56. The Traitorous General

"Xiao Hu'er, take it easy."

Old Lady Yan no longer cares about family or inheritance. As long as her grandson is well, she will be very satisfied.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed since Yan Chu was acquitted. A notice was posted outside the imperial city, proving that Yan Chu was framed for treason. For those soldiers who died because of his reckless behavior, King Zhou opened his private treasury in the name of Yan Chu and gave them an additional death pension. The people who used to crowd at the gate of Yan Mansion every day gradually dispersed.

However, although Yan Chu was cleared of treason, everyone knew that even so, the Yan family had declined. After all, the battlefield did not need a disabled general. A man who might not even be able to lift a weapon was not qualified to command the Yan family army.

Except for the initial period, the Yan Mansion is now deserted. Half of the servants in the mansion have been laid off, and the door is closed every day.

At this time, Old Lady Yan and Third Lady Yan were watching Yan Chu's wounds just healed, and he was doing his so-called rehabilitation in the martial arts field.

Even in modern times with advanced medical technology, there is no particularly effective way to repair severe tendon injuries, especially broken tendons. Even if they are sutured with needles and thread, they can only barely sew the broken tendons back together. In fact, it is impossible to make them grow back together, and the movement of the injured part is still restricted by the wound.

In other words, for patients with severe tendon injuries, even if they work hard to exercise and rehabilitate, it will be useless unless a miracle happens.

The imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital has sentenced Yan Chu to death, but he himself does not seem to think that all this is absolute. After he can barely walk on the ground, he began his own exercise.

Old Lady Yan and Third Lady Yan looked at his grandson/son who was sweating profusely and gritting his teeth to persist because of the pain of the rehabilitation movements, and they didn't know how to stop him.

But maybe it was really a miracle. They saw that he could barely walk and even need to be fed by servants before, but now he could barely walk slowly and evenly, and trembled to hold his own bowl of rice. It was already a pleasant surprise.

His own child knew how proud Yan Chu was. How could he be willing to let himself become a useless person? They stopped him now, not for his own good, but to make him completely lose hope for the future.

"Old lady, someone is coming from the palace."

Just when Old Lady Yan calculated the time and wanted to let her grandson rest for a while and eat something, the servants in the front yard of the mansion hurried in.

Yan Chu heard the servants' words with his sharp ears. He took the clean handkerchief tied to the side and wiped the sweat off his face.

"Grandmother, mother, since it's someone from the palace, I'll go with you."

Yan Chu's movements were a little bit tepid. Everyone knew that he was injured. It was beyond ordinary people's will to recover to be able to walk and eat normally in a few months when the tendons of his hands and feet were cut.

Anyway, the servants in the mansion all felt sorry for their young master, and they also felt that there was really no one more powerful than their young master at this time.

How could they know the real situation of Yan Chu now? Do you still remember the Nei Zao Dan that Yan Chu bought from the system mall? Its effect was written as a must-have for internal injuries and a life-saving medicine. It was three pills for 200 points. Yan Chu took one on the first day he came. Later, he was tortured and his tendons were cut. However, in order to prevent the pills from running out, he endured it for those days until he returned to the Yan Mansion and took the second pill.

Yan Chu originally thought that Nei Zao Dan only had a significant effect on the internal organs of the body. Who knew that Nei Zao Dan actually remade all parts of the body within the skin.

He was still worried about how to deal with the injuries on his hands and feet, but a Nei Zao Dan solved all these problems.

Now he is just acting as a patient with broken tendons in his hands and feet step by step. In fact, his illness has long been cured.

Old Madam Yan and Madam Yan San now meet all the requirements put forward by Yan Chu, but they just want to go to the front yard together to listen to what the people from the palace say. What kind of request is that?

The person who came to the palace was a little eunuch beside King Zhou. He himself was not important, but his godfather, Xu Gui, the big eunuch beside King Zhou, was a big shot. Therefore, the servants in the mansion were very considerate and prepared tea, melons and fruits for the little eunuch, so that he could wait with peace of mind.

Think about it, who of those people who came from the palace didn't flatter them before, but now, seeing that the Yan family is in trouble, one by one, they can't wait to step on them.

The servants of the Yan Mansion looked at the little eunuch who was drinking tea and complaining about the bad tea, and they complained in their hearts, but they didn't slow down at all. They immediately changed the tea for him and made tea again.

The mansion is already chaotic enough now, and they, as servants, should not cause trouble to the masters anymore.

Fortunately, the young eunuch was a little arrogant to the servants of the Yan Mansion, but he still treated Old Lady Yan with some respect. Seeing them coming in, he immediately put down his crossed legs and stood up to salute Old Lady Yan.

When General Yan died, he was posthumously conferred the title of First-Class Duke. Even if this title cannot be passed on, it is true that Old Lady Yan is still a first-class Duke's wife. Seeing her, even the young eunuch's godfather Xu Gui had to salute.

"I wonder why you are here, eunuch?"

In the beginning, the rewards from the palace were like flowing water to the Yan Mansion. Now it seems that Yan Chu is destined to be a useless person, and the rewards have gradually decreased. Old Lady Yan does not blame people for being cold-hearted. In fact, His Majesty has already given some favors in dealing with Yan Chu.

"It's about the eldest princess' marriage to Jiang State. She asked General Yan to escort her all the way to the capital of Jiang State."

The young eunuch glanced at Yan Chu beside him. Just now, he saw with his own eyes that General Yan walked in slowly without relying on anyone's help.

In the past, there were also young eunuchs in their palace who had their tendons broken because they angered the concubines. Basically, they were useless. The palace does not keep useless people. The final result is nothing more than sending them out of the palace. If there are family members outside the palace willing to take care of them, it's fine. If there are no relatives or relatives are unwilling to take care of them, they will end up in a mass grave.

Therefore, the young eunuch was still surprised to see that General Yan could recover to this extent.

Originally, he thought that the request of the princess was too much to ask, but now it seems that General Yan is not incapable of taking on this important responsibility. Maybe the princess wanted to make things difficult for him, but she unexpectedly helped the general.

Yes, to make things difficult.

In the eyes of the eunuchs and palace maids, the princess and General Yan were not related, so why did she let him take on the important task of escorting the princess to Jiang State? Wasn't it because General Yan might have accidentally offended her somewhere, so she wanted to make this once majestic general look like a useless person and embarrass him in front of his former subordinates?

Not to mention whether General Yan, who had broken his limbs, could walk normally, the gap in status alone was enough for those who had had grudges against him to laugh at him.

If someone with a weaker psychological endurance had to endure the strange looks and rumors on the way to the wedding, coupled with physical pain, he would probably be decadent and never get up again.

Anyway, that's what people in the palace are saying now.

"But His Majesty said that if General Yan is not feeling well, just pretend you didn't hear what he said just now." The little eunuch came to pass on a message.

The eldest princess is about to become the queen of Jiang State, and His Majesty can't help but take a fancy to her, so he can only reluctantly agree to her seemingly unreasonable request, but King Zhou still fought for General Yan, and let him do whatever he wants. If he feels that his body can't bear such a burden, he can completely refuse.

"Please report to His Majesty, we-"

Old Lady Yan frowned, and she had to refuse for her grandson whether she wanted to or not.

"We agree." Yan Chu was originally thinking about how to reappear in front of people in a non-obtrusive way, and the eldest princess handed him a ladder, which was really a coincidence.

He had met the two princesses of the Zhou royal family, and he only knew that the second princess seemed to be childhood sweethearts with the original body. The reason why His Majesty re-examined his case was all because of the second princess's plea.

Of course, he learned all this from his grandmother and mother, but the tonic medicine that the second princess later asked her people to send was indeed not ordinary stuff, and it seemed that she really had some friendship with the original body.

Yan Chu did not have too many memories of the original body. He heard more about everything around him now, but felt less personally. Therefore, even if the second princess showed deep affection, he would not make a decision before he saw her in person.

But the eldest princess...

Yan Chu thought about the gaze he felt across the screen that day in Xuanshi Hall, and for some reason, he suddenly became a little curious about her.

The young eunuch did not expect that General Yan really agreed to this request, but it was none of his business. Holding the thick purse stuffed into him by the housekeeper of Yan Mansion, the young eunuch shook the weight and rushed to the palace with satisfaction. He had to report this matter to His Majesty quickly.

The eldest princess's wedding date is in the early spring of this year, and the marriage team must set off at the end of winter, otherwise they will not be able to reach Jiang State.

"Do you know what you are doing?"

When the young eunuch left, Old Lady Yan did not stop him. After all, she was not an ordinary woman. Seeing that Yan Chu agreed to escort the princess's marriage team to Jiang State, she knew what he was thinking.

This child was unwilling to give up, including the extraordinary training these days, and he was telling them that he did not intend to be depressed and let go of those who framed him.

After all, everything now was pushed on the mysterious assassin at the time. Everyone guessed that it might be the Jiang State or the Ming State who made the plan, but they could not give justice to the Yan family.

"Grandmother, my last name is Yan, and I am the son of the Yan family."

Yan Chu's eyes were firm, and the terrible wound on his brow bone looked particularly imposing. He smiled gently at Old Lady Yan, and this smile made the old lady feel distressed.

Forget it, let him do whatever he wants. The Yan family has lost so many sons for the Great Zhou, and it is enough.