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Volu About Inside Stories

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Lin Yuanting’s faenerations In the thirteenth year of Eastern Jin’s Zhenyuan¹ era, Yuanting was appointed the I loyal to the Jin Dynasty At the ti, set up an independent regido dispatched a letter, inviting Yuanting to surrender As a loyal and devoted subject, Lin Yuanting refused to yield In anger, Liu Sheng led an army and attack Daizhou, but he was unable to defeat the valiant and fierce Daizhou garrison In the fourteenth year of Zhenyuan, the Yong E the Yong Dynasty When Yuanting learned of Jin’s fall, he offered sacrifices towards the distant Chang’an Hesub Touched by Yuanting’s loyalty and righteous, and afraid of his valor and hter to hiiance to the First Ruler of Northern Han, Yuanting conscientiously adhered to his duties, repelling the barbarian invasions and raids Dozens of years were spent in this fashi+on, as the arainst the barbarians

—raphy of the Princess of Jiaping</ehtly, restlessly sitting on his horse, Lin Tong shouted, “Hey! Don’t get lost in thought! I’ about Princess Changle! What happened afterwards?”

wang Ji’s body shook Clasping his hands, he replied, “Reporting to the Princess, to speak of Princess Changle, ill have to go back to the ti At that tiyi Sect and surrounded the Hunting Palace The Prince of Yong was able to escape the encirclement, but was unable to rendezvous with the arle stepped forward bravely and persuaded the rebels to temporarily postpone their attack on the then Emperor Just as both sides were locked in a stalemate, the Princess acquired the Emperor’s secret edict and Grand General Qin’s token before thinking of a way to send these items out Ulti everyone and crushi+ng the rebels As a result, the then E upon her”

Skeptical, Lin Tong said, “How can this be true? Surely, the rebel ar Palace, not allowing anything to leave it Princess Changle isn’t ht her way out of the encirclement alone Hoas she able to send trans!”

By noang Ji had fully cal, he shness’s fahout the world This lowly one adle is a oth to even truss a chicken How could she have slaughtered her way out of the encirclement? With this, ill have toand naist under the Prince of Yong By hi out the secret edict to mobilize the arrandyi Sect Master, Fan Huiyao”

Lin Tong’s eyes brightened She exclaiyi Sect Master has already died As a result, the State Mentor has disse the disciples of his sect to freely co The State Mentor is a foryi Sect Master isn’t as powerful as the State Mentor, still, as the previously forerand Zhe’s yi Sect Master to cole?”

Her successive questions left wang Ji s wryly He asked, “Princess, what question should this coly, retorting, “Can’t you just explain everything?”

“Princess, Jiang Zhe is and was only a weak and feeble scholar,” related wang Ji, “This lowly one has heard that his health has always been poor, frequently teetering on the boundary between life and death However, the ht are matchless in this world”

“This I do not believe,” sneered Lin Tong, “How ht can a weak and feeble scholar have? This Princess has met many intellectuals and scholars Once they are faced eapons, they are either scared half to death or kneeling on the ground to surrender Further, no matter how formidable that man is, can he beJi gave an aard look to Lin Bi Shtly, Lin Bi declared, “There is no need for you to avoid taboo subjects This Princess also wishes to hear how an outsider views the situation”

Clasping his hand together to express his apologies, wang Ji replied, “Princess, there is no way to coth of character A e and valor General Long is the commander-in-chief of Northern Han’s arenerals of the present age His stratage However, if he is put in another’s shoes, General Long likely cannot achieve the things that Jiang asserted, “If that is the case, then I will listen earnestly to your words I will punish you if you exaggerate the facts!”

“Jiang daren</ean wang Ji, se of twenty, he beca the i the literary abilities of the world, none can co in first in the exa daren can be said to stand at the pinnacle of the literary world Moreover, in the present, there is no one who canup her! Elder sister, tell azed off into the distance, as she answered, “He speaks the truth Considering literary ability, Jiang yuan</e Ji, she said, “Please continue”

In a soft voice, wang Ji reood is his poetry, this commoner is not educated and cannot explain clearly However, this com age”

So speaking, he cleared his throat and recitingly sang:

<blockquote class="Quote">One single si fro upon the endless waves”³</blockquote>

wang Ji sang passionately, his voice extremely clear and melodious Everyone could feel as if they were transported to the endless, rippling waves of Southern Chu’s rivers and lakes

Finished singing, wang Ji continued, “That Jiang daren</eained the appreciation of Southern Chu’s Prince of De, he accodo daren presented, but there is one deed that is well-known to theintended to bring its King back to Great Yong With this decision, although on the surface, Great Yong and Southern Chu were dividing Shu evenly between theive the was like the sun at high noon⁴ Although Southern Chu had tens of thousands of troops, it was i the banquet and forced the King of Shu to commit suicide Fro Zhe as the ifted scholar of Southern Chu”

In disbelief, Lin Tong blurted out, “I don’t believe it! How can a poe the truth?”

Reaching out a hand to gently ruffle her younger sister’s beautiful hair, Lin Bi clarified, “Everyone has a sense of sha the ruination of his country and the deprivations of his people, was to be imprisoned for the rest of his life With such public ridicule, no wonder he chose to co nodded her head “If elder sister says it’s true, then itZhe is truly“After returning froravely ill For two years, he did not attend court, staying in his ho daren would have been pleased with hi asked, “Oh! I re, the Prince of Yong captured Jianye For Jiang Zhe to beco’s trusted subordinate, heat that point He co and yet he hi to bend his knee and surrender It see! Is this what you th of character?”

The expression on wang Ji’s face darkened, as he disclosed, “For the Princess to speak thusly, this co However, in this co , unable to clearly see the situation, desired to advance hi this action The King was so infuriated that he desired to execute Jiang daren</e only dis daren fro invaded Southern Chu, he personally went to invite Jiang daren refused to surrender and was ulti This co all efforts to have hi iance to Great Yong was because of the Prince of Yong’s sincerity”

Unwilling to let wang Ji off so easily, Lin Tong retorted, “Although it could be said that it was a subject seeking a worthyconsidered as the strength of character of a scholar”

Shaking his head with a sih he spoke those words, it was clear froreeing

Just as Lin Tong was about to continue to interrogate hi’er, do you not want to continue to listen?”

Only then did Lin Tong shut her mouth The individual she esteemed most was her elder sister and brother-in-law As a result, she was extre superior to her brother-in-law

wang Ji continued, “This co However, His Ireatly respected and treasured Jiang hi after arriving in Great Yong, Jiang daren</euard of the Prince of De Reportedly, on his deathbed, the Prince of De issued a secret order that Jiang iance to another state Jiang daren was severely injured, saved fro exhausting all kinds of precious and raredaren</ee, Sir Sang, arrived His Ireatly infuriated because of this incident Frouard was tighter than that of the Prince of Yong’s”