Chapter 1021 A Letter from Liucang City
Yun Shang walked out of the garden. On the way back to the yard, she passed a stage, which was a
little shabby. Yun Shang thought for a moment and said, "Repair the stage."
Pei Lan turned to look at the stage and quickly agreed.
As soon as they returned to the room, Hua''er came up to them. Yun Shang asked, "Has Bao''er fallen
asleep?"
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Hua''er nodded, "The Prince is asleep. Your majesty, the carrier pigeon has sent a message from
Liucang City." Hua''er handed Hua''er a letter.
Yun Shang took it over, opened it and had a look. The corners of her mouth curved up slightly. Well,
after Qian Liu and Zheng Qiming returned to Liucang City, they had won Xia Houjing''s trust. But to Yun
Shang''s surprise, the letter also mentioned that Xia Houjing asked Qian Liu''s uncle to marry Qian Liu to
him as his concubine.
The smile on Yun Shang''s face became colder. She had heard that Xia Houjing had married many
concubines in order to draw over noble ns in Liucang City and Nanyang City.
Yun Shang suddenly thought of Hua Yutong. She didn''t know what kind of life she was living now.
However, Hua Yutong''s father still had an official post, and his reputation was not low, so she should
not be neglected. However, even if she could keep her position as the Seventh Princess, she had to
prepare for her husband''s wedding every once in a while. Seeing the women being married one after
another, she was afraid that she would not have a good time.
If she had known this earlier, she would not have done that. At that time, she had given Empress Hua
many chances. If Hua Yutong had chosen to follow Yun Shang''s arrangement, Hua Yutong would have
retreatedpletely, and perhaps she already had a good match. But Hua Yutong insisted on it. She
had no one to me.
But now, Xia Houjing wanted Qian Liu to marry him as a concubine, and things were a little tricky. And
this letter has taken a few days on the way. She didn''t know what was going on now. If Xia Houjing
wanted to marry her, he would marry her before he left Liucang City. He would never let Qian Liu have
time to wait for her reply. Moreover, Yun Shang was not in Liucang City, and she didn''t know the
details. She couldn''t give any detailed advice, so she only reported this in the letter and didn''t ask Yun
Shang what to do.
But it was a dilemma. If Qian Liu agreed, it would be unfair to her. But if she didn''t agree, Xia Houjing
would think that Qian Liu''s uncle didn''t want to ally with him and work for him. He would be suspicious.
Yun Shang held the letter tighter. After a while, she crumpled it into a ball and handed it to Hua''er.
Yun Shang walked into the room and sighed, but she had tofort herself in her heart. Fortunately,
Qian Liu was calm, resourceful and smart, and she would definitely make the best choice ording to
the situation.
No matter how anxious Yun Shang was, it was useless for Yun Shang to be anxious. So she simply
ignored it and looked for some book on the bookshelf.
Now after walking around the camp, Yun Shang also found that the situation on the battlefield was
probably not very good. Fortunately, when she left the Jin city, she thought it was a military battle, so
she ordered Qian to bring the array book that Mr. Qing Cang gave her before.
After searching for a while, Yun Shang saw those books. She took them off and put them on the table.
Among all the arrays, the most suitable one for this battle was the ambush array. It was to lure the
enemy to a designated ce, such as the stone forest that Yun Shang found this time. After luring the
enemy into depth, they would use traps, poisons, assassinations, and other methods to entangle the
enemy. Then, when the enemy was physically and mentally exhausted, they would give them a fatal
blow.
There was no fixed form of the array. ording to situation, generally with the help of a special terrain,
there were only a fewmon arrays drawn on the book.
Yun Shang smiled and thought, ''That''s it.''.
Very good, very good. She was good at poisoning. Assassination was what secret guards were good
at. As for the trap, she knew themon ones. The array seemed to be tailor-made for this battlefield.
Yun Shang took the picture of the stone forest she drew yesterday and began to n.
The array arrangement was secondary. In fact, the most important part of the ambush array was the
process of leading the enemy into the array.
As long as the enemy entered the array, everything would be fine.
Pei Lan walked in with a frown. She looked at Yun Shang worriedly, "Your majesty, is there a fight? I
heard the sound of drum and horns, and the sound of shouting and killing."
Hearing this, Yun Shang asked Pei Lan to open the window. As Pei Lan said, the sound of horse''s
hooves, cries of killing and drum fighting could be heard faintly. It made people feel a little worried.
The noise outsidested for a whole day and night, and Yun Shang couldn''t sleep well at night. The
second morning, she woke up early. She called Pei Lan to get her dressed and then went out with her
secret guards.
This time, Yun Shang went straight to the stone forest. She had been in the stone forest for a whole
day and found that the mist in the stone forest would be stronger sooner orter, especially in the early
morning, when she almost entered the stone forest, she could see nothing.
ording to the situation in the stone forest, Yun Shang had set up where to put poison, where to set
traps, and where to set up assassinations. There shouldn''t be too many people in the stone forest, and
only a few hundred secret guards could be arranged. The tens of thousands of soldiers Yun Shang had
asked for were to lure the enemy into the array.
Yun Shang stayed in the forest until it was getting dark. Then she went down the mountain with her
secret guards. But before they reached the foot of the mountain, they heard footsteps faintly. Yun
Shang winked at the secret guards and jumped up to the tree in the forest to hide.
Yun Shang heard someone talking downstairs in thenguage of the State of Yng.
Yun Shang could only understand a small part of it, as if saying that the terrain of the State of Xia was
tooplicated, and Phoenix Mountain was too high and the road was too difficult to walk, so the army
couldn''te.
The other person retorted, "Just in this case, the soldiers of the State of Xia can''t have guessed that
they would go down from Phoenix Mountain. Only in this way can they be killed by surprise."
Yun Shang didn''t understand the rest of their words.
Yun Shang roughly guessed that the State of Yng wanted to make a surprise attack from the
Phoenix Mountain. They bypassed the camp and went straight to the ce behind Lingxi City of the
State of Xia.
Yun Shang smiled coldly. Qingsu was good at it.
However, if Qingsu had such a n, it was just what she wanted. If the soldiers of the State of Yng
entered Phoenix Mountain, she would make sure that none of them could go out.
"Cuckoo..." A voice came. Yun Shang looked up. She saw the secret guards were asking her if they
should make a move.
Yun Shang shook her head slightly. If Qingsu knew that she was also secretly investigating the terrain
of Phoenix Mountain, he would probably consider it when he decided to march from Phoenix Mountain.
As the spies of the State of Yng went away, Yun Shang and the secret guards jumped off the tree
and quickly returned to the Chengshou Mansion.
It was also a busy scene in the mansion. The west garden had been covered with cloth. From time to
time, someone picked out a mud filled basket and put it on the carriage.
Yun Shang went back to her room directly without checking.
Hua''er was coaxing Bao''er to sleep, but Bao''er didn''t seem to want to cooperate. He kept crawling on
the bed. When he saw Yun Shange in, he became happier and reached out his hand to Yun
Shang.
Yun Shang smiled helplessly, patted Bao''er on the buttock and said, "Naughty boy, you know how to
torture Sister Hua''er."
Bao''er burst intoughter. Yun Shang shook her head and picked him up. She patted his back and
coaxed him. Then she raised her head and asked Hua''er, "Are there still drum and horns outside
today?"
Hua''er thought for a while and answered softly, "Yes, in the morning, but I didn''t hear much in the
afternoon."
Yun Shang nodded. She was worried and didn''t know what was going on.
Pei Lan prepared some food for Yun Shang and brought it in. Yun Shang put Bao''er on the bed, walked
to the table and sat down. Thinking of the work in the garden, Pei Lan hurried out of the room.
Yun Shang Heared the footsteps of Pei Lan suddenly stopped, and the greeting came, "Your Majesty."
Yun Shang was surprised. She turned around and saw Luo Qingyaning in. His clothes were neat
and there was no sign of disorder. Yun Shang breathed a sigh of relief. She stood up, poured a cup of
tea for Luo Qingyan, and asked, "How is it going?"
After a pause, he asked, "Have you had dinner?"
Luo Qingyan smiled and nodded. "I had dinner in the camp. Everything is fine."
Yun Shang knew that Luo Qingyan didn''t want her to worry too much. But seeing that he was not
injured or haggard, Yun Shang felt relieved. She just hoped that Luo Qingyan would be fine. If he
wanted to say anything else, she would listen to him. If he didn''t want to, she wouldn''t ask.
"Why do you have dinner sote?" Luo Qingyan sat opposite Yun Shang and asked softly.
Yun Shang smiled and said, "I went to Phoenix Mountain today. I have a look and found that the
ambush array is the most appropriate. Today I have seen which ces are suitable for setting traps
and assassinations."
Luo Qingyan smiled, "Don''t be too tired."
Yun Shang knew what Luo Qingyan was worried about, so she nodded and said after thinking for a
while, "I met some spies from the State of Yng when I went down the mountain today. It seems that
they were also inquiring about the terrain of Phoenix Mountain. I heard that they seemed to want to
bypass Lingxi City from Phoenix Mountain and attack the city behind Lingxi City. I meant to discuss
with your majesty how to lead the Soldiers of the state of Yng into the Phoenix Mountain and enter
my ambush array. "