Chapter 22 General Jiang

The closer the city gate, the more people are, the more people are. The carriage can no longer move when it is ten miles away from the city gate.

The people carried or carried baskets full of fruits and flowers. The young children were pushed on their backs and shoulders by the adults. The crowd was rushing. The shopkeeper in the Biyuan received the news and brought five or six waiters and slaves to pick up the tenth princess. When they saw the sedan chair in the princess's mansion from afar, they greeted him: Good luck, princess.

The Tenth Princess lifted the curtain and showed a hurried face: Is General Jiang’s team here?

Oh, this is early. These people came to take a seat to see General Jiang early.The shopkeeper reached out to help her get out of the car, protecting her and walking to the Biyuan. The young man only received the letter yesterday. He thought that the general had taught the princess, and the princess must come to meet the general. Today, he specially cleared the second floor and left you a elegant seat, but he didn't get your letter for a long time. He sent someone to the princess's mansion but said you had entered the palace to visit Princess Wang, and he thought you wouldn't come to our store anymore.

Although the Tenth Princess was in a hurry, the smile on her face was full of light. She responded in a good mood: The shopkeeper was joking, the scenery of your tea garden is brown, who can pass by you in the capital?

Soon after, I arrived at Biyuan. Under the steps at the entrance of the store, everyone was full of people. When I entered the lobby, I was surrounded by guards and slaves from the princess's mansion. Even the tea leaves in her mansion were brought. The tenth princess went straight to the second floor, picked a tea room on the street with a good view, looked down at the people on the street, and said proudly: My master has returned to the court with glory, and I have the confidence and no longer be alone and helpless.

The maid fanned her and said, "The princess is so dangerous today. She even squeezed with the untouchables for a while, and there was no guard with a knife around her to protect her. What if something happened?

The Tenth Princess was unhappy when she heard her words: The master of this palace was conferred a return to the court, so you didn’t tell me that it was not your fault. Besides, what kind of untouchables are not untouchables? The master protected them. After being by my side for a long time, I forgot to respect myself?

The maid knew that she had said the wrong thing, and responded, "Yes, I dare not continue to chant it anymore. Knowing that the tenth princess was thinking about General Jiang, she turned the conversation to General Jiang: The princess and the general have not seen each other for many years, and I don't know how the general has been doing in the northern border over the years. Another day, we should set up a banquet to reward General Jiang, so that the princess can tell him the relationship between master and apprentice.

The tenth princess knew that the maid was teasing her, so she reached out and pinched the maid gently: Little girl, she said more and more. He had only taught me for three or four years, and maybe she could not remember me if she didn't see me in the past five years.As she spoke, she felt sad. Before she was given a marriage to He De, she had fantasized about how powerful a mighty man she would marry as a husband when she grew up. There were not many men around her. The fifth brother who died early was a humble gentleman, gentle as jade, but lacked some courage, and the standard of being a husband was a little weak. The other outstanding princes were too big and they only met a few times during the New Year, and they couldn't say a few words; eunuchs were not considered men, and they could not count them; she didn't like men like her father, who were chattering in the harem but enjoyed them.

The eighth sister was sent to marry, and the ninth sister and daughter were not favored by both the ninth sister and the mother clan was not a prominent family, but was pointed out to the legitimate son of the patriarch of the great gentry. He was not very good. He heard that he was not in tune with the whole day, and he had no fame, wealth and family rise and fall. He ate wine all day long. None of the ladies in the capital were willing to marry him. So his old father burst into tears in front of the old emperor and said bluntly that he had only such a legitimate son, just to let him have the princesses to protect his glory and glory.

The old emperor's legitimate son also died prematurely. He was able to understand the current situation of the old minister who faced the same situation. With a big stroke, he married the only ninth princess who was still waiting to be named after the boudoir to this legitimate son.

The ninth princess's father-in-law had no capable legitimate son, but had a very promising and capable eldest son. He had already entered the court as an official under the guidance of his father at a young age.

In this tragic comparison, Sister Jiu's husband's personality is getting worse and worse, and he is not very good to Princess Ninth. He often angrily scolds Princess Ninth for blocking her career after getting drunk.

But he took the exam for five or six years and has not even passed the provincial examination so far.

One day, he broke into the Ninth Princess' boudoir and beat, yelled and scolded, and even slapped the Ninth Princess twice, slapped the Ninth Princess straight and slapped the Ninth Princess with blood.

That day she was practicing calligraphy in her father's heart-raising hall. When she was about Du Fu's words, "A sand gull in the world", the ninth princess, who had always been timid and cowardly, kowtowed to her father with a swollen cheek that had been beaten high with red dried blood hanging on the corner of her mouth, telling her pain and helplessness after marriage, and begging her father to let her divorce her husband.

The father let go of her hand, stopped writing, frowned and scolded her for being restless, and actually wanted to divorce her husband, losing the demeanor and dignity of a royal woman. He also advised her warmly, and said how important her husband's family is in the court. She must understand her father's difficulties and not divorce her, otherwise it would be unfilial.

The Tenth Princess remembered the look of Sister Ninth at that time. In fact, she couldn't see it clearly at that time. The Ninth Princess looked at her and her father from a distance and looked very cold, but her body was as straight as a green bamboo.

The Ninth Princess didn't ask for anything else, but just stood up slowly, turned around with scars on her face and wanted to leave, but suddenly she ran into the bronze-eared bottle placed in the hall, like a bird that flew into the forest.

The Ten Princess was shocked and her pen fell from her hand and hit the word "gull".

This daughter, who was ignored by the emperor since childhood, boldly ended herself in front of her biological father on this day, with an irreversible attitude.

It seemed like it had really turned into a white gull, spreading its wings between the misty sky and the earth.

She didn't remember how she was pulled back to the palace of Wang Taipin. She only remembered that Sister Jiu was so red and swollen that she couldn't see the corner of her mouth, but there was a clear smile.

Perhaps he was shocked by his unfortunate and determined daughter. Although the old emperor did not blame the ninth princess's son-in-law and his father, he did not raise any of his family to a third rank or above until his death.

When Wang Pin, who was favored for his daughter, learned about this, he was also worried about his daughter's future. He used the death of the Ninth Princess to make trouble for the Tenth Princess for a few days, begging the old emperor to find a master of martial arts for the Tenth Princess.

It is unheard of for the princess to practice martial arts, but the old emperor agreed to this matter due to the obsession of his old daughter and his favorite concubine.

General Jiang appeared in front of the twelve-year-old Ten Princess. At that time, the Ten Princess didn't know that the young captain was her martial arts master, and she was immersed in the ninth princess' unfortunate marriage and the breaking posture of suicide, and was thinking deeply.

Their first sentence was General Jiang's head. General Jiang looked at the ten princess sitting on the stool and smiled: Your Majesty Princess, what are you thinking?

The Ten Princess looked at the tall and strong young man in front of her. His back was facing the sun, and his figure tightly enveloped her. The smile on her face was different from the smile that was flattering or pampering around her. It was a gentle, polite and decent smile.

She asked: Why do men hit women?

General Jiang was stunned for a moment, and thought seriously about the question of the young child in front of him, and then replied for a while: Because men only regard women as their belongings, not respect women.

The Ten Princess asked again: Will even the princess be treated like this?

General Jiang squatted down and looked straight into the eyes of Princess Ten: Because most women are bound by their hands and feet, they are becoming weaker and unable to protect themselves, and both good and bad are placed on others.In fact, it is not only women. If a man does not have the strength to only rely on his own honor and disgrace to the gifts of others, it will be difficult to predict day and night.

The Tenth Princess smiled and said: I saw you carrying a sword, you should be my martial arts master.I want you to teach me sword skills, and I also need strength.

The memories were interrupted by the sudden burst of cheers downstairs. The Tenth Princess quickly stood up and looked downstairs. Two rows of infantry were moving forward without looking sideways. Behind were dozens of young generals and soldiers riding tall horses. When the young wives saw them, they took out the fragrant papers in their sleeves and threw them hard at them, shouting loudly, a warm scene.

The Tenth Princess saw General Jiang, riding a horse surrounded by shiny armor and wearing red tassels and high crowns on his head.

The years of fighting in the northern border have given him a completely different experience from the palace. His face was tanned a lot, but his eyes shot straight forward like a sharp sword. Zhou Zheng's facial features seemed to be no longer so rigid, but instead he had a sense of solemnity and sharpness.

The Tenth Princess' eyes followed him. She opened her mouth but couldn't shout, but the heart in her chest was pounding, as violent as if a glacier collapsed and poured down.

General Jiang did not notice that she was standing in the teahouse, and rode her horse without looking back, heading towards the palace surrounded by the people.