Upon hearing these words, Lan Guifei’s ears buzzed as if she wanted to rush up and scratch her son’s big ears. She felt that her son must have gone crazy for him to come up with such a bad idea.
Zhang Er is now a thorn in the Crown Prince’s eyes. If he falls into the Crown Prince’s hands, there will be no way for him to survive.
Empress Yan noticed Lan Guifei’s reaction and couldn’t help but roll her eyes greatly. Who cares about such an ugly brat?
The Second Prince waited apprehensively for Sui Heng to answer.
He was not very old, but he knew how to examine the situation and make a way out for himself better than Lan Guifei.
Even a prominent family like the Yan family, which has been around for a hundred year, cannot compete with the Crown Prince, let alone a mere Lan family. It was only his imperial concubine mother who could not recognize the situation and still dreamed of relying on an ignorant child to turn over a new leaf.
Instead of making Zhang Er a thorn in the Crown Prince’s eyes, it would be better to take a step back and hand Zhang Er over to the Crown Prince for nurturing. If his elder brother, the Crown Prince, really kills too many as rumored and is destined to have no offspring, Zhang Er will be the legitimate eldest son of the Crown Prince Mansion.
Moreover, although he didn’t want to admit it, the Second Prince had always admired Crown Prince Sui Heng in his heart. If Zhang Er could really follow Sui Heng and receive his teachings, it would definitely be better than following his own father, who is not good at martial arts.
Zhang Er was born strong and is also a good material for martial arts. If he could achieve some success in the future, obtain the Crown Prince’s favor, and inherit the 300,000 strong soldiers of the Qinglang Battalion, it would be even better, it would be fine even if he inherited half. There is no need for the Second Prince Mansion to worry about the way out.
This is a life-saving solution that the Second Prince came up with after several days of insomnia. His hair had fallen off a lot, and the more he weighed it, the more the Second Prince felt that his idea was excellent.
Sui Heng once again snapped his fingers at his face, causing Sui Zhang to giggle for a while. He looked up and asked softly, “Is Second Brother mocking Gu’s beloved concubine’s inability to give birth?”
The Second Prince’s face paled drastically.
He hurriedly explained, “No, no, no, humble-this humble have-have no such intentions. This humble brother just saw that Your Highness loves Zhang Er and thought that if Zhang Er could relieve Your Highness’s frustration during Your Highness’s busy and tiring time, it would be great…”
Sui Heng did have a different kind of tolerance for his ugly nephew.
Therefore, when he saw his ugly nephew, he thought of the auspicious egg that had already been eaten by his little lover.
To round it up, his ugly nephew could also be considered to have contributed to his Crown Prince Mansion.
It’s just, just forget about relieving boredom.
Such an ugly little thing was too much for him to see.
“There’s no need.”
Seeing his ugly nephew’s little hand fluttering and wanting to hold onto his own finger to nibble, Sui Heng promptly withdrew his hand and stood up, saying, “Gu doesn’t have that energy.”
As Sui Heng left, the baby boy in his swaddle let out a loud cry.
Lan Guifei rushed over and snatched her precious grandson from the palace maid’s hand, asking, “What’s going on? Did the Crown Prince do something to Xiao Junwang?!”
Empress Yan rolled her eyes again.
The Second Prince said with a dejected face that there was none.
The palace attendant expressed nervously that it was Xiao Junwang who wanted to nibble on His Highness the Crown Prince’s fingers for fun but couldn’t.
Lan Guifei: !!
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Jiang Yun held daily military meetings from morning till night, day and night without rest, and reorganized all the defenses of the Muyun Pass that had remained unchanged for a year.
Half a month later, the inner official sent by Emperor Jiang from the Jiang capital arrived.
It was Liu Gong, the chief steward of the imperial palace, that Emperor Jiang trusted the most. Liu Gong brought Emperor Jiang’s degree and concern, and Jiang Yun led the Generals of Muyun Pass to take over the order. He invited Liu Gong to the tent and said, “Gu is fine. Is Emperor Father still well?”
Liu Gong smiled and said, “Your Highness, don’t worry. His Majesty is doing well, but he missed Your Highness a little. His Majesty even ordered this servant to bring many supplements and a few carefully selected imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical to help Your Highness’s body recover.”
In fact, before Jiang Yun returned to the pass, Emperor Jiang had already sent a group of imperial physicians, but due to Meng Hui’s presence, these imperial physicians were shelved and placed under house arrest in disguise and were not put to any use.
Jiang Yun said, “May Liu Gong help thank Emperor Father on behalf of Gu.”
What a polite thing to say between father and son!
Liu Gong sighed. “Actually, His Majesty has always been very worried about Your Highness. At first, this servant heard that during the days when Your Highness fell off the cliff and disappeared, His Majesty couldn’t sleep all night and suffered from a serious headache. Later, when His Majesty heard that Your Highness had returned to the pass to recuperate, he felt a little relieved and immediately asked the Imperial Medical to select the best imperial physicians to send over. If Your Highness has free time, you should also send a letter to His Majesty.”
Jiang Yun smiled faintly.
“When everything in the pass is stabilized, Gu will write.”
After a few pleasantries, Liu Gong finally got to the point and asked about King Chu’s situation.
“His Majesty said that King Chu is foolish, he may only cause trouble for Your Highness if he stays in the pass. Previously, when His Majesty sent King Chu over, he was afraid that Your Highness was too busy with the serious injuries and would not be able to handle them. His Majesty hopes that King Chu can take this opportunity to gain experience. Since Your Highness is no longer in any serious trouble, this time, let King Chu go back to the Jiang capital with this old servant, so as not to be an eyesore in front of Your Highness.”
Jiang Yun stroked the tea cup without speaking.
After a moment, he said, “Gu afraid that King Brother can’t go back at this moment.”
Liu Gong froze.
He didn’t expect Jiang Yun to refuse directly.
He quietly surveyed his Little Highness, who was as gentle as jade and whose temper was always as warm as a spring breeze, and did not conceal his surprise.
Jiang Yun looked up and gave him a shallow smile, saying, “It’s not that Gu deliberately disobeyed Emperor Father’s decree, but rather that King Brother has helped Gu a lot during this stay. Although it looks like Gu can barely manage official business now, but after sitting still for a long time, it’s not good for the body. Muyun Pass is the gateway to the northern border of Jiang, and it is of great significance. Gu needs King Brother’s full assistance.”
“This…”
“Gu still has to ask Ah Gong to present this case to Emperor Father on behalf of Rongyu.”
With words spoken to this point, how could Liu Gong still not understand?
After a moment of silence, Liu Gong asked, “Then can this old servant see King Chu? This old servant will also be able to report to His Majesty when I’m back to the palace.”
Jiang Yun said that Jiang Lang had gone to the front line for inspection, and his return date was uncertain. However, Jiang Yun ordered someone to collect a token from King Chu to show that Jiang Lang is now very safe.
Liu Gong could only stand up and bid farewell. Walking out of the tent door, he said, “Your Little Highness has grown up and has your own ideas now. But Your Highness still has to consider the relationship between the father, son, and brother so as not to worry His Majesty too much.”
He was the trusted subordinate of Emperor Jiang, and he couldn’t help but think about him more. He sighed and couldn’t help but say, “The old servant knows that Your Highness is still blaming His Majesty for that matter…”
“Ah Gong is joking, Gu has never blamed anyone.”
Jiang Yun interrupted him and politely asked Yun Huai to send him away.
The arrival of Liu Gong actually worried Fan Zhou, Yun Huai, and the others so much.
But Jiang Yun’s condition has not been affected in any way. After seeing off Liu Gong, Jiang Yun held a military meeting as usual and made an important decision in front of all the generals to recapture the Yun and Luo Kingdoms.
Yun and Luo share a border and are close to Jiang, which can be called the two major gates of Jiang’s west side.
If they could recapture the Yun and Luo Kingdoms from the hands of the Sui army, the Jiang Empire would reverse the situation of being attacked from both sides, and at least half of the pressure could be reduced in the Jiangnan battle.
What Jiang Yun most wants to retrieve is actually the Chen Kingdom, because the terrain of Chen is unique and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Sui Heng led a group of iron cavalry to secretly head south and directly capture the capital of Chen, which clearly made sense. But also, because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not easy to capture the Chen Kingdom.
There is a Luo River blocking the gap between Chen and Luo, so it is a relatively good choice to retreat and take back Luo first. Although Sui Heng had elite soldiers in each country, but their main responsibility was to serve as supervisors, leading the armies of the subordinate countries in combat. His biggest role in the future may be to cooperate with the 300,000 iron cavalry of the Qinglang Battalion in the north of the river. These elite soldiers will not act without authorization until Sui Heng army is deployed.
This gave Jiang Yun an opportunity.
Jiang Yun did not want to provoke Sui Heng with a big fight but wanted to use a clever method to recapture these two countries with minimal casualties.
Fan Zhou naturally understood the great significance of retrieving Yun and Luo for the Jiang Empire. It’s just that the Yun Kingdom was fine, he has always had a good plan in mind. Previously, due to Jiang Yun’s absence, it was difficult to implement. The Luo Kingdom is a bit of a trouble.
“The Lou Kingdom’s monarch and his wife love their young son, Luo Fengjun, very much. Since Luo Fengjun was taken as a hostage to the Sui capital, they shed tears every day, spent countless gold, silver, and jewelry to establish a relationship in the Sui capital, and tried to redeem Luo Fengjun but failed. If Your Highness wants to take back the Luo Kingdom, you must win the support of the Luo Kingdom’s monarch, but the Luo Kingdom’s monarch will definitely not agree to cooperate with Your Highness for the sake of his son’s life.”
Jiang Yun said, “Then just have Luo Fengjun come back.”
Fan Zhou was momentarily stunned, as if listening to the most fantastic tale.
The generals in the tent were also stunned. Luo Fengjun was a hostage in the capital of Sui, and he only knew how to play the zither and didn’t know any martial arts skills. He didn’t have many guards around him and had to be closely monitored when traveling. He only relied on two legs, so how could he possibly walk back from the capital? They were afraid that he would be killed before he could leave the capital.
Jiang Yun had already considered this matter before announcing this decision.
With a slight smile, he said, “It’s true that Luo Fengjun can’t escape on his own, but there’s one who can do us a favor.”
Fan Zhou still didn’t believe it and couldn’t help but say, “Your Highness… should not be deliberately telling jokes to tease the minister, right?” What kind of person can get past the heavily guarded Sui capital and the ears of the cunning Crown Prince of Sui and bring out a powerless person?
“We are discussing military affairs, how could Gu joke with the Master?”
Jiang Yun raised his hand and took out an arrow, saying, “Now, Gu needs Master to find a way to invite someone to come and be a guest at the Muyun Pass.”
“Whom does Your Highness refer to?”
“The biological mother of the Second Prince of Chen, Beauty Xin.”
“……”
Fan Zhou was slightly shocked.
His Highness made it pleasant to hear. This is not an invitation to be a guest, it is clearly asking him to go and kidnap the person over.
Fan Zhou was a little surprised that His Highness, who was so honorable, would come up with such a scheme. Fan Zhou asked, “Your Highness said that the person who can help us is Chen Qi, the Second Prince of the Chen Kingdom?”
Jiang Yun nodded.
Although Fan Zhou knew that Chen Qi was highly respected in Sui and had recently been appointed to an important position in Sui’s Military and Horse Department, but Chen Qi was only a scholar. How could he have such extraordinary abilities?
Jiang Yun, however, knew that Chen Qi could because he had a Qingque’s assassin by his side.
On that day, Chen Qi was able to quietly bring Meng Hui’s family from Jiangnan into the Sui capital, so he also had a way to bring Luo Fengjun out of the Sui capital and send him back to Jiangnan as well.
“Gu has a clear idea about this matter, Master just has to invite the person over. Gu has heard that this Second Prince is very filial. Come to think of it, he won’t be able to bear to see his biological mother suffer because of him.”
The palace of the Chen Kingdom has been occupied by the Sui army, and the Chen Kingdom’s Guozhu is now a completely puppet. It is not easy to bring a living person out of the palace.
But if it works, it’s a profitable deal.
Fan Zhou took the order and responded with a straight face.
Jiang Yun stopped him again and said, “There are two people that might be able to help Master. Master can try to contact them.”
Fan Zhou humbly asked for advice.
Jiang Yun said, “The former Empress of the Chen Kingdom, Zhang Bihua, who is now serving as a servant in the palace, and the former Crown Prince, Chen Tao.”
When the deliberations were over, Jiang Yun still habitually went for a walk along the river.
Since drinking three bowls of Huaxi soup that day, for half a month, the trace of the aura in his stomach has never appeared again.
If it weren’t for Meng Hui’s insistence that the fetal aura was still present and was still healthy and strong, Jiang Yun would almost suspect that it had disappeared or really melted away.
Jiang Yun took out the mechanism bird from his sleeve and flicked it a few times, but there was still no response.
It’s really strange.
“Did Gu scare you?”
Jiang Yun couldn’t help but reach out and touch his abdomen, raising the corner of his mouth and whispering.
“Don’t worry, since Gu has kept you, Gu will definitely treat you well.”
“Now, Gu needs to strike for more bargaining chips.”
Jiang Yun looked up at the turbulent river and couldn’t help but think of Sui Heng. During this period of time, he actually didn’t sleep soundly. When he had nightmares, he always liked to s*xually grab the person by his side. After he changed his sleeping habits, he suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable when he slept alone.
Returning to the palace, the attendants brought in late night snack.
Jiang Yun didn’t really want to eat, so he still picked up a book and sat on the couch to read.
Not long after, he suddenly felt the long, silent aura in his stomach, probing its head and moving stealthily.
Very lightly, like a mouse poking its head out of a hole, and only for a moment before quickly retracting.
Jiang Yun was taken aback, pretending not to know, but he put the night snack on the table further away.
The little thing inside did move again.
This time it seemed to be in a bit of a hurry and moved twice.
Jiang Yun put down his book and poked through the jade belt, saying, “If you want to eat, move three times.”
It did move three times with joy inside.
Jiang Yun’s eyes curled as he picked up the night snack, scooped a spoonful without slowing down, and sent it into his mouth.
