Chapter 290 - Decision (2)

Prince Ji Sheng raised his head and nodded slowly. "Yes."

Prince Ji Shu was a very ruthless person. Prince Ji Sheng knew that the chance for him to stay alive when Prince Ji Shu became the emperor was basically zero percent. Prince Ji Shu will not let anyone who could possibly hinder his path to stand before him.

He would die and everyone close to him will die.

It was an outcome that Prince Ji Sheng would never want to see in his entire life.

Yang Xian nodded. "In that case, I'll prepare for going to the capital city. In the meantime, I think it'll be better for you to get more allies to help you out."

"Who do you have in mind?"

"General Hao who replaced General Ge should be a decent option," Yang Xian replied.

General Ge was the general who was given the post at the very northeast. It was the position where there was problem with people from the tribes breaching in and targeted Gao Ling just a year before. Since General Ge performed poorly, he was replaced with General Hao and since then, the condition there had stabilized and the border had been stretching to the north a bit more.

It could be said that General Hao was a very capable person based on this observation alone.

Prince Ji Sheng arched his eyebrows. "Don't you think that I'll be getting into trouble should I try to approach General Hao?"

"You'll be put into suspicion list without a doubt, but there's no one who say that you have to come there directly." Yang Xian looked at Wei Liuying. "If the one who comes is the young and rising strategist, it can be said that he only comes because he wants to learn something from that capable general."

"Do you think that it's an acceptable excuse?" Gao Ling furrowed her brows. "Everyone knows how capable Strategist Liu is despite his young age. Even if Strategist Liu were to head there, a lot of people will suspect it."

"If I act as an ignorant kid who had never seen the sea, I'm sure that they'll understand why I want to come there when my supposed teacher is busy with other assignment and can't accompany me," Wei Liuying elaborated.

Prince Ji Sheng never tried to hide the fact that Wei Liuying was someone who came from the capital city. The capital city was located far away from the sea and the border where Prince Ji Sheng was having his post was also a dry land. If she wanted to see the sea, she would need a good excuse.

Gao Ling was stunned. "That…"

"Besides, in front of many other people who didn't meet me directly, I'm just a rising strategist thanks to Yang Xian's fame," Wei Liuying said with a smile.

What happened back then in Xiong Tribe place was never leaked to anyone. The fact that Princess Ji Xiaoli had died before the event was not made known. Instead, people have been singing praise for the princess' bravery to face the soldiers head on and made use of whatever she had for Han Shi Kingdom.

Wei Liuying's alias 'Liu Ying' never appeared in the story at all.

It was as if she never had a role in defeating Xiong Tribe. Only those who stayed at the border knew very well the remarkable achievement that both strategist had.

The only incident that was made known was when Wei Liuying protected Gao Ling. But since it was a simple protecting task, people downplayed it and simply said that she was lucky or something like that. Many would never believe that such a young kid could possibly have so many achievements like that.

"I don't lack people who are underestimating me," Wei Liuying replied with a smile.

Gao Ling looked at Wei Liuying's nonchalant attitude. Unknowingly, a drop of tear fell from the corner of her eyes.

"Your Highness?"

"Ling'er?"

"Ah, sorry." Gao Ling raised her hand wiped the tears that dropped on her cheek. She looked at Wei Liuying and smiled bitterly. "It's just that, I feel sad. The achievement that should have been yours couldn't be claimed by you at all."

Wei Liuying was stunned. Her gaze was unfocused for a moment. "It's not important, Your Highness. Even though I have so many achievement, it's not important for me to have it made known. What important is that there are results from what I have done and the war could provide us with less casualties."

Gao Ling had already married Prince Ji Sheng, so Wei Liuying had to change her way of addressing her. Now, Gao Ling was already part of the royalties.

"Yeah."

Prince Ji Sheng sighed. "When it's time, I'll ask historian to write down what she had done. Even if not many people will know about it because she's not someone of the royalties, it's still an achievement."

Yang Xian shook his head. "It's not possible, Your Highness."

"Why do you think so?"

"History is written by the winner. You can only ask historian to write such things if you become the Emperor, Your Highness."

At that sentence, Prince Ji Sheng stopped talking. He waved his hands. "You should be prepared to leave. The horses will be prepared tomorrow early in the morning. At the same time, you can leave for Zhuang City, Liu Ying."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"I understand, Your Highness."

"Xian, Ling'er, I want to talk with Liu Ying for a moment. Can you leave first?"

"Sure."

"Alright. Don't take too long, Your Highness. It's late."

Prince Ji Sheng waited until the two of them have left the room before he looked at Wei Liuying. "Tell me what do you think will happen at the north. The book you write about things that occurred here is incomplete."

Wei Liuying pursed her lips. For the past few months, Wei Liuying used her spare time to write the things that occurred in the north during the war. There were many things that she could not write because it would reveal all of Prince Ji Sheng's plan, so she only wrote the generals and the analysis of most of the battles.

"The tribes at this area have been defeated by you, Your Highness. However, it's also the truth that there are three big tribes at the north, including Xiong Tribe. At this time, the west part has been idle while the one at the east has started to make their move. I'm afraid that another war will break out soon."

"How soon is that soon?"

Wei Liuying didn't answer immediately.