Qi Fang hurriedly said, "Your Highness! I truly submit sincerely! And you don't need many men for me, I only need two thousand soldiers!"
"You can send an official to watch over me!"
Fu Bin sneered, "You really think you're someone important! Two thousand soldiers! Do you expect them to open the city gates out of respect for you?"
"Or could they be working with you from the inside to kill the prefect and defect to the prince?!"
Qi Fang smiled and said, "Why not?"
"Moreover, I know of a secret passage that leads directly from outside the city to inside!"
"As long as we go through this secret passage, I'll lead my men to burn their supplies!"
"Then find my former subordinates and explain the pros and cons to them! They will surely follow me to serve a wise ruler! Then we can work together from within and without! What great thing could we not accomplish!?"
"After all, only the Prince is the rightful heir now!"
"If we don't seek refuge with the prince, are we supposed to seek refuge with those who are not legitimate and have no right to rule?"
"Or do you think that the prince shouldn't have the people's support? Or that he shouldn't be in that position at all!"
Fu Bin never expected that Qi Fang would be so eloquent; every word he uttered struck a chord with Prince Shun!
That's exactly what Prince Shun is thinking now!
Sure enough, he was delighted to hear this and burst into laughter, slapping his thigh!
"You're right! In this Jing Kingdom, I am the rightful heir!"
"The rest of them are all illegitimate, nothing more than a bunch of children born to concubines!"
"I'll give you five thousand soldiers!"
"You can go to the main camp and pick some good men!"
"Remember! This time, only success is allowed; failure is not an option!"
"Otherwise! Your trusted men won't be alive!"
Qi Fang nodded in agreement!
Upon hearing this, the guards nearby immediately untied him!
Let him go out and choose people!
Fu Bin immediately said, "Your Highness! Wouldn't it be better if we just led our troops and charged straight there!"
"I wonder how much time he'll waste if he goes!"
"The rear is vulnerable! What if Prince Kang is still in the capital..."
Before he could finish speaking!
Prince Shun suddenly stood up, picked up the teapot next to him, and smashed it on the ground!
"Empty, empty! I think it's you who's empty!"
"That illegitimate nobody from Kyoto, he dares to lay a hand on me!?"
"The reason no one's making a move against him is because he's relatively well-behaved!"
"If he disrupts the current balance, he will likely be attacked by everyone!"
"And that's what Kang Wang's concubine gave birth to! He's been like that his whole life, always meek and subservient!"
"You think I really don't know about all the little tricks he's up to behind the scenes?"
"Just wait! The Prince Jing next to him is no pushover either!"
"If he dares to make any move, Prince Jing will absolutely not stand idly by and watch him become the sole ruler!"
Fu Bin was about to say something more when Prince Shun glared at him and said sternly, "Do you think I'm not worthy?!"
"Or do you think those concubines are good enough to compete with me?"
Seeing the Prince of Shun's obviously furious expression, Fu Bin knew he couldn't continue speaking, or his life would be in danger!
So he could only agree with what the Prince said, appease him, and then quickly leave!
When he came out, he saw the guard at the door, whose legs were still bleeding and whose body was covered in blood from moving the corpse. When he saw him come out, the guard was trembling uncontrollably!
Fu Bin let out a long sigh!
He suddenly realized that old man Hai Jingming was indeed prescient. Things had developed to this point, yet he could still hold back and not come out to dissuade them! He spent his days in his tent eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers!
He's a clever old fox after all!
He recalled Hai Jingming's recent actions and felt something was off. Was he starting to look for a new job? Or was he really going to become a monk?
Although he was extremely loyal to Prince Shun, it must be said that Prince Shun was not suitable to be emperor. His personality was as cruel as his brother's, or even worse!
Especially when he's in a bad mood, he needs to kill a dozen or twenty people to cheer himself up!
If such a person were to become emperor, the people would likely suffer greatly!
However, if the emperor is not him, he will not have a good end either!
Qi Fang's small force was nothing; he decided to focus his efforts on Hai Jingming!
We cannot give him even the slightest chance to defect!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly walked back!
Qi Fang then went to the military camp and personally selected a troop of men! They set off in a grand procession towards Shanping County!
Lin Ru listened to the report from below and felt that something was wrong. Surrounding without attacking was not the way Prince Shun was supposed to be!
Now he's only sent 5,000 troops! This contradicts his strategy of a swift and decisive attack!
Could it be that someone gave him advice?
Lin Ru instructed her subordinates to keep a close eye on these people's movements!
She went to pick up Ji Wenxuan herself!
Just as she was about to leave, she was stopped by the prefect's wife's men!
"Miss Lin, where are you going?"
"My wife instructed that you must stay obediently in the prefect's residence today!"
"Then don't go out!"
Lin Ru knew that the prefect's wife was a little anxious. Seeing that Ji Wenxuan had returned with his troops, she was afraid that she would not be able to control him, so she held her sworn sister tightly in her hands to prevent Ji Wenxuan from causing trouble!
However, Ji Wenxuan has now led his troops into the city. Although her maternal grandfather and others cannot recognize each other for the time being, they have all been settled!
She's afraid of this prefect's wife?!
But now was not the time to deal with her, so she pretended to be very surprised and said, "Why? I just helped the governor's wife resolve the refugee issue today!"
"Why won't you let me out?"
"I heard my brother is back!"
"I want to go pick him up!"
"And I also want to go and see what's going on with the refugees. After all, I was a refugee myself before, so I can better understand their difficulties!"
The man looked disdainful upon hearing this!
"Since you know you were a refugee before, you should understand your own situation!"
"Don't think that just because you've done one or two things, you're some kind of high-ranking official's daughter!"
"Since my wife won't let you go out, you should just stay inside and stop asking so many questions!"
"To keep an eye on your poor relatives! Stop letting them wander around everywhere!"
"If he's arrested as a thief, even Madam can't protect him!"
Lin Ru seemed to be startled!
She took two steps back!
He finally looked completely helpless!
He turned and went inside!
After she went inside, Madam Bai quickly came to greet her!
"Ru'er! What's wrong?"
"Did someone outside bully you?"
"Don't be sad, Mommy will go and beat him up for you!"
Lin Ru smiled!
"Alright, Mother! I'm not sad, I was just pretending!"
"These people aren't planning to let us out!"
"Looks like they want to put us under house arrest!"
"However, this prefect's wife is still a bit too inexperienced!"
"They only sent two maids who didn't know martial arts to keep watch!"
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