Chapter 116: Like Gu Wan and Xie Ci, both of them are people with souls as shining as gold, and their promises are worth a thousand gold.
After Gu Guan went south, Xie Ci did not stop his military deployment.
Born and died, he carries the expectations of so many people on his shoulders, and the lives of 800,000 soldiers under his command. The progress of each stage of the war is very important, so he must be prepared for a strong attack.
The landing point of Jiangzhou occupies a very important position in the subsequent war strategy.
There is no room for error.
"Zhang Shen and Qin Xian, you two will lead your naval warships across the river, force your way past Hukou, go around Zhongshan, and reach the outer mouth of the Han River. You must stop the Southern Army coming from Dagukou!"
"Huang Zongxi, Lü Liang, Chen Yan, and Su Zhen, you are responsible for facing the enemy head-on!"
"Long Qian, He Yuan, and He Rong, you are responsible for bypassing Xisha Bay and blocking the intersection!"
Time was tight. Long Qian had commanded the land and sea divisions in Jiangnan. Xie Ci recalled him along with 50,000 troops and sent Kou Wenshao north to replace Long Qian. He led the remaining 50,000 troops to station outside Linlu Pass. There was no rush to attack Jianyou. If the enemy came, they would fight. Anyway, they just needed to block the gate and stabilize the north.
A large military map was spread out on the long table. The lights in the conference room were brightly lit. Everyone gathered around the table and listened attentively. Xie Ci's sharp eyes kept scanning the dense flags and red and black arrows on the map, and he gave orders continuously.
"yes!"
"yes!"
"Understood!"
The general who was named immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order in a loud voice.
It is impossible to assassinate Zhou Jin now. In a hurry, he wants to spread rumors to let Zhou Jin know that his son wants to kill his father. However, the conditions do not allow it. Zhou Lin has a high probability of success.
If there is no good news from Gu Guan, we can only launch a strong attack to cover the loss.
This will be an extremely fierce and bloody battle.
Zhang Yuanqing and Qin Ying stood at the outermost edge. They were from logistics and did not squeeze in to take a seat to look at the map. They looked at each other with serious expressions, and were already thinking about the deployment of medicines on the medical boat and the transfer ship.
"Everyone, go back and prepare. The attack is tentatively scheduled for the second day of the first lunar month."
The war meeting lasted for more than an hour. After the war map, there was a map of mountains and rivers. Every combat detail and possible changes were analyzed and discussed until everyone had a thorough understanding. Xie Ci thought for a moment and then set the time for the march.
"yes!"
All the generals, big and small, received the order, took their own fish tokens and hurried away, and began to prepare for war in secret.
While preparing for the battle, he was also waiting for news from Gu Wan.
Noon on the first day of the first lunar month.
Gu Wan actually sent back good news.
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Let’s talk about Yu Manzhen.
She had indeed had a very unhappy life in the past two months.
Yesterday was New Year's Eve, during a lull in the war. This was the first year of Li Yi and Zhu's marriage, and also the first year that the daughters of aristocratic families entered his backyard, so he went back to Bi County.
Yu Manzhen had gone back a long time ago. As soon as the war stopped, she went back immediately because her daughter was there.
More than a month after the war began, Zhu took Li Yi's wives and concubines and the families of other ministers and generals and moved to Bi County with the army.
Li Yi is determined to capture Jiangzhou. He will never let Xie Ci land successfully. Yan Huiji will be the new center of his war.
Bi County is located in the rear of Yanhuiji and is within the protection range of the army.
Li Yi had spied on the families of Xie Ci's army generals, and he was also on guard against Xie Ci doing the same thing, especially after the Zhongdu incident, the families of his important ministers and generals had always followed the army.
The wealthy families in the county vied with each other to offer their villas, and Li Yi did not let the families of his subordinates suffer any injustice, and ordered them to be carefully settled.
Li Yi's wife currently lives in the best and largest one among them.
When Yu Manzhen was away, Zhu took over the main courtyard without any hesitation. The layout of ordinary houses did not have east and west main courtyards, which gave the manager a headache. However, the main courtyard was definitely where one of them lived, and the county magistrate was not as good as the current manager. In the end, he had to arrange the best, largest and most beautiful courtyard by the lake for Yu Manzhen and her daughter.
But, these are not the main courtyards.
Zhu was an extremely arrogant and domineering person, and Yu Manzhen's insistence on being outside meant that she was destined to not be able to hold the power of housekeeper. Zhu was extremely jealous of her and felt like a thorn in her side. In just two months, they had clashed countless times, and the hatred between them was growing like a snowball.
On the winter night of New Year's Eve, there is no snow or ice in the south of the Yangtze River. The green waves are rippling and the trees are mostly gray, which adds a sense of withered beauty.
Today, the Chen family villa has been newly decorated and decorated with red and colorful decorations. Zhu Qiuwen also ordered people to take out the red double happiness pattern for weddings and put it up. In her words, this is the first year of her and Li Yi's marriage, so this is just the way it should be.
Yu Manzhen stayed up all night for several days and braved the biting cold wind to return to the Chen family villa. She dismounted and entered the house. Standing behind the hanging flower gate leading to the back house, the steward led the way with a tingling scalp. She pursed her lips and walked quickly. When she got here, she suddenly stopped.
This is a villa, with the backyard occupying most of the area. There are rockery, flowing water, a small lake and a corridor. The view is suddenly bright and the unfamiliar houses and scenery have a strong impact. Red silk knots are hung on the trees and door handles, and large and small inverted blessings and double happiness patterns are densely packed with bright red.
Yu Manzhen may lack ability, but her taste is quite excellent, elegant and refined, and she is a perfect match for Li Yi.
Back then, they were able to spend several years together as a sweet couple, and Yu Manzhen and Li Yi did have a lot in common.
But now she found that these things were useless, not at all.
She had never arranged such tacky New Year decorations before. What's more, there was a war going on outside, which was not suitable for such decoration!
At most, it is enough to hang a few red ribbons at home.
But now, Zhu clearly did something wrong, but Li Yi did not scold her.
Yu Manzhen stood in this backyard, which had seemed to have erased all traces of her in the short time she had spent there. The pavilions and courtyards in the backyard were all lit up with lights, and one could even hear the sound of stringed instruments, as the owner of the courtyard was dressing up and entertaining himself.
There are so many women in this backyard, it feels like I've returned to my previous life.
Yu Manzhen's heart suddenly tightened. She gritted her teeth and stood for a long time. The flush in her eyes subsided. She lowered her head and quickly followed the steward to the courtyard by the lake.
Entering this small courtyard, the familiar layout style came into view, and it was as if I had returned to my own world, and the feeling of being out of breath finally eased.
There was a sound of running in the corridor, and a little girl with a pigtail came running over. Yu Manzhen's daughter was more timid than before. She asked her mother every day, but when she saw her biological mother, she timidly clasped her hands together in the corridor, then shouted "Mom" and rushed over.
Yu Manzhen felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She leaned over and hugged her daughter, gritting her teeth. It took a long time before the suffocating pain subsided.
She pretended to smile cheerfully, talked to her daughter who was hugging her tightly, and gently stroked the little girl's back.
The daughter snuggled up to her with all her heart and soul, resting her little head on her shoulder.
Li Yi came back at night on New Year's Eve the next day. Zhu deliberately provoked Yu Manzhen. In fact, she did not like the legitimate and illegitimate daughters sent to Li Yi's backyard by various noble families, and they usually made a lot of trouble. However, she arranged a luxurious golden and red hall with separate tables. She originally wanted to sit at the head with Li Yi, but this time the steward refused to listen to her and pulled her and Yu Manzhen's seats down one step, one on the left and the other on the right. The three of them sat at the head, with Li Yi as the most respected.
A room full of carefully dressed women speaking the soft Wu dialect and beauties from the north, some slender and some plump, some graceful and elegant, led by Zhu, came to welcome Li Yi who was returning on a galloping horse.
Li Yi was dressed in armor, handsome, tall and majestic, with an imposing military aura. He dismounted and strode into the hall. His every move and gesture showed the royal nobility and elegance that permeated his bones. Zhu stared at him intently, raised the corners of her lips, and glared at him coquettishly.
Li Yi smiled and spoke to her slowly for a few words. He then immediately looked up at Yu Manzhen and his daughter, "Xunxun, what's wrong? Daddy is back, are you happy?"
Li Yi currently has only one daughter, but that will soon be no longer the case, as someone in the harem has been found to be pregnant.
Li Yi loved his daughter very much. The little girl lingered by Yu Manzhen's legs for a while, biting her fingers, calling "Daddy" and threw herself into Li Yi's arms.
Li Yi suddenly smiled, picked up the child and let her sit in his arms.
But at this moment, Yu Manzhen clearly saw Zhu's eyes suddenly become harsh, the sweet smile just now disappeared, and she stared coldly at the little girl in Li Yi's arms.
Yu Manzhen's heart trembled!
The next day, New Year's Day, Zhu slapped Yu Manzhen's daughter Li Xun.
Li Yi rested in Zhu's main room last night, but he made it clear at the end of the New Year's Eve banquet that Zhu was new, so he would rest with her today. Starting next year, each of the two rooms would have one year each, and if such a situation happened next time, it would be Yu Manzhen's turn to live in the main courtyard.
Moreover, regarding the issue in the backyard, he called the manager up and gave him direct instructions.
Zhu was smiling at first, but then her face suddenly darkened.
But Yu Manzhen found that she was not very happy.
The gap was too big. As they had been alone together for the past few years after their marriage, she had unconsciously regarded that as normal. Even before the battle of Shoutai Mountain, she knew Li Yi's plan, and she also knew that the aristocratic family was their last resort.
If the Shoutaishan plan fails, the aristocratic families will be put on the agenda.
She had been mentally prepared, but when the moment really happened, the gap was so huge that she found it difficult to accept.
Before crossing the river, Li Yi talked to her a lot, without saying it explicitly, but those words showed that all this was done for the foundation of the two of them.
When he ascends the throne in the future, she will be the queen.
Speaking of the foundation of the two, it cannot be said that it is wrong, because in this life, Yu Manzhen has been involved with Li Yi very early, and can be regarded as a veteran member, and his wife, so it is reasonable to say that the foundation of the two is reasonable.
The next morning, no one knew what Li Yi and Zhu had said in private, but Zhu's anger had completely disappeared, her face was flushed, and there was a hint of spring water on her brows.
But when she saw Yu Manzhen and Li Xun again early in the morning, her face became gloomy again.
When the incident happened, Yu Manzhen and Li Yi were talking about serious matters in the pavilion. After they finished, Li Yi comforted Yu Manzhen in a gentle voice. Compared with Zhu, he, Yu Manzhen, actually had true feelings. Although Yu Manzhen also had some bad points, as a young couple, they had always had such a long dormant time and feelings for each other.
Yu Manzhen's emotions were churning and becoming complicated. She wanted to scream and question, but when she looked up suddenly, she saw Li Yi's handsome and imposing jaw and profile, which were similar to those in her previous life. They overlapped, and she suddenly lost her voice. This was actually the same person.
At this moment, the lakeside garden outside the pavilion suddenly became chaotic, with screams, the sound of chaotic footsteps, Zhu's angry curses, and Li Xun's panicked and childish excuses. "Pa!" A heavy slap interrupted all the sounds.
The world seemed to have suddenly pressed the pause button. In an instant, Yu Manzhen's maids and servants and Li Xun's wet nurse started to scream and curse, followed by the sounds of running and fighting.
Inside the pavilion, everything came to a halt.
Li Yi and Yu Manzhen rushed out and saw Li Xun being hugged by his wet nurse. The little girl was covering her cheek and bleeding from the corner of her mouth. She was terrified and in great pain, crying miserably.
Zhu was wearing a long red skirt that dragged on the ground, and a piece of it was pulled off. Yu Manzhen's maids and servants and Li Xun's maids and mothers-in-law pounced on her and beat her like crazy. Zhu was caught off guard, and her skirt was torn, her bun was crooked, and a strand of her hair was pulled. She screamed and cursed, and the maids and servants behind Zhu immediately rushed up, and the two sides started fighting.
Li Yi saw his daughter at first sight and was furious: "Zhu! What are you doing?"
He suddenly rushed forward, his handsome face showing murderous intent at this moment. This was his only daughter whom he had held in the palm of his hand for five years!
Li Yi wanted to kill Zhu, but when Zhu looked up, in a flash, he tried his best to suppress the murderous intent in his eyes.
But Li Yi was still furious. Zhu looked up and saw Li Yi's horrifying expression. She was terrified. When the slap hit Zhu's cheek, Li Yi managed to hold it back.
Zhu quickly calmed down. She stiffened her neck and said, "Her ball scared me and I almost fell into the lake!"
The nanny next to him immediately said, "That's right! My master fell into the water when he was a child and became seriously ill. He can't swim and is very afraid of water. In this cold weather, isn't this a life-threatening situation?"
Li Yi suddenly turned his head and said grimly, "Take all of Zhu's servants and beat them to death! Don't spare a single one!"
"Let the Zhu family send someone else to serve us again!"
He sternly said to Zhu: "It's just a ball, how could I let you fall into the water? You are such a big person, can't you even stand steadily? Since the people around you can't protect the master, then kill them all!"
Zhu's face turned pale immediately. Li Yi's guard responded and immediately ordered people to drag all of Zhu's dowry servants away roughly.
Yu Manzhen hugged her daughter tightly. She squatted down and buried Li Xun's face in her arms. Li Yi was furious, but he did not touch Zhu at all.
Zhu Zhaopu doesn't care about the lives of his servants.
The Zhu family will soon send a new batch of dowry servants.
And Zhu recovered quickly.
As long as Zhu Zhaopu is there, she will not fall.
What happened today will happen once, and it will happen a second time, and it will even get worse.
Yu Manzhen was filled with hatred, but in a split second, she clearly caught the extremely resentful look that Zhu gave Li Xun and her.
In the previous life, the person behind Li Xun’s death was none other than Zhu!
Yu Manzhen tried her best to find out. She had taken revenge once, but it was useless because Li Xun could no longer be resurrected.
In his previous life, Li Yi was the regent and controlled everything, and his reliance on the Zhu family was far less than it is now.
It is foreseeable that the Zhu family's arrogance and domineering behavior will continue.
Yu Manzhen suddenly recalled a scene from her previous life that she had never forgotten. Li Xun was lying in the mud, covered in blood and dirt, and he would never open his eyes again.
Her heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly, her spine went cold, and she was terrified for a moment.
…
Gu Wan swam across the river, and in the second half of the swim, he dived directly across.
Before entering the water, Yin Luo looked at her with some doubt, "Can you do it?"
You can't do that.
Gu Guan swam forward with great effort, dodging enemy patrol boats several times. Yin Luo thought he had to take her halfway, but he didn't expect that he didn't need to. She still had energy left after diving to the end, and the two of them even competed. Gu Guan kicked up like a fish, grabbed the shore, and flipped out of the water. The two were evenly matched.
It was already night time, and she raised her eyebrows at him proudly.
Gu Wan brushed back his wet bangs, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. He untied the bundle of replacement clothes sealed with oil paper and wax from behind him and said with a smile, "Let's go!"
The water is different from the land. Many of the young men from Xie Jiawei came out of the water and gasped for breath. Her nimble figure hid behind the bushes, and everyone quickly got up and changed their clothes.
The group quickly changed their clothes, dug a hole and buried their wet clothes, then flew southeast.
The place where they landed was quite far away from Yanhuiji. When they arrived in Bi County, it was already the afternoon of the first day of the first lunar month.
It took some time to enter Bi County.
Bi County is under martial law, but today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and people are allowed to move around a little within their respective neighborhoods, which adds some convenience to Gu Wan and his friends.
Yin Luo had always known about Gu Wan's high-end makeup skills, but before she finished putting on her makeup and entered the Chen family's villa, Yin Luo told her in advance: "If Yu Manzhen doesn't do it, all our hands will be wasted."
Although the backyard is not important, it is a weather vane that can give us a glimpse into the other party's inner changes to a certain extent.
This is also the fundamental reason why Yin Luo and Gu Guan watch TV series every day.
But if Yu Manzhen fails here, all their disguised men today will be exposed, and they will no longer be able to obtain any information about the rear house.
And Yin Luo reminded her: "If you are exposed, you will be in danger."
Li Yi has been wanting to capture Gu Wan and use him to threaten Xie Ci for a long time.
Gu Guan smiled and said, "Don't worry, these people can't be useless."
After arriving in Bi County, I contacted the superiors and they were already aware of the slapping incident that happened today.
As for the danger, Gu Wan winked at him: "Don't we still have you?"
She lowered her head and took out a purse from her belt, opened the bulging oil paper, shook it, and presented the treasure in front of Yin Luo.
Yin Luo looked down and saw a mask that looked like human skin, with eyebrows, highlights, shadows and lip lines.
"Huh?"
He took it immediately and compared it to his face. It turned out to be from Li Yi's personal guard Li Qixun.
Gu Guan's eyebrows were beaming with joy. This was the inspiration she got from the facial makeup of Sichuan face-changing. In her previous life, she was very interested in facial makeup and had studied it for a period of time. She had been experimenting on and off for the past two years and finally created this kind of facial makeup.
It couldn't compare to the legendary human, skin, and mask; a close look would easily reveal it was fake. It was also very selective about the person it would be used on, requiring a specific production process. Gu Wan considered it and ultimately chose Li Qixun; he wasn't too high or too low, but his status was special. This one was made specifically for Yin Luo; if someone else used it, the resemblance would be halved.
If Yin Luo uses it, it can look about 70% similar. The skin of her face is made of gum, and the waxy and fake texture is very obvious, but it can be improved by using makeup powder to touch it up.
It just so happened that Li Qixun's injury had not yet healed. After such a serious injury, he must have become much thinner and paler. It was a blessing in disguise.
Gu Guan nudged Yin Luo with his shoulder, "How is it?"
With this, are you sure you can get her out?
Yin Luo was really interested in this thing. He fiddled with it in front of the mirror for a while. Then he took the oil paper and folded the mask, wrapped it up, and put it in his arms. "Let's go."
Gu Guan smiled triumphantly and ran after him.
…
After entering the Chen family's villa, Gu Guan and the other man temporarily changed their identities to become medicine boys. Hearing the chaotic voices of people running around and calling for a doctor, they immediately went into the house, grabbed a small box and tied two straps together, pretending it was a medicine box, and hurriedly followed the doctor in.
The servants in the lakeside courtyard had no doubts and said, "Why are you two so slow? Come on, get in!"
Today, the entire Chen family villa was silent, and the New Year atmosphere was swept away. The more festive the villa was decorated, the more crimson the blood on the ground outside the second gate was.
Zhu Zhaopu came in person, and as expected, he did not care about the lives of his servants.
Zhu Zhaopu said a few words to his daughter, and Zhu apologized reluctantly, and the matter was over.
No matter what Li Yi was thinking, at this moment, he had to let it go.
Yu Manzhen felt like she was falling into an ice cellar.
Li Xun's left cheek was bruised and swollen. She applied an ice patch for half an hour and then applied medicine, but the swelling would definitely not go away in a short time. Zhu's slap was so strong that it directly broke the corner of her mouth.
The little girl lay in her arms, sobbing and crying like an injured animal, and finally fell into a vague sleep. But when she woke up in the afternoon, mother and daughter were lying on the couch. Yu Manzhen hugged her daughter tightly. The little girl suddenly said, "...Mother, I can't hear clearly with my ears..."
The little girl's cheeks and mouth were swollen and painful, and she was sobbing incoherently. Yu Manzhen was so shocked that her blood seemed to freeze.
The courtyard was in turmoil. The military doctor and the doctor were called out in a hurry. There was the sound of chaotic footsteps. Yu Manzhen stepped back to let the doctor diagnose her. She leaned over, looked at her anxiously, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong, doctor? What happened to my daughter?"
Gu Guan and Yin Luo carried the medicine box and put it on the square table, then stood in front of the table. The medicine boy and the military doctor were so focused that they didn't notice them. When Gu Guan saw Li Xun and Yu Manzhen for the first time, she couldn't help but hissed, "Damn, this Zhu family is too cruel!"
The little baby girl that both she and Xie Ci had held in their arms in the past had grown into a little girl, but now her left cheek was swollen, blue with black, and looked bruised and swollen. Her face was covered with ointment, and it was black, swollen and deformed, which was in stark contrast to the fair and tender right cheek. She sobbed and cried softly, but tried sensibly not to cry out loud.
It was the first time that Gu Wan felt that this woman was so cruel that she could be so cruel to a child.
Also catching his eye was Yu Manzhen, wearing a long green dress. The entire room was devoid of any festive New Year decorations. In fact, Gu Guan and Yu Manzhen had just met not long ago. They had also met before the Shoutai Mountain battle began. It wasn't a long time ago, at least less than half a year.
In just a few months, Yu Manzhen's complexion changed a lot, and she might not even notice it herself. The huge psychological gap, the unhappiness, and the life full of resentment and struggle caused a shallow wrinkle to appear between her eyebrows, and her beautiful face was covered with a layer of dark haze.
Gu Guan shook his head, but it was okay. This slap came at the right time. Maybe even God was on Xie Ci's side.
The military doctor and the doctor took turns examining the patient and discussed the matter in a low voice. In the end, they came to a diagnosis that was not very good.
The military doctor spoke, sighed, and whispered, "He's just been injured. He might recover after a while, but it's also possible..."
"...Don't eat eggs, bamboo shoots, or other hair-raising foods. During this period, your diet must be light."
The military doctor took the pen handed to him by the medicine boy, thought about it, and adjusted the morning's prescription.
Yu Manzhen felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her blood freezing instantly, her teeth chattering. Li Xun sat timidly on the couch, the frail girl a remnant of her past life, collapsing in the mud like a rag doll, the pain piercing her heart.
Her ears were buzzing.
Yu Manzhen turned her head stiffly, and suddenly, her eyes met with those of two young medicine boys standing by the square table. The shorter one had warm brown pupils and a look that looked unusually familiar.
Gu Guan raised her eyebrows and pointed at the cubicle, and she slipped in.
Yin Luo glanced at the swaying door curtain, took two steps back and stood beside the curtain. He raised his eyes and stared at Yu Manzhen with a pair of indifferent eyes, as if he was lying dormant and silent.
Yin Luo didn't make any movement, just raised his eyelids, and Yu Manzhen's heart trembled. She had seen many masters, and she knew in an instant that this was a top-level master.
He could kill everyone here without waiting for rescue.
Including her and Li Xun.
The anger, hatred and horror that were boiling in his chest instantly turned into cold sweat. Yin Luo tilted his head and slipped into the compartment.
Yu Manzhen lowered her eyes and thought for a while. She didn't say anything until all the military doctors had left. She hurried to pick up the medicine and boil it. She reported to Li Yi. Li Xun's small body lay down. The room became quiet. Yu Manzhen ordered everyone to leave, except for her two trusted maids. Then she stood up and walked to the compartment.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, Gu Wan, who was so unrefined, sat directly on the toilet lid. She put one foot on the footstool and supported her chin with one hand.
Yin Luo was gone. He had already climbed out the window, looked around the entire yard, and then stood back under the back window.
Gu Guan opened the upper part of the rear window, and the small compartment was quite bright.
She didn't waste any words and said directly: "Yu Manzhen, I know Tao Zhuo is your man, and we want Jiangzhou."
Yu Manzhen laughed out of rage. Her mood was very wrong. She was no longer afraid. She felt like she was going crazy and wanted to tear everything apart. She sneered in a hoarse voice: "Gu Qi, are you dreaming?!"
After all, she was Li Yi's wife, and Li Yi was her daughter's father. They shared the same fate, so how could she possibly help the enemy? She was simply insane!
Gu Qi smiled, a little amused. Is it true that everyone suffers together and everyone prospers together?
She raised her eyebrows: "Li Yi is the emperor, can you really be the queen?"
Gu Wan stood up swiftly. Her ordinary face, dressed in a short blue robe, exuded a sense of freedom and exuberance. She tutted her tongue twice, "Even if you really become the queen, can you guarantee that you can stay in that position forever?"
Wei Zifu was the queen for thirty-eight years, but it ended in the same miserable way.
"You know Li Yi. You still have to come down when it's time for you to do so."
Yu Manzhen's sneer suddenly dropped and she couldn't laugh anymore.
Gu Guan is pragmatic, just like Yin Lihua and Guo Shengtong, in the end Guo Shengtong became the queen.
This life is different from the previous one, okay?
Yu Manzhen's heart suddenly sank, as if the lies she had been telling herself over and over again had been exposed. She hissed, "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"
She tried her best to suppress her voice, her body shaking as if she was trembling. For a moment, she was hysterical and her expression was ferocious.
Gu Wan took two steps forward silently. She leaned forward, with a seductive gesture, but her tone was serious, staring into Yu Manzhen's eyes: "Yu Manzhen, as long as you help us take Jiangzhou, no, as long as you don't play tricks, no matter whether we can finally take Jiangzhou or not, I promise you that even if Li Yi loses in the future and you die, I will take care of your daughter.
"I will have Xie Ci make your daughter a princess of the new dynasty, so she can live a life of wealth and happiness. I will personally choose a husband for her, someone who is honest, good-looking, and gentle. I will also watch over him and make sure he never changes his mind, nor dares to change his mind."
Gu Guan smiled. She knew that Yu Manzhen was a selfish person. She said that she would do anything for a man in love, but in fact, she was not like that. Everything she did was actually based on herself.
If we add one more person, it would be Li Xun.
The only things that Gu Guan thought Yu Manzhen had done well were as a mother and a daughter, and she did well in both.
"If your family hadn't died in the war, I could have provided for them."
Yu Manzhen gradually calmed down, and there was no sound in the compartment. Yin Luo peeked inside and saw two women standing face to face in the small room. Gu Guan was taller, so she stepped on a small stool, looking up and down at each other.
Yu Manzhen's hoarse voice: "...Why should I believe you?"
Yes, why?
Swearing a poisonous oath? No use. Whether it's Yu Manzhen or Li Yi, they are people who can abandon their oaths without hesitation when necessary. There are too many such people in the world. Pinning conditions on oaths is simply a joke.
But Gu Wan smiled: "Why? Because I am Gu Wan, because I promised you today!"
In the afternoon sunlight, the sun was setting in the west, but it was not stained with the color of sunset. The bright golden light fell on Gu Wan's face. She raised her eyebrows and said it so lightly and confidently.
The sunlight reflected on the thick gauze of the window frame and on her face. Her face and the sunlight seemed to be glowing.
But Yu Manzhen discovered that Gu Wan's promise was indeed more believable than anyone else's oath.
She actually believed it in her heart, about 70% of it.
She suddenly thought of Xie Ci, the young man in a silver cloak and a white veil covering his eyes, who saved her from the army, carried the lives of thousands of people on his back, and finally died in battle on the banks of the Huai River. He was a peerless hero.
Like Xie Ci and Gu Guan, both of them have souls as shining as gold and their promises are worth a thousand gold.
She and he are such a perfect match.
Her darkness was immediately pushed into the corner.
The feeling at this moment touched a point that Yu Manzhen treasured deep in her soul, and it bubbled up on its own. She inevitably realized that compared to him, she was so ugly and she was not worthy of the hero she had admired all her life.
Yu Manzhen's breathing suddenly became heavy. The thought flashed through her mind, and she let it go like a snake or scorpion. She was unwilling to admit it and pretended that she had never thought about it.
Yu Manzhen stared at Gu Wan's eyes intently. She panted heavily for a while, "I want to be like my daughter. I want to be with my daughter!"
Gu Guan lowered her eyes, raised her eyelashes, and the room fell silent for a moment. She said, "Yu Manzhen, you know it's impossible."
She whispered, "There's still a life between you and me."
Gu Guan has not forgotten the original owner's life, and she will never let Yu Manzhen go.
Yu Manzhen choked, it was like a flash of lightning! In fact, she had always had a vague feeling that it was impossible for her to be reborn as a completely different person after a new life. She suddenly understood. Gu Wan raised his eyes suddenly, and his warm brown eyes turned dark in an instant: "Why did you insist on killing her?"
She had been wanting to ask Yu Manzhen this question for a long time, but she had never had the chance. The original owner, a young woman who had endured countless hardships, and whose relationship with Yu Manzhen was so long-standing, knew nothing about the outside world. At most, she'd only sensed something was amiss when Yu Manzhen married early.
But taking a step back, creating some other accidents and letting yourself be the one affected by the butterfly's wings, then transferring the suspicion to other people, wouldn't that be the same?
Why must she be killed?
Now Yu Manzhen has put so much thought into it, changed so many things, and calculated everything, but in the end, isn't it the same as this?
Yu Manzhen was immediately aware of Gu Wan's thoughts, and she became excited! Her cheeks flushed. Was he mocking her? All the anger and resentment she had felt today suddenly surged up, mingling with her sharp emotions. She gasped heavily, her eyes bloodshot. "Yes, I'm ridiculous, right?! Ha, what would you do? What would you do if you were me?!"
She screamed at the top of her lungs, suppressing her hoarse voice.
Gu Wan couldn't help but laugh, "What will happen to me?"
If Li Yi met her, he would be in big trouble. She couldn't help laughing: "I will probably take away everything he has! He has nothing left. He still wants to be the emperor in this life. It's just a dream!"
To put it bluntly, Yu Manzhen is actually just reluctant to give up the throne of queen, right?
There were many men in this era who did not have concubines. Perhaps they had one wife and one or two concubines. It was a simple and clean life with clear hierarchy.
Yu Manzhen had foresight. This was a time of great change. With so many people rising from the ashes, not to mention others, there were quite a few in Li Yi's camp, right? Yu Manzhen must have known this.
As long as she is willing, she can choose one and live a happy life with her husband.
Why challenge Li Yi again?
But, let's not provoke her anymore. Now Tao Zhuo is still pointing at her. Gu Guan sighed: "Three-legged women are hard to find, but there are many two-legged men. If he doesn't let me have a good life, I will make him unhappy for the rest of his life. That's what I call pleasure!"
She smiled and said, "By then, he will definitely remember me forever."
Yu Manzhen was stunned and trembling all over. She couldn't say a word and her body felt hot and cold.
Outside the window, Yin Luo snapped his fingers. Gu Wan stopped talking nonsense. She was now 99% sure. "Yu Manzhen, stop talking nonsense. Do you agree or not to this deal?"
Yu Manzhen looked up, clenched her fists and stared at Gu Wan. The small room was bright and dim in the afternoon sun. She clenched her teeth tightly, her heart buzzing like a drum, but her mind was unusually clear.
She said, "I promise you."
The author has something to say:
If a person is a ray of sunshine, they will gradually attract more and more sunshine around them. However, if they are not, they will gather more and more people with darker sides. The further they go, the greater the difference becomes. So, the saying that character determines destiny is quite reasonable.
Haha, Ah Xiu is here! A super fat chapter, tsk tsk! See you tomorrow, my dears~ (*^▽^*)
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