"You ask even though you already know the answer. If you don't take me to fight the bandits, I will starve to death." Su Mengyan was unwilling to look up, her tone sullen.
"Why do you have to go? Are you reluctant to leave me?" Situ asked half-jokingly.
"Yes, I can't bear to leave you." Su Mengyan raised her head, looking a little pitiful.
Anyway, she would go even if she had to use all her strength.
At that moment, Situ felt heartbroken.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there. Come eat something."
A flash of ecstasy flashed across Su Mengyan's eyes, and then she began to eat voraciously.
Situ, who was sitting next to her, picked up some food for her, and raised his lips slightly: "Eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you."
At the same time, Cui Mixue secretly went to a place and was received by a woman in black. The two then walked into the house and talked for a long time.
The troops marched slowly on the country road. Situ Zhao felt even more angry when he saw the well-equipped troops, as most of them were Situ Yao's personal soldiers.
Seeing Situ Yao walking at the front of the team so majestically, I couldn't help but think that if I had my own private soldiers now, could I do the same?
Situ Zhao glanced at Cui Mixue beside him with a resentful look...
The latter had noticed something was wrong with Situ Zhao early on. Situ Zhao was a proud man, so it was inevitable that he felt a little unbalanced at this moment. Now he looked at himself again, but was he still resentful?
Just thinking about the tight net he had laid, he suddenly felt more confident. It was just a mistake!
When the team was taking a break, Cui Mixue went to Situ Zhao and said, "Your Highness, why do you have to keep doing this? It only makes Situ Yao laugh at you."
"Hmph, how dare you say that? If I weren't the prince, why would I do this?" Situ Zhao was already full of anger, and now when he heard this, he spoke out his true thoughts.
Cui Mixue felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, but she recovered the next second and continued with a smile: "I still have a plan that I haven't implemented yet!"
Seeing the person in front of her was interested, she continued, "I arranged everything before coming here. I will definitely be able to take Su Mengyan by taking advantage of this opportunity!"
"Wait until Su Mengyan is gone, and Situ Yao no longer has this military advisor by his side. Isn't he still in our control?" Cui Mixue covered her handkerchief and whispered in Situ Zhao's ear.
"If this goes well, maybe Master Situ Yao will have to stay here too. Then, won't the world be in your hands?"
"But seriously?"
Looking at the person in front of her who suddenly became interested, Cui Mixue narrowed her eyes, chuckled and said, "Let's wait and see."
On the rest of the journey, Situ Zhao's behavior was completely different from before. He had swept away all the gloom and was full of energy and vigor.
His state was naturally noticed by everyone around him. Song Ming whispered beside him, "Do you think that person has another plan to murder our master?"
The person next to him smiled disdainfully: "I think so too."
"But all the people on this trip are my men. What else does he want to do?" Song Ming didn't take these things seriously. Everyone just continued on their way.
Cui Mixue looked at the scene in front of her and felt that this was how she should look when traveling. She was the protagonist here, and the person she assisted was naturally the most dazzling one.
The Kunliang Mountains are quite large, and as soon as everyone crossed the boundary line, they felt that the climate was different from the surrounding areas.
Situ Yao walked at the front of the team without saying much along the way, full of royal majesty.
"Reporting to Master Situ Yao, we have now arrived at the Kunliang Mountains." The spy sent out to accompany them reported.
"How long will it take to get to the nearest post station?" Situ Yao's voice was not loud, but he was indeed very elegant. Su Mengyan thought of how Situ Yao was still like this at night, but his voice was tainted with some different charm.
"If we have to travel overnight, the earliest we can do so is tomorrow morning."
This is not the capital, and the post stations are only set up every five miles. In other areas, there are even more every ten miles. Situ Yao frowned when he heard this.
The number of troops involved in this bandit suppression operation was unprecedentedly large, so the team's progress was very slow. This was not an important task, so there was no need to travel overnight.
Besides, it was already late in the day, and the army's passage through the town might cause unnecessary panic.
"Where is the nearest place now?" Situ Yao asked again.
"Your Highness, there is a small village set up in Kunliang, one mile ahead. Do you want to set up camp there?" The accompanying general was not a flatterer, so he spoke to Situ Yao.
This made Situ Zhao, who was standing by, even more jealous, because all the generals in the past only followed his lead.
"Let's set up camp here and don't disturb the villagers." Situ Zhao was dissatisfied as soon as Situ Yao finished speaking.
"How can we set up camp in the wilderness? We are here to benefit the people here. How can we say that we are disturbing them? On the contrary, we are making them realize the power of the royal family."
As soon as Situ Zhao finished speaking, the surroundings became quiet. Most of the people here were Situ Yao's personal soldiers, and naturally they took orders from Situ Yao. Now that Situ Zhao had openly challenged Situ Yao's authority, they were somewhat dissatisfied.
But Situ Yao just glanced at him calmly and said, "Just do practical things for the people. Go down and make the arrangements."
Everyone moved forward, but Situ Zhao's face turned bad. Situ Yao did not give him face, and what made him most angry was that these soldiers carried out the orders without hesitation, and he had no dignity here at all!
I wasn't supposed to be in charge of this mission, so if I were to award people based on their merits, I wouldn't get much. Yet, I made him sleep outdoors with his precious body. After all, I'm a prince!
Cui Mixue stood aside silently and didn't dare to step forward to speak. It was obvious that they had no advantage here this time.
The sky was gradually getting dark, but Situ Zhao was eating the dry food he brought with him in the army. This was unbearable for the prince, who had always been precious!
"Someone, light this torch for me!"
The accompanying eunuch immediately took action, but asked the guard beside him to report to Situ Yao.
The fire had not yet been lit when Situ Yao arrived.
"Someone, come and put out the torch for me." Situ Yao ordered in a cold voice.
Situ Zhao standing by wasn't going to do it anymore. He wasn't allowed to do anything for a long time. Was there any dignity left for him as a prince?
"Stop! Is the prince trying to show off his power to me? This is too much of a bully!" As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere became tense.
The current emperor likes brothers to respect each other the most. If the two princes quarreled during the bandit suppression, he would surely be furious!
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