Sitting behind the screen, Zhou Mingli did not know how much perseverance she used to control herself so that she would not lose her self-control to push the screen away and rushed to the front.
The delicate palm was punctured by the neat, trimmed fingernails, dropping little blood traces. Fortunately, the wide sleeves covered all this.
Zhou Mingzhu still sat steadily, as if the man, who had become disabled, was not her former fiancé.
However, she also had worries on her face. It was this kind of concern that seemed a bit false under the unreserved, lose self-control display of Old Madam Yan and Third Lady Yan now.
The imperial physician arrived. He looked at His Majesty so nervous at the appearance of Young General Yan and had a general idea. It reckoned that the general’s injustice had washed away.
That was good. Who has not received the favor of the Yan military family in the whole Great Zhou? Now, Young General Yan was the only man of the Yan family. If something happened to him, wouldn’t that be Yan family was equal to the extinction?
But this point of relaxation came to a halt when he saw the injuries on Yan Chu’s wrists and ankles. He dreaded that the people who started it wholeheartedly wanted to destroy the Yan family.
Yan Chu, these days, imprisoned in a cell, where they were able to set about openly. Except for that person sitting on the Dragon Throne, the old imperial physician could not think of anyone else.
He sighed and carefully examined Yan Chu. He honestly thought that it was better if he got abandoned. At least he could save his life.
“The wound is too deep. Furthermore, the injury time is too long. I, your old servant, give the stitch on behalf of Young General now, and can only barely recover the Young General’s ability to walk. This one is still a good time to recover. As for the hands, he can’t handle heavy things and do complicated movements in the future. As for martial arts, it’s impossible.”
This old physician was the chief of the Imperial Institute of Medicine. If even he said that he was incurable, he really could not be cured.
In addition to these, Yan Chu also had various other whip injuries and scalds. This one was just the exposed parts of his hands and feet, which was enough to make people shocked.
Putting it this way, he was only a 19 years old child who had just grown up yet had such a grave injury. But up to now, they had never seen him cry of pain even once.
Some old officials were silent. The child’s determination was beyond all their imagination. If he did not have this accident today, when he grew up, their Great Zhou would not be afraid of Ming and Jiang.
Perhaps it was really as the other party said, if there was no accident this time, it was not that Ming asked for their ten cities, but that they took them from Ming.
Emperor Zhou was angry. When the imperial physician treated Yan Chu’s wounds, he sent someone to summon the official who was in charge of interrogating Yan Chu. The news came that the official was dead. In the other’s residence was found his correspondence letters with Ming.
First, Jiang, and then Ming. Now, who could not see clearly that this was a conspiracy? The main emissary of the plot wanted to destroy the future of their Great Zhou’s fierce general. What was terrible was that they indeed fell into the trap.
“It’s all my fault. If I could be a little more careful, a little more cautious, I wouldn’t get fooled by those fake letters with the general’s handwriting. This is what I owe Young General. I’ll give him my own hands and feet as a return.”
As Fu Cong wanted to, he put his right hand directly on the joint of his left hand. With a little effort, his right arm sagged with a crack. When he was about to do the same action on his two legs, he was stopped by the cabinet ministers in the crowd.
The Great Zhou had lost one Yan Chu, they could not lose another Fu Cong.
There was a trace of suspicion that came down with Fu Cong’s move. After all, all of them got cheated by those letters. Now thinking twice, these days, in addition to Yan family’s women, this one General Fu often entered the emperor’s palace asking the emperor to investigate this case thoroughly. Although he was the biggest beneficiary, it was correct that he had no responsibility in this matter.
“General Fu’s arm is merely dislocated. As long as I help him to connect it back, it’s good. It’s just that he can’t lift weights with his left hand for a while.”
Before the imperial physician could finish with Yan Chu’s injury over there, he had another patient. Fortunately, the imperial physician was quite expert in setting a bone and did it in three or two.
Because of Yan Chu’s experience in prison, it was impossible to enter the barracks again. Emperor Zhou felt guilty and exempted him from the compensation of 100,000 taels of silver, and bestowed him countless valid medicines. He had the imperial physician go to the Yan residence every day to change the medication for Young General Yan.
This vigorous event ended with Yan Chu becoming disabled.
When leaving the Imperial Palace, Yan Chu was lying down in the carriage, while Third Lady Yan held him and cried. Old Madam Yan was mightier than her daughter-in-law, but her eyes were full of guilt and grief while looking at Yan Chu.
From the majestic young general to an unhealthy, disabled person now, what way to make him, a 19-year-old boy, accept such a gap.
Old Madam Yan made herself strong. She feared that in the future, she was the pillar of the whole Yan residence. She could not collapse, let alone showed her fragile expression in front of her grandson.
And at present, Yan Chu thought more.
What was the original self’s wish this time? If he had not come, he feared the other side would die. If he could not survive these days in prison, or he might not be able to wash his grievances and bear the crime of treason all his life.
The Yan family had been loyal for generations, and he ruined its reputation. Not only him, his paternal grandmother, his mother, but also many women of the Yan family. They might even get burdened by him.
“My Yan family is loyal. Since heaven wants to destroy my Yan family, I will destroy this world.”
These days, Yan Chu repeatedly pondered this sentence to destroy the Yan family. Could it be that the Yan family died because of this disaster in the original world? In that case, the original self’s desire must be revenge and find out the main culprit who wronged him.
As for destroying this world, Yan Chu somewhat hesitated, thinking that based on his understanding of the original self, even if he hated to the extreme, he could not do the terrible thing of massacring the whole world. It was very probably just a moment of anger.
The Great Zhou’s royal family did not trust him. The Great Zhou’s commoners had abandoned him. Perhaps what the other side wanted to do was to change the world of this Zhou?
Now Yan Chu could only speculate based on this only information.
The pain on his wound had been relieved a lot. Yan Chu’s difficulty raised his hand and tried to wipe his mother’s tears, but his fingers were unable to move completely. This action alone was extremely challenging.
After being chairman several times, it was his first time being the emperor. This world seemed a bit interesting.
“Princess, I didn’t expect that Young General Yan truly wronged. It’s honestly a pity. What a majestic figure he is, but now he has become disabled.”
As the only legitimate princess of Great Zhou, Zhou Mingzhu naturally lived in the best room in the harem besides the empress’s palace. At present, Zhou Mingzhu was right in the middle painting in Qianguang Hall, while a little palace maid at her side was chattering continuously. It was a pity for Young General Yan and her princess.
At that time, the princess promised to Young General Yan. Young General Yan was born well, and also a childhood sweetheart with the princess. What a great marriage that was predestined by fate. The most important thing was that all men of the Yan family were loyal and monogamous. Although no need for such troubles as a princess, there was always some difference between active and passive ones.
Although the current General Fu’s appearance was superior to that of Young General Yan, everything else was not as good as him. The princess promised to General Fu because of this unexpected mishap. The little palace maid always felt that her princess got wronged.
To honestly tell the truth, before the Battle of Chijin River, Young General Yan’s handsome face was also charming many younger and older ladies of the capital. Unfortunately, that battle left an indelible scar on his face. It looked like a centipede and was scary to see.
Otherwise, in face comparison, General Fu was no better than Young General Yan.
“That’s all right, help me to find some superior medicinal herbs in my room and send them to the Yan family. It should also be my little regard.”
The tone of Zhou Mingzhu’s speech was light and soft. You could tell what a gentle girl she was.
The little palace maid pouted and thought that her princess was kindhearted as expected. She went to find the medicinal herbs without saying anything.
In the Nuoda Palace, only Zhou Mingzhu remained for a short while.
She did not like to have too many people waiting upon her side. In the past, more palace maids were waiting outside the hall. There were only a few who could get close to her.
After the little palace maid left, Zhou Mingzhu’s painting hand stopped.
She did not want to let him die, but she did not want to experience the life of the previous life again. Zhou Mingzhu looked at the ink on the painting paper, and there was a fierce flash in her eyes, which effectively destroyed her graceful and serene temperament.
If he wanted to blame, he should blame the women of the Yan family. They forced everything.
Zhou Mingzhu recalled her previous life, which was quite different from the current one.
In another world, there was no such thing as cooperation with the enemy and treason. Yan Chu succeeded in thundering when Ming was not prepared and conquered several cities. At that time, the capital received a letter of the report of a victory. Thus, although Emperor Zhou was angry at him for acting on his own initiative, he sent another group of troops after seeing this achievement to support, along with adequate army provisions.
Yan Chu was indeed a famous general who could not appear for several generations. After opening the border station of Ming, he struck Ming’s capital like a broken bamboo and personally beheaded the emperor of Ming.
There was a Great Zhou between Jiang and Ming. It was too late to get the news that Zhou attacked Ming. After all, Yan Chu acted first and reported later. Even Emperor Zhou, in the beginning, was kept in the dark.
After Jiang knew it, they immediately sent troops to attack Great Zhou. In those three months, Yan Chu recaptured most of Ming. Because of the brief time of sending troops, Jiang only had time to attack the seven cities of Zhou. When Yan Chu came back with Zhou’s army to counteract, Jiang could only bear it and rest its troops temporarily.
The seven cities exchanged for almost the entirety of Ming’s territory. Everyone knew that this transaction was not cost-effective.
Because of Yan Chu’s decisiveness, he let Zhou have an equal footing with Jiang, hence changed the situation of tripartite confrontation into a stalemate between the two countries.
This war made Yan Chu a hero of the whole Great Zhou, and everyone cheered for him.
At first, Zhou Mingzhu was quite happy. Her future husband was a great hero. But after she married Yan Chu, she became aware that as a hero’s wife, she was truly greatly lonely.
Yan Chu not only liked the barracks but also the border station needed him. In a year, he could stay in the capital for less than a month. Such a marriage was no different from widowhood.
Zhou Mingzhu was arrogant, but when she married Yan Chu, she found that people’s memories of her are often not as Princess Mingzhu, but rather as General Yan’s wife, which made her feel deeply ashamed but also panicked about Yan Chu’s status in Zhou.
She had a good relationship with her two older brothers. Besides, being an imperial consort was not comfortable to be a princess. Under the crown prince’s constant lobbying, she began to gradually worry about whether Yan Chu would revolt and replace the status of the Zhou royal family. Yan Chu, at that time, was fully capable of that.
Just when she let her own imagination run wild, and her love for Yan Chu gradually turned into disgust, Fu Cong appeared.
He was quite humorous and very handsome. He knew how to please women better than Yan Chu. However, because of the identity of both of them, every time they meet, they could only sneak around. This one was another kind of stimulation for the Royal Princess, who always followed the rules, and Zhou Mingzhu gradually immersed in this kind of incitement.
But it was a pity, the truth would out, her mother-in-law, Third Lady Yan, discovered this matter. She wanted to bring a lawsuit together with her son. Zhou Mingzhu was indeed careless. She just wanted the other party not to talk, but an unwise move would enclose the damned.
Her luck was not good. At that time, Old Madam Yan and Eldest Lady Yan happened to come to her mother-in-law’s courtyard and ran into this scene of her violent crime. As a woman who killed her mother-in-law, even if she was a princess, she also could not be forgiven.
Her Emperor Elder Brother had already ascended the throne at that time. But because of the power of the Yan family, she reluctantly committed suicide with a cup of poisonous wine. At that time, there was her and her beloved man’s child in her stomach.
Zhou Mingzhu was not willing. She was the princess and Zhou’s most dazzling pearl. Why did she end up like this?
With this unwillingness, she was reborn. She was reborn back to that year when she was 15 years old. At this time, she had not married Yan Chu yet, and he also had not become the genuine General Yan.
Zhou Mingzhu unconsciously wrote a few words on the drawing paper. Weren’t those words exactly like Yan Chu’s handwriting? She looked in a daze at the characters with a sneer, kneaded the paper into a ball and put it into the brazier, and let the flames lick it up.
She gave him a thread of opportunity to live, and he also really grasped it. Now he had become a disabled person too and was not going to cause any problem. It was better this way. In the previous life, the Yan Family owed her two lives, and she only seized his future as reimbursement.
Their loan settled.
As for the countries that once conquered under Zhou, her General Fu would help her to get them back.
