PFC Chapter 360 Making Requests
Chapter 360 Making Requests
Wu Weiwei was busy with official business during the day, and at night she would sleep peacefully with Qingzhu.
Just then, news came from the border of Nanzhao.
Chen Furong's army has been defeated and is now in dire need of the imperial court's aid.
Lu Hanting was summoned to the palace by the emperor.
"My dear minister, General Chen and his men are now in grave danger. I order you to immediately lead troops to their aid. Are you willing to lead your troops to their aid?"
Hearing the emperor's words, Lu Hanting pursed his lips.
Yesterday he promised Grand Tutor Liu to go to the northern frontier to bring back Miss Liu, but today the emperor wants to send him to Nanzhao.
Therefore, he will probably have to reassign Ru Feng to handle Miss Liu's matter.
"What? Does my subject have any objections?"
Because of He Yuyan's matter, Emperor Mingcheng knew that he had wronged him in the past, but he had been pardoned by the Empress, which could be considered as making amends for him.
It was precisely because of this that Emperor Mingcheng did not hold the Empress accountable for her previous offenses.
Now that the imperial court needs Lu Hanting's help, he naturally hopes that Lu Hanting can put aside past grievances and guard the border for him.
Lu Hanting looked up at Emperor Mingcheng and saw him looking at him expectantly.
Although the Duke of Qin had woken up, he was unable to go to the battlefield because his wounds had not yet healed.
Chen Weiyang was determined to save his daughter.
However, as he guarded the northern border, he dared not leave his post without the emperor's order.
Lu Hanting lowered his eyes.
Chen Furong's plea for help was within his calculations, but he never expected that they would be unable to hold on for more than a month.
This way, he can take all the credit.
After pondering for a long time, Lu Hanting said in a firm and powerful voice, "Your subject is willing to lead the troops there!"
Upon hearing that Lu Hanting was willing to go, Emperor Mingcheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, good, good, truly worthy of being a tiger general of our Great Wei."
"My dear minister, the safety of the Nanzhao border is now entrusted to you!"
The emperor was pleased with Lu Hanting's expedition, but Grand Tutor Liu was extremely anxious about it.
Qingsong Courtyard.
"Commander Lu, you are setting off for Nanzhao tomorrow. What about Ning'er? What will happen to Ning'er?"
"Lord Liu, don't worry, I have already made other arrangements for your daughter."
In three days, you will be able to see Miss Liu!
Hearing Lu Hanting's reassurance, Grand Tutor Liu finally felt relieved.
After Grand Tutor Liu left, Lu Hanting summoned Ru Feng.
"Your Highness, are you sending me to Le'an County to bring Miss Liu back?"
"Yes!"
"But... what if the Princess refuses to release them?"
He wasn't the heir apparent, so how could he bring Miss Liu back if the princess didn't give him face?
Lu Hanting pondered for a moment.
He then handed over the package.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
"Give this porcelain doll to the Princess and say that I have wronged Yan'er. If she is willing to release Miss Liu, then I, Lu Hanting, will owe her a favor!"
"Understood, Your Highness!"
Le'an County.
Ever since being provoked by Liu Shuning's words that day, the princess has often been in a daze.
When Granny Shi saw this, she felt a pang of sorrow.
She truly never expected such a bizarre thing to happen to their princess, but that was the truth, and she had no choice but to believe it.
When she regained some consciousness that day, the eldest princess summoned Granny Shi.
"Go and ask her. If there's anything she needs me to compensate her for, and it's within my power, I will definitely grant it!"
"The eldest princess..."
Granny Shi opened her mouth as if to say something, but suddenly her throat tightened.
Given the princess's current condition, she probably wouldn't want anything.
The princess is now filled with resentment towards her master. In Shi Mama's eyes, she wishes the eldest princess were dead.
Does she hate me?
The eldest princess could certainly understand Liu Shuning's feelings.
But what's done is done, and there's nothing she can do about it.
If only she had known earlier, she would have stayed that day to hear what Yan'er had to say. But there's no such thing as knowing beforehand...
All she can do now is make amends.
While we waited, the princess opened the scroll on the bookshelf.
This is a portrait of the prince consort that she once commissioned an artist to paint.
A man of refined and elegant appearance.
He was also the man she would do anything to get.
I remember it was the Lantern Festival. After she begged and pleaded, her father allowed her to leave the palace to participate in the Lantern Festival activities among the common people.
It was on that day that she, having become separated from the palace servants, encountered her destined one.
It was just a fleeting glimpse, yet the masked man had already captured her heart.
Their ill-fated relationship began from that moment.
Her marriage to the prince consort was arranged by her father, the emperor.
Actually, she knew that the prince consort already had a fiancée, and she had heard that she was a female doctor.
But at the time, I was arrogant and proud.
Even if she has a fiancée, so what? As a princess, is she really inferior to a country girl?
At first, the prince consort treated her coldly after the marriage, but after spending some time together, he gradually developed feelings for her. After that incident, his attitude towards her finally changed significantly.
However, after she became pregnant, the prince consort gradually became indifferent to her and often stayed out all night.
Because she loved him, she endured it.
It seems that the prince consort changed his ways after she gave birth.
To her surprise, on the day she was celebrating her daughter's 100th day, her daughter with her husband mysteriously disappeared, and she tried everything she could to find her.
During this time, the prince consort gently comforted him, but soon after, he suddenly disappeared. Some people said they saw him in Chulongzhou, while others said he fell off the Cliff of Oblivion.
Her daughter went missing, and her husband disappeared; this series of blows left her in unbearable pain.
Now that Yan'er has finally been found, she has been murdered by a woman of lowly birth.
Now that Yan'er has been reborn, she has been misunderstood and subjected to rope torture.
She ruined Yan'er's life, ruining her future.
The eldest princess held the portrait of her husband and wept bitterly.
"Knock knock!"
The eldest princess wiped away her tears and put away the portrait of the prince consort.
"Enter."
"Princess, this old servant asked the princess, and she...she said..."
The eldest princess looked at Granny Shi, "What did Yan'er say?"
"The princess...she has three requests..."
"Say!"
She would definitely help Yan'er achieve anything she could do herself.
"Firstly, she wanted Wu Weiwei dead."
Secondly, she wanted to marry Lu Dushi.
Third, you must unconditionally support Lu Dushi's ascension to power!
This……
She could satisfy Yan'er's first two requests, but what about the third?
Seeing the princess's troubled expression, Granny Shi looked at her.
"Princess, perhaps I should go and investigate further, and try to persuade the princess to change this third condition?"
The eldest princess waved to Granny Shi.
"No need. Since she brought it up, it means she hopes I can help Lu Hanting ascend to that position..."
She had originally planned this when she asked Lu Hanting to help her find her daughter, but now Yan'er had brought it up in person!
As expected of her daughter, she has quite the ambition.
However, now that my elder brother has come to his senses, he will probably have to think things through more carefully.