The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1998

Chapter 1998: Chapter 1000: Reunion with an Old Friend (Jing Kong Side Story)

Gu Jiao murmured, "He’s Yuan Tang’s cousin, and his army entered Chen Country; Yuan Tang would do him this favor. But, Zhan Country’s military strength is not to be underestimated, why has it fallen to this extent?"

The guard sighed, "Speaking of which, he happened to be lucky, Xuanping Hou was visiting Princess Xinyang’s fief and not in the court, old Lord Ding’an was already advanced in years. The most suitable leaders to fight were the newly appointed Gu Family Army commander Gu Changqing, and the Grand Marshal of the world’s army, Tang Yueshan."

Gu Jiao furrowed her brow, "The odds for those two are very strong."

"Indeed they are very strong, the problem doesn’t lie with them. The emperor of Zhan Country imitated Yan Country, letting the crown prince lead the campaign as a substitute for the emperor to boost troop morale. Who would have thought..."

"Who would have thought the crown prince would be a blockhead, falling into others’ deceptive schemes, blindly commanding and disastrously leading the military officers."

"That’s right."

"Who is the traitor?"

"The fourth prince... King En."

In Gu Jiao’s memory, there was almost no trace of this person, she only remembered meeting the fourth prince briefly upon first arriving in Zhaodu.

Liu Yisheng fell ill, and dissatisfied with Gu Jiao’s treatment of Liu Yisheng, the fourth prince caused trouble in the street, later inadvertently encountering Xuanping Hou, and thus the fourth prince ceased his disturbances.

However, the presence of this person wasn’t strong, nor did it pose a significant matter; Gu Jiao soon forgot about him.

Who would have thought, after lying low for ten years, he would eventually stab the crown prince so deeply.

Gu Jiao asked, "He colluded with the Wei army?"

The guard replied, "Yes."

Gu Jiao said indifferently, "He used to despise Liu Yisheng the most, and now he’s colluding with Liu Yisheng, how ironic."

"Isn’t it so?" the guard sighed, "But he didn’t gain anything good either, after the incident occurred, Prime Minister Liu immediately exposed him, and sent all the evidence of collusion to Zhaodu, handing it over to the emperor. The emperor fell ill with rage at that very moment, and now it’s Empress Dowager Zhuang dealing with state affairs."

Speaking of this, the guard couldn’t help but sigh in awe, "Liu Yisheng is really ruthless!"

First by seducing the fourth prince to collude and betray the country, then captivating the crown prince through the fourth prince, disheartening the military officers, disappointing the people.

Finally, a dagger right into the emperor’s heart.

No wonder he could assist the King of Wei in unifying thirteen units, these methods, this strategy, are truly terrifying.

The guard sighed again, "After this great battle, regardless of whether Zhan Country perishes, the futures of these two sons are equally ruined."

The populace won’t accept a prince who colluded and betrayed the country, nor will they submit to a crown prince who lost half the country.

"Who are the accompanying generals?" Gu Jiao asked.

The guard said, "Gu Changqing. The crown prince was captured, he desperately rescued the crown prince, sustaining severe injuries himself."

He paused, hesitating.

Gu Jiao continued for him, "If the emperor wants to preserve the crown prince, he must find a suitable scapegoat to claim it was all that person’s unauthorized decision. No one is more fitting than the Gu Family Army’s commander. And if the emperor really does this, it would make the Gu Family Army estranged from him, leaving him utterly isolated."

The guard thought deeper and felt an increasing chill, "This Liu Yisheng... calculates too deeply!"

...

Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Xi rushed into Gu Jiao’s study room without delay, "Jiaojiao! I will confront them! Retake Zhan Country’s cities!"

He grew up in Zhan Country, it was his home too.

"Wait for my news in Shengdu!"

However, this time, Gu Jiao didn’t let him go alone.

...

In February, Zhan Country painfully lost another city.

Gu Changqing fought despite being wounded, and together with Gu Chengfeng, led the Gu Family Army in fiercely retaliating, reclaiming two cities.

Yet the Wei army seemed completely indifferent to their rear plunderings, only focused on advancing into Zhan Country’s heartland, you capture one city, I’ll conquer another, let’s see who is faster!

It was under such circumstances that Gu Jiao confronted the Wei army.

That was a chilly spring morning, the sky was overcast and gloomy, dark clouds gathered, and the two armies glared at each other on the banks of Li City River.

Gu Jiao, clad in red Black Armor, coldly sat on the back of the mighty Hei Fengqi, beside her were Little Shiyi and Xuanyuan Xi, also clad in armor.

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