"Ah Qing, Jiang Ling has me, so don't worry."

Gu Yi and several male members of the Gu family were inexplicably excited when they saw Gu Qingcheng, dressed in armor and looking heroic.

here we go!

It’s finally started!

It has been nearly ten years since Gu Heng was exiled and the entire Gu family fled to the Northern Dynasty, and now he leads the army back to Jiankang.

For ten years, the Gu family has been separated into two groups, one in the south and the other in the north. Although the family members are not together, they are all working hard to run the business.

Especially Aqing, who relied on her intelligence and talent to manage such a large territory in a wild place like Lingnan.

Lingnan is indeed desolate and remote, but it is also really big.

From Luozhou at the beginning, to Yuezhou, Huangzhou, Jiaozhou...

Up to now, there are already five states and counties.

If we only count the territory area, it occupies nearly two-thirds of the territory of the Southern Dynasty.

Of course, in the inherent thinking of the world, no matter how big Lingnan is, it is still a smoke-filled and miasmic place and cannot compare with the prosperous and wealthy Jiangnan.

However, Gu Yi had been to Lingnan before, and he knew that Lingnan had changed a lot.

It is no longer a barbaric exile land, but a treasure land with abundant resources.

Grain can be harvested three times a year.

Sea salt is inexhaustible.

Sugar, everything.

Most importantly, Lingnan is close to the sea, and the local area has excellent shipbuilding technology.

Aqing built treasure ships and opened up new shipping routes.

Although the Five Ridges stretch between Lingnan and the inland, the sea route still allows for transportation from north to south.

Before, Chen Duan had no food or money, so he relied on Aqing's fleet to transport shiploads of supplies from Lingnan.

"I really don't know whether this Chen Duan has no conscience or no brains!"

Thinking of a certain treacherous scumbag, Gu Yi's gentle face showed a rare look of disdain.

He had complained to his wife Xiao more than once, "Or, is he bad and stupid?"

He actually left Aqing, such a virtuous wife who was almost omnipotent, and went to marry a girl from the Wang family.

Humph, just for the Wang family’s military power?

Doesn’t Chen Duan know that Aqing also has soldiers?

Over the years, Aqing has been recruiting soldiers and horses in Lingnan.

In addition to the Gu family's troops and private soldiers, she also recruited her own female soldiers and wolf soldiers.

Oh, by the way, Aqing and the female leader of the Li tribe are like sisters.

As long as Aqing asked, she could borrow soldiers from the local indigenous tribes in Lingnan.

I can’t say how many more people there are, but I can always borrow from a few thousand people.

Aqing always said that he was "not good at leading troops", so he chose to marry Chen Duan, who had a large army.

But in fact, Aqing’s “unkindness” is only relative.

Compared with the real God of War and God of War, she is indeed slightly inferior.

But compared with ordinary generals, Aqing is still very outstanding.

The most important thing is that Aqing is just not good at leading troops, not at raising and training them.

The military training methods she used, after sticking to them for several years, had already trained the Gu family's men into a brave, combat-savvy, united and tenacious army of kings.

However, Aqing was too low-key, and even her cheap fiancé Chen Duan didn't know that she still had tens of thousands of elite soldiers under her command.

The world only thinks that Gu Qing is extremely smart and proficient in general affairs. Only her close relatives like Gu Yi know what kind of extraordinary strength Gu Qing has.

After listening to her husband's complaints, Mrs. Xiao was also very disdainful of the short-sighted Chen Duan.

However, as a princess of the previous dynasty and the mistress of the Gu family, Xiao still has some insights.

She understood her daughter better.

Therefore, in the matter between her daughter and Chen Duan, Xiao was still able to objectively find the problem——

Chen Duan might not be as bad and stupid as her husband said.

Is there a possibility that the daughter's methods are too sophisticated and she directly "killed" Chen Duan with praise?

Before, Mrs. Xiao thought that her daughter cared too much about Chen Duan, and was so "virtuous" that she didn't even look like a noble and proud girl from a wealthy family.

It was only when she received the news that Chen Duan had broken off the engagement and that her daughter had broken up with Chen Duan "out of love turning to hate" and unable to bear the humiliation, that Xiao had a vague guess.

Could it be that my daughter did it on purpose from the very beginning?

It's not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy.

The daughter calculated people's hearts to the extreme, flattering Chen Duan to death and portraying herself as a virtuous but betrayed good woman.

Next time, when my daughter becomes the king again, she will definitely receive less criticism.

"...Poor Chen, she ultimately became my son's stepping stone to the supreme throne."

Xiao secretly sympathized with Chen Duan for a few seconds, and then put the matter behind her.

Compared to cursing Chen Duan, who was destined to be a loser, Xiao Shi was more concerned about one thing -

My own daughter is actually not someone who cares about fame.

Moreover, the so-called history is written by those in power.

Aqing's previous dealings with Chen Duan had some truth to them, but they were not necessary.

Based on Aqing's wisdom and character, she should not care about all the storms a woman would face when she becomes emperor.

But she still did not raise her own flag directly, but chose to marry a man in a "conservative" way, hiding herself behind the scenes and becoming a so-called good wife.

This... is very inconsistent with Aqing's character.

Xiao was worthy of being Gu Qing's biological mother, and she immediately discovered the crux of the problem.

Huoshui is a friend who has been with Gu Qing for many years. The key is that it can "connect with Gu Qing's mind". Huoshui absolutely understands Gu Qing very well.

However, it also has the same doubts as Xiao:

"Your Majesty, I have wanted to ask you this for a long time!"

"Why did you choose Chen Duan in the beginning?"

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