nucmednet Chapter 593 She's Not the Only One
Chapter 593 She's Not the Only One
It wasn't until nightfall, after Ye Qing'an had Lu Yue go to wash up first, that Qingdai finally had a chance to report: "I've already asked, and Qiao'er and two other people, they all said that this Lu Yue, from the moment she entered the camp..."
At first, she was crying and sobbing, but later she kept saying that she wanted to find her father, go back to find her mother, and find her brother.
"Whenever someone entered the brothel, she would hide in the straw and say that she had her period."
“She did escape last night. After she went to wash up last night, she didn’t come back. We don’t know where she hid, and we don’t know what happened later, but she was caught again.”
After Qingdai finished reporting everything, she whispered a summary: "Judging from what Qiao'er and the others said, there seems to be nothing wrong with this Lu Yue."
"Okay." Ye Qing'an nodded: "Then let's keep an eye on things by our side."
Qingdai nodded, then brought up other matters: "Today, I heard that the girl from Huohuang Pavilion who serves His Highness the Crown Prince said that His Highness seems to be interested in implementing a new reward and punishment system in the army."
"What new reward and punishment system?"
"Severe rewards and punishments." Qingdai lowered her voice: "I heard that this method was devised by Grand Tutor Liu in response to the great discontent among the soldiers in the camp these past two days."
"The soldiers who have made great contributions in this war will be richly rewarded. The best reward will be a generous sum of silver, and the best reward will be a promotion and a noble title. His Highness the Crown Prince has even decided to provide some cultivation books and elixirs as rewards."
"If they are discovered to be slacking off or cheating during the war, or to be spying on the camp as rebels, they will be punished with caning at best, and beheaded in the drill ground at worst."
"His Highness the Crown Prince was still enthusiastically telling her last night that a generous reward will surely bring forth brave men, and as long as morale can be boosted, the chances of winning this battle will be much greater."
Ye Qing'an chuckled and simply shook her head.
Qingdai glanced at Ye Qing'an: "Miss doesn't seem to agree with His Highness the Crown Prince's approach?"
“This servant…” Qingdai thought for a moment, “This servant has never been on the battlefield before, and is indeed not very good at military affairs, but when I first heard about this method, I felt that it seemed feasible.”
Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "At first glance, it seems feasible. In recorded battles, this method has indeed been used and achieved considerable victories. However, this method is not suitable for our camp."
Qingdai frowned, somewhat confused: "Not suitable...not suitable for our camp?"
"Hmm." Ye Qing'an pursed her lips. "There are quite a few spies in our camp. I even suspect that there might be more spies than actual soldiers. Under such circumstances, what's the point of offering a large reward?"
"The best that will result from setting a huge reward is that it will only feed the rebels."
"How wonderful! The rebels and our spies are colluding with each other and then cheating each other out of rewards. If the rebels pretend to lose two or three matches, it will be enough to swindle a lot of the Crown Prince's money."
"At that time, the rebels will also have military pay, which they can use to purchase grain and fodder."
Qingdai frowned and thought about it carefully, and it did seem to be true...
"Should Miss go and remind His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow, lowered her eyes, and chuckled: "Remind the Crown Prince? Why should I remind him?"
"Actually... I don't want the Crown Prince to win either."
Qingdai paused, though she knew in her heart that Ye Qing'an and Yi Moxu were old acquaintances and their relationship was not ordinary.
However, ever since she followed Ye Qing'an into the camp, Ye Qing'an has indeed been very enthusiastic about this war.
Whether it was the magical duel after the fireworks when they first entered the camp, the fake bird incident the next day, or his later efforts to offer suggestions and devise strategies for the Crown Prince.
She once thought that Ye Qing'an really wanted to win this war.
At the time, she was still a little confused, thinking it was just the relationship between Ye Qing'an and Yi Moxu, not what she saw on the surface.
But now, Ye Qing'an says that she doesn't want the Crown Prince to win.
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow, seemingly understanding what Qingdai was thinking, and simply curled the corner of her lips: "Think carefully, in all the battles I participated in, was there any battle in which the Siyou Kingdom's army won?"
Now that you mention it, it does seem to make sense.
Ye Qing'an smiled: "It's not that I have no way to win, I just don't want the Crown Prince to win."
"But I have to pretend that I am very concerned about the war and that I am eager to win and defeat the rebels."
"Looks like I've succeeded quite a bit; even you believed me."
Ye Qing'an picked up a book from the side and turned a page: "Moreover, in fact, I'm probably not the only one doing this in this camp."
and also……
Liu Enze.
Ye Qing'an had indeed thought that Liu Enze had not advised the Crown Prince before in order to give the Crown Prince advice and make the Crown Prince more dependent on him.
Then, he made the crown prince listen to him completely.
However... Liu Enze did indeed offer advice to the Crown Prince.
However, the idea that came up was like this: it seemed reasonable on the surface, but it was actually the worst idea imaginable.
With Liu Enze's intelligence, he could certainly think of anything she could think of.
Having thought of it, I still did it...
This Grand Tutor is getting more and more interesting.
It seems that none of what he did brought him any benefit, whether to the Crown Prince, Yi Yun Kui, or Si You Kingdom.
So, is this Grand Tutor's loyalty to the emperor also a facade?
So, whose man is he, exactly?
What are you trying to achieve by doing this?
She really couldn't figure her out.
The following evening, Qingdai took the opportunity of instructing Luyue to go out and serve the meal to report the news that had come from outside the camp to Ye Qing'an.
"A message has arrived from Huohuang Pavilion." Qingdai took out a bundle from behind her, opened it, and inside were books.
"There was a lot of information, so they used people from the Fire Radiance Pavilion to have the grain-collecting soldiers deliver it. They claimed it was a book you asked someone to buy, Miss..."
Qingdai took out all the books, opened each one, and then found a page and tore it out.
Then he neatly arranged the torn pieces of paper and handed them to Ye Qing'an.
Ye Qing'an took it and nodded, but then heard footsteps outside. It must be Lu Yue returning. Ye Qing'an then packed everything up and put it into her sleeve.
It wasn't until evening, when they went to the Cloud Dreamland, that Ye Qing'an had the opportunity to take out the papers and look at them.
There aren't many records about Huohuang Pavilion, and most of what Huohuang Pavilion found out was also known to Ye Qing'an.
Ye Qing'an glanced at the passage quickly, but suddenly stopped looking...