The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1716

Chapter 1716: 839 Large Pferd-Drop (Chapter 3)

"I went the wrong way."

Tang Yueshan turned around and walked out.

This reaction was exactly the same as when Xuanping Marquis got caught before, showing how much he’s been led astray by Xuanping Marquis recently.

Previously, these two were political rivals, one loyal to the Empress Dowager, the other to the Emperor.

Somehow, they suddenly made amends one day, perhaps due to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor resolving their differences.

But making amends is one thing, how did it turn into collusion between you two?

Is the leap really that big?

It’s not surprising for Xuanping Marquis to do such things; he has always been an unreliable person, the most shameless under heaven, and of course, also the most handsome.

The question is that Tang Yueshan isn’t like that.

He is the righteous and red-spirited Grand Marshal of the national armed forces. If he had once been as unruly as the Xuanping Marquis, the Empress Dowager would have sent him packing long ago.

Tang Yueshan and Xuanping Marquis dressed identically, even cosplaying the essence of a one-eyed dragon. The difference is, Xuanping Marquis covers the right eye, he covers the left.

Besides, Xuanping Marquis’s attire is like a dashing and unruly pirate, while Tang Yueshan is left with just unruliness.

Seeing Tang Yueshan, Xuanping Marquis remembered he hadn’t removed his eyepatch.

He quickly took it off.

Upon removing it, his true visage was fully revealed.

Duke Anguo finally understood whom Shangguan Qing resembled.

It seemed not just in appearance, but even personality... was a complete match...

Xuanping Marquis turned his head, revealing a calm smile: "Old Tang, come over here."

Come over your grandpa!

If the Empress Dowager is inside, why didn’t you say so earlier?

It’s all your fault, all your fault, all your fault!

I told you plundering a merchant ship would be fine, but no, you insisted on plundering the official government’s warship!

A fierce and icy gaze from Empress Dowager Zhuang swept over, causing Tang Yueshan’s heart to skip a beat! 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Empress Dowager Zhuang said coldly: "Tang Yueshan, you’ve got some nerve; tell me who the big fish is."

"Ah..." Tang Yueshan wasn’t as eloquent as Xuanping Marquis, his voice got stuck in his throat immediately.

He was perplexed, wondering how he and Xuanping Marquis plundering a Dayan’s warship led them to Empress Dowager Zhuang. The old libationer was also there, along with two familiar yet uncertain faces, and a strange man sitting in a wheelchair.

Wow!

Could it be the Empress Dowager was captured by the Dayan people, and then he ended up being a hero?

"You’re overthinking; that’s not the case." Empress Dowager Zhuang struck the nail on the head.

Tang Yueshan drooped his head, dejectedly bowing his hands, "Your humble servant greets the Empress Dowager."

"Hmph!" Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted coldly.

Tang Yueshan glanced feebly at Duke Anguo: "Who is he?"

This man seemed to be the weakest in the room, yet his aura was only surpassed by Empress Dowager Zhuang and Xuanping Marquis.

Empress Dowager Zhuang wasn’t in the mood to introduce everyone one by one, and Xuanping Marquis was more than happy to relieve her worries.

Xuanping Marquis cheerfully introduced: "This is Duke Anguo of Dayan, my in-law."

Tang Yueshan was dumbfounded: "How did you get yourself an in-law through piracy in just a moment?"

Xuanping Marquis: "..."

Once everyone got acquainted, Tang Yueshan asked about the two little ones. After learning they were the little girl’s brothers, he generously took out two looted jade and gold balls for them to play with.

Gu Yan didn’t want them.

Tang Yueshan was slow to realize, only when Gu Yan had led Gu Xiaoshun out, did he recall what wicked things Tang Ming had done to Gu Yan.

Some bricks, unless they hit your foot, you never know how much they hurt.

Now that it hit, he was filled with mixed emotions.

Of course, the current focus was still on how to support Gu Jiao, as her situation was too difficult. Never mind that they were traveling east, the western battle reports were constantly coming in with eight-hundred-mile express or pigeon messages. They had already learned that Gu Jiao led the Heifeng Battalion cavalry in an independent assault on Quyang City.

Quyang City is a fortress at the gate of Yanmen, guarded by eighty thousand rebellious soldiers of the Nangong family.

Thinking of the enormous disparity in troop strength, and then of Gu Jiao charging across a thousand miles to face the battle, Empress Dowager Zhuang’s heart was in turmoil.

This was far more challenging than the time they attacked Chen Country and the remnants of the previous dynasty in Zhan Country.

At least back then, Gu Jiao operated in secret, with plenty of main combat personnel, including Tang Yueshan, Old Duke Ding’an Gu Chao, Gu Changqing, and the major generals at the border pass, and the townspeople welcomed them on both sides of the road.

It was a campaign where the army and the people stood united.

Now her Jiaojiao faced a hostile world alone.

The old libationer outlined to the two all the significant events that occurred in Yan Country, including the children’s journey there to treat Gu Yan, as well as Xiao Hen’s identity and the fact that Xiao Qing was still alive. He then recounted all of Gu Jiao’s various encounters in Shengdu.

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