Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

Chapter 150 Young General: It's getting late, and the mountains and rivers are already winter

After seeing Nangong Zhe leave, Changqing simply sat down and drank a cup of tea before leaving the teahouse.

Nangong Zhe was still a human being. He had already paid for the tea and did not let Changqing pay out of his own pocket.

He Changqing was right. She had only been in the teahouse for a while when the news that he and the second prince had a good chat had already reached the ears of Crown Prince Nangong Qing.

Nangong Qing frowned and muttered to himself, "If Xu Jinhuan stands on Nangong Zhe's side, I'm afraid that many generals will join Nangong Zhe's side. However, this matter still needs to be investigated thoroughly. If this is true, then we can only..."

There was a glimmer of pity in Nangong Qing's eyes, and his mind flashed through all the things that happened to the young man since he returned to the capital. He felt a little admiration, but also some murderous intent.

He doesn't want to touch this person.

But if it cannot be used by him, it will be destroyed.

When Changqing was waiting outside for the Xu sisters to come out, he unexpectedly saw Princess Qingyang coming out as well.

"Xu Jin Huan."

Princess Qingyang called her name and strode towards her, but her posture was still elegant, and the hairpin on her head did not sway casually.

She had a bright smile on her face: "The academy will be testing your martial arts in a few days. I have recommended you to my father."

Princess Qingyang has always been like this. She will tell what she has done and never give others the chance to impersonate her.

"Thank you princess."

Chang Qing's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he always kept a distance. This cold attitude made Princess Qingyang frown slightly.

In the past, many people came to her for help, just so that she could say a few good words in front of the emperor to help them get a smooth official career. Now she wanted to give this person a surprise, but looking at the other party's reaction, he didn't seem that happy.

She looked at Chang Qing with some grievance: "It will be of great help to you if you go to supervise the exam, Xu Jinhuan, you shouldn't be so cold to me."

After Chang Qing came to the capital, although he held military power, he seldom interacted with the outside world and did not have any connections with officials. The assessment was a very important matter, and Princess Qingyang wanted to take this opportunity to help him gain a foothold in the capital.

Princess Qingyang became more and more sad when she saw the other party's usual cold attitude.

She could have gained greater benefits by manipulating this quota, but after much consideration, she decided to make the assessment fairer this time and let him serve as the examiner.

"Princess, you are worrying too much. If you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

To be honest, Chang Qing's attitude could be described as somewhat impatient. He was already the most dazzling young general in the capital, and he was superior to all the other princes. At his age, he naturally had the youthful spirit that one should have.

Nangong Qingyang watched the Xu family's carriage leave with her brows knitted tightly together. Although she wanted to win over the young man, she also liked him.

"The princess is extremely beautiful, and there are countless men in the capital who admire her. As long as the princess is willing, the saint will select a man who is both civil and military for her. This General Xu is so ungrateful, why should the princess worry about him and make herself angry like this?"

Princess Qingyang listened to the maidservant beside her defending her and shook her head: "When did doing something for someone you like become a disgrace to yourself? He didn't insult me, nor did he wantonly spread the word, and I'm not that lowly and desperate."

No matter how much she likes someone, she will never lose the pride of Princess Qingyang.

If the other person was so unbearable, how could she even look at him?

"Xu Jinhuan is different from those people. Or perhaps, in my eyes, those people are inferior to him. I don't want to be his enemy, nor do I want to fight him. In the end, I have no choice but to eliminate him."

Princess Qingyang watched with a complicated expression as the carriage disappeared from her sight. A drop of clear water fell into the muddy quagmire. That was sin. There was no choice and one would eventually lose his original appearance.

A cool breeze blew, and Princess Qingyang shivered suddenly.

She thought that the boy was not a stupid person, he also knew his current situation, but he was still unwilling to abandon his principles. No matter how brilliant and talented he was, under the temptation of the highest power in the world, he could only be used as a stepping stone to power.

Perhaps, from the moment he returned to the capital city in response to the imperial order, the ending was already determined.

The lone goose that should have soared over the border insisted on going its own way and ended up being trapped and died in the cage of prosperity. There are only a handful of young generals with such extraordinary talent even in history, it's a pity that he was born in the wrong era.

If he had been born twenty years earlier or twenty years later, he would have left a deep mark in history, making the world marvel at his talent and fear his strategy on the battlefield.

Princess Qingyang suppressed her various thoughts and returned to the palace. Suddenly she thought of someone and asked, "What has Fifth Sister been doing these days?"

Le Ying beside her replied softly, "The Fifth Princess has been ill in bed since the Spring Court Banquet. She has been taking medicine these days and has bled several nights. Your Majesty has visited her several times recently."

Qingyang was very upset. After the last Spring Court Banquet, the Crown Prince used the death anniversary of his sister the Queen to make a fuss, but the punishment he received was not severe. Instead, the Seventh Princess was confined to her house for three months, and even his mother was implicated.

"Pick out some top-quality ginseng and send it to her. Tell her that I'm busy with the funeral of the wife of Duke Qinghe and will visit her later."

Le Ying has always been capable and courageous, and she quickly selected a top-quality ginseng from the warehouse and sent it to the palace. She spoke very beautifully, and even the words expressed Princess Qingyang's kindness and concern.

Yi Huan held the ginseng Princess Qing Yang had sent her and asked hesitantly, "Princess, what should I do with this ginseng?"

Nangong Yunran motioned for her to take it over, picked it up, took a look and said, "It's a good ginseng. It's rare that Sister Qingyang is willing to give it away. Let's store it together with the one that Father sent this morning."

Watching the palace servants carry away the gold, silver and jewelry, Nangong Yunran felt no wavering in his heart.

Perhaps it was after that day, when the old emperor saw her spitting blood and dying, that he felt a rare bit of pity for his daughter. Thinking of all the years of neglect, during this period, precious medicinal materials were continuously sent to her palace.

The medicinal materials were delivered, and he often sent people to inquire about it, but he never came to see her many times. Perhaps the emperor was unwilling to admit his mistakes, nor did he want to see her pale face and being tortured by guilt.

Nangong Yunran knew in her heart that her father wanted to leave a good reputation in history, and this guilt-based compensation did not necessarily contain any fatherly love.

She felt a little bored, so she walked out of the bedroom with Yihuan's support. She turned her eyes slightly and saw some gifts placed in the hall.

"what is that?"

Yi Huan followed her line of sight and said with sudden realization, "The General's Mansion sent it at noon, just when the princess had just taken her medicine and rested."

"Why didn't you wake me up?" Nangong Yunran walked over, opened the gift and took a look, and was slightly stunned.

There were some cakes and fruits, all of which she had eaten a few extra bites of in the carriage last time. She didn't expect that the man who was reading had noticed her preferences.

In addition, Grandmother Xu found a hundred healthy girls of the same age to embroider the word "An". Each stitch was different, and Nangong Yunran could tell the difference at a glance.

She lowered her eyes, her body trembling slightly due to the ups and downs of emotions.

Then, a tear ran down her face and fell to the ground. She didn't expect that someone cared about her body more than she did.

"This is hanging in my bedroom."

Nangong Yunran raised the corners of her lips slightly, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth. As for the health-preserving medicinal herbs sent by the General's Mansion, she did not intend to leave them in the warehouse to gather dust, but in the hall.

"Yes, I'll hang it up right away." Yihuan saluted with a playful smile.

Nangong Yunran suddenly wanted to go to the general's mansion, but it was getting late, so she could only suppress the idea.

The next day, Nangong Yunran dressed up and went to the Queen's palace to express her desire to go to Qingyun Temple to worship Buddha.

The queen saw that she was so frail and would soon die, so she just told her to take good guards with her and left her alone.

Nangong Yunran walked out of Fengyi Palace and met many palace maids and eunuchs who were paying their respects to her along the way. Seeing her smiling face, they all felt a little puzzled.

Is there any happy event in the palace? The fifth princess is so happy.

"General, the fifth princess is here."

Chang Qing was taking a short rest when he heard a servant come to report something. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a woman with a veil standing under the bright sunlight. She had an incredibly slender figure.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Nangong Yunran's originally thin body now looks even thinner, and her face is extremely pale. Even rouge cannot hide the fragility caused by illness.

She walked over slowly and looked at Chang Qing in front of her: "Did Yun Ran disturb the general?"

Chang Qing was lying on a stool in the yard. He yawned and squinted his eyes. As he had just woken up, the sharpness between his brows had diminished a bit. He looked more like a young master raised by various schools of thought.

"No, I'm fine."

Chang Qing knew that this posture was a little indecent in front of a woman, so he propped himself up and sat up.

Nangong Yunran said, "Yunran wants to go to Qingyun Temple outside the city to burn incense, and would like to invite the general to go with her."

Chang Qing thought that there was nothing important happening in the army right now, so he readily agreed and immediately asked the Lin brothers to prepare the carriage.

Seeing that the sun was strong outside, he asked the kitchen of the general's mansion to prepare some cooling food and put them all on the carriage before setting off for Qingyun Temple.

After getting on the carriage, Chang Qing found that it was hard inside and there was nothing cushioning. Then he remembered that he usually rode a horse and rarely used a carriage. Every time he did it, he just dealt with it carelessly and never made any careful arrangements.

As she is a man now, she didn't feel anything. But Nangong Yunran was delicate and weak, and she was afraid that he would be in a lot of trouble on the way from the city to Qingyun Temple.

"Ping An, go get the tiger skin I killed last time and put it on the carriage as a cushion."

Lin Ping'an raised his eyes in slight surprise. The tiger skin was from a top-quality white tiger. When they were at the border, this white tiger came down the mountain and injured people from several villages. The villagers went to the county government for help.

However, the county constables went to capture Baihu twice but failed to capture him. Instead, they suffered heavy losses and had to seek help from Xu's army.

After hearing this, the general picked up his weapon and headed straight up the mountain alone.

When they went down the mountain, everyone saw him dragging the corpse of a white tiger. He had someone prepare the tiger skin and kept it with him, preparing to give it to his family in the winter.

Some merchants offered a very high price to buy the tiger skin, but the general refused.

When Lin Ping'an brought the tiger skin, Nangong Yunran was frightened when he saw it. Even if only the skin was left, one could still see the ferocity of this white tiger.

She watched Chang Qing patiently lay the bed, then raised his head to tell her that she could sit down. Her eyes moved slightly and she sat down silently.

She reached out her hand and gently stroked the tiger skin. In terms of quality alone, there was no such fine quality even in the palace. Now, it was being used as a cushion for her, which made Nangong Yunran feel a little complicated.

After seeing Lin Ping'an's eyes, his feelings became more complicated. He was afraid that this tiger skin was carefully collected by this person.

She silently lowered her eyes, and suddenly a white jade hand appeared in front of her. She looked up in surprise. The young man raised his eyebrows and said frivolously, "It will take at least two hours to get to the outskirts of the city from here. If you are tired, you can take a rest. I think it is a bit hot today, so I peeled some fruit for you."

Looking at the pile of lychees in front of him, Nangong Yunran didn't know what to say.

Currently, the only person who can eat lychees so casually and freely is probably the person in front of you. Even if the nobles in the palace want to eat them, the quantity they can eat is controlled.

"I once saved a group of merchants. It just so happened that they came to the capital to do business recently, so they brought me some special products along the way. I will have someone send them to the palace for you later."

Chang Qing peeled the lychees nonchalantly, put them on the plate, and continued, "If you want to eat anything, just send someone to tell me and I'll find it for you."

"I asked the imperial physician, you can eat these things, but you have to eat less."

Such a casual attitude really stunned Nangong Yunran for a long time. She silently picked up the snow-white lychee flesh and put it into her lips.

In the palace, she was not worthy of eating lychees given her status and position. Even if she sent someone to get them, the servants would refuse her, saying that they were meant for His Majesty and the Queen.

Some of her subordinates would send her some food, but after taking the medicine, she lost her appetite and rarely ate anything.

Xu Jinhuan, I am not as harmless and weak as you think. I am cautious and scheming. I am not worthy of you treating me like this.

Nangong Yunran's eyelashes trembled slightly. The better the person in front of her was, the more anxious and uneasy she felt.

The heart of a young man is clear and open, like the vast blue sky after the rain. It can call forth the bright moon, shining on my heart full of ice and snow, and the mighty flowing rivers.

"General Xu, thank you!"

Suddenly, Nangong Yunran said this without any reason.