Quick Wear: The soft cannon fodder turns into a heartthrob and seduce

Chapter 710 The Childhood Sweetheart Used as a Shield (20)

Also appearing in public discourse was the once mighty general, Qin Yansi.

Today, everyone knows that he did not betray his country and even helped Feng Huaiwang win many battles.

But soon after, new information began to circulate.

Everyone says that the reason Qin Yansi was rumored to have betrayed the country was because he was eager for revenge and disobeyed military orders for his own selfish desires.

Disregarding the lives of other soldiers, he was solely focused on avenging his own family and led a large army to attack King Daman, resulting in many unnecessary sacrifices.

This also disrupted the plans of other soldiers, forcing them to make temporary changes.

Fortunately, General Feng Huaiwang's timely appearance turned the tide.

In order to cover up his crimes, Qin Yansi kept competing with Feng Huaiwang for credit and tried to deceive the public. He was willing to bear the crime of treason in order to expand the territory of the Great Xia.

Rumors are circulating that if it weren't for Qin Yansi's selfishness, the soldiers of Great Xia wouldn't have had to make such a huge sacrifice.

It should be noted that a large number of soldiers had already been dispatched for this campaign. However, due to Qin Yansi's sudden betrayal, the court feared a crisis on the border and began to conscript soldiers in large numbers.

Nowadays, which family doesn't have a soldier who has to go to war because of conscription?

And how many people go and never return?

Everyone attributed all of this to Qin Yansi.

Therefore, even before the army returned, the people had already begun to denounce Qin Yansi and demand that the court punish him.

In the palace, Mu Zhou should naturally not know this news.

It wasn't until the army had reached the outskirts of the capital that she learned Qin Yansi had not betrayed the country.

Su Youbai stood outside the pavilion, watching her almost cry tears of joy upon hearing the news, her brows and eyes so cold they seemed to freeze over.

Liu Xu saw him first and quickly knelt down to pay her respects:

"See the Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Mu Zhou immediately composed himself and prepared to bow respectfully.

However, Su Youbai did not grant her wish.

As soon as she bent her knees, Su Youbai stepped forward, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her body towards him.

"emperor……"

Mu Zhou was so frightened that she lost her voice and almost threw herself into his arms.

Before she could even stand properly, Su Youbai took her away without a word.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing? Let me go..."

Mu Zhou couldn't break free for a moment and was forced to follow his steps.

But Su Youbai was tall, so his strides were naturally long, and Mu Zhou couldn't keep up.

Just as she was about to fall, an arm suddenly came across her lower back and caught her in time. In the next instant, Su Youbai held her in his arms.

Mu Zhou was so shocked that he forgot to resist.

She parted her lips slightly, looking at him incredulously.

Su Youbai remained expressionless.

The surrounding guards and palace servants all knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground, none of them daring to look.

Mu Zhou's eyelashes trembled, and she dared not move a muscle.

She never expected Su Youbai to be so reckless.

She clutched the collar of the dragon robe with one hand and secretly looked up at him.

At this moment, the ruthlessness in his eyes was like a sharp blade, as if it could scrape off a layer of skin from a person's body.

Mu Zhou instinctively remained silent.

She thought that since Su Youbai was now acting so openly and honestly, the Empress Dowager's side must have lost its power.

Su Youbai carried her out of the palace.

On the long street, a carriage without any royal insignia was parked.

Su Youbai carried her and sat her down.

The curtains fell down, blocking out everything outside.

Mu Zhou then tried to leave his embrace.

Although he had been carried all the way, Mu Zhou still felt that sitting on his lap in the enclosed carriage was too ambiguous and dangerous.

Fortunately, Su Youbai did not force her to stay, and let go of her hand to let her sit on the side.

Mu Zhou awkwardly adjusted the hem of his clothes and asked:

"Your Majesty, where are we going?"

It looks like they're about to leave the palace.

Su Youbai finally snapped out of his reverie, still basking in the warmth and softness of her body. He glanced at Mu Zhou, his voice cold:

"Aren't you thinking about your fiancé? I'll take you to meet him."

Mu Zhou never expected that he would be going to see Qin Yansi.

Her tone was both surprised and delighted:

"Brother Qin is back?"

Hearing her call "Brother Qin" so naturally and affectionately, Su Youbai felt a pang of nostalgia for how obedient and well-behaved she had been in his arms just moments before.

Unlike now, when he always says things that annoy him.

So he didn't reply, and silently closed his eyes.

Mu Zhou didn't care that she didn't get a reply, and quietly lifted the curtain to look outside.

*

The carriage did not go to the Prince's Mansion, but instead went to Yipinlou Restaurant.

A famous restaurant in Beijing.

The carriage stopped at the back door, and the two got out and went around the first floor to the private room on the third floor.

Before Mu Zhou could ask, a familiar voice came from next door.

Mu Zhou looked slightly excited and almost stood up.

But when she met Su Youbai's cold, sideways gaze, she restrained herself and looked at the other side hidden by the screen.

Next door at this time.

Qin Yansi's face turned ashen, looking extremely unpleasant.

This trip to the border was particularly exhilarating when he took the head of King Daman.

At other times, I was extremely depressed.

After avenging his great grudge, he originally intended to quell the border rebellion as a way to atone for his crimes, but he was fortunate enough to meet a strategist who offered him advice.

Gradually, he realized that there was a better way for him to avoid being criticized by the world and the royal family and to be remembered for all time: to bring all the southwestern border countries that the Great Xia had failed to conquer for a hundred years into the Great Xia's possession.

He was thrilled after hearing this and immediately decided to take the gamble.

Unexpectedly, the plan encountered a roadblock right at the beginning.

Feng Huaiwang advanced with unstoppable momentum, conquering cities and seizing territories according to his original plan.

Ultimately, he was unable to make any significant contribution.

Although he was cleared of the charge of treason, he was unable to redeem himself through meritorious service.

Even his plan to send people out to spread his story among the common people did not go as planned.

Now, he has become a sinner of the Great Xia Dynasty among the common people.

He was already extremely annoyed and was waiting to return to the capital to receive the Empress Dowager's punishment.

But he thought that he had defeated the He tribe after all, and the Daman Kingdom was also a threat, which he had also eliminated.

At worst, he'll neither achieve anything significant nor make any major mistakes; he certainly won't lose his life.

But when he returned to the capital, he found that everything had changed.

First, the Prince's mansion was found to have only one steward left.

Only then did he realize that Mu Zhou had taken all the shops, fields, and estates and immediately sold off a portion of them.

She didn't explain the rest to the steward of the manor, let alone mention the promise she made to take care of him.

After she was summoned to the palace, she lost contact with the others. The shops that were still there did not recognize the Prince's residence and believed that they would not hand over their profits to the manager.

The Prince's mansion was vast and powerful, and the daily maintenance and cleaning of its flowers, plants, rockeries, and pavilions, as well as the countless servants and guards, all required money to sustain.

With no income, the steward managed to survive for a few months on what he had left. In the end, due to financial pressure and the rumors of his treason, he couldn't hold on any longer and dismissed all his servants.

Today, the Prince's Mansion is like an abandoned house, overgrown with weeds, desolate and decaying.

What terrified Qin Yansi even more was that Luo Mengyao had disappeared.