Your Majesty, Please Stop!

Chapter 264: Family Letters and Pre-War

After much hesitation, Zhang Guangpu and his two companions, along with nineteen military colonels, finally obeyed the order and set off. They didn't know what the Prince's intentions were, but they understood that the Prince must have his reasons.

Hongshu watched the group leave, furrowing her brows slightly. Her beautiful face was filled with seriousness as she bowed and said, "I don't understand, Master!"

"Oh?" Xin Zhuo continued to play with the small sword, smiling. "What don't you understand?"

Hongshu said, "The Prince must want them to spread the plague. These people are loyal, even Zhang Guangpu and his companions are very ambitious and can be trained. Why doesn't the Prince just tell them directly? Wouldn't it be better for his strategy?"

Xin Zhuo calmly said, "Some things don't need to be said. Once they are done, they are done. It's best to act ignorant and unknowing, to act convincingly. Or... maybe I don't even need them to do anything, just their presence is enough."

The so-called plague couldn't kill all of the Western Region Army. Those people weren't fools; they naturally had their ways to avoid the plague. And it was impossible for millions of troops to be infected in just two days.

The drugs injected into Zhang Guangpu and the others were not real plague substances; they were only contagious through breathing, causing vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness throughout the body.

The goal was to weaken the living forces of the Western Region Allied Forces as much as possible.

"I understand," Hongshu said.

Hongshu nodded as if she understood but didn't really understand, then stepped aside.

"Prince!"

At this moment, Ying Jianying hurriedly walked in from outside and handed over two letters. "Family letters from the capital!"

Family letters?

Xin Zhuo took the first letter and opened it. It was written by the old lady herself. Several months had passed, and the old lady had already woken up and her health had recovered quite well. However, she was no longer as strong as before, so the affairs of the family were temporarily taken care of by... the granddaughter-in-law, Princess Chengping.

Princess Chengping's abilities were outstanding. Her methods and temperament were very much to the old lady's liking, and the widowed princess and the other ladies in the family also respected her.

In just a few months, everything in the family was handled in an orderly manner, whether it was the young masters and misses, branch family heads, shop managers, or the thousands of servants in the mansion. They all admired and respected her.

Towards the end of the letter, the old lady mentioned that all the high-ranking officials, court ministers, literary scions, and Martial Dao experts in the capital were paying attention to the Western Region war. She subtly hinted that while ordinary people and officials were worried, the thoughts of the upper echelons were hard to discern.

Finally, she expressed great concern for his safety and urged him to take care of himself. If things couldn't be done, he could bring his personal guards and escape back to the capital. If the Western Region was lost, it would be lost. It would be better to return home and live as a leisurely relative of the imperial family.

Xin Zhuo put down the letter, his brows furrowing tightly. This old lady was really getting old. Ever since he had smashed the mansions of the court ministers and the emperor's gate, the situation had already reached a dead end. Without a powerful force or Martial Dao Realm to rely on, how could they tolerate him?

This time, it was a test of his abilities, a test against the capital. Besides winning, winning completely, there was no other way out!

After a moment of silence, he opened the second letter, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

"Ask my husband if he is well. I did not commit suicide. No matter how my husband views what happened in the past and what will happen in the future, it is necessary for me to wait for news of my husband's great victory... I will always be waiting for you at the Jiang family...

Everything is well at home. Take care, my husband. Don't worry!"

Signed, Ji Yaoyue.

There was nothing remarkable about the writing style, and there was no excessive explanation. It was just like an ordinary wife.

Husband...

Hmph!

Xin Zhuo lightly flicked his finger, and the envelope shattered into countless pieces, falling like snowflakes.

Once unfaithful, never to be trusted again!

Although Ji Yaoyue didn't adhere to the saying of being unfaithful, she had trapped herself in a dead end. She was the most malicious person in the world. Killing her would not be excessive.

But he suddenly couldn't understand this woman's thoughts. Any woman with a normal mindset would never do such a demeaning thing between mortal enemies.

I wish I could kill you with my own hands, but you willingly become a widow. Although the female wind is strong in this world, marriage is still the biggest and most important thing in any woman's life!

What are you thinking?

"Should I go back and kill her another day? It seems like a very disappointing and uninteresting thing to do!

The change in mentality is inexplicable, as if killing her directly has become completely unenjoyable.

Should I strip her naked and deal with her? Ask her if she knows her mistake? Just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted!

Su Miaojin...

I have sent her three letters, but they have all disappeared without a trace.

I wonder what she is thinking?

Hongshu and Ying Jianying saw the prince's displeased expression and couldn't help but fall silent.

"Leave! I need to think about something."

Xin Zhuo rubbed his temples.

Hongshu and Ying Jianying exchanged a glance, hurriedly left, closed the palace door, and stood outside guarding it cautiously.

However, for a whole day and night, the prince did not leave the palace, and even the old marshal Jiang Hu ran into the courtyard to curse, but there was no movement inside the palace.

It wasn't until the next day, when night fell, that Murong Xiu, Huang Dagui, Cui Ying'er, Xiong Zhang, and a group of people all arrived, looking at the tightly closed gate with strange expressions.

"What is the prince doing?" Cui Ying'er asked softly.

Hongshu anxiously said, "He hasn't come out for a day and night, and he hasn't eaten a meal. We dare not disturb him!"

"The Western Region Army is in chaos, the prince must be informed!"

Murong Xiu, who had been training in the army for several months, had grown a stubble on his face and matured a lot. He pushed open the palace door without hesitation and said, "Elder, there is something..."

But he couldn't continue speaking.

Everyone outside also looked inside and was surprised.

The prince had disheveled hair and had pieced together a huge topographic map with more than a dozen sheets of white paper, including one state and five prefectures, thirteen countries in the Western Regions, the West River Nine Water Corridor, and the Three Thousand Li Horse Plain, etc.

There were scattered brushes and inkstones on the ground, and at this moment, Xin Zhuo was standing in front of the huge map, hands behind his back, with an extremely calm expression. There was even a powerful radiance emanating from him that made people unwilling to meet his gaze.

"Prince!"

"Elder!"

Everyone shouted in unison, standing respectfully to the side.

But then Xin Zhuo suddenly walked to the desk and sat down cross-legged, his eyes filled with a chilling sternness. "There is unrest in the Western Region Army?"

Murong Xiu's face was full of joy as he said, "Yes! Today, the Western Region Army stopped attacking, and the scouts reported that there is widespread devastation near the main camp of the Western Region Army!"

"But... this is not necessarily a good thing."

Cui Ying'er sighed, "We seem to be running out of food tomorrow, just like we did on Mount Fulong."

"It doesn't matter!"

Xin Zhuo looked at the huge topographic map on the wall and suddenly flicked his finger. The small sword in his hand swiftly flew and firmly nailed itself to a certain place on the map.

Everyone quickly looked over and saw that the spot where the small sword pierced the map was written with the words "Xiaofeichuan."

That place was a vast plain!

What does the prince mean?

"Spread the word, distribute military pay tonight, abandon the three passes tomorrow, gather all the Western Qin Army, and at the end of the hour of the rabbit, after finishing the last meal, break the pots and pans. At the beginning of the hour of the dragon, the army will set off!"

Xin Zhuo stood up and looked at the crescent moon rising in the sky outside the window. "The time has come!"

Everyone's expressions trembled, and they all saluted, saying, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)"