Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 504 Sun's Prayer

At this moment, the general had no pity for the princess whatsoever; all he wanted was to get away from the terrifying beast as quickly as possible!

"What?!" Shi Biao, the commander guarding the city wall, was stunned upon hearing the words of the Oirat people below! He thought to himself: "Wait, buddy, are you Oirat people playing around? We're at war right now! What's the meaning of sending maids to our current spiritual leader? Don't you think this is inappropriate? Are you perhaps planning to infiltrate a spy?!"

However, the Oirat general below the city wall didn't care what Shi Biao, the defending general on the city wall, thought at all. After speaking, the Oirat general glanced cautiously at the terrifying beast beside him, and then immediately and quietly spurred his horse and fled! The Oirat general's entourage also ran very quickly! Giving Shi Biao, the defender of the city, no chance to react at all!

"General, the Oirat people have escaped!"

The maid was kept!

"What should we do?" Seeing that the Oirat people who brought the gift had run away, leaving only the pitiful maid below, a guard asked Shi Biao in a daze.

"Lower the basket and hoist her up. Treat her well today, and tomorrow morning, send her to those officials to cause them headaches." Shi Biao helplessly said to the poor maid below the city, he could only bring her in for now. As for what to do afterward, that was not something a garrison commander like him could worry about.

Below the city, Princess Qiqi, dressed in the attire of a princess from the grasslands, watched the fleeing figures of her escorts with sorrow in her eyes. Then she looked at the terrifying giant beast beside her and felt her whole body tremble.

At this moment, in Qiqige's mind, the words her father, Esen, had given her before her departure echoed: "Qiqige, you are the hope of the Oirat people! The Great Emperor is very generous to his sons, granting them fertile and vast fiefdoms. If you can bear him an heir, when your son receives a fiefdom, it will be the time for our Oirat tribe to rise again!"
At that time, I will lead all the people of the Oirat tribe to help your son obtain a larger fiefdom! From then on, the fate of my Oirat tribe will be in your hands!

At this moment, Qiqige, feeling dizzy, rode in a gondola extending down from the city wall and climbed onto the wall.
"You're a grassland princess?!" Shi Biao exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the person who stepped out of the hanging basket. Even though Shi Biao didn't know which tribe Qiqige was from, her attire clearly indicated that she was a princess of the grasslands!

"I am Princess Qiqige of the Oirat tribe!"

"I have come on behalf of my father, the Great Khan, to serve His Majesty the Emperor!" Qiqige said in a clear voice after looking at the stunned expressions of the soldiers in front of him and glancing at the Oirat leader.

"The Oirat princess!?" For a moment, countless soldiers on the city wall felt that the world must have gone mad! The enemy had even sent their daughter to serve as a maid to our leader!

"Your Highness, please rest first. I will inform them immediately!" Shi Biao knew that the matter could not be delayed, so he immediately turned around and ran out.

"Your Highness, please!" Before long, an older palace maid led Qige away.

"Your Highness, please rest in the palace today!"

"If you wish to serve Your Highness, please allow us to instruct you on some etiquette." Upon arriving at the palace, a familiar figure appeared before Qiqige, speaking softly yet firmly. Qiqige nodded slightly in response.

The other palace maids looked up and knew that this palace maid was the one serving the Empress Dowager!
But if the palace maids serving Empress Dowager Sun came out alone, then where is Empress Dowager Sun herself?

After taking a comfortable bath in the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Longwu returned to his inner chambers in a relaxed mood. Because the layout of the palaces in the Longguo capital was the same as that in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Longwu knew the way very well.

Upon returning to the inner room, strangely enough, there were some side dishes and a full glass of wine on the table. Emperor Longwu was quite surprised by this.

However, even though the alligator dragon is no longer inside his body, Emperor Longwu is not afraid of anything. After all, Emperor Longwu knows that even without the alligator dragon, his martial prowess is still in a class of its own!

Emperor Longwu immediately sat down without ceremony, picked up his wine cup, and leisurely began to drink. Emperor Longwu believed that the person who orchestrated this whole affair would eventually succumb to the pressure and obediently come out!
Sure enough, after Emperor Longwu had drunk about half a pot of wine, he heard Qingwei's voice from the side.

"What? Aren't you coming out yet? If you don't come out soon, I'll be full~!" Emperor Longwu said softly, holding a cup of wine and pointing to a corner.

Then, a figure emerged from the slightly dim corner.

"What? The Empress Dowager, in the imperial palace of the Great Ming Dynasty, does she have to hide herself from me?" Emperor Longwu drank a cup of wine in one gulp, then asked the figure who had appeared in a low voice.

After Emperor Longwu finished speaking, the figure gently pulled off the veil covering his head, revealing a familiar figure—none other than Empress Dowager Sun!

"I have a favor to ask of you!" After watching Emperor Longwu pour himself another cup of wine and drink it, Madam Sun gritted her teeth, took a few steps forward, and said softly.

"Beg me~?"

You, the Empress Dowager of the mighty Ming Dynasty, would beg me?

Isn't it just that good-for-nothing son who saved you?
"Do you think I don't know?" After looking at Sun's pleading eyes, Emperor Longwu glanced at her disdainfully, and said with a smirk while drinking his wine.

"Yes, I just want you to save my son!" Seeing that Emperor Longwu had made things so straightforward, Madam Sun no longer concealed herself. She stared intently at Emperor Longwu and directly stated her purpose: to save her son!

"Why?" Emperor Longwu didn't mind the bewildered look in Sun's eyes at all. He simply asked her seriously, "Why?"

"Because that's what you owe me!!" Seeing that Emperor Longwu showed no intention of saving her son, Madam Sun said angrily to Emperor Longwu.

"What do I owe you?" Emperor Longwu seemed not to notice Sun's resentful gaze, and after taking another sip of wine, he asked the question nonchalantly.

"You! Shameless!" Seeing that Emperor Longwu refused to acknowledge the past, Madam Sun frowned, raised her delicate hand, and angrily rebuked Emperor Longwu for his shamelessness. Emperor Longwu seemed to have no recollection of this, simply sipping his wine and continuing to stare at Madam Sun.

"Back then, in that secret room in the Prince of Han's residence!" Madam Sun said, her face contorted with pain, as she looked at the seemingly indifferent Emperor Longwu. Judging from her current pained expression, it was clear she would never have revealed this unless absolutely necessary!

"So what? It's not my son who's being humiliated now!" Emperor Longwu certainly remembered what had happened. But in his eyes, even if the two had a relationship, so what?! That wasn't a reason for him to save a good-for-nothing!

"You shameless!" After hearing Emperor Longwu's heartless words and indifferent attitude, Madam Sun cursed again with disbelief.

"Insolence! Don't point your finger at me!" Emperor Longwu reprimanded softly as he saw Lady Sun pointing at him again. For a moment, even without Emperor Longwu using any force, Lady Sun felt her body tremble.

"I beg you! Save my son!" At this moment, as if she had finally come to terms with reality, Madam Sun lowered her head and pleaded with Emperor Longwu.

"You beg me? And I'm going to grant your request?!"

"You have to have the right attitude when you ask for a favor!" Emperor Longwu found it amusing to see Sun's bowed and pleading expression and couldn't help but say. But the next moment, something unexpected happened to Emperor Longwu.

(End of this chapter)