Chapter 3104: Master wants to take her with him?
Zhu Chengjin opened his mouth to speak, but after a night of hard work, his throat felt like it was on fire, and for a moment he couldn't make a sound. He coughed twice before saying, "What's going on outside?"
He was surprised when he said this.
The voice has completely gone.
Guo Mi and the others hurriedly told him what was happening outside. Starting from last night, Jinling City was opened to looting by the people from Xingluo Lake. For the entire night, Jinling City was like a purgatory.
Countless girls were murdered by women, and countless families were broken up.
However, no matter how tragic the story was, as long as it didn't happen to oneself, it seemed to be just a story. Zhu Chengjin listened and waved his hand irritably: "Are they satisfied?"
Guo Mi smiled bitterly in his heart.
Being able to plunder the city like this, those people were not satisfied at all. They could only whisper, "They plundered the North City yesterday, and today, they went to the South City."
Zhu Chengjin said coldly, "No matter how they make trouble in the city, tell them that they must follow us across the river at twilight hour tomorrow. If they can't reach the shore smoothly, I will not let them go easily."
Guo Mi said, "Yes."
Zhu Chengjin then stepped forward, but as soon as he took that step, he felt dizzy, his whole body went limp, and his throat was dry as if it had been burned by fire. Ge Long and the others saw that something was wrong and hurriedly escorted him back to Wuying Palace.
On the other side, Nan Yan had been staying quietly in Yiku Palace.
Although Tingfu had lost his tongue and could only stay in bed to recuperate, and was completely unable to find out any news for her, she had heard about the big things happening outside. She was heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do.
But when it was noon, she deliberately asked, "Will Wuying Palace send food today? If not, go to the kitchen and ask them to send some soup and rice over."
Duo'er was now her personal servant. Upon hearing this, she hurried out.
After a while, she came back and said softly, "Your Highness, I have just sent a message to the kitchen, asking them to prepare it for you."
Nan Yan glanced at her and asked, "Are they not serving food in Wuying Palace?"
Duo'er said, "I heard that the young master seems to be feeling unwell."
"Not feeling well? Sick?"
"Not really."
Nan Yan thought quietly for a while, then smiled and said, "It's better if he doesn't have one."
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"Now his troops have been mobilized and are about to cross the river to show their strength. If he really falls ill at this time, it will be a good show to watch."
Duo'er looked at her with some fear.
Although Duo'er and Jiang Dahe were indeed sent by Zhu Chengjin to keep an eye on Nan Yan, they were just ordinary palace maids and eunuchs, and could not withstand any major storms. They did not understand why the imperial concubine, whose life was clearly in the hands of others, would be so unscrupulous in front of the person who controlled her life.
Naturally, Duoer reported all of her words to Wuying Palace honestly.
Zhu Chengjin leaned against the head of the bed, looking unhappy.
Ge Long and the others wanted to ask a doctor to come and see him, but he angrily scolded them. However, no matter how he tried to be tough, he was indeed feeling a little weak. He lay in bed with his hands and feet limp, and his vision was blurry.
He also knew that his body was already very weak, and that staying up all night in Xu Shizong's mourning hall was something that an ordinary person could not endure, let alone him.
After hearing what Duo'er said, his face darkened.
Ge Long brought people from the imperial kitchen over. Since Zhu Chengjin was reluctant to see a doctor because of his illness, he didn't want to go against his wishes. And judging from Zhu Chengjin's appearance, he didn't seem to have any serious illness. He was just upset these days because of Xu Shizong's death and too many other things. In addition, he had been up all night, so his body couldn't hold on any longer.
Therefore, he asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some warm and nourishing medicinal soup and send it over.
Ge Long placed all these things in front of Zhu Chengjin one by one and said softly, "Young Master, you stayed up all night yesterday, which was very harmful to your health. These are warming and nourishing foods, please eat some."
Zhu Chengjin just looked at those things coldly.
After a long while, he asked Ge Long to serve him a bowl of soup. He was drinking it carefully when Ge Long said softly, "The people below have already arranged everything for tomorrow's military deployment. There is only one thing——"
Zhu Chengjin raised his eyes and glanced at him: "What?"
Ge Long said, "Young Master said before that he wanted to fight in person."
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"In my humble opinion, you should stay in the palace and let outsiders handle the outside affairs. Moreover, although Xu Shifeng was injured, he is still in Yangzhou Prefecture and has some troops at his disposal. The outcome of the battle tomorrow is unpredictable, so you should not take risks lightly."
"The outcome is unpredictable?"
Zhu Chengjin's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said, "Do you think we will lose?"
When Ge Long heard this, he was frightened and said hurriedly: "I dare not."
Zhu Chengjin said coldly: "You'd better not have such thoughts."
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"You have to know that Jinling City is the southern capital of Yan State. Although my uncle moved the capital to Beiping, he still left behind the same team and so many soldiers here. If we can capture Jinling City, what will a small Yangzhou be?"
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"As long as we capture Yangzhou and use it as a base, we can march north in no time."
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"In this battle, we must win and not lose!"
Having said that, he glanced at Ge Long again, his eyes as sharp as a knife flashing with cold light, and said coldly: "So, it's best not to let me hear such discouraging words again."
Ge Long was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he said hurriedly, "Yes."
After saying these words, Zhu Chengjin coughed twice again, probably because he was exhausted. However, perhaps the sound and appearance of coughing with his hands covering his mouth reminded him of Xu Shizong, he frowned very unhappily, ate two more bites, and asked Ge Long to take everything away.
Ge Long said, "Sir, do you have any other instructions?"
Zhu Chengjin sat on the bed, looking at the sky outside. He recalled what Duo'er had just said. His eyes seemed to have turned cold. After a while, he sneered and said, "Go and prepare for the imperial concubine. The army will set out at 5 p.m. tomorrow, and she will follow me into battle."
Ge Long was startled: "Master, you want to take her with you?"
Zhu Chengjin said coldly, "If I'm not mistaken, if Xu Shifeng stays in Yangzhou, he'll indeed face a tough battle. But he's already in dire straits. Who is he fighting for?"
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"If he saw that the Imperial Concubine they longed for was in my hands, would he still be able to fight?"
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