Chapter 210: Tartars In Ambush
Qin Wanwan proudly stated that her daddy was amazing.
Of course, what she didn’t say was that the credit for this belonged to two daddies.
As their team was nearing the border pass.
Shangjing was outwardly calm at this moment, but an undercurrent of turmoil brewed within.
The First Prince’s plan to rob the military pay failed, and now he was so poor his lips were chapped.
“Rong Zhi, Rong Zhi, it’s Rong Zhi again. He’s deliberately making things difficult for me, isn’t he!”
The First Prince’s expression became ferocious with anger, and he kicked over a chair.
He had engaged in embezzlement more than once or twice before. His Imperial Father was someone who only knew how to indulge in pleasure. Even if those below discovered his actions, as long as they were threatened or bribed, they wouldn’t dare implicate him.
In the end, it was enough to find a scapegoat.
Therefore, he felt no guilt or even fear about robbing the military pay.
Although Xie Chong was a general, he was only grassroots. In the Imperial Court, his only reliance was the Duke of Zhenguo.
But the Duke of Zhenguo was now basically not handling any affairs.
As long as they disguised themselves as bandits and robbed, the responsibility could be completely shifted when investigated.
But now it had failed. The news brought back by the spies indicated that the people escorting the military pay were all arranged by Rong Zhi.
“When did Rong Zhi get involved with Xie Chong?”
The First Prince’s strategist offered a plan: “Although His Majesty trusts Chancellor Rong, he is still the Emperor. As long as he is the Emperor, he is most wary of his ministers forming factions. Perhaps we can use this to make His Majesty suspicious of Rong Zhi.”
The First Prince chuckled with a slightly ferocious expression.
“Good, proceed with that. Since we can’t win him over, let’s find a way to ruin him!”
“Are those who were captured absolutely certain they won’t confess my name?”
“Rest assured, Your Highness. They all took poison. They will die from the poisoning before long. As long as there are no witnesses, even if they confess, we can deny it and say they forged the evidence.”
When it came to evidence, in most cases, it primarily depended on whether the person at the very top believed it.
The First Prince was completely reassured and immediately ordered people to find evidence of Rong Zhi and Xie Chong forming factions, even if they had to fabricate it.
The Third Prince was also doing the same thing.
Lin Wan’e’s money-making methods, such as soap.
As soon as his men made soap according to Lin Wan’e’s method, they discovered that scented soap was already being used in the aristocratic circles of Shangjing.
Not only was the scented soap better than their soap, but it also had a fragrance, and there were several different fragrances.
The soap made by the Third Prince’s men had no advantage at all. Even selling it at a low price to commoners had no market.
There was also soap sold in Shangjing, large blocks cut and sold cheaply.
The Third Prince had intended to make money from soap and also to win over some nobles.
Now, it was all gone!
He was so angry that he went back and beat Lin Wan’e.
Lin Wan’e quickly said that she could make skincare products.
But she was just a university student before she transmigrated. She could do makeup, but she didn’t know how to make skincare products at all.
However, she could make face masks and lipstick.
After all, in the era of information explosion, there were methods for making face masks and lipstick online.
Of course, there were also some ancient recipes for making skincare products.
But compared to the recipes the nobles already had, those recipes were not enough to see.
So, they could only make something out of face masks and lipstick.
The Third Prince looked at Lin Wan’e with dark eyes.
“It’s best if this time is successful, otherwise, you’ll be of no use.”
Lin Wan’e shivered with the wound on her face and quickly said, “That bird was probably a man before. He wouldn’t learn these things.”
After the Third Prince left, Lin Wan’e sat down on the ground with a plop, her eyes vacant as she cried.
“Why is this happening, *wuwuwu*…”
She regretted it, regretted provoking the Third Prince.
At this moment, Lin Wan’e no longer had her former arrogance and naivety.
She regretted even more that she had severed ties with the Lin Residence.
Otherwise, she would still be a lady of the Minister of Rites’ mansion. Even if she was born to a concubine, the Third Prince wouldn’t dare treat her this way.
Unfortunately, there was no regret medicine in this world.
Lin Wan’e even naively thought that if she died, would she transmigrate back or be reborn.
But… she didn’t dare to gamble.
The Third Prince had completely resented Rong Zhi and couldn’t swallow his anger, wanting to get rid of him.
Upon learning that the First Prince also wanted to deal with him, he immediately had an idea. He had the spy embedded in the First Prince’s side devise a plan to fabricate evidence of Rong Zhi colluding with the enemy and betraying the country.
It would be best to implicate both Rong Zhi and Xie Chong.
As a prince whose maternal family had no influence, the Third Prince was very covetous of Xie Chong’s hundreds of thousands of troops.
Unbeknownst to the Third Prince, several inconspicuous birds flapped their wings and flew away, and no one paid them any attention.
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Qin Wanwan’s team encountered another trouble as they were about to enter the pass.
The Tartars somehow learned that the border pass military pay was being transported and had set up an ambush there.
Fortunately, Xue Hua and Eagle Boss were scouting ahead.
Qin Wanwan: “Daddy, Uncle Lei, there are many people ahead.”
Shang Wuyang believed her words completely.
Commander Lei, however, was puzzled as to how she knew.
The little one pointed to two birds flying in the sky.
“They told me.”
Commander Lei: …
He hesitated slightly.
Shang Wuyang’s lazy voice rang out: “You’d better believe it. Don’t lose the military pay at this crucial juncture. That would truly be trampling on the dignity of the Imperial Court and the Border Army.”
After all, if it were robbed so close to the pass, it would be more than just losing the military pay.
What was the difference between this and urinating on Xie Chong’s territory to provoke him?
Hearing this, Commander Lei ordered everyone to be on guard.
After advancing a bit further, the people on the ground saw Eagle Boss and Xue Hua fighting with four eagles in the sky.
Although the opposing side had more eagles, they were no match for Eagle Boss and Xue Hua.
In just one exchange, Eagle Boss grabbed one eagle at a time and brought it down.
Xue Hua did the same.
“Everyone pay attention, be on guard!”
Grassland people were skilled at training eagles, and eagles were their eyes.
Those four eagles were heading in their direction with purpose; they were clearly not wild.
As Xue Hua swiped the last eagle that tried to escape, its feathers flying everywhere, an arrow shot towards it.
Xue Hua dodged it with a whoosh.
Qin Wanwan faintly heard an exasperated curse.
Eagle Boss circled in the sky for a few seconds, then suddenly swooped down.
When it flew up again, it was carrying a man in its claws.
Several arrows were shot at it, but it dodged them all with its superb flying skills.
“Ahhhh!!!”
The man caught by Eagle Boss screamed in pain as he was carried higher and then released, falling directly down.
“Kill them!”
The ambushing men were clearly furious and, not caring about being exposed, shouted to kill the two birds flying in the sky.
Commander Lei: “It’s the Tartars, everyone charge!”
The Tartars had thought of a good plan. Even if they couldn’t snatch Tianqi’s military pay in the ambush, they would burn the grain and fodder, causing them heavy losses.
But they hadn’t expected the other party to have such powerful eagles, which exposed them in advance, and the people delivering the military pay were all so formidable.
Qin Wanwan used the same tactic again, sending bees to conduct a surprise attack.
After they had been fighting for quite a while, a troop of cavalry from the border guard also arrived.
The two sides joined forces, and the battle became even more one-sided, with the Tartars losing all their advantage.
In the end, of the hundreds of Tartar cavalrymen, more than half were lost, and the remaining ones fled in disarray.
The leader of the reinforcement troops from the border army was someone Qin Wanwan knew.
“Uncle Lin!”
Colonel Lin looked at Qin Wanwan, and a smile appeared on his sun-weathered, dark face.
“Wanwan, you’re finally back!”
