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Chapter 119: First Follower

In the end, the Tartar was whipped to death by the woman. Perhaps it was due to Ning Shu's bad example, or perhaps it was because the woman hated the Tartar that tried to violate her to the bone, but she aimed the first lash straight for his 'down there.'

This was a man's weakest part. To a man, getting whipped in this area was pretty much equivalent to losing half his life. Thus, all the men present felt a chill near their crotch. Upon seeing the tragic b.l.o.o.d.y sight of what was left of the Tartar, even the soldiers of Great Yong felt terrified.

Only when the Tartar died did the woman burst out crying. She sobbed heartbreakingly and cried out for her mom and dad.

After a while, she wiped away her tears and walked to Ning Shu before falling to her knees and offering up the whip with both hands. Due to this movement, the cloak lifted and revealed some of her skin.

However, all the men quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look. The event earlier had destroyed all the l.u.s.t they had.

Ning Shu took the whip and looked at the woman in front of her. Her skin was slightly dark, characteristic of people living near the border, and her hair was very thick. She couldn't be said to be very beautiful, but her thick eyebrows made her appear to have a very firm and persistent personality.

"General, please let me follow you and go into battle to kill the Tartars," the woman requested. "I no longer have any place to go. The Tartars have killed my family and destroyed my home."

Ning Shu reached out and pulled her onto the horse before asking, "What's your name? You can stay with me from now on."

"I… this servant, this commoner, this humble…" The woman couldn't figure out how to refer to herself and her face flushed.

"You can just call yourself 'this servant.' From now on, you will be serving me, so you can call me 'princess.'"

Actually, Ning Shu had been wanting to have a woman with her. It would make things much more convenient.

"Princess?" The woman looked at Ning Shu in astonishment. It was clear she hadn't expected for a nation's princess to actually come to the border and fight in war.

"This servant begs Princess to grant this servant a name. Princess saved this servant's life, so this servant's life belongs to Princess!" The woman declared with conviction. Her voice was solemn and resolute.

A smile appeared on Ning Shu's face. Who said that women couldn't compare to men? Perhaps they couldn't compare to men in physical strength, but a woman's tenaciousness shouldn't be underestimated.

"From now on, you will serve me. I grant you the name 'Cai Sang.'" Ning Shu was pretty happy. She finally had followers of her own! Even if it was just one person, this person belonged completely to her.

Earlier, when she wanted to lead people here, not a single person had paid heed to her.

These men all looked down on woman. Even though she was a princess, due to her gender, they viewed her simply as a woman. They believed that all women should just stay home and raise kids, and that the battlefield was the playground for men.

Cai Sang respected Ning Shu a lot. She went to the side to change, but when she came back she didn't sit with Ning Shu and instead walked beside her to lead the horse for her.

"Capture these Tartars and bring them back for interrogation. They're probably scouts." Ning Shu gave the command with cold indifference.

She had to keep up this act of being cold and unfeeling perfectly. In reality, acting cool wasn't easy at all ah.

Just as Ning Shu turned her horse around and was about to head back to camp, she heard the sound of horse hooves. From the sound of it, there were quite a lot of people.

Her expression turned serious and she instructed Duan Xinghui, "Hurry and shoot a signal flare."

Duan Xinghui immediately pulled out a signal flare and shot it into the sky where it exploded.

#comment: The name Cai Sang is made of the words 'color' and 'mulberry tree.'

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Chapter 120: The Princess of Great Yong!

A group of Tartars soon arrived. Their imposing aura was extremely strong and their large horses kicked up a huge storm of dust as they galloped in this direction.

The imposing sight caused the soldiers of Great Yong to panic and fear appeared on their faces.

Ning Shu shouted, "What are you panicking for? Stand at attention!"

No matter the situation of a battle, the troops must maintain orderly ranks and give off an imposing aura.

Ning Shu narrowed her eyes at the person leading the Tartars. She could only say that the path of enemies was narrow. At the very front of the group of Tartars was the second prince, He Lianying.

"Second Prince, Second Prince…" The captured Tartars immediately started shouting excitedly when they saw He Lianying. Then they looked towards Ning Shu with smug and malicious expressions.

Ning Shu simply swung her whip. It made a sharp, ear-piercing sound as it cut through the air and instantly silenced the Tartars.

When the soldiers of Great Yong saw that Princess Jiahui had been able to scare the Tartars to the point they trembled with a single swing of her whip, they stood more confidently with their chest out, causing their aura to strengthen.

He Lianying was wearing animal leather that revealed part of his chest, making him look even more coa.r.s.e and wild than he had appeared at the capital. From head to toe, he emitted a seductive unruliness.

He Lianying first took a look at the scout on the ground that had been whipped beyond recognition and an unclear dark light flashed through his eyes. Following that, he looked towards Ning Shu who was in full-body armor.

"You shouldn't have done that." He Lianying's tone was very languid but also low and dangerous. "You refused the peace marriage with me, and now even led troops to battle. Princess Jiahui, you've truly exceeded my expectations."

"Only a woman like you is worthy to be my wife."

He Lianying extended his hand in her direction and made a s.n.a.t.c.hing motion. Giving her a darkly charming smile, he continued, "You should just be good and agree to the marriage. What's the point in coming here and tormenting yourself? You've killed a warrior of my North Mongolia, so I'll just have your soldiers make up for it."

"For the death of one warrior, I'll have a hundred troops and a hundred citizens slaughtered. If you kill two, I'll kill five hundred soldiers." He Lianying bared his teeth in a savage grin.

His voice was carried by the cold wind into everyone's ears and they involuntarily s.h.i.+vered.

"Princess Jiahui, come with me." He Lianying looked at Ning Shu. "If you leave with me, I'll let this group go."

"Princess, please allow me to duel him," requested Duan Xinghui angrily.

"Move back," berated Ning Shu. Duan Xinghui looked unwillingly towards He Lianying again as he backed down.

"That means you want come with me now?" A smile that contained some joy appeared on He Lianying's face as he extended his hand towards Ning Shu. "You're the first woman to gain my appreciation, and also the one most suitable to be my woman."

Ning Shu really wanted to spit in his face. Such an arrogant tone, he sure thought highly of himself! Ning Shu gave a cold laugh, then swung her whip towards the lower body of a captured Tartar.

And whipped him to death.

Her movements had been too fast, even He Lianying was stunned for a moment. Following that, he tightened his fist around his reins and looked at Ning Shu with a dark and sinister expression. "Princess Jiahui, I'd advise you not to provoke me."

Even the soldiers of Great Yong were looking towards Ning Shu in astonishment and awe.

Ning Shu ignored He Lianying's irked expression and said, "This is the result of humiliating the women of my Great Yong. I'll whip to death every offender. You bandits have seized the foodstuff belonging to our Great Yong and plundered the homes of our people. If I don't whip people like you to death, I don't deserve to be the princess of Great Yong!"

"The phrase 'no sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor' was made to describe b.a.s.t.a.r.ds like you. This princess will not agree to the peace marriage even if the consequence is death! He Lianying, who do you think you are? You think you're good enough for this princess?"

#comment: Feels like my translation is getting kinda dry…