Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child - Chapter 656
Chapter 656: Armistice
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Since she knew that Niaoniao and her daughter were safe, Tang Guixi could completely relax.
She asked Xiao Juan to stay in Heng City while she led her troops to chase after the retreating Chen Army.
During the pursuit, Tang Guixi captured some Chen Nation soldiers. One of them happened to be an advisor under Marshal Chen.
After some interrogation, the aide told the truth about the reason for their sudden decision to evacuate.
The emperor of the Chen Nation was already old, but he had yet to appoint a crown prince. The princes fought to the death for the throne.
Among them, the Ninth Prince, Han Chengxi, was the most likely to ascend.
Back then, he had offered Princess Tao Ran to the emperor of the Chen Nation. After Princess Tao Ran entered the palace, she was doted on by the emperor of the Chen Nation. She even got pregnant and successfully gave birth to a little prince, the sixteenth prince half a year ago.
The emperor of the Chen Nation was extremely happy to have a son at an old age. He ignored the dissuasion of others and decreed that Princess Tao Ran would be conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort.
With the Imperial Noble Consort whispering pillow talk into the emperor’s ear every day and putting in good words for the Ninth Prince, Han Chengxi, the emperor ended up having a good impression of Han Chengxi.
Just as the emperor of the Chen Nation was about to issue a decree to make
Han Chengxi the crown prince, the other princes could not take it anymore.
The brothers joined forces to initiate a revolt and forced the emperor to kill Han Chengxi.
Han Chengxi was not easy to deal with.
He had already expected that his brothers would not give up their hopes of fighting for the throne easily. He had planted spies around the other princes in advance.
Through the news sent back by his spies, Han Chengxi had long known that the other princes were preparing to initiate the revolt.
He had set up an ambush in advance. When the princes barged into the palace with their troops and tried to threaten the emperor to kill the Ninth Prince, he rushed over with his troops to save him.
In the chaotic battle, Han Chengxi pretended to be anxious to save people and “accidentally” killed all the princes.
Due to the shock, the emperor of the Chen Nation suffered a stroke and became a vegetable.
A spectacular palace upheaval came to an end.
Everyone thought that the final winner of this power game was the Ninth Prince, Han Chengxi.
However, things were unpredictable.
No one expected Han Chengxi to suddenly die in the palace three days later. It was said that he had contracted an evil illness and died. No one knew the real reason.
Right on the heels of that, the emperor of the Chen Nation issued a decree to make the Imperial Noble Consort the empress and the sixteenth prince she gave birth to was named the Crown Prince.
Because the emperor of the Chen Nation was paralyzed in bed and could not move, only the empress could take care of him.
All matters in the court had to be conveyed to the emperor of the Chen Nation through the empress.
In other words, the actual person in charge of the Chen Nation’s court was the empress.
She was worried that someone in the Chen Nation would still want to harm the emperor, so she ordered someone to send a secret letter to the Marshal of the Chen Army and asked him to immediately withdraw his troops and stop fighting and retreat to the Chen Nation as soon as possible.
And this was the real reason why the Chen Nation suddenly withdrew its army.
Tang Guixi led the Eastern Expedition Army in pursuit.
The Chen Nation Army was not in the mood to fight and ran quickly.
In less than ten days, Tang Guixi chased the Chen Nation Army out of Liaodong County.
At this point, the war that had lasted for more than a year came to an end.
Tang Guixi cut off the flag representing the Chen Nation Army on the city wall of Xingning City and solemnly inserted the flag representing the Eastern Expedition Army.
The bright red flag fluttered in the wind, and the “Tang” word on it was extremely eye-catching.
Far away in Heng City, Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan were very happy to know about this.
The commoners ran around telling the news as they cried tears of joy.
Coincidentally, it was Xiao Yining’s full month. Xiao Juan waved his hand and set up a three-day banquet in the city to celebrate his precious daughter’s full month.
This made the already jubilant Heng City even livelier.
Tang Guixi rushed forward and finally caught up to her goddaughter’s one-month-old celebration.
She took out a small and exquisite silver lock and put it around Xiao Yining’s neck.
“This is my gift to Little Fubao.”
Yu Niaoniao smiled and said, “We’ve made you spend money.”
Tang Guixi laughed. “Little Fubao has brought us a great blessing. It’s all thanks to her that our war with the Chen Nation stopped so quickly. What kind of expense is a small lock?”
Yu Niaoniao said excitedly, “Haven’t you already figured it out? This has nothing to do with our Fubao. Don’t talk nonsense.”
No matter what she said, Tang Guixi was certain that this was thanks to Fubao.
Later, for some reason, this saying spread.
Word spread like wildfire. The commoners actually believed this.
On New Year’s Eve, Yu Niaoniao, Xiao Juan, Prince Min, and the others moved out of Heng City, preparing to shift to Xingning City with Tang Guixi. The citizens of Heng City reluctantly sent them out of the city gate.
Many of them were shouting Little Fubao’s name.
“Fubao must be well. It will bring more blessings to our Liaodong County in the future!”
“As long as Fubao is around, our Liaodong County will definitely be safe.” “When Fubao grows up, she will definitely become an impressive figure like
General Tang.”
“Fubao, Fubao! You must protect us!”
In the carriage, Little Fubao was sleeping soundly in her mother’s arms, unaware of everything outside the carriage.
Yu Niaoniao looked out of the carriage window and saw that the commoners were still following behind, unwilling to leave. They called out Fu Bao’s name one after another.
This made Yu Niaoniao sigh.
“Didn’t I already get someone to explain it to everyone? The Chen Nation’s sudden retreat has nothing to do with Fubao. Fubao is just an ordinary child. She’s not as magical as everyone says.”
Xiao Juan said, “I did explain, but the commoners didn’t believe me.”
Seeing that Yu Niaoniao was very troubled, he explained softly, “Actually, there’s nothing bad about this. The war has just ended and there are still a lot of things to do. Many displaced commoners are confused about the future and need spiritual sustenance at this moment. Tang Guixi specially attributed the credit to Fu Bao. She should have considered this. The commoners believe that Fu Bao can bring blessings. They feel that the heavens still care about them, so they have the confidence to rebuild their home.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “What I’m worried about is that if everyone finds out in the future that Fu Bao is not as powerful as they expected, they will definitely be extremely disappointed. At that time, what will Fu Bao do?”
Xiao Juan smiled gently. “Don’t worry. After a long time, everyone will gradually return to their previous peaceful life. Everything will return to the right track, and they will gradually forget the saying of a lucky star.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “1 hope so.”
Seeing that she was still frowning and looking worried, Xiao Juan could not help but ask, “What else are you worried about?”
Yu Niaoniao hesitated for a moment before saying the worry she had hidden in her heart.
“I’m worried about the Chen Nation. Although they’ve already retreated, don’t forget that Princess Tao Ran has a deep grudge against us.. Now that she’s become the empress of the Chen Nation, do you think she’ll order another attack on Liaodong County to take revenge on us?”
