Muchuan raised his head and glanced at the big man with short braids, and continued: "The fault lies with the princess, not you. Even if you want to resent me, I will resent the princess."
"The general is not afraid of your lord's blame. I just hope that your lord will not blame the princess."
"This can't be done. This princess is barbaric and willful. It would be strange if she doesn't get angry."
Looking back now, Muchuan would be filled with hatred that the other party would embarrass him because of a box of cakes. What a deep hatred this must have had.
"My lord, I don't know. The princess doesn't hate you, but she does this because she admires you."
"appreciate?"
Muchuan's mouth twitched. No matter how he looked at him, he couldn't tell that Changsun Lingxi was admiring him.
The big man with short braids knew that Muchuan couldn't understand, so he explained.
The short braided man's name is Gongsun Taishan. He is over thirty years old. He once stationed at the border. He is now a third-rank "Guardian" and the Deputy Protector of the Capital. He is ordered to protect the safety of Princess Fangxue.
In fact, when he was sixteen years old, Gongsun Taishan was already a member of the palace guard army. As a soldier, he protected the safety of Changsun Lingxi. For this reason, he knew the affairs of Changsun Lingxi very well.
The eldest son, Lingxi, was not born into an orthodox royal family. His biological father and mother died young. For a period of time, he wandered around among various relatives like an "abandoned son" and was despised by others.
For this reason, she has been smart and observant since she was a child, and is unwilling to reveal her inner thoughts.
Later, she was adopted as an adopted daughter by Empress Changsun, and the status of the eldest grandson Lingxi was raised to become a princess of the country. Because of Empress Changsun, the two emperors were afraid that she would be neglected, so they treated her better than other biological princes and princesses.
With the shadowy experience in her childhood and the favor of the emperor and the queen now, the eldest grandson Lingxi is used to seeing the harsh world. She is not willing to be friendly to other people except the queen and the emperor. Even if she likes others, she will not show it. She is aloof, cold and arrogant.
"Lord Muchuan, although the princess seems to hate you, she is not. She often recites your poems and talks about your name to others. She has no ill intentions towards you."
"Is this like this..."
"That's right, otherwise she wouldn't have specially made cakes for you. But you must know that only the emperor and the queen can get such attention from her in the world today."
Listening to what Gongsun Taishan said, Muchuan seemed to feel that Changsun Lingxi was not as bad as he thought, and the wild and willful behavior she showed seemed to be a little girl's prank.
Muchuan nodded slightly: "I understand. In this case, I will naturally not argue with the princess."
"Thank you, Lord Muchuan!"
Gongsun Taishan clasped his fists and bowed heavily. It could be seen that he thanked Muchuan from the bottom of his heart.
In fact, if Gongsun Taishan hadn't come out to persuade her today, Muchuan would have gone to the emperor to teach the barbarian princess a lesson. But after thinking about it after contacting her, didn't children often play pranks to attract their parents' attention?
Presumably Changsun Lingxi must have a similar mentality.
Muchuan was curious about one thing. He observed that Gongsun Taishan was not an ordinary general. He was extremely skilled, proficient in the art of war, and righteous. How could a person with such character, strategy, and martial arts become Princess Fangxue?
Where are the guards?
This is too humiliating!
"Brother Gongsun, I can see from my fight with you today that your martial arts ability is not comparable to that of ordinary generals. You should be serving in our country on the border like you. Why did you end up here..."
"The adults have given you too much praise. I have little talent and little knowledge, and I am not worthy of the adults' praise."
"Why is this such a ridiculous compliment? I'm not blind, so I won't see the wrong person."
You must know that Muchuan has encountered dangerous situations many times in the past, and it is common for him to be surrounded and captured. But until now, there are very few people who can catch him. After all, he has extraordinary martial arts and is also good at "escape skills".
If it is a stray rabbit, it will be difficult to catch.
But today Muchuan was successfully captured by Gongsun Taishan. The opponent ordered the imperial guards to form two human walls, deliberately creating loopholes to lure Muchuan to break out, and quickly took action to capture him at the critical moment. In addition to requiring outstanding
In addition to strategy, it also requires extraordinary martial arts and courage, which is not something ordinary people can achieve.
When Muchuan told what happened today, Gongsun Taishan smiled honestly: "This fighting method was learned on the battlefield in the past, and it was luck to catch Lord Shangshu."
"Luck is also a part of strength. Why don't you tell me why you became the princess's guard."
According to Gongsun Taishan, he was originally a border garrison general. He lost his city due to the rebel uprising in the northwest. For this reason, he was impeached by the imperial censor and lost his official position.
In fact, the loss of the city cannot be entirely blamed on Gongsun Taishan. The number of rebels was so large that they inflamed the people's hearts, and the support grain and grass sent by the court had not yet arrived. He could not hold on and had no choice but to abandon the city and save the lives of the soldiers.
Under the same conditions, no general would be able to defend the city.
However, the imperial censor seized on Gongsun Taishan's abandonment of weapons and surrender to impeach him, saying that as a general defending the city, he would rather die in battle than surrender. This was detrimental to the majesty of the court and the emperor's face.
Afterwards, the battle ended and the rebels were defeated. However, Gongsun Taishan was impeached and his military merits were reduced, and he was demoted one level to the rank of Protector of the Capital and Deputy Protector.
After hearing this, Muchuan naturally felt aggrieved for Gongsun Taishan. After all, it was extremely difficult to win in such a battle. What's more, Gongsun Taishan's surrender was not just to save his own life, but more importantly, he wanted to save the sergeants.
It was for this reason that enough troops were accumulated for the center of the imperial court to turn the later battles around.
Although Gongsun Taishan led his sergeants to surrender in the later stages of the battle to quell the rebellion, when the imperial court sent a large army to quell the rebellion, it was Gongsun Taishan who led the sergeants to rebel in prison, thinking that the imperial court was forming a "internal and external attack" trend.
, otherwise how could the imperial court easily pacify the rebels in that battle?
However, because of his "surrender", the imperial court no longer trusted Gongsun Taishan, and instead directly dispatched him to command a member of the Imperial Guard.
Gongsun Taishan looked very apologetic when he said this: "According to my merits and demerits, I should be reduced to three levels and demoted to the position of local guardian. All of this is because the princess has spoken kindly for me."
After that battle, it was Princess Fangxue who explained Gongsun Taishan's merits and demerits to preserve his official position.
For example, Gongsun Taishan's current commander of the imperial guards usually selects people from the royal family and the royal family's favorites. It is precisely because of Changsun Lingxi's strong recommendation that he can take up the post of general of the imperial guards.
Now after listening to Gongsun Taishan's deeds, Muchuan couldn't help but shake his head and feel regretful. After all, he recognized Gongsun Taishan's talents.
Wait a minute! The reason why Gongsun Taishan was impeached was because of the imperial censor?
Muchuan murmured and asked: "That imperial censor, is the current censor Zhang Zicheng?"
