ng Qianqian curled her lips slightly. "Pri Minister Xun himself may be a man without weaknesses, but who told him to have such a foolish son who keeps causing trouble? I already said your chances of winning are great. You should believe it now, right?"
Lu Yuan snorted coldly.
ng Qianqian: Fine, fine, I know you’re stubborn.
Lu Yuan said, "He waged war in the Western Regions for seven years, likely to build up his forces."
The court needs constant recruitnt of soldiers for war, but the numbers of recruits and the casualties of martyrs can always be falsified.
Ultimately, where those recruited troops actually went—how would the court know?
"Plotting against the Chu Family and killing the Chu Grand Marshal were also ant to divert the court’s attention."
It directed more focus to the war with Beiliang, thereby neglecting the Western Regions.
ng Qianqian agreed with Lu Yuan’s speculation. "This ga of chess is truly on a grand scale."
"How many days has it been?"
Lu Yuan asked.
"Three days," ng Qianqian replied.
Lu Yuan said, "It doesn’t matter. Even if they’ve relocated the military funds, as long as we find the troops, he’ll still be held accountable."
The location of the hidden funds had been leaked. Xun Yu wouldn’t wait passively for the blow; he would surely try to transfer them promptly.
ng Qianqian blinked. "I think he won’t be able to move them."
Lu Yuan gave her a peculiar look.
ng Qianqian touched her fingers innocently and said, "The Miaojiang guards left by my grandfather and mother—I’ve sent them to... find the funds."
On the morning after she discovered the key and the parchnt map, she made a copy and also had the key duplicated.
No matter whether her guess was correct, it was better to act first; at worst, it’d just be a wasted effort.
But now, with Lu Yuan’s deductions matching hers, she was nearly certain it was indeed the military funds.
Lu Yuan opened his mouth but found himself at a loss for words.
"How did you get them to leave?"
He rembered that the Miao King had ordered them to guard the Governor Mansion, and only the Miao King could command them. Even Bai Yuwei couldn’t make them step out of the Capital City.
ng Qianqian blinked her eyes. "I said it was my grandfather’s order."
That’s forging the sacred decree of Miaojiang!
Lu Yuan calmly remarked, "Well done."
ng Qianqian let out a breath of relief. "So this bla..."
Lu Yuan: "You’ll shoulder it yourself."
ng Qianqian: "..."
Aren’t husband and wife supposed to stick together through thick and thin!
Lu Yuan gave ng Qianqian a complicated look. "Aren’t you afraid it’s another ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain? What if it’s a fake map?"
ng Qianqian said earnestly, "If it ca through other channels, I’d doubt it. But if Zhaozhao obtained it, it must be real."
Lu Yuan: "..."
ng Qianqian continued, "Oh right, there’s one more thing."
The two had been talking in the room for a long ti. Who knew if it was because too much had happened recently, or if they had unknowingly built a trust between them?
Their conversation lasted significantly longer than usual, and what started as a discussion of official matters grew to include a touch of personal topics.
"Xun Qi asked if you’re the son of King Chu."
Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, a faint and enigmatic smile curling at his lips. "Oh? They suspect that’s the reason I’m reinvestigating the Chu Family massacre? Quite the bold assumption."
ng Qianqian asked curiously, "Are you?"
Lu Yuan replied nonchalantly, "I’m not sure either. When my mother returns, you can ask her. Let’s go to Tinglan Garden and let Great Grandmother know we’re safe."
ng Qianqian stared at his back, thinking to herself, who doesn’t care about their own lineage like this?
Lu Yuan coolly added, "Not moving yet? Waiting for this commander to take your hand?"
ng Qianqian froze. "Huh?"
Before she could deny it, Lu Yuan strode back over with a frosty expression and took her soft hand in his. "Can we go now?"
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