Chapter 129: Jiang Yu’s Plan

Zhiyou Palace.

Jiang Yu sat at the bottom and competed with the King of Shu.

"Uncle Wang, why are you packing up in such a hurry? Where are you going?" The young man's dark eyes were bright and lively. He was no longer the blind and dull prince.

The King of Shu felt that his nephew, who had suddenly appeared before him, was meddling in his affairs. He said, "Xiaoyu, why don't you stay with your uncle? It's too dangerous out there. Without a large army stationed in Shu, how can we defeat the Rong cavalry?"

The King of Shu did not directly respond to Jiang Yu's question.

However, looking at the Li Kingdom's Prince Jiang Yu in front of him, the King of Shu began to make another wishful plan in his mind.

His original plan was to use the people of Shu as human soldiers, which would barely be enough to resist the Rong people for a while. Once the imperial army arrived, he would directly take over the army.

Unexpectedly, although the Rong people suffered some damage, the casualties among the civilians were even more severe.

In just one month, some people among the people were infected with the plague, and it spread very quickly!

After learning the news, he chose to withdraw with great regret.

After all, even his good brother didn't care about the lives of these people, so why should he care? He didn't want to be infected with the plague and die in such an unclear way.

Leaving a captain to guard the city, he claimed that he would go in person to meet the imperial army and destroy these northern barbarians.

Then he slipped back into the villa he had secretly built.

Jiang Yu followed shortly afterwards and repeatedly begged him to send troops.

"Uncle Wang, are you not going to take care of the people here?" The young man stared straight at the King of Shu with a cold look in his eyes.

Thinking about the fact that he had reduced the number of palace soldiers to less than 3,000, the King of Shu sneered and said, "Your Highness, you really don't know how difficult state affairs are until you take charge of the household.

Today, His Majesty is weakening the forces of all parties.

The garrison troops in Shu are only 3,000, and they have been defending the city for more than a month. The people are fighting bravely, so I just want to give them a chance.

You blame me for not caring about the people of Shu, but have you ever thought about what your father has done for them? Not just the people of Shu, but also the people of the north. Why would they travel thousands of miles to come here?

"Also," the King of Shu continued, seeing the youth's momentum waning slightly, "it's been a month, and the imperial reinforcements haven't arrived yet. What does this mean to His Majesty? How much do you understand?

The King of Shu threw down his sleeves and left.

Before leaving, a few words drifted into Jiang Yu's ears, "The plague has already broken out. Are all the soldiers, all the civilians, and even your uncle, going to be buried with the plague?

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to lead the charge to comfort the people, I will naturally admire him immensely!"

"you……"

Xu Huai rolled his eyes in anger: "This King of Shu is truly cruel and ruthless. He only cares about himself and not the people."

"Uncle Xu, forget it. Uncle Wang has his own choice, and we have ours too."

The young man looked into the distance with a determined gaze. After a long silence, he said, "Whether or not the emperor sends reinforcements, we must protect this place."

"But we have no soldiers and no medicine, how can we defend it?" Xu Huai said with a wry smile.

"Use my mother's private treasury." The young man said calmly.

"Young Master, you can't do that." Xu Huai always treated the young man as his master and never changed his address to Prince.

Back then, Duke Xu’s mansion was as wealthy as a country, and the private vault that the late princess brought with her when she got married contained countless treasures.

Xu Huai subconsciously rejected the young master's proposal.

Back then, when the current emperor was still Prince Rui, he was disliked by the late emperor because he was born to an ugly palace maid. Even the palace maids and eunuchs dared to bully him secretly.

When he was 15 years old, Prince Rui once met Xu Xinrou, the legitimate daughter of Duke Xu, in a restaurant in the capital.

On that day, another prince was bullying him. The young Prince Rui did not dare to quarrel with him because his mother was favored, but he still received a good beating.

Afterwards, the young girl saw that he was disheveled and blood was oozing from his mouth, so she asked the maid to take good care of him. She also advised that "a real man should be independent and self-reliant, and there will be a new world for him." Only then did a glimmer of hope rekindle in the young man's heart.

He took the initiative to get close to the later emperor and was highly valued. After the new emperor came to the throne, he was granted the title of King Rui and was also in charge of the military and responsible for the defense of the northwest.

After that, Duke Xu's Mansion put all its resources into marrying off his daughter.

But after a few years, the princess passed away, leaving behind only the young master.

Not long after, the daughter of the Xu family from the second branch entered the Rui Wang Mansion and became the next Wang Consort.

Later, the young emperor fell from his horse, and Prince Rui, as the regent, ascended the throne after repeated persuasion from the ministers.

The young lady passed away that year, and Xu Huai already had doubts.

But the young master also began to get close to the princess, so Xu Huai didn't dare to say too much.

Some time ago, when they went to see the ghost doctor to treat their eye disease, the young master clearly knew something.

Xu Huai did not dare to make any rash judgments about the current emperor;

But Xu Huai would not interfere too much in what the young master wanted to do. He was only worried about his safety.

"It doesn't matter. The things in the private vault are useless if they are kept. Besides, my aunt has been thinking about them for so many years. She would never have thought that I would use them to get back on my feet."

The young man spoke through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with hatred.

However, when he remembered that a girl once warned him, "Don't dwell on the past, the future is bright and glorious," the hatred that suddenly arose in him slowly receded.

Shu land.

Orders were passed down from Zhiyou Palace one after another.

Soon, groups of refugees began to gather here, with the palace as the center.

Just because the King of Shu had ordered him to do so, he had spent all his belongings to collect medicinal materials and food and stored them here, and he had found a way to survive for the people.

The people who had previously hated the King of Shu began to hesitate, but gradually flocked here.

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