Shangguan Yun focused on the key point and, angered, employed the essence of palace intrigue, striking first like a villain: "What’s going on with Chu Feipeng? From your companion’s tone, he doesn’t seem to be dead. Xiao Ji, oh Xiao Ji, all these years I thought I owed you, turns out you’re just calculating against me all along."
Xuanping Marquis was rendered speechless.
What kind of move is this, he had a hard time responding.
Thinking back and forth, it was all Tang Yueshan’s fault.
He gritted his teeth, holding his forehead.
Tang Yueshan, why didn’t I kill you back then!
...
Gu Jiao went to the injured soldiers’ camp, visited Cheng Fugui and others, and instructed them to take good care of their injuries, then she went to Mu Qingchen’s place.
However, Mu Qingchen was not in his own barracks.
The cavalry said he went to the camp outskirts to practice swordsmanship. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
He once felt discomfort from killing for the first time, leaning against the tree trunk to retch dryly.
Now under the same big tree, he was no longer distressed by killing but striving to figure out how to kill more enemies.
He thrust his sword strike by strike, practicing lethal blows that hit instantly.
His white clothes could be smooth jade or a killer blade.
Gu Jiao didn’t disturb him, watched quietly for a while, then turned to leave.
The royal army was still in the city, having not yet reached the military camp, and Shangguan Yun hadn’t announced her identity, so Gu Jiao didn’t know she had arrived at the camp.
While passing Tang Yueshan’s tent, she heard rustling sounds coming from inside late at night, what was Tang Yueshan doing?
Curious, she walked over, lifted the curtain, and saw Tang Yueshan hurriedly packing things.
She uttered softly, "Where are you going?"
Just been here a few days, planning to leave already?
Tang Yueshan stuffed several jars of ointment and some dried food into his bundle: "I’m going to Pu City to hide with old Gu for a few days."
Gu Jiao tilted her head, looking at him curiously: "Why hide?"
Tang Yueshan was not afraid of losing face, straightforwardly saying: "I sold old Xiao out, if I don’t hide, old Xiao might kill me."
Gu Jiao: "..."
Tang Yueshan packed while recounting the events in the barracks: "...Can’t entirely blame me; I didn’t know his old flame was the Princess. I thought her being the Princess, coming to the camp would cause a stir, who knew she’d come so eagerly to him without sending word, clearly to—"
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