Volu from Others Misfortune (1/2)

Volu from Others’ Misfortune¹

I was not surprised when I learned the news that Great Yong had launched attacks upon Sichuan and Xiangyang simultaneously In ed assault was absolutely necessary Although this plan would take soion,² one would need not fear that Southern Chu would not be pacified So when I heard the news that the Prince of Yong had led twenty thousand cavalrymen in a direct attack on Jianye, I was dumbfounded I immediately took out the er I tried to analyze the situation, the reat skill and strategy, so ould he eh he would be able to capture Jianye, he would be unable to hold it pern and officials were captured, the court would absolutely select a new monarch or even possibly seize the throne for themselves In addition, with this plan, Southern Chu would alment Pacify its entirety would require the difficult task of taking all of its cities one by one If this happened, then without twenty years, Jiangnan would absolutely be unable to be pacified After thinking hard for quite some time, I still could not understand the reasons behind Li Zhi’s actions

Considering the situation from a different perspective, I immediately realized that as only a continuation of diploain? But as h, the only benefit I could think of was that the chaos in Southern Chu would s difficult for Li Zhi at will But even if Li Zhi conquered Southern Chu in one go, this had nothing to do with becoainst Li An I didn’t believe that Li Zhi would be unable to beat Li An No matter how much I pondered the matter, I could not understand With ence report in my hands on the table Even if the situation was unexpected, I could still take advantage and executeof this, I casually called out, “Chiji”

Chiji, who had been organizing the maps for me, raised his head and looked at e to your ht”

“As you co

At night, Xiaoshunzi quickly arrived I sat behind the desk Chen Zhen and Han Wuji stood before the desk on the left and the right After theht operatives of the Secret Caht Once Xiaoshunzi had entered the room, he iht now, Chen Zhen was the coer of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets Although Xiaoshunzi did not have a clear status, everyone knew that he was my stand-in and had the authority to issue orders on my behalf In addition, Xiaoshunzi was the martial arts master of every operative in the Secret Camp All of these operatives were extremely respectful towards Xiaoshunzi This combination provided Xiaoshunzi with a sublime and transcendent status However, he treatedasthat everyone had arrived, I said, “Everyone, I established the Secret Camp and the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets for the sole purpose of waiting for this day The tiether⁴ to co master need only issue commands,” stated Chen Zhen “If it weren’t for the fact that youngWan even if it would have cost us our lives”

Everyone else only cal to my established customs, when it wasn’t their turn to speak, they weren’t allowed to speak Chen Zhen was the commander of the Secret Camp Outside of Xiaoshunzi and Han Wuji, everyone else were his subordinates If it wasn’t necessary, Xiaoshunzi wouldn’t say a word Han Wuji’s status was below Chen Zhen and he wouldn’t casually interject

I looked at Han Wuji and asked, “Has the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets made all the preparations?”

Han Wuji bowed and answered, “Youngarun to flee The portion that was instructed in advance are within our grasp”

I nodded and declared, “Before, I’ve alaited for an opportunity Only when Great Yong and Southern Chu have completely fallen out has the opportunity finally presented itself This opportunity stele, the Queen of Southern Chu Froreatly favored and loved this Princess One only has to consider the court ladies that were part of her dowry and consider the lukewar From this, we can see that it was only necessary for the Princess to co in a difficult situation, I believe that the Yong Ele to have tooto my words, Xiaoshunzi was puzzled and suspicious at first before his expression gradually becain the court, I know that the Queen does not interact with the King except out of necessity The Queen would always stay at the secondary palace as much as possible Even if she is in the Royal Palace, she is ’s favor Before, I always thought that the Queen was virtuous, but now I believe that she was acting as the youngin Southern Chu”

I slapped my hand on the table and added, “Indeed, if it weren’t that the Yong Ehter, he need not care about herThis would have resulted in a better reward Since he so treasures Princess Changle, then before Great Yong and Southern Chu co Wan will certainly take charge of this rescue Liang Wan does not fear death, but if sole then I fear her fate will be worse than death As such, we should take advantage of their escape from the palace to trap the Wan will have no alternative but to confess As long as she confesses, whether she lives or dies is unieance But Princess Changle will have nu her We must be absolutely certain in our actions and must not allow her to escape Xiaoshunzi, you are the th this ti it over, Xiaoshunzi responded, “Young master be at ease Based upon my current martial arts, it may require some effort to capture the as young uarantee that they will not be able to escape”

I happily exclaimed, “Excellent! Hualiu and Lü’er, you till lead the Hidden Group Make sure to grasp their , you four will lead the Tiger Group and the Covert Group to trap their on Group and be responsible for coordination and dealing with the afterements will be made by Chen Zhen and Han Wuji Depart immediately Xiaoshunzi, you will first follow the Queen As long as we hold this thread, Liang Wan will absolutely be unable to escape”

While I was nervously reading all the intelligence reports to determine the best course of action, the court had fallen into chaos Enant, he yelled, “What have we heard on a daily basis? Thathas penetrated our defensive lines In less than six hours, the Yong army will arrive before the city Quickly speak, what’s to be done? What’s to be done?”

Pri Weijun replied, “Your I arht cavalry and they have traveled far By the time they arrive before Jianye, they will already be a spent force⁵ Although Jianye does not have a large garrison, it does possess fifty thousand i as we are able to defend the city for a period of time, reinforce official stepped forward and said, “Your I’s words are reasonable, the Yong army is composed of elite soldiers If we are unable to defend Jianye, then it will be a great danger to our country In this subject’s view, Your Imperial Majesty should temporarily shi+ft the Ianize when the enemy army has retreated Your Ihtly”

When these words were spoken, the court officials stepped forward to agree one by one Under nor the town red, they were frequenting brothels After Zhao Jia succeeded the throne, he had becoed with all the virtuous subjects, while the nurew Many virtuous subjects had been de to the Ient circumstances, one could not find any capable h Shang Weijun was relatively ordinary, this tier of the multitude Ultimately, he could only say, “If that is the case, Your Imperial Majesty can temporarily shi+ft your Imperial Presence Please allow this elderly subject to command the Imperial Guard and defend Jianye In addition, I ask Your Iovernance of this country”

Zhao Jia agreed again and again, “Good, Jianye will be entrusted to the Prime Minister But the Crown Prince is only four years old He would serve no purpose staying behind”

Shang Weijun believed that, without a prince staying behind, they would be unable to defend Jianye froain Although Zhao Jia did not have a profound affection for this son of his, all of his other sons were fro wo that the Yong ar to delay He hurriedly led a group of trusted uards army arrived

Before Zhao Jia had even left the city, Shang Weijun gave the order to raid and seize Bright Moon Pavilion He further dispatched guardsle, who had reh Zhao Jia was like athe Imperial title,⁶ because the after and Southern Chu had not been resolved, he had not proainst Xiangyang, Zhao Jia had brought the queen back to live in the Palace It was only because of fear of Great Yong’s strength that he did not place the queen under house arrest However, Princess Changle grasped the big picture and did not take a single step out of the Palace In reality, the house arrest ordered by Shang Weijun was only to feign an appearance Who was to know that the iht Moon Pavilion was cole had disappeared, while all of the court ladies were locked in a single rooht He knew that he had lost the protective talis about the city’s defenses, he ordered those fighters that he trusted to have Consort Shang and the Crown Prince changed into co Weijun e of the defense

At this time, within a farmhouse on the northern outskirts of Jianye was the scene of blood-stained swords Liang Wan wore green-colored coh the sas un Wan’s forehead dripped with sweat Behind her, seated on a chair, was a woman with a wan and sallow, but clear and attractive, coarb Behind her stood a pretty ht stood a dozen or so Great Yong spies dressed as farmers All of them were injured The floor was covered with bloodstained arrows and crossbow bolts