The Adventures of the Crying Princess

East Palace

The Crown Princess slapped the Crown Prince on the face, "You've even memorized the Three Character Classic, do you want everyone to see me as a laughing stock?"

"Mother, I know I was wrong..." There were five finger marks on the Crown Prince's chubby little face.

Song had lost face in the Shangshufang today, so she was not willing to give up easily. She picked up a weapon and started beating him, "I told you not to study hard and not to work hard."

The grandson cried until he was out of breath, but Song was still not satisfied and swung the cane to beat him again. Suddenly, a hand grabbed the cane from behind, Song pulled it, looked back, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Daughter-in-law..."

Emperor Chengde snatched the cane and threw it to the guard, then picked up his eldest grandson and said, "Good boy, follow Grandpa."

Eunuch Chen understood and stepped forward with the imperial edict: "Crown Princess Song has not observed the virtuous ways of a woman, has been promiscuous in the palace, and has insulted the Crown Prince. She is hereby granted the White Feather."

The prince got the letter and hurried over from the book, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father."

"Prince, you can't manage your East Palace well, so I will do it for you. I have already dealt with Song. From now on, you just need to study behind closed doors. As for Hui'er, from now on, I will personally raise him."

Before, Emperor Chengde did not care about Song's excessive behavior because of his eldest grandson's face. Now that his precious grandson was bullied, he wanted to torture Song to death.

Seeing his father was furious, the prince dared not say much and kowtowed quickly to express his gratitude.

The Crown Prince hugged Emperor Chengde's neck and cried loudly. The child, who was only ten years old, had been abused for so long that he became a little dull and stupid.

Hearing Song's crying not far away, the prince became even more frightened.

"Hui'er, don't cry, the Emperor will take you away." Emperor Chengde was secretly glad that Bai Yimeng came to the palace to chat with him the night before she left Beijing.

If she had not told the East Palace about the situation in person that day, the old emperor would never have known that his beloved grandson was living such a miserable life.

After returning to Chen'an Palace, Emperor Chengde paced back and forth in the palace holding the child.

"Grandpa Emperor, Hui'er is afraid."

Seeing his precious grandson trembling all over, the old emperor felt so distressed. After coaxing him for a long time, the grandson finally stopped crying.

Seeing that the child had stopped crying, Emperor Chengde put him down and said, "You don't have to be afraid in the future. You are my grandson, the crown prince I personally appointed. You don't have to be afraid of anyone, okay?"

Yu Wenhui nodded, "Grandpa Huang is a great hero."

Emperor Chengde smiled and patted his grandson's head, "What do you think a hero is, little kid?"

"There is an elder sister who told her grandson."

"What sister?" Emperor Chengde's first reaction was Bai Yimeng. But then he thought again, it was not right. With that girl's temper, he had to fight violence with violence.

"But your ninth aunt?"

"It's not Aunt Nine. It's a sister I've never met before. She came to see me a lot some time ago. She also brought me snacks. I wanted to go with her, but she said she had no money and couldn't support me."

Emperor Chengde understood that it was Bai Yimeng. Apart from her, which other lady from a noble family would always talk about money?

Thinking about how he had beaten the child a few days ago because of some trivial matters, he felt a little regretful now. "Xiao Chenzi, rush eight hundred miles to send some food to the little monkey. The battlefield is tough, and she is weak and can't bear it. Go to the Imperial Hospital to find some ginseng or something and send it over as well."

"The slave obeys the order."

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(I.e.

The day after arriving in Xichuan, the army recovered the lost territory. This day was also the fifth day since Bai Yimeng was buried. Yuwen Ji held Hua Ge in a daze. The man and the wolf sat from sunrise to sunset.

"Your Majesty, the dead cannot be resurrected. Actually, this place is not bad. Her second and third brothers are here. They loved this girl the most when they were alive."

Bai Yinan was trying to persuade others, but she couldn't control herself anymore. She looked at Yuwen Ji, then at the wolf, and cried while holding the wolf's head.

Brother Hua seemed to dislike men crying, so he stood further away and covered his ears with his paws.

Su Beichen got a long-burning lamp from somewhere, "I heard that people will come back to visit after seven days of death. That girl is impatient, she might come back earlier. Let's light the lamp, in case she can't find us."

Brother Hua seemed to understand what everyone said and howled at the moon. Wolf howls could be heard one after another from the foot of the mountain.

The two generals of Yue brought fruit plates and snacks to pay tribute to Bai Yimeng. "Your Majesty, Princess Jing'an is a good person. She will live well over there. Please accept my condolences."

Yuwen Ji picked up the snack and was lost in thought for a moment. He was acting, but somehow, tears blurred his vision. He took the snack and couldn't help being lost in thought. Suddenly, half of the snack was gone without him knowing when.

I saw a little head coming up to him and chewing on a snack. "If you don't like it, don't cry. It's the same for me."

After running for a whole day and night, Bai Yimeng finally got rid of the pursuers. At this moment, her legs were still shaking from exhaustion. Her hair had long been a mess after the long run. From a distance, she really looked like a female ghost.

"Xiaobai! You're back." Su Beichen handed her the fruit, "Eat more, there's not much food over there."

"Thank you." Bai Yimeng didn't seem to care much about his words. She ate with big mouthfuls, regardless of her image.

Yuwen Ji put his arm around her waist, his heart skipped a beat, and then began to beat wildly and uncontrollably. The child, his child.

After acting for a few days, he almost believed it. The moment he hugged Bai Yimeng, he seemed to return to reality.

"Go away, don't disturb me while I'm eating." Bai Yimeng twisted her body. She was extremely hungry and didn't care whether it was Yuwen Ji or someone else behind her. In short, those who disturbed her while she was eating were all bad people.

Bai Yinan sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to grab Bai Yimeng's face, "You little bitch, you dare to pretend to be dead. I will beat you to death."

Bai Yinan was both angry and happy when he found out he was cheated. He patted his sister on the back twice, staring at her with his red eyes, as if asking her why she scared him.

"Brother, I have run hundreds of miles, and now I really can't run anymore, please let me go." Scared by his elder brother, he forgot about hunger. Noticing Bai Yinan's anger, he immediately hid behind Yuwen Ji.

General Long Wei came out and said, "Bai Yimeng, come in."

Bai Yimeng recalled the previous conversation with General Long Wei, touched his neck, hugged Yuwen Ji, and walked in.

She didn't believe that General Long Wei would kill anyone, but she couldn't guarantee that the old man wouldn't beat people.

After entering the tent, Bai Yimeng knelt down and pulled out a pile of documents from his arms. Some had pictures, and some had only text. He pushed them all to General Long Wei, "Marshal, please have a look."

General Long Wei laughed secretly, ignored her, and flipped through the books slowly. There were enemy city defense deployments, drafts of troop formation demonstrations, and some letters to and from various countries. There were even letters from soldiers home.

"I have said before that regardless of success or failure, faking your death is considered a serious crime of delaying military affairs. Do you know your crime?" General Long Wei did not look at Bai Yimeng, as if he was reading a letter.

"I only have this one head. If you don't like it, just cut it off. Why are you saying all this?" Bai Yimeng didn't take it seriously. He just threw away the whole thing and sat down.

General Long Wei originally thought that Bai Yimeng was too difficult to lead, and wanted to take this opportunity to establish his authority and prevent her from being so careless. Seeing her like this, the old general was surprised, and tried to maintain a solemn expression, examining the little girl in front of him, "Are you not afraid of death?"

Bai Yimeng was not afraid of his gaze at all, and even looked a little disdainful. She breathed a sigh of relief, "For some people, death is a gift."

"You are still too young to know the beauty of the world. It's such a pity to die so early." General Long Wei seemed a little surprised after hearing Bai Yimeng's words, but he quickly calmed down and returned to his previous seriousness. "But do you think you can see your parents after you die?"

When talking about the past, Bai Yimeng's face turned cold, and he looked far ahead. His voice was extremely low, as if he only wanted General Long Wei to know, "I am a frequent visitor to the gates of hell. I was poisoned when I was twelve years old, and then thrown into the imperial prison. I slept in a mass grave and went to the Wild Wolf Valley. Do you think that after going through all this, I would be afraid of death?"

General Long Wei was stunned when he saw the smile in the little girl's eyes. He knew that for the Bai family's child to survive, he must have experienced many extraordinary things.

But I didn't expect this to be the experience. A variety of emotions flashed through his eyes at once. He took a deep breath and turned his head away. "I wanted to scare you so that you would know how to restrain yourself. Now it seems that you are doing well. If I were you, I would do the same."

Perhaps realizing that he had said too much, Bai Yimeng suddenly laughed, "Crying? Old man, I'm a pretty good storyteller, right? Well, if you want to kill me, go ahead. I have no objection."

Everyone outside the big tent thought Bai Yimeng was joking, but Yuwen Ji was the only one who knew that it was all true. He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his flesh, and drops of blood flowed down.

Bai Yinan didn't know whether his sister's words were true or false. Those words contained a huge amount of information, some of which he knew, and some of which he didn't know. He lowered his head and rubbed the soil, as if he was analyzing the truth of the matter.

Su Beichen tugged at Yuwen Ji, "Your Highness, how did the little white rabbit become like this? It turns out she suffered so much."

"Old Su, stop talking." Yuwen Ji was so confused that he had no mood to chat with Su Beichen. He pushed him away and staggered away.