Chapter 460 - Father Loves You (2/2)

And it was super effective!

Sima Yi: ”Do you have any better idea, Mr. sleeping dragon?”

As a former nemesis, Sima Yi was curious about how Zhuge Liang could come up with a better idea.

Zhuge Liang: ”We don't need to kill anyone or keep anyone hostage. Send them home without accepting any of their offers. Let them prove their worth and bring us Sun Fang's head first, then we'll talk.”

Sima Yi: ”That's it?”

Zhuge Liang: ”That's it. One move at a time.”

Sima Yi: ”That's a disappointment. I thought you would have come up with a complex strategy.”

Zhuge Liang: ”Best strategies are something simple, user-friendly, executable, and unconditional. Complex ones that can't be executed are as good as having none. Besides, conditional stratagems are easily thwarted when the chain-of-ploys are discovered. One of the processes is cut... Boom... the plan is ruined.”

Sima Yi: ”True.”

Sima Yi could not refute that.

Sima Yi: ”So, what do you think about the potential infighting between his highness and his majesty.”

Now, Sima Yi was crossing the line. From his tone, it could be implied that Sima Yi was sure that Liu Xie would rebel against Tong.

Zhuge Liang: ”What hasn't happened, hasn't happened. I see no rebellion in our ranks.”

Sima Yi: ”…”

The entire conversation was sidetracked by the advisors. Immediately, Tong concluded his policy and ended the argument before it escalated.

Tong: ”Follow Zhuge Liang's idea. Send them home and tell them to kill Sun Fang first. Without his head, I won't accept their surrender. As for Liu Xie, he has done nothing wrong in this regard. No need to punish him anything.”

Tong: ”Liu Xie, you don't have to worry about anything. Keep doing your job over there. Your father has your back.”

Tong: ”Remember, I was, and I am never your enemy. No matter if your sword is pointing at me, I still love you and will always love you.”

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After reading all the messages, Liu Xie's emotion went through a roller coaster. He was mad by Jia Xu, who wanted to kill him. He feared of getting lynched by the strategists or killed by Tong because of Jia Xu's idea. Then, he was relieved that Tong, Sima Yi, Liu Ye, Zhuge Liang, and Wei Yan were on his side.

Rereading Tong's messages, Liu Xie felt guilty. As he never received fatherly love in the previous timeline, he did not know how to react with such kindness.

Uncontrollably, Liu Xie's eyes brimmed with tears. He sniffed hard, swallowing all watery fluid in his nostrils back into his throat.

By instinct, Liu Xie looked at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu with red eyes. Since Tong expressed that he was not Liu Xie's enemy, the prince questioned why he even planned or tried to wrestling Tong for the throne.

He looked at Dong Bai and Diaochan again. This time, his desire and lust dispersed.

'Did I just want my stepmothers as my wives!? What was I thinking!? Didn't I have enlightenment that all women were the same when I was the emperor back then? Why do I have to bother trying to seize the throne when father is doing everything he could to end the civil war!?'

A change of heart usually occurred when one sobered from evil thoughts or when someone dear to them was supporting their fragile heart with love.

Sometimes, a simple sentence, [I love you], might stop someone from committing a grave mistake.

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*FLASH*

Behind Liu Xie's back, a soul emerged from him for the second time.

With two black wings, Liu Xie took another step to immortality as he became an official demon.

The soul behind Liu Xie was his former self in the other world. It was the soul of an emperor with golden robes.

Liu Xie and the soul gazed at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who were gobsmacked by the development.

”I've received an order from my father. You will have to prove your worth first by killing Sun Fang and bring his head to his majesty. Without Sun Fang's head, we have nothing to talk about!”

Dong Bai and Diaochan were astonished by the change of Liu Xie's character. At first, they thought that this prince was just a good-for-nothing ex-emperor, which was there to become Tong's stepping stone. However, his attitude and charisma just now looked like a proper prince-in-training.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were shocked as well. From their experience in the other world, they thought that this former emperor was an incompetent idiot that could be easily manipulated.

Since their plan failed, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce bid farewell and retreated from Jibei.

Diaochan and Dong Bai also allowed them to leave since it was Tong's order.

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Zhou Yu and Sun Ce returned to Jianye in November. Their expression did not look well after they confronted the six-wing demoness in person.

”Bofu, we'll lay low and focus on cultivating.”

”I agree. Armies are not mattered now. I need at least six wings before I fight that woman!”

”No… You'll need at least 8. If a six-wing demon can travel from Ye to Jibei in a flash, what about Lu Bu?”

”…”

The oppression of Lu Bu's existence scared them from taking any more risky action. None of them was aware that it was Zhuge Liang's false story since Lu Bu's real strength was still in the six-wing tier.

Zhuge Liang's hidden stratagem succeeded without anyone realizing it. The year ended without a war as the sleeping dragon had envisioned.