Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1274 - 1271_1

With every detail that Shangguan Xuanyi related, surprise grew in the hearts of Shangguan Xuanjun, Di Shaowei, and the rest. By the end, everyone was so shocked that they had forgotten to close their mouths!

"Uncle Di, close your mouth or you’ll start drooling!" a voice from the crowd kindly reminded.

Di Shaowei quickly shut his mouth! But he couldn’t stop himself from continuing to pore over the booklet in his hands, his eyes bulging bigger than a cow’s!

After a moment, Shangguan Xuanjun found his voice again: "Are the lists in these booklets real? How did you obtain them?"

"They should be. I found them in a secret room in Gong Qinghua’s study!"

"You actually entered the secret chamber in his study! How did you get out unscathed?" Di Shaowei exclaimed.

The study has always been heavily guarded!

How could someone sneak in and steal a country’s confidential documents?!

Did all the guards outside the study collectively fall asleep?!

He would’ve thought an intruder in the vicinity of the study would have alerted a thousand troops!

Di Shaowei couldn’t comprehend how Shangguan Xuanyi managed to enter the study, let alone the secret room, and yoink such classified files!

Of everyone in the world, he alone held a grudging respect for him!

"Gong Qinghua just happened to be spending the night at his concubine’s place that night. I disguised myself as him and strutted in!"

Di Shaowei: "......" How did he not think of that?!

Shangguan Xuanjun: "That’s possible?"

Why not? He impersonated Gong Qinghua, making Gong Qinghua’s bodyguards mistake their master, and was nearly engaged in a scuffle as a result!

But as his hope for Xiao’er’s revival was shattered, Shangguan Xuanyi was not in the mood to indulge their curiosities, so he held his tongue.

Shangguan Xuanyi then took out two other booklets and handed them to Brother Ri: "These pertain to the collusion between certain individuals from the Nangong Country and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As well as a register of internal traitors!"

"You got the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s as well? Brother-in-law, thank you!" Brother Ri quickly took the books and proceeded to flip through page by page.

The more Brother Ri read, the more shocked he was, but also the happier he felt.

Brother Ri had arrived to accompany Yun’er prior to her due date! He initially planned to take her back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty after she finished her confinement period.

However, he had always been worried that incidents like Yun’er or the child being kidnapped might happen again. After all, some things cannot be prevented! But neither was it a solution for her to stay in Zezhou indefinitely.

Now that he had this book, knowing who was a snake in the grass, he could confidently bring Yun’er back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty!

"I really appreciate it!" Brother Ri bowed respectfully towards Shangguan Xuanyi.

"No need to thank, I did it for Xiao’er’s sake. After all, you married her beloved little sister!"

"Regardless, I am grateful for this kindness!" Brother Ri expressed his gratitude.

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded his head to signify that he understood.

Just then, Zhao Yong rushed in: "Master, master! There’s news about Master Yunfa! There’s news about Master Yunfa!"

"What did you say?" Shangguan Xuanyi quickly came to him when he heard this.

"There’s news from Master Yunfa. The Princess can be saved! The merchant team that just returned from overseas sent a message... our merchants with whom we cooperate overseas saw Master Yunfa half a year ago. Master Yunfa told him to relay a message to his master that he would return to the Imperial Capital in half a year!" Zhao Yong wheezed.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xuanyi felt an indescribable excitement surge in his heart.

He had thought that Xiao’er’s awakening was indefinitely delayed again!

Who knew that still waters run deep!

Shangguan Xuanyi couldn’t hold back and revealed a long-absent smile.

"In this case, Master Yunfa should be returning to the Imperial Capital soon!" Xi’er calculated in her heart, then exclaimed excitedly.

Indeed!

He met Master Yunfa half a year ago, and Master Yunfa said he would return to the Imperial Capital in half a year!

The merchant team sailed across the sea, and stayed in several countries. Adding it all up, it would take about half a year. In other words, Master Yunfa should be on the way back to the Imperial Capital. If fast, he might already be at the Imperial Capital!

Shangguan Xuanyi could not stay calm anymore: "I want to return to the Imperial Capital! Yang Liu, Yang Mei, pack up immediately. Zhao Yong, you prepare the carriage! We are returning to the Imperial Capital immediately!"

"Is there a need to hurry like this? If Master Yunfa appears in the Imperial Capital, there will definitely be news!" Shangguan Xuanjun said.

"I can’t wait another 15 minutes! Speaking of which, I have injured Gong Qinghua. He was attacked with the poison that Xi’er recently developed. Unless something unexpected has happened, he must be unconscious if not dead already! Gong Zixuan is similarly heavily injured and hasn’t recovered! You guys can send out this news. This way, I believe the officials in many parts of Nangong Country will be horrified! Besides, those ambitious princes and grandchildren of the Nangong royal family will surely take action! After all, the Emperor is unconscious and a country cannot be without a king for a day. It would be much easier for us to take over the remaining cities of Nangong Country!"

"The poison that Xi’er developed is extremely potent! If the imperial doctors by Gong Qinghua’s side cannot detoxify or control the spread of the toxin within a day, there’s no way he can be saved!" Shangguan Xuanyao added.

"Great! In this case, we can spread some news that the Emperor of Nangong Country was assassinated by an assassin from Minze Country, and he died of poisoning or fell into a coma from poison. Then the local officials and people of Nangong Country would be terrified. There would probably be many who surrender! In the end, we may end up winning without a fight!"

The saying "capture the bandit first, capture the king" really holds! If the king of a country is assassinated by enemy forces, the army’s morale will definitely plummet!

After all, with the king gone, who are we supposed to fight for!

"Leave the rest to you guys!" Shangguan Xuanyi patted on the shoulders of Shangguan Xuanjun, Di Shaowei, and Feng Qing.

He needs to take his girl back to the Imperial Capital to find Master Yunfa!

"Alright! Don’t worry! You have captured the most crucial part, the Emperor of Nangong Country. The most important task has been accomplished. Leave the rest to us for wrapping up! We will surely return victorious very soon!"

After saying this, Shangguan Xuanjun couldn’t help but think: Xiyue Country was destroyed by Shangguan Xuanyi because they let him fall for a love gu. When Xiao’er was stabbed and fell into a coma, Shangguan Xuanyi, in his fury, destroyed it!

Now, Nangong Country also offended Xiao’er, leading Shangguan Xuanyi to make the decision to eliminate it with his cavalry and put an end to the future threats!

Shangguan Xuanjun deeply realized that in this world, it’s better to offend anyone but Xiao’er. The ending will be very sorrowful; the whole country will be ruined!

This is because offending Xiao’er means offending this Yama King!

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded.

"Xi’er and Qiling, you two also follow Prince Rui back to the Imperial Capital!" Jinghao spoke up at this point.

Because Xiao’er was in a coma, Xi’er also wanted to return to the Imperial Capital to find some books and research if she could awaken her sister. Therefore, she nodded without hesitation: "Alright! I want to return to research on how to awaken Sister!"

Soon, Shangguan Xuanyi and his party set off for the return journey to the Imperial Capital.