Chapter 16: The Corner of the Cliff

The old general and Chu Ming had already taken out all the money they had brought with them and sent people back to distribute it to the villagers here, and also called some soldiers to help the victims here build houses and repair roads. He also called the Honest Lord, who was not affected by the flood, to allocate funds for disaster relief.

I also called Mo Xuan, and the money was taken out and distributed to the nearby villages.

After returning to Wujicheng, the old general Shangguan suddenly fell ill and returned to Shangguan's mansion, and did not return to the palace to resume his life.

The empress received me and Chu Ming and the soldiers who went out on the expedition in the Taiji Palace. The empress rewarded the other soldiers.

When it came to me, his face changed, Princess Wenliang, are you guilty?

I haven't opened my mouth yet.

Chu Ming knelt forward, Empress, everything was caused by Chu Ming's recklessness, and I was captured by the enemy when I insisted on going deep into the enemy camp despite the princess's obstruction. The reason why the princess made this decision was also benefited by Weichen, and everything was blamed on Chu Ming's incompetence. All the responsibility for the crime should be borne by Wechen alone.

I saw Chu Ming's serious plea for me, and my heart warmed for a while.

If the empress is thoughtful, she will be punished...... and reported to the empress that the old general was urgently recruiting the young general to return home.

Empress, look at the two of us, Chu'er, go back.

Chu Ming gave up, the empress, Chu Ming must have seen his old father, and he came to confess to the empress. Buckled his head and hurriedly retreated.

Be gentle, and punish you...... Immediately set off to the corner of the cliff, and without the summons of the government, he was not allowed to return to Wujicheng.

I will kowtow immediately, thank the empress, and thank you.

The empress's courtiers wanted to know how you would sentence Chu Ming.

The empress, sighed, she still wears a guilty body, go ahead.

The empress, the minister retired.

I went back to the palace to pack up my things, and set off with Qianxue Moxuan the next day. Because this time it was a distribution, we only had a small boat of a few tens of meters. It was enough for the three of us, and the group of three set off towards the corner of the cliff. The Cliff Corner is the lower corner of the crescent moon in the southwest of the Moon Country, and it is particularly hot all year round. This time, Qianxue and Mo Xuan went with me, and I was no longer alone.

The boat walked slowly along the way, and there was no rush anyway. No one came to see me off, and I used to think that I was strong and didn't need others to surround me. But now that I see that no one has come, I feel a little cold and lonely.

I sat alone on the deck blowing the wind, thinking about everything in these days, I don't regret what I did, I just felt that the time was urgent, maybe it wasn't as good as it was, I should be in Qianchuan, all the people who were affected by the disaster because of me were arranged, and everyone's homes were restored to their original state.

The princess came to have a cup of tea, you haven't drunk a sip of water for a long time, Qianxue brought me a cup of tea, took the tea sent by Qianxue, put it on the deck and looked into the distance, Qianxue, did I do a lot of things wrong?

Princess, did you talk about the war, I don't know how much I admire you for this matter, you arranged your troops alone and won the biggest victory in the history of the Moon Kingdom. He also captured all the soldiers of the Junru Kingdom to attack the Moon Kingdom, and the men and women of the whole country have stayed by your side to be proud, and it is his loss that the young general missed you.

I looked back at Chiyuki in surprise, then shook my head with a wry smile, and looked in the direction of Kyoto, how do you know?

Princess, the junior general actually came.

I was surprised and asked, when?

After you came back from the court, you packed up your things and went to bed early, and the junior general came to see you, but I said that you had already slept. He didn't say anything and left. Actually, Lord Thousand Winds has also been here, and told me to take good care of you. Senkaze-sama also said that you were not wrong, and that if you didn't do it at the time, you might have to kill more people. Qianfeng also said, Actually, it's good for you to leave Kyoto, Kyoto is too dangerous for you.

I smiled and said, how intimate Qianfeng is, who is he, tell me honestly?

Princess, you know?

I already knew.

Qianxue said silently, he is my cousin.

I looked back at Qianxue and thought to myself, what did I think it would have to do with something else? But that's not bad, can you tell me more about what the hell is going on?

My grandfather was originally the left prime minister of the court, but he was framed and beheaded. The men of our clan are married, and the women are confiscated. At that time, I was still an infant baby, and Brother Qianfeng was only five or six years old at the time. The Huangpu family, our generation, is ranked in thousands of characters. So when I heard the name Huangpu Qianfeng, I knew it was him.

I think about a thousand winds and thousands of snows, how similar this name is. I didn't even notice it, but why didn't Qianfeng make it clear to me at the time.

Because the empress did not stipulate much time to get to the corner of the cliff, I was not in a hurry to walk slowly along the way, to the place where I fought with Chu Ming, there were almost no traces of war on the way, animals and plants were abundant, and green jade was hurried along the way for a few months, and all kinds of plants and animals were playing on both sides of the river.

It's been two months since we arrived at the Cliff Corner.

When you get to the place, you will find that there are soldiers in armor everywhere, and the old city wall built against the reef, which has always been a military stronghold, blocking the attacks of countless army of the Confucian Kingdom.

What a nice name Cliff Corner, maybe it's our horn. If the people are gone, they will send people from all over the country. Men from all over the country want to come here to defend their country because men and women are equal. It is very honorable for the men and women here to train their troops every day to defend the city, and when they are old, they will be rewarded with a large sum of money to return to their hometowns to live a good life.

I also have nothing to do, I chat with the officers and soldiers here every day, the army here is deployed and the population is eaten. I think it's really good except that there is a naval fleet here. I really don't understand why the naval army is placed in Baichuan, if I am the empress, I must build a naval fleet from time to time. It depends on whether the Confucian Kingdom dares to attack.

It's just that the dishes here are all sweets, which is really unaccustomed, and the iron pot outside the house can fry eggs during the day when the weather is very hot. Evenings are fine, men and women like to wear very little clothes to the beach to swim, dance, sing and archery. Mo Xuan looked at those who were inevitably sad in his heart, in fact, I understood his sadness very well. During the year, almost all the oak trees on the hill here were cut.

They asked me what I was doing, and I always said, I'm experimenting. The experiment was done countless times without success, and finally I found a lot of craftsmen, read a lot of classics and made a lot of grinding tools, and finally made a prosthetic. I looked left and right, and I felt that it was not good-looking and too rough, so I burned it again and did it again. The two ends made of rubber are made of rosewood in the middle, because the rosewood is heavier than the general wood and the texture is also very hard and can be used for a long time, so the red sandalwood is chosen, and there is another reason, because with the weight, you can also walk with a fake and real. When you put on your shoes and put down your pants, you won't be able to see it, because it shouldn't be too uncomfortable to walk with rubber. It looks perfect, and it is engraved on it, "Go forward", four words. Tell Mo Xuan that he will definitely refuse, so I will secretly put it on the wooden bed in Mo Xuan's room.

One day, when I passed by Mo Xuan's door, I saw Mo Xuan secretly practicing walking with a prosthetic leg in the doorway. I knew that new things had to be adapted slowly, and when I saw him fall and get up several times, I walked away silently and didn't go in.

I was alone, sitting on a wooden pier on the surface of the sea watching the sunset. Mo Xuan came to the beach.

I was sitting on the pier watching the sunset, and when I heard someone coming, I turned my head, and I saw him slowly walking up to the pier from the other end of the beach by the sea, walking on the long wooden corridor like a normal person. Unexpectedly, he had already trained his prosthetic limbs as well as his own feet. If you don't know, you won't think that his leg is a prosthetic. Seeing him smile confidently, he walked over to the sea breeze refreshed and sat next to me.

Thank you, princess, for saving my life.

I looked at him and smiled, it was your own desire to survive that saved you.

Mo Xuan, looking into the distance, can you give me the design of the prosthetic? I think there are many more who need it.

I looked at Mo Xuan's face, he was no longer the proud and extreme weird boy he used to be, he was confident and mature. I looked at him and smiled, of course.

Every day in Cape of the Sea I was very busy, helping the soldiers dry salt, or going out to sea to fish, every day I was too busy to think about the affairs of Kyoto, including him.

Kyoto. Shangguan Mansion, on the big bed in the east wing, the old general Shangguan was lying on the bed, with a blank face and Chu Ming said, Child, you must not be with the princess after I die.

Father, why?

I know she has a lot of affection for you, but she's a princess. Looking at everything she did in Qianchuan, and looking at the means and tricks she used, you can know that she is a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. In the future, she may become the empress of the Moon Kingdom. But Chu Ming is the most ruthless emperor. If you stay with her in the future, our Shangguan family will be in vain for generations. I don't ask you to make meritorious contributions, I just hope that you can maintain the glory of the Shangguan family and pass it on to future generations. Only our Shangguan family is a male descendant in the Moon Kingdom. I want you to swear never to be with Princess Wenliang.

Chu Ming looked at his father's bloodshot eyes, and slowly raised his right hand I Shangguan Chu Ming swore to the sky that he would never be with Princess Wenliang, if he violated this oath, he would be gouged out of his heart and lungs, and he would die in a foreign land.

The old general Shangguan nodded reassuringly, Okay, I will rest assured that Chu Ming has such an oath from you, that Yue Furui is a family affair that I have set for you since I was a child, I told you that you had a serious illness when you were a child, and it was your Uncle Yue who saved your life, if it weren't for your Uncle Yue, there would be no you now. Lord Yue was kind to our family, so I agreed to that family business. We must not be treacherous. Chu Ming. Tsuki-sama shed a tear.

Father, I will marry Yue Fu.

A smile of relief appeared on General Shangguan's old face, Okay, can I live to see you married?

Chu Ming's tears flowed, father, I will propose marriage to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow.

Chu Ming entered the palace, reported the old general's illness to the empress. also said that his father's dying wish was to watch the early dawn take the moon hibiscus. Chu Ming begged the empress to agree to marry and then accepted the guilt.

Empress, look at Chu Ming for a while, Chu Er Wenliang has already taken the guilt and gone to the corner of the cliff, you are not guilty but meritorious. Zheng said that when you return from a great victory, he will crown you as the king of the generals and marry you personally.

Chu Ming gave up, the empress, Weichen was guilty and did not dare to take the credit, this time the victory over the Confucian Kingdom was all the credit of the gentle princess, and the princess who was forced to take prisoners had to make this decision. The merit lies in the princess, and the sin lies in the minister. I implore the empress to retract her order and recover the princess, and the minister is willing to accept any punishment. He kowtowed to the empress a few more times.

The empress is full of emotion, you are all good children. It's a pity, Chu'er. You have to take care in the future, I don't want to worry about the relationship between my children and daughters when I'm old, you can make your own decisions, the general king, it is your Shangguan family, and the will of appointment will be delivered on the day of your wedding. Hatsu'er, go down.

Chu Ming is still kneeling, empress, Princess Wenliang is innocent, I beg you to spare the princess.

The empress said weakly that it was her choice to go to the corner of the cliff now, and she deserved it. Go down, I'm tired.

Chu Ming said, Empress Xie. Chu Ming's wedding preparations were in a hurry and he didn't dare to bother the empress to preside, so he asked the empress to rest and take care of her body.

Empress, wave your hand, go down for the first time.

Thank you to the empress, Chu Ming kowtowed and went down.

The empress looked at the back of Chu Mingyuan, who seemed to be a little less free and chic, and a little more vicissitudes and calm.