Chapter 225: Delivering the Palace

Chapter 225

The last two sentences were deliberately spoken by the Elder Princess to stabilize the morale of the troops.

Another point was that she intentionally let Pei Changying know that she had found the real grandmother.

Only if Pei Changying believed this would he stop trying to use this tactic to threaten her.

Only in this way would the real grandmother be safe!

Sure enough, after hearing the Elder Princess's words, the morale of the army behind her greatly improved.

On the imperial court's side, they were caught off guard, and in comparison, their morale appeared even lower.

No matter how well Pei Changying tried to hide it, the Elder Princess noticed the flash of shock and panic in his eyes, which meant that Pei Changying didn't know the real grandmother had also come to ancient times.

Pei Changying knew this wasn't the time to lose his temper, so he could only insist that this was Gu Sang's grandmother.

"Pei Weiqi, stop spreading lies and deceiving people, this is Gu Sang's real grandmother."

"Not only did you personally shoot and kill Gu Sang's grandmother, but now you're also slandering this one as fake!"

"If Gu Sang knew about this, she would hate you to death!"

Hearing these words, the Elder Princess laughed scornfully.

She coldly smiled without fear: "Pei Changying, the friendship between Gu Sang and me is something that a disloyal, selfish person like you could never understand."

"She trusts me, and she has already entrusted the entire battlefield to me to handle!"

"She has already taken her grandmother back!"

"Stop trying to sow discord here!"

With that, the Elder Princess gave the order to attack the city.

This time, she had specifically ordered people to bring hand grenades.

She rarely used gunpowder in battles, as its destructive power was too great, and the imperial soldiers were also Central Plains soldiers. She didn't want to reduce the military strength of the Central Plains too severely.

But yesterday, when she saw that Pei Changying was also in South City, the Elder Princess wanted to blow up this beast on the spot.

As soon as the Elder Princess finished speaking, hundreds of hand grenades were thrown at the city walls by the throwers.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom!!"

"Protect the Emperor!" the commander shouted.

Pei Changying immediately turned pale with fright, and without even time to utter threats, he ran downstairs to hide.

With the hand grenades paving the way, a breach was quickly blasted in the city gate.

However, she overlooked one detail.

That is, the concept of hierarchy was ingrained in their bones, with every move representing humility. Grandma Gu, coming from the future, even if she tried to imitate, without living in ancient times for several years or even more than a decade, would seem out of place in some subtle differences.

Lord Li noticed these anomalies, and thinking about the connections they had worked so hard to establish, yet their daughter used them to send an old lady out of the city, it was very unusual.

With just a little thought, Lord Li immediately realized a possibility: the person in front of him was Gu Sang's grandmother!

Looking at the unexpected fortune before him, Lord Li's heart began to race with excitement!

If he handed over Gu Sang's grandmother to the Emperor, he would regain the Emperor's trust, and perhaps the Emperor would be so pleased that he might even restore his daughter's position as a consort!

Perhaps it was Lord Li's intense gaze that made Grandma Gu feel wary.

She wanted to escape, but there were at least a dozen strong men loading and unloading goods in the private residence. How could she flee?

Even if she managed to escape at the cost of her life, this was the capital!

This was the Emperor's territory; escaping would still mean death.

Realizing this, Grandma Gu could only resign herself to fate. She could only discreetly take a gamble.

She was betting that the Li family were kind people!

However, Grandma Gu bet wrong!

After guessing her identity, Lord Li immediately had her tied up.

"You are Gu Sang's grandmother, aren't you?"

Grandma Gu remained silent.

Lord Li, however, laughed heartily: "Grandma Gu, please don't blame me. It's just that Imperial Consort Gu has been missing you for a long time. I'm merely sending you to see her."

Grandma Gu stared at Lord Li with contempt, feeling that Consort Li didn't deserve such a father who disregarded his daughter's life.

If it were her, and she learned that Sang Sang was being tortured to the point of preferring death, she would definitely grab a knife and go fight that person to the death.

Not turn a blind eye to it, focusing solely on pleasing that person, waiting for him to mercifully release her daughter.

"Someone like you doesn't deserve to be a father."

Hearing these words, Lord Li didn't get angry. Instead, he said:

"I'm thinking of my daughter's best interests. She made a mistake and caused big trouble."

"Fortunately, the Emperor didn't consider implicating the family, only lowering her rank."

"Once I deliver you to the Emperor, he'll be pleased and will re-appoint her. She'll once again be a prominent consort in the palace."

"An outsider like you couldn't understand my good intentions."

"Pah!" Grandma Gu spat, the saliva landing on the face of Lord Li, who was earnestly making excuses for himself.