Chapter 275 No one can protect it, and there is no need to protect it
The next day.
Before daybreak, Su Rui heard some noise outside.
When I opened my eyes drowsily, Yun Ji had already put on his coat.
"What happened?" Su Rui asked in a hoarse voice.
Yun Ji straightened his collar and said concisely, "General Tang is here."
The last time I came here, I was testing the waters and hesitating, but this time... I'm afraid I've made up my mind.
Su Rui didn't expect it to happen so soon. She had just talked to Yun Ji about it yesterday, and General Tang came this morning, before dawn. Was he afraid that he would miss Yun Ji's arrival at his house?
"Is there any movement from Prince Long's side?"
Yun Ji nodded, "Prince Long left for Beijing last night."
When Prince Long returns to the capital, the siege of Weicheng will have a conclusion, as will the marriage between Tang Yuli and the second prince. Therefore, General Tang has no time to hesitate.
Su Rui couldn't go out, so she could only send Yun Ji out of the inner room and sit by the window waiting.
Yun Ji hurried all the way to the main hall. General Tang was already sitting inside. When he saw Yun Ji, he stood up and saluted.
"General, there's no need to be so polite." Yun Ji took the seat at the head of the table and asked directly, "General, you came here so early this morning. I believe you have already made a decision."
General Tang was silent for a moment, then finally spoke, "Yes, Your Highness is right. It would be wishful thinking for me to remain indifferent. That is why I came here today to make two unwelcome requests."
"General, please feel free to speak."
"First, cancel the engagement between my daughter and the Second Prince. Second, give Prince Long's family a way out in the future."
"The first one, I can agree to, General, but the second one, I can't."
"Why?" General Tang didn't understand. Although they were enemies, if Yunji won, it wouldn't be a bad thing to give Prince Long's Mansion a way out. If not, he wouldn't have to do this.
He could choose Yun Ji for the sake of Li Li and stand against Prince Long's Mansion, but he could not just ignore the hundreds of people in Prince Long's Mansion.
Even though it was difficult, he wanted to find a way to have the best of both worlds, even though there were not many such solutions.
Yun Ji did not answer General Tang directly, but handed the letter to him personally.
General Tang took it with doubt, and the moment he opened it, his pupils vibrated.
Scanning letter after letter, General Tang went from initial shock to anger and then to trembling hands.
He recognized his elder brother's handwriting the best. Even though the handwriting on the letter was deliberately changed, he could still recognize it at a glance.
Moreover, he knew that this was not the initial communication between his elder brother and Rongdi Yiji Dongyue, because the two parties must have been cautious in the beginning and needed to use real handwriting to understand each other. This should be in the middle or late stage.
Although the letter did not explicitly state collusion, General Tang had been stationed in Mobei for ten years and was familiar with the situation. He could tell what had happened from the time period written in the letter.
Needless to say, he also knew that this was only a small part of the letter.
Prince Long’s crime of treason and collaborating with the enemy is a foregone conclusion, and it’s not just Prince Long who is guilty, but also many of his Tang family members.
The entire Tang family has long been rotten.
Although he knew that Prince Long had collaborated with the enemy, slaughtered his compatriots, and oppressed the people, he had no evidence. They were brothers from the same mother. Even if General Tang had severed his ties with him, he could still hope that Prince Long had not done many wrong things and that he and the Tang family still had a chance to survive.
But in the end, no one can protect it, and there is no need to protect it.
Yun Ji showed him the letter now to give him a chance.
General Tang put the letter down with trembling hands, stood up, and said in a hoarse voice, "Lili is still sleeping. I will send her here at noon. Please take good care of her in the future, Concubine Su."
Yun Ji agreed and gave General Tang time to deal with what he should do.
After sending Tang Yuli to Prince Yong's mansion, General Tang no longer had any worries. He drastically severed all ties between himself and Prince Long's mansion, and even demolished the General's Mansion that was merged with Prince Long's mansion.
When Prince Long rushed back to Shengjing, he saw only ruins. He was so angry that his hair stood on end. He rushed into the palace and ran towards Changning's yard.
"What are you cooking in your house? Are you just watching your second uncle do this?" Prince Long roared as he entered the courtyard, but no one came out and there was no response.
Prince Long was furious, thinking that Changning had been having an affair with those male favorites again and had lost all sense of justice. He quickened his pace and headed for the door.
"grandfather!"
The wolf cub's cry came from behind.
Before he could turn around, the wolf cub had already run up to Prince Long, stretched out his arms to stop him and said, "Grandfather, it's not that Mother doesn't want to stop General Tang, it's that Mother can't."
Prince Long could not say that he liked or disliked the bastard in front of him. It was just that Changning needed a shield for her illness, and she liked this bastard very much. She didn't mind treating him as a toy. Moreover, this bastard was smart, so Prince Long let him go a little. He thought that if he became a member of the Tang family in the future, he might be able to play a role.
But now, he was blocking his way, so he was very angry and reached out to push him away.
But even though he was thrown to the ground, dizzy and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, the wolf cub still rushed over and grabbed Prince Long's legs, crying, "Grandfather, no! Don't barge in like this, you'll scare Mother. Mother... Mother has gone crazy."
Crazy?
Prince Long didn't believe that Changning had gone crazy, so he lifted his foot, dragging the wolf cub that was holding him with him, pushed open the door and walked in.
"ah!"
With a scream, Prince Long quickly found Changning, who was hiding in the corner. He was only wearing pajamas, with disheveled hair, bare feet, fear in his eyes, trembling all over, and holding a peach wood sword in his hand, pointing it at him.
Is this still his daughter who is as proud as a phoenix?
"Ning'er?" Prince Long called her.
Chang Ning shuddered, waving the peach wood sword in his hand and roaring, "Get out! Get out! I don't want it! Don't eat me! It's not me who killed you, no! Get out!"
Prince Long was shocked.
Before she could react, Chang Ning suddenly burst into tears and knelt down, begging, "Please, let me go. I can do anything, anything."
"Learn to bark like a dog? I can do that!"
As he said that, Changning lay down, crawled over and barked like a dog.
"Not enough? I'll take off my clothes, I'll take them off!" Changning said as he was about to take off his pajamas.
"Mother, no!" The wolf cub pounced on Changning, clutching her clothes tightly, crying and begging, "Mother, it's Grandpa, it's Grandpa who has returned. Everything is fine."
Changning couldn't hear him and kept trying to take off his clothes. When he was stopped, he roared at the wolf cub and reached out to push him away.
Just as Changning pulled up her nightgown and exposed her thighs, Prince Long stretched out his hand and chopped her unconscious.
Looking at her like this, he asked, "What's going on?"
"I don't know anything about this, but one day my mother started saying there were ghosts in the house, saying the wronged spirits of the Yanzhou soldiers wanted to devour her alive. She invited many witches and Taoist priests, but the situation got worse and worse. Suddenly one night she went mad. The imperial physician came several times, but was helpless."
Prince Long never thought that such a big change would happen just after he went out.
Just when I was having a headache, the guard ran in and whispered something.
Without caring about the crazy Changning, Prince Long immediately turned around and went out.
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