C44 (1/2)
Sun Jinzi was still unaware of Qian Jun's defeat in the palace, after she left the imperial court and rushed to the Jing Xin Yuan, she found out about the fact that he had been defeated in the frontline.
Hearing that Qian Jun was not dead, and was retreating with five thousand handicapped veterans, the fear in his heart lessened by a lot.
In this life, the outcome of this matter was not as irreparable as in his previous life. As long as they lost, they would have the chance to rouse their might and defeat the masters of the Northern Desert and the Chiron.
When Sun Jinzi saw Sun Fuping's pale face, she knew that he was implicated in Qian Jun's defeat and so the emperor must not have given him a good look.
”Father, father!”
She called out a few times before Sun Fuping managed to react.
”Today, thanks to Sixth Prince, or else I wouldn't have been able to walk out of the Wen Hua Palace alive.”
When Sun Fuping thought about Jin Chuyi's eyes that were as vicious as a jackal's, he still felt a bit scared. If it wasn't for Jin Chupei making Qian Jun his deputy general, most likely all of them would have gone to report at the gates of hell tonight.
Right now, Qian Jun still had some use to Jin Chuyi, so he had yet to convict the both of them.
”Your uncle is at the front line. A hundred thousand elite soldiers are all dead!”
Sun Fuping could not help but let out a helpless sigh. Qian Jun was not a reckless person, how could he lose so badly this time?
”Father, are you saying that Sixth Prince is in court today?”
When Sun Jinzi heard Jin Chupei's name, he immediately felt much more relaxed than before, it was more effective than any kind of medicine.
”The Emperor wants the Sixth Prince to command fifty thousand Imperial Guards to head to the White Wolf's Brook to stop the Northern Desert and the Chiron's cavalry from leaving. Tomorrow, he will send some of the troops to the White Wolf's Brook.”
Because Jin Chupei saved Sun Fuping's life today, he had a good impression of Jin Chupei, and said: ”I saw how confident Sixth Prince is, so this time, he must have succeeded in calming down the Sirion of Northern Desert's rebel army.”
When Sun Jinzi heard that Jin Chupei was leaving for the White Wolf's Brook tomorrow, the first thing she thought of was that before he left the capital, he had to go meet him first.
”Father, your daughter is a bit tired. She wants to rest for a while.”
Sun Fuping got up and said goodbye, ”Then you can rest in peace. The day after tomorrow will be the day of your great marriage with the First Prince.”
He had originally thought that the emperor would resolve the marriage between Sun Jinzi and Jin Chuao in a fit of rage, but didn't expect that he would not mention a single word in the end.
Sun Jinzi guessed that Sun Fuping had already walked far away, so she got up and changed her clothes, wanting to leave in a hurry.
”Miss, it's getting late, where are you going?”
Mu Tan was afraid that something bad would happen to Sun Jinzi so she went out to stop her.
”Mu Tan, you stay here alone. If anyone comes to find me, just say that I'm asleep and don't let anyone else know that I'm going out. I'm going to find someone very important.”
For very important people, there was no need to say anything about Mu Tan knowing that Sun Jinzi was referring to Jin Chupei. She knew that she would not be able to stop him today.
”Then drink this bowl of soup before you go.”
Sun Jinzi picked up the medicinal soup that she had struggled to drink and quickly drank it all. Normally, she would drag things out until the very end before she was willing to drink the medicine.
After exiting the Sun Mansion, Sun Jinzi moved like the wind towards the inside of the Sixth Prince's Estate.
Just now, when she came out, she was disguised as a young domestic servant. When she left the manor, the servants outside did not notice anything amiss.
She had to see Jin Chupei, she couldn't wait even a second.
On the evening when the autumn rain stopped, the wind blowing on their faces was bone-chilling cold.
When Sun Jinzi arrived at the Sixth Prince's Estate, Jin Chupei and the emperor had still not come back from their discussion about sending troops out, so she did not know that Jin Chuyi had left Jin Chupei at the intrauterine for dinner. She stood at the entrance and waited for a long time, but she did not see Jin Chupei.
After that, Sun Jinzi left him a letter and told him to hand it over to the guard at the entrance. With that, he hurriedly headed towards the painting shop at the city's great temple.
Qian Jun's defeat was definitely not as simple as it was said to be, it was most likely related to the spy hiding in the capital.
With Jin Chupei's heroic, wise personality, he would definitely be able to guess the hidden secrets within. More importantly, she wanted to find out more about Qian Jun from Jin Chupei.
Qian Jun had always doted on his niece, as she was also the treasure of the Qian's disease, he could not afford to lose anything.
In the painting shop of the City God Temple, Sun Jinzi had hired two poor Elementary Scholars to look after the business.
When the two Elementary Scholars saw that Sun Jinzi had arrived, they immediately went out to welcome him. Sun Jinzi gave them some silver and told them to go to the tavern to eat. They would not be back tonight.
The night was as dark as ink. A bright moon slowly hung from the branch.
Sun Jinzi raised her head and looked at the full moon in the sky. Thinking that today was already the middle of the night, she couldn't help but think about the wedding the day after tomorrow.
She did not know how long she waited before falling asleep in the shop.
When he woke up, he saw Jin Chupei sitting opposite to him, dressed in snow-white clothes. He had a face like a blade and his face like a bright moon.
”Sixth Prince, you're here.”