Chapter 323: The Prince's Old Members
After hearing this, Qu Wenmin's men immediately ran to find someone.
When Qu Wenmin led his men out to fight against the Beirong soldiers, he specifically ordered several skilled fighters to guard Qin Mengyue, Chen Fenghe and the Ninth Prince.
Unexpectedly, not long after, the men who had gone out to look for them came running back in a hurry, stammering, "General, this is bad! They've... gotten away! The men who were responsible for guarding the Queen and the Ninth Prince were... knocked unconscious and left in the woods..."
"What!?" Qu Wenmin shouted, slapped the armrest of the chair angrily, and stood up!
Although that Young Master Yun was eyeing them covetously and threatened to rescue them, he felt that Young Master Yun was alone after all, and it was unlikely that he would take two weak women and a child of a few years old away with him, and under the noses of his trusted men, so he was not worried.
Now it seems that he was too careless!
"General, what should we do? Should we send someone after them?"
Qu Wenmin looked at him gloomily, speaking word by word through gritted teeth: "What do you think?"
The subordinate felt a chill run down his spine upon seeing this, and hurriedly said, "I...I'll send someone after them immediately!"
Qu Wenmin was so angry that he sat back in his chair and closed his eyes to calm down.
Damn that Young Master Yun, relying on his experience wandering the martial arts world for a few days and having some skills, he actually dared to challenge Tai Sui?!
Once he catches the guy, he'll see how he kills him!
A confidant who knew all of Qu Wenmin's rebellious plans came over and said anxiously, "General, this is not good! We've sent pigeons to the various garrisons, asking them to send troops to support us. We'll use the excuse of rescuing the Queen and the Ninth Prince's Crown Princess. When we march south, we'll use the excuse of vindicating the Crown Prince, supporting the Ninth Prince as Crown Prince, and clearing the court of corrupt officials. If the Queen and the Ninth Prince's Crown Princess can't be found, this march south will be impossible to execute. After all, the generals and troops who received the letter were all the Crown Prince's former subordinates..."
Qu Wenmin opened his eyes, glanced coldly at his confidant, and said in a deep voice, "Do you think I don't know the interests involved? However, the arrow is on the string and must be released. Now, we can only delay and mediate as much as possible. If all else fails, we can just find a child of similar age and just say he is the Ninth Prince."
He paused, as if remembering something, before continuing, "Oh, right, aren't there a few other children in the exile group? Aren't the Crown Princess's twin brother and sister also there? They're about the same age as the Ninth Prince. Send people to capture everyone in the exile group first, so you can use them to threaten Master Yun and the Empress and Crown Princess into submission. If you really have to, kill the twin sister and anyone else who knows about it, poison the brother and make him mute, and use him as the Ninth Prince. Those generals and soldiers, who have been leading troops at the border for years, can they really tell whether the Ninth Prince is real or fake?"
Upon hearing this, the confidant immediately said, "Yes! General, you are wise. I will immediately send people to capture those exiled prisoners and officials. However... when we arrive at the court, someone will definitely recognize the Ninth Prince..."
Qu Wenmin sneered, "If we can successfully reach the capital, anyone who dares to say that the Ninth Prince is a fake will be killed. What's the big deal? If it really comes to the point of replacing the prince with a cat, then even if it's the real Ninth Prince, we can kill him too! But..."
As he spoke, he looked coldly at his confidant and spoke word by word, "The Ninth Prince, the Crown Princess, those exiled prisoners, and the escorting officers can all be killed. The only one left is the Queen. Tell your subordinates, whoever dares to hurt the Queen will be killed by me!"
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