Shang Shaoyan said, "Yi Ming has inquired about my male favorite, and I allowed him to find out quite a lot... Now do you know what Yi Ming was planning when he sent you here to me?"
Cui Du: "..."
Got it, some stand-in literature.
Seeing his expression, Shang Shaoyan was speechless again: "What's going on in your head? Can't you see that Yi Ming wants to use me as a pawn to get rid of you and Qiao Zhuo together! He's most likely Liu Bo's man."
After a pause, she stormed out of the room, not forgetting to glare at Cui Du as she turned back: "What kind of idiot are you!"
After saying this, Shang Shaoyan felt even more upset.
Damn, how come their IQs are so similar to Qiao Xiuyu's?!
She can't think about it anymore, or she'll break down.
...
Southern Chen Dynasty, Shengjing.
Cheng Lingxiu and Shang Xiao finally arrived in Nanchen from Lushui Town today.
Heaven knows how shocked they were when that man named Cheng Chu told them, "Your daughter has become the empress; now please return to the palace to enjoy your blessings."
It wasn't the surreal event of "the daughter becoming empress" that shocked me, but rather...
"Old Shang, we have a daughter?" Cheng Lingxiu asked, frowning. "We've been married for almost two years, how come we suddenly have a daughter who's an emperor?"
Cheng Chu knew that it was normal for the two of them to have lost their memories and not remember that they had a daughter—after all, they had forgotten that they had been married for more than ten or twenty years, so what else could they not forget?
Cheng Chu was too excited and forgot many things he hadn't told. Hearing this, he quickly explained, "Actually, you two have been married for twenty years. There is not only a lady in your family, but also a husband."
He paused for a moment, then said with emotion, "You two were originally the Duke and Duchess of Zhenguo of the Southern Chen Dynasty, both renowned generals of your time..."
Cheng Chu recounted everything that had happened in the past few years, leaving Cheng Lingxiu and Shang Xiao completely stunned.
Cheng Chu spoke for a long time, and after he finished, he felt his mouth was dry. He quickly took a sip of water, then looked at Shang Xiao and Cheng Lingxiu: "If you two don't believe me..."
Cheng Lingxiu interrupted him, excitedly asking, "So I'm the Empress Dowager now?"
Shang Xiao looked at Cheng Chu excitedly: "So Lingxiu and I have been together for many years? And our relationship has always been very good?"
Cheng Chu: "..."
He had initially thought the two of them would need some time to process this information, but...
LOL, that's completely unnecessary.
Cheng Lingxiu and Shang Xiao didn't believe everything Cheng Chu said. They took turns questioning Cheng Chu for a whole day before they were able to believe about 70% of what he said.
As for the remaining 30%, we'll have to go to Shengjing in Southern Chen to find out if it's true or not.
When Cheng Chu led the two into the palace, they saw a tall, elegant young man in luxurious clothes standing under the palace wall, staring at them blankly from afar.
A jumble of images flashed through Cheng Lingxiu's mind: a banquet with elegant attire and clinking glasses, Shang Xiao with short hair and strange clothes, and a child who looked exactly like that young man...
The next moment, these images disappeared again, and Cheng Lingxiu suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.
...
Northern Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang.
Qiao Xiuyu went to Liu Bo's residence in person, and then, with a mix of binding and pleading, sent Liu Bo onto the carriage bound for the battlefield.
Liu Bo: "..."
Knock on your mother!! Qiao Zhuo, did you hear me? Knock on your mother!!
The generals traveling with Liu Bo were all loyal royalists who had long disliked him and had tormented him along the way, leaving Liu Bo with no opportunity to retaliate.
Having finally reached the four cities conquered by the Southern Chen, Liu Bo was already half-dead from the torment. He immediately spotted the bedroom in his temporary residence and longed to go in and lie down right away.
Then those generals forcibly put him on a horse and led him to battle.
Liu Bo: "..."
Damn it! Don't you guys even have a proper military plan?!
Liu Bo looked pale and was forced to come to the front line.
Today, it wasn't Shang Shaoyan leading the troops in Southern Chen, but Mo Xing, a general of the Shang army who was no less capable than the Empress of Southern Chen. He looked at Liu Bo with a ferocious expression: "You Northern Zhou are just trying to fob me off with this old man? Do you look down on me?"
The general from Northern Zhou angrily rebuked, "Insolence! This is our Grand Tutor! If we were to behead him, we would gain a great deal of military merit! You brat, who the hell is trying to fool you?"
Liu Bo: "..."
艹 (a type of plant)!
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