Chapter 971 - 965: Acknowledging Its Master
Vomited?
Is the smell that bad?
Marquis Dongxiang lifted his arm to sniff, feeling a bit dizzy.
The Flying Tiger Army watching nearly couldn’t hold back their internal injuries.
Few in this world can make the Marquis do something so damaging to his image.
The lady is the first.
Marquis Dongxiang swept his gaze over them, seriously saying, "You let my daughter get smoked and still have the face to laugh, go back and scrub off two layers of skin in the bath!"
Flying Tiger Army, "... ."
"Hurry up," urged Marquis Dongxiang.
What can the Flying Tiger Army do?
The Marquis’s words must be obeyed.
Not daring to mount directly, they led their horses away a bit before mounting and returning to camp.
The hooves drummed, dust flying.
Su Jin even vomited out bitterness.
They all knew Su Jin was pregnant and was having morning sickness, leaving them helpless.
Thinking of his sister being pregnant and thrown on the grain and grass to bump around by Xie Jingchen, Su Chong’s fists itched.
This beating will be remembered!
If his little nephew has any mishaps, he’s going to beat him into lying on the bed for six months.
Marquis Dongxiang took a water pouch from his horse and gave Su Jin a rinse.
Marquis Dongxiang looked carefully at Su Jin, noticing she had become thinner compared to when he left the Capital.
And then glanced at Xingxing...
The comparison showed that the hardships Su Jin suffered on the journey were all caused by Xie Jingchen.
Someone’s son-in-law had just been recorded in his brother-in-law’s book, and now his father-in-law has noted him down.
After rinsing, Su Jin took sour plums from the carriage, eating two before recovering, saying, "Made you worry, dad."
Marquis Dongxiang laughed, "Worry is inevitable, now that you’re safely at the border, dad can rest easy."
"Come, let’s return to the camp, dad will write a memorial for you to request a reward."
"... ."
Su Jin traveled from the Capital to the border.
Marquis Dongxiang worried for her, but not excessively.
Though Su Jin only brought Xingxing with her to the border, the danger was less than when she was in the palace contending with the Empress Dowager and Empress.
Su Jin was smart and quick-witted, with disguise techniques and medical skills, greatly reducing the risk.
Marquis Dongxiang knew as soon as he heard Su Jin was writing letters for people on the street, his daughter wasn’t suffering much on this journey.
However, he didn’t expect the morning sickness to be so severe; this he hadn’t anticipated, especially since Mrs. Tang’s pregnancy was many years ago.
At that time, Marquis Dongxiang was busy training the Flying Tiger Army, Mrs. Tang vomited avoiding him, fearing he would be worried.
Upon entering the camp, the first thing Marquis Dongxiang did was to summon the military doctor to check Su Jin’s pulse.
Su Jin looked at Marquis Dongxiang, saying, "Dad, I’m a doctor, no need to trouble the military doctor to check my pulse."
Marquis Dongxiang knew well of Su Jin’s superior medical skills, not comparable to the military doctor.
But seeing her pale face and severe vomiting, Marquis Dongxiang was uneasy.
The military doctor wouldn’t deceive him, but Su Jin might.
Soon, the military doctor came with a medicine box, checked Su Jin’s pulse in front of Marquis Dongxiang, saying, "No major issues, just some fetal movement, needs about half a month of rest."
Old Prince heard this, it worried him greatly, this was his great-grandson.
Once the military doctor left, and no outsiders were in the military tent, Xingxing took the opportunity to complain, "Definitely the bouncing on grain and grass vehicles caused fetal movement."
"The son-in-law even cruelly tossed the lady onto the carriage."
The word ’cruelly’ was particularly emphasized by Xingxing.
The lady traveled thousands of miles to the border to find the son-in-law.
But ended up being treated this way by the son-in-law.
He didn’t show any gentleness when tossing her.
If Xie Jingchen were here, he wouldn’t be able to bear the anger in this room.
But he couldn’t be blamed, as he still didn’t know Su Jin was pregnant and that he was going to be a father.
Old Prince’s anger was great, "Taking matters into his own hands is one thing, not even sending a safety message back, making so many people worry!"
On this point, criticism was unanimous, except for Marquis Dongxiang.
He said, "Let’s pretend we don’t know about this, now that Jinjim is at the border, continue to search the area where he disappeared."
Infiltrating the enemy camp, the risk is extreme.
No one knows how Xie Jingchen got in, but if he knew, Marquis Dongxiang wouldn’t let him take such a risk.
But this time, thanks to his ambush, Su Jin wasn’t captured to Nanliang before she reached the border.
If her identity was revealed, Marquis Dongxiang wouldn’t know how to fight the war.
One side was national hatred and family feud, the other was his daughter he cherished since childhood...
Fortunately, she returned safely, and the grain and horses were unharmed.
Since Su Jin experienced fetal movement and needs rest, Marquis Dongxiang arranged for her to have a tent near his own.
Su Jin had brought fetus-preserving medicine, so the military doctor didn’t prescribe any.
After taking the medicine, Xingxing helped Su Jin down to rest.
Marquis Dongxiang wrote a memorial to request a reward for Su Jin.
Su Jin’s contribution was significant, as the previous batch of "grain and grass" destined for the border was burned, and the court hadn’t delivered the next batch; thus, the army’s grain and grass could only last ten days.
Su Jin’s delivery of grain and grass mitigated Marquis Dongxiang’s primary concern.
And the warhorses, Marquis Dongxiang persisted in urging the Li Family in Linzhou, showing his urgency.
The court’s National Treasury was depleted, horse prices were high, and grain needs constant supply; Marquis Dongxiang had difficulty persuading other generals to equip the Flying Tiger Army with horses.
If Su Jin hadn’t used a hundred thousand taels to silence the soldiers, Marquis Dongxiang couldn’t have achieved his goal.
The Flying Tiger Army’s warhorses were originally robbed from Duke Chong, after adding some, there were only seven or eight hundred.
Suddenly acquiring five thousand, the Flying Tiger Army couldn’t hide their joy.
The bathing and scrubbing off two layers of skin were long forgotten.
Quickly selecting horses, attaching saddles, heading to the racetrack for training, familiarizing them for seamless battlefield performance.
These horses were top-grade, personally negotiated by Marquis Dongxiang; borrowing a few tiger gallbladders from Li Family, he wouldn’t dare deceive, especially since they relied on Marquis Dongxiang to help remove the Eldest Young Master Li’s facial scars.
Beyond business, when seeking favors, extra care is taken.
Among the horses, some were docile, others fierce; especially the lead horse, it was exceptionally untamed.
Prince NanAn and others tried one after another to tame it, only to be thrown off.
Su Chong was no exception.
Su Chong stroked the horse’s mane and said, "Seems this horse already has an owner."
"Who?" Prince NanAn said indignantly.
"Won’t be your sister-in-law, right?" The Heir of Marquis Beining twitched his lips.
Su Chong glanced at the Heir of Marquis Beining, seeing Chu Shun and others staring wide-eyed, seemingly speculating similarly, his lips twitched too.
His sister was indeed formidable, undefeated, but her strength was in her mind, not physicality.
She had difficulty mounting a horse, taming such a wild horse...
Were they being overly confident in his sister?
Prince NanAn patted Su Chong’s shoulder, saying, "Just tell us straight."
Su Chong stroked the horse, coaxing, "In life, don’t be stubborn, same for horses. You recognize my father as master, so allowing me, the Young Master, to ride a few rounds isn’t disgraceful."
Su Chong spoke a lot, then mounted the horse.
Rode a round on the racetrack.
Su Chong looked smug.
Prince NanAn and others were dumbfounded.
Taming horses with a family card, a new lesson learned.
Then—
Su Chong was thrown off by the horse.
Rolled several times on the ground.
Chu Shun and others laughed uncontrollably, "This horse seems not to give face to you, the Young Master."
Su Chong rubbed his sore butt, and dizzy head, saying, "I finally understand why it chose my dad, absolutely the same bad temper."