The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 754: don’t delay
Chapter 754 Don’t Delay
On February 27, the 17th year of Xuanjia, General Guimian, who was supposed to fight against the Northern Rong, led his troops in a surprise attack, set up an ambush at Huangqu, beheaded the Xiliang general, and forced the Xiliang army to retreat. Later, Dong Qingyue, the governor of Dengzhou, led his troops in a surprise attack and defeated Xiliang, forcing the Xiliang army to withdraw back to its borders and not dare to act rashly.
On the fourth day of March in the seventeenth year of Xuanjia, the second prince of Dayan, Murong Ping, broke through the northern gate of Wei and divided his troops into two routes with Xie Xun, and their momentum was unstoppable.
On March 15th of the seventeenth year of Xuanjia, the Jin State announced the golden list of the spring examination. Chen Zhaolu, grandson of Chen Taifu, was chosen as the top scorer, Lu Yuanqing, grandson of Lu Xiang, was the second place, Dong Changyuan was the third place, and Qin Lang was the first place in the second class.
On March 19th of the 17th year of Xuanjia, the Jin general Liu Hong and Princess Gaoyi led their troops to recapture Yaoyang, destroyed Danyang City, and marched straight into the city.
On the tenth day of the fifth month in the seventeenth year of Xuanjia, Daliang sent the fourth prince to the State of Jin to seek peace. The fourth prince was mistakenly killed by the Jin army in Qingxi Mountain. The Daliang generals were outraged. The Daliang emperor demanded that the Jin State apologize with the heads of General Liu Hong and Princess Gaoyi, otherwise he would fight to the death. The peace talks ended before they began.
On May 13, the 17th year of Xuanjia, Wei offered a large sum of money to Xiliang and Jin for help, saying that if they could occupy Yan, all of it would belong to these two countries. The Jin army was caught in the fierce battle in Daliang and had no time to spare, so the Xiliang Queen decided to send troops to help Wei.
On May 17, the 17th year of Xuanjia, the soldiers and people of Daliang were outraged and resisted the Jin army in Yuzhou, but failed to take the city after a long siege.
On May 26th of the 17th year of Xuanjia, the Ghost-faced General of the Southern Rong led his army to attack the Northern Rong palace. The Northern Rong king retreated to the north under the escort of the remaining Northern Rong troops and the Dayan garrison. By then, the Southern Rong had occupied most of the Rongdi.
On the first day of June in the seventeenth year of Xuanjia, Xiliang captured Mingdu of Dayan. The Yan emperor ordered the second prince Murong Ping and Xie Xun not to withdraw their troops to defend the country, and personally led the remaining old and wounded soldiers in the country to resist Xiliang.
On July 16, the 17th year of Xuanjia, Xiliang successively captured Quanzhou and Longhutai of Dayan. The Emperor of Yan led his troops to defend Long’an City and was seriously injured.
Upon hearing the news, Xiao Rongyan, who had been mediating with Wei in Xiliang, rushed to Long’an City.
Xiao Rongyan rode non-stop on the road for two days and two nights. He was about to reach Long’an City. Yue Shi rode forward and said, “Master, please take a break and change your clothes. If His Majesty saw you like this, he would definitely feel bad. I will go to Long’an City first to report the news!”
“No! Let’s go!” Xiao Rongyan took a sip of water, threw the sheepskin water bag to Yue Shi, whipped his horse and rode towards Long’an City.
Emperor Murong Yu of Yan could no longer stand up. He sat on the hidden bag with his clothes on, his long hair loose and untied… His breathing was a little labored, his delicate and handsome facial features were pale without a trace of blood, his forehead and nose were covered with sweat, and there were even some white hairs on his temples.
Murong Li was extremely anxious. Seeing that the imperial physician had reapplied medicine and bandaged the wound, he asked the imperial physician impatiently, “What happened?”
Feng Yao was holding the black lacquered square tray for changing the medicine for Emperor Yan. His hands were shaking and his eyes were red.
The old doctor looked up at Emperor Yan, who whispered, “Tell the truth!”
The imperial physician then shook his head and said, “There is no improvement. Your Majesty originally had toxins in his body. Fortunately, he was treated by a famous doctor and is getting a little better. However, the medicine used to treat the toxins in your Majesty’s body will make it difficult for your blood to coagulate after you get injured. Your Majesty has already started to have a fever, which is not a good sign.”
Murong Li clenched his hands tightly. If it wasn’t for saving him…how could his father have been shot by an arrow!
Seeing his son’s guilt and sadness, Murong Yu waved his hand to signal the imperial physician and the people around him to come out, gently closed his clothes, and called out, “A Li… come here, come to your father.”
Murong Li walked up to Murong Yu, with his head lowered, as if he didn’t want his father to see his red eyes.
“Ali, if your father is no longer able to survive this time, do you think you can support the Great Yan Kingdom?” Murong Yu raised his hand and held his son’s thin wrist, letting his son sit down beside the bed. “There is no time to make you sad now, cheer up!”
When Murong Li heard this, he looked up at Murong Yu with gritted teeth and shook his head: “Son… you don’t have the confidence to support the Yan Kingdom.”
“Among your brothers, who do you think can support the State of Yan?” Murong Yu asked again.
Murong Li shook his head and said firmly: “My eldest brother is mediocre, and my second brother is good at martial arts. Neither of them can handle the important task. Ah Li is young… and he is also incapable of it!”
“Since none of you are capable, then father can only hand over this country to your ninth uncle.” Murong Yu clasped his son’s shoulders, “Father hopes you remember that it doesn’t matter who sits on the throne, what matters is… who can support this Yan Kingdom! Our Great Yan must not have disputes over the throne after father’s departure… and fight among ourselves, otherwise Great Yan will never be able to return to its former prosperity and will never be able to unify the world!”
“Father! I will remember it!” Murong Li responded.
Suddenly, the eunuchs and guards outside called out “Ninth Prince” repeatedly. Murong Li was startled and sat up from the couch. He glanced at Murong Yu and hurriedly walked through the curtain to greet him outside.
“Young master! You’re finally back!” Feng Yao knelt down at the doorstep, kowtowed, and couldn’t help crying.
“Uncle Nine!” When Murong Li saw Xiao Rongyan walking into the main hall, the tears he had been holding back for days suddenly burst out and fell down, “Uncle Nine!”
Xiao Rongyan gritted his teeth, took two steps at a time and walked to Murong Li, raised his hand and touched the top of the child’s head, and asked, “How is your father?”
“Uncle Jiu, the imperial physician said… it’s hard to say!” Murong Li wiped away his tears with his sleeve. “The medicine that Doctor Hong gave father to detoxify him would make it difficult for his blood to coagulate. Doctor Hong had already explained this! But… but… if it weren’t for me this time, father wouldn’t have…”
“Ayan…”
The voice of Emperor Murong Yu of Yan came from the inner room. Xiao Rongyan untied his cloak, turned around and threw it to Feng Yao, then strode into the inner room.
Coming in through the curtain, Xiao Rongyan saw his already weak brother, now leaning on a hidden sac, the fine cotton cloth bandaging the wound on his chest already oozing with blood. Murong Yu struggled to sit up, and his chest was immediately soaked with blood, which was showing signs of spreading. Xiao Rongyan hurriedly went over and put a hidden sac behind Murong Yu, then sat down beside the bed.
Looking at the wound on Murong Yu’s chest, Xiao Rongyan’s emotions surged. He gritted his teeth to control his emotions, not knowing whether to comfort himself or Emperor Yan: “It’s okay! Doctor Hong has superb medical skills, comparable to Hua Tuo and Bian Que! As long as we can invite Doctor Hong to come, everything will be fine!”
“Yue Shi!” Xiao Rongyan turned around and shouted towards the door.
Yue Shi immediately walked in. When he saw the appearance of Emperor Yan, his eyes became moist instantly. He knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Yan.
“You go to Shuoyang immediately and ask Miss Bai to lend me Doctor Hong! Go quickly! Don’t delay!” Xiao Rongyan ordered.
“yes!”
Yue Shi replied, but before he left, Emperor Yan called him back, “Yue Shi, stop!”
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