add insult to injury, let alone save the princess.

Perhaps the mastermind behind the scenes is closely related to Concubine Xiao. Once Hecheng is attacked, only Mingzhou will have the ability and conditions to provide support. Needless to say, the credit will go to the Mingzhou prefect.

The person who planned this had sinister intentions. From the moment the princess arrived in Yicheng, the Li family had been on the edge of a cliff. They sent troops to rescue her but fell into the trap of the barbarians. Even if they could save Hecheng, they would suffer heavy casualties and be held accountable and have their power taken away. This was already the best possible situation.

If they were defeated by the barbarians, and Mingzhou deliberately delayed reinforcements, Hecheng City would be broken and Li Jia would be killed in battle.

If the Li family did not send out troops and watched helplessly as a princess of a country was slaughtered by barbarians, not to mention the wrath of the Emperor of Qi, even the spit of people all over the world would drown them. How could the Li family, having lost the support of the army, stand firm in the army?

People believed what they saw. They only saw that the Li family was frightened by the barbarians and dared not send troops, and the ambush was just an excuse.

The designer has already calculated all the escape routes for the Li family, and each one is a dead end.

As the saying goes, there is always a loophole in a perfect plan. A princess can be the cause of both success and failure.

The person behind the scenes calculated everyone, but he didn't expect that the spoiled princess, who was usually willful and unruly and even found the medicine bitter, would have the courage to face the barbarians and fight for her life, and even wrote a suicide letter to protect the Li family.

With the princess's letter and seal, the situation became completely different. With the princess's letter, not sending troops was for the sake of the country and the people, and sacrificing the small family for the sake of the public. The Emperor of Qi and the people of the world could not blame the Li family.

The princess's heroic sacrifice will even make the Li family prosperous. By then, even the Emperor of Qi will have to show some respect and love to the Li family because of the princess.

If we go to Mingzhou to mobilize troops without the princess's token, the Mingzhou prefect will definitely make all kinds of excuses to delay time, and may even hope that something happens to the princess. The Mingzhou prefect can easily put the blame on Hecheng, saying that Hecheng is close and heavily guarded, so why come all the way to Mingzhou.

Now Li Yinhan only needs to bring out the token, which can be said to be a golden ticket to immunity from death. Even if he chops off the prefect's head, he only needs to say that the prefect is suspected of colluding with foreign enemies.

Ask what evidence you have. If you are so slow and unwilling to rescue Her Royal Highness the Princess, what evidence do you need?

Even if the prefect cooperated fully, if something went wrong with the princess, Li Yinhan could just say that the prefect didn't try his best, and the princess would lose her official hat.

It is not impossible that the Emperor of Qi chopped off his head in anger.

At the same time, Yao Chuguang's letter was rushed to the hands of Emperor Qi over a distance of 800 miles, shocking all the civil and military officials in the court. Even the king of a country had tears in his eyes in the hall.

In a rage, he scolded all the civil and military officials in the court, and directly ordered Mingzhou and Quanzhou to send troops to support Yicheng immediately. If the princess lost even a hair, he would bring his head to him.

At this time, a young eunuch from the harem rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen has fainted from grief."

The Emperor of Qi immediately stood up and shouted as he walked, "Call the imperial physician!"

After saying this, he left all the civil and military officials in the court and rushed to the Queen's bedroom!