The Duke Huguo was deceived, he must tell Daqi about Nanliang’s plan to steal the Crossbow Car.

It’s just that he is currently in Nanliang, he hasn’t communicated with Daqi for a long time, and now he’s been ordered to oversee the construction of the defensive wall, he cannot leave.

But he’s not in a rush.

The Crossbow Car is a secret and will be well-hidden, stealing it won’t be easy.

In the next two days, Xie Jingchen was trying to figure out how to send the message to Daqi, transmitting the message was a small matter, he must not expose his identity.

Whether Xie Jingchen was lucky or Duke Huguo was just too unlucky, it’s hard to say.

Just as Xie Jingchen thought of a good plan, a scout reported that the whereabouts of the Lieutenant General of the Flying Tiger Army had been discovered.

It had been a few days since Xie Jingchen saw Su Chong and Prince NanAn on the battlefield, he guessed they might have gone to help Old Duke Chong.

They returned with few people, and Duke Huguo sent someone to lead an ambush.

Xie Jingchen went along as well.

Su Chong and his men were few, only three hundred, but they were elite soldiers, each as good as ten men.

Xie Jingchen mixed in with the crowd and shot a few arrows.

He intended to shoot one onto the flagpole, but as the arrow flew out, someone bumped his arm.

An arrow flew out.

It directly shot down the battle flag.

Xie Jingchen, "...."

Prince NanAn and the others stared at Xie Jingchen, their eyes wide open.

Big brother.

Do you know what you’re doing?

You don’t need to be this undercover, do you?

They all thought Xie Jingchen must be tired of living and looking for a beating.

Dong Chenglang patted Xie Jingchen’s shoulder and said, "Well done."

Xie Jingchen only felt the bow in his hand burning hot.

He wondered if anyone would believe that it wasn’t intentional.

In the distance, the sound of horse hooves approached.

Young Master Shi said, "Daqi’s reinforcements are here, quickly retreat!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Xie Jingchen put away his bow and turned to leave.

The Heir of Marquis Beining picked up the flag, and Chu Shun pulled the arrow out of the flagpole.

As he was about to discard the arrow, his brow furrowed slightly.

This arrow seemed unusually light in weight?

Chu Shun didn’t say anything, he kept the arrow in hand.

The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion and the others didn’t think much of it, assuming Chu Shun was going to take the arrow to complain to Marquis Dongxiang.

The battle flag was shot down, they had lost this battle.

After returning to the camp, Su Chong complained to Marquis Dongxiang, "The Nanliang soldier who previously left my sister on the grain and grass wagon shot down the battle flag with an arrow."

Marquis Dongxiang’s brows formed a tight knot.

He knew that Xie Jingchen’s ascent in Nanliang wasn’t easy.

But he didn’t need to earn merits in such a manner, did he?

Indeed.

Xie Jingchen earned merit.

Apart from Dong Chenglang and Young Master Shi, there was another leader who was Duke Huguo’s confidant.

Even though their mission was considered a failure, Xie Jingchen’s act of shooting down Daqi’s battle flag was a merit that could not be erased.

Su Chong was the orphan left by the Heir of Duke Xian, known for his incredible archery skills, shooting down the battle flag under his watchful eye was no small feat.

Moreover, the idea of stealing Daqi’s Crossbow Car design was also Xie Jingchen’s, proving his bravery and wit, worthy of a significant role.

Duke Huguo took the opportunity to promote Xie Jingchen up a rank, from Thousand Commander to garrison commander.

The soldiers in the army admired Xie Jingchen, despite carrying the psychological shadow from his own father’s mischief, he dared not use an arrow to kill, logically he would have had no prospects, yet his fate was to rise in rank, impossible to suppress.

If it weren’t for his father’s harm, it’s uncertain how many ranks he could have been promoted by now.

Su Jin had just arrived at the army’s main tent and overheard Su Chong’s words.

Su Jin’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Xingxing didn’t know whether to sympathize with her brother-in-law, as the incident of throwing the girl had yet to be settled, and now there was another issue.

As Su Jin walked in, the topic had already shifted, Marquis Dongxiang was inquiring about Old Duke Chong’s situation.

In fact, Old Duke Chong having sent them to the border to assist him indicated there was no need to worry too much about him, as Old Duke Chong and Marquis Yangnan could handle the situation.

After some idle chat, the other generals in the big tent withdrew.

Prince NanAn looked at Chu Shun still holding the arrow and said, "Why are you still holding onto that arrow?"

"Are you planning to shoot big brother when he returns?"

Chu Shun, "...."

Prince NanAn’s words drew everyone’s attention over.

Chu Shun handed the arrow to Marquis Dongxiang and said, "There’s something wrong with this arrow."

Marquis Dongxiang took the arrow and noticed the weight wasn’t right, he gave it a light flick and the arrow broke.

The arrow was hollow, a slip of paper was hidden inside.

Su Jin was really curious about what message Xie Jingchen was desperate enough to shoot the battle flag down to deliver.

Marquis Dongxiang handed the note to the prince, then it reached Su Jin.

After a glance, a hint of anger tinged Su Jin’s face.

The Crossbow Car painstakingly created by the General Workshop, and Nanliang actually intended to take advantage of it?

"Leave this matter to me," Su Jin said.

Marquis Dongxiang agreed.

Su Jin handling things gave him complete confidence.

He firmly believed his daughter could handle the matter brilliantly.

Prince NanAn and the others read the note and then began to sympathize with Nanliang.

Didn’t Nanliang know that anyone coveting things from their sister-in-law would not end well?

Forgot about it.

Nanliang might indeed not know.

After reading, the note was burned, Su Jin returned to her tent and wrote a prescription for the Hidden Guard to buy medicine from the shop.

Although the camp had medicinal herbs, not all were available, and the herbs Su Jin needed were not commonly used in the camp.

The Hidden Guard took the prescription and left.

Su Chong and the others returned with gifts for Su Jin and Qin Hanhan, large enough to fill two whole boxes, having them carried inside.

Su Jin recalled something and asked the Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo, "Jingyi has given birth, right?"

"Yes, it’s a son," the Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo replied with a smile.

Prince NanAn looked at the Heir of Marquis Beining and said, "Brother Mu’s daughter is older than Brother Yuan’s by an hour."

Su Jin was surprised, "Miss Zhou Qi has given birth too?"

Wasn’t it not time yet?

The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo exclaimed with envy, "Not only has she given birth, but she also had triplet daughters in one go."

Xingxing’s eyes suddenly widened, "Three?"

Su Jin chuckled, "No wonder she gave birth so early."

The Heir of Marquis Beining looked at Su Jin and asked, "I was just going to ask sister-in-law why the children were born prematurely."

Su Jin laughed and said, "Premature births are common with twins, having three at once makes it hard to avoid."

Since Miss Zhou Qi became pregnant, Su Jin hadn’t visited Beining Marquis Mansion to see her.

After becoming a princess, except for returning to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, visiting any other mansion would leave people busy and in a flurry.

But even if she had visited, she wouldn’t have known there were triplets in her womb.

In modern times, giving birth to three children at once is dangerous, yet Miss Zhou Qi and her children were fine, Su Jin felt a cold sweat for her.

The remaining feeling was envy.

Who wouldn’t want to have three children at once, it’s an enviable thing.

However, Prince Zhenbei Mansion also has a twin gene, with the Old Madam and Xie Jingchen’s grandmother being twins, who knows if she might have the luck to have twins too?

But for this pregnancy, it’s impossible, she’s sure there’s only one child in her belly.

Envy bubbled inside Su Jin, she looked at Prince NanAn and asked, "Have you seen Nie Yao?"

"I saw her," said Prince NanAn.

"The timing was perfect, I drank from my son’s full moon celebration."

"...."

An accusing look.

Su Jin nearly suffered an internal injury restraining her laughter.

Prince NanAn wanted to complain but didn’t dare, even though Su Jin hinted very subtly, he missed it himself, can’t blame anyone else.

The main blame was on his own father and mother, for leaving him forgotten completely.

Compared to his own parents, sister-in-law was quite considerate.

When Chu Shun said Prince NanAn was blocked by Nanyang Marquis Mansion without an invitation and couldn’t enter, Su Jin laughed until her cheeks hurt.