Second Marriage

When Li Qingzhi heard that the frontier was in a critical situation, his heart was heavy. He did not stop his anger from rising when he saw how Huijing mocked the Xiao Family and reprimanded her without even thinking. “You are insulting the common people for their sacrifices. To think that your views are this narrow and only know how to hold grudges. Now that the border is in a critical situation, our country is also in a critical situation. Is there room for you to talk nonsense? If you talk nonsense like that again, don’t say that my Li Family did not tolerate you before!”

Huijing did not want to hear this reprimand that came pelting down on her. She couldn’t stop crying as she retorted, “It is your Li Family who is unworthy! It is your Li Family who is greedy for life and is afraid of accepting death from being implicated! I don’t know what to think! What should I call your Li Family’s ingratitude?!”

Li Qingzhi choked and was speechless. He turned his back and completely ignored her.

Huijing cried the entire time. By the time she got out of the carriage, her eyes were swollen. The Eldest Princess pulled her daughter aside, she was so angry that she was about to break something on the spot. “He has not consummated with you. Don’t you dare say you are not at fault!”

The pozi on the side tried to advise at once. She at least didn’t ask for her whip to beat her son-in-law.

Although she was advised, the Eldest Princess was still angry. “He doesn’t know how to have tender feelings for his wife, but there will naturally be some people who know how! Go and find some handsome singers! Let them come into the residence and call on Li Qingzhi to accompany her to watch them sing!”

This soon spread to the ears of the Eldest Princess’s husband. Hearing that the Eldest Princess was unexpectedly disrespected by their son-in-law and angrily tried to stop him, he took a few steps before stopping and coldly smirking.

The Eldest Princess liked to cause trouble, so what was he worried about? At the end of the fight, she would be the one who would be ashamed! Their daughter would just cry again if her mother pained her!

He couldn’t control this disgraceful daughter, and this mother-daughter pair could make as much trouble as they liked.

On that day, Li Qingzhi left Huijing and went home. When Madam Li heard that her son had returned on his own, she rushed to ask about what had happened.

She asked the pozi about it. She listened to them say that the Eldest Princess called for some outside men to accompany her daughter-in-law. These male singers made a toast in front of her daughter-in-law and almost stuck it in. How could Madam Li put up with this shock? Her eyes rolled and she fainted.

While there was a lot of trouble between the Li Family and the Eldest Princess, it was time for Datong to close the gaps.

Every day, Xiao Youning watched the army retreat closer to the mountain and felt very distressed. In addition to that, there was no news from her father or brother, and the fear she had before was rising again. But these past days, she had a hard time materializing Ye Shen’s elegant face.

Yuan Guo stood on the mountain top with her every day to watch the war. On the sixth day, the army almost retreated to the front of the mountain, making their hearts jump to their throats.

When she could no longer stay, there was a dust storm rising in the distance and a deathly sound shook the skies.

The storm enclosed the Wala camp from the outside, a commotion like boiling water was poured onto them. Xiao Youning’s blood was bubbling and she turned around to run down the mountain.

Yuan Guo and the soldier quickly caught up to stop her. With red eyes, she asserted, “My father is fighting on the frontlines and I am not in any danger. It has come to this, so am I not allowed to do something for the soldiers?”

A few days ago, she heard that the military doctors in the camp had more work than they could handle. Although she was only one person, she could at least do what she could. Previously, she was afraid that she would distract her father if she went down the mountain.

“Now that the army is attacking the enemy, it is time to make a decisive victory. No matter what is going on in the battlefield and what the outcome may be, I will stand with my father and brother!”

Her resounding words silenced everyone.

She smiled at everyone. “My strength alone is limited. But there are at least 200 people on this mountain.”

The soldiers were awestruck.

That’s right, the general had shown himself. They would not be going against the general’s orders by going down the mountain now. Moreover, they would stay by the Young Miss’s side.

More than 200 soldiers soon went down the mountain to the camps holding the wounded soldiers and began to help military doctors take care of them.

The Wala did not expect Marquis Ningyuan to rise from the dead and be outflanked by him from the rear. It was impossible for them to survive the shock.

After fighting for three days in a row, the Wala army managed to create an opening and their general took some of his soldiers to escape.

There were loud cheers in the barracks after the enemy general fled.

Xiao Youning was helping a wounded soldier change his dressing. When she heard their cheers, her eyes started swelling and her worries over the past few days changed into tears.

She saw her father and brother again when it was the middle of the night. When the wounded soldiers had been properly taken care of and Marquis Ningyuan was finally free, he rushed to the barracks to see his daughter.

His precious daughter’s hair was pulled into a man’s bun and her face was covered with grime. She stood there laughing foolishly, making him elated and proud.

“In a little while, we can go home.” Marquis Ningyuan stepped forward quickly and patted her on the head with a bright smile.

Xiao Qiye also smiled foolishly on the side and wanted to pat his sister’s hair like his father. However, when he raised his arm, it pulled on the sword wound on his shoulder and he cried out in pain.

Xiao Youning’s newly learned skills in bandaging came in handy. She helped her brother wrap up his wound and asked about the situation from the past few days.

It turned out that their plan went well. They had been ready for a long time for the enemy to relax their vigilance so that they could encircle and suppress them. Although the Wala’s general had escaped, they would not be able to recover from the loss of 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers for a while.

More importantly… Marquis Ningyuan looked at his daughter with an unreadable expression and said, “I was able to attack the enemy smoothly because of the message Ye Shen sent. His task is done.”

Ye Shen was the person Xiao Youning had a hard time thinking about. She was afraid of hearing some bad news about him since he had gone deep into the Wala territory. Now that her father said that he had done his job well, she could finally put down the big stone in her heart and joyfully asked, “When will he be back?”

However, her father just looked at her in silence, and that look transformed her smile into a grave expression.

“Something… happened to him?” She didn’t know how long it took for her to whisper this question.

How could her father receive his message if he did not see him?