Chapter 211 - It Better Be Not Him

"Y..Yes, Your Highness."

Tapping the table, Prince Ji Shu looked into a distance. If they were truly the same person, he had to destroy that strategist.

It didn't take long for the carriage to be ready and Prince Ji Shu departed to Wei Family Residence. Even though this was nothing more than a conjecture since the two's temperament seemed to be so different, he had to make sure. He couldn't meet with that strategist yet, so he better head over to Wei Family Residence and ask someone who had met with that strategist:

Wei Hong.

"Your Highness, to what do I owe your presence today?" Wei Hong greeted politely.

Prince Ji Shu walked forward and looked at Wei Hong with his usual indifferent gaze. "Today, you meet with Strategist Liu. What do you think of him?"

"Him? He looks a bit small for a young boy aged 14 years old. Aside from his sickly pale face, he looks normal," Wei Hong replied. "it's also hard to believe that someone with that kind of appearance is actually one of the best strategists in Han Shi Kingdom."

"One of the best strategists?" Prince Ji Shu scoffed. "There are many more talented strategists in Han Shi Kingdom, but many of them didn't make their name because it's their leader's name who is famous. After all, strategist are key players whose task is to help gaining victory."

"Your Highness is wise, this one can't be compared."

Prince Ji Shu didn't continue with that. There were many generals who were also great strategist, so they never need other people to prepare strategy for them. However, some of them were muscle head who only knew how to charge forward without thinking of any strategy. They would usually need a strategist who was capable of thinking the plan ahead for them.

Then again, many of the generals usually have their commanders helped to create strategy. Even if most of the commanders were not that bright, they should participate to be able to gain experience.

"Your Highness, is there anything else do you want to know?"

"Do you recognize Liu Ying's face?"

"Strategist Liu's face?" Wei Hong was stunned. He had seen the young boy's face, but he still couldn't think of anything. For a moment, he did think that Liu Ying looked familiar, but there were too many differences. Besides, he was not totally sure about Wei Liuying's face because he never wanted to look at that embarrassing daughter of his directly.

"Yes."

"I have never seen his face before. Today is the first time I meet him."

Prince Ji Shu looked at Wei Hong and studied the latter's expression for a moment. "How about his attitude? What do you think of him?"

"He looks fairly normal and follow Strategist yang obediently. Also, they come to meet with Prime Minister Xie after the meeting is over."

The last part was something that Prince Ji Shu already knew from the report he received. He stood up and turned his body around. "I'll be going now."

"Your Highness?"

Not caring for Wei Hong, Prince Ji Shu continued to walk. He should have known better that Wei Hong never paid close attention to Wei Liuying. The supposedly useless young girl was actually a great threat if she was truly the one named Liu Ying because that kind of talent would be rare even amongst men.

Wei Hong never even looked at his own daughter properly. If not for that, how could he not know that his daughter actually received the training of men and switched places with her brother once?

That prime minister was truly useless.

Prince Ji Shu shook his head and then looked in Wei Xiao Hua's residence's direction. Since he was already here, it would be better for him to pay her a short visit first. He hadn't been seeing her for a long time.

"Your Highness, there are several officials who want to meet with you today," his guard reminded.

Furrowing his brows, Prince Ji Shu recalled that he was indeed quite busy. If it was not because of the sudden coming of Yang Xian and Liu Ying to the capital city. Gathering capable people were something that these princes were doing most of the times.

They had to be able to collect them and made use of their abilities.

"Postpone the meeting."

"Yes?"

Walking faster, Prince Ji Shu headed out. His eyes were looking at the wall as his eyes narrowed. Before he saw Liu Ying's face for himself, he couldn't feel calm. The faint foreboding feelings within his heart was hard to ignore. 

'It better not be her.'

Prince Ji Shu's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. It seemed, he would need to be more careful with Prince Ji Sheng now or things would turn ugly.

He had to try to take a good look on that Strategist Liu's face.

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- Yang Xian and Wei Liuying's side -

"It's finally over," Wei Liuying said in low tone after they have gone quite far from the palace. 

Yang Xian nodded. "Do you want to visit the restaurant first?"

"There's no need. I don't really need anything there. If anything, I only want to visit the bookstore and meet with him again."

Him here referred to Manager Xin. She had never gained any chance to meet with Manager Xin again for the past few months, which was quite a bummer for her. After all, her meeting with Manager Xin always felt very comfortable for her in the past.

"I can call him over if you want."

"No. it'll only attract attention," Wei Liuying replied. "It's already good enough if we can pass by that street."

"We can look around a bit if you want," Yang Xian suggested.

"That'll be a great idea."

With that, Yang Xian directed the horse to a different street while introducing Wei Liuying to the stores there. It made her wonder whether he truly had come here in the past or not based on how he managed to know the name of the stores like the back of his hands. He might have just memorized it before they came here, though.