The story begins roughly when the matter of Jiang Yuanling was settled, and the emperor ordered Jiang Yuanling to be imprisoned in the Crown Prince's residence.
The Consort Shu, who had committed the crime, was executed by being cut in half at the waist. Her son was also implicated in other matters and demoted to a commoner. The day before Consort Shu's execution, he should have been released from prison.
But for some reason, after those people took him out of the prison of the Prefect of the Capital, they blindfolded him and took him to another place.
Dark and damp.
There were also traces of some kind of insect crawling on the wall, which looked quite terrifying.
Before Jiang Yuanlang could even shout, footsteps came from afar, and then Jiang Yuanche and an old man with white hair and a youthful face appeared in his sight.
"Jiang Yuanche, what exactly do you want?" Jiang Yuanlang was not one to hold his temper, and immediately questioned, "Father has already decreed me a commoner, what more do you want?!"
The only sound in the cell was the dripping of water; Jiang Yuanche merely glanced at him indifferently.
No matter how he pressed him, she remained silent, as if she didn't take him seriously at all. The old man, Xun Lao, stepped forward with a small bowl in his hand.
"I advise the Third Prince to conserve his energy, lest he suffer too much pain later."
"What are you doing?!"
Jiang Yuanlang could now see the worms wriggling in the bowl, and when he looked at Elder Xun again, he couldn't help but feel fear and wariness.
This person had the appearance of an immortal and otherworldly being, but now he seemed to exude an indescribable eeriness and sinister aura.
He wanted to run, but he was shackled and surrounded by guards in the cell, so he couldn't even get out of the door! Even now, several months later, Jiang Yuanlang still breaks out in a cold sweat when he thinks about the torture he suffered.
That was his nightmare for the past few months; the only thing he remembered was the suffocating feeling of drowning.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Yuanche is wicked and malicious, colluding with foreign tribes. He uses evil magic to betray his country and collude with the enemy." Jiang Yuanlang recounted the crimes one by one. "Such a person is unworthy of being a prince, let alone a human being!"
“Your Majesty, this man’s words are not credible. Jiang Yuanlang has a long-standing grudge against the Fifth Prince. Even his mother died because of the Fifth Prince. It’s hard to say that he might be holding a grudge and doing this on purpose.”
Jiang Yuanche's party members turned pale and glared fiercely at Jiang Yuanlang in front of them.
However, the other two, who had long planned to give Jiang Yuanche a quick death today, would not give them a chance to recant. "What, does Lord Liu mean that even my words cannot be trusted?"
“I have no old grudge against Jiang Yuanche, nor am I the kind of person who blindly trusts others. What Lord Liu said is an insult to my and my second brother’s character.”
"minister……"
The two brothers, one after the other, escalated the charge against Lord Liu to the level of insubordination.
The court fell silent, and no one dared to refute anything further. As a result, Jiang Mingyun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had a face that could be described as dark and gloomy.
He clearly believed Jiang Yuanlang's words. Whether he truly believed them or not, Jiang Yuanche was doomed to die.
Actually, there was one more thing that no one knew: before this, Jiang Yuanqing had already given the Emperor the small porcelain bottle containing the infant spirit.
How could Jiang Mingyun not feel hatred upon learning that her son, who should have been reincarnated, had been fed with blood and turned into a demonic fetus?!
Regardless of what others say, in her heart she had already sentenced Jiang Yuanche to death. "Fifth Prince Jiang Yuanche, infamous and utterly despicable! Tomorrow at noon, behead him and display his head to the public. There must be no mistake!"
At that time, the battle outside Canggu City was also nearing its end.
Despite the objections of others, Gu Zhan adopted Xu Nian's suggestion. To dispel everyone's concerns, he led a team of men, along with the Right General, Liu Jun, and the Left General.
The four men changed into ordinary soldiers' clothes from different directions and took advantage of the chaos to sneak behind enemy lines.
Without Elder Xun's help, the Japanese pirates' camp was clearly visible in the daytime, and their leader was sitting in it, enjoying himself with a beautiful woman in each hand.
The deafening sounds of fighting outside drowned out the noise of Gu Zhan and his men surrounding them.
By the time he realized what was happening, a long knife was already at his neck, the beauty was pulled from his arms and thrown to the ground, and then tied up.
The first battle was a resounding success, and things went more smoothly than anyone had imagined.
The generals, recalling their previous disdain for Xu Niandi and their doubts about Gu Zhan, felt as if they had been slapped in the face repeatedly, and were so embarrassed that they didn't know how to face them.
They could only do their best to clean up the mess outside Canggu City, and the group wiped out the enemy outside the city in one fell swoop.
Seeing the situation was turning against them, the Japanese pirates' commander-in-chief had already led his troops out of Canggu City by the time they stormed into the camp. Gu Zhan and his men should also reorganize their troops and head towards Fengmen Pass!
That place should be considered the main battlefield of this battle, where tens of thousands of Japanese pirates gathered, making it the key to this war!
"Family members, do you think it would be immoral for me to tell Gu Zhan after I've finished fighting at Fengmen Pass?"
Sitting in the carriage, Xu Nian lifted the curtain to look at Gu Zhan, who was leading the way. When Gu Zhan sensed her and turned around, she hurriedly lowered the curtain again.
[That's very unethical. Streamer, you should have said so earlier; you can't really fake your death.]
Yes, the general needed to know eventually. If you had told him sooner, you could have spent your last moments together more peacefully.
Xu Nian also wanted to speak up sooner, but with war raging, she was afraid that saying so would affect Gu Zhan. If something went wrong without him noticing, she would regret it deeply.
Before the matter could be roughly resolved, shocking news came from the capital.
Seven days had passed since the Fifth Prince was beheaded, and Gu Zhan and his group had already arrived at Fengmen Pass and set up camp. News did not circulate effectively in the border region.
If Xu Nian hadn't had the ring, she probably wouldn't have known that the Fifth Prince was already dead.
But this news has nothing to do with the Fifth Prince; the one who got into trouble was Jiang Mingyun.
"You mean none of the court officials could figure out what disease the emperor had?" Xu Nian and Gu Zhan were in the same tent, while the others were having a meeting in the main tent.
She was the only one in the tent. "Could she be possessed? But he is the emperor, and ordinary evil spirits cannot get close to him."
Jiang Yuanqing put down the memorial in his hand. Jiang Mingyun had been ill for two days and was lying in bed unconscious.
He acted as regent for two days, and at first he wondered if the emperor was being haunted by some vengeful spirit. But then he remembered Xu Nian's words and thought it was impossible.
After pondering for a long time, he hesitated, then sighed, "I feel that Father's illness is somewhat similar to mine. Do you think it could be the Fifth Prince?"
"But isn't he dead?"
"Because he died, Elder Xun also died. The Gu worms in his body were out of control, which is why Father is like this now."
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