I Was Sent as Tribute to the Prince I Shot novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Before the March
Lin held the tin of hawthorn in his lap for an hour and did not eat one.
The commander had given them the tent at the back of the garrison.
It held a brazier, two cots shoved together and a map of the ford pinned to the cloth.
Outside, twelve thousand men were sharpening their blades.
Jiang could hear the whetstones through the canvas, a long dry whisper that ran the length of the camp.
"He'll have Lanxi in the stern," Lin said at last.
"Where I was."
"Yes."
"They're going to put him where the arrow came from, and watch me look at him."
"Then we'll look at the Marshal."
Lin turned the tin over in his fingers.
Wen Lanxi had treated himself to hawthorn every day for five years, and Jiang had never once seen the prince eat it.
"I sent him to the water gate," Lin said.
"I told him to hold the stair.
I made it sound like a favor."
Jiang put down the arrow he was working on and crossed the tent.
He knelt on the rug in front of Lin and took the tin out of his hand.
"He's the cleverest man in the palace," Jiang said.
"He'll have the Marshal's guards memorized by now.
Cen is holding him because he's afraid of him."
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