Chapter 80 part1 (1/2)
Chapter 80 Part 1: tit for Tat
Thebeautiful melody ended; Yan Zhi stood up, bowed and left silently<o:p></o:p>
Li Min Desuddenly stood up: “Sanjie, I have forgotten et it”<o:p></o:p>
His cloakwas obviously in the carriage, so how could he have forgotten? Li Weiyang wascurious; she wanted to knoho Yan Zhi was, and why did she attract Li Min De’sattention?<o:p></o:p>
She did notreveal any change in expression in front of the two princes, but gently szhujuo with you!”<o:p></o:p>
Unexpectedly,she gave out a shrill screaetically: “I am so sorry Princess, I did not do it on purpose”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyanghad spilt her teacup onto Jiu Gongzhu’s beautiful skirts<o:p></o:p>
Jiu Gongzhu poutedher lips; her lips were so pouted that one could balance an oil lamp from it“You are so clu did this onpurpose to prevent her fro Li Min De<o:p></o:p>
She left therooe into new attire Aside from the servants, the only three left inthe room had weird expressions on their faces<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhensuddenly laughed and said: “The three of us seem to have a special affinity”<o:p></o:p>
Indeed, itwas affinity, but an accursed affinity LiWeiyang laughed coldly and turned to look at the river “What’s that?” shesuddenly asked<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Yufollowed the direction of her gaze: “Oh, that’s Jade Peak PaGoda, built on anisland at the heart of the river It is especially beautiful at night If you’dlike, we could visit the island another day to take a look”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyanghad a soodlocation” Her words had another hiddenin it<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhen’seyes flashed and he stilled for a moment in surprise He asked blandly: “Whatdo you mean by that?”<o:p></o:p>
She lookedat hiood This river is for of the canal at lowest point the watershed where the two meet, he could split theriver into two and obtain easy control of shi+p navigation and irrigation ofcrops You see, isn’t it a good place?”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhen’sface changed He did not kno Li Weiyang found out, but this was hisoriginal plan, which he did not get the chance to start yet If he executed it,he would gain complete control over the two rivers’ transportation; his wealthwould increase immeasurably, far better than Tuoba Yu and the others He ever, unable to think of a plan to obtain this land without alerting othersof his scheme He definitely could not allow anyone else to make the firstmove In shock, he immediately replied: “If this idea could work, why hadn’tanyone done it so many years past?” Xianzhu shouldn’t think unrealistically, thisis had a small smile upon her lips: “San Dianxia should know best if it is justIn the past, there was the famous Xian Yuan Yan; the river wassplit into inner and outer sections, and the flow of the waters was controlledFor this river, splitting it could not only prevent floodings, enable tradesand irrigation, there is still thethe banks These should not have been possible by human hands and yetthey exist, so what else could be impossible!”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhen’ssinally on his face, had completely disappeared<o:p></o:p>
He suddenlyfelt coldness all over<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyangmet his eyes, and it was as if she understood what he was thinking, like sheeven knew of the next step in his plan Having seen a gaze like this, it was asif he was doused in a sheet of cold water<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Yudeftly detected the tense atmosphere between the both of them, and just when hewas about to speak, sozhu says that her stomachhurt, and ran out froirl! Tuoba Yu didn’t think of anything else; he stood up quickly and said:“Xianzhu, please reo out to look for her”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyanggave a sone to the carriage tolook for my San Di”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Yuhestitated; he was not worried that Tuoba Zhen would have the guts do anything,as this place was his territory after all Just was it really safe to leave LiWeiyang here? “Pay attention to any uards outside the door in a low voice<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Yuquickly went downstairs, and it was only Li Weiyang and Tuoba Zhen in the roo a table with such aperson<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhensuddenly said: “Xianzhu, have you ever heard of this story?”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyangturned to face hi up Tuoba Zhen poured himself a cupof wine: “In the previous dynasty, there was a strong ruler who led his arht at the Southern Border Sadly, after repeated attacksand struggling to maintain the rear, many of his people tried to convince him toretreat Still, he insisted The monarch paced up and down in front of histent, and wrote tords “Ji Lei1” in the sand No one understood what itmeant, except for a smart man who immediately packed up and wanted to leaveHis comrades asked him why, and he replied: “The tords ive up Bixia is starting toconsider giving up, but he has yet to make a confirmed move Since hedefinitely will retreat, we should start off early The others realised that hehad a point, and so started preparations as well The emperor found out and wasshocked What do you think he did to the smart man?”<o:p></o:p>
鸡肋1 – Literally chicken ribs; used todescribe sosmiled: “I do not knohat the ruler would have done, but I do know if it wasyou, San Dianxia, you would definitely kill those people who are able tospeculate your intentions”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhendid not even blink “You are right On the battleground, even before an orderis issued by the commander, the smart man tried to be clever and thus affectedthethe manwould he be able to demonstrate an example Therefore, one should be smart, butnot too smart One should not try to display her cleverness in front of others,to prevent herself fro killed It would not be worth it”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyangreplied coldly: “Sorry, I do not have time to remain here to listen toDianxia’s stories”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhen downeda cup of wine, a flash of coldness glinting in his eyes: “Li Weiyang, I was nottelling a story, I a an actual event in history History does tend to repeat itself; if youwere the smart man, do you think I would kill you?”<o:p></o:p>
In thesaw the intention to kill in Tuoba Zhen’s eyes<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhenwould definitely be panicking, because it was always his plan to cut the canalin the future Now that the Seventh Prince has found out, he would not be ableto carry it out Li Weiyang knew of the huge impact her revelation would haveon Tuoba Zhen, but she did it anyway Moreover, she did it right in his face,just to felt like she was grabbing the scruff of a tiger's neck – filled with a senseof achieveleherself<o:p></o:p>
She sht with sparks, and suddenly took two stepsforward Her hands were folded on the table, and she faced Tuoba Zhen directly:“San Dianxia, I’d advise you not to make any moves without carefulconsideration, especially if you are thinking of killing retdecision”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhen’svoice froze like an iceberg: “Li Weiyang! Do you really not care for anythingat all?!”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyang’slips curled: “Wrong, I care about s, especially my own life Soplease do not scare htened;if I were to accidentally blurt out things I shouldn’t ether with rip, and turned around to leave<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhentotally could not believe it, he could not believe that Li Weiyang actually hadanything on hi hience that just happened to let herguess his plans with the river He therefore, did not take this threat to mind,and shot forward to block the door; her own exit route: “Li Weiyang! Standthere!”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Zhenstared at Li Weiyang intently, as if his gaze filled with hatred would tear herapart<o:p></o:p>
Bai Zhi, as in the room, was stunned with shock Her far off position did not allow herto hear their exchange, but seeing San Dianxia’s unusual behavior, an endlessfear surged in her heart Zhao Yue, as standing at the sidelines, had herhand ready on her sword’s polooked back at him coldly Tuoba Zhen did not knohy, but her expressioncaused hi<o:p></o:p>
He grittedhis teeth: “You dare leave without sers to brush off a spot of wine stain on TuobaZhen’s chest: “San Dianxia, you have your sunshi+ne path, while I have e to cross Remember to stay far away from me, don’t follow me around allday like a lost puppy I hated you ever since Day One Reently tapped his shoulder and sashayed out of the roo him like apiece of s there A cold wind bleards him, and he felt a shi+verfrom his head to his feet Just now, he clearly sa bone chillingly cold LiWeiyang’s gaze was; it did not seeed spiritwho had crawled out of hell to demand for his life!<o:p></o:p>
As shewalked past a rooo downstairs; she suddenly pushed open theadjoining door, sood to eavesdrop?”<o:p></o:p>
Thethere the whole tiuilt He raised his cup in salute: “Xianzhu has guts!”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyanglaughed coolly: “Zhao Yue, keep watch outside Kill any busybodies who dare tostep in!”<o:p></o:p>
“Understood”Zhao Yue and Bai Zhi stepped back<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyangand Tuoba Yu were the only ones in the rooave a suess that I wasnext door?”<o:p></o:p>
“The guardswill naturally be the ones looking for our runaway princess Morever, since youknow that Tuoba Zhen is up to no good, you wouldn’t si replied coldly<o:p></o:p>
“Xianzhuknows me well indeed” <o:p></o:p>
“Too badthat I rong about you!” Li Weiyang retorted “I had thought that after theprevious incident, even if we cannot not trust each other fully, at the veryleast we are still allies Yet now you’re doing such sneaky things!”<o:p></o:p>
A flush ofred appeared on Tuoba Yu’s cool face; he couldn’t help but ad with all his heart “I did not er Actually, it was not unreasonable of Tuoba Yu to not trusther In this fight between the princes, it wouldn’t be iwas actually a supporter of Tuoba Zhen, and her actions towards Tuoba Yu wasall an act to gain his trust! Fro knew that Tuoba Yu was not as naiive as that<o:p></o:p>
Hence, shesoftened her displeasure and said in a low voice: “I knoill not be easyto gain Dianxia’s trust, therefore I have already prepared a great nuifts to prove my sincerity to you”<o:p></o:p>
“Forexample?” Tuoba Yu was suddenly very interested in what she had to say<o:p></o:p>
“On thesurface, San Huangzi is loving towards his brothers and respectful of the Emperor,but in actual fact, he has an ambitious heart He has not only secret ties withcourt officials, but connections with people fro in his household, there is an honorable enerals, three wise enerals are Li Jing, Mu Yang, Zhou Heng, and Lu Lu; they are knowledgeable inthe art of war, especially Li Jing, who has the title of ‘Heavenly dragon abovethe skies’ aht and killed 506 o Once a grand commander who ledthousands of cavalry into battle, he was however, kicked out after causingdelay in the aro Tuoba Zhen laterhelped him to create a false identity to re-enter the arappears to be a weak scholar, with only aage of sixteen, he had already taken on therole of sub-leader in a secret society <o:p></o:p>
Zhou Hengwas originally a family of court officials who served the previous Emperor;however, his entire clan of 109 members was beheaded due to a trap set by theirenerew up in the wild Tuoba Zhen took him in, and also under afalse nauards, responsible for the personalsafety of the Eh the ranks and is now a sub-couard <o:p></o:p>
Lu Lu coood connections due to his skills in communicationHe is also cruel without a doubt and loyal to the core; that is why he issituated in the spy ca in silent assassinations”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyanggave a s his handsbehind his back He fidgeted, brought his hands to his sides, and changedposition yet again, bringing his hands into his sleeves He was obviouslydiscomforted, as he did not know all the facts she had just said<o:p></o:p>
There were somesecrets that only Tuoba Zhen knew, that no one else should know about<o:p></o:p>
Yet LiWeiyang had all these infor Neng, and Sun Song Gao Cheng excels at plotting, and is an aide inthe Crown Prince’s household Jing Neng is knowledgeable in the etiquette andpractices of eiftof the gab; at this ht not seeue is bound to help his master win the hearts of theofficials and people <o:p></o:p>
As for thetwo ladies, well one has already won the heart of the Emperor as his newfavorite, while the other is now placed in Wu Huangzi’s home…”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Yustood up, with a face full of extre?”<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyangsmiled: “I know you do not believe that Tuoba Zhen has such power, but it istrue that over the years, he has beenuse of the Crown Prince’s wealth,the Eround, to do thingsfor his own benefit His acting skills are definitely good, so good that theEmpress and her son have been deceived by him for so many years”<o:p></o:p>
Tuoba Yu’sintuition told hi she had said was true; these piecesof information would not have come out of thin air so easily However, he stillfelt that shetoo le prince would definitely have their own spies installed in theirrespective rival’s palace Tuoba Zhen --- he did not think that he could reallybe this scary<o:p></o:p>
Li Weiyangknew that he would have doubts; that he would not realise how dangerous thisgroup of individuals could be “They are just the cornerstone of an icebergThose who can be bribed will be bribed, if not, he would try to convince themIf these two methods do not work, he’d kill thezihas their oer and spies; those can siht with money However,loyalty cannot be measured with cold hard cash I dare say that nobody else hasthe same amount of willpower and patience that Tuoba Zhen has Not everyoneloves money; if you fail to buy soo yoursleep and ride for seven days straight to find your target’s desired treasure asa gift it to hi to pay respects at so festival without fail, just toconvince him to join you? Are you able to deans froilistic world? To achieve his ai Qi Dianxia, you are unable to do this, because youare of high birth, you do not need to say anything and yet swarms of peoplewill offer their help to you However, will they be unconditionally loyal, anddie for you if necessary? Just based on this alone, be it you, the CrownPrince, or Wu Huangzi, there is no way you all can compare with Tuoba Zhen”<o:p></o:p>