Meanwhile, after Fourteenth Prince betrayed her, Zhu Wanqing's temper became very strange, and she would lose her temper at the drop of a hat.
That day, she smashed many things again and punished several of the servants.
The maids standing outside the house were so frightened that they all knelt down on the ground.
"Please calm down, Master..." The maids didn't dare to raise their heads, fearing that Zhu Wanqing would take her anger out on them at this moment.
"Get up, help me tidy up the room..." Zhu Wanqing's voice was devoid of any emotion, cold and low. The maids looked at each other in surprise; Zhu Wanqing hadn't even gotten angry.
"Oh! Get rid of everything the Prince used. I don't want any of his things to appear again." Zhu Wanqing added as she turned around. The maids quickly agreed and stood up to get to work.
Zhu Wanqing made up her mind and turned to her personal maid, saying, "Go and summon the Green-Clad Hall Master and the Purple-Clad Hall Master. I have something important to discuss..." At this moment, Zhu Wanqing showed no trace of grief; her eyes were filled with decisiveness and indifference. The personal maid felt a chill run down her spine. Just moments before, she had been immersed in the sorrow of losing her beloved, and Zhu Wanqing had already come to her senses so quickly.
It seemed that not just anyone could be the leader. The personal maid agreed, looking at Zhu Wanqing with immense admiration. Zhu Wanqing smiled wryly and said, "I'm fine, go quickly..."
Soon, the Green-Clad Hall Master and the Purple-Clad Hall Master arrived at Cangyue Tower under the cover of night. Just then, the maids had almost finished cleaning. Seeing the maids carrying away all of the Fourteenth Prince's belongings bit by bit, they roughly knew what was going on.
Zhu Wanqing sat expressionlessly in the middle of the room. Without the Fourteenth Prince's belongings, the room seemed even more empty and desolate. Zhu Wanqing was dressed in thin clothes, and the Purple-Clad Hall Master hurriedly took off his own outer garment and draped it over her.
Zhu Wanqing slowly turned around and forced a smile: "You've come!"
The Green-Clad Hall Master knelt before Zhu Wanqing with great heartache, took her hand, and cried, "Master, don't be too sad... Men are all the same, it's better to see their true colors sooner rather than later!" The Green-Clad Hall Master felt sorry for Zhu Wanqing, but only Zhu Wanqing herself knew that there was a chasm between her and the Fourteenth Prince, spanning an entire dynasty.
Zhu Wanqing gestured for the purple-robed hall master and the green-robed hall master to sit down, and then spoke her mind: "I've called you here to discuss the retreat with you!"
"Retreat?" The green-robed hall master stood up abruptly and asked incredulously.
Zhu Wanqing smiled and nodded, saying, "The island is already exposed to the enemy. Staying here is like being a caged beast, only able to make a last-ditch effort." The Purple-Clad Hall Master nodded thoughtfully, saying, "The leader is right. Although the island is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is far from the mainland, and both manpower and resources are extremely scarce. It's almost impossible for us to wage a protracted war; the Qing army could wear us down..."
The green-robed leader had no choice but to accept reality, and angrily exclaimed, "That damned emperor! I wish I could kill him with my own hands!"
Zhu Wanqing sighed, "There should be a lot of Qing troops entrenched in Songjiang Prefecture now. If we want to land in Songjiang Prefecture, we'll be walking into a trap. So I want to go by sea..."
"We will follow the leader's arrangements. We will now make arrangements for this matter..." The purple-robed hall master stood up and clasped his hands in response, while the green-robed hall master questioned, "Then... what about the two princes in the cave?" The two looked at Zhu Wanqing at the same time.
Zhu Wanqing pondered for a moment, then said coldly, "I want to take Fourteenth Master away!" The green-robed hall master and the purple-robed hall master's expressions changed instantly, and they hesitated to speak.
Zhu Wanqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've given up on him. I thought leaving the Seventeenth Prince on the island would give us some time to deal with the Qing army, and taking the Fourteenth Prince with me would be so that I could be coerced into protecting myself if we encountered pursuers while we were escaping..." Hearing Zhu Wanqing say this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
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