The next day, the Lord of Qingping County came to the military camp again.
She is not such an obedient person. Seeing Jiang Bo leaving, how could she not strike while the iron is hot?
But as soon as they arrived at the military camp, they saw someone guarding the place. He raised his hand and said, "County Lord, the general has an order. No one is allowed to enter the important area of the military camp."
Qingping County Lord's expression changed.
The maid next to her jumped up first: "You have no eyesight, the general asked you to stop someone else, not our county chief.
Do you know the relationship between our county chief and your general?
Why don't you go and ask around, how much did our county chief donate during this expedition?
On what day did our county leader not come? If you stand in the way, you won’t come in if you don’t want to come in?”
The maids were talking to each other like beans from a bamboo tube, but the head of Qingping County did not stop him, he just held his head high with a proud look.
Unexpectedly, the guard said: "But we won't let you in. That's what the general said."
"Oh, the general also specifically talked about the county boss, saying that the things donated by the county boss were for the imperial court and Nanming, but not for him.
The county chief should go to the emperor to award rewards. This military camp is already a poor place, with no money and no power. It is dirty and smelly. The county chief will never be able to find it here.
If the county owner insists on coming to the military camp to keep an eye on the things donated by him, to see where every stitch and thread is being used, and if he is really worried about it, he can go back."
The guard's words made the maid feel pain in her heart, and even the Qingping County Lord's face darkened.
"you……"
The Lord of Qingping County was about to give up when he saw another man slowly walking over.
Although the girl could not be said to be very beautiful, she was wearing palace clothes and looked so elegant that no one dared to underestimate her.
The guard also did not dare to offend, and only asked: "Girl, what are you..."
The girl smiled at the guard: "Sir, I am the maid beside the Queen Mother, my name is Qiangwei.
The Queen Mother heard that the war on the front line was tense and the army was in short supply of supplies, so she specially ordered everyone in the palace to live frugally and donate some money to the army."
After Qiangwei finished speaking, she turned to the side and saw a few eunuchs behind her carrying two large boxes.
"I have troubled you to deliver these things to the general with your own hands."
Another one delivering something...
The guard was happy, after all, who wouldn't like someone who sent money?
He said respectfully: "Okay, girl, please wait for a while, I will go in first to inform you."
As soon as the guard left, Qiangwei glanced at the Qingping County Master next to her and couldn't help but wink.
"Cut~~"
After all, the head of Qingping County is also a queen of the county, and she is extremely wealthy. When has anyone ever given her such a cold look?
It was crazy time to log in.
"What are you cutting?"
"I'm afraid there are some people who don't have any sense of shame. Even though others have told me not to let them in, they still stay there and refuse to leave. They don't think it's embarrassing."
"You..." How could Qingping County Lord bear this after hearing this?
"You are so brave. You are just a little maid. What qualifications do you have to talk to me like this?"
"What about the little maid? Everyone in the world can tell about shameless things.
It's just a donation. What's the point? Who hasn't donated something?
Why don't others run into the military camp all day long like some people do? What kind of dirty thoughts are there? Maybe you think others can't see it?
Now that you are being stopped outside, you realize that you have lost face and lost your fortune, right?"
"you you you……"
After all, the Lord of Qingping County is just a girl in a boudoir. How can her actual combat experience be compared to that of Qiangwei who has experienced hundreds of battles in the palace?
I was stunned for a long time and didn't say a word.
"Aren't you waiting here too? Aren't you unable to get in either?"
Qingping County Lord firmly grasped the Juanpa in his hand with one hand and thought for a long time before he came up with this sentence.
But at this moment, the personal guard came out.
"Miss Qiangwei, the general wants you to come in."
The soldier's words immediately stopped the dispute between the two.
Qiangwei gave County Lord Qingping a triumphant look, and then swaggered into the military camp while she was stunned.
**
Just as preparations for going to the front line began in full swing in the military camp, Nanming ushered in the first snow of early winter.
The snow was like catkins, and it fell all night, covering the earth with a layer of silvery white.
But I didn’t see the other side of this snow-white...
The prison was dark and humid. Princess Zhenguo was tied to the torture frame, her hands were hung high, and she was breathing out more than she was breathing in. She looked as if she was dying.
"your Highness……"
The jailer stood in front of her with a disdainful smile on his face.
Princess Zhenguo opened her eyes weakly.
"Where is the Emperor? I want to see the Emperor."
Ever since she entered this prison, she has never stopped asking to see Shen Muchi.
She wanted to ask him what she had done wrong and why should she be locked up here?
She wanted to ask if his heart was dark. When everyone bullied him and looked down on him, she was the only one who helped him. How could he dare and how could he attack her?
She doesn't even know anything.
She didn't know why she was sent to prison, she didn't know the seventy-six crimes listed by Shen Muchi, and she didn't know how her daughter was doing now.
She was guarding this dark prison, unable to tell the difference between day and night, nor how many days she had been there.
The jailer stood in front of her and laughed disdainfully when he heard this.
"Your Highness, if I call you princess, will you still think that you are the glorious princess of the country?"
"Your Majesty? Why did your Majesty come to see you? He has forgotten you a long time ago."
The most useless people will be sent to guard the prison.
The jailers had suffered enough from being bullied and looked down upon by the nobles, but the sudden arrival of a person in such a high position naturally unleashed the greatest evil.
"Is the princess not seeing this?"
The jailer placed a stack of paper in front of Princess Zhenguo and shook it.
Unfortunately, Princess Zhenguo's vision was hazy and she could only see some blurry afterimages.
There was a buzzing sound in her ears, and she heard the jailer say: "This is specially arranged by your Majesty for the princess. There are ten kinds of torture, and the princess must try each one.
Congratulations, princess, you have managed to survive. Now, it’s time to go to the Criminal Department.”
Going to the Ministry of Punishment means that she deserves to die...
It's a pity that Mu Qingchao was not free to watch the beheading of Princess Zhenguo this time.
However, at this moment, Concubine Rong, who was still in the cold palace, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
"How's it going? Have you heard anything?"
Concubine Rong Guifei saw Qu Yan coming in from outside and hurriedly went out to greet him.
Since she entered the cold palace, she has been trying to find out about her mother's family, and she has also given a lot of money to the servants who came to deliver meals.
But the answer I got was always - there is no news about Princess Zhenguo.
Only this time, when Qu Yan heard this, two lines of tears fell.
"Empress, princess, she... princess, she is dead, she is dead..."