Ji Tang

Chapter 288 Princess Yicheng
Ji Song already knew the news about Chen Shoulai's grassland. He knew what Chen Shoulai meant. Before raising his troops to go north, he brought Ji Song a secret letter from the emperor.

There was not much content in the letter, except that Ji Song must bring the national jade seal safely back to the grassland, which the emperor did not dare to do in a big way.

Not many people knew about the news that the imperial seal was on Empress Xiao, so they should try to hide it as much as possible. It would not be easy to make it known in a big way.

Therefore, when he learned in the news that Empress Xiao had been captured alive, he couldn't sit still and sent his most trusted eunuch, Chen Shou.

Ji Song didn't think it was a big deal. Ever since Qin Shihuang unified the Central Plains and ordered Li Si to make the imperial seal, this treasure has become a symbol of the legitimacy of the Central Plains dynasty.

Although the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning, he is indeed a powerful tool to unite the people of the world and can better represent orthodox things.

Legally speaking, the Han dynasties after the Qin Dynasty did not deny that they inherited the previous dynasty, so the imperial seal passed down from the Qin Dynasty became a symbol of whether it was an orthodox dynasty.

The later dynasties of the Song and Ming dynasties did not have imperial seals, so they were called "blank slate emperors" by the world, and the scholar-bureaucrat class despised him!
Although Ji Song didn't take it seriously, he didn't think that a jade seal could represent the people of the world.

But at this time, Li Shimin needed this thing to prove his legal rationality and to greatly eliminate the family's resistance to him.

Therefore, after capturing Empress Xiao, he sent heavy troops to guard her and ensure the safety of her and the imperial seal.

It's not like no one thought about snatching the imperial seal directly and presenting it to the emperor themselves, but Ji Song stopped them.

This thing is the last thing that saves this poor person's life. As long as the imperial seal is lost, she will immediately lose any value.

At the same time, Empress Xiao's mood was also taken into consideration. If she was forced too hard, there was no guarantee that she would not damage the imperial seal.

Since Xiao later came to the camp, Ji Song has not seen her once, except that she really has nothing to say, and also to avoid suspicion.

But there are not so many taboos about Princess Yicheng. What else should an old woman with gray hair have to avoid?
Although he visited occasionally during this period, he cooked the daily meals himself, but he didn't tell her!

"Princess, look, it's different this time."

The maid next to Princess Yicheng was her dowry maid, whose surname was Liu. As for her name, she had long forgotten it.

After all these years, he and Princess Yicheng have long been in love with each other as sisters, and their relationship is very deep!

"What's it this time?" Princess Yicheng asked helplessly.

During this time, the young Marquis always used this method to send some delicious food to his side, and it was different every time.

She didn't know much about this young prince, except that he led the night attack on the Turkic Royal Court.

Such a character was rare in the Sui Dynasty. At first, he hated Ji Song deeply, but after these days, even a hard-hearted person should know that he didn't have any bad intentions.

She was also treated with great courtesy, but she had already made up her mind to die, so what else could she care about!

Although I have put down my hatred for him, I am not polite at all, I just don’t want to see him!

I have devoted my whole life to the Sui Dynasty, but I never expected that the empire that was so powerful at the time would collapse in a short period of time.

How can she accept this?
He sacrificed his own happiness, sacrificed his life, gave up his stable life in the Central Plains, and came to the grassland to marry the Turkic Khan who was about to die of old age.

Don't you just hope to contribute to the Great Sui Dynasty, but now that the Great Sui Dynasty is gone, Jieli has been captured, and the Eastern Turks are finished, what's the point of living?
She once encouraged Jie Li to go south to attack the Tang Dynasty, which also caused the people in the border areas to suffer a lot. Shouldn't a person like herself deserve to be killed?But what happens now?

I am provided with good food and drink, and even if my demands are not excessive, I will basically be satisfied. What is going on?

"Princess."

As the princess's maid, she knew that the princess was determined to die, but as the person closest to the princess, she knew that she could not persuade her.

"What's wrong? Eat quickly, there are not many meals left anyway, it's better to be a full man." Yicheng said indifferently. "My maid just thinks that this young man is different from others, but I can't tell you what's different. It's like... he seems to respect you very much."

She still said what was in her heart. During this period of time, the princess did not want to see anyone. She was dealing with the young man herself.

It can also be seen that he has no prejudice against the princess. One time, the guards said that the young man made these things himself.

"Respect? Ha!" Yicheng smiled bitterly and continued eating.

How could she be respected?Now I am just a remnant of the previous dynasty, and it would be no pity to kill him!

Mrs. Liu also started to eat. Over the years, the red tape between them has long been eliminated, and they treat each other as sisters in private.

"Has the princess ever rested?"

At this moment, there were inquiries coming from outside.

Princess Yicheng didn't move, as if she wasn't asking herself.

Ms. Liu had no choice but to get up and walk out.

When he came outside, he saw the young man's soldier leader and said, "The princess has just rested after eating. What can I do for you?"

Liu Laoer was extremely embarrassed at this moment. Thinking of what the Marquis asked him to give, he wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground.

But it was already here, so I could only bite the bullet and say: "This is what the Marquis asked me to deliver. It's said that the weather is getting hotter and it's the season to change clothes. This is what the Marquis asked me to do. You guys look at it." Do it!”

After saying that, he stuffed the package behind him into Mrs. Liu's arms and ran away as if running away.

"Pfft!"

Mrs. Liu's smile made Liu Laoer move even faster.

Shaking his head in amusement, he turned back to the tent and said to Yi Cheng who had just finished eating: "Princess, what do you think this is?"

Yicheng had heard their conversation just now, and his expression was a little strange, but he felt a little frustrated when he thought that he hadn't taken a shower for a long time.

Women from the Central Plains love beauty and deeply hate the tradition of not bathing for many years on the grasslands. However, this is the Turkic tradition. Once, the Khan found out about secretly bathing and was scolded.

After so many years, they have gotten used to it.

When he opened the package, he saw that in addition to two Han women's regular clothes, there was also a palace dress inside, which made Yicheng a little excited.

I only wore this kind of clothes when I was in the Central Plains. Now that I saw this clothes, I couldn't help but shed tears.

Mrs. Liu wanted to persuade her, but then she heard something moving outside, so she planned to go out and take a look first.

"this is"

Madam Liu opened her mouth and watched in disbelief as several people came forward carrying a bathtub.

This time it was Liu Laoer who said helplessly: "You are satisfied with the order sent by the Marquis? If not, I will go back and change it."

"Okay, okay, very good, thank you! Thank you very much!" Ms. Liu burst into tears instantly.

(End of this chapter)