Huoshui's guess was correct. Almost at the same time when Gu Qingcheng received the letter from Jiankang, Zhou Shao also met the person sent by Chen Duan in a tent.
"What? You said His Majesty wants to make General Wang's eldest daughter his empress?"
Zhou Shao couldn't believe his ears.
He stared with wide eyes, looked at the person who came, then looked down at the letter in his hand, and felt it was ridiculous.
Why am I having a nightmare in broad daylight?
Is my lord stupid?
His fiancée is Gu Jia Sanniang.
It cannot be said that everyone knows about this matter, but everyone who should know it knows it.
Especially in the past few months, when the lord was away, the female monarch had to take charge of the situation on the riverside.
On that day, they repelled Yuwen's troops and continued to advance, successively capturing three county towns including Heyang and Heyin.
The land that once belonged to the Southern Dynasty was regained.
The situation of confrontation between the North and the South was also reversed because of the female monarch.
Moreover, occupying cities such as Heyang and Heyin was like stabbing a sharp knife into the Northern Dynasty.
As long as we gain a foothold, we can continue to advance northward.
Perhaps, the great cause of unification can really be accomplished in the hands of a female monarch.
"My Lady, you not only helped the Lord defend Jiangling, but also contributed to the expansion of our territory!"
Such achievements are destined to leave a mark in history even if unification cannot be achieved in the future.
The lady has made such great contributions, but the lord does not express gratitude, does not reward, and actually, also -
Zhou Shao really wanted to rush to Jiankang, grab Chen Duan's clothes and shake him hard.
He wants to shake all the water out of his lord's head!
He wanted to ask his lord in person: Chen Duan, are you fucking crazy?
You humiliate people who have made great contributions in this way, and you still want to win the hearts of the people?
Even if Gu Sanniang is a woman, even if she is your legitimate fiancée, you can't treat her like this.
This is an act of betrayal.
If he can even betray his wife who has devoted herself to him, who would dare to seek refuge with him?
The key point is that the girl from the Gu family is not an ordinary "first wife", but a partner who "joins" the huge Lingnan.
We haven't even unified the world yet, but we're already putting away our bows and arrows after all the birds have been killed?
So cold and indifferent, so treacherous...
Zhou Shao himself didn't even notice that his "butt" was crooked.
If he were still Chen Duan's adviser, he would devote himself to planning for Chen Duan.
Even if they disagree in their hearts and think that Chen Duan is not kind, they will find various reasons for him - those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters.
The daughter of the Gu family did give a lot, but she was still a woman after all.
Besides, the lord did not abandon her completely, he just did not give her the title of queen.
Apart from the position of queen, my lord can give her his true heart.
After the north and the south are unified, perhaps the lord can follow the example of Emperor Guangwu and reinstate the daughter of the Gu family as the queen!
In this way, it can also create a good story.
...This is what a Chen Duan strategist should think.
However, Zhou Shao had no intention of helping Chen Duan to make excuses at this moment.
The reason is simple, his heart has already leaned towards Gu Qingcheng.
How nice is Lady Jun!
In addition to defending Jiangling and expanding the territory, she also performed very well in rectifying military affairs.
The less than two thousand defenders left by Chen Duan were quickly expanded to twenty thousand in just three months.
Although there were more men and horses, the supply of food and fodder was not insufficient.
The queen paid out of her own pocket to ensure that every soldier had enough food and warm clothing.
After occupying cities such as Heyang and Heyin, we were able to stabilize the people's hearts in the first place and allow several cities to quickly settle down.
He can lead troops and is good at governing the local area...
The key point is that the queen also recruited the famous scholar Jiang Chi as her adviser.
That’s Jiang Chi.
One moment he was hired by Yuwen family as Sima, and the next moment he became the first person employed by the queen.
Seeing that Jiang Chi was willing to become a disciple of a woman, Zhou Shao and other counselors all lost the last bit of resentment in their hearts.
If the famous scholar Jiang Chi could recognize a woman as his "lord", what was there for these unknown little people like them to worry about?
Besides, they were originally staying to assist the queen.
Now, at most, the "lady" has been transformed into the lord.
Perhaps because his butt was sitting crookedly, Zhou Shao subconsciously became "warned" against Chen Duan.
For example, three months had passed since the incident with the small porcelain bottle, but Zhou Shao and others had not reported a single word to Chen Duan.
Seeing Chen Duan's letter at this moment, Zhou Shao felt that it was absurd, but also had a faint sense of pleasure -
"If Chen Duan knew that the lord still had such a 'sacred weapon' in his hands, would he still do such a foolish thing as 'demolishing his wife to a concubine'?"
General Wang's 30,000 troops were nothing compared to the earth-shattering little porcelain bottle.
You know, even the fierce cavalry of the Northern Dynasty, the Yuwen clan, were defeated and fled by the small porcelain bottle.
Wang's army, haha, is totally incomparable to Yuwen's!
"Chen is short-sighted and treacherous. He is truly not worth considering!"
There was still a hint of hesitation in his heart, but at this moment, Zhou Shao had completely made up his mind...
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