Chapter 73: Xie Chong Arrives
Wang Dequan quickly pulled Yin Yuanli far away.
“Your Highness, we two can’t get involved in this. Miss Wanwan is truly popular.”
Yin Yuanli pursed his lips and said nothing.
“Wang Dequan.”
“Yes, Your Highness, what is it?”
Yin Yuanli said, “Do you think I could bring Wanwan to Shangjing to raise her?”
The more he interacted with her, the more reluctant he was to part with Wanwan, this little sun.
Being by her side made him much happier, and he didn’t have to think about troublesome things every day.
Wang Dequan was so scared his face changed: Σ(?д?|||)??
“No, Your Highness, that’s absolutely not possible. General Xie and City Lord Shang would skin me alive!”
Just having two people vying for her was already troublesome; Wang Dequan couldn’t imagine what would happen if their Highness joined in.
Yin Yuanli gave a hum: “I’m just saying, the Imperial Palace isn’t suitable for her.”
Wang Dequan felt a pang of heartache seeing his Highness’s dejected look.
Their Highness was such a good person, yet so many people coveted him and wished him ill.
Damn it!
On the other side, after a bit of scuffle, Colonel Lin ended up running off with Qin Wanwan in one arm and Qin Wanwan’s ‘little treasury’ in the other.
The City Lord’s Mansion guards couldn’t fight as well as the Border Army who had actually been in battles.
Qin Wanwan felt dizzy the entire time.
Finally, Colonel Lin took her to the city gate they had arrived at when they came to Shangyang City.
“Make way, make way…”
The City Lord’s Mansion’s butler and guards were desperately chasing from behind.
“Stop them, quickly stop them!”
Qin Wanwan: I’m so dizzy.
Keke’s wings were practically smoking from flapping so hard behind them, and he shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Stop fighting, all of you, stop fighting! We’re family, all of us are family!”
Unfortunately, no one listened.
Keke: “If you’re going to fight, put my cub down!!!”
It was infuriating; the Qilin father was fighting himself, and the cub was suffering!
The guards at the city gate naturally obeyed the butler and tried to stop them.
The Border Army soldiers directly charged forward and started fighting.
Butler: “Don’t use weapons, no one use weapons!”
Fighting was one thing; as long as no weapons were used, any injuries could be dealt with, but if weapons were used and someone died, it would become a feud.
They still had some apprehension towards Xie Chong in Shangyang City.
Besides, this was ultimately not a life-or-death feud.
Colonel Lin, holding Qin Wanwan, was protected in the center. They could fight, but they couldn’t match the sheer number of people on the other side.
“Damn it, Wanwan must go back with our General today!”
Butler: “Our City Lord hasn’t returned yet and you’re already running off with her. That’s incredibly rude. Miss Wanwan calls our City Lord Daddy, shouldn’t they at least get to say goodbye?”
“Pah, if she met Shang Wuyang, would she ever be able to leave?”
Just as the atmosphere was tense and on the verge of breaking, orderly hoofbeats sounded from outside Shangyang City.
And there were quite a few of them.
The guards standing on the city wall saw a vast, dense crowd approaching from afar and immediately blew their horns.
These horns were generally only blown when there was danger.
The butler’s expression changed: “Investigate clearly, whose troops are they!”
“Everyone on alert!”
“Close the city gates!”
The people of Shangyang City reacted swiftly. In just a moment, apart from the outsiders, all other Shangyang City locals, even women and children, took out weapons and headed towards the city gate.
Shangyang City was a nation of soldiers.
Even those selling goods outside always carried a knife or a dagger.
“Uncle Wen, it seems to be the Border Army led by Tianqi and Xie Chong.”
Butler: …………
No, what is this grand display for?
Xie Chong arrived at the city gate.
A magnificent Great General, followed by at least a thousand people, all cavalrymen in armor.
This dark, imposing cavalry, just standing there, seemed to exude a killing intent that deterred anyone from approaching.
“General, General, we’re here!”
Colonel Lin and his group were eventually confined within the city.
They were now standing on the city wall, filled with surprise.
Xie Chong looked up, his eagle-like eyes sharply staring at the people of Shangyang City.
“Shangyang City has imprisoned this General’s people. What is the meaning of this.”
His voice was calm, but it carried an imposing pressure that commanded respect even without anger.
The butler’s lips pulled into a smile: “General Xie has come from afar with so many people; this is quite a show of force.”
“Daddy, Daddy Xie Chong~”
Amidst such a serious and tense atmosphere, Qin Wanwan, at some unknown time, stood on her tiptoes and with difficulty revealed a fluffy little head from over the city wall.
Her childish voice was seriously out of place for the occasion.
But everyone’s gaze fell upon her.
“Miss Wanwan, please be careful not to fall.”
The butler quickly picked her up.
“Daddy, Wanwan wants Daddy Xie Chong.”
The butler smiled bitterly in his heart. City Lord, if you don’t come soon, this little ancestor will truly be gone.
“No matter what you intend, return my people to me immediately!”
“Dong dong dong…”
A familiar vibration sounded, and the butler and the people of Shangyang City looked with surprise towards the street inside the city.
A massive elephant chariot slowly moved forward.
“It’s the City Lord, the City Lord has arrived!”
They all cheered.
Shang Wuyang: “Open the city gates.”
“Bring Wanwan to me.”
“Yes!”
The city gates were opened, and Shang Wuyang, holding Qin Wanwan, arrived at the city gate with the elephant chariot.
Compared to Xie Chong’s army, Shang Wuyang’s forces were clearly at a disadvantage in numbers.
However, the sheer size of the elephants provided considerable pressure.
The elephants and warhorses faced each other, neither willing to yield.
Shang Wuyang lifted the curtain of the chariot, wearing a beautiful and mysterious mask that obscured his true appearance.
He wasn’t as imposing as Xie Chong, but he was slender and well-proportioned, with a pale complexion that hinted at frailty.
“Daddy~”
Shang Wuyang and Xie Chong looked at her simultaneously.
Qin Wanwan blinked, her senses dulled, and felt the tense atmosphere.
Shang Wuyang chuckled: “Which Daddy are you calling, hmm?”
The clumsy Qin Wanwan sensed a hint of danger.
She looked at Shang Wuyang, then at Xie Chong, her little face scrunched up.
“Wanwan, come here, it’s time for us to go back.”
Qin Wanwan moved a little, but now that she was being held by Daddy Shang, she… couldn’t leave.
Shang Wuyang and Xie Chong’s eyes met. Though they didn’t speak, they clearly disliked each other.
“Where is she going with you? To your impoverished Shahe City?”
Xie Chong’s face was cold, looking particularly fierce.
“This General is taking his daughter home. City Lord Shang, you’re interfering too much!”
“Oh, your daughter?”
Shang Wuyang sneered: “Then why does she call this City Lord Daddy?”
“And as far as I know, General Xie, your ‘yuan yang’ is still intact. Did you conceive her out of thin air?”
The sarcastic mockery was unmistakably obvious.
Everyone: …………
You really dare to say anything.
But everyone looked at Xie Chong with strange eyes. No way, no way, he’s a man in his thirties, and still a virgin!
Xie Chong tightened his grip on his red-tasseled spear, his eagle-like eyes coldly fixed on Shang Wuyang.
