Without waiting for Ye Wanshu to respond, Emperor Zhaolie sighed deeply, "Jinghe, your father entrusted you and your sisters to me. I absolutely cannot allow you to make any more mistakes. Since I'm destined to ignite the anger of my subjects through bloodshed, it must be done with a grand scale to be meaningful. Let me do it."
"Your Majesty, you are the ruler of a country. You must never take life and death lightly," Ye Wanshu advised.
"I am already old and frail, and death is not a pity, but you still have an important mission. Once the war breaks out, Mingchi and the border soldiers on the front lines will have a hard time. My royal family is weak, and I will have to rely on you and the Crown Prince's mother to stabilize the court. Therefore, you must stay alive."
Emperor Zhaolie patted the back of her hand gently. "I am fortunate to have been able to support the government during my lifetime. My only regret is that I cannot see the return of my army from Daye to the Northern Capital. If one day our army can return to the Northern Capital, Wan'er must come before my spirit and inform me. I will bless the army from the nine heavens and ensure its triumphant return."
"His Majesty."
Ye Wanshu knelt solemnly. "We're not at the end of our rope yet. As long as we can stabilize the situation in Lin'an, and wait for the Crown Prince to succeed in the northern border, we can completely turn the tide."
When she came, she had thought about using death to awaken people's hearts, but after thinking about it again and again, she always felt that this was just a fearless sacrifice.
She had to take a gamble and fight for Fu Mingchi's last chance.
"Your Majesty, I am not afraid of death, and you have long since disregarded life and death. In that case, why don't we try to survive?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaolie quickly helped her up and looked at her calmly: "Wan'er, have you come up with a good idea?"
Ye Wanshu smiled faintly, "Helian Jiu's relentless pressure is nothing more than a desire to stabilize the situation before Crown Prince Daqiu enters Lin'an. However, her eagerness for quick success and instant gratification could easily backfire."
After hearing her clear and coherent speech, Emperor Zhaolie immediately became interested: "Wan'er, continue."
"According to Helian Jiu's habit, if she wants to stabilize Lin'an as soon as possible, she naturally cannot rely solely on the Daqiu people, so she will support a capable person in our dynasty to serve her."
Ye Wanshu pondered and said, "And this person can only be more ruthless than her, and preferably dare to challenge Your Majesty and the Crown Prince. Who do you think she will choose?"
Emperor Zhaolie immediately understood: "Gu Erlang?"
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Ye Wanshu smiled knowingly, "I'm afraid in the eyes of the people of Daqiu, no one is more suitable than him."
Thinking of that devil, Emperor Zhaolie gradually fell into deep thought.
Ye Wanshu knew that the emperor had concerns, and in fact she was also a little worried, but at this juncture, if she continued to be timid, she would only miss the best opportunity.
"Your Majesty, I know Gu Tingchen very well."
Ye Wanshu said, "He is ruthless and will never submit to anyone. If Your Majesty is willing to tempt him with the imperial seal, he will definitely take the risk and fight to the death with Helian Jiu. After all, the current empty Lin'an City is a perfect opportunity for him to seize the throne."
After being suppressed by the Gu family for so many years, Emperor Zhaolie was still a little undecided for a while.
But seeing Ye Wanshu's confident demeanor, he couldn't help but ask, "How confident are you, Wan'er?"
Ye Wanshu shook her head. "I'm not entirely sure, but compared to fearless sacrifice, I think this is the best approach right now. As long as we can provoke a melee between Gu Tingchen and Helian Jiu, Master Ji can lead the Qizhou army to reap the benefits."
After a moment of silence, she looked at Emperor Zhaolie and said in a deep voice, "But if you do this, your Majesty's safety cannot be guaranteed."
"If you can bet everything with me, why should I be afraid?" Emperor Zhaolie finally stopped hesitating and said, "Today, our king and I will risk everything and make this bet."
The two smiled at each other and reached a tacit understanding.
Just at this moment, Changrong rushed in with Daqiu guards.
Glancing at the emperor and his ministers, Chang Rong said proudly, "My princess invites Emperor Daye and Princess Jinghe to the East Palace."
Ye Wanshu nodded to Emperor Zhaolie, who feigned dissatisfaction and angrily rebuked, "How dare you! As the ruler of a nation, how could I condescend to the Eastern Palace to meet an envoy?"
"Your Majesty, you have always loved your people like your own children. Could you possibly bear to watch your people suffer oppression?"
Chang Rong curled her lips and said, "My princess said that as long as Your Majesty is willing to go, she will let the innocent people go."
"Okay, I can go." Emperor Zhaolie silently looked at Ye Wanshu and said, "But Princess Helian must promise me not to embarrass Jinghe."
"Your Majesty, you're joking." Chang Rong said with a cold smile, "Princess Jinghe is the descendant of a loyal and righteous person. My princess has always admired her. How could she bear to embarrass her?"
Ye Wanshu dismissed these words as mere nonsense. She stepped forward to support Emperor Zhaolie and said softly, "Your Majesty, let's set off."
"Then please."
Chang Rong immediately ordered the guards to step forward and guard against the two of them heading towards the East Palace together.
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In the main hall of the East Palace, Helian Jiu was leaning lazily on the soft couch, eating grapes nonchalantly. When he saw the ministers bringing Gu Tingchen in, he sat up straight.
"Are you Prince Daoan?" Helian Jiu looked at Gu Tingchen with interest, and said with a smile: "I heard that you are quite capable. This princess likes capable people."
Gu Tingchen shook his hair and looked at her with his eyes drooping: "What do you want to do?"
"Of course it's revenge for you." Helian Jiu stood up and slowly walked towards him: "The kingdom that was within your grasp was taken away by someone else, and even the person you love was taken away by someone else. Isn't Prince Daoan angry?"
"What does it have to do with you?" Gu Tingchen sneered, "You want me to die for you?"
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