Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 201 - 2: Reunion Bliss (Part 1)

Susu wanted to catch up with Ruan Qiniang and Ruan Shiniang. Ruan Shiniang looked very pale now, having lost weight rather than gained it during her pregnancy and Postpartum Confinement.

When Susu met her that day, although she was also sick, her spirits were still high, especially with her voracious appetite and determined attitude, full of a daring vigor.

But now, from Ruan Shiniang, Susu saw a sense of fatigue, and the exhaustion and sadness in her eyes startled Susu. Could ’Big Cat’ be in a bad situation? Wasn’t it said that both mother and child were safe?

"Sister Ten? You..." Susu walked over and couldn’t help but hug her. They were not only sisters by blood but the closest people in the world!

"Sister Ten, you have Big Cat, us, and the Ruan Family. Cry it out, and then face it all bravely."

She didn’t cry when faced with a grim future after crossing over, nor when being forcibly taken by Prince Ke, nor when targeted by the women in the rear courtyard, and even when her son was sickly due to a difficult labor she didn’t cry. But now, because of this hug and these words from Susu, Ruan Shiniang couldn’t help but cry in pain.

Here, in Jinyinman Tang, the three sisters of the Ruan Family hugged and cried together in agony. Over there, the Northwest Army had already escorted the Sixth Prince of Tartar into the Capital.

For the soldiers entering the Capital this time, the moment they entered, they felt the warmth of spring. Many people brought hot porridge and water to warm the soldiers’ stomachs after their long journey.

In stark contrast, the Sixth Prince of Tartar felt treatment colder than the weather at that moment. Although he held the title of a prince, he was now a prisoner and would remain so until Tartar and Great Chu actually signed a peace treaty to buy his freedom, laden with gold.

Rotten eggs and cabbage leaves flew through the air, and the Imperial Guard, who originally maintained order, seemed to vanish until someone raised a stone, at which point the guards appeared, happily confiscating it.

In jest, the Tartar Envoy was just behind the procession, and if the Sixth Prince were truly hurt, it might negatively affect the peace results for Great Chu, as the current Emperor did not want a large-scale war with the Tartar.

The Tartar had also understood the boundaries of Great Chu, occasionally invading southward, robbing and then fleeing, as the two sides were continually engaged in guerrilla warfare.

It was purely by luck that they managed to capture the Sixth Prince of Tartar this time, but they didn’t kill him immediately, knowing that doing so would likely prevent a peaceful resolution between the two nations.

The captured Sixth Prince of Tartar knew he wasn’t in mortal danger. Though indulgent, he wasn’t truly foolish. Captured, he endured, fearing the Great Chu soldiers might get overly provoked and kill him, leaving him no place to cry to.

So, even with dirty rotten eggs and cabbage leaves all over him, the Sixth Prince kept quiet, gritting his teeth.

This silence made some observers wary. This prince was clearly not as the spies in Tartar described; he was a tough character.

Let it be said, the Sixth Prince had a noble status. His name was Batraj, born to the Legitimate Son of the second queen of this generation’s Khan of Tartar.

Though a Legitimate Son, he had an elder Legitimate Brother born to the first queen and four other half-brothers above him.

As the Khan of Tartar aged, internal power struggles intensified. Batraj intended to make a name for himself in the military, but, acting too hastily, got ambushed successfully by a vanguard squad led by Hong Sheng.

The Khan of Tartar doted on this youngest son. Plus, his birth mother, the current queen, was not only beautiful but highly noble. When Batraj’s capture reached the Tartar Capital, some commented he was a failure, good for nothing, pushing the Khan to dispatch peace envoys quickly.

The escort team moved at a moderate pace towards the Imperial Palace, and the Tartar Envoy, despite wanting to rant, dared not speak. Moreover, having been bribed by some during their journey, though feigning sorrow, they were truly afraid to approach.

They too were Tartar, and while the Imperial Guard would stop the Great Chu citizens from stoning Batraj, they wouldn’t spare the envoy.

Hong Sheng, the biggest hero of the victory at Hami, was naturally beside the highest-ranked official in the Northwest Army—General Qin. Of course, ’General’ was just a common title; General Qin’s proper position was the Director of Command at the Director of Command, Second Rank.