"Didn't you ever have any doubts? How did the once very reasonable King Kang become like this?"
"Furthermore, even if I really wanted to marry the future ruler of the world, I could simply choose another, more powerful prince!"
"Now the people outside have complete faith in me!"
“I believe that as long as I go there and make this request, they will definitely agree! Whether it’s sincere or just a pretense like yours!”
"Kangwang was not my first choice."
"Don't you understand now why Changzhou has come to this state?"
"Lu Ci! Lu Ci! As a general, being brave but lacking strategy is a major taboo!"
"You are loyal to the old emperor, so you turn a blind eye to everything the new emperor does!"
"Now that the Marquis of Zhenxi has occupied the capital and killed the emperor, his schemes are known throughout the land!"
"You believe that even though the Marquis of Zhenxi is a marquis, he is not of royal blood, so you strongly oppose it!"
"Did you choose Prince Kang because he was the emperor's most beloved son?"
"Lu Ci! Do you really think this is good for the people?"
Lu Ci never expected that the goddess in front of him knew so much!
Moreover, they can see right through his thoughts!
Even he himself hadn't thought of it, but the goddess in front of him had already thought of it!
He simply couldn't believe it—was this really just an ordinary woman from a farming family?
Throughout his life, he believed he had done right by the world and the land! He was loyal to the emperor and benevolent to the people!
But now it seems that I may have really made a mistake!
He muttered to himself, "Brave but reckless! Hahaha! Just as I thought! I believed I had considered things carefully before acting! But I never expected to be evaluated like this after all these years!"
He suddenly knelt on the ground with great piety and kowtowed twice to the goddess in front of him!
"Goddess! I admit I was a little selfish before! I only wanted to realize my own ambitions!"
"But now I really don't want the people to experience the ravages of war again!"
"I have already let down the people of Kyoto, I cannot let down the people of Changzhou as well!"
Seeing him like this, Lin Ru decided to give him another chance!
"Alright! Lu Ci! Since you truly care about the people, I'm willing to give you a chance!"
"The Marquis of Zhenbei urgently needs a battle to deter the other princes and marquises!"
"Therefore, the weakest city, Changzhou, is the best choice!"
"But what if we add Mianzhou and Luzhou as well!"
"Then we can form a pincer movement!"
"Whether it's the Marquis of Zhenbei or the capital!"
"None of them can shake us!"
Lu Ci was greatly shocked!
His face was filled with disbelief!
"What did you say? Add Mianzhou and Luzhou too! The goddess must be joking!"
"Mianzhou's power has now been divided up by Changzhou, Kyoto, and Luzhou! Although a small force is still resisting, it's not a significant threat!"
"Besides, Luzhou is Prince Shun's territory! You've dealt with Prince Shun before, so you should know what kind of person he is. How could he possibly cooperate with us?"
Lin Ru stood up with a smile, walked to Lu Ci, took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a pill, and handed it to Lu Ci, who was kneeling on the ground!
"I'll tell you once you take this pill."
"I raise my voice to the heavens! As long as you take this medicine, I can guarantee that Changzhou will have favorable weather and abundant harvests!"
Lu Ci stared at the dark-colored pill!
He felt a little uneasy, but he naturally understood what it meant!
Lin Ru lowered her head and continued in his ear, "Don't you care about the people?"
"It's not about doing something for the people."
"I would give my life to ensure their safety!"
"Why are you afraid to take any medicine now?"
"Don't worry, I would never hurt you!"
"This thing is just to ensure my safety! As long as you behave yourself, I will definitely give you the antidote."
"After all, I am a goddess! Don't you believe in heaven?"
"Or were you lying about what you just said?"
Lin Ru's words echoed in Lu Ci's ears like the whispers of a demon!
He raised his head and looked directly into Lin Ru's eyes, which were calm and undisturbed.
But just one glance was enough to make me feel like I was about to fall in love!
He took the pill, looked at it in his hand, and finally gritted his teeth and swallowed it!
Anyway, I'm going to die!
Either I'll be poisoned by this goddess, or I'll be killed by the Marquis of Zhenbei! I might as well take this gamble!
After he finished eating, Lin Ru patted his shoulder with great satisfaction!
"very good!"
"General Lu!"
"Now that things have come to this, I'm not afraid to tell you: I've already killed Prince Shun!"
"The people who are now in charge of Luzhou are my men!"
"And Mianzhou did not fall into the hands of the capital! It was just a cover-up!"
Lu Ci's mouth dropped open in surprise. He felt that he had been shocked by so many things today that he couldn't even process it all!
"What did you say?"
"Prince Shun is dead!?"
"You have both Mianzhou and Luzhou in your hands?"
"How is this possible?"
"If everything were in your hands, how could we have so easily kidnapped you?"
Lu Ci suddenly stopped speaking!
He looked at Lin Ru in disbelief!
"You...you did this on purpose!?"
"Is your goal really Changzhou?"
"You foresaw all those things happening outside?"
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
"No! No..."
Lu Ci felt like his head was about to explode!
He had previously focused solely on fighting, with strategists in the army and a wife at home! Moreover, he thought he was already very clever!
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to escape danger on the battlefield every time and gradually reach where they are today!
But now he feels like his brain isn't working properly!
Can anyone tell him whether this is true or false?
Although his mind told him that this must be false—how could a woman control two states, and in such a short time!
But his intuition told him that it was true, after all, this goddess was a bit too strange!
He has recently sparred with Qi Fang several times, and the two are evenly matched!
But Prince Shun was indeed driven away, and that was tens of thousands of troops!
I heard that when they left, they lost nearly half of their people!
At that time, Qi Fang only had a few thousand soldiers under his command!
There's no way we can possibly hold off so many people!
He found it somewhat unbelievable every time they fought, and most importantly, given Prince Shun's temperament, he would not easily back down!
Now that I think about it, it might really be as the rumors say: that this goddess alone wiped out tens of thousands of soldiers!
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