C473 Reasons behind the withdrawal

"Although this is the theory, Gongsun Heng has a great weakness." Ji Rufeng said indifferently.

"What weakness?" Shen Haoxuan asked.

"The Crown Princess should know this weakness better than anyone else." Ji Rufeng changed the topic and brought up the topic.

Xuanyuan Chen frowned, and thought about the month when he was celebrated in Chu Country, the special attitude that Gongsun Heng had towards Xie Qingrong, and the special attitude that the people beside him had towards Xie Qingrong.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard Xie Qingrong chuckle, "Although I want to call you big brother, I need to call you Ji gongzi, so I need to be more familiar with him. How would I know about Gongsun Heng's weakness? As a stately Crown Prince of Chu, he would even more so would not tell a princess consort of another country about his own weakness. "

Although Xie Qingrong said it like that, she remembered the scene when she was admiring the flower that day.

Crown Prince of Chu, whose eyes had always been cold and lifeless, squatted in front of a man. His deep eyes hid a heartache that even he couldn't see and carefully approached him.

Although she could feel Gongsun Heng's special feelings towards her, they were mostly appreciation. Other than admiration, there was nothing else.

Ji Rufeng blinked his eyes, and laughed: "Crown Princess, there is no need to deny it so quickly. Gongsun Heng always had an ice-cold expression, and his emotions were hard to predict. However, he had once exposed his emotions. Even though it was only a small fluctuation, it was already extremely rare for him. And that time, coincidentally, the Crown Princess was also there. "

"Do you still remember the matter of the Chu Country's Hundred Garden Appreciation?"

"Of course I remember." Xie Qingrong said, "But Ji gongzi has guessed wrongly, the change in her mood that day was not caused by me. Although Ji gongzi has observed very carefully, she has forgotten the real reason behind this investigation. "

"Oh?" Ji Rufeng asked: "Is there some other reason behind this?"

"Of course there is. The reason why Crown Prince Gongsun... " Just as Xie Qingrong was about to say her analysis, the curtain of the camp was pulled open.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Jiang Prefecture has come to report." Lin Mu took the letter and interrupted Xie Qingrong's speech.

Xuanyuan Chen read the letter twice in its entirety, and after confirming that he had not misjudged it, he furrowed his brows, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Xie Qingrong asked: "What happened?"

Xuanyuan Chen passed the letter to Xie Qingrong, and after Xie Qingrong finished reading it, a look of surprise flashed past her eyes.

Shang Zhiqing and Shen Haoxuan were a little puzzled as they looked at Xuanyuan Chen's and Xie Qingrong's changing expressions.

The two of them did not doubt the contents of the letter for long before Xie Qingrong told them.

"Chu Country, retreat!"

"What!"

"This is impossible!"

Shang Zhiqing and Shen Haoxuan said at the same time, both of them thinking that Xie Qingrong was joking, "Crown Princess, please don't tease us with such a thing. Chu Country had lost seventy thousand soldiers and horses in the Jiang Prefecture, and then lost another three hundred thousand soldiers and horses in the Jiang Prefecture.

"The amount of supplies and military rations the two countries have on the battlefield is incalculable. How can the Crown Prince Gongsun retreat so willingly? I'm afraid there's a trick to it. "It's better to be careful."

Shen Haoxuan slowly explained his analysis to the people around him.

"Hao Xuan's words are not without reason. If we were to lightly believe that Gongsun Heng would retreat just like that, and once again press down on our borders in the future, wouldn't that be impossible to guard against? We must not let down our guard until things are clear. "

Shang Zhiqing closely followed Shen Haoxuan's words, as her gaze turned towards Ji Rufeng, trying to discern some other sort of emotion from Ji Rufeng's face.

In this matter, she had a feeling that Ji Rufeng knew of this matter, and more importantly, that Ji Rufeng was involved in this matter.

Otherwise, why would the Chu Country retreat when Ji Rufeng had just talked about Gongsun Heng's weakness?

"Indeed, something must have happened that we do not know about." Xie Qingrong said indifferently, but her heart was filled with worry.

In the past few days, one incredible thing after another happened.

First, the Regent and the Little Emperor had both disappeared from Yue Country. Then, the Yue Country cupped her hands and sent the people away. She always felt that something even more serious was going to happen, so she felt an indescribable unease.

"Chen, quickly send a cultivation book to Jiang Prefecture so that the city guards can continue to stand guard. Wait until I send a message to profound mechanism, let them clearly investigate what happened with the retreat of the Chu Country's troops. " Xie Qingrong said.

"Yes." Xuanyuan Chen replied indifferently, and began to cultivate the book for Xuanyuan Rui.

However, profound mechanism had indeed been a bit lazy recently, she did not report such an important matter in time.

On the city gate of Jiang Prefecture:

The black robe fluttered in the wind. Her long hair fell over her shoulders, and a few wisps of it, mischievous in the wind, brushed across her face.

"General Lin, why do you think the Army of Chu retreated?" Xuanyuan Rui pushed the two strands of hair that was on the side of his face behind his ear and asked Lin An who was standing beside him.

"Your Highness, this lowly general doesn't know either. But this lowly general guesses that the Army of Chu must have other plans, we should just be more cautious. " With one hand behind his back, the other on the accessory at his waist, Lin An replied respectfully.

Ever since Lin An accidentally peeked at the true face beneath Xuanyuan Rui's mask, he had always referred to his as "Your Highness". No matter how Xuanyuan Rui emphasized it, he was no longer the crown prince of the Heavenly Saint, and Lin An had never changed his words.

In Lin An's heart, whether it was ability, intelligence, tactics or schemes, they were all the best. It was a pity that the heavens were jealous of such a talent, but they did not expect that nothing had happened to Xuanyuan Rui, but he was not stupid enough to brazenly announce it.

Xuanyuan Rui was wearing a mask, being able to appear here as a general meant that all the people in the Heavenly Saint Royal Family knew about him, then there must have been something else that happened back then, just that, this was a secret of the Heavenly Royal Family, it couldn't be known by others.

"I'm afraid Crown Prince Gongsun has already guessed my identity." It was obvious that he had not met Gongsun Heng in the Jiang Prefecture, but his intuition told him that Gongsun Heng already knew that the mysterious general guarding the Jiang Prefecture was him.

After Lin An heard this, panic flashed past his eyes, "Although Crown Prince Gongsun is extremely intelligent, His Highness does not have the chance to meet him. Furthermore, His Highness is wearing a mask, how did Crown Prince Gongsun guess Your Highness' identity?"

"In the past few months, whether it was a small, exploratory battle with the Chu Country, or a big battle in one go, we had achieved a draw. Although he has yet to see me, he should be able to see the tactics I used in these battles. "

Xuanyuan Rui explained lightly.

When he was young, he went out travelling once, and when he met Gongsun Heng, he came into contact with him many times. Both sides had a very deep understanding of each other's methods and abilities, so it was not difficult for Gongsun Heng to guess his identity from the battle.