Chapter 063 Understand
Su Qingqing naturally had no idea how angry Rong Que was. She returned to the Prince's Mansion, changed her appearance simply, and slipped out through the back door under Jixiang's cover.
Wearing ordinary clothes and disguising herself as a man, she blended into the crowd and disappeared like a fish swimming into the sea.
After wandering around, Su Qingqing knocked on a green-painted door in a residential area in the northwest.
Soon, footsteps were heard from inside the door. "Who is it?"
Su Qingqing did not deliberately lower her voice, and said openly: "Second sister, it's me."
As the door opened, the person inside looked out and it was Chun Jiao from Sui Hong Lou. Although she didn't show it on her face, her eyes were extremely respectful. She stepped aside and made way for Su Qingqing to enter.
When the door was closed, the man immediately said, "General Gao has been muttering for a long time."
Su Qingqing hummed and walked towards the main house. "How is his health?"
"The doctor checked. There's nothing serious wrong with him. His skin injuries aren't that serious. He's been imprisoned for too long. He's weak and his qi and blood are deficient. Plus, General Gao is depressed. He should be fine after a while of recuperation."
Su Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
When she entered, Mother Du from the Broken Red Tower was serving the boiled medicine to Gao Tiankuo. When she saw her coming, her hands were shaking with excitement, "General!"
Although Su Qingqing had changed her appearance, many of her former subordinates recognized her current appearance and knew who she was at a glance.
Hearing Mother Du's voice, Gao Tiankuo felt a rush of blood to his head. Regardless of his weak body, he stood up and rushed out.
Unfortunately, he stood up too quickly and his vision went dark. Before he could sit up, he rolled off the bed.
Hearing a bang coming from the inner room, Su Qingqing and Mother Du rushed in.
Gao Tiankuo was lying on the ground. His frail body could not hold up the loose clothes on him, making him look particularly bony. Su Qingqing stepped forward and picked him up. When her palm touched his bones, the pain was so severe that it made her tremble.
Without much effort, she helped Gao Tiankuo onto the bed and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Gao Tiankuo looked at the face of the man in front of him, a tall and strong man with a strong character. Tears welled up in his eyes. He was so angry that he grabbed Su Qingqing's sleeves tightly with both hands. His heavy breathing made his face pale.
"General! General, is this really you?"
On the night he was rescued, the person who rescued him told him that the general was not dead.
Later he was sent here, and it was Mother Du who took care of him personally.
Now seeing this face...
In the past, when the general disguised himself, he loved to dress up like this. With his heart beating heavily in his chest, Gao Tiankuo looked at Su Qingqing without blinking.
Su Qingqing let out a long sigh and wiped off the layer of skin on her face.
Gao Tiankuo was stunned and stood there in confusion.
Su Qingqing said: "I am the Princess of Zhao State, and now the Crown Princess of the Great Yan Dynasty."
Gao Tiankuo's eyes traced Su Qingqing's facial features, finally stopping on her eyes.
"I'm not your general, but I'm here to seek justice for her. I..."
Without waiting for Su Qingqing to finish her words, Gao Tiankuo clenched his fist and pounded it on the bed. His eyes seemed to suddenly become bloodshot, and there was a surge of emotion in his red eyes, "You are!"
These two words seemed to come from the depths of my heart, as if I had used up all my strength, with my bones trembling.
Su Qingqing was stunned.
Behind her, Mother Du and Chunjiao were hugging each other and crying.
Gao Tiankuo gasped and stared at Su Qingqing, "I don't know what happened, but I know that's the general!"
Su Qingqing's nose suddenly felt sore.
She has become like this, how can these people recognize her?
Seeing that Su Qingqing was silent, Gao Tiankuo said, "I have followed the general for several years. I remember clearly the look in the general's eyes when he spoke. His appearance is different, but his eyes can't lie. I will never make a mistake."
Su Qingqing felt as if a thousand words .
These are her generals, these are her brothers!
But her biological sister, Su Jinghe...
Looking at Gao Tiankuo and thinking of Su Jinghe, Su Qingqing felt both excited and painful.
Su Qingqing neither admitted nor denied it. She just calmed down and asked, "Why were you locked up by Zhao Chunming?"
Gao Tiankuo was not as relaxed as Su Qingqing. He was still in great surprise and shock. After a long while, he slowly said, "When the general got into trouble, the Second Prince's faction, led by the Duke of Zhenguo, liquidated us. At first, everyone was still vague about the situation and many people died. Later, when they realized something was wrong, everyone kept a low profile. There was no direct confrontation, but to preserve their strength and find another way out..."
Su Qingqing frowned, "Did someone give you instructions?"
You know, the most capable subordinates under her at that time were General Liu, the third brother, Zhao Laoqi, Fatty Wang, Deputy General Su, and Lieutenant General Zhao.
All of them suffered setbacks. Some lost their lives, some were imprisoned, and the rest were left leaderless.
When Su Qingqing asked this, Gao Tiankuo's eyes were filled with great sorrow. His bony bones shrank together and he said tremblingly, "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who found me. He placed me in the West Mountain Camp."
Su Qingqing was stunned.
Prince?
"At that time, everyone was in trouble. The prince was leading his troops to the southwest to suppress bandits. When Your Highness came back, the situation had become like that. At that time, only I and the few people in the prison were left alive. The people in the prison were originally going to be beheaded, but I don't know what method the prince used to keep them locked up until now."
Su Qingqing curled up her fingers and trembled slightly, and some emotions that she had deliberately suppressed in the deepest part of her heart emerged.
"The prince told me to try my best to stay in the West Mountain Camp and to plan the rest later. Unfortunately, not long after your highness went to Zhao State, I was imprisoned by him because I discovered Zhao Chunming's activities.
Soldiers were strictly forbidden to have affairs with prostitutes within the camp. Even though other military disciplines were relaxed, this one was always strictly enforced.
It’s just that those people…”
Speaking of this, Gao Tiankuo frowned with disgust, "There have been a lot of Longyang incidents in the army, and Zhao Chunming himself is the leader of this matter."
For such things to happen in the army, Su Qingqing has been leading troops in battles for many years, so it is not surprising.
"Just two months ago, Zhao Chunming killed someone. That person was the illegitimate son of the Minister of Rites. Zhao Chunming was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he threw the person to the West Mountain and pretended that he was attacked by a wild beast.
If that were all, he wouldn't have imprisoned me. When I found the son of the Minister of Rites in Xishan, the man was still alive. He said that Zhao Chunming was suspected of reselling military rations.
I investigated this matter privately, and Zhao Chunming found out. "
Su Qingqing heard it clearly.
I suddenly understood why Rong Que, as the crown prince, couldn't find any way to investigate the affairs of the Xishan camp.
Zhao Chunming was reselling military rations. If there was no bigger figure supporting him, he would not dare to do this even if he had ten times the courage.
Therefore, the Xishan camp was surrounded by these people like an iron barrel, and the prince had a special status. If he was discovered in private contact with the Xishan camp, the other party would definitely retaliate and accuse him of having a private relationship with the generals.
