Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 2657 Uncle Wang
"You're really crazy."

Ji Mo looked at the old man in front of him who had taken off his helmet, his expression indescribable.

"This is a deal that could lead to the extermination of nine generations of your family. You really dare to do this with this crazy girl?"

"This old minister never expected to meet the Grand Preceptor in this capacity," Chen Yan said with a complex smile on his deeply lined face. "This old minister thought he would never see the Grand Preceptor again. His Highness said that you might already be..."

"died?"

Ji Mo turned around and gave Ying Baoyue a cool look.

Ying Baoyue shrugged. "Who knew that you, all intact, could still allow your king to be usurped?"

“I never thought he would be so stupid as to let the Imperial Seal fall into someone else’s hands,” Ji Mo said expressionlessly. “A king who can’t even protect the Imperial Seal deserves to be usurped.”

"I'm afraid the Prince of Linchuan has some kind of leverage over us."

Ying Baoyue frowned. Based on her understanding of Jiang Yuanyuan, he was not such a muddle-headed person.

"What handle?"

"It should be a person."

Ying Baoyue had never dealt with the Prince of Linchuan, but she knew the people who manipulated him.

The most urgent task is to rescue Jiang Yuanyuan.

"The Ji family's intelligence network should be able to infiltrate the palace, right?" Ying Baoyue glanced at Ji Mo. "I need you to help me find someone."

“What are you saying?” Ji Mo said calmly, “Why would I inquire about news from inside the palace?”

"Stop pretending to be a loyal subject," Ying Baoyue rolled her eyes at Ji Mo. "I'm not asking you to go find Jiang Yuanyuan, it's someone else."

"Who?"

……

……

The Southern Chu royal palace was desolate in the night.

King Jiang Xie of Linchuan sat in the palace of the King of Southern Chu, quietly watching the sleeping baby beside him.

He had a battle report that had just been delivered beside him, but he didn't open it to read it.

"Your Highness..."

The palace servants around him wanted to take over taking care of the young master, but the Prince of Linchuan waved them away.

"Everyone, get out. The guards are enough."

The palace servants obediently left the palace, and only then did the Prince of Linchuan pick up the battle report in his hand, open it, and quietly read it.

The night grew deeper, and a cold wind blew in from the window, extinguishing a small lamp by the bedside of the newly enthroned King of Southern Chu.

Only the moonlight remained inside the room.

A chill crept in through the crack in the door, sending shivers down one's spine. The guards who should have been lurking on the roof were as if they were dead.

"come yet?"

The Prince of Linchuan put down the memorial and sat up straight.

"I heard your cultivation level isn't high, so it's rare to see you so perceptive."

Ying Baoyue appeared behind him dressed in black, with the Red Lotus Sword hanging at her waist.

The King of Linchuan turned around and looked at the girl who had silently appeared in the royal palace.

Most people would have screamed in terror by now, but the Prince of Linchuan remained calm and composed, as if he had expected her to appear.

"You knew I was coming?"

"Isn't the Former Qin army already at the city gates?" Jiang Xie said with a gentle smile. "I've heard that the King of Former Qin is a very adventurous person, especially fond of sneaking into the palace at night."

"Well, that was all when I was young."

The last time she broke into the king's palace at night was when she went to Zhao Muren's palace. After that, whether it was the Northern Wei or the Later Liao, she always entered openly and honestly. "Nice to meet you," Ying Baoyue stared at the middle-aged man in front of her, "You are not quite what I imagined."

Jiang Xie's face closely resembled Jiang Yuanyuan's father, but he was more handsome and refined. Despite his advanced age, he retained his elegance, and the crimson sacrificial robe gave him an air of otherworldly grace.

“You’re not what I imagined either,” Jiang Xie said, quietly studying her. “Besides, this isn’t the first time we’ve met.”

"Although this is the first time we've met in your body."

Ying Baoyue was taken aback. "So we've met before."

Jiang Xie smiled, "The young master of fate has had countless admirers in the past, so naturally she wouldn't remember me."

When his elder brother ascended the throne, Princess Zhaoyang accompanied the Grand Master of Fate to witness the ceremony. He remembered her at a glance in the crowd, but she obviously did not remember him.

“You’ve always been low-key,” the prince said, much to Ying Baoyue’s surprise. She took a deep breath. “So I don’t understand why you would suddenly appear at this time.”

Before the night visit, she originally thought Jiang Xie was under a spell, but Jiang Xie, sitting by the bed, had clear eyes and spoke clearly, showing no signs of being under a spell.

"Were you being manipulated?" Ying Baoyue stared into his pupils, trying to find something amiss. "Did something happen to you while you were cultivating in the mountains?"

“Xiao Wang was not manipulated,” Jiang Xie said calmly. “Xiao Wang made his choice based on his own will.”

"Are you saying that you became a traitor by your own will?"

Ying Baoyue stared at him intently, "Are you trying to elevate a child who's still nursing to the throne because you want the world to know your true intentions?"

"What ulterior motives would I have?" Jiang Xie laughed. "Since the eldest prince still has descendants, then this child is the rightful heir of Southern Chu."

"As for whether this child can grow up smoothly, that's a matter for later."

“This child will live for at least another fifteen years before he comes to power,” Ying Baoyue said coldly. “And you want to rule as regent for fifteen years. What’s the difference between that and usurping the throne of Southern Chu?”

“Well, there’s nothing I can do about it,” Jiang Xie laughed. “My nephew isn’t suited to be the King of Southern Chu.”

How do you know he's not suitable?

Ying Baoyue frowned, realizing that she couldn't guess what this person was thinking.

Jiang Xie appeared so calm and detached, unlike the ambitious and ruthless man she had imagined. In fact, she couldn't see any desire for power in him.

“As a monarch, A Yuan is too sentimental and soft-hearted,” Jiang Xie frowned, a rare occurrence. “I never expected him to turn out this way.”

“He wasn’t like this when he was a child.”

He remembered that Jiang Yuanyuan wasn't like that when she was little; she was a very scheming prince.

That's true.

Ying Baoyue still remembered when she first met Jiang Yuanyuan, she also felt that he was cunning and a very shrewd prince.

After traveling with them, Jiang Yuanyuan gradually shed her outer shell and transformed into a vibrant young person.

"A person who is too sentimental cannot hold onto the throne."

"So you used this method to ambush him?"

Ying Baoyue stared into Jiang Xie's eyes, "Use someone he cares about to threaten him."

“He’s willing to hand over the imperial seal to someone else for the sake of a woman. He doesn’t deserve to be king,” Jiang Xie shook his head. “Rather than watching him destroy the entire Southern Chu, I would rather replace him myself.”

As expected, Jiang Xie used Li Jinniang's safety to control Jiang Yuanyuan.

To rescue Jiang Yuanyuan, Li Jinniang must be rescued first.

Where is the Queen?

"Why would Xiao Wang tell you?"

Jiang Xie smiled, but the smile froze on his lips the next moment.

A gleaming blade was pressed against his Adam's apple.

"If you don't talk, I'll kill you."