Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

After one stick of incense.

Gu Chan swam out of the water first and climbed onto the shore to rest and wait.

The white fox sat beside her and said, "Master, where is the great general?"

"He stayed to chat with Bai Linggui alone. I don't know what they wanted to talk about." Gu Chan said unhappily while squeezing the water stains on her clothes.

[What is the temperament of the White Spirit Turtle? Is it more cruel than the Black Qilin?] The white fox asked curiously.

Gu Chan shook her head and said, "I don't think Mo Qilin is as strong as it is in terms of personality! Maybe because it is a female turtle, it is relatively gentle. But my intuition tells me that it is definitely a bit lustful, otherwise it would only give the green light to Nanxing Kuang and allow him to see it alone in the future."

[From your perspective as a biped, the general is indeed a handsome man, and he is also powerful and has a good figure. However, we mysterious beasts have always looked down on you bipeds, and I find it hard to believe that it still has any thoughts about bipeds.] The white fox said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Gu Chan said with a wicked smile, "In a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. You have so many species of mysterious beasts, maybe there will be a few special ones! Don't you think so?"

[That's true, then we can only wait for them to talk slowly.] White Fox said helplessly.

Gu Chan sighed and could only calm down and sit on the shore to bask in the sun.

Nan Xing Kuang and Bai Linggui chatted for more than half an hour. Just when Gu Chan was about to get impatient, he finally emerged from the water, jumped up and landed steadily on the shore.

Gu Chan propped herself up and sat up, looking up at him and asked, "What did you two talk about? Why did you talk for so long?"

"It's okay, don't worry about it. Let's talk about your business next!" Nan Xingkuang turned the topic to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan immediately became serious.

Nan Xingkuang got straight to the point and said, "Let me ask you, why do you want to wade into this muddy water? You don't have to care about these Second Prince's followers in Jiangnan, and there's no need for you to go against the Crown Prince, right?"

"The prince has captured my people in South City and is threatening me! If I want to save my people now, don't I have to unite everyone here to put pressure on him? Otherwise, what do you think I should do? Beg him like a dog?" Gu Chan said angrily.

Nan Xing Kuang suddenly felt relieved, and all his doubts were resolved. He then realized that Gu Chan was forced to take action.

But on second thought, he felt that this was quite consistent with the prince's ruthless character. If he didn't take action against Gu Chan's people first and hold a bargaining chip in his hand, he would not be the prince.

Thinking of this, he said directly, "I know exactly why you came to me today, and I am not afraid to tell you the truth. I only obey the emperor, and he has a secret order that no matter what the prince does in Jiangnan, as long as he does not rebel, I will stay put. So it is impossible for me to help you."

"So this is the reason why you refused me to come to Jiangnan Camp to find you!" Gu Chan was also relieved.

It turned out that the emperor had issued a secret order, and Nan Xing Kuang didn't dare to disobey it!

Instead of asking him to send troops to help, Gu Chan suddenly had an idea and said, "Can you help me ask the emperor? Now all the followers of the second prince in the Jiangnan area are pushing me to be the lord. Does he agree with this?"

"This is the lord's golden seal. The emperor asked me to give it to you. You can do with it yourself!" Nan Xing Kuang said as he reached into his sleeve and touched a golden seal the size of an adult's fist made of pure gold and handed it to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan took the golden seal and looked at it carefully, and found that there was a golden dragon head carved on the top of the seal, and four big characters "Lord's Dragon Seal" were engraved on the bottom of the seal.

She was overjoyed in an instant and couldn't hide the smile on her face.

Although the old emperor did not say it explicitly, he ordered Nan Xing Kuang to hand over such a precious lord's dragon seal to her. Doesn't this mean that he tacitly acknowledged that she would be the lord of the Jiangnan area next, and that this place would be directly given to her as a fiefdom?

How could this not make her excited?

Nan Xing Kuang sighed and said, "What a pity. Originally, this Lord Dragon Seal was meant to be given to the Second Prince, but he was too disappointing and hurt the Emperor's heart, so the Prince had no choice but to give up on him."

"The emperor is so cruel. After all, he is his own son. He really forced him to commit suicide by taking poison!" Gu Chan put away the lord's dragon seal and said in a trembling voice.

"You are wrong. The emperor never forced him to commit suicide by taking poison. The emperor's original plan was to let him settle down in the Jiangnan area, or even find a quiet place to live in seclusion. But he cared too much about his face and had too strong a self-esteem, so he chose to commit suicide by taking poison. The royal family has its own arrogance, which ordinary people like us cannot understand." Nan Xingkuang said with emotion.

Gu Chan listened and nodded secretly.

This was just like the ancient emperor who was hanged on a crooked tree in the world she lived in before she traveled through time. When the moment of failure came, in order to maintain his dignity and pride as a member of the royal family, he would not easily surrender to his opponent even if it meant death.

I'm afraid Xuanyuan Lie had this mentality when he committed suicide by taking poison!

Nan Xing Kuang explained all of this to Gu Chan, then he reached out and pulled her up from the ground and said, "It's up to you from now on. I can't use any soldiers to help you. Whether you can stand up to the Crown Prince's men, and whether you can protect all of the Second Prince's followers in Jiangnan and yourself, all depends on your ability."

"Okay! Since the emperor has given me a chance, it proves that he doesn't want all the people in Jiangnan to die tragically with the second prince, so I will protect them!" Gu Chan said with a long sigh.

Nan Xing Kuang nodded with satisfaction.

He admitted that Gu Chan was indeed very smart and could see through the true intention behind the emperor's move. However, he was also very worried now. After all, Gu Chan was alone and weak. It might not be an easy task for her to stop the 100,000 soldiers sent by the prince without causing civil unrest.

Gu Chan didn't care about all that and walked away with the white fox in a swagger.

Nan Xingkuang followed behind her, always worried about her.

After a while, the two returned to the gate of Jiangnan Camp.

Nan Xing Kuang said goodbye to Gu Chan and immediately returned to the camp, ignoring Bai Jingtian and the other two.

The three of them quickly came to Gu Chan and surrounded her and asked questions.

"What's going on? Did the general agree to help us?"

"You guys have been talking for so long, what does he think?"

"Did you convince him?"

"Okay, look how anxious you are. We can't stay here for long. Let's get on the carriage and go back first." Gu Chan glared at the three of them and scolded them unhappily.

Then she took the white fox into the carriage, and then she lay down in the carriage holding the white fox and fell asleep.

The three of them looked at each other, all with helpless expressions. In the end, they could only calm down temporarily and followed Gu Chan into the carriage and left.