Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

Fang smiled at them when everyone looked at him. “Generals, you’re right, but I have something to add here.”

“Your Highness, please,” they immediately said.

Fang nodded slightly and said calmly, “Before the emperor gives the order, we’d better not do anything against Prince Huhe.”

“Also, the first thing I want to say is that although Prince Huhe is a noble, he’s not from Eastern Darkness after all.”

“Second, although Prince Huhe is our ally, we tried our best to dissuade him from going there back then. He insisted on doing it and we don’t know why.”

“Third, generals, you don’t have to worry too much that Northern Barbarians would blame us. We didn’t do anything wrong. Of course, most importantly, even if Northern Barbarians wants to do something, they wouldn’t be able to fly over, since Tianlong Dynasty is still in between.”

“Fourth, actually, I’m a little afraid of Prince Huhe. I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be if the poison was used to deal with our soldiers one day.”

“Last but not the least, generals, what happened to Prince Huhe is unfortunate and we should try to help our ally, but isn’t the most important thing now to poison our enemies? If the rest of us could complete the most important task… perhaps, everything would be worth it…”

Fang said the last sentence very slowly.

The generals looked at each other silently and then fell into deep thought.

Was this the difference between a prince and a general?

A general always considered things from his own perspective.

While a prince thought from a national perspective.

They were worried about Huhe’s safety because they were afraid that Emperor Zhou would blame them for that.

However, the fourth prince analyzed it at national level.

One of the generals was straightforward who didn’t know much about those entanglements. He was promoted because he rendered outstanding service and killed many people on the battlefield. He immediately shouted, “Your Highness! You’re right. Why would we be afraid of Northern Barbarians? Even if they want to do something, Tianlong Dynasty is still in between! They want to poison people of Tianlong Dynasty. I don’t believe that Tianlong Dynasty will unite with them!”

Although the general spoke very straightforwardly, his words were very reasonable.

Everyone was thinking about it.

At this moment, General Song coughed and said, “Let’s put all the other things aside first. His Highness is right about at least one thing. What happened to Prince Huhe is a very important matter and we don’t know what to do now. We’ve already sent the message to the Imperial City and let’s wait for the emperor’s order.”

After General Song made the decision, the other people stopped saying anything.

The message was indeed quickly delivered to Emperor Zhou.

However, what Fang didn’t know was that there was also what he said at the meeting.

This time, Emperor Zhou agreed that the two princes could go there, firstly because he had arranged a lot of people and was confident that neither of them would be in danger.

In addition, Zhou Suye disappointed him not long ago. This was another chance for him and Emperor Zhou looked forward to his performance. But this time, Emperor Zhou was disappointed again.

Fang’s words at the meeting really touched him deeply. However, Zhou Suye, this son he had high expectations of, was too silent. He wasn’t remarkable at all!

That night, after Emperor Zhou made the decision and asked someone to send the message to the border, he locked himself in Imperial Study all night.

He really had to think about some things carefully.

Should he choose a suitable prince to take the throne?

Or should he choose a prince he liked, who might want to kill him, to take the throne?

He thought that if it was possible, his fourth son probably also wanted him to die.

But his fourth son didn’t act anyways.

On the contrary, his fifth son did it. Even if he didn’t take part, not stopping it was also a form of participation, right?

Also, was it really appropriate to let his fifth son take the throne?

Would the whole nation be ruined by him?

This nation didn’t only belong to him. The Zhou family had developed it for many generations. If he didn’t make the right choice, then his ancestors wouldn’t forgive him even when he went to the netherworld, would they?

He really had to think about these things carefully…

Long and Fang still didn’t know that Zhou Suye had made the trend go against him.

Fang was waiting for news at the border.

As for Long and his men, although Ying Feng and the others were at the border of Tianlong Dynasty in the past four days, they had never got the chance to do anything!

Rivers big and small, including streams, drinking water, and also military camps, were all strictly guarded by soldiers.

If they put poison at a place, they had to figure out a way to make the guards there lose their memory for a period of time. Even if they were extremely powerful, they couldn’t just kill the guards.

If the guards were killed, that place would be exposed.

Then no one would drink the water there!

They had no doubt about such a situation.

Because Huhe had been captured, the soldiers of Tianlong Dynasty could surely find some poison from him.

Perhaps, they had already interrogated Huhe and knew that the poison would be the most effective only in water!

Therefore, it was normal that the security was so tight.

It would be abnormal if the place wasn’t strictly guarded!

On the fifth day, they finally had a chance!

Two spies of Northern Barbarians who were hidden very secretly exposed themselves, so they got the chance.

The two spies took advantage of their positions and finally controlled half of the soldiers in front of a source of water.

Then, with the help of Ying Feng and the others, they finally succeeded!

After that, Ying Feng and the others were “unfortunately” discovered at night, so they fought and fled. Finally, they lost three people and returned to Eastern Darkness.

As for those three people, two were working for Zhou Suye and one was Fang’s personal guard.

All the rest that managed to go back, including Ying Feng, were injured. Besides, Ying Feng was seriously injured because he covered for them!

It could be said that without Ying Feng, all those people would have died there!

Ying Feng was badly injured and fell unconscious when he reached the border of Eastern Darkness.

The other two people, who were still conscious, explained their action in detail.

They said they personally saw the people of Tianlong Dynasty took away the water, and two soldiers who did it drank it!

Therefore, although those people didn’t bring back more information, it was already enough for them to have completed the mission.

Let alone how difficult it was for those people to return!

There were so many people, but only three people were left at last.

Moreover, Huhe Huangcheng had been captured!

Thus, those people were already heroes since they had completed their mission!

At the moment, they just needed to wait patiently.

They needed to wait for Emperor Zhou’s order and the results in the army of Tianlong Dynasty!

They believed that even if Huhe was captured, he wouldn’t tell everything to the enemy, right?

For example, it would be contagious only when there was physical contact.

They believed that Huhe wasn’t a fool and wouldn’t say that.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage in the negotiations between Northern Barbarians and Tianlong Dynasty, right?

In fact, these people were right.

Huhe really didn’t say anything!

However, it was not because he could suffer from cruel torture that he didn’t say anything, but… ever since he woke up, apart from meeting someone at the beginning and refusing to cooperate, he never saw anyone other than a doctor!

And the doctor was really strange and powerful!