Gu Tingchen said with a cold face: "If father called his son here for this matter, then we have nothing to say to each other."
Seeing him turn around and leave, Gu An hurriedly stopped him, "Aren't you afraid that Wanwan, Qingmian, and Tingji will hate you forever if you do this?"
"This is the price they should pay for betraying me." Gu Tingchen said disapprovingly, "At this critical juncture, Lin'an City can no longer withstand the storm. Father has already made a mistake in front of my aunt. I don't want him to make the wrong choice again."
Gu An was furious and said, "Alright, even if you don't care about your own mother, what about the northern border? Do you want to watch helplessly as the northern invaders' cavalry trample through Lin'an City?"
"My son has his own plan." Gu Tingchen called a confidant and immediately ordered, "Immediately take people from the city to select 10,000 women and accompany the delegation to the northern border for peace talks."
"Asshole," Gu An said, his face flushing with anger. "You're willing to sacrifice so many women's lives just for Wanwan."
"Let alone ten thousand women, as long as we can keep Wanwan, we would be willing to send all the women in the world to the northern border."
Gu Tingchen looked at his father fiercely, "Father, don't forget the humiliation we suffered on the walls of Huizhou. We finally managed to get my uncle's army to retreat into the interior of the country. If we confront the northern invaders now, it would be like fighting between two opposing factions. In the end, the only one who would benefit would be Prince Yongning."
"At this critical juncture, are you still thinking about fighting with Prince Yongning?"
Gu An was heartbroken and realized belatedly that he had misjudged his son.
He is now no different from the devil.
"If Father does not wish to see the people of the North suffer, then he should personally go to the North and negotiate this peace."
Gu Tingchen had long lost his patience with his father's indecision. He gave an order and left.
Gu An fell to his knees in despair, laughing at himself.
"Madam, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have forced you to keep Wanwan, and I shouldn't have passed the throne of Crown Prince to this rebellious son."
But now he has been abandoned by his aunt and there is nothing he can do to change the situation. He can only try to facilitate this peace talk.
Leading his close confidant to the cellar where Ye Huaisu's body was placed, Gu An looked at the cold corpse, stroked Ye Huaisu's cheek, which had long lost its color, and ordered in a deep voice: "Go and prepare two fine coffins and bury the lady first."
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In the Ji family study, Ji Yuan sat at his desk holding the blood edict and thought for a long time before calling Ting Feng in.
"Tingfeng, you have to go to Yuezhou in person on my behalf and make sure to hand this imperial edict to King Yongning personally." Ji Yuan warned earnestly.
Ting Feng was a little worried: "Master, Prince Qi is not plotting a rebellion right now. Isn't it too early to send the imperial edict to Yuezhou now?"
"I can't care less about this," Ji Yuan frowned. "That bastard Gu Tingchen has the entire patrol battalion stationed outside the Duke's Mansion, so even a fly can't get in. I don't know how Wanwan is doing right now, but I absolutely cannot put her in danger again."
After pondering silently for a moment, he sighed softly, "I believe Prince Yongning will not let me down. He will make good use of this imperial edict."
Ting Feng was also afraid that something might happen if he delayed, so he gladly accepted the order: "Master, don't worry. I will deliver the imperial edict to Prince Yongning even if it costs me my life."
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