Qi Cang walked away with a swagger.
Only Wang Ji and her wife were left in Wang Ji's court.
Crackling-crackling-
The only sounds she could hear were the sounds of their breathing and the occasional popping of candles. After an unknown amount of time, her legs could no longer support her body and she collapsed to the ground. She had just come to her senses when she realized that her back was covered in cold sweat, which had already soaked her lining.
Her eyes were filled with strange colors, and her breathing became faster and faster. "My dear, do you think he was sent by my father or my brother to deceive us?"
As a princess, she was once carefree.
After marriage, she and her husband, a popular young man from an aristocratic family, lived in harmony and love for a short time. She thought she would be so happy all her life until she was faced with the situation of marriage again. No, that time was not a proper marriage.
She went to celebrate her father's birthday without any preparation. During the banquet, she drank a glass of wine handed to her by a palace maid and lost consciousness. When she woke up again, it was dark. A strange and strong man was putting on his pants with his back to her. It was not the prince consort! The bed curtains were in a mess. She had been married for two years at that time. How could she not know what happened? She immediately called for someone to behead the criminal.
The man was surprised and said: Isn't it that Your Highness wants to have a good thing with me, so he asked the eldest son to act as a matchmaker
She felt like she was falling into an ice cellar: How outrageous!
Someone come! Someone come quickly!
It was normal for a princess to have a few lovers or concubines. She grew up in such an environment, so she naturally wouldn't reject it. But her situation was special. Her husband came from a big family, so she had to consider her husband's family's reputation and couldn't do anything wrong. So before this night, she only had her husband. The couple had a good relationship, so they wouldn't consider a third person for the time being.
When have I ever looked for the person in front of me
Faced with her reaction, the latter seemed to understand something.
The corners of his lips curled up in sneer: Oh, so that's how it is.
Wang Ji grabbed the quilt: What do you mean
The other party said: Your Highness, why don’t you ask the eldest young master
As he spoke, he was already dressed and opened the door. What made Wang Ji feel disappointed was that there were several palace maids outside the door. When they saw the man coming out, they bowed and saluted, as if they had not heard the movement in the room just now and turned a deaf ear to Wang Ji's orders.
She went to her brother Wang angrily with a sword in hand.
After a lot of hacking and slashing, she didn't even touch the edge of the person's clothes. She broke down and threw her sword: Are you a beast? You actually used your own sister to do such a thing! You have disgraced the royal family! I have sent a message to my father, and he will definitely make the decision for me!
Father will definitely make the decision for her!
She is her father's most beloved daughter!
The prince seemed to have heard some big joke, his eyes were filled with calculations that she didn't understand: Father? Father, he knew.
Know, know
Just a few words made her world collapse.
The prince was a little impatient: "I just found you a male lover, why are you so desperate? You are just a girl, how do you know how serious the situation outside is? Your status as a princess, your father's throne, and your brother's position as the crown prince, none of them is stable! If it weren't for my father and my brother, how could you wear silk and satin, wear red hairpins and jade rings, and have palace servants serve you when you go out
Wang Ji was shaking with anger: So what
I just want you to have more men, not to be a prostitute! Which woman from a noble family doesn't have one or two confidants? You are the only one who is so stubborn that you only stick to one man? The prince has an accusing expression on his face, saying, "How can you be so ungrateful?"
Wang Ji didn't even know how she got out of the palace.
Outside the palace gate, the imperial concubine, dressed in a blue shirt, stood there for an unknown period of time. He turned his head when he heard the bells at the four corners of the carriage. Wang Ji didn't know that her face was paler than a corpse that had been lying there for several days: The imperial concubine is here. How long has he been waiting
The Prince Consort’s Royal Highness: About two or three hours.
There was only one voice in Wang Ji's heart.
He knows everything!
The prince consort did guess it.
She felt unprecedentedly aggrieved and tried to explain, but she heard the prince consort say calmly: Because of some conflicts in the court, your father urgently needs the support of some generals outside his faction, but he never thought that you would be implicated in this misfortune.
Do you know
The prince consort had a peaceful personality and did not like disputes. Even after marrying the princess, he did not seek an official position for himself. Of course, given his background, he did not need to do so. Coming from a noble family, he did not need to do anything, and he would naturally rise step by step.
How could he, a commoner, know all this
Your father had a dispute with my father and others.
When he returned from visiting a friend, he found that his wife, who had attended the birthday banquet, had not returned from the palace gate. His intuition told him that something had happened! But before he saw Wang Ji, he had never thought that they would do this. They were so cruel to their daughter/sister.
The rest is self-explanatory. If the two sides had not completely torn their relations apart, why would my father and my brother take the initiative to find a military general or male lover from outside their faction for the princess who married into a noble family
Their original intention was to humiliate and beat the other party.
After hearing this, Wang Ji collapsed on the spot, hugged her knees and cried, and cried all the way from the palace gate to her own residence.
I just can't understand the power struggles among men. Why would they humiliate her in order to humiliate the other party
If she had such weight, how could she be humiliated
A few days later, the prince consort left.
Before leaving, he said to the thinner Wang Ji: "It is my fault that I failed to protect Your Highness. This is my token. If Your Highness needs anything in the future, you can use this token. If I stay, Your Highness will be in danger."
The first sentence is a promise, and the second sentence is an explanation.
Wang Ji clenched the token tightly.
Are you just leaving like that
Compared to her haggard appearance, the prince consort was still as bright and beautiful as when they first met. His eyes were as warm as spring water, and his voice was low: Your Highness, it is difficult to disobey your father's orders, and so am I. If you don't return this time, your reputation will be completely ruined.
Wang Ji said hatefully: Are you threatening me
Prince Consort Duwei: It’s my father who is threatening us.
When he stepped on the footstool and stepped into the carriage, Wang Ji hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said: If you fall into this situation...
Prince Consort Duwei: I will let them know what it feels like to be unable to live or die once they fall into my hands!
Wang Ji felt even more resentful when she heard this, and said in anger: Now I am the one being humiliated, don’t you have the ability to do this
The prince consort just looked at her silently.
When she regained her composure, she let go of his hand, and a crazy laugh escaped from her chest - what a stupid question she had asked. The masterminds who humiliated her were her father and brother. Would the prince consort help her kill them? How could she do that
Blood ties are something that cannot be severed from birth to death.
Your Highness, take care!
The prince consort sighed softly and lowered the curtain.
The driver flicked the whip lightly, and the wheels of the carriage slowly rolled, carrying away the prince consort she had loved in her childhood. Neither of them knew when they would meet again, or what their identities would be. The next day, Wang Ji fell ill and had a high fever.
Until her best friend came to visit her. She was in a high fever and confused, and she regarded the other person as the only one she could confide in. The latter heard her, looked at her with compassion, and whispered: Your Highness, people who cannot control assets are themselves an asset.
Your Highness, please go to your fiefdom.
These two short sentences were like thunder exploding in her ears. She broke out in a sweat and the high fever subsided the next day.
My dearest, what do you mean by that? Her best friend is older than her and acts calmly and steadily. Countless young men from noble families in the capital want to pluck this delicate flower with thorns, but she ignores all the olive branches offered by many people.
Isn't the meaning obvious? With a click of the scissors in her hand, she cut off the extra flower buds on the branch, so that more nutrients could be concentrated on the largest flower. Naturally, she was telling His Highness that he could either become a flower pruner or be a flower pruned. Some flowers cannot survive without the carefully maintained soil. Do you know which one you are
Wang Ji finally understood—
Why do people say that this best friend’s smile is poisonous!
Her smile is really bewitching!
Then, the other party asked: Your Highness, is your shogunate short of people
Wang Ji's nails were almost digging into her palms.
The prince is a prince of the royal family, and she is also a princess of the royal family! She is born with a much higher starting point than others! In this case, why should she be willing to be manipulated by others like a flower? If she wants a male favorite, it is for her to favor the male favorite, not to use her to please the male favorite!
She said in a hoarse voice: I am so needy!
From then on, she began to secretly learn about areas she had never understood before, and showed just the right amount of docility and obedience to her father and brothers, arousing their remaining guilt, asking for money, food, and people, and even arbitrarily exchanging her fiefdom with a geographical advantage.
It doesn't matter if the fiefdom is poor.
At least, it was her land!
For so many years, she had been cautious and careful in every step. Finally, when her father and brother were too busy to take care of her, she asked for permission to go to her fiefdom. She found a good excuse - as a princess who enjoyed the support of the common people, she could not hide in the capital to enjoy the glory and wealth when the country was in turmoil. She could appease the people by going to her fiefdom!
Sure enough, the enfeoffment was successful!
When everything was going in the right direction, a sixteenth-rank master who called himself "Qi Yanqing" suddenly appeared!
How could this not make her frightened and uneasy
Madam said calmly, "If it was just to trick His Highness, why bother to ask for the sixteenth-rank Grand Master? His strength would be enough to stabilize the country in an ordinary small country..."
Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken
His Highness calmed down after hearing this: "That's true..."
It was a false alarm!
The corners of her mouth twitched when she thought of Qi Cang's arrogant tone.
"My dear, what do you think he is doing here?"
Madam said calmly, "It doesn't matter. What matters is what Your Highness can get from him! Since he has offered to help us, then we will use him! The strong will only submit to the strong, so there is no need to think about subduing such a person for now."
You won't suffer any loss anyway.
His Highness put the short blade back into his pipe.
"I have never thought of subduing him. A sixteenth-rank Great Master… With such strength, if he asked them to take a walk through their fathers' and brothers' backyards and then help them do something, they might be willing to submit. Compared with the price paid and the gain, it is not worth mentioning."
If a thug comes to your door, it would be a waste not to use him.
Madam: “…”
His Highness exhaled a breath of foul air: "By the way, my dear, after the token is sent out, what is the reply from the Prince Consort?"
Her ex-husband has successfully inherited his father's family business and has become the head of a noble family in China, with countless retainers and old friends. She needs people to take care of the fiefdom, and relying on her beloved man alone would tire her out. So, she thought about borrowing some manpower from her ex-husband.
Why not take advantage of a man’s guilt
Just a stepping stone!
What’s wrong with stepping on it
The lady said, "It will take another three days for the person to arrive."
His Highness: "Also, send someone to check on Shen Youli. From what Qi Yanqing said, this person is not simple."
"only!"
According to Qi Cang, Shen Youli, a white-collared and humble woman, is a woman who has recruited many good-looking and useful people. If he is ruthless and kills his father to usurp the throne, he can ascend the throne earlier than the other party. Is the implication that the other party has already embarked on this path
The information revealed in just a few words is very explosive.
At this moment, the roof.
Qi Cang, who had not left, was eavesdropping on the conversation below openly. The old man stroked his beard and muttered to himself - he just said it, he felt that Wang Ji looked familiar when he saw her for the first time.
This new lord is a bit similar to the previous lord!
He really likes this style better.
There is no charm to attract the lord unless he goes crazy.
Qi Cang patted his butt and left.
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"Ahem—"
"Ahem—"
The suppressed sneezes made Chen Tang's mind empty. After four times, she rubbed her nose and muttered, "Sure enough, sneezing and diarrhea are the only things in this world that cannot be suppressed, yawn!"
"Who is talking about me behind my back? Will it ever stop?"
"My lord, you sneeze so frequently, maybe because of the leaves and grass covering your body..." Not far from Chen Tang, a moving straw man made the voice of Jiang Sheng. Yes, that was Jiang Sheng, but the voice sounded listless and helpless.
Although his way of the scholar was successfully completed, it would still take a lot of actual combat to use it well. Anyway, his lord had a lot of literary energy, so he was very happy to borrow it. The vanguard scouts heard that Huang Lie's troops were being mobilized, and Jiang Sheng used the way of the scholar seventeen times in one night, causing his lord's palace to be empty the next day, and his eyes were black.
Before his lord lost his temper, he said, "Good luck to the southeast!"
Chen Tang asked: "Then?"
Jiang Sheng looked like an old charlatan possessed.
"It is better to set up an ambush and mobilize the troops."
In simple terms, the enemy might appear in the southeast. However, he couldn't see clearly when, how many people would appear, and where exactly they would appear. If the lord didn't mind, he could calculate it for another night.
Chen Tang: “…No need.”
Her face turned pale: "I will spare your life, my lord."
If it weren't for Jiang Sheng, she wouldn't have known that she could only do it seventeen times.
This number is truly a disgrace!
After all, I am a 16th-level great master who has survived the thunder tribulation of promotion! The Wen Palace's reserves are so unbearable to be wasted!
"If the ambush is really in the southeast, then we should immediately send troops to wait!" After all, if you miss the opportunity, you will lose it. We have not received more specific information from Huang Lie yet, so we still have to guard against his surprise attack.
When Chen Tang sends troops, he naturally has to notify his allies.
Encircle the enemy from two directions and use the ambush as a sandwich.
However, when they studied the terrain in the southeast direction in detail, they discovered a very embarrassing fact - there was indeed a route suitable for smuggling, but because of the terrain, the number of ambushing soldiers could not be too large and it was not well concealed.
If we use the Word Spirit Formation, we can indeed confuse the enemy who enters the range, but this distance does not include high altitude! The enemy scout's Wudan Totem is far beyond the distance limit of the Word Spirit Formation. From above, the possibility of our own being exposed is not small.
"I have a solution!"
Chen Tang slammed the table, decisively!
"Put on the ghillie suit!"