However, as a counselor, one must plan ahead.

Moreover, this is not "groundless worry".

King Liang led his troops back to the capital to "support the king". Instead of handing over such an important place as Jiangling to a confidant, he entrusted it to a woman.

This woman is not even the King of Liang’s new wife!

As Sima, how could Zhou Shao not be worried?

Putting aside the hens crowing at dawn and other matters, Zhou Shao is fully qualified to question the ability of the Gu family girl -

As a woman, even if she has some ability to make money, being stationed in Jiangling is not a simple business, but requires coordination of all aspects.

Can the daughter of the Gu family do it?

Just now, he was bewitched by the aura of the girl from the Gu family, and for a moment he was not careful enough, so he reported the truth obediently.

After he finished speaking and realized what was going on, Zhou Shao felt secretly annoyed.

He sat upright, pursed his lips, lowered his head, and said no more.

If it was King Liang sitting in the seat, he would not only report back but also take the initiative to offer some suggestions.

But now—

He wanted to see whether the girl from the Gu family was just pretending or had real talent.

As long as the questions asked by the daughter of the Gu family were too superficial, or the focus was too biased, Zhou Shao would use this as a handle to "admonish" her.

However, Gu Qingcheng did not continue to ask.

She changed the subject and began to ask about the incident in the capital.

"The sage went to a palace outside the capital to escape the summer heat, but the crown prince seized the opportunity to launch a rebellion. The other two princes also took action, and a coup occurred in the palace."

Gu Qingcheng is far away in Lingnan, but she is well-informed.

In addition, there was the carrier pigeon message that Chen Duan sent to her.

Of course, Gu Qingcheng is still a second-generation human.

She doesn't believe in past lives, but she still remembers clearly the major events that happened in her past life.

This palace coup in the Southern Dynasty was one of the important events that led to its rapid decline.

In her previous life, Gu Qingcheng was in the Northern Dynasty. Through the information sent back by the spies who stayed in the Southern Dynasty, she was able to obtain intelligence in a timely manner and made the most of it.

At that time, she and Yuwen Heng led their troops to the riverside, facing the Jiangling defenders across the river.

As for Chen Duan, without Gu Qingcheng's support, he was in great shortage of food and military pay.

Without sufficient money and food, the military morale will not be stable.

The army brought back to Jiankang by Chen Duan was in a better situation. With the prestige of the brave general Chen Duan, they were able to obey orders obediently.

However, it is hard to say about the defenders in Jiangling.

The confidants selected by Chen Duan could not really win the support of the people, and the morale of the army camp by the river was very unstable.

Gu Qingcheng used both conspiracy and covert tactics, luring people by the river and sending people to infiltrate.

In less than half a month, deserters began to appear among the defenders on the riverside.

When Chen Duan was stuck in the quagmire of the palace coup and couldn't extricate himself, Jiang Ling fell directly into Gu Qingcheng's hands.

...Reborn once, the enemy and us are reversed.

Gu Qingcheng became the one who helped Chen Duan defend the city.

However, Gu Qingcheng did not focus on Jiangling, her focus was on the capital.

Zhou Shao was stunned for a moment. He couldn't keep up with Gu Qingcheng's pace.

After a moment, Zhou Shao reacted. He carefully chose his words and said slowly, "Let Sanniang know that the changes in the capital are not just a palace coup, but also that several generals are taking advantage of the opportunity to rebel!"

Chen Jing himself came to power through treason, so it was inevitable that the generals under his command would follow suit.

Furthermore, after Chen Jing became emperor, it was difficult for him to change his warlord behavior.

He was wary of his confidants and would often withhold food and wages. He would also deliberately send other generals to fight in order to reap the benefits himself.

Chen Duan is Chen Jing's cousin, but he was still targeted.

Not to mention the other tough guys.

No one is a fool.

Anyone who can become a general is definitely not a strong warrior.

They knew that Chen Jing was wary of them, and they also knew that he wanted everyone to either kill each other or consume each other with the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty.

"I'm always being schemed against by this guy. I might as well rebel against him!"

"We are all soldiers who have fought in the army. If Chen Jing can become emperor, why can't I?"

Chen Jing's defensiveness actually served to provoke conflict.

Chen Jing was courting disaster again by trying to raise poisonous insects among his sons.

The crown prince and several other princes simply rebelled. Taking advantage of Chen Jing's visit to the palace to escape the summer heat, they staged a coup.

In the palace, fathers and sons, and brothers were fighting each other. As an old fox, Chen Jing was well prepared and quickly took control of the situation.

However, the palace coup was just the beginning.

Several generals led their troops back to Jiankang under the banner of "serving the king".

The capital was occupied by a general, and the imperial palace was also caught in chaos.

Chen Jing is having fun!

Chen Duan also returned to Beijing, and he had even more reason to come to the rescue of the emperor.

However, no matter how many reasons there are, they cannot cover up the essence of "treason".

Gu Qingcheng pondered for a moment and said slowly, "It seems that we still need to build momentum for His Highness!"

"Sima Zhou, what do you say about having His Highness 'drop from the sky'?"

Zhou Shao: ...I think you are talking in your sleep!