Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Just when Yan Xishan was in trouble, Gu Chan walked in slowly from outside the door.

Because there were many people standing in the yard at that time, the short Gu Chan came in and was quickly submerged in the crowd, causing Yan Xishan, who was sitting in front of her, to not notice her at all.

"Borrowed, borrowed."

Gu Chan said unhappily as she squeezed forward.

When everyone saw that it was a child trying to squeeze in, they ignored her completely.

After Gu Chan finally squeezed to the front, Yan Xishan saw her and stood up as if he had found a life-saving straw. He stared at her and said, "Seventeenth Prince, you are finally here. We have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Ah? He is the seventeenth prince in the rumors?"

"No way! This kid doesn't look like a prince at all!"

"I heard that he is the sworn brother of the Ninth Prince, and it was the Ninth Prince who petitioned the Emperor to confer the title of the Seventeenth Prince on him."

Everyone looked at Gu Chan in shock, and whispered to each other.

Indeed, no matter how you look at it, Gu Chan is too weak and does not have the temperament that a prince should have. Moreover, she is also very fair and clean, like a woman. At first glance, it is certainly difficult for people to associate her with the prince.

Bai Jingtian also stood up quickly, waved his hand to calm everyone down and said, "Everyone, this is the real Seventeenth Prince of Tiancang Kingdom. He is the savior of all of us! Everyone, please don't be rude."

"Your servants pay their respects to the Seventeenth Prince." When everyone heard Bai Jingtian's words, they immediately became serious and knelt down, paying their respects to Gu Chan in unison.

Gu Chan waved her hand and said, "Everyone, get up! Don't put this high hat on my head. I'm almost annoyed now."

Everyone stood up from the ground immediately.

Yan Xishan hurriedly asked, "What do you think of the matter we discussed before?"

"There's nothing we can do. The prince has already moved my people in Nancheng. If he controls the Jiangnan area next, he will kill you first and then me. So now we all have to unite to protect ourselves, otherwise even I will be doomed." Gu Chan said helplessly.

"The prince is so vicious! As expected, he has calculated that you are the only one capable of protecting us, so the people who want to arrest you first warn you not to interfere!" Yan Xishan was smart for once and saw the deep meaning behind the prince's move.

When everyone present heard him say this, they became impatient and filled with fear.

Gu Chan said directly, "Listen to me, you can push me to oppose the prince to protect yourself, but before that, you must promise me that you will use the power of the entire Jiangnan area to help me raise 3 billion taels of silver to save the border, otherwise the prince will offend me sooner or later."

"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to help us save our lives, money will not be a problem." Yan Xishan agreed readily.

Guo Huai also hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Seventeenth Prince, we were against you before and forced you out of Jiangnan City. It was indeed our fault. Now that everyone has decided to unite to deal with the crown prince, I, this old man, would like to apologize to you for what happened before. I hope we can put aside our past grudges and work together in the future to find a way out together."

"I'm not that petty! Ever since the second prince died tragically in front of me, my mentality has changed. It's meaningless for us to continue fighting now. The only way is to unite." Gu Chan said with a faint smile.

Guo Huai was moved by her magnanimity and bowed deeply to her to express his gratitude.

Gu Chan waved her hand and ordered, "Okay, then don't gather here, and go back to collect money. As for the 100,000 soldiers sent by the prince, I will be responsible for blocking them. As long as I am here, I will ensure that these people cannot cross the Tiancang River. But the premise is that you must obey my orders and cooperate with me at any time."

"Yes, the Seventeenth Prince." Everyone said in unison.

"By the way, there is one more thing. You have to write a memorial to the emperor and explain it clearly. Otherwise, I'm afraid that if I take the blame and the emperor doesn't approve, I'll be in trouble." Gu Chan said.

Yan Xishan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry about this. We sent the joint petition signed by all officials to Kyoto a long time ago, but the emperor has not yet given his approval. But I believe that the emperor will definitely consider our proposal to nominate you as the lord."

"Okay then! Go and collect the money, and then send it to the Ninth Prince at the border. I have to go to the Jiangnan camp to mobilize troops." Gu Chan said.

When everyone heard that she was going to ask Nanxing to mobilize troops, their hearts calmed down.

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Jiangnan camp. As long as Gu Chan can persuade Nan Xing Kuang to lend her a hand, it would be extremely difficult for the prince's 100,000 troops to enter the Jiangnan area.

Moreover, both sides are soldiers from the Tiancang Kingdom. If they dare to fight, it will be tantamount to civil strife. The emperor will never allow civil strife. So once Nanxing Kuang sends troops to help, Gu Chan will definitely be able to form a tug-of-war with the prince, and then it will depend on who can outlast the other.

Therefore, no one said anything more, and immediately followed Gu Chan's instructions, leaving and returning to their own yamen to start raising money.

After everyone left, Gu Chan stared at Yan Xishan and the other two and said, "Come on! Come with me! What are you still standing there for?"

"Ah? Are we going too?" Yan Xishan said in a daze.

"Isn't it a bad idea for us to go? We didn't leave a good impression on the general before." Guo Huai said awkwardly.

"Yeah! Or let's not go!" Bai Jingtian also followed suit.

Gu Chan laughed and said, "Your head is hanging on your neck, do you still need to be afraid of embarrassment? I tell you, the more times like this, the more you have to swallow your pride and show your sincerity to Nan Xingkuang, otherwise he will just stand by and watch you lose your head, and there is no reason for him to help you."

"That's true. There's nothing we can do. We can only go with you shamelessly." Yan Xishan said helplessly.

Then the three of them stopped refusing and immediately followed Gu Chan to leave the Censorate and ride in a carriage to the Jiangnan camp.

However, what the four men did not expect was that when their carriage stopped at the gate of Jiangnan Camp, they were stopped by two soldiers guarding the gate as soon as they got off the carriage.

"Manager Gu, please go back! Our general said that if you come, he will not see you." said the soldier standing on the left.

Gu Chan stood there in a daze, feeling numb.

Oh shit!

She thought that if she came over here at this critical juncture, Nan Xing Kuang would at least give her face and meet her!

But judging from the current situation, it seems that she was really overthinking it!