Chapter 151: Enemies in the dark (2/2)
The Crown Prince smiled, ”it is not that he lacks loyal official's father he has one of the bests. It is a pity that he does not appreciate them and instead guards against them while pulling the greedy officials closer. He is so busy trying to suppress the Lu family who is the backbone of his entire military that he doesn't notice the snake he has in his backyard. I nearly pity Lu Yaozhu, he is a very capable General. It is just that he is serving a blind king.”
”You stayed there for months apart from the incompetent sixth Prince and fifth prince. How is that crown Prince, I heard that he has a good head on his shoulder”
The Crown Prince snorted, ”He is smarter than the other Prince's but he graves affection and public acknowledgement. He has the potentials of being worse than the foolish Emperor, he is currently subdued by the need for his father's approval. His biological mother's family is weak so he is forced to rely on the Lu family.
”I am surprised that a man as smart as Lu Yingjie or even Lu Yaozhu hasn't noticed that. I smarter move would be to mary their only sister to him as a consort. Too bad they let the Xia family get such a juicy position. He is also no good, at this rate, the Zhongshan family won't rule northern Wei for long”
The king's adviser a slender, short man standing on the last step at the king's left said, ”I think that it works in our favour to attack them soon. We already have the Yan states' support, let's put an end to the Zhongshan family rule permanently”.
The King didn't need to be told twice, they had been planning for years and thanks to some smart decisions on both his part and his son's part. Their Success was assured, especially with the helper they had inside northern Wei. ” Get everything ready and inform the Military that we are going to war. Inform the Droko tribe to be on the stand by to attack. Once they receive the go-ahead, we will join then”.
”Yes, Your Majesty,” The King's adviser said and hurried away.
The Crown Prince waited for the advice to leave before standing and walking to the front of his father's throne room. He stretched out his hands and fell on his knees, ”father please let me take charge of the attack”
”What! Why? I thought we agree to but General Shen in charge of the troops”
”I know that we did father but ever since the last time I faced Lu Yaozhu on the battlefield. I haven't slept well in a while. The humiliation I received in his hands... I cannot let him go scot-free. He must pay”.
The King sighed and nodded, ”okay, you can take charge but you are bringing General Shen with you”.
”Thank you, father!”
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The Duke's mansion, Northern Wei.
Late in the night, while the other servants were asleep. Tian Tian got down from her bed and tiptoed out of the maid's quarters. She hid behind a wall while a set of guards patrolled past the main courtyard. She waited for a few seconds after the guards went out of sight before running quietly out of the courtyard towards one of the many small garden's that separated each courtyard.
She walked out of the garden and went straight to the empty courtyard next to the main courtyard. She tapped her fingers on the door and waited to receive a response from the man inside.
She stood back when she heard the dock unlock, she walked in as soon as it opened and ran into the hands of the man standing by the wall.
”Third Young master Zhu! How I missed you?”
The man pushed her away from him, ”don't act too familiar”
She fell on her thigh and stuttered ”Young_Young master!”
Zhu Faye ignored her hurt expression, ”I don't have time to waste on your foolish feelings”. He took out a small bottle and threw it to her, ”take care of that pregnancy before it gets more stable. The Lu family must disappear, bringing a new life_ My younger sister should be smarter”
He left after saying that without even looking back, Tian Tian picked up the bottle and put it into her sleeve. The affectionate smile fell off her face and she walked out of the room but not before dropping a secret note into the hole at the back of the building.