On the way back to Ling'an, Zhou Cangyan took Song Lianhe as if they were on a tour, and were not in any hurry to go back to report.

It was not until they reached Jiguan Mountain that Zhou Cangyan ordered them to rest.

Jiguan Mountain is only thirty miles away from Ling'an City. Ever since they appeared here, many vegetable farmers have appeared nearby, squatting on the roadside and shouting. The fellow villagers passing by were also very surprised. Although they were leaning on crutches, their feet were very steady when they walked.

Song Lianhe sat in the open-air teahouse, drinking tea and looking around.

"Sister, don't you think these people are weird?"

Ah Jun couldn't help but whispered, "They keep looking at us, aren't they spying on us?" Then he glanced at the man standing outside talking to the shadow guard, "Should we tell King Qing?"

Song Lianhe chuckled and put down the tea in her hand, "Even you can see it, how could he not know?"

Ajun shrugged, since he didn't have to worry at all with him around.

Even though he didn't like Zhou Cangyan always pestering his sister, he had to admit that King Qing was King Qing and he was still very reliable at critical moments.

After a while, Zhou Cangyan came over.

The shadow guard followed behind him and picked up Ajun, "Come with me."

"Where are we going? I don't want to...I want to be with my sister..."

"No, you have to stay with your brother." The shadow guard ignored his protests and carried him to another table.

After Zhou Cangyan sat down, he picked up her cup, poured himself a glass and drank it.

Song Lianhe raised his chin towards the outside: "Whose people are they?"

"Emperor Cheng Xiao."

Song Lianhe nodded, "Are all the people following him all the way his?"

Zhou Cangyan was a little surprised, "You know?"

"They are so obvious that it's hard not to notice them."

Zhou Cangyan looked towards the gate of Ling'an City. "I captured Sishui City, but he didn't let me pursue the victory. Instead, he urgently ordered me to go back and report. I think he wanted to make a final decision."

Song Lianhe became anxious when he heard this.

Although Zhou Cangyan would not be stupid enough to fall into the trap, he must have made full preparations. But he knew that the other party had set a tight net, and if something went wrong, he would be doomed!

"Why do you have to go back? You have 50,000 soldiers under your command, and this time you have the help of Li Xiang Wang of Chuzhou, why should you be afraid of him? Why not..." She moved closer to him, lowered her voice, and made a sword gesture with her hand, "Why not just rebel!"

Zhou Cangyan was stunned, looked up at her, a smile gradually appeared in his eyes, he was really touched by her cuteness.

He didn't know that one day these words would come out of her mouth.

He looked at her with a half-smile, "Then tell me, how are we going to fight back?"

"Do I need to teach you this? Haven't you been working hard for this goal for so many years? Just the soldiers you raised in Suibei, and, and those people in the court, and Master Shen Biao and the others... aren't they all your people? If that Emperor Cheng Xiao is too aggressive, then don't indulge him! Just rebel!"

Seeing her gritting her teeth, Zhou Cangyan found it interesting. He supported his cheek with one hand, stared at her and asked, "You are right. Before... I did want to rebel. But now..."

"Now the Cheng Xiao Emperor is even more bullying! He asked you to quell rebellions twice, and both times you gave them to the old, weak, sick and disabled! This time is even worse, with dysentery running rampant. In serious cases, the entire army will be wiped out!"

Song Lianhe became more and more angry as he spoke. Such a narrow-minded person did not take his own soldiers seriously at all. He should rebel against him!

The more indignant she was, the bigger the smile on Zhou Cangyan's face became.

Song Lianhe glanced at him, her face sank slightly, "What are you laughing at? Aren't you angry?"

He suppressed his smile and said, "Of course I am angry. However, seeing someone speak up for me and worry about me, I feel very happy."

Seeing his divided look, Song Lianhe gave a wry smile and said, "Your Highness Prince Qing is so calm and composed, he must have had a perfect plan in mind. Tell me about it, so I don't have to act like a fool, running around in circles while you sit in the central military tent."

Hearing the ulterior motive in her words, Zhou Cangyan immediately took her hand and said, "I know you are doing this for my own good."

"hehe."

She pursed her lips, then her smile disappeared.

"Although I don't know why, you should know everything about me. So, you know my plans and preparations. However, that was before this. Now, no one and nothing can compare to you."

Song Lianhe pursed her lips and looked up at him.

He held her hands, lowered his eyes, and hid the coldness in his eyes, as if he was afraid of scaring her.

"Yesterday, Emperor Cheng Xiao officially appointed Prince Heng as the Crown Prince."

"what?!"

Song Lianhe was surprised: "Why is it him? Shouldn't it be..."

"Zhou Ziyi?"

He looked at her with insight in his eyes.

Song Lianhe opened his mouth, but the words that were about to come out were stuck in his throat.

…still doesn’t work.

The heroine can see through her experience of traveling through the book, the hero can suspect it, but she is the only one who cannot say it.

Having said that, the main plot of the book is that Zhou Junlin becomes emperor and finally wins the beauty.

But the position of crown prince that should have been his had unexpectedly become that of Prince Heng Zhou Gaozuo. The plot had completely deviated from the main line, and she could no longer predict what would happen next.

Seeing that she frowned but said nothing, Zhou Cangyan did not ask any more questions, but just said: "In everyone's opinion, he is the most suitable candidate, and Emperor Cheng Xiao also attaches great importance to this son."

"Isn't it?" Song Lianhe suddenly realized something and looked at him in surprise: "So, these are all smokescreens?"

He raised an eyebrow: "What?"

"Uh, it's cannon fodder, which means..."

Zhou Cangyan roughly understood it and nodded: "Almost."

Song Lianhe really didn't expect that in the original text, everything from Zhou Junlin's appointment of crown prince to his ascension to the throne seemed to be going according to plan. However, when thinking about it carefully, is there a possibility that Zhou Junlin had known all this for a long time and operated secretly to make all this happen?

After figuring this out, she looked at Zhou Cangyan again.

The man was very calm, as if no matter what happened, it was within his expectations.

Song Lianhe suddenly realized.

"It was you who made all this happen."

In the original text, it was the male protagonist Zhou Junlin who promoted the direction of the plot.

Then it was him who changed all this.

Zhou Cangyan's lips curled up slightly, "Emperor Chengxiao has so many women in his harem, some he respects, some he admires, and perhaps, some he feels sorry for. But the one he loves the most is only Zhou Gaozuo's mother, Concubine Zhaohui, who loves him as much as his wife, but he is not as good as Ziyin in every way. In recent days, Emperor Chengxiao's health has been getting worse, and he must appoint a crown prince to stabilize people's hearts, and I am just someone who is fanning the flames."

He downplayed it, but Song Lianhe knew that the actual situation was far more serious than that.

"What about Zhou Junlin? He didn't do anything? This is not like his style."

Zhou Cangyan chuckled, "You seem to know him very well."

Song Lianhe responded readily: "I don't understand, I don't know, I don't know."

In short, I’m not familiar with it!

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