The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

That day, Shu Huaiyuan saw more than a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers with no military discipline. Min Rongli repeatedly emphasized that these people were elite soldiers selected by the second prince. He knew that this was a "generous gift" specially given to the crown prince by the second prince to put the crown prince in danger.

He knew very well that he was of low status and had little influence. Although he was nominally the general in charge of welcoming the bride, he had no real power to choose people. So he pretended not to care, but in fact he went to the imperial mausoleum as soon as possible and selected more than 500 people from his subordinates. They have been training and preparing for the past few days.

"Yesterday I hosted a banquet for the soldiers in the name of encouragement, and placed fine wine at the banquet. I told them that we would drink the wine together when we returned victorious, but secretly I ordered people to take and drink the wine in violation of the rules. As expected, nearly half of the soldiers disobeyed the order and drank the wine. Therefore, these soldiers who drank the wine had stomachaches and diarrhea today."

"Did you put drugs in the wine?"

"Exactly. These people don't even obey the most basic military orders. Taking them with us on the road will only be a burden." Shu Huaiyuan took out a map from his arms and pointed at it while saying, "The place where we are stationed here is only half an hour away from the imperial mausoleum. I have asked the guards of the imperial mausoleum to be ready. Once the order is given, they will immediately join us."

"Mobilizing the army without authorization, especially near the capital, may lead to..."

"Assembling troops without authorization is indeed a capital crime, but all I want to do is to transfer personnel. As the crown prince, you have the authority to do so. As long as you give the order, I will immediately transfer the soldiers with diarrhea to the imperial mausoleum, and fill the vacancies with the imperial mausoleum guards I carefully selected. In this way, the personnel of the wedding party will remain unchanged, but the combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced."

The prince pondered for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Shu Huaiyuan, smiled faintly, and asked: "Huaiyuan, you are worthy of being the son of General Shu. In a short period of time, you not only screened out those who disobeyed military orders, but also found a way to replace the inferior with the superior. I am relieved to have you on this trip."

"I will definitely live up to the prince's trust!" Shu Huaiyuan clasped his fists and saluted.

The prince immediately wrote a letter, ordering that the guards of the imperial mausoleum and the soldiers with diarrhea be exchanged, and explained the situation and had it delivered to the court as soon as possible.

There was a lot of noise in the army, but in the early hours of the morning, everything finally returned to silence.

Min Rongli drank too much last night, and when he woke up from his coma, it was already the next day.

Those who had diarrhea were temporarily transferred to guard the imperial mausoleum on the grounds of "feeling unwell and adjusting their station", and even his personal attendants were left behind.

Min Rongli hurriedly found Shu Huaiyuan and was about to question him, but he saw Shu Huaiyuan having breakfast with the prince.

"Deputy General Min has arrived just in time." The prince extended his hand and beckoned, "Come and have breakfast with us."

"Your Highness is a noble man. I really cannot sit at the same table with you."

"This is not the palace. When you are out in the open, there are no so many rules to follow. I asked you to come, so you come."

Min Rongli had to sit next to Shu Huaiyuan and dine with the two of them.

"Deputy General Min is not feeling well. I originally planned to have you guard the imperial mausoleum and return to the palace directly after you recover. However, General Shu has always emphasized that Deputy General Min has always been in charge of all military affairs. The army cannot do without Deputy General Min for a day, so I have to trouble Deputy General Min to accompany us on the march despite his illness."

Shu Huaiyuan has already told the prince that he has found out that Min Rongli is the queen's distant nephew.

Although Min Rongli is not a smart person, as an eyewitness of this incident, if he is stationed at the imperial mausoleum, he may remember that the diarrhea and abdominal pain of the soldiers were related to the alcohol that day, and know that this was a conspiracy. The imperial mausoleum is only half a day's journey from the palace, and he is afraid that he will cause other troubles, so it is safer to keep him by his side and away from the palace.

More importantly, he will accompany the prince throughout the meal, which greatly reduces the possibility of the prince being poisoned.

Although Min Rongli is not smart, he is not stupid. Overnight, all his confidants were stationed in the imperial mausoleum, and most of the most powerful soldiers in the entire army became Shu Huaiyuan's men. In addition, the prince completely trusts Shu Huaiyuan, so the current situation is extremely unfavorable to him. He can only be cautious in his words and actions and act according to Shu Huaiyuan's orders to have a chance of going back alive.

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Watching the prince and Shu Huai go away, Gu Nianzhi felt a little sad.

Although there have been some variables, the progress of the whole event is still unstoppable.

She knew that the prince and Shu Huaiyuan would most likely not come back.

The prince is a humble person, Shu Huaiyuan has the youthful spirit.

Both of them are excellent people, but despite this, they knew their tragic fate and did not lend a helping hand simply because they wanted to travel back in time.

If you save them, you might end up hurting yourself.

Despite feeling uncomfortable and blaming herself, Gu Nianzhi still consoled herself: "They are just paper figures created by the author. Their emotions are fake, their bodies are fake, everything here is fake, and all the emotions I had during my brief time with them are fake."

"Are you worried about them?" Sima Yao looked at Gu Nianzhi who had a worried look on his face.

Gu Nianzhi turned and looked at Sima Yao.

He had thick eyebrows, deep eyes, a high nose bridge, and slightly thin lips. He looked at Gu Nianzhi tenderly.

Is he really non-existent? But why does he seem so real in front of me?

Gu Nianzhi finally convinced herself not to have any psychological burden, but looking at the living Sima Yao in front of her, she seemed not so determined anymore.

Seeing that Gu Nianzhi did not answer, Sima Yao comforted her: "Don't worry, although the journey is dangerous, there are more than a thousand soldiers guarding the way. My eldest brother and General Shu will definitely return safely."

"I also hope that they can return safely." Gu Nianzhi looked at the increasingly blurred shadows and said this, but in his heart he kept saying: "Respect the fate of others, respect the fate of others, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me..."