Chapter 1108: Chapter 1099: Brothers
Lying in bed every day, watching the Little Princess and Young Prince, Su Jin was in a great mood.
Although most of the time, the Little Princess and Young Prince were lying on their small couch asleep.
So obedient.
Su Jin really wished these two children were hers, twins of dragon and phoenix.
The news of the Princess Consort’s illness had already reached the military camp, but everyone was not worried, a mother worrying about her daughter, combined with exhaustion, wasn’t a serious illness; resting for a few days would naturally be fine.
With the Little Princess and Young Prince, the camp was filled with much laughter.
Qin Hanhan often sat there watching the two, touching her swollen belly, hoping the child would be born soon.
Speaking of this matter, Qin Hanhan felt guilty.
Although she was ordered to find Su Jin, she hadn’t been able to help much.
Once Su Jin completed her confinement, she could return to the Capital with the children, but Qin Hanhan was still less than nine months pregnant by then, not suitable for the journey.
Su Jin surely had to stay at the border with her.
Wait for the child to be born for a month, then another month of confinement.
It meant they would have to stay at the border for at least three more months.
Thinking of this, Qin Hanhan felt she was causing trouble for others.
Having lost her parents since young, Qin Hanhan was very independent, fearing most to be a burden to others.
Su Jin knew her nature, laughed, and said, "Just stay at the border with peace of mind, have the child, the Princess Consort has come to the border too, I don’t need to rush back to the Capital."
The urgency was never Su Jin’s, it was Mrs. Tang’s, the Princess Consort’s, Young Master Su’s, and the Emperor’s.
Especially the Emperor.
The border was too far from the Capital City, even an express message took many days.
Su Jin had already given birth on this side, while the Emperor was still worried whether Su Jin had given birth or whether it was a boy or a girl on the other side.
...
One day, the weather was clear, the Emperor had just returned to the Imperial Study after court.
As he stepped into the Imperial Study, a little eunuch ran over, shouting from afar, "Emperor, great joy!"
The Emperor turned around and saw the little eunuch plunge forward.
The whole person sprawled on the ground.
Eunuch Fu couldn’t bear to look.
What kind of great joy must it be to be in such a hurry to report?
The little eunuch grimaced with the fall, but his face beamed brightly, "Emperor, good news from the border, saying the Heir’s wife has given birth!"
Eunuch Fu, upon hearing, hurriedly said, "It’s truly great joy."
"Was it a boy or a girl?" the Emperor eagerly asked.
"It was a Young Prince," the little eunuch promptly replied.
"Mother and child are safe."
This time, the Emperor was at ease.
Eunuch Fu, accompanying and speaking well, the Emperor’s mood was ecstatic, showering grace upon the entire harem.
The reward for the little eunuch who fell while delivering the good news was doubled.
Had it been a common fall, startling the Emperor, twenty floggings would have been light.
But the little eunuch knew this good news would definitely keep him safe, so he didn’t rush to plead for the Emperor’s mercy.
The Emperor returned to the Imperial Study, contemplating on naming his grandson.
When the good news reached Daqi Capital, the guards of Prince Beimo also returned to Beimo, reporting back to Prince Beimo.
Upon learning that Prince NanAn and Chu Shun truly beat Zhao Xu...
Prince Beimo had a face full of black lines.
Even though he personally heard Prince NanAn and the others say they wanted to beat Zhao Xu and taste what it’s like to hit an Emperor.
But internally, Prince Beimo thought it was Prince NanAn and his fellows deliberately saying so on behalf of Zhao Xu’s marriage proposal, naturally with the aim of pleasing him, Prince Beimo, thus appeasing him, no longer obstructing Zhao Xu’s pursuit of marrying his Imperial Sister.
Prince Beimo didn’t take Prince NanAn and his allies’ words seriously.
As for beating Zhao Xu, this was something Prince Beimo always wanted to do, but with many concerns, it would likely end without incident.
After all, Zhao Xu saved Princess Jing Mountain, hitting him without knowing his identity was one thing.
But hitting him while knowing Zhao Xu’s identity, Prince Beimo was genuinely afraid Zhao Xu would bear a grudge and might harm Princess Jing Mountain in the future.
Unexpectedly——
Prince NanAn and his allies weren’t just talking; they were indeed ruthless.
If not for the guards reporting it, Prince Beimo would have indeed not believed it.
Thinking of Zhao Xu’s face after being hit, the guard said, "After Prince NanAn and his allies beat Young Master Zhao, they said they saved another round for the future."
Prince Beimo, "...."
"Are Prince NanAn and his allies truly Young Master Zhao’s good brothers?" he asked the guard.
The guard nodded heavily.
"This subordinate followed them along the way, that’s how they interacted as brothers," the guard’s eyes showed envy.
"This subordinate believes they also see you, Prince Beimo, as a brother."
Following Prince Beimo for many years, the guard understood Prince Beimo lacked brothers.
Though Prince NanAn and his allies were tricky, interacting with them was relaxed.
Unlike the arrogance of typical noble family, even to him as a guard, they dug pits along the way but casually interacted shoulder-to-shoulder.
The guard was happy for his master to have such a group of brothers.
Prince Beimo also felt interacting with Prince NanAn and his allies was relaxed.
"With this beating, if I were to try blocking again, I’d probably be the one getting hit," Prince Beimo said.
The guard laughed, "Princess found an excellent husband, Lord is pleased too."
"But Nanliang is too far away; with this marriage, it would be hard to see her again in this life," Prince Beimo lamented.
This was the only dissatisfaction with the marriage.
He got up to see King Beimo.
Prince NanAn and his allies’ promises on behalf of Zhao Xu, Prince Beimo hadn’t yet told King Beimo.
Now that Zhao Xu agreed, Prince Beimo dared to inform King Beimo.
The Beimo Empress was present too, highly satisfied with Zhao Xu.
With the Beimo Empress’s approval, what could King Beimo say?
Although reluctant, daughters couldn’t be kept forever.
King Beimo looked at Prince Beimo, "I heard you’ve been studying military strategies lately?"
Prince Beimo didn’t deny, "If there’s an opportunity, I wish to gain experience on the battlefield."
It wasn’t a matter of opportunity.
The opportunity was right in front.
Zhao Xu and Princess Jing Mountain’s marriage was set in stone.
It was time for Beimo to reckon old scores with Nanliang.
That personal painting by Beimo Cheng King was revealed to the public.
The matter was kept so confidential, even Beimo Ministers were unaware, surprised upon hearing Beimo Cheng King’s words, incredulous one by one.
But that personal painting by Beimo Cheng King was indeed the best proof of his being alive.
The painting not only had the date but the paper used was from Nanliang, made not long ago.
Nanliang ministers were furious.
Nanliang didn’t know Beimo and Daqi secretly teamed up, they knew Nanliang was forcing Beimo to fulfill Cheng King’s promise, offering one hundred thousand taels of gold and three hundred thousand bushels of grain, although eventually intercepted by Daqi.
But it wasn’t intercepted from Beimo.
The money and grain were indeed handed over to Nanliang.
Beimo Cheng King’s collusion with Nanliang was unforgivable, having extorted Beimo, how could they tolerate this?
The most intolerable was Nanliang’s daring to abduct Princess Jing Mountain under their noses.
Almost all Beimo Ministers agreed to wage war on Nanliang for an explanation.
Then——
King Beimo assigned Prince Beimo the responsibility of compelling Nanliang to hand over Cheng King and repay the money and grain.
