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"Since Duke Jing's orders are like a mountain, we shall do as he says."

Gu Danyan walked in quickly. When he heard the message from King Jing, he asked, "Go and inform King Jing. We will naturally go all out to rush to the Rising Sun City."

"Yes." That person swiftly left after receiving Duan Chengrui's nod.

The high-ranking officers were always dissatisfied with her. With such an order overstepping their boundaries, they did not like Gu Danyan at all.

And this was only one of her and Duan Chengrui's plans.

No matter where they were, a dictatorship was not the best strategy. It was easier to stabilize the morale of the troops if the two of them confronted each other. After all, they had the same goal but the result was different.

The two knew that some of the generals would not accept this, and Gu Mingyan would take them under her hand, "If you disobey the order of the King, do you all think that you can bear it?"

"But if we really send out troops and have Jiang Yan fail to break into the city, then why did we create a defensive map before?"

"If you don't go, Jiang Yan will instead think that there's a trap. If you go with the flow, they'll truly attack." Gu Liuyan noticed that none of the generals were willing to stand by his side. He slightly leaned forward and pressed his hands against the edge of the table: "With or without support, the Rising Mountain City will definitely lose."

"Why?"

"Because what I've given Jiang Yan is the true map of the defenses." Gu Liuyan said softly.

These words caused a huge uproar within the camp. Duan Chengrui pretended to be angry and sent people to imprison her with the slaves for a few months, while on the other side, he still sent some of his good generals to the Rising Sun City to provide support.

When he returned to the small courtyard, Li Shi had already separated the boy from the girl.

Upon seeing Gu Pingyan being escorted in by the soldiers, she was also shocked. On the other hand, the ghost was guarding the door according to Duan Chenrui's orders. Currently, the military camp was in chaos, and even if they were dissatisfied with Duan Chenrui's punishment, they could only obey the military order.

The entire military camp was in chaos.

He even held the fruit Ruo Li had delivered to him, saying, "This place is dangerous, King Zong Ping is not suitable to stay here. If possible, please ask King Zong Ping to go to the back of the city and ambush them. When that time comes, we should find a way to rope in some horse bandits, so that they can find a way to discuss the grain business with Jiang Yan's people and get some information on the situation."

"However, there are many small villages behind the Rising Sun City. There's no guarantee that Jiang Yan will take them all in one go."

"Therefore, we need King Zong Ping to quickly replace the troops, and it would be best if the generals could settle down and do farm work in their own homes. Jiang Yan is not an idiot, and the living will take them as slaves. The farmers cannot be killed, and if we attack the city they will easily break their rations." Gu Danyan spoke in a low voice and passed a secret letter to Ruo Li, "If anything happens, there's no need to tell me. Lord Zong Ping should be able to resolve it herself."

"But Your Highness told me to ask you everything …"

Gu Liuyan shook his head helplessly: "This place is the Third Prince's territory after all. He doesn't even know that I need to get King Zong Ping to fight for a contribution. Only with this special honor will he have the power to uproot all those spies in Yinzhou. Do you understand?"

"Miss, if you understand, please be careful." "Don't let the Sixth Prince be exposed, and send more people to protect the lady in the embroidery workshop who likes him. If we can find the Sixth Prince, then it would be hard for Prince Jing to find him. By that time, we would have won over the Sixth Prince's alliance, and Prince Zong Ping and the Third Prince would be in a difficult situation."

Ruo Li was stunned, but could only do as he was told.

Gu Danyan lowered her gaze as she distributed the food in her hands to the girls. She couldn't help but be slightly lost in thought. "Duan Chengxuan, I don't believe that you're so passive."

"Why should we not move?"

At this moment, Su Yu Wan who was in the city could not help but scream.

Mu Qing quickly covered her mouth, afraid that someone would overhear his words. He said in a low voice, "I also heard this from the injured commander of the Tong Zhou Empire. Your highness must have other plans. Think carefully about what Your highness wants to do, and tell me what to do."

Su Yu Wan nodded her head seriously. Her fingertips landed on Mu Qing's wrist in an ambiguous manner. With a low laugh, she asked, "Tell me, do I look similar to my mother?"

Mu Qing felt his scalp tingle when he was suddenly asked. He lightly shook his head. "Your mother is the most beautiful lady in the house, but she always carries a tinge of dust with her."

The coldness in Su Yuwan's eyes had finally disappeared. Her fingertips moved playfully into Mu Qing's sleeve and she said coldly: "That Ai Qi knows about my past, it really isn't simple. If you have the time, you'd better find some …"

"Aizi is an expert at using poison. Besides, I've been low-key with the army for too long. I've never even seen poison plants before." Mu Qing shook his head in disapproval.

After a while, Su Yu Wan abruptly raised her hand and grabbed his chin. "Compared to poison, there are many other things in this world that can restrain the will of the people."

Although Mu Qing's appearance was average, he had always been a bit pampered. Not to mention he was a scholar with a bit of elegance. If it weren't for Su Yu Wan, he would have had a beautiful woman by now.

"But I …" Mu Qing held down Su Yu Wan's hand that still wanted to continue causing trouble.

"If one day I succeed, I will never let you down." Su Yu Wan released her hand. Her beautiful eyes fell on Mu Qing's body with a bit of anticipation.

However, only Mu Qing knew that Su Yu Wan didn't want to give him any other options.

He had already helped Su Yu Wan so much, so what if he helped one more time?

"I know, I'll do my best." Mu Qing tightly clenched his fist.

Su Yu Wan heaved a sigh of relief and walked towards Duan Cheng Xuan's room, thinking about how she should advise him on how to proceed. Even if Ai Zhi was available, she shouldn't be using it while the Third Prince was still in the Fringe. She still had to size up everything, but she couldn't think of any other way to help him.

But when he arrived at the entrance, he only heard Duan Chengxuan instructing Cheng Shan, "Let's play it by ear. This contribution shall go with them."

"Your subordinate understands, but we haven't investigated the situation clearly enough. The soldiers that we saw said that it was a heavy snow that killed someone, so we have no idea what to do with them. In addition, Yun Chen had killed Jade Beads and sent them back to the Sky Flame." Cheng Shan asked in a low voice.

At the mention of Yun Chen, Su Yuwan couldn't help but think of the person who was similar to Gu Daiyan that day. Her face immediately darkened and she quickly walked in: "Brother Xuan, since this Yun Chen is so powerful, why didn't you send someone to kill him secretly?"