Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Not only did he do it, he also defeated Zhao's 400,000 troops and reduced them to only 210,000, 30,000 of which were captured in Rangcheng, and 180,000 were trapped in Riyue Mountain.

Gu Xingcheng was overjoyed: "Come here, issue an edict to announce to the world that the Ninth Prince Gu Xingyan has won a great victory and severely damaged the 400,000-strong army of Zhao State. The whole country is celebrating!"

"Long live Long live Long live!"

When Empress Dowager Shu heard the news, she hugged Aunt Ningru and cried bitterly.

In the past two months, she hardly had a good night's sleep, worrying every day that something might happen to Xiaojiuer.

Aunt Ning Ru gently patted Empress Dowager Shu's back, her eyes reddened: "Your Highness, you can rest assured now."

"Yes, I feel relieved. I feel relieved."

The whole country rejoices!

When Gu Xingyuan and Chen Tinghua heard the news, they were stunned as if they had been hit by a stick.

How can it be!

How could Gu Xingyan possibly win over Ava?

And the outcome will be decided in one battle!

What about the people they sent?

Why no message came back?

Are they all dead?

Gu Xingyuan smashed almost everything in the study in Prince Chen's mansion, scaring the servants so much that they all ran away.

"Someone come, someone come!" he roared outside.

The butler ran in tremblingly: "My lord, my lord..."

Gu Xingyuan kicked him and said, "Are you dead? I told you so many times, and you just came here!"

The butler was kicked so hard that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He didn't dare to rub it, so he could only kneel on the ground and apologize.

"Go, go call my uncle and my grandfather, go quickly!"

Gu Xingyuan's eyes were bloodshot, like a beast on the verge of collapse.

The butler got up and, not caring about the pain from being kicked so hard that his internal organs were almost dislocated, he ran out.

"Are you losing your temper over such a small matter?" Concubine Chen Gui's voice rang out outside the study.

Gu Xingyuan hurriedly wiped away what was probably tears or sweat running down his face and turned around.

He saw his mother, with her left hand on the back of Zhang Chengfen's hand, walking towards him slowly. Her graceful and elegant demeanor was no less than that in the imperial palace.

"Mother, Mother." Gu Xingyuan has always been afraid of his mother.

Concubine Chen Gui simply glanced at the messy study and ordered someone to clean it up first.

Then they sent everyone out, and even Zhang Chengfen stayed far away and guarded outside.

Concubine Chen Gui was still in a lazy posture. She sat on the chaise longue over there and said, "Didn't Gu Xingyan just win the battle against Ava? Why are you so shocked?"

"Mother concubine."

"Yuan'er, you have the noblest blood of the Gu family and my Chen family flowing in your veins. At any time, you are qualified to stand high above and look down on everyone under your feet."

"Including that Gu Xingyan!"

"Mother, don't you think there is something wrong with Gu Xingyan? If he was abducted by human traffickers when he was young, he wouldn't have such ability. Who is Ava? He is the God of War. How many people in the world can be his opponent?"

"But he only needed one battle, just one battle, to defeat Ava so badly that he could never recover."

Such a person is too powerful and too scary.

Gu Xingyuan was a little unsure whether he still had the chance to sit in that position.

"Heh." Concubine Chen Gui sneered.

"Yuan'er, if you think like this, Gu Xingben was not going to live long. At best, he has five years left to live, and he has no children. No matter how good Gu Xingyan is at fighting, he is just making things easier for you. If we can destroy Zhao State in one fell swoop this time, then from now on, Daliang will be the most powerful country in the world."

"If you ask me, it would be best if Gu Xingyan destroyed Northern Jin, Northern Qi, and Xia Kingdom as well, and unified the world. That would be the real way to prepare for my son's wedding."

Gu Xingyuan was so angry that he laughed.

"Oh, what mother said is a bit too joking. He has no children, so he will naturally pass the throne to Gu Xingyan. Is it possible that he will pass it to his son? How can you make wedding clothes for your son?"

Could it be that my mother hasn't gotten over Song Yafeng's death yet and has become senile and confused?

Gu Xingyuan slumped down into a chair, throwing himself inside it, as if he had lost all hope, with a look of dejection on his face.

Concubine Chen Gui sighed deeply, thinking that her son had been spoiled by her.

"Yuan'er, you only know one side of the story, not the other."

Just as Concubine Chen Gui was about to continue speaking, she heard hurried footsteps outside.

Gu Xingyuan was extremely annoyed at the moment, and was about to scold that blind bastard for being so ignorant of the rules.

Then I saw my uncle Chen Shihui and grandfather Chen Tinghua coming towards this side.

It turned out that the butler had just gone out when he saw the carriage of General Chen's mansion stopped. He hurried forward, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and welcomed the person in.

"Your Highness."

Chen Shihui is afraid of cold, so even though it is March, he still wears a thick cloak.

Without even having time to salute, he said, "Your Highness is right. Gu Xingyan fought for your Highness."

Gu Xingyuan frowned slightly. Could it be that his mother and uncle were all so angry at Gu Xingyan that they lost their minds?

He is so foolish that he can even say such words.

"Gu Xingyan is not a fool. Even if Gu Xingcheng dies in five years, will he not take the throne and hand over the great country of Daliang to me? Ha."

Gu Xingyuan has always admired his uncle very much, especially when he talked about what happened to Gu Xingyan ten years ago. He felt that his uncle was meticulous and powerful.

If it weren't for his poor health and frequent fainting for a few days, he would have helped him ascend to the throne long ago.

And what about the mother and son of the Shu family?

Looking at it today, it's just like that.

"Don't be anxious, Your Highness. Just listen to me and finish what I have to say."

"Uncle, just say what you want to say." Gu Xingyuan's tone became much colder, and he even sat in the chair without standing up.

Chen Shihui naturally noticed the coldness and disrespect in his tone, but he had no time to care about it at the moment.

He and his father had just received the news, and they hurried over without even having time to digest it.

Just as I was about to speak, I felt an itch in my throat.

Chen Shihui coughed several times and his face turned blue.

Chen Tinghua hurriedly brought him a cup of tea to moisten his throat.

From beginning to end, Gu Xingyuan had a cold expression on his face, and even turned his head away to look at the pear blossoms outside the window.

Chen Shihui pushed away the tea his father handed to him and forced down the urge to cough.

"Your Highness, I just received news that Gu Xingyan has been poisoned, and there is a high probability that he will die before Gu Xingcheng!"

"Uncle, what did you say!"

When Gu Xingyuan heard this, he immediately turned around and stood up from the chair.

Completely different from his previous decadence, his face was now full of excitement. He rubbed his hands tightly back and forth and walked in front of Chen Shihui again.

"Is this news true?"

Even Chen Shihui felt a little hot due to excitement and was sweating all over.

Gu Xingyuan hurried over and helped him take off his cloak, then considerately hung it on the screen: "Uncle, where did you hear this news?"

Concubine Chen Gui sighed softly. Yuan'er was young after all and couldn't keep his composure.

After her father and brother got the news, they first sent someone to tell her and then went to her house in person.

Chen Shihui glanced at his father.