CHAPTER XLIV

The faces of the six guards all had sad and indignant expressions at this time, but Duan Susu looked calm, because she knew that she owed too much, and she was afraid that she would not be able to pay it back in this life.

Because she shoulders the fate of the Dali Duan clan, she must first think about the interests of the Dali Duan clan.

Therefore, she didn't have the slightest expression, in Duan Susu's heart, she thought that if she showed her grief meaninglessly, it would be an insult to these warriors who were going to die.

If there is no way to repay in this life, then why pretend to be sad?

Duan Susu felt as if she had suddenly grown up and matured, and she could already control her feelings perfectly.

As the seven of them rowed more and more skillfully, the boat rushed quickly towards the entrance of the Min River in the north, and gradually disappeared into the night.

Gao Zhiping looked at the burning fire in the river on the shore, he could only choose to return melancholy, the manpower around him had been exhausted, and the fine work on the east bank of the Lancang River was emptied by him, he went back this time, he would face the thunderous anger of his father Gao Fang, Gao Zhiping had no choice but to think about anything else.

Gao Zhiping disappeared into the night with his two remaining guards.

But Gao Zhiping didn't know, because of the reason why he did it to the Ming people this time, the Gao clan in Dali would completely disappear in the vast river of history, and there would be no return.

In the fourteenth year of the liberation, the first day of the fifth month.

Duan Susu and his entourage, who had been through the wind and dust, arrived safely in Jinling Mansion under the escort of local garrisons sent by Chengdu Prefecture.

Duan Susu, as a concubine, was originally an impostor, pretending to be a princess in order to cover Duan Foyin's safety, but at this time, it became a difficult situation to ride a tiger.

Under the proof of the only six surviving Ming guards. Duan Susu's status as a princess has become an ironclad fact.

But Duan Susu didn't know the bottom line of his father Duan Sicong's negotiation and what kind of guarantee he wanted to get from Mingguo, so Duan Susu was like an ant on a hot pot. Helpless.

Baili Wuji rarely went to court the next day specifically for this matter, and personally summoned the six surviving guards, accompanied by Xu Shiming and other courtiers, to learn in detail what happened along the way.

When he heard that there were only six people left in the hundred-person escort team, Baili Wuji was "furious", so angry that he smashed the decorations on several dragon cases and overturned several brocade stools. If Xu Shiming hadn't stepped forward to stop him, I'm afraid that the dragon case would have been overturned by Baili Wuji in a fit of anger.

"The country of small projectiles dares to touch my tiger beard of the Ming Kingdom, and the soldiers can't bear it. I have decided to personally lead the army to fight on the same day, do you have any objections? ”

Baili Wuji's prestige in the Ming Kingdom has reached an unattainable level, and at this time, he is "angry and rushing to the crown". How can there be an official who doesn't open his eyes and dares to step forward to stop it?

Moreover, even high-ranking and powerful ministers like Xu Shiming and Feng Dao did not open their mouths to express their objections. The civil and military officials below were naturally silent.

No one noticed that Xu Shiming and Feng Dao, who were standing in front of the ministers, had strange faces. Exchange glances with each other.

Others don't know, but the two of them naturally know the mystery.

Baili Wuji already had the heart of pro-Zheng, and at this time, he took advantage of this incident to just block everyone's mouth.

The strange expressions of Xu Shiming and the others couldn't be seen by the ministers, but they couldn't hide from the eyes of Baili Wuji.

Baili Wuji's old face was big, and he coughed dryly in embarrassment.

So, Xu Shiming and Feng Dao converged on their weirdness, and stepped forward at the same time and said, "The ministers seconded the proposal." The ministers wished our emperor a victorious class ....... ”

The seconding of these two people is equivalent to blocking the mouths of the ministers. No one who did not open his eyes dared to step forward to stop the emperor from conquering in person.

Baili Wuji on the dragon chair nodded proudly.

As a result, the emperor's personal conquest was considered a success.

But when the six surviving guards told the story of the Dali Emperor Duan Sicong issuing an edict to annex the princess and relatives to the Ming Kingdom, Baili Wuji fell into a petrified state.

For these officials, it is undoubtedly a great honor for them to be able to surrender a country peacefully without troops.

"Surrendering soldiers without a fight" is already the supreme realm of post-law, not to mention subjugating a country without spending a single soldier?

Even Xu Shiming and Feng Dao, who had already agreed to the Baili Wuji personal expedition, couldn't help but be shaken.

Such a perfect ending undoubtedly has great confusion for the two.

Baili Wuji saw that the situation could not be controlled, so he had to order the palace guard to summon Princess Dali into the palace.

Duan Susu walked into the hall in fear.

For her, this is undoubtedly a door of life and death. Duan Susu knew about her father Duan Sicong's decree to let the princess reconcile, but now she is playing the role of the princess.

If the emperor of the Ming Kingdom does not agree with the princess and affinity to accept the annexation of the Dali Kingdom, then the war between the Ming Kingdom and the Dali Kingdom is bound to break out, Duan Susu saw it with her own eyes, even she knew that the Dali Kingdom would definitely not be able to withstand the full force of the Ming Kingdom, so that the destruction of the Dali Kingdom was a certainty, and after the war, the fate of the Duan family as a prisoner and the annexation was far from comparable.

The best ending that Duan Susu prayed for in her heart was that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom could agree to the princess and relatives, only in this way could she live up to her father's entrustment, and she could also live up to the Dali Kingdom and the Ming Kingdom soldiers who died for her along the way.

But Duan Susu was afraid that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom would agree to these family affairs, not that she was unwilling to marry the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, but that she was deeply afraid that she would be detected as an impersonator.

The crime of bullying the monarch is an unforgivable evil for the emperor of any country, and as a concubine, no matter what aspect it is, it will make the emperor of the Ming Kingdom feel a loss of face.

Duan Susu walked into the main hall nervously, she didn't even know to look up to peek at the Emperor Ming on the dragon chair.

Scared and nervous, she couldn't help but tremble her calves, and the hem of the skirt on the underside of the palace robe trembled slightly.

However, due to the wide palace clothes and Duan Susu walking inside, the Ming officials on the side did not notice anything unusual.

After all, staring at a woman's lower body is really rude.

But when Duan Susu came to a stop in front of Baili Wuji, Baili Wuji, who was condescending and facing each other, obviously noticed the change on the hem of Duan Susu's skirt.

A trace of doubt flashed in Baili Wuji's eyes.

No princess of a country will lose her temper to stop this, if she is replaced by a flat-headed commoner or an ordinary official, it is normal to be afraid and nervous, but a princess who has become an adult has lived in the court for many years and has seen the world, how can there be such a gaffe.

Baili Wuji immediately looked at Xu Shiming, Xu Shiming nodded slightly, he also saw that something was wrong.

Baili Wuji immediately stretched out his right hand under the dragon case and made a gesture to the palace guard behind the dragon chair, so the palace guard began to move imperceptibly. (To be continued......)