Chapter 509: The Hidden Person

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Changle Junzhu stood up.

"Sit." The woman reached out and pressed down on her shoulder, a trace of sorrow appearing on her graceful and beautiful face.

She was Yan Princess Liu Yanyu.

Looking at Changle Junzhu, she sighed softly, "This time, having you send a letter to Yan Wang yourself, I don't know if Yan Wang will consider the past and take action to save you."

Changle Junzhu said, "I actually don't hope for him to save me. Once I pass Wuguan, I might as well take poison and die. That way, I can go to the Nine Springs and meet my father and mother."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yanyu's willow-leaf eyebrows immediately shot up, and she rebuked, "Meet them? What face do you have to meet them? With the great vengeance unavenged, would you not feel ashamed in your heart when you see them?"

Back then, Changle Junzhu's biological father was impeached by the powerful clans, and Zhao Heng ultimately chose to compromise and had Changle Junzhu's biological father executed.

At that time, it was she who begged the Chun Wang to adopt Changle as his foster daughter, and since then, she changed her name to Zhao Yuyan.

And the reason she chose Changle was because she saw the hatred in her eyes.

Changle heard this, and her body trembled slightly, "It is just that this matter has nothing to do with Yan Wang, why must he be dragged into this?"

Liu Yanyu frowned; she too had once been in the bloom of youth.

Combining this with Changle Junzhu's behavior during this period, she suddenly realized something.

Changle had originally been betrothed to Yan Wang, and even though Mi Fei had called off the marriage because Yan Wang was insane, it had existed nonetheless.

At that time, Changle must have already been prepared to become the Yan Princess.

Moreover, in these two years, Yan Wang had repeatedly performed meritorious military service and had a resounding reputation; there were countless women in Jingshi who admired him in their hearts.

Furthermore, Changle had been influenced by her father since childhood and had always admired those who were loyal to the sovereign and served the country.

Toward such a Yan Wang, who had once been betrothed to her and whom she also admired, it was likely that even if she were not crazily infatuated like some sheltered young women, she would still regard him as a soulmate from thousands of miles away.

"Back then, how innocent was Jin Wang? Didn't they still drive him to his death? Do you want Yan Wang to suffer the same fate as Jin Wang?" Liu Yanyu seemed to be recalling some painful event,

and suddenly gripped Changle's shoulder tightly.

Changle felt the pain and couldn't help but let out an "ouch."

Liu Yanyu came to her senses and pulled back her hand, "That's right, I want to incite the powerful clans and the Imperial Clan to slaughter each other, to incite Yan Wang and the Emperor to slaughter each other as father and son, so that those who caused Jin Wang's death back then will have no good end. But I have no malice toward Yan Wang, because like Jin Wang, he is an Imperial Prince whose maternal family comes from a humble background."

"Since that is the case, why is Mother Concubine so insistent on having Yan Wang save me?" Changle Junzhu asked, puzzled.

The letter to Yan Wang was not her original intention, but rather something the Yan Princess had made her write.

"This is a test for Yan Wang. If he doesn't even have the thought of saving you, such an ungrateful person will not be able to accomplish great things in the future, so why bother helping him?" Liu Yanyu said sternly.

Changle heard this and nodded gently.

Gently stroking Changle's hair, a smile suddenly bloomed on Liu Yanyu's face, "If he really saves you, and you can stay in Yancheng and assist him by his side, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Changle Junzhu suddenly felt a bit shy.

Although there were still doubts in her heart, she decided not to ask anymore.

She always felt that Liu Yanyu's purpose in sending her to Yancheng was not pure.

But she couldn't guess what she wanted to do.

After all, throughout Da Song, who could have guessed that this Yan Princess would be the true owner behind Tianxiang Lou?

Thinking of this, she suddenly understood.

Tianxiang Lou was clearly capable of saving her, yet Liu Yanyu insisted on dragging Yan Wang into it.

There must be something fishy in this; she wanted to see what kind of chess game Liu Yanyu was laying out.

Although she was very grateful to Liu Yanyu for adopting her as a foster daughter and would execute her orders without regard for her life,

the deepest memory in her heart came from her father's earnest teachings.

Her father died serving the country, and she hated the viciousness of the powerful clans and the incompetence of the emperor on the Golden Throne Hall.

But she did not hate Yan Wang, who was completely different from them.

Even, as her father said, such a loyal and virtuous person should be protected with one's life.

"Mother Concubine, I understand, I will do everything as instructed," Changle said, which served as a reassurance for Liu Yanyu.

Sure enough, Liu Yanyu became happy, "This is my daughter."

After saying a few more words to Changle, Liu Yanyu turned and went out.

Returning to her sleeping quarters, her expression suddenly turned cold, like a glacier that would never melt.

Fragments of memories surfaced in her mind.

Emotions of joy, sadness, despair, and so on flashed across her face one by one.

Then, thinking of something, she said to a green-clad nanny beside her, "Are you certain that the Third Prince is a wild seed born of Dou Wei?"

"There can be no mistake. The Dou Family was meticulous but left one gap; although they killed all the servants who participated at the time, they did not discover that this matter was also seen by one person," the nanny said.

Liu Yanyu laughed softly, "Dou Wei thinks that he is the only one who knows the Third Prince is not Zhao Heng's son; how ridiculous. Now his Dou Family is doomed. Even if Zhao Heng is cowardly, I fear he will not be able to tolerate this. The war between the Imperial Clan and the powerful clans is inevitable."

"Should we release this news now?" the nanny said.

Liu Yanyu waved her hand, "No, the time is not yet ripe. This time we must wait for the right time, place, and people; those who participated in the plot to harm Jin Wang back then, none of them will be allowed to escape."

The nanny nodded solemnly.

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Yancheng.

If Zhao Xu knew that the harmless-looking Yan Princess was the true owner behind Tianxiang Lou, he would certainly be shocked out of his wits.

But at this moment, he was naturally completely unaware, nor did he know that the rescue of Changle Junzhu would be mixed with other things.

Right now, he was reading a letter.

This was just sent by someone dispatched by Zhou Yi.

In the letter, Zhou Yi mentioned that they had intentionally let a warship of the Five Peaks Island Pirates go.

As a result, this warship landed at Ningjin Dusi, and subsequently, other warships discovered Wulanba at Ancheng Port.

Beside Wulanba followed several people whose attire was completely different from that of the Northern Di.

He guessed they were the sea bandits who went to the Northern Di, and subsequently, they also discovered that the Gaoli Navy warships were gathering toward Ancheng Port.

At the end of the letter, Zhou Yi speculated that the Wufeng Pirates might be colluding with the Northern Di to deal with the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

And the result of this collusion was that the Northern Di had the Gaoli Navy cooperate with Wufeng Island.

"Hmph, throwing an egg against a rock," Zhao Xu sneered repeatedly.

The field of vision provided by the Telescope allowed Zhou Yi and his men to monitor the enemy from outside their line of sight.

This is what it means to anticipate the enemy; right now, Wufeng Island and the Northern Di probably think their collusion has succeeded and that they will soon be able to wipe out the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

Yet they do not know that their actions have not escaped his eyes.

Thinking of this, he stood up and looked at the map on the wall, deciding to strike first to gain the initiative.

Before the enemies have gathered, he will defeat them one by one.

Furthermore, Gaoli, that lackey, supported the Northern Di so vigorously during their southward invasion last time that he had long since planned his revenge.

This time, he wants to have Zhou Yi teach Gaoli a harsh lesson.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent an order to Zhou Yi.

Two days later, Zhou Yi in Leting County received the military order from Zhao Xu.

After grinning for a while, he boarded the Warship.