Chapter 813: Planning Begins
"Sanniang!"
Everyone was stunned for a long time before they finally found their own voice.
Their eyes were still a little dazed, but they were still able to salute respectfully.
"No need to be polite!"
Gu Qingcheng sat high on the horse's back, with an upright posture and a stunning appearance.
Her physical strength of 89 points was good enough, but she still hadn't left her flesh and blood body. She had been riding a horse for seven days and could hardly bear it.
Not to mention other things, just the inner thighs and buttocks felt burning with pain.
When riding a horse, you need to concentrate highly.
Finally arriving at the destination, the tense string in my body completely relaxed.
Gu Qingcheng just felt waves of fatigue.
However, now is not the time to rest.
She endured the physical pain and mental fatigue, and remained so noble and calm.
The hand holding the whip raised slightly, signaling everyone to excuse themselves.
A'man and several other female soldiers also rushed over quickly.
They quickly dismounted from their horses and gathered around Gu Qingcheng.
Especially Ah Man, who was born with supernatural powers. She knelt on one knee in front of the horse and respectfully asked Gu Qingcheng to dismount.
Gu Qingcheng did not refuse. She turned over and stepped on Ah Man's knee to get off the horse.
The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing, revealing the unique dignity of an aristocratic family.
As for Ah Man and other servants, they were all respectful and well-behaved. There was no need for too much talk. Everything was so natural and smooth.
"As expected of the Wujun Gu family, such rules and style, noble but not arrogant!"
"Yes, even a little servant has such riding skills, which shows the strength of the Gu family!"
"Huh? Those Kunlun slaves seem to be the ones the prince gave to Sanniang!"
"Tsk, what about Kunlun slaves? They are not even as good as a few young girls and are actually left at the back of the team!"
The crowd was watching, pondering secretly, with all kinds of looks flying around.
However, everyone's first impression of Gu Qing was definitely profound.
1. She has a stunning appearance, beautiful but not gaudy, like a fairy.
They finally realized how unreliable the rumors were.
They finally understood why their prince was so eager to arrange a marriage with the Gu family.
In addition to the Gu family's status and the help that the Gu family can bring, the Gu family's daughter's stunning appearance also played a significant role.
Second, noble temperament and superb riding skills.
A pampered lady from a noble family is willing to travel long distances without any complaints.
It’s a journey of one or two thousand miles, including many mountain roads, but they arrived there in seven days.
The key point is that when she arrived, she was still so energetic and radiant.
She was not in the humiliation of sleeping in the open, nor was she exhausted both physically and mentally. She was like a goddess descended from the sky.
Although their prince did not appear in the same frame with the girl from the Gu family, everyone felt that the two were a perfect match just by thinking about it in their minds.
Well, or, to some extent, my own prince is not worthy of Gu Sanniang.
Gu Qingcheng's first appearance was stunning.
After arriving at the military camp by the river, she quickly got into the state again.
"Sanniang, I am Zhou Shao, the military commander. I am ordered by the prince to stay in Jiangling and wait for your orders."
The first person to come before Gu Qingcheng was a scholar in his thirties, with a fair face, a long beard, a medium build, and regular features.
He was one of Chen Duan's advisers, and was given the official title of Sima, temporarily taking charge of the affairs of Jiangling.
And with the arrival of Gu Qingcheng, Zhou Shao will have to transfer the responsibility.
Before that, Zhou Shao still wanted to find out the background of the future Princess Liang.
"No need to be polite! Sit down!"
Gu Qingcheng knelt in the main seat and restrained her aura a little.
Even so, she still gives people the feeling of being full of aura.
Under this kind of momentum, people would temporarily ignore her stunning appearance and then become respectful involuntarily.
She uttered a few words lightly, without being overly polite to Zhou Shao.
She didn't even exchange pleasantries, and went straight to the point, "How many soldiers are left by the river? How much food, weapons, and ships are there?"
Gu Qingcheng threw out a series of questions.
Zhou Shao originally wanted to find out the bottom of the matter, but he was hit head-on with so many questions.
He even had the illusion that the person sitting on the high seat was not a noble little girl, but his own Royal Highness Prince Liang.
Under this illusion, Zhou Shao didn't have time to think too much and subconsciously bowed to answer the question.
After reporting back on Jiang Ling's affairs, Zhou Shao finally realized -
That's not right. The person sitting on the seat is Gu Sanniang, a young girl from an aristocratic family who has just arrived. She is not his lord.
As a counselor, Zhou Shao supported his own prince in increasing his power through marriage.
Zhou Shao did not have much aversion to Gu Qingcheng, the future mistress.
However, as time went on, Zhou Shao discovered that the girl from the Gu family had an increasing influence on his own prince.
The prince trusted the girl from the Gu family to an extent that even more than his confidants who followed him.
This is not a good sign.
At least for the counselors, they can't help but worry that their lord is "blinded by lust".
Well, before I saw the daughter of the Gu family in person, the phrase “lust makes one lose one’s mind” seemed a bit like a joke.
The counselors were more afraid of the hen crowing at dawn and that the girl from the Gu family would take advantage of the favor to repay them.
But when they saw Gu Qingcheng's stunning beauty, the counselors were really worried that King Liang would be seduced by her beauty.
They followed King Liang because they wanted to achieve hegemony, not to make wedding dresses for others.
Of course, now King Liang is still just King Liang. Considering the future, it is inevitable that he may be suspected of "worrying about nothing".
But, as a counselor, one must plan ahead.
Moreover, this is not just groundless worry.
King Liang led his troops back to the capital to "serve the king". He did not hand over such an important place as Jiangling to some of his confidants, but entrusted it to a woman.
This woman is not even the King of Liang’s new wife!
As Sima, how could Zhou Shao not be worried? Putting aside the hen crowing at dawn and other things, Zhou Shao was fully qualified to question the ability of the Gu family girl——
As a woman, even if she has some ability to make money, being stationed in Jiangling is not a simple business, but requires coordination of all aspects.
Can the daughter of the Gu family do this? Just now, he was deceived by the daughter of the Gu family's momentum and was not careful for a moment, so he actually reported the truth obediently.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
After he finished speaking and realized what was going on, Zhou Shao felt secretly annoyed.
He sat upright, pursed his lips, lowered his head, and said no more.
If it was King Liang sitting on the seat, he would not only report back but also take the initiative to offer some suggestions.
But now——
He wanted to see whether the daughter of the Gu family was just pretending or had real talent.
As long as the questions asked by the Gu girl were too superficial, or the focus was too biased, Zhou Shao would use this as a handle to "admonish" her.
However, Gu Qingcheng did not continue to ask.
She changed the subject and began to ask about the incident in the capital.
"The sage went to the palace outside the capital to escape the summer heat, but the crown prince took the opportunity to cause trouble. The other two princes also took action, and a coup occurred in the palace."
Gu Qingcheng is far away in Lingnan, but she is very well-informed.
In addition, there was the carrier pigeon message that Chen Duan sent to her.
Of course, Gu Qingcheng is still a second-generation human being.
She doesn't believe in past lives, but she still remembers clearly the major events that happened in her past life.
This palace coup in the Southern Dynasty was one of the important events that led to its rapid decline.
In her previous life, Gu Qingcheng was in the Northern Dynasty. Through the information sent back by her spies who stayed in the Southern Dynasty, she was able to obtain intelligence in a timely manner and made the most of it.
At that time, she and Yuwen Heng led their troops to the riverside, facing the Jiangling defenders across the river.
As for Chen Duan, without Gu Qingcheng's support, he was in great shortage of food and military pay.
Without sufficient money and food, the military morale will not be stable.
The army brought back to Jiankang by Chen Duan was in a better situation. With the prestige of the brave general Chen Duan, they were able to obey orders obediently.
However, it is hard to say about the defenders in Jiangling.
The confidants selected by Chen Duan could not really win the support of the people, and the morale of the troops in the riverside camp was very unstable.
Gu Qingcheng used both conspiracy and covert strategy, luring people by the river and sending people to infiltrate.
In less than half a month, deserters began to appear among the defenders on the riverside.
When Chen Duan was stuck in the quagmire of the palace coup and couldn't extricate himself, Jiang Ling fell directly into Gu Qingcheng's hands.
...Reborn once, the enemy and us are reversed.
Gu Qingcheng became the one who helped Chen Duan defend the city.
However, Gu Qingcheng did not focus on Jiangling, her focus was on the capital.
Zhou Shao was stunned for a moment; he couldn't keep up with Gu Qingcheng's pace.
After a moment, Zhou Shao reacted. He carefully selected his words and said slowly, "Let Sanniang know that the incident in the capital is not just a palace coup, but also a few generals who took the opportunity to rebel!"
Chen Jing himself came to power through treason, so it was inevitable that the generals under his command would follow suit.
Furthermore, after Chen Jing became emperor, it was difficult for him to change his warlord behavior.
He was wary of his trusted aides and would often withhold food and wages. He would also deliberately send other generals to fight in order to reap the benefits himself.
Chen Duan is Chen Jing's cousin, but he was still targeted.
Not to mention the other warriors.
No one is a fool.
Anyone who can become a general is definitely not a strong warrior.
They knew that Chen Jing was wary of them, and they also knew that he wanted everyone to either kill each other or consume each other with the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty.
"I'm always being schemed against by this guy, I might as well rebel against him!"
"We are all soldiers who have fought hard in the army. If Chen Jing can become the emperor, why can't I?"
Chen Jing's defensiveness actually served to provoke conflict.
Chen Jing was asking for trouble again by trying to raise poisonous insects among his sons.
The crown prince and several other princes simply rebelled, and while Chen Jing was in the palace to escape the summer heat, they staged a coup.
In the palace, fathers and sons, and brothers were fighting each other. As an old fox, Chen Jing was well prepared and quickly took control of the situation.
But the coup in the imperial palace was just the beginning.
Several generals led their troops back to Jiankang under the banner of "serving the king".
The capital was occupied by a general, and the imperial palace was also caught in chaos.
Chen Jing is in trouble!
Chen Duan also took the opportunity to return to Beijing, and he had even more reasons to serve the king and save the emperor.
However, no matter how many reasons there are, they cannot cover up the essence of "treason".
Gu Qingcheng pondered for a moment and said slowly, "It seems that we still need to build momentum for His Highness!"
"Sima Zhou, what do you think of letting His Highness 'fall from the sky'?"
Zhou Shao: ...I think you are talking in your sleep!
(End of this chapter)
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