Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Mu Qing secretly sent some food and daily necessities to Princess Zhao.

In this way, at least Hua Manman and Qinghuan don't have to worry about starving to death.

They are temporarily settled in the secret room.

Mu Qing will also tell Princess Zhao what happened outside.

For example, shortly after Concubine Zhen got the jade seal, she joined forces with the Queen Mother and several senior ministers of the Zhongshu Province to publicly announce the edict to confer the seventh prince as the crown prince.

In this way, the seventh prince Li Qiong became the legitimate heir to the throne.

However, Wu Zhangwang Li Ying and Wu Wang denied the contents of the edict, and stated that the edict was forged by Concubine Zhen.

Concubine Zhen naturally quit.

The two sides quarreled bitterly for this.

In this way, it bought time for King Zhao.

He led an army of 80,000 to rush back day and night. The journey that originally took at least a month was shortened by him to just ten days.

Seeing that King Zhao was coming back soon, Wu Wang knew that he couldn't delay any longer.

He ordered Ye Xiaowei to arrest Princess Rouwan and Zhong Anbo's family.

Fortunately, Hua Manman was well prepared and asked to invite Princess Rouwan to live with everyone in Zhuangzi in advance, and arranged for soldiers from the Huxiao Camp to set up camp near Zhuangzi.

Almost as soon as Ye Xiaowei appeared, the soldiers of Huxiao Battalion were already on alert.

The soldiers were divided into two parts, one part resisted Ye Xiaowei in front, and the other part retreated with Princess Rouwan and Zhong Anbo's family.

They fled south along the route they had chosen long ago.

As a result, they happened to meet the army led by King Zhao.

Princess Rouwan and Zhong Anbo's family were rescued.

But they are not completely relieved yet, because Manman is still in the palace, and his life and death are still uncertain.

He begged bitterly with tears in his eyes.

"I beg your lord to save our family, Manman. She is pregnant and she is about to give birth. If there is an emergency, it will be one dead body and two lives!"

Princess Rouwan also stared at Li Ji, and said forcefully.

"I don't care what method you use, you must rescue Man Man!"

Li Ji was more anxious than them.

That is his daughter-in-law and his daughter, his treasure!

Even if they just lost a hair, he would feel distressed for a long time, let alone the current situation.

Even if he risked his life, he had to save everyone.

The army picked up speed and continued to advance.

When Wu Wang learned that the Ye Xiaowei sent out had missed, his mood sank to the bottom.

But he didn't panic, instead he became calmer.

He said to Li Ying.

"Prince Zhao probably doesn't know that Princess Zhao has run away. We can use this to threaten him."

Li Ying rubbed his forehead, and said wearily: "King Zhao is not so easy to fool, if he doesn't see Man Man, he won't fully believe that Man Man is in our hands."

Wu Wang: "But he is not sure that Princess Zhao will not be in our hands, he dare not bet."

He is well aware of the importance of Princess Zhao to King Zhao.

Even if there is only a slight possibility of hurting Princess Zhao, King Zhao will not act rashly.

Li Ying: "This is not a long-term solution."

Wu Wang: "We still have a useless pawn."

Li Ying stared at the other party.

"You mean Bian Ziming..."

Wu Wang smiled: "The hidden stump that has been cultivated with so much thought, now it is finally time for him to play a role, I hope he will not let us down."

That afternoon, Bian Ziming was patrolling above the city wall as usual, when he suddenly saw a group of night owl guards walking up the city wall aggressively.

"General Bian, we suspect that he was greedy for the Mexican army's salary and pretended to be a military leader. Please come with us!"

Bian Ziming laughed angrily at them.

"You say that I have broken the law, so I have broken the law? What about the evidence? Show it to me!"

The leader Ye Xiaowei said coldly.

"Our Ye Xiaowei is working for the imperial court, please cooperate with General Bian!"

Bian Ziming was annoyed by them, he tore off his skirt, revealing the scar on his chest, and glared.

"See those scars?

Every scar on Lao Tzu's body is left from fighting the enemy on the battlefield.

You actually said that I pretended to be a leader?

If you have the ability, look at the scars on my body and say the words "pretend to lead the army" again! talk! ! "

Ye Xiaowei still insisted on taking him back to investigate as if he couldn't see those scars.

Bian Ziming refused to leave, but Ye Xiaowei directly beat him.

The two sides had a fierce conflict over this.

Hearing the news, more and more Ye Xiaowei rushed over, and the defenders of the other three city gates also rushed over to help Ye Xiaowei deal with Bian Ziming and Hu Xiaoying.

The Tiger Roar Camp led by Bian Ziming fell into a disadvantage.

In order to protect themselves, they had to withdraw from the south gate.

Almost as soon as they left, the South City Gate was slammed shut from the inside.

When King Zhao rushed to Shangjing with an army of 80,000 menacingly, he found that the Huxiao Battalion led by Bian Ziming was hiding in the nearby forest.

The South City Gate has changed hands, and the people guarding the South City Gate now belong to the faction of King Wu Zhang.

King Zhao and Bian Ziming could no longer cooperate with each other like before.

Bian Ziming felt so guilty for this, when he saw King Zhao appear, he knelt down skillfully on the spot, crying and shouting.

"The last general is incompetent and failed to guard the south gate for the prince! The last general is willing to be punished!"

The two lieutenants following Bian Ziming also knelt down and pleaded guilty to King Zhao together.

Li Ji had expected this to happen a long time ago, but he wasn't too disappointed.

If he were Li Ying, he wouldn't let Bian Ziming, a thorn in his side, guard the south gate. He would definitely try his best to get rid of him.

Fortunately, Bian Ziming ran fast, otherwise he might have been a corpse by now.

Li Ji asked them to get up and answer.

When Bian Ziming and the two lieutenants behind him stood up, Li Ji's eyes flicked across their faces.

It was at this time that he read the thoughts of the other three.

What Bian Ziming thought was: "King Zhao is finally back! I've had enough of Ye Xiaowei's bastards. When I lead my troops to attack, I will definitely beat those bastards to pieces!"

The two lieutenants following behind him were thinking——

"What should I do to complete the task assigned by Governor Wu? This is a great opportunity to make meritorious service, and I cannot let Governor down."

"Am I really going to betray General Bian and King Zhao? I don't want to be a traitor. But my family is under the control of Ye Xiaowei, and I have no choice."

Li Ji quietly raised the corners of his mouth and sneered in his heart.

It turned out that the two lieutenants next to Bian Ziming were hidden piles arranged by Wu Wang.

From this point of view, Wu Wang should have deliberately sent someone to provoke Bian Ziming, in order to allow Bian Ziming to leave Shangjing with the people around him and run to seek refuge with King Zhao.

Once they come into contact, the hidden piles around Bian Ziming will have a chance to attack King Zhao.

The plan is indeed feasible, but it's a pity that Wu Wang made a wrong calculation——

He didn't know that Li Ji had the ability to read minds.

Wu Wang: Hey, are you a demon spirit? I want to report, someone cheated here!