EBE Chapter 349 Min'er, wait for me!
Chapter 349 Min'er, wait for me!
The Sixth Prince reached out and took the note from Shang Buqun and read it out: "'My eldest brother escaped halfway, I will chase him, the Prime Minister will return to the capital as soon as possible, the rest of you will wait for news in the Witch Village!' With just these few words, how can you imagine that the Fifth Prince wants to reap the benefits?"
Yu Jiuer explained, "That day, we captured the eldest prince, and he vowed that the fifth prince would save him. But before he even entered the capital, he risked committing an even greater crime and fled halfway. Something must have happened that endangered his life, so he would risk everything to escape!"
Shang Buqun helped to add: "The eldest prince will take risks when he is desperate. Once he rebels, the fifth prince can kill the emperor under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion and reap the benefits! However, this is only our speculation. I hope things will not go to that step. I will set off back to the capital immediately!"
When he heard that Shang Buqun was leaving, the Sixth Prince showed a little panic on his face: "What should we do if you leave?"
Yu Jiuer didn't wait for Shang Buqun to express his opinion, and hurriedly suggested: "How about we go back to Beijing with you?"
If the situation in the capital develops as they imagined, Jing'er and Xin'er will definitely not be safe in the capital. How can she feel at ease staying here?
"No! If you continue to stay in the Witch Village, the situation in the capital is unclear. You will only cause more trouble if you go there! I will go back to the capital to guard the emperor first, just in case!" Shang Buqun objected without thinking. On this point, he and Jun Mo agreed.
The Eighth Princess stared at Shang Buqun with infatuated eyes, biting her lips tightly, unable to utter a word of farewell.
Her expression of wanting to cry but trying hard to hold it back made Yu Jiuer feel distressed.
Shang Buqun glanced at the Eighth Princess, turned his head away and said cruelly: "Min'er, wait for me!"
The Eighth Princess tried her best to hold back her tears and put on a smile to comfort Shang Buqun: "Brother Shang, don't worry about me, I will take good care of myself! You must take care of yourself!"
She knew that happiness would be short-lived and that this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect separation to make her heart so painful.
Shang Buqun collapsed upon hearing this. He didn't care about the people present. He took a big step forward and hugged the Eighth Princess tightly in his arms.
After a moment, he composed himself, turned around resolutely, mounted the horse prepared by the guards, and galloped towards the capital while waving the whip.
The Eighth Princess stretched her neck until she could no longer see Shang Buqun, then she collapsed to the ground, covered her face and burst into tears.
Yu Jiuer squatted down and hugged her: "Don't be sad, maybe we are worrying too much, there may not be a rebellion in the capital, the Prime Minister will come to pick you up."
Unexpectedly, these words made the Eighth Princess cry even more heartbreakingly!
Yu Jiuer knew that the Eighth Princess always had a sense of responsibility in her heart, and she would not give up everything to live for herself. Marrying a foreign princess was a trap!
The Sixth Prince looked into the distance, not knowing whether to comfort the Eighth Princess or himself, and murmured: "The Prime Minister will definitely come back soon! He once promised me that he would teach me how to master power and how to play the court. He is a man of his word. Let's wait for him together!"
"Eighth Princess, waiting is not an easy thing. You are so strong and kind, you will definitely wait for your happiness. Am I not waiting for the prince too? I am here with you, don't be sad!"
As Yu Jiuer was talking, tears began to fall from her eyes unconsciously. She was reluctant to part with her beloved one, and also reluctant to part with her children. However, things in the world are not always as planned. Self-pity and sadness will not make things better. It is better to face them positively.
Yu Jiuer wiped her tears and said to the Eighth Princess, "Now that you've cried enough, let's get to work! The Gu wine has been shipped to Yinshan County. My second uncle has started making porcelain bottles based on the pattern I designed to package it into Yinshan Gu wine. In the future, this wine will be in short supply. Let's go into the mountains to help the villagers find Gu worms!"
After Yu Jiuer finished speaking, she turned to look at the bewildered Sixth Prince and encouraged him, "Sixth Prince, you can still do it without the Prime Minister. You have always relied on yourself!"
"You're right! I have to rely on myself!" The Sixth Prince wiped his face, "General Liu and I have an appointment to visit the brothel today, I have to go and get busy first!"
"Hey! Do you have silver? I have some here..." Yu Jiuer called him.
The Sixth Prince turned around and waved at her: "The Prime Minister let a little slip through his fingers and gave me a lot of silver, enough for me to squander for a year or two. I didn't bother to be polite with him and accepted it all. I will pay him back double when I ascend the throne!"
After the Sixth Prince left, Yu Jiuer joked with the Eighth Princess: "That's the money that the Prime Minister used to buy a wife for the Sixth Prince, right? I wonder how much money you are worth, Eighth Princess?"
This statement really made the Eighth Princess laugh. She sniffed, pulled herself together and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the back mountain. No one will be watching over us this time. We can have fun without restraint!"
"Yes! We are free!"
Yu Jiuer thought that things would soon come to a conclusion, but after waiting for a month, she only received a few words from Jun Mo: "Everything is fine! Don't worry!"
Yu Jiuer was so angry that she crumpled the note into a ball and threw it to the ground, saying aggrievedly: "The prince only reported good news but not bad news. Did he capture the eldest prince? Did the eldest prince want to rebel? Did the fifth prince make any moves? These are the things I want to know the most, but he didn't tell me at all. It really makes me anxious!"
"Fourth Brother knows that you are impatient. He may be worried that you will run back to the capital regardless of everything, so he is unwilling to tell you. Sister Yu, just wait here with peace of mind!"
Compared to Yu Jiuer who was like a spring-loaded doll, jumping up and down in anxiety, the Eighth Princess was much calmer at this moment.
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As soon as November began, heavy snow fell in the capital.
Shang Buqun, along with a dozen guards, traveled day and night and arrived in the capital in just over thirty days.
"It's unusual this year. It's snowing before December?" The guards beside Shang Buqun looked up at the sky and breathed.
Shang Buqun said nothing, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, and swung the reins in his hand vigorously: "Go!"
When they arrived at the city gate, it was already dark. The guards came forward and knocked on the door: "Open the door, the Prime Minister has returned from Miaojiang, open the door quickly!"
In the past, when the gatekeepers knew that the Prime Minister had returned, they would definitely nod and bow and rush out to open the door.
But tonight, after knocking on the door for a long time, a guard on the city wall lazily shouted to the people below: "The emperor has ordered that the city gates be closed at 3:30 pm. No one is allowed to open the gates. I hope the Prime Minister will forgive us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Shang Buqun's men to respond, he retreated.
Shang Buqun looked up at the sky and felt that the sky in the capital was indeed different.
After the city gates opened at dawn, Shang Buqun had no time to go home. Despite being exhausted, he rushed directly to the palace.
But who would have thought that before he entered the palace gate, he was stopped by the guards.
Not long after, the eunuch Cao beside the emperor came out and said to him: "Master Prime Minister, you are tired from the journey, please go home and rest for a day, and come back to the palace tomorrow!"
Shang Buqun had no choice but to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion in a depressed mood.
"Go and find out if Prince Jing has returned to the capital after he went to capture the eldest prince?"
After giving the order, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger.
Not long after, the guard came to report: "Master Prime Minister, Prince Jing returned to the capital three days ago, and he did not catch the eldest prince. I also heard that the emperor was furious about this and confined Prince Jing to his palace."
Shang Buqun chuckled and said self-deprecatingly: "It seems that the emperor has automatically assigned me to Prince Jing's party and his trust in me no longer exists!"
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is loyal to the Emperor. How could the Emperor doubt you?" The guards spoke up for him.
Shang Buqun raised his hand: "Be careful with your words!"