Chapter 987 An Miaoyi’s dissatisfaction!

With Murong Zhengshan personally seeing him off, Lu Houde got on the carriage for the return trip, but he did not go directly back to his own mansion····························

After an incense stick of time, Lu Houde's carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, and then Lu Houde walked into Lu Jianchao's study.

At this time, in Lu Jianchao's study, besides Lu Jianchao, there was also a young man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and a dignified bearing. This man was Lu Jianchao's nephew, Lu Yun, the current commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Army!
Compared to the mature and steady Lu Jianchao, the young and energetic Lu Yun was obviously the one who was more impatient. When he saw Lu Houde, he couldn't help but ask:
"Brother, how is it going?"

Hearing this, Lu Houde nodded slightly and said:

"I have already told Murong Zhengshan about this matter. Now it depends on what Murong Zhengshan will do!"

Hearing this, Lu Jianchao, who was sitting in the main seat, nodded and said:
"Just tell Zhengshan about it. This matter ends here. What Xu Zhaojie does next has nothing to do with Jiangnan!"

"Xu Zhaojie's people came to ask for money again, but I sent people to send them back!"

Lu Yun couldn't help but say after hearing this:
"Uncle, I think you are too kind to this Xu guy. I think the Fengwu Army and the Zhennan Army are not good guys!"

“If you ask me, if they are biting each other now, just let them do it. We can just sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers. While the snipe and the clams are fighting, the fisherman gets the benefit. Isn’t that beautiful?”

In response to Lu Yun's words, Lu Jianchao shook his head and said:

"If the difference in strength between the Zhennan Army and the Fengwu Army is not too big, I will naturally sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers, laughing as they fight to the death!"

"But now the Zhennan Army is obviously no match for the Fengwu Army, so although we can't send troops directly to help Xu Zhaojie, we still have to help in other places where we can!"

At this point Lu Jianchao paused, looked around at his son and nephew, and then spoke earnestly:
"Hou De, Yun'er, you must know that although we have a grudge against Xu Zhaojie, helping Xu Zhaojie now is actually helping ourselves!"

Hearing what his uncle said, Lu Yun opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed it.

In fact, he understood all the principles that Lu Jianchao said, but as a general of the Jiangnan Army who led his troops to fight against Xu Zhaojie, Lu Yun was emotionally unable to accept peace with the Zhennan Army!

After all, tens of thousands of Jiangnan troops had died at the hands of Xu Zhaojie, and many of them were Lu Yun’s comrades and friends. Lu Yun once vowed to avenge Xu Zhaojie on their behalf!
In addition to this, in the previous battle of Chishan Prefecture, the Jiangnan Army, despite having an absolute advantage, was defeated by Xu Zhaojie!

As the general of the Jiangnan Army who commanded this battle, the young and energetic Lu Yun also believed that this was the greatest shame of his life. He had been brooding on it in his heart, thinking that one day he would be able to face Xu Zhaojie on the battlefield again so that he could get back at his former glory...
So even though we know that the situation in Jiangnan is not good and can even be said to be precarious as we face the overwhelming Fengwu Army, it seems that the only solution now is to unite with the old rival Xu Zhaojie's Zhennan Army for warmth!

However, as a soldier, Lu Yun still couldn't accept it emotionally, and rejected and resisted the Zhennan Army in his heart!

Seeing that his nephew Lu Yun was silent, Lu Jianchao turned his gaze to his son Lu Houde who had fallen silent. After a moment's silence, he asked:
"Hou De, are you still not optimistic about Xu Zhaojie's actions this time?"

Under his father's gaze, Lu Yun shook his head and said:

"No, I think Xu Zhaojie was well prepared this time. He knew that the Coordination Office was omnipresent and that there were many secret agents in Huainan and Jingchu. It would be difficult to hide the large-scale mobilization of the Zhennan Army from his eyes and ears, so he deliberately made a series of false moves and asked us to release some information to the Fengwu Army in an attempt to confuse the Fengwu Army's combat deployment!"

"The Fengwu Army's focus is still in the north. Although the Fengwu Army troops stationed in the south have been preparing, they seem to be not ready to fight the Zhennan Army yet!"

“So under such circumstances, I think Xu Zhaojie has a good chance of winning a beautiful victory this time…”

Hearing his son say this, Lu Jianchao was a little confused. Currently, there are two main factions in the Jiangnan Army camp. One faction is frightened by the prestige of the Fengwu Army and advocates persuading Lu Jianchao to surrender to the Fengwu Army in order to preserve the family's wealth and safety!
The other faction believes that Ye Mingsheng is a traitor. As the saying goes, Han people and traitors cannot coexist. The Jiangnan Army should put aside the hatred and grudges of the past, and unite with Xu Zhaojie to resist the Fengwu Army, maintain their independence and wait for an opportunity to act!

As the eldest son of Lu Jianchao and the recognized successor of the Jiangnan Army, Lu Houde always remained neutral and never expressed his opinions publicly. Even when someone asked him to express his position, he remained tight-lipped.

Although Lu Houde did not express his opinion, considering his status, not expressing his opinion is itself a statement!
Lu Jianchao was well aware that his eldest son was not optimistic about the fact that Jiangnan was able to stop the Fengwu Army. This also made him, who wanted to be independent, feel a little disappointed!
Before the news of Fengwu Army's victory over the Golden Horde came back today, although the two sides in Jiangnan were arguing fiercely, they were generally still in a state of balance!
However, after the news of the Fengwu Army's victory over the Golden Horde came back, things changed completely!
The voices of the pro-surrender faction grew louder. Just now, several ministers of the pro-surrender faction came together to meet Lu Jianchao, persuading him to surrender to the Fengwu Army and attack the Fengwu Army from both sides...

These pro-surrender factions believed that the Fengwu Army was now doomed to failure, and even if Jiangnan and Huainan could join forces, they would not be able to defeat the Fengwu Army!

So if that's the case, why don't those who know the current situation be heroes? Although the general Ye of the Fengwu Army has always been called an eagle-eyed and wolf-looking man, judging from his behavior, he is not a cruel person!
Therefore, if you surrender, your life will definitely not be in danger. Secondly, you can seek a good title in the future new dynasty. Thirdly, the people in the south of the Yangtze River will also be able to be spared from the suffering of war!
Why not kill three birds with one stone?

Do we have to wait until the city is destroyed and the clan is exterminated before we regret our decision?
To be honest, when Lu Jianchao said these words to his ministers, he had an illusion for a time that those who came to advise him were not his subordinates but people from the Fengwu Army!
Although Lu Jianchao was somewhat angry about these words, he himself was not a man with strong opinions. So when he thought of what his subordinates said about the consequences of insisting on resistance, he felt somewhat uneasy, fearing that the disaster of the city being destroyed and the family being exterminated would really happen to their Lu family!
Although he was very worried and afraid, Lu Jianchao still felt unwilling when he thought that he had been wandering for half his life and had finally established a business in Jiangnan, and had not enjoyed it much before handing it over to Ye Mingsheng, a warrior...

So he never said it, but in his heart Lu Jianchao already regarded Xu Zhaojie as his last hope. He hoped that Xu Zhaojie could use the ability he had against him on the Fengwu Army, giving the Fengwu Army a head-on blow and completely eliminating the Fengwu Army's idea of ​​trying to unify the world.

It was with this mentality that when the Zhennan Army proposed that the Jiangnan Army cooperate to release some information to confuse the Fengwu Army, Lu Jianchao readily agreed and sent his eldest son Lu Houde to do it personally.

However, because Lu Houde himself was more optimistic about the Fengwu Army, to be honest, he still had some different opinions on Lu Jianchao's decision, but he had no choice but to obey his father's order, so Lu Houde finally went to see Murong Zhengshan.
It was for this reason that Lu Jianchao, who knew that his son was optimistic about the Fengwu Army, was so confused when he heard Lu Houde say that he was optimistic about Xu Zhaojie winning!
Lu Houde seemed to see his father's doubts, and after pondering for a moment, he expressed his own opinion.

"Dad, even if Xu Zhaojie wins this time, I don't think he can shake the overall situation. In the past battles between Xu Zhaojie and the Fengwu Army, he also won several beautiful victories. He even defeated Yuan Song, who was known as the first general of the Fengwu Army, and annihilated a lot of Fengwu Army's troops!"

“But the Fengwu Army is always the one that has the last laugh. This is the advantage of the Fengwu Army in comprehensive strength. Not only can they succeed, but they can also withstand failure and make the right decision after failure. This is the terrifying thing about the Fengwu Army…”

Upon hearing his eldest son, whom he had always trusted, no longer hide his feelings and directly expressed his optimism for the Fengwu Army, Lu Jianchao's face darkened.

In his opinion, it was common for those ministers to be optimistic about the Fengwu Army and persuade him to surrender to it. After all, these ministers were there to be ministers, and who would want to follow a promising master and seek a position in a possible new dynasty in the future!
What's more, those people in the Coordination Office are omnipresent. Just from what I know, some of them have received benefits from the Coordination Office and agreed to speak for the Fengwu Army!

Although Lu Jianchao is not a very decisive person, he has been in the officialdom for decades and has been able to rise to his current position from a poor student. He is not an ordinary person. He actually knows what is going on in his mind, but he does not want to offend the Fengwu Army, so he did not clean out the corrupt officials under his command!
However, what Lu Jianchao could not understand was that his eldest son, the successor to his career, was actually optimistic about the Fengwu Army and was pessimistic about the separatist regime in Jiangnan. This made Lu Jianchao feel an indescribable sense of frustration!
Lu Jianchao looked at Lu Yun standing aside, hoping that Lu Yun could stand up and say something at this time. After all, Lu Yun was now the general commanding the troops in Jiangnan. In Lu Jianchao's view, he was naturally a war advocate and should firmly fight the Fengwu Army to the end!

However, to Lu Jianchao’s disappointment, Lu Yun’s eyes were erratic under his gaze, and he never said what Lu Jianchao wanted····························

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In a side room in the Ye Mansion
Looking at Gu Sansi in front of him, An Miaoyi, who was sitting in the main seat, said with a smile:

"Jingren is naughty and mischievous. He really troubles Mr. Gu!"

Gu Sansi heard this and preached respectfully:

"Since I am the master of Master Jingren, this is my duty. Madam, you are too kind."

"Although Master Jingren likes to play a little, he has a pure nature and a good talent for studying. With a little polish, he can become a talent!"

"In addition, Master Jingren has done very well in his studies recently. Not only can he recite those articles fluently, but he can also draw inferences from them and have his own ideas and cognitions. This is very valuable!"

Hearing Gu Sansi's praise, An Miaoyi couldn't help but let a faint smile appear on her face. Jingren's homework had always been a headache for her.

In order to enable Jingren to study well, An Miaoyi would take some time to check and supervise Jingren's studies no matter how busy she was.

So when she heard Gu Sansi's praise, An Miaoyi felt that her efforts had finally paid off, and she was in a very happy mood.

Although An Miaoyi wanted to discuss Jingren's study problems with Gu Sansi, after Gu Sansi said some polite words, he chose to take his leave with an excuse...

As Gu Sansi left, the smile on An Miaoyi's face immediately disappeared, and was replaced by coldness in her eyes!

Although An Miaoyi liked him very much, Ye Mingsheng arranged Gu Sansi to be Jingren's teacher, sending a signal to the outside world that the eldest son Jingren was the heir!

But to be honest, An Miaoyi was gradually getting annoyed with Gu Sansi. In her opinion, as Jingren's master, when her husband ascended the throne and she became the queen, and Jingren was canonized as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, Gu Sansi would undoubtedly be the Taifu!
Therefore, Gu Sansi should have stood on his side clearly, but Gu Sansi kept a certain distance from him now. Even when he tried to win him over, this guy didn't give him face!

What made An Miaoyi most dissatisfied was that Gu Sansi would show his admiration for Jingxuan from time to time, giving people the feeling that he wanted to be Jingxuan's master!

Honestly speaking, if Gu Sansi wasn't her husband's most trusted and most promising minister, he would hold a high position in the new dynasty and might even be a strong candidate for the future prime minister. An Miaoyi would want to change Jingren's master!
However, considering Gu Sansi's value, An Miaoyi still hid her dissatisfaction and annoyance in her heart and did not let them show up...

(End of this chapter)