An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1275 A Battle Without Preparation

"Your Majesty." Liu Wenan took out a letter from the pile of Memorials and put it in front of Luo

Qingyan, "This is a letter from the local officials of Deer City and Yunzhou. It is marked as urgent."

Luo Qingyan nodded and opened the letter.

Luo Qingyan scanned the letter quickly and then frowned.

Seeing the expression on Luo Qingyan's face, Liu Wenan asked in a low voice, "But what happened in

Deer City and Yunzhou?"

Luo Qingyan shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal. The officials in Deer City and Yunzhou

reported that in the past half the year, many distant boats had sent some strange goods to trade."

"It's not surprising? When I served his Former Majesty before, we often received such kind of

memorials. Deer City and Yunzhou are adjacent to the sea. There are also some other countries far

away from the State of Xia. They occasionally transport some of their special products to sell here, and

then purchase some things from the State of Xia.

The State of Xia faces the sea in three sides. It's not rare to see such a scene."

Luo Qingyan replied, "It's indeed not rare to see such a scene, but according to the report, in the past

half of the year, the number of boats passing by suddenly increased, and almost five or six ships came

in and out of the two places' harbor every day. Besides the goods, there are still.... people."

Liu Wenan understood what Luo Qingyan meant immediately, "Your Majesty, are you worried that those

people don't come to the State of Xia just for trading goods?"

"Yes." Luo Qingyan nodded, "Although it's not very convenient to fight across the sea, we can't rule out

this possibility. The Linhai City is surrounded by the sea. With the sea as its natural barrier, it is not

heavily guarded. In addition, as we are fighting with the State of Yelang in the north, most of our

soldiers are in the north, so it is very troublesome for us to mobilize them. If we really get in the war, we

will easily suffer losses without precaution. "

"Your Majesty, what's your plan then?"

Luo Qingyan tapped his fingers on his sleeve and then said, "The letter is not very detailed. I don't

know what's actually going on there. At least, I have to send someone to investigate it first. If there is

really something wrong, we can be prepared in advance.

I'm not afraid of a battle. I'm just afraid of a battle without any preparation."

Liu Wenan nodded, but he frowned again, "Your Majesty, are you going to send secret guards to

investigate there? But now we really don't have many secret guards we can dispatch... "

Liu Wenan thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, can you tell the Empress to send some of

her secret guards to deal with it first?"

Luo Qingyan shook his head without hesitation, "No, no one from Shang'er's place is allowed to move.

No matter what happens, no one from the two places, Shang'er and Chengye's, can be allowed to

move." Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Liu Wenan opened his mouth and wanted to say that the Empress was in the palace, and the palace

was heavily guarded, so there was no need for so many secret guards. However, from the emperor's

present expression as well as his reaction when the Empress was in trouble before, Liu Wenan knew

what he should do and kept his mouth shut about this suggestion.

"Your Majesty... Who do you want to send then? I'm afraid it's not enough to just send one or two secret

guards. Deer City and Yunzhou are small cities anyway. "

Luo Qingyan pursed his lips and frowned, "Let me think about it."

Then he put the memorial aside.

Yun Shang knew nothing about all these. At the moment, she got in the carriage and went straight to

Qian Yin's.

She didn't alert anyone. She climbed over the wall and entered the inner courtyard. However, as soon

as she stepped into the courtyard, she alerted Luo Yi.

Luo Yi rushed out of the room quickly, with his sword unsheathed. Seeing Yun Shang standing in the

yard, Luo Yi was at a loss for a moment.

Seeing his flabbergasted look, Yun Shang couldn't help laughing, "I'm here to see Qian Yin and the

children. You are so vigilant."

"Greetings, your majesty," Luo Yi came to his senses and said with embarrassment, "Qian Yin and the

children are in the room. Please come in, your majesty."

Yun Shang entered the room with a smile. There were babysitters and maids working inside, but they

had never seen Yun Shang before. When they saw Yun Shang come in, they all looked at her with

confusion.

Qian Yin reacted quickly and was about to stand up.

Yun Shang quickly walked over to the bedside and pressed Qian Yin's shoulder, "I'm just coming to

have a look. Lie down. You've just given birth to a baby. Don't stand up.

I wanted to come here yesterday when I heard the news, but something happened and I couldn't make

it."

Qian Yin didn't hear any noise before Yun Shang entered. She knew that Yun Shang didn't want to be

known about her identity, so she just nodded with a smile, "Qian Zhuo has told me about it. Have those

things been settled?"

Then she raised her head and ordered the maids as well as the babysitters, "Put the baby on bed. You

wait outside. If he cries, I'll call you in."

After all the servants left, Yun Shang smiled and said, "No, not yet. Alas, there are too few clues. We

can't find them out in a short time. Anyway, it's not in a hurry. They are all dead. It's useless to be in a

hurry."

Qian Yin nodded, but then she sighed, "I thought as there is only Master in the imperial household you

could live a better life, but I didn't expect that there are still so many things happening continuously."

"How can there be a time of peace in the palace?"

Yun Shang replied casually, and she turned around, "Let me see the baby."

The newborn baby was put in the small bed in the room. Yun Shang walked over, lowered her head

and had a closer look. Her eyes and brows were full of smile, "It looks quite strong."

"Yes, the midwife also said that six pounds was quite heavy, and that the time I gave birth was not too

long. I think it might have something to do with my work during my pregnancy. I was always walking

around then, so it's easier for me to give birth. "

A smile appeared in Qian Yin's eyes. Although she had just been a mother, she looked gentle and

maternal.

"He is just a little ugly. When he was just born, the midwife held him in her arms and told me that he

was good-looking. I looked up and almost scared myself. His skin crumpled. It's purple all over. And

there's dirty white stuff on his body. I'm so scared that I asked several times if it was really my baby? "

Yun Shang laughed, "Babies are always like this when they are first born, aren't they?"

"Of course not. I remember that when the Crown Prince was born, he was also very small, but his body

was not so dirty. He was clean. "

Qian Yin shook her head with a smile, "Later on, the midwife took him out, washed his body and

brought him in. Only then did I feel a little better. It's strange. When he was just born, he looked so ugly

that he couldn't show up. After looking at him for a long time, however, he appeared very cute. "

"He's your own child and naturally he is so cute." Yun Shang bent down with a smile and then picked

up the newborn baby in her arms.