flstandardbreds Chapter 181 "Is this child Brother Ci'an's?"
Chapter 181 "Is this child Brother Ci'an's?"
Seeing Mo Qingfeng outside the door about to draw his sword without saying a word, Shen Changle hurriedly held his stomach and sat up.
"Xuanque, help me out."
"Yes, Your Highness, slower."
She walked to the door with a pale face and finally saw the bandits surrounding the house.
Sure enough it was them.
"Old Master...why are you guys here?"
The old boss was startled and looked over in the direction of the sound.
"Good girl, why are you here?"
Wait, the good girl is Ci'an's wife, and Ci'an's wife is the little princess, so isn't she...
When Mo Qingfeng saw her coming out, he quickly retreated in front of her.
He held the long sword in his hand to protect her behind him.
"Your Highness, I can handle this, please go back!"
"Brother Mo, don't do anything, they are one of us..."
Before he could finish his words, he was spat at by the fierce long-legged girl.
"Bah! Who the hell is yours? You caused the destruction of our Wohu Mountain, and I'm about to go and deal with you."
"Girl! Shut up!"
"Dad!"
Shen Changle tightened Xuanque's hand, held onto the door frame, and walked out.
He lowered his head towards her.
"The brothers from Wohu Mountain were indeed implicated by me, but...
As soon as Ci'an and I received the news, we immediately rushed back to the stronghold and managed to save the remaining brothers..."
Thinking of Jiang Ci'an's words yesterday, she lowered her head again.
"Although they suffered losses after going to the battlefield...but I believe that Ci'an must be doing his best to protect them..."
"Stop being so hypocritical! If you hadn't forced An Ge to leave, why would he lead his brothers to the battlefield?"
"I……"
Shen Changle felt so wronged.
If possible, she also hopes there will be no war. She doesn't want Ci An to go to the battlefield more than anyone else!
"How can you be so rude? How dare you speak nonsense here without investigating the matter thoroughly?"
Xuanque couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up to defend Shen Changle.
But the hot girl choked back:
"Who the hell are you? Do you have any say in this?"
"I'm going to tell you that! Who do you think you are to be disrespectful to His Highness?"
"Just a servant, or we'd have a fight!"
The fierce girl shouted, but was stopped sternly by the old boss.
"Enough, what are you doing? Have you forgotten what we are doing here?"
"Humph!"
She hugged her arms angrily, glanced at Shen Changle's belly, turned her head and ignored him.
Seeing this, Shen Changle took a step back with the help of Xuanque and asked the old boss to come in and explain in detail.
"Old Master, it's hard to explain how Ci'an led his brothers to the battlefield in just a few words. Let's come in and talk about it slowly!"
The old boss hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
Shen Changle listened to the sound of artillery in the distance and asked Mo Qingfeng for help.
"Brother Mo, please go and get some more information."
"Your Highness, this..."
He glanced warily at the old boss and the hot girl.
Xuanque said disdainfully:
"General Mo, go ahead. This servant and I are no pushovers either!"
Changle patted her hands helplessly, signaling her to say less, and nodded to Mo Qingfeng.
Mo Qingfeng could only clasp his fists and retreat.
Shen Changle brought the old boss and the hot girl in, and then told them everything that had happened during this period:
"I think the old boss is still unaware of the changes happening on the front line—Lu Mingchao has committed treason, and Ci'an is under attack from both inside and outside, struggling to survive."
"What? Lu Mingchao... is he General Lu's son?"
"Exactly."
The hot girl was also surprised. She looked at the old man and raised her eyebrows and asked:
"Are you trying to say that the incident at Wohu Mountain that day was all Lu's fault and had nothing to do with you?"
"Of course not. I admit that I was responsible for the destruction of Wohu Mountain... However, soldiers and bandits have always been incompatible, so this incident was unavoidable."
"What do you mean?"
The hot girl exploded again.
Fortunately, he was held down by the boss.
"What are you arguing about?! The good girl is right! The day you became a bandit, you should have thought about the day you would be annihilated by the imperial court!
The good girl saved more than a dozen of our brothers for Ci'an's sake, and she has done her utmost!"
"Protect her? Is that protecting her? She's using my brothers from Wohu Mountain as evidence!"
Shen Changle sighed lightly and shook his head.
“That’s not the case. When the Yue Kingdom invaded, my uncle didn’t trust the Lu Family Army led by Lu Mingchao, so he wanted Ci’an to lead the troops into battle.
We used the emperor's personal guard to build a firearms battalion for Ci'an, but the firearms battalion was ultimately the emperor's personal guard and refused to obey Ci'an's discipline.
He was fought one after another in a round-the-clock battle for a whole morning before he was able to gain a foothold in the military camp.
I didn't force Brother Zhao and Jiuxing into the army. They volunteered to join the barracks after learning about the situation. "Sasuke said no."
The hot girl still had something to say, slamming the table and questioning:
"You've long suspected Lu Mingchao's unreliability, so why did you let him go to the battlefield? Can't you just kill him directly?"
Shen Changle was speechless when he heard her innocent question.
He shook his head in distress, sighed, and then explained:
"The Lu Family Army was single-handedly led by General Lu. They recognize people but not symbols, but the difference is not much.
Putting aside the fact that there was no crime in killing people, whether it would cause an uproar in the army;
Even if Lu Mingchao betrayed his country today, how many people in the Lu family army would be unwilling to fight him?
Yesterday, Ci'an took my Jade Order to the army to recruit soldiers... I don't know how many were willing to follow him, and how many would rather die than obey..."
She became more worried and her face became paler.
Qingying couldn't bear to watch it any longer and tried to persuade him:
"Your Highness, please take a rest. The doctor said you are overworked and need to rest in bed..."
Shen Changle shook his head.
"It's okay. At times like this, I can't fall asleep even if I lie down."
Seeing her like this, the old man glared at his own wild daughter in anger.
"Do you think ruling the world is as easy as managing a stronghold? You can just drag out and chop off anyone you dislike?
Not to mention that Lu Mingchao has soldiers under his command, even any civil servant in the court has a backer!
If I pull out a single hair, my entire scalp will hurt!"
Uh……
"One move affects the whole body."
Shen Changle made a suggestion, and the old boss nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes! That's what I mean!"
Seeing Shen Changle smile, he turned and asked:
"Um, you're pregnant...are you about to give birth? Did you get pregnant in the village?"
Shen Changle stroked her belly and her eyes became gentle.
"There are still three months left, but that's not something you get in the village."
The hot girl glanced at her critically and asked sarcastically:
"Is it from Brother Ci'an?"
Shen Changle choked and looked at her resentfully.
Seeing this, the old boss scolded her:
"Shut up! If you don't want to talk properly, just go out and stand there!"
"So what? She never gave Brother Ci'an a proper status. Isn't it right for me to be suspicious?"
Shen Changle pressed his throbbing temples and explained helplessly:
"Because of the special nature of my status, Ci'an must make military achievements before he can marry me legitimately.
However... although we haven't officially consummated our marriage, the people and the court have already recognized his status."